Book description
This IBM® Redbooks® publication is Volume 3 of a
series of three books called The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM
z Systems. The other two volumes are called:
, SG24-8147
The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 1: IBM z/VM 6.3
, SG24-8303
The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 2: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Servers
It is suggested that you start with Volume 1 of this series,
because IBM z/VM® is the base “layer” when
installing Linux on IBM z Systems™. Volume 1 starts with an
introduction, describes planning, and then describes z/VM
installation into a two-node, single system image (SSI) cluster,
configuration, hardening, automation, and servicing. It adopts a
cookbook format that provides a concise, repeatable set of
procedures for installing and configuring z/VM using the SSI
clustering feature.
Volumes 2 and 3 describe how to roll your own Linux virtual servers on z Systems hardware under z/VM. The cookbook format continues with installing and customizing Linux.
Volume 3 focuses on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12. It describes how to install and configure SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 onto the Linux administration system, which does the cloning and other tasks. It also explains how to use AutoYaST2, which enables you to automatically install Linux using a configuration file, and explains how to create and use appliances and bootable images from configuration files. In addition, it provides information about common tasks and tools available to service SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Innovation Data Processing
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
- Summary of changes
- Part 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
-
Chapter 1. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 on LNXADMIN
- 1.1 Preparing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server bootstrap files
- 1.2 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 onto the Linux administration system
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1.3 Configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 administration system
- 1.3.1 Enabling swap on the virtual disks
- 1.3.2 Setting up the data DASD disk
- 1.3.3 Copying the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Installation tree to LNXADMIN
- 1.3.4 Configuring the FTP server
- 1.3.5 Reconfigure the Software Repositories
- 1.3.6 Configuring graphical YaST
- 1.3.7 Applying service if necessary: Online update
- 1.3.8 Rebooting the system
- 1.3.9 Verify that the system comes up correctly
- Chapter 2. Automating SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 installation using the AutoYaST tool
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Chapter 3. Creating appliances with KIWI
- 3.1 Set up KIWI on LNXADMIN
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3.2 Options to adapt the KIWI image
- 3.2.1 Add more software packages
- 3.2.2 Add software repositories
- 3.2.3 Update configurations and services in the target system
- 3.2.4 Reduce the initial zipl boot timeout
- 3.2.5 Update the System during first boot
- 3.2.6 Replace or add configuration files
- 3.2.7 Manually provide an update script
- 3.2.8 Add more software not available in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- 3.3 Create and clone the image
- 3.4 More information
- Chapter 4. Servicing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- Part 2 Other topics
- Chapter 5. Working with disks
- Chapter 6. Monitoring IBM z/VM and Linux
- Chapter 7. Configuring Linux for cloning
- Chapter 8. Working with systemd
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Chapter 9. Miscellaneous recipes
- 9.1 Rescuing a Linux system
- 9.2 Setting up Memory Hotplugging
- 9.3 Using the cpuplugd service
- 9.4 Hardware cryptographic acceleration support for OpenSSH using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- 9.5 Use Crypto-Express to seed /dev/random
- 9.6 The X Window system
- 9.7 Setting up the IUCV Linux Terminal Server
- 9.8 Issue z/VM CP commands from Linux
- 9.9 Access z/VM CMS disks from Linux
- 9.10 NFS mounting the LNXADMIN SFS directory from Linux
- 9.11 Printing from z/VM
- 9.12 Install a package from the z/VM Download Library
- 9.13 Manually formatting DASD for use
- Part 3 Appendixes
- Appendix A. References, cheat sheets, and blank worksheets
- Appendix B. Additional material
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 3: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738440989
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