Re: Question about IBM seminar
So, IBM's Extending your Mainframe for More Business Value is coming to St. Louis on Feb. 12. There look to be some interesting talks; how do I find out who's delivering them? Adam: I sent you the agenda with speakers off-line. Jim
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From: Tom Duerbusch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DB2/VSEVM V7.50 Manuals BTW, will there be a Diagnosis Guide for 7.5? Tom: I asked on ibm.software.db2.vse-vm on news.software.ibm.com. However, I think the answer may be no as I don't believe this was updated for 7.3. Jim
Re: DB2/VSEVM V7.50 Manuals
BTW, will there be a Diagnosis Guide for 7.5? Tom: I asked on ibm.software.db2.vse-vm on news.software.ibm.com. However, I think the answer may be no as I don't believe this was updated for 7.3. Jim
Re: DB2 7.5 manuals
I take it, from previous posts, that no one has found the new manuals for DB2 7.5. Tom: The DB2 for VSE VM pubs are now online at: http://ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=66tc=SSEPFBrank=8dc=DA410+DA450dt Watch for any line wrap on the URL. Jim
LOOKAT
After entering a message number and choosing a platform, nothing happens when I press the Go button. I tried submitting a feedback to report the problem and got a Page cannot be displayed message when I pressed the Submit button. Perhaps someone who is internal o IBM will have better luck. Richard: It works fine for me with Firefox. It does launch a new page. Do you have pop-ups blocked? I have reported the lack of z/VM 5.3 messages to the page owner. Jim
Undocumented Messages?
HCPSWU2843E , HCPSWU2831E and HCPSWU2830I I found them all documented in the z/VM 5.3 CP Messages and Codes. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/hcsb4b20.pdf Jim
Re: DB2 7.5 manuals
I take it, from previous posts, that no one has found the new manuals for DB2 7.5. I have asked ID development in the Toronto Lab where the 7.5 pubs are online. Jim
Re: need a z890, cheap?
Not to mention the cost of getting it certified, and the ongoing cost of powering it up. Ouch. And not to mention that the z890 has been withdrawn from marketing (effective Dec 31, 2007) except for LIC (i.e. microcode) updates which are withdrawn effective June 30, 2008. In other words, you take the box as is. Now some of the parts are worth more than the box. For example, you can take many of the I/O cards and use them in a z9 (IBM will certify for a fee). The 32GB memory module alone is worth the price is you have a z890 with 8GB or 16GB, even with the IBM certification fee! Jim
Re: Ordering Service
Richard: It has been so long since I had to do it. What is the current method of ordering service for electronic delivery? I just tried to order an upgrade following what seemed a logical path and got the message: The easiest way to order service (assuming you know the PTF number) is at http://ibm.com/software/shopzseries. Jim
Re: Ordering Service
What I am after is the 2107device bucket for z/VM 5.2.0 at service level 0701. Richard: The buckets are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/. Simply enter the bucket (i.e. 2107device) into the search field. For storage, look for Upgrade 2107DEVICE, Subset 2107VM/ESA Jim
Simple pipelines question
I have been out of using pipes for too long. I need to process a file (parsing the data) but 1st I need to delete all records from the input stream longer than a certain length. How do I do this in pipes? Jim
Re: IBM's Next Generation Mainframe Processor
If you haven't already seen this, it's worth a look. It's a presentation by Charles Webb of IBM on the next IBM mainframe processor, the z6. (Don't ask me where 6 came from.) The thing that stood out for me was the 4GHz processor speed, but of course there's lots of other very good stuff as well. http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/IBM-z6-mainframe-microprocessor-Webb.pdf Mark: A few important things to note: 1) z6 is the name for the chip, not the name of the next generation mainframe. 2) This is a presentation on the processor and SMB hub chips in the next generation mainframe, not on the total package. 3) The cycle time is 4GHz+ and just as with MIPS, GHz is a meaningless indicator of processor speed. 4) This is an assumption on my part, but the z6 name be due to some parts of the chip being derived from Power 6 (e.g. the DFU). Jim
Re: z/VM COBOL compiler
