Linux handbook : a guide to IBM Linux solutions and resources / Nick Harris ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Nick., Author.

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operating systems (Computers).

Web servers.

IBM computers.

Linux.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 396 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, MN : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Become a published author

Comments welcome

Forward

Chapter 1. Introduction to Linux

1.1 The foundation for Linux

1.1.1 Historical perspective

1.1.2 UNIX and the culture of collaboration

1.1.3 GNU and free software

1.1.4 Linux

1.2 The IBM commitment to Linux

1.2.1 IBM Linux projects

1.3 Linux: The operating system

1.3.1 Linux BIOS management

1.3.2 Where Linux fits in

1.3.3 Working with other operating systems

1.4 Infrastructure

1.5 Data storage

1.6 Middleware

1.7 Application solutions

1.8 Clients

1.9 The Linux distributions

1.9.1 Inside the distributions

1.9.2 What is common among the distributions

1.9.3 What is open source

1.9.4 The Linux Standard Base project

1.10 Red Hat

1.11 UnitedLinux

1.11.1 What's in the distribution

1.12 Conectiva

1.13 SuSE

1.13.1 The distribution

1.14 Turbolinux

1.14.1 What's in the distribution

1.15 Other players

1.15.1 Yellow Dog Linux

1.15.2 Red Flag Linux

1.15.3 Debian Linux

1.16 Going nuts with kernels

Chapter 2. Open source software

2.1 Creating the code and protecting it

2.1.1 Source code

2.1.2 Software licenses

2.2 The origin of modern open source

2.2.1 The Free Software Foundation

2.2.2 The compromise of open source software

2.2.3 Why the OSS model works so well

2.3 Linus, Linux, and open source

2.3.1 The GNU utilities

2.3.2 The problem of complexity

2.3.3 The benevolent dictator

2.4 IBM and open source

2.4.1 IBM and open source licenses

2.4.2 IBM and open source software

Chapter 3. Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems

3.1 Cost of ownership

3.1.1 Total cost of ownership

3.1.2 Operating environment and product TCO perspective

3.1.3 Findings.

3.1.4 TCO versus ROI

Chapter 4. zSeries and Linux

4.1 Introduction: Linux on zSeries

4.1.1 Advantages on Linux on zSeries

4.1.2 Ways to run Linux on zSeries

4.1.3 31-bit and 64-bit options

4.1.4 Integrated facility for Linux

4.1.5 IPLA pricing

4.2 S/390 and zSeries architecture and features

4.2.1 Architecture

4.2.2 Partitioning and virtualization

4.2.3 Networking

4.2.4 zSeries FCP support

4.2.5 On/Off Capacity

4.3 All about z/VM

4.3.1 Hardware requirements for z/VM

4.3.2 Virtual networking with z/VM

4.3.3 VM LAN support

4.3.4 z/VM for Linux performance: Scalability

4.3.5 Productivity: Development and test workloads

4.3.6 Productivity: Production workloads

4.3.7 Data backup with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and FlashCopy

4.3.8 System management: Tivoli for Linux on zSeries

4.3.9 Consolidation example: Server farm in a box

4.3.10 Data and application servers on a single zSeries server

4.3.11 Horizontal growth: Adding another server

4.3.12 Systems hardware management

4.4 zSeries Linux distributions

4.5 Linux application solutions

4.5.1 Mail serving scenario

4.5.2 News group serving scenario

4.5.3 IBM Software for Linux on zSeries

4.6 How IBM customers are using Linux

4.6.1 Customer scenario with SAP on zSeries

4.6.2 Local Government, Italy

4.6.3 The largest z990 for a Linux solution

4.7 zSeries services solutions

4.8 Why Linux for zSeries is on demand

Chapter 5. xSeries and Linux

5.1 X-Architecture™

5.1.1 Principles

5.1.2 Context

5.1.3 Models

5.1.4 Linux and functions of X-Architecture

5.1.5 Enterprise X-Architecture with Linux

5.1.6 xSeries Linux distributions

5.1.7 The Red Hat: IBM announcement of December 2003

5.2 Intel-based server customers and Linux

5.3 Consolidation

5.4 Linux clusters.

5.4.1 High-availability cluster

5.4.2 Load-balancing cluster

5.4.3 High-performance computing

5.5 Linux in a distributed enterprise

5.5.1 Basic implementation strategies

5.5.2 Business benefits

5.5.3 Customer example: A large online company for trading stocks, bonds and other personal investment activities

5.6 Linux application solutions

5.6.1 IBM Software for Linux on xSeries

5.6.2 ISVs and application solutions

5.6.3 Customer scenario: A leading company in Web-based time- and expense- tracking solutions.

5.6.4 Customer scenario: LOSSRUNS Inc.

5.7 Infrastructure solutions

5.7.1 Customer scenario: Butterfly.net

5.8 xSeries architected solutions

5.8.1 Blade server

5.8.2 Customer scenario: Wolferman's

5.9 xSeries services solutions

5.9.1 Implementing Linux

5.9.2 Support

Chapter 6. pSeries and Linux

