Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Ronald van der Laan
Florian, For the DCSS type segments, you can use the MOVESEG command, but for the NSSes, (CMS and GCS) you will still need to regenerate them. You can find MOVESEG at http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?MOVESEG Ronald van der Laan

Re: GONE exec

2008-10-06 Thread Arty Ecock
Hi, On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:33:43 -0400 you said: On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Jim Bohnsack wrote: No offense to Rick Troth, but that isn't the real GONE. Wayne Preism of the IBM WSC wrote GONE in the early 80's and it's different than Rick's. No offense taken, Jim. I think Arty also wrote a GONE with

SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Florian Bilek
Dear all, Are there alternatives for SPXTAPE? I would like to copy the single pack spool with the saved segments from t he newly installed z/VM 5.4 to a spool area that consists of several disks. I would like to avoid regenerating those shared segments. Doing this, I would like to use a

Re: GONE exec

2008-10-06 Thread Jim Bohnsack
Time heals the pain and lets the good memories bubble up to the surface. Jim Arty Ecock wrote: Hi, On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:33:43 -0400 you said: On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Jim Bohnsack wrote: No offense to Rick Troth, but that isn't the real GONE. Wayne Preism of the IBM WSC wrote GONE in

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Florian. You might want to try using the SFB utility that can backup and restore NSS as well as DCSS type segments. It can also process a number of other spool file types as well. You can download a copy here: http://www.vsoft-software.com/downloads.html Have a good one. Ronald van der

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2008-10-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Help. This is a second level test system that used to work. Any ideas what I did? DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSVMLIB does not exist David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized*

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2008-10-06 Thread Bob Bates
Did all your spool volumes mount? Did the SYSTEM CONFIG change in regard to the CP_Owned list? Are those the only one missing? Bob Bates Enterprise Hosting Services - Enterprise Virtualization - z/VM and z/Linux http://ehs.homestead.wellsfargo.com/Mainframe/zSS/zSE/zVM-zLinux/Pages/

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2008-10-06 Thread David Boyes
Most common reason is a COLD start. Remember, segments live in spool. Second reason, spool volume offline. VMFBUILD ( ALL should fix it. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean, David (I/S) Sent: Monday, October

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2008-10-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Yes and yes. David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:11 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Dean, David (I/S) wrote: Help.

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
On 2nd level? Or first? David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:13 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Most

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2008-10-06 Thread Rich Smrcina
Dean, David (I/S) wrote: Yes and yes. David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* There you go, before a cold start you should save your NSS and DCSS files. There's a procedure in the Guide to System Installation. David Boyes send a way to rebuild them. Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc.

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Last question (ahh, probably not) but where does vmfbuild live? Drive? David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:18 AM

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread David Boyes
Log in as MAINT on 2nd level. VMFSETUP ESA CP (or whatever your level of z/VM expects) VMFBUILD ( ALL See the VM Service Guide manual. It'll explain all the goodness and mercy contained in VMF utilities to you. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Florian Bilek
Hi Dave, This is great! Thank you very much. It is exactly what I was looking for. BR Florian On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:00:06 -0500, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] w rote: Hi, Florian. You might want to try using the SFB utility that can backup and restore NSS as well as DCSS type segments.

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread David Boyes
2nd. You want the current level from the 2nd level system built in 2nd level spool. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean, David (I/S) Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:16 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread Davis, Larry
Try using the list option of VMFBUILD vmfbld list segbld esasegs zvmsegs blddata ( All This will build just the save segments and not everything else From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Monday,

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, David. To use the VM/SES-E routines, MAINT needs to have it's 5E% minidisk at file mode b and it's 51D minidisk at file mode d. Hope this helps. Dean, David (I/S) wrote: Last question (ahh, probably not) but where does vmfbuild live? Drive? David Dean Information Systems

An OSA/VSWITCH question

2008-10-06 Thread Daniel Allen
If I have a z/OS 1.4 guest running under z/VM with dedicated OSA addresses, will it work using using VSWITCH ? The z/OS guest uses a port name but the VSWITCH does not. Or does it matter ? ** This email and any files

Re: DMSDCS1083E Saved segment CMSPIPES does not exist

2008-10-06 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Thanks for all the info everyone! David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:43 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DMSDCS1083E

Re: An OSA/VSWITCH question

2008-10-06 Thread Scott Rohling
The VSWITCH does not need a portname -- from reading other posts, there is a caution to make sure you do NOT use the same port name z/OS is using. I see it set to DONTCARE or NOTUSED when I look at various VSWITCH details.. Scott Rohling On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Daniel Allen [EMAIL

Re: An OSA/VSWITCH question

2008-10-06 Thread Daniel Allen
Thanks, Scott. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:40 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: An OSA/VSWITCH question The VSWITCH does not need a portname -- from reading

Re: SPXTAPE alternatives

2008-10-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
You can use DCSSBKUP and DCSSRSAV that comes with your system, instead of MOVESEG. They perform the same function. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald van der Laan

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2008-10-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
A COLD start will not molest the SDFs, only regular spool files. It takes a CLEAN start to delete the SDFs. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Monday,

Re: Paging volumes, size vs. number

2008-10-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
It does make a difference. And, on units such as the IBM DS6800, you know what volumes are on what Raid Array, assuming you set it up G. You can overload a Raid adapter, while your other adapters are relatively idle. IF, big IF, you really need paging performance (or any other large I/O

CMSBATCH exits (BATEXIT1, BATEXIT2)

2008-10-06 Thread Thomas Kern
I have had to do some work recently that takes a very long time to run bu t still needed to use my own virtual machine for other tasks. Ideal for a batch facility. Well, we don't have a BATCH product and I haven't done mu ch work on the LARS/Purdue Batch Monitor and I did not want to define a spec

Mainframe education/training

2008-10-06 Thread Gabe Goldberg
I'm writing articles for Bob Thomas' two publications, z/Journal and Mainframe Executive, about mainframe education. For z/Journal I'll cover the tactical state of education union and for Mainframe Executive I'll discuss strategic/high-level issues. A year or so ago I wrote about

Re: Segments and COLD START

2008-10-06 Thread George Haddad
I thought that NSSes and DCSSes would survive a COLD START, but a CLEAN START would definitely wipe them. David Boyes wrote: Most common reason is a COLD start. Remember, segments live in spool. Second reason, spool volume offline. VMFBUILD ( ALL should fix it.

Re: Segments and COLD START

2008-10-06 Thread Thomas Kern
I regularly COLD start my test system and the NSS/DCSS files survive. Thanks to whoever got the difference between COLD and CLEAN put into the system. /Tom Kern George Haddad wrote: I thought that NSSes and DCSSes would survive a COLD START, but a CLEAN START would definitely wipe them.