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  • Common Europa Congress, Milano, Italy – June 2024
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-03-18 at 14:18

    See you in Milano in June? We will present Sustainable Private Hybrid Cloud on IBM Power for SAP Applications and “Sustainable Sizing“ with HANAonPOWER – ressources and cost efficient as well :-)) Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 17:10 – 18:10: Sustainable Private Hybrid Cloud on IBM Power for SAP Applications, Jochen Zieglerhttps://sched.co/1X8xE Thursday, June 6, 2024,

  • Initial IBM Power11 Enablement Begins With Linux 6.9 – Phoronix
    on 2024-03-16 at 16:43

    As noted a month ago that IBM was starting on Power11 CPU/platform enablement for the mainline Linux kernel, indeed the first batch of Power11 code has now been merged for the in-development Linux 6.9 kernel. On Friday the PowerPC architecture updates were merged for Linux 6.9, including the first bits of Power11 and other elements: – Add AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4 aux vector entries for future use by glibc – Add support for recognising the Power11 architected and raw PVRs – Add support for nr_cpus=n on the command line where the boot CPU is >= n – Add ppcxx_allmodconfig targets for all 32-bit sub-arches – Other small features, cleanups and fixes With IBM beginning to post explicit Power11 kernel patches rather than just the “PowerPC Future” patches, it looks like they may begin talking about next-gen Power11 processors sooner rather than later. See this Git merge for more details on the new Power feature code for Linux 6.9 while more Power11 enablement will follow in Linux v6.10+.

  • How to prepare your RHEL server for an in-place upgrade
    on 2024-03-14 at 04:55

    When it’s time to upgrade your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, an in-place upgrade is one of the easiest, not to mention recommended, methods. An in-place upgrade means you don’t have to rebuild your environment from scratch, and you get all of the latest RHEL features, patches and security updates. Here’s what you need to know about preparing for an in-place upgrade.Plan the upgradeThe first step is to review the servers you need to upgrade to confirm that they meet the upgrade requirements. To use the LEAPP upgrade tool, a server must be 64-bit Intel or AMD, 64-bit ARM, 64-bit

  • Ansible for IBM Power Overview
    on 2024-03-13 at 06:56

    As IT automation plays a major role in increased productivity in terms of managing Infrastructure, Ansible has evolved as a pre-eminent tool with its simplicity and ease of use. The overview provides introduction to Ansible terms , capabilities available for Ansible on Power and the recently added Ansible Lightspeed capability. 

  • Big Blue Goes After Healthcare With Aggressive Power Systems Pricing
    by Timothy Prickett Morgan on 2024-03-13 at 04:10

    We often gently admonish the vendors in the IBM i market that they have to make news to be in the news and also to do something snazzy, like a special promotion or a price cut to get the attention of customers as well as to stimulate a little business for themselves and their partners. IBM is not excepted from this advice, and is actually doing it – at least for customers in the healthcare industry that run their applications on Power Systems iron. In announcement letter AD23-0111, dated March 12, IBM has put out a new 24-core Power10 … The post Big Blue Goes After Healthcare With Aggressive Power Systems Pricing appeared first on IT Jungle.

  • What Is the TechXchange Conference?
    by IBM TechXchange Community on 2024-03-11 at 15:01

    Quick overview of the conference and what’s in store for 2024

  • Red Hat Products – February 2024 releases
    on 2024-03-11 at 06:17

    New release for Red Hat build of EAP 8.0.0 on OpenShift Container Platform. Multiarch release of the AMQ Broker 7.11.6 aligned Operator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for the OpenShift Container Platform.

