Re: PCOMM+HMC z/VM 5.3

2008-11-18 Thread Gregg
Clifford, 658 reads: Initializing the TCP connection for Telnet3270 (3270 session). Initializing the TCP connection for Telnet5250 (5250 session). is it connected to your network/intranet? can/did you have remote access to the HMC and is it working? We don't have the OS/2 HMC's anymore and use

Re: CP mod to HCPBIS

2008-11-18 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
(My sentmail shows I sent this reply last Tuesday, but since the archives don't have it, I guess that explains why I got no response. Here it is again) Thank you Alan for the information, but it is still not totally clear to me what is happening. It vaguely occurred to me that perhaps

FW: Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) authorization is expanded to include the OpenSolaris operating system

2008-11-18 Thread Dave Jones
IBM is expanding the authorized use of an IBM® System z® Integrated Facility for Linux® feature (IFL). As of November 18, 2008, an IFL may be used for execution of the OpenSolaris operating system in addition to or instead of the Linux operating system, respective OpenSolaris or Linux

Re: Number os SSL connections

2008-11-18 Thread Suleiman Shahin
Thanks very much, Allan. Suleiman Shahin Send Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:27:29 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Number os SSL connections To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Yes, you would need that APAR. You could contact the support center, but = as far as I know the limit

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 11/17/2008 at 07:09 EST, Mike Hammock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A zVM 5.3 user (not even one of our customers) is trying to use a 3590 to migrate from their current ( about to expire) FLEX-ES system to a system z and is having problems. From zVM he can (apparently) write to the

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Hammock
Thanks Alan, we can certainly give that a try.. But... I assumed (there is that problem word) that if we mounted the tape cartridge, did a TAPE REW then a TAPE DUMP * * A that it would wipe out any standard label on the cartridge... that it would become a no-label tape no matter what it was

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 08:54 EST, Mike Hammock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Alan, we can certainly give that a try.. But... I assumed (there is that problem word) that if we mounted the tape cartridge, did a TAPE REW then a TAPE DUMP * * A that it would wipe out any standard label on

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Dave Jones
Mike, would it be possibe to network connect the two systems, and avoid using tape at all? Mike Hammock wrote: Thanks Alan, we can certainly give that a try.. But... I assumed (there is that problem word) that if we mounted the tape cartridge, did a TAPE REW then a TAPE DUMP * * A that it

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Hammock
Normally yes, but... Their FLEX system will die tomorrow (or perhaps the next day) but they are not getting a replacement System z for another month or so. (Yes, they will be out of action for a while lonnngg story...). So, by the time the z10 comes in, the FLEX system will be dead and

Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Aisik Chang
GM, Listers,l I defined DRCT area on one of CP owned pack, How do I make this alternate DRCT avaialble ? Do I need to IPL or Is there way to dynamically make new DRCT area active ? Thanks for you info in advance, Ann

Re: CP mod to HCPBIS

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 04:45 EST, Shimon Lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Alan for the information, but it is still not totally clear to me what is happening. It vaguely occurred to me that perhaps somehow SIE was doing it all now (as I wrote bypass the simulation) at least

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Hammock
Yes, I had suggested that to the customer and it would be possible. It would require some work (HCD/IODF, etc.) to make the volumes available/known to the zOS system and then to set up and run the DFDss dump jobs. They are trying to avoid this extra effort since they already have the DDR

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Kris Buelens
Note: you need a write link to a FULLPACK minidisk that covers the DRCT area. 2008/11/18 Rich Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] On: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:40:01AM -0500,Aisik Chang Wrote: } I defined DRCT area on one of CP owned pack, How do I make this alternate } DRCT avaialble ? } Do I need

Re: 3590: problems reading

2008-11-18 Thread Kris Buelens
And, as z/OS can use the tapes, what about using an MVS utility to take a physical backup of the z/VM disks. 2008/11/18 Mike Hammock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Normally yes, but... Their FLEX system will die tomorrow (or perhaps the next day) but they are not getting a replacement System z for

