Virtual I/O Server 1.5.0.1

Sweet. New features include file backed virtual SCSI devices. Sorta like Xen file backed devices. I wonder if you can now scp the fbd around to another frame, reconfigure, then boot it back up? Sounds cool, although I probably won’t have a use anytime soon for file backed devices. We generally use entire physical disks for prod rootvg<73Gx2> and EMC LUNs for beta LPARs<single device through two VIOS>… OR in very rare instances<lab>, LVM volumes.

Partition mobility updates are also included within this release. I’m assuming since HMC V7 enabled Partition Mobility as far as LPARs go, this is just an update for VIOS to support it.

There’s also now an expansion pack available. A quick glimpse makes it look like it’s primarily additional security/auth features.

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