In this article we will display the actions required to register an AIX system with the WPAR Manager so that WPAR's can be created on and moved between participating systems.

The previous article shows how to install the WPAR Manager. 

Recall that all the systems are being installed, or cloned, from a single mksysb image. One reason for this is to assure that all the agent systems have the same level of AIX installed. This uniformity is important to ensure that Live Application Mobility will function properly.

The first requirement is to replace the tivguid (GUID) that is present in the image.

As it is a simple command, it can also be performed in parallel.

However, actually registering with the agent requires either configuration file, or as I did here, that you enter the password needed to register with the WPAR Manager.

After the command completes and you startup the WPAR manager you should see your system under the managed systems.

However, if the Managed System window is already open, it may not be visible immediately. In those cases you can use the Discover command. This is also useful for when agent systems were offline when the Manager session was started.

And after. All four (4) clients are shown in the list of managed systems.

In the next article we shall look at creating and moving a system WPAR.