Saving your existing partition profiles from a Hardware Management Console

Saving your existing partition profiles allows for an easier restoration of your partitions following your upgrade. Learn how to save your existing partition profiles from a Hardware Management Console (HMC).

You can use this procedure to save the logical partition definition information from a HMC. Ensure that your HMC is at the correct code level (one that supports your POWER6™ system). In this procedure, the managed server is named 7038-6M2*10A59BC.

The following steps show you how to use the HMC to save the logical partition definition information:

  1. Log in to the HMC that is connected to the managed server using an SSH client application.
  2. Run the lssyscfg command to list all the partitions on the server, as follows: 
    lssyscfg -r lpar -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -F name
  3. Save this information. For example:
    1. On your local system, redirect the output to a file when you issue the ssh command. For example, type the following: 
      ssh username@hmchostname lssyscfg -r lpar -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -F name > outputfile
  4. On the HMC, run the lssyscfg command to list the partition profiles for each partition on the server, as follows (where name_from_step2 is one of the partition names returned in step 2): 
    lssyscfg -r prof -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -p name_from_step2 //
-F name:boot_mode:desired_cpu:minimum_cpu:maximum_cpu:desired_mem:minimum_mem:maximum_mem://
desired_io:required_io:service_authority:sfp_surveillance:sni_device_id
    Note: You do not need to perform this step for the FullSystemPartition name that was returned in step 2.
  5. Save this information. For example:
    1. On your local system, redirect the output to a file when you issue the ssh command. For example, type the following: 
      ssh username@hmchostname lssyscfg -r lpar -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -F name > outputfile
  6. On the HMC, run the lshwres command to list all the slot information for the server, as well as the partition that the slot is assigned, as follows: 
    lshwres -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -r slot -F phys_loc:drawer_id:slot_id:slot_type:assigned_to
  7. Save this information. For example:
    1. On your local system, redirect the output to a file when you issue the ssh command. For example, type the following: 
      ssh username@hmchostname lssyscfg -r lpar -m "7038-6M2*10A59BC" -F name > outputfile
After you save the partition profile information, do the following:
  1. Use the HMC to create an AIX® logical partition and partition profile on your new server. For more information, see Creating logical partitions .
  2. Update your partition profile on the new server using the information from the partition profile that you saved. For more information, see Restoring an AIX system backup from a CD.
Note: Restoring your partition profile needs to be completed on the target system shortly after you have turned the system on.