Re: Could we specify FN= parameter on HMC during IPL?

2006-05-11 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Generating the SALIPL is very easy: To generate a Stand Alone IPL volume do: LINK $SYSDASD rucb vucb MW SALIPL vucb (EXTENT 1 COMMENT ? IPLPARM FN=configfn CONS=cuu FT=configft or SALIPL vucb (OFFSET 1 COMMENT ? IPLPARM FN=configfn CONS=cuu FT=configft Now reply to the following message

Re: ISV Product SPEDIT

2006-05-11 Thread Pat J. Curren
We used SPEDIT every day. I just love this product. You can find information at www.visioncomm.com - Patrick Curren SuperValu Inc. 952-996-7946 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

ISV Product SPEDIT

2006-05-11 Thread Colin Allinson
We use VMSPOOL (part of the VM:Manager suite from CA) and we would not be without it. Apart from performance the functionality includes: - Review of open spool files (e.g. consoles) - Review of spool files in other users readers (for authorised users) These 2 alone make it invaluable for

RACF DIRM PW

2006-05-11 Thread Lee Stewart
Hi all... Assuming that you have both DIRMAINT and RACF on a system, is there a way to: - Have DIRM PW change the RACF password? - Have DIRMAINT either reject a DIRM PW request, or invalidate the command or something to tell the user they have to use the RACF command? I've looked and

TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Lee Stewart
Hi again, We have a client that desires to have automatic failover capability for the VM TCP/IP stack. We have today, a connection to TCPIP by each of two OSAs, each with a separate IP address. We also have a virtual switch, also connected to the two OSAs, and two Vswitch controllers.

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Marcy Cortes
Or - use a VIPA address on your TCPIP stack - easy easy. Marcy Cortes This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
Be careful about your network if you use VIPA. If you have a TPF machine on the network, there is a PTF that must be applied to it and Cisco routers must be up to date. We tried and brought down the entire subnet. The router froze and TPF crashed when we brought up MPROUTE on VM. Regards,

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Marcy Cortes
That's odd - we've been running it for years (maybe 5 ?!) (no tpf though) Marcy Cortes This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Peter Rothman
We have been using VIPA for a few years as well - and DO have TPF. No problems here. Marcy Cortes [EMAIL PROTECTED]

question

2006-05-11 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
I am having trouble defining a XEROX printer, model 238 work center, to rscs. Has anyone been successful at defining this printer to rscs? My problem is that the 1ST page of output prints and then 2 pages of errors. Here is my definition. There are no errors in the RSCS console or the users, or

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
Yes, the TPF was key. Without it, everything worked. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:17 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject:Re: TCPIP

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
Your TPF must have the fix. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Rothman Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:32 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject:Re: TCPIP Failover We have been

Re: Question about storage and paging

2006-05-11 Thread David Kreuter
Hi Larry: What version of zvm? The storage number reported on INDICATE may not be all that indicative of a problem. Anyway in this case release matters, so provide us with that info. David Larry Macioce wrote: I removed several linux guests yesterday and when I did an indicate the storage

Re: ISV Product SPEDIT

2006-05-11 Thread Dave Jones
Huegel, Thomas wrote: Good morning all. I have a little question this morning about a product I used years ago. There was a product called SPEDIT I believe the owner was VISIONCOM or something like that. The product was a spool file viewer, sort of a replacement for PEEK, but it just blew the

11may76, 30 years, (re-)release of resource manager

2006-05-11 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
30 years since (re-)release of resource manager; some amount of the stuff i had done as an undergraduate in the 60s for cp67 ... but was dropped in the morph from cp67 to vm370. collected past posts mentioning the scheduler http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#fairshare and page replacement

Re: Question about storage and paging

2006-05-11 Thread David Kreuter
Hi: In zvm 5.2 the field is removed, finally. I would suggest in *MOST* cases that this number isn't all that good an indicator of much. It's defined as total pages used by in-queue users. I can't recall any situations where it has been helpful in performance analysis. David Larry Macioce

Virtual memory implementation in S/370 (a.f.c x-post)

