Re: red-hat open shift on zlinux

[Mike Friesenegger]

Here is another option if you are interested.

SUSE Rancher can be deployed on any enterprise Linux on Z including on 
RHEL.  There are four YouTube videos which show how to deploy the following:


 * RKE2, a Kubernetes distributions option from SUSE that can run on
   any enterprise Linux on Z
 * SUSE Rancher Manager, manages any Kubernetes distribution from a
   simple to use web UI
 * A simple containerized application

The longest of the four videos are just over 5 minutes.  The first video 
shows the vCPU, memory and storage requirements for a  z/VM guest that 
makes up a part of the three node RKE2 kubernetes cluster.  The minimal 
guest requirement is 2 vCPUs, 8GB memory and 50GB disk.


Regards,

Mike

On 9/27/22 10:53, Jack Woehr wrote:

On 9/27/22 10:33 AM, Jack Woehr wrote:

Jake got me started. I'm setting this up on my LinuxONE RHEL 8.6
virtual server.
We'll see how far I get :)




https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.11/installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-ibm-z-kvm.html#host-machine-resource-requirements_installing-ibm-z-kvm 



Oops not enough resources. Scratch that :(


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Re: Moving a Linux guest from z/VM to KVM?

[Mike Friesenegger]

On 11/30/20 11:34 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:

On 30.11.20 21:10, Mark Post wrote:

On 11/30/20 1:16 PM, Alan Haff wrote:

I have a number of Linux guests running under z/VM. I'd like to move some of 
them to a KVM host running in another LPAR. Naively I tried DDRing a guest's 
disks to new volumes and IPLing off of the new volumes. No luck, the virtio 
modules aren't available in the guest so it can't see any DASD.

Has someone put together a recipe for moving a guest from z/VM to KVM? Or am I 
heading down a dead end?

I'm not aware of one, but I wouldn't call it a dead end, either. As a
first step, I would rebuild the initrd with whatever parameters are
needed to include the virtio drivers, then try again. I have to think
that /etc/fstab entries would need to be looked at as well.

Look at the virtualization cookbook 5 from the redbooks.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248463.html?Open

chapter 8.7 contains information how to configure a system as such that it can
be moved forth and back between LPAR and KVM. That should then also be possible
with z/VM. If done right that should allow you to move the guest forth and back
between KVM and z/VM.

Basic idea:
make sure the initrd has classic (DASD) drivers and the virtio-blk driver and
then use driver independent names for the partitions.

CC Viktor, do we still have our presentation flying around somewhere?

I co-authored Chapter 8 and did much of the testing.  I agree with 
Christian that z/VM -> KVM is possible.


Chapter 8 starts with a SLES KVM VM running on a SLES KVM host running 
in an LPAR.  The SLES OS is installed on FCP SCSI disks. The KVM VM and 
host are shutdown and the SLES OS on the SCSI disk is IPL'd in the same 
LPAR.  Using DDR to duplicate the z/VM guest to the new DASDs on your 
KVM host is a good first step.  The good thing about this approach is 
that you can continue to run the z/VM guest as you work through the 
hurdles to get the KVM host to boot.


I suggest keeping the device ids of the OS disks defined in the KVM 
guest the same as it is in z/VM.  I encourage you to review the 
virt-install command in the shell script in Appendix B as an example how 
to define the KVM VM.


I would define the NIC with the same device id but add that to a NAT'd 
KVM network.  This will allow the network of the new KVM VM to start but 
will not step all over the IP address being used while the z/VM guest is 
running at the same time.


I also agree with Mark that it might be necessary to rebuild the initrd 
so that virtio drivers are available during IPL.


Regards,

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Re: unstable LVM on SLES 12

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Csaba,

My experience leads me to believe that a step or steps in the upgrade 
process are the root cause of the issues that you are seeing.


You mention making a backup of the OS DASD but it is unclear to me if 
you tried to perform a test upgrade on this backup DASD.  The LVM 
entries still exist on the backup and LVM errors would happen if the 
LVMs were not enabled and used on the backup DASD.  This is one example 
of where a step might be a cause of the issues you are seeing.


One idea is to use vgexport so that the volume groups and its disks are 
unable to used during the upgrade process.  This is an idea that you 
should test on a test 11 SP4 system before attempting on the production 
system.  Here are the high level steps that I would do to test this 
idea.  First make sure that the fstab entries are commented out so the 
LVs are not mounted.  Then use vgexport to put the VGs in an offline 
state.  NOTE:  It is always a good idea to have a backup of the data on 
the VGs before performing vg operations like vgexport.  Once the VGs are 
successfully exported, reboot SLES 11 SP4 to make sure that no FS and 
mounting errors exist.  Finally, confirm the VGs and LVs are not used by 
the system.   Once this is done then I would try an offline upgrade from 
11 SP4 to 12 SP4.  BTW - SLES 12 SP5 is released and I strongly 
encourage upgrading  11 SP4 to this version.


Have you on the customer's behalf or the customer opened a support 
request to get ideas and recommendations regarding the issues you are 
seeing?


Regards,

Mike

On 4/14/20 6:17 AM, Csaba Polgar wrote:

Hello,

In the past, there was an attempt to upgrade a Linux system from SLES11 SP4
to SLES 12 SP4, but it was not successful because of the missing disks
after OS upgrade.
We saw the below error messages in the SLES11 SP4:

hostname:~ # lvs | grep "Attr\|ao--p"
   LV  VG   Attr
LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
   db2db_db2bmtg0_db2data  vg0
-wi-ao--p  60.00g
   db2db_db2bmtg0_db2dump  vg0
-wi-ao--p   2.00g
   is_appname   vg0
-wi-ao--p 700.00g
   is_appname_mclm  vg0
-wi-ao--p  44.25g
   is_appname_tss-mzvg0
-wi-ao--p 250.00g
   opt_IBM_wstemp  vg0
-wi-ao--p  65.00g
hostname:~ #

Please see the last see Attribute, which is "p". It means (see manual
pages):   (p)artial: One or more of the Physical Volumes this Logical
Volume uses is missing from the system.

We thought, that the permanent solution is the migration every data (~80
FileSystem) to a new Volume Group (from the vg0 to vg1). It was performed.
   The old and faulty VG (=Volume Group) (vg0) was not deleted with its LVs
(Logical Volume) and PVs (Physical Volume), but these were NOT used or
mounted.
   After it, the error messages disappeared on the SLES11 from the used
disks (PVs, LVs also). This was the staus till the new attempt of Linux
upgrade.

1 ) After it (on the last week), I started the OS upgrade again. I created
a full backup about the Linux OS (SLES 11) to a new disk before the
upgrade.
(The Linux itself is only on a pure 1 disk (dasd), without LVM. The
applications and their data are on LVM managed PVs, LVs, FSs.)

2) The upgrade was very slow and struggle. (The Linux system was useable
after 3 reboot, and there was many device(dasd)/lvm/FS error.)
In the SLES12 I saw many simlar errror messages:
WARNING: Device for PV x5zvM9-l42o-ifVM-zMWC-NgT5-dZ8G-afApuY not found or
rejected by a filter.
...
Couldn't find device with uuid x5zvM9-l42o-ifVM-zMWC-NgT5-dZ8G-afApuY
...
   There are 24 physical volumes missing.
WARNING: Couldn't find all devices for LV vg0/db2db_db2bmtg0_db2actlog
while checking used and assumed devices.
...

3 ) Many error message came from the old, and unused and corrupt VG (vg0)
and its LVs, and PVs, so I deleted these (the PVs, LVs of vg0).
   After a new reboot, disappeared every error messages (in SLES 12 SP4,
after upgrade).

4 ) At this time, I have checked every filesystem (~80, with fsck), and
every filesystem was good.

5 ) I updated the metadata of LVM ( to lvmetad).

6 ) I performed more (~10) boot on this Linux system to test, and I saw
similar error messages during every boot:
[FAILED] Failed to start LVM2 PV scan on device 94:617.
See 'systemctl status lvm2-pvscan@94:617.service' for details.
[FAILED] Failed to start LVM2 PV scan on device 94:517.
See 'systemctl status lvm2-pvscan@94:517.service' for details.
[FAILED] Failed to start LVM2 PV scan on device 94:473.
See 'systemctl status lvm2-pvscan@94:473.service' for details.
But the PVs, LVs, FSs (FileSystems) were good (without error messages) in
beginning.

7 ) Aftet some reboot, I saw same error messages about the new VG (vg1)
t

So quiet...

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello all,

I have become accustom to seeing many posts happening on a daily basis 
to this list over the years.  I am confident that this quietness will 
change after we get past the epidemic.  Until then, I hope everyone is 
doing well in these difficult times.


Best wishes,

Mike Friesenegger

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Re: KVM only supports 4guests

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello,

I just want to point out that a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Z and 
LinuxONE subscription does NOT limit the number of KVM VMs.

Regards,

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On 10/22/19 7:29 AM, Robert J Brenneman wrote:

Barton - you are correct.

RH only supports 'unlimited' numbers of virtual machines on their dedicated
hypervisor offering which is RHV ( used to be RHEV ).  RHV is not yet
available on s390x. I am not a part of the team that can say whether it
will become available for s390x, either, so your guess is as good as mine
about that.


On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 8:53 AM Bfishing 
<mailto:bfish...@gmail.com> wrote:



I wonder if that winds up depending on where you or they run it?
- I stated it that way knowing that IBM is pushing KVM on zCloud over just
offering z/VM as a Service (zaas) for running Linux guest like they should
be!

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:39 PM Barton 
<mailto:bar...@velocitysoftware.com>
wrote:



Right.  That’s what I’m hearing , that ‘unlimited ‘ is not available on Z

Barton




On Oct 22, 2019, at 12:27 AM, Jim Elliott 
<mailto:jlelliot...@gmail.com>


wrote:



Sam:

The Red Hat site above does not make sense to me as there is only ONE
version of RHEL available for IBM Z. That is, Red Hat Enterprise Linux


with


Unlimited Guests and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization are NOT


available


for IBM Z.

Jim Elliott
Senior Consultant - GlassHouse Systems Inc.





On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:07 PM Cohen, Sam 
<mailto:sam.co...@lrs.com> wrote:

Barton,

It depends on the licensed version of Redhat that you have.  From the
footnote:

This guest limit does not apply to Red Hat Enterprise Linux with


Unlimited


Guests. There is no guest limit for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization,


Red


Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and the Red Hat Enterprise


Linux


with Smart Virtualization bundle.

