SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SWITCH OPERATING MODES IN A PARTITIONED SYSTEM

A method for automatically switching between partition configurations at a scheduled time period includes storing, at a service processor, a plurality of partition configurations for a computing system, the plurality of partition configurations allocating hardware resources of the computing system. The method includes associating a configuration schedule with the plurality of partition configurations, where each of the plurality of partition configurations is associated with a scheduled time period, and booting the computing system to a particular partition configuration at a particular scheduled time period corresponding to the particular partition configuration.