The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 2: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248303.html?Open <abstract> Abstract This IBM® Redbooks® publication is Volume 2 of a series of three books called The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems . The other two volumes are called: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 1: IBM z/VM® 6.3, SG24-8147 The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 3: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SG24-8890 It is recommended that you start with Volume 1 of this series as IBM z/VM is the base "layer" when installing Linux on z Systems. Volume 1 starts with an introduction, discusses planning, then describes z/VM installation into a two-node single system image (SSI) cluster, configuration, hardening, automation, and servicing. It adopts a cookbook format that provides a concise, repeatable set of procedures for installing and configuring z/VM using the Single System Image (SSI) clustering feature. Volumes 2 and 3 describe how to roll your own Linux virtual servers on IBM z Systems hardware under IBM z/VM. The cookbook format continues with installing and customizing Linux. Volume 2 focuses on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It consists of the following chapters: Chapter 1, "Install RHEL on LNXADMIN" on page 3, describes how to install and configure RHEL 6.4 onto the Linux Administration server, which does the cloning and other tasks. Chapter 2, "Automated RHEL installations using kickstart" on page 27, describes how to use Red Hat's kickstart tool to create Linux systems. This is fundamentally different from cloning in that an automated installation is implemented. You can try kickstart and you can also try cloning. Understand that they try to accomplish the same goal of being able to quickly get Linux systems up and running, and that you do not need to use both. Chapter 3, "Service RHEL with Red Hat Customer Portal" on page 37, describes how the Red Hat Network works. It provides centralized management and provisioning for multiple RHEL 6.4 systems. Kickstart is a very easy and fast way to provision you Linux guests in any supported Linux platform. It re-creates the operating system (OS) from scratch by using the kickstart profile configuration file that installs the new OS unintended and sets up the new guest according to what was predefined in the kickstart file. Usually, Linux administration is done by the same team that manages Linux on all platforms. By using kickstart, you can create a basic profile that can be used in all supported platforms and customize Linux profiles as needed. Cloning is another technique to provision Linux guests. This requires a better understanding of the z/VM environment and z/VM skills. It is a very fast process if the client has the FLASHCOPY feature enabled. It basically clones the discs from a golden image to new discs that will be used by the new Linux guest. The process can be automated using the cloning scripts supplied with this book.. </abstract> -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