Thanks,

Sam
(217) 862-9227 (office)
(602) 327-2134 (cell)

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Subject: KVM only supports 4guests

I’m hearing at gse that red hat on z only supports 4 guests on kvm on


z?


Here’s a  link, am i missIng something?






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Re: Current Docker Community Edition for Ubuntu/Debian?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Tim,

I know you are asking about Ubuntu but I want to put a plug in for SUSE Linux 
Enterprise Server.  SLES12 SP4, SLES15 and the about to be released SLES15 SP1 
(June 24) have 18.09.6_ce available.  Here is the link for SLES15 - 
https://scc.suse.com/packages?name=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server&version=15&arch=s390x&query=docker&module=

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On 6/20/19 11:59 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote:

I don't see anything newer than Docker-CE 18.06.3 for s390x architecture at
that link, Neale. I'm looking for 18.09.6.

Docker can be built from source, of course (I assume), but official
binaries (e.g. .deb) would be nice.


Timothy Sipples
IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE


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Re: Martin Schwidefsky

[Mike Friesenegger]

I too am saddened by this news.  I enjoyed attending Martin's 
presentations at SHARE and other events learning about s390x enablement 
in the Linux kernel.  I always said hello to Martin when in Boblingen. 
Even though he was very busy he would always stop to chat.

Martin will be missed!

Mike

On 5/21/19 7:46 AM, PHILIP TULLY wrote:
> To all,
>
> Today I learned that Martin Schwidefsky has died in a parachute 
> accident.(see attached url for translated news story).
>
> Martin was a deeply technical person, with Linux kernel expertise.  He 
> presented at many technical conferences and was always willing to 
> discuss and dig into the Linux puzzles.
>
> I have worked on multiple technical issues with Martin, and while he 
> could overwhelm my linux technical knowledge easily, he was always 
> willing to help me learn.
>
> Martin’s intelligence, wit and good nature will be missed.
>
> Regards
> Phil Tully
>
>
>
> https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.focus.de%2Fpanorama%2Fwelt%2Fdrama-in-baden-wuerttemberg-fallschirmspringer-schlagen-auf-boden-auf-und-sterben-ursache-ist-klar_id_10728579.html
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Re: Web UI testing on zLinux?

[Mike Friesenegger]

http://open.qa is an open source option used by SUSE and Fedora.

Info from the Fedora project - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA

Some videos by about openQA - 
https://www.google.com/search?q=openqa+richard+brown&oq=openqa&aqs=chrome.1.69i59j35i39l2j0j69i61l2.2479j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


You may ask who is Richard Brown.  He is the openSUSE chairman.

Mike

On 02/22/2018 06:24 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote:

Hello list,

We are hoping to get an automated Web UI testing environment set up on
zLinux.  Many have suggested the open source tool Selenium. We have been
able to get it running from a laptop, but would like to get it running from
zLinux, so we can "press a button" and run many types of tests including
Web UI.

So we need a browser running on zLinux and many Java components.  The
effort is dragging down, so I was just wondering if, by chance, someone has
already blazed this trail. Or perhaps there is an alternative to Selenium.

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Re: KVM on Z: Getting started

[Mike Friesenegger]

The "Migrating from KVM for IBM z Systems to KVM integrated with SUSE 
Linux Enterprise Server" document - 
https://www.suse.com/documentation/suse-best-practices/kvm-migration-ibmz-to-sles/data/kvm-migration-ibmz-to-sles.html 
- can be used a getting started guide to install and manage KVM 
instances using KVM in SLES.


One item that is not included in the document is that I have also been 
using virt-manager running on my x86 openSUSE systems and connected to 
libvirtd on SLES on Z to create, manage and modify KVM Z instances.


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On 12/01/2017 06:57 AM, Stefan Raspl wrote:

There's a new series of articles coming up providing step-by-step
instructions on how to run KVM on Z. See
http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/p/getting-started-with-kvm-on-z.html for
an overview, and http://kvmonz.blogspot.de/p/getting-started.html
for a first article covering SLES12 SP3.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards

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Re: Docker on Z

[Mike Friesenegger]

Have you looked at cpuplugd -
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/com.ibm.linux.z.lhdd/lhdd_r_cpuplugdcmd.html
- which uses a set of rules to dynamically enable or disable CPUs and
also dynamically add or remove memory.

Mike Friesenegger

On 10/27/2016 06:56 PM, PHILIP TULLY wrote:

The issue here is we have multiple docker engines on multiple lpars (
we still think from an economics and manageability point of view that
under VM is better than on the metal).
We have been doing the testing to have one engine pick up the workload
form another that has failed, this works.
We are still trying to make the environment more flexible.  These
docker engine VMs are sized at 60G and 8 vcpu but can grow (without
ipl) to 120G and 16 vcpu's.   It is the automation piece to exploit
the flexibility of the platform that we need to figure out.  Yes, we
can define full and "waste" resources but at these sizes the resources
are big.



On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 04:57 PM, R P Herrold wrote:


On Tue, 25 Oct 2016, PHILIP TULLY wrote:


We are looking to implement Docker on Z, as we have begun the testing
part of the issue is to be able to grow a docker engine and growing it
dynamically based on it's current needs especially when a node in the
Docker cluster fails.

So the question is does anyone see a way for the VM system to see the
memory resource grow, which would allow me to add more dynamically.


I thought one point of Docker was to have 'fast to spin up'
instances, ready to spin up, which then pulled in ephemeral
data from a back end persistent store, so that a swarm of them
handled load spikes, and once the spike passes, that the
excess units are shut down

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openSUSE Factory now builds for the IBM z Systems architecture

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello,

This project is targeted to improve the integration of z Systems
technology into the openSUSE distribution. This is done by several
means:
- it allows the openSUSE community to actively work on a distribution
targeted for z Systems like LinuxOne Emperor and LinuxOne Rockhopper.
- build issues can be found much earlier than during SUSE Linux
Enterprise release cycles.
- new features can be integrated without having to wait for service
packs.
- allow customers to participate in the base development for future
SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

Read the full post at
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2016-04/msg0.html

Regards,

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Re: Does anyone use Microsoft's SCOM monitoring tool with zLinux?

[Mike Friesenegger]

>>> On 2/8/2012 at 11:23 AM, in message
<74ad745df8e148468a71d62ed35465d10272d...@tnwg01a-p0274.ad.cbp.dhs.gov>,
"CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)"  wrote: 
> Is anyone out there using SCOM on their platform (zLinux, or s390x) with
> either RHEL or SUSE? Can anyone point me to a datasheet on this product
> (System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2) that lists supported
> platforms?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309428.aspx  and search for the 
section "UNIX or Linux Operating Systems".

For Linux, SCOM only supports x86 and x86_64 although there is support for 
other architectures.

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Re: sles 11 sp2 ?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Marcy,

What you are seeing is the internal work in preparation for the release of 
SLE11 SP2.  Not all of the SLE11 SP2 channels that you see are mirrorable with 
SMT yet.  The release is scheduled for later in calendar Q1 2012.

Here are the big highlights for the new things in SLES11 SP2 that are across 
architecture.  Contact me offlist if you want specifics for s390x.

* Hardware enablement / incl. RAS features across all architectures

* Solaris Compete
** Filesystem: btrfs * “Copy on Write”, data checksums, snapshotting
** LXC delivers Container support based on Control Groups
** Enhance Tracing capabilities, via LTTng (Linux Trace Toolkit)

* Snapshot / Rollback for package updates
** YaST2 + ZYpp + btrfs

* New Maintenance Model
** more flexibility for customers while retaining full control

* SLE HA: Geo-Cluster, automated and pre-configuration
** Supported on all architectures
** Included as part of the of the SLES for System z, ppc and ia64 subscription

Regards,

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>  Is there a description somewhere about what is new in it?
> 
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Re: OCFS2 replacement for SLES ?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello all,

SUSE has been contributing to OCFS2 since 2005 with significant contributions 
to the project.  OCFS2 is part of the SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 
Extension which is free for all paid SLES for System z subscriptions.  SUSE 
supports OCFS2 on all architectures that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (x86, 
x86_64, ia64, ppc64 and s390x) runs on.  SUSE will continue to develop and 
enhance OCFS2 for all of the architectures including System z.  While Oracle 
has chosen to limit customer choice, there is another vendor supporting OCFS2 
on IBM System z: SUSE.

Regards,

Mike




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>>> On 11/3/2011 at 08:32 AM, in message
, Lionel
Dyck  wrote: 
> After reading this
> http://www.mainframezone.com/it-management/linux-on-system-z-choices-in-file-systems
> 
> 
> Has anyone heard what SUSE's plans are to provide an alternative within
> the SLES distribution?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Lionel B. Dyck <><
> z Client Architect
> IBM Corporation - West IMT
> 
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> System z: www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/
> Linux on z: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/
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Re: Novell Netware to Samba

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Saulo,

There is an eDirectory product team which is separate from any SUSE related 
strategy.  This topic has been brought up to eDirectory product management but 
the customer demand has not enough been enough in the past.

If there are customers on the list looking for a very scalable LDAP directory 
on Linux on System z then ping me off list so I can put together a list to pass 
along to  eDirectory product management.