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:51:55AM -0500,Rich Greenberg Wrote: } On: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:40:01AM -0500,Aisik Chang Wrote: } } } I defined DRCT area on one of CP owned pack, How do I make this alternate } } DRCT avaialble ? } } Do I need to IPL or Is there way to dynamically make new DRCT

z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Ray Waters
With 5.2, CMS (not xedit) anything entered in CMS converted to uppercase when the enter key was pressed. With 5.4, the characters no longer convert to uppercase. Can this be changed via a command to CP or CMS? Ray Waters NOTICE: This e-mail is intended

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Rich Greenberg
On: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:40:01AM -0500,Aisik Chang Wrote: } I defined DRCT area on one of CP owned pack, How do I make this alternate } DRCT avaialble ? } Do I need to IPL or Is there way to dynamically make new DRCT area active } ? Just change the DIRECT statement in the source directory

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Donovan
Ray, I'm confused. To my knowledge, nothing changed between 5.2 and 5.4 with the way CMS commands are handled. Do you have an example? Thanks! Mike Donovan Ray Waters

Re: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Starter System for IBM System z

2008-11-18 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
The Novell site can be very particular. I, too, use Mozilla / Firefox 3 successfully, but only when the Novell site deems me worthy. David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Ray Waters
Mike, I no longer have my 5.2 system up. Our 5.4 after pressing enter: q t TIME IS 10:29:07 EST TUESDAY 11/18/08 CONNECT= 00:04:20 VIRTCPU= 000:00.01 TOTCPU= 000:00.02 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 10:29:07 In 5.2 it would be: Q T TIME IS 10:29:07 EST TUESDAY 11/18/08 CONNECT= 00:04:20 VIRTCPU= 000:00.01

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Rich Smrcina
I don't see this effect on 5.2. LOGON AT 10:37:23 CDT TUESDAY 11/18/08 z/VM V5.2.02008-08-20 15:41 Ready; T=0.12/0.18 10:37:23 q t TIME IS 10:37:26 CDT TUESDAY 11/18/08 CONNECT= 00:00:03 VIRTCPU= 000:00.26 TOTCPU= 000:00.60 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 10:37:26 Ray Waters wrote: Mike, I no

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What command is causing you a problem? Please post a snippet that illustrates your problem. I did notice that the logon command is echoed in mixed case by CP on z/VM 5.3. It seems to have changed between z/VM 3.1 and z/VM

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Brian France
FYI - My 5.2 and 5.4 2nd level are the same. The q t is NOT converted to upper case. Nor are other commands like q alloc page or q xst. At 10:31 AM 11/18/2008, Ray Waters wrote: Mike, I no longer have my 5.2 system up. Our 5.4 after pressing enter: q t TIME IS 10:29:07 EST TUESDAY

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Pace
This from 5.2 q t TIME IS 11:46:12 EDT TUESDAY 11/18/08 CONNECT= 00:11:47 VIRTCPU= 000:00.03 TOTCPU= 000:00.05 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:46:12 q cplevel z/VM Version 5 Release 2.0, service level 0601 (64-bit) Generated at 08/02/06 11:10:50 EDT IPL at 09/15/08 08:34:34 EDT Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:46:20

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Walter
Nor on our z/VM 5.1 and z/VM 5.4 systems (note the lower-case cp q cplevel): ---snip-- q cplevel z/VM Version 5 Release 1.0, service level 0501 (64-bit) Generated at 09/04/08 16:26:13 CST IPL at 11/16/08 20:54:17 CST cp q cplevel z/VM Version 5 Release 4.0, service level 0801 (64-bit)

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
I don't yet have a 5.4 system, but here is a sample from a 2.3, 3.1, 4.4, 5.2, and 5.3 system. q cplevel VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3.0, service level 0101 Generated at 03/11/02 16:44:14 EST IPL at 08/17/03 03:40:50 EST

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Huegel, Thomas
I run into the exact opposite problem.. ie when entering a pipe on the terminal nothing gets translated to upper case, so one must remember that a 'FIND' or 'LOCATE' must be typed in upper case (assuming upper is what one is looking for). -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 10:46 EST, Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What command is causing you a problem? Please post a snippet that illustrates your problem. I did notice that the logon command is

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Neale Ferguson
Isn't it to do with the SET LANG option? One of the options is UCAMENG or something like that? This one is upper case only.

