Re: Historical curiousity question.
It sounds like he is looking for something at the Volume level - more than just the contents of a single MDISK. He would like a mapping on the volume to show where all the mdisks are, owners, passwords, etc. The concept is interesting but it opens a few cans of worms, one of which being security. (Duck, I see Chuckie heading this way!!) ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 03/15/2007 10:46:54 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Perhaps an FST?
Re: EXECSTAT priority
It has to do with the CMS SET INSTSEG setting. If the critter in question lives on a disk higher in the file mode of the INSTSEG setting, then that copy is going to get the priority. For instance ours is normal set to file mode L. I set it to A and copied FILELIST EXEC from the 190 to my A disk. Execstat shows it will still execute from memory. Set INSTSEG to L and execstat now says it will run from disk. q instseg INSTSEG = ON L Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:07:58 set instseg on A Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:08:09 execstat filelist exec Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:08:15 xcopy filelist exec s = = a Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:08:20 execstat filelist exec Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:08:21 set instseg on l Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:08:25 execstat filelist exec Ready(4); T=0.01/0.01 12:08:27 ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 03/09/2007 11:35:48 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU I'm wondering what priority means in HELP EXECSTAT: With the RESident Option: Code Meaning 0 Exec exists in storage. Register 1 contains pointer to the fileblock. 4 Exec exists in storage and there is another one on dasd that has a higher priority. Register 1 contains a pointer to the fileblock. I see no description of priority there, nor in HELP for EXECMAP or EXECLOAD. I hoped it meant the copy on disk is newer but no. Ideas? -- ...phsiii Phil Smith III Velocity Software www.velocitysoftware.com (703) 476-4511 (home office) (703) 568-6662 (cell)
Re: CP VMDUMP for a mega server
CP VMDUMP 0-END TO OPERATNS That was it. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 02/27/2007 02:19:28 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Jim, When you issued the VMDUMP command did you just enter #CP VMDUMP or #CP VMDUMP 0-END FORMAT vmtype DSS TO dump_id ? If the second, what did you put in for vmtype? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Vincent Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:58 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: CP VMDUMP for a mega server We are doing a VMDUMP for a 2G linux server and it is taking FOREVER. If this was a production server we would be picking daggers out of places I can't mention here. Paging is not too bad on the system (300/sec) and we set the share and reserved for the guest up to maybe help, but nothing seems to get it moving any. It is doing about 1000 spool records every 15-20 seconds and we guestimated it would be about 524288 records; after about an hour it is less than half done!! Is this to be expected? Are we to expect VMDUMP to take that long for these larger guests or do we have a situation we need to dig into? ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/
Re: IFL Pricing
Ditto. Don't believe everything you read in the IT press! It is kind of neat seeing our stuff in print but discouraging to see how blasted incorrect they can be at times. Either misquoted, out of context or misunderstood. For the most part the general idea is okay but some of the details can be FUD. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 02/20/2007 06:56:39 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 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: Ask and ye shall receive...
Now THAT would be something to see! Sounds like a project status meeting to me... Marcy wrote... You mean there was lots of pain, swearing, sweating, and screaming?! Glad I don't work in VM development :) Marcy Cortes
Re: z/VM 5.2 performance monitors
A little birdie told me that Velocity Software has something that may be worth looking into: http://www.velocity-software.com/ ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 01/22/2007 02:18:10 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 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. Thanks in advance, Tim Tim Joyce Sr. Systems Programmer Alex Lee, Inc. Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (828) 725-4448 Fax: (828) 725-4800
Re: IBMLink 2000 Sending Files to my VM Reader
