IBM SY44-5902-05 manual Determining if the system has guest partitions

vA console log is kept for guest partitions, and can be viewed using option 10 on the Display Partition Information menu

vA debug command may be sent to a guest partition using hidden option 14 on the Work with Partition Configuration menu

Determining if the system has guest partitions

This procedure instructs the user on how to determine if the system has Guest Partitions.

1.Go to the Primary partition system console.

2.From the SST or DST screen, select the Work with system partitions option.

3.At the Work with system partitions display, the number of partitions and the partition manager release level are shown. This is the release level of the Primary partition.

a. Select the Display partition information option.

4.At the Display partition information display, select the Display partition operating environment option.

5.At the Display partition operating environment display, the partition identifier, partition name, operating system type (″OS/400″ or ″Guest″), and operating system version / release are displayed for each system partition. v Any partition with an indication that the partition is a ″Guest″ means that

the system has guest partitions.

6.Record the partition ID, partition name, operating system type, and version/release of the guest partition(s) for later use.

Determining the release level of a guest partition

This procedure instructs the user on how to determine the release level of the operating system environment in a guest partition.

1.Go to the Primary partition system console or the console of the hosting partition for a guest partition. For information on determining the hosting partition for a guest partition see “Determining the hosting partition of a guest partition”.

Note: The hosting partition may not have a console session established via TELNET. In that case use the Primary partition’s console.

2.From the SST or DST screen select the Work with system partitions option.

3.At the Work with system partitions display, select the Display partition information option.

4.At the Display partition information display, select the Display partition operating environment option.

5.At the Display partition operating environment display, the operating system (Kernel) and the Kernel’s version level are displayed.

Note: The guest partition must have been IPL’d at least once for the version to be displayed / correct.

6.Record the partition ID, partition name, operating system and operating system version of the of the guest partition for later use.

Determining the hosting partition of a guest partition

Hosting partition - This is a partition, either the Primary or a secondary partition that is not a guest partition. The hosting partition has the real I/O devices that the virtual I/O device drivers in a guest partition connect to. The hosting partition also supplies the guest partition’s DST console session via a TELNET connection into the hosting partition. The guest partition’s console is not part of the hosting

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