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Ray Waters
There is NO problem. Every thing works as before. I just noticed a difference between our prior VM systems and 5.4. Our prior systems would convert anything typed in CMS to upper case once the enter key was pressed. Now with 5.4 the translation does not occur. With 5.4: q alloc = q alloc q t =

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Marcy Cortes
Was your default language set to UCENG before? (Q LANG) Marcy 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 or any

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Scully, William P
Alan, doesn't the setting of CP TERM MODE have an effect on commands? In TERM MODE CP everything is uppercase. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:37 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

z/VM 5.4 and VM:Secure

2008-11-18 Thread Buettner, Wolfgang
Is there somebody having some experiences with that combination already? Regards, Wolfgang Buettner Software AG - Sitz/Registered office: Uhlandstra?e 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany, - Registergericht/Commercial register: Darmstadt HRB 1562 - Vorstand/ Management Board: Karl-Heinz Streibich

Re: CP mod to HCPBIS

2008-11-18 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
THANK YOU!! I was assuming that SIE was taking the REAL cpuid of the hardware, but I just tested your suggestion that I modify the virtual CPUID in the VMDBK, and it solves the problem. Thank you, Shimon Original message Date:   Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:04:41 -0500 From:   Alan Altmark

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Ray Waters
The LANG does not make a difference: q lang AMENG Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:29:05 ind AVGPROC-050% 03 XSTORE-00/SEC MIGRATE-/SEC MDC READS-001384/SEC WRITES-74/SEC HIT RATIO-096% PAGING-3/SEC STEAL-000% Q0-4(0) DORMANT-00025 Q1-8(0)

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Richard Troth
What a mess! Very confusing. For clarification, Ray is asking (and please confirm, Ray) about the ECHOING of certain commands. UCENG (or other SET LANG) would apply to RESPONSES from commands. Vewy diffewent. In my experience, commands echoed by CMS are echoed as entered and have been for a

Re: z/VM 5.4 and VM:Secure

2008-11-18 Thread Marcy Cortes
Absolutely. For quite a few months now. Marcy 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 or any information

Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Lang, Louis
Hello All, Dang I miss working on VM. Back in the good ol' days, I worked with Tom Wilson and Pete Jobusch on t he Purdue Batch System. I was wondering if someone still has this code, and if so, would they be willing to ship me a copy on CD or DVD (or place it on an FTP site?) Sorry, I

question on changing IP and routes

2008-11-18 Thread Larry Macioce
We have our z box on public addresses hence VM and all virtual Linux servers are also. We have finally stared a push to move them onto 10 addresses. We have a layer 3 vswitch defined. The network group has given me test ip addresses, subnet mask, and gateway addreses. My problem is I can

Guest LAN definition for z/OS guest

2008-11-18 Thread Neale Ferguson
For a guest LAN what is the device type used in the DEVICE statement for a z/OS guest? MPCOSA or MPCIPA (or something else)?

