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AIX JFS file systems and 4k disks
WARNING, PLEASE NOTE: AIX JFS file systems are not supported on disks that have a sector size of 4 KB. So, if you try to restore a mksysb, that has JFS file systems in rootvg, to a system with 4K disks, it will fail. You will see the following message during the mksysb restore: "Disk block size of 4096 is not supported for this filesystem". For example, you might be trying to migrate (clone) an LPAR to a new POWER9 system that has 4K drives using a mksysb image. You can workaround this by converting your rootvg file systems from JFS... [More]
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AIX SMT mode on POWER9 with AIX 7.2 TL3 SP1
OK, so you installed AIX 7.2 TL2 SP2 on an LPAR running on your shiny, new POWER9 system. # oslevel -s 7200- 02-02 -1810 # lsconf System Model: IBM,9009-22A Machine Serial Number: 9999999 Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER9 Processor Implementation Mode: No Data Available Processor Version: No Data Available Number Of Processors: 2 Processor Clock Speed: 2500 MHz CPU Type: 64-bit Kernel Type: 64-bit LPAR Info: 48 l0790p046 Memory Size: 4096 MB Good Memory Size: 4096 MB Platform Firmware level: VL910_059 Firmware Version: IBM,FW910.00... [More]
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