David, The z/OS does not run Linux. It runs on a IFL as a sparate LPAR (for lack of a better term).
There are many REDBOOKS on IBM's site that discuss the setup, care and feeding of Linux on a z system. Lizette > > >>I'm not sure what you are asking. z/OS and Linux are different operating >>systems. Linux does not run in a Sysplex with z/OS. >> >>If the Pick database runs in Linux, you might be able to run it in Linux on >>a z/Architecture machine. Have you asked the vendor? Did you then want to >>be able to access the data in z/OS? Perhaps that could be done using TCPIP. >> >>-- >>Tom Marchant >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Ops - my phrasing was almost as bad as my spelling. I meant Linux running in >a z/OS 1.9 address space. I thought you could do that but am now unsure. >So far I have not located documentation on that. However I do find, in > >SAP on DB2 9 for z/OS: >Implementing Application Servers >on Linux for System z >March 2009 >International Technical Support Organization >SG24-6847-01 > >on document page 15 (ADOBE 32/182) a picture showing a single CEC with >z/OS, Linux, and z/VM all running in LPARS and multiple Linux instances >running under the z/VM. I may be misinterpreting the picture as only the >Linux square >is labeled LPAR. > >I would not be the one doing this. I am not a SYSPROG - Linux, z/OS, or >otherwise. I ran across a wild idea and put out a feeler. If someone knows >of such a thing being done then I will see if my management might be >interested. > >At least I now know how to spell it. :-) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
