> # Domain Partitions

> Column Display Related Tasks Related Topics

> Domain partitions are an administrative and runtime slice of a WebLogic domain that is dedicated to running application instances and related resources for a tenant.

> This page summarizes the domain partitions that have been configured in the current WebLogic Server domain.

> NOTE: WebLogic Server Multitenant domain partitions, resource groups, resource group templates, and virtual targets are deprecated in WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0. The related Console and help pages will be removed in the next release.

> Use this page to create, delete, import, or export partitions.

> #### Column Display

> You can show fewer or additional data points on this page by expanding Customize this table and modifying the Column Display list. Each data point displays in its own table column.

> The following table lists all of the data points that you can display in columns on this page.

> Name | Description
> --- | ---
> Name | The name that you specified when you created the domain partition.
> Resource Groups | All the resource groups in this partition. MBean Attribute: `PartitionMBean.ResourceGroups`
> Realm | The security realm for this partition. MBean Attribute: `PartitionMBean.Realm`
> Default Target(s) | A list of default targets for the partition (if any). MBean Attribute: `PartitionMBean.DefaultTargets`
> partition ID | The ID for this partition. MBean Attribute: `PartitionMBean.PartitionID` Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.
> Notes | Optional information that you can include to describe this configuration. WebLogic Server saves this note in the domain's configuration file (`config.xml`) as XML PCDATA. All left angle brackets (<) are converted to the XML entity `&lt;`. Carriage returns/line feeds are preserved.

> Note: If you create or edit a note from the Administration Console, the Administration Console does not preserve carriage returns/line feeds.

> MBean Attribute:
> `PartitionMBean.Notes`

> State | The current overall state of the partition. The value returned is the highest state for the partition on all servers where it is targeted. As a result, the overall partition state can change (for example, to `RUNNING`) as soon as the operation (such as start) has finished on one server, even while the operation is still in progress elsewhere.

> If the partition is not currently targeted to any running server then its reported state is the desired state indicated by the most recent partition life cycle operation on the partition.

> MBean Attribute:
> `PartitionLifeCycleRuntimeMBean.State`

> Substate | The SHUTDOWN state has two substates: BOOTED and HALTED. Shutting down a partition takes it to the SHUTDOWN.BOOTED state. When a partition is in the SHUTDOWN.BOOTED state, on the Administration Server, administrative resource groups are running, but all other resource groups are shutdown.

> When a partition is in the SHUTDOWN.HALTED state, all resource groups in the partition are shutdown and the partition is fully shutdown on all targets.

> MBean Attribute:
> `PartitionLifeCycleRuntimeMBean.SubState`

> File System Root | The full path to the root of this file subsystem of the partition. MBean Attribute: `PartitionFileSystemMBean.Root`
> Preserved | Specifies whether the file system should be preserved when the partition is deleted. MBean Attribute: `PartitionFileSystemMBean.Preserved`
> CreateOnDemand | Specifies whether the file system should be created on-demand when the partition is first started. MBean Attribute: `PartitionFileSystemMBean.CreateOnDemand`

> Related Tasks

> - Create domain partitions
> - Configure domain partition general settings
> - Export partitions
> - Import partitions

> Related Topics

> - Configuring Domain Partitions
> - Exporting and Importing Partitions
> - About Partition Lifecycle States and Transitions