1. Introduction Live Partition Migration (LPM) is a PowerVM feature using which VMs running OS like AIX, IBMi , or Linux can be migrated from one Power Server to another with zero down time. During LPM, CPU state, memory contents, Network c onnections, virtual devices are...
Viosupgrade Tool Enhancements on VIOS 3.1.4.60 & 4.1.1.10 1 Introduction: The viosupgrade tool is used to upgrade VIOS systems from older versions to newer ones. With version 3.1.4.60, several new features have been added to make the upgrade process simpler, faster, and more...
In the era of AI and hybrid cloud, a fully optimized and automated virtualized infrastructure is essential for delivering performance and scalability on IBM Power. At the core of this environment are IBM Power Virtual I/O Servers (VIOS), which play a critical role in supporting AI workloads and...
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Discuss how to control and reduce Oracle DBMS licensing and maintenance costs. Hosting Oracle other Intel, Itanium and SPARC whether on-premises or in a public cloud such as AWS and Azure can increase licensing costs by 2-10X. Oracle's own documentation proves the math favors IBM Power....
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1. Evolution of SR-IOV Technology Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) allows an I/O adapter to be virtualized into multiple Virtual Functions (VFs) , which can be directly assigned to multiple logical partitions (LPARs). While this offers high performance, it comes with a...
Introduction IBM Platform KeyStore (PKS) is a PowerVM feature that allows logical partitions to protect sensitive information with encrypted, non-volatile storage owned by the hypervisor. The current PKS model provides this protection by allowing consumers (i.e., the OS kernel) to read...
Attached is the latest Configuration Guide for PowerVM version 1060.10, VIOS 4.1.4 and HMC 10.3.1062.1. The pdf file hash is sha-256 bb8a288cdd799444fb2a38842f3abdf2b338c29c5cd6672980cfaa7b0e99e6fb #PowerVM #PowerVM
IBM Power VPP User Guidance v1.7.pdf
Introduction Live Partition Mobility (LPM) is a feature that allows active partitions to be moved between two different Power servers with no partition downtime. This allows for systems to be serviced/updated as necessary while maintaining service uptime guarantees. Starting with Power9...
Last week, my colleague Upendra Rajan posted the following announcements on the IBM Power community site: “We’re happy to announce the release of two brand-new courses on IBM Power! 1. LX073DG: Linux for AIX System Administrators a. Self-paced on IBM DLP: https://lnkd.in...