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System Administration Facility for z/VM®
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July 26, 2005
The System Administration Facility tools that were added in z/VM V4.2 to help
ease migration from the IBM S/390(R) Virtual Image Facility(TM) to z/VM V4.2
are not included with z/VM V5.2.
Some of the same functionality may be
obtained through the z/VM Systems Management APIs, first introduced in z/VM
V4.4.
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The System Administration Facility of z/VM V4.2, z/VM V4.3,
and z/VM V4.4, z/VM V5.1 includes ease-of-use tools that are based on
function provided in the
S/390 Virtual Image Facility for LINUX®
and a migration tool, VIFMIGR, to help you migrate from a
Virtual Image
Facility environment to a z/VM system.
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Note:
Use of this facility requires an unmodified z/VM
system and is provided primarily as a migration
tool for Virtual Image Facility (VIF) customers.
IBM intends to withdraw the System Administration Facility from a future
release of z/VM. Customers using the System Administration Facility to create
and manage Linux server images as guests of z/VM should start using other
systems management facilities of z/VM, write a client application using the
Systems Management APIs introduced in z/VM V4.4, or acquire a system management
application from an IBM solution provider. Documentation is available in the
System Administration Facility publication, SC24-6034, but this publication
will not be included in the z/VM V5.1 library.
All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to
change or withdrawal without notice.
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Highlights of VIFMIGR
- Migrates your Linux distribution, configuration files and your Linux
images from the Virtual Image Facility to z/VM V4.2 or z/VM V4.3,
z/VM V4.4, or z/VM V5.1.
- Creates backup copies of key files
- Generates a README file containing information on post-migration
activities.
Highlights of
VMADMIN
- The VMADMCTL command starts the VMADMIN server and initializes
the environment for issuing VMADMIN commands.
- Allows you to use a Linux client or a CMS client to administer
your Linux images
- Commands allow you to add and delete images, manage your network
for your images, manage disk partitions, obtain information about
the images and the system, and perform VMADMIN server functions
(add system paging space, manage your internal network, create
and restore system configuration backup files, etc.)
- Can be "turned off" when your level of VM expertise grows or
you need additional VM functions not available through VMADMIN
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Note: The functions of the System Administration Facility are
intended to be used only on a non-tailored z/VM system. This is true
for the VIFMIGR migration tool as well as the VMADMIN commands. If you
need to migrate a Virtual Image Facility environment to a tailored VM
system, you should complete the migration prior to tailoring your
system.
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Contact Development for the System Administration Facility
Your e-mail comments are welcome directly to Development for the
System Administration Facility:
Christine Casey:
caseyct@us.ibm.com
or you can
Contact z/VM.
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