Randy Burton is out of the office until Mon. 11/26/2007

2007-11-20 Thread Randy Burton
I will be out of the office starting 11/20/2007 and will not return until 11/26/2007. I will be out of the office Wed. 11/21 thru Fri. 11/23, returning Mon. 11/26. On Wednesday, please contact John Hoffler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and on Friday, please contact Kiran Yelimeli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Du

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/20/2007 at 05:51 EST, Miguel Delapaz/Endicott/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *ahem* > > Using NETSTAT OBEY wouldn't "fix" ifconfig. It would eliminate the need for > the minidisk password while severely limiting the amount of data we can send to > the stack. While this wouldn't b

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Dale R. Smith
The problem with saving the DOS/BAM segments is because of two things: (1) The DOS/BAM segments are still below the 16M line. (2) The directory, (FSTs), for every accessed CMS disk or SFS directory are also still below the 16M line. VMFBLD accesses a lot of disks/directories so when it went to s

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Miguel Delapaz
*ahem* Using NETSTAT OBEY wouldn't "fix" ifconfig. It would eliminate the need for the minidisk password while severely limiting the amount of data we can send to the stack. While this wouldn't be an issue for starting/stopping interfaces, creating/modifying interfaces is an entirely other stor

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Dave Keeton
Alan, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Your help was just what I needed. If you haven't been told today, "You ROCK!" Dave -Original Message- From: Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The IBM z/VM Operating System To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: TCPIP troubleshootin

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/20/2007 at 03:32 EST, "Harland, Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are installing zVM 5.3 and need to recreate the CMSDOS and CMSBAM segments > on the current spool. I issued the following (results listed below) from the > Service Guide and received this error for CMSBAM

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/20/2007 at 02:40 EST, Dave Keeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Alan. Using ifconfig, I see that the interface is listed as DOWN: > > GBE200 inet addr: 10.254.145.64 mask: 255.255.255.0 > DOWN MTU: 8992 > vdev: 2912 rdev: 2912 type: QDIO ETHERNET port

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Dave Keeton
I'm not sure why TCPMAINT is unable to issue the command "IFCONFIG GBE200 UP -Mdiskpw wtcpmain". TCPMAINT is in the list of users allowed to issue commands (OBEY). I've verified that the interface is down, so now I'm trying to bring it back up. Can anyone help? Thanks, Dave -Original Mess

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Hodge, Robert L
Larry, I've had this problem for several releases of z/VM. My solution was to use the DIRATTR command to make the directories in the VMSYS:MAINT. filespace dircontrol, including the base direct directory. The MAINT userid must be MACHINE XC in the VM directory to use dircontrol directories. My unde

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Bill Munson
Actually John is correct and I remember it happening on z/VM 4 systems too, now that I recollect. This is a good reason to back up NSS's before doing any service. I know we have had to reload theses segments from backup many times. DOSBAM, CMSDOS and CMSBAM munson Romanowski, John (OFT)

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
welcome to the "can't build CMSBAM" club, been happening for at least 2 years, seems to have stumped IBM support since they recommend even now I continue to use this workaround. Quick, easy workaround is based on knowledge CMSBAM hasn't changed and doesn't really need to be rebuilt, so lie t

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Bill Munson
Larry, Your MAINT user id might not have enough storage enter > DEF STOR 256M Before you IPL 190 Also you might try purging CMSBAM segment before trying to re define it. good luck Bill Munson VM System Programmer Office of Information Technology State of New Jersey (609) 984-4065 Pre

Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-20 Thread Harland, Lawrence
We are installing zVM 5.3 and need to recreate the CMSDOS and CMSBAM segments on the current spool. I issued the following (results listed below) from the Service Guide and received this error for CMSBAM: "DMSDCS343E Storage in range 00B0D000-00B37FFF for CMSBAM in use." I displayed storage

Re: Guest access to z9 DVD drive

2007-11-20 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 2:43 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Susan Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > Today we mount the Linux installation CDs on a Fedora NFS and build the ISO > images that are then FTPed across the intranet to a zLinux guest. The I'm not at all sure what y

Guest access to z9 DVD drive

2007-11-20 Thread Susan Zimmerman
Mark Post wrote: If you could explain what you would have been doing with this ability, = perhaps we could show you a different way to accomplish it. Hi Mark, Today we mount the Linux installation CDs on a Fedora NFS and build the ISO images that are then FTPed across the intranet to a zLin

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Dave Keeton
Thank you, Alan. Using ifconfig, I see that the interface is listed as DOWN: GBE200 inet addr: 10.254.145.64 mask: 255.255.255.0 DOWN MTU: 8992 vdev: 2912 rdev: 2912 type: QDIO ETHERNET portname: DEV2900 ipv4 router type: NONROUTER ipv6: DISABLED cpu: 0 forwar

Re: TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/20/2007 at 01:49 EST, Dave Keeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After bringing up FTPSERVE to transfer some files, I noticed this morning that > I'm unable to connect to the IP address I used for z/VM. I am still able to > access the z/VM console through the ICC network, but the

TCPIP troubleshooting

2007-11-20 Thread Dave Keeton
After bringing up FTPSERVE to transfer some files, I noticed this morning that I'm unable to connect to the IP address I used for z/VM. I am still able to access the z/VM console through the ICC network, but the address specified in the DTCPARMS file is unresponsive. I can't seem to figure out why,

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread Thomas Kern
It is the 'z/VM Resource Manager' presentation from WAVV May 2005. http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/WILKINSS/WAV0502.PDF It is not part of my weekend reading material. Thanks. /Tom Kern On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:17:34 -0600, Feller, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w rote: > Thanks to all.. I had looked on

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread Feller, Paul
Thanks to all.. I had looked on the Share site but could not find it. Paul Feller AIT Mainframe Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] (319)-355-7824 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Munson Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread Bill Munson
I found it http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/WILKINSS/ munson David Boyes wrote: Where could I find the presentation you are talking about? It's been presented in a number of places (SHARE, z/Expo, WAVV, assorted user groups). I think Steve presented it at the z/Expo in Munich, but not sure.

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread David Boyes
> Where could I find the presentation you are talking about? It's been presented in a number of places (SHARE, z/Expo, WAVV, assorted user groups). I think Steve presented it at the z/Expo in Munich, but not sure.

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread Bill Munson
I found it Dave was right Steve and Chris both presented it. http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/WILKINSS/ Bill Munson VM System Programmer Office of Information Technology State of New Jersey (609) 984-4065 President MVMUA http://www.marist.edu/~mvmua Feller, Paul wrote: Where could I find t

Re: VMRM?

2007-11-20 Thread Bill Munson
Paul, I went to our web site (MVMUA) and this presentation was NOT one of the ones that we have available for download, sorry. I the went to www.vm.ibm.com and looked on the developers pages and unfortunately Chris does NOT have her presentations available for download either. Hopefully sh