1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [71248]
a. Name of Feature: [6.2 FEAT] snIPL support for z/VM 6
b. Feature Description
This feature offers socket-based remote system management of z/VM 6 guests with snipl and stonith.
snIPL offers command line support for remote system management of LPARs and z/VM guests. And it
offers a STONITH plugIn; thus participates in Linux HA solutions. The z/VM guest implementation is
based on an RPC interface connecting to the z/VM provided VSMSERVE server for systems management.
This interface is no longer available starting with z/VM 6. Instead a socket-based server
environment is offered by z/VM called SMAPI. With this line item a z/VM guest implementation based
on an AF_INET socket connected to a SMAPI-server is added to snIPL. This enables remote system
management of z/VM 6 guests by snipl command or stonith plugin lic_vps.

2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC zSeries BOE
Architectures:  zSeries - 64 native, 
Arch Specificity: purely arch specific code
Affects Kernel Modules: No
Delivery Mechanism: LDP Deliverable
Category: system management
Request Type: Package - Feature from Upstream
d. Upstream Acceptance: In Progress
Sponsor Priority P1
f. Severity: ship issue
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: ---
g. Component Version Target: ---

3. Business Case
Enable remote system management of z/VM 6 guests by snipl command or stonith plugin by adding the
new z/VM interface - to snIPL.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis, jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Hans-Georg Markgraf, mgrf.com

Technical contact(s):
Hans-Georg Markgraf, mgrf.com