Additional ways to import Power LPARs into Skytap

Though there is a large variety of public templates in Skytap, your company may have unique requirements. In these cases, you can export your pre-configured Power A CPU architecture that supports IBM i, AIX, and Linux (on Power) in Skytap. LPARs and import them as Skytap VMs.

Notes

Power VMs must enabled for your account to import Power LPARs.
In most cases, we recommend Importing VMs using the VM Imports page, which can import VMs from Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, or via FTP.
Other options include Importing VMs or LPARs using IBM Cloud Object Storage and Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using direct transfer.
For instructions about exporting your IBM i LPAR and importing it to Skytap, see Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using NIS, Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i (ICC), or Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using direct transfer.

When you import VM files into Skytap:

You verify that your LPARs meet the import requirements.
Your files are packaged together as an import job and uploaded to a Skytap FTP server.
The Skytap import services copy the files from the import job and transforms them into a fully functional Skytap environment.

Once the virtual environment is created, you can begin using Skytap features with it.

Currently, Power VMs can be imported only via the Skytap VM Imports tab.