Now we are ready to load our AIX 6.1 ISO image into the repository: Size(mb) Free(mb) Parent Pool Parent Size Parent Free Repository created within 'VMLibrary_LV' logical volume The belowĬommand creates a repository of 8GB - enough for two DVDs:

The above output shows about 85 GB free space in the default storage pool - that should be sufficient. Pool Size(mb) Free(mb) Alloc Size(mb) BDs Type Let's check available storage pools then: The DVD repository has not been created yet.Īs we see, this is not the case. With the command lsrep we check if there is already a repository on our VIO server: The below examples assume that this is copied to /tmp This creates a file that can be used for the virtual optical device on the VIO server. The easiest way to create an ISO image from the AIX Installation CD or DVD is to insert it in theĭVD drive of a Linux box and just dump the CD/DVD to a file: There are multiple ways to create ISO images. But we want to install from an AIX installation DVD - the AIX 6.1 installation ISO ofĬourse cannot be found on the web - so we have to create an ISO image from our physical AIX installation CD or DVD.

Sometimes ISO images can be found on the web - in this case you can simply download the image andĬopy it to some space on your VIO server. Want to upgrade a NIM server without the need to spend a day in the datacenter or when there is no CD drive available to assign to an LPAR.īefore we can start creating our virtual optical device we need an ISO image. This small article shows how to make use of this feature when installing an LPAR. IOS version 1.5 introduced virtual optical drives.

Installing an LPAR from the Virtual DVD.OctoHow to install AIX from a Virtual Optical Device

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