RMS Errors
I wanted to post this to the list before opening an ETR with IBM. I have a 2nd-level 5.4 system I'm trying to set with DFSMS/VM's RMS component to talk to a virtual tape library. The drives are DEDICATED through the USER DIRECT entry. The system can SEE the drives as Tape drives when the devices are queried, but when RMS starts, it fails with the following errors: DMSACP723I D (192) R/O DMSACC724I 192 replaces D (192) DMSACP723I D (192) R/O 10:12:01 * MSG FROM RMSMASTR: DFSMS IS STARTING Name EntryUserword Origin Bytes Amode (Attributes) FSMDFSMS 01DDF988 01D88000 001A3368 31 PIPE 01803712 01F665A0 01803712 31 PIPMOD0180 01F665A0 0180 0008F960 31 SYSTEM SERVICE IMMCMD DMSRTPRC 0179D9A0 0179D9A0 00040340 31 SYSTEM PERM DMSRTMSG 017DDCE0 017DDCE0 0610 31 SYSTEM PERM NAMEFSYS 011D9460 01F61E58 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE NAMEFIND 011D9460 01FCE3A8 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE NAMEFUSE 011D9460 01F60E58 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE RXSOCKET 01897568 018973B8 00012A60 31 SYSTEM SERVICE DMSWRS015FC218 015FC218 3BD8 31 SYSTEM FSMBBV3053I All DFSMS local APPC/VM resources initialized FSMRMBLC== Diag 254 is available TAPE 40CE ATTACHED TO RMSMASTR 40CE FSMBAC2006E Library I/O error; reason code = 3800, request identifier = 0, devic e = 40CE, library = FSMBAC2019E Sense Data = C040802700201000B3204000CE1F062 0F6290E00 TAPE 40CE DETACHED BY RMSMASTR TAPE 40CF ATTACHED TO RMSMASTR 40CF FSMBBD2241W Device 40CE could not be initialized FSMBAC2006E Library I/O error; reason code = 3800, request identifier = 0, devic e = 40CF, library = FSMBAC2019E Sense Data = C040802700201000B3204000CE1F062 0F6290F00 TAPE 40CF DETACHED BY RMSMASTR FSMBBD2241W Device 40CF could not be initialized FSMSMS3203I RMSMASTR is running When I look up the error FSMBAC2006E I don't find a lot of help. :-( The RMCONFIG DATA file contains the two drive addresses, 40CE 40CF. The DGTVCNTL DATA file contains the RM_AUTO_LIBRARY value it should to find the VTS. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dave
Re: RMS Errors
Thank you, Mark! I had the entry in the RMSMASTR on 2nd-level, but did not realize I'd need it defined in the 2nd-level guest itself. The errors are gone now. Regards, Dave From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:33 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: RMS Errors In the USER DIRECT STDEVOPT LIBRARY CTL On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: I wanted to post this to the list before opening an ETR with IBM. I have a 2nd-level 5.4 system I'm trying to set with DFSMS/VM's RMS component to talk to a virtual tape library. The drives are DEDICATED through the USER DIRECT entry. The system can SEE the drives as Tape drives when the devices are queried, but when RMS starts, it fails with the following errors: DMSACP723I D (192) R/O DMSACC724I 192 replaces D (192) DMSACP723I D (192) R/O 10:12:01 * MSG FROM RMSMASTR: DFSMS IS STARTING Name EntryUserword Origin Bytes Amode (Attributes) FSMDFSMS 01DDF988 01D88000 001A3368 31 PIPE 01803712 01F665A0 01803712 31 PIPMOD0180 01F665A0 0180 0008F960 31 SYSTEM SERVICEIMMCMD DMSRTPRC 0179D9A0 0179D9A0 00040340 31 SYSTEM PERM DMSRTMSG 017DDCE0 017DDCE0 0610 31 SYSTEM PERM NAMEFSYS 011D9460 01F61E58 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE NAMEFIND 011D9460 01FCE3A8 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE NAMEFUSE 011D9460 01F60E58 011D9460 31 SYSTEM SERVICE RXSOCKET 01897568 018973B8 00012A60 31 SYSTEM SERVICE DMSWRS015FC218 015FC218 3BD8 31 SYSTEM FSMBBV3053I All DFSMS local APPC/VM resources initialized FSMRMBLC== Diag 254 is available TAPE 40CE ATTACHED TO RMSMASTR 40CE FSMBAC2006E Library I/O error; reason code = 3800, request identifier = 0, devic e = 40CE, library = FSMBAC2019E Sense Data = C040802700201000B3204000CE1F062 0F6290E00 TAPE 40CE DETACHED BY RMSMASTR TAPE 40CF ATTACHED TO RMSMASTR 40CF FSMBBD2241W Device 40CE could not be initialized FSMBAC2006E Library I/O error; reason code = 3800, request identifier = 0, devic e = 40CF, library = FSMBAC2019E Sense Data = C040802700201000B3204000CE1F062 0F6290F00 TAPE 40CF DETACHED BY RMSMASTR FSMBBD2241W Device 40CF could not be initialized FSMSMS3203I RMSMASTR is running When I look up the error FSMBAC2006E I don't find a lot of help. :-( The RMCONFIG DATA file contains the two drive addresses, 40CE 40CF. The DGTVCNTL DATA file contains the RM_AUTO_LIBRARY value it should to find the VTS. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dave -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
The guests that the 2nd-level system is running are CMS users and applications. It seems logical to me that if a weekly backup was scheduled when the users are not online and working, the system could be quiesced and backups could be taken. This is what they did when the system was moved to our z10. They logged off all non-system users and did DDR backups. When we restored to our system, it came up without issue. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:18 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? On Monday, 09/20/2010 at 04:56 EDT, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. The hope was to back it up daily. There's a total of 42 3380 volume currently. As to the OS, it's VM 3.1 ... yeah, old stuff! We're migrating a customer from their old mainframe. This is a temporary solution. You really don't want to back up that system while it's running. You need all the data to be consistent, and that only happens when the VM system is down. Even forgetting warm start/checkpoint data, remember that the guests it is running also have data on minidisks that needs to be consistent. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
I have a guest OS running on 3380 DASD. All of the DASD is defined with DEDICATE statements to that guest only. I'm now trying to determine how to backup that guest. I have the CA VM:Backup (with HiDRO) product, but I'm told it probably won't work because the guest has no minidisks. We have a VTS here, so all the data will be written to virtual tape using the DFSMS/VM (RMS) and CA's VM:Tape. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. The hope was to back it up daily. There's a total of 42 3380 volume currently. As to the OS, it's VM 3.1 ... yeah, old stuff! We're migrating a customer from their old mainframe. This is a temporary solution. Dave From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:53 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? Can the guest be shutdown to do a backup? If so, try defining a full pack minidisk on the dedicated drive and then use vm:backup to backup the minidisk. Does the guest OS have a backup utility? (You didn't mention what the OS of the guest is). From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a guest OS running on 3380 DASD. All of the DASD is defined with DEDICATE statements to that guest only. I'm now trying to determine how to backup that guest. I have the CA VM:Backup (with HiDRO) product, but I'm told it probably won't work because the guest has no minidisks. We have a VTS here, so all the data will be written to virtual tape using the DFSMS/VM (RMS) and CA's VM:Tape. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
It was to create a clear separation from the rest of the system. I'm not saying it was the best solution, it was the most expedient. I can certainly change it. I can't use DDR though - the guest is using emulated 3380 and the rest of the DASD on the system is 3390. I can't DDR copy from dissimilar volumes. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? Why use DEDICATE? You could possibly use MDISK with the DEVNO to make each disk a full volume minidisk. Then LINK to it RR from another guest, such as CMS and use DDR. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:56 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. The hope was to back it up daily. There's a total of 42 3380 volume currently. As to the OS, it's VM 3.1 ... yeah, old stuff! We're migrating a customer from their old mainframe. This is a temporary solution. Dave From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:53 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? Can the guest be shutdown to do a backup? If so, try defining a full pack minidisk on the dedicated drive and then use vm:backup to backup the minidisk. Does the guest OS have a backup utility? (You didn't mention what the OS of the guest is). From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a guest OS running on 3380 DASD. All of the DASD is defined with DEDICATE statements to that guest only. I'm now trying to determine how to backup that guest. I have the CA VM:Backup (with HiDRO) product, but I'm told it probably won't work because the guest has no minidisks. We have a VTS here, so all the data will be written to virtual tape using the DFSMS/VM (RMS) and CA's VM:Tape. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
