Linux mainframe game machine....
Not Your Dad's Mainframe: Little Iron Mainframe computers have long been the province of IT druids in huge corporate data centers and goverment agencies like NASA and the CIA. Now, though, the mainframe is heading towards a much larger potential market.In IBM's latest effort to keep Big Iron relevant in a fast-changing computing world, it's retooling the technology for small- and medium-size businesses. The new z9 Business Class mainframe, released this spring, can be bought for as little as $100,000. Think of it as Little Iron. And small outfits who can't afford to buy a mainframe can pay by the drink by using IBM's on-demand services. All the things IBM mainframes can now do will surprise you. Example: As the server for Taikodom, a massively multiplayer online game being developed by Brazilian upstart Hoplon Infotainment. It's a company with just 50 employees. I don't want this to sound like an ad for mainframes (not my role or inclination) but this cool application caught my fancy. http://blogs.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/07/not_your_dads_m.html#more While z/VM isn't explicitly mentioned in the blog entry, I do suspect that the Linux images the gamers are using are VM hosted. Who was it that first ran StarTrek on VM? I guess they were really ahead of their time. :-) DJ
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-Original Message - From: Alan Altmark Sent: 07/08/2006 12:36 AM But you know what They say: Beware of Geeks bearing Glyphs. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott Sick, just sick...
Re: DB2/VM dataspace problem on zVM 5.20 (was Re: Attention DB2/VM users)
Thanks, looks like that was it. We thought we were up-to-date when we switched, but that one was missing. Hodge, Robert L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/08/2006 06:28 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc: Subject:Re: DB2/VM dataspace problem on zVM 5.20 (was Re: Attention DB2/VM users) Ethan, Have you installed CP APAR VM63978? APAR Identifier .. VM63978 Last Changed 06/06/28 DB2 VM DATASPACES STORAGE CORRUPTION WITH MAPMDISK Symptom .. AB ABEND Status ... CLOSED PER Severity ... 2 Date Closed . 06/06/27 Component .. 568411202 Duplicate of Reported Release . 520 Fixed Release 999 Component Name VM CPSpecial Notice ATTENTION Current Target Date ..06/05/27 Flags SCP ... Platform PERVASIVE Status Detail: SHIPMENT - Packaged solution is available for shipment. PE PTF List: PTF List: Release 520 : UM31822 available 06/06/28 (1000 ) Release 440 : No PTF planned Release 510 : No PTF planned Parent APAR: Child APAR list: ERROR DESCRIPTION: ARI0040E A database manager system error occurred - ARIYD06 26 is possible when running DB2 on z/VM R520 with VM data spaces (VMDSS). The results are unpredictable once the situation is encountered: there could be possible data corruption or other DB2 error messages, such as ARIYI36 05 or 07. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ethan Lanz Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:12 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DB2/VM dataspace problem on zVM 5.20 (was Re: Attention DB2/VM users) Is this issue resolved? Last night we moved from a z800 (2066?) to a z9 (2096). We had been running DB2/VM 7.4 utilizing dataspaces on zVM5.2 for several weeks on the old box, but since moving to the z9, the databases are abending with ARI0040E ... ARISIIO 05 which indicates directory corruption. I have a call in to IBM, but thought I would see what info I could gather from the list while I wait for a call-back. Ethan Lanz VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions VMESA-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 2006-01-31 16:02:52: Hi Ed, it does not matter what release of DB2/VM. It is the dataspaces support in z/VM 5.20 seems to cause this problem. I know of, DB2/VSEVM Support is working closely with VM development trying to identify/resolve this problem. They are advising user to temporary take the DB2/VM database off from dataspaces support. Yes, it is a toss up between performance and database corruption! *SIGH* I hope this help. Regards, ...Roland Ed Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Please be adviced that you shouold do more frequent archive of your DB2/VM database if you are using dataspace support and is running under z/VM 5.20. I don't know if this is related, but we just got bit with DB2 server hard down. We installed z/VM 5.2.0 on a 2084 this weekend and DB2 came up OK at 6am Sunday and ran until 11pm. I was curious what version of DB2 for VM this was, or does that even matter if the problem is with VM dataspaces? This reminds me of a MAP MDISK problem with VM/ESA 1.2 that we ran into back in 1993 on SQL/DS 3.3.0. We had to turn off dataspace support for several months until it was resolved. Not a pleasant experience at all. Ed Zell (309) 674-8255 x-107 [EMAIL PROTECTED] . CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This communication, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately, delete the communication and destroy all copies. Thank you for your compliance. With best regards, ...Roland Chung Senior Technical Specialist (S/390,VM/VSE,DB2/VSEVM) MAXC Consultants Inc. Voice/Fax: 416-469-3280 (If busy, call: 416-469-2268) 197 Hastings Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M4L 2L6 ** Life is short. Stop once in a while and smell the roses. **
Re: Linux mainframe game machine....
I had a Star Trek game written in PL/1 that ran under TSO, back in the '74 time frame. I learned a lot. Not just gaming, but how to limit the number of users based on processor utilization. How to keep everyone from copying my load module (the systems people calculated that, effectively, a couple 3330-11 packs were full with copies of my game. So I had to make the copies, unusable (just checked what library it was called from). Ahhh, to have that much free time again Now a days, I guess that is called.retirementG Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones wrote: Not Your Dad's Mainframe: Little Iron Mainframe computers have long been the province of IT druids in huge corporate data centers and goverment agencies like NASA and the CIA. Now, though, the mainframe is heading towards a much larger potential market.In IBM's latest effort to keep Big Iron relevant in a fast-changing computing world, it's retooling the technology for small- and medium-size businesses. The new z9 Business Class mainframe, released this spring, can be bought for as little as $100,000. Think of it as Little Iron. And small outfits who can't afford to buy a mainframe can pay by the drink by using IBM's on-demand services. All the things IBM mainframes can now do will surprise you. Example: As the server for Taikodom, a massively multiplayer online game being developed by Brazilian upstart Hoplon Infotainment. It's a company with just 50 employees. I don't want this to sound like an ad for mainframes (not my role or inclination) but this cool application caught my fancy. http://blogs.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/07/not_your_dads_m.html#more While z/VM isn't explicitly mentioned in the blog entry, I do suspect that the Linux images the gamers are using are VM hosted. Who was it that first ran StarTrek on VM? I guess they were really ahead of their time. :-) DJ
Re: Inconsistent XEDIT Logical Not
It was from the Pogo strip and I think Albert the alligator said it. Jeff Davis -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bohnsack Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:24 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Inconsistent XEDIT Logical Not To paraphrase a cartoon character whose name I cannot remember at the moment, 'We have met the Geeks and they is us. Pogo? Jim At 06:38 PM 7/8/2006, you wrote: -Original Message - From: Alan Altmark Sent: 07/08/2006 12:36 AM But you know what They say: Beware of Geeks bearing Glyphs. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott Sick, just sick... Jim Bohnsack Cornell Univ. (607) 255-1760
