Knowledge Series: How to use vnc for Guest Installs

A new entry in our Knowledge Series details how to utilize vnc for graphical installs, exemplified using RHEL 7.5.

2018 Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Workshop, Poughkeepsie, NY

Meet us at this event, taking place November 5-6, 2018, at IBM Poughkeepsie, NY. See the full announcement here.
Naturally, KVM on IBM Z will be covered by both, presentations and workgroup sessions.

Find the agenda here.

Registration is open here till October 25.

libvirt v4.7.0 released

libvirt v4.7, available for download at the libvirt project website, adds support for vsock for CCW.
For a full usage example and related information, see this article in our Knowledge series.

QEMU v3.0 released

QEMU v3.0 is out. Besides a number of small enhancements, some items that we would like to highlight from a KVM on Z perspective:

• A new CPU model representing IBM z14 Model ZR1 was added:
  14ZR1 (long name: IBM z14 Model ZR1 GA1).
• Re-use your existing infrastructure for LPAR installs by utilizing the newly added support for .INS files in network boot.

Knowledge: Use virt-install for KVM Guest Installations

Tired of fiddling with guest XML files and virtual DJing with ISO images? Then our latest entry in our Knowledge Series might come handy! Plus it also offers access to further Linux distributions on IBM Z!
Read more on how virt-install can help here.

Getting Started: Alpine Linux Instructions added

Instructions for Alpine Linux were added to the Getting Started with KVM on Z series.
See here for the actual page.

KVM at Share St.Louis 2018

Yes, we will be at SHARE in St.Louis this August!
See our sessions in the Linux and VM track as follows:

• KVM on IBM Z (Session #23164): Latest news on our development work with the open source community
• KVM on Z Performance Analysis with Open Source Tooling (Session #23167): We will take a look at several tools and techniques to investigate KVM performance on IBM Z.