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IBM Z Systems Introduction May 2017
IBM z Systems Introduction May 2017 IBM z13s and IBM z13 Frequently Asked Questions Worldwide ZSQ03076-USEN-15 Table of Contents z13s Hardware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 z13 Hardware ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Performance ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19 z13 Warranty ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Hardware Management Console (HMC) ..................................................................................................................... 24 Power requirements (including High Voltage DC Power option) ..................................................................... 28 Overhead Cabling and Power ..........................................................................................................................................30 z13 Water cooling option .................................................................................................................................................... 31 Secure Service Container ................................................................................................................................................. -
Introducing Linux on IBM Z Systems IT Simplicity with an Enterprise Grade Linux Platform
Introducing Linux on IBM z Systems IT simplicity with an enterprise grade Linux platform Wilhelm Mild IBM Executive IT Architect for Mobile, z Systems and Linux © 2016 IBM Corporation IBM Germany What is Linux? . Linux is an operating system – Operating systems are tools which enable computers to function as multi-user, multitasking, and multiprocessing servers. – Linux is typically delivered in a Distribution with many useful tools and Open Source components. Linux is hardware agnostic by design – Linux runs on multiple hardware architectures which means Linux skills are platform independent. Linux is modular and built to coexist with other operating systems – Businesses are using Linux today. More and more businesses proceed with an evolutionary solution strategy based on Linux. 2 © 2016 IBM Corporation What is IBM z Systems ? . IBM z Systems is the family name used by IBM for its mainframe computers – The z Systems families were named for their availability – z stands for zero downtime. The systems are built with spare components capable of hot failovers to ensure continuous operations. IBM z Systems paradigm – The IBM z Systems family maintains full backward compatibility. In effect, current systems are the direct, lineal descendants of System/360, built in 1964, and the System/370 from the 1970s. Many applications written for these systems can still run unmodified on the newest z Systems over five decades later. IBM z Systems variety of Operating Systems – There are different traditional Operating Systems that run on z Systems like z/OS, z/VSE or TPF. With z/VM IBM delivers a mature Hypervisor to virtualize the operating systems. -
The Future of Business Using Enterprise Server
Market Review Market Review Paper by Bloor Author David Norfolk Publish date June 2021 The Future of Business …using Enterprise Server 3.0 Services A company has to stay“ in business while modernising its systems and any modernisation must have a clearly documented business case and properly managed risk. What this means is that migrating a working system to a new platform may not be a good use of resources, especially as alternative modernisation options (such as the provision of cloud APIs or Application Programming Interfaces) are available. ” Executive summary he Future of Business will Well, the nub of the business issue we be largely built on the past, spotlight here is that migration to Cloud T for existing companies. is often recommended simplistically as Modernisation of what you have already, a platform for future business, almost as presumably “fit for current purpose” (or you a fashion option, with implied promises wouldn’t be in business) avoids waste and of ultimate agility, elastic capabilities mitigates certain classes of risk (although, without limits and low cost; but the if not done properly, it can add new risks). actuality is often different – and never Modernisation, of course, implies fit for quite being able to complete a migration evolution and change – once modernised, off Enterprise Server 3.0, because the you will be making further changes to business realities won’t let you, is accommodate new business. probably the most expensive scenario Modernisation of what For big enterprises, the world still runs of all. Cloud provides a wide choice of you have already,“ on very large, very resilient, servers – often platforms, some with innovative and presumably “fit for current referred to as “mainframes”, although attractive characteristics, but three truths Bloor prefers the term Enterprise Server remain important: purpose” (or you wouldn’t be in business) avoids 3.0. -
2020 Linux on IBM Z and Linuxone Client Workshop November 9-13
2020 Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Client Workshop November 9-13 Securing Workloads with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Z / LinuxONE — Pradeep Parameshwaran Security & Compliance Lead, Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE [email protected] Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Client WS 2020 / © 2020 IBM Corporation Contents • Why OpenShift on IBM Z ? • The cloud with the Privacy and Security • Deployment architecture: OpenShift on IBM Z • Security blueprint: OpenShift on IBM Z • Summary of native and augmented security capabilities IDC estimates that 71% of organizations are in the process of implementing containers and orchestration or are already using them regularly. Containers are the next generation of software-defined compute that enterprises will leverage to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives,” says Gary Chen, Research Director at IDC. “IDC estimates that 71% of organizations are in the process of implementing containers and orchestration or are already using them regularly, and IDC forecasts that the worldwide container infrastructure software opportunity is growing at a 63.9 % 5-year CAGR and is predicted to reach over $1.5B by 2022. 3 Why Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z? OpenShift a smart Kubernetes platform 5 Build once • Fully integrated and automated architecture • Seamless Kubernetes deployment on any cloud or on-premises environment • Fully automated installation, from cloud infrastructure to OS to application services • One click platform and application updates • Auto-scaling of cloud resources • Enterprise-grade security -
