In a message dated 5/15/2002 10:18:11 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > We are a OS/390 shop with ZERO VM skills. The distributed > > group does not > > want to learn z/VM for many reasons, among them are the lack > > of any usable > > intro/how-to documents to get started with - the existing > > pubs assume a > > firm foundation or knowledge gained from attending a class. > > Hmm. While true, I don't see how this is different from supporting ANY > platform other than the one you've already got. If you went out and bought > a Sun E15K (probably the mainstream device closest to this sort of > environment), you'd have to go to a Sun class to learn how to run the > partitioning tools -- in fact, Sun won't sell the machine to you without > it. > Unfortunately for us (barely surviving mainframers) there are already many Sun Solaris and NT admin types employed at our companies and they are always looking to expand their Sun and NT empires. For some reason they bitch about their workloads but seem to enjoy being in the computer room every weekend.... ;o) Linux is a tough enough sell without throwing a "oh by the way...we need to hire a VM specialist" into the mix. I for one will be looking for VM ISV help (as Alan suggested) if/when I get the chance to POC S/390 linux.
