Archive for AIX
Spectrum Power Systems Promotion for New Zealand
Spectrum 10 Year Anniversary Promotion!!! Power 7 – 720 Promotion Bundle Power 720 4 Core 3.0 Ghz 16GB Memory 1 * 146GB SAS Drive 4 Processor Activations IBM AIX Standard Edition V7.1 4 Processor Licence for PowerVM Standard Edition IBM Systems Director Standard Edition 3 Years PowerVM SE SW Maintenance 3 years Hardware and [...]
First POWER7 server implementation in NZ carried out Spectrum
IBM announced today that New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is shifting its national blood management system from SUN servers to IBM Power 750 systems. From IBM’s website… Auckland, New Zealand – 02 Feb 2011: Auckland, New Zealand – 02 February 2011, IBM announced today that New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is shifting its national blood [...]
Active Memory Expansion
Active Memory Expansion is an innovative POWER7 technology that allows the effective maximum memory capacity to be up to 100% larger than the true physical memory maximum for AIX 6.1 partitions. Active Memory Expansion relies on compression of in-memory data to increase the amount of data that can be placed into memory and thus expand [...]
AIX Lifecycle Notice for AIX5.3
AIX 5.3: Technology Level 10 IBM announces the following schedules to help you plan for future upgrades to your AIX operating system. These plans are subject to change without notice. AIX Technology Levels are supported for howto, usage, and problem identification for the entire life of the release. However, all Technology Levels have a limited [...]
IBM Power System Training for January – July 2010
The latest IBM Training schedule for the Australia and New Zealand region for the January 2010 to July 2010 period is now available. IBM offers a wide range of technical education in the IT industry in Australia, as well as flexible delivery options to meet your scheduling and budgeting needs. Curriculum & delivery – classroom [...]
Lifecycle notice for AIX6.1 and AIX5.3
AIX 6.1: Technology Level 1 • lifecycle notice for AIX 6.1 Technology Levels 3 and 4 IBM announces the following schedules to help you plan for future upgrades to your AIX operating system. These plans are subject to change without notice. AIX Technology Levels are supported for howto, usage, and problem identification for the entire [...]
Migration of Solaris Application to AIX
A great document on how to migrate applications from Solaris to AIX here
First Power 7 in New Zealand
Spectrum Consulting is the first to implement a Power 7 based server in New Zealand. Three Power 750′s have been installed with AIX v6.1 and PowerHA™ SystemMirror™ for AIX® V6.1 for a high profile New Zealand organization. The outstanding performance of the POWER7™ processor, capacity, energy efficiency and virtualization capabilities of the Power 750 Express [...]
Spectrum adds value through Power Systems Audit
15 September 2009 The technical team at Spectrum Consulting recently finished a Power Systems Audit of a large publicly listed company in NZ. The audit looked at the Power Systems Hardware, Virtualization, AIX Logical Partitions, and the attached IBM SAN / Storage Servers. The environment was absolutely mission-critical to the business, running the core business [...]
Student Feedback from IBM Training
Below are student comments regarding IBM Instructor Paul Tomlinson from Spectrum Consulting… “VERY VERY satisfied with the instructor and he is very much capable of being an perfect trainer” Quotation from student on AU61 HACMP System Administration II: Administration and Problem Determination – Bangalore India “The instructor is excellent in delivering the concepts. It really [...]