One option you can do is get the wget utility for Windows (see http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ ). It will allow you to get content from https (ssl) sites. For instance, I have a little ditty that I use to grab the current WAN IP address assigned on my home wireless router (which uses https) via: wget https://192.168.1.1/Status_Router.asp --no-check-certificate --user=vincenj --password= --connect-timeout=2 --tries=1 Works like a champ. For VM tools, there are other options like the current version of Charlotte with SSL support. I have not dug into that one yet, but would like to someday when things get quieter here... hahaha! Since WebRover uses the Charlotte engine, I'd like to get WebRover to be able to do SSL too. WebRover lets you get http/ftp content via a Pipe stage so it can be manipulated quick and easy. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 01/10/2007 12:15:05 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU That works. It took me 16 minutes to download the 21 current incidents my group has in IBMLink, though to my PC. A far cry from Q and hit Enter. If it was HTTP, I might be able to write some Pipe code to go download them. But it is HTTPS (SSL encrypted), and I have no CMS tools to do SSL. Not do I have PC tools. (The Bank doesn't seem to want us to program our PCs.) Any ideas? On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:41:37 -0500, Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Alan, I switched off of the Green screen a couple of years back as the Hand Writing was on the wall. You can save the PTF pretty easily. Just go the FILE, and do a save as and make it a TXT file. Or if you want go to the bottom and select PRINTABLE VERSION and do the same thing. PRINTABLE VERSION has just the info you want. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441
Re: REXX compiling / EXECLOAD
In my experience with compiling REXX my initial response would be no you would not see much (if any) benefit. There are two general reasons for compiling a REXX routine: to hide the contents from the casual observer or to improve performance when the logic does a lot of repetitive things (code loops). For any case though, TEST it! In some cases compiling will cause the performance to get worse; at best since you said the code is not large/complex, I would bet you won't see enough difference to make it worthwhile. And if you are EXECLOAD'ing it, compiling it usually increases the size of the executable so memory consumption will be impacted for the EXECLOAD. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 01/04/2007 02:12:41 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Is there any performance benefit to compiling a REXX EXEC if it will be EXECLOAD'd for the lifetime of it's use? For example, I have a service machine which, upon startup, EXECLOADs some EXECs it needs over and over. It/they remain EXECLOADd until the service machine is shutdown. The EXEC is not particularly complex/large, but does compiling it actually make any difference? Does EXECLOAD tokenize/optimize the EXEC if it's not compiled? Thank you, Don Russell
CP VMDUMP for a mega server
We are doing a VMDUMP for a 2G linux server and it is taking FOREVER. If this was a production server we would be picking daggers out of places I can't mention here. Paging is not too bad on the system (300/sec) and we set the share and reserved for the guest up to maybe help, but nothing seems to get it moving any. It is doing about 1000 spool records every 15-20 seconds and we guestimated it would be about 524288 records; after about an hour it is less than half done!! Is this to be expected? Are we to expect VMDUMP to take that long for these larger guests or do we have a situation we need to dig into? ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving On
Best of luck to you Ellen and thank you for being part of this group! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 12/18/2006 05:56:49 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Dear VM Community, After many years as a VM Systems Programmer and Manager, I'll be leaving Interactive Data at the end of December to pursue other interests. My thanks to those of you whom I've known throughout the years and to all the VM Community for your support. I'd especially like to thank the VM Developers whose talent, creativity, and dedication make VM such a great system. The VM mainframe continues to be a key component of Interactive Data's IT operation. Very best wishes for a Happy Holiday season and a Peaceful New Year. Ellen
Are priv CP commands logged somewhere?
I am just starting to dig, but thought I would toss this out to the list. If someone enters a command like CP SET SHARE or CP VARY PROCESSOR, are those logged anywhere? Are they in the monitor data or accounting data? Assume a semi-vanilla z/VM 5.2 system with no ESM and no third-party tools like VM:Manager... ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Are priv CP commands logged somewhere?
According to my monitoring configurator (aka, Rick B) the CP VARY PROC would be system config change and gets monitored. CP SET SHARE is another puppy. We need to know (without an ESM) when someone enters a command like that to be able to audit when, who and to what it was done. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 12/06/2006 02:16:36 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Are configuration monitor records cut for these events? Neale On Wednesday, 12/06/2006 at 01:58 EST, Jim Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am just starting to dig, but thought I would toss this out to the list. If someone enters a command like CP SET SHARE or CP VARY PROCESSOR, are those logged anywhere? Are they in the monitor data or accounting data?
