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2.5.4 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. Refer to the topic Setting up a connection to IBM in the

Information Center at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/rzaji/rzaji_setup.htm.

2.5.5 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 Program Product

(LPP) 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:

 Enter WRKNWSSTG.

 Enter 3 next to the storage space you are going to copy and press Enter.

 Enter a name that can be a maximum of 10 characters for the new storage space.

 The size of the original storage space will be entered automatically. The new storage

space can be as large or larger (a maximum of 1 TB), but not smaller.

 Enter the correct ASP ID. The ASP where the original storage space exists is the default

 Optionally, enter a text description and press Enter.

To deploy the new client partition, follow the instructions in the “Implementing IBM i client LPARs

paritions with an IBM i host” section to create the necessary VSCSI configuration in the HMC and

the NWSD object in the host IBM i partition.

2.5.6 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.

If the hosting partition has the IBM i7.1 TR2 PTFs applied, specific physical tape devices attached

to the hosting partition can be virtualized to client partition(s) with the proper 6.1.1 or 7.1 PTFs

applied.

Another approach is to assign a physical 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 a physical tape adapter to the IBM i client partition, refer to the topic Managing

physical I/O devices and slots dynamically using the HMC in the Logical Partitioning Guide

at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/topic/iphat/iphat.pdf.

When a tape adapter connected to a tape drive or library is available to the client partition, refer to

the Backup and Recovery topic in the Information Center to manage backups at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/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. Refer

to the topic Saving IBM i server objects in IBM i in the Logical Partitioning Guide at:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/topic/iphat/iphat.pdf.