FYI APAR HIPER flag change (cross posted)
Greetings, If you follow HIPER APAR's, please do not be alarmed. This note explains some changes that caused us to review all active APAR's, and change the HIPER flag when needed. System z, z/VM APAR HIPER and RSU process changes: IBM's current service guidelines requires all APARs that result in system outage be marked 'HIPER'. In z/VM's case, this also applies to APARs that correct virtual machine outages. This same APAR may or may not also be marked PERVASIVE. The previous guideline required any system or subsystem outage APAR to be marked 'PERVASIVE' in order to have been marked HIPER. As you can see this is a switch. To adhere to the current guideline, system outage APARs that were not marked HIPER have now been marked HIPER. zVM's RSU philosophy has been to put all HIPER APARs on the RSU. This has been changed. Now, APARs designated HIPER and PERVASIVE are automatically included on the RSU. All HIPER APARs are not necessarily PERVASIVE and as such may not be put on the RSU. The HIPER designation is for customer awareness that these problems exist, they cause a system or subsystem outage, and may or may not be on the RSU. Here are the newly designated HIPER APARs, currently in supported releases R510 and R520: VM56702 VM63454 VM63502 VM63540 VM63553 VM63558 VM63565 VM63567 VM63579 VM63590 VM63604 VM63619 VM63640 VM63650 VM63654 VM63655 VM63666 VM63667 VM63676 VM63694 VM63696 VM63717 VM63719 VM63720 VM63723 VM63769 VM63771 VM63772 VM63777 VM63785 VM63806 VM63807 VM63827 VM63828 VM63831 VM63832 VM63838 VM63840 VM63842 VM63843 VM63847 VM63858 VM63859 VM63860 VM63866 VM63871 VM63887 VM63888 VM63900 VM63903 VM63906 VM63907 VM63911 VM63913 VM63917 VM63924 VM63925 VM63930 VM63943 VM63954 VM63955 VM63956 VM63957 VM63962 VM63965 VM63970 VM63971 VM63973 VM63980 VM63986 VM63987 VM63988 VM63990 VM63991 VM63992 VM63994 VM63997 VM63998 VM64012 VM64013 VM64014 VM64015 VM64023 VM64029 VM64033 VM64036 VM64037 VM64042 VM64049 VM64052 VM64060 VM64075 VM64076 VM64083 VM64084 VM64099 VM64100 VM64103 VM64105 VM64115 VM64121 VM64125 VM64129 VM64141 VM64143 VM64144 VM64145 VM64154 VM64165 VM64173 VM64174 VM64183 Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker
Re: z/VM - z9 and zAAP
I think the r530 announcement material: http://www.vm.ibm.com/zvm530/ will help answer that question... Kurt Acker Mark Pace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/13/2007 02:04 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: z/VM - z9 and zAAP On 3/13/07, Rich Smrcina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might have to wait until z/VM 5.3. It has support to recognize a zAAP and allow it's use by virtual machines. It looks like I was wrong. I just searched the z9 guide again and found a note. Note: zAAPs are not supported for a z/OS guest under z/VM. Is that being fixed in z/VM 5.3 or is this always going to be the case? -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems
Re: Multiple Guests using the Same Crypto Domain
From the planning and admin: Should I be able to run two guests using crypto with the same domain? Only one virtual machine may use a domain at a time. If more than one virtual machine has a CRYPTO statement for a given domain, only the first virtual machine that logs on receives use of the domain. Also, as a processor migration is mentioned, here is some info that is within our hardware buckets: 1. 06/01/18 RUNNING Z/OS GUESTS ON Z/VM USING PCI CRYPTO CARDS ON Z890, Z990, AND LATER PROCESSORS. Changes in crypto set-up are necessary when migrating from the Cryptographic Coprocessor Facility (CCF) on the zSeries z800 and z900 servers to the PCI cryptographic cards on the z890 (2086device), z990 (2084device), and later processors. With the z990 and z890, the Cryptographic Coprocessor Facility has been removed and replaced with the Central Processor Assist for Cryptographic Functions (CPACF) and the PCI cryptographic accelerators and coprocessors. This requires changes to the z/VM CRYPTO directory control statement. For CCF, it was necessary to include the CRYPTO Directory Control Statement with the following operands: DOMAIN, CSU, KEYENTRY, SPECIAL, and MODIFY. For PCI crypto, the CSU, KEYENTRY, SPECIAL, and MODIFY operands are no longer needed and are ignored if specified. The operands used for PCI crypto are DOMAIN, APDEDICATED, and APVIRT. The APVIRT operand is intended to authorize hardware for SSL acceleration for Linux and VSE guests and is not used for z/OS guests. If the APVIRT operand is specified for z/OS guests, the Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility (ICSF) component of z/OS will not function properly. An example of the CRYPTO directory control statement authorizing a z/OS guest to access the PCI crypto cards is: CRYPTO DOMAIN 1 APDEDICATED 2 3 This statement authorizes the z/OS guest to have dedicated access to crypto queue 1 on both AP 2 and AP 3. The APs specified on the above statement must be selected from the set of APs selected on the PCI Cryptographic Online List on the Crypto Image Profile Page for the VM logical partition. The DOMAINs specified must be selected from the set of domains specified on the Usage Domain Index selections on the Crypto Image Profile Page for the logical partition. For CCF, an additional required step was to define a virtual crypto facility by using either the CRYPTO operand on the CPU directory statement or the DEFINE CRYPTO command. Neither of these are required for PCI crypto. It is recommended that these no longer be used in orde to avoid the following message at logon: HCP663E The crypto cannot be defined because no real crypto facility is installed. An additional hardware requirement for z/OS guests is that the CP Crypto Assist functions (CPACF) must be enabled on the processor. Once CPACF is enabled on the hardware, no z/VM set-up is required to authorize guests to access these functions and they will be available to all guests. Hopefully this helps answer things, Kurt Acker Don W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/01/2007 11:24 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Multiple Guests using the Same Crypto Domain On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:06:52 -0500, Lloyd Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:06:48 -0600, Don W. wrote: I am trying to define two z/OS guests that are using CRYPTO. The mainframe supposedly has two CRYPTO Coprocessors. The guests need to have the same DOMAIN. I thought I should be able to dedicate a CRYPTO Coprocessor to each guest and use the same domain. When I bring up the first guest, it seems to reserve both CRYPTO processors. The first guest gets msg HCPAPJ1708I No Processor is available to service virtual crypto unit (0/1). The second guest gets a msg that the DOMAIN is in use and CRYPTO is not available. Should I be able to run two guests using crypto with the same domain? To answer this we will need to know what type of processor. The different processors handle things different. In addition, if this is a z800/z900 or older, you can only bind them to CPU0 and CPU1. Lloyd
Re: S/A dumps
If you have access to the HMC, use PSW RESTART. It will dump the system just like taking a SNAPDUMP followed by a re-IPL. Kurt Acker Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 02/06/2007 01:35 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject S/A dumps Hello. We are in a situation where our processor and ATL are 3 hours away from us. Plus it is at an unmanned, lights out site. Recently our system locked up and I needed to take a S/A dump. The problem I'm encountering is finding a way to mount a tape to do the S/A dump. The ATL has a web interface but it does not have a feature that will let me mount a tape. Has anyone been in this situation and thus, how did you get around it? Thanks, Steve G.
Re: Performance Toolkit
Ron is correct on the APAR number (I was just getting to that post having noticed trying to subscribe a PMR to the one mentioned). I will post a follow up once FTP site info is checked on. Thanks, Kurt Acker Ron Schmiedge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/16/2007 12:29 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Performance Toolkit The actual APAR number is VM64152. However, the part about a PERF440 PACKMOD is not mentioned in the APAR, nor is the file available today on the testcase FTP site mentioned by Mike yesterday. Can anyone who got the module before it disppeared make it available?
VM64152 Re: Performance Toolkit
Greetings Perfkit users and ListServ followers, PERF440 PACKMOD has been placed back on the FTP with the other mods. For our records, we would still like customers to open PMR's at all release levels. Please also note that the r440 version will not become an official part of APAR VM64152 due to its end of service classification. We plan to make this a local mod, that will most likely be downloaded from: http://www.vm.ibm.com/related/perfkit/ We will of course add an official follow up post once that has taken place. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Ron Schmiedge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/16/2007 12:29 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Performance Toolkit The actual APAR number is VM64152. However, the part about a PERF440 PACKMOD is not mentioned in the APAR, nor is the file available today on the testcase FTP site mentioned by Mike yesterday. Can anyone who got the module before it disppeared make it available?