Thank you Brian, John and Stephen. Your suggestions have pointed me in the right direction! Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:15 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? As a stop gap you could change the DEDICATE's to MDISK with the DEVNO option. A minor variation would be to put all the MDISKs with DEVNO in a new placeholder userid and change the guests from DEDICATEs to LINKs. Having all the DEVNOs in one place may make administering them easier. YMMV. In either case, now they are MDISKs for HiDRO. Brian Nielsen On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:55:34 -0700, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. The hope was to back it up daily. There's a total of 42 3380 volume currently. As to the OS, it's VM 3.1 ... yeah, old stuff! We're migrating a customer from their old mainframe. This is a temporary solution. Dave From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:53 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? Can the guest be shutdown to do a backup? If so, try defining a full pack minidisk on the dedicated drive and then use vm:backup to backup the minidisk. Does the guest OS have a backup utility? (You didn't mention what the OS of the guest is). From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a guest OS running on 3380 DASD. All of the DASD is defined with DEDICATE statements to that guest only. I'm now trying to determine how to backup that guest. I have the CA VM:Backup (with HiDRO) product, but I'm told it probably won't work because the guest has no minidisks. We have a VTS here, so all the data will be written to virtual tape using the DFSMS/VM (RMS) and CA's VM:Tape. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup?
Mike, Yes, I know that I'm only going to get full-pack backups. This is a temporary solution for the span of about 3 months. The project involves migrating from 3.1 to 5.4 at which point CMS-level backups will be done. Thank you for your comments. As always, you folks are quite knowledgeable and VERY helpful. Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 2:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. Will shutting it down to get the backups meet with any more resistance than the system not being able to run after a restore has been performed? What you suggest is backing up one running system from a 1st level system that has no idea of the filesystems on the 2nd level system. Sure, VM:Backup on the 1st level system knows about CMS files - as long as the minidisks are defined to the 1st level system. But that 2nd level system has it's own CP Directory which cannot tell VM:Backup where the 2nd level systems minidisks start and end, or even who owns the minidisks. So... at best you'll get full-pack physical backups from VM:Backup, or from any other product or tool. That's: read a DASD cylinder of bits, write a DASD cylinder's worth of bits to tape. No file-level restores, just whole cylinders. And consider also that the applications on that 2nd level system may be writing to several difference minidisks on different DASD. The VM:Backups will be inconsistent, since the minidisks will be backed up when the app is writing data at different times than the individual cylinder backups are made. That's why database products have their own backup tools - they can ensure a consistent backup. Is there any reason that the 2nd level system could not have VM:Backup installed on it to run its own backups? Yes, you'd have to attach tape drives during the backups, but that is do-able. And if you are using VM:Tape, that 2nd level system would need to have VM:Tape installed as well - again, that's do-able. And that would require any added licensing costs system the CA products are still running on the same physical CPUID. All that said... for many years we had the MVS sysprogs make FDR backups up the VM system DASD, while the VM system was up and running. At no point during any of the (perhaps) 15+ semi-annual D.R. tests were we unable to bring up the VM system once the MVS sysprogs had FDR-restored the VM DASD. After a few tests I grew more leery (see the database/multi-minidisk considerations above). So we ran extensive CMS filesystem utility checks on every single minidisk looking for filesystem errors. None were ever found. We eventually switched to running VM's own VM:Backup D.R. backups (after the MVS guys stopped running any more VM DASD backups w/o telling us - twice!). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/20/2010 03:55 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a maintenance window of two days a month in which I COULD shutdown the guest, but it'll meet with resistance I'm sure. The hope was to back it up daily. There's a total of 42 3380 volume currently. As to the OS, it's VM 3.1 ... yeah, old stuff! We're migrating a customer from their old mainframe. This is a temporary solution. Dave From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:53 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? Can the guest be shutdown to do a backup? If so, try defining a full pack minidisk on the dedicated drive and then use vm:backup to backup the minidisk. Does the guest OS have a backup utility? (You didn?t mention what the OS of the guest is). From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: DEDICATED DASD - How to backup? I have a guest OS running on 3380 DASD. All of the DASD is defined with DEDICATE statements to that guest only. I'm now trying to determine how to backup that guest. I have the CA VM:Backup (with HiDRO) product, but I'm told it probably won't work because the guest has no minidisks. We have a VTS here, so all the data will be written to virtual tape using the DFSMS/VM (RMS) and CA's VM:Tape. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying
Re: Moving on (please don't panic)
Glad to hear much isn't changing! ;-) Good luck with the new position. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:18 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Moving on (please don't panic) Congratulations and best of luck in your new position, Alan. On 09/02/2010 09:48 AM, Alan Altmark wrote: Effective September 16th, after nearly 28 years in VM Development, I am moving to a new role as a member of IBM Lab Services and Training. There I will be part of the team that helps you, our clients, successfully bring Linux to System z, both from a traditional consolidation perspective, as well as exploitation of System z and z/VM's emerging technologies. I don't make the move lightly or easily, but it serves both my own goals and IBM's. I will continue to reside in Endicott with my friends in Development, I will still annoy them with questions, and I will continue to exert my influence over product plans. By being in Lab Services, however, those questions and that influence will hopefully be the result of deeper, more direct experience with you. While I'm here, let me pause to again publicly thank my colleagues for their many years of support. They always have taken the time to educate me (over and over sometimes!) so that I can pass that knowledge on to you. I will continue to hang out here and I will still see you at conferences. What *will* change? Well, I'll be on the road more, so you'll get fewer near-real-time answers from me on the listservers. (sigh) Oh, and I'll be making more recommendations that you get a Services contract with Yours Truly and the Chuckster to help you. (Hmmm do I get to charge twice?) :-D See you in the funny papers. Alan Altmark IBM z/VM Development (for 14 more days) -- Rich Smrcina Phone: 414-491-6001 http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2011 - April 15-19, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO
Routing a CTC connection
Greetings Listers, I'm wrestling with a routing issue between a real switch, a TCPIP service machine and another VM (on the same system) connected through a vCTCA. Assuming the formatting holds, here's a rough drawing of the connection: |-| | Real Switch | |-|-|| | OSA | |||---| .10 | VSWITCH ||| |---|| TCPIP | .11 vCTCA .12 |||-| | guest2 | |-| We've got a Cisco switch connected to an OSA-Express2, which has a VLAN-unaware VSWITCH attached. TCPIP is attached to the VSWITCH. Also attached to the TCPIP machine is the .11 address of the left side of the vCTCA connection. Connected to the 2nd VM on the other end of the vCTCA is address .12. This was configured using the following IFCONFIG statement: IFCONFIG CTC0 159.121.93.11/25 VCTC 800 OLIS 1800 PTP 159.121.93.12 PORTNUMBER 0 Before configuring and activating the vCTCA connection, this is what NETSTAT GATE displays: Known IPv4 gateways: Subnet Address Subnet Mask FirstHopFlgs PktSz Metric Link -- --- - -- -- Default none 192.168.93.1UGS 1500 none DV1000 192.168.93.0255.255.255.128 directUT 1500 none DV1000 IFCONFIG CTC0 192.168.93.11/25 VCTC 800 guest2 1800 PTP 192.168.93.12 PORTNUMBER 0 The NETSTAT output from this is: Known IPv4 gateways: Subnet Address Subnet Mask FirstHopFlgs PktSz Metric Link -- --- - -- -- Default none 192.168.93.1UGS 1500 none DV1000 192.168.93.0255.255.255.128 directUT 9216 none CTC0 192.168.93.0255.255.255.128 directUT 9216 none DV1000 192.168.93.12 HOST directUHS 9216 none CTC0 What happens is pings work from .12 to .11 and .10, but not to the GATEWAY of .1. I'm wondering if the problem is packets leave the system to the switch, but cannot find their way back because there are two identical route statements on two different interfaces. Is there a way to remove the dynamically added route listed here in line 2? Everything needs to come back via DV1000, I would think. Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: 3380 DDR to 3390 Question
I'm excited at the number of responses to my question! I'm going to throw out some more details since some folks are interested in know more about what exactly we're attempting to do. We are attempting to move a customer from a Multiprise 2000 running VM 3.1 and their custom CMS-based application to a z10 running z/VM 5.4. The customer has 40+ 3380 volumes. Our hope was to take their DDR full backup and restore it to a Second-Level instance of z/VM. I have talked with the storage group and asked them if they can provide me with 'emulated' 3380 drives. I'm still waiting to hear back from them on that. Thanks everyone, I appreciate your responses. Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Frank M. Ramaekers Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:19 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: 3380 DDR to 3390 Question These didn't happen to be 3380 TCM on 3390s? Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76710 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:58 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: 3380 DDR to 3390 Question that is not true I have cut from 3380 too 3390 mod 3's w/o a problem some one else stated it will work going to larger devices Fran Hensler f...@zvm.sru.edu Sent by: The IBM To z/VM OperatingIBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU System cc ib...@listserv.u ARK.EDU Subject Re: 3380 DDR to 3390 Question 12/16/2009 07:28 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System ib...@listserv.u ARK.EDU Dave - DDR only works on like devices so a 3380 dump must be restored to 3380 devices. What is the actual hardware you want to restore to? Maybe it will allow you to emulate 3380 DASD. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 46 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:16:18 -0800 KEETON Dave * SDC said: Hello Listers, I've been given some DDR tapes of 3380 volumes and I'm looking for a way to restore them to 3390. Is this possible? I've tried to define TDSK as 3380, but that fails. Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton Received: from *unknown [130.184.5.241] by ZVM.SRU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP Level 3A0) via TCP with ESMTP ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:17:00 EST X-Warning: ZVM.SRU.EDU: Host *unknown claimed to be listserv.uark.edu _ This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at privacy...@ailife.com.
3380 DDR to 3390 Question
Hello Listers, I've been given some DDR tapes of 3380 volumes and I'm looking for a way to restore them to 3390. Is this possible? I've tried to define TDSK as 3380, but that fails. Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: [LDAP-RACF] Password Change from Linux?
Thanks, Alan. I appreciate the reply. Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:35 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [LDAP-RACF] Password Change from Linux? On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 07:26 EST, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: I've successfully implemented user authentication for Linux users by creating accounts in RACF and using LDAP to check their credentials. However, I'm uncertain of the method whereby the user is notified of an impending password expiration, as well as the dialog they can use to change their password. If anyone else is using this method of user authentication, how do you facilitate user password changes? I'd prefer not to be manually changing user's passwords every 60 days per our policy? The z/OS and z/VM LDAP servers do not currently support the password management extensions that deal with password expiry. IBM is aware of the requirement. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
[LDAP-RACF] Password Change from Linux?
