Today I want to recommend an IBM Redbook, that was just published.   It provides information about the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor - an open source virtualization technology, new on the mainframe - KVM for IBM z Systems. Besides z/VM it provides an additional virtualization option for Linux on z Systems workloads.   The new IBM Redbook - Getting Started with KVM for IBM z Systems - is the second edition. It explains KVM for z Systems and how it uses the z/Architecture. It focuses on the planning and design of the... [More]

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In my blog I mainly cover z/VSE topics. Because of our PIE (Protect, Integrate, Extend) strategy, news about Linux on z Systems and z/VM may be of interest for z/VSE users too.   Today I want to recommend an IBM Redbook, that was just published. It provides information about the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor - an open source virtualization technology, new on the mainframe - KVM for IBM z Systems. Besides z/VM it provides an additional virtualization option for Linux on z Systems workloads.   The new IBM Redbook -... [More]

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I have to prepare for a longer business trip. Therefore a short blog entry today.   I am not sure, if you monitor the IBM Redbook page and new posts about new / updated Redbooks. There are some updates that may be of interest for z/VSE users: IBM DS8870 Architecture and Implementation (Release 7.5) IBM z13 Technical Guide The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 2: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Servers... [More]

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During my vacation there was an important announcement for a new server virtualization option.   Besides the virtualization platforms IBM z/VM and IBM PR/SM we will get a new one - KVM for IBM z Systems. The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) provides open source virtualization for the z Systems platform. It runs Linux on z Systems workloads only and can coexist with z/VM virtualization environments, Linux on z Systems, z/OS, z/VSE and z/TPF in different LPARs. The announcement letter was just updated (minor corrections). After Friday this... [More]

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A new IBM Redbook was just published last week. It more related to z/VM and Linux on System z, but may be of interest for pur z/VSE customers too, who implemented our PIE (Protect, Integrate, Extent) strategy. More details on the PIE strategy is in one of my blog entries - here - or you may just search the blog entries via the tag "pie". The new IBM Redbook's title is "The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z/VM 6.3, RHEL 6.4, and SLES 11 SP3". It describes how to implement Linux virtual servers on the latest z/VM release.... [More]

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