Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-08-07 Thread Ihno Krumreich
Hi, On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:15:41PM -0400, Bruce Hayden wrote: > Linux on System z does support hibernation. It is documented as suspending > and resuming, but it is not a suspend like you suspend a laptop. It is > more like hibernation where all active memory is written to a swap DASD > befo

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 7/24/2014 at 12:15 PM, Bruce Hayden wrote: > If you want > to update CMS files on a minidisk owned by the Linux server, just use > another id to do that. Detach the disk from Linux (or re-link it read > only), then link and access it r/w from another id and make the updates. > No need to

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Mark Post
That depends on what version and distribution you're running. If you're on SLES 11 SP3, you absolutely can. I'm not at my desk so I can't be specific, but the Commands and Device Drivers manual should tell you how. Mark PostCameron Seay wrote: >>> "Cameron Seay" 2014-07-24T09:58:44.720306 >>

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Cameron Seay
Exactly what I want to do. Thanks. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Bruce Hayden wrote: > Linux on System z does support hibernation. It is documented as suspending > and resuming, but it is not a suspend like you suspend a laptop. It is > more like hibernation where all active memory is w

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Bruce Hayden
Linux on System z does support hibernation. It is documented as suspending and resuming, but it is not a suspend like you suspend a laptop. It is more like hibernation where all active memory is written to a swap DASD before Linux stops. See the device drivers book for the level of Linux that yo

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Cameron Seay > > I have what I think is a simple question. Maybe I'm not clear about how to > stop and restart a Linux > server, but I was under the impressing that if I have a running Linux server > in a guest I could > "suspe

Re: Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Mark Pace
No, because you have to IPL CMS. You can issue CP commands via vmcp without stopping linux. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Cameron Seay wrote: > I have what I think is a simple question. Maybe I'm not clear about how to > stop and restart a Linux server, but I was under the impressing that

Suspending and starting a Linux server

2014-07-24 Thread Cameron Seay
I have what I think is a simple question. Maybe I'm not clear about how to stop and restart a Linux server, but I was under the impressing that if I have a running Linux server in a guest I could "suspend" it and then return to the state that the server was in when I suspended it. My question com