Actually - I shouldn't say 'they will all come up eventually' so casually.... things can go wrong if processing bogs down too much -- things time out, device waits occur, etc... So spreading out the Linux guest startup might help if you're running into such issues.
Scott On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Probably trying to spread the starting of guests a little so it doesn't > overwhelm the system at zVM IPL time. Opinions vary on what the spread > should be if one is used... 3 every 15 secs - 10 every 1 minute - etc. > I've seen several installations with over 100+ Linux guests not use any > delay -- and just let zVM sort it out.. they'll all come up eventually. > > Scott > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:48 AM, <sunny...@wcb.ab.ca> wrote: > >> What is the reasonable setting for sleep time after issue xautolog server? >> On the planning and Administration "Steps for automatically starting linux >> virtual servers and other virtal machines" say: >> 1. After every third XAUTOLOG statement that starts a Linux >> virtual server, add this statement: CP sleep 15 sec >> >> Can someone tell me why? >> >> >> >> >> Sunny Hu >> >> ------------------------------ >> This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain privileged >> or confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly >> prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us >> immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete >> the original email. Thank you. (Sent by Webgate1) >> > >
