Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM
Michael MacIsaac, Steve Womer · 2008
Large operating systems leverage shared file structures to get the benefits of reduced disk space, simplified maintenance and simplified systems management. The draft Redpaper, Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM, written in conjuction with Nationwide Insurance, describes how to create a Linux solution with shared file systems under z/VM. It also describes a maintenance system where the same Linux image exists on a test, maintenance and gold virtual servers. It is based on z/VM 5.3 and SLES 10.