Re: V7R1 is SAN bootable on Power 914

How can it be a "completely valid migration path" when IBM does not support it, has not tested it, etc. etc.. Quite simply, it's not.

That does not mean that it might work, and for non-production workloads might be an interesting science project, but don't give customers the idea that it's in any way a supported method, it is not.

V7R1 support is only available with very expensive side support agreements from IBM, and I would be amazed if they would condone this method.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Jan 16, 2019, at 3:49 PM, Tsvetan Marinov <tsetso.marinov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

It's funny but I was able to also D-mode IPL an LPAR with V7R1 LIC image
and it works fine on the 914 box.

I've even successfully upgraded an LPAR from V7R1 to V7R3 directly on the
Power 914 box. It was funny because I though that the LIC load would fail
in flames.
One thing I haven't try is, to load a V7R1 LPAR from tape on the Power 914
box, but it should work since the V7R1 LIC can be booted from VIOS image.

I think I can say that V7R1 to V7R3 is a completely valid migration path
directly on Power 9.

Regards

On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 at 18:39, Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

There's always a difference between "use it for production" and "we made
it!" :)

Happy new year all!

-h

Am 31.12.2018 um 19:11 schrieb DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I can see you dabbling with this as I have done similar in the past. I

am surprised it even boots up, that's truly unexpected. I would never put
this into production however. 'Unsupported' being the operative word here.

You will never see a mention from IBM that this works because they have

stated that it is unsupported. That is the only statement you will get from
IBM. Bet on it!

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