Regards,

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>>> On 8/29/2011 at 08:49 AM, in message
, Saulo
Silva  wrote: 
> Hi Mike ,
> 
> Just onw question about that topic . Why we don't have the eDirectory
> application to Linux on z ? Something related to Suse strategy ?
> 
> Saulo Augusto Silva
> 
> 2011/8/26 Mike Friesenegger 
> 
>> >>> On 8/26/2011 at 01:46 PM, in message
>> <4e57bfbe026d000e7...@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com>, Mark Post
>>  wrote:
>> > The eDirectory product is only available on Netware (as you have now) and
>> > Open Enterprise Server (OES) running on SLES on Intel/AMD systems.  If
>> you're
>> > going to be running OES for eDirectory, you might as well use the other
>> parts
>> > of OES on that system, which include the various file server functions
>> that
>> > people are used to from Netware.  I believe this does involve Samba, but
>> I'm
>> > not all that familiar with OES.
>>
>> My knowledge is a bit rusty on this but let me clarify a few things.
>>
>> eDirectory is a standalone product althought it is included in many Novell
>> products like OES.  eDirectory can run on a number of OSes like Linux,
>> Solaris, AIX and Windows and is an LDAP based directory.  eDirectory only
>> runs on Linux on x86/x86_64 based systems.
>>
>> One option is that you could keep the Netware around and connect Samba via
>> LDAP.  eDirectory on Netware 5 is old and that might cause problems.
>>
>> A better option would be to get eDirectory installed on Linux, join the
>> directory tree on the Netware server so it can become a replica, and then
>> promote the directory on the Linux box so the Netware server could be turned
>> off.  Not that I want to see a Netware box get turned off but maybe the
>> organization is more comfortable with Linux.
>>
>> A couple of ideas for you to contemplate
>>
>> Mike
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Re: Novell Netware to Samba

[Mike Friesenegger]

>>> On 8/26/2011 at 01:46 PM, in message
<4e57bfbe026d000e7...@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com>, Mark Post
 wrote: 
> The eDirectory product is only available on Netware (as you have now) and 
> Open Enterprise Server (OES) running on SLES on Intel/AMD systems.  If you're 
> going to be running OES for eDirectory, you might as well use the other parts 
> of OES on that system, which include the various file server functions that 
> people are used to from Netware.  I believe this does involve Samba, but I'm 
> not all that familiar with OES.

My knowledge is a bit rusty on this but let me clarify a few things.

eDirectory is a standalone product althought it is included in many Novell 
products like OES.  eDirectory can run on a number of OSes like Linux, Solaris, 
AIX and Windows and is an LDAP based directory.  eDirectory only runs on Linux 
on x86/x86_64 based systems.

One option is that you could keep the Netware around and connect Samba via 
LDAP.  eDirectory on Netware 5 is old and that might cause problems.

A better option would be to get eDirectory installed on Linux, join the 
directory tree on the Netware server so it can become a replica, and then 
promote the directory on the Linux box so the Netware server could be turned 
off.  Not that I want to see a Netware box get turned off but maybe the 
organization is more comfortable with Linux.

A couple of ideas for you to contemplate

Mike

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Re: Last date for SLES 10 SP 3 patches from Novell

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Marcy,

>>> On 8/17/2011 at 12:19 PM, in message
,
Marcy Cortes  wrote: 
> Is there a published date somewhere?

Not exactly but it is relatively easy to figure out.

http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/

Type "suse linux enterprise server" and then expand SLES10 to see the FCS 
(First Customer Ship) date for SLES10 SP4 which is April 12, 2011.


> I see a 6 months after SP4 reference, but I need an exact date.

October 11, 2011 is the last day for SLES10 SP3 patches based on my two-handed 
calculation.

Mike Friesenegger

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Re: SLES11 Updates

[Mike Friesenegger]

Peter,

SMT11 - http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5qJ9eEidDzs~ - is supported 
on SLES11 on System z in addition to x86/x86_64.  SMT is the recommended tool 
for mirroring SLES10 and SLES11 repos.

Mike

>>> On 7/13/2011 at 08:28 AM, in message
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E. Abresch Jr.   - at Pepco"  wrote: 
> The gateway timeout issue must have been a web service issue as I retried
> and it is working. Is SMT what everyone is using for mirroring updates in
> SLES11?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> From:   Peter E Abresch/EP/PEP
> To: Linux on 390 Port 
> Date:   07/13/2011 08:22 AM
> Subject:SLES11 Updates
> 
> 
> With SLES9 we used a YOUSERVER and with SLES10 we use YUP to mirror
> updates locally where we then installed them. What is the best method for
> SLES11. Is it SMT and when I select the options to mirror in YaST is that
> what it will use? Whenever I try to register for updates I get the ERROR
> 504: 504 Gateway Time-out. Is there an issue with the Novell Web server or
> is this on my end? Thanks for any clarification.
> 
> Peter
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Re: Mono and ASP

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello John,

>>> On 4/11/2011 at 08:02 AM, in message
, John Campbell
 wrote: 
> If I recall aright, ASP is dependent upon IIS, isn't it?  It's an
> M$-only web server extension, right?

You are right if this was a Microsoft-only world.  The Mono project is the open 
source implementation of the open standard .NET framework which can run on 
non-Windows OSes like Linux.  This means that ASP.NET web applications can be 
run on SLES on System z using Mono.  Mono has implemented a mod_mono Apache 
module which enables Apache to serve up ASPX and DLL based web content.  Novell 
provides a supported subscription called the SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono 
Extension where customers can deploy ASP.NET apps on SLES on System z (and 
Intel).

www.mono-project.com

Mike

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Re: Mono and ASP

[Mike Friesenegger]

ASP is different that ASP.NET.  Mono supports ASP.NET not ASP which is probably 
the reason for the trouble.

You are welcome to contact me off list to discuss further.

Regards,

Mike




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>>> On 4/11/2011 at 07:40 AM, in message
<8b4bfe1dfac69942ad900495a02acd37a...@aownlex023.europe.nl.intra>, "van
Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
> Hi listers,
> 
> Some time ago we started a project to move an application on Windows to 
> zLinux. The application runs an Oracle database and an ASP application. The 
> idea was to move that to a Linux with mysql and run mono.
> 
> But so far we have not been successful. As it turns out mono supports the 
> asp.net framework but that is different from ASP. Is there a way to run ASP 
> on zLinux?
> 
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Re: VLAN

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello David,

The Novell Support Knowledgebase has a Technical Information Document about 
this.

Set up 802.1q VLANs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server TID 3864609
http://tinyurl.com/2elxf7b

Mike

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>>> On 2/16/2011 at 10:50 AM, in message
<00b103335d060c4aa6925e922d470970a33fac5...@bcmsg020.bcbst.com>, "Dean, David
(I/S)"  wrote: 
> I need to put a VLAN tag in suse linxu 10.3.  I have found how to do it 
> dynamically, but where can I add it permanently?  Ifcfg-qeth in 
> /etc/sysconfig/network?  Can I do it in yast?
> 
> We have three vlans running inside a zvm.
> 
> Thanks!
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Re: RHEL6 SSH key

[Mike Friesenegger]

I know this has been resolved but I wanted to chime in.

There is a little known utility on SUSE, ssh-copy-id, which copies the public 
key to another Linux system.  I have customers running both SLES and RHEL that 
use ssh-copy-id.

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>>> On 1/5/2011 at 08:16 AM, in message
, Thang
Pham  wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> I have two Linux virtual servers, one running SLES11 SP1 and the other
> running RHEL6.  I am trying to setup the SSH key between them, so that when
> I SSHed into the RHEL6 server, I do not get prompted for a password.  I put
> the id_rsa.pub key of my SLES11 SP1 server in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
> file on my RHEL6 server, but when I SSH into the RHEL6 server, I get
> prompted for a password.  Is this a bug?
> 
> I tested this same procedure on a RHEL5.5 server, and it works fine.  I
> even tried the other way around and setup the SSH keys on the RHEL6 server,
> so that when I SSHed into my SLES11 SP1 server from my RHEL6 server, I do
> not get prompted for a password.  This works.  It appears that RHEL6 does
> not accept a public key and always prompts for a password.
> 
> Regards,
> -
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Re: Which directories on which device?

[Mike Friesenegger]

# blkid /dev/dasda2  to determine filesystem type on /dev/dasda2

Output:
/dev/dasda2: UUID="af6dceee-af00-4107-b292-c34cb4627126" TYPE="ext3"

Another exmaple:
# blkid /dev/sda3
/dev/sda3: UUID="xhRIYc-bmQy-RQi8-V6Lp-bNFl-YGE3-xEEdFp" TYPE="LVM2_member"

Then, I would mount the ext3 or use lvm commands to determine what VG and LV 
the disk is a member of to mount the LV.

Mike

>>> On 8/11/2010 at 09:49 AM, in message
, Donald Russell
 wrote: 
> If I have a device, /dev/sda or /dev/hda how do I determine which filesystem
> or directories are on that disk?
> 
> Thanks
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Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1

[Mike Friesenegger]

You did what I would have done by removing and re-adding the repo.

Mike

>>> On 8/5/2010 at 07:50 AM, in message
, "van
Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
> I did try a refresh in yast, both individual and all repo, but no luck. I too 
> expected that that would help. Autorefresh is turned on.
> 
> Berry.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Friesenegger
> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 15:28
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
> 
> There is an option in the Software Repository to refresh the content of 
> individual or all installation repos.  The auto refresh option maybe was 
> turned off for that repo which means it would not refresh when you changes 
> the mounted ISO.
> 
> I suggest forcing a refresh either in YAST or using zypper.  I do this 
> whenever I switch ISOs that are mounted to the same mountpoint.
> 
> Mike
> 
>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 07:16 AM, in message
> , "van 
> Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
>> OK, I mounted the iso now as /SLES/SLES11_SDK. Next I removed the 
>> current SDK config in the guest and added the /SLES/SLES11_SDK. And 
>> yes, now I see the content of the SDK.
>> 
>> It looks like that, even while I removed the repository, yast still 
>> remmebers the old content. So a refresh doesn't notice the changes in 
>> the repository. What could be the reason for this?
>> 
>> Berry.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
>> Mike Friesenegger
>> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 15:06
>> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
>> 
>> Berry,
>> 
>> I would look in the directory that contains the SDK.  Check to see if 
>> the /suse/noarch has the tomcat rpm in it.
>> 
>> The other option is to remove the DVD2 directory, create a new SDK 
>> directory for the SDK and extract the SDK iso into the newly created 
>> SDK directory if you would prefer to start from zero.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 05:05 AM, in message
>> , 
>> "van Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote:
>>> Hello Mike,
>>> 
>>> Oh, I am sorry. My mistake. We have put the ISO files (SLES11 DVD1 
>>> and
>>> SLE11
>>> DVD1) in our webserver as DVD1 and DVD2. So when I mention DVD2 I had 
>>> to mention DVD1 from the SDK DVD1. Probably I had to name the 
>>> directory SDK instead of DVD2.
>>> 
>>> The problem is that even while these two are entered into the 
>>> software repositories, and appear to get the correct repo-name, both 
>>> entries show only the content of SLES11 SP1 DVD1 and not the content 
>>> of SLE11SP1-SDK DVD1. Even when I remove the SDK and add it again I 
>>> still only get the content of
>>> SLES11-SP1 DVD1.
>>> 
>>> Berry.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
>>> Mike Friesenegger
>>> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 12:57
>>> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> tomcat6-6.0.18-20.3.1.noarch.rpm  is located in the noarch directory 
>>> on the
>>> SLE11SP1 s390x DVD1.  I added DVD1 to my guest and was able to see 
>>> the tomcat package.  I used the zypper command (zypper se tomcat) to 
>>> search for the package.  YAST Software Management should show you the 
>>> same
>> thing.
>>> 
>>> Manually mount DVD1 and look for the tomcat rpm in /suse/noarch.  
>>> Have you verified the MD5SUM of the SDK DVD1?
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 01:55 AM, in message
>>> 
>>> , "van Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote:
>>>> Hi listers,
>>>>  
>>>> I have installed SLES11 SP1. Yast has added the DVD1 in the software 
>>>> repositories. Next I added the second DVD to get access to the SDK.
>>>> At first I had added the wrong DVD so I deleted that one and then 
>>>> added the correct one. (first I added the source DVD instead of the SDK).
>>>> The configuration now looks like I would expect it. But yast 
>>>> software management only shows the content of DVD1 for both repositories.
>>>>  
>>>> How can I get the correct repository information?
>>>>  
>>>> FY

Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1

[Mike Friesenegger]

There is an option in the Software Repository to refresh the content of 
individual or all installation repos.  The auto refresh option maybe was turned 
off for that repo which means it would not refresh when you changes the mounted 
ISO.

I suggest forcing a refresh either in YAST or using zypper.  I do this whenever 
I switch ISOs that are mounted to the same mountpoint.

Mike

>>> On 8/5/2010 at 07:16 AM, in message
, "van
Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
> OK, I mounted the iso now as /SLES/SLES11_SDK. Next I removed the current SDK 
> config in the guest and added the /SLES/SLES11_SDK. And yes, now I see the 
> content of the SDK.
> 
> It looks like that, even while I removed the repository, yast still 
> remmebers the old content. So a refresh doesn't notice the changes in the 
> repository. What could be the reason for this?
> 
> Berry.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Friesenegger
> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 15:06
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
> 
> Berry,
> 
> I would look in the directory that contains the SDK.  Check to see if the 
> /suse/noarch has the tomcat rpm in it.
> 
> The other option is to remove the DVD2 directory, create a new SDK directory 
> for the SDK and extract the SDK iso into the newly created SDK directory if 
> you would prefer to start from zero.
> 
> Mike
> 
>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 05:05 AM, in message
> , "van 
> Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
>> Hello Mike,
>> 
>> Oh, I am sorry. My mistake. We have put the ISO files (SLES11 DVD1 and 
>> SLE11
>> DVD1) in our webserver as DVD1 and DVD2. So when I mention DVD2 I had 
>> to mention DVD1 from the SDK DVD1. Probably I had to name the 
>> directory SDK instead of DVD2.
>> 
>> The problem is that even while these two are entered into the software 
>> repositories, and appear to get the correct repo-name, both entries 
>> show only the content of SLES11 SP1 DVD1 and not the content of 
>> SLE11SP1-SDK DVD1. Even when I remove the SDK and add it again I still 
>> only get the content of
>> SLES11-SP1 DVD1.
>> 
>> Berry.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of 
>> Mike Friesenegger
>> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 12:57
>> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> tomcat6-6.0.18-20.3.1.noarch.rpm  is located in the noarch directory 
>> on the
>> SLE11SP1 s390x DVD1.  I added DVD1 to my guest and was able to see the 
>> tomcat package.  I used the zypper command (zypper se tomcat) to 
>> search for the package.  YAST Software Management should show you the same 
> thing.
>> 
>> Manually mount DVD1 and look for the tomcat rpm in /suse/noarch.  Have 
>> you verified the MD5SUM of the SDK DVD1?
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 01:55 AM, in message
>> , 
>> "van Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote:
>>> Hi listers,
>>>  
>>> I have installed SLES11 SP1. Yast has added the DVD1 in the software 
>>> repositories. Next I added the second DVD to get access to the SDK. 
>>> At first I had added the wrong DVD so I deleted that one and then 
>>> added the correct one. (first I added the source DVD instead of the SDK).
>>> The configuration now looks like I would expect it. But yast software 
>>> management only shows the content of DVD1 for both repositories.
>>>  
>>> How can I get the correct repository information?
>>>  
>>> FYI, in "software repositories":
>>>  
>>> *Priority *Enabled*Autorefresh*Name 
>>>  
> 
>> 
>>>*
>>> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 
>>> 11.1.1-1.152 *
>>> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x 
>>> *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1*
>>> 
>>>  
>>> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.152
>>>  
>>>  *
>>> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD1/
>>>  
>>> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.57   
>>>  
>>>  *
>>> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD2/ 
>>> <http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD2/>  
>>>
> 
>> 
>>>

Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1

[Mike Friesenegger]

Berry,

I would look in the directory that contains the SDK.  Check to see if the 
/suse/noarch has the tomcat rpm in it.

The other option is to remove the DVD2 directory, create a new SDK directory 
for the SDK and extract the SDK iso into the newly created SDK directory if you 
would prefer to start from zero.

Mike

>>> On 8/5/2010 at 05:05 AM, in message
, "van
Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
> Hello Mike,
> 
> Oh, I am sorry. My mistake. We have put the ISO files (SLES11 DVD1 and SLE11 
> DVD1) in our webserver as DVD1 and DVD2. So when I mention DVD2 I had to 
> mention DVD1 from the SDK DVD1. Probably I had to name the directory SDK 
> instead of DVD2.
> 
> The problem is that even while these two are entered into the software 
> repositories, and appear to get the correct repo-name, both entries show only 
> the content of SLES11 SP1 DVD1 and not the content of SLE11SP1-SDK DVD1. Even 
> when I remove the SDK and add it again I still only get the content of 
> SLES11-SP1 DVD1.
> 
> Berry.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Friesenegger
> Sent: donderdag 5 augustus 2010 12:57
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1
> 
> Hello,
> 
> tomcat6-6.0.18-20.3.1.noarch.rpm  is located in the noarch directory on the 
> SLE11SP1 s390x DVD1.  I added DVD1 to my guest and was able to see the tomcat 
> package.  I used the zypper command (zypper se tomcat) to search for the 
> package.  YAST Software Management should show you the same thing.
> 
> Manually mount DVD1 and look for the tomcat rpm in /suse/noarch.  Have you 
> verified the MD5SUM of the SDK DVD1?
> 
> Mike
> 
>>>> On 8/5/2010 at 01:55 AM, in message
> , "van 
> Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
>> Hi listers,
>>  
>> I have installed SLES11 SP1. Yast has added the DVD1 in the software 
>> repositories. Next I added the second DVD to get access to the SDK. At 
>> first I had added the wrong DVD so I deleted that one and then added 
>> the correct one. (first I added the source DVD instead of the SDK). 
>> The configuration now looks like I would expect it. But yast software 
>> management only shows the content of DVD1 for both repositories.
>>  
>> How can I get the correct repository information?
>>  
>> FYI, in "software repositories":
>>  
>> *Priority *Enabled*Autorefresh*Name  
> 
>>*
>> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 
>> 11.1.1-1.152 *
>> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x 
>> *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1*
>> 
>>  
>> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.152 
>>  *
>> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD1/
>>  
>> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.57
>>  *
>> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD2/ 
>> <http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD2/>   
>>   
> 
>> *
>> 
>> In "software management":
>>  
>> *Filter  *
>> *Repositories*â  *
>> **
>> ** *Name*
>> ** *...@system *
>> ** *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1*
>> ** *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-K*
>>  
>> But still: search on tomcat results in 0 packages found.
>> 
>> Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, Berry van Sleeuwen Flight 
>> Forum 3000 5657 EW Eindhoven
>> 
>> ( +31 (0)6 22564276
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Atos Origin <http://www.atosorigin.com/>
>> 
>> MO CF SC Mainframe Services
>> 
>>  
>> 
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Re: Add repository SLES11 SP1

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello,

tomcat6-6.0.18-20.3.1.noarch.rpm  is located in the noarch directory on the 
SLE11SP1 s390x DVD1.  I added DVD1 to my guest and was able to see the tomcat 
package.  I used the zypper command (zypper se tomcat) to search for the 
package.  YAST Software Management should show you the same thing.

Manually mount DVD1 and look for the tomcat rpm in /suse/noarch.  Have you 
verified the MD5SUM of the SDK DVD1?

Mike

>>> On 8/5/2010 at 01:55 AM, in message
, "van
Sleeuwen, Berry"  wrote: 
> Hi listers,
>  
> I have installed SLES11 SP1. Yast has added the DVD1 in the software 
> repositories. Next I added the second DVD to get access to the SDK. At first 
> I had added the wrong DVD so I deleted that one and then added the correct 
> one. (first I added the source DVD instead of the SDK). The configuration now 
> looks like I would expect it. But yast software management only shows the 
> content of DVD1 for both repositories. 
>  
> How can I get the correct repository information?
>  
> FYI, in "software repositories":
>  
> *Priority *Enabled*Autorefresh*Name  
>*
> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 
> 11.1.1-1.152 *
> * 99 (Default)*   x   * x 
> *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1*
> 
>  
> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.152 
>  *
> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD1/ 
>  
> SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.57
>  *
> * URL: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/SLES/SLES11_DVD2/ 
> 
>  
> *
> 
> In "software management":
>  
> *Filter  *
> *Repositories*â  *
> **
> ** *Name*
> ** *...@system *
> ** *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1*
> ** *SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-K*
>  
> But still: search on tomcat results in 0 packages found.
> 
> Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, 
> Berry van Sleeuwen 
> Flight Forum 3000 5657 EW Eindhoven
> 
> ( +31 (0)6 22564276
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Atos Origin  
> 
> MO CF SC Mainframe Services
> 
>  
> 

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Re: SMT client can't suse_register

[Mike Friesenegger]

Good to hear that you have it working.  I will contact you off list to get more 
information so this can be reviewed as a bug.

