Re: SFS syntax (was: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4)

2008-11-26 Thread Kris Buelens
What about the filepool? And, ADDRESS COMMAND without CMDCALL makes that MODIFY USER would not display any error message in case it fails. Finally a real general REXX remark: when the user specifies extra parameters, you throw them away, I always leave them. Even if I don't test explicitely for

Re: SFS syntax (was: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4)

2008-11-26 Thread Rob van der Heij
:plug type=shameless. When you write tools that invoke SFS administrator commands under the covers, you might want my NONAMES package that prevents the nickname resolver to jump in and issue the same command for multiple/other users. If you do want to use nicknames, you could do something like

Re: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4

2008-11-26 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:56 AM, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my acquaintances went through the Foreign Intelligence Language Institute in Monterey during a past life and had to learn some *really* obscure Native American and Inuit dialects, most of which have less than 100

Re: A question on multiple nicdefs

2008-11-26 Thread Kris Buelens
No, everything you enter with CP commands is valid only until the guest is logged off. For permanent changes to a guest's configuration, the CP directory must be updated, and these changes will be activated after a logoff/logon of the guest. So, you need both: - #CP xxx for dynamic changes - CP

Re: A question on multiple nicdefs

2008-11-26 Thread Macioce, Larry
I am a bit confused. If I use the #cp commands this is permanent ? I am looking for a temporary fix so I can test , then later place the needed statements into the directory. Thanks Mace -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan

Re: A question on multiple nicdefs

2008-11-26 Thread David Boyes
I am a bit confused. If I use the #cp commands this is permanent ? I am looking for a temporary fix so I can test , then later place the needed statements into the directory. No, you're correct -- if you do it with #CP (or vmcp), it's temporary until the userid logs off. Once you get it the

Re: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4

2008-11-26 Thread Neale Ferguson
I'll leave out comments about Intelligence and simply state that as an Australian we'd employ Strine or Rhyming Slang as the means of encrypting messages. On 11/26/08 8:55 AM, Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:56 AM, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One

Re: new VSMDCSS in z/VM 5.4

2008-11-26 Thread David Boyes
One of my acquaintances went through the Foreign Intelligence Language Institute in Monterey during a past life and had to learn some *really* obscure Native American and Inuit dialects, most of which have less than 100 living speakers. Wouldn't say what they were for, but some of the

Yet another vSwitch question...

2008-11-26 Thread RPN01
How many vSwitch rdevices can a single controller userid control? I had thought it was one, but it appears that they can support more than one... Is there a limit? We were adding a second vSwitch in preparation to convert from fiber OSAs to copper, and I defined two additional controller userids

Re: A question on multiple nicdefs

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 11/26/2008 at 06:47 EST, Macioce, Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a bit confused. If I use the #cp commands this is permanent ? I am looking for a temporary fix so I can test , then later place the needed statements into the directory. Sorry to confuse you. I just didn't

Re: Yet another vSwitch question...

2008-11-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
The Vswitch statement supports up to 3 OSA devices for failover. If you're using link aggregation, you can use up to 8; but they are not coded on the Vswitch statement. RPN01 wrote: How many vSwitch rdevices can a single controller userid control? I had thought it was one, but it appears that

Re: Yet another vSwitch question...

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 11/26/2008 at 10:35 EST, RPN01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many vSwitch rdevices can a single controller userid control? I had thought it was one, but it appears that they can support more than one... Is there a limit? There is no [practical] limit. That's why DTCVSW1 and

Re: Yet another vSwitch question...

2008-11-26 Thread RPN01
True, but has nothing to do with the question How many OSA addresses can one of the controller userids, such as DTCVSW1 in the installation system, support at one time? -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation.~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW/V\ 507-284-0844

Re: A question on multiple nicdefs

2008-11-26 Thread Macioce, Larry
Alan, No problem, I'm just easily confused Mace -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:38 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: A question on multiple nicdefs On Wednesday,

Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread clifford jackson
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EREP Records

2008-11-26 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello, I think I touched on this subject before but... I want to extract the EREP records from the z/VM EREP user, bring them over to z/OS into a file and process them on z/OS. I linked to the EREP machines 191 disk and saw only file which was: XAEREPIO RECORD I1 V298

