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What is a difference between a Versioned WPAR and a system copy WPAR?
The correct answer is D. Versioned WPARs are enabled through purchase of an additional licensed product. Versioned WPARs and system copy WPARs differ in licensing requirements, with Versioned WPARs requiring purchase of an additional IBM product unavailable in the base AIX license.
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What is a difference between a Versioned WPAR and a system copy WPAR?
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- ASystem copy WPARs are created from a mksysb.
- BSnapshots can be created of a Versioned WPAR.
- CSystem copy WPARs are only supported on POWER7+ hardware.
- DVersioned WPARs are enabled through purchase of an additional licensed product
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- B17% (8)
- C8% (4)
- D71% (34)
Why each option
Versioned WPARs and system copy WPARs differ in licensing requirements, with Versioned WPARs requiring purchase of an additional IBM product unavailable in the base AIX license.
System copy WPARs are created from a live running AIX system using wparexport and wparrestore utilities, not from a mksysb backup image.
Snapshot capability is associated with system copy WPARs, which can be exported and restored as a point-in-time copy of a running environment, not a feature unique to Versioned WPARs.
Both Versioned and system copy WPARs are supported across multiple generations of POWER hardware and are not restricted exclusively to POWER7+ systems.
Versioned WPARs require the separately purchased IBM WPAR Manager product to enable and manage alternate AIX runtime fileset levels within the partition, making them unavailable without acquiring this additional licensed product beyond the standard AIX entitlement.
Concept tested: AIX Versioned WPAR licensing and feature differences
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=partitions-workload-wpar-types
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