Re: VIOS DS4700 and a E4A

Are you privy to any info on if and when we will have native/direct access to tape from the Power6 Blades?

That feature was in the last VIOS release and it works like a champ. I am backing up direct to tape now. NO more virtual tape first.
VIOS level 2.1.1.10-FP21

Pete

Kirk Goins wrote:

Pete Helgren wrote:

Kirk,

I can't weigh in on the DS4700 issue, but the latest release of VIOS in combination with the latest firmware and CUME *has* been rock solid on my JS12 blade. It was all bubblegum and bailing wire for a while but IBM got it resolved in the latest release. I wouldn't hesitate to run i on a Power 6+ blade from here on out.

Pete

Kirk Goins wrote:

Anyone running a DS4700 as the disk on an E4A? My understanding is I would need to run VIOS as the base OS and guest 6.1 on top. On blades this hasn't been the most stable. If you are running a DS4700, what are you doing for backups?

Thanks

Thanks Pete,

Are you privy to any info on if and when we will have native/direct access to tape from the Power6 Blades?