If time permits, I'd volunteer too. Surely vols 3 seems attractive to me.
Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support > On Tuesday, 08/01/2006 at 10:58 EST, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Thanks interesting to hear, Alan. As you might infer, there seems to be > > some interest both some of the list membership to see such a Redbook > > produced and are willing to donate some of their time and energy to make > > it happen. > > > > Can you tell us where this proposal stands? Is it related to the work > > Jim mentioned that he has already started? > The proposal is in the list to be considered and prioritized for 2007. > Initial thoughts include: > - System z hardware, with expanded discussion of assists, VM exploitation, > and Guest exploitation > - Evolution of virtualization on the mainframe > - z/VM theory of operation and subsystems, with special attention on > security and integrity > - Day-to-day operations, incl. health checkin > - User and resource administration > - Use (the CMS Primer and Terminal Users Guide return!) > - Automation > - Guest operating systems > - Integration into the enterprise > The intent is to take information we already have from a variety of > sources, then consolidate and distill it into a readable document that > would allow someone unfamiliar with z/VM to get a sense of the Big > Picture, even if the edge of the picture remains a bit out of focus. You > could hand this book to a prospective VM sysprog or IT manager and they > both would get something out of it. aka "z/VM 101". > Best Practices and System Programmer Tricks would be in vols. 2 and 3. :-) > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott
