Re: New Blade Server and LPAR ?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know for sure that IVM is not on the i - it is in the bladecenter only.

There's a Redbook on installing blades that probably will answer all 
your questions - Vess Natchev is one of the authors - google on his last 
name and the word, blade, and you will likely find it.

Vern

Jack Kingsley wrote:
> How do you start and use the IVM??  If have seen the virtual partition
> manager that Rob is talking about in SST.  How do you know what you can use
> and can't use, sounds like it depends upon IBM model etc.  Is it possible to
> do things with the IVM/HMC/VPM where they all interact together or do they
> all not get along to well.  I have seen VPM and have an HMC but have never
> seen the IVM.  Is IVM web based using a URL then??
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>   
> > IVM is very easy to use to config IBM i partitions on the blade.   I
> > assume your 2 drives are SAS drives in the DSM.  The blade comes with
> > internal drives. You put VIOS on the internal drive.  In IVM you have
> > physical volumes and virtual disks. You can carve virtual disks from
> > one or more of the physical volumes and then assign those virtual
> > disks to an IBM i partition. Or you can assign physical drives to the
> > IBM i partition. One IBM support tech told me not to run IBM i on a
> > virtual disk.  Another would not recommend against doing it.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >     
> > > If I order a new blade with 2 146GB drives mirrored and no HMC what are
> > >       
> > my
> >     
> > > options for LPAR'n this machine under i6.1.  Would I used green screen
> > > SST/DST or IVM or ??
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