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

Chapter 8. Installing and configuring the
golden image
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”
— Albert Einstein
In this chapter, you will install the copy of Linux which will be cloned. This will be referred to
as the golden image. This should be as lean as possible so as to be a generic virtual server
and to fit comfortably on two 3390-3 DASD.
In this section, you will perform following tasks:
► “Installing the golden image” on page 129
► “Configuring the golden image” on page 138
Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 must be completed before proceeding.
8.1 Installing the golden image
In this section you will install the RHEL 6 golden image onto the user ID RH6GOLD.
8.1.1 Creating the user ID RH6GOLD
In this section you will define the RH6GOLD user ID to z/VM.
► Logon to MAINT and edit the USER DIRECT file:
==> x user direct c
► Go to the bottom of the file and add the definition for a new user ID named RH6GOLD. This
user ID is given class G privilege only. Be sure to replace the volume labels (UM3F06 and
UM63A9 in this example) with the labels of your DASD:
USER RH6GOLD 256M 1G G
INCLUDE LNXDFLT
OPTION LNKNOPAS APPLMON
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