IBM Cloud Private with Linux on Z
IBM Cloud Solution Brief IBM Cloud Private with Linux on IBM Z Empower how you build, deploy and manage cloud-native applications Introduction Highlights Many organizations have unique data sensitivity needs, such as internal policies, government regulations or industry compliance requirements. • Offers the benefits of a public cloud on a security-rich, scalable private cloud As a result, these organizations typically require private cloud. Yet in a platform for developing and delivering world of changing business demands, they also need to run demanding cloud-native apps applications and use multiple services both on-premise and on multiple • Helps make heritage applications cloud- clouds for the sake of agility. ready • Helps protect confidential and proprietary IBM Cloud™ Private with Linux® on IBM Z® provides the advantages of a Kubernetes and Docker workloads with IBM Secure Service Containers private cloud on a server platform optimized for data and cognitive • Enables organizations to build new services, and is designed to deliver the benefits of a public cloud in a microservice-based apps for improved security-rich, scalable and reliable environment. It enables enterprises to agility and innovation accelerate innovation using modern agile processes, integrates with • Designed to more securely use data and existing systems, and provides a strategic platform for multi-cloud services from external private cloud integration while maintaining the control and compliance that sources organizations need. • Supports heavy workloads with thousands of parallel users and thousands of Linux servers–in one box Connect almost anything on premise and in cloud IBM Cloud Private gives developers and IT operations a combination of critical capabilities to transform the enterprise. -
Architectural Decisions for Linuxone Hypervisors
July 2019 Webcast Virtualization options for Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE Richard Young Executive IT Specialist Virtualization and Linux IBM Systems Lab Services Wilhelm Mild IBM Executive IT Architect for Mobile, IBM Z and Linux IBM R&D Lab, Germany Agenda ➢ Benefits of virtualization • Available virtualization options • Considerations for virtualization decisions • Virtualization options for LinuxONE & Z • Firmware hypervisors • Software hypervisors • Software Containers • Firmware hypervisor decision guide • Virtualization decision guide • Summary 2 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2018 Why do we virtualize? What are the benefits of virtualization? ▪ Simplification – use of standardized images, virtualized hardware, and automated configuration of virtual infrastructure ▪ Migration – one of the first uses of virtualization, enable coexistence, phased upgrades and migrations. It can also simplify hardware upgrades by make changes transparent. ▪ Efficiency – reduced hardware footprints, better utilization of available hardware resources, and reduced time to delivery. Reuse of deprovisioned or relinquished resources. ▪ Resilience – run new versions and old versions in parallel, avoiding service downtime ▪ Cost savings – having fewer machines translates to lower costs in server hardware, networking, floor space, electricity, administration (perceived) ▪ To accommodate growth – virtualization allows the IT department to be more responsive to business growth, hopefully avoiding interruption 3 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2018 Agenda • Benefits of -
IBM Z/VM – Frequently Asked Questions
IBM Z August 2020 IBM z/VM Frequently Asked Questions for z/VM 7.2, z/VM 7.1 and z/VM 6.4 Worldwide LUQ12358-USEN-14 1 Table of Contents _Toc45360441 General Questions ........................................................................................................................................... 3 IBM z/VM Support for IBM z15 and IBM LinuxONE III ................................................................................ 10 Technical Questions - IBM z/VM 7.2, z/VM 7.1, and z/VM 6.4 .................................................................... 11 Efficiency and Scalability ............................................................................................................................... 21 System Ease of Use ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Hardware Currency ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Installation, Migration, and Serviceability .................................................................................................... 27 Statements of Direction from Announcements ............................................................................................ 28 Resources ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 2 General Questions What is IBM Z® and IBM® LinuxONE virtualization -
IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide
Front cover Draft Document for Review August 3, 2020 1:37 pm SG24-8480-00 IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide Octavian Lascu Franco Pinto Gatto Gobehi Hans-Peter Eckam Jeremy Koch Martin Söllig Sebastian Zimmermann Steve Guendert Redbooks Draft Document for Review August 3, 2020 7:26 pm 8480edno.fm IBM Redbooks IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide August 2020 SG24-8480-00 8480edno.fm Draft Document for Review August 3, 2020 7:26 pm Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. First Edition (August 2020) This edition applies to IBM Server Time Protocol for IBM Z and covers IBM z15, IBM z14, and IBM z13 server generations. This document was created or updated on August 3, 2020. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2020. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Draft Document for Review August 3, 2020 8:32 pm 8480TOC.fm Contents Notices . vii Trademarks . viii Preface . ix Authors. ix Comments welcome. .x Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xi Chapter 1. Introduction to Server Time Protocol . 1 1.1 Introduction to time synchronization . 2 1.1.1 Insertion of leap seconds . 2 1.1.2 Time-of-Day (TOD) Clock . 3 1.1.3 Industry requirements . 4 1.1.4 Time synchronization in a Parallel Sysplex. 6 1.2 Overview of Server Time Protocol (STP) . 7 1.3 STP concepts and terminology . 9 1.3.1 STP facility . 9 1.3.2 TOD clock synchronization . -
Getting Started with IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on Z
