Monitoring your IBM PureFlex Flex System using SNMP
Luckily IBM has included a great too called Flex System Automation Manager to monitor your IBM Pure Flex environment. It allows you to monitor a multitude of events and respond with a multitude of...
View ArticleHow to deploy a VMware ESXi host in your IBM PureFlex Flex System environment
IBM has made deploying ESXi within the IBM PureFlex Flex System environment a snap. They’ve included VMware ESXi (5.1 at this time) on each and every X series compute node. To deploy this, start by...
View ArticleIBM FlexSystems AIX VMControl Virtual Appliance hanging
The system boot hangs at “the biod subsystem has been started” for around 10-15 minutes before booting all the way. The fix for this is to run the following command: smit rmnfs Set NFS to stop now and...
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Backing up the IBM PureFlex Flex Systems EN4093 10GB Ethernet Switch
IBM has made backing up the IBM PureFlex Flex Systems EN4093 10GB Ethernet Switch quite easy. In fact, it can be done in just a few short steps. Log into the Flex System network switch In our case...
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Backing up the IBM PureFlex Flex Systems FC3171 8GB Fibre Channel SAN Switch
IBM has made backing up the Backing up the IBM PureFlex Flex Systems FC3171 8GB Fibre Channel SAN Switch quite easy. In fact, it can be done in just a few short steps. To do this, log into the Flex...
View ArticleInstalling IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3 for VMware vCenter
To install IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.3 for VMware vCenter, you must have a non-vCenter Windows or Linux server to host the application on. **You cannot install SmartCloud Entry on a vCenter server by...
View ArticleIBM Flex System Manager for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry Devices Released!
When I was on site in Rochester, MN at the IBM site; I was shown an very early version of a really cool tool. Flex System Manager Mobile! Go to IBM’s website and grab it here!… Read the restThe post...
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IBM Utilizing Verde Virtual Bridges On KVM To Deliver VDI
Copied from our sister site What is a Hypervisor: Just finished a webinar with Verde Virtual Bridges, which is being pushed by our local IBM sales representative. A quick breakdown of Verde Built in...
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IBM to further expand their Pure systems catalog with Pure Data
IBM, knowing that Power7+ still exists in a TON of Oracle shops, now tries to compete with Oracle Exadata. - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/15/ibm_pureapplication_puredata_updates/ All three...
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After Updating the IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware, Compute Nodes Show VPD Unavailable
After Updating the IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware, my compute nodes showed up yellow on the chassis layout screen: IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware Update Various errors were logged in the CMM event viewer and...
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