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  • 1.  vHMC on power

    Posted 06/12/24 04:47 PM

    Hello,

      We are looking to setup vHMC on power in our environment. My question is is vHMC supported to run on RHEL 9.2 ? on power ?



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    Marvin Jones
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    #HMCandCMC


  • 2.  RE: vHMC on power

    Posted 06/13/24 03:39 AM
    Edited by Rich Jefferies 06/13/24 03:40 AM

    Hi Marvin.

    The vHMC image includes the a custom Linux OS, so you do not need to install an OS first.
    The following article gives the details (Power8/9/10 all supported for the vHMC):



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    Rich Jefferies
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  • 3.  RE: vHMC on power

    Posted 06/13/24 03:39 AM

    Marvin,

    Hi, good day to you.

    You install the vHMC "natively" on the POWER platform, check https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power9?topic=power-installing-hmc-virtual-appliance-powervm-logical-partition for details.

    All the best, Steve



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    Steve Munday
    AIX, IBM i, HMC, PowerVM
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  • 4.  RE: vHMC on power

    Posted 06/13/24 09:31 AM

    I run vHMC on x86.  We have geographically distributed VM servers.  This works well for us.  Redundancy, etc.  Really easy to do a flash copy before upgrades, etc.  Love it.  Would never go back to a dedicated hmc appliance.  Was too much of an upgrade treadmill, especially since I like to stay very current.  And, yes, I have discovered the maximum number of HMCs which can support a single Power system (three, at last attempt).

    Anyone fire up vHMC on the new half wide Power S1012?  Have your Power systems side by side in the same rack?



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
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