Re: Automatic ReIPL
That is correct sir. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] From com Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The To IBM z/VM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Operatingcc System [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject RV.UARK.EDU Automatic ReIPL 11/06/2006 06:17 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System [EMAIL PROTECTED] RV.UARK.EDU Does the soft IPL done following an ABEND act the same when choosing a module to load as if a SHUTDOWN REIPL (without any parameters or options) had been entered? That is, will it choose the module that was last IPLed rather than the one that currently has CPLOAD as its filename? Regards, Richard Schuh
FTP client accounting
Is there a way to track who is using the VM ftp client and the target server address? We have a need to find who/what is ftping to specific servers so that they can be converted to a new address and/or solution. I was wondering if there is or could be a way to write an accounting record or something. I am still looking, but thought I would ask here to stir the pot a bit. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FTP client accounting
Bingo! Exactly what I needed. Thanks Rob! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 11/07/2006 10:18:13 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU On 11/7/06, Jim Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to track who is using the VM ftp client and the target server address? We have a need to find who/what is ftping to specific servers so that they can be converted to a new address and/or solution. I was wondering if there is or could be a way to write an accounting record or something. I am still looking, but thought I would ask here to stir the pot a bit. Have you looked at the ESATCPA report? It gives you client userid and target IP address and port. Depending on the thresholds you could do you reports on a daily basis or sooner. Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc http://velocitysoftware.com/
Re: Automatic ReIPL
Let me see if I can help clear it up any. Or make it worse. ( I would bet... oh never mind!) If you always use CPLOAD MODULE as the name and that is the last module used to IPL with -AND- a CP SET IPLPARMS was NOT used to change the location of it, then CP will load that module on a re-IPL either via an abend or SHUTDOWN REIPL. What this means is, if you replace the CPLOAD MODULE with a new CPLOAD MODULE, CP will load it when an IPL is done. It can't/won't load the old version of it because it is not there anymore; an IPL is just that - an Initial Program Load. It loads the program fresh - in this case the CPLOAD MODULE. Nothing is preserved when a re-IPL is done. The old nuc is burnt toast on an abend/re-IPL and the load process gets a fresh copy from the parm disk whether it is the original CPLOAD, a new one or a plain text file with your grocery list in it. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 11/07/2006 11:12:37 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question, or John's answer. The behavior I've seen here is that both an automatic abend and SHUTDOWN REIPL will IPL the module that's currently named CPLOAD MODULE. I always install maintenance with SHUTDOWN REIPL, and QUERY CPLOAD verifies that I've IPLed the new module. I had one incident where I'd staged a new module, and before I could do SHUTDOWN REIPL, the system abended and auto-restarted with the new module. Of course, the fix for the abend was in the new module. Dennis There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that understand binary and those that don't. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Franciscovich Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 05:54 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Automatic ReIPL True, as long as you have not used SET IPLPARMS to change IPL parameters that might cause a different version of a module with the same name to be found on another PARM disk. John Franciscovich z/VM Development That is correct sir. Does the soft IPL done following an ABEND act the same when choosing a module to load as if a SHUTDOWN REIPL (without any parameters or options) had been entered? That is, will it choose the module that was last IPLed rather than the one that currently has CPLOAD as its filename? Regards, Richard Schuh
Re: Real core
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station-wagon. (or of airliner, or of an Amish buggy, or of the QE2, or of a Camry, ...) -- R; ...or the Swallow (African, not European of course!)
Re: Downloading Track Info
Mikey wrote Many authors make things available after processing them with COPYFILE (PACK - which produces a file with LRECL 1024, RECFM F. True but not in this case. TRACKV52 VMARC is a good ol' VMARC file plain and simple - FIXED 80 records. I don't COPYFILE (PACK it because it only adds noise to the process and usually doesn't help much; VMARC does a nice compaction job. FWIW, I tweaked the instructions on the download page a little to hopefully help in understanding how to handle the file. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
SHARE BoF - Discussions on Draft of z/VM New Parents Guide
If you were planning to attend the z/VM New Parents Guide BoF at SHARE next week, please note a change in day and location for the session. It will now be on Wed 8/16 at 6pm in Room 321 in the Convention Center. See you there! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
SHARE BOF - Discussions on Draft of z/VM New Parents Guide
If you will be going to SHARE in less than 1 week, please try to attend the following Birds of a Feather round-table if you would like to hear and give input on the z/VM New Parents Guide proposal: 9151 - Thu 6:00pm - Discussions on Draft of z/VM New Parents Guide - Room CC-332 See you there! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Programmable Operator some additional info
That should be simple enough and should work without a hitch on 5.2 (or any release). Are you really really sure that the RTABLE is not catching the message somewhere else? Can you copy your RTABLE entry and post it? I would sort of expect it to look like: |...+1+2+3+4+5+6+7.. /PUT / 1 4STEVE HALEXEC ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 08/03/2006 09:34:24 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Thanks for the responses to far. We definitely use MSG. I need to elaborate. I have an EXEC that runs on my userid, lets call that user STEVE The PropOp userid is HAL g The EXEC I run on STEVE basically edits what is typed in and if the data typed in meets the req'd criteria, it repackages the input, adds a few pieces (key words) and then does a CP MSG HAL repackaged input. HAL is sitting there waiting for something to come his way. The specific char string will kick off an EXEC based on definitions in the RTABLE. The first thing that EXEC (on HAL) does is to display a message that it is starting (time stamp, etc.) I never see this message. . . . even more detail . . . The command I issue from STEVE to HAL is MSG HAL PUT file name file type and then some more key words for the EXEC on HAL This entire string is never longer than 95 characters. The length can from vary from 80 chars to 95 chars. PUT is the keyword in the RTABLE. When the file name is 7 chars or less it works fine, when file name is 8, it appears to never get to HAL. The problem is I don't know if it's getting to HAL and the RTABLE is ignoring it or if it plain doesn't get to HAL. As mentioned earlier, this all worked in VM 4.3 but has appeared to quite working in VM 5.2 Thanks, Steve G.
