Kurt > Is anyone running linux on their mainframe?
IBM has been encouraging this idea for very many years now and I believe successfully. > If so, how are you running it? standalone? under zos? etc? I'm pretty sure z/LINUX is *not* supported by z/OS - and this is supported by later posts - but it is supported by z/VM - as usual - and this approach is very much encouraged. > Are there any good redbooks or other documentation on installing and running linux on the mainframe? Using "linux system z" as search words gets you 204 hits, of which the following look as if they could be useful for a neophyte: Linux Handbook A Guide to IBM Linux Solutions and Resources - 2005 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247000.html Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions - 2001 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246264.html z/VM and Linux on IBM System z The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - 2008 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247493.html Note that "SLES" is a "distribution". z/VM and Linux on IBM System z The Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 - 2008 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247492.html Note that "Red Hat" is another "distribution". Practical Migration to Linux on System z - 2009 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247727.html Chris Mason On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:30:45 -0700, Kurt Eastwood <kurtms...@yahoo.com> wrote: >I hope those of your who have experience with linux on the mainframe would be wiling to share your expertise. > > > >My boss has asked me to find out anything I can about running linux on the mainframe. > >Is anyone running linux on their mainframe? > >If so, how are you running it? standalone? under zos? etc? > >How is installation and maintenance of linux and system while running linux on mainframe? > >Are there any good redbooks or other documentation on installing and running linux on the mainframe? > >Are there any training course on doing this? > >Any gotchas running linux on the mainframe? > >Any good/great experiences or bad experiences running linux on the mainframe? > >Anything anyone would like to contribute would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Kurt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
