4 IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
1.4 IBM Director and z/VM Center Extension
IBM Director 5.10 brings a comprehensive management functionality to Linux on IBM
System z. The base IBM Director functions are currently provided for any Linux endpoint on
System z. For example monitoring, event action plans, software distribution, inventory, remote
control, and task scheduling. In addition, the z/VM Center Extension provides further
functionality for provisioning and configuration of z/VM Linux guests.
The z/VM Center Extension includes the following tasks:
Virtual server deployment
Creation of virtual servers and deployment of operating systems into them by using virtual
server and operating ...