Overview of Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
- Service limits for Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
Access requirements
Creating environments
- Creating an environment from a template
  - Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public templates
    - Ansible dynamic inventory
    - Configuring an Ubuntu Server VM created from a public template
- Copying environments
- Copying environments with running VMs (live clone)
  - Quiescing VM activity
- Building a VM from an ISO
Importing VMs
- Preparing Power LPARs for import
- Preparing x86 VMs and vApps for import
  - Creating MD5 hash values for VM imports
- Importing VMs using the VM Imports page
  - Retrying a failed import
- Importing Power LPARs
- Testing imported VMs
- Resolving import errors
Running and stopping VMs
Accessing VMs
- Accessing VM desktops from a browser
- Accessing VMs with RDP
Transferring files to a VM
- Adding and sharing files with the Assets page
- Using ISO files
- Using ISO files with an AIX LPAR
- Using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift public assets
Editing environments and environment networks
- Adding VMs to an environment
- Multi-attach storage for Power VM environments
- Locking environments
Editing VMs
- Hardware settings for IBM i VMs
- Hardware settings for AIX and Linux on Power VMs
  - Editing vCPUs and RAM for AIX and Linux on Power VMs
  - License settings for AIX and Linux on Power VMs
- Hardware settings for x86 VMs
- VM network settings
- Storing VM credentials
- Licensing the guest OS
- Installing and upgrading VMware Tools - Linux
- Installing and upgrading VMware Tools - Windows
- Improving operating system or application performance within the VM
Adding containers and container hosts
- Getting started with containers
- About the container host
- Creating a container host
  - Enable IP address forwarding for a container host
- Adding containers to a container host
- Managing individual containers
- Containers: Known issues
- Troubleshooting the VM Agent
Managing networks
- Network overview
  - Default host-naming behavior
  - What is the difference between automatic and manual networks?
- Viewing the network topology for an environment
- Using multiple networks in an environment
- Networking between environments
  - Using NAT to avoid IP address conflicts
- Editing an automatic network
  - Editing the network NAT subnet
- Connecting an environment network to a VPN or Private Network Connection
- Manually configuring domain name servers
- Exposing and blocking public Internet access to VMs
- Deleting a network
- Moving a VM to a different environment
- Deleting VMs
Sharing VMs and environments with sharing portals
- Creating a sharing portal
- Using a VM or environment from a sharing portal URL
- Finding and sharing the URL for a sharing portal
- Exporting sharing portal information and URLs
- Disabling or deleting a sharing portal
Sharing resources with projects
- Creating and deleting projects
- Adding and removing environments
- Adding and removing templates
- Adding and removing assets
- Adding and removing users
- Adding and removing groups
- Understanding project roles
- Finding project resources
Adding a shared template to your account
Saving an environment as a template
- Copying a template
- Deleting templates
Understanding regions
- Changing your default region
- Copying an environment to another region
- Copying a template to another region
- What to expect when you copy an environment or template
Managing your account settings
- Changing your marketing email preferences
- Changing your password
- Changing your user account time zone
- Finding your primary administrator
- Finding your user role
- Finding your user name and API token
- Resetting your API token
Viewing your current usage and usage limits
- Viewing recent activity for an environment
Best practices
- Automating VMs and environments
- CI/CD reference architectures
- IBM i Data Protection and Resiliency Solutions
  - IBM i backup and restore
  - IBM i disaster recovery and high availability
- Creating recovery copies of VMs and environments
- Disaster recovery reference architectures
- Monitoring your usage with email notifications
- Organizing resources with labels and tags
- Security best practices
- Using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift for demos
- Using Kyndryl Cloud Uplift for training classes
Knowledge base
- Security improvements: Deprecation and end of life (EOL) notices
- How to add notes to VMs, environments, templates, and assets
- How to change the name of a VM
- How to change the name or description of an environment
- How to check VM hardware version
- How to connect to a VM from an iPad or iPhone
- How to connect to Kyndryl Cloud Uplift using a private WAN connection
- How to delete environments
- How to export a list of environments, templates, or assets
- How to export VMs
- How to find the ID for a VM, VPN, environment, or template
- How to find the Instance URL for a Kyndryl Cloud Uplift on Azure account
- How to find the IP addresses for a VM
- How to find the network gateway IP address
- How to find your user name and API security token
- How to generate an API security token for your account
- Guide to the Dashboard
- Protecting a VM that is exposed to the internet or compromised
- Time zones and UTC offsets
- Understanding storage
- Using search
- Using Windows in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
  - Fixing duplicate SID errors for Windows networking
  - Resolving prompts to reactivate a Windows license
  - Running a Windows domain
- Using Power VMs in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
  - Differences between Power and x86 VMs
  - IBM i FAQ
  - Viewing system reference codes for an IBM i VM
  - Applying PTFs to an IBM i VM in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
  - Manually refreshing IBM i licenses
  - Refreshing IBM i licenses with LICKEY
  - Booting an AIX VM into maintenance mode
  - Configuring TCP/IP network settings for an AIX VM
  - Connecting to an AIX VM with X Windows
  - Importing Power VM
  - Known issues for Power VMs
  - Preserving AIX disk numbering with ghostdev
  - Overview of Assure MIMIX™ Software
- Editing VMs outside of Kyndryl Cloud Uplift
  - Compressing VMX files to OVA for import
  - Converting a physical machine to a VM
  - Converting non-VMware-based VMs for import
  - Converting OVF files to VMX for use with VMware Converter
- Troubleshooting connections to a VM from a Windows 10 computer?
Troubleshooting

License settings for IBM i VMs

The VM Licenses page displays editable information about the optional licesnse for the current VMs.

You can change most IBM i license options only when the VM is shut down.

IBM i Licensing

IBM i Licenses tab

Processor group

Choose the Processor group for your IBM i VM.

Notes

Processor group for Power VMs isn't available in all regions.
Processor group for Power VMs affects the list of available Guest OS choices. For supported configurations, see Operating systems in Kyndryl Cloud Uplift VMs.
Supported processor groups vary by region. For more details, see Kyndryl Cloud Uplift service limits.
If Processor group and Guest OS aren't correctly set, the VM may fail to start correctly.

PowerHA for Enterprise Edition

Optional HA package for IBM i. For details, see IBM PowerHA.

Refresh VM licenses

Kyndryl Cloud Uplift automatically refreshes IBM i licenses when you start an IBM i VM. If the licenses are not automatically updated, you can manually refresh the license for an IBM i VM.

To manually refresh licenses for an IBM i VM

Navigate to the VM Settings > Licenses page.
Under Refresh VM licenses, click Refresh licenses.
Notes
- The VM must be running to refresh licenses.
- If IBM i license installation doesn't work correctly, you may need to apply PTFs to your IBM i VM.

Pricing Options

You can choose from the following pricing options:

Monthly – IBM i usage is billed at a flat monthly rate. Use this model for continuous-use VMs, such as production or automated testing.
Hourly – IBM i usage is billed at an hourly rate. Use this model for as-needed VMs. The default setting for pricing is Hourly.

Notes

If you change the pricing for a VM that has been powered on during the billing cycle, the pricing for that VM won't be changed until the next billing cycle.
IBM i pricing is dependent on the number of vCPUs.

IBM Rational Development for i

Optional Rational Development package for IBM i. Click to choose the number of Rational Development licenses for this VM. For details, see IBM Rational Development for i.

IBM Rational Development for i licenses are billed for cumulative peak usage during the billing cycle.

VM Pinning

Kyndryl Cloud Uplift administrators can pin a VM to a specific host serial number and LPAR ID. For details, see VM Pinning