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- AIX 5L: Flexible Resource Model
- This webcast describes how to take advantage of the flexible resource model enabled by AIX 5L V5.3 and new POWER 5 systems. The webcast explains how to virtualize processors, memory, storage, adapters and other resources to increase your system utilization and improve performance.
- Tags: Webcast, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Resource, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- Webcasts
- Oracle 11i E-Business Suite Cross Platform Migration to AIX 5L
- The objective of this paper is to provide a detailed step by step approach on how to perform a cross platform migration of the Oracle Database 10gR2 and the 11i E-Business Suite Applications to AIX 5L. Database migration is accomplished by using the transportable table space feature and RMAN conversion...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle11i, IBM AIX, Migration, IBM AIX 5L, E-business, Database Migration, Operating Systems, UNIX, Databases, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g (10.1.2) on IBM AIX 5L
- The objective of this paper is to provide a high level overview of the architecture, components and deployment strategy for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g on AIX 5L. After a brief introduction to the architecture, this paper capture with screen shots, the installation of Oracle Collaboration Suite on IBM System P....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Oracle Collaboration Suite, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Installing AIX 5L on the IBM eServer BladeCenter JS21
- The BladeCenter JS21 supports AIX 5L Version 5.2, ML8 or higher and AIX 5L V5.3, ML4 or higher. This paper explains how to install AIX 5L Version 5.3, ML4 or higher onto an IBM eServer BladeCenter JS21 using the installing procedures such as manual installation from CD-ROM and network installation....
- Tags: IBM eServer BladeCenter, IBM AIX, IBM eServer, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, Blade Servers, UNIX, Software, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g Release 2 With AIX 5L Version 5.3 and NetApp Storage
- This paper covers the installation of NetApp storage in a NFS environment for IBM AIX 5L on IBM System p5 550Q, model 9133-55A. A single IBM System p5 550Q in multiple independent Logical PARtitions LPARs running AIX 5L Version 5.3 Technology Level 4 (5300-04) operating system. The database is Oracle...
- Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Oracle Real Application Cluster, NetApp, Storage, Operating Systems, UNIX, Hardware, Software
- White papers 2007-01-01
- IBM DB2 9 on AIX 5L With NFS, iSCSI, and FCP Using IBM System Storage N Series
- Ethernet bandwidth is eclipsing Fibre Channel and the cost of Ethernet is becoming more affordable than Fibre Channel. One question that has arisen is how NFS and iSCSI perform in comparison to FCP. This paper provides a performance comparison and tuning recommendations for three different transport protocols, FCP, iSCSI, and...
- Tags: iSCSI, Network File System, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Ethernet Bandwidth, Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Technology, Operating Systems, Databases, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-01-01
- High Availability Automation for iSCSI Integrated Server and AIX 5L With Virtual Storage on System i
- High Availability HA is a necessary component of a resilient IT infrastructure. Clients who wish to simplify their integrated server or UNIX environment by hosting it with i5/OS can further leverage existing System i capabilities to automate HA management for those environments. Integrating IBM BladeCenter and System x with internet...
- Tags: iSCSI, Environment, IBM AIX, Storage, High Availability, Server, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Automation, i5/OS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-10-15
- DB2 Enterprise Server Performance With POWER5+ and AIX 5L Multipage Support
- This paper explains the IBM DB2, Version 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows exploitation of multiple page sizes and also shares some performance results, as measured internally on IBM POWER5+ processor-based systems running the IBM AIX 5L operating system. With the introduction of the POWER5+ processor architecture, the AIX 5L...
- Tags: Performance, IBM AIX, IBM POWER5+, IBM AIX 5L, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, UNIX, Databases, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Oracle10g Real Application Clusters Release 2 Install With AIX 5L Version 5.3 and NetApp Storage
- This paper covers the installation of NetApp storage in NFS environment for AIX 5L on IBM pSeries servers. The servers are running AIX 5L Version 5.3 Technology Level -4 (AIX 5.3TL-04) operating system. The database is Oracle10g Real Application Clusters release 2 (hereafter referred to as Oracle10gR2 RAC) with Oracle...
- Tags: IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Oracle Real Application Cluster, NetApp, Storage, Operating Systems, Blade Servers, UNIX, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Servers, Data Management
- White papers 2006-05-01
- IBM System p5 185 Technical Overview and Introduction
- The IBM System p5 185 entry server (7037-A50) is designed for clients who are deploying Linux or AIX 5L in distributed environments for application serving workloads. It is a follow-on to the successful RS/6000 Model 150 and 170 servers. The p5-185 offers the ability to accommodate business growth and expansion...