Re: VM64152 Re: Performance Toolkit
Well so much for that plan. Thanks for trying and bringing this to our attention. Unless, or until I hear otherwise from the powers that be, I kindly ask that any V4R4.0 customers that are down loading the fixtest module to just send me a quick email off list. We do of course apologize for any confusion and inconveniences caused by this. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron Schmiedge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/16/2007 05:46 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: VM64152 Re: Performance Toolkit Kurt, I did open an ETR on IBMLink but got a phone call saying since the product was no longer supported they would not forward the problem for support to look at. I was told a valid SE contract was necessary. The ETR was closed. Ron On 1/16/07, Kurt Acker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Perfkit users and ListServ followers, PERF440 PACKMOD has been placed back on the FTP with the other mods. For our records, we would still like customers to open PMR's at all release levels. Please also note that the r440 version will not become an official part of APAR VM64152 due to its end of service classification. We plan to make this a local mod, that will most likely be downloaded from: http://www.vm.ibm.com/related/perfkit/ We will of course add an official follow up post once that has taken place. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Ron Schmiedge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/16/2007 12:29 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Performance Toolkit The actual APAR number is VM64152. However, the part about a PERF440 PACKMOD is not mentioned in the APAR, nor is the file available today on the testcase FTP site mentioned by Mike yesterday. Can anyone who got the module before it disppeared make it available?
Re: Performance Toolkit
Mike had beat me to this post. Please direct PMR's to z/VM support, queue CPCON, 100 if calling it in. FTP info is: This is the address: testcase.boulder.ibm.com Files from us to a customer should be placed in directory: /s390/fromibm/vm Customers may use the ID anonymous and should respond to the password prompt with the customer@ portion of their internet ID. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Colin Allinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/15/2007 11:19 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Performance Toolkit Sorry if I am being thick but can you tell me the exact FTP site that I need to address for this? Thanks Colin Allinson Amadeus Data Processing Michael Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :- It appears you have run into the same problem one of our internal accounts encountered yesterday. It appears there is a time-of-day boundary check being performed inside the PERFKIT MODULE. Around Noon on 14 January, the TOD clock rolled from BFxx to C0xx and this TOD boundary check began failing. Here is a recent PMR update There is a problem in the Perfkit discovered late yesterday due to the TOD Clock value changing to x'C0xx '. We have the Perfkit fix(s) on our 'fromibm/vm' FTP site available as: PERF440 PACKMOD PERF510 PACKMOD PERF520 PACKMOD All should be xmitted using BIN F 1024 and unpacked using the CMS COPYFILE (UNPACK option. This should get customers up and running. We will follow thru with an official APAR shortly. Best Regards, Roger Lunsford action taken: supply fixtest action plan : work apar You can/should retrieve the fixtest version of PERFKIT from the FTP site. If you need information on that FTP site, please let me know. You can/should also open a service incident with this problem so we can add you to the (eventual) APAR's interested party's list. Thanks! Mike Donovan
Re: runaway exec
HX might be what you are looking for. Kurt Acker Bob Forward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/07/2006 11:55 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject runaway exec How do I make a runaway exec quit? It is spewing out error messsages in a loop. I've been pressing [CLEAR] for hours now. Isn't there a way to interrupt it or cancel it?
