They got power for the 8300, but I haven't been able to get to it yet. Too much to do at one time. We don't need that much space for each Linux guest- about 18G, but since we are not using it for anything else right now no problem, The 8300 will be up soon I hope.
CS On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Mike Myers <mhmy...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Cameron: > > As Tomas suggested, you will be assigning complete disks to each user, > so the easiest approach (at least for the 700 and 701 addresses) is to > find unassigned disks and then format them and assign them to each user. > Check with Rich or some other LINUX type as to the kind of formatting > needed. It has been so long since I formatted any of these that I have > forgotten the requirements. You should have enough free devices to do > this. All the devices are 3390-9s (10017 cylinders). We started with 439 > of these volumes. I don't know how many have been taken already, but > there should be enough (80) for your 40 users still free. As for the 191 > disk space, these will have to be individually assigned in DISKMAP. > > I'm kind of surprised that each LINUX user needs 2 full 3390-9 volumes, > but if that's what the LINUX guru is saying, then so be it. > > What is the status of the 8100? There's a huge amount of additional disk > space available there, but last I heard (several months ago), it was > just getting powered on. I'm pretty sure we have no connected channels > to it, since I haven't been asked to update the IOCDS, so it can't be > used, although it may have been potentially formatted from its own HMC > function. Have any FICON cables ever been purchased? Has any plan for > connecting and formatting the 8100 ever gotten started? > > Mike > > > On 02/14/2013 10:06 PM, Cameron Seay wrote: > >> I am trying to copy either of these guests and replicate them for a class >> I >> am teaching: >> >> USER LINUX001 LINUX001 1G 4G G >> INCLUDE LNXDFLT >> CPU 00 >> CPU 01 >> NICDEF F000 TYPE QDIO DEV 3 LAN SYSTEM VSWITCH1 >> MDISK 191 3390 0001 150 MM2001 >> MDISK 700 3390 0001 10016 MM2101 >> MDISK 701 3390 0001 10016 MM2201 >> MDISK 900 FB-512 V-DISK 409600 MR >> * >> ****************************** >> * >> USER LINUX002 LINUX002 1G 4G G >> INCLUDE LNXDFLT >> CPU 00 >> CPU 01 >> NICDEF F000 TYPE QDIO DEV 3 LAN SYSTEM VSWITCH1 >> MDISK 191 3390 0301 150 MM2001 >> MDISK 700 3390 0001 10016 MM2104 >> MDISK 701 3390 0001 10016 MM2204 >> MDISK 900 FB-512 V-DISK 409600 MR >> >> My question: Disks 191 and 900 are exactly the same for both users. For >> disks 700 and 701, the disks where Linux is going to live, the disks are >> different slightly in their labeling: 700 is MM2101 on for user LINUX001 >> AND MM2104 for user LINUX002, etc. I know how to use DISKMAP somewhat. >> But >> I'm not completely clear about how to apportion DASD for these users. I >> sure don't want to overwrite an address and I know DISKMAP will warn you >> about overlaps but I would hate to mess up the addressing. I was with the >> VM sysprog when he defined these, but I forgot exactly what I'm supposed >> to >> do. Do I find more minidisks labeled MMxxxx and assign them sequentially >> in DISKMAP? I have never allocated DASD before. I am going to need about >> 30-40 guests and I have the DASD for it. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -- >> Cameron Seay, Ph.D. >> Department of Computer Systems Technology >> School of Technology >> NC A & T State University >> Greensboro, NC >> 336 334 7717 x2251 >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/**wlvindex?LINUX-390<http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/**wlvindex?LINUX-390<http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- Cameron Seay, Ph.D. Department of Computer Systems Technology School of Technology NC A & T State University Greensboro, NC 336 334 7717 x2251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
