IBM AIX6 Workload Partitions 详讲

  工作负载分区（Workload Partition，以下简称为 WPAR）是 IBM 6 在虚拟化方面的一项重要增强。在本系列的第二篇文章《探索 6：新特性概览（中）》一文中，我们已经对 WPAR 做了一个概要的介绍，读者应该对其有个大概的印象。在本文中，我们一起来了解使用 6 系统自带的工具（系统命令和 SMIT 菜单）对 WPAR 进行基本的管理操作，包括创建，删除，启动，停止，登录，挂起，备份和恢复等，并了解 WPAR 对系统环境的要求和安装前期应该进行的计划准备工作。

          与 IBM POWER 平台由硬件方式实现的逻辑分区（LPAR）功能不同，WPAR 是 6 内核在软件层面实现的虚拟化方案。WPAR 使得多个“系统环境”可以共享一个 操作系统，彼此之间由内核保证隔离。承载所有这些被隔离开的“系统环境”的 操作系统称之为全局环境，一个“系统环境”即 WPAR，它既可以包括一个完整的 环境（称之为系统 WPAR），也可以仅仅包括应用程序的进程（称之为应用 WPAR）。

WPAR part 1 - The Theory

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AIX 6 Workload Partition Introduction and Key Features - a mini presentation.

WPAR part 2 - WPAR Manager Introduction

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AIX6 WPAR Manager basics - Login, a look around the Graphical User Interface and Start/Stop WPAR

After installing WPAR Mgr don't forget to run configure it with /opt/IBM/WPAR/manager/bin/WPMConfig.sh Note

WPAR part 3 - Mobility (Relocation)

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AIX6 WPAR Mobility/Relocate using WPAR Manager.

WPAR part 4 - Simple Create

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Creating a simple WPAR with WPAR Manager.

WPAR part 5 - Detailed Create

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AIX6 Creating a WPAR with the WPAR Manager Wizard.

WPAR part 6 - p5 to p6 Relocate

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AIX6 WPAR Mobility from POWER5 to POWER6 machines.

WPAR part 7 - Full Properties

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A look around WPAR Properties that can be Modified.

WPAR part 8 - Command Line

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Command line control of WPAR and a quick look at Application type WPARs.

WPAR part 9 - Compare Global and WPAR Environment

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Comparing the global AIX and WPAR environments.

WPAR part 10 - Backup & Clone

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Workload Partition - Backup, Restore and Cloning is simple, small and quick. The backup file is only a few MB as there is no need to save AIX and Cloning a WPAR takes just a couple of minutes.

WPAR part 11 - Faster Relocation

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Workload Partition - With WPAR Mgr 1.2 in November 2008, a new memory to memory Application Mobility feature avoids the NFS I/O means both faster relocation and reduced WPAR freeze time.

WPAR part 12 - Static Relocation

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With WPAR Mgr 1.2 in November 2008, if your WPARs have to use disk space local to the global AIX rather than NFS, you can still use static relocation to automatically and quickly stop the WPAR, backup it up, move the backup file, restore the backup and start the WPAR on a different machine.

WPAR part 13 - WPAR Mgr 2.1

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WPAR Mgr 2.1 in November 2009: is now a Director 6 Plug-in this is a major integration with the strategic IBM systems Management tool. Watch this movie for hints on installing, configuring and then using the new GUI. All the same functions are there but a little different and some new ones too. For learning Director itself see the Director 6 movies.

Versioned WPAR for AIX 5.2

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With AIX 7 and POWER7 you now have the option to run AIX 5.2 within a WPAR. This will run the same OS, same middle-ware and same application but on right up to date hardware and OS. Then you can remove the old POWER4 or older hardware to reduce electricity & heat, free up floor or rack space, reduce hardware maintenance, reduced risk, and either a performance boost or reduce CPU count for reduced software licence costs. And its really easy to move - just load your AIX 5.2 mksysb into the WPAR.

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