S/390 partners in development : EFS systems on a linux base / [Bill Ogden].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogden, Bill.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IBM System/390 (Computer).

Linux.

z/OS.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie, NY : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The author

Comments welcome

Chapter 1. Basic concepts

1.1 Purpose of this redbook

1.2 Usage overview

1.3 Terminology

1.4 Basic EFS requirements

1.5 FLEX-ES

1.6 Linux

1.7 ThinkPad versus Netfinity

1.7.1 Hardware restrictions

1.8 ThinkPad hardware

1.9 Netfinity hardware

Chapter 2. Hardware and Linux installation

2.1 FLEX-ES disk usage

2.2 Network connections

2.3 ThinkPad installation

2.3.1 Disk planning

2.3.2 Linux installation

2.3.3 Installation notes

2.4 Netfinity installation

2.4.1 Download and install upgrades

2.4.2 Linux installation

2.4.3 Multiprocessor servers

2.4.4 Minor problem

Chapter 3. FLEX-ES installation

3.1 FLEX-ES overview

3.2 FLEX-ES installation

3.2.1 X3270

3.2.2 Mount points for ThinkPad

3.2.3 Mount points for Netfinity

Chapter 4. S/390 Operating System

4.1 AD systems

4.1.1 z/OS on CD-ROM

4.1.2 z/OS device configuration

4.1.3 Future directions

4.1.4 An unzip program

4.2 Installation tasks

4.2.1 Create a work volume

4.2.2 Loading the remaining volumes

4.3 File ownership

4.4 Minor problems

Chapter 5. FLEX-ES operation

5.0.1 Linux desktop windows

5.1 FLEX-ES system and resource definitions

5.1.1 Building a shell script

5.1.2 IPL z/OS

5.2 Operation and use

5.2.1 User terminal connection

5.2.2 IODF requirements

5.2.3 System performance monitors

5.2.4 TCP/IP for z/OS

5.3 Shutting down

5.4 More comments

5.5 Options

Chapter 6. Additional topics

6.1 Linux windows and FLEX-ES operation

6.1.1 Change resource definitions

6.2 Basic debugging

6.3 Operating Systems Messages console

6.4 Security

6.5 Server memory

6.5.1 The vmstat command

6.5.2 Importance of Linux swapping

6.6 Ultrabay.

6.6.1 Using a second Linux hard disk

6.6.2 Disk layout (AD system with two hard disks)

6.7 FLEX-ES FakeTape on z/OS

6.8 Multi-system setup

6.9 x3270 client

6.10 Remote resources

6.11 Disk caches

6.12 Tuning cachesize

6.13 Backup and restore considerations (ThinkPad)

6.13.1 Using tar to back up S/390 volumes

6.13.2 Using tar and ftp

6.13.3 CD-RW drive

6.14 Backup and restore considerations (Netfinity)

6.15 S/390 identification

6.16 Display PSW and registers

6.17 RAS discussion

6.18 Verify ckd disk

6.19 Installing FLEX-ES upgrades

6.20 Remote operation

6.21 ThinkPad power control

6.22 Using the 4mm tape drive

6.23 Using an Overland T490E

6.24 SCSI adapter for the ThinkPad

6.25 Stand-alone z/OS restore

6.26 FSI Channel Adapters

6.26.1 Parallel Channel Adapter (PCA)

6.26.2 ESCON Channel Adapter (PCA)

6.27 Positioning with other small S/390s

6.28 Useful Linux commands

Chapter 7. Frequently Asked Questions

Appendix A. Operational listings

Basic definitions for a single HDD

Shell script for a single HDD

Definitions for two HDDs

Shell script for two HDDs

Customized Offerings Driver definitions

Appendix B. FLEX-ES definitions and commands

System definitions

Resource definitions

Emulated control unit types

Emulated device types

Typical resource definitions

Cloned devices

Compiled files

Common rules

The resadm command

CLI commands

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"July 2002."

"SG24-6834-00."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115) and index.

OCLC:

560313505