Lab: z/VM Installation or Migration or Upgrade Hands-on Lab; Part 1 of 3

Project and Program: Linux & VM, VM

Tags: Proceedings, 2016, SHARE in San Antonio 2016

If you are new to z/VM or experienced with z/VM this workshop has something for you. You can choose one of three options: • z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation and Configuration
• z/VM 6.3 non-SSI to SSI Migration
• z/VM 6.2 to z/VM 6.3 Upgrade In Place

If you are new to z/VM you will have the opportunity to install the latest z/VM release into a two member Single System Image cluster.  We will also cover some VM basics to help get you oriented to the operating system.  No previous z/VM experience is necessary.  If you are an experienced z/VM system programmer and have already installed z/VM  in a non-SSI environment; then you will have the opportunity to go through all of the steps to migrate the latest release of z/VM already installed as a non-SSI VM system to be a single member SSI cluster; and then clone that single member to create a second member for your cluster.  You may also choose to take an already installed non-SSI z/VM 6.2 system and use the new z/VM 6.3 upgrade in place procedure.  This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher.  Unlike labs in the past at SHARE; in this lab you will actually install the latest level of z/VM into a two node Single System Image (SSI) cluster (i.e. create two z/VM systems joined together in a single system image).  This will allow you to experience first hand the install process with the very latest release of z/VM.  Following installation you will perform the system programming configuration steps to make this SSI cluster of z/VM systems ready for a production workload.  You will customize the shared system config file; experience adding system owned volumes dynamically to your cluster; configure TCP/IP along with defining a virtual switch for Linux virtual machine connectivity.  You will also configure the directory maintenance virtual machines; and the performance toolkit.  You will create virtual machines to run the programmable operator for event processing.  Lastly you will have a Linux guest to prepare for cloning and use VM facilities to clone that base and create two operational Linux virtual machines; moving them using live guest relocation among the members of your cluster.  At the end of the workshop you will have an SSI cluster of the latest release of z/VM running Linux virtual machines; simulating a production environment.  This workshop has been updated to include the recently available z/VM 6.3.
This lab has 3 parts and is continued in sessions 17469 and 17470-Richard Lewis-IBM Corporation

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