Re: Question about VM crash
a Q CPLOAD will respond with how z/VM was last loaded (it will reply with what module from what disk if it was IPL'd cleanly thru a load/activate, or it will reply with the abend type that caused a re-IPL to be initiated). The Q DUMP will tell you right then how much space is needed to dump the system should you abend, or issue a SNAPDUMP/restart PSW. The Q ALLOC SPOOL will tell you how much spool space you have in use, and available (the amount retuned from the Q DUMP is included in the in use section). Having spool space dedicated for dumps will insure you have enough space for them. funny, I was just working on this for another customer, Kurt Acker Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 10/02/2006 12:31 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Question about VM crash Is it possible for VM (z/VM 5.2 z890) to crash and not leave a trace? Nothing in the hardware (HMC) messages. Nothing in the PROP log file. And no DUMP in OPERATNS rdr. I am a little confused, I can't recall ever seeing this happen before. I don't think SHUTDOWN was erroneously entered, I run with that command disabled. Any thoughts? Thanks Tom __ ella for Spam Control has removed VSE-List messages and set aside VM-List for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
Re: IPL Problems
Instead of using ACTIVATE, try using LOAD icon from the HMC/SE? This should allow you to see and change your IPL address if needed. Kurt Acker Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/30/2006 02:46 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: IPL Problems Your welcome. When our CE would come in and put maint on our mainframe, sometimes the ACTIVATION PROFILE would get changed. I'd forget about this from time to time and get totally stumped as to why it wouldn't IPL. What really used to get me, is, because the ACTIVATION PROFILE rarely changes, I'd forget which one I used last and would have to wake up some brain cells to try and remember. And since you mentioned an A1 IOCP, etc. I'd almost bet that is what has happened. Steve Loren Charnley, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/30/2006 12:38 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System To:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc: Subject:Re: IPL Problems Steve, I looked at the Sys Config but did not change anything. As far as the activation profile, I created a new one for the 'A1' IOCP. I have some help on the way (contractor), I didn't know if I would be able to get in touch with him so I reached out to the list. I will look at the new profile and see if there is a LOAD PARM, I think that is going to be the fix. Thanks for the tip, Loren Charnley IT Systems Engineer Family Dollar Stores, Inc (704) 847-6961 Ext. 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Steve Gentry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:23 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: IPL Problems Hello. Per chance did you make changes to your SYSTEM CONFIG file on MAINT CF1? Did you change the LOAD PARM info on your activation profile(on the HMC)? Has your activation profile changed on the HMC? Steve G Loren Charnley, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/30/2006 12:17 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System To:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc: Subject:IPL Problems All, I have a z800 running zVM 4.3 and I am trying to do a Power-On-Reset and load to bring in a new IOCP. The problem is that I am not getting a SAPL screen so that I could IPL zVM. I have probability missed something but I don't know what. I have also tried to bring up the old IOCP but I am incurring the same problem. Is there anyone out there that has any hints? TIA, Loren Charnley IT Systems Engineer Family Dollar Stores, Inc (704) 847-6961 Ext. 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - NOTE: This e-mail message contains PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL information and is intended only for the use of the specific individual or individuals to which it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained herein or attached hereto is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the person named above by reply e-mail and please delete it. Thank you.
Re: New z/VM 5.2.0 Manuals May 2006
I like: http://www.vm.ibm.com/library/ Although that does not really match up with the formats you request, it will at least get you to the docs for now. Kurt Acker Alan Ackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/28/2006 03:29 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject New z/VM 5.2.0 Manuals May 2006 The are several new z/VM 5.2.0 manuals on the Library Center at http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/ bookmgr_OS390/libraryserver/zvmv5r2/. I have been asked to add these to our BookManager collection. I usually use the Softcopy Librarian to do this -- but all that shows up there under the Internet source is the December 2005 Collection Kit, which I already have. I tried downloading a few of the new .boo files from Library Center and adding them to the collection on my PC, but Softcopy Librarian shows them with title Unknown, I think because I could not find a bookshelf to download. Does anyone have a list of the new manuals (and their filenames)? Does any know how to download a bookshelf from Library Center? Does anyone know of a way to download all of the new books at once, instead of one at a time? (That's why I use Softcopy Librarian, to handle all this correctly. When I try to do this manually, I tend to make mistakes, and it is very time-consuming.) Did the existence of these new manuals ever get announced anywhere? Alan Ackerman alan (dot) ackerman (at) bank of america (dot) com
Re: LPAR Frozen with HIGH CPU
That would be a Network Device Message Block. Read all about it, and all your favorite CP data areas and control blocks for r520 at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/pubs/cp520/index.html Kurt Acker Jon Brock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/15/2006 09:39 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: LPAR Frozen with HIGH CPU Speaking a relative VM newbie, what in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a NDMBK? Thanks Jon snipOh, yeah, I had that one during share in march 2005. Lots of NDMBKs and things fell apart. /snip
Re: LPAR Frozen with HIGH CPU
If you have to re-IPL in order to free the system, please use the PSW RESTART feature from the HMC. This will force a dump, before re-IPLing itself. You should also play with this process in order to make sure your system is properly set up to handle dumps. See the z/VM V5R2.0 CP Planning and Administration guide for the amount of storage needed, and how to dedicate space you need for it (see the section on the CP_OWNED Statement). To play with this process, issue a SNAPDUMP during a time frame least disruption to your system (it temporally holds/halts all activity while dumping in use CP storage) to the OPERANTS reader (RDRL). The DUMPLOAD command then downloads the dumps to disk (the command can be issued just like that, with no parameters, so long as your A disk is large enough to hold it). Al these commands are located in the z/VM V5R2.0 CP Commands and Utilities Reference. All these publications can be found at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/library/ And so long as you are running a supported release, please just open a PMR. Someone from here can always help with the process. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker William Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/13/2006 12:02 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: LPAR Frozen with HIGH CPU No VM System dump. No Performance Toolkit records. This is the first time that I remember this ever happening so I am not real familiar with dumping the VM system. Would there been a way I could have force a dump of the VM system? Thanks. William L. Boyer Senior Systems Programmer ViPS(, an Emdeon Company One West Pennsylvania Avenue Baltimore, MD 21204 Office: 410.832.8300 ext. 8419 Fax: 410.832.8327 This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the fax address or telephone number above and delete this message. Thank you. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Bitner Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:23 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: LPAR Frozen with HIGH CPU What kind of VM system dump did you get? I looked, but didn't find a problem record for this. Was any monitor or Performance Toolkit history files available for the production system? Bill Bitner - VM Performance Evaluation - IBM Endicott - 607-429-3286
Re: Performance Toolkit AND Monwrite???
