How To
Summary
Here is the "state of the nation" address on this topic. Note AIX 5.3 is NOT supported on POWER9.
Objective
👁 Nigels Banner
Steps
This article written by Gareth Coates
Summary
- AIX 5.3 is no longer supported natively on POWER8
- AIX 5.3 TL 12 can be supported in a versioned WPAR (vWPAR) on POWER8 based servers
- Generally available: 14 October 2011 - Generally Available
- End of Marketing: 30 January 2018 - End of Marketing (so you can't purchase it)
- End of Support: 30 April 2019 - End of Service (extended service might or might not be available)
IBM no longer provides Installation Media for AIX 5.3 (IBM does not encourage fresh AIX 5.3 installs) so the customer would use a 5.3 mksysb.
The host partition must be running AIX V7.1 latest available TL.
Native AIX 5.3 on POWER details
- Details can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/search?q=AIX
- Generally available: 13 August 2004
- End of Marketing: 29 April 2011
- End of Support: 30 April 2012
AIX 5.3 Workload Partitions for AIX 7 on POWER7
- Original Details can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/details/?q45=X293041X90303C25
- Generally available: 12 October 2011
- Announced and further dates: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/7/872/ENUS5765-WP7/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
IBM AIX 5.3 Workload Partitions for AIX 7 V1.1.0 (Product Number: 5765-WP7) also called Versioned WPAR
- Briefly: AIX 5.3 Workload Partitions:
- Adds a kernel compatibility layer that allows AIX 5.3 commands and libraries running in the workload partition to function correctly (emulating AIX 5.3 behavior) when run on AIX 7.1
- Take advantage of the latest IBM Power Systems hardware enhancements sooner by running your legacy applications in a virtualized workload partition environment
- Announced: 02 October 2011
- Available: 04 October 2011
- End of Marketing: 20 January 2018
- Service Discontinued: 20 April 2019
Is POWER8 supported
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Answer: Yes as it can run virtual machines in POWER6, POWER7 mode
- Details can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/7/877/ENUS5765-WP7/index.html&request_locale=en
- Updated on 31 October 2017.
Hardware requirements:
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IBM systems that run the IBM POWER7 and POWER8 processors.
Software requirements:
- AIX 7.1, or later
- AIX 5.3 with the 5300-12 Technology Level
Additional Information
If you find errors or have question, email me:
- Subject: AIX 5.3
- Email: nag@uk.ibm.com
Also, find me on
- Twitter @mr_nmon
- LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/nigelargriffiths
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/nigelargriffiths
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