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Walter
My money's on Bill Scully's suggestion, below. Easily overlooked in the stream of replies (and some replies seem to be coming out-of-order today). We all get used to what we've been running for ages. Perhaps Ray is running with a different PROFILE EXEC, or without common change to SYSPROF EXEC

z/VM processor mode

2008-11-18 Thread Quay, Jonathan (IHG)
We moved a z/VM 5.3 703 system from a z/990 to a z/10. IPLed successfully. When we attempted to IPL our TPF 4.1 guests, they would go through rollcall and then take an HCP1455E CPU XX is not started because it is in check-stop state. It turns out that the z/OS sysprog who set up the LPAR had

Re: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Starter System for IBM System z

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Post
On 11/17/2008 at 7:53 PM, Raymond Noal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, What do you recommend someone use to download files from the Novell site for zSeries Linux files? I've tried MS Internet Explorer and Mozilla/FireFox and neither of them works. I try to use wget as much as possible,

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Ray Waters
This is not the case. I am in Term Mode VM. Ray -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:56 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case My

Re: Guest LAN definition for z/OS guest

2008-11-18 Thread Bruce Hayden
Doesn't it depend on which type of guest LAN you defined? I.e., TYPE HIPERS or TYPE QDIO? The default is a hipersockets type. (I have no z/OS experience!) On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Neale Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a guest LAN what is the device type used in the DEVICE

Re: z/VM processor mode

2008-11-18 Thread Bruce Hayden
z/VM 5.3 will IPL in a z/VM mode LPAR on a z10, but it will only use 1 type of the CPUs. In my experience I had both CPs and IFLs defined to the partition, but 5.3 would only use the CPs. It could see that the IFLs were there, but they could not be varied online. What kind of CPUs were defined

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Jack Woehr
Ray Waters wrote: This is not the case. I am in Term Mode VM. How many lowercase EBCDIC characters can dance on the head of a pin? -- Jack J. Woehr# Sen. Obama has achieved a great http://www.well.com/~jax # thing for him and for his country. http://www.softwoehr.com # - Sen.

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Bob Bates
Here's a straw to grasp at: Local mod that allowed SCREEN INREDISP UPPER ?? Bob Bates Enterprise Hosting Services w. (469)892-6660 c. (214) 907-5071 This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the

Re: z/VM processor mode

2008-11-18 Thread Quay, Jonathan (IHG)
Two CP's, no IFLs. The CMS virtual machines worked fine. It wasn't until IPLing the TPF guests that we discovered the issue. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Hayden Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:48 PM To:

SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Suleiman Shahin
Greetings, In the light of the restriction of 128 concurrent secured sessions on a system, can one (I) utilise more than one SSL server, and what mechanism can be used to have one server or the other service the connection? Thanks. Suleiman Shahin

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Thomas Kern
One SSLSERV per stack, but you can have multiple stacks each with their own IP address. When I get maintenance for TCPIP, it goes on a TCPTEST server with its own SSLTEST server, different IP address but I can get to the same system. /Tom Kern Suleiman Shahin wrote: Greetings, In the light

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Suleiman Shahin
Now I see light -:) Thanks. Suleiman Shahin Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:13:31 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SSLSERV To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU One SSLSERV per stack, but you can have multiple stacks each with their own IP address. When I get maintenance for TCPIP, it

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Thomas Kern
I have the source and documentation for the LARS Purdue Batch Subsystem. I got my first look at it when I worked with Pete and Carol Jobusch. (I wonder if they are still around and watching). I wanted to see if I could get it working on VM/370 on Hercules and on z/VM 5.3. I was looking to replace

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Dave Wade
Thom, Is it freely distributable? Could it be put on a download site some where? Dave Wade G4UGM Illegitimi Non Carborundum -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: 18 November 2008 18:19 To:

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Thomas Kern
I haven't looked at the copyright statements, but it seemed freely distributable when I first got a copy. I don't know for sure, but it may have been on a Waterloo Mods tape for a couple of years. I will look at the copyright, but I do not have a server that it can be served out from. Would

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Dave Wade
Tom, Thanks for that, if it is ok I am sure I can find a site to store it on. I asked about restrictions because some of this old stuff came with odd distribution restrictions, some of which might be hard to satisfy these days... Dave Wade G4UGM Illegitimi Non Carborundum -Original

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Lang, Louis
When it was originally distributed, it was freely distributable since it was funded by public monies. We never did get money for it after the fact. Louis -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Wade Sent: Tuesday, November 18,

