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System profiles
Using the HMC, you can create and activate often-used collections of predefined partition
profiles. This list of predefined partition profiles is called a system profile. The system profile
is an ordered list of partitions and the profile to be activated for each partition. The system
profile is referred to when the whole system is powered off and back on. Depending on which
system profile is chosen when the system is powered on, this will determine how the system
resources will be allocated out to each partition.
For example, a company may want to switch from using 12 partitions to using only 4. This
would mean deactivating the 12 partitions and then activating a different system profile that
defines only 4 partition profiles. So the process of partition activation is grouped to one task.
With this concept of profiles in mind, we will now look at the functions available under the
server and partition icon.
3.5.1 Managed system properties
If the server management icon in Figure 3-20 is expanded as shown in Figure 3-20, the
contents pane shows that, in this example, we have one system (R5-595i) being managed by
this HMC.
Figure 3-20 Server and partition starting point
The managed system name is R5-595i. Notice that there is no plus sign next to the
“Partitions” object; this managed system has had no partitions defined. The next few screen
captures show the information that is available in properties for the system R5-595i.
To access the Properties panel, right-click R5-595i → Properties.
An alternative method to access the same information is: Click R5-595i → Selected →
Properties.