Transcript Linux on System z Update

Linux on System z
Update
Khaylen Kingsley
Virtualization Specialist
[email protected]
IBM ISV Enablement Programs for
Linux on System z
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IBM has a number of programs that could assist ISVs with their enabling their solutions on Linux
for System z.
Our main System z Linux ISV enablement portal is at:
http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/systemz/linux .
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If the ISV's application currently runs on Linux on x86 architecture, it might be a prime
candidate for our innovative "Chiphopper" program that combines technology, hardware
access, and marketing for a complete enablement to Linux on System z and Linux on
POWER, all in a no-fee offering to the ISV.
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View http://ibm.com/isv/go/chiphopper for further details on this program. By far and way, if
the ISV's application 'fits' Chiphopper, this is the fastest and easiest enablement method to
bring it to the System z Linux platform.
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A no-charge offering is the Linux Test Drive (30 or 60 days if ISV's application is using IBM
middleware) - view http://www.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/testdrive/zseries/ for the details.
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For additional length or time, or more detailed configuration requirements that the Test Drive
does not supply, the fee-based Remote Development Program is also available for Linux on
System z as well - specific Linux information for that program is at:
http://ibm.com/servers/enable/site/testdrive/zseries/feebased.html .
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A Roadmap for Linux enablements is also located on the Roadmap page : http://www304.ibm.com/jct09002c/partnerworld/wps/pub/systems/z/technical/roadmaps .
New Case Study Released – Marist
College
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Marist College exploits z/VM in its mainframe-based environment. It
enables extremely high utilization of computing resources, simplifies
maintenance and management of over 600 virtual servers, and
increases utilization and capacity while reducing footprint.
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/cs/DLAS7DHHKR?OpenDocument&Site=swzseries&cty=en_us
Solution:Marist College recently upgraded their IBM System z900
to an IBM System z9®. The z9™ mainframe runs IBM z/OS® as
well as IBM z/VM®, which enables high performance for the
organization's hosted virtual servers, including Linux® machines.
Storage for the z9 is being transitioned to two IBM System
Storage™ DS8100 disk storage systems.
New Novell Case Study, Baldor –
SAP on Linux on z
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Baldor Electric Company, located in Fort Smith,
Arkansas markets, designs, and manufactures industrial
electric motors, power transmission products, drives, and
generators. With an expanding data center and frequent
system outages, Baldor Electric migrated to SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for System z to establish a more
streamlined, highly available platform for its missioncritical SAP applications. The company consolidated its
data center by 80 percent and reduced downtime costs
by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read the
http://www.novell.com/success/baldor_electric.html
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager V3.1 5648-PEZ for System z at
NO CHARGE.
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Customers can place an order for IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager V3.1 5648-PEZ for System z at
no charge, do NOT select z/OS as the main operating system. Select either z/VM or Linux as the operating
system. You can then order this as a stand alone product. Do not order it as part of a package
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Energy control components built into the following IBM systems can be monitored and managed by AEM for Linux
on System z, V3.1 as follows:
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IBM Power Systems family provides hardware support for the monitoring of energy use.
POWER6™ processor-based systems provide hardware support for the management of energy use.
BladeCenter® and System x™ provide hardware support for the monitoring and management of energy use.
IBM System z10 provides hardware support for the monitoring of energy use.
Intelligent Power Distribution (iPDUs): IBM C13 DPI® PDU+ and IBM C19 DPI PDU+ provide support for monitoring the energy
use of storage devices (DS3000, DS4000™, DS6000™, and nSeries storage control units) as well as System i™, System x, and
System p™ servers when there is no native support available. The iPDU firmware version can be found at
AEM V3.1 application support is provided by the following System z product lines:
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System z10
System z9™
zSeries® 990
zSeries 890
zSeries 900
zSeries 800
Software requirements
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AEM for Linux on System z requires IBM Director V5.20.2 and one of the following operating systems:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
RHEL 5.0 and 5.1
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9
SLES 10
The AEM V3.1 extension installer for Linux is RPM.
Project Big Green – 2.0 (ECM)
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One year ago IBM created Project Big Green, committing $1 billion a
year to green technologies to help companies with these challenges;
the System z10 EC, with its ability to dramatically reduce power
consumption in the datacenter, is a powerful proof point. The recent
new Green IT announcements demonstrate IBM's continuing
leadership in this area, and provide a timely opportunity for us to
consider the importance of the System z platform to this initiative.
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Since our formal announcement in August of last year, we have
received tremendous positive response from our clients, analysts
and marketplace on IBM's public commitment to virtualize
approximately 25% of our internal distributed infrastructure to the
mainframe leveraging System z Linux.
