Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Rohling
Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Marcy > Cortes > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:50 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce > > The suspend/resume thing exists already - > > http://www-0

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-31 Thread Aria Bamdad
guest is down and eliminate the need for a shutdown/restart. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:50 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce The suspend/resume thing exists

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Aria Bamdad
freeze, take a snapshot of the disks and then resume? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:47 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce On 30 August 2012 11:43, Lu GL Gao

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread David Boyes
> 1-Stop running major applications/database servers, etc 2-issue a command > on linux to flush buffers (sync) and put guest into frozen/sleep mode 3-Take > your flashcopy outside the guest 4-issue another command on linux to > resume I'm not sure how that would work... if the guest is in suspende

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Aria Bamdad
>-Original Message- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of David Boyes >Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:47 PM >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce > >> Just curious, could this functionality be use

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread David Boyes
> > I wonder if anyone would like to share their experiences with regards > > to automated shutdown/restart of linux guests for DR snapshot purposes. We recommend a combination of file-level backups run from within the virtual machines to a designated backup server that is NOT one of the applicat

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread David Boyes
> Just curious, could this functionality be used somehow to allow for a > **consistent** disk snapshot using flashcopy for a live Linux guest? What I > mean is that currently, we have to shutdown the guest, do the flashcopy and > then restart the guest. Is there a way we can tell the Linux guest

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Scott Rohling
e- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob > van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:43 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce > > On 30 August 2012 17:11, Aria Bamdad wrote: > > > Just curio

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Marcy Cortes
U] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:28 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] LGR guest quiesce I don't think the disk snapshot from a freeze would be any better in terms of data integrity. You're still snapshotting a disk with things like o

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> What it doesn't have is the laptop "suspend" > function - freeze everything and stop, but don't write to disk. CP STOP and BEGIN? "Mike MacIsaac" -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Scott Rohling
then resume? > > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob > van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:47 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce > > On 30 August 2012 11:43, Lu GL

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Aria Bamdad
shutdown/restart of linux guests for DR snapshot purposes. Aria -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:43 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce On 30 August 2012

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Bruce Hayden
Actually, Linux on System z has a hibernate function (stop and write memory to disk.) What it doesn't have is the laptop "suspend" function - freeze everything and stop, but don't write to disk. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Scott Rohling wrote: > I don't think the disk snapshot from a freez

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 30 August 2012 17:11, Aria Bamdad wrote: > Just curious, could this functionality be used somehow to allow for a > **consistent** disk snapshot using flashcopy for a live Linux guest? What > I > mean is that currently, we have to shutdown the guest, do the flashcopy and > then restart the gue

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Mark Pace
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob > van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:47 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: LGR guest quiesce > > On 30 August 2012 11:43, Lu GL Gao wrote:

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 30 August 2012 11:43, Lu GL Gao wrote: Linux guest move its memory to target z/VM member during relocating. Then > it quiesce and resume on target z/VM. > How to understand "quiesce"? What state of linux when it is in quiesce > time? Is idling? shutdown? or something? > See it as "frozen whil

Re: LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Richard J Moore
o To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu, Date: 30/08/2012 10:49 Subject: LGR guest quiesce Sent by:Linux on 390 Port Linux guest move its memory to target z/VM member during relocating. Then it quiesce and resume on target z/VM. How to understand "quiesce"? What state of linu

LGR guest quiesce

2012-08-30 Thread Lu GL Gao
Linux guest move its memory to target z/VM member during relocating. Then it quiesce and resume on target z/VM. How to understand "quiesce"? What state of linux when it is in quiesce time? Is idling? shutdown? or something? -- For