VM2000 functions in the SE Manager

Fundamental VM2000 functions for managing the BS2000 VMs are also available to the SE server administrators via the SE Manager. The table below provides an overview of the functions.

These functions are described in detail in the “Operation and Administration” manual [19]. They are not described in detail in this manual.

VM2000 function	VM2000 command	SE Manager Systems > SU <SU name> selected 1
Initializing a VM Creating a VM definition	/CREATE-VM /CREATE-VM-DEFINITION	VM administration tab, Create new BS2000 VM button 2
Activating a VM definition	/ACTIVATE-VM-DEFINITION	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, Activate BS2000 VM action
Starting the guest system on the VM	/START-VM   DIAGNOSTIC-IPL=*NO	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, BS2000 IPL 2 action
Starting the guest system on the VM (diagnostic IPL)	/START-VM  DIAGNOSTIC-IPL=*YES	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, BS2000 Dump IPL 2 action
Performing a shutdown in the guest system	/SHUTDOWN-VM  VM=<vm-id>	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, BS2000 Shutdown action
Assigning devices explicitly Entering devices in the VM definition	/ADD-VM-DEVICES /MODIFY-VM-DEFINITION  DEVICES=*ADD	VM <vm-name> selected, Disks/KVP/Tape devices tabs Assign disk / KVP / ... button All devices tab Assign devices button
Removing devices Removing devices from the VM definition	/REMOVE-VM-DEVICES /MODIFY-VM-DEFINITION  DEVICES=*REMOVE	VM <vm-name> selected, Disks/KVP/Tape devices tabs Remove action icon All devices tab Remove devices button
Changing usage mode of disk devices Changing usage mode of disk devices in the VM definition	/MODIFY-VM-DEVICE-USAGE /MODIFY-VM-DEFINITION  DEVICES=*MODIFY	VM <vm-name> selected, Disks tab, Change action icon
Displaying the VM attributes Displaying the attributes of VM definitions	/SHOW-VM-ATTRIBUTES /SHOW-VM-RESOURCES /SHOW-VM-DEFINITION	Tabs VM administration, VM resources, VM options and VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab
Changing the VM attributes Changing the attributes of VM definitions	/MODIFY-VM-ATTRIBUTES /MODIFY-VM-DEFINITION	VM resources tab, Change 3 action icon and VM options tab, Change action icon
Displaying the attributes of the CPU pools	/SHOW-VM-CPU-POOL	VM resources tab
Assigning a VM to a CPU pool	/ASSIGN-VM-TO-CPU-POOL  ATTACHED-VM-CPUS=  *CHECK-NUMBER	VM resources tab, Change action icon
Migrating a VM Migrating a VM definition	/MIGRATE-VM /MIGRATE-VM-DEFINITION	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, Migrate BS2000 VM action
Terminating a VM	/DELETE-VM	VM <vm-name> selected, Operation tab, Deactivate BS2000 VM action (persistent VM) Deactivate and delete BS2000 VM action (non-persistent VM)
Deleting a VM definition	/DELETE-VM-DEFINITION	VM administration tab Delete action icon

   

1	There is the same navigation path for SU /390 as well as for SU x86.
2	Some parameters are assigned default values.
3	Some attributes cannot be changed.