Your sysprogs would let them? Sheesh!
I must admit, z/VM isn't that hard to setup and run, though getting some expert advice upon occasion is well worth every penny you spend on it. Check out the zVM Linux cookbook. Really. :) -Paul On Feb 15, 2010, at 7:52 PM, John McKown wrote: > I don't have access to a z on which I can do this. Would it be OK to > load in on Hercules/390, just for learning purposes? > > My group keeps pushing for zLinux, but the current Linux people (Intel) > want nothing to do with it. Likely, IMO, due to their perception of lack > of control over the hardware. Which would be true. I wouldn't want a > Lintel person, no matter how good, to be setting up z/VM or even the VM > directory. Of course, they would be "root", not my group (z/OS Tech > Services). And they might not want to due to other considerations, such > as backups et al. > > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 19:08 -0600, Paul Raulerson wrote: >> Yes, that is exactly so. You can use it for any purpose, production, >> test, or development, on as many instances as you like. >> >> >> It *is* a winner, really. We run transactional production loads on on >> zLinux. :) >> >> >> By the way, it is easy to install and configure, especially under >> z/VM. Google for the z/VM cookbooks. They are excellent >> guides, and they provide a really good base to move forward and >> produce highly customized images from. >> >> >> -Paul >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Billy Bingham wrote: >> >>> Paul, >>> >>> >>> So you're saying that if I download SLES 11 Eval Version it comes >>> with a 180 day trial for support, but the software license is free >>> and I can continue to use it past the 180 day period? >>> >>> >>> Sounds like a winner if so. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> Billy >>> >>> >>> On 15 Feb 2010 at 13:31, Paul Raulerson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Note that "trial" means trial period for support. >>>> >>>> The license is free, you can run it as long as you wish, for any >>> purpose. Seems odd on a mainframe, but true. >>>> >>>> And I personally recommend SLES over RedHat. If nothing else, YAST >>> makes it far easier to manage. >>>> >>>> -Paul >>>> >>>> On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Rich Smrcina wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 02/15/2010 12:22 PM, Billy Bingham wrote: >>>>>> I would like to install Linux on z/VM, but I'm not sure what >>> distribution to use. Is there a free version of SuSE or RedHat Linux >>> that I can download to do this? Do I need to license a distribution >>> from the vendor (SuSE or RedHat)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Billy >>>>> >>>>> You can get a trial of both Novell and RedHat Linux for System z >>> that come with install support and maintenance for a certain amount >>> of time. I think Novell is 120 days. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Rich Smrcina >>>>> Phone: 414-491-6001 >>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina >>>>> >>>>> Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org >>>>> WAVV 2010 - Apr 9-13, 2010 Covington, KY >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
