Re: Windows on ibm power

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Done either of what?

I was there when they moved from a 270 with IxA attached servers to a
520 with iSCSI attached 1U PCs yes.

It was just two PC servers.

And as I said, they rebuilt them manually rather than trying to migrate them.

Charles

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Jack Kingsley
<iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Charles, had not heard of this, have you done either one of these??
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > You can replace them with iSCSI attached 1U servers...
> >
> > That's what a former employer did with IxA servers.  They did it the
> > hard way, by rebuilding the Win2K3 servers.  IBM does offer a
> > migration service:
> > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/advantages/integratedserver/solutions.html
> > IXS/IXA to iSCSI migration utility:
> > IBM Lab Services is offering a migration utility that can take an
> > IXS/IXA based Windows 2003 Server image to an iSCSI based image. The
> > migration utility saves you from having to do a new operating system
> > install, reinstalling your applications and reconfiguring your server
> > back to its previous state. If you are interesting in taking advantage
> > of this utility, send an e-mail to intwin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > HTH,
> > Charles