IBM Director for Linux on System z
Updated: 15 July 2007
See also
z/VM System Management page.
IBM Director 5.20 for Linux on System z
includes the following components:
IBM® Director 5.20
(base product component, no additional charge)
The IBM Director 5.20 product provides a consistent set of systems management functions like discovery, inventory, monitoring etc. for a large number of hardware, operating systems and Virtualization platforms.
The entire IBM systems family can be managed with IBM Director,
including Linux on System z and z/VM.
The consistency makes it easy to extend the
IBM Director scope from one system to the other.
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z/VM Center
(priced, optional product component) introduces a standardized way to
deploy new z/VM virtual Linux systems, but has the easy to use Director
console interface that does not require specific z/VM knowledge to operate. It
allows you to:
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Software Distribution Premium Edition
(priced, optional product component) enables
you to easily create and distribute software packages to any system with IBM
Director Agent installed, helping save travel and labor costs.
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Announcements
Manage applications and resources across select
heterogeneous environments with IBM Director
for Linux on System z, V5.20
Software Announcement: November 14, 2006 |
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IBM Director Software Distribution Premium
Edition helps you create and distribute software
packages across mixed operating system
environments
Software Announcement: November 14, 2006 |
Literature, Library, and IBM Redbooks
Managing Linux Guests Using IBM Director and z/VM Center
Implementing IBM Director 5.20 (draft)
Implementing IBM Director 5.10
IBM Virtualization Engine and Infrastructure Services
IBM Virtualization Engine for System z9 and zSeries
IBM
Virtualization Engine for Linux on System z9 and zSeries
IBM Director Internet portal
View the
IBM Director Flashdemo which has a new scenario
"Managing mainframe virtual servers"
Recent Presentations
z/VM Linux Guest System Deployment and
Management with IBM Director, by Chuck Brazie (05-2008) |
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