The raw Monwrite data is a superset of the data available from the Toolkit History files. While you could easily use the Toolkit, or another product if you have one, we wanted to ensure that people knew about this other method of collecting data. If you were to use this in conjunction to Toolkit, you might not want to keep the raw files for a long period of time (with a few possible exceptions of course). The value add of having the MONWRITE id ready to collect monitor data includes: - you reduce it using PERFKIT BATCH mode for specialized reports or variations - you can feed it to other programs and products (e.g. to send data to z/OS for capacity planning) - you also have data that can be compared to the history file - you have data that can be used for post report processing by IBM when needed We also highly recommend collecting the raw monitor data and saving it before you make any major system change (new processor, new DASD, product upgrades, etc.). You may never need the data, but for scenarios where you cannot go back in time and collect it when problems occur, it can be very helpful. Kurt Acker Leland Lucius [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/19/2006 12:23 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Performance Toolkit AND Monwrite??? Why does z/VM: Getting Started with Linux on System z9 and zSeries instruct you to setup MONWRITE. What benefit is there to have the raw monitor records rather than Perftk's history? Thanks, Leland
Re: Question On Setting Up A Special Privilege Class
Although the SMAPI book does talk about VMRM, The Performance book Chapter 17 VMRM SVM Tuning Parameters contains the real guts of it, Kurt Acker Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 04/06/2006 10:51 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Question On Setting Up A Special Privilege Class I think I would approach solving this problem by using the Virtual Machine resource Manager function. VMRM is a set of virtual machines (an administrator and a svm) that dynamically vary the share and i/o rate settings of other virtual machines in order to meet predefine workload goals and performance objectives. Tim could define a named workload, consisting of only those user ids that need to have their performance objectives changed dynamically. He then can grant write permission to the SFS directory where the workload configuration file(s) are stored to only those users permitted to change performance objectives. They, then in turn, can update the workload performance file when the need arises and the VMRM svm server will automatically pick up the changes and adjust it's performance goals accordingly. No muss, no fuss;-) Read all about it here: z/VM V5R1.0 Systems Management Application Programming Have a good one. DJ Rob van der Heij wrote: We're considering setting up a separate class that will allow specific clients to set the share on their own. We believe this could be accomplished using a new privilege class but was wondering exactly how we would go about setting one up, as well as pros and cons the list might be aware of. Also, I was wondering if there is a way that we can setup the privilege class to allow the command to only be executed against certain IDs. I'm thinking about audit time and what the auditors might say if we allow our clients the authority to set share on our service machines. You can't get down to the granularity that you're asking for without doing your own CP commands or local mods. Might be fun, but maybe not the kind of fun you are looking for. I am not sure whether an ESM would have its hands in there, but your next question is probably about the value of the share setting they use. The easiest way imho is to run PROP (or better) in a disconnected virtual machine with sufficient privileges (maybe you already have that in the OPERATOR userid) and define your own set of commands that your customer can use. The action routines in PROP can do all the checking you need (like who issues the command), and issue the necessary SET SHARE command. If you need an example of routing table and action routine, just ask... Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc
Re: ordering RSU's and PSP buckets
You can always open a PMR, and we will order RSU's or PTF's on a tape for you (I am not sure how that process compares to electronic web orders). I get to web info starting from: http://www.vm.ibm.com Clicking on Service tab from left side navigation bar takes you to link below: http://www.vm.ibm.com/service/ From that page, there are currently 2 links that allow for service type orders (both of them require sign up/sign in and navigation to your system/OS...): IBM ShopzSeries IBM eServer Support Portal I must admit that links like: A z/VM only order All other product order would be great, and I have passed this info along to others as a concern worth pursing. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/29/2006 11:00 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject ordering RSU's and PSP buckets Has any on this list successfully navigated the maze of IBM web pages and been able to order RSU's or PSP buckets? I have unsuccessfully tried to order the latest for VM 5.2. Some links seem to lead me in a circle. When I finally think I've arrived at the correct webpage, it tells me I'm not entitled to order these items? What? I've ordered PTF's, etc, although infrequently, and don't have problems. Then I find a web page that lists what's in the RSU's and/or PSP buckets, but there's no url link to click to order them. I'm frustrated with this process, to the point that I get . . . . . And while I'm writing this I get an email from Global Services that says I haven't provided enough information for my entitlement enrollment! There was a time, years ago (which probably shows my age) that this used to be a simple process. Can anyone from IBM tell me why this has to be so difficult? Steve G.
