Re: Can v7r4 host a v7r1 partition?

[Thomas Garvey <tgarvey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's bad news because the Power8's are withdrawn, right?

Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey


On 12/16/2019 10:09 AM, DrFranken wrote:
> Yep. No problem at all but on POWER8 only.
>
> POWER9 will not run i 7.1
>
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> On 12/16/2019 10:55 AM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> > OK, here's the real problem...
> >
> > I need to be able to support v7r4 down through v5r3. I currently have 
> > a power7 server which supports a v7r3 partition, which hosts a v7r1 
> > partition. I also have a Power5 server which supports a v5r4 
> > partition and a v5r3 partition.  The Power7 is starting to show signs 
> > of failure and is at end of service contract.
> > So, do I get a new Power9 server, which I presume comes with v7r4, 
> > and host a v7r3 partition and a v7r1 partition? I think I can still 
> > download v7r1 to load, but will v7r4 host a virtual drive that will 
> > allow v7r1 to be hosted?