Hi, Firstly a specific question: I believe that the disk pool used by XCAT for its ISO images is completely different to the one used for housing the data used by the cloned guests. In my case the first pool is called XCAT1 and the second pools are LINUX27 and LINUX54 (mod-27 and mod-54 respectively). Am I right? If so, a follow-up question - where do I specify the latter pools in XCAT? Nowhere? Somewhere? I am missing something basic, I believe. I have the XCAT GUI going and the IVP passes all the disk tests. We are not using CMO yet but expect to do so if required (more later if appropriate).
Now a general observation and a question: the z/VM v6.3 documentation on OpenStack and XCAT is somewhat scattered and perhaps sparse, at least compared with the excellent and voluminous documentation on CP, CMS, etc. Can anyone recommend a good overview? I'm reading the SourceForge pages, and the z/VM v6.3 manuals, but have yet to find an "all-in-one" zXCAT-Up-And-Running reference. SourceForge pages: http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/XCAT_zVM/ http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/XCAT_zVM_Setup/ http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/XCAT_Documentation/ z/VM v6.3 manuals: SC24-6248-01: Enabling z/VM for OpenStack (Support for OpenStack Icehouse Release) SC24-6234-07: Systems Management Application Programming For example, relating to my specific question above, there are references in both sets of documents to "regions" and "groups" where I was expecting terms like "SFS disk pool" and "DASD volume", which I don't believe are interchangeable, and hence my need for a beginner-type doc. If they are interchangeable, it's not obvious to a "young player" (not that I'm young, just a noob). As mentioned, these are very good and get one going, but appear a bit disorganised to this uneducated reader. Maybe it's a case of DIY doco, but I'd like to think not. Perhaps some training! OK, enough dreaming. Best regards, Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