  • HANAonPOWER C-Level 2pager – update
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-03-07 at 10:27

    For those who like it short 🙂HANAonPOWER C-Level 2pagerHow can your organization benefit from running SAP HANA on IBM Power https://ibm.box.com/v/HANAonPOWERCLevel2Pager

  • New HANAonPOWER eBook – Success Stories – available!
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-03-07 at 10:20

    New HANAonPOWER eBook – Success Stories – available!Published March 6th, 2024 https://ibm.box.com/v/eBookHANAonPOWERSuccess240306

  • Webcast: OEDIV relies on IBM Power to serve its SAP customers
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-03-07 at 09:36

    OEDIV, a german IT service provider, relies on IBM Power to serve its SAP customers  If you want to know how this large SAP HANA on Enterprise Power servers environment is operated, very securely, very reliable, very sustainable, efficiently and automated, please join this webcast on June 12, 2024, 9 am. https://ibm.webcasts.com/viewer/event.jsp?ei=1660985&tp_key=1ea657873d

  • SUSE Manager Monitoring POWER – Priority Subscription – 5 Year – LemonWire
    on 2024-03-05 at 16:06

    … designed for IBM Power Systems. With a focus on performance optimization and proactive issue resolution, this subscription is a game-changer for…

  • New Revision 59-12 of SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 available!
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-03-05 at 14:15

    A new revision has been released for SAP HANA 2.0 SPS053409433 – SAP HANA 2 SPS05 Revision 059.12 Most important fixes are based on rare scenarios FEMS, HSR and ESX engine. Some fixes regarding resource consumption and admission control. But there is also one general one which may be interesting for all running SPS05:3403622 –

  • SUSE Manager Monitoring POWER – Priority Subscription – 5 Year – LemonWire
    on 2024-03-04 at 21:42

    One of the key features of the SUSE Manager Monitoring POWER – Priority Subscription – 5 Year is its advanced monitoring capabilities, which provide real-time insights into the health and performance of IBM Power Systems. SUSE Manager Monitoring POWER – Priority Subscription – 5 Year – Price Level 1-2 sockets/virtual machines – Volume – Novell Master License Agreement Novell Volume License Agreement – Electronic – PC

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching for POWER – Subscription – 1 Year – LemonWire
    on 2024-03-04 at 17:26

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching for POWER – Subscription – 1 Year is designed to meet the needs of businesses running mission-critical applications on IBM Power Systems. SUSE has announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching for POWER – Subscription – 1 Year, offering a convenient solution for users looking to keep their systems up-to-date without downtime.

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time for POWER – Priority Subscription – Unlimited Virtual Machine
    on 2024-03-04 at 16:43

    SUSE recently announced the launch of their SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time for POWER – Priority Subscription – Unlimited Virtual Machine – 3 Year package, aimed at providing high-performance, real-time computing solutions for businesses. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time for POWER – Priority Subscription – Unlimited Virtual Machine – 3 Year – Price Level (1-2) sockets – Volume – Novell Master License Agreement (MLA) Novell Volume License Agreement (VLA)

  • Linux – Resources and Tools – IBM Developer
    on 2024-02-29 at 17:27

    Introduction to Linux on IBM Power Systems. November 10, 2021 · Tutorial. How to port OpenBMC. June 11, 2020 · Tutorial. Get an IBM MQ queue for …

  • HANAonPOWER Advanced Operation Guide has been updated!
    by Jochen Ziegler on 2024-02-29 at 10:57

    Today HANAonPOWER Advanced Operation Guide has been updated to Version 1.4! You may download directly from IBM BOX https://ibm.box.com/v/HoPAdvancedOperationGuide or – as well you may want to have a look on more available guides – have a look here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/viewdocument/sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems-and-i-1?CommunityKey=8c615abe-2a29-4437-a0c5-ce1065dccaa1&tab=librarydocuments

  • Using Microsoft VSC for development on RHEL ppc64le
    on 2024-02-27 at 06:31

    If you don’t need IDE-like features and you just want source control integration, you can just use VSCode as an editor and push your changes to the Power system when it’s time to build and test. Unfortunately as you noted, the remote extension isn’t available on ppc64le, and seems to be one of the only VSCode components that isn’t open source.

  • IBM begins work on Power11 enablement for upcoming Linux 6.9
    on 2024-02-24 at 07:38

    The first of many IBM Power11 processor/platform enablement patches are beginning to flow out for the Linux kernel for enabling the next-generation Power processors. The first “Power11” patches were queued today into the PowerPC’s “next” Git branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.9 kernel cycle.

  • A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs
    by Liam Proven on 2024-02-23 at 10:33

    FOSDEM 2024 What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisor How hard can you cut down Linux if you know it will never run on bare metal? Further than any distro vendor we know of has tried to go.

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