Re: SUSE LINUX ifconfig - need permanent command
Mppmmppthpfpp... ugh! Had to take my foot out of my mouth. Yes, I did know Yast -can- be done, via a VNC connection right? The usual case I get involved in is when the nic is DOA and I am doing it all via the 3270 console. I stand humbly corrected! I've been hanging around Troth too long ;-) I should have been clearer in my response and detailed what I was actually thinking. Thanks Rich! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 08/02/2006 03:49:51 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Why is that 'no dice' on S/390 Linux? I've used YaST alot to make network config changes on Linux on the mainframe. Jim Vincent wrote: Generally one would use yast to make network changes on a Linux server, but no dice on s390 Linux. The way I know works is to update the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-geth-bus-ccw-0.0. config file with the details you want to make permanent. ( is the nic device address on the guest). I don't think there is a command way to make the changes stick. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 08/02/2006 03:30:53 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU I have been able to config my network using ifconfig but this is temporary until next IPL. I read that netcfg or netconfig will make the change permanent. BASH can't find these commands in SUSE Linux 9. Are they in a directory I do not have accessed or just don't work for s390 Linux. Hans Rempel Sent via the WebMail system at hmrconsultants.com [This E-mail scanned for viruses] -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2007 - Green Bay, WI - May 18-22, 2007
Re: Draft outline for z/VM New Parents Guide posted
Nice start! Chapter 8 could be Book 2. That really could end up being one very long chapter unless you stick very close to the IBM default recommendations, You know, like we all do... on days that end in z. The maintenance/service philosophies from different folks could be chapters in themselves. There is of course only one correct way to do service and that would be, well, mine. I have tried to develop my SHARE VMSES/E Intro session and Lab into something that most folks can walk away from and understand more about what VMSES/E is up to and how to apply service to VM. This is one hour lecture and one hour lab, but it would be very easy to make it much longer given all the possible scenario of maintenance (PTF, many PTFs, missing pre-req, RSU, new release/version, second level -vs- first level, etc etc). Then beyond that is something I stress about why learning what VMSES/E is up to is a Good Thing. One day these folks are going to want/need to do something more advanced like a local mod, or installing a product that has mods or replacement TXT files, etc. Having the 'basic advanced topics' documented for reference would certainly help them get started. I look forward to seeing this idea bloom more! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 08/01/2006 04:13:08 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU As promised, I've posted my take on a book outline for new z/VM system programmers. I'd appreciate comments and extensions to the topics (and if people see sections they'd volunteer to write, I'd be thrilled). I think a lot of the material will be reading the IBM stuff and casting it into our own words, but we can also improve on same...8-) Note that the document is marked copyrighted by the VM Community Trust -- this is simply to avoid one of the commercial publishers picking it up and misusing it. I would intend this document to be owned by the VM community and maintained by same (in the same vein as Melinda Varian's classic What Mother Never Told You About VM Service). If we get further with this, I'll set up a non-profit to hold the copyrights so that it remains in the public trust. This was very successful for some items on Usenet. The proposed outline is available at: http://www.sinenomine.net/node/559. Comments are welcome, and should be posted to me and to the list. -- db
Re: Draft outline for z/VM New Parents Guide posted
Chapter 3 note - applying the most recent RSU/COR is included in the VM One Page Install sheet. So it should be a normal thing in a virgin install of VM for the person to use the automatic tools (SERVICE PUT2PROD). Those steps are definitely included there and seem to be well documented for normal/basic service in the Service Guide for folks that want all the details. The only case where SERVICE would or may not be used is if the sysprog decided to futz with the PPF file(s) and changes the defaults as soon as the system was installed. I could go on and on and on... oh look, shiny things! Gotta run... ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 08/01/2006 04:13:08 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU As promised, I've posted my take on a book outline for new z/VM system programmers. I'd appreciate comments and extensions to the topics (and if people see sections they'd volunteer to write, I'd be thrilled). I think a lot of the material will be reading the IBM stuff and casting it into our own words, but we can also improve on same...8-) Note that the document is marked copyrighted by the VM Community Trust -- this is simply to avoid one of the commercial publishers picking it up and misusing it. I would intend this document to be owned by the VM community and maintained by same (in the same vein as Melinda Varian's classic What Mother Never Told You About VM Service). If we get further with this, I'll set up a non-profit to hold the copyrights so that it remains in the public trust. This was very successful for some items on Usenet. The proposed outline is available at: http://www.sinenomine.net/node/559. Comments are welcome, and should be posted to me and to the list. -- db
Re: New mainframe redbook
Ah, flattered to be included in that list of fine VM folks. However, I'm running around like a chicken without its head these days. Be careful what you ask for - build it they will come - and then they won't go away! I think it was way easier being a less important o/s fighting for survival rather than here in the limelight (head light, whatever). Ah, welcome fellow Deer (chicken?) in the middle of the Linux Road! Rick Barlow said a good quote today that I am using/stealing now: And I thought we were busy -before- Linux showed up! This whole Linux thing is just a fad. Saving millions of dollars, bah! It won't last... CIO/CTOs will get bored with saving seven figures and stop bugging us. That list of fine VM folks has to be suspect, especially when one starts with Reed. (I can get away with this since he won't be at SHARE :-) ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: z/VM v5.2 - Common Criteria - Order Questions
Repeal the law of simultaneity! Matter should be free to exist in multiple places at the same time! Free the bound variables! -- db Open Source Reality? A think of the possibilities! ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HPC010 Abend
See APAR VM64029 - PTF was just made available 7/6. In summary, there is a bug in SPXTAPE processing. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 07/10/2006 09:31:21 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU We experienced our first CP abend in 6 years this weekend. Our 2 month old ZVM 5.1 system running on a Z890 experienced an HPC010 abend. It's not in the manual. What is the root cause? Thanks in advance. ___ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 Impossible is just an opinion. Your career is what you're paid for, your calling is what you're made for. We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein
Re: Define MDisk Question
Your steps are spot-on except for one small part. You do not have to let the linux guest do a DEFINE MDISK nor have class A. Simply add the MDISK entry to the directory and then on the linux guest, do a CP LINK * cuu cuu MR to get access to it. Make sense? In fact, there is a good paper on limiting the privilege class and commands allowed for a linux guest. It is a good read and gives some excellent ideas on how to protect a linux guest from shooting itself in the foot. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 06/29/2006 10:00:41 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU First, apologies as I am a VM newbie. (And a linux newbie, for that matter). We would like to be able to add dasd to a linux's logical volume group on the fly. We have been able to do this by making sure all our dasd is online at ipl, then we det the dev from system, att it to our userid, format it, att it back to system and then do a define mdisk from the linux vm userid. We then add it to user direct for the next time the linux user logs off and back on. The trouble with this is, the linux guest must have A priveledge and devmaint, which is undesirable. Does anyone know of a way around this? Ideally, what I'd like is the ability to specify a userid on the define mdisk, so that another ID could do it for the linux guest. As I see it, we either use devmaint or have to logoff/on the guest. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, Mary Anne
Re: OT: Cursed Scroll Lock key vs 3270 emulators
I would like to get rid of the damned Caps Lock, too. I think my colleague blocked it by stuffing part of a match under it. :-) Lit or unlit? (Sorry, Influence du Chucky) ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Monwrite will not stay logged on
There are a couple ways. From a authorized userid (someone with OPTION LNKNOPAS or equivalent link authority - or by using the MULT password of the mini disk) link R/W to the disk and clean off what you can. Or you can try logging on to MONWRITE and before tapping enter at the CMS prompt, enter: ACC (NOPROF instead. That will start CMS but not execute the PROFILE EXEC. You should be able to have some control at that point to do clean up. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 06/13/2006 07:06:49 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU If monwrite doesn't clean itself up how do I get rid of the data if I want to collect more?? thanks Mace
