Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Rob van der Heij
At the risk of beating the horse recursively... Looking at the thread, I think it would be an interesting approach to ask the applicant what the top-10 questions would be he or she would ask someone applying for a VM systems programmer job. It might reveal whether they follow the mailing list,

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Colin Allinson
Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to read up on MW :-) W is not a fallback mode, as there is no first attempt to get it M. Instead, MW says, in effect, bypass the check for simple read or write links, only fail if the disk is already linked Stable or Exclusive by a user.

CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2008

2008-04-11 Thread Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts
The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2008. There is yet another late change to the agenda. We are going to once again start doing a brief Linux on z Update session after lunch. You may recall that we did this several

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread McBride, Catherine
Dude, at least you get Champaign with the pizza. Our beer's warm. Bob Shair wrote: What's Normal? Just north of Bloomington.

Could use some help tuning a POC

2008-04-11 Thread Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]
This was posted to both the VM and Linux listservs We finally got our POF running this morning and response is not great. Since we know very little about this z/VM and zLinux I would appreciate any hints. Performance Monitor shows some paging and swapping but from our MVS point of view, its now

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Huegel, Thomas
What does she look like?

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread David Boyes
At 09:02 PM 4/10/2008, you wrote: What's Normal? 90 degrees from the current nominal vector composition. 8-) Just north of Bloomington. Close enough.

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
The last being the main criterion used in making the decision, no doubt. If you wait until you have the details, you aren't qualified :-) Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent:

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
Then you throw in the V suffix to utterly confuse them :-) Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Allinson Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:24 AM To:

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
You obviously have not been to the discrimination classes. You would already have lost the suit before it is filed. Especially if he is ugly. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

The Moderator Raises an Eyebrow Re: [IBMVM] Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Daniel P. Martin
Dear colleagues: Your poor, beleaguered list moderator can not help but notice that certain components of this topic have strayed far afield from the declared subject and even farther from the generally technical nature of our chats. Ladies and gentlemen, this horse is dead. The carcass is

Re: Question about DirMaint on z/VM 5.3

2008-04-11 Thread Kris Buelens
A test too is to keep the DIRMSAT servers stopped; make a change on the master system and then see if the DIRMSAT users get a file in there reader. If not, DIRMAINT's (or RSCS') setup isn't right; if a file arrives: start the DIRMSAT server and look in its console for any messages. 2008/4/11,

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Colin, Your last paragraph hit the the nail (enter key) right on the head. Currently being unemployed and only installed z/VM 4.4 18 months ago showed me what a dinosaur I've become. Colin Allinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :- If you were

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-11 Thread Howard Rifkind
BTW, Any one in the NY Metro area looking for a z/VM sysprog who is getting rather long in the tooth please contact me off line Thanks Colin Allinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :- If you were hiring a new z/VM systems programmer what would be the 5-10

Re: Question about z/VM...

2008-04-11 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hi John, Speaking from a pure ground floor environment, z/VM will have then come full circle and a true multi functional platform once it can run MS/Windows and the like. But just wait a bit longer...this too is on it's way as it's a force that can't be stopped. Sharing a Linux, Windows, etc

Re: Question about z/VM...

2008-04-11 Thread Howard Rifkind
Could you just image; sharing a windows kernel (like CMS) and keeping your files like MS Excel etc. on your local workstation. Such a wonderful thing... RPN01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Re: Question about z/VM... You can migrate the functions of a Windows server to zLinux, by converting to