Re: Openshift SNO on Z (KVM)

2022-10-17 Thread Grzegorz Powiedziuk
icial procedure from redhat. > > But going through the same process with KVM on Z doesn't work well so > far. > > > > I know it is not supported etc. This is just for testing/learning and > fun. > > Just reached out to our OCP team and in fact they have not touched

Re: Openshift SNO on Z (KVM)

2022-10-17 Thread Christian Borntraeger
Am 17.10.22 um 05:24 schrieb Grzegorz Powiedziuk: Hello, has anyone tried installing openshift SNO (single node) on Z? I was able to install it on x86 using the official procedure from redhat. But going through the same process with KVM on Z doesn't work well so far. I know it is not supported

Openshift SNO on Z (KVM)

2022-10-16 Thread Grzegorz Powiedziuk
Hello, has anyone tried installing openshift SNO (single node) on Z? I was able to install it on x86 using the official procedure from redhat. But going through the same process with KVM on Z doesn't work well so far. I know it is not supported etc. This is just for testing/learning and fun. I

Re: RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure

2021-05-20 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 19.05.21 19:59, Alan Haff wrote: I'm attempting to install RHEL 6.10 under KVM on a z13s and haven't been able to get the installer to IPL. When I try to IPL off of the ISO it fails with: LOADPARM=[] Using virtio-scsi. SCSI CD-ROM detected. ! Cannot IPL this ISO image ! When I try

Re: RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure

2021-05-19 Thread Fred Bader
.com/systems/z/ - http://www.ibm.com/z15 From: Fred Bader/Gaithersburg/IBM To: Linux on 390 Port Date: 05/19/2021 10:29 PM Subject:Re: [EXTERNAL] RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure I suspect the problem is RHEL 6.1 is too old to run on a z13s. According to the following

Re: RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure

2021-05-19 Thread Fred Bader
From: Alan Haff To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 05/19/2021 09:50 PM Subject:[EXTERNAL] RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure Sent by:Linux on 390 Port I'm attempting to install RHEL 6.10 under KVM on a z13s and haven't been able to get the installer to IPL.

RHEL 6.10 installation under KVM failure

2021-05-19 Thread Alan Haff
I'm attempting to install RHEL 6.10 under KVM on a z13s and haven't been able to get the installer to IPL. When I try to IPL off of the ISO it fails with: LOADPARM=[] Using virtio-scsi. SCSI CD-ROM detected. ! Cannot IPL this ISO image ! When I try to do a direct kernel IPL it fails

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'd like to point out that there's a general trend toward workload containerization, and a big driver is that it's easier to move container images around than whole operating system instances. Thus if you shift workloads into container images, you should end up with fewer, skinnier OS instances

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Alan Haff
Closing the loop... I got the system up and running under KVM. I hadn't seen Viktor's message yet but I did basically the same steps. Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Viktor Mihajlovski: >I assume it's SLES, It is. I'm starting with a SLES guest but I have R

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Mike Friesenegger
On 11/30/20 11:34 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote: On 30.11.20 21:10, Mark Post wrote: On 11/30/20 1:16 PM, Alan Haff wrote: I have a number of Linux guests running under z/VM. I'd like to move some of them to a KVM host running in another LPAR. Naively I tried DDRing a guest's disks to new

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Viktor Mihajlovski
On 12/1/20 5:25 PM, Alan Haff wrote: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard J Moore: In this case I think you're saying have two configurations - one under KVM and another under zVM. Then manually co-ordinate the sharing or resources but ensure that you don't

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Alan Haff
Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard J Moore: >In this case I think you're saying have two configurations - one under KVM >and another under zVM. Then manually co-ordinate the sharing or resources >but ensure that you don't have both gues

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Richard J Moore
Linux on 390 Port wrote on 01/12/2020 11:51:37: > From: Christian Borntraeger > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 01/12/2020 11:55 > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM? > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port > > On 01.12.20 12:07, Richard J Moore wrot

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 01.12.20 12:07, Richard J Moore wrote: > Is that really possible (KVM guest <-> z/VM guest)? > As far as I am aware the KVM and zVM hypervisors share no metadata > regarding the guest's set up. Nor do they share any of the protocols used > in live (or dead) guest re

