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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS available for Linux on Z and LinuxONE

July 18, 2018 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Ubuntu / Leave a Comment

On April 27th 2018 Canonical announced the second version of Ubuntu LTS for Linux on Z and LinuxONE.

Link collection and other useful information:

  • Canonical System Z specific blog
  • Ubuntu 18.04 release notes
  • Ubuntu 18.04 installation guide
  • Ubuntu Server Certifications
… Read the rest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 released

July 16, 2018 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Red Hat / Leave a Comment
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On April 10th, 2018 Red Hat announced the next regular update to their flag ship operating system.

The
kernel level for 7.5 is kernel-3.10.0-862.el7. The kernel level for 7.5-alt is kernel-4.14.0-49.el7a.
And this is actually the largest change. There is … Read the rest

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 3 (SLES 12 SP3) released

July 15, 2018 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / SUSE / Leave a Comment
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On September 7th 2017 eleven months after the last service pack  SUSE has released the latest updated to their flag ship server distribution.

The kernel level for 12.3 is kernel-4.4.73-5.1. So the major kernel level stayed the same, which allowed … Read the rest

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 released

July 14, 2018 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Red Hat / Leave a Comment

On August 1st, 2017 Red Hat announced the next regular update to their flag ship operating system.

The
kernel level for 7.4 is kernel-3.10.0-693.el7.

Here is my usual summary of links to more information:

  • Complete RHEL 7 documentation
  • RHEL 7.4
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Determining LPAR CPU assignment on a running System Z

May 17, 2018 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Hardware / Leave a Comment
LPAR CPU assignment view

A frequently question in the past was: which physical CPUs is my LPAR using right now? Since z14 the Hardware Management Console provides this for authorized users. The task is called “View partition Resource Assignments”.
The Washington System Center has … Read the rest

z14

July 17, 2017 October 8, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Hardware / Leave a Comment

Today July 17th 2017 IBM announced the new mainframe called IBM z14. Planned availability date is September 13, 2017.

z14 glas model
IBM z14 glass model

From a Linux perspective the IBM tested platforms has been updated to include z14. The following minimum … Read the rest

Oracle 12c R1 and R2 now certified on RHEL 7.1 and SLES 12 SP1 for Linux on z / LinuxONE

May 12, 2017 May 13, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE / Leave a Comment

Oracle Databasse 12c Release 1 and Release 2 are now certified on the latest Linux versions for Linux on z Systems and LinuxONE. Details can be found here:

  • Oracle 12c R1:
  • RHEL7 certification: IBM Flash, Oracle Note  2213265.1
  • SLES
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9 released

May 2, 2017 May 14, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Linux Distributions, Red Hat / Leave a Comment

On March 21, 2017 Red Hat has announced the availability of RHEL 6.9. This marks the transition into what in Red Hat’s product life cyle is called production phase 3 (starting May 10th 2017). This means that only critical security … Read the rest

z/VM 6.3, z/VM 6.2 and z/VM 5.4 are approaching end of service

April 27, 2017 May 15, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / z/VM / Leave a Comment

Screenshot from https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?q45=D799503N87101H83
Screenshot from https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?q45=D799503N87101H83

Many Linux clients are running under z/VM as the hypervisor. This year three of the older versions are reaching end of service: z/VM 5.4 (12/2017), z/VM 6.2 (06/2017) and z/VM 6.3 (12/2017). As I know that … Read the rest

RHEL 5 end of service

April 3, 2017 May 15, 2019 / By Eberhard Pasch / Linux Distributions, Red Hat / Leave a Comment
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Red Hat announced the end of service for RHEL 5. They will offer another three and a half years of security patches and critical fixes if a customer has bought the Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS).

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