Re: SAN Vendor support for IBM i?

Can you now?

How would you do this:
LPARA on POWERX
LPARB on POWERY
Production normally runs on LPARA. LPARA and LPARB are both at 6.1. With
Mimix I can upgrade LPARB to 7.1. Then when I am ready I can switch from
LPARA to LPARB and upgrade LPARA to 7.1. When done, switch back to LPARA.

If I have geographic mirroring I am under the impression that the disk
images on SAN are identical. So, how do I upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1 while
production keeps rolling?


Rob Berendt
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From: Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 05/22/2012 09:22 AM
Subject: Re: SAN Vendor support for IBM i?
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If you get the right type of setups then you could do away with the
software replication and go with a geo-mirroring solution. An alternative
approach might be to utilize a san as your VTL, then have that san
replicated somewhere else.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:13 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sort of like when we buy one Power box we buy another to run Mimix on?


Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
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From: Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 05/22/2012 08:41 AM
Subject: Re: SAN Vendor support for IBM i?
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Sure I would, but not if the disk cost is 2.5x a NetApp or equivalent

SAN.

Most of our customers are implementing a SAN or NAS where they want to

mix

IBM i documents and Windows data, so that's the scenario I am used to
seeing.

However Matt didn't give us any true dollar comparisons, so the dollars
could still be considered reasonable for the IBM DS*** line of SANs. I
don't know.

We tried to configure a Blade Server a couple years ago and the IBM
hardware guys had a time trying to configure it correctly, so I haven't
had very good success with non-traditional IBM i setups :-)

There's also the hardware redundancy aspect.

If you buy one SAN it usually means two SANs for redundancy.

Cha-ching $$$$$$$

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
Where Information Meets Innovation
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message: 2
date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:33:35 +1200
from: Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: SAN Vendor support for IBM i?

Hi Richard

What is especially important or significant about IFS documents ?
Are you saying you would not consider putting the system i database on a
SAN ?
If so, why not ?

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Richard Schoen

<richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Out of curiousity why do you need a SAN for your i if not storing IFS

style documents ?

What is it you're trying to accomplish ? IASP or something else ?

Maybe I missed it in the previous posts.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
Where Information Meets Innovation
Document Management, Workflow, Report Delivery, Forms and Business
Intelligence
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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