Table Of Contents - IBM ZVM - FOR LINUX V6 RELEASE 1 Getting Started

Contents
About this document . . . . . . . . . v
Intended audience . .
Conventions and terminology used in this document v
Where to find more information
Additional Publications
How to send your comments to IBM . . ix
If you have a technical problem .
Summary of changes . . . . . . . . . xi
SC24-6194-00, z/VM Version 6 Release 1 .
Chapter 1. About z/VM . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of the Control Program (CP)
Central processing units (CPUs) .
Storage . . . . .
DASD and minidisks
Temporary minidisks
Virtual disks in storage .
Virtual readers, punches, and printers .
The virtual machine console .
Overview of the CP spool file system .
The user directory .
Overview of the Conversational Monitor System
(CMS) . . . . . .
Minidisks and the CMS access mode .
CMS files . . . .
The PROFILE EXEC
The Help system .
The CMS file editor XEDIT .
Input mode . . .
Overview of changing files .
SAVE, FILE, QUIT, and QQUIT .
Summary of Linux and z/VM similarities .
Chapter 2. Planning for Linux virtual
servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview of z/VM capacity planning
Estimating memory and CPU requirements.
Overview of estimating memory and CPU
requirements . . .
Steps for estimating memory and CPU
requirements . . .
Guidelines for estimating the amount of DASD you
need. . . . . . .
For z/VM paging .
For the Linux file system .
Planning your network
TCP/IP networking options for Linux
Giving Linux virtual servers access to
cryptographic hardware for SSL acceleration .
Planning for user management .
Steps for obtaining documentation and media .
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Chapter 3. Changing the system
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Overview of the SYSTEM CONFIG file .
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Steps for adding a paging, spooling, or user volume 35
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Steps for releasing the primary parm disk .
Steps for updating the CP-owned volume list .
Steps for updating the default system identifier .
Steps for updating the user volume list .
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Steps for setting up warm start, clearing tdisk space,
and other features .
Steps for controlling access to devices at startup .
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Steps for defining a virtual switch .
Steps for setting addresses for consoles .
Steps for updating special escape character defaults 47
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Steps for checking the syntax of the SYSTEM
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CONFIG file .
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Steps for restoring CP's access to the primary parm
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Chapter 4. Configuring the Directory
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Maintenance Facility . . . . . . . . . 51
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Steps for enabling DirMaint .
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Steps for changing the passwords for DirMaint
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service machines
Steps for configuring DirMaint .
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Steps for authorizing users to perform DirMaint
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tasks. . . .
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Steps for controlling where DirMaint creates
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minidisks . .
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Steps for copying the current USER DIRECT file .
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Steps for putting the configuration into production
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and starting DirMaint .
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Steps for automatically starting DIRMAINT
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Steps for testing DirMaint
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Step for modifying the OPERATOR's directory entry 60
Chapter 5. Configuring TCP/IP
Setting up the production TCP/IP .
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Steps for automatically starting TCP/IP .
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Chapter 6. Restarting z/VM and
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checking the system . . . . . . . . . 67
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Steps for restarting z/VM
Steps for checking paging and spooling space .
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Step for checking the system identifier .
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Step for checking the user volume list
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Steps for checking features .
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Step for checking offline devices .
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Step for checking the virtual switch .
Step for checking character defaults .
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Steps for checking TCP/IP .
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Chapter 7. Creating your first Linux
virtual machine and installing Linux . . 71
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