6.1 How Linux runs on the pSeries server

6.1.1 Linux-capable pSeries model structure

6.1.2 pSeries operating system scenarios

6.1.3 AIX 5L and Linux

6.1.4 Options to run Linux on the pSeries server

6.1.5 Linux and its relationship with AIX

6.2 Linux for pSeries hardware enablement

6.2.1 Linux for pSeries scalability

6.2.2 Linux for pSeries's Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

6.2.3 Other sources of information

6.3 Consolidation

6.4 Linux for pSeries clusters

6.5 Linux for pSeries application solutions

6.5.1 IBM Software for Linux on pSeries

6.5.2 Other Linux for pSeries software applications

Chapter 7. iSeries and Linux

7.1 How Linux runs on the iSeries server

7.1.1 Why Linux on iSeries

7.1.2 Linux and LPAR

7.1.3 iSeries Linux integration

7.1.4 Linux on iSeries models

7.1.5 iSeries Linux distributions

7.2 Consolidation

7.3 Linux clusters

7.4 Performance

7.5 Linux in a distributed enterprise.

7.6 IBM Software Group products for iSeries

7.7 iSeries ISV application solutions

7.8 iSeries solutions

7.9 iSeries service solutions

7.9.1 iSeries Linux resources

Chapter 8. TotalStorage and Linux

8.1 Linux and IBM TotalStorage products

8.1.1 Why storage solutions

8.2 IBM TotalStorage solutions

8.3 IBM TotalStorage product line

8.3.1 IBM TotalStorage disk products

8.3.2 IBM TotalStorage tape products

8.3.3 Comparing SAN X NAS technologies

8.3.4 IBM TotalStorage NAS products

8.3.5 IBM TotalStorage SAN products

8.3.6 IBM TotalStorage Proven™ Program

8.3.7 ESS

8.3.8 FAStT

Chapter 9. IBM Software for Linux

9.1 Overview of Linux and IBM Software availability

9.2 On Demand business

9.2.1 Open standards

9.2.2 Integration

9.2.3 Automation

9.2.4 Virtualization

9.3 IBM WebSphere brand products on Linux

9.3.1 WebSphere product availability on Linux

9.3.2 WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms

9.3.3 Linux-related WebSphere resources

9.4 IBM Information Management products on Linux

9.4.1 DB2 product family

9.4.2 Informix product family

9.4.3 U2 product family

9.4.4 IBM Information Management resources

9.5 IBM Tivoli products on Linux

9.5.1 Tivoli product availability on Linux

9.5.2 Tivoli resources

9.6 Lotus products on Linux

9.6.1 Lotus product availability on Linux

9.6.2 Lotus resources

9.7 Rational Software products on Linux

9.7.1 Rational product availability on Linux

9.7.2 Rational resources

9.8 Additional IBM Software

9.8.1 Product availability on Linux

9.8.2 Additional resources

9.9 IBM Integrated Platform for e-business

9.10 IBM Software on Linux deployment examples

9.10.1 Using WebSphere Application Server on the zSeries server

9.10.2 Using Domino and WebSphere on xSeries and iSeries.

9.10.3 DB2 UDB, DB2 Connect, and WebSphere Portal

9.10.4 Business continuity solution for Disaster Recovery

9.11 IBM and Linux solution customer success

9.12 Additional IBM Software for Linux resources

9.12.1 Evaluation and demonstration software

9.12.2 IBM Software on Linux training

9.12.3 IBM Redbooks

9.12.4 IBM Software support organizations

Chapter 10. Linux clusters

10.1 An introduction to clusters

10.1.1 Core cluster concepts

10.1.2 IBM cluster offerings

10.2 Linux cluster components

10.2.1 Nodes

10.2.2 Networks

10.2.3 Support software

10.2.4 Applications

10.3 Linux cluster history

10.4 Linux cluster solutions

10.4.1 Cluster 1350

10.4.2 Cluster 1600

10.4.3 ClusterProven®

10.4.4 Solution examples

10.5 The future of Linux clusters

10.5.1 Emerging trends

10.5.2 The role of Linux clusters in emerging trends

Chapter 11. IBM services for Linux

11.1 IBM Global Services for Linux

11.1.1 Assess, plan, and design

11.1.2 Implement and run

11.1.3 Support: IBM Support Line

11.2 IBM Products and Solutions Support Center

11.3 IBM Software Services for Linux

11.3.1 WebSphere

11.3.2 DB2 for Linux

11.3.3 Tivoli

11.3.4 Lotus

11.4 IBM platform services for Linux

11.4.1 zSeries services

11.4.2 iSeries services

11.4.3 pSeries services

11.4.4 xSeries services

11.4.5 Consolidated platform matrix

11.5 Linux assessment services

11.5.1 Business challenge

11.5.2 Solution

11.5.3 At a glance: Solution components

11.5.4 Benefits

11.5.5 Technical details and architecture

11.6 Server consolidation study

11.6.1 Highlights

11.6.2 Pricing

11.6.3 IBM Linux Implementation Services

11.7 Examples of Linux services

11.7.1 Example 1: Billion-dollar financial institution.

11.7.2 Example 2: Multi-million dollar advertising company.

Notes:

"April 2004."

"Understand the Linux implementation for each IBM eserver platform. Review the solutions that IBM offers for Linux. Consult extensive IBM resources to implement the Linux solution."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

61356675