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-12-01 Thread Richard J Moore
Is that really possible (KVM guest <-> z/VM guest)? As far as I am aware the KVM and zVM hypervisors share no metadata regarding the guest's set up. Nor do they share any of the protocols used in live (or dead) guest relocation. Am I misunderstanding the question? Richard Richard J Moor

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-11-30 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 30.11.20 21:10, Mark Post wrote: > On 11/30/20 1:16 PM, Alan Haff wrote: >> I have a number of Linux guests running under z/VM. I'd like to move some of >> them to a KVM host running in another LPAR. Naively I tried DDRing a guest's >> disks to new volumes and IPLing o

Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-11-30 Thread Mark Post
On 11/30/20 1:16 PM, Alan Haff wrote: > I have a number of Linux guests running under z/VM. I'd like to move some of > them to a KVM host running in another LPAR. Naively I tried DDRing a guest's > disks to new volumes and IPLing off of the new volumes. No luck, the virtio > mo

Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

2020-11-30 Thread Alan Haff
I have a number of Linux guests running under z/VM. I'd like to move some of them to a KVM host running in another LPAR. Naively I tried DDRing a guest's disks to new volumes and IPLing off of the new volumes. No luck, the virtio modules aren't available in the guest so it can't see any DASD

Re: KVM question.

2020-07-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
Of course z/VM can run any/all IBM Z operating systems, including both z/VSE and Linux. And it can do so within even a single z/VM LPAR. There are some significant resource and operational efficiencies in that sort of configuration. In 2017 IBM announced general availability of sub-capacity

Re: KVM question.

2020-07-01 Thread Christian Borntraeger
n an > LPAR. So the question is 'do I gain/lose anything using KVM as the > hypervisor in the zLINUX LPAR?'. As the zLINUX VTAPE application is just a Java applicaition that needs network and disk access I do not see a reason why it could not run in a KVM guest. I guess you have to ask

Re: KVM question.

2020-06-30 Thread Jim Elliott
> This has probably been discussed quite a bit but I wanted to ask for some > real user feedback. > > I have a customer that is interested a POC of z/VSE zLINUX VTAPE. > Unfortunately they do now have z/VM so the zLINUX would have to be in an > LPAR. So the question

Re: KVM question.

2020-06-30 Thread Scott Rohling
Others might be more specific about z/VM advantages over KVM ... but you certainly lose your knowledge of z/VM to manage and control guests and need to use a KVM based model for that.. whether that is an issue or not is about your comfort level with both solutions on z. (and probably others you

KVM question.

2020-06-30 Thread Tom Huegel
This has probably been discussed quite a bit but I wanted to ask for some real user feedback. I have a customer that is interested a POC of z/VSE zLINUX VTAPE. Unfortunately they do now have z/VM so the zLINUX would have to be in an LPAR. So the question is 'do I gain/lose anything using KVM

Re: Redbook draft: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM Z Volume 5: KVM

2020-04-08 Thread René Jansen
ookbook still alive and kicking. Nice work to all >> involved! I remember working on the first one more than 15 years ago. >> >>- Sir Mike the Chef of Books >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 9:42 AM Christian Borntraeger >> wrote: >> >>> There

Re: Redbook draft: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM Z Volume 5: KVM

2020-04-08 Thread Ray Mansell
than 15 years ago. - Sir Mike the Chef of Books On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 9:42 AM Christian Borntraeger wrote: There is now a redbook draft for a KVM cookbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg248463.html?Open As this is still in draft state review feedback is still

Re: Redbook draft: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM Z Volume 5: KVM

2020-04-08 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello list, Wow, The Virtualization Cookbook still alive and kicking. Nice work to all involved! I remember working on the first one more than 15 years ago. - Sir Mike the Chef of Books On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 9:42 AM Christian Borntraeger wrote: > There is now a redbook draft for a

Redbook draft: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM Z Volume 5: KVM

2020-04-07 Thread Christian Borntraeger
There is now a redbook draft for a KVM cookbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg248463.html?Open As this is still in draft state review feedback is still possible: redbo...@us.ibm.com Christian