Re: ordering RSU's and PSP buckets
Although the shopzSeries page still states 0501RSU, you will get 0502RSU level for PTF UM97520 (and that of course means that a Q CPLEVEL will return service level 0601). We just downloaded a copy of it to make sure. The text on the page is just a little behind the product (and the PSP bucket that comes with it... however there is nothing in the new bucket yet anyway). These problems are being resolved. If you are having a problem with shopzSeries or one of the other web interfaces, please provide feedback thru the web links, or open tickets against it (i.e. we can not do much from here about entitlement type checking). We can as mentioned order the RSU for you on tape (just open a PMR). Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/29/2006 01:18 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: ordering RSU's and PSP buckets Kurt, thanks for your response. It did get me a little further but . . . It lists 5201 as the current RSU. I go to another IBM web page and it list 0601 as the current RSU. The page that lists RSU 0601 doesn't have an option any where to order it. Then this gets into the Entitlement web page maze. Kurt Acker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/29/2006 12:20 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System To:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc: Subject:Re: ordering RSU's and PSP buckets You can always open a PMR, and we will order RSU's or PTF's on a tape for you (I am not sure how that process compares to electronic web orders). I get to web info starting from: http://www.vm.ibm.com Clicking on Service tab from left side navigation bar takes you to link below: http://www.vm.ibm.com/service/ >From that page, there are currently 2 links that allow for service type orders (both of them require sign up/sign in and navigation to your system/OS...): IBM ShopzSeries IBM eServer Support Portal I must admit that links like: A z/VM only order All other product order would be great, and I have passed this info along to others as a concern worth pursing. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/29/2006 11:00 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject ordering RSU's and PSP buckets Has any on this list successfully navigated the maze of IBM web pages and been able to order RSU's or PSP buckets? I have unsuccessfully tried to order the latest for VM 5.2. Some links seem to lead me in a circle. When I finally think I've arrived at the correct webpage, it tells me I'm not entitled to order these items? What? I've ordered PTF's, etc, although infrequently, and don't have problems. Then I find a web page that lists what's in the RSU's and/or PSP buckets, but there's no url link to click to order them. I'm frustrated with this process, to the point that I get . . . . . And while I'm writing this I get an email from Global Services that says I haven't provided enough information for my entitlement enrollment! There was a time, years ago (which probably shows my age) that this used to be a simple process. Can anyone from IBM tell me why this has to be so difficult? Steve G.
Re: Performance Toolkit - how to stop it?
SEND was just suggested as an alternative to logging onto and gracefully shutting down/logging off the machine. FORCE is kind of brutal as if their is any outstanding work that needs to complete, you wind up risking putting a guest (and this is true for any guest) into logoff force pending status, Kurt Acker Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/27/2006 11:00 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Performance Toolkit - how to stop it? On 3/27/06, Kurt Acker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just log onto guest and issue logoff (You could also send it a #CP LOGOFF from a secuser id if you wanted to avoid logging into that user). Any reason why SEND CP PERFSVM LOGOFF is better than the proposed FORCE PERFSVM ? Doing the SEND properly requires some more programming than just this because PERFSVM may be in console function mode and reject the SEND command... Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc
