Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

David Boyes wrote: >2. Make sure you have at least 2 physical engines in the LPAR >you intend to use Linux on, and at least 2 virtual CPUs in your >VMs. If you cannot meet this "rule of thumb" advice then one IFL should still be OK provided you make sure SMT2 is enabled on that IFL. SMT2 was

Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

Hi z/VM is an old concept. The most of my customer don't like like to handle z/VM. They have already functional sysprogrammers on RHEL7.x with x86 systems. for all this guys it's really simple to switch on a z/Linux native or with KVM. I think that will be the future on z/systems. Wolfgang

Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

I have been thru the IBM Linux on Z workshop and as part of that, a Linux install was performed (under z/VM). The Linux install (Red Hat?) portion was quite simple and excellently packaged. That being said, Linux on bare metal (as opposed to z/VM) is, IMO, of very limited use. Most of the

Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

HI I am just working on a PoC for RHEL7.x with native LPAR and KVM Host with RHEL7.5 guests. two things are different 1. use fdasd if you have dasds on your system or fdisk if you are working with disks. 2. Networkdevices are OSA,s and you have to define 3 address min. on OSA5 type. There

Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

Munif, The downloads are available from Red Hat, but not sure if you need to have a contract or not with Red Hat to get access to the downloads. However, the architecture is s390x and since you don't have KVM or zVM, then the installation is a little more difficult because you will have to

Re: Linux (zLinux) on zSeries

Hello, Munif. First, welcome to the z/Linux community. A very good place top post such questions as yours is the "Linux on 390 Port " listserv. Instructions on how to subscribe to it or browse the archives can be found here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/techinfo/listserv.html