Linux on Z and LinuxONE publication: KVM Virtual Server Management

2019-11-28 Thread Dorothea Matthaeus
The following Linux on Z and LinuxONE publication is available: KVM Virtual Server Management Audience: KVM virtual server administrator Understand how to set up, configure, and operate Linux on KVM instances and their virtual devices running on the KVM host and IBM Z hardware This major

Linux on Z and LinuxONE publication: KVM Virtual Server Management

2019-11-26 Thread Dorothea Matthaeus
The following Linux on Z and LinuxONE publication is available: KVM Virtual Server Management Audience: KVM virtual server administrator Understand how to set up, configure, and operate Linux on KVM instances and their virtual devices running on the KVM host and IBM Z hardware This major

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-28 Thread Mike Friesenegger
Hello, I just want to point out that a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Z and LinuxONE subscription does NOT limit the number of KVM VMs. Regards, Mike -- Mike Friesenegger Solution Architect IBM Global Alliance SUSE mi...@suse.com<mailto:mi...@suse.com> (P)+1 303.249.0817

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-22 Thread Robert J Brenneman
guess is as good as mine about that. On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 8:53 AM Bfishing wrote: > I wonder if that winds up depending on where you or they run it? > - I stated it that way knowing that IBM is pushing KVM on zCloud over just > offering z/VM as a Service (zaas) for running Linux g

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-22 Thread Bfishing
I wonder if that winds up depending on where you or they run it? - I stated it that way knowing that IBM is pushing KVM on zCloud over just offering z/VM as a Service (zaas) for running Linux guest like they should be! On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:39 PM Barton wrote: > Right. That’s what

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-21 Thread Barton
erprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux >> with Smart Virtualization bundle. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sam >> (217) 862-9227 (office) >> (602) 327-2134 (cell) >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Linux on 390 Port On

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-21 Thread Jim Elliott
Behalf Of Barton > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 2:54 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: KVM only supports 4guests > > I’m hearing at gse that red hat on z only supports 4 guests on kvm on z? > Here’s a link, am i missIng something? > https://nam04.safelinks.protec

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-21 Thread Mark Post
On 10/21/19 5:53 PM, Barton wrote: > I’m hearing at gse that red hat on z only supports 4 guests on kvm on z? > Here’s a link, am i missIng something? > https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-kvm-limits Yes. That's a licensing restriction, not a technical/performance one

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-21 Thread Cohen, Sam
Enterprise Linux with Smart Virtualization bundle. Thanks, Sam (217) 862-9227 (office) (602) 327-2134 (cell) -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Barton Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 2:54 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: KVM only supports 4guests I’m hearing

KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-21 Thread Barton
I’m hearing at gse that red hat on z only supports 4 guests on kvm on z? Here’s a link, am i missIng something? https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-kvm-limits Barton -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-10-04 Thread Johan Schelling
fos and Ubuntu guests are running in KVM. On the Clefos guest I have running in zVM the getrandom call executes successfully…… Reading up on the issue…. i found this:"When the entropy pool is empty, reads from /dev/random will block until additional environmental noise is gathered.&

IBM z15 KVM Support

2019-10-01 Thread Stefan Raspl
For a first look at what our fine new hardware has in store for KVM, check out http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2019/10/kvm-on-ibm-z15-features.html - more to come! Also, we *did* ramp up our effort with the Linux on Z blog significantly. So check out https://linux-on-z.blogspot.com/, and specifically

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-27 Thread Christian Borntraeger
= 0 > clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {1569355392, 477070655}) = 0 > clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {2337380, 48519415}) = 0 > clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, {1569355392, 477339454}) = 0 > clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {2337380, 48781970}) = 0 > ... > > Both the Clefos and Ubuntu guests

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-27 Thread Neale Ferguson
The source for random numbers is the rngd daemon. I think it needs to be started. Is rng-tools RPM installed? Neale Ferguson SNA - 20 Years of Customer Success On 9/27/19, 04:48, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Johan Schelling" wrote: I did some additional testing yesterday using gdb

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-27 Thread Johan Schelling
) = 0 ... Both the Clefos and Ubuntu guests are running in KVM. On the Clefos guest I have running in zVM the getrandom call executes successfully…… Reading up on the issue…. i found this:"When the entropy pool is empty, reads from /dev/random will block until additional environmenta

