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202 Logical Partitions on System i5
To delete a partition, access the LPAR functions menu and select Delete. A confirmation
dialog is displayed. Click OK to confirm the partition delete or Cancel to back out the request,
as shown in Figure 6-30.
Figure 6-30 Confirming the deletion of a logical partition
Deleting a partition profile
If a partition has more than one partition profile, rather than deleting the entire partition, only
the profile that is no longer needed can be deleted.
In order to delete a partition profile, select the profile and right click. From the pop up menu,
select Delete as shown in Figure 6-31.
Figure 6-31 Deleting a partition profile
A confirmation dialog is displayed in Figure 6-32. Click OK to confirm the partition profile
delete or Cancel to back out the request.
Figure 6-32 Confirming the deletion of a partition profile
Restriction: An active or default profile cannot be deleted. The profile would need to be
made inactive or another profile made default before the original profile could be deleted.