thanks for the movie, I found the section on IVM to manage the LPAR...
it goes like this:
a) power up the SP, go to ASMI menu and do a factor reset ..
upgrade firmware if required..
b) have it boot up the VIO DVD 1.5 or above
c) do a basic VIO installation..
d) put the IP address of the VIO server and connected to the IVM website ...
Well, I did all something similar..except I did not do a factory reset in a) but upgrade the SP firmware to the highest release..
I did the VIO installation on hdisk1 (I want to preserve what I have on hdisk0) , and have hdisk1 as my primary boot device..
however it comes up with frame not found ..or something like this..
I did a), b), c) but without the factory reset in a)..
Not sure what's magical in the factory reset..