Re: anyone running ILMT?
When I installed ILMT, the old ILMT was not available for download. It was replaced by Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.2.2, which looks identical. This has a step that will install the product in a directory of your choice rather than /var. We install the agents in /opt, however there are two files that are placed in /etc (tlmagent.ini and tlmlog.properties). I don't believe that I have anything in /var for the agents. Bob -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrick Spinler Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: anyone running ILMT? On 8/2/11 10:36 AM, Marcy Cortes wrote: Thanks Patrick and Bob! We also have a PMR open to clarify how to specify those parameters about processors. Would you be kind enough to let me know what you hear back from IBM about this, please? Yes, it does seem like very odd install location (/var!) and will probably require us to add space to every server (grr). How can something that does so little take so much! The info on the priority and scan groups were just what I was looking for! Thanks! If you'd like, I'll gladly forward the install script we're currently using. This includes a lot of the relocation stuff, the SSL security cert stuff, the scan groups, and the priority settings. I'm putting the software into /opt right now, in a parallel location to our tivoli distributed monitoring agent install. Finally, something that apparently gets adjusted from the server instead of the client are the list of directories to exclude from scanning. Don't forget this. Exclude at least all your meta filesystems (on rhel 5, /proc, /sys, /dev/pts /dev/shm /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs), and stuff like any automounted home dirs or env wide network shares. Let me know how it works for you! -- Pat
Re: SUSE11 and VNC Viewer
We are at SUSE 11 SP1 and we did install updates installing from the medi a. We do have a subscription to SUSE and found that this is a known problem that will be fixed in SUSE 11.3. As far as the change to the Xstartup fil e, we have not specified either twm or mwm. We donot have an executable of mwm. However we have found a workaround from the internet. We changed the /etc/hosts file as follows: old: 127.0.0.1 localhost new: 127.0.0.1 localhost ipv4-localhost and /etc/inetd.d/vnc old: localhost new: ipv4-localhost Problem resolved. I would like to thank everyone for their input.
Re: SUSE11 and VNC Viewer
Tom and Richard, Prior to the previously mentioned changes that we made, we received t he blank screen as Tom stated, prior to receiving any prompt for userid or password. The linux session showed that we were logged in, but the timeou t occurred later. Bob
SUSE11 and VNC Viewer
We use VNC Viewer for the gui requirements for installing our zLinux systems and other related software. Everthing worked fine with SUSE10. SUSE11 installs fine with VNC Viewer. Once the SUSE11 installation is complete, VNC View no longer seems to function, when we attempt install other software that requires a gui interface for install. We get into the SUSE11 system, but get a blank screen, with no input capability. Has anyo ne run into this issue ? If so, how did you get around it ? Thank you, Bob
Re: VSWITCH Layer2 Layer3
Karl, I run layer 2 and layer 3 on the same OSA. I believe that the addresses must begin on an even boundary, therefore you would need to begin with 0D14-0D16. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Karl Kingston Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 1:00 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: VSWITCH Layer2 Layer3 Hi Folks I currently have a layer3 VSWITCH defined. This vswitch has been used for production guest machines so I don't want to break this. I have a need for a layer2 VSWITCH. My Layer2 VSWITCH is on CHPID 01, using devices 0D10-0D12. Current subnet is 10.207.1.x I want to add a Layer2 VSWITCH. Can I use devices 0D13-0D15 on CHPID 01. Will be using the same subnet (10.207.1.x). Can it be done? If so, any issues with this?We're running z/VM 5.4 RSU 1001. Thanks
Re: Product Enabled in System Config File
Billy, To enable dirmaint, enter the following command : SERVICE DIRM ENABLE (Found in the program directory for Dirmaint) This all that I did to enable DIRMAINT. No IPL required. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Billy Bingham Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 1:00 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Product Enabled in System Config File If I need to enable a product such as RACF or DIRMAINT that is DISABLED in the System Config file do I need to re-ipl z/VM with the product enabled or is there another way to ENABLE a product without an IPL? Thanks, Billy
Re: vswitch delete
David DETACH VSWITCH VSW1 Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Dean, David (I/S) Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:14 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: vswitch delete Sorry to pose a seemingly simple question here, but I have now spent over an hour looking for the command. How do I delete a vswitch? i.e. the opposite of DEFINE VSWITCH VSW1 RDEV D905 AC00 CONTROLLER * David M. Dean Information Systems BlueCross BlueShield Tennnessee - Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm
Re: SPOOL PIPE Command
George, I don't have a PIPE, but I use SFPURGER on MAINT's 193 disk to keep my SPOOL cleaned up. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of George Henke/NYLIC Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:54 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: SPOOL PIPE Command Anybody have a PIPE for cleaning up the SPOOL?
