Commands for Linux on Z

LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

You can use z/Architecture® specific commands to configure and work with the Ubuntu Server 20.04.1 device drivers and features.

Most of the commands described in this section are included in the s390-tools package.

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 package.

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.