Re: Guest Partitions

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

  This is *exactly one of the benefits of hosting i with i. In this 
case it sounds as if you would have production owning all the disk 
units. Some network server storage spaces are created on the production 
partition to become the 'disk units' for the test/dev partition which is 
hosted.  The console is through the HMC. The optical drive is 'passed 
through' to the client partition.  Ethernet is through the Host Ethernet 
Adapter. The two partitions appears as two separate machines, different 
IP, Security, PTFs, Products loaded, etc.  In short, perfect for what 
you want.

    - Larry

On 3/17/2011 10:19 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
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> I have a BP coming in next week to give us a proposal for a Power 7 system.
> One of the questions that came up, when we were talking about our
> needs/wants was partitioning so that, unlike today on our V5R1 machine, I
> could have a test environment separate from production.
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> This morning remembered some mention of a guest partition capability when
> 6.1 was announced.  I read some links that Rob provided but, admittedly, I'm
> still just a tad confused or unsatisfied.  That is, the 6.1 technical
> overview showed how to set up a client partition, but not how to use it
>
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> In a previous incarnation I had access to two [2] physical machines; one for
> production and one for development/testing.  In 7.1 can/does this guest
> (client) partition insulate the host partition (what would be in my case
> Production) from updates made in the client?  In the 2-box scenario I ftped
> libraries back and forth between the boxes; would that be the same
> methodology for the client partition scenario?  And when the client
> partition is ended (the Redbook didn't go into whether this could be done or
> how, but I figured it could be), do the libraries/objects in the client just
> disappear automagically?
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> Except for migrating objects between host and client, and using IBM i and
> disk space, I don't anticipate sharing resources.  That is, such things as
> the tape drive, DVD drive, etc.  But what the heck do I know.  Anyway, I
> just want to be able to set up a test environment that shields production
> from my tests.
>
>
>
> Jerry C. Adams
>
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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