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Service and support best practices for Power Systems

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Abstract

IBM provides many documents that recommend service and support strategies for IBM systems and software. These best practice documents describe system planning and support procedures to improve system administration operations. The documents also provide strategies for IBM Power Servers and information on key components like firmware, the AIX operating system, cluster software, and the Hardware Management Console.

Content

Important changes in the IBM Power System Update Access Key Policy

AIX

May 2023 IBM AIX on Power10 performance topics
April 2023 IBM AIX Operating System Service Strategy Details and Best Practices (729KB)
November 2021 Power10 Performance Quick Start Guides (1783KB)
October 2021 POWER10 Performance Best Practices (243KB)
October 2021 POWER9 Performance Best Practices (232KB)
April 2020 POWER8 Performance Best Practices (230KB)
April 2020 Hints and Tips for Migrating Workload to IBM POWER9 Processor-Based Systems (347KB)
March 2020 IBM Power Virtualization Best Practices (738KB)
August 2014 Transitioning to POWER8: Migration Paths for AIX systems to POWER8 (539KB)
January 2011 Managing AIX Updates by using SUMA, NIM, and AIX Service Tools (120KB)

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 April 2024

UID

ibm10883882