On 1/7/22 22:27, Mondy, Stephen (US - Texas) wrote:
I have a requirement to quickly install Red Hat Linux 8.5 on z/VM 7.2 for a proof of concept of a Linux application.
I need the best fast path, cookie cutter document/process to get the installs A-Z ( 2 instances ) completed ASAP. Is there one?
These are the docs I have been reviewing so far; SG24-8147-02 - Virtualization Cookbook Vol 1 IBM zVM 7.2 SG24-8303-01 - The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM Z Volume 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.2
I think the cookbooks are rather for larger scale penguin farms and might be overkill for a PoC with just two Linux instances.
SC24-6287-04 - zVM720 Getting Started with Linux on IBM Z
red_hat_enterprise_linux-8-performing_a_standard_rhel_installation-en-us
I would start with that RHEL install guide. In particular, the following parts: Typically installing Linux on Z is done over the network, so you need some network server providing the content of the RHEL DVD ISO such that your Linux z/VM guest can access it. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/prepare-installation-source_installing-rhel#ports-for-network-based-installation_prepare-installation-source The Z part of the installation: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/planning-for-installation-on-ibm-z_installing-rhel https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/overview-of-the-ibm-z-installation-process_installing-rhel https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/booting-the-installation_installing-rhel The custom content of generic.prm is important, e.g. to get the network configured used during installation (FWIW, since RHEL7 I don't use CMS configuration files anymore and instead put everything in generic.prm): https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/customizing-boot-parameters_installing-rhel Here is a generalized examples of what it often looks like in my case; you need to customize things in angle brackets such as network device numbers (bdf?), IP addresses, etc.: ro ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!condev rd.znet=qeth,<0.0.bdf0>,<0.0.bdf1>,<0.0.bdf2>,layer2=<1> ip=<guestIPaddress>::<defaultGW>:<CIDRmask>:<shorthostname>:enc<bdf0>:none nameserver=<dnsIPaddress> inst.repo=<http://.../s390x/RHEL8./DVD> inst.vnc inst.vncpassword=<...> inst.sshd You'd probably use the z/VM Reader to IPL the installer: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/installing-under-z-vm_installing-rhel I typically connect from my workstation via VNC to the RHEL graphical installer running on Z. Next, things continue pretty much like with RHEL on any other architecture: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/performing_a_standard_rhel_installation/graphical-installation_graphical-installation -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind regards Steffen Maier Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE https://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/en/ IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Gregor Pillen Geschaeftsfuehrung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
