On Tuesday, 05/20/2008 at 02:37 EDT, RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone commented that it was somewhat "clunky", but what we've been doing > for the grants is to add two COMMAND statements to each guest's CP Directory > entry (actually via an include); the first does the grant for the user, and > the second does a couple to connect up the vSwitch, if it isn't already > connected. > > Before this, each new Linux guest had to be added to either the SYSTEM > CONFIG (problematic) or AUTOLOG1 (time consuming), and either method allows > the person doing it to forget, make a mistake or make some typo in the > addition that could cause problems much later during the next IPL, at which > time it will take at least a short time to diagnose and repair. Having the > whole thing taken care of in one entry in the CP Directory, and included in > each guest that needs it, is much less prone to any errors someone (such as > me) might tend to make. It's one less thing to remember when creating a new > Linux guest.
Or the NICDEF plus a single entry in your ESM. RACF has authorization controls for VSWITCHes, Guest LANs, and VLAN IDs. Set it and forget it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
