Configuring Electronic Customer Support (Ecs) Over Lan; Copying Storage Spaces; Backups - IBM I VIRTUALIZATION - READ ME FIRST 7-9-2010 Manual

While in this case the IBM i client partition is not being managed by IVM, it does virtual I/O
resources and the limitations outlined in the topic above apply to it.

6.5. Configuring Electronic Customer Support (ECS) over LAN

A supported WAN adapter can be assigned to the IBM i client partition for ECS. Alternatively,
ECS over LAN can be configured. Consult the topic Setting up a connection to IBM in the
Information Center:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzaji/rzaji_setup.htm.

6.6. Copying storage spaces

Because an IBM i client partition is installed into one or more storage space objects in the IBM i
host partition, new client partitions can be deployed rapidly by copying the storage space(s).
Note that each IBM i partition, client or host, must have valid OS and Licensed Product Program
licenses for the number of processors it uses.
To copy one or more storage spaces that contain an installed IBM i client partition, first shut down
the partition during an available period of downtime. Next, log into the host IBM i partition with a
security officer-level profile and perform the following steps:
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Enter WRKNWSSTG
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Enter 3 next to the storage space you are going to copy, then press Enter
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Enter a name of up to 10 characters for the new storage space
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The size of the original storage space will be entered automatically. The new storage
space can be as large or larger (up to 1 TB), but not smaller
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Enter the correct ASP ID. The ASP where the original storage space exists is the default
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Optionally, enter a text description
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Press Enter
To deploy the new client partition, follow the instructions in section 5 to create the necessary
virtual SCSI configuration in the HMC and the NWSD object in the host IBM i partition.

6.7. Backups

As mentioned above, an IBM i client partition with an IBM i host can use a mix of virtual and
physical I/O resources. Therefore, the simplest backup and restore approach is to assign an
available tape adapter on the system to it and treat it as a standard IBM i partition. The tape
adapter can be any adapter supported by IBM i on IBM Power servers and can be shared with
other partitions. To assign an available tape adapter to the IBM i client partition, consult the topic
Managing physical I/O devices and slots dynamically using the HMC in the Logical
Partitioning Guide
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/topic/iphat/iphat.pdf).
Once a tape adapter connected to a tape drive or library is available to the client partition, use the
Backup and Recovery topic in the Information Center to manage backups:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/index.jsp?topic=/rzahg/rzahgbackup.
htm&tocNode=int_215989.
The IBM i host partition can also be used for system-level backups of the client partition. See
the topic Saving IBM i server objects in IBM i in the Logical Partitioning Guide
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/topic/iphat/iphat.pdf).
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