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Shedlock, George
If this is the same version of the code that I gave Tom, it originated from one of the old VM Workshop tapes...1988 or 1989...I believe. George Shedlock Jr AEGON Information Technology AEGON USA 502-560-3541 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Walter
From a google search (even the names don't change often!) , and then more below... ---snip--- Re: SLAC VM Batch System availability ? Thomas Kern Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:51:07 -0800 If you do find a Sysprog or User's guide, I would like to get a copy. The last time I implemented the LARS/Purdue

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Suleiman Shahin
More light coming -:) Thanks so much. Suleiman Shahin Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:53:44 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SSLSERV To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Re: SSLSERV One per TCPIP stack. You need to use some kind of connection distribution outside the VM stack to manage

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread David Boyes
Sure. Send them to me and I'll put them up. On 11/18/08 1:54 PM, Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't looked at the copyright statements, but it seemed freely distributable when I first got a copy. I don't know for sure, but it may have been on a Waterloo Mods tape for a couple of

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Has anyone seen specs for the new CMS based SSL that will be available next month for 5.4 (maybe earlier releases too) Will it support more than 128 connections? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Suleiman Shahin Sent: Tuesday,

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread RPN01
Rather than posting your ³perceived solution² to your problem, can you tell us what your actual problem is? What are you trying to solve, as opposed to what you think the solution might be? By the way: CMS has been able to accept lower case at the command line for many years. CP tends to convert

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 11:30 EST, Scully, William P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan, doesn't the setting of CP TERM MODE have an effect on commands? In TERM MODE CP everything is uppercase. Yes, TERM MODE CP would give the symptoms of upper case input redisplay, but the example showed the

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 02:51 EST, Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone seen specs for the new CMS based SSL that will be available next month for 5.4 (maybe earlier releases too) Will it support more than 128 connections? Yes. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Schuh, Richard
Yes, you have seen the specs or Yes, it will support more than 128 connections? Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:01 PM To:

LPAR + Linux + Xen

2008-11-18 Thread juarids
Hi, I would like to know if anyone of you had already either installed or configured Linuz on zSeries running natively on a LPAR with Xen. I know that this might sound very weird for most of you , but a customer had asked me about this and I need to understand the major drawbacks of this

Re: LPAR + Linux + Xen

2008-11-18 Thread Richard Troth
LPAR implies the s390 (or s390x) instruction set and architecture. Xen implies the i386 (or ia64 or x86_64) instruction set and architecture. The two are really unrelated. -- Rick; On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to know if anyone of you

Re: LPAR + Linux + Xen

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Post
On 11/18/2008 at 3:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to know if anyone of you had already either installed or configured Linuz on zSeries running natively on a LPAR with Xen. I know that this might sound very weird for most of you , but a customer had asked me about

Re: SSLSERV

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 03:06 EST, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, you have seen the specs or Yes, it will support more than 128 connections? Yes, I have seen the specs. Yes, it will support more than 128 connections. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 09:54 EST, Kris Buelens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note: you need a write link to a FULLPACK minidisk that covers the DRCT area. ... because DIRECTXA looks at the ALLOCATION MAP on the volume to find the DRCT area. Kind of prehistoric, after a fashion, but it makes

Re: Guest LAN definition for z/OS guest

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 12:43 EST, Bruce Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't it depend on which type of guest LAN you defined? I.e., TYPE HIPERS or TYPE QDIO? The default is a hipersockets type. (I have no z/OS experience!) On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Neale Ferguson [EMAIL

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Scully, William P
Hmm. OK, how about this. - He's on a real 3278 with the blue switch which selects: a,A / A - Or perhaps a 3277, where the display is always in upper-case, even though the keyboard strokes are in mixed case. - Or, while we're grasping at straws, how about this: Someone removed that APAR

