On one hand -- it works... On the other hand -- There can be significant "challenges"...
In a previous job ... - We had one customer with a couple Linuxes in LPARs. It proved a significant challenge to move them from an old DASD subsystem to a new DASD subsystem.... - We also had a customer with Linux in an LPAR that found trying to upgrade most of the Linux system (base distro, middleware, several local packages) but the only time they could work on it was a couple hours a week in the middle of the night. z/VM makes both those kinds of jobs much easier.... Lee Stewart ● VM System Support ● Visa ● Phone: 6(750)4601 - +1-303-389-4601 ● [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pesce, Andy Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Anyone running z/Linux natively and not under z/VM? Just a curiosity question: Is anyone running Red Hat or SUSE natively in its own LPAR without having z/VM? I know that under z/VM you can run multiple LINUX images. It is also very easy to clone systems. However, just wondering if there are clients out there that only want to run one LINUX system. So, they are not spending the money to get z/VM and installing it. Any response would be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
