Re: V6R1 Redbook for LPAR setup

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry:

For the purposes that you have the V5R4 Redbook should be sufficient.  I 
would agree that a separate LPAR for Domino is a good thing, however I 
have many clients (and the Franken Lab that Larry and I run) that 
combine the domino server with other workloads.  The bigger question is 
memory, I don't think you indicated how much you had.  My rule of thumb 
is figure out what you might think you need, and go half again bigger.

Consider the primary Domino server on the existing production LPAR, and 
your clustered server on the new LPAR.

Also, if you are not already, I strongly suggest you get BRMS with the 
advanced option.  That will make the backup on your Domino server much 
easier and save while active.  If you want to have only one scratch tape 
pool add the networking feature as well.  It's cheap and pays back in 
very short order.

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 3/31/2010 6:33 AM, Terry Richardson wrote:
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
> We're in the process of migrating Notes back onto the i and IBM is
> suggesting that we set up LPARs to support clustering of the mail
> servers.  I found a V5R4 Redbook on LPAR configuration, but nothing for
> V6R1.  I did find the standard manual (Power Systems Logical
> Partitioning) but was hoping to find a Redbook/Redpiece.
>
> We have a HMC (v7.3.5) attached and I'm pretty sure we're up to date on
> the firmware.  Can someone direct me to a resource that will assist in
> the planning and setup of these LPARS?  If someone has been through this
> process before and used a different method for setting up the Domino
> server instances, I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences.
> We have about 1200 mail clients, approx. 300 concurrent at any one
> time.  We have plenty of DASD space available (4TB) and another procesor
> in our 8203-E4A that we haven't turned on yet.
>
> Terry
>