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-24 Thread Johan Schelling
Hi Christian, I’m running Ubuntu 16.04 in LPAR as the KVM host. No problems running Docker in an Ubuntu 16.04 guest. The docker daemon will not start in a Clefos75 guest. When using a similar Clefos75 guest on zVM 6.4 the docker daemon has no problem starting up. I’ll get some trace

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-24 Thread Johan Schelling
eat “Getting_Started_with_OpenShift_v3.10” > guide…. >When using zVM as a hypervisor I can deploy an Openshift cluster with > multiple nodes with no problems at all (using zVM 6.4 and Clefos 7.5). > Everything works like a charm…. > > But when I try to deploy an Open

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-24 Thread Neale Ferguson
using zVM as a hypervisor I can deploy an Openshift cluster with multiple nodes with no problems at all (using zVM 6.4 and Clefos 7.5). Everything works like a charm…. But when I try to deploy an Openshift cluster with one or multiple nodes using KVM (using Ubuntu 16.04 KVM and Clefos

Re: Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-24 Thread Christian Borntraeger
Openshift cluster with > multiple nodes with no problems at all (using zVM 6.4 and Clefos 7.5). > Everything works like a charm…. > > But when I try to deploy an Openshift cluster with one or multiple nodes > using KVM (using Ubuntu 16.04 KVM and Clefos 7.5) I run into probl

Openshift Origin on KVM on LinuxONE

2019-09-24 Thread Johan Schelling
6.4 and Clefos 7.5). Everything works like a charm…. But when I try to deploy an Openshift cluster with one or multiple nodes using KVM (using Ubuntu 16.04 KVM and Clefos 7.5) I run into problems starting the docker daemon. Somehow the docker daemon freezes after which I have to cancel

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Robert J Brenneman
aahhh yea. a dark corner of memory gets its first ray of light in a while V7000 and other storwize related products ( SVC, FS9xxx ) now do NPIV on the storage side by default if you are doing a new install. You have to explicitly enable it if you are upgrading from older versions.

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 17.09.19 17:18, Johan Schelling wrote: > I remember that when we started with KVM on LinuxONE around 3/4 years ago we > connected our V7000 directly (without a SAN switch) to the LinuxONE. zVM > worked like a charm, but we had a lot of problems with (the then IBM > supplied) KV

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Johan Schelling
I remember that when we started with KVM on LinuxONE around 3/4 years ago we connected our V7000 directly (without a SAN switch) to the LinuxONE. zVM worked like a charm, but we had a lot of problems with (the then IBM supplied) KVM….. We had a lot of discussion with both the LinuxONE

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Robert J Brenneman
; > > On 16.09.19 21:19, Jim Elliott wrote: > > > For z/VM you must have a SAN switch to connect FCP attached disk. Is > this > > > also true for KVM (Ubuntu if it matters)? > > > > As KVM borrows the FCP support from Linux the answer is the same as for >

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Jim Elliott
.19 21:19, Jim Elliott wrote: > > For z/VM you must have a SAN switch to connect FCP attached disk. Is this > > also true for KVM (Ubuntu if it matters)? > > As KVM borrows the FCP support from Linux the answer is the same as for > Linux in LPAR. > In general the Linux code su

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-17 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 16.09.19 21:19, Jim Elliott wrote: > For z/VM you must have a SAN switch to connect FCP attached disk. Is this > also true for KVM (Ubuntu if it matters)? As KVM borrows the FCP support from Linux the answer is the same as for Linux in LPAR. In general the Linux code supports switched

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-16 Thread Martha McConaghy
experience with KVM running on a zBox if you use as storage devices IBM V5000 or V7000 you need to use a San Switch (2498-Bxx) to connect. If you use storage devices IBM DS8800/8870, you can connect directly. These are some tests that we did here at our shop. Carlos Bodra IBM zEnterprise Certified

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-16 Thread Jim Elliott
Carlos: Thanks. It will be a V5010 so we will configure a small SAN switch. Jim Elliott Senior Consultant - GlassHouse Systems Inc. On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 4:39 PM Bodra - Pessoal wrote: > From our experience with KVM running on a zBox if you use as storage > devices IBM V5000 or V70

