no. On 05/18/2011 05:32 PM, Austin, Alyce (CIV) wrote: > Has z/VM 6.2 been released? > > Regards, > Alyce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On > Behalf Of PHILIP TULLY > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:31 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: zvm directions > > I see that the list traffic is kind of light right now and though I > would toss out a topic for all of us to chew on. > > I am looking for your thoughts on the current direction of zVM in > particular where development needs to be focused. > > > I sense that z/VM 6.2 with SSI will ease the burden of medium to large > shops in the area of multi-system maintenance, and hopefully will be > extended beyond it's current meager 4 system max size, sooner rather > than later. > > Given the difficulty in making any changes to production workloads I > don't see SSI with Live Guest Migration (LGM) as a panacea to issue > related to load balancing amongst lpars. Without more direct linux > interaction I am concerned about the migration of workloads using > dedicated fcp with or without NPIV as well as arp issues. > > The area I would like to see development is the utilization of the > hardware some of us are lucky enough to have, the z196. With a machine > that can be delivered with 3TB of memory(1.5TB on a z10), having a > maximum size z/VM system of 256GB is very limiting. In reviewing > presentations on memory limits, I have read comments that the system has > been tested to more than 400GB central storage but no indication > (statement of direction...rumor) that the current limit will be > increased. So I am pushing for increasing the max z/VM LPAR to at > least 512MB if not larger. > > Expansion of the link aggregation implementation allowing for shared OSA > cards. > > > In general I am focused on larger vm systems, so that is where I would > like to see development. > > Phil Tully > > Viewpoints presented here are my own and not my employer's >
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