Re: FTP'ing to boulder
Interesting - we just ordered something on 6/5 and got: Data sent via INET. To retrieve your service: FTP to: ptf.boulder.ibm.com Log on using userid ... Enter the following FTP commands: ... Mike, you must be 'special' or it was a 6/6/6 thing (sigh). We have had no problems ftp'ing to ptf.boulder.ibm.com at all. I can only guess there may be a firewall thing going on preventing the connection. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 06/09/2006 09:57:45 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Steve, Don't know where you're getting the PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM, I don't remember seeing that for years (gee, maybe For at least the last two years?). When I ordered a PTF through IBMLink just this last Tuesday 6/6/6 (sort of makes one fearful to install anything on that day), the instructions from IBMLink included the following (where I overtyped my IBMLink userid with uu and password with ): ---snip--- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Internet Webpage *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* If you have access to the Internet, IBM has a webpage available for you to check your order's status. The URL is- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/ssos/order_status Data sent via INET. To retrieve your service: FTP to: ptf.software.ibm.com Log on using userid uu and password Enter the following FTP commands: ---snip--- (there was more, but it's unrelated to your specific issue) I use FTP from CMS to order service and ship dumps to IBM and ISV's all the time. The VMFTP package (with the latest fixes) written by Romney White can be a huge help for frequent and automated FTP use (from FILELIST I can issue a homegrown FTP2CA EXEC command and the file is packed and shipped to CA's download site in one swell foop). The VMFTP package can be obtained from: http://ukcc.uky.edu/~tools.1997/ Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.
Re: FTP'ing to boulder
This was from http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/ ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 06/09/2006 10:54:53 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Hmmm... Jim, did you order the PTF via the good old, reliable, green-screen 3270 IBMLink interface, or via that new-fangled web-stuff interface? Maybe that's what causes the difference? Somehow I suspect you're using the 3270 interface, too. :-) Just a stab in the etherdark. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Jim Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 06/09/2006 09:10 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: FTP'ing to boulder Interesting - we just ordered something on 6/5 and got: Data sent via INET. To retrieve your service: FTP to: ptf.boulder.ibm.com Log on using userid ... Enter the following FTP commands: ... Mike, you must be 'special' or it was a 6/6/6 thing (sigh). We have had no problems ftp'ing to ptf.boulder.ibm.com at all. I can only guess there may be a firewall thing going on preventing the connection. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Solutions Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 06/09/2006 09:57:45 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Steve, Don't know where you're getting the PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM, I don't remember seeing that for years (gee, maybe For at least the last two years?). When I ordered a PTF through IBMLink just this last Tuesday 6/6/6 (sort of makes one fearful to install anything on that day), the instructions from IBMLink included the following (where I overtyped my IBMLink userid with uu and password with ): ---snip--- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Internet Webpage *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* If you have access to the Internet, IBM has a webpage available for you to check your order's status. The URL is- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/ssos/order_status Data sent via INET. To retrieve your service: FTP to: ptf.software.ibm.com Log on using userid uu and password Enter the following FTP commands: ---snip--- (there was more, but it's unrelated to your specific issue) I use FTP from CMS to order service and ship dumps to IBM and ISV's all the time. The VMFTP package (with the latest fixes) written by Romney White can be a huge help for frequent and automated FTP use (from FILELIST I can issue a homegrown FTP2CA EXEC command and the file is packed and shipped to CA's download site in one swell foop). The VMFTP package can be obtained from: http://ukcc.uky.edu/~tools.1997/ Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
Re: [Fwd: A billion, anyone?]
It is a simple matter of hacking the code to do the brute force conversion.