December 2020 Getting started with IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on IBM Z Built upon General Parallel File System (GPFS) Susanne Wintenberger [email protected] IBM R&D Boeblingen Hendrik Brueckner [email protected] IBM R&D Boeblingen Getting started with IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on IBM Z Table of Contents 1 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................. 2 2 Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale technology ................................................................................ 3 2.1 IBM Spectrum Scale cluster configurations ................................................................................ 3 2.2 Shared-disk model ..................................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Network shared disk (NSD) client/server model ......................................................................... 4 3 Storage considerations ..................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Setup and usage of ECKD devices ............................................................................................ 6 3.1.1 Hints and tips ..................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Setup and usage of ECKD devices on z/VM .............................................................................. 8 3.2.1 Full-pack minidisks -
Linux on Z Platform ISV Strategy Summary
Linux on IBM Z / LinuxONE Open Source Ecosystem Status and Strategy for NY/NJ Linux Council Meeting on March 1, 2019 Enyu Wang Program Director, Ecosystem Strategy and Business Development [email protected] As an enterprise platform WHY ARE WE INVESTING IN OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM? IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 2 TREND: Enterprise Going Open Source • 83% hiring managers surveyed for the 2018 Open Source Jobs report said hiring open source talent was a priority this year • Some of the biggest trends in enterprise IT, such as containers and hybrid cloud, rely on open source technologies including Linux and Kubernetes IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 3 OPEN SOURCE Building Blocks for Enterprise Digital Transformation IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 4 OUR MISSION Provide a Rich and Robust Ecosystem to Clients. Help Accelerate their Digital Transformation IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 5 Rich Open Source Ecosystem on Linux on Z/LinuxONE Analytics/ Distributions Hypervisors PaaS / IaaS Languages Runtimes Management Database ML LPA R IBM Cloud Private Community Versions LLVM vRealize LXD (Ubuntu) Apache Tomcat DPM Db2 IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 6 Building an Open Ecosystem Isn’t Just Porting… IBM Z / Open Source Ecosystem / Mar 1, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 7 Composition of Open Source Ecosystem on Z – a combination of community based projects and vendor -
Kyndryl Multicloud Management Platform
https://app.slack.com/team/ W7JTXSKLG Mainframe modernization with Kyndryl Managed Extended Cloud Infrastructure as a Service for IBM Z Use the modern mainframe as a cornerstone for building the infrastructure that enables your journey to hybrid cloud Highlights At Kyndryl™, we are committed to the concept that mainframe modernization is not about moving all your – Modernize infrastructure workloads and applications off of the high-performing, to get the most from security-rich and highly available IBM Z platform—it’s your mainframe about using the capabilities of every platform in the hybrid – Enable a culture change cloud to host each application based on unique availability, at the heart of your journey performance, security, resiliency and other requirements. to hybrid cloud – Rely on zCloud to provide The modern hybrid cloud ecosystem IBM Z® computing power Mainframe modernization efforts require enterprises with using a security-rich, mainframes to keep modern solutions—like IBM Z—at the scalable cloud model center of their hybrid cloud strategy. Hybrid cloud is about more than just re-platforming and going from one monolithic environment to another. The modern mainframe is designed to be open, supporting not just traditional workloads but also cloud-native applications that were built using languages familiar to developers on all platforms that can be implemented as microservices in containers. Kyndryl Managed Extended Cloud Infrastructure as a Service for IBM Z—also known as zCloud—uses a cloud delivery model to provide you with access to a scalable, multitenant infrastructure that is designed for flexibility and adaptability. You have your choice of several operating systems, including IBM z/OS®, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux or other Linux platforms, and the latest versions of standardized software stacks to facilitate flexibility. -
Zowe Documentation Version 1.20.1 LTS
Zowe Documentation Version 1.20.1 LTS | Contents | iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started......................................................................................7 Zowe fundamentals...............................................................................................................................................8 Zowe overview......................................................................................................................................... 8 Zowe architecture....................................................................................................................................13 Frequently Asked Questions...................................................................................................................20 Release notes.......................................................................................................................................................24 Version 1.20.1 LTS (March 2021).........................................................................................................25 Version 1.20.0 LTS (March 2021).........................................................................................................25 Version 1.19.1 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................27 Version 1.19.0 LTS (February 2021).....................................................................................................28 Version 1.18.0 LTS (January 2021).......................................................................................................30