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Configure RMC for the Partition Load Manager by doing the following steps:
1. Select Set up Management of Logical Partitions. The authenticated user
name is root.
2. Select Automatically setup with each partition in the policy file. The
policy file name is /etc/plm/policies/plm_example.
3. Click OK.
This can also be done using the command line if you are the root user on the
Partition Load Manager server. In order for this to run, you must have rsh and rcp
access. After the setup has been run, you can delete the .rhosts file.
6.2.4 Installing the Partition Load Manager
To install the Partition Load Manager server, complete the following steps:
1. Mount the Partition Load Manager CD on your system.
2. Using either the installp command or the smitty install_latest fast path,
install the following filesets:
– plm.license
– plm.server.rte
– plm.sysmgt.websm
You should set the field Accept Licence to yes in smitty or use the -Y flag with
the installp command.
6.2.5 Define partition groups and policies
PLM uses a policy file that defines the partitions that are to be managed, their
guaranteed entitlements, and their minimum and maximum entitlements.
The policy file is a standard AIX 5L flat file that may be edited by any text editor;
however, the Web-based System Manager interface to PLM provides a wizard for
defining the policy and filling out the policy file. This document only covers the
use of the PLM wizard for policy definition.
Attention: If you edit the PLM policy by hand, be advised that the file has a
strict, stanza-based structure. If this structure is not respected, then PLM will
not be able to use it. You should make a copy of a known-good file and only
edit the copy. You can use the xlplm -C -p policy_file command, where
policy_file is the manually edited file to check the syntax of the policy file.
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