Re: z/VM 5.4.0 CMS commands are now mixed case

2008-11-18 Thread Kris Buelens
Actually there have been 3277's that displayed mixed case. The test room in IBM BE was equipped with a mixture of both. I always looked for one that was mixed case capable. Even when I had no luck, I tried to work with mixed case but couldn't verify my typings then. 2008/11/18 Scully, William

XML on VM

2008-11-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Came back from a meeting and my brain hurts We are forcing the integration of VSE into a new Identity Manager (IDM) system. Currently we manage security for VSE via a bunch of REXX execs up in CMS. With a bunch of VSE systems, this was a good place to keep stuff that may need to be sent

Re: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Starter System for IBM System z

2008-11-18 Thread Raymond Noal
I've tried IE 6 and FireFox 2.0.0.6. In both cases the FTP transfer started and it no sooner started and then finished. The resultant file of the transfer was only 1K for what should have been an 2-3GB source file. HITACHI  DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office:

Re: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Starter System for IBM System z

2008-11-18 Thread David Boyes
I've tried IE 6 and FireFox 2.0.0.6. In both cases the FTP transfer started and it no sooner started and then finished. The resultant file of the transfer was only 1K for what should have been an 2-3GB source file. IE6 is known to fail reliably. Firefox 2 should work, although 3 is obviously

Re: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Starter System for IBM System z

2008-11-18 Thread Raymond Noal
Installing FireFox 3.x is my planned next step. Thanks to all who responded. HITACHI  DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent:

Re: Z/Vm 4.3 EOS ?

2008-11-18 Thread David Boyes
It's dead, Jim. 8-) AFAIK, all the 32-bit only versions are dead and gone out of service. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:55 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Z/Vm

Re: Z/Vm 4.3 EOS ?

2008-11-18 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
I think z/VM 4.3's EOS was May 31, 2005 Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer|| Infocrossing, a Wipro Company || 11707 Miracle Hills Drive, Omaha, NE, 68154-4457|| ': 402.963.8905 || Ë:847.849.7223 || :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Think Green - Please print responsibly** -Original

Re: Z/Vm 4.3 EOS ?

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 04:58 EST, August Carideo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure I read correctly, but I thought support for z/VM 4.3 had ended a while ago someone is trying to tell me it ends April 2009 won't be 1st time I am wrong EOS 5/31/2005 from this link ?

Re: XML on VM

2008-11-18 Thread Huegel, Thomas
There is such a thing, I played with it about a year or two ago, I don't remember too much about it.. It was maybe a XML parser in WEBSHARE ... I'll look at my notes to see if I wrote anything down about it.. If i find anything further I'll let you know. -Original Message- From: The

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
In the old days, an alternate directory area, was always built on another drive. It was fairly easy. On another CPOWNed pack, use CPFMTXA to format a few cylinders and mark it as directory area. When you do a DIRECTXA, it reads the directory record: DIRECTORY 123 3390 520RES and put the

Re: Z/Vm 4.3 EOS ?

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 06:01 EST, Les Geer (607-429-3580) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not sure I read correctly, but I thought support for z/VM 4.3 had ended a while ago someone is trying to tell me it ends April 2009 won't be 1st time I am wrong EOS 5/31/2005 from this link ?

Re: A little oddity

2008-11-18 Thread Rick Giz
Mine's older, 1900. What do I win? $FCOPY$ $PROFILE Z2 V 79 43 1 2/05/1998 14:07:48 $FCOPY$ HELPCMS Z1 V 79150 2 5/09/1900 15:25:11 $FCOPY$ XEDITZ2 V116901 7 8/24/1998 7:48:19 I do have other things that do

Re: A little oddity

2008-11-18 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just trying to do some housekeeping and got a strange display to a simple listfile command. It looks like the old Y2K bug is alive and well... I did not know we had CMS file system in 1908... You may want to get

Re: Z/Vm 4.3 EOS ?

