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6.2.6 Basic PLM configuration
This section describes the steps required to set up an initial PLM configuration
using the PLM configuration wizard in Web-based System Manager. The overall
procedure is shown in Figure 6-5.
Step 1:
Edit policy file
Step 2:
Setup partitions
Step 3:
Start PLM server
Step 4:
Show log file
Figure 6-5 Steps required to set up PLM
Managing processor entitled capacity
In the first example, we configure PLM to manage the entitled capacity of two
capped shared-processor partitions: plmserver and vio_client2. These two
partitions have the definition on the HMC, as shown in Table 6-5.
Table 6-5 Shared processor partition initial configuration
Resource Min Desired Max
Virtual CPU 1 1 30
Entitlement 0.1 3 5
Memory (MB) 256 512 1024
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