Re: Can VPM be used on system with HMC?

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Jim said. No.  You get a very courteous message thus:

"Virtual Partition Manager is not supported and this service
function cannot be started.  The system is in a state that
does not allow this operating system to partition the
server.  Refer to the Virtual Partition Manager documentation
for more information."

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 4/23/2018 6:20 PM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to create a hosted partition on my Power7 server.
> We have v7r3 and need a v7r1 partition that shares the tape library and 
> optical drive.
> Thought I might use Virtual Partition Manager to do it
> but we use HMC to manage our several servers.
> Does having an HMC preclude being able to use the VPM?
> I tried starting it through STRSST and got the following...
>
> Logical Partitioning Environment Not Supported
> System:   S107603P
> Virtual Partition Manager is not supported and this service
> function cannot be started.  The system is in a state that
> does not allow this operating system to partition the
> server.  Refer to the Virtual Partition Manager documentation
> for more information.
>
> If  VPM is not an option, I'll have to look for that slideshow 
> presentation where someone gives a step by step on how to do it with the 
> HMC.
> <<< I've got it here somewhere :::::: >>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Thomas Garvey