Re: Using NFS to distribute ptfs

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Copying from Larry's note:

 Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for PTFs only requires IBM i 6.1 or newer.
>  Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for Upgrades requires IBM I 6.1 or newer
>  *AND POWER6 or newer hardware.

How can this be more clear?  IBM i 6.1 has the software technology for NFS served Image Catalogs and POWER6 has the additional hardware technology for the IPL portion needed for an upgrade.  Is there a different question?

V5R4 does not play.  You can no longer order it, and I'll guess (absolutely no knowledge of IBMs plans) that end of support will be announced soon, giving a window of another 12 months of support.  Then it goes the way of V5R3, no longer supported.


Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 9/28/2011 6:43 AM, Jack Kingsley wrote:
> Is this scenario supported on 5.4 or only on 6.1 and up.
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:26 PM, DrFranken<midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > >  FYI You can do both.
> > >
> > >  Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for PTFs only requires IBM i 6.1 or newer.
> > >
> > >  Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for Upgrades requires IBM I 6.1 or newer
> > >  *AND POWER6 or newer hardware.
> > >
> > >       - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> > >
> > >  On 9/27/2011 2:35 PM, Evan Harris wrote:
> > > >  >  You mean IPL-ing from an image catalog on NFS instead of image
> > > >  >  catalogs on local storage ?
> > > >  >
> > > >  >  On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:41 AM,<rob@xxxxxxxxx>   wrote:
> > > > >  >>  Came this close to using NFS to distribute PTFs between my various lpars
> > > > >  >>  and machines this week.  Couldn't quite get it to work so I opened up a
> > > > >  >>  pmr.  Turns out that it can't go out over hardware currently in use.
> > >    For
> > > > >  >>  example if you are using CMN01 for your regular TCP/IP communications
> > > > >  >>  (let's say line LANLINE) you cannot have LANLINE varied on when using
> > >  it.
> > > > >  >>  So you either have to vary the line off (really unpopular when people
> > >  are
> > > > >  >>  using it) or use another resource.  Apparently virtual lan is really
> > > > >  >>  popular for inter lpar communications and is one solution that people
> > >  are
> > > > >  >>  using.  IBM admitted that the inability to share a resource is one big
> > > > >  >>  bummer in adoption of this method.
> > > > >  >>
> > > > >  >>  Those of you using NFS for this, am I off base here?
> > > > >  >>
> > > > >  >>
> > > > >  >>  Rob Berendt
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