Re: Upgrading from a z890 to a z9 BC
The z9 requires a high-level of the HMC program. IMHO, the easiest way to get this new level is to get a new HMC. In our case, we upgraded from a 7060-H30 to a z9 BC. The existing 7060 HMC could not be upgraded to control a z9 and as far as I know the HMC version shipped with a z9 can't be used to control a G5/G6 processor. As you are running z-series, it is possible that you can use your existing HMCs, but you will almost certainly have to upgrade the level of the HMC code to do so. Check with IBM. Nigel Salway -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Theft of mainframe DASD
Everyone I believe the incident described below occurred at the Regina, SK office of ISM, an IBM subsidiary. The incident in this case involved an IDE drive from a server or other Wintel platform. As I understand the details of this incident, the disk contained, or may have contained, a significant amount of personal data belonging to a number of government departments and other private enterprises, such as insurance companies. The disk was removed from service for whatever reason and went missing before it could be wiped of data. The incident received significant coverage in the press. The following site has a description of the ISM incident. http://www.e-commercealert.com/article566.html A couple of years ago, disk drives were stolen from an IBM outsourcing centre here in Canada. I believe they were from a box attached to a mainframe. With the advent of the actual disk drives for a mainframe being the same size as those for a PC, it becomes a lot easier. There was speculation that the drive(s?) was/were taken for use in a PC. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 3350 errors
It has been some time since I worked on 3350s, but I believe the described fault which lead to head crashes was an air filter somewhere in the HDA assembly which eventually deteriorated and got onto the platters. I also recall the 3380s had problems with the checkstops in the HDA deteriorating, thereby causing head crashes, and the 3350s may have exhibited this as well. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: zOS 1.6 on z9BC
We migrated to a z9BC running z\OS 1.4. In our case, we applied the PSP bucket service and the conversion went well. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Link Monitor Reason code 8000 on OSA
Dear mainframe listers, I am currently working on setting up a 2066-0A1 processor with two OSA2 ports. The ports are connected to a CISCO switch and both the switch and processor sides are set to 100Mb Full-duplex. As a result of testing a number of network configurations, I have noticed that the physical connection between the OSA and the switch does not re-establish itself if there is a break in communications such as cable being pulled and replugged. Neither the orange light on the OSA port, nor the activity light on the switch light up after this has happened. When the communication is lost I check the OSA Advanced functions on the HMC for the port in question. In the Port Status Display, the link monitor reason code shows a value of 8000, which tells me there is a cable problem. At this point, I do the following: Disable the OSA port Run diagnostics for the port (diagnostics report no errors) Enable the OSA port. When I now check the port status display, the link monitor reason code has gone away. The activity lights are now on and normal processing can carry on. I have worked with a number of OSAs over the years and haven't encountered a situation where an intervention is required after a network problem in this way. On this system, both ports exhibit the symptoms described above. Is there something missing in the configuration? Has anyone had any similar experiences? Nigel Salway -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
How to FTP to mainframe using .NET Framework
Dear Friends, I am helping a colleague set up a .NET Framework 2.0 FTP WEB Request to ftp a file to a z\OS 1.4 system. The file should end up in the Z\OS file system. Using some examples found on the net, my colleague has been able to write a script that will logon to z\OS (confirmed in the z\OS log), but then the transfer request fails with a 501 message. The z\OS log shows a security violation on an HFS structure which leads me to believe the STOR request is trying to put the file into the open system file system, not the z\OS file system. The ID we are using can FTP to the mainframe without problem if the FTP is carried out manually from the Windows FTP client. I am curious to know if anyone can point us to a working example on the net which shows a working syntax for this type of transfer. TIA Nigel Salway Senior Analyst 1900 Albert Street Regina, SK S4P 4K8 Telephone: (306) 761-4063 Fax:(306) 761-4141 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Proprietary/Confidential Information belonging to CGI Group Inc. and its affiliates may be contained in this message. If you are not a recipient indicated or intended in this message (or responsible for delivery of this message to such person), or you think for any reason that this message may have been addressed to you in error, you may not use or copy or deliver this message to anyone else. In such case, you should destroy this message and are asked to notify the sender by reply email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: User experiences with 15K RPM drives in 2105 ESS
> > I was wondering if anyone can share experiences with 15K RPM drives in a > > 2105 ESS. Are there any noticeable performance benefits over the 10K RPM > > drives? Any gotchas or warnings? > > BTDT. No gotchas. No significant benefits. > BTW: what disk size ? 146GB ? Radoslaw: I was looking at 36.8GB drives. > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
User experiences with 15K RPM drives in 2105 ESS
Dear friends, I was wondering if anyone can share experiences with 15K RPM drives in a 2105 ESS. Are there any noticeable performance benefits over the 10K RPM drives? Any gotchas or warnings? TIA Nigel Salway -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Conversion experience from MP3000 to z9 BC
Dear friends, We are currently converting to a z9 BC machine from an MP3000 (7060-H30). We are running z\OS 1.4 and have prepared the software following the PSP information in the 2096UPGRADE bucket. So far, our test system has IPLed successfully and we have not encountered any issues. However, for the sake of completeness, I was wondering if anyone the list who underwent a similar upgrade can pass on any experiences, suggestions or warnings. TIA Nigel Salway -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
How to add open systems access to a Shark
Dear Friends, I have tasked with evaluating what it would take to partition an existing 2105-F20 Shark to create an open system SAN. The shark is 2TB with 8 36GB eightpacks, 4 long-wave FICON adapters and 16GB of cache. At the moment the storage is configured exclusively for use by mainframe systems. The reconfiguration I am looking at would see the Shark divided roughly half and half for mainframe and open systems. I have a number of questions: 1) I presume most of the work here is in reconfiguring the clusters to dedicate some storage to the open systems side. Can anyone share there experiences in doing this? 2) I presume I will need some sort of SAN controller to attach to the shark via FICON (fiber channel). Does this connection have to be short wave or long wave? 3) Is the cache either partitionable or shareable? 4) Any hints, tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Sincerely, Nigel Salway Senior Analyst 1900 Albert Street Regina, SK S4P 4K8 Telephone: (306) 761-4063 Fax:(306) 761-4141 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Proprietary/Confidential Information belonging to CGI Group Inc. and its affiliates may be contained in this message. If you are not a recipient indicated or intended in this message (or responsible for delivery of this message to such person), or you think for any reason that this message may have been addressed to you in error, you may not use or copy or deliver this message to anyone else. In such case, you should destroy this message and are asked to notify the sender by reply email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Functional replacement for Output-master and XEROX 4850
Dear friends, I am working on a system which currently receives output via NJE from an AS/400 system. This output is then processed by Output Master and printed on a XEROX 4850 printer. The Output master product is apparently adding AFP-like enhancements to the output before printing. The XEROX printer is due to be replaced by an IBM 2105 printer and the Output-Master software will not be available in the future. Is anyone using a software product which can provide a post processing functionality for an IBM 2105 similar to what Output-Master provides for the Xerox printer? Nigel Salway Senior Analyst CGI 1900 Albert Street Regina, SK S4P 4K8 Telephone: (306) 761-4063 Fax:(306) 761-4141 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Proprietary/Confidential Information belonging to CGI Group Inc. and its affiliates may be contained in this message. If you are not a recipient indicated or intended in this message (or responsible for delivery of this message to such person), or you think for any reason that this message may have been addressed to you in error, you may not use or copy or deliver this message to anyone else. In such case, you should destroy this message and are asked to notify the sender by reply email. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
ESCON to FICON conversion
Dear Friends, I am looking to scope out a possible conversion from ESCON to FICON on a Shark I manage. There are currently 4 ESCON channels EMIFed to 4 LPARs on one CPU. If this were to converted to FICON channels, approximately how many would I need? With only one CPU in the complex, can I connect the channels natively or shoulr I look at a FICON director. I don't currently use an ESCON director. I am having some troubles finding documentation which addresses the above questions. Could someone please send me a URL or some recommendations on how to scope out this conversion. Cheers Nigel Salway -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