2008-11-18 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
I am not sure I read correctly, but I thought support for z/VM 4.3 had ended a while ago someone is trying to tell me it ends April 2009 won't be 1st time I am wrong EOS 5/31/2005 from this link ? http://www.vm.ibm.com/techinfo/lpmigr/VMLEOS.HTML You are correct. April 2009 is the EoS

Re: A little oddity

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Walter
Those would be from VM/36 (unrelated to System 36, an early precursor to VM/370 - that's a JOKE for those who find this years in the future). What z/VM release level are those from? Our z/VM 5.1 system reports $PROFILEs (to pick just one filetype) with: Filename Filetype Fm Format Lrecl

Re: A little oddity

2008-11-18 Thread Schuh, Richard
Herman Hollerith invented it. That is why the initial CMS file system had 80-byte fixed length records :) Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Huegel, Thomas Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:47 PM

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Mike Walter
Each night an automated process here uses DIRECTXA to write a current copy of the USER DIRECT file (extracted fresh from VM:Secure, and with an adjusted DIRECTORY statement) to a DASD different than the production sysres. It would only be used in a wildly unexpected disaster. We already have

A little oddity

2008-11-18 Thread Huegel, Thomas
I was just trying to do some housekeeping and got a strange display to a simple listfile command. It looks like the old Y2K bug is alive and well... I did not know we had CMS file system in 1908... listfile * * b (d before 2000-11-18 full FILENAME FILETYPE FM FORMAT LRECL RECS

Re: Alt DRCT area

2008-11-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 11/18/2008 at 05:27 EST, Tom Duerbusch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, in your method of putting another DRCT area on a pack, how would you ever use it? It was just an experiment. Now you've made me gather more data. (sigh) There are specific rules for bringing a directory

Dumping the z/VM Reader Queue to a Tape

2008-11-18 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello,   Can any one tell me the best way or what commands to use to dump the reader and print spool queues to tape?   Thanks

Re: z/VM 5.4 and VM:Secure

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Coffin
Yes, works fine (including the Rules Facility). What do you need to know? -Mike -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Buettner, Wolfgang Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: z/VM 5.4 and

REXX DATE function

2008-11-18 Thread Gentry, Stephen
I am trying to run the following code: code /* */ date1='12 OCT 2008' date2='13 OCT 2008' trace i date11 = DATE('B',date1) date21 = DATE('B',date2) say '--diff=:'date21-date11-1 exit /code

Re: REXX DATE function

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Wheeler
The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 11/18/2008 03:33:48 PM: I am trying to run the following code: code /* */ date1='12 OCT 2008' date1='12 Oct 2008' date2='13 OCT 2008' date2='13 Oct 2008' Fussy, no? Mark L. Wheeler IT Infrastructure, 3M Center B224-4N-20,

Re: Our old buddy Mark Cathcart

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Cathcart
Hey Phil, among others not sure what you mean. I worked Chemical Bank between 1982-1986, IFR Publishing in London for 1987, and IBM since then. .. Talk about paging space and recall times...

Re: Our old buddy Mark Cathcart

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Cathcart
by the way, today we announced our intension to acquire Transitive to enhance our virtualization options. http://cathcam.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/ibm-annouces-plans-to-acquire- transitive/

Dumping the z/VM Reader Queue to a Tape

2008-11-18 Thread John Franciscovich
Can any one tell me the best way or what commands to use to dump the reader and print spool queues to tape? To dump all of the files on each of the reader, print and punch queues: SPXTAPE DUMP vdev RDR ALL SPXTAPE DUMP vdev PRT ALL SPXTAPE DUMP vdev PUN ALL You can also dump all of these with

Re: Purdue Univ Batch System

2008-11-18 Thread Thomas Kern
I have a .het file (compressed AWS, I think). It has 9 tape files with the real files named in a pattern for some sort of a file sharing system. I will write a rexx exec tomorrow to rename each file to it's original fn/ft and create a VMARC for each tape file. I will then create an AWS tape-file

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