RES: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-16 Thread Bodra - Pessoal
>From our experience with KVM running on a zBox if you use as storage devices >IBM V5000 or V7000 you need to use a San Switch (2498-Bxx) to connect. If you >use storage devices IBM DS8800/8870, you can connect directly. These are some >tests that we did here at our shop. Carl

Re: KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-16 Thread Adolph Kahan
Yes, it is. With KVM you have more switch options than with z/VM Adolph Kahan | Senior Consultant Tel: +1 (416) 229-2950 x304 | Mobile: +1 (416) 822-3329   -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Jim Elliott Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:20 PM To: LINUX-390

KVM and FCP disk without SAN switch

2019-09-16 Thread Jim Elliott
For z/VM you must have a SAN switch to connect FCP attached disk. Is this also true for KVM (Ubuntu if it matters)? Jim Elliott Senior Consultant - GlassHouse Systems Inc. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Migration from z/VM to KVM

2019-08-29 Thread barton
Anyone who has tried xcat, cma or others and failed (like us, and several customers), this actually works, is installable, and usable  Show your management! On 8/28/2019 8:28 AM, Jim Elliott wrote: I have a customer considering a migration from z/VM to KVM (ClefOS) on their LinuxONE m

Re: Migration from z/VM to KVM

2019-08-29 Thread Stefan Raspl
Hi Jim, We have no documentation dedicated to migrations from z/VM to KVM. Are there any particular issues that we could address in z/VM to keep the customer happy, or is the decision to move to KVM already a done deal? So, if you want to get started, it is important to verify that KVM provides

Migration from z/VM to KVM

2019-08-28 Thread Jim Elliott
I have a customer considering a migration from z/VM to KVM (ClefOS) on their LinuxONE machines. They are a university with no Z skills (we provide those) so they are looking at simplifying their environment as they grow. Is there documentation / tips anywhere on how to do such a migration? Jim

New Linux How-To: "Configuring Crypto Express Adapters for KVM Guests"

2019-08-16 Thread Dorothea Matthaeus
Linux on Z and LinuxONE KVM guests on IBM Z and LinuxONE can now use Crypto Express Adapters. See "Configuring Crypto Express Adapters for KVM Guests" IBM Knowledge Center: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/com.ibm.linux.z.lxhq/lxhq_c_welcome.html Dorothea

KVM vs. zVM - defacto comparison

2019-01-25 Thread Dan Hines
Hello ... Anyone have a good PDF, PPT or Redbook comparing latest KVM to zVM. Pros Cons and features ?? We are deploying RHEL 7.6 shortly for the first time on a RockHopper II .. current plan is to deploy z/VM 7.1 ... but need KVM comparison. Thanks ... Daniel M. Hines Mainframe

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 01/08/2019 at 05:14 GMT, Alan Haff wrote: > I've asked the owner of the z/VM host to make the change. I'll report back with > the results. I also suggest that you move from Guest LAN to a VSWITCH. By forcing the traffic to a z/VM-resident gateway, you add latency and increase CPU

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-08 Thread Alan Haff
>-Original Message- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >Christian Borntraeger >Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 00:36 >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM . . . >as already said, can you us

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-08 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 03.01.2019 19:32, Alan Haff wrote: > I'm setting up a KVM-hosted guest in a SLES12 VM running under z/VM and I'm > not able to get networking going in the KVM guest. > > Host: z/VM 6.4 > KVM host: SLES12SP4 > KVM guest: SLES12SP4 > > (The KVM host must run unde

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-08 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 08.01.2019 01:35, Robert J Brenneman wrote: > KVM Host bridges require a L2 network interface with the 'bridge_role' > attribute set on the OSA device supporting the bridge. > ref: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/lhs4dd05.pdf > chapter 14, section Layer 2 prom

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-07 Thread Robert J Brenneman
KVM Host bridges require a L2 network interface with the 'bridge_role' attribute set on the OSA device supporting the bridge. ref: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/lhs4dd05.pdf chapter 14, section Layer 2 promiscuous mode on p205. But you're not using a L2 Vswitch - the 'q

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-07 Thread Jeffrey Barnard
are the IP addresses on the z/VM TCPIP machine and the KVM host and guest machines? Regards, Jeff -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX

Re: KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-07 Thread Alan Haff
>-Original Message- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Haff >Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 10:32 >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: KVM guest networking under z/VM . . . >Any ideas about what I could be missing? More info...

