Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-23 Thread Jim Elliott
Currently we are running OS390/2.10 (64bit) going z/OS in a month's time. We just signed the order for z/VM and IFL. The fun begins soon. Has anyone got a checklist or planning guide for setting up IFL, z/VM and installation of virtual machines? Before I put some thought into it, I want to

Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-23 Thread David Boyes
Currently we are running OS390/2.10 (64bit) going z/OS in a month's time. We just signed the order for z/VM and IFL. The fun begins soon. Has anyone got a checklist or planning guide for setting up IFL, z/VM and installation of virtual machines? Some things we do: Physical: 0) At least

Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Ranga, The Redbooks are a great place to start, just make sure you are using the most recent. I'll put in a shameless plug for some stuff I've worked on. The Domino redbook has some (hopefully useful and relatively recent) infrastructure documentation in chapters 3-6:

Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-23 Thread Marcy Cortes
When you order VM, go ahead and get 5.1 so that you're set for a while. The page/spool are no longer on the res pack with it so you don't have to worry about that. Don't let your storage hw folks stick you on escon if you can help it. FICON is the way to go. Marcy Cortes This message may

Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-23 Thread David Boyes
The page/spool are no longer on the res pack with it so you don't have to worry about that. Woohoo! Hooray! Don't let your storage hw folks stick you on escon if you can help it. FICON is the way to go. Particularly the Linux guests -- if you can do FCP disk for those, it's another Good

Re: Planning for IFL and z/VM - looking for directions

2004-09-22 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 09/22/2004 at 02:30 MST, Ranga Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently we are running OS390/2.10 (64bit) going z/OS in a month's time. We just signed the order for z/VM and IFL. The fun begins soon. Has anyone got a checklist or planning guide for setting up IFL, z/VM and