Editing a virtual server

After you use IBM® Flex System Manager VMControl to create or deploy a virtual server, you can use IBM Flex System Manager to edit the virtual server.

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You must power off a virtual server before you can change the values of most attributes with the following exception.
  • In a Power Systems™ environment, in which systems are managed by a Power Systems platform manager, the virtual server can be running when you edit memory and processor allocations.
  • When you edit a virtual server, the changes are applied only to the running virtual server. No changes are made to the server profile, and your changes will not persist when the virtual server is started from the profile.

The resources that you are able to edit on a powered off virtual server vary by the type of virtual server to which the resources are allocated.

To edit the virtual resources of a virtual server, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. On the Chassis Manager page, click Resource Explorer under General Actions.
  2. Select the virtual server, click Actions from the menu bar, and select System Configuration > Edit Virtual Server.
  3. In the scheduler window, click OK to run the task immediately. You also can schedule to run this task at a later time.