KVM guest networking under z/VM

2019-01-03 Thread Alan Haff
I'm setting up a KVM-hosted guest in a SLES12 VM running under z/VM and I'm not able to get networking going in the KVM guest. Host: z/VM 6.4 KVM host: SLES12SP4 KVM guest: SLES12SP4 (The KVM host must run under z/VM; I don't have any control over that.) The KVM guest's network is defined

KVM on Z: QEMU v3.1 Released

2018-12-17 Thread Stefan Raspl
QEMU v2.11 is out! See http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/12/qemu-v31-released.html for a list of highlights for KVM on z. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z & Virtualization Develop

KVM on Z - Knowledge Series: Use virt-install for KVM Guest Installations

2018-07-20 Thread Stefan Raspl
Tired of fiddling with guest XML files and virtual DJing with ISO images? Then our latest entry in our Knowledge Series might come handy! Plus it also offers access to further Linux distributions on IBM Z! Read more on how virt-install can help at

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-29 Thread Stefan Raspl
On 13.06.2018 05:58, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: > Hello, > > The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for > its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. > > For the installation guide and more information, please visit : > https://wiki.alpin

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-22 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 06/22/2018 05:18 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > >> I can easily boot that iso image with kvm: >> >> $ qemu-system-s390x -enable-kvm -nographic \ >> -cdrom alpine-standard-3.8.0_rc8-s390x.iso >> LOADPARM=[

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-22 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > I can easily boot that iso image with kvm: > > $ qemu-system-s390x -enable-kvm -nographic \ > -cdrom alpine-standard-3.8.0_rc8-s390x.iso > LOADPARM=[] Hi, Christian, What version of qemu-system-s390x

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-22 Thread Christian Borntraeger
gt; On 06/13/2018 05:58 AM, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for >>>>> its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. >>>>> >>>

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-21 Thread Tuan M. Hoang
>>>> >>>> The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for >>>> its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. >>>> >>>> For the installation guide and more information, please visit : >>>> https://wiki.

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-21 Thread Christian Borntraeger
for >>> its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. >>> >>> For the installation guide and more information, please visit : >>> https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/S390x. >> >> Thanks for the good writeup. >> Will there also be a bootable

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-21 Thread Tuan M. Hoang
Hi Christian, On 06/13/2018 03:32 AM, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > On 06/13/2018 05:58 AM, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for >> its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. >&

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-13 Thread Tuan M. Hoang
Hi Christian, On 2018-06-13 03:32, Christian Borntraeger wrote: On 06/13/2018 05:58 AM, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: Hello, The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. For the installation guide and more information

Re: Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-13 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 06/13/2018 05:58 AM, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: > Hello, > > The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for > its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. > > For the installation guide and more information, please visit : > https://wiki.alpin

Alpine Linux 3.8 rc2 on z/VM and KVM

2018-06-12 Thread Tuan M. Hoang
Hello, The Alpine Linux Project has released the the 2nd release candidate for its 3.8 stable series with support for z/VM and KVM. For the installation guide and more information, please visit : https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/S390x. For running Alpine in Docker, please visit : https

KVM on Z - Knowledge Series: Managing KVM on IBM Z with oVirt

2018-05-17 Thread Stefan Raspl
See kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/05/knowledge-series-managing-kvm-on-ibm-z.html for a new entry in our "knowledge" series, providing step-by-step instructions on how to include IBM Z hosts in an oVirt data center. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z &

KVM on Z - Getting Started: RHEL 7.5 Instructions added

2018-05-14 Thread Stefan Raspl
Instructions for RHEL7.5 were added to our "Getting Started with KVM on Z" series. See the actual page at http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/05/getting-started-rhel-75-instructions.html Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z & Virtualizati

KVM on Z: QEMU v2.12 released

2018-05-03 Thread Stefan Raspl
See http://kvmonz.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/qemu-v212-released.html for an update on what's new for IBM Z in QEMU v2.12. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z & Virtualization Development

