Cross-posted to vse-l, vmesa-l and linux-390. Sorry for duplications. Linux for S/390 pioneer Grede Foundries of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has recently moved their internet web presence to Linux for S/390.
Linux for S/390 has been growing in acceptance in the industry and at Grede Foundries there is no exception. Grede has been using Linux on their mainframe for well over two years and has been quite impressed with the ability to consolidate systems on to one general purpose machine. In addition to network utility functions (DNS, email, and network monitoring), Grede has now implemented DB2 UDB and WebSphere Application Server (WAS) on their mainframe under Linux for S/390. The front end of this whole process is IBM's HTTP Server (based on Apache), WAS to provide logic and serve Java Server Pages, and DB2 UDB for back end data storage. The data that resides on UDB is either replicated from the VSE/ESA environment or maintained as part of Grede's web applications. Three WebSphere virtual machines have been deployed. A production server, quality assurance test server, and a development server. Two DB2 UDB virtual machines were implemented, one for production data and the other for test data which is shared between the quality assurance test and development WebSphere virtual machines. This first initiative, to facilitate in house management of web site development and B2B activities in the future, was to migrate Grede's three web sites (www.grede.com, www.castsmart.com, and www.brainworks.com) from a third party local services provider to the new Websphere Application environment in house. All sites were redeveloped using Java. These sites contain normal brochureware information and facilities to view customer order status and shipment information, submit drawings for quotation requests, and track inventories at outside service vendors. This project was a cooperative effort between Grede Foundries, Sytek Services of Bellingham WA (an IBM Business Partner specializing in S/390 hardware sales and VM/Linux software support) and Centare Group of Brookfield, WI (an IBM Business Partner specializing in WebSphere). Grede Foundries is running on a Multiprise 3000 H50, with z/VM Version 4.1, VSE/ESA. WebSphere is Version 4.0, DB2 UDB is 7.2 and the Linux kernel level is currently 2.2.19. -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. April 25-29, 2003 For details see http://www.wavv.org
