Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-12 Thread Yu Safin
On 6/1/06, Fuhrmann Anna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, We have RHEL up and running in a z/os partition. I want to create a second (test) system from a copy of our first system but do not quite know how to do this. I thought about making a copy of the first system, dedicate the DASD with

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread John Summerfied
Nix, Robert P. wrote: I'd say that your best bet (and speediest method to get up and running) would be to just install Linux again on the second LPAR, and do the same customizations you did on the first one. Cloning takes some additional planning and setup before you'd be able to successfully

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread John Summerfied
Nix, Robert P. wrote: Having Linux up in a zOS partition would be a neat trick, unless you brought zOS down first... Are you talking about a separate LPAR on your system, or did you mean zVM? You can share DASD between Linux instances, as long as the disk is read-only to all Linux images

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread John Summerfied
David Boyes wrote: I am talking about *two* LPARs: one is up and running, and I want a second test system in a separate LPAR. Making updates and test on the test system - copying over to the production system. Similar to the method we also use for z/os ... You can share DASD between Linux

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread Alan Cox
Ar Gwe, 2006-06-02 am 08:47 +0800, ysgrifennodd John Summerfied: I've recently discovered that, while it's extremely convenient, that it's also slow on fast networks. The problem is that encrypting the datastream costs. I guess it does on slow processors, on a PC its scarcely noticable. You

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread David Boyes
Or unmount, or [re]mount read-only. Isn't really practical if the source system is actually active and doing useful stuff. Having /usr go missing mid-stream tends to ruin an application's whole day, even if the system would let you unmount an active filesystem...8-) I don't like the idea of an

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread Mark Perry
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Cox wrote: The problem is that encrypting the datastream costs. I guess it does on slow processors, on a PC its scarcely noticable. You may find -c blowfish-cbc (or for v1 -c blowfish) gives much much better performance on legacy systems.

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-06 Thread David Boyes
The zSeries LPARs can utilise dedicated Cryptographic processors, can zLinux/OpenSSH use these? If the OpenSSL libraries were built with crypto support, yes. Most of the distributors don't ship them this way, though. Also, the crypto engines only help with certain algorithms; they're not

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-02 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 6/1/06, Nix, Robert P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd say that your best bet (and speediest method to get up and running) would be to just install Linux again on the second LPAR, and do the same customizations you did on the first one. Cloning takes some additional planning and setup before

AW: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-02 Thread Fuhrmann Anna
Hi Rob, I'd say that your best bet (and speediest method to get up and running) would be to just install Linux again on the second LPAR, and do the same customizations you did on the first one. This is what I decided to do after the answers I got here recently. and maybe prepare a pack

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-02 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 6/2/06, Fuhrmann Anna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would love it. If I only knew which ones *are* the bootstrap files?? If you use Mike MacIsaac's sles9root procedure to put your installation materials on a file server, you find them in the boot directory (this is also on the Service Pack

create a z-linux test system

2006-06-01 Thread Fuhrmann Anna
Hi List, We have RHEL up and running in a z/os partition. I want to create a second (test) system from a copy of our first system but do not quite know how to do this. I thought about making a copy of the first system, dedicate the DASD with the copy to both systems (per hardware

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-01 Thread Nix, Robert P.
: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Fuhrmann Anna Reply To: Linux on 390 Port Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2006 8:10 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: create a z-linux test system Hi List, We have RHEL up and running in a z/os partition. I want to create a second (test

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-01 Thread Fuhrmann Anna
AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: create a z-linux test system Hi List, We have RHEL up and running in a z/os partition. I want to create a second (test) system from a copy of our first system but do not quite know how to do this. I thought about making a copy of the first

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-01 Thread Nix, Robert P.
: Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:22 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: create a z-linux test system Hi Robert, Having Linux up in a zOS partition would be a neat trick, unless you brought zOS down first... Are you talking about a separate LPAR on your system, or did you mean zVM? I am

Re: create a z-linux test system

2006-06-01 Thread David Boyes
I am talking about *two* LPARs: one is up and running, and I want a second test system in a separate LPAR. Making updates and test on the test system - copying over to the production system. Similar to the method we also use for z/os ... You can share DASD between Linux instances, as long