2. Introduction¶

2.1. What is z/VM Cloud Connector¶

z/VM cloud connector is a development sdk for manage z/VM. It provides a set of APIs to operate z/VM including guest, image, network, volume etc.

Just like os-win for nova hyperv driver and oslo.vmware for nova vmware driver, z/VM cloud connector (CloudLib4zvm) is for nova z/vm driver and other z/VM related openstack driver such as neutron, ceilometer.

2.2. Integration Samples¶

Sample 1: for openstack

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Sample 2: for other solutions like VMWare etc.

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2.3. Internal Architecture¶

Here’s internal component list of zvm cloud connector.

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2.4. Comparation with vmware openstack driver¶

Here’s architecture comparsion between z/VM and vmware enablement for openstack.

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