I've successfully implemented user authentication for Linux users by creating accounts in RACF and using LDAP to check their credentials. However, I'm uncertain of the method whereby the user is notified of an impending password expiration, as well as the dialog they can use to change their password. If anyone else is using this method of user authentication, how do you facilitate user password changes? I'd prefer not to be manually changing user's passwords every 60 days per our policy... Thanks in advance, Dave Keeton
Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation
What I have is the z/VM 5.4 SDO media. If I need an additional ISPF product tape, I will need to order it. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation ISPF for VM is one of those semi-VMSES/E products. It's so old it predates the rigourous methodology of VMSES/E and had its own install method based on an install tool EXEC from earlier versions of VM. The z/VM 5.4 SDO Directory http://www.vm.ibm.com/sdo/sdozv54.pdf has a section on installing ISPF and describes the semi-VMSES/E procedure, Page 134. You'll also need the ISPF Program Directory, you can find it here: http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/i1114480.pdf This will help when you go to build the ISPF DCSS. And, I presume you have the ISPF product tape.
Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation
I don't have tapes - I have a DVD and I obtained the electronic version of the SDO from IBM this morning. I was hoping to get the Product Envelope, but I didn't see where I could get just that component. Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:35 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation Yes, if ISPF wasn't on your SDO tapes, you'll need to order it. You can get it on ShopZSeries and probably via internet delivery as a Program Product envelope. Or a real tape, but not a reel tape. On Tue, 5 May 2009 16:21:05 -0700, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: What I have is the z/VM 5.4 SDO media. If I need an additional ISPF product tape, I will need to order it. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation ISPF for VM is one of those semi-VMSES/E products. It's so old it predates the rigourous methodology of VMSES/E and had its own install method based on an install tool EXEC from earlier versions of VM. The z/VM 5.4 SDO Directory http://www.vm.ibm.com/sdo/sdozv54.pdf has a section on installing ISPF and describes the semi-VMSES/E procedure, Page 134. You'll also need the ISPF Program Directory, you can find it here: http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/i1114480.pdf This will help when you go to build the ISPF DCSS. And, I presume you have the ISPF product tape.
Re: Merging DirMaint?
Oh, I was trying to be clever. I thought if I numbered them sequentially I'd be able to keep track of the number of packs I was using. Clearly a failure on my part. -Original Message- From: Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com Reply-to: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Merging DirMaint? Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:09:53 -0600 Any reason you're not just using the volser as the regionid ? Scott On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: I have a follow-up question about the EXTENT CONTROL file In my ignorance, I used the same REGIONS naming convention in both production and test. Here's an example: This is the test system: :REGIONS. *RegionId VolSerRegStart RegEnd Dev-Type Comments LNX901 LNX9G6 1END3390-09 This is production: :REGIONS. *RegionId VolSerRegStart RegEnd Dev-Type Comments LNX901 LNX9F1 1END3390-09 It looks like to me I've shot myself in the foot by using the same convention for the RegionId. Any suggestions on how to clean this up? Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: David Kreuter dkreu...@vm-resources.com Reply-to: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Merging DirMaint? Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:14:01 -0400 Hi Dave: for the directories on each system what I would do: 1. DIRM USER WITHPASS 2. RECEIVE the spool file as nodename WITHPASS - so you have a good copy of each systems directoy 3. Record by hand the volser where each directory is getting loaded onto 4. for each system run a DIRM SCAN USER and figure out which users you want to merge, mdisks, etc. 5. copy the file you want to gerrymander and place your diretory entries in there. Very carefully. 