Here is something that may work - probably not the best, but it works:
In place of time=time('n', thensecs, 's') use:
hh = Right(thensecs%3600,2,0)
mm = Right((thensecs-(3600*6))%60,2,0)
ss = Right(thensecs//60,2,0)
time = hh':'mm':'ss
___
James Vincent
Systems Engineering Consultant
Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering
Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support
One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02
Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A
Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681
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The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 04/28/2006
07:52:25 AM:
IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Whoops, you're right. But that still doesn't explain how you make
time=time('n', thensecs, 's') work, at least with the REXX
distributed with z/VM. I'm not really losing a lot of sleep over
it, but I'm still curious.
Jim
At 04:18 AM 4/28/2006, you wrote:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:18:02 -0400, Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Apparently I don't have the 'modern' date() and time() functions or
at
least not the time() function that Mike specified. Is there still an
extra
library such as the one that Princeton (I think) used to supply? I'm
on
z/VM 4.4.
Jim
To which Alan replied Not that I've heard of. .
I have a feeling you might be thinking of the Pipelines Runtime
Distribution. See: http://vm.marist.edu/~pipeline/
Shimon
Jim Bohnsack
Cornell Univ.
(607) 255-1760
Re: [Fwd: A billion, anyone?]
ARG! Marty Z found my bug: Replace the 6 with hh in the MM calc...
It is a simple matter of hacking the code to do the brute force conversion.
Here is something that may work - probably not the best, but it works:
In place of time=time('n', thensecs, 's') use:
hh = Right(thensecs%3600,2,0)
mm = Right((thensecs-(3600*hh))%60,2,0)
ss = Right(thensecs//60,2,0)
time = hh':'mm':'ss
___
James Vincent
Systems Engineering Consultant
Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering
Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support
One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02
Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A
Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 04/28/2006
07:52:25 AM:
IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Whoops, you're right. But that still doesn't explain how you make
time=time('n', thensecs, 's') work, at least with the REXX
distributed with z/VM. I'm not really losing a lot of sleep over
it, but I'm still curious.
Jim
At 04:18 AM 4/28/2006, you wrote:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:18:02 -0400, Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Apparently I don't have the 'modern' date() and time() functions or
at
least not the time() function that Mike specified. Is there still an
extra
library such as the one that Princeton (I think) used to supply? I'm
on
z/VM 4.4.
Jim
To which Alan replied Not that I've heard of. .
I have a feeling you might be thinking of the Pipelines Runtime
Distribution. See: http://vm.marist.edu/~pipeline/
Shimon
Jim Bohnsack
Cornell Univ.
(607) 255-1760
Re: Update on z/VM 5.2.0 problem
...RSU 0502 for z/VM 5.2 was just released... Arg! A victim of my own bad reading. I saw 5202RSU and typed 0502. It is z/VM 5.2 RSU LVL 0601 and/or 5202RSU. Clear, eh? Depending on how you look at it, it is either the 1st RSU of 2006 (0601) or Verion 5 release 2 RSU #2 (5.2 + #02 == 5202RSU). Either way it is the same. The easy way to do this: Track APAR VM63863 or PTF UM97520. They will always contain the current (and correct!) RSU info for z/VM 5.2 ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Update on z/VM 5.2.0 problem
I can't/won't speak for IBM but I doubt it. If you can upgrade and are thinking of V5, V5.1 is very stable and has done us well since we had it. z/VM 5.2 is really good and especially useful for the 2G storage relief. Chances are you will be okay with V5.2 - you just have to keep in mind it is new and may need a little TLC. That means keeping an eye on the APAR list and doing preventive maintenance. Going with z/VM 5.1 is IMHO a good choice if you don't yet need the improvements 5.2 offers. Either way, you can't guarantee no outages. You just have to weigh the risks and benefits of each release. