Damn I sure do miss the world of VM. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:39 PM, McBride, Catherine <cmcbr...@kable.com>wrote:
> Peter Webb and another gentleman were actually the ones who spotted it > first. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Tate > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:32 PM > > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: Cannot reach the outside world > > Thank you - that was the answer! > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:16 PM, McBride, Catherine <cmcbr...@kable.com>wrote: > >> Well a couple of the more knowledgeable folks suggested that you check >> to make sure DTCVSW1 and DTCVSW2 are both logged on. Those are the >> controllers usually associated with a VSWITCH. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On >> Behalf Of *Daniel Tate >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:06 PM >> >> *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: Cannot reach the outside world >> >> Can you point me in the direction of what would be needed to do that? >> It was functional before our last IPL, and our z/VM expert isn't available. >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:41 PM, McBride, Catherine >> <cmcbr...@kable.com>wrote: >> >>> Your VSWITCH state should be READY rather than just DEFINED. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] >>> *On Behalf Of *Daniel Tate >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:30 PM >>> >>> *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >>> *Subject:* Cannot reach the outside world >>> >>> Again, sorry for my lack of knowledge here. We're working through >>> several issues at my workplace. The current problem is while the guests >>> can speak to one another via tcp, and the route entry is present, the router >>> will not respond to pings, and i cannot contact the "outside world". Is >>> there a specific user that has to be logged in to route out? is there >>> something wrong with the vswitch definitions below? >>> >>> also, is there a "quick and dirty" guide to z/VM? I'm from the >>> distributed world, and would like a quick reference.. unfortunately answers >>> arent as easy to find on the internet about z/VM as they are about windows >>> or linux or any of the myriad other unixes i've worked on; sort of a short >>> and to the point book like the "exam cram" type or perhaps "An idiots guide >>> to z/VM". >>> >>> 00: CP Q VSWITCH >>> 00: VSWITCH SYSTEM VSW1 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 3 Maxconn: >>> INFINITE >>> 00: PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF >>> 00: VLAN Unaware >>> 00: MAC address: 02-00-01-00-00-01 >>> 00: State: Defined >>> 00: IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 >>> 00: RDEV: 03A0.P00 Controller: NONE >>> 00: RDEV: 03C0.P00 Controller: NONE >>> >> >> >
