Backula on Linux
I've got a user who's trying to get Backula running on a Debian 5 system. But we are not having a lot of luck. Anybody here have any ideas on resources I can point my guy to for 'VM' tricks? He can't seem to get backula to 'append' correctly to a 3590 tape volume. Brian
VMDBK and Control Registers
Folks, I have gotten tasked to re-work a piece of code that worked in VM/ESA 2.4 for z/VM 5.4 And either I'm blind or I'm not thinking straight. Apparently the Control Registers for a guest are not in the VMDBK Anybody know where they moved to? Brian HP Technical Services
OSA-ICC Availability on a 2066-003
I got a query from one of my accounts. They have a spare port on an OSA card (OSA Express) and are of the opinio n that they can use that port to do an Integrated Console. And then they could drop some additional hardware/software that is costin g them money. I've tried digging around, but I can't find a definitive answer. (I think I must not be getting a keyword right in my search) I think it won't work because the microcode for it is just not present in the 2066, even though the OSA card itself could. Anybody care to tell me where I can find a definitive answer? Brian
Re: SFSTAR Package
Well, It seems to packup the files, at least it does not give an error and creates what appers to be a file containing the files I want to move. But when I attempt to load them, I get this: ** sfstar load dadnn2a:ferguson.aaa.test webshare Loading into Directory DADNN2A:FERGUSON.AAA.TEST Loading into Directory DADNN2A:FERGUSON.AAA.TEST.ADSM DMSWRDBK DMSCLDBK of INDEX HTML DADNN2A:FERGUSON.AAA.TEST.ADSM. failed, rc= 8 DMSWRDBK reason code= 90307 924 +++ if ¬ERROR ¬SINGLE_LVL 963 +++ call LOAD_DIRECTORY SUBDIRECTORY, , REL ATIVE_DIR || SUBDIRNAME || ., , ALIAS_METHOD, DEREFERENCE 749 +++call LOAD_DIRECTORY FULL_DIRECTORY, ., ALIAS_METHOD, , DEREFERENCE, SINGLE_LVL 54 +++ call LOAD TAR_DIRECTORY, ALIAS_METHOD DMSREX470E Error 34 running SFSTAR REXX, line 924: Logical value not 0 or 1 Pipeline failed to load SFSTAR archive, PIPE rc= 20034 Ready(00050); T=0.12/0.14 08:07:37 ** I'm attempting with this code to move the WEBSHARE tree under SFS to another location, but while the DUMP seems to work, the load does not. Brian
SFSTAR Package
Anybody got this working on a 5.3 system? The package seems like juyst what I need to do some movement of partial SFS structures, but it does not seem to work consistantly. I have gotten the RXFLOW, TEXTFLOW, REXXCSL, SUPERSAY and PIPEFILE packages. But it still seems to not want to work. Brian
DFDSS and an IFL
I've got a site that is trying to use their VM system (4.4 on an IFL) to stage MVS volumes for disaster recovery. They dump the MVS system off using DFDSS, and restore them onto the disaster system using standalone DFDSS under VM This way they don't need to actually run and licence MVS on the recovery CPU, since MVS only runs during the actual tests. The staging allows them to drop the recovery time considerably. And the VM system is running on the IFL on the box. They have dumped the MVS volumes to tape using DFDSS. And are attempting to use a standalone version of DFDSS to place the volumes onto DASD attached to the VM image. The DFDSS being used is from a z/OS 1.7 system, they genned it onto a DAS D volume and moved it to the new VM system and IPL the DASD to bring DFDSS up to do the restore. The old CPU was a z900 and this worked just fine. Since the move to a z9-BC however, they get: HCPMCV1459E The virtual machine is placed in check-stop state due to a system malfunction with CPU 00. When they attempt to IPL the Standalone DFDSS code. Has the IBM IFL code on the z9 series changed? Anybody have any other suggestions? Brian
SSL Server for z/VM
Folks, Anybody have any suggestions as to the distro to use for the SSL server for TCPIP? We are going to be setting up SSL servers, and are thinkig about what bas e Linux to use, obviously it should be a small one, but does anybody on the list have a suggestion? Thanks, Brian Ferguson EDS VM Capability
Open SSH on VM
Folks, Anybody out there done the port of OPEN-SSH to VM's OE envirornment? Brian Ferguson EDS VM Capability
IBMLINK Issues
Anybody else having a problem ordering service via IBMLINK? I'm getting an order contains no valid PTFs no matter what I enter. A problem report to IBMLINK gave me a 'we know it does not work' But only for VMSES stuff, MVS is fine. And maybe it will get fixed sometime this month (maybe) Perhaps if enough people whine something might be done? My problem record, for any interested IBMr was 70438,004 Brian
SSH and VM
Hello, I'm getting a request to improve security on my VM system by replacing th e existing REXEC service with SSH. (Like the MVS guys did...) And I've looked around and I'm wondering if someone could direct me to a short explanation on just where SSH for a VM system could be found. z/VM 5.2 Thanks Brian Ferguson
