05-01-2015
thanks for the help guys.
it's not insulting to say I lack the understanding of PowerVM, it's OK! I know I don't understand it that's why I'm here..
ok so in a nutshell,here's what I have:
we purchased a server 8202-34b with two enclosures, g30 and d24. we don't have the amperage to hook up the enclosures, they need 220v lines and a PDU ,so I'm only running off of the 8202 until the new electric is installed.the 8202 has 6x146GB disks installed,128GB RAM, 6 cpu. plenty enough to get started with.
so, the system came pre-loaded with one partition, AIX 7.1. we wanted 6.1.so, via ASMI, I reset to factory config which makes one partition that takes up all resources, and its name was that of the serial number of the server.. I just deleted all partitions, so I have nothing but the server listed under system mgmt-> servers)
I want to make 2 virtual machines,each AIX 6.1, 32 GB RAM, one with 1 CPU max ( sybase server licensing is very costly beyond one CPU) , and the other with 2 CPU max and 32GB RAM.
so to start with, am I correct in assuming I need to have at least 1 virtual I/O server installed , before I create these two AIX 6.1 partitions? if the answer is yes, that's where the problem lies.as you guys know,vios stops at the '37% finished' mark,and asks "insert disk #2 and hit enter"
I do that, disk #2 fails to load, kicks me to a root # prompt.exit that,and you're at init mode. I've reburned the dvd 3 times, thinking it was bad media.I've downloaded the disk 3 times from IBM thinking it was a bad ISO from IBM.
this is where I'm stuck..I cannot install vios either manually as stated above, or as a template because the template install stops at the prompt> "enter location of source disk 2", but since it is a read-only terminal, I cannot input the location, even though it is in the exact same location on HMC repository as vios disk #1,and despite IBM's docs saying it will automatically pick up disk 2 from same location as disk 1.
I now have 0 partitions since I deleted everything.I'm going to start over, try to install vios server first, then a second vios server if possible.
my apologies if I've confused you..
NIM server is not something I'm interested in, it means reading more documentation and configuring another AIX server to use it as the NIM master. it simply can't be this hard to install VIOS..and it shouldn't be..
why doesn't IBM offer an OVF format VIOS appliance and/or as single VIOS
DVD.I have read a lot of people saying that they're stuck exactly where I am, at disk #2, it fails,and they can't get past it.
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HTH
the doc link you included in your post, isn't available on redbooks.ibm.com.
to answer your question, yes all of what you said makes sense.I just can't set up
a vios server to begin with!
that's where the problem is.
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pc-sysinstall
PC-SYSINSTALL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PC-SYSINSTALL(8)
NAME
pc-sysinstall -- System installer backend
SYNOPSIS
pc-sysinstall [-c file] [command]
DESCRIPTION
The pc-sysinstall utility is a hybrid backend for installing FreeBSD. When run in install mode it takes a configuration file and performs an
installation according to the parameters specified in the configuration file. When called with one of the system query commands it provides
information about the system to aid a front end in building an appropriate configuration file.
The following options are available:
-c file
Perform an installation as directed by file.
COMMANDS
The command can be any one of the following:
help Display a list of all commands.
help command
Display the help data for the specified command.
disk-list
Provide a listing of the storage devices detected on this system.
disk-part disk
Queries the specified storage device and returns information about its partitions.
disk-info disk
Returns information about a storage device's size, cylinders, heads, and sectors.
detect-laptop
Tests to see if this system is a laptop or desktop.
detect-emulation
Tests to see if this system is running in an emulator
detect-nics
Returns a listing of the detected network cards on this system.
list-components
Returns a listing of the available components which can be installed.
list-rsync-backups user host port
Returns a listing of available rsync-backups on the target server in the life-preserver/ directory.
list-tzones
Returns a listing of available timezones.
query-langs
Returns a list of languages that the installer supports.
sys-mem
Returns the size of installed system RAM in MegaBytes.
test-netup
test if an internet connection is available.
update-part-list
Returns a list of PC-BSD and FreeBSD installs on this system for updates.
xkeyboard-layouts
Returns a list of keyboard layouts that xorg supports.
xkeyboard-models
Returns a list of keyboard models that xorg supports.
xkeyboard-variants
Returns a list of keyboard variants that xorg supports.
create-part disk size
Create a new MBR primary slice on the target disk using size MB.
delete-part partition
Delete the disk partition specified. If this is the last partition, the disk partition layout will also be scrubbed, leaving a clean
disk ready for MBR or GPT file system layouts.
start-autoinstall file
Start an automated installation with the specified file. Normally only used by automated install scripts.
setup-ssh-keys user host port
Setup SSH without a password for the target host, user, and port. Used to prompt the user to log into a server before doing a rsync
+ ssh restore.
HISTORY
This version of pc-sysinstall first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
Kris Moore <kmoore@FreeBSD.org>
BUGS
This utility was written to install PC-BSD and has seen limited use as an installer for FreeBSD. It's likely that usage to install FreeBSD
will expose edge cases that PC-BSD doesn't, as well as generate feature requests based on unforeseen needs.
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