Click through provisioning demonstration - IBM i

Use this click through demonstration to provision an IBM i virtual server instance (VSI).

Important

If you skipped the Part 3 Introduction and are not familiar with the features of PowerVS like storage pools, storage tiers, etc. you should consider going back and reading it.

Note: Access to provision a new VSI is not provided in the IBM Technology Zone cloud account. Use this click through demonstration to simulate this activity. Fields that require a text entry are pre-populated in the click through demonstration.

1. Open the following link and then click the play button to begin the demonstration.

   Click through demonstration: Create an IBM Power Virtual Server Instance - IBM i

   Tips for maximizing the click through experience

   Follow this click through guide to complete the demonstration. In case of uncertainty regarding the next click, clicking anywhere on the screen will prompt a green highlight box to indicate the next clickable area. For optimal performance, adjust the browser’s zoom percentage to ensure the entire demonstration screen fits within the viewable area.

2. Click PowerVS-L3-2025 in the Workspaces table.

3. Click View virtual servers.
4. Click Create instance +.

The next steps refer to the entries in the General section of the Create virtual server instance form.

5. Click in the Instance name field.
6. Click the User tags information icon () and read the helpful information.
7. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
8. Click the Add to a server placement group information icon () and read the helpful information.
9. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
10. Click the Add to a shared processor pool information icon () and read the helpful information.
11. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
12. Click the Virtual server pinning information icon () and read the helpful information.
13. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
14. Click the Select virtual server pinning pull-down.
15. Click None.
16. Click the Select SSH key pull-down.
17. Click PowerVS-key.
18. Click Continue in the General section.

The next steps refer to the entries in the Boot image section of the Create virtual server instance form.

19. Click the Select OS pull-down.
20. Click IBM i.
21. Click the Deploy empty virtual server instance information icon () and read the helpful information.
22. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
23. Click the Select image pull-down.
24. Click IBMi-75-05-2984-1.
25. Click the Virtual serial number information icon () and read the helpful information.
26. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
27. Click the Tier pull-down (set to Tier 3 (3 IOPs/GB) by default).
28. Click Tier 3 (3 IOPs/GB).
29. Click the IBM i Licenses information icon () and read the helpful information.
30. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
31. Click the Advanced configurations pull-down. This option allows users to specify cloud-init user data and boot volume replication. cloud-init user data is used when VSI is booted. In the user data, you have the option to include custom content that enables you to tailor the startup configuration for the specific instance.
    Learn more about boot volume replication in next step.
32. Click the Boot volume replication information icon () and read the helpful information.
33. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
34. Click Continue under the Boot image section.

The next steps refer to the entries in the Profile section of the Create virtual server instance form.

35. Click the Deploy to dedicated host information icon () and read the helpful information.
36. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
37. Click the Select machine type pull-down.
38. Click s1022.
39. Click the Core type information icon () and read the helpful information.
40. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
41. Click the Virtual cores information icon () and read the helpful information.
42. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
43. Click Continue under the Profile section.

The next steps refer to the entries in the Storage volumes section of the Create virtual server instance form.

44. Click Create volume +.
45. Click in the Name field.
46. Click the User tags information icon () and read the helpful information.
47. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
48. Click + to increase the size of the volume to 2 GB.
49. Click the Tier pull-down (it will already be set to Tier3 (3 IOPs/GB)).
50. Click Tier 3 (3 IOPs/GB).
51. Click the Volume replication with GRS information icon () and read the helpful information.
52. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
53. Click Create and attach.
54. Click Advanced configurations pull-down.
55. Click the Configure for large quantity volumes information icon () and read the helpful information.
56. Click the information icon () again to close the information dialog.
57. Click Continue under the Storage volumes section.

The next steps refer to the entries in the Network interfaces section of the Create virtual server instance form.

Note: for this demonstration, the instance is provisioned with a public network (internet facing). A public network simplifies demonstrating access to instances. However, most production deployments of PowerVS use private networks and control access with Direct Link, Virtual Private Network (VPN), or Megaport Software Defined Network (SDN). To learn more about PowerVS networking options, look here.

58. Toggle Public networks to On.
59. Click Attach existign network +.
60. Click the Existing subnets pull-down.
61. Click private-powervs-2025.
62. Click Attach.
63. Click Finish under the Network interfaces section.
64. Click I agree to the Terms and conditions.
65. Click Create.

The IBM i PowerVS instance is now being provisioned. This process took approximately 20 minutes. Notice the value under the Status column of the Virtual server instances table. After the status changes to an Active state, the instance is ready to be accessed.