Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
Title: Time Estimate to Create a "Fully Production Ready" z/VM System! Valerie, Have you determined how you are going to back up your Linux guests? VM backups can be accomplished using built in utilities like DDR or with vendor products like the IBM Backup/Restore utility or CA

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Peter . Webb
Subject: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System! We have our first z/VM 5.4 system up and running. DIRMAINT is currently installed, but we have not learned how to really use it. We have RACF and need to configure and make security decisions regarding Linux guests. We need

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Le Grande Valerie
Rich, We will be using backups from z/OS and/or combined with network backup fo r Linux. Not decided yet. We realize DIRMAINT is good to learn and we need to do that. We also need to decide with Security people whether we want to use LDAP with RACF on Mainframe or use what their current Linux

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Coffin
michaelcof...@mccci.com www.mccci.com -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Le Grande Valerie Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:07 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Bill Munson
Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/26/2009 11:23 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System! Hi

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
Le Grande Valerie wrote: Rich, We will be using backups from z/OS and/or combined with network backup for Linux. Not decided yet. We realize DIRMAINT is good to learn and we need to do that. We also need to decide with Security people whether we want to use LDAP with RACF on Mainframe or use

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Juarez, David T. (AITC)
-6116 Work -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Le Grande Valerie Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:07 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System! Rich, We

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Steve Mitchell
What will the linux guest be doing in production? That will go a long way in determining what needs done and how long it might take. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not!

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Coffin
: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System! Rich, We will be using backups from z/OS and/or combined with network backup for Linux. Not decided yet. We realize DIRMAINT is good to learn and we need to do that. We also need to decide with Security people whether we want to use

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread Le Grande Valerie
Thanks to Dave for the excellent Tasklist. I have one started that this will help me add to that. The challenge will be adding a timetable to tha t list. Anyone's gross time estimate is at least helpful to me in justifying that what I propose is in the ballpark. We don't have the z/VM

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

2009-03-26 Thread David Boyes
On 3/26/09 12:54 PM, Le Grande Valerie valerie.legra...@sentry.com wrote: Also, z/OS sysprogs tend to be more adamant about having monitoring tools for the whole box picture, procedures and automation for operations staff, reliability, recovery and reliable DR procedures, etc etc. for a