z/VM Control Program (CP) - Useful Things to Know

This is part of the Blooming Basics for z/VM and Linux on System z.


z/VM Control Program (CP) - Useful Things to Know

Speaker:
John Franciscovoch, IBM z/VM Development


Abstract:
If you are a systems programmer who is brand new to z/VM, you've been away from VM for a while and need a refresher, or you are just curious about z/VM, this session will provide useful information about the z/VM Control Program (CP). We will start with an overview of CP and how it uses disk space, memory, and devices, followed by IPLing (booting) z/VM, defining virtual machines, virtual networking, and the various ways you can in teract with CP. We will conclude with an introduction to collecting diagnostic information for both testing and problem determination

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