> Let me broaden this inquiry a bit. Given multiple servers of multiple > varieties (ie Linux/390, Linux/x86, HPUX, zVM, OS/390 and z/OS), are there > system automation tools in the Linux world that should be imported into the > zVM, z/OS environment to allow the Linux automation to control aspects of > the other environment, such as assignment of tape drives, orderly > shutdown/restart of databases (MySQL/Postres/Oracle/etc) without an > operator/sysadmin logging on to each system to issue commands?
This is the cheapskate's suggestion;-) If you can fake a UPS attached to a serial port, nuts will shut things down on multiple machines if there's a power failure;-) There is also a modem server so your S/390 can have a standard modem attahed to a standard serial port - I don't recall the specifics but I guess a pty will do. I doubt whether the modem server's included in any standard distro; I think it hangs out at your local Sunsite mirror. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
