Re: Postscript printing with RSCS and TCPIP

2009-06-25 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Mr Vandersluiszen, Here's an RSCS definition I'm using right now to print PostScript files t o an IBM InfoPrint 2090E over TCP/IP: LINKDEFINE US177 TYPE LPR QUEUE FIFO FORM * AST PARM US177 EXIT=LPRXONE TCPID=TCPIP163 # HOST=2xx.1x.2xx.177 EPARM='C=LPR S=N FF=N' PRINTER= US177

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Dave Jones
Eric, if you are interested, I have some sample/example Rexx code that uses sockets to communicate with the SMAPI, but they are for CMS. If you want them let me know. Eric Spencer wrote: Thanks Dave, I'll have a look at pigiron, the parm lists certainly are messy. The call worked; at least th

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Eric Spencer
Thanks Dave, I'll have a look at pigiron, the parm lists certainly are messy. The call worked; at least the socket recv returned 20 bytes. Now that I have confirmed that the VM side of things is set up properly I'll have a closer look at the client. Eric Spencer -Original Message- F

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Eric. Did the actual Check_authorization call work or fail? Did it return any data? Since you're invoking the SMAPI routines from outside of z/VM, you might be interested in the following interface package: http://pigiron.sourceforge.net/ It handles all of the messy details of making the c

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Dave Jones
Eric, the 900 and 36 in the last log record is the return and reason codes.from the manual: 900 RCERR_SERVER 36 RS_LENGTH_NOT_VALID Specified length was not valid, out of valid server data range Looks like one of your parameter lengths isn't correct. DJ Eric Spencer wrote: I am pl

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 06/25/2009 at 04:00 EDT, Eric Spencer wrote: > I am playing with the SMAPI interface via the socket API. I am getting > the following in the log from a Check_Authorization call, can anyone > tell me what the following log entries mean or better yet where they are > documented? The so

Re: Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Marci Beach
The last entry. Is the EXIT return code and reason code. There is a table of return codes and reason code in the Systems Management Application Programming book. Marci Beach From: Eric Spencer To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 06/25/2009 04:00 PM Subject: Systems Managem

Systems Management API logging

2009-06-25 Thread Eric Spencer
I am playing with the SMAPI interface via the socket API. I am getting the following in the log from a Check_Authorization call, can anyone tell me what the following log entries mean or better yet where they are documented? The socket recv call gets a len of 20 bytes then the connection is termina

Re: Which software to use?

2009-06-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 06/25/2009 at 11:18 EDT, "McKown, John" wrote: > Curiosity: Why would he care, so long at the students learn? As an aside, BU is delivering System z education to its students. They are learning not only System z principles of operation, but the care and feeding of a hypervisor.

Re: Which software to use?

2009-06-25 Thread Schuh, Richard
Still, the accounting or performance data will give a more accurate picture. Using the Indicate command, there is the potential for missing 3:59:59 of usage by a student. If you need data based on a 4 hour interval, the ACNT ALL command issued every 4 hours will do the job and the performance da

Re: Testing Linux Z/vm

2009-06-25 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Marcy > Your guest is bigger than your real storage.   If you need to do that > overcommitting (and you may not - see Rich's question about SGA sizes), Overcommitting resources is good, because it is the only way to enforce sharing resources. But defining a singl

Re: What's going on here?

2009-06-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 06/23/2009 at 04:23 EDT, Stephen Frazier wrote: > Karl Kingston wrote: > > OPERATOR: 12:45:59 HCPERP500I DASD 46F6 AN OPERATION WAS > > TERMINATED BECAUSE > > A > > OPERATOR: 12:45:59 HCPERP500I COMMAND REJECT ERROR OCCURRED > > OPERATOR: 12:45:59 H

Re: Which software to use?

2009-06-25 Thread Mary Zervos
We agree. McKown, John wrote: -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Zervos Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:02 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Which software to use? First of all, thank you for all the answers

Re: Which software to use?

2009-06-25 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Zervos > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:02 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Which software to use? > > First of all, thank you for all the answers I received on my i

Which software to use?

2009-06-25 Thread Mary Zervos
First of all, thank you for all the answers I received on my initial question. I know I can always rely on this vm group. Second, let me clarify my initial question. The professor's students will be running virtual linux machines that will be logged on for weeks at a time. The professor wil

Postscript printing with RSCS and TCPIP

2009-06-25 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
Try adding EH=N to the link EPARM. This will stop the error handler from being sent to the printer. Perhaps this is causing problems within the printer. Are you trying to print plain text or a postscript file? Best Regards, Les Geer IBM z/VM and Linux Development >We have a department printer

Postscript printing with RSCS and TCPIP

2009-06-25 Thread Dick van der Sluiszen
Hello, We have a department printer to which I want to print CMS members. The LPR TCPIP commands like LPRSET, LPR, LPQ and LPRM works fine. It is also possible to use RSCS as a printserver but the combination of RSCS printing over TCP/IP is not a lucky one till now. When I send a print the define

Re: Testing Linux Z/vm

2009-06-25 Thread Mike At HammockTree
While the other responders have made excellent suggestions/comments, I suspect the problem (and "fix") may be simpler. This environment and problem sounds like a good example of an eligible list being formed and that one large Linux guest being stuck in it, not allowed to run. Doing a CP IN

Re: HMC backup

2009-06-25 Thread Bruce Arro
own would not one of the laptops attached to the cpu itself also have the same info? __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4188 (20090625) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information fr

Re: HMC backup

2009-06-25 Thread Feller, Paul
Some of the stuff you mentioned is actually saved on the SE (Support Element) PC. The hardware definition (lpar profiles) is stored on the SE. The only OSA definitions that I know of that would need backing up is for the OSA-ICC cards. There is an export function to copy OSA-ICC definition i

HMC backup

2009-06-25 Thread James M
What is the preferred method to back up the configuration defined on the HMC for a z/890? I'm concerned about lpar, osa, ica, and hardware definitionsbasically everything such that if the HMC were destroyed I could easily recover. I haven't poked around there a lot but wondered if there was a w