Related publications
The publications that are listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this book.
IBM Redbooks
For information about ordering these publications, see
“How to get IBM Redbooks” on page 168. Some of the documents referenced here may be available in softcopy only.
•IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590
•IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940
•Integrated Virtual Ethernet Adapter Technical Overview and Introduction, REDP-4340
•Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p Virtual I/O Server Deployment Examples, REDP-4224
•Introduction to Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6.1, SG24-7431
•Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2, SG24-7444
•IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility, SG24-7460
•IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring, SG24-7590
•Application and Program Performance Analysis Using PEX Statistics on IBM i5/OS, SG24-7457
•IBM iDoctor iSeries Job Watcher: Advanced Performance Tool, SG24-6474
Online resources
These websites are also relevant as further information sources:
•Workload Partitions (WPARs) and Shared Processor LPARs for SAP Environments
•SAP’s Adaptive Computing On IBM pSeries Implementation Guide
•nmon for AIX & Linux Performance Monitoring
•Micro-Partitioning statistics and documentation tool for IBM Power Systems & System i servers
•Proposal to extend Ganglia with additional POWER5/6 metrics for AIX 5L and Linux
•IBM Insight for SAP - Utility for anyone running SAP
•Service and productivity tools - For Linux systems
•AIX Wiki
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype//AIX
•Power Systems Virtualization Wiki
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/virtualization/Home
•Performance Capabilities Reference (SC41-0607)
http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/advantages/perfmgmt/resource.html
•SAP Service Marketplace
•SAP Adaptive Computing
•SAP Help Portal
•SAP Community Network
•SAP Notes are accessible, only with an S-user ID, at:
– If you do not have such a user ID, right at the top of the Welcome window of the following website there is a link to request a new user ID if you are a customer or partner of SAP:
– If you are an IBM employee, you can contact the ISICC Infoservice at the following website, and request an ID:
•SAP Notes that will be of interest to you are:
• 212876 The new archiving tool SAPCAR
• 1002461 Support of IBM Dynamic LPAR and Micropartitioning
• 1031096 Installing Package SAPHOSTAGENT
• 1492000 General Support Statement for Virtual Environments
– Live Partition Mobility:
• 1102760 PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
– WPAR:
• 1087498 Support for AIX 6.1
• 1105456 SAP Installations in AIX WPARs
• 1131691 CPU utilization metrics of IBM System p
– Memory Management:
• 191801 AIX 64-bit with very large amount of Extended Memory
• 445533 (for 4.6D and older) Lots of extended memory on AIX (64 bit)
• 789477 (for 6.10 and later) Large extended memory on AIX (64 bit) as of Kernel 6.20
• 856848 AIX Extended Memory Disclaiming
• 1088458 AIX: Performance improvement for ES/SHM_SEGS_VERSION = 2
– Monitoring:
• 994025 Virtualized OS environments in the operating system
• 1019567 Corrections new operating system monitor
– IBM i
• 45335 AS/400: Priorities of work processes
• 49201 IBM i: Main storage settings for SAP
• 808607 IBM i: Memory management in a system based on PASE
• 863821 IBM i: Installing SAPCAR
• 1023092 iSeries: Using Separate Memory Pools for Java Processes
• 1123501: System i: Operating system user for SAP on System i
• 1306787 IBM i: Standalone installation of CCMS agent
•You can request the following documents by contacting ISICC Infoservice at:
– I²V - Intelligent IT Virtualization, Study by BearingPoint
– I²O - Intelligent IT operations with IBM dynamic infrastructure solutions in SAP environments, Study by BearingPoint
– A Banking IT Service Center runs SAP applications in a fully virtualized IBM PowerVM environment, SPC03286-DEEN-02
– Automotive Supplier customer, technical reference story: Advantages of IBM POWER technology for mission-critical environments, GE12-2885-00
– Global energy leader streamlines business applications and IT infrastructure with SAP and IBM, SPC03343-GBEN-00
– Ciba technical customer reference story: Ciba demonstrates how to implement a complex, highly available SAP landscape without wasting processing capacity, using IBM virtualization and database technologies, GK12-4318-00
– Stadtwerke Düsseldorf technical customer reference story: System landscape at Stadtwerke Düsseldorf on a virtualized IBM POWER environment, GM12-6851-00
Documentation about Live Partition Mobility
•Live Partition Mobility in POWER6 Systems Hardware Information Center at:
•Live Partition Mobility in POWER7 Systems Hardware Information Center at:
•Virtual fiber channel in POWER6 Systems Hardware Information Center at:
White papers about Live Partition Mobility
•Live Migration of Power Partitions Running SAP Applications
•IBM Power Systems Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Oracle DB Single Instance
•SAP & IBM Power Systems DLPAR and LPM Customer Demo
Other resources
•Setting Up Network To Improving Partition Mobility Performance
•DB2 and the Live Partition Mobility feature of PowerVM on IBM System p using storage area network (SAN) storage
•JS22 Live Partition Mobility article on IBM developerWorks
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