IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4
Looks like my problems are solved. I applied UM31426 and UM31470 to my sandbox and lo and behold: "Start Installation or System" You may need to load some drivers (modules) to support your hardware. Main Menu 1) Settings 2) System Information 3) Kernel Modules (Hardware Drivers) 4) Start Installation or System 5) Verify Installation CD-ROM/DVD 6) Eject CD 7) Exit or Reboot 8) Power off I am much farther than before :) Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! Dave Booher Quest Software -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches
Thanks for your response
I reran the YOU sync from YaST2 again and it fails with
?Error
Synchronization failed for:
SUSE CORE 9 https://you.novell.com/update
Check whether the requested server is up. If yes,
Make sure that the user name and the password
are set correctly (see ?Edit? dialog).?
looking in /var/lib/YaST2/you I see no indication of any userid/password
problem however I get to patch-11816 and cannot get any further. Here are
the last few lines in the youlog:
2007-11-19 14:15:07 (11949): Retrieving patch-11802: "Security update for
KDE libraries"
2007-11-19 14:15:13 (11949): Ok
2007-11-19 14:15:13 (11949): Retrieving patch-11814: "Security update for
fetchmail"
2007-11-19 14:15:13 (11949): Ok
2007-11-19 14:15:13 (11949): Retrieving patch-11816: "Security update for
Linux kernel"
2007-11-19 14:15:41 (11949): Error: Cannot get files.
The filespace seems ok:
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/linuxyou-var 6.4G 5.6G 864M 87% /var
I see no indication of any problems other then that last error in the
youlog. What could be causing this?
Peter
Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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11/19/2007 01:23 PM
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Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches
>>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 1:04 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter
E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Local YOU server failing for some patches:
>
> I am trying to put some patches on my SLES9x SP3 server. When I pull the
> patches from my local YOU Server using YaST2 Online Update, I get the
> following:
>
> "ERROR(Media:file not found)[HTTP returncode: 404 (URL:
>
http://linuxyou/YOU/s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/rpm/s390x/yast2-online-update-2.9.2
> 2-0.2.3.s390x.rpm
> )
> Package:yast2-online-update-2.9.22-0.2.3 Patch: patch-11966"
-snip-
> Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.
The particular RPM you reference is on you.novell.com. So, whatever
you're using to mirror the YOU server, re-run it, and see if more files
show up.
Mark Post
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Re: SLES 9 Rescue System SSH Error
Mark, It was the '#'. Justin Sollenberger -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 19:40 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES 9 Rescue System SSH Error >>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 2:23 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sollenberger, Justin CIV DISA GS4B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response. We just got this working...Apparently it was > being caused by the special characters I had in the tmp password. I > removed those and it works fine. Umm, by any chance was it one of these? CP Q TERM LINEND # , LINEDEL cent-sign , CHARDEL OFF, ESCAPE " , TABCHAR ] Those will work fine on an LPAR install, but not z/VM unless you modify them to something else. In which case you can't use _those_ characters in a password. (Unless you escape them with the current z/VM escape character.) Mark Post -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches
>>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 1:04 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Local YOU server failing for some patches: > > I am trying to put some patches on my SLES9x SP3 server. When I pull the > patches from my local YOU Server using YaST2 Online Update, I get the > following: > > "ERROR(Media:file not found)[HTTP returncode: 404 (URL: > http://linuxyou/YOU/s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/rpm/s390x/yast2-online-update-2.9.2 > 2-0.2.3.s390x.rpm > ) > Package:yast2-online-update-2.9.22-0.2.3 Patch: patch-11966" -snip- > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance. The particular RPM you reference is on you.novell.com. So, whatever you're using to mirror the YOU server, re-run it, and see if more files show up. Mark Post -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Local YOU server failing for some patches
Local YOU server failing for some patches:
I am trying to put some patches on my SLES9x SP3 server. When I pull the
patches from my local YOU Server using YaST2 Online Update, I get the
following:
"ERROR(Media:file not found)[HTTP returncode: 404 (URL:
http://linuxyou/YOU/s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/rpm/s390x/yast2-online-update-2.9.22-0.2.3.s390x.rpm
)
Package:yast2-online-update-2.9.22-0.2.3 Patch: patch-11966"
I get this same error for the following patches:
patch-11961
patch-11918
patch-11931
patch-11932
patch-11952
patch-11955
patch-11964
patch-11965
patch-11990
patch-11945
the other patches seem to be ok and applied just fine.
