Managing logical partitions by using iSeries Navigator, DST, and SST

 

On a system without logical partitions, you can use the control panel to perform many tasks. However, for systems with logical partitions, secondary partitions do not have physical control panels. To control your secondary partitions you can use the remote control panel graphical user interface (GUI).

For more information on how to use the remote control panel for logical partitions, refer to Accessing control panel functions .

 

Security considerations

Users wishing to access logical partition information in iSeries™ Navigator, Dedicated Service Tools (DST), and System Service Tools (SST) will require either operations or administration authority to the logical partition function. In addition, users wishing to utilize the Operations Console remote panel for secondary partitions from their PC will require remote panel authorization.

Care should be taken in administering the appropriate service tool authority for partition control. See Service tools user IDs for more information about administering service tool security.

 

iSeries Navigator

iSeries Navigator is a graphical user interface used to configure, monitor, and manage the iSeries server. iSeries Navigator comes packaged with iSeries Navigator and does not require a iSeries Access license to use.

iSeries Navigator contains a graphical wizard you can use to help you create logical partitions, easily configure and manage logical partitions; dynamically move processors, memory, interactive performance, and some I/O processors; and shared processors with the new shared processor pool. In addition, you will also be able to enable or disable virtual OptiConnect, virtual ethernet, and HSL OptiConnect; or change the status of the system bus to dedicated or shared mode without requiring a system restart. With each logical partition function, iSeries Navigator provides you with detailed help text that corresponds with each task. Refer to iSeries Navigator for more information.

 

iSeries Navigator versus DST/SST Functions

There are some logical partitions functions that still require you to use DST or SST through a character-based interface display. For example, some logical partition recovery actions and printing system configurations tasks are accessible through DST and SST functions only. However, since SST is easier to access than DST, we recommend that you use SST whenever possible to access these tasks.

To start SST or DST on a character-based interface display, go to Start SST and DST.

The following table describes the capabilities that are available to logical partitions using iSeries Navigator or DST and SST.

Table 1. Capabilities available to logical partitions using iSeries Navigator or DST and SST

Function	iSeries Navigator	DST and SST
Accept a disk unit as load source for a logical partition		X
Change a bus ownership type	X	X
Change a default electronic customer support resource	X	X
Change a partition name	X	X
Change communication options	X	X
Change I/O configuration of primary and secondary partitions	X	X
Change operating mode for a logical partition	X	X
Change the alternate restart device	X	X
Change the guest partition host information	X	X
Change the partition type	X	X
Change the restart source command line parameters of a guest partition	X	X
Change the restart (or IPL) source for a logical partition	X	X
Clear nonreporting resources on logical partitions	X	X
Clear partition configuration data for logical partitions	X	X
Clear partition configuration from nonconfigured disk units		X
Create a new i5/OS® logical partition	X	X
Create a guest partition	X	X
Copy partition configuration data between IPL sources		X
Delete a logical partition	X	X
Delete all logical partition configuration data	X	X
Display available hardware resources	X	X
Display system resources	X	X
Display the communication options of a logical partition	X	X
Display the console for a partition	X	X
Display the logical partition operating system release level	X	X
Display the operating system type for a partition	X	X
Display the partition ID	X	X
Display the PCI information	X	X
Display the remote control panel for a logical partition	X	X
Display the system reference code history for a primary partition.	X
Display the system reference code history for secondary partitions	X	X
Dynamic movement of interactive performance	X	X
Dynamic movement of I/O processors	X	X
Dynamic movement of memory	X	X
Dynamic movement of processors	X	X
Enable High-Speed link (HSL) OptiConnect	X	X
Enable virtual Ethernet communication	X	X
Enable virtual OptiConnect communication	X	X
Find a logical address for a resource	X	X
Move a dedicated processor	X	X
Move a dedicated processor to the shared processor pool	X	X
Move an I/O processor	X	X
Move interactive performance, memory or shared processing power	X	X
Move an IOA assigned to an IOP to a guest partition	X	X
Move an IOA to a guest partition	X	X
Move an IOA assigned to an i5/OS partition	X	X
Perform main storage dumps on servers with logical partitions	X	X
Prevent a secondary logical partition from restarting during a system restart	X	X
Print system configuration for logical partitions		X
Recover logical partition configuration data	X	X
Reset a disk unit I/O processor with logical partitions		X
Restart a secondary logical partition during a system restart		X
Restart a system with logical partitions	X	X
Restore all logical partition configuration data	X
Save all logical partition configuration data	X
Schedule a dedicated processor move	X
Schedule an interactive performance move	X
Schedule an I/O processor move	X
Schedule a memory move	X
Schedule a shared processor move	X
Update configuration data	X	X
Use remote service with logical partitions	X	X
View the status of a logical partition	X	X

• Starting iSeries Navigator
  iSeries Navigator is included as part of iSeries Access for Windows^®.

• Starting SST and DST for logical partitions
  You must configure Service Tools user IDs before starting System Service Tools (SST) or Dedicated Service Tools (DST).

• Logical partition authority
  The authorities that you grant to service tool users determines what logical partition information they can access and what tasks they can perform. Care should be exercised in assigning service tool user profile privileges to manage partition security.

 

Parent topic:

Managing logical partitions

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Logical partition authority