z⁄VM Education - Unit 18 - Startup and Shutdown Best Practices

This presentation covers the best practices for starting and shutting down your z/VM system. Things to check before you IPL (Initial Program Load). Starting your system. Things to validate after IPL, such as validating system resources and starting servers and guests. The video discusses shutting down servers and guests and your z/VM system.

Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 3:09 - IBM Solutions to Help Manage and Protect Your z/VM System(s) 4:38 - Before Starting Your System - Verify Required Disks 7:59 - Verify I/O Configuration 9:35 - Define IPL Environment and Parameters 12:28 - Single System Image (SSI) Activation 14:50 - Specify Location of System / Operator Console 16:28 - Designate Ownership of CP-owned Volumes 18:51 - Specify Real Device Addresses for CP-owned Volumes 19:33 - Network Definitions 20:24 - Where to put Automation? 22:20 - System Config File Considerations 24:40 - Stand Alone Program Loader (SAPL) 26:02 - Loading and Starting z/VM with SAPL 27:12 - Migrating z/VM from z13 or Earlier to an IBM z14 or Later 29:04 - How do you Initial Program Load (IPL)? 30:41 - IPL Issues 31:56 - After IPL: Validation, Servers, and Guests - Information about Current IPL 33:05 - ESM and Service Machines 35:08 - Networks and Connections 35:54 - System Resources 38:12 - Starting Guests 39:24 - Verifying and Changing Guest Resources 40:21 - Choosing Startup Action - Why Did We IPL? 41:10 - Choose Startup Actions Based on Reason for IPL 44:24 - Choose Startup Actions Based on Available CP Function 45:53 - Shutting Down - Shutting Down Guests 47:04 - Shutting Down Your z/VM System 48:01 - Summary 49:07 - Outro

Material: CP Planning and Administration - https://www.vm.ibm.com/library/730pdfs/73627101.pdf z/VM Systems Operation - https://www.vm.ibm.com/library/730pdfs/73632601.pdf z/VM Red Alert: Avoid IPL Failures Migrating to z14 - https://www.vm.ibm.com/service/redalert/#SAPLZ14