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Mark Pace
I simply can not imagine why you would need such a thing. If you received a virus in an email, assuming you receive email via VM, then the virus would not run. I've never heard of a virus written to execute on any zSeries OS, with the possible exception of Linux. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:24

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread RPN01
The simple answer is ³No². Realistically, most hackers can barely afford their laptops. Not many have the funds to put a zSeries box in their garage to play with, and most installations don¹t let them on to play, so there isn¹t a lot of knowledge within the hacker¹s easy reach for learning about

Re: EREP Records

2008-11-26 Thread Ray Waters
Howard, This is one way it could be done. I am sure there are other ways Here is an old VM exec I named STOPEREP EXEC: TRACE OFF CP M OP CMD CP SEND CP EREP EXT CP SLEEP 5 SEC CP M OP CMD CP SEND EREP END CP SLEEP 5 SEC CP FORCE EREP EXIT Then CP DET 111 LINK EREP 191 111 MW ACC 111 G

Adding a SWAP file to a running z/LInux guest

2008-11-26 Thread Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
Hi, Is there a way to add a SWAP file to a running z/Linux guest and have that guest start using the SWAP file while that guest is running? I am running REDHAT 4.6. Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread clifford jackson
I DIDNT NEED IT, IT WAS JUST A 'LIGHT THOUGHT... Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:33:09 -0500From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Virus Software for z/VMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] simply can not imagine why you would need such a thing. If you received a virus in an email, assuming you receive email via VM, then

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 11/26/2008 at 11:25 EST, clifford jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there such a thing as Virus Software for z/VM like Norton is for Windows and such Good question, but no. The risk does not justify the expense. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread David Boyes
On 11/26/08 10:24 AM, clifford jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there such athing as Virus Software for z/VM like Norton is for Windows and such I smell a boilerplate auditor recommendation. We built one for email, and nobody was really all that interested. Intel-based viruses

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Schuh, Richard
In this case, the expense would most likely include the development and support of the product. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:06 AM To:

Re: Adding a SWAP file to a running z/LInux guest

2008-11-26 Thread Richard Troth
On any Linux distribution, you can in a pinch create swap space from a regular file: mkdir -p -m 700 /var/swap touch -m 600 /var/swap/moreswap dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap/moreswap bs=8192 count=8192 mkswap /var/swap/moreswap swapon /var/swap/moreswap

Re: Adding a SWAP file to a running z/LInux guest

2008-11-26 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
I have SLES 9 and 10 but would expect it's same or similar for Redhat: mkswap /dev/dasdx swapon /dev/dasdx and add the swap device to /etc/fstab so a future reboot makes the new swap device active. This e-mail, including any

Re: EREP Records

2008-11-26 Thread Kris Buelens
*Halt, Stop, take care, stay away, MultiWrite !!! *I do read LINK EREP 191 111 MW Do you really want to corrupt EREP's 191 minidisk sooner or later? Never, never use MW on a LINK command unless you know the dangers and you are sure you are not in danger this time. Replace that by a LINK

Compression: Hardware versus software

2008-11-26 Thread Alain Benveniste
We are several guys to misunderstand something about compression. Here is the situation: Our interrogations come from MVS but I think it is true fo VM too. We did 2 backups with DFDSS, 1 with the COMPRESS option and 1 without. For the 1st one, the restore too 3h20, the 2nd 6hrs ! 25 output tapes

Re: EREP Records

2008-11-26 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Ray... The MW was a finger check...I use MR. Kris Buelens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/26/2008 12:16 PM Halt, Stop, take care, stay away, MultiWrite !!! I do read LINK EREP 191 111 MW Do you really want to corrupt EREP's 191 minidisk sooner or later? Never, never use MW on a LINK

Re: DASD VOLUME SIZES

2008-11-26 Thread Alain Benveniste
here is an example about what was reported to IBM. You can look at logica l device and devtype in the q da details result to see that's an emulated 3 380 with 3339 cyls. Ready; T=0.01/0.01 10:38:48 ickdsf console console ICKDSF - CMS/XA/ESA DEVICE SUPPORT FACILITIES 17.0TIME:

