You can restart Virtual I/O Server logical partitions
using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Restarting a Virtual I/O Server logical partition
shuts down the Virtual I/O Server logical
partition and then starts it again.
Before you shut down the
Virtual I/O Server logical partition,
complete the following tasks:
- If the client logical partitions that use storage and networking
virtual resources provided by the Virtual I/O Server are not configured
to use virtual resources provided by a redundant Virtual I/O Server, then shut
down the client logical partitions.
- Shut down each shared memory partition
that accesses its paging space device using only the Virtual I/O Server logical partition
that you plan to shut down. If you shut down the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) logical
partition (hereafter referred to as a paging VIOS partition)
before you shut down the shared memory partitions and a shared memory
partition attempts to access memory that is located on its paging
space device, the shared memory partition might fail.
If a shared
memory partition accesses its paging space device redundantly through
two paging VIOS partitions, you do not need to shut down the shared
memory partition. When you shut down the paging VIOS partition, the
shared memory partition accesses its paging space device through the
other paging VIOS partition.
To restart a Virtual I/O Server logical partition,
complete the following steps from the HMC:
- In the navigation pane, expand .
- Click the managed system on which the
logical partition is located.
- In the work pane, select
the logical partition.
- From the Tasks menu,
click .
- Select one of the following options:
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Operating System |
The HMC issues
the Virtual I/O Server shutdown
-restart command to shut down and restart the logical partition. This option is available only when the operating
system is running, and not when the logical partition is in an Open
Firmware state. |
| Operating System Immediate |
The HMC issues
the Virtual I/O Server shutdown
-force -restart command to shut down and restart the logical
partition as quickly as possible, bypassing messages to other users. This option is available only when the operating
system is running, and not when the logical partition is in an Open
Firmware state. |
| Immediate |
The logical partition is restarted as
quickly as possible, without notifying the logical partition. |
| Dump |
The HMC initiates a main storage
or system memory dump on the logical partition and restarts the logical
partition after the dump. |
- Click OK.
After the
Virtual I/O Server restarts,
complete the following tasks:
- Activate the client logical partitions that use storage and networking
virtual resources provided to them by the Virtual I/O Server.
- Activate each shared memory partition
that accesses its paging space device by using only the paging VIOS
partition that you restarted.
Subscribe to this information