Mike

>>> On 7/13/2010 at 09:13 AM, in message
,
Marcy Cortes  wrote: 
> Well, appears there's some sort of bug with proxy there.
> 
> 
> It ignored the NO_PROXY line in /etc/sysconfig/proxy and it ignored the 
> --no-proxy argument.
> Changing PROXY_ENABLED='no' in /etc/sysconfig/proxy allowed it to register.
> 
> 
> 
> Marcy 
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> From: Cortes, Marcy D. 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:45 AM
> To: 'Linux on 390 Port'
> Subject: RE: [LINUX-390] SMT client can't suse_register
> 
> No registrations have worked... New setup here
> 
> Not sure where squid is.  I don't its on the client or the server.  I ran it 
> with the --no-proxy in case it was hitting a proxy server
> 
> /usr/bin/suse_register -i -L /root/.suse_register.log --no-proxy
> And it still failed with the same error.
> 
> 
> 2010-07-13 07:40:58 SUSE::SRPrivate - [info]  SEND DATA to URI: 
> https://pippin.wellsfargo.com/center/regsvc?command=listproducts&lang=en-US&vers
> ion=1.0:
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  ERROR: HTTP/1.0 503 Service 
> Unavailable
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  Server: squid/2.6.STABLE17
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 
> 14:42:28 
> GMT
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  Content-Type: text/html
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  Content-Length: 1130
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  Expires: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 
> 14:42:28 GMT
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  X-Squid-Error: 
> ERR_CONNECT_FAIL 
> 110
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  (2)
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  ERROR: Failure when receiving 
> data from the peer: (56)
> 2010-07-13 07:42:28 SUSE::SRPrivate - [error]  (2)
> 
> Is what ends up in the .suse_register log.
> 
>  
> I can hit that URL with my pc browse and it works.
> 
> 
> Marcy Cortes 
> Operating Systems Engineer, zVM and Linux on z
> Enterprise Hosting Services, Mainframe/Midrange Services
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> Friesenegger
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:37 AM
> To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu
> Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SMT client can't suse_register
> 
> Hello Marcy,
> 
> Has registration worked in the past with this SMT server from another 
> server?  Can you try a registration from another server?
> 
> It looks like you are getting a certificate from the SMT server.  Where is 
> squid running?
> 
> I would also look at the /root/.suse_register.log to see if there is any 
> additional messages that may provide a hint.
> 
> Look at the /etc/suseRegister.conf to confirm that the server that you would 
> like to register is pointing to the correct SMT server.  If the 
> suseRegister.conf is pointed correctly then you will be able to rerun 
> suse_register without having to use clientSetup4SMT.sh.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike
> 
>>>> On 7/13/2010 at 08:09 AM, in message
> ,
> Marcy Cortes  wrote: 
>> I have set up a SMT SLES 11 server and it seems to work, mirrors things from 
> 
>> Novell just fine.
>> 
>> However, I can't get any client to work.
>> The clientSetup4SMT.sh command results in 
>> 
>> 
>> Do you accept this certificate? [y/n] y
>> Client setup finishe

Re: SMT client can't suse_register

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Marcy,

Has registration worked in the past with this SMT server from another server?  
Can you try a registration from another server?

It looks like you are getting a certificate from the SMT server.  Where is 
squid running?

I would also look at the /root/.suse_register.log to see if there is any 
additional messages that may provide a hint.

Look at the /etc/suseRegister.conf to confirm that the server that you would 
like to register is pointing to the correct SMT server.  If the 
suseRegister.conf is pointed correctly then you will be able to rerun 
suse_register without having to use clientSetup4SMT.sh.

Regards,

Mike

>>> On 7/13/2010 at 08:09 AM, in message
,
Marcy Cortes  wrote: 
> I have set up a SMT SLES 11 server and it seems to work, mirrors things from 
> Novell just fine.
> 
> However, I can't get any client to work.
> The clientSetup4SMT.sh command results in 
> 
> 
> Do you accept this certificate? [y/n] y
> Client setup finished.
> Start the registration now? [y/n] y
> /usr/bin/suse_register -i -L /root/.suse_register.log
> All services have been refreshed.
> Repository 'SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1 11.1.1-1.152' is up to date.
> All repositories have been refreshed.
> ERROR: HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable
> Server: squid/2.6.STABLE17
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:19 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Content-Length: 1130
> Expires: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:19 GMT
> X-Squid-Error: ERR_CONNECT_FAIL 110
> 
> 
> (2)
> ERROR: Failure when receiving data from the peer: (56)
> (2)
> ERROR: Failure when receiving data from the peer: (56)
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> All SMT updates have been applied to the SMT server.
> 
> Marcy 
> 
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Re: SLES11install doc for z/Series

[Mike Friesenegger]

Peter,

http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_deployment/data/cha_zseries.html
  is the System z specific information in the SLES11 documentation.  The 
install for SLES11 SP1 nearly identical to SLES10.  Punch the IMAGE, PARMFILE 
and INITRD.  IPL the reader to start the installer and then point the 
installation to a NFS, FTP or HTTP install source.

I hope this helps.

Mike

>>> On 6/29/2010 at 08:57 AM, in message
, "Peter
E. Abresch Jr.   - at Pepco"  wrote: 
> I am downloading SLES11-SP1 for z/Series. However, I have not found any
> documentation to get me started installing this as a z/VM guest. In the
> past, I mounted the image via NFS and started the process. Does anyone
> have a link or something to get me started or is the z/Series install doc
> part of the ISO image? Any changes since SLES10?  Thanks.
> 
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Re: SUSE 11 SP 1...where?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Tom,

SLES11 SP1 will be publicly available on June 2nd - 
http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-announces-suse-linux-enterprise-11-service-pack-1/

Mike 

>>> On 5/24/2010 at 03:03 PM, in message
<4bfaa33f02804...@mail.stlouiscity.com>, Tom Duerbusch
 wrote: 
> Dumb question...
> 
> Where is SUSE 11 SP 1?
> 
> When I go to the Novell download site, I see SUSE 11.
> http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?product_id=&search=Search&families=2658&ve
> rsion=8162&date_range=&date_start=24+May+2010&date_end=24+May+2010&keywords=&sort_
> by=&results_per_page=&x=35&y=5
> 
> When I go to the patch database, I see patches for SUSE 11 but not a set of 
> patches for SUSE 11 SP 1.
> http://download.novell.com/patch/psdb/
> 
> Perhaps, SP 1 is only available thru YaST automatic patch update?
> 
> I don't have SUSE 11 installed.  So I was planning on either installing SUSE 
> 11 SP 1, or SUSE 11 with the SP 1 iso file mounted.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom Duerbusch
> THD Consulting
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Re: createrepo on SLES11

[Mike Friesenegger]

>>> On 5/10/2010 at 06:49 AM, in message
, Michael
MacIsaac  wrote: 
> Hi list,
> 
> I haven't used "repos", zypper, yum, etc. too much so please bear with me
> if these are basic questions.
> 
> I'm trying to install a software package onto a SLES 11 virtual machine.
> One option is a tar file, but this software also has a "repository"
> compatible with yum and zypper on the Internet. So it would be simple to
> do a "zypper install ".
> 
> However, that package wants to pull in other RPMs that I believe are
> included with SLES 11. Because I have not added the base SLES 11 as a
> repository, zypper cannot find them.  So I'd like to do the Add Repository
> command  "zypper ar ". But the SLES ISOs don't seem to have a
> prebuilt repository.  So I'd like to do a "createrepo ".  But I
> can't seem to find createrepo in SLES 11.
> 
> So, two questions:
> 1) How do I create a repo for SLES 11? (it would be nice if I could just
> create it on the NFS server and export that to all Linuxes)

There is a --type option for addrepo which supports multiple install repos.  
zypper will try to determine the repo type automatically.  You could specify 
yast2 for the install repo format that is on the SLES11 install media.

The easiest way to do add a SLES11 install repo is to use YAST | Software | 
Software Repositories | Add but it sounds like you want do this via command 
line.

> 2) Could I also be using "yum" instead of "zypper" so that I could use the
> same tool that RHEL uses?

Two problems that I see.  1) Yum is not part of the SLES11 install media.  2) 
You would have to build a yum repo of the SLES11 install media.

Mike Friesenegger

> 
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> 
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Re: Did not Uncheck Clone This System

[Mike Friesenegger]

Billy,

Nothing to be concerned with.

That option generates an autoinst.xml file in /root if you wanted to use 
autoyast to reinstall the system from install media without answering the 
installation prompts.

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On 3/30/2010 at 06:51 AM, in message
<4bb1f3da.4980.5889...@billy.bingham839.suddenlink.net>, Billy Bingham
 wrote: 
> Hello all,
> 
> While re-doing a SLES11 install I made the mistake of not un-checking the box:
> 
> Clone This System for Autoyast
> 
> And I clicked Finish and a small window came up that said it was cloning the 
> system. (Not the
> exact words). I'm just wondering what effect this will have on the Linux 
> image or is there a
> way I can un-do it or should I not worry about it?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Billy
> 
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Re: Run a script at boot time

[Mike Friesenegger]

Yes, you will need to provide the path to java.

I am not a java expert but you may also need to specify the classpath for java 
to find com.ibm.keymanager.EKMLaunch.  I typically need a couple attempts to 
get this right.

I think you are on the right path (pun intended!)

