creating a physical host memory translation table in a host memory, wherein the physical host memory translation table includes a plurality of sets of system image pages, and further wherein each one of the plurality of sets of system image pages is mapped to a corresponding one of a plurality of virtual adapters in a physical adapter;

creating a physical adapter memory translation table in the physical adapter, wherein the physical adapter memory translation table includes a plurality of sets of virtual adapter memory locations and an association of each one of the plurality of sets of virtual adapter memory locations with a corresponding one of the plurality of system images;

for each one of the plurality of virtual adapters:

assigning a unique identifier to the virtual adapter, wherein virtual resources contained by the virtual adapter are identified in the physical adapter memory translation table using the unique identifier; and

manipulating the virtual resources contained by the virtual adapter using only the unique identifier that identifies the virtual adapter;

invoking, by a particular one of the plurality of system images, a request to destroy a particular virtual resource, wherein the request includes a particular unique identifier that is assigned to the particular virtual resource;

conveying the request to the physical adapter by a logical partitioning manager interfacing with a memory management interface of the physical adapter; and

responsive to receipt of the request by the physical adapter;

freeing all other virtual resources that are associated with the particular virtual resource;

purging residual data from the particular virtual resource; and

resetting the particular virtual resource to its initial state.