I have several situations where the same HMC is managing V7R3 on Power7 and
Power5 systems as well. There's no dependency like that I can find.
IF the CR8 is at the highest level it takes, (really it's at 8.8.6.1?) you
should be OK. I would check the version requirements.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Thomas Garvey
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2017 12:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Replace HMC with Integrated Virtualization Manager?
Hi,
Our HMC currently manages a Power5 (with v5r4 and v5r3 partitions) and a
Power7 system (with a v7r1 partition).
We need to upgrade our v7r1 partition on the Power7 to v7r3.
However, this v7r3 upgrade requires an HMC upgrade that would then disallow
it from managing the Power5 server.
(the HMC is a 7042C08 and I believe is at the highest HMC level it takes).
So, we're looking for economical HMC solutions.
Virtual HMC is out because it requires a Power8 box, or an x86 server we
don't have.
If we have to buy a box to run an HMC for the Power7 we might as well make
it a stand-alone HMC.
I was wondering about taking the Power7 off the HMC and using IBM's
Integrated Virtualization Manager on the Power7.
Is this a rational option?
If so, how does installing the IVM on the Power7 impact our current v7r1
partition?
Suggestions?
Thomas Garvey
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