Newbie LPAR question -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Newbie LPAR question
From: "William A. Hansen" <whansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:27:50 -0700
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I've been researching LPAR, PowerVM, etc. and seem to have missed a basic concept.

Suppose you have a system with one tape device. What stops you from (or what is the disadvantage of) moving the IOA and tape drive from one partition to another as needed?
If this is possible, what is the big deal about the newly announced virtual SCSI tape facility for blades (not to be confused with IBM i virtual tape)? It seems that both approaches require using the IVM or HMC to move a resource from one partition to another.

Thanks,

Bill

William A. Hansen
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Re: Newbie LPAR question , Larry Bolhuis
Re: Newbie LPAR question , Pete Helgren

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