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{{Short description|OS-level virtualisation}}

AIX Workload partitions (WPARs) are a software implementation of [[operating system-level virtualization]] technology introduced in the [[IBM|IBM's]] [[IBM AIX (operating system)|AIX 6.1 operating system]] that provides application environment isolation and resource control.

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'''IBM AIX Workload partitionsPartitions''' ('''WPARs''') are a software implementation of [[OS-level virtualization|operating system-level virtualization]] technology introduced in the [[IBM|IBM's]] [[IBM AIX|IBM (operating system)|AIX 6.1 operating system]] that provides application environment isolation and resource control.

WPARs are software partitions that are created from, and share the resources of, a single instance of the AIX OS. WPARs can be created on any [[systemIBM Power Systems]] or [[IBM System p]] hardware that supports AIX version 6.1 orand higher versions.<ref>[https://www.theregister.com/2012/02/17/ibm_aix_5_3_i5_v5r4_support/ "IBM puts AIX 5.3 on extended life support"] ''The Register''. Retrieved 2024-04-17.</ref> There are twothree kinds of WPARs,: System WPARs; Application WPARs; and ApplicationVersioned WPARs.

==System WPAR==

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==Application WPAR==

Application WPARs are light weightlightweight environments used for isolating and executing a single application process.

==Versioned WPAR==

A WPAR which contains an instance of either AIX 5.2 or AIX 5.3. Versioned WPARs are only supported in AIX 7.1 and later LPARs.

==Mobility==

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==See also==

*[[Operating system-level virtualization]]

*[[LPAR|Logical Partitioning]] (LPAR)

*[[Dynamic Logical Partitioning]] (DLPAR)

*[[FreeBSD jail]]

*Fujitsu [[XPAR]]

*[[Sun Microsystems|SUN]] [[Dynamic Domains]]

*[[Sun Microsystems|SUN]] [[LDOM]]

*[[Solaris Containers]]

*[[IBM]] [[Workload Manager]]

*[[OpenVZ]]

*[[Linux-VServer]]

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-workload/index.html Basic management of Workload Partitions in AIX], IBM developersworksdeveloperworks

*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-wpar61aix/index.html Workload Partitioning (WPAR) in AIX 6.1], IBM developersworksdeveloperworks

*[http://www.rootvg.net/content/category/6/49/169/ All about WPAR]

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