Updated: Novenber 8th, 2012

This page contains Mike MacIsaac's publications and presentations related to z/VM and Linux on System z.

Virtualization Cookbooks

• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for z/VM 6.2, RHEL 6.2 and SLES 11 SP2, July 2012 - describes z/VM 6.2, RHEL 6.2 and SLES 11 SP2 with new section on RACF
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Cloud Computing Cookbook for z/VM 6.2, RHEL 6.2 and SLES 11 SP2, February 2012 - describes z/VM 6.2, RHEL 6.2 and SLES 11 SP2
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for RHEL 6, IBM Redbook SG24-7932, February 2011 - describes z/VM 6.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1, IBM Redbook SG24-7931, January 2011 - describes z/VM 6.1 and Novell/SuSE SLES 11 SP1
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 , Feb. 2010 - describes z/VM 6.1 and Novell/SuSE SLES 11
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 , IBM Redbook SG24-7493-00, October 2008 - describes z/VM 5.4 and Novell/SuSE SLES 10 SP2
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for RHEL 5.2 , IBM Redbook SG24-7492-00, October 2008 - describes z/VM 5.4 and Red Hat RHEL 5.2
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 , March 2007 - describes z/VM 5.2 and Novell/SuSE SLES 10
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for RHEL5 March 2007 - describes z/VM 5.2 and Red Hat RHEL 5
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook Version 2 August 2006 - describes z/VM 5.2 and SuSE SLES 9 SP3, includes chapter 11 on cloning IBM middleware
  
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• z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES9 , IBM Redbook SG24-6695-01, April 2006 - describes z/VM 5.2 and SuSE SLES 9
  
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Papers

• Sharing and Maintaining SLES11 SP1 Linux under z/VM using FBA disks, DCSS and an NSS, May 2011 - shows how to use Dis-contiguous Saved Segments (DCSSs) and a Named Saved System (NSS) with the concept of a read-only root file system.
  
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• Sharing and Maintaining SLES 11 Linux under z/VM using DCSSs and an NSS , March 2010 - shows how to use Discontiguous Saved Segments (DCSSs) and a Named Saved System (NSS) with the concept of a read-only root file system.
  
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• Sharing and maintaining RHEL 5.3 Linux under z/VM, Sept. 2009 - describes how to create a read-write and a read-only cloning and maintenance system under z/VM 5.4 and RHEL 5.3
  
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• Sharing and maintaining SLES 10 SP2 Linux under z/VM, July 2009 - describes how to create a read-write and a read-only cloning and maintenance system under z/VM 5.4 and SLES 10 SP2
  
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• Concocting 500 Virtual Linux Servers in Three Days, Jan. 2009 - describes one process to create 500 Linux systems on two LPAR
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CLONLNXS CLON1LNX COPYMDSK MKLNXIDS MKPARMS MK1LNXID PROFILE
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CHANGEIP CHUSERID
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boot.findself
• Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM, IBM Redpaper REDP-4322, Feb. 2008 - describes z/VM 5.3 and SLES 10
  
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Presentations

Presentations from user group meetings and technical conferences.

• Linux Council Meeting, March 2013,
  Automating Oracle Database Resiliency on System Z Linux
• SHARE, March 2012, Atlanta, GA
  • The Cloud Computing Cookbook: The Hypervisor (z/VM) Side
  • The Cloud Computing Cookbook: The Linux Side
• MVMUA meeting, July 2009, Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM
• System z Expo, Oct. 2008, Sharing and Maintaining Linux under z/VM
• System z Expo, Oct. 2008, Systems Management of  Linux under z/VM and LPAR

REXX EXECs and XEDIT macros

Copies of REXX EXECs and XEDIT macros from various publications are also listed here for easy download. See chapter 4 of most Virtualization Cookbooks for a detailed description of usage.

• REXX EXECs:
  CPFORMAT - Format a series of volumes
  LABEL540 - Relabel 5 system volumes
• XEDIT macros:
  CHPW610 - Change passwords in a 6.1 USER DIRECT file
  LABEL540 - Change labels in a 5.4 SYSTEM CONFIG, USER DIRECT
  CHPW540 - Change passwords in a 5.4 USER DIRECT file

Linux shell scripts

Copies of shell scripts that might be useful.

• lsvols.sh - List how Linux volumes are being used by processing /etc/fstab

Link to:
- More developer pages
- Resources for Linux on z/VM