RE: IXS server and Network Storage Spaces

Ken,

All you by chance using two different models of IxS?

As I understand it, in a DR recovery situation, you have to make sure
that the exact same model IxS is available.

I feel IxS/IxA have some advantages over standalone servers.  But
there's only so much IBM can do to overcome the limits of Microsoft's
OS.

Just like you can take a hard drive out of a PC and stick it into a
completely different environment and expect it to work, NWSD can only be
used by the same type of IxS/IxA.

When we went from an 830 to our 810, we had to get a new IxS as the old
one in the 830 wouldn't work in the 810.  Since the IxS's were
different, we had to rebuild the system drive for Windows.

One benefit to the IxA is that it separates the i5 hardware from the PC.

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graap, Ken
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:58 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: IXS server and Network Storage Spaces
> 
> I have a question about using an IXS on an i5 server.
>  
> Has anyone configured a Windows server on an IXS, copied that 
> resulting Network Storage Spaces to another name and then 
> used them with another IXS card as a 'base' configuration for testing?
>  
> We were having trouble doing this and IBM SupportLine told us 
> that we can't do this! 
>  
> I guess that means that we have to build each IXS 
> configuration from scratch (???)
>  
> How will this work at a Disaster Recovery site? Will the 
> Network Storage Spaces be useless because we will be 
> recovering on a different IXS card????
>  
> I have been under the impression that the IXS configuration 
> on the i5 was much more flexible than stand alone NT server 
> hardware. Apparently not... Any thoughts on this would be 
> greatly appreciated. 
>  
> Kenneth
> 
>  
>