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IBM is a computer hardware and software vendor operating in a variety of market spaces, including Unix systems, "midrange" (AS/400) systems, Mainframes, and consumer workstations/laptops. This is a generic tag designed to be used if no more specific tag exists for your IBM product. See the partial list of IBM tags in the full tag wiki

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IBM BladeCenter H networking

I'm new to the IBM BladeCenter H, and I'm trying to figure out the networking side of it. I've installed a windows server OS on one of the blades, and am trying to fiddle with it's network setup (specifically in order to allow it to join an existing…
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IBM DB2 9.7, cannot increase LOGFILSIZ or LOGPRIMARY values

I am using IBM DB2 9.7 LUW database. My current database configuration values for Circular logging is as follows: LOGFILSIZ: 1024 LOGPRIMARY: 13 LOGSECONDARY: 15 I get error that transaction logs are full, therefore I need to increase the log size.…
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Hard disk is detecting as read only

I am installing Debian Squeeze 2.6.32 64 bit OS in IBM System x3250 M4. This system is already having built in RAID. After enable the RAID, I have started to install the Debian Squeeze 2.6.32 64 bit OS. While doing the partition in the installtion,…
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IBM SAS RAID Controller: POST results not complete

I have two IBM SAS RAID Controllers (17P9277/43W3630). One of them will not POST and fails with the error: POST results not complete: FF What can I do to fix this?
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"Firmware progress error" reported by blade in IBM BladeCenter S

I have a BladeCenter S with three blades installed. Two of my LS21 blades are reporting the following error in the web-based Advanced Management Module: (12/20/13 10:49:19) (LS21 2 Core 2K8) Firmware progress error Explanation: The service…
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What technical issues should I be aware of when re-mapping a LUN from one host to another?

I inherited an IBM System Storage DS4000 SAN with an AIX environment running Oracle RAC (3 nodes). One of the nodes crashed, so I got the system up and running with 2 nodes; however, the node that crashed was the node that was managing the backups.…
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Simulating AS400 iSeries for ADO.NET

I' have to write an import procedure in c# for a customer. The procedure needs to read data from an AS400 iSeries, so my first Question is: what's "better" (pro/cons) between direct connection (using ADO.NET) and an ODBC connection? Second question:…
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IBM Remote Supervisor Adapters(RSA ii) boot ISO

My company recently bought some add in IBM Remote Supervisor Adapters for our older x3550 servers. We got them installed and working, and left for the weekend. The idea was to get them to mount and boot a server ISO file and install windows over the…
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Error in AIX : 0516-040 : Unable to read the specified physical volume

Please provide me your valuable suggestions on the error beow in AIX. When I'm running the following command on the AIX server lsvg -l rootvg I'm getting this error: 0516-040 : Unable to read the specified physical volume descriptor area.
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Time Estimate for Backup Recovery with IBM System x3650 M3

I've been doing a little business continuity planning research for myself and I have come to the question of: What is the estimated time for the recovery of about 4 TB worth of data with the use of Windows Server Backup? The system that is to be…
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Ctrl + Alt + F1 blank screen in IBM server model x3650

I have 3 IBM sever, model x3650. I have installed the Debian squeeze OS. After successful OS installation , if I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 I am getting blank screen only. But If I gives username and password it is accepting. After successful login, I have…
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XenServer 6.2 fails to boot on IBM System x3550 M2

I'm trying to install XenServer 6.2 on a IBM System x3550 M2 but it simply doesn't work. The installation process works fine in the internal Seagate hard disk, but the machine fails to boot XenServer on the IBM hardware. The syslinux loader don't…
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Replace ServeRAID-5i with ServeRAID-6i+ in IBM x345 server

We have an IBM xSeries 345 server with a ServeRAID-5i controller which is starting to report problems. We also have a couple of "retired" x345s with ServeRAID-6i or 6i+ controllers in them. Is it feasible/safe (re existing data) to move the drives…
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Cannot establish IP communication with IBM Server Connectivity Module

I have attached an IBM Server Connectivity Module in Bay2 of our BladeCenter E and tried to setup some networking between an external unmanaged switch and the internal blade servers. I plugged a cable between port 1 of IBM SCM and another port in…
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File I/O Throughput

I have an IBM x3650 M4 server (64-bit) running Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop (32-bit). I realize that this is a non-standard setup by it's being driven by other requirements. I am seeing slow file writes accross the board (to HDD, to USB, to network mount).…
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