On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 02:18:45 +0000 "Morris, Kevin J. (RET-DAY)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Given our static environment, can anyone provide any glaringly > obvious caveats/downfalls to migrating from zVM to standalone zLinux > LPARs that we might be missing? This is not that easy to answer. Things that I would consider are: - what disk type do you use (minidisks and EDEV might be interesting to migrate, new installations are of course always possible) - what bonding mode do you want to use on linux? With z/VM on z13 you will be able to use LACP shared over different z/VM systems. On Linux LPAR, if you want to use LACP, the ports must be reserved for the LPAR. - are your DR and backup procedures relying on z/VM? - Do you use OSA with multiple ports, and do you have requirements that a system should not see the other port of the same adapter? On z/VM, this can be done, on LPAR it will probably be difficult. I don't know the details about cost etc. but I personally would keep at least one z/VM system to be more flexible with upcoming demands. Berthold -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Berthold Gunreben Build Service Team http://www.suse.de/ Maxfeldstr. 5 SUSE Linux GmbH D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
