Radoslaw, ty for your interesting and helpful comments.
But, I was hoping that the whole was more than just the sum of the parts, what with the zBx hipervisor and the speed and security of hipersockets. Our 100 or more mid-range servers are layered and seeded with a vast array of internal firewalls, switches, routers, IDPs/IDSes, load balancers all of which I was hoping could be potentially eliminated by zBx along with the server standup time and the organic labor to support it. The unwieldly complexity of this conglomeration makes just opening a new OSA path very labor-intensive, fraught with unforeseen obstacles. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:43 AM, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > Several dozens aswered, so it's my turn ;-) 1. Yes. 2. No. From > application point of view think about zBX as regular blade cabinet > connected to the mainframe. You simply connect to mainframe a bunch of > Intel-based (and other) servers using Ethernet/IP. My not so humbly > opinion: zBX is regular bunch of blades plus management network (for > what?) + some management (for what?) plus a lot of sales pitch and black > magic. Conclusion: "sysplex" capabilities of zBX are almost the same as > regular PC connected to the mainframe. Means: it depend on the > application. 3. Solaris is kind of Unix. Linux is also kind of Unix, but > with no certification. You have to port your applications. Usually vendors > do offer their applications of various platforms, so maybe it's a matter > of quite simple reinstallation + backup/restore. You could have similar > problems to solve when moving from HP-UX to Solaris, or from AIX to > zLinux. 4. Yes, you have to recompile binary "machine" code. Java is > another issue. Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2012-05-04 20:01, > George Henke pisze: > and the dinosaurs are very hungry. > I need to > migrate 50 Solaris servers to zLinux under z/VM on a z114 and > about the > same number of Windows servers to zBx. > Does anyone have experience with > this, some ideas? > Need a migration path. > Some questions: > Can z114 be > upgraded to include zBx or must I upgrade to a z196 for that? > Can zBx be > SYSPLEXed between 2 CECs? > If not, how do I eliminate the SPF, how do I do > failover for the blade > servers? > How do I convert Solaris to zLInux > under z/VM? Solaris is not supported by > zBx. > Must I recompile the > applications running under Solaris to run them under > zLinux? tej wiadomo > ci mo e zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wy cznie > do u ytku s bowego adresata. Odbiorc e by jedynie jej adresat z wy czeniem > dost pu os b trzecich. Je eli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomo ci > lub pracownikiem upowa nionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, > e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dzia anie o > podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i mo e by karalne. Je eli > otrzyma wiadomo omy kowo, prosimy niezw ocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysy c > odpowied oraz trwale usun wiadomo czaj c w to wszelkie jej kopie > wydrukowane lub zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally > privileged information of the Bank and is intended solely for business use > of the addressee. This e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may > not be disclosed to any third parties. If you are not the intended > addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorised to forward it to the > addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution or any > other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you > received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by > using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete permanently > this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to hard > drive. BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 22 829 > 00 00, fax +48 22 829 00 33, www.brebank.pl, e-mail: [email protected] d > Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S > dowego, nr rejestru przedsi biorc w KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. ug > stanu na dzie 01.01.2012 r. kapita zak adowy BRE Banku SA (w ca ci wp > acony) wynosi 168.410.984 z otych. ------------------------------** > ------------------------------**---------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / > signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] > the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
