Creating New Resource Pools

After the Container Manager software is installed on a host, all existing resource pools are discovered and loaded into the module's management information base (MIB) table. Newly created pools take their processors from the host's default pool, which is called pool_default. One full CPU is always assigned to the default pool. Therefore, the number of available CPUs for creating new pools is always the total number of available CPUs less one.

The Resource Pools table is located in the Hosts view under the Resource Pools tab. Information about a pool is listed in a single row in this table. The following information is available for each resource pool:

Resource Pool Name

The name of the resource pool

CPUs

Total number of CPUs contained in the pool

Unreserved CPUs

The number of CPUs available, or currently available for container creation

To Create a New Resource Pool

1. If the Container Manager GUI is not already open, access it as described in To Launch the Container Manager GUI.

2. Select the Hosts view by clicking the left tab in the navigation window.

   A list of hosts is displayed in the navigation window.

3. Select the host name.

   The Resource Pools table is displayed in the right pane.

4. Click the New Resource Pool button.

   The New Resource Pool dialog is displayed. The Total Number of CPUs on the host is listed, as well as the Available CPUs.

5. Provide a name for the new pool in the Resource Pool Name field.

6. Provide the number of in the CPUs.

   This number must be less than or equal to the number given in the Available CPUs field, and must be an integer.

7. Click OK to save your changes.

   The information in the Resource Pools table is updated with the new pool.