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Originally posted December 11, 2018 on AIXchange
VIOS 3.1 is here, and now is the time to start planning your next move. Should you replace your hardware with new servers and do fresh VIOS installs on those machines, or would a gradual upgrade of your dual VIO servers make more sense? Get informed by digging into the numerous, valuable resources that have recently come out.
- Bob Kovacs covers VIOS updates in the Oct. 25 session of the AIX Virtual User Group. Scroll down for presentation materials and watch the video.
- Chris Gibson has a document covering the viosupgrade tool. He’s also pointed to additional IBM documentation (here and here).
- Nigel Griffiths did his own overview as part of the IBM Power Systems Technical Webinar Series. View the presentation and watch the video, and check out Nigel’s website for a summary of charts, comments and other information.
- Finally, read the IBM release notes and documentation.
The time you invest in this material will be well spent.