IBM PowerVS
Modernise IBM Power Without Starting Over.
Move IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads to IBM PowerVS and gain the agility, resilience, and operational flexibility of the cloud—without rearchitecting applications or sacrificing the performance your business depends on.
Discover IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS).
Bring the resilience, security, and performance of IBM Power to the cloud.
IBM PowerVS enables organisations to run IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads in a flexible cloud environment without rearchitecting applications or compromising performance. Designed for business-critical and regulated workloads, it helps reduce infrastructure complexity, improve operational resilience, and align costs with demand.
Built for Business-Critical Workloads
✔ Enterprise-grade resilience and availability
✔ Security and compliance for regulated environments
✔ Flexible cloud consumption without hardware refreshes
✔ IBM i, AIX and Linux support on IBM Power
✔ Seamless integration into hybrid cloud strategies
✔ Accelerated modernisation with lower risk
One of the main reasons we wanted to look at an IBM Cloud solution rather than something that would just fix our short-term problem was to be able to stand up new instances of our software for different purposes. IBM Power Virtual Server is going to enable us to do that.
John Cullen, Chief Technical Architect, Asset Management Infrastructure Division, FNZ
Why Our Clients Use IBM PowerVS
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IBM Power Virtual Server Benefits.
IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) extends the trusted performance, security, and resilience of IBM Power into the cloud. Run IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads in a flexible, scalable environment without rearchitecting applications or managing physical infrastructure.
Whether you’re modernising legacy environments, strengthening disaster recovery, or supporting a hybrid cloud strategy, PowerVS provides a secure and low-risk path forward.
IBM Power Virtual Servers extend the same quality, virtual server resources that users have trusted for years:
- Enterprise-grade performance and reliability for your most critical workloads
- Modern global data centres with on-site staff and infrastructure
- Configuration variety in system, cores, storage, network, OS and management
- Provision new environments quickly and scale resources as demand changes
- 24/7 access to IBM support and expert assistance whenever you need it
Switching to IBM PowerVS, Simplified.
By switching to a more flexible cloud consumption model based on IBM PowerVS, organisations can flex resources up and down, move workloads around the IBM Cloud to allow system maintenance and no longer find themselves restricted by available compute resource should they be needed for short or long term projects.
IBM ensures that stability of the underlying infrastructure, however it remains the responsibility of the IBM PowerVS user to operate and maintain the LPARs and provide security, supportability and compliance.
Why CSI’s Advanced, Remote Managed Service Is Right For You.
CSI provide a Remote Managed Service to support PowerVS environments allowing you to optimise application performance and workload efficiency by ensuring systems are correctly sized, securely connected and comprehensively monitored and managed.
CSI will proactively manage all operating system event alerts and determine the right course of action to ensure your business-critical applications remain available to enhance end-user productivity across your organisation.
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Discover What PowerVS Can Do.
IBM PowerVS offer practical solutions for virtual infrastructure partitions.
Users can start with non-production tasks in development, test, customer support and backup environments. →
- Development: Projects can begin without approval of Capex investment, delivery delays and time to deploy servers. Development environments can be provisioned as needed.
- Test: IT can build automated, full-scale environments that spin on-command to accommodate the transient nature of the environment. Test times get reduced, multiple tests can run in parallel, etc.
- Troubleshooting: Development teams can replicate issues faster by using an unlimited number of LPARs for diagnostics and resolution.
- Disaster Recovery: Mission-critical systems of records, DB2 transactions or ERP/CRM plans can remain resilient and highly available when off-site backup is needed.
Why Organisations Are Moving to IBM PowerVS
Many organisations are balancing ageing hardware, upcoming IBM i lifecycle milestones, growing resilience requirements, and a shortage of IBM Power skills. PowerVS provides a low-risk path to modernisation without disrupting critical applications.
Discover the common use cases →
How Organisations Use PowerVS
Data Centre Exit
Reduce infrastructure overhead and eliminate hardware refresh cycles.
IBM i Modernisation
Move to a supported, cloud-based platform without application rewrites.
Disaster Recovery
Strengthen business continuity with geographically separated cloud infrastructure.
Hybrid Cloud
Extend existing IBM Power environments into the cloud while maintaining operational consistency.
Capacity Expansion
Scale resources on demand without purchasing additional hardware.
Exclusive Insights
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We’re here to Help.
Whether you’re on-premises, in the cloud, or looking for innovative modernisation options to support your future IT strategy, CSI’s expert 24/7 managed services allow you to focus on the client experience with the confidence that your IBM Power platforms are in safe hands.
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