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
z_System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 released
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 released
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 restz14
Today 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3 released
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:
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On 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 for IBM z Systems
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 restInternational Oracle on z Systems SIG Conference 2015 – presentations available
The 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 restz/VM 6.3 achieves common criteria certification at EAL4+ level
Earlier 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