Re: A question about efforts to replace z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs...

2008-04-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 04/17/2008 at 09:23 EDT, "Grasso, M. - SPLXM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, my management would like to see "money saving" arguments before > allowing an investigation. This is where I think things will start to fall apart. If you have already invested in a CMS-based monitori

Re: A question about efforts to replace z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs...

2008-04-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Grasso, M. - SPLXM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, my management would like to see "money saving" arguments before > allowing an investigation. That's going to be a tough one. CMS is highly efficient for the typical systems management tasks that people do

Re: A question about efforts to replace z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs...

2008-04-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 04/17/2008 at 09:41 EDT, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure there are lots more ideas out there about how to use Linux rather > than CMS for 'service machines' as we used to call them.. Use Linux AF_IUCV sockets to connect to *MSG. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM

Re: A question about efforts to replace z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs...

2008-04-17 Thread Scott Rohling
Where you may get hung up here is debating what 'belongs' on CMS and what belongs on Linux. Usually that's answered by how much bending over backwards you do (the goal is none). You can do much from Linux that you otherwise did on CMS. With root authority - you can use the 'vmcp' command to iss

A question about efforts to replace z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs...

2008-04-17 Thread Grasso, M. - SPLXM
Hello Everyone, I would like to access your hands-on knowledge in regards to replacing z/VM CMS users with Linux VMs. I work in a TPF shop which primarily uses z/VM to support its TPF/VPARS test systems. We are currently running z/VM5.3. After much resistance, Linux is now officially in