Re: Going LPAR

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Gee, I keep my FSP firmware up-to-date.  I download my HMC updates 
religiously.  And yet, if I spend more than 1/2 hour on my HMC I can count 
on rebooting it a couple of times.  I'll have three 5250 sessions open, 
and it controls a 570 and a 520.  Two partitions on the 520 - only 1 
active.  Three partitions on the 570.  Two of those three are active.  And 
I think it's the third physical box that's been on site.

And the other popular myth on the i5 is that there is no controlling 
partition.  Ha!!!  There is, it's just called the FSP or Flexible Service 
Processor.  Doesn't take any additional hardware like on the iSeries or 
AS/400.  However if you apply firmware upgrades on it (ptf's) you have to 
bring down all the other partitions.


Rob Berendt
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6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Geez.....

RE:  HMC

OK, first off the HMC had problems WHEN IT WAS BETA AND YOU FIRST GOT 
YOURS
AL!  It's not BETA anymore.....

While it still has some usability issues, the firm I work for and lots of
others put in complex LPAR with all the toys successfully.  LPAR is 90%
planning 5% implementation, and 5% odds and ends.

Unless you don't do the 90% planning, then it's 250% implementation and
another 300% of remediation.

The HMC needs to be implemented properly, yes, but it is not hard to do 
and
just requires a bit more planning.  You can make the HMC barf if you abuse
it, but then I can take the i5 down if I try hard enough.

An IBM certified experienced LPAR expert can avoid most of the downfalls.

The dis-information/misinformation campaign re: HMC is getting old.  It 
was
not that bad at GA, and it gets better every day.

Jim Oberholtzer
IBM Certified Systems Expert at V5R3
LPAR Certified V5R2  (the V5R3 test is not out yet)

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