Activate a Logical Partition to commit resources to the partition and start the installed operating system. You can only activate a partition when it is not running.
To activate a Logical Partition
The Activate Logical Partition dialog appears.
Specifies the partition profile used to activate the partition.
Specifies the key lock position. Key Lock establishes the power-on and power-off modes allowed for the system. CA Virtual Assurance supports the following valid keylock modes:
The LPAR uses the keylock mode specified in the selected profile.
The LPAR starts up as normal. Use this option to perform most everyday tasks.
Consider security impact, when you set the key lock position to Manual.
Specifies the boot mode. Select a boot mode and select the Activate check box only if you want to use a boot mode that is different from the one specified in the selected profile. The system uses this boot mode to start the operating system on the logical partition unless you specify otherwise when activating the partition profile. CA Virtual Assurance supports the following valid boot modes:
The LPAR uses the boot mode specified in the selected profile.
The LPAR starts up as normal. Use this option to perform most everyday tasks.
The LPAR boots to the open firmware prompt. This option is used by service personnel to obtain additional debug information.
An event should appear confirming the result of the operation.
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