June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
10h 33m
English
The following scenario illustrates how useful z/VM virtual networking can be:
Figure 10-4 shows a typical multi-tier application infrastructure that many companies have deployed using discrete, real server hardware and networking equipment. StoreCompany deploys this configuration on its mainframe for its online catalog business. The significant difference in this configuration is that the server images shown are actually running on a single IBM zSeries machine. Two logical partitions (LPARs) are configured on the zSeries machine. One is running z/OS and hosts StoreCompany's regular business applications unchanged, including the DB2 database server, the CICS transaction server, and the Websphere ...