The Virtualization Cookbook for IBM z Systems Volume 1: IBM z/VM 6.3

Planning and preparing for Linux workloads

“Example isn’t another way to teach. It is the only way to teach.”

— Albert Einstein

This chapter describes the necessary steps to begin your first Linux installation. It describes common tasks that are executed during administration, maintenance, and expansion to accommodate additional workloads.

6.1 Planning a Linux virtual machine

Every server needs the following minimal set of items to operate:

•CPU

•Memory (the mainframe term is storage; the Linux term is typically RAM)

•Disk

•Network

z/VM has several ...