Mike

>>> On 2/22/2010 at 11:48 AM, in message
<54c8cda6cb5ed2438e63b98905af489adc8aa8c...@excluster5.corp.osinet.biz>, Ray
Waters  wrote: 
> Mike,
> 
> I added a script named /etc/init.d/after.local and it did not work:
> 
> Master Resource Control: Running /etc/init.d/after.local""
> /etc/init.d/after.local: line 2: java: command not found""
> Ý1A..failedMaster Resource Control: runlevel 3 has been reached""
> Skipped services in runlevel 3: "Ý80C"Ý23Dsmbfs nfs splash""
> 
> Here is the script. Same as the script I execute to manually start EKM.
> cat after.local
> #!/bin/bash
> java com.ibm.keymanager.EKMLaunch KeymanagerConfig.properties
> 
> LINUXEKM:/etc/init.d #
> 
> 
> cd $java_home
> LINUXEKM:/opt/ibm/java2-s390x-50/ibm-java2-s390x-50
> 
> Do I need to add a path?
> 
> Ray Waters
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Friesenegger
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:53 AM
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Run a script at boot time
> 
> Or - create /etc/init.d/after.local which calls the script.  /etc/init.d/rc 
> checks for after.local and will execute it if exists.  after.local is 
> executed after the runlevel has been reached.
> 
> Mike
> 
>>>> On 2/22/2010 at 09:39 AM, in message
> <90f723a31002220839m66b47fd0vf6ffc9cf30cb1...@mail.gmail.com>, Scott Rohling
>  wrote:
>> Or - call the script in /etc/rc.local ..  not as elegant as doing a proper
>> init script, etc - but may be simplest for your purposes..
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Christian Paro
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Create an init script based on (or which calls) the script you've been
>>> using, and use `chkconfig` to enable it for the appropriate runlevel (which
>>> depends on what services you expect to already be up at the time your
>>> script
>>> is to be run). Having it on for the runlevel you normally boot into
>>> (generally 3 or 5) would be a safe approach, since you've up to this point
>>> been running the script manually after login.
>>>
>>> You can look at the other scripts in /etc/init.d as templates for writing
>>> an
>>> init script, if you've never written one before.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ray Waters
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Still learning, what would be the safest way to run this script after
>>> Linux
>>> > has booted?  I have been manually executing the script but now want the
>>> > script to automatically run whenever I XAUTOLOG LINUXEKM.
>>> >
>>> > Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (s390x) - Kernel
>>> > 2.6.16.60-0.21-default (ttyS0).
>>> >
>>> > echo $PATH
>>> >
>>> >
>>> /opt/ibm/java2-s390x-50/ibm-java2-s390x-50/bin:/opt/ibm/java2-s390x-50/ibm-java2
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>> 
> -s390x-50/jre/bin:/home/ekmserv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin
> 
>> :
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>> 
> /usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/h
>> ome
>>> > /ekmserv/keymanager
>>> >
>>> > The script name is ekmlaunch
>>> > pwd
>>> > /home/ekmserv/keymanager
>>> > ekms...@linuxekm:~/keymanager> cat ekmlaunch
>>> > cat ekmlaunch
>>> > #!/bin/bash
>>> > java com.ibm.keymanager.EKMLaunch KeymanagerConfig.properties
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Ray Waters
>>> >
>>> > 
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Re: Run a script at boot time

[Mike Friesenegger]

Or - create /etc/init.d/after.local which calls the script.  /etc/init.d/rc 
checks for after.local and will execute it if exists.  after.local is executed 
after the runlevel has been reached.

Mike

>>> On 2/22/2010 at 09:39 AM, in message
<90f723a31002220839m66b47fd0vf6ffc9cf30cb1...@mail.gmail.com>, Scott Rohling
 wrote: 
> Or - call the script in /etc/rc.local ..  not as elegant as doing a proper
> init script, etc - but may be simplest for your purposes..
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Christian Paro 
> wrote:
> 
>> Create an init script based on (or which calls) the script you've been
>> using, and use `chkconfig` to enable it for the appropriate runlevel (which
>> depends on what services you expect to already be up at the time your
>> script
>> is to be run). Having it on for the runlevel you normally boot into
>> (generally 3 or 5) would be a safe approach, since you've up to this point
>> been running the script manually after login.
>>
>> You can look at the other scripts in /etc/init.d as templates for writing
>> an
>> init script, if you've never written one before.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ray Waters
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Still learning, what would be the safest way to run this script after
>> Linux
>> > has booted?  I have been manually executing the script but now want the
>> > script to automatically run whenever I XAUTOLOG LINUXEKM.
>> >
>> > Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (s390x) - Kernel
>> > 2.6.16.60-0.21-default (ttyS0).
>> >
>> > echo $PATH
>> >
>> >
>> /opt/ibm/java2-s390x-50/ibm-java2-s390x-50/bin:/opt/ibm/java2-s390x-50/ibm-java2
>> >
>> >
>> 
> -s390x-50/jre/bin:/home/ekmserv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin
> :
>> >
>> >
>> 
> /usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/h
> ome
>> > /ekmserv/keymanager
>> >
>> > The script name is ekmlaunch
>> > pwd
>> > /home/ekmserv/keymanager
>> > ekms...@linuxekm:~/keymanager> cat ekmlaunch
>> > cat ekmlaunch
>> > #!/bin/bash
>> > java com.ibm.keymanager.EKMLaunch KeymanagerConfig.properties
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ray Waters
>> >
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Re: Suse after.local

[Mike Friesenegger]

It is working correctly.  after.local is run from /etc/init.d/rc only if it 
exists.

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On 2/8/2010 at 09:35 AM, in message
<22784868.150570.1265646939285.javamail.tull...@mstr15.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>,
PHILIP TULLY  wrote: 
> We use the after.local file to run some initialization scripts.  When I
> do a chkconfig, after.local shows up as "off", yet it still runs.  Is
> this correct behavior ?
> 
> The network_setup seems to obey the chkconig setting.
> 
> regards
> Phil Tully
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Re: SUSER Linux Enterprise Mono - Any Experience?

[Mike Friesenegger]

The Mono Migration Analyzer (MoMA) is a utility that has been created to 
analyze .NET code and point out specific functions and calls that are not 
supported by Mono - http://www.mono-project.com/Moma .  You run MoMA on a 
Windows machine and point it at the ASP.NET assemblies directory.  MoMA will 
inspect the  .exe and .dll files and generate a report which the developers can 
review.

Mono is up to 2.6 in the community and Moma contains the definitions for 2.6.  
You will want to download the 2.4 definitions file because the Mono Extension 
is currently based on the 2.4 version of Mono.

Please reach out to me off list if you have additional questions.

Mike




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>>> On 1/27/2010 at 03:24 PM, in message
<1bbc1857475b4f46b5aad761dab0276405478...@ugunemail.admin.csd.disa.mil>,
"Rodery, Floyd A Mr CIV US DISA CDB12"  wrote: 
> I was curious if anyone had any experience with SLES Mono's extension?
> An upcoming project may require support of asp. net scripts, currently
> running on a Windows/IIS environment, to run on SLES 10 with Apache.  Is
> there any restrictions when it comes to running asp. net scripts with
> Mono? For instance, if those scripts call specific windows functions,
> can Mono replicate those windows functions/calls, etc?
> 
> I guess this is a general feeler on experiences with converting/porting
> asp. net script for use with Mono.
> 
> #Floyd Rodery
> DoD - DISA - DECC MECH
> CDB 12 Linux on System z
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Re: SLES 11 software updates

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Frank,

To add an update repository you must register SLES.  YAST provides an interface 
for taking care of the registration or you can use the CLI.  In YAST, got to 
Support | Novell Customer Center Configuration.  My preference is to use the 
suse_register command.  suse_register -h to see an example.  In both cases, you 
will need a registration code.

With the regcode, you will be able to get the updates as a 180-day eval or when 
you purchase the SLES subscription.  The regcode is either mailed to you or 
available via the Novell Customer Center - http://www.novell.com/center .

Regards,

Mike





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>>> On 1/13/2010 at 12:28 PM, in message
, "Frank M.
Ramaekers"  wrote: 
> I come from a Red Hat (rpm, up2date and yum) background, so I'm lost
> when dealing with YaST2.   When I start yast2 and select "Software" and
> "Online Update", I get a message box with "No active update repository
> available.  Exit Online Update now?".   Where is the configuration for
> the "Update repository"?
> 
> TIA,
> 
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Re: SuSE Withdrawal

[Mike Friesenegger]

The Integrated Stack product offer from Novell and IBM is a software bundle for 
File and Print serving and Web Application
and Database serving for System z and System p running on SLES.  Novell 
discontinued this product.  My guess is that IBM is removing this offer from 
their product list as well.

Regards,





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>>> On 10/13/2009 at 07:42 AM, in message
<20091013134252.ga20...@saltmine.radix.net>, "David L. Craig" 
wrote: 
> Did anyone besides me notice this among today's
> announcements?  What exactly does it signify?
> 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS909-210/ENUS909-210.PDF
> 
> --
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> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly!
> 
> Dave Craig
> 
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Re: SLES 11 YaST Control Center, select System > LVM

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Steve,

I found this statement in section 4.6.  This is incorrect in the SLES11 Storage 
Administration Guide.  It should say something like  "In the YaST Control 
Center, select System > Partitioner."

I will follow-up with the documentation team to fix this.

HTH,

Mike Friesenegger


>>> On 8/28/2009 at 05:24 AM, in message
<289ff15aedd6e642a8d47ff5a2ecb3d50477e...@00172msgjnb1014.za.sbicdirectory.com>,
"Kowalski, Steve S"  wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> The manual for SLES 11: Storage Administration Guide, March 2009, page
> 24, states: "In the YaST Control Center, select System > LVM."
> 
> This option (LVM) does is not displayed on SLES 11 in the YaST Control
> Center, System.
> 
> What I am doing wrong?
> Who can explain this event?
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> Have a nice weekend,
> Steve Kowalski
> PS. This option does exist in SLES 10 sp1
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Re: Subscription Management Tool (SMT) 11

[Mike Friesenegger]

http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse.html

Mike

>>> On 8/4/2009 at 11:59 AM, in message
<3da4448124d513439027527ff6b55633069368b...@doittmail03.doitt.nycnet>, "Levy,
Alan"  wrote: 
> Where can I find documentation on how to use SMT (not installation 
> instructions) ?
> 
>  
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel 
> Dyck
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:44 PM
> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: Subscription Management Tool (SMT) 11
> 
> 
> Mark - what's on the 2nd iso that we don't need?
> 
> 
> 
> Lionel B. Dyck, z/Linux Virtualization Specialist I never guess. It is a 
> capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
> Insensibly one
> begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
> - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
> 
> 
> 
> From:   Mark Post 
> To: linux-...@vm.marist.edu.
> Date:   08/04/2009 09:23 AM.
> Subject:Subscription Management Tool (SMT) 11
> Sent by:Linux on 390 Port 
> 
> 
> 
> For all of you that were waiting for the new version of SMT so that you 
> could host your repository on System z, that is now available.  Anyone with a 
> current SLES subscription is entitled to use it at no additional cost.
> The announcement is at http://www.novell.com/linux/smt/
> 
> Go to http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5qJ9eEidDzs~ to download 
> it.  You'll only need the first DVD image, which is ~25MB in size.
> 
> SMT 11 is only supported on a SLES11 system, so this gives you an excuse to 
> try that out.  There's also some nice new features that are talked about in 
> the FAQ: http://www.novell.com/linux/smt/faq.html#q03
> 
> 
> Mark Post
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Re: Download directly to z/Linux server ?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Lionel,

