Changing a virtual disk for a VIOS logical partition using the HMC

You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to view the properties of the virtual disks on your managed system, as well as to start virtual disk management tasks.

1. In the navigation area, expand Systems Management > Servers, and select the server on which the Virtual I/O Server logical partition is located.
2. In the Tasks pane, click Configuration > Virtual Resources > Virtual Storage Management. The Virtual Storage Management page is displayed.
3. Select a VIOS logical partition or Shared Storage Pool.
4. Click the Query tab to query the selected VIOS or Shared Storage Pool.

   The HMC Classic interface is not supported in Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version 8.7.0, or later. The functions that were previously available in the HMC Classic interface are now available in the HMC Enhanced+ interface.

   When the HMC is at version 8.7.0, or later, complete the following steps to change a virtual disk:

   1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
   2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
   3. In the PowerVM area, click Virtual Storage. The Virtual Storage page opens with the VIOS partitions listed in a table, in the Virtual Storage Management tab.
   4. Select a VIOS and click Action > Manage Virtual Storage.
5. Click the Virtual Disks tab to display a list of virtual disks on the managed system.
6. Select the virtual disk from the table that you want to change. If a virtual disk is defined as a paging space device and is assigned to a shared memory pool, it is dedicated to providing this function and is no longer available for any other purpose. Consequently, such a virtual disk is not listed here.
7. From the Select Action menu bar of the Virtual Disks table, select the storage management task you want to perform:
   • Properties to view the properties of the selected virtual disks.
   • Extend to add storage capacity to the selected virtual disks.
   • Delete to delete the selected virtual disk and make the storage resources that belonged to that virtual disk available to other virtual disks.
   • Modify assignment to change the logical partition to which the selected virtual disk is assigned, or to set the selected virtual disk so it is not assigned to any logical partitions.