Commands for Linux on IBM Z
You can use z/Architecture® specific commands to configure and work with the Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS device drivers and features.
s390-tools
Most of the commands described in this section are included in the s390-tools package.
Some commands come with an initialization script or a configuration file or both. For init as the initialization process, it is assumed that such scripts are installed in /etc/init.d/. You can extract any missing files from the etc subdirectory in the s390-tools package.
smc-tools
SMC-related commands are in a separate package, smc-tools. Use apt install smc-tools to install the package. The smc-tools package is delivered with Ubuntu Server and also available at github.com/ibm-s390-linux/smc-tools.
qclib
Two commands serve as an interface to qclib. Use apt install qclib to install the package. See zname - Obtain information about the IBM Z hardware and zhypinfo - obtain information about virtualization layers on IBM Z.
Commands described elsewhere
- For the zipl command, see Initial program loader for IBM Z - zipl.
- For commands and tools related to creating and analyzing system dumps, see Using the Dump Tools, SC33-8412.
- 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 are described in Pervasive Encryption for Data Volumes, SC34-2782.
- The genprotimg command is described in Introducing IBM Secure Execution for Linux, SC34-7721.