I do not know of too many shops who do not handle the distinction by giving one person two hats. What is a sysadmin? Answer - A system programmer who also handles the bulk of the administration of the system. What is a system programmer? Answer - A system administrator who handles the tasks of system programming. I have never worked in a shop that separated the two functions. If it was anything more that creating a new userid (using tools created by the system programmer) or resetting a password, it was the prevue of the system programmer/administrator.
-----Original Message----- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Web-based administration for z/VM There are things a systems programmer must do and then there are things administrators do. The line between the two is fuzzy, at best, but I like to think that "a sysprog bails out the sysadmin when the admin tools quit working". That is, the sysprog must know something about the system's architecture and how to get things done. E.g. "Just IPL with NODIRECT and use DEFINE MDISK" is not something I would let a sysadmin do. My point was that IBM Virtualization Engine is currently geared towards sysadmins, not sysprogs, though both jobs may be done by the same person. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
