z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II

IBM has announced the new z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II on April 10, 2018. The key new feature for me of this box is the form factor. Instead of the decades old 24″ rack a standard 19″ rack is … Read the rest
IBM has announced the new z14 ZR1 / LinuxONE Rockhopper II on April 10, 2018. The key new feature for me of this box is the form factor. Instead of the decades old 24″ rack a standard 19″ rack is … Read the rest
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
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:
… Read the restToday July 17th 2017 IBM announced the new mainframe called IBM z14. Planned availability date is September 13, 2017.
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IBM z14 glass model |
From a Linux perspective the IBM tested platforms has been updated to include z14. The following minimum … Read the rest
On November 3rd 2016 Red Hat released the next regular update to their flag ship operating system.
The
kernel level for 7.3 is kernel-3.10.0-514.el7.
Here is my usual summary of links to more information:
… Read the restOn November 19th 2015 Red Hat released the next regular update to their flag ship operating system.
The
kernel level for 7.2 is kernel-3.10.0-327.el7. The number of technology
previews for System z has been greatly reduced, successful testing
allows now … Read the rest
KVM 1.1.1 (new version) blog post
After the announcement in August, KVM for IBM z Systems is now generally available. This takes the open source approach for virtualization to the mainframe.
Here are a few links for further details:
… Read the restThe presentations and some demos from the recent conference are availble for download. Besides the general overview presentations, there have been a few more specialized ones this time:
… Read the restEarlier this year z/VM 6.3 including SSI (single system image) has achieved the EAL4+ certification from the German BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik).
All z/VM certifications can be found at the “z/VM Security and Integrity Resources” … Read the rest