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LPAR NIM Provision Res Grp-IVM

Provisions an LPAR partition and installs an operating system based on a NIM image. The selection is made from a resource group. The IVM (Integrated Virtual Manager) engine is used to provision the image.

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HMC Server Name

Specifies the IBM Hardware Management Console name.

Example: "hostnamea"

Managed System Name

Specifies the IBM LPAR management system name.

Example: "lpar.any.com"

LPAR Partition Name

Specifies the name of the LPAR partition.

Example: "lpar_a"

LPAR Profile

Specifies the profile to use for the LPAR partition.

Example: "Default"

LPAR Virtual Slots

Specifies the maximum number of virtual slots to use for the LPAR provisioning.

Default: "10"

Provision LPAR

Indicates whether to provision an empty LPAR before installing the operating system. Select "false" if the LPAR exists and to install the operating system to it.

NIM Master

Specifies the name of the NIM master host where the list of available NIM images is obtained.

Example: "hostnamea"

NIM Machine Resource Name

Specifies the name of the NIM server used to install the operating system image to the provisioned LPAR.

Example: "machine_to_copy_from"

NIM Installation Type

Specifies the type of NIM installation to perform with the following options:

• rte - run-time environment
• mksysb - template based

NIM Resource Group

Specifies the name of the NIM resource group to use to provision the LPAR.

Example: "resource_group"

Target Username

Specifies the user name for the target machine for operating system installation.

Example: "root"

Target Password

Specifies the password for the target user name.

Example: "password"

Server Automation Template

(Optional) Specifies the server automation template to deploy to the LPAR.

Example: "software_package_template"

Agents Auto Deploy

(Optional) Indicates whether to deploy CA Configuration Automation, Performance, and Asset Management agents to the LPAR.

Example: "false"

Scalability Server

(Optional) Specifies the scalability server to use to deploy the software delivery agent.

Example: "itcm_server"

LPAR Virtual Slots

Specifies the maximum number of virtual slots to use for the LPAR provisioning.

Default: "10"

LPAR Min CPU Requested

Specifies the minimum number of CPUs for this LPAR provisioning.

Example: "1"

LPAR Max CPU Requested

Specifies the maximum number of CPUs for this LPAR provisioning.

Example: "1"

LPAR Num of CPU Desired

Specifies the ideal number of CPUs for this LPAR provisioning.

Example: "1"

LPAR CPU Shared Mode

Indicates whether to provision the CPU for the LPAR in shared mode.

Default: "true"

LPAR Min CPU Unit Requested

Specifies the minimum CPU unit slice for the LPAR provisioning.

Example: "0.2"

LPAR Max CPU Unit Requested

Specifies the maximum CPU unit slice for the LPAR provisioning.

Example: "0.2"

LPAR Desired Min CPU Unit

Specifies the ideal CPU unit slice for the LPAR provisioning.

Example: "0.2"

LPAR CPU Capped

Indicates whether the CPU for the provisioned LPAR is capped.

Default: "true"

LPAR CPU Uncapped Weight

Specifies the uncapped weight for the provisioned LPAR when LPAR CPU Capped is set to false.

Example: "128"

LPAR Minimum Memory

Specifies the minimum memory for the provisioned LPAR.

Example: "512"

LPAR Maximum Memory

Specifies the maximum memory for the provisioned LPAR.

Example: "1024"

LPAR Memory Desired

Specifies the ideal memory for the provisioned LPAR.

Example: "512"

LPAR Virtual Ethernet IEEE

Indicates whether the LPAR is virtual ethernet IEEE compliant.

Example: "false"

LPAR Virtual SCSI Remote LPAR

Specifies the remote LPAR associated with the virtual SCSI adapter for the provisioned LPAR.

Example: "lpar_hostname"

LPAR Virtual SCSI Adapter Is Client

Indicates whether the virtual SCSI adapter is a client for the provisioned LPAR.

Default: "true"

LPAR Virtual SCSI Adapter Is Required

Indicates whether the virtual SCSI adapter is required for the provisioned LPAR.

Default: "false"