Here is the documentation on using wget to pass your Novell account credentials 
and download the ISOs that you need without using a GUI.

http://download.novell.com/dl_manager_inst.html

Mike




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>>> On 7/9/2009 at 02:03 PM, in message <4a564d06.2050...@vsoft-software.com>, 
>>> Dave
Jones  wrote: 
> Lionel
> 
> I don't think you would need an X server on Windows to open a web
> browser on the Z to download files from Novell. If your Z system can
> reach the external network, I would try using "wget" first, directly
> from the Linux command linevery handy utility. "man wget" should
> tell you more.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Lionel Dyck wrote:
>>
>> In an effort to save time and reduce overall network traffic I would like
>> to be able to download SLES ISO files from Novell from my Linux on z server
>> rather than downloading them to my pc and then uploading them to z.
>>
>> I've looked, without success, for information on how to do this (I may have
>> not used the right keywords).
>>
>> My thought is that I need to use a X server on my windows pc to connect to
>> the z server and then open a web browser on the z to connect to Novell
>> where I'd sign in and then download.
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Lionel B. Dyck, z/Linux Virtualization Specialist
>> IBM Global Services - Kaiser Permanente Team
>> Linux on System z Service Delivery Team
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>>
>> I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
>> Insensibly one
>> begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
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Re: Logging of activities for userid in su mode to root ...?

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello,


Michael Friesenegger
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>>> On 6/30/2009 at 09:20 AM, in message
<20090630162032.39589...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Alan Cox
 wrote: 
> The later kernels have a full audit subsystem. I don't know if thats in
> the SLES product or not but it provides a proper audit trail and logging
> of what actually happened not just what was typed

Yes.  SLES10 and SLES11 include the auditd subsystem.

> 
> 
> You need to ask SuSE/Novell about the audit features I think. That will
> give you all you wanted to know (and unless you turn it down a lot lot
> more)

There is a quickstart guide in the SLES documentation for
SLES10 - 
http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/auditqs_sp2/data/art_audit_qs.html
SLES11 - 
http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/art_auditquick/data/sec_audit_qs_enable.html

with more detailed information at
SLES10 - 
http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/pdfdoc/audit_sp2/audit_sp2.pdf
SLES11 - 
http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/book_sle_security/data/book_sle_security.html


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Re: Odd build request

[Mike Friesenegger]

Lee,

/boot will need to be its own partition.  The size of the partition for /boot 
can be fairly small but I would make it 250MB to 500MB.  The remaining 
unpartitioned space on the mod 27s can be put into an LVM VG and carved up 
however they want.

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On 5/14/2009 at 01:07 PM, in message <4a0c6bf1.60...@attglobal.net>, Lee
Stewart  wrote: 
> I have to keep repeating to myself - the customer is always right
> 
> We have "advised" a customer not to do this but...   In the end we're
> the consultants and they're the paying customer...
> 
> They want a new Linux image - built on an LVM so the root (/  not /root)
> filesystem can span 3 mod 27s...   They insist that they want the space
> available from any part of the filesystem...
> 
> Will SLES10 SP2 install and boot off an LVM like that?  Or do I need to
> put /boot in a real partition?   Or??
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Lee
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Re: Failed Setting up service network

[Mike Friesenegger]

I see the following message when I IPL my SLES10SP2:

ipl 150
00: zIPL v1.6.3 interactive boot menu
00:  
00:  0. default (ipl)
00:  
00:  1. ipl
00:  2. Failsafe
00:  
00: Note: VM users please use '#cp vi vmsg  '
00:  
00: Please choose (default will boot in 10 seconds):

I have been typing "#cp vi vmsg 1 1" but I also tried "#cp vi vmsg 0 1" just 
now.  Here is what I get:

System Boot Control: The system has been set up   
System Boot Control: Running /etc/init.d/boot.local   
�1A..done INIT: Entering runlevel: 1
 Boot logging started on /dev/ttyS0(/dev/console) at Tue Apr  7 08:45:50 2009 
Master Resource Control: previous runlevel: N, switching to runlevel: 1   
 INIT: Going single user   
 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal   
Give root password for login: 

I am not sure why you would be seeing something different.  z/VM version?

Mike

>>> On 4/7/2009 at 08:35 AM, in message
<2d2d8f600904070735n52c1ffe7q1b82c984befba...@mail.gmail.com>, Saul Thersites
 wrote: 
> Just tried that as well. Didn't work.
> Any time I enter in anything other than 0 or 1 I get:
> 
> Please choose:
> Error: undefined configuration
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Mike Friesenegger
> wrote:
> 
>> I just tried #cp vi vmsg 1 1 on my sles10 sp2 and it worked.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> >>> On 4/7/2009 at 07:55 AM, in message
>> <2d2d8f600904070655v45af818fxb640e19bae891...@mail.gmail.com>, Saul
>> Thersites
>>  wrote:
>> > I just tried to enter single user mode and I can not get pas the boot
>> menu
>> > options. There are two options 1. ipl and 2. Failsafe. I have tried two
>> > methods to get to single user mode.
>> >
>> > First, I tried #cp vi vmsg 0 1 (even though this is for zVM)
>> > Second, I tried to use s instead of 1 or 2. No luck.
>> > Third, I tried to use zipl. No luck.
>> >
>> > Can someone please tell me how I get into single user mode?
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Saulo Silva
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi ,
>> >>
>> >> Do you have console access to your linux box ?
>> >> If you have look at the /sys/class/net  to discover if you have a the
>> >> device
>> >> properly configured at your system . You could also look at the
>> >> /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth to see if your channel addres was
>> identified
>> >> by linux .
>> >> If a ls at /*sys*/bus/*ccw*/devices/ you could determine the address
>> that
>> >> you can configure at your linux box .
>> >>
>> >> I my opinion that is the start to know if your devices is OK to use .
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Saulo Augusto Silva
>> >>
>> >> 2009/3/30 Saul Thersites 
>> >>
>> >> > I have SLES 10 service pack 2
>> >> > I just did a POR and the system does not boot up with a command
>> prompt.
>> >> >
>> >> > qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.0900 no interface found
>> >> >
>> >> > 1A failed setting up service network
>> >> >
>> >> > ifup: No configuration found for sit0 <-- it just sits at this
>> line
>> >> >
>> >> > any ideas?
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Re: Failed Setting up service network

[Mike Friesenegger]

I just tried #cp vi vmsg 1 1 on my sles10 sp2 and it worked.

Mike

>>> On 4/7/2009 at 07:55 AM, in message
<2d2d8f600904070655v45af818fxb640e19bae891...@mail.gmail.com>, Saul Thersites
 wrote: 
> I just tried to enter single user mode and I can not get pas the boot menu
> options. There are two options 1. ipl and 2. Failsafe. I have tried two
> methods to get to single user mode.
> 
> First, I tried #cp vi vmsg 0 1 (even though this is for zVM)
> Second, I tried to use s instead of 1 or 2. No luck.
> Third, I tried to use zipl. No luck.
> 
> Can someone please tell me how I get into single user mode?
> 
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Saulo Silva 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Do you have console access to your linux box ?
>> If you have look at the /sys/class/net  to discover if you have a the
>> device
>> properly configured at your system . You could also look at the
>> /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth to see if your channel addres was identified
>> by linux .
>> If a ls at /*sys*/bus/*ccw*/devices/ you could determine the address that
>> you can configure at your linux box .
>>
>> I my opinion that is the start to know if your devices is OK to use .
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Saulo Augusto Silva
>>
>> 2009/3/30 Saul Thersites 
>>
>> > I have SLES 10 service pack 2
>> > I just did a POR and the system does not boot up with a command prompt.
>> >
>> > qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.0900 no interface found
>> >
>> > 1A failed setting up service network
>> >
>> > ifup: No configuration found for sit0 <-- it just sits at this line
>> >
>> > any ideas?
>> >
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Re: Problem with EVMS on SLES 10 SP2+ at boot

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Kevin,

I recommend that you stop using EVMS and start using LVM2.  The direction with 
SLE11 and going forward is to use LVM2 as the logical volume manager and cLVM2 
as the clustered filesystem aware volume manager.  You will not need to 
reinstall SLES10, LVM will be able to see the LVM LVs which are just contained 
within EVMS.

Mike

>>> On 3/27/2009 at  2:15 PM, in message
<1f1dbc990386f4429d87afba837717f906ad7...@wdcvexvs1.opm.gov>, "George, Kevin A"
 wrote: 
> I am having a problem with SLES 10 where it will not always boot
> because it is unable to find any of the file systems that are using
> EVMS. I am running under z/VM 5.3 and using mini disks. All are using
> ext3 as the file system. When I have this problem I can usually reboot
> and it will start correctly. 
> 
>   I have installed using the following DASD configuration all on 1
> physical mod 9 volume:
> 
>   0201 ROOT   1004 Cyl/   
>   0202 EVMS   1004 Cyl/home/
>   0203 EVMS   3000 Cyl/opt/
>   0204 EVMS   3000 Cyl/usr/ 
>   0205 EVMS   1004 Cyl/tmp/ 
>   0206 EVMS   1004 Cyl/var/ 
> 
>   When I receive the boot failure I see the following messages in
> my log:
> 
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/home/home: No such file or
> directory
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt: No such file or
> directory  
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/tmp/tmp: No such file or
> directory  
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/usr/usr: No such file or
> directory  
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/var/var: No such file or
> directory  
>   fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open
> /dev/evms/lvm2/home/home 
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/home/home:
> 
>   The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct
> ext2   
>   filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an
> ext2 
>   filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the
> superblock
>   is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
> superblock: 
>   e2fsck -b 8193 
> 
>  
> 
>   fsck.ext3 /dev/evms/lvm2/home/home failed (status 0x8). Run
> manually!  
>   error on stat() /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt: No such file or
> directory  
>   [/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /opt] fsck.ext3 -a
> /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt  
>   fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open
> /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt   
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt:
> 
>   The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct
> ext2  
>   filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an
> ext2 
>   filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the
> superblock
>   is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
> superblock: 
>   e2fsck -b 8193 
> 
>  
> 
> 
>   Any ideas why I am receiving these messages and how to fix it so
> it will always boot properly. I do need to have EVMS or lvm for the file
> systems and would prefer EVMS. 
> 
> 
>   Additional Information:
> 
>   SPident
>
>   CONCLUSION: System is up-to-date!  
> foundSLE-10-s390x-SP2 + "online updates" 
> 
>   Kernel Version - 2.6.16.60-0.34-default
> 
>   cat /etc/fstab
> 
>   /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0201-part1 /ext3
> acl,user_xattr1 1 
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/home/home /homeext3
> acl,user_xattr1 2 
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/opt/opt /opt ext3
> acl,user_xattr1 2   
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/tmp/tmp /tmp ext3
> acl,user_xattr1 2   
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/usr/usr /usr ext3
> acl,user_xattr1 2   
>   /dev/evms/lvm2/var/var /var ext3
> acl,user_xattr1 2
>   /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0200-part1  swap  swap none 0 0
> 
>   
> 
> 
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Re: PHP5 Packages for SLES10 on s390x