RHEL 7.5 with support for KVM on z released

2018-04-11 Thread Stefan Raspl
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 is out - see the following link for details regarding KVM on z support: http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/04/rhel-75-with-support-for-kvm-on-z.html Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z & Virtualization Develop

KVM on Z: SLES12 SP3 Updates

2018-03-26 Thread Stefan Raspl
SLES12SP3, released late last year, received a couple of mostly performance and security-related updates in support of IBM z14 and LinuxONE through the maintenance web updates. See http://kvmonz.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/sles12-sp3-updates.html for further details. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind

RHEL 7.5 Beta supports KVM on Z

2018-02-01 Thread Stefan Raspl
See http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/2018/02/rhel-75-beta-supports-kvm-on-z.html Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl Linux on Z & Virtualization Develop

KVM on Z: QEMU 2.11 Released

2017-12-18 Thread Stefan Raspl
QEMU v2.11 is out! See http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/2017/12/qemu-v211-released.html for a list of highlights for KVM on z. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl KVM & Linux on z Systems IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software Development / SW Linux on z Sys

Re: Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-15 Thread Tito Garrido
Hi Folks! The place that Robert pointed it is correct, but to update it we use a script called qeth_configure (I guess it would be similar to chzdev but for SuSE and network only) So the answer was: qeth_configure -l -o "bridge_role=primary" 1 Thank you! Tito On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:23 PM,

Re: KVM on Z: Getting started

2017-12-13 Thread Mike Friesenegger
The "Migrating from KVM for IBM z Systems to KVM integrated with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server" document - https://www.suse.com/documentation/suse-best-practices/kvm-migration-ibmz-to-sles/data/kvm-migration-ibmz-to-sles.html - can be used a getting started guide to install and

Re: Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-12 Thread Marcy Cortes
SLES 12 SP2 seems to have chzdev. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Christian Ehrhardt Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 7:24 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM On Tue, Dec 12, 2017

Re: Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-12 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Robert J Brenneman wrote: > I have the following at the very end of my > /etc/udev/rules.d/51-qeth-0.0.1080.rules I think that is close to where chzdev [1] would place it, but IIRC SLES12 was not yet on chzdev right? If they are I beg your

Re: Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-12 Thread Robert J Brenneman
I have the following at the very end of my /etc/udev/rules.d/51-qeth-0.0.1080.rules file: >>> ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="ccwgroup", KERNEL=="0.0.1080", ATTR{layer2}="1" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="ccwgroup", KERNEL=="0.0.1080", ATTR{buffer_count}="128" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="ccwgroup",

Kvm on Z: Ubuntu Cloud Images

2017-12-12 Thread Stefan Raspl
Instructions on how to setup one of the Ubuntu Cloud Images were added to the "Getting Started with KVM on Z" series. See the entry page at http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/p/getting-started-with-kvm-on-z.html Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl KVM & Linux on z Syste

Re: Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-11 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:37 PM, Tito Garrido wrote: > Hi Folks, > > What is the recommended setup for open vswitch on SLES 12 on z? > > I can see: > https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/sec_ovs.html > > But it says nothing about BRIDGEPORT. > >

Open Vswitch and SLES12 KVM

2017-12-11 Thread Tito Garrido
Hi Folks, What is the recommended setup for open vswitch on SLES 12 on z? I can see: https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_sle_admin/data/sec_ovs.html But it says nothing about BRIDGEPORT. Where should I put OPTIONS="layer2=1 bridge_role=primary Is "OPTIONS" a recognized option on

KVM on Z: Getting Started with Ubuntu

2017-12-04 Thread Stefan Raspl
Instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 to 17.10 were added to the "Getting Started with KVM on Z" series. See the entry page at http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/p/getting-started-with-kvm-on-z.html Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Stefan Raspl KVM & Linux on z Systems IBM Systems &

KVM on Z: Getting started

2017-12-01 Thread Stefan Raspl
There's a new series of articles coming up providing step-by-step instructions on how to run KVM on Z. See http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/p/getting-started-with-kvm-on-z.html for an overview, and http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/p/getting-started.html for a first article covering SLES12 SP3. Mit

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