Re: Yast Installation Settings

2008-10-21 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 10/21/2008 at 7:39 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Austin, Alyce (CIV)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran the installation again and -snip- Send me your phone number off-list, and what time(s) you would be available on Wednesday. We'll get this straightened out. Mark Post

Re: Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:33 AM, Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There isn't any paging at first level and almost no paging at second level > yet when we bring up one Linux guest it is very very slow and nothing is > showing up in any of the monitoring tools. We recently looked at dat

Re: detect VMREAD or CPREAD

2008-10-21 Thread Aisik Chang
Thanks for the info. Ann On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Friday, 10/17/2008 at 10:26 EDT, Aisik Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there way to monitor the service machine is in VMREAD or CPREAD. > > The service machine was in VMREAD, but it

Re: Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread David Kreuter
So the linux guest is running under z/VM which is running under z/VM in an LPAR? Although there have allegedly been improvements you are running a virtualized SIE environment if the answer to the above question is yes. Can you somehow run the linux guest under the z/VM on the LPAR, eliminating a

Re: Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Marcy Cortes
Is he on the eligible list? (ind queues)? Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information

Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello all,   We are testing at our D/R site.   We are running our z/VM under the D/R sites z/VM.   z/VM, both first and second level running like gang busters along with one z/OS and VSE guest, plus other minor z/VM user ids.   Processor is a z9 and the lpars are all weighted equally.  At present

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:00:19 -0500, RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To me, \= is not "not equal" at all; This conversation was the first t ime >I'd ever seen that notation. The not sign is specific, but doesn't exist on >some character sets. The only consistent one would be <>, at least in my

Re: RXSSL / Charlotte Problem

2008-10-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:44:43 -0400, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I just tried Charlotte/RXSSL from my IFL system to the web server on the >VM system on the other side of the system. I do not get an abend but I >do get this message: > >SSL Alert: HANDSHAKE_FAILURE > >My copy of RXSSL

Re: Yast Installation Settings

2008-10-21 Thread Austin, Alyce (CIV)
I ran the installation again and clicked on the "change" drop-down menu in the "Installation Settings" window and selected "software"; however, the Software Selection window does not come up...it goes directly to the confirm installation and begins installing all 800 plus software packages again...

Performance education

2008-10-21 Thread Graeme Moss
I am trying to arrange for a presentation of Velocity Software's "z/VM and Linux under z/VM Performance Class" http://www.velocitysoftware.com/seminar/workshop.html to be presented in Australia. I need another six attendees to make it viable. If you are interested please email me at [EMAIL PR

Re: SFS ERASE command (directory, subdirectories, and all files)

2008-10-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
Try the DELETE USER command. If you just want to erase the filespace but retain the authorizations granted by others, there is a KEEPAUTH option.e Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: SFS ERASE command (directory, subdirectories, and all files)

2008-10-21 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before I go off and write a new exec, does anyone already have a > well-crafted exec to erase an SFS directory, all it's files, all its > sub-directories, and all their files? I guess the only thing that I'm missing here i

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Davis, Larry
I would remove the portname from the vswitch definition it may be a conflict with some one else who set it first -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subj

SFS ERASE command (directory, subdirectories, and all files)

2008-10-21 Thread Mike Walter
Having unsuccessfully searched: - the IBM VM Download library, - the IBMVM archives at: http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html (which did refer to SFSL.VMARC but which appears to have gone missing), - and found google amazingly helpless, I turn to the good members of this list... Before

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Marcy Cortes
Ah, that looks familiar. Your vswitch is of type ETHERNET Do you have QETH LAYER 2 option enabled? Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 10/21/2008 at 3:55 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick Spinler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > qeth: received an IDX TERMINATE with cause code 0xf6 > qeth: sense data available on channel 0.0.8c00. > qeth: cstat 0x0 > qeth: irb: 00 c2 60 17 3f c9 90 38 0e 00 10 00 00 80 00

Re: Cost accounting for Linux guest running under z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Juarez, David T.
A big thank you to all of you that shared your ideas. I really appreciate it. David Juárez CDC eServer Systems Support (310B) IT Specialist - Systems Programmer 512-326-6116 Work -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bohns

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Patrick Spinler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marcy Cortes wrote: > The "simplest" way is really just to go edit the directory entry and log > it off and back on.Patrick must be using some really horrible > directory manager! ;) > Heh. Make me do it the easy way. :-) Okay, so, here's what

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Brian Nielsen
Even easier is to use a test VM TCPIP stack rather than a Linux guest. YMMV. I just recently moved our production network connections from one pair of OSA's to a different pair. Like the OP, I first tested the new OSA's wit h a new VSWITCH, but I used a test VM TCPIP stack. When I was done

Re: Yast Installation Settings

2008-10-21 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 10/21/2008 at 2:21 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alyce Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HELLO AGAIN, > > I'M BACK TO MY SLES10 PROJECT...(5.4) > > ON PAGE 124 OF THE VIRTUALIZATION COOKBOOK FOR SLES10, > IT SAYS IN THE "INSTALLATION SETTINGS" WINDOW, TO SELECT > "SOFTWARE" AND L

Re: Yast Installation Settings

2008-10-21 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Alyce, These questions may be more appropriate for the linux-390 list server as they are much more Linux than VM. If you are not tuned in to that forum see http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?linux-390 > WHEN I SELECT "SOFTWARE", THE SOFTWARE SELECTION WINDOW > DOES NOT APPEAR AS SHOWN ON PAGE

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Marcy Cortes
I think you'll need something to create the files /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/hardware for your new device. Yast will do that. Or you can do it manually. Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to rece

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Marcy Cortes
The "simplest" way is really just to go edit the directory entry and log it off and back on.Patrick must be using some really horrible directory manager! ;) Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive th

