Tom: I believe you meant they do "not" have z/VM? If you are just looking at this to run VTAPE you don't need a hypervisor. Run the Linux image in an LPAR. My interpretation is that they don't have an IFL either so "native" Linux would be easier to start with. If they decide to buy an IFL in the future, IBM offers z/VM at a large discount when acquired with the IFL. There are several attractive offerings to help z/VSE customers get started with Linux on Z.
Jim Elliott Senior IT Consultant - GlassHouse Systems Inc. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 4:21 PM Tom Huegel <tehue...@gmail.com> wrote: > This has probably been discussed quite a bit but I wanted to ask for some > real user feedback. > > I have a customer that is interested a POC of z/VSE zLINUX VTAPE. > Unfortunately they do now have z/VM so the zLINUX would have to be in an > LPAR. So the question is 'do I gain/lose anything using KVM as the > hypervisor in the zLINUX LPAR?'. > > Thanks > Tom > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