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Thomas Kern
I can understand an interest in having an ANTI-VIRUS software package to run in a CMS virtual machine. We host some files for distribution via a webserver. These files come from a variety of sources. We currently hope that our workstation resident anti-virus software catches any bad stuff. We

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Jack Woehr
Thomas Kern wrote: I would not want something like McAfee or Norton that run all the time looking at all the files, interfering with all work. I would want something like CLAMAV which will scan what I want, when I want and NO MORE. Why not just NFS share your SFS disks and let the workstation

Re: EREP Records

2008-11-26 Thread Edward M Martin
Hello Howard, We are a smaller shop with an different type of Operation staff. 1) logon on EREP 2) Issue #cp EXT 3) answer with END 4) run EXEC's 5) issue the PROFILE EXEC 6) #cp disc Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 ext 40441

Re: DASD VOLUME SIZES

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 11/26/2008 at 12:48 EST, Alain Benveniste [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: here is an example about what was reported to IBM. Alain, you posted some output without a question. It looks like you changed the label on disk volume attached to a guest and you expect QUERY DASD DETAILS to

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Thomas Kern
NFS was not allowed when we designed the process. NFS is still not on Cyber-Security's list of approved processes. If I were tasked to change t his process today, I would move the storage and webserving to a linux server on an IFL after I get CLAMAV working there. But that kind of tasking has not

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Chip Davis
On 11/26/08 17:09 David Boyes said: On 11/26/08 10:24 AM, clifford jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there such athing as Virus Software for z/VM like Norton is for Windows and such Intel-based viruses don’t work at all on Z, and while they do exist (XMAS EXEC, anyone?) there are

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Michael Coffin
Let me play devil's advocate for just a minute. WHAT would actually constitute a virus in a VM/CMS environment? We don't have the backdoors and automatic program execution stuff that comes out of Redmond, so you don't have to worry about, for example, XEDITing a file and it launching a program

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Thomas Kern
On Jan 15, 1991, we received a copy of the GAME2 MODULE (a worm not reall y a virus) and we stopped it from spreading with a similar scan-spoolcle an process. /Tom Kern On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:35:59 +, Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boy, does that bring back memories! I wrote the

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Thomas Kern
Being the host for files that might be executable on a different platform puts some burden on me to not host malicious files. Just because a wind ows virus is not dangerous to my CMS virtual machine doesn't mean that it isn 't dangerous to my enterprise. If I can identify and eliminate dangerous

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Dave Wade
There was once a worm or perhaps a trojan. .. very similar to the I Love You Dave Wade G4UGM Illegitimi Non Carborundum -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: 26 November 2008 16:33 To:

Re: Compression: Hardware versus software

2008-11-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Channel/device speeds If you are on ESCON, with 17 MB/s and going to an IBM 3590 tape drive, for example... The B drives write to tape at 9 MB/s. The E/H drives write to tape at 14 MB/s. If you use tape controller hardware compression, say 3:1, you need to send at 3 times the data rate as the

Re: Virus Software for z/VM

2008-11-26 Thread Jack Woehr
Thomas Kern wrote: NFS was not allowed when we designed the process. NFS is still not on Cyber-Security's list of approved processes. If I were tasked to change this process today, I would move the storage and webserving to a linux server on an IFL after I get CLAMAV working there. But that kind

Re: DASD VOLUME SIZES

2008-11-26 Thread Schuh, Richard
If you detach a disk that was attached in R/W mode, the label, at least the volser, is checked. This may also apply to the case of an mdisk that includes cylinder 0. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Hillgang Meeting

2008-11-26 Thread Neale Ferguson
The agenda for the Dec 4 meeting of ³Hillgang² is available at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill1204.pdf

CMS module doesn't get loaded completely on CMS level 20

2008-11-26 Thread Mike Rydberg
I have a CMS module that when loaded on CMS level 20 is missing a large chunk of code for some reason. Executable code is missing beyond offset 4D4B0 and the program gets an operation exception branching to zeros. When loaded on CMS level 22 it runs fine. It also runs fine on earlier versions

Dougherty, Margaret is out of the office.

2008-11-26 Thread Margaret Dougherty
I will be out of the office starting 11/26/2008 and will not return until 12/01/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and