At my site I support everything on z. z/VM, Linux, z/VSE, and z/OS.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Harris, Nick J. <nhar...@txfb-ins.com>wrote: > Hi Berry, > It is really working very well. Linux on system Z and z/VM was new to > both the mainframe group and the 'dark side' so we are learning > together. We have the Velocity products and we had Barton come to our > shop to teach a performance class on Linux and VM and both sides > attended. It was very helpful especially for the dark side guys as > virtualization is new to them. We are a small shop and we work well > together so if I see something that might be a problem I can go over to > the 'dark side' and talk about it. > It can be a problem if everyone is not on the same page. > > > Thanks, > Nick > > Thanks, > Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] > On > > Behalf Of Berry van Sleeuwen > > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:16 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: Support of z/VM and zLinux environments > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > And how is that working for you? At our shop we also provide the guest > > and the 'dark side' does the install and support for the guests. But > > they reguraly tend to work just like in the PC world. Meaning, ask for > > lots of memory (cache a lot, minimize IO, never swap) and install > > resource consuming apps (cron every minute or an app that has an > > keep-alive every milisecond). > > > > Our new SLES10 is installed by us and we keep track of every package > not > > required by an application. I try to also get the daily support in our > > group so that we can realy make a difference. > > > > Regards, Berry. > > > > Harris, Nick J. schreef: > > > > > > At our shop the mainframe tech support group supports z/VM on a z9 > BC > > > with two IFLs. We have two LPARs one production and one > > > test/development. Linux is supported by our distributed group we > call > > > them the 'Dark Side'. > > > > > > I create the guests and the 'Dark Side' installs Linux and > Websphere. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Nick > > > > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317
