Re: VIOS Disk Sizes

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

IBM's site finally is working...nevermind.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Anyone have and .iso / .bin of the AIX Standalone CD?  The link(s) I am
> trying from several source all comeback as Service Not Available. I would
> love to get a copy today if someone is willing to share.
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > We finally received our Power8. We it with VIOS as the Primary OS and
> > ordered 146GB drives for the CEC and 300GB drives for the EXP24s.. Down the
> > road we 'may' go with a SAN so the VIOS now even with internal disk.
> >
> > As I went to install VIOS I was looking for the 'two' 146GB drives to
> > install on. What the system shows is a pair of 133GB drives. The 300GB
> > drives are reporting in as 270GB drives.
> >
> > Can someone Enlighten ms as why with a straight out of the box fresh from
> > IBM system, I have lost 10% of my disk space? I thought with VIOS I would
> > be getting the advertised GB at least at this stage..
> >
> > --
> > Kirk
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> --
> Kirk