Re: FRAME REORDER FIX
Terry, Prior to the closing of the ptf, I received an un-official patch from IBM. I was able to download a REXX exec and TEXT540 file, along with installation instructions. I still use this patch, until I can get a maintenance window to install the ptf. The drawback to the patch is that the SET REORDER guest ON/OFF must be re-entered whenever the guest is re-cycled. It did not require an IPL of VM or a recycle of the Linux guest to implement. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of James Vincent Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 3:31 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: FRAME REORDER FIX Hello Terry - we have that PTF loaded on z/VM 5.4. If you look at the modules affected, I hope you would see that it is not a 'dynamic loaded module' but an update to a number of CP parts. An IPL is needed to get that new function (so yes, an outage will be required.) I've played around with the command a little, but have not gotten very far with it yet (time issue only) -- James Vincent On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov wrote: Error! Filename not specified. Hi I want to turn off FRAME REODERING for some guests as described in APAR VM64774 (PTF UM33167 5.4). We had heard that the new (Set REORDER) command was shipped as a dynamically loaded module that fooled around with some fields in the VMDBK. Has anyone used this and if so were you able to implement this without a system outage? Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 Error! Filename not specified.
Re: APARs and PTFs for the z196
We upgraded to a z196 last weekend. I am running 5.4 and I applied the following APARs per PSPs VM64798, VM64879, VM64881 (for basic support) VM64793, VM64672, VM64799, VM64820, VM64672, VM64747, VM64807 (for various products and other functionality) We did not have any problems with the upgrade to date. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of George Henke/NYLIC Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 3:20 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: APARs and PTFs for the z196 I thought VM64798, VM64879, and VM64881 were the only APARs needed for z196 compatibility for z/VM 5.4. You are 6.1 so maybe it is different. But if not, I better find out fast. Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/05/2010 03:12 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject APARs and PTFs for the z196 Hello list, I'm trying to verify that I've got all the latest service for the z196. I start with a z/VM 6.1 system that is up to the latest RSU, service level 1002. == q cplevel z/VM Version 6 Release 1.0, service level 1002 (64-bit) Generated at 11/05/10 13:53:17 EDT IPL at 11/05/10 14:50:40 EDT Then, disregarding HCD and HCM, I believe the list of APARs to apply is VM64774 VM64798 VM64879 VM64881 VM64793 VM64820 VM64814 VM64807 VM64799. I order them from ShopZseries and SERVICE ALL/PUT2PROD them. I SHUTDOWN REIPL then write and run a short EXEC to verify: == type check910 exec /* EXEC to check for z196 PTFs */ 'service cp status VM64774' 'service cp status VM64798' 'service cp status VM64879' 'service cp status VM64881' 'service cp status VM64793' 'service perftk status VM64820' 'service cp status VM64814' 'service cms status VM64799' == check910 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64774 (PTF UM33169) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:52:51 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:52:52 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:53:57 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:55:55 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64798 (PTF UM33153) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:13:20 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:13:22 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:15:43 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:19:25 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64879 (PTF UM33172) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:52:51 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:52:52 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:53:57 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:55:55 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64881 (PTF UM33184) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:52:51 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:52:52 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:53:57 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:55:55 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64793 (PTF UM33093) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:13:20 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:13:22 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:15:43 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:19:25 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I PERFTK (6VMPTK10%PERFTK) APAR VM64820 (PTF UM33158) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:53:24 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:53:25 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CP (6VMCPR10%CP) APAR VM64814 (PTF UM33148) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:13:20 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:13:22 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:15:43 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:19:25 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1226I CMS (6VMCMS10%CMS) APAR VM64799 (PTF UM33141) status: VMFSRV1226IRECEIVED 11/05/10 13:52:36 VMFSRV1226IAPPLIED 11/05/10 13:52:37 VMFSRV1226IBUILT 11/05/10 13:53:57 VMFSRV1226IPUT2PROD 11/05/10 13:55:55 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing completed successfully Does this sound right? There is also one non-SES PTF (UV6) for EREP that also must be applied separately, but that is a different story. Any feedback will be appreciated. Thanks. Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity
George, I have my DEF VSWITCH for both layer 1 and layer 2, followed by grants, and lastly the autolog of TCPIP in my AUTOLOG1. I have not had any issues with my switches or TCPIP with this arrangement. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of George Henke/NYLIC Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 3:18 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity I just noticed that in my AUTOLOG1 PROFILE EXEC, TCPIP is XAUTOLOGed just before the GRANTS. Could it be that VSWITCH is not ready until TCPIP is fully logged on, the TCPIP stack built? Do I need a delay in my AUTLOG1 PROFILE EXEC after the XAUTOLOG of TCPIP to make this happen? 'CP XAUTOLOG TCPIP' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX1' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX2' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX3' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX4' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX5' 'CP SLEEP 10 SEC' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX1' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX2' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX3' Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/01/2010 03:13 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity The 2 entries I have in my system config. 1 for layer 2 and 1 for layer 3. Both work at IPL. DEFINE VSWITCH VSWTCH1 RDEV 0600 CONTR * ETH Define VSWITCH VSWTCH3 RDEV 0604 CONTR * IP On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:07 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: After IPL we can destroy the VSWITCH: det vswitch lnxvsw1 Then issue the same commands as in the IPL below and everything connects. Why? Are there some restrictions, considerations, for defining the VSWITCH at IPL time? SYSTEM CONFIG: define vswitch lnxvsw1 portname lnxvsw1 rdev 9004 AUTOLOG1: PROFILE EXEC: 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX1' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX2' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX3' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX4' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX5' 'CP SLEEP 10 SEC' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX1' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX2' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX3' -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
Re: DR and FCP
Terry, We run IBM's TSM on a zOS lpar. This backs up SCSI data to tape. The tapes are taken to DR and restored there. But as Bill says you have to have a contract in place with the hot site to provide the SCSI storage. Bob McCarthy From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:52 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DR and FCP Hi We are gearing up for DR and this time they want us to recover our Oracle data base which is 5.5TB. These are all z/Linux guests running at RHEL 4.6 under z/VM 5.4. The data base storage is allocated on LUNs with WWPNs and LUN IDS. We just got off of our TAP meeting with hot site folks and they claim that they do not have the Hardware to support the SCSI storage required for the Data Base. I have never tried to recover SCSI on the mainframe so is there another way? What do other folks do when they need to recover this type of data from z/Linux? Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 cid:image001.jpg@01C97FB5.5EAFD6C0
Re: DR and FCP
Terry, The WWPNs and LUNids will definitely be different at the DR site. In our case our hot site provider gives us the information at the beginning of the exercise. We then have to go into each linux guest and manually re-configure the fcp. Then we can begin the TSM restore. Bob McCarthy From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:29 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DR and FCP Bob, One question how does it work In terms of matching the WWPN and LUNIDS from what we have defined in the z/Linux guest and what is available at the HS? Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Bob McCarthy Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DR and FCP Terry, We run IBM's TSM on a zOS lpar. This backs up SCSI data to tape. The tapes are taken to DR and restored there. But as Bill says you have to have a contract in place with the hot site to provide the SCSI storage. Bob McCarthy From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:52 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DR and FCP Hi We are gearing up for DR and this time they want us to recover our Oracle data base which is 5.5TB. These are all z/Linux guests running at RHEL 4.6 under z/VM 5.4. The data base storage is allocated on LUNs with WWPNs and LUN IDS. We just got off of our TAP meeting with hot site folks and they claim that they do not have the Hardware to support the SCSI storage required for the Data Base. I have never tried to recover SCSI on the mainframe so is there another way? What do other folks do when they need to recover this type of data from z/Linux? Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 cid:image001.jpg@01C97FB5.5EAFD6C0
Re: Justifications to migrate to z/VM 6.1
Jose, I am at 5.4 and I am not planning to go to 6.1 until at least next year. One major reason is that we are contracted only for a z9 at our DR site and 6.1 will not run on a z9. Bob From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Jose Munoz Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:31 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Justifications to migrate to z/VM 6.1 Hi, Actually we have installed z/VM 5.4 and we are searching compelling justifications to migrate to z/VM 6.1, but I cannot find. Somebody have these? or if justify or not to migrate to z/VM 6.1.? -- Thanks and regards Jose Munoz Senior Mainframe Administrator +59322861993 landline +59384526266 mobile jmunoz61 skype
