Re: LPAR and Disk Sharing

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

As Dan has mentioned  if you a are running V6R1 or V7R1 you can create a
Guest Partition. You would create storage space(s) in the base/host
parittion and then throughg the use of virtual SCSI controllers use those
storage spaces as disk drives etc. You can also virtualize Ethernet and the
DVD. If you only have the internal tape, you may want to consider an
external drive.  Also you need to consider how this other partition will be
used, because with a guest partition, it will go down when the host
partition goes down.

If your E4A will support Expansion Units (HSL or 12x) then there is an
option to add disk. Also might be able to place a External SAS EXP12s on a
controller in the CEC (cpu) to get more disk,

Also to run a IBM i host/guest setup you  will need and HMC if you don't
have one already

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I have an 8203-E4A with one disk controller and 20 drives, 10 in each of
> the external disk drawers.  Currently 100% of the hardware is dedicated
> to the only partition with exception of the processor.  We have 2.00
> units and only are licensed for 1.00 so that is all the partition is
> using.  I am thinking of creating a new partition on this system.  I
> will need to add memory but I have more disk arms than I  need and we
> are at 35% of the storage space used.  So I would like to use some of
> the space across the pool of disk arms for the new partition.
>
> Is this possible?  What additional hardware will I need to partition
> this box?  Most likely I will need memory and Ethernet ports.  Can I
> share the disk controller and drives?
>
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> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
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