Re: VMWare

[richard@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello Pete, 

I'll spot you a copy of the Windows 2003 OS if you really can't afford a 
few hundred bucks :-)

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Richard Schoen
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message: 6
date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:37:45 -0600
from: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: VMWare

I'd LPAR if I could but I can't on this model 270 - 2248 processor box. 
The IPCS is currently unused and it would be great if I could use it for 
a Linux box.
 
Pete

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I question why Linux on an IPCS versus on a Linux lpar?  I gather it's 
> just because you have an older IPCS laying around and want to put it to 
> use.
>
> Remember, even on the newer 5xx boxes you do NOT need a HMC solution to 
> configure Linux lpars.  You only need HMC to configure multiple i5/os 
> lpars, or to do Capacity Upgrade on Demand.
>
> Is it additional hardware concerns?  Most of that can be worked around 
> with things like vLan.
>
> Rob Berendt