PowerVM compute driver connects to an Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) to perform PowerVM Logical Partition (LPAR) deployment and management. The driver supports file-based deployment using images from Glance. Hardware Management Console (HMC) is not yet supported. For more detailed information about PowerVM Virtualization system, refer to the IBM Redbook publication: IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration.

To enable the PowerVM compute driver, add the following configuration options /etc/nova/nova.conf: compute_driver=nova.virt.powervm.PowerVMDriver powervm_mgr_type=ivm powervm_mgr=powervm_hostname_or_ip_address powervm_mgr_user=padmin powervm_mgr_passwd=padmin_user_password powervm_img_remote_path=/path/to/remote/image/directory powervm_img_local_path=/path/to/local/image/directory/on/compute/host

PowerVM LPARs names have a limit of 31 characters. Since Nova instance names are mapped to LPAR names in Power Systems, make sure instance_name_template config option in nova.conf yields names that have 31 or fewer characters.