B<mkvm> - Creates HMC- and IVM-managed partitions.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
I<mkvm [-h| --help]>
mkvm [-v| --version]
mkvm [-V| --verbose] singlenode -i id -n name
mkvm [-V| --verbose] src_cec -c dest_cec
The mkvm command creates a new partition with the same profile/resources as the partition specified by singlenode. The -i and -n flags specify the numeric partition number and name of the newly created partition, respectively. The second form of this command duplicates all the partitions associated with src_cec to dest_cec. Note that src_dest and dest_cec must be associated with the same HMC. Newly created partitions are automatically added to the xCAT database.
-h Display usage message.
-c Copy partitions from src_cec to dest_cec on single HMC
-i New partition numeric id
-n New partition name
-v Command Version.
-V Verbose output.
0 The command completed successfully.
1 An error has occurred.
1. To create a new partition lpar5 based on the profile/resources of lpar4, enter:
mkvm lpar4 -i 5 -n lpar5
Output is similar to:
lpar5: Success
2. To duplicate all the partitions associated with cec01 on cec02, enter:
mkvm cec01 -c cec02
Output is similar to:
cec01: Success
/opt/xcat/bin/mkvm
This command is part of the xCAT software product.