Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms [electronic resource] : How to Create Robust Cost-Efficient Multiplatform z Environments /
Barrett, Kenneth.author.
Norris, Stephen.author.
"Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms is particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion." Bill Ogden, IBM zPDT Redbook, April 2015 "The authors offer very well-reasoned solutions accompanied by case studies, which will be useful to specialists. The book is made even more useful as the System z mainframe-based solutions offer an advanced systems management environment for significant segments of data within large companies." Eugen Petac, Computing Reviews, Oct. 8, 2014 "Should you choose to implement zPDT, RDz UT, or RD&T in your team's arsenal, you will find Barrett and Norris’s insights, genius, and hard work illuminating as to how to rationally and economically manage the environment." —Scott Fagen, Chief Architect—System z Business, CA Technologies "A must-read for anyone interested in successfully deploying cost-efficient zPDT environments with agility in an enterprise that requires simple or complex configurations. The case-study-based exposition of the content allows for its easy consumption and use. Excellent!" —Mahendra Durai, SVP & Information Technology Officer, CA Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms reveals alternative techniques not covered by IBM for creatively adapting and enhancing multi-user IBM zPDT environments so that they are more friendly, stable, and reusable than those envisaged by IBM. The enhancement processes and methodologies taught in this book yield multiple layers for system recovery, 24x7 availability, and superior ease of updating and upgrading operating systems and subsystems without having to rebuild environments from scratch. Most of the techniques and processes covered in this book are not new to either the mainframe or distributed platforms. What is new in this book are the authors’ innovative methods for taking distributed environments running mainframe virtual machine (VM) and multiple virtual storage (MVS) and making them look and feel like other MVS systems. The authors’ combined expertise involves every aspect of the implementation of IBM zPDT technology to create virtualized mainframe environments by which the mainframe operations on a z series server can be transitioned to distributed platforms. All of the enhancement methods consecutively laid out in this book have been architected and developed by the authors for the CA Technologies distributed platform. Barrett and Norris impart these techniques and processes to CIOs and CTOs across the mainframe and distributed fields, to zPDT and RDz UT implementers, and to IBM’s independent software vendors and customers.
Contents at a Glance; Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Understanding the Mainframe Environment, Technologies, and Methodologies; The IBM Mainframe Virtualization Technology; Understanding the zPDT 1090; zPDT Capabilities; Multi-User Capability; Cryptographic Processor; Mainframe Look and Feel; Knowing the Mainframe Platform; Input and Output Definitions; Direct Access Storage Devices; Data Sets; Catalogs; Master Catalog; User Catalog; Shared Master Catalog; Learning How to Share z/OS Parameters and Symbols
Mainframe Practices in a Distributed EnvironmentNetwork-Attached Storage for Backups; Remote Network-Attached Storage; Using Network File Systems as Repositories; Recognizing the Potential for Cloud Enablement; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating a Mainframe Virtualized Environment: Requirements and Choices; Use Cases; Hardware Considerations and Options; CPU Requirements; Memory Usage; Hard Drive Space and I/O Requirements; Connectivity; Recovery for System Failures and Outages; Hardware Fault Tolerance; Disaster Recovery; Software Update Requirements; Sharing Data; Failsafe System; Case Studies
Case 1: Single Laptop System for Mainframe DeveloperCase 2: Server Class Machine Hosting Multiple Mainframe Systems for Software QA Testing; Chapter 3: Building the Hypervisor Host; Networking Design Considerations; Remote Access to the Physical Server; Network KVM; RAC; Network Connectivity Planning; Physical Network Connections; IP Configuration; Hard Drive Configuration; RAID Configuration Consideration; Other Storage Technologies; Installing the Linux Operating System; Network Time Protocol Server; File System Creation; Swap File System; Root File System; Virtual System Data
Software Packages3270 Application; Graphical FTP utility; Automation/Programming Tools; Software Updates; Configuring the Linux Host Network Settings; Case Studies; Case 1: Single Laptop System for a Mainframe Developer; Case 2: Server Class Machine Hosting Multiple Mainframe Systems for Software QA Testing; Chapter 4: Creating a Base Environment; Create a User; Install the z1090 Software (Emulator); Copy the Supplied DASD Files; Create the Device Map; Device Map Location; Stanzas; System Stanza; Adjunct-Processor Stanza; Device Manager Stanza; AWS3274; AWSCKD; AWSOSA; AWSCTC
Start the Base SystemCase Studies; Case 1: Single Laptop System for Mainframe Developer; Case 2: Server Class Machine Hosting Multiple Mainframe Systems for Software QA Testing; Chapter 5: Constructing the z/VM Environment; Installing the Base z/VM System; DASD Files; z/VM Device Map; Verify z/VM System; Optimizing the z/VM Environment; Attaching New Volumes to the z/VM Virtual Machine; Creating the DASD Files for New System Volumes; Adding a Paging Volume; Adding a Spool Volume; Updating the Network for z/VM; Updating the z/VM Network Configuration; Creating a Virtual Switch in z/VM
Defining New Users and Service Machines
Includes index.
"Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms is particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion." Bill Ogden, IBM zPDT Redbook, April 2015 "The authors offer very well-reasoned solutions accompanied by case studies, which will be useful to specialists. The book is made even more useful as the System z mainframe-based solutions offer an advanced systems management environment for significant segments of data within large companies." Eugen Petac, Computing Reviews, Oct. 8, 2014 "Should you choose to implement zPDT, RDz UT, or RD&T in your team's arsenal, you will find Barrett and Norris’s insights, genius, and hard work illuminating as to how to rationally and economically manage the environment." —Scott Fagen, Chief Architect—System z Business, CA Technologies "A must-read for anyone interested in successfully deploying cost-efficient zPDT environments with agility in an enterprise that requires simple or complex configurations. The case-study-based exposition of the content allows for its easy consumption and use. Excellent!" —Mahendra Durai, SVP & Information Technology Officer, CA Running Mainframe z on Distributed Platforms reveals alternative techniques not covered by IBM for creatively adapting and enhancing multi-user IBM zPDT environments so that they are more friendly, stable, and reusable than those envisaged by IBM. The enhancement processes and methodologies taught in this book yield multiple layers for system recovery, 24x7 availability, and superior ease of updating and upgrading operating systems and subsystems without having to rebuild environments from scratch. Most of the techniques and processes covered in this book are not new to either the mainframe or distributed platforms. What is new in this book are the authors’ innovative methods for taking distributed environments running mainframe virtual machine (VM) and multiple virtual storage (MVS) and making them look and feel like other MVS systems. The authors’ combined expertise involves every aspect of the implementation of IBM zPDT technology to create virtualized mainframe environments by which the mainframe operations on a z series server can be transitioned to distributed platforms. All of the enhancement methods consecutively laid out in this book have been architected and developed by the authors for the CA Technologies distributed platform. Barrett and Norris impart these techniques and processes to CIOs and CTOs across the mainframe and distributed fields, to zPDT and RDz UT implementers, and to IBM’s independent software vendors and customers.
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