Yast Installation Settings

2008-10-21 Thread Alyce Austin
HELLO AGAIN, I'M BACK TO MY SLES10 PROJECT...(5.4) ON PAGE 124 OF THE VIRTUALIZATION COOKBOOK FOR SLES10, IT SAYS IN THE "INSTALLATION SETTINGS" WINDOW, TO SELECT "SOFTWARE" AND LEAVE ONLY "SERVER BASE SYSTEM" SELECTED. WHEN I SELECT "SOFTWARE", THE SOFTWARE SELECTION WINDOW DOES NOT APPEAR AS SH

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 10/21/2008 at 2:07 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick Spinler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > So, can anyone clue me in on what I'm forgetting? I didn't see a "set vswitch grant" command in there. Did you do that before the couple? If so, or if the way you issued the comma

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Patrick Spinler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Davis, Larry wrote: > Did you authorize your userid to connect to the switch > Yes. Sorry, I forgot to put that into the list I put below, but I just cycled through my CMS command history, and sure enough, I have: set vswitch vswtest1 grant sysdz

Re: Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Davis, Larry
Did you authorize your userid to connect to the switch Larry Davis -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Spinler Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:07 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Connecting and testing a new pair

Connecting and testing a new pair of OSAs and new vswitch

2008-10-21 Thread Patrick Spinler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: We're moving our network connection from an old pair of fiber OSA's to a new pair of copper OSA's. I'm trying to simply bring up and test the connections one at a time, first, before adding a permanent definition to system config. I'd like to p

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Doug Breneman
Close. For EXEC, you could use: Symbol Operation = or EQequals ¬= or NEnot equal < or LTless than <= or LEless than or equal to (not greater than) > or GTgreater than >= or GEgreater than or equal to (not less than) For EXEC2, you could use: -.-=--.- |-EQ-| |-

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Trying to think back, but didn't EXEC or EXEC(2) take the english word i.e. &IF &A EQUAL &B or am I getting old and confusing it with COBOL? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:5

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
Since Rexx accepts either the not sign or \ as an alternate not sign, and since the \ was foisted off on us a long time ago because of errors in sending files with the "real" not sign, I have become accustomed to seeing "\" and thinking "not". It is no different than accepting "^" as a not sign, an

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Gentry, Stephen
Bob, what I have noticed in some postings to this list over the years is that the not sign (bent bar, whatever) doesn't always translate to the correct character. I've noticed that usually the back slash "\" gets substituted in its place. Regards, Steve - may your bit bucket never overflow - ma

Re: VM Virtual CPUs and Threaded CMS Applications

2008-10-21 Thread Peter . Webb
My multithreaded applications are too simple to encounter this problem. I wonder though, to bypass your problem, if stepping back in time to before multithreading was around would be useful. In those days if you wanted to execute multiple threads, you put each thread in a separate virtual machine a

Re: z/VM 5.2.0 on z10

2008-10-21 Thread Colin Allinson
This is just my own observation. We have been very early adopters of z/VM 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, & 5.4. Admittedly, we do have some very specific requirements but I have to say that our experience is that each succeeding version has become more reliable and issue free. This is hardly surprising when yo

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread RPN01
To me, \= is not "not equal" at all; This conversation was the first time I'd ever seen that notation. The not sign is specific, but doesn't exist on some character sets. The only consistent one would be <>, at least in my experience. -- Bob Nix On 10/21/08 10:56 AM, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
Maybe more readable to some but not to others. If you take the symbols at face value, \=, not equal to, is more readable than <>, is less than or greater than. I guess it depends on whether you first encountered the notion in mathematics or programming. To me, the not equal too is more natural. R

Re: z/VM 5.2.0 on z10

2008-10-21 Thread Mike Walter
All in my humble opinion... Each and every migration introduces change and risk of failure - no matter how well the same system runs on other hardware, or at other sites. Some risks of failure can be caused by human error introduced by the very act of migration. The fewer migrations, the better

DS8000 and CUADD

2008-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi listers, a customer has told me, that he has defined controlunits 0 - 7 on his DS8000. According to this I have defined CUADD=0 to CUADD=7 for CNTLUNITs. We didn't get the volumes online. Now I got a lslcu list of the DS8000 configuration which showed the following: dscli> lslcu Date/

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Thanks everyone. I suppose I should been able to figure that one out, but my mindset was that it was just a coding technique that I am not familiar with... I should read it as English... Live and learn. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Be

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread RPN01
You can also make it a bit more readable, and less character set dependent, by replacing the \= with <>. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation.~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW/V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ -

Re: Cost accounting for Linux guest running under z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that minute-by-minute usage of main memory could be accounted > for in the same manor as CPU can be done if you start with the MONITOR > data instead of the ACCOUNTING data. I think the current ACCOUNTING data > is i

Re: Cost accounting for Linux guest running under z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Thomas Kern
I think that minute-by-minute usage of main memory could be accounted for in the same manor as CPU can be done if you start with the MONITOR data instead of the ACCOUNTING data. I think the current ACCOUNTING data is insufficient for a good chargeback system. Although with today's LINUX workloads w

Re: Cost accounting for Linux guest running under z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Jim Bohnsack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Writing the accounting code to handle the accounting records is no small > task. I did it in the '80's and would share it except that that was 2 jobs > ago and I almost certainly didn't keep any of it to share. Writing c

RACF inactivity REVOKE

2008-10-21 Thread Colin Allinson
I know this has been the subject of recent discussion & I said that we have a process to override this for defined virtual machines. However, for a number of reasons, (mainly keeping up with identifying them), this is giving us some difficulty. Our VM systems are now very different beasts to wh