The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

Chapter 6. Configuring an NFS/FTP server
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
— Albert Einstein
A common method of installing Linux on z/VM is over the network from another server using
the Network File System (NFS). To accomplish this, a PC Linux system is recommended.
This server supplies both the RHEL 6 distribution and the files associated with this book. The
server must have at least 4 GB of free disk space. It can be a Linux PC, but it can also be a
UNIX box (Sun Solaris, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX® or other). You can also
choose to use a Windows workstation with FTP or HTTP, if you absolutely must. Often, more
problems are encountered when using a Windows workstation than a Linux or Unix
workstation to serve the RHEL 6 install tree, so this choice is not recommended.
The steps in this chapter explain how to configure a PC Linux box as the NFS server. Red
Hat Installation Guide for the IBM S/390® and IBM System z Architectures manual provides
additional information about the installation options on the Web at:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
In addition to being an NFS server for Linux installation, this system can also be used as an
FTP server for z/VM installation. If this is the case, section 6.5, “Configuring an FTP server for
z/VM installation” must be completed before Chapter 4, “Installing and configuring z/VM” on
page 27.
The following tasks will set up a Linux server:
► “Installing Linux on the PC” on page 94
► “Downloading files associated with this book” on page 94
► “Setting up a RHEL 6 install tree” on page 94
► “Enabling the NFS server” on page 96
► “Configuring an FTP server for z/VM installation” on page 98
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