Re: What platform does PowerVM run on?

It appears to me that PowerVM is an IBM brand name that covers a broad range of technologies. If you create an LPAR, you shouldn't call it "a PowerVM" as far as I can tell; even though it may be a virtual machine on a Power System.

The PowerVM Redbook references 3 "management" options.

1. VM Control.
2. IVM.
3. HMC.

The book includes several HMC screen shots and a couple IVM screen shots. But what is "VM Control" and how does it manage PowerVM?

-Nathan



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From: Dan Kimmel <dkimmel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: What platform does PowerVM run on?

No, no. PowerVM is a virtual machine. You run IBMi or AIX or Linux on the PowerVM. You can connect a 5250 emulator to that OS through the virtual ethernet. Each PowerVM gets its own ethernet address. HMC is just there for configuration and management. I think you can set up a PowerVM without HMC, but HMC makes it all much easier. Somehow you have to configure the relationship between the PowerVM and VIOS or the host OS. As far as I know, the only way to manage VIOS is through HMC. VIOS must have disks and DVD's and ethernet configured.