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A Perspective on the Transformation of zSeries to Support New Workloads

In days of yore, the mainframe focused on enterprise-wide business transactions and long running batch processing. Because these critical business applications required rapid access to data, the mainframe became the natural home for corporate information. In parallel, distributed systems were employed to provide flexibility at the organization level. The personal...

Tags: IBM zSeries, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-25

Concurrent Driver Upgrade: Method to Eliminate Scheduled System Outages for New Function Releases

The reliability, availability, and serviceability goal for an IBM zSeries system is to provide 24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-year service with reduced system downtime. The continuous reliable operation rate has been improved with every new zSeries release by using error prevention, error detection, error recovery, and other methods that contribute to avoiding unplanned...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Outage, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-01

Best Practices for IP Workload Distribution in an IBM zSeries Server Environment

This white paper documents the results of an interoperability testing initiative. It should be noted that the implementation of any component illustrated in this paper neither constitutes nor represents the respective component's only possible implementation. It is beyond the scope of this paper to exhaustively document each component's full spectrum...

Tags: Paper, IBM zSeries, Environment, IP, Best Practice, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-20

Creating User Profiles for the LPEX Editor in WebSphere Developer for zSeries V6.0

User profiles ease the customization of the LPEX editor. They eliminate manual definition and provide a way to organize editor settings for special tasks. This paper shows how to extend the LPEX editor in WebSphere Developer for z/Series to automatically load a user profile when the editor opens. By following...

Tags: Developer, IBM zSeries, IBM WebSphere, Editor, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-07-12

WebSphere Portal Server Cloning on Linux for zSeries and z9

Installing WebSphere Portal can be a time consuming process. There is a great deal of software involved and even though the actual installation process is largely automated, the elapsed time required to simply lay it all down can be significant. For availability and throughput reasons, it is also common to...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Linux, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM WebSphere, Server, Portal Server, Middleware, Portals, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet

White papers 2006-06-05

Performance Driven Automation With OMEGAMON and System Automation for z/OS

IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS) provides management and automation of zSeries resources such as Applications through monitoring and event driven automation. SA z/OS provides an additional function called monitor resources that allows users to see status gradients between up and down. This status is stored in the...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Monitor, Performance, IBM z/OS, Automation, Utility Computing, Mainframes, Servers, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

White papers 2006-05-01

Using Cryptographic Adapters for Web Servers With Linux on IBM System z9 and zSeries

This paper describes how to configure Web servers (such as Apache2 and IBM HTTP server) to use hardware cryptographic devices in Linux running on IBM System z9 and zSeries platforms. Hardware cryptographic cards are used to improve SSL performance during SSL handshaking. RedHat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server and SUSE Linux...

Tags: Web Server, IBM zSeries, Adapter, IBM Corp., Linux, Web Servers, Mainframes, Servers, Open Source, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Security

White papers 2006-02-21

SAP Application Server Measurements on IBM eServer zSeries Using Linux for zSeries and z/VM

There are several options for running application servers with a DB2 for z/OS SAP DB Server. One of the more intriguing options is running the SAP Application Server functions on Linux for zSeries. This option is of particular interest because it exploits both the hardware and virtualization capabilities intrinsic to...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Virtualization, Application Server, IBM eServer, SAP AG, IBM eServer zSeries, IBM Corp., z/VM, Mainframes, Linux, Utility Computing, Servers, Application Servers, Middleware, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

White papers 2006-02-07

Mainframes and GIS: A New ESRI Solution on IBM zSeries Using Linux

IBM and ESRI are leading the development of Geographical Information Systems GIS solutions away from a specialized departmental technology into a more comprehensive enterprise-wide platform. Enterprise GIS now contains all the reliability, manageability, and performance requirements demanded by Enterprise Information Technology solutions. Customer demand encouraged IBM and ESRI to expand...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Linux, Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, GIS, Utility Computing, Hardware, Software

White papers 2006-01-17

Linux on zSeries: Hardware and Software Encryption Performance for WebSphere Application Server

IBM designs mainframes to provide an environment that is security rich and responsive. The use of cryptographic accelerator hardware is one of the ways that IBM designers respond to the problems of security and responsiveness. Since Secure Socket Layer SSL handshakes require extensive compute resource, the cryptographic accelerator hardware is...

Tags: IBM zSeries, IBM WebSphere, Performance, Application Server, Encryption, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Corp., Accelerator Hardware, Linux, Application Servers, Middleware, Mainframes, Enterprise Software, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2005-11-01

A Shared WebSphere Application Server Installation for Linux on zSeries

This paper describes a process that enables you to share one installation of WebSphere Application Server among many Linux guests running under z/VM. As a platform for Linux, one of the strengths of zSeries is the ability to centrally manage many Linux images. But as the number of Linux images...

Tags: IBM zSeries, IBM WebSphere, Application Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Linux, Application Servers, Mainframes, Middleware, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2005-08-19

Large Scale Linux Solution Test Center Informix 9.4.0 FC3 on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 SP2 (64-bit) on IBM zSeries

The advantage of 64-bit databases over their 31-bit predecessors is to allow the database administrators to define larger buffer pools for high database buffer hit ratio and best throughput performance. Optimum throughput was achieved when it used SCSI devices with ext2 filesystem. The SCSI device driver default setting for the...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Linux, Service Pack 2, Informix Software, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SCSI, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, SuSE Linux, SuSE, IBM Corp., 64-Bit, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2005-02-01

Networking Overview for Linux on zSeries

As new hardware is introduced and z/VM virtualization technology evolves, an ever increasing number of networking options are available to the Linux on zSeries operating system. Depending on when you implemented Linux on zSeries, the networking infrastructure you chose might now be superseded by a more advanced technology. This IBM...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Network, IBM Corp., Linux, Mainframes, Utility Computing, Networking, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2004-12-06

SAS 9.1 on the IBM zSeries Mainframe: What's New and What's Evolving

SAS 9.1 is the culmination of a multi-year project to revise and extend SAS architecture to meet the demands of enterprise-class applications and solutions. As a result of this project, SAS now offers its customers the new SAS Business Intelligence BI Architecture. This paper focuses on the role of the...

Tags: IBM zSeries, SAS Institute, IBM Corp., SAS 9.1, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2004-12-01

Evaluate the true cost of consolidating servers on IBM zSeries mainframes

By Martin BanksConsolidation of Intel-based servers is a well-established strategy for reducing the running costs and management of enterprise IT systems. But if IBM has its way, more and more organizations will begin to explore the potential benefits of consolidating servers on the mainframe.Many enterprises continue to have mainframe systems...

Tags: Guest Contributor, IBM Corp., IBM zSeries, Intel Corp., mainframe, server

Technical articles 2003-01-08

Should we actually move back to mainframes?

Recently, mainframes have reemerged as a hot item in IT, which has stimulated a serious debate over the issue of centralization vs. decentralization of an IT infrastructure. Here are some opinions on the issue that you won't want to miss.The current momentum behind IBM's S/390 and zSeries mainframes seems to...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Strategic planning, Utility computing, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, mainframe, server, decentralization, centralization, information technology, IBM zSeries

Technical articles 2002-02-26

LGT Teams With IBM to Consolidate Oracle Instances on zSeries

Headquartered in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, the LGT Group is the financial services firm of the Liechtenstein Princely Family. The challenge was to optimize existing Oracle database environment through consolidation of physical servers on IBM - zSeries with Linux; requirements included improved security and availability, simpler systems management, and lower operating costs....

Tags: IBM zSeries, Team, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Mainframes, Utility Computing, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware

Case studies

Dundee City Council Combines SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server and the IBM zSeries to Consolidate Servers and Significantly Increase Uptime

Dundee is Scotland's fourth largest city and home to 145,000 people and more than 50 golf courses around the region. The Council required more and more servers, but was running out of physical space to accommodate them. Consolidating its environment would conserve floor space and allow room for future growth....

Tags: IBM zSeries, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Uptime, SuSE Linux, SuSE, IBM Corp., Dundee, Council, Open Source, Servers, Hardware

Case studies

Software AG Develops Tamino Using Linux on zSeries by Compiling With Systems/C From DIGNUS

Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, is Europe's largest provider of system software, offering leading-edge technology for data management and electronic business. Software AG saw that its software development environment was not meeting its needs. The software group at Software AG learned about Dignus and is now using the Dignus...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Linux, Software AG, Data Management, Mainframes, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Management, Software

Case studies

Gain a Competitive Advantage - Leverage IBM's Full Portfolio of zSeries Performance Management and Capacity Planning Tools

In today's technology-driven economy, your networks, systems and applications provide the foundation for daily and mission-critical operations. Users are increasingly dependent on IT systems to conduct critical business functions. Performance problems or insufficient capacity can stifle growth, increase costs, reduce productivity and cause user dissatisfaction. Ultimately, these challenges can make...

Tags: IBM zSeries, Competitive Advantage, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Mainframes, Strategy, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Management

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