Re: VIOS from scratch

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VIO Server is a learning curve without a doubt, a steep one.  A strong 
Unix background is really helpful.  (all of my partitions are 
virtualized with VIOS so I deal with it quite often)

The best place to look for help is in DeveloperWorks, and don't forget 
the AIX forums.

Start a cheat sheet with  all the commands you use.  Larry suggested, 
and I followed the suggestion to use Notepad for all the commands you 
use, setting up the virtual SCSI and other devices.  That way you can 
copy/paste from note pad into PuttY.

One word of warning.  The shell is just plain awful.  Be sure to set 
your Putty configuration correctly.  Problem is, I have not found anyone 
(or a website)  that can really tell me what those settings should be so 
I tinker with them until they work.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 5/16/2013 7:52 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I, too, wouldn't mind learning more about this.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 
> 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 
> 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: Roberto 
> José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange 
> Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 
> 05/16/2013 08:34 AM Subject: VIOS from scratch Sent by: 
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx I've been mucking around with a nice 
> POWER6 that we got cheap from IBM-Remarketing a few weeks ago. 
> Installed VIOS 2.x and got a feel around. I've found some videos 
> explaining initial configuration, but the config was not exactly the 
> same (it assumed i had a non-IVE network card and set up the VIOS-HMC 
> link and general bridge thru that). Is there a good VIOS from scratch 
> tutorial anywhere? Also, the HMC reports that this machine has no 5250 
> capabilities, but it DOES have IBM i capabilities. Would that be like 
> saying "You have a 1000cpw batch and 0 interactive machine"? I've read 
> a lot of manuals and think i have most of the theory behind VIOS (some 
> concepts are harder, like the whole IVE-LHEA but not impossible). 
> Infocenter has not been kind to me since it seems only CE work at this 
> level (weird since i remember a big client that had its people trained 
> to reinstall VIOS in case of disaster). That's about it, if anyone has 
> experience with this, feel free to share. I can be more specific about 
> the problems i'm having but i would rather read the book than nag 
> someone. Best Regards,