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 the OpenStack Image Service. 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 OpenStack Compute 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.