Managing Linux in a logical partition

 

This topic contains information about managing a partition running Linux.

You will learn how to start a partition running Linux and how to communicate and share information between a logical partition and an i5/OS^® partition. Additional information on managing a partition can be found at Managing logical partitions. Refer to your Linux distributor for Linux specific task management.

For information on HMC-managed partitions on eServer™ 5800 servers, refer to Partitioning the server.

• Logical partition authority needed for a logical partition
  The authorities that you grant to service tool users determines what logical partition information they can access and what tasks they can perform. Take care in assigning service tool user profile privileges to manage partition security.

• Display and change hardware configuration
  Use the following topics to learn how to display and change your server's hardware configuration.

• Connect your logical partition to the LAN
  Read to learn how to connect your logical partition on your iSeries™ to your local access network (LAN).

• Print server configuration for logical partitions
  If you are running i5/OS V5R4 on the primary and all of the other partitions on the server are logical partitions, it is strongly recommended that you print the server configuration for all of your I/O resources.

• Dynamic movement of shared processor units
  You can dynamically move shared processors units among logical partitions.

• Dynamically adding disks to a Linux partition
  Virtual devices simplify hardware configuration on the iSeries server because they do not require you to add additional physical devices to the server in order to run Linux.

• Network server description
  Use the following topics to learn how to link and delete network server descriptions.

• Application support
  Use the following topics to learn how to effectively use iSeries Access for Linux and Samba in a logical partition.

• Back up and recover a logical partition
  iSeries integration of a logical partition combines two operating systems (i5/OS and the logical operating system). You may be able to use i5/OS or Linux utilities or a combination of both to manage back ups.

• Start a logical partition
  Use the following topics to learn how to start a logical partition.

 

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Linux in a logical partition