Presenter: Doug Herman

Topic: WPAR

The most popular innovation of IBM® AIX® Version 6.1 is clearly workload partitioning (WPARs). WPARs are a bold new innovation, implemented within AIX 6.1. It allows administrators to virtualize their operating system, which allows for fewer operating system images on your IBM System p™ partitioned server. AIX 7.1 has taken WPARs to the next level by supporting AIX 5.2 in a WPAR environment. WPAR Manager can be used for creating, editing and moving WPARs. What can WPARs do that Logical Partitions (LPARs) could not? How and when should you use WPARs?