Commands for Linux on IBM Z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

You can use z/Architecture® specific commands to configure and work with the SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 15 SP5 for IBM Z® device drivers and features.

Most of these commands are included in the s390-tools RPM.

Some commands come with an init script or a configuration file or both. It is assumed that init scripts are installed in /etc/init.d/. You can extract any missing files from the etc subdirectory in the s390-tools RPM.

Commands described elsewhere

  • For commands and tools that are related to creating and analyzing system dumps, including the zipl command, see Using the Dump Tools on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SC34-2785.
  • For commands related to terminal access over IUCV connections, see How to Set up a Terminal Server Environment on z/VM, SC34-2596.
  • The icainfo and icastats commands are provided with the libica package and described in libica Programmer's Reference, SC34-2602.
  • The zkey and zkey-cryptsetup commands arecommand is described in Pervasive Encryption for Data Volumes, SC34-2782.
  • The genprotimg command is described in Introducing IBM Secure Execution for Linux, SC34-7721.