Andy White wrote: > first please don't flame me. I know this is to talk about z/OS not VM but > had a question. You can reply to me off-line if you want.
First I've heard that this is a z/OS-only list. The IBM-VM list gets more VM-specific traffic, but to my knowledge this list is about anything to do with IBM mainframes. > We are starting to run Linux under z/VM for applications we will be porting > over to it as away to consolidate work. Since my unit is responsible for > the mainframe and the OS we also do z/VM installs etc. I am asking for a > test environment for z/Vm so if new versions come out of Websphere/ Linux > or z/VM we have a place to put it on. The person doing it said no the best > thing to do is run the new version a second level VM system and we can test > anything new in it. Good recommendation. > Im trying to find out for shops out there running z/VM do they have a test > platform as in separate LPAR or how are they handling this? > What is best practices in this area. I know for z/OS we have our test lab > and sysplex just for the system programmers. Best Practice (and almost universal one) is to Do It Virtually. There are powerful advantages to this, including better control of resources, ease and control of communication between test and production environments, and just generally higher productivity. You might want to consider doing your z/OS testing under VM too. By all means ask on the IBM-VM list for a probably more detailed answer. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
