How to install IBM AIX 7.1 on a integrated virtualization Manager Lpar

Concept

I'm a big fan of the movie Inception (Dream Space). The dream of a dream, the idea is very unique, very impressive. You might ask, what's the connection? With enough available resources, IBM integrated virtualization Manager allows users to effectively install multiple server instances on a single hardware blade. Think of it as a server within the server, you can see the relationship between the two. This concept allows IBM customers to maximize the functionality and performance of their assets, thereby saving customers time and money.

This tutorial describes the steps for setting up a virtual server within integrated virtualization Manager and installing AIX on that virtual server. This article does not document the installation process for integrated virtualization Manager, but you can refer to this step in the information center.

A sample server is set up in this tutorial for reference. Screen shots are used where appropriate. In the end, there should be a running virtual server in your IBM IVM, with AIX 7.1 installed on it. You can then repeat this process for each virtual server that you want to set up.

In this tutorial, the name of the sample server is pvtdub277 and its domain name is pvtdub277.mul.ie.ibm.com. The hardware server we will use has 16 dedicated processors, up to GB of RAM, and ten terabytes of hard disk space in the resource pool. In this pool, we will create a virtual server that has 7 dedicated processors and GB of RAM, as well as moderate GB hard disk space.

Part 1th-Setting up a virtual server within integrated virtualization Manager

Once you have set up integrated virtualization Manager, you can begin to determine the requirements of your virtual server. As noted above, we can create a virtual server with the following resources:

Eight processors

GB RAM

GB Hard disk space

First, we need to create a logical partition (LPAR) to install the AIX virtual server. The specification for your virtual server will be based on your integrated virtualization Manager's pool of available resources. In this section, we will create and configure a separate private partition to install our AIX server operating system.

In this case, we use Mozilla Firefox (v17.0.4) to access the Integrated Virtualization Manager control page, but it should work in both previous and newer versions of Firefox.

1.1– Create partitions

You need to perform the following steps to create a partition.

First, log in to your integrated virtualization Manager. Then, click the View/modify Partitions link on the navigation bar.

In the right pane, click the * Create Partition .... Displays the Create Partition Wizard. Using this wizard, you can create an LPAR partition for installing the AIX operating system.

On the Name page, enter a name for the partition and click Next.

Tips:

In this tutorial, we use pvtdub277.mul.ie.ibm.com as the sample server. It would be a good idea to name a partition as any of its favorite names, but to name it as the hostname of the server on which it is installed.

In the Environment Drop-down list, it is important to ensure that AIX or Linux is selected. You can set the partition ID to any value that you like. In this example, the value of the partition ID is set to 2.

On the next page, you can set the amount of memory that needs to be used exclusively by the partition.

Set a value in the Assigned Memory field and click Next.