Re: VIOS and IVM

Also, if the system is HMC managed, you cant use the IVM. AFAIK.
It's not rocket science and as soon as i can unpack a DS5020 i have lying
around i'll test SAN attachement and the like, it shouldn't be problematic,
at most a few afternoons reading and testing...


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Brian May <bmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are also virtualization features that require use of VIOS as well.
I believe Live Partition Mobility and Active Memory Sharing being the
primary ones.

Brian May
IBM i Modernization Specialist
Profound Logic Software
http://www.profoundlogic.com
937-439-7925 Phone
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk Goins
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: VIOS and IVM

The main use I see for VIOS is to attach to a broader list of IBM SAN
products that are not supported by IBM i directly.


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am curious....with all the talk about the difficulty in using VIOS
because of the command line interface (which I agree with), I am
wondering why the IVM isn't used more. There is a Redpiece on it
found
here: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4061.html. I use the
IVM for creating, maintaining and removing the multiple LPAR's I have
on my JS12 blade and it is very easy to use and I haven't found it
wanting when it came to configuration options. I haven't used a
system that had an HMC for quite a while but the Redpiece says this:
"IVM is a simplified hardware management solution that inherits most
of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) features."

As a web UI, it is pretty good. Is the *most* qualifier on the HMC
features the issue? Are there many HMC or VIOS functions that you
find missing in the IVM? Is it limited to Blade implementations?

I am not afraid of a *NIX command line but I AM lazy. If I can do it
through the IVM and avoid the command line I will. I am just curious
as to why it isn't used/referred to more often.

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Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

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