- Tags: Environment, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., P5-185, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Guide to Multiple Page Size Support on AIX 5L Version 5.3
- The POWER5+ processor and AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-04 Recommended Maintenance Package introduce support for two new virtual memory page sizes - 64KB and 16GB. Using larger virtual memory page sizes for an application's memory can significantly improve an application's performance and throughput due to hardware efficiencies associated...
- Tags: IBM AIX, Memory, IBM POWER5+, IBM AIX 5L, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Disaster Recovery Solutions for System p Servers and AIX 5L
- This paper provides the reader with the basic guidelines on how to identify, discuss, and qualify Disaster Recovery opportunities for IBM clients running AIX 5L applications on System p Servers. The discussion that follows focuses on the key elements of a complete disaster recovery plan for a business enterprise, and...
- Tags: IBM AIX, Server, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Disaster Recovery, Operating Systems, Data Management, Software
- White papers 2006-02-01
- The Business Value of HP-UX 11i: HP-UX 11i on Integrity Servers vs. IBM AIX 5L on eServer
- This paper analyzes the five year lifecycle TCO of two alternative platforms, considering the costs to plan, purchase, implement, manage, and use two comparable UNIX server configurations for a specified scenario, application, and workload. The comparisons in this study use HP-UX 11i, a UNIX solution hosted on an open system...
- Tags: HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle11i, IBM AIX, IBM eServer, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Configuring AIX 5L for Kerberos Based Authentication Using Windows Kerberos Service
- This paper describes the use of Kerberos as an alternative authentication mechanism to AIX using Windows 2000/2003 Server Kerberos Service. Authentication applications on AIX do not require any change to alternatively perform Kerberos authentication as it is woven into the fabric of the AIX security subsystem. By utilizing the loadable...
- Tags: IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX 5L, Authentication, Kerberos, Security
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Using Tiebreaker Disks With GPFS V2.3 and AIX 5L
- This paper addresses technically oriented readers having experience with GPFS clusters based on AIX 5L. The GPFS V2.3 product documentation briefly covers the setup and installation of a two node cluster using tiebreaker disks with file system data and metadata replication. Therefore this paper serves as supplement and cookbook. It...
- Tags: File System, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- White papers 2006-01-27
- AIX 5L NFS Client Performance Improvements for Databases on NAS
- Running a database over a file system structure is now a popular alternative to the traditional storage method using raw logical volumes. The performance issues of buffered I/O and concurrency have been solved with evolving file system technology. These same performance enhancements are now available on NFS with the latest...
- Tags: NAS, Database, Network File System, Performance, File System, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-01-17
- Performance of the IBM System p5 520, 550 and 550Q
- The IBM System p5 520, 550 and 550Q are the latest IBM POWER5 processor-based servers designed for commercial and high performance compute-intensive workloads. The p5-520 and p5-550 servers are 2-way and 4-way Dual-Chip Module systems running at 1.9 GHz while the p5-550Q is 4-way and 8-way 1.5 GHz Quad-Core Module...
- Tags: Performance, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-10-04
- A GPFS Primer
- This paper describes GPFS General Parallel File System Version 2, Release 3 for AIX 5L and Linux. It provides an overview of key concepts which should be understood by those considering the product. GPFS is a cluster file system providing normal application interfaces, and has been available on AIX operating...
- Tags: IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, GPFS, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Using IBM iSeries SCSI Drives With AIX 5L on IBM eServer i5 Systems
- When implementing AIX 5L in a logical partition LPAR on IBM eServer i5 systems, there are several storage choices: internal SCSI, virtual, or Fibre Channel-attached storage. The purpose of this white paper is to provide a step-by-step guide for configuring iSeries drives for direct I/O use by AIX 5L on...
- Tags: IBM iSeries, IBM AIX, Storage, IBM eServer, SCSI, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, UNIX, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-09-12
- Using the Geographic LVM in AIX 5L
- The Geographic Logical Volume Manager GLVM is a new AIX 5L software-based technology for real time geographic data mirroring over standard TCP/IP networks. GLVM can help protect your business from a disaster by mirroring your mission-critical data to a remote disaster recovery site. GLVM builds upon the AIX 5L Logical...
- Tags: IBM AIX, Mirroring, IBM AIX 5L, Geographic Logical Volume Manager, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- White papers 2005-09-01