6. on the system you want to place the new directory: 6a. from maint: link dirmaint 1df 1df mr 6b: from MAINT: ac 1df l 6c: From MAINT: ERASE USER DIRECT L 6d. copy from maint your gerrymandered directory: COPY GMANDER DIRECT A USER INPUT L2 it is important to copy it onto dirmaint 1df as fn= user ft= input 7. rel l(det 8.hope for the best! David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Dave Keeton Sent: Thu 3/12/2009 12:20 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Merging DirMaint? I have a question regarding DirMaint and how to migrate/merge from one release to another. Here's the scenario: I have z/VM 5.2 running in production with DirMaint. I have 20+ instances of SLES9 10 and everything is running great. I also have z/VM 5.4 running in a test LPAR which also has DirMaint, 2 instances of SLES10, as well as several CA products. I want to bring 5.4 into production. I'm trying to determine how to merge all the directory entries for my production systems into the test directory prior to IPL'ing z/VM 5.4 as production. My first concern is the EXTENT CONTROL. Each instance of DirMaint has its own DASD pool, separate from the other. I am concern about things getting mucked up by consolidating the pools. What's the most effective way to do this? When z/VM 5.4 is up and running correctly, the plan is to rebuild the test LPAR with the latest release of z/VM so we can stay on top of the releases. Thanks in advance, Dave
Re: Ethernet vswitch definition
Thanks for the replies, Alan David. I appreciate it. My networking group is pretty flexible and asked me what *I* wanted, for the most part. Nice to have that option. :) Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Ethernet vswitch definition On Thursday, 01/08/2009 at 06:09 EST, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: Scenario: If you had an environment that consisted of Administration, Production networks and you wanted a guest to participate in both, wouldn't you just create two VLAN memberships to eth0 (ala vconfig)? Or would it be prudent to create a separate VSWITCH for Administration and Production and use eth0 and eth1 nics (using the PORTTYPE ACCESS method)? This will be driven by your Networking folks. If they would normally configure a trunk port for a distributed system, then it's ok for a guest. If not, no. From a z/VM security point of view, it's the same, though the increased complexity of trunk ports can trigger a failure in the human element of the equation. As David says, this may make the Network Gods nervous. Trunk v. Access: Sometimes the 'obvious' solution is the 'wrong' (or unworkable) solution. For instance, most sites will not mix Internet and Intranet traffic on the same physical switch. Ergo you cannot use a trunk port to carry both. Or they will not carry traffic in different security domains, as represented by a VLAN, on the same wire, so again, a trunk won't help. While on one level it may seem silly, being largely based on history and Everyone Knows kinds of things, ranking right up there with telnet is not secure. On the other hand, using separate switches to carry Internet traffic can be a wise thing for other reasons, including ease of physical audit (put red tape on it and allowo only red ethernet cables) and the ability to just turn it off in an emergency without affecting your ability to access the systems internally. Don't fight with your networking people about this stuff - it's their territory and their responsibility, not yours. If you need to buy additional OSAs, for example, then just say so and TPTB will decide whether the expense is worth the risk. (Hint: Network folks almost always get their way on this soft of stuff. It's ok. Breathe in. Breathe out. In. Out.) It goes without saying, but it must be said, that involving network AND security people *early* in the design is far better (for you) than surprising them at the 11th hour. Talk about cranky Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
Re: Ethernet vswitch definition
I have need for multiple VLAN memberships also. I keep running into issues with routing when I have more than one VLAN configured. Does anyone have any pearls of wisdom in this area? Any docs for advanced VLAN networking with VSWITCH under z/VM 5.4? Scenario: If you had an environment that consisted of Administration, Production networks and you wanted a guest to participate in both, wouldn't you just create two VLAN memberships to eth0 (ala vconfig)? Or would it be prudent to create a separate VSWITCH for Administration and Production and use eth0 and eth1 nics (using the PORTTYPE ACCESS method)? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:39 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Ethernet vswitch definition Always glad to have someone looking over my shoulder. We do have requirements for access to various VLANs. Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:37 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Ethernet vswitch definition On Thursday, 01/08/2009 at 02:30 EST, Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] baue...@mail.nih.gov wrote: Your explanation is how I understood it. Good. VLAN defvid makes the switch capable of supporting VLAN ...and it sets the default VLAN authorization for the GRANT. PORTT determines if the guest is or is not VLAN aware. Some people have been creating VLAN-aware guests that only access a single VLAN (on a particular VSWITCH), wasting cycles. I just want to be sure you aren't falling into that trap. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
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