Look here: http://ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/le/history/cobmvs.html According to this table, it is still supported for VM, but was long ago withdrawn from marketing. Ray: That web page is somewhat misleading. The product has been withdrawn from marketing and service only on OS/390 (z/OS). COBOL for OS/390 and VM (5648-A25) V2R2 is still be marketed and serviced for VM. Here is the info from the sales manual. * IBM COBOL for VM 2.02.0 (5648-A25) * IBM COBOL for OS/390 2.02.0 (5648-A25) (No Longer Available as of February 02, 2002) (Service Discontinued as of December 31, 2004) * IBM COBOL for VM 2.01.0 (5648-A25) (No Longer Available as of September 29, 2000) * IBM COBOL for OS/390 2.01.0 (5648-A25) (No Longer Available as of September 29, 2000) (Service Discontinued as of December 31, 2004) Jim
Re: ordering z/vm via shopzseries
Lionel: I just experienced shopzseries for the first time. To say it was interesting is an understatement. If a user has a problem or question related to their ShopzSeries experience, they should use the contact information on the Customer service page to get support. I used it to order z/vm 5.3 and found I was able to select it on DVD but then when it asked for media options it only allowed 2 which were both tape. As you know, we deliver z/VM through a package offering, which is the VM/SDO. While the z/VM operating system is available for delivery on DVD, no other items within the VM/SDO are available on DVD. If an order is placed for the z/VM operating system on DVD, and any other deliverable within the VM/SDO is included in the order, the customer will have to select a tape media. Every VM/SDO order includes the SDO Enabling Aid. The enabling aid can only be delivered on tape media, which we suspect is the cause of requirement for a tape media for the order placed on ShopzSeries. Is there a way to order the base z/VM and maintenance electronic and if so how? Service for z/VM can be ordered via ShopzSeries and will be delivered electronically. If there is a DVD ordering option why doesn't the media option reflect that ? very strange. Jim
Re: 2007 Order of the Knights of VM
My congratulations as well to all of the new Companions! Jim Elliott Sir Jim the Evangelist
Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux...
Well this worked earlier today. Don't know why it's not working now. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21945.wss We are experiencing timeouts on the gateway servers which front-end much of the IBM web sirte. The response to this announcement has been huge and the server includes videos discussing the announcement. I suspect people downloading the videos are causing some of this problem. Jim
Re: IOS3270 Manual or documentation
I have put the IOS3270 manual up on my web site at http://ibm.com/vm/devpages/jelliott/ Jim
Re: Another interesting article: z on Power 6??
It isn't pSeries or iSeries anymore either, IBM still uses zSeries on the older equipment on this page: http://www.ibm.com/products/shop/servers/us/index.html The old products are still eServer zSeries and the new product is System z9. However, the two together are know as System z. A similar rule holds true for the other server products. The itweek article also talks about Power6 chips in the System z machines. Has that been officially acknowledged by IBM yet? IBM has denied several times that we will be switching to Power chips. Note that the System z mainframes have lots of Power chips in them, but the processor chip is very much a System z unique chip. The others on the list are easy, since iSeries (System i) has been using Power chips for several years, and there are System p Blades already. The Power blades today are not System p products (and not Power5), they are PowerPC 970 chips (as were used in the Power Macs). However, IBM has indicated that we will see Power6 in blades in the future. Jim
Re: Security on Linux/VM
We are planning to make z/VM Linux production with RACF on VM, I would like to know what is best practices for handling security under Linux/VM and how other shops handing security for Linux. Anne: Check out http://www.vm.ibm.com/security/ (look for the papers at the bottom of that web page). Note that today you can't use RACF on z/VM to authenticate from Linux, but with z/VM 5.3 (available in June) and the new LDAP server you will be able to. Jim
Re: REXX370 4.02 01 Dec 1998 - why is Rexx so old?
