Hi, Alan.
OK, I see where you're heading with this. It's a much bigger project
than what I was proposing doing with the z/OS Redbook.
As Rob has suggested, having one or two authors per chapter, seemed to
have worked well with the old VM/ESA Handbooks, and could do so here on
the project as well.
What can we, the folks that have expressed a willingness to help, do to
get this moving along?
DJ
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Tuesday, 08/01/2006 at 10:58 EST, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Thanks interesting to hear, Alan. As you might infer, there seems to be
some interest both some of the list membership to see such a Redbook
produced and are willing to donate some of their time and energy to make
it happen.
Can you tell us where this proposal stands? Is it related to the work
Jim mentioned that he has already started?
The proposal is in the list to be considered and prioritized for 2007.
Initial thoughts include:
- System z hardware, with expanded discussion of assists, VM exploitation,
and Guest exploitation
- Evolution of virtualization on the mainframe
- z/VM theory of operation and subsystems, with special attention on
security and integrity
- Day-to-day operations, incl. health checkin
- User and resource administration
- Use (the CMS Primer and Terminal Users Guide return!)
- Automation
- Guest operating systems
- Integration into the enterprise
The intent is to take information we already have from a variety of
sources, then consolidate and distill it into a readable document that
would allow someone unfamiliar with z/VM to get a sense of the Big
Picture, even if the edge of the picture remains a bit out of focus. You
could hand this book to a prospective VM sysprog or IT manager and they
both would get something out of it. aka "z/VM 101".
Best Practices and System Programmer Tricks would be in vols. 2 and 3. :-)
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
