Friday, January 26, 2018

WPAR status in AIX?

WPAR status in AIX?



The status of the wpar can be checked by #lswpar command on the GE.


Defined (D)

The workload partition has been defined by the mkwpar command and is ready for use. But is not active.  Start workload partitions in this state with the startwpar command..


Loaded (L)

The workload partition has been configured in kernel, but processes have not yet been started.


Active (A)

The workload partition is running normally.


Frozen (F)

A checkpoint operatin is initiated, and the processes of the wpar are quiesced, awaiting the storing phase.


Paused (P)

A checkpoint or restart operation has been performed and the wpar processes are ready to tbe resumed or killed.


Broken (B)

An Administrative operation failed, leaving this workload partition is an unusable state.


Transitional (T)

An administrative operation is in progress, the wpar is in process of being created, started, stopped, configured and so on.