Hi Dave, Dave Kreuter and his folks at VM Resources, LTD was working on a product (LINMAN I believe it was called) that would automate Linux image management and cloning (among other things). I'm pretty sure it had VM:Secure, DIRMAINT and RACF interfaces as well.
Give him a call at 905-660-3639 and see if LINMAN will do what you need to do, might be a good way. I doubt you'll ever see a WWW interface to VM, particularly with regards to z/VM administration and build issues. But once you have your VM system up and stable, and you have some "user friendly" tools like LINMAN to help you with Linux image management - I think you'll find that you really don't need to do a LOT with VM beyond that (you CAN do a lot, a TREMENDOUS amount, with VM - particularly with regards to task automation, backups, etc. etc. - but if you just want it as a hypervisor it can be, largely, ignored). So bringing in a consultant to do the initial VM work might not be such a bad or expensive proposition in the long term (disclaimer: I AM a VM consultant!). :) Michael Coffin, President MC Consulting Company, Inc. 57 Tamarack Drive Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 (781) 344-9837 www.mccci.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Dave Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAF in zVM V4R2 Express Installation In a message dated 5/14/2002 10:21:07 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There are simply too many knobs, levers, bells, whistles, and portals > that have developed over the last 30 years to allow a meaningful > simplification of the magnitude imposed by SAF and VIF. How does one > create a 2nd level system without learning enough directory management > to make SAF unnecessary? Chicken and the egg. > When USS came out, I dug in and learned it right away... As soon as S/390 Linux came out, I started playing around with it... Now, I'll be doing the same with z/VM...(hopefully...if I can talk management into a z800!) BUT (big but :).....IBM is losing and will lose many S/390 Linux customers because the Unix and NT guys aren't going to want to learn the complexities of z/VM. And...they will use the fact that there is not a good user interface (www?) for z/VM to convince management to stay away from S/390 Linux... Hiring a VM specialist or spending money on z/VM education is going to be a tough sell!!! I'd like to see a supported WWW frontend developed for z/VM...at least for common admin tasks and as a cloning tool. My opinon... Dave
