oops - forgot about Xen.. which I believe can also virtualize? I know very little about it on z... so should probably not have said 'the only way' ;-)
Scott Rohling On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Scott Rohling <[email protected]>wrote: > Multiple LPARs can share an IFL... but the only way to run multiple Linux > instances in a single LPAR is using z/VM to virtualize it. > > If you're really talking about one lonely IFL - you'll likely want to > dedicate it and let z/VM manage the sharing on a single LPAR. > > Scott Rohling > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Hughes, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Someone told me it is possible to run 12 Linux images on a single IFL >> without the use of z/VM. >> >> Is this true and how? >> >> The management around here heard this statement a while back and are now >> on a quest for us to create an LPAR for the IFL to run multiple Linux >> images on it. I must have missed the memo and I am looking for what I >> may have missed. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> ____________________ >> Jim Hughes >> Consulting Systems Programmer >> Mainframe Technical Support Group >> Department of Information Technology >> State of New Hampshire >> 27 Hazen Drive >> Concord, NH 03301 >> 603-271-5586 Fax 603.271.1516 >> >> Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are >> confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use or >> dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. If you are not >> the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender >> immediately and delete the message from your system. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
