Re: PowerVM - running AIX and IBMi

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

We have two Power 10's running AIX 7.2 7200-05-05-2246 and IBM i 7.5 TR1
with the SAN disk, VTL, ethernet hosted by VIOS.

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 6:12 PM Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Need to upgrade our primary server running iBMi and probably will go to a
> Power 10 S1022.
> Currently running a Power 8 using IBM Storwize V5030 SANS.
>
> I was asked by another part of the business who run AIX on Power 6, if we
> are getting new kit, could we host them also to save buying two new servers
> (production and DR).  Looking around it seems we could use PowerVM and run
> both AIX and IBMi LPARs and share the fibre channel cards to the SAN (SAN
> has enough storage).
>
> There is a 900 page Red Book on PowerVM but that's a difficult  read :-(
> Hoping to know if any people on the mailing list are doing this and what
> their experiences are.  Thanks
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