Re: CBU Woes

2023-05-01 Thread Tom Mathias
S and BCPii to do things like activating LPARs or IPLing LPARs, then it shouldn't be too difficult to create scripts to update image profiles. Tom Mathias -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Tom Mathias
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Re: Question about LPAR weights and LPAR group controls [EXTERNAL]

2021-01-13 Thread Tom Mathias
Jerry, Based upon what you are trying to do, I suggest the following: Make the total weights for LPARs 1, 2, 3, and 4 add up to 1000, assuming all four are normally active. Then you can easily do the math and for example, give LPAR 2 say 15% of the machine by setting its weight to 150

Re: Question about LPAR weights and LPAR group controls [EXTERNAL]

2021-01-13 Thread Tom Mathias
Jerry, MSU settings (LPAR or group) are enforced by software. LPAR weights (LPAR level only) and absolute capping (at the LPAR or group level) are enforced by the hardware/firmware itself. Weights apply only to active LPARs and control the LPAR's portion of shared processors. In your

Re: Display PSW on HMC

2020-11-06 Thread Tom Mathias
To display the PSW, you need to use the "display / alter" task; there is a selection in that task to display the PSW. Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: HMC System Monitor App

2019-06-03 Thread Tom Mathias
Unfortunately, the HMC System Monitor App is confusing in that the list of monitors contains items available only when the system is running in Dynamic Partition Mode (DPM) as well as in the non-DPM mode and the helps do not explain this. I am assuming that none of your systems are running

Re: Few questions about HMC

2018-09-14 Thread Tom Mathias
I want to add to my previous append and that is to recommend that user ids not be shared. In my personal opinion, that is probably why it is not a good idea to use the IBM-supplied userids. Not that they are insecure in and of themselves, but that people using them probably also share them

Re: Few questions about HMC

2018-09-13 Thread Tom Mathias
Thank you for your positive feedback. Both in liking many of the new improvements in 2.14 and in reporting your success using FTP. I don't have an official recommendation. But, in my personal opinion, I don't think you need to disable or delete the IBM-supplied userids on the SE or the HMC.

Re: Few questions about HMC

2018-09-12 Thread Tom Mathias
With the HMC 2.14 level, all FTP (and FTPS/SFTP) operations that originate in the SE really proxy thru an HMC. The HMC must have the SE defined into it and it. This means that uou need to make sure that at least one HMC can get to the FTP server that the SE wants to access. These are the

Re: Few questions about HMC

2018-09-12 Thread Tom Mathias
ds to a hostile HMC. Any HMC that is at a level equal to or higher than an SE and that can see the SE can define it in. If you want to keep things more isolated, then as you say, you can set up Domain Security and/or you can set up your network to limit who c

Re: Software Delivery on Tape to be Discontinued

2018-03-27 Thread Tom Mathias
ticularly speedy, but it means you don't need a separate control unit. Unfortunately, no other operating system implemented support to use the HMC's media. And it has been supported for a number of generations now. Tom Mathias -

Re: Preliminary query about mainframe "environmentals"

2017-11-16 Thread Tom Mathias
Rob, The other environmentals can also be exported. Tom Mathias -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Preliminary query about mainframe "environmentals"

2017-11-15 Thread Tom Mathias
The SE and HMC offer a task to view the temperature, system power consumption, and an overall processor utilization metric on an hourly basis. This is the "Environmental Efficiency Statistics" task. The data can be viewed on various intervals, such as a 24-hour period or week period. The

Re: Z14 IOCP and USB

2017-11-06 Thread Tom Mathias
The new z14 support also added support for all three of the "ftp" protocols: FTP, SFTP and FTPS. All three will "proxy" thru the z14 HMC now. I can't speak about z/OS, however. Tom Mathias -- Fo

Re: Z14 IOCP and USB

2017-11-03 Thread Tom Mathias
. This only works for z14 systems (z14 SE thru a z14 HMC). Tom Mathias -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: ES/9000 microcode

2017-06-01 Thread Tom Mathias
From my memory, there were 2 or 3 major levels of 9221 microcode that was released and each major release had updates (MCLs). The problem is that even if you had a could find the base 9221 microcode that would work with a system, the microcode for a specific system includes files that are

