Re: RSCS question

2008-04-28 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Yet it also states: Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (RSCS) V3.2.0 (5684-096) has bee n repackaged and is now available for licensing under International Program License Agreement (IPLA) terms and conditions. RSCS Function Level 530 (FL530) is available as a priced, optional,

Re: RSCS question

2008-04-28 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (RSCS) V3.2.0 (5684-096) has been repackaged and is now available for licensing under International Program License Agreement (IPLA) terms and conditions. RSCS Function Level 530 (FL530) is available as a priced, optional, preinstalled feature of z/VM V5.3.

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Mrohs, Ray
Is there a list of z/VM software products and/or applications that will NOT run on an IFL? Ray Mrohs -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:55 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject:

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Thomas Kern
will not and not licensed for are two different animals. I think the will not list is z/OS, z/OS.e, OS/390, and all of the less than z architecture system (VM/370, MVS, MVT, etc) The not licensed for list would be too extensive for IBM to consider publishing. It would be better to reverse the

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 10:28 EDT, Mrohs, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a list of z/VM software products and/or applications that will NOT run on an IFL? VSE, MVS, TPF, any VM prior to z/VM V4 (including CMS itself). Other than that, no. All of the products that have IPLA (OTC)

Re: RSCS question

2008-04-28 Thread Mike Harding
And do the lpr/lpd and UTF functions still work if RSCS is unlicensed? Mike Harding, Consultant/Specialist The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 04/28/2008 04:50:49 AM: RSCS is and will continue to be available for all supported z/VM releases. If you are on z/VM

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Jim Elliott
With the IBM z10, you can mix standard and IFL engines in the same LPAR. So, if you put all your engines in the same LPAR, what does that do to licensing of 390 software that can also run on an IFL? Note that this is a statement of direction. A not as yet announced release of z/VM will be a

Re: RSCS question

2008-04-28 Thread Jim Elliott
And do the lpr/lpd and UTF functions still work if RSCS is unlicensed? There is no change. The drivers that were no-charge with the RSCS product are still no-charge with the RSCS feature. Jim

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Burch, Aubrey Dennis CIV DISA GS4B
Jim Elliot's licensing explanation is what we are experiencing. I just recently documented for IBM why we wanted VM/VTAM and how we would use it. Two years ago we were able to license this product with no problem on IFLs at one of our other sites. There were no technical issues running it, nor

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 11:42 EDT, Burch, Aubrey Dennis CIV DISA GS4B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are uncomfortably restricted in that the Department of Defense (DOD) Ports and Protocols List prohibits the use of telnet (even SSL), and port 23 is being systematically closed at all our

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Thomas Kern
Cheating like that can get you visited by armed Marines, etc. I doubt that any traffic between two DOD bases is unencrypted and tapping the coax cables inside the bases will get you in even more trouble. /Thomas Kern /U.S. Department of Energy /301-903-2211 (O) /301-905-6427 (M) On Mon, 28

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Burch, Aubrey Dennis CIV DISA GS4B
Alan, you are correct - passwords are encrypted, which is done using a custom https front end solution that connects to our DOD IP network at a couple network boundary locations. From there, the session is connected to our isolated SNA networks in the background. The Ports and Protocols List

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
Would having the SNA go to a Linux image, perhaps in an IFL LPAR in the same box an your VM system, running Comm Server solve the problem? Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent:

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Interesting question. I was trying to explain VTAM to a relatively newbe a couple weeks ago. And I did come to the conclusion that since there are no new SNA hardware anymore, not only VTAM should be sunsetted, but we need to play to get rid of VTAM in the next few years. The problem still

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Thomas Kern
Would that be at the same price and support level as VM/VTAM? /Thomas Kern /U.S. Department of Energy /301-903-2211 (O) /301-905-6427 (M) On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:16:52 -0700, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot e: Would having the SNA go to a Linux image, perhaps in an IFL LPAR in the same box

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 02:27 EDT, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would having the SNA go to a Linux image, perhaps in an IFL LPAR in the same box an your VM system, running Comm Server solve the problem? You would have to write the moral equivalent of VSCS, doing LU 2 on one side

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Gentry, Stephen
How does zOS handle this situation? Does it need VTAM to communicate with other CICS's in the same zOS? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:35 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject:

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread David Boyes
You would have to write the moral equivalent of VSCS, doing LU 2 on one side and LDSF on the other. (VSCS uses *CCS, not LDSF, but let's not quibble over details.) Minus 3d10 sanity for *CCS exposure. (*CCS qualifies as squamous crawling horror) If you're going to do it this way, just use

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:58 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VTAM on an IFL? How does zOS handle this situation? Does it need VTAM to communicate with

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
As far as I know, it is up to date now, which makes the support level much better. The price is something I do not know, but considering the cost I was given for the recently decommissioned VM/VTAM, I doubt that it is any worse. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
A couple of years ago, when our communications folks were upgrading to Enterprise Extender (or some such), IBM was pushing this at them for VM like it was already a done deal. Talk SNA out one side of the mouth; TCP/IP out the other, kind of like a salesman does. You mean that IBM doesn't already

Spool Disks

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
Assuming that there are no dumps is spool, is it possible to swap a 3390-03 disk for a 3390-09 having the same volser? It would be a case of formatting and allocating the new disk, change the 03 volser to something else, change the 09 volser to the one the one formerly on the 03, and finally,

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 04:00 EDT, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of years ago, when our communications folks were upgrading to Enterprise Extender (or some such), IBM was pushing this at them for VM like it was already a done deal. Talk SNA out one side of the mouth;

Re: SCP/SFTP functionality

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:08:36 -0400, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an inherent architectural problem with an ssh *server* on VM: T he IP connection does not terminate in your virtual machine. When you logi n to a system with ssh, you are expected to have logged into your own

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
I see. It was presented to me, second hand, as a replacement for VM/VTAM, not an addition to it. That may well have been a misunderstanding of what was presented. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 05:38 EDT, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see. It was presented to me, second hand, as a replacement for VM/VTAM, not an addition to it. That may well have been a misunderstanding of what was presented. Oh, my. I can see where such a statement might,

Re: SCP/SFTP functionality

2008-04-28 Thread Jack Woehr
Alan Ackerman wrote: In previous discussions here, there was a feeling that an ssh *client* in CMS was more important than having the ability to ssh *into* the system. CMS is not a multiuser system. SSH into CMS directly does not make sense, because an SSH server is a

Re: Spool Disks

2008-04-28 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 01:52:15PM -0700,Schuh, Richard Wrote: } Assuming that there are no dumps is spool, is it possible to swap a } 3390-03 disk for a 3390-09 having the same volser? It would be a case of } formatting and allocating the new disk, change the 03 volser to } something else,

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
It is like editing the result of editing a highly compressed JPEG. The errors are compounded. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:48 PM To:

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Rich Smrcina
In the VSE world I know for a fact that one of the TCP/IP stack vendors offers a way to access VTAM applications without VTAM. That stack feature just went GA before the WAVV conference this year. So, any VTAM application could be accessed directly without having VTAM present on the system.

Re: SCP/SFTP functionality

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 05:05 EDT, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why? What is wrong with OpenSSH? Trick question. :-) There is nothing wrong with OpenSSH. But remember that in a VM system, we're talking about virtual machines, not processes. There is no hierarchy of virtual

Re: Spool Disks

2008-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
I wasn't too cleat. It is a DUMP pack and I can guarantee that there are no files on it, even if I have to SET DUMP OFF and purge any closed dump files. I probably don't have to go to that extreme, though. We just took our first dump in over a year, a SNAPDUMP taken because of a LOGOFF/FORCE

Re: VTAM on an IFL?

2008-04-28 Thread Lee Stewart
While I didn't do it (big disclaimer up front!), I was around back in the late '70s when they rewrote the TSO terminal handler stuff. The old TCAM support was removed and the new code intertwined it with VTAM. While it was a separate component, it seemed to be all gray shadows and mirrors

Re: SCP/SFTP functionality

2008-04-28 Thread Thomas Kern
Now for the really stupid question. Why is an SSH daemon absolutely fundamental and prerequisite to a CMS SCP command to move a PDF from my A-disk to one of my linux servers for serving via Apache? /Tom Kern Alan Altmark wrote: On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 05:05 EDT, McKown, John [EMAIL

Re: Spool Disks

2008-04-28 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:49:44PM -0700,Schuh, Richard Wrote: } I wasn't too cleat. It is a DUMP pack and I can guarantee that there are } no files on it, even if I have to SET DUMP OFF and purge any closed dump } files. I probably don't have to go to that extreme, though. We just took } our

Re: SCP/SFTP functionality

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 04/28/2008 at 07:53 EDT, Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is an SSH daemon absolutely fundamental and prerequisite to a CMS SCP command to move a PDF from my A-disk to one of my linux servers for serving via Apache? It's not. As I said, the ssh client side (used by scp)