Valerie, it is difficult to give you estimates since it all depends on
experience level and number of people on the team and if they are dedicated to
the team or have other duties to work on like production! I have however given
you a list of tasks our team came up with that you may not have thought of to
get to a production environment; I'm sure there are others. Best wishes, David
J.
Certification required
Oracle 10g certified with Red Hat 5
Patrol Agent
QMX Agent
Veritas Net backup
DASD related tasks
Hook up Open System DASD to z/VM
Use Red Hat 5.0 kickstart to create a Linux guest on Open System DASD
Use STK kickstart to create a Linux guest on a standalone server on
the floor
Create new Linux guest to run Nagios, deployment scripts
Acquire replicatable DASD for z/VM on mainframe DASD in DEC 2008
Ensure z/VM backups are in place;replicatable;tested!
Ensure Linux backups are in place;replicatable;tested!
Ensure Oracle RMAN backups are in place;replicatable;tested!
Automate shutdown of Oracle
Migrate data to/from open systems
Network related tasks
OSA connection for backups
Is redundancy set up in general? Via OSA cards?
Technical tasks to discuss
How to maintain software(z/VM, Linux, Oracle)
z9 PORs.
Definition of large, medium, small images and how they are created
Non-technical related tasks
Charge back accounting for CPU,DASD,tape storage, z/VM, zLinux, Oracle;
accounting codes
Maintaining production; roll of operations
Training for z/VM, network,Linux, Oracle, Performance,RACF,Operators?
etc.
Resource spreadsheet for tracking z/VM, Linux, Oracle,network
resources; discuss what should be in it
Security related tasks
Install RACF
LINUX security(harden)
Oracle security(harden)
Performance related tasks
Resources required; CPU, DASD, tape, network(ports); Do we have the
same in Philly for DR?
Performance monitoring; Network, Linux, z/VM, Oracle
Documentation needed
Process to kickstart a new Linux guest
Process to clone a new Linux guest
Process to define new Linux guest to z/VM.
Startup/shutdown procedures for z/VM,Linux,Oracle
Process to create new Oracle system
Process to do a new Oracle build
z/VM maintenance procedures and how to move into production
Things to learn how to do
Debugging
FTP
EREP
Stand Alone Dumps
Network traces; VTAM, TCPIP
Slip Traps (if applicable)
How to Print a text file, spool file
System logs; view, print,FTP, save
Standards that need to be discussed
Maintenance procedures for all software (single or multiple customers
on one Linux guest).
DASD volume naming conventions; SAN, mainframe
Mini disk numbering convention
Linux guest Ids
EREP, SMF,DUMPS, System logs; where to store and naming
convention(daily, weekly, monthly?)
Backup naming standards for system config, user directory
Future Direction
Consolidation - share binaries
Multiple APPs in one zLinux guest
Install z/VM 5.4 for z10
Create test LPAR
create checklist for people who request zLinux guests
z/vm maintenance schedule
David Juárez
Department of Veterans Affairs
z/OS and z/VM Systems Programmer
512-326-6116 Work
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Le Grande Valerie
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Time Estimate to Create a "Fully Production Ready" z/VM System!
Rich,
We will be using backups from z/OS and/or combined with network backup fo
r
Linux. Not decided yet.
We realize DIRMAINT is good to learn and we need to do that.
We also need to decide with Security people whether we want to use LDAP
with RACF on Mainframe or use what their current Linux uses.
These decisions need to be made as well as getting all in place. What I
REALLY need now is some kind of time/resource estimate for planning,
learning, implementing beyond Proof of Concept.
At this point we have a z/VM system up running a Linux guest that we can
connect to.
Estimates??
Thanks,
Valerie
