Dan,
> what architecture is required for the
> "server" rpm, is it s390x only
Yes, s390x only. A colleague for whom I have a lot of respect said words
to the effect of: "In systems management, the temptation is to abstract as
much as possible across platform; systems management tools should drill
down into platform specifics earlier rather than later". This is what Mz
does.
For example, how many layers of this hierarchy does Intel Architecture
have:
/var/lib/mz
├── SSI-clusters
├── appliances
│ └── gold74
└── systems
├── zCEC:3A236
│ └── zLPAR:VM51
│ └── zVM:PBCVM
│ ├── LANs
│ ├── devices
│ │ └── DASD:7C00-7C2F
│ └── virtual-machine:MZSERVER
│ └── linux:pbc45231
└── zCEC:94DF5
└── zLPAR:ZWS13
└── zVM:MIKES620
├── LANs
├── devices
│ └── DASD:5700-5721
├── virtual-machine:LNXADMIN
│ └── linux:zntc72
└── virtual-machine:ZNTC75
└── linux:zntc75
Maybe a blade center could be considered an IA-CEC (Intel Architecture)
and could be located under systems/. But then do they have LPARs,
hipervisors (certainly not z/VM) and virtual machines? I think two, but
not three. But then, I've done very little with virtualization on IA.
Further, Mz relies heavily on vmcp and less-heavily on SMAPI. Do IA
hipervisors have the equivalent?
"Mike MacIsaac" <mikemac at-sign us.ibm.com>