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Florian,

Most of those that you list are included in the SLES10 SP2 SDK - 
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3203513&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=32310776&stateId=0%200%2032312756

Here is the link to download the SDK - 
http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/SLES_SDK

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On 3/6/2009 at  7:08 AM, in message
<9b0e7d3b0903060608g6a72853clf633487a084f9...@mail.gmail.com>, Florian Bilek
 wrote: 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am looking for following rpm packages of php5
> 
> php5-hash
> php5-pear-auth_sasl
> php5-pear-date
> php5-pear-db
> php5-pear-file
> php5-pear-mail
> php5-pear-mail_mime
> php5-xmlrpc
> php5-xmlwriter
> 
> Those exist in openSuse but I can'f find them under SLES 10 SP2. Are the
> functions covered by the php5 package or how can I get them?
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.
> 
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> 
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Re: SSH/Telnet into SuSE V10 SP1 problem

[Mike Friesenegger]

Check the firewall...

rcSuSEfirewall2  status

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On 10/6/2008 at  6:45 AM, in message
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Lea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> I have installed SuSE 10 SP1 in my IFL 2nd level. It is running OK, but
> I cannot SSH, Telnet, or VNC into it. My only access is from VM. Any
> idea about what I missed?
> 
> SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=167.6.208.17 DST=167.6.0.6
> LEN=48 TO
> S=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=28163 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=4317 DPT=23
> WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B401010402)
> 
> 
> Lea Stahr
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Re: Grasshopper, Mainsoft EE

[Mike Friesenegger]

The .NET developer can do the development using Visual Studio and then transfer 
the bytecode to Mono on Linux.  Mono has been running on Linux on System z for 
several revs and the latest version 1.9.1 has support for:

ASP.NET 1.1 & 2.0
 Web Forms & Web Services
 Support for ASP.NET AJAX
ADO.NET 1.1 & 2.0
   SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL
   Sybase, MySQL, DB2, SQLite, etc
Win Forms 1.1 & 2.0 
C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
GTK#

Mike

>>> On 9/26/2008 at 11:54 AM, in message
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Craig X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Mainsoft for Java EE is fully integrated into the Visual Studio IDE
> whereas Mono uses its own IDE.

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Re: New to the list - Help with YAST on SuSe 10 on ZVM

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello Brian,

Did you do a default package install or did you select specific packages?  This 
error is not usually seen with a default install of SLES10.

I am happy to help.  It might be easier if you would like to take this offline.

Regards,




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>>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at  9:32 AM, in message
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> Im new to both zLinux, and this list.
> 
> I have installed SuSe 10 on a zVM:
> 
> zlinuxs1:/etc # cat /etc/SuSE-release
> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x)
> VERSION = 10
> PATCHLEVEL = 2
> 
> However when I start up yast2, it fails:
> zlinuxs1:/etc # yast
> warning: the ncurses frontend is installed but does not work
> You need to install yast2-ncurses to use the YaST2 text mode interface
> 
> From reading forums on the web, they point at a few things. These are 
> however generally not on zLinux, and mainly have to do with upgrading an OS 
> version.
> 
> I have reinstalled the yast2-ncurses, and it still doesn't work.
> 
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> 
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Re: SuSe LINUX Enterprise starter system for z

[Mike Friesenegger]

I say "No" to Enable OSI Layer 2 support and then it should ask you for the IP 
address information.

HTH,




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>>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at  6:15 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Cousins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> ** PRIVATE **
> 
> Hi Guys 
> In the absence of local Novell support, as they are both on leave, wondered 
> if anyone else had any experience of the SuSe 10 starter system.
> We have got as far as "Install a New Guest using the Starter System" on Page 
> 28 of the Starter System Installation Guide and created the new virtual 
> machine using the notes in "CP Directory Entry Notes".
> Then following  "Starting the Install Process" on Page 30, these are the 
> steps:
> 
> enter - SLES
> 
> Select -  4) Start Installation or System
> 
> Select - 1) Start Installation or Update
> 
> select - 2) Network
> 
> select - 1) FTP 
> 
> select - 1) OSA-2 or OSA Express
> 
> select - 1) QDIO 
> 
> select - 1) Ethernet
> 
> get the following - 
> NET: Registered protocol family 10 
> lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
> qdio: loading QDIO base support version 2  
> qeth: loading qeth S/390 OSA-Express driver
> 
> 0.0.0340 1731/01
> 0.0.0341 1731/01
> 0.0.0342 1731/01
> 
> Device address for read channel>
> enter - 0.0.0340
> Device address for write channel>
> enter - 0.0.0341 
> Device address for data channel> 
> enter - 0.0.0342 
>   
>  Portname to use> 
> 
> enter
> 
> Enable OSI Layer 2 support? 
> 
> 1) Yes  
> 
> MAC address>  
> enter - 02-00-01-00-00-08 ( we sued the MAC address of NOVSTART virt m/c 
> i.e. 
> starter system server)
> 
> get the following error message:
> qeth: received an IDX TERMINATE with cause code 0xf6  
> qeth: sense data available on channel 0.0.0340.   
> qeth:  cstat 0x0  
>  dstat 0xE
> qeth: irb: 00 c2 60 17  1e b8 d0 38  0e 00 10 00  00 80 00 00 
> qeth: irb: 01 02 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 
> qeth: sense data: 02 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00
> qeth: sense data: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00
> qeth: Initialization in hardsetup failed! rc=-5 
>   
> 
> there is no mention of MAC address being requested in the install 
> instructions, can anyone help?
> 
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Re: Where to download RHEL & SLES images for s390

[Mike Friesenegger]

Hello,

You can go to http://www.novell.com/products/server/eval.html and select the 
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for IBM System z link to download the 
installation media.  You will be prompted to create a Novell account after 
selecting this link.

I suggest using the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter System for System z, 
http://www.novell.com/partners/ibm/mainframe/starterpack.html , if your testing 
will be done using z/VM.  The starter system is a prebuilt installation server 
image that can be restored into your z/VM system using CMS tools.  This means 
you will not need to create a separate installation server on a Linux or UNIX 
system.

Hope this helps,

Mike Friesenegger

>>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at  1:40 PM, in message
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Hello All,
> 
> Does anyone know where I could download the ISO images for RHEL & SLES for
> s390?
> 
> Thanks,
> Arpotu.
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Re: Oracle 10g on SuSE 10

[Mike Friesenegger]

Section 5.2 of the Oracle 10gR2 Release Notes ( 
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/relnotes.102/b25399/toc.htm ) has 
the answer which is very hard to find...

5.2 Oracle Universal Installer Operating System Prerequisite Checks

If you are installing Oracle Database 10g on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 
then the current version of Oracle Universal Installer does not recognized 
these operating systems as supported operating systems and does not perform the 
installation.\\

There are 2 workarounds listed.

HTH,




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>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at  8:08 AM, in message
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> Has anyone had any luck installing Oracle 10G on a SuSE 10 instance?
> I've been trying for several days without any luck.  I know it's been
> certified by Oracle, but I can't get it to work using their
> documentation.
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Re: Performance tools for Oracle on Linux

[Mike Friesenegger]

I have had other customers use the Oracle Statspack tool for performance 
monitoring on SLES for non ZSeries platforms.  Statspack is included with the 
Oracle DB so I assume it is available for ZSeries.  If you have access to 
Oracle Metalink then do a search on "statspack" for more details.

>>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:15 AM, in message
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> Does anyone know of a good Oracle performance tool that will run on SuSE
> for the ZSeries?  We have velocity and are happy with that for overall
> performance, but we need to get more into the nuts and bolts of Oracle.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
>  
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Re: ZEN and zLinux

[Mike Friesenegger]

The first several iterations of the zmd agent were resource hogs.  Novell 
engineering has done work on this to make this better in ZLM7.2 although I have 
not tested this on z.

There is no interaction between ZLM and z/VM.  An agent is installed on each 
SLES instance which then will look to the ZLM server for package management.  
One suggestion, do not lessen the agents refresh time because this will lead to 
more cycles being used.

Mike

>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at  9:28 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lionel B.
Dyck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Michael wrote:
> 
> ZENwork Linux Management 7.2 is the latest version for Linux management.
>  ZLM7.2 does support SLES10 on zSeries for package management.  The ZLM
> server will have to be a Intel based server.
> 
> http://www.novell.com/documentation/zlm72/index.html
> 
> 
> Mike - any tips/hints/gotcha's/etc for using ZLM with z/VM 5.2 (or 5.3) ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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Re: ZEN and zLinux

[Mike Friesenegger]

ZENwork Linux Management 7.2 is the latest version for Linux management.
 ZLM7.2 does support SLES10 on zSeries for package management.  The ZLM
server will have to be a Intel based server.

http://www.novell.com/documentation/zlm72/index.html





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>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2007 at  9:00 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom
Shilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> John is correct.  The latest version of Novell's ZENworks does not
support
> zSeries.  Previous releases did.
> 
> Tom Shilson
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> 
> Linux on 390 Port  wrote on 07/02/2007
09:51:57
> AM:
> 
> 
>>
>> IIRC, ZEN is Intel only. System z users really should use z/VM. It
is
>> more mature and more reliable.
> 
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