Re: Hosted i Partition - Virtual Partition Manager

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

	Sadly with POWER5 you cannot have hosted partitions of IBM i, only 
Linux and AIX can be hosted at POWER5.
	
        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/11/2013 9:57 AM, Joe Wood wrote:

> Experts,
>
> My environment is Power5 running i 7.1, 100% current PTF's (Cumulative,
> Hipers, & Firmware), no HMC.
>
> I have created a second LPAR (partition with VPM using SST - aka green
> screen) with the intent of running another instance of i 7.1 as a hosted
> micro-partition.  All good to this point, including the Ethernet Layer 2
> Bridging, virtual Ethernet, virtual back plane, network
> server description and storage space, etc..
>
> I have created the image catalog to load ibase and am ready to Power On and
> load the LIC & OS.  At D-M IPL power on I get SRC B200 1310.
>
> This SRC indicates I have no Alternate restart device and I'm missing where
> I can set this, see instruction #8 below.
>
>                            Work with Partition Status
>
> Type options, press Enter.
>
>    1=Power on      3=IPL restart   7=Delayed power off   8=Immediate power
> off
>    9=Mode normal  10=Mode manual
>
>    A=Source A      B=Source B      C=Source C            D=Source D
>
>
>
>       Partition             IPL     IPL                 Reference
>
> Opt  Identifier  Name      Source  Mode     State      Codes
>
>         1         10-ABCDE  B       Normal   On
>
>         2         GV7R1     D       Manual   Off        B200 1310
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> These have been my two primary resources:
> *Creating IBM i Client Partitions Using Virtual Partition Manager (VPM)*
> http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/8a657691e95faa0386257913001860f4?OpenDocument
>
> *Installing a Hosted Partition from an Image Catalog*
> http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/SLKBase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/e42c5c02e68fa61d86257561005aa2b9?OpenDocument
>
> 8.* In the partition profile of the client partition, tag the SCSI adapter
> as the Alternate restart device.*
>
> The DM IPL will boot from the alternate restart device. Because you want to
> install from the virtual optical on the host, you want to tag the SCSI
> adapter as the alternate restart device.
> ----------------------------------
>
> Can anyone point me to WHERE I can set the Alternate restart device ?
>   Where is the "partition profile" and how can this be accessed ?
>
> Thanks for sharing & advice.
>
>
>
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> Joe Wood
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>
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