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  • 1.  ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri June 11, 2021 01:10 PM
    Will ZD&T running z/OS work under Windows 10 WSL 2?

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    Lionel Dyck
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  • 2.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    Posted Fri June 11, 2021 01:30 PM
    I tried to see if it would install a while back on Win 10 WSL, and could not get the installer to run.  As you figured out, not support nor documentation to try and help get it working either.  Do you have the option to run it under VMWare Workstation on Win 10 (that works for me), or other virtualisation technology.  Else docker is a supported configuration too.

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    Rod
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  • 3.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri June 11, 2021 01:35 PM
    Thanks for the reply Rod - I know that WSL 2 is a giant leap above the original WSL and  that a recent Windows update added more enhancements to WSL 2. I would prefer to use WSL 2 if possible, but will use VMWare if that is my only option.

    As for a docker - I'm not familiar with how to configure Windows 10 to use it (would love a link).

    From a performance perspective which is better: VMWare, Docker, or WSL 2?

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    Lionel Dyck
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  • 4.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    Posted Fri June 11, 2021 01:45 PM
    Even when the promised GUI support comes to WSL 2 I cannot see you having much luck, there is a fair bit of I/O configured in ZD&T for example the networking adds another (TAP0) network adapter that is needed.  VMWare is a known working config, and would perform ok - two big areas which help ZD&T performance are memory and fast disk (use SSD/M.2 - spinning disks hurt IO).   If you are struggling for hardware,  the cloud support eg RedHat OpenShift is great for ZD&T (Wazi Sandbox), and a quick google and you will find install docs for ZD&T on AWS and Azure too.

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    Rod
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  • 5.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri June 11, 2021 02:08 PM
    Thank you - I'll check out VMWare Player since I only need a single image and I'm not commercial.

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    Lionel Dyck
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  • 6.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    Posted Tue July 20, 2021 09:30 AM
    I had a friend tried it and gave up. WSL 2 virtualised the whole machine so his Win 10 system (work) suffered so he turned it off.

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    David Rintoul
    IBM
    st leonards|nsw
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  • 7.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Tue July 20, 2021 09:37 AM
    Thank you

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    Lionel Dyck
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  • 8.  RE: ZD&T Under Windows 10 WSL 2 ?
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    Posted Tue July 20, 2021 10:01 AM
    Runs fine under both VMWare Player and Oracle VirtualBox under Windows. In fact I'm running a z/VM7.2 with a z/OS 2.4 sysplex under VMWare Player right now with zOSMF and have just provisioned zCX, all on an old Lenovo laptop.

    Seb.

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    Sebastian Welton
    welton.de
    Darmstadt
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