Add or Modify Soft Partition

The Add or Modify Soft Partition dialog box displays when you press the Add or Modify button on the Soft Partitions and Memory Assignments dialog box.  The Add or Modify Soft Partition dialog box can only be reached if you select OpenVMS Galaxy on the Add or Modify Hard Partition dialog box.

The OpenVMS Galaxy operating system supports multiple soft partitions. If the operating system type running on a partition is OpenVMS Galaxy, the "Soft Partitions" button at the bottom of the Add or Modify a Hard Partition dialog box is activated. You can click on it to use the Add or Modify Soft Partition dialog box to create additional soft partitions.

The Add or Modify Soft Partition dialog box displays a list of available "Hard Partition resources" that may be added to the soft partition you are modifying or creating in the left hand window.  Any resources already assigned to the soft partition you are modifying or creating will appear in "Resources assigned to this partition" in the right hand window.

In the "Hard partition resources" (left-hand) window, select the Duo you wish to add to the soft partition and click "Add>".  The Duo will move to the "Resources assigned to this partition" (right-hand) window.

Select a Duo in the "Resources assigned to this partition" (right-hand) window and click "<Remove" to delete that Duo from the soft partition you are modifying or creating and place it back in "Hard partition resources". The Duo returns to its previously assigned partition.

APW provides feedback on the validity of a partition.  APW uses these rules to check validity:

• Each partition must have a console and PCI drawer connection

• Each partition must have a CPU

• Each partition must have memory

If the icon below the right-hand box is an "X", there is a problem with your proposed partition.

The following table explains the fields in this dialog box.