The authorities that you grant to service tool users determines what logical partition information they can access and what tasks they can perform. Take care in assigning service tool user profile privileges to manage partition security.
Two service tool functional privileges relate to logical partitions. These privileges support basic operations or advanced administration. For more information on obtaining operations or administration authority, refer to Logical partition authority.
The following table describes which authority is required to complete a logical partition task.
| Function | Administration authority | Operational authority |
|---|---|---|
| Back up NWSD for a partition | X | |
| Create a logical partition | X | |
| Change logical partition host information | X | |
| Delete disk drives for a logical partition | X | |
| Delete NWSDs for a logical partition | X | |
| Display operating environment of secondary partitions | X | X |
| Display reference code history for secondary partitions | X | X |
| Print server configuration for logical partitions | X | X |
| Restore NWSDs for logical partitions | X | |
| Save logical partition configuration data | X | X |
| Unlink disk drives from a logical partition | X | |
| Vary off NSWD | X | |
| Vary on NSWD | X |