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.
 

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:
  • Deploy z/VM Linux guest systems on demand
  • Create new z/VM Linux systems template-based
  • Control the configuration of z/VM Linux guest systems
  • Administer z/VM Linux systems without specific z/VM knowledge
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.
  • Provides wizards to software packages in different formats like RPM, InstallShield Packages
  • Includes Software scheduling and bundling capabilities
  • Allows administrators to push software to servers and PCs.

Announcements


PDF Manage applications and resources across select heterogeneous environments with IBM Director for Linux on System z, V5.20
Software Announcement: November 14, 2006
PDF 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

PDF z/VM Linux Guest System Deployment and Management with
     IBM Director
, by Chuck Brazie (05-2008)


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