Alle PowerVM Funktionen die eine LPAR betreffen, können mit dem Kommando lpar durchgeführt werden. Dabei deckt das LPAR-Tool unter anderem die folgenden Bereiche der LPAR-Administration ab:

• • Aktivieren und Deaktivieren von LPARs
  • Zugriff auf die Konsole einer LPAR
  • Administration von virtuellen Adaptern (seriell, Ethernet, FC, SCSI, SR-IOV, vNIC)
  • Administration von Speicher und Prozessoren
  • Anlegen und Löschen von LPARs
  • Anzeigen von Performance Daten
  • Live Partition Mobility (Validierung und Migration)
  • Verwalten von Partitions Profilen
  • …

Eine Übersicht über die verfügbaren Funktionen wird beim Starten des Kommandos lpar ohne Argumente angezeigt:

$ lpar
USAGE:
   lpar [<option> ...] <keyword> [<option> ...] [<argument> ...]
   lpar -L|-V
Recognized keywords:
   activate - Activate AIX, Linux, IBM i or virtual I/O server partition
   actvnicbkdev - Make virtual NIC backing device active
   addeth - Add virtual ethernet adapter
   addfc - Add virtual FC client adapter
   addmem - Add memory
   addprocs - Add dedicated or shared processors
   addprocunits - Add processing units
   addscsi - Add virtual SCSI client adapter
   addserial - Add virtual serial adapter
   addslot - Add physical I/O slot
   addsriov - Add SR-IOV logical port
   addvlan - Add VLAN to virtual ethernet adapter
   addvnic - Add vNIC adapter
   addvnicbkdev - Add a backing device to a virtual NIC adapter of an LPAR
   applyprof - Apply partition profile
   backup - Create backup
   chattr - Change attributes
   cheth - Change attributes of virtual ethernet adapter
   chfc - Change virtual FC adapter
   chled - Change state of LED
   chmem - Change memory attributes
   chproc - Change processor attributes
   chprocpool - Change shared processor pool
   chscsi - Change virtual SCSI adapter
   chserial - Change virtual serial adapter
   chsriov - Change attributes of SR-IOV logical port
   chvnic - Change a vNIC adapter assigned to an LPAR.
   chvnicbkdev - Change attributes of a backing device for a virtual NIC
   clearvnicbkdev - Clear virtual NIC backing device error
   clone - Create clone
   console - Open virtual console session for AIX, Linux or virtual I/O server partition
   create - Create AIX, Linux, IBM i or virtual I/O server partition
   delete - Remove partition
   disableeth - Disable virtual ethernet adapter
   display - Display detailed informations
   dumprestart - Dump and restart a partition
   enableeth - Enable virtual ethernet adapter
   flrt - List FLRT
   history - Show state or configuration changes
   list - Show names of specific LPARs
   lsattr - List partition or profile attributes
   lseth - Show virtual ethernet adapters
   lsfc - Show virtual FC adapters
   lsled - Display state of system attention LED
   lslparmigr - List partition migration information
   lsmem - Show memory
   lsmemopt - Show DPO memory affinity scores
   lsproc - Show processing resources
   lsprof - List partition profiles
   lsrefcode - List reference codes for an LPAR
   lsscsi - Show virtual SCSI adapters
   lsserial - Show virtual serial adapters
   lsslot - Show physical I/O slots
   lssriov - Show SR-IOV logical ports
   lsvnic - Show vNIC adapters
   lsvslot - Show virtual slots
   migrate - Perform partition migration
   mkblueprint - Create blueprint
   osshutdown - Issue OS shutdown command to shut down a partition
   procstat - Show utilization data
   rename - Rename LPAR
   rmconsole - Close virtual console session for AIX, Linux or virtual I/O server partition
   rmeth - Remove virtual ethernet adapter
   rmfc - Remove virtual FC client adapter
   rmmem - Remove memory
   rmprocs - Remove dedicated or shared processors
   rmprocunits - Remove processing units
   rmprof - Remove partition profile
   rmscsi - Remove virtual SCSI client adapter
   rmserial - Remove virtual serial adapter
   rmslot - Remove physical I/O slot
   rmsriov - Remove SR-IOV logical port
   rmvlan - Remove VLAN from virtual ethernet adapter
   rmvnic - Remove a vNIC adapter from an LPAR.
   rmvnicbkdev - Removes a backing device from a virtual NIC adapter of an LPAR
   savecurrcfg - Save current configuration of an LPAR to profile
   show - Show basic informations
   shutdown - Shutdown AIX, Linux, IBM i or virtual I/O server partition
   status - Display current status
   stopmigr - Stop partition migration
   validate - Perform partition migration validation
   help [{<category>|<keyword>|usage}]
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