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Operating Systems AIX PowerVM/lpar creation problems Post 302942954 by computron on Monday 4th of May 2015 08:19:58 AM

05-04-2015

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KGB ,thanks for the info!
yes, I have tried to use hardware DVDs as well as ISOs ( the ones uploaded to HMC)..
the hardware dvd's fail on the install of vios at disk #2..that's the point I mentioned about having to burn 3 different dvds, all of the same VIOS #2 ISO, just to make sure it was not bad physical media..it's not bad physical media.

here's how lost I am..forget the ASMI , on any server,you should be able to just drop the OS dvd in the dvdrom,and boot off of it.I can't even get to an OS terminal session from a serial connection via laptop. all I see is a serial-based version of ASMI..no 'exit to OS console' type of setting..
nothing else..I can't even install aix 7 on the box as a standalone, single server, if I wanted to.

interestingly,about the disks, when I have an LPAR running , I can go through smit and
assign more disks to that particular LPAR if I want..there are 6x146GB disks on the 8202. I use one for rootvg and had set up another pair for datavg.so roughly 300GB of free space to play with from these two disks ( sybase install, etc).
but that would've left 3 HD's for use by any other LPAR, of which none is found.

we got the server and it's enclosures from a 3rd party IBM vendor, but it came without any docs, and without any list of what was preloaded and how..nothing.

I know with Oracle t4-1, you go to the server console with start /SP/console and you're at the OS. I take it that the service or system processor on this IBM is the same concept, small proc you connect to for performing system functions,shutdown/startup,etc..but I can't even get to the console here. I can't even see the prompt for 'boot to SMS' on the ASMI.
it's just plain weird.
We're at the point where we will have a consultant come in and set this thing up. besides my lack of knowledge on the subject, I'm beginning to think something is critically wrong here..disconnecting all enclosures and putting AIX 6.1 OS CD/DVD #1 in the cdrom/dvdrom drive should at least let me boot off of it.but I cant even get there..

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