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

Chapter 7. Installing RHEL 6 on the cloner
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”
— Albert Einstein
By now, you must have created a new z/VM user ID, LNXMAINT. Now it is time to create the
first Linux user ID, RH6CLONE. This Linux ID is the cloner installation server, and serves as the
administration point for future Linux IDs. This server is referred to as the cloner. RH6CLONE
serves the following purposes:
► Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation server: This is a tree of Red Hat packages (RPMs)
and other files required for installation.
► Network File System (NFS) server: This exports the installation tree and possibly other
useful files.
► Clone server: This is for cloning an existing installation to a new Linux ID. See Chapter 9,
“Configuring RHEL 6 for cloning” on page 145.
► Kickstart server: This hosts files necessproduct install filesary for automated installations.
See Chapter 10, “Installing Linux with kickstart” on page 163.
Chapters 4, 5 and 6 must be completed before proceeding. In this section, you will perform
following tasks:
► “Installing the cloner” on page 101
► “Configuring the cloner” on page 119
7.1 Installing the cloner
In this section you will install the RHEL 6 cloner under the user RH6CLONE. This is the guest
which will serve as the installation and file server for future Linux guests.
7.1.1 Creating the user ID RH6CLONE
In this section you will define the RH6CLONE user ID to z/VM.
► Logon to MAINT, make a backup of and edit the USER DIRECT file:
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