Front cover IBM zPDT Guide and Reference System z Personal Development Tool IBM System z Personal Development Tool Full IBM z/OS usage Linux base Bill Ogden ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM zPDT Reference and Guide: System z Personal Development Tool April 2015 SG24-8205-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xi. Second Edition (April 2015) This edition applies to Version 1, Release 6, of the IBM System z Personal Development Tool (zPDT). © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . xi Trademarks . xii Preface . xiii Authors. xiii Now you can become a published author, too! . xiv Comments welcome. xiv Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xiv Chapter 1. Introduction. 1 1.1 Quick start (GA5 or GA6) . 3 Chapter 2. Function, releases, content . 5 2.1 System z characteristics . 6 2.2 Hardware token. 7 2.2.1 Emulated I/O . 8 2.2.2 Concurrent PC workloads . 10 2.3 Operational overview . 10 2.3.1 Linux userids. 10 2.3.2 zPDT instances. 11 2.3.3 zPDT console . 12 2.3.4 Performance . 12 2.4 Base configurations. 14 2.4.1 Hardware and software levels. 14 2.5 Using older System z architectures. 16 2.6 zPDT Components . 17 2.6.1 zPDT elements . 17 2.6.2 Memory . 18 2.6.3 Disk space . 19 2.6.4 LAN adapters . 19 2.6.5 Device maps . 20 2.6.6 Linux directory structure . 21 2.6.7 zPDT control structure . 22 2.7 1090 and 1091 differences . 22 2.8 zPDT releases. 24 2.8.1 Version 1 Release 6 (March 2015) . 24 2.8.2 Version 1 Release 5 (February 2014). 25 2.8.3 Version 1 Release 4, and fix pack 1 (December 2012, May 2013). 26 2.8.4 Version 1 Release 3 (March 2012) . 27 2.8.5 Version 1 Release 2 (June 2011) . 29 2.8.6 Version 1 Release 1 . 31 Chapter 3. Devmaps . 33 3.1 Device maps . 33 3.2 System stanza. 34 3.2.1 Adjunct-processor stanza . 38 3.2.2 System timer protocol stanza . 38 3.3 Manager stanzas. 39 3.3.1 The awsckd device manager . 40 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. iii 3.3.2 The awsfba device manager. 41 3.3.3 The aws3274 device manager . 41 3.3.4 The awstape device manager. 43 3.3.5 The awsosa device manager . 44 3.3.6 The awsrdr device manager . 45 3.3.7 The awsprt device manager . 46 3.3.8 The awscmd device manager . 46 3.3.9 The awsscsi device manager . 48 3.3.10 The aws3215 device manager . 48 3.3.11 The awsoma device manager. 48 3.3.12 The awsctc device manager . 49 Chapter 4. zPDT commands. 51 4.1 The commands with examples . 52 4.1.1 The adstop command . 52 4.1.2 The alcckd command . 52 4.1.3 The alcfba command . 54 4.1.4 The ap_create command . 55 4.1.5 The ap_query command . 55 4.1.6 The ap_von and ap_voff commands. 56 4.1.7 The ap_vpd command . 56 4.1.8 The ap_zeroize command . 56 4.1.9 The attn command . 57 4.1.10 The aws_bashrc and aws_sysctl commands . 57 4.1.11 The aws_findlinuxtape command . ..