Practical Migration to Linux on System z

An IBM Redbooks publication

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Published 15 October 2009, updated 29 January 2010

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ISBN-10: 0738433411
ISBN-13: 9780738433417
IBM Form #: SG24-7727-00
(308 pages)

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Authors: Lydia Parziale, Joseph Apuzzo, Saulo Augusto M Martins da Silva, Louis Henderson, Manoj Srinivasan Pattabhiraman, Richard Sewell

Abstract

There are many reasons why you would want to optimize your servers through
virtualization using Linux® on System z®:
- Too many distributed physical servers with low utilization
- A lengthy provisioning process that delays the implementation of new
applications
- Limitations in data center power and floor space
- High Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Difficulty allocating processing power for a dynamic environment.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a technical planning reference for IT
organizations that are considering a migration to Linux on System z.
The overall focus of the content in this book is to walk the reader through some of
the important considerations and planning issues that you could encounter
during a migration project. Within the context of a pre-existing Unix based or x86
environment, we attempt to present an end-to-end view of the technical
challenges and methods necessary to complete a successful migration to Linux
on System z.

Table of contents

Part 1. Overview and migration methodology
Chapter 1. Migration considerations
Chapter 2. Stakeholder considerations
Chapter 3. Migration methodology
Chapter 4. Migration Planning checklist
Part 2. Migration analysis
Chapter 5. z/VM and Linux on System z technical concepts
Chapter 6. Network analysis
Chapter 7. Storage analysis
Chapter 8. Application analysis
Chapter 9. Database analysis
Chapter 10. Backup analysis
Chapter 11. Security analysis
Chapter 12. Operational analysis
Chapter 13. Disaster Recovery and Availability analysis
Part 3. Hands-on migration to Linux on System z
Chapter 14. MS Windows to Linux - WebSphere and DB2 migration
Chapter 15. Technical procedures
Chapter 16. Example Sakai migration
Chapter 17. Open source: A Media-Wiki migration
Chapter 18. Mono Extensions and Microsoft .NET migration
Part 4. Appendixes
Appendix A. Linux on System z Commands
Appendix B. Remote access applications
Appendix C. Performance measurement

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