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I've tried and works perfectly well, but we need to "extract" data from the UDF/ISO images. Can you deploy a Linux script or program to extract those files on the NFS path? The point is: install IBM i on Cloud or remotely without a 2nd (temporal) IBM i environment.
In theory you can copy the files generated from the local IMGCLG to the NFS and be able to boot from them. This currently is not documented but will be considered to be documented and further tested.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Virtualization, Cloud
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Save, Restore
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
If I need to recover from LIC ISO the NFS server is required :-)
On IBM Cloud Power Virtual Server and Skytap environments we can only use DSI iSCSI VTL.
With an improved NFS process (and performance) we could use NFS for disaster recovery, vaulting, etc.
as a circumvent, can't you boot from a compatible LIC ISO image and use a VTL to recover or migrate?
Although it is an interesting option to use remote (NFS) mountable ISO images as alternative IPL devices,
changes to the genuine IPL process to have a workaround for cloud limitations must be addressed using
a means to use the AIX boot process (for example).
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM