SRU FTP Site now HTTP
About a month ago I posted here that updates to CHARLOTTe for HTTPS were available on my VM FTP site. That's when I discovered that there were firewall issues with the VM FTP. So I have made all of the files available via HTTP. It is just a CMS FILELIST with a DOWNLOAD button on each line but it works. Go to: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download The site is running on an 18 MIP FLEX-ES z/VM 3.1 system with Rick Troth's WEBSHARE, also available on this site. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
Yes. You can trigger a user defined event in TBSM via SNMP traps and/or via routing NJE messages through a managed z/OS system if you have the TBSM agent on z/OS. Drop me a note offline for more details. One of our operators has asked if there's a way to send alerts from VM to Tivoli Business Systems Manager. I looked at IBM's web site, and it lists products for z/OS and distributed systems that can send alerts, but doesn't mention VM. Is there a product or home-grown solution that will do this? We're running VM:Operator on VM, but the operators won't watch the consoles.
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
ESATCP and ESAMON can send SNMP alerts. Alerts can be sent on any linux or z/vm variable that esamon supports. Alan Altmark wrote: On Wednesday, 02/07/2007 at 06:07 PST, O'Brien, Dennis L Dennis.L.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of our operators has asked if there's a way to send alerts from VM to Tivoli Business Systems Manager. I looked at IBM's web site, and it lists products for z/OS and distributed systems that can send alerts, but doesn't mention VM. Is there a product or home-grown solution that will do this? If ITBSM is looking for SNMP traps, then you can compile the DPISAMPL C program and use it to send alerts. If ITBSM uses the Tivoli Framework, then you should be able to e-mail a Linux guest to generate the Event for you. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
So Tivoli Business Systems Manager (TBSM) doesn't have a straight forward TCPIP interface like BigBrother and Hobbit? Has Tivoli issued a Statement of Direction about eventually providing a VM/CMS agent and supporting z/VM a s a real player in an enterprise network? /Thomas Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:42:17 -0500, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr ote: Yes. You can trigger a user defined event in TBSM via SNMP traps and/or via routing NJE messages through a managed z/OS system if you have the TBSM agent on z/OS. Drop me a note offline for more details. One of our operators has asked if there's a way to send alerts from VM to Tivoli Business Systems Manager. I looked at IBM's web site, and it lists products for z/OS and distributed systems that can send alerts, but doesn't mention VM. Is there a product or home-grown solution that will do this? We're running VM:Operator on VM, but the operators won't watch the consoles. = ===
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:26 AM, Thomas Kern wrote: Has Tivoli issued a Statement of Direction about eventually providing a VM/CMS agent and supporting z/VM a s a real player in an enterprise network? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one! Adam
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
On Thursday, 02/08/2007 at 09:26 CST, Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So Tivoli Business Systems Manager (TBSM) doesn't have a straight forward TCPIP interface like BigBrother and Hobbit? Has Tivoli issued a Statement of Direction about eventually providing a VM/CMS agent and supporting z/VM as a real player in an enterprise network? Just practicing for Friday, eh? :-) I think that Tivoli is moving away from the Framework and more to standards-based communications. That means Tivoli doesn't have to build it. We have an open requirement to provide a CMS command interfaces to generate SNMP traps. That is, to ship DPISAMPL pre-built and supported. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: SRU FTP Site now HTTP
This is a nice web site. What software do you use to drive it? I would like to set up something like it on my z/VM 3.1 system. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a month ago I posted here that updates to CHARLOTTe for HTTPS were available on my VM FTP site. That's when I discovered that there were firewall issues with the VM FTP. So I have made all of the files available via HTTP. It is just a CMS FILELIST with a DOWNLOAD button on each line but it works. Go to: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download The site is running on an 18 MIP FLEX-ES z/VM 3.1 system with Rick Troth's WEBSHARE, also available on this site. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: SRU FTP Site now HTTP
This is a nice web site. What software do you use to drive it? I would like to set up something like it on my z/VM 3.1 system. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a month ago I posted here that updates to CHARLOTTe for HTTPS were available on my VM FTP site. That's when I discovered that there were firewall issues with the VM FTP. So I have made all of the files available via HTTP. It is just a CMS FILELIST with a DOWNLOAD button on each line but it works. Go to: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download The site is running on an 18 MIP FLEX-ES z/VM 3.1 system with Rick Troth's WEBSHARE, also available on this site. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- Stephen Frazier Information Technology Unit Oklahoma Department of Corrections 3400 Martin Luther King Oklahoma City, Ok, 73111-4298 Tel.: (405) 425-2549 Fax: (405) 425-2554 Pager: (405) 690-1828 email: stevef%doc.state.ok.us
backup prior to maintenance
I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up the system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDRXA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the phone for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time.
Re: Tivoli Business Systems Manager
So Tivoli Business Systems Manager (TBSM) doesn't have a straight forward TCPIP interface like BigBrother and Hobbit? *Nothing* about TBSM is straightforward. 8-) Few (if any) of the enterprise management tools like this have simple interfaces. SNMP tends to be the only supported method for dealing with unsupported systems, usually via a undefined trap that takes a text string as an argument. Has Tivoli issued a Statement of Direction about eventually providing a VM/CMS agent and supporting z/VM as a real player in an enterprise network? I'll leave it to Alan or one of the IBMers to make an official comment, but the Tivoli people I've spoken to don't seem to understand that end-to-end control and monitoring requires monitoring of all the layers in a solution, and that z/VM is one of those layers, just as LPAR is. If you draw the picture of LPAR -- VM -- Linux guests and say what do you do about controlling that critical resource allocation layer between the LPAR and the Linux guest it gets very, very quiet.
Re: SRU FTP Site now HTTP
Stephen - I am using Rick Troth's WEBSHARE that he wrote for VM back at the dawn of the Internet. The WEBSHARE package is available on my web site: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download /Fran On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:01:34 -0600 StephenPFrazieVM said: This is a nice web site. What software do you use to drive it? I would like to set up something like it on my z/VM 3.1 system. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a month ago I posted here that updates to CHARLOTTe for HTTPS were available on my VM FTP site. That's when I discovered that there were firewall issues with the VM FTP. So I have made all of the files available via HTTP. It is just a CMS FILELIST with a DOWNLOAD button on each line but it works. Go to: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download The site is running on an 18 MIP FLEX-ES z/VM 3.1 system with Rick Troth's WEBSHARE, also available on this site. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock
Re: SRU FTP Site now HTTP
Down near the bottom of the website is a line for WEBSHARE VMARC. Click o n the 'Download' button at the right side of that line. Download the packag e. Upload the package to your system. Unpack it and read all the documentati on. Webshare is an excellent webserver for a small site. As our webserving workload on VM decreases, I will be looking at going ba ck to this free program for our web services. /Thomas Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:02:49 -0600, Stephen Frazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] s wrote: This is a nice web site. What software do you use to drive it? I would l ike to set up something like it on my z/VM 3.1 system. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About a month ago I posted here that updates to CHARLOTTe for HTTPS were available on my VM FTP site. That's when I discovered that there were firewall issues with the VM FTP. So I have made all of the files available via HTTP. It is just a CMS FILELIST with a DOWNLOAD button on each line but it works. Go to: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download The site is running on an 18 MIP FLEX-ES z/VM 3.1 system with Rick Troth's WEBSHARE, also available on this site.
Re: SRU FTP Site now HTTP
Webshare is an excellent webserver for a small site. And positive proof that really useful tools can be written in hours using REXX and CMS pipelines. Especially when beer is at stake...8-) -- db
Re: backup prior to maintenance
I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == ===
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Anne, I would use DDRXA to backup 510res, 510w01, 510w02 then use SPXTAPE to backup the spool files. Tom -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Crabtree Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:34 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == === __ ella for Spam Control has removed VSE-List messages and set aside VM-List for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Your first message was clear. The answer is still the same. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system, then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL or user minidisks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == ===
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Anne, We do our maintenance on the first level system. We rely on our daily backup process as our safety net. Since we keep backups for several months, we can go back to any prior day's image. Because we don't do maintenance every day, the MAINT disks are reasonably stable and this type of backup is, we feel, sufficient. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of StephenPFrazieVM Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:44 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance Your first message was clear. The answer is still the same. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system, then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL or user minidisks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == ===
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Don't worry about the clarity of your postings, we all need to refine our descriptions through repetition. Okay, you are running maintenance on first-level and you do not have a CMS or minidisk level product to backup your allocations. Figuring out what minidisks VMSES will use for any particular component is possible via the PPF and the user directory, but is too detailed for what you want to do. You want to run one quick process t o backup everything, then apply maintenance and if necessary run one proces s to restore everything. We can't quite give you that yet. But Tom Huegel has it right. A two part process, one part to backup your entire DASD subsystem (510RES, 510W01, 510W02, 510Wxx, etc). Do not backup the page or spool volumes with DDR. T he second part is to backup all of the SPOOL files using the SPXTAPE command . When you do have to restore back to this point-in-time, you can use DDR standalone to restore the DASD, then IPL and do a CLEAN NOAUTOLOG start. At this point, you can be on OPERATOR, mount the tape containing your SPXTAP E backup and use SPXTAPE LOAD to restore all the files, and then shutdown reipl to restart your restored system. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:33:58 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidi sks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete me ss. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough!
Re: backup prior to maintenance
ok thanks will try that... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:39 AM Anne, I would use DDRXA to backup 510res, 510w01, 510w02 then use SPXTAPE to backup the spool files. Tom -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Crabtree Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:34 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == === __ ella for Spam Control has removed VSE-List messages and set aside VM-List for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Anne, Just a quick FYI about SPXTAPE you want to be sure to backup the system data files, (IMG, NLS, NSS, TRFILES, and UCR)I think the option is SDF. These are the spool files you would want to restore. Tom -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Crabtree Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:17 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance The only backups we do are full volume backups once a week on z/os, but I want to go back to prior to maintenance if I have a problem. So, gonna try to do what Tom suggested. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 12:04 PM Anne, We do our maintenance on the first level system. We rely on our daily backup process as our safety net. Since we keep backups for several months, we can go back to any prior day's image. Because we don't do maintenance every day, the MAINT disks are reasonably stable and this type of backup is, we feel, sufficient. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of StephenPFrazieVM Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:44 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance Your first message was clear. The answer is still the same. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system, then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL or user minidisks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidisks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete mess. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 11:23 AM If you are running a second-level guest to do your maintenance in, then t= he best way is to shutdown the SECOND-LEVEL guest and dump it using DDR from= the first level MAINT userid. Then bring up your second-level guest, appl= y and test the maintenance (shutting down and restoring as necessary). Then= migrate the good maintenance to your first-level production system. If you are applying your maintenance to minidisks on a first-level system= , then you need to backup the individual minidisks used in the maintenance process. Then if something goes wrong in your VMSES processing, you can restore the affected minidisks. This will keep you from stomping on SPOOL= or user minidisks. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:10:50 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would like to know what the recommended procedure is for backing up th= e system prior to applying maintenance (and how to restore if there is a problem!!). The last time I did maintenance, I backed up 510RES with DDR= XA and when PUT2PROD had errors, restored 510RES from that tape. To make a long story short, it really messed up the spool and I ended up on the pho= ne for hours with IBM. I need to put maintenance on again and want to make sure and do it right this time. = == === __ ella for Spam Control has removed VSE-List messages and set aside VM-List for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
Re: backup prior to maintenance
OK, have never used SPXTAPE so after looking at manual, is this right? SPX DUMP 181 SPOOL ALL and this will get all standard spool files and system files. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/8/2007 12:10 PM Don't worry about the clarity of your postings, we all need to refine our= descriptions through repetition. Okay, you are running maintenance on first-level and you do not have a CMS or minidisk level product to backup= your allocations. Figuring out what minidisks VMSES will use for any particular component is possible via the PPF and the user directory, but = is too detailed for what you want to do. You want to run one quick process t= o backup everything, then apply maintenance and if necessary run one proces= s to restore everything. We can't quite give you that yet. But Tom Huegel has it right. A two part= process, one part to backup your entire DASD subsystem (510RES, 510W01, 510W02, 510Wxx, etc). Do not backup the page or spool volumes with DDR. T= he second part is to backup all of the SPOOL files using the SPXTAPE command= . When you do have to restore back to this point-in-time, you can use DDR standalone to restore the DASD, then IPL and do a CLEAN NOAUTOLOG start. = At this point, you can be on OPERATOR, mount the tape containing your SPXTAP= E backup and use SPXTAPE LOAD to restore all the files, and then shutdown reipl to restart your restored system. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:33:58 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] = wrote: I would be applying on a first level system. I have no idea what minidi= sks are affected. I've only done maintenance twice, once the long way (with = IBM here and it was no picnic) and the second time where it was a complete me= ss. Can I use DDRXA and just backup 510RES and 510SPL? Will that be good enough? If there are problems, can I restore both and be ok? Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough!
Re: backup prior to maintenance
I would use: spxtape dump 181 sdf all run See Chapter 4 Step 6 of the Guide for Automated Installation and Service (GC24-6099-03) for examples. Also Step 7 covers the system backup aspects. Regards, Kevin -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Crabtree Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:57 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: backup prior to maintenance OK, have never used SPXTAPE so after looking at manual, is this right? SPX DUMP 181 SPOOL ALL and this will get all standard spool files and system files.
Re: backup prior to maintenance
Yes. When I am at risk of damaging all of spool, like restoring the sysre s volume, I backup SPOOL ALL. If I am just risking a system data file, like redefining/resaving a DCSS or NSS then I backup SDF ALL, because I don't have to restore sysres before restoring just the DCSS/NSS that got mangle d. /Tom Kern /301-903-2211 On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:56:38 -0500, Anne Crabtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, have never used SPXTAPE so after looking at manual, is this right? SPX DUMP 181 SPOOL ALL and this will get all standard spool files and system files.
spare 3270 terminals for consoles
We are nursing along a 3174 controller for our consoles and need a few spare 3270 consoles. Anyone have any that we could buy, beg, borrow, or... - well we probably couldn't steal them? Or can you recommend a dealer? prg Phillip Gramly p h i l l i p at c d g dot w s Systems Programmer Communications Data Group Champaign, IL
Re: spare 3270 terminals for consoles
Hello Phillip, Global Hardware Suppliers, Inc. 7595 Mariner Point North, Suite 101 Maple Grove, MN 55311 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct Phone: (763) 494-3559 E-Fax: (801) 730-5352 Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:37 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: spare 3270 terminals for consoles We are nursing along a 3174 controller for our consoles and need a few spare 3270 consoles. Anyone have any that we could buy, beg, borrow, or... - well we probably couldn't steal them? Or can you recommend a dealer? prg Phillip Gramly p h i l l i p at c d g dot w s Systems Programmer Communications Data Group Champaign, IL
Re: backup prior to maintenance
I still use the MAINT 490/190; 493/193 as alternate disks (all products have two copies of runtime disks). Fixes land on 490/493. When I place it in production, I swap the minidisk addresses in the CP directory. When it is not OK, swap again and you're done. (I also added a 49E) But, PUT2PROD makes this impossible, it overwrites the backup copies. But, what prevents you from adding yet another copy, for example MAINT 1190 and 1193. Then you can either use my swap address technique, or use DDR to copy 190 onto 1190 etc. I've got a COPYDDR EXEC that makes copying a minidisk as easy as COPYFILE. For example COPYDDR MAINT 190 = 1190 Part of my swap address technique is also that I use the 3 Minidisk password fields in the directory as description (these passwords are not used if you've got RACF); Example MDISK 190 3390 nnn sss RR ALL ZVM520 DEC2006 Another change -that I already explained once here- is that the MDISK label on MAINT 190/490/x90 tells which CMS must be IPLed, so I've got CMS20A, CMS22B, and things alike. The other CMS segments get similary named, eg CMS20FA and CMS22FB (corresponds to CMSFILES segment). One needs a change in SYSPROF and some small program that is saved as system CMS. Your users IPL that, it reads the 190 disk label and IPLs a CMS named like that. Refer to IPLER on the VM download lib, it contains all what is required. -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
Re: spare 3270 terminals for consoles
We are nursing along a 3174 controller for our consoles and need a few spare 3270 consoles. Anyone have any that we could buy, beg, borrow, or... - well we probably couldn't steal them? Phillip, I have a bunch of 3270 terminals that you could have and you only have to come to Peoria to get them. Give me a call and we can work something out. 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.
Re: spare 3270 terminals for consoles
Replied off-line. But we have 6 here in Texas. You pay for shipping, of course. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:37 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: spare 3270 terminals for consoles We are nursing along a 3174 controller for our consoles and need a few spare 3270 consoles. Anyone have any that we could buy, beg, borrow, or... - well we probably couldn't steal them? Or can you recommend a dealer? prg Phillip Gramly p h i l l i p at c d g dot w s Systems Programmer Communications Data Group Champaign, IL
Re: z/VM 5.3
IBM pumps up Linux virtual machines on mainframe OS In internal tests, IBM says, z/VM 5.3 was able to host more than 1,000 virtual images on a single copy of the operating system. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1252380/38944906/50617/2/
Re: z/VM 5.3
On Feb 8, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Bob Heerdink wrote: IBM pumps up Linux virtual machines on mainframe OS In internal tests, IBM says, z/VM 5.3 was able to host more than 1,000 virtual images on a single copy of the operating system. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1252380/38944906/50617/2/ Bummer. That's a 97.5% reduction. Adam
Does Xen run on zSeries?
I found this on the web (which does not, of course, make it true) at Linu x- Watch at http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9118634698.html: Even now, Jaffe continued, insurance giant Nationwise is using Novell SLE S and Xen in production IBM zSeries mainframes to improve their system utilization and save money. When needs VM? I like the spelling of Nationwise. Alan Ackerman alan(dot)ackerman(at)bank of america(dot)com
Re: Does Xen run on zSeries?
I found this on the web (which does not, of course, make it true) at Linux-Watch at http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9118634698.html: Even now, Jaffe continued, insurance giant Nationwise is using Novell SLES and Xen in production IBM zSeries mainframes to improve their system utilization and save money. When needs VM? I like the spelling of Nationwise. I have pretty much given up on this reporter getting things right. JIM