2006-05-11 Thread glen herrmannsfeldt
Marten Kemp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The recent thread about virtual memory sparked a (kind of) idle question: why did the implementation in the S/370 have a two-level scheme (segment and page)? My original thought was that it facilitated definition of discontiguous parts of an address

VM:Webgateway Question

2006-05-11 Thread Dusha, Cecelia Ms. WHS/ITMD
When someone accesses the VM:Webgateway via a browser on my system, the following appears in the console log for that web server. *8 08:08:20 WBSWEB1 0D VIWDNS1598I DNS server xxx.xxx.xx.x timed out resolving the CNAME for the IPADDR www.www.ww.www. *8 08:08:50 WBSWEB1 0D

Re: Webgateway Question

2006-05-11 Thread Edward M. Martin
Hello Cecelia, You have parameters on your TCP/IP system that indicate what the DNServers are. Plus you have a HOSTSADDRINFO HOSTSSITEINFO if these are old or have been replace you will have a problem. I can not remember if VM:WEBGATEWAY has a specific DNS parameter. Ed

VM Tape encryption

2006-05-11 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Title: VM Tape encryption Did anyone ever find a good way to encrypt DDR tapes? I remember folks asking about this a while back. Also, is anyone using VMBACKUP encryption? Does it meet current regulations? * This

Re: RACF DIRM PW

2006-05-11 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 05/11/2006 at 09:15 CST, Lee Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming that you have both DIRMAINT and RACF on a system, is there a way to: - Have DIRM PW change the RACF password? - Have DIRMAINT either reject a DIRM PW request, or invalidate the command or something to tell

Re: TCPIP Failover

2006-05-11 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 05/11/2006 at 09:51 CST, Lee Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again, We have a client that desires to have automatic failover capability for the VM TCP/IP stack. We have today, a connection to TCPIP by each of two OSAs, each with a separate IP address. We also have a

Re: VM Tape encryption

2006-05-11 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
Title: VM Tape encryption Ann, We tested VM:Backup's encryption last year. It works, but the algorithm used, DES, doesn't meet our internal requirements. As for whether it meets "current regulations", that's a question that your company's legal people will have to answer. To vendors,

Re: VM Tape encryption

2006-05-11 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 05/11/2006 at 05:04 AST, Smith, Ann (ISD, IT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did anyone ever find a good way to encrypt DDR tapes? I remember folks asking about this a while back. Also, is anyone using VMBACKUP encryption? Does it meet current regulations? Ann, we had an extended

Problems with 2107 (DS8100) and ICKDSF

2006-05-11 Thread Don W.
I'm trying to use a new 2107. When I use ICKDSF and enter: INIT UNIT(9C00) NOVFY VOLID(SC9C00) VTOC(0,1,12) NOINDEX It hangs until it hits the missing interrupt time or I do a HALT 9C00. I'm using ICKDSF 17.0. If I use a back level version of ICKDSF, it works. Also, CPFMTXA FORMAT works. I'm

Re: Could we specify FN= parameter on HMC during IPL?

2006-05-11 Thread Ranga Nathan
OK, I meant how do I get to the panel that I see at second level when I IPL from HMC. This panel has the option to specify alternate config. Yes, this is the one where you press PF10. Currently I IPl with SYSC as load parameter. So, I see that SALIPL lets you customize IPL module and that may

Re: virtual memory

2006-05-11 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
kim kubik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are (at least) two overlapping meanings of the phrase virtual memory here: a virtual (i.e., non-real) memory address and a virtual eXtention (X as in VAX) of memory out to disk. Most people seem to use the latter meaning. The first, virtual memory

Re: RACF DIRM PW

2006-05-11 Thread Kris Buelens
Sorry Alan, but wih RAC ALTUSER, the password you set will be an expired one, the user will have to change it when he logs on. An assembler program is required to use RACROUTE. I have such an animal that I can send on request. You need access to both the old and the new password in order to

Re: Virtual memory implementation in S/370 (a.f.c x-post)

2006-05-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Thu, 11 May 2006 11:08:56 -0700, glen herrmannsfeldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] .edu wrote: Marten Kemp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The recent thread about virtual memory sparked a (kind of) idle question: why did the implementation in the S/370 have a two-level scheme (segment and page)? My original