I checked the directory and indeed that rpm is not there, however, I do
see patch-11966 in directory
/var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/s390x/update/SUSE-CORE/9/patches/patch-11966
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Peter
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Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4
I thought I saw another one relating to how memory was used. The PTF (UM31426) talks about IPL from SCSI devices which I'm not doing... I'm still digging for the appropriate doc. dave -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:28 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4 Wasn't there an fcp update at some point that was necessary, even if you weren't using fcp for your guest? I seem to recall, long ago, running into this. Might not have been fcp, but it was definitely something we weren't using, but not having the fix bolloxed up things fairly completely. Might this be something similar? New code in SLES 10 that takes advantage of a PTF not currently on z/VM at the levels being discussed? -- .~.Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\RO-OE-5-55200 First Street SW /( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ - "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 11/18/07 11:14 PM, "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 9:44 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce > Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I updated a SLES 10 system on a z/VM 5.1 system to SP1, and now it >> fails stops in the same place. That system doesn't get IPL'ed very >> often (I think it has been over 2 years since the last scheduled one) >> so it has remained on 5.1. I presume that there is a VM APAR that I >> need, but the solution for this system will be it's long overdue >> upgrade it to 5.3 where I know SP1 works. And for now, that server >> will remain on a pre SP1 kernel. > > I'm not sure what is common between your and David's systems. Here's > what works for me: > > s390a13:~ # vmcp q cplevel > z/VM Version 5 Release 1.0, service level 0501 (64-bit) Generated at > 01/24/07 05:34:35 EST IPL at 11/16/07 14:22:20 EST > > s390a13:~ # SPident > > CONCLUSION: System is up-to-date! > foundSLE-10-s390x-SP1 + "online updates" > > s390a13:~ # rpm -q kernel-default > kernel-default-2.6.16.46-0.14 > > s390a13:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo > vendor_id : IBM/S390 > # processors: 2 > bogomips per cpu: 1887.43 > processor 0: version = FF, identification = 18732D, machine = 2094 > processor 1: version = FF, identification = 18732D, machine = 2094 > > > Mark Post > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4
Wasn't there an fcp update at some point that was necessary, even if you weren't using fcp for your guest? I seem to recall, long ago, running into this. Might not have been fcp, but it was definitely something we weren't using, but not having the fix bolloxed up things fairly completely. Might this be something similar? New code in SLES 10 that takes advantage of a PTF not currently on z/VM at the levels being discussed? -- .~.Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\RO-OE-5-55200 First Street SW /( )\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ - "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 11/18/07 11:14 PM, "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 9:44 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Hayden > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I updated a SLES 10 system on a z/VM 5.1 system to SP1, and now it >> fails stops in the same place. That system doesn't get IPL'ed very >> often (I think it has been over 2 years since the last scheduled one) >> so it has remained on 5.1. I presume that there is a VM APAR that I >> need, but the solution for this system will be it's long overdue >> upgrade it to 5.3 where I know SP1 works. And for now, that server >> will remain on a pre SP1 kernel. > > I'm not sure what is common between your and David's systems. Here's what > works for me: > > s390a13:~ # vmcp q cplevel > z/VM Version 5 Release 1.0, service level 0501 (64-bit) > Generated at 01/24/07 05:34:35 EST > IPL at 11/16/07 14:22:20 EST > > s390a13:~ # SPident > > CONCLUSION: System is up-to-date! > foundSLE-10-s390x-SP1 + "online updates" > > s390a13:~ # rpm -q kernel-default > kernel-default-2.6.16.46-0.14 > > s390a13:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo > vendor_id : IBM/S390 > # processors: 2 > bogomips per cpu: 1887.43 > processor 0: version = FF, identification = 18732D, machine = 2094 > processor 1: version = FF, identification = 18732D, machine = 2094 > > > Mark Post > > -- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4
Peter, Yes, I saw that PTF (which I don't have). That was my next action. Thanks for pointing that out! Dave -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter 1 Oberparleiter Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:28 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4 Linux on 390 Port wrote on 16.11.2007 20:17:10: > Linux version 2.6.16.46-0.12-default ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version > 4.1.2 200701 [...] > checking if image is initramfs... it is HCPGIR450W CP entered; > disabled wait PSW 000A I've seen this symptom before (on z/VM 5.1 though): the problem was that the Linux kernel issues a DIAG308 call with invalid parameters during initialization. Somehow this confuses z/VM so that the ram disk would be corrupted in memory and an attempt to unpack it would fail randomly. The solution was to install a VM PTF (as documented in the SLES10 SP1 release notes): APAR VM63742: * z/VM 4.4: UM31426 * z/VM 5.1: UM31428 Regards, Peter -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on System z Development IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: boot into single user mode?
Hi Mark, Installed the new zipl.conf file you sampled to me and ran the zipl -V command and it works great! At the VM console we now have a way to stop the full boot if needed in' Our SLES 9.3 systems ... Here is (for all) a zipl.conf before and after .. Thanks again Mark top notch info as always ! Paul == Before: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Feb 18 17:34:58 2007 [defaultboot] default = ipl [ipl] target = /boot/zipl image = /boot/image ramdisk = /boot/initrd parameters = "root=/dev/dasda1 selinux=0 TERM=dumb elevator=cfq" [dumpdasd] target = /boot/zipl dumpto = /dev/dasd?? [dumptape] target = /boot/zipl dumpto = /dev/rtibm0 After: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Feb 13 19:33:53 2007 [defaultboot] defaultmenu = menu :menu default = 1 prompt = 1 target = /boot/zipl timeout = 10 1 = ipl [ipl] target = /boot/zipl image = /boot/image ramdisk = /boot/initrd parameters = "root=/dev/dasda1 selinux=0 TERM=dumb elevator=cfq" [dumpdasd] target = /boot/zipl dumpto = /dev/dasd?? [dumptape] target = /boot/zipl dumpto = /dev/rtibm0 -Original Message- From: Mark Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:38 PM To: Ayer, Paul W Subject: RE: boot into single user mode? >>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 2:31 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ayer, Paul W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahh now that's starting to make sense ... > > here is the /etc/zipl.conf And here's the updated version. Rename your current one. Copy this into place. Re-run zipl, and you're done. Mark -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
Re: IPL problem with SLES10/ zVM 4.4
Linux on 390 Port wrote on 16.11.2007 20:17:10: > Linux version 2.6.16.46-0.12-default ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version > 4.1.2 200701 [...] > checking if image is initramfs... it is > HCPGIR450W CP entered; disabled wait PSW 000A I've seen this symptom before (on z/VM 5.1 though): the problem was that the Linux kernel issues a DIAG308 call with invalid parameters during initialization. Somehow this confuses z/VM so that the ram disk would be corrupted in memory and an attempt to unpack it would fail randomly. The solution was to install a VM PTF (as documented in the SLES10 SP1 release notes): APAR VM63742: * z/VM 4.4: UM31426 * z/VM 5.1: UM31428 Regards, Peter -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on System z Development IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
