The following procedure provides a high-level overview of how to set up LPARs that VCS manages.
For detailed instructions on creating and configuring a LPAR, refer to the IBM PowerVM Guide.
To set up managed LPARs
- Ensure CPU and memory resources are available to create managed LPARs on all physical servers in the cluster, where the managed LPAR can start.
- Install VCS on all the management LPARs, to manage the LPAR.
For information about installing VCS, see the Cluster Server Configuration and Upgrade Guide.
- Create the LPAR profile on all the physical servers whose management LPAR is in the SystemList for the LPAR resource.
See Creating an LPAR profile .
- Set auto restart of the managed LPAR to "off" via HMC when VCS is managing the LPAR.
- The boot disk should be shared and should be accessible from all the physical servers where the LPAR can fail over.
- Verify if the LPAR can fail over to the other physical servers.
- Configure the LPAR as a resource in VCS.
See Configuring VCS service groups to manage the LPAR.
