Re: Minimum load source size update -- MIDRANGE-L

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For IBM i 7.2 hosted disks the magic number is 37722 for the load source. This yields a perfect 35GB to the guest. Anything smaller will fail.

Must have full TR1 installed (Not just the MF99101) on the media you are installing from.

The 70G minimum for a physical disk is irrelevant because there are no available physical disks smaller than that for any server that supports IBM i 7.2!

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 12/12/2014 7:17 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Anyone notice this about minimum load source source size for guest
partitions hosted by IBM i?

Starting with IBM i 7.2 TR1, the minimum loadsource requirements have
changed for external and virtual loadsource LUNs, and fixed issues with
RAIDed Native-attached SAS drives. The minimum loadsource sizes are
listed below:

Minimum of 35 GB for 520-byte sectors (DS8000, virtual disks with VIOS
as server)
Minimum of 40 GB (to get 35 GB useable space) for 512-byte sectors
(SVC, Storwize, virtual disks with VIOS VSCSI or IBM i as server)
Minimum of 70 GB for Native-attached SAS/SCSI (Both 520-byte or 4K
sectors)

That's a big help from the previous 75-80 (to get 70 GB useable space)
requirements.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20and%20Related%20Software

Rob Berendt

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