Scenario: Using partition profiles

Situation

You are the system administrator for a business recovery service center running IBM^® eServer™ hardware. You use IBM eServer hardware primarily to test disaster recovery strategies for your clients. Each of your clients has a different system configuration. This means that, each time a client comes into the office, you must change the system configuration of your managed system.

On each logical partition on your server, you create one profile for each client that uses the logical partition. When a client returns to the business recovery service center, you can reconfigure the managed system for that client simply by activating the partition profiles for that client.

You have just finished testing for Client 1. You must now reconfigure the server for Client 2, who comes into the office tomorrow.

Objectives

The objective of this scenario is to change the configuration of your managed system by using partition profiles.

Details

Prerequisites and assumptions

This scenario assumes that the following prerequisite steps have been completed prior to beginning the configuration steps:

1. The Hardware Management Console (HMC) was set up.
   • The HMC was cabled.
   • You completed the planning process and you understand how you want to configure your HMC.
   • You used the Guided Setup wizard or the HMC configuration checklist to set up the HMC.
2. You understand the concepts for partitioning the server.
3. You completed the tasks recommended for logical partition planning.
4. You moved and assigned the physical hardware according to the LPAR Validation Tool (LVT) output.
5. You logged in to the HMC with one of the following user roles:
   • Super administrator
   • Service representative
   • Product engineer
6. You created the logical partitions and partition profiles.
7. You activated the partition profiles for Client 1.

The following table lists the partition profiles that are currently active for each logical partition on the managed system.

Configuration steps

To change the configuration of your managed system so that it is ready for Client 2, you must first shut down the logical partitions by using usual operating system procedures.

After shutting down the logical partitions, you can activate the partition profiles for Client 2. To do this, complete the following steps on your HMC:

1. In the navigation area, open Server and Partition.
2. Select Server Management.
3. In the contents area, open the server.
4. Open Partitions.
5. In the contents area, right-click the Test 1 logical partition and select Activate.
6. Select the Profile 2 partition profile and click OK.
7. Right-click the Test 2 logical partition and select Activate.
8. Select the Profile 2 partition profile and click OK.

After activating the partition profile, the managed system is configured according to the needs of Client 2. The following table lists the partition profiles that are currently active for each logical partition on the managed system.