Re: vHMC

Hmmm...I know I didn't pay for a virtual HMC but I have 4 products that seem to be vHMC related (and I have installed the vHMC for x86). 5765-HMA, 5765-HMB, 5765-HMV, and 5765-HMW are all listed and available in ESS.  Maybe they are part of the developer discount program but I would think they would be listed on my order with a $0.00 cost (as other items are) if they were part of the DD program...

vHMC is pretty cool.  A little slow (16GB RAM on the VM) and I don't really have anything to compare it to but I am glad to have it.

Pete Helgren
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On 8/12/2019 7:40 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

This is a good document regarding the vHMC:
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020969

Some of the more important (to me anyway) Q&A stuff:

Q: Are existing HMC customers entitled to vHMC?
A: No. vHMC is a separate offering and must be purchased separately. There is no conversion and no upgrade offering.

Q: Can x86 based vHMC licenses (5765-HMV) be converted to POWER vHMC (5765-HMA )?
A: No. They are two different offerings.
R: Apparently you don't want to "try" one and then go to the other.

Q: What restrictions are unique to vHMC on POWER?
A:
- POWER vHMC cannot manage the server it is is hosted on.
This implies the hosting POWER server must be managed by Novalink or another HMC instance. IVM managed servers are not supported.
- The HMC Virtual Appliance for PowerVM does not provide graphics adapter support for adapters assigned to the partition. "Local console" access is limited to command line only.
...

How to download, etc is covered at that link.