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Operating Systems AIX PowerVM/lpar creation problems Post 302942619 by computron on Thursday 30th of April 2015 11:19:01 AM

04-30-2015

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thanks for replies..I'm not whining, maybe just venting ;-)....anyways, I never mentioned 3 dvd's. I only mentioned 2.go back and read my post(s) ,please.
I have hmc v8.2, vios server disks 1 and 2, v 2.2.3.4. brand new 8202-e4b server 128GB RAM, 6CPU.
lack of understanding of the technology? you bet! that's why I'm here, that goes without saying! I've been reading countless papers,websites,books on this very subject.
I've connected to HMC limited shell,and tried to run installios -u, but it says 'default1' label exists in nimol.conf.but of course, IBM provides no 'vi' to delete the entry in that file. so I cannot install from command line.
can't install from template because of the read-only terminal,and disk #2 fails to install..how is it possible that the template system install of VIOS can see disk one,but fails to see disk two in the SAME folder on the HMC repository? the IBM documentation clearly states it will automatically see disk 2 in the same default location as disk 1!! so if their documentation is wrong,what good is it,anyways? it's not like Sybase documentation whis is so precise it's an art form..
I can,however, install a full OS version of aix 6.1..it works perfectly well.go and try to install another AIX 6.1 VM ( or LPAR), and SMS menu only sees interconnected LAN(s), not a dvdrom,not a harddrive, nothing..I do NOT have NIM set up,nor do I plan to use one...if I disconnect scsi from first aix 6.1 VM ,I can then see them on VM #2.but then vm #1 doesn't work..I get that I probably need to use dynamic LPAR and that the first aix VM holds these particular scsi devices exclusively..
(*we just differ in opinions,I've been using esxi for years.Sparc LDOMs for years.they're easy as pie to set up from scratch,even for newbies..PowerVm seems like it's not ready for primetime.
esxi is by far the most user-friendly technology out there.Xen/Oracle VM Manager require
repositories for ISO, etc.vmware uses anything, anywhere, in unstructured formats..it doesn't create Virtual machine folders, ISO folders, template folders on a repository ,etc..it doesn't require you to upload an ISO to repo ,first,just to be able to use it to create a VM from it..you can use an OS ISO from anywhere..they also don't require the set up of an HMC.there's a reason they're #1, by far..but thats another topic.)
again ,thanks for the help.the reason I'm venting is I'm 100% convinced I'm doing something so small, somewhere.I just can't figure that part out.that's what is frustrating.

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ARITHMETIC(6)							 BSD Games Manual						     ARITHMETIC(6)

NAME

     arithmetic -- quiz on simple arithmetic

SYNOPSIS

     arithmetic [-o +-x/] [-r range]

DESCRIPTION

     arithmetic asks you to solve problems in simple arithmetic.  Each question must be answered correctly before going on to the next.  After
     every 20 problems, it prints the score so far and the time taken.	You can quit at any time by typing the interrupt or end-of-file character.

     The options are as follows:

     -o      By default, arithmetic asks questions on addition of numbers from 0 to 10, and corresponding subtraction.	By supplying one or more
	     of the characters +-x/, you can ask for problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, respectively.  If you give
	     one of these characters more than once, that kind of problem will be asked correspondingly more often.

     -r      If a range is supplied, arithmetic selects the numbers in its problems in the following way.  For addition and multiplication, the
	     numbers to be added or multiplied are between 0 and range, inclusive.  For subtraction and division, both the required result and the
	     number to divide by or subtract will be between 0 and range.  (Of course, arithmetic will not ask you to divide by 0.)  The default
	     range is 10.

     When you get a problem wrong, arithmetic will remember the numbers involved, and will tend to select those numbers more often than others, in
     problems of the same sort.  Eventually it will forgive and forget.

     arithmetic cannot be persuaded to tell you the right answer.  You must work it out for yourself.

DIAGNOSTICS

     ``What?'' if you get a question wrong.  ``Right!'' if you get it right.  ``Please type a number.'' if arithmetic doesn't understand what you
     typed.

SEE ALSO

     bc(1), dc(1)

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