The compressed BFF file must first be decompressed with gunzip. Then it can be installed with the installp command. This requires administration rights
(root):

# gunzip pwrcmps.lpar.rte.1.7.0.1.bff.gz
#
# installp -acXYd pwrcmps.lpar.rte.1.7.0.1.bff all
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...done
Results...
SUCCESSES
---------
Filesets listed in this section passed pre-installation verification
and will be installed.
Selected Filesets
-----------------
pwrcmps.lpar.rte 1.7.0.1 # LPAR tool
<< End of Success Section >>
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
BUILDDATE Verification ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying build dates...done
FILESET STATISTICS
------------------
1 Selected to be installed, of which:
1 Passed pre-installation verification
----
1 Total to be installed
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Installing Software...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
installp: APPLYING software for:
pwrcmps.lpar.rte 1.7.0.1
Finished processing all filesets. (Total time: 3 secs).
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Summaries:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Installation Summary
--------------------
Name Level Part Event Result
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pwrcmps.lpar.rte 1.7.0.1 USR APPLY SUCCESS
#

The 4 commands of the LPAR-Tool (hmc, ms, lpar and vios) are installed under /opt/pwrcmps/bin:

# ls -l /opt/pwrcmps/bin
total 104256
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 14065602 Sep 2 16:30 hmc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 15241792 Sep 2 16:30 lpar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 14832670 Sep 2 16:30 ms
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 9230400 Sep 2 16:30 vios
#

In addition, the files Copyright, LicenseAgreement and sample.lpar.cfg (sample configuration file)
are installed under /opt/pwrcmps/etc:

# ls -l /opt/pwrcmps/etc
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 108 Aug 30 13:27 Copyright
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 273 Aug 30 13:27 LicenseAgreement
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 542 Aug 30 13:27 sample.lpar.cfg
#

The shell search path (PATH variable) should be expanded to include /opt/pwrcmps/bin. Alternatively, on systems that have /usr/local/bin in the search path, symbolic links can be created under /usr/local/bin to the commands in /opt/pwrcmps/bin:

# ln -s /opt/pwrcmps/bin/hmc /usr/local/bin/hmc
# ln -s /opt/pwrcmps/bin/ms /usr/local/bin/ms
# ln -s /opt/pwrcmps/bin/lpar /usr/local/bin/lpar
# ln -s /opt/pwrcmps/bin/vios /usr/local/bin/vios