Before the announcement OpenSolaris would certainly run on an IFL. The announcement
didn't chance anything on the IFLs around the world. It just makes it official. It's
more of a statement to make the PHB's happy.
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:05:36 -0700, Kopischke, David G. wrote:
From IBM Announcements today...
Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) authorization is expanded
to include the OpenSolaris operating system
http://www.ibm.com/vrm/newsletter_10577_3590_95481_email_DYN_1IN/ngn122727252
Interesting. I had wondered. But I remain curious.
If, prior to today, a customer had attempted to IPL OpenSolaris
under an IFL, what would have happened?
o PR/SM would have prohibited the operation?
o The operation would have succeeded, but PR/SM would have
called home and lawyers would have come knocking.
It appears that Linux and OpenSolaris are the only two OSes
authorized to run in IFLs. What's an operating system?
Various vendors and IBM have standalone backup, restore,
dump, and diagnostic utilities (or used to). These can be
considered OSes, however specialized. Are these, therefore,
prohibited in IFLs?
There was some mention here lately of the possibility (or
impossibility) of using z/VM without CMS. Some customers
likely want z/VM solely for the purpose of running Linux
(or OpenSolaris) in IFLs. Can they do without CMS, or is
CMS required for z/VM administration?
-- gil
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