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Using LPAR resources in service blueprints

If you created an IBM LPAR VGP with BMC Server Automation, you can include LPAR resources when you create a service blueprint.
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Before you begin

Review the following topics:

To use LPAR resources in service blueprints

  1. Create the service definition.
    1. Create or modify the component.
    2. Click the Operating System tab, and then select the LPAR VGP system package.
    3. Click the Software Packages tab, and then select software packages to install on the AIX computer.
  2. Create the service deployment definition.
  3. Click the Resource Sets tab, and then create or modify the resource set.

  4. Click the Compute Resources tab.
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    Note

    To use NPIV and virtual disk at the same time, you must select policy and tagging for proper placement.

    1. For Hardware Architecture, select PowerPC-64 (for IBM AIX computers).
    2. For Installable Resource, select the IBM LPAR VGP (for bare-metal VMs) that you created in the BMC Server Automation Provider.
    3. For Install OS Package, make sure that the check box is selected to run the system package job with the NIM server.
  5. Click the Network Resources tab.
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    1. Click NICs.
    2. For Private IP, select Static.
       To manage LPAR, you must always set the NIC to Static, due to a limitation in BMC Network Automation.
  6. Click OK to close the Resource Set Details window.
  7. Click the Parameters tab.
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    1. Click New New.gifto add LPAR parameters to the service blueprint. 

      Note

      You can only add LPAR parameters as TRO post-deploy actions.

    2. Add the BmcLparCpuMode and BmcLparMemoryMode parameters if you use an IBM LPAR VGP in your service blueprint.
       These two LPAR parameters are mandatory in a service blueprint that uses LPAR resources. For more information, see Predefined-IBM-LPAR-parameters.
    3. (optional) Add the other LPAR parameters.
    4. Add parameter values appropriate for LPAR.
       For example, enter 0.4 for BmcLparSharedCpuMaxProcUnits.
    5. Add the remaining parameter values.
       For example, enter a "user-friendly" Label and Description (which appears as a tooltip).
    6. Click OK.
  8. Click Save to save the service blueprint.

Where to go from here

You can also configure the IBM LPAR VGP package with service catalog option choices so that end-users can modify, for example, the Desired, Min, or Max Processing Units when they provision the VM.

Note

For post-deployment, only the following TRO actions are currently supported with the LPAR VGP:

  • Add Server
  • Additional System Disk
  • Add Software

The Add NIC TRO action is not supported.

 

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