z/VM and Linux on System z Architecture Seminar
This seminar is 1 day in length. It is designed to provide a high level overview of the architecture features and design criteria for using a z/VM mainframe for large scale hosting of virtual Linux servers. The seminar is presented though lectures and demos. No lab activity is planned for this seminar. It is intended for an audience of systems analysts, network planners, system architects, managers and personnel with an interest in an overview of the platforms capabilities.
| Topics: |
| z/VM: 30+ years of virtualization |
| Virtualization Trends and Directions |
| Understanding mainframes: CPs, LPARs, IFLs |
| Understanding z/VM virtual networks: guest lans, virtual switches and hipersockets |
| Resource sharing of memory, CPU, and I/O |
| Serving applications and data through linux servers |
| Planning the z/VM system zones |
| Managing and administering the z/VM and linux world |
| Securing the z/VM fortress and its linux inhabitants |
| Integration into current networks and server environments |
| Why large scale linux hosting on z/VM is a good choice |
| Sample scenarios |