Re: Why is zSeries so CPU poor?

2006-07-19 Thread Goforth, Mark
zAAPs do not work under zLinux. They only work under zOS. As for Java, the more appropriate question might be why is it so inefficient? This email and any files attached with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If

Re: HSM ML2 9840C

2006-03-14 Thread Goforth, Mark
We just migrated our ML2 tapes to 9840c. We TAPECOPY this tapes when they get marked full. Does anyone have any experience with using HSM to TAPECOPY these tapes? It is taking around 2-3 hrs. to copy 1 tape. Is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks. Hi Sharon, Are your 9840Cs ESCON attached

Re: STK Equipment too tall.

2005-09-13 Thread Goforth, Mark
> >I know we can't be the only ones to have ever run into this problem!! >We are being told that the new STK equipment we are ordering is 3 >inches too tall and cannot go on our outsourcers floor. > disk? tape? I believe he's referring to STK's, now SUN's, new SL8500 tape library.

Re: STK Equipment too tall.

2005-09-13 Thread Goforth, Mark
I know we can't be the only ones to have ever run into this problem!! We are being told that the new STK equipment we are ordering is 3 inches too tall and cannot go on our outsourcers floor. Has anybody ever run into this in the past and if so what did you do to get around it? We have suggested

Re: Disaster Declarations due to Katrina

2005-08-30 Thread Goforth, Mark
Has anyone heard how many disaster declarations there have been due to Hurricane Katrina? I've heard that some sites have declared a disaster due to the hurricane. However, it wasn't enough to preclude our disaster test. This email and any files attached with it are confidential and

Re: ds8000/ds6000

2005-06-16 Thread Goforth, Mark
Make sure you have the latest level of microcode on the ds8000 also. IBM has a bug in earlier levels where the box crashes after 49.7 days! Apparently the result of a timer rolling over and not being handled correctly and the internal processors going into a loop. The workaround and microcode fix

Re: Software keys under VM at DR

2005-06-06 Thread Goforth, Mark
Greetings... We are getting ready for our 1st DR exercise (using IBM BCRS) and I have a question about vendor "software keys" when running z/OS under VM on another CPU. Although the CPUID xx in the VM directory is supposed to take care of the CPU serial number matching our real CPU serial numb