Hands-on Lab: Automation and Backup/Recovery Scenarios for z/VM and Linux on System z Using IBM Solutions

Project and Program: Linux & VM, VM

Tags: Proceedings, 2014, SHARE in Pittsburgh 2014

In this lab, you'll have the choice of several automation and backup/recovery scenarios for z/VM and Linux on System z guests using IBM Operations Manager for z/VM and IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM:

Operations Manger for z/VM labs include: • Viewing and interacting with service machine and Linux guest consoles
• Taking an action based on a console message
• Customizing the display of console messages
• Monitoring user ID's for logoff status and taking an action
• Suspending and resuming monitors and rules
• Monitoring spool space
• Monitoring page space

Backup and Restore Manger for z/VM labs include: • Perform a simple backup to disk
• Find data that has been backed up and restore it     
• Create backup jobs for complex backups of minidisks, SFS filespaces, and DASD volumes
-Tracy Dean-IBM Corporation

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