We just upgraded to Z/VM 5.2 last year, so why is Rexx so old? Because it does everything we want of it? When Mike Cowlishaw wrote REXX he wrote a wonderful and complete language. The only thing that might be nice is to have his later ObjectREXX on z/VM, but for what we use REXX for (scripting) it is a very complete language. With the addition of CMS Pipelines it is extremetly powerful! Jim
Re: Multiprise 2000 Ficon
I think the answer is no, but I would like to know if you can get a Ficon channel card for a Multiprise 2000. We want to connect the Multiprise to external DASD. We were planning on having Escon and Ficon connections to the external DASD at the same time, but it looks like we can only have one or the other, not both, and if we switch connectors, the data space must be wiped and redefined. So there goes our migration plan. The only Escon to Ficon converters I can find connect Ficon channels to Escon devices, not the other way around. Peter: You can NOT put FICON features into a MP2000 (G3 technology). FICON came with G5 technology in 1998. Jim
Re: DASD cylinders
How then do I have actual volumes on my system of 32,760 cyls. That's not divisible by 1113 (ds8000 here). Marcy: Sorry, I was not clear. Allocation is in multiples of 1113 cylinders. You can make a volume whatever size you want, but if it is not a multiple of 1113 cylinders, the remainder up to the next 1113 cylinder boundary is not usable. Therefore, if you defined a volume of 100 cylinders, you would be wasting 1013 cylinders. Jim
Re: IFL Pricing
Did anyone see this article regarding Nationwide: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700327 The specific item I wonder about is: The IFLs don't come cheap. They're listed at $95,000 each on IBM's Web site. But hundreds of small servers didn't come cheaply either. Miggo estimates they averaged $10,000 each. The last I heard, IFLs listed for $125,000 each. Has that changed? Or, is that incorrect infromation (either because the number is wrong or because its Nationwide pricing instead of list) that incorrect infromation (either because the number is wrong or because its Nationwide pricing instead of list) Dennis: Don't believe what you read in the press, especially the IT press. The list price for an IFL on any machine other than a z9 BC is $125,000 US (on the z9 BC it is $95,000). However, there are often (always?) deals from IBM. I suspect the author of the article saw the $95,000 price for a z9 BC and thought that was for all z9s. Jim
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
Re: z/VM 5.2 performance monitors
We just found out that our VM performance monitor software (Macro 4 - VPAC) will not be supported on our new 64 bit z/VM 5.2 . Does anyone have an recommendations as a replacement? We don't need anything fancy, just basic monitoring and basic guest performance reporting. Tim: Well a plug for the IBM product (which ships with your z/VM 5.2 system already installed, you just have to enable it). IBM z/VM Performance Toolkit http://www.vm.ibm.com/related/perfkit/ Jim
www.vm.ibm.com
The site is not accessible due to problems apparently at ATT. There is a ticket open with them. This is not an IBM problem. Jim
Re: Friday thought
You know you've been a VM system programmer for too long when you see a license place of MNT374 and start trying to remember what would go on MAINT's 374 minidisk You Might be a Mainframer If web page http://www.grnscrn.com/bigblue.htm Jim
Re: OSA-Express Question
If all they're doing is tn3270 traffic to a VTAM application solicitor, convert it to using DIAL VTAM in the VM TELNET connection exit. There will be a slight increase in host CPU utilization (the main point of using the CPA tn3270 server was to offload the IP stack cycles outside the host box), but it should be fairly minimal. David: Thanks, that may work. Are they also using the CPA as their cross-domain communications link to the other VTAMs? If so, then you are looking at doing EE. The customer is pure VM (z/VM 5.2 migrating from VM/ESA). Therefore EE is not an option. They have two VM LPARs, each of which is connected to a different CPA and a 3745 two which woth LPARs are connected. Jim
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From: Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A mainframe 'windows' Check this out. Is IBM building a mainframe 'windows' for only $100 million what can one expect? http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061004/D8KHJQ500.html Thomas: This is not new news, and the $100 million covers a lot of things to make mainframes (read z/OS here) easier to use. Check out the IBM OMEGAMON z/OS Management Console off the page at http://ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/omegamon-xe-zos/. This is all about making it easier for people who can't grok green screens to manage z/OS. Jim
