Re: VIOS from scratch

VIO Server is a learning curve without a doubt, a steep one. A strong Unix background is really helpful. (all of my partitions are virtualized with VIOS so I deal with it quite often)

The best place to look for help is in DeveloperWorks, and don't forget the AIX forums.

Start a cheat sheet with all the commands you use. Larry suggested, and I followed the suggestion to use Notepad for all the commands you use, setting up the virtual SCSI and other devices. That way you can copy/paste from note pad into PuttY.

One word of warning. The shell is just plain awful. Be sure to set your Putty configuration correctly. Problem is, I have not found anyone (or a website) that can really tell me what those settings should be so I tinker with them until they work.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 5/16/2013 7:52 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I, too, wouldn't mind learning more about this.


Rob Berendt
-- 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 http://www.dekko.com From: Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 05/16/2013 08:34 AM Subject: VIOS from scratch Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx I've been mucking around with a nice POWER6 that we got cheap from IBM-Remarketing a few weeks ago. Installed VIOS 2.x and got a feel around. I've found some videos explaining initial configuration, but the config was not exactly the same (it assumed i had a non-IVE network card and set up the VIOS-HMC link and general bridge thru that). Is there a good VIOS from scratch tutorial anywhere? Also, the HMC reports that this machine has no 5250 capabilities, but it DOES have IBM i capabilities. Would that be like saying "You have a 1000cpw batch and 0 interactive machine"? I've read a lot of manuals and think i have most of the theory behind VIOS (some concepts are harder, like the whole IVE-LHEA but not impossible). Infocenter has not been kind to me since it seems only CE work at this level (weird since i remember a big client that had its people trained to reinstall VIOS in case of disaster). That's about it, if anyone has experience with this, feel free to share. I can be more specific about the problems i'm having but i would rather read the book than nag someone. Best Regards,