Info APAR ii13318 was created to address many of the concerns mentioned
from updates on this forum, and PMR's that were opened with level 2.
Kurt Acker
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Ken,
Three words of advice: Don't go there.
SAF was designed only as a migration tool from VIF to z/VM. The IBM
developers have stated that they have no intention of enhancing the tool in
any way shape or form. (And I doubt very much that any of the Linux/390
Redbooks will ever be updated to reference SAF.)
One of the mailing list participants tried to take it beyond that use, and
burned many, many, hours that could have been used more productively
learning how to do things in z/VM themselves. (That's what he'd doing
today, and losing much less hair than before.) I don't know who it was
that
"lead you to believe" SAF was what you wanted, but they were wrong.
So, disable SAF, and go back to the Redbooks and review what you need for a
"native VM" installation. You'll be _much_ happier in the long run.
Mark Post
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From: Ken Maxtutis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:06 AM
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Subject: SAF & RedHat 7.2 install
Has anybody successfully installed RedHat 7.2 using VMADMIN/System
Administration Facility?
I installed z/VM 4.2 using Express and configured the VMADMIN server. Now I
m bouncing between very confusing documentation in the SAF guide and R.H.
documentation. The R.H/7.2. S/390 installation guide only provides
instructions for native VM and LPAR installs. Also, the IBM redbooks need
to
be updated to include procedures for SAF installs.
From what I ve been reading here SAF isn t the most ideal way to
install and manage Linux images. I m a z/OS systems programmer with very
little experience in VM and was led to believe that SAF was easiest way to
implement Linux.
Thanks,
Ken Maxtutis
Sr. Systems Programmer
Konica Business Technologies
Windsor,CT.
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