IBM Announces Five-Year March to Mainframe Simplification
Here is the IBM press release link for this. Note that this is ALL about z/OS (at this time). http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20384.wss Jim
Re: Understanding F20 ESS and defining a correct IOCDS
I will be installing my first F20 ESS (Shark). It has not arrived but I do know that it is using 36.4 GB drives and has 1.6 Terabytes. I was not able to find a copy of the IBM Total Storage ESS Introduction and Planning Guide GC26-7294 on the web. If any one has this guide or a URL I would appreciate getting a copy. I did download and reviewed the Redbook Implementing ESS in your environment. Hans: Go to the publications web site, select Canada then do a search and you will find all 10 editions of this pub for download. http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi Jim
Re: New mainframe redbook
Yesterday, IBM released an new Redbook entitled: Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html) ... It would be nice, imho, if IBM was to produce a similar Redbook for z/VM. I would be willing to contribute to it Dave: This book is the basis for the z/OS courses some higher-eds are offering. I have started (in my spare time) doing a z/VM version of this, but I think we need a formal project for this. Jim
Re: FYI .. I copied this from the VSE-LIST
This seemed interesting so I thought I'd pass it along over here. Yesterday, in our NC/VSE Users Group meeting, we were privileged to have a guest from the REXX Language Association. It turns out they are based just down the road from us in Raleigh, NC. The guest is the current Treasurer of the organization. He told us about the organization and the way they are furthering the REXX language in all platforms. It was quite impressive to see just how widespread it is. I wanted to share this with all of you because I was unaware of it and I know there are quite a few REXX gurus in our midst that will be interested.With their input and assistance, we could benefit in the VSE/VM/Linux world by getting IBM to further enhance REXX in our environments. Visit the association's web site at www.rexxla.org. Thomas: IBM open sourced ObjectREXX a couple of years ago and turned over ownership to the REXX Language Association. Jim
EMC disk on z9 with z/VM
I have a customer looking at a z9 for z/VM, but EMC only qualifies the z9 for z/OS (per their web site at http://www.emc.com/interoperability/index.jsp). Is anyone on this list using EMC disk on a z9 with z/VM? Were you able to get a statement of support from EMC? Jim
Re: Protection Level 2 RACF on VM/ESA
Back in the late 80's during the VM/SP or VM/HPO days, we ran RACF for PL2 (then called System High) processing as it was the only government approved software package at the time. Sterling Software didn't want to submit VM:Secure for testing so we were stuck with RACF and DIRMAINT. After we no longer needed PL2 we went back to VM:Secure. Now I find that I might have to set up our new system to run PL2 and was hoping that I wouldn't have to go back to RACF. We are running VM/ESA 2.3. Am I stuck with RACF or has someone seen something better out there? Karl: VM/SP release 5 + RACF 1.8.2 + DirMaint 1.4.0 + VMTAPE was successfully evaluated as a class C2 Trusted Computing Base by the Department of Defense, and several releases of VM/ESA Version 1 were submitted for evaluation against both the C2 and B1 criteria, as documented in DoD publication 5200.28-STD dated December 1985. While VM/ESA version 2 has not been submitted for formal evaluation by the DoD, it remains designed to meet the C2/B1 TCB criteria. Neither the completed evaluation of VM/SP release 5 nor the partial evaluations of VM/ESA version 1 raised a concern with the contents of the VM source directory not being encrypted. These levels of VM are all long out of service, including VM/ESA 2.3 that you are running. http://www.vm.ibm.com/related/dirmaint/dirmencr.html Today, z/VM V5.1 has been certified at the Common Critera EAL3+ level which is the currently used certification standard. Jim
Re: New z9 models
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/ http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9ec/ And for those of us who are old enough to remember, this does not derive from BC Mode (S/360) or EC Mode (S/370)! IBM System z9 EC Enterprise Class (formerly IBM System z9 109) IBM System z9 BC Business Class You can think of the z9 EC has the follow-on to the z990 and the z9 BC as the follow-on to the z890. Jim
Re: New z9 models
I thought the z9-109 was the follow on to the z990 Dave: z9-109 was renamed today to z9 EC. In addition to the new name, there are now subcapacity models of the z9 S08 (4 different speeds on the 1 to 8 way models of the z9 EC) and other enhancements in common with the z9 BC. Jim
