To differentiate hardware type in reports, Skytap 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. Searching for and generating usage reports for Power VMs I've change the compatibility to Windows 7 and still receive the same message.
To download IBM-hosted AIX VMs and import them into Skytapĭownload “ready-to-deploy” images from your IBM Entitled Systems Support (ESS) account, and import them into Skytap. For a complete list of supported operating systems in Skytap, see Which VM operating systems does Skytap support?.
To find out more about the benefits of having an IBM Registration ID, visit the IBM ID Help and FAQ. Power VMs also support some Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu. Not registered If you do not have a universal IBM user ID, please register here, then return to sign in for this offering. Skytap provides several Power VM public templates. IBM iĬurrently, Skytap supports the following versions of IBM i:Ĭurrently, the following are the minimum versions of AIX that Skytap supports: Skytap Power VMs don’t support Power 6, Power 6+, or Power 7 processor compatibility modes. Skytap provides support for Power VMs running on Power 8 hardware.
With the addition of Power VM support, you can re-host your Linux, Windows, AIX, and IBM i workloads to the cloud.
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