Re: LPAR OS versions dependencies

[msmith6@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

So, what I'm gathering from the responses is this :
1. Upgrade to V5R3 (Which I was planning to do regardless of this 
conversation)
2. If I needed to use the 550 for DR, I could.
3. Since there is no longer a 'primary partition' on the 550, I could 
be at V5R3 and another LPAR (or all of them) could be at V5R4, 
V5R5, ...V6Rx or whatever.

I appreciate the input on the older hardware and thinks to think about 
and I certainly will review that, but this was more of a question on 
purely the 'version restriction'.

Thanks 
m.


> Due to some issues in the SLIC  and hardware handling I would get 
> the 
> primary on your 810 to at least V5R3.  You should also be able to 
> run V5R4 
> in a secondary if the load source is 17Gb+.  V5R2 will work as 
> well.  Be 
> careful with disk arm performance. The older raid cards do not 
> provide the 
> performance of the newer ones with lots of cache.  You will need 
> more arms 
> in the secondary that you most likely will want. from a space 
> perspective. 
> Remember to reclaim the IOP Cache anytime you move disk drives 
> around. 
> Nasty messages will start popping up if you don't. 
> 
> 
> Jim 
> 
> from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: LPAR OS versions dependencies
> 
> Not only that, but there is NO "primary" partition on the i5.  
> Welcome to 
> the "wonderful" world of the HMC.
> 
> Rob Berendt