http://www.openmainframecommunity.org/projects/ en tom.lehmann@turbohercules.com Copyright 2010 2010-05-09T12:27:31-08:00 http://www.turbohercules.com/projects/permalink/test24/ http://www.turbohercules.com/projects/permalink/test24/ Is the Hercules mainframe emulator right for your application?  Find out by trying this fully functional evaluation kit.  Available for both the Linux and Windows environments, the kit is a completely configured package assembled from the main open source Hercules SVN website.  We have gathered all of the necessary components to support z/Linux based systems.  We have also included an easy to run stand-alone benchmark to give you an idea of the absolute maximum emulation speed (in MIPS) that your hardware can achieve. The components you will need to set up each environment are listed at the beginning of the recipe.  As far as the base or host operating systems are concerned, we have done most of our testing using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.3 and Windows Server 2008 R2.  We expect that other versions of Linux and Windows will also work, but we cannot guarantee them. If you plan to try out z/Linux we have tested SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 and 10.3.  The corresponding versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) should also work but the installation sequence may differ slightly.There are four recipes available:  (The files below can be obtained from the TurboHercules Downloads page or from this page once you have registered.)   Register here. a. Installation of the Hercules emulator on SLES 10.3.  This includes the configuration of the host operating system, the installation of the emulator and the execution of the benchmark. L1 - Hercules Installation on SLES10.3 (PDF)L2 - LX64-hercules-SVN-5930.tar.gz 2.07MBL3 - Hercules data.tar.gz 2.38 KB b. The installation of z/Linux (SLES 10.3 S390X) on the Hercules emulator on a Linux host. L4 - Installation of SLES for S390X on the Hercules Emulator - Linux host (PDF) c. Installation of the Hercules emulator on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Professional Enterprise or Ultimate.  As in (a), it includes the configuration of the host operating system, installation of the emulator and the execution of the benchmark application. W1 - Hercules Installation on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 (PDF)W2 - Hercules Binary for Windows-Build 5930 5.09 MB d. The installation of z/Linux (SLES 10.3 S390X) on the Hercules emulator on a Windows host.  W3 - Installation of SLES for S390X on the Hercules Emulator - Windows Host (PDF)This paper is basically the same as (b) with the necessary changes for pathnames, networking and peripheral applications such as an X-Window emulator. The elements of the evaluation kit were assembled from a recent build of source code on the Hercules SVN site (build 5930 dated 4 May 2010).  TurboHercules periodically selects a stable release of Hercules and thoroughly tests that release as a basis for our professional services and support offerings. We suggest you visit the main Hercules website (http://www.hercules-390.org/) for more information and documentation on the Hercules emulator.  You can also visit the SVN site (svn://svn.hercules-390.org/hercules) if you want to try your hand at assembling your own package. For your convenience you may download a complete copy of the source code for build 5930 from the TurboHercules Downloads page or from this page once you have registered: X - Hercules Source Code - Build 5930 (ZIP)This is the current “trunk” of the master SVN that is listed on the Hercules website.  You just need to unzip it into a convenient directory and begin the build process as described on the Hercules website. Windows Host, Linux Host, z/Linux 2010-05-09T11:27:31-08:00