IBM AIX Version 7.1 Differences Guide

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Workload Partitions and resource management

This chapter discusses Workload Partitions (WPARs). WPARs are virtualized software-based partitions running within an instance of AIX. They are available in AIX V7.1 and AIX V6.1. This chapter contains the following sections:

â¢3.1, âTrusted kernel extension loading and configurationâ on page 44

â¢3.2, âWPAR list of featuresâ on page 50

â¢3.3, âVersioned Workload Partitions (VWPAR)â on page 50

â¢3.4, âDevice support in WPARâ on page 68

â¢3.5, âWPAR RAS enhancementsâ on page 95 ...

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