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Installing Linux for z Systems on zPDT: A Short Cookbook

Author Bill Ogden
Release Date: 2016/02/01
ISBN: 9780738441542
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Book Description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the basic installation processes of Linux for z Systems™ on an IBM zPDT® base. It is intended for readers who are not familiar with IBM z Systems or with the zPDT product. This book assume the reader is familiar with Linux on Intel-compatible platforms.

This book provides basic introductions to necessary z Systems and zPDT topics, and proceeds in a cookbook manner. This book is not intended for readers who are already familiar with these topics.

Table of Contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. IBM Redbooks promotions
  4. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction
    1. 1.1 Abbreviations
    2. 1.2 The base Linux system
    3. 1.3 Configurations used
  6. Chapter 2. Base installation
    1. 2.1 Prerequisites
    2. 2.2 Base installation steps
      1. 2.2.1 Base Linux installation
    3. 2.3 zPDT installation
    4. 2.4 z Systems disk planning
    5. 2.5 zPDT device map
      1. 2.5.1 LAN interface
      2. 2.5.2 Initial zPDT startup
    6. 2.6 Typical operation with zPDT
  7. Chapter 3. Linux for z Systems (SUSE)
    1. 3.1 Installing SLES 11 service pack 3
      1. 3.1.1 Booting the installer and installation kernel
      2. 3.1.2 Using VNC to work with YaST2
      3. 3.1.3 Completing the installation
      4. 3.1.4 Additional work
      5. 3.1.5 Stopping the system
      6. 3.1.6 FTP
      7. 3.1.7 More DASD
      8. 3.1.8 Network expansion
    2. 3.2 SLES 12
      1. 3.2.1 Booting the installer and installation kernel
  8. Chapter 4. Linux for z Systems (Red Hat)
    1. 4.1 Installing RHEL 6.7
      1. 4.1.1 Installation status
      2. 4.1.2 Additional steps
      3. 4.1.3 Shutdown
      4. 4.1.4 Adding additional disk volumes
    2. 4.2 Installing RHEL 7.1
      1. 4.2.1 System status
  9. Chapter 5. General topics
    1. 5.1 Memory usage
    2. 5.2 Disk backups
    3. 5.3 zPDT updates
    4. 5.4 Base Linux updates
    5. 5.5 Disk addresses
  10. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Online resources
  11. Back cover
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