Best practices for nested virtualization

Can someone please provide best practices when creating Vswitches (ports, port group etc)?
Learning vswitches and just want to not over think the process.I don't have networking experience but understand the basics.

Hi,
In implementing any LO module, generally the following are the points to be taken in mind.
1. Base level have a ODS to load data from R/3. This ensure that you have exact data content as that in R/3. This can be a write optimized.
2. Second level have an ODS along with the transformation and modification of data based on the business and functional requirement and enhancments.
3. Finally have a cube to consolidate the data and make it available for reporting.Create all the reports based on the cube.
Hope this gives an idea.
Regards,
akhan
Edited by: Akhan_BI on Sep 5, 2009 12:41 AM

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(Request for:) Best practices for setting up a new Windows Server 2012 r2 Hyper-V Virtualized AD DC

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Hello,
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Edited by: jduprez on May 9, 2011 10:10 AM

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Hello AL ,
first, let me welcome you on board, I am sure you won't be disapointed with your choice to run SAP on ZOS.
as for your questions,
it wan't easy to find them in this long post , so i suggest you take the time to write a short summary that contains a very short list of questions.
as for answers.
here are a few usefull sources of information :
1. the sap on db2 for Z/os sdn page :
SAP on DB2 for z/OS
in it you can find 2 relevant docs :
a. best practices for ...
b. database administration for db2 udb for z/os .
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2. I can see that you are already familiar with the ibm redbooks , but it seems that you haven't taken the time to get the most out of that resource.
from you post it is clear that you have found one usefull publication , but I know there are several.
3. a few months ago I wrote a short post on a similar subject ,
I'm sure its not exactly what you are looking for at this moment , but its a good start , and with some patience you may be able to get some answers.
here's a link
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/sap/db2/archives/index-of-free-documentation-on-sap-db2-administration-14245
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omer brandis.

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