Re: What platform does PowerVM run on?

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't followed the whole thread but my JS12 blade is running 
/5771-//PVS/ -- PowerVM Standard Edition as the base OS and then I use 
IVM (Integrated Virtualization Manager) to create partitions.  Right now 
I have three partitions: 2 IBM i (6.1 and 7.1) and one Linux partition.  
But I could even spin up an AIX partition if I wanted (and had a license).

So at least in the blade environment, you have to be running Power VM in 
order to run i.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java


On 5/2/2012 11:43 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> It appears to me that PowerVM is an IBM brand name that covers a broad range of technologies. If you create an LPAR, you shouldn't call it "a PowerVM" as far as I can tell; even though it may be a virtual machine on a Power System.
>
> The PowerVM Redbook references 3 "management" options.
>
> 1. VM Control.
> 2. IVM.
> 3. HMC.
>
> The book includes several HMC screen shots and a couple IVM screen shots. But what is "VM Control" and how does it manage PowerVM?
>
> -Nathan
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Dan Kimmel<dkimmel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 10:41 AM
> Subject: RE: What platform does PowerVM run on?
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> No, no. PowerVM is a virtual machine. You run IBMi or AIX or Linux on the PowerVM. You can connect a 5250 emulator to that OS through the virtual ethernet. Each PowerVM gets its own ethernet address. HMC is just there for configuration and management. I think you can set up a PowerVM without HMC, but HMC makes it all much easier. Somehow you have to configure the relationship between the PowerVM and VIOS or the host OS. As far as I know, the only way to manage VIOS is through HMC. VIOS must have disks and DVD's and ethernet configured.