WEBCAST: High Availability Applications Using Disk Mirroring
Speakers: Dr. Holger Smolinski, IBM Boeblingen
Susanne Wintenberger, IBM Boeblingen
Michael Daubman, IBM STG Lab Services
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Date: June 25, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (New York), 10:00 AM Central
Daylight Time
Duration: 75 minutes
Abstract: RAID 1 mirrored disks are usually used to prevent you from data loss in
case of a disastrous error in a storage controller.In this webcast we will show how
even transient failures of storage controllers can cause application outages. We will
present a solution which augments RAID1 to also ensure application availability.The
solution; available as an IBM Lab Based Service for RHEL Version 4 and 5 for
System z; provides:
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* A SW disk mirroring solution (like RAID1) which does not block I/O on transient outages
of storage devices.
* Integration into the distribution to enables mirroring of root and swap file systems.
* Ability to IPL/Boot with partially available disk configurations
* Enhanced recovery support offering selective recovery for transient failures.
We will also discuss how customers using SUSE SLES 10 can solve the same problems.
z/OS and Linux for System z: Selecting the best SOA platform for you
Broadcast date: July 9, 2008, 11 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 4:00 p.m. British Summer Time
Developed for: IT architects, integration architects, IT managers and operations managers
Technical level: Intermediate
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In this teleconference, we’ll:
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Discuss why companies are consolidating their server farms and running new
workloads on System z
Explore methodologies to help you build an SOA infrastructure design on System z
that meets your objectives
Use customer examples to discuss SOA architectural patterns
Review some criteria for evaluation of the operating systems on System z
Outline how to make architecture decisions for integration
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Speaker: Bill Seubert, IBM System z I/T Architect
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This teleconference will also be available for replay after the event.
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Register now:
http://www.ibm.com/software/os/systemz/telecon/9jul/index.jsp?tcode=108AF6
BM&pcode=5x5
Wildfire Workshops
The seven workshops offered are:
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· WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.1 - (WBSR6)
· Security Workshop: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 6.1 (WSW06)
· Deploying WebSphere Centric Products on Linux for zSeries - (LINX6)
· z/OS JAVA Exploiters and JAVA Batch Workshop - (ZJAV1)
· WebSphere Process Server V6 for z/OS Implementation Workshop (ZWPS6)
· WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS Version 6 Workshop - (WMB06)
· A Practical Introduction to SOA/ESB on Mainframe System - (ZSOA2)
Wildfire Workshops – cont…
Dates Location Course Code
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WBSR6
 Chile RS July 2
 Mexico Oct 21
 Gaithersburg Nov 4
LINX6
 Chicago Oct 28
 TBD Nov 11
 TBD Dec 9
ZWPS6
 Chicago TBD
ZJAV1
 NYC June 23
 Sao Paulo Aug 13
ZSOA2
 Sao Paulo Aug 20
 Chile RS TBD
WMB06
 Chicago July 22
 NYC Oct 7
Oracle Solutions Workshop for Linux on IBM Mainframe Systems
Available in the
U.S. during Second Half 2008
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Oracle Solutions Workshop for Linux on IBM Mainframe Systems
(LXOR6)
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LXOR6
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Brasilia, Brazil
Glendale
Chicago
New York City
Gaithersburg
May 13 - 15
Aug 5 - 7
Aug 26 - 28
Sept 23 - 25
Oct 14 - 16
(The course description is located at the end of this announcement and can
also be found at the following IBM Field Education website: https://www03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/education/topgun/enrollment/esfldedu.n
sf/WebCourseTypes?OpenForm
Communication Controller for Linux on System z (CCL)
Installation and Configuration Workshop
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Date: September 16-19, 2008 (Gaithersburg, MD)
Location: Gaithersburg: 800 N. Frederick Ave. – Room 1P-146
Duration 3.5 days (9AM Start; 5PM End; Last Day ends at 2PM)
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Enrollment Contact: Bette A Brody, [email protected]
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Class Size 12 (3 students per team)
Objectives
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301-240-2614
This workshop is designed to give the student real hands-on experience of successfully installing and configuring
CCL for many of the functions included in CCL V1.2.1. Students will learn how to planfor the deployment of CCL
on System z. They will verify the Linux environment required for CCL, after which they will install CCL on Linux for
System z. The students will make the NCP and VTAM changes which are sometimes required for a CCL
implementation andwill learn to operate an NCP in CCL when VTAM is attached both via a LAN and via a Channel
to the NCP in CCL. They will analyze the CCL/NCP environment by monitoring CCL with the MOSS console
function and with VTAM, by working with NLDM and NTuneMon, and by reviewing logs and Linux system output.
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Audience Customers who need to provide technical support for CCL, IBMers, Business Partners.
Workshop Fee No charge.
Expenses All travel, hotel and living expenses are to be paid by the
attendee.