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 03/28/2006 02:05:02 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Because of the growing pains with 5.2, is support for z/VM 4.4 going to be extended beyond 9/06? Thanks, Alyce -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Vincent Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:00 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Update on z/VM 5.2.0 problem RSU 0502 for z/VM 5.2 was just released - I would recommend that to start with. There have been a number of HTT001 abends due to various page translations too that you should also get the fixes for. Some additional ones I presented in our Early Experiences session at SHARE include: VM63630 UM31541 CONTROL REGISTER 12 IN SNAPDUMP IS NOT ACCURATE VM63785 UM31588 ABENDFRE016 HCPCDT RELEASES A RCDBK VM63808 UM31611 AFTER AN UNPLANNED HYPERSWAP VM CAN BECOME UNRESPONSIVE VM63827 UM31573 ABENDMCW002 IN INSTRUCTION SIMULATION VM63832 UM31583 LOOP IN HCPCUP AFTER CE PERFORMED CUIR OPERATION VM63837 UM31554 VARY ON PATH FAILS TO UNSUPPORTED DPS YES DEVICE VM63845 UM31626 HIGH HCPALS TIME IN PAGING WORKLOADS VM63867 UM31576 STORAGE SHORTAGE, VM NOT FLUSHING USER'S NDMBK'S VM63877 UM31606 LOCKEDRS FIELD INCORRECT IN QUERY FRAMES OUTPUT VM63879 UM31577 GUEST ZOS SYSTEM IN VIRTUAL SYSPLEX LOOPS VM63881 UM31591 SHUTDOWN EXPERIENCING LONG DELAYS VM63888 UM31605 LOOP LDSF, LDDSELR, PRESENT CC2 RC2, ACCEPT CC1 RC2 VM63893 UM31666 IMPROVE FULL TRACK MINIDISK CACHE PERFORMANCE VM63895 UM31613 PEVM63735 LINUX GUEST CANNOT RECONNECT TO NETWORK VM63897 UM31617 THE SUPPORT ELEMENT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH MSGS FROM APAR VM63815 VM63903 UM31669 PEVM63642 ABENDVDB007 VM63906 UM31677 ABENDPRG004 IN HCPDPS VM63911 UM31630 ABENDHTT001 PG TRANS EXCEPTION AT HCPIOG+778 VM63915 UM31648 GUEST DETECTS HOT I/O ON VM LOGICAL DEVICE VM63918 UM31659 INCORRECT LENGTH ERROR RETURNED INVALIDLY VM63957 UM31693 ABENDHTT001 WHEN SNA USER DOES LOGOFF HOLD VM63958 GUEST IPL UNDER Z/VM R520 IS SLOW VM63961 SPXTAPE LOAD FILLING UP SPOOL WITH UNACCOUNTED PAGES VM63971 UM31705 ABENDHTT001 INCORRECT USE OF FREED TRQBK VM63974 HCPSPO1838E PERMANENT I/O ERROR SPXTAPE RESTORE There may be others, but these are some of the big hitters we have found so far and some may not all apply to you. Considering your system up-time requirements, you would do well to build a test system with all the fixes applied and let it settle in a little with your hardware/software configuration. z/VM 5.2 was a jump in advancement for storage relief, so it is certainly a good thing to go to but it is still seeing a few growing pains. We have z/VM 5.2 on 12 systems here - all but 1 are production systems. Generally they have been running very well. As I mentioned, a couple HTT001 abends hit us along with a pesky HPC010 that is still eluding us. ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CA's VM:Manager VM Management Suite
The z version is simply TRACK (or TRACK for VM, to be technically correct), although you can build the module to be anything you would like it called. Current version is available at http://vm.marist.edu/track/ ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 03/20/2006 03:35:01 PM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To a lesser degree, the freeware tool TRACK will allow you to see at least part of the open conslog. In any event, I'd HIGHLY recommend downloading Track (is the current z-version still called TrackXA ??) for general problem sniffing. Agreed about CA's VM support team. VM:Spool - Whenever someone reports a problem with a Linux instance, I = use this first to examine that server's open console log. It's a definite = time saver. I might also add the CA support team in Herndon VA is second to none! Ray Mrohs
Re: Trying to ftp a file from operatns
Where are you FTPing to and what directory are you cd into ? If this is a local ftp (not to IBM) then the login or cd should have shown you that you have a R/O access to the disk, something like: 230-MAINT logged in; working directory = MAINT 191 (ReadOnly) 230 write access currently unavailable If you are FTPing to IBM, then be sure you are in /s390/toibm/vm ___ James Vincent Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Technology Infrastructure Engineering Mainframe, z/VM and z/Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-25-02 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5547Fax: (614) 677-7681 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 03/17/2006 07:38:32 AM: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Thanks Jim,I got my A commands mixed up. But now I have another problem When I issue the put I get the following: put prb0001.dump0001.d SITE FIXrecfm 4096 500 'SITE FIXRECFM 4096': command not understood. PORT 66,144,176,244,4,2 200 PORT command successful. STOR prb0001.dump0001 553 prb0001.dump0001: Permission denied. (upload) Command: Any clues?? thanks Mace