Re: New HMC user issue (z12BC)

2017-02-14 Thread Tom Mathias
You were able to respond before I could... Your write-up is correct. I suspect he has made the new users be "service" type users. Service-type users can not do anything disruptive (like an IPL) unless the object is in service mode. The service person can only IPL the LPAR or work with a

Re: HMC V2.x max USB flash drive size

2017-02-08 Thread Tom Mathias
Brian, Parwez provided a good list of the drives that have been formally tested and therefore are supported. As stated, a drive up to 32 GB is supported. Other drives may or may not work. In my personal experience I have seen most other drives work properly, but I have encountered some

Re: HMC Mail domain

2017-01-26 Thread Tom Mathias
Doug, Brian, Kees, Thank you for your input. Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: HMC Mail domain

2017-01-25 Thread Tom Mathias
Brian, There is going to be an update to the manual/helps coming in a future release. Now since your problem was fixed by updating the DNS, do you still think there needs to be a way to customize the "FROM:" line as well? Tom

Re: Schedule LPAR weight change

2017-01-25 Thread Tom Mathias
Gadi, The Scheduled Operation should be there on your HMC. On your HMC, select the CPC that contains the LPAR(s) you want to change the weights on. Then run "Customize Scheduled Operations", which is under the "Operational Customization" group. When you have scheduled operations open,

Re: HMC Mail domain

2017-01-24 Thread Tom Mathias
Brian, It looks like you now have a way around your issue. I will talk to the owner of the HMC manuals about making an update for this. Thank you for your input. Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

2017-01-20 Thread Tom Mathias
Kees, I do think that current support is causing problems for customers (including the recent append from David, I see that three customers are having a problem), but unfortunately, that is way the function currently works in the field. So, all I can do today is explain how it works and to

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

2017-01-20 Thread Tom Mathias
Brian, I am sorry that the IBMFE wasn't has helpful as they should have been. Our Product Engineering team was made aware of this and they are following up. You should be contacted again. But, in the meantime, I can talk about the "FROM:" name some more. As I stated, the current format

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

2017-01-18 Thread Tom Mathias
Kees, I don't have a general list of tips/pitfalls, but the z13s has a lot of new features and options as compared to your z196 you probably should look at IBM-MAIN and other sources of information to help you set them up, if you are going to. Some of the new capabilities are: Simultaneous

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

2017-01-18 Thread Tom Mathias
Brian, If you haven't done so already, then please open up a problem ticket (On the HMC, do "Report a Problem" and then select "Health Check"). I tried this out on an HMC yesterday with 2.13.1 (z13s) level code and it worked as I had expected. So, something is going on that needs deeper

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Mathias
collect data should there be a real problem and they can also help to make sure a change in the domain name doesn't cause any problems with other HMC(s) and/or systems that you might have. Tom Mathias SE/HMC Development -- For

Re: Time Change Problem #1398

2016-11-08 Thread Tom Mathias
) they are running. Unfortunately, if they really are using the HMC's time as the master, then they may have to set up the HMC's time (and time zone) appropriately. Tom Mathias -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Capping information

2016-11-01 Thread Tom Mathias
access, you could use an HMC and via the Change LPAR Controls task, you could export all properties (including weights and capping) to .csv files for each system in the plex and then import the values into a spreadsheet. Tom Mathias SE/HMC Development Team Leader

Re: HMC logs

2016-10-25 Thread Tom Mathias
t to. Perhaps you can elaborate on exactly what you are doing and what your setup is here or perhaps you would like to contact me directly (mathi...@us.ibm.com). Either way, we would like to try to help you get this working. Tom Mathia

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-19 Thread Tom Mathias
rather than an error message. It is just reminding you that you may have additional setup to do before you can really use ICSF. Tom Mathias SE/HMC Development Team -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: HMC CPC Image

2016-10-19 Thread Tom Mathias
d" on that line) and the "New Image Profile" button will be enabled. Tom Mathias SE/HMC Development Team Leader -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN