legolas wood wrote:
Hi every one.
I am just confused with all of these terms, please let me know whether i
am right about them or not.
Zlinux : A linux which is compiled for Z Architecture, whether 31 bit or
64 bit. like Slack, Suse or centOS
You are correct, but in my opinion is a bad term. You don't hear, at
least I don't, people refering to "pLinux" (PowerPC), or "iLinux"
(Intel), "aLinux" (AMD) "sLinux" (Sparc), or any other letter Linux to
indicate they are running a Linux that is compiled for a specific CPU
platform.
System Z: An specific operating system made by IBM for its architecture,
what is its differences with the Zlinux?
Current Z System version is 1.8 and Z/OS is old name of this operating
system.
SystemZ is the current IBM mainframe hardware architecture, not a OS.
z/OS is one of the OS's that can run on SystemZ comptuers.
Z/ VM: A virtual machine like Virtual PC, that can be installed into Z
System and then we can install guest OSs ( What kind of OS can be quest,
does an ordinary linux can be quest or we will need specific linux
versions, can we install windows?) current Z/ VM version is 5
z/VM is a full OS that does machine virtualzation, same theory as
Virtual PC, but Virtual PC is software that must be installed on top of
an existing OS.
S390 : It is name of hardware, and these hardware can have a Z system
installed on it.
S390 is the older mainframe hardware architecture.
Is there any book which could give me overall knowledge about these OSs
and names and what they generally do?
Thanks
Here is a link for basics of z/OS
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html
Technical over view of z9:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247124.html?Open
Link for various other Redbook in the SystemZ world.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemz
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