IBM z13s - Basic Components of the IBM Zaware Environment

Appendix B. IBM z Systems Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter (IBM zAware) 459
Figure B-3 depicts the basic components of an IBM zAware environment.
Figure B-3 Basic components of the IBM zAware environment
IBM zAware runs in an independent LPAR as firmware. IBM zAware has the following
characteristics:
򐂰 IBM zAware V2 requires the z13s or z13 systems with a priced feature code.
򐂰 IBM zAware V1 requires zEC12 or zBC12 systems with a priced feature code.
򐂰 Needs processor, memory, disk storage, and network resources to be assigned to the
LPAR that it runs.
򐂰 Is updated like all other firmware, with a separate engineering change stream.
򐂰 Is loaded from the Support Element (SE) hard disk by activating an Image Profile
configured with a mode of IBM zAware
򐂰 Employs out-of-band monitoring with minimal effect on product workloads.
Important: IBM zAware Version 2 server DR configuration requires z13 or z13s
servers. IBM zAware Version 1 cannot be in a DR configuration with IBM zAware
Version 2.