HI, Brad. Brad Brewer wrote:
Just a couple of quick questions. Does anyone use any 3rd party tool,like OmegaMon, to monitor zlinux?
Yes, we have sites running the IBM Performance Toolkit with some degree of success. IBM offers a Linux application (for free, I believe) that can feed Linux data into the Perf Toolkit, but I think the overhead of running the code outweighs the information it supplies. I would recommend that you look into the Velocity Software product ESALPS for your Linux on z/VM performance monitoring and reporting needs....it seems to be the "best of breed" in that area.
Has anyone every tried to implement CA's eTrust ACF2 Security for zLinux?
I've implemented CA's eTrustAccessControl (all one word! :-) for z/Linux. Other than a few "gotchas" in the install process, it seems to work well. It also comes with a feature that allows it to be used in conjunction with CA's ACF2 mainframe security package.
Has anyone tried doing volume level backups using FDR or DFSMS? Do companies have a production control area monitoring the monitor? Or do you page when alerts happen?
As Dr. Boyes mentioned, treat z/Linux as you would any other mission critical production system. There are a number of both open-source and commercial offering available to monitor and react to what the z/Linux systems are doing. There are job scheduling systems available as well.
Reason for questions. We are trying to build a case for the use of zLinux in our shop. Management wants to be assured that all the pieces are there before they will go forward. Thus the fact finding mission. Thanks,
Hope this was of some help. drop me a note off-list if you'd like more information or pointers to any of these things. Have a good one. DJ
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