Using Power VMs in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift extends its capabilities by adding Power VM Virtual Machine – A virtual computer or server hosted within a data center. A VM runs a full operating system and applications. Each VM has virtual resources, including CPU, RAM, file system storage, CD/DVD drive, and network interfaces. s. Now you can migrate your IBM i, AIX, and Linux on Power workloads, along with your x86 Linux and Windows workloads to the cloud, where you can develop, test, and deploy workloads in complex, multi-OS environmentsenvironment: An object that comprises one or more VMs, one or more networks, configuration settings, and metadata. You can save the exact state of an environment as a read-only template. To learn more, see Kyndryl Cloud Uplift quick start: Building your first environment..
Notes
- Power VMs in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift are available as an optional paid feature. If your account doesn't have access to Power VMs, contact your Kyndryl Cloud Uplift Customer Success Manager.
- IBM i is a separate paid feature that must be enabled independently of Power. To enable IBM i for you account, see Enable IBM i VMs.
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Overview for Power VM support in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform that lets you combine infrastructure, networking, OS, software, storage, and memory state into a single environment, that you can save, clone, copy, and share. With the addition of Power VM support, you can re-host your Linux, Windows, AIX, and IBM i workloads to the cloud.
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift provides support for Power VMs running on Power 9 hardware.
Kyndryl Cloud Uplift Power VMs don’t support Power 6, Power 6+, or Power 7 processor compatibility modes.
Supported operating system versions on Power
See the complete list of Supported operating systems for Kyndryl Cloud Uplift VMs.
To download IBM-hosted AIX VMs and import them into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
Download “ready-to-deploy” images from your IBM Entitled Systems Support (ESS) account, and import them into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift. For detailed instructions, see Downloading IBM-hosted AIX VMs and importing them into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift.
More information about using Power VMs in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
- Differences between Power and x86 VMs.
- Power VMs in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift known issues.
- Using X Windows with an AIX VM.
- Booting an AIX VM into maintenance mode.
- Viewing system reference codes for an IBM i VM in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
- Importing Power VMs into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift.
Migrating Power workloads into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
- For information about how to migrate your AIX workloads to the cloud, see Creating an AIX VM in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift from a mksysb image and the FAQ section of AIX support in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift.
- For information about how to migrate your IBM i workloads to the cloud, see the FAQ section of Importing IBM i workloads into Kyndryl Cloud Uplift using IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i (ICC).
Searching for and generating usage reports for Power VMs
To differentiate hardware type in reports, Kyndryl Cloud Uplift recommends that you create a label category for the CPU type (x86 or Power), and then attach it to environments and templates to help you find Power VM resources and track them in usage reports. If you need to report, AIX and IBM i usage separately, create a label category for the operating system (AIX or IBM i), and then attach it to environments and templates to help you find AIX and IBM i resources and track them in usage reports
