An important advantage of using VMARC is that there is a WMAWin application
on Windows that allows you at least to view which CMS files are stored in
the VMARC, as well as to view or even extract some. A VMFPLCD file is of no
use once sitting on a PC.
I could no longer live without VMAWin given
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Nice set of articles, Jack.
Neale Ferguson wrote:
Hey Alan, it's about time you updated that picture on the blog. Last time
you looked like that Tears for Fears were in the top 40.
:)
On 9/2/09 5:57 PM, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote:
I've come across an interesting set of
Frank,
As to your traceback issue, we had the same thing when we went to z/VM 5.
4
on a couple of FTP's we did with Queue. See fix UK44763 which is in RSU
902, worked like a charm for me. I'm in the VMFTP camp too, but this EXE
C
was provided by someone else.
Is there anyway to get zVM to recognize new DASD for zLinux boxes WITHOUT a
restart? In my current procedure, I add the DASD to zVM SYSTEM, CPFMTXA, add
the lines to my USER DIRECTORY, and IPL the USER. I can then go to my zLinux
box and add the space to my logical volume. A live SET
As soon as the entries are in the user directory, you can log on to the console
of the Linux guest and issue #CP LINK * cuu cuu MR, and BEGIN (if the Linux
guest stopped when you logged in. Linux will then detect the device and you
can proceed. #CP DISC to disconnect and leave the Linux guest
After a hardware service call,
we are unable to bring an AFP
printer back on line.
VM shows the device is 'boxed'.
I think I've tried the obvious,
however any insight short of an
IPL would be helpful.
steps taken so far:
1) power off, power up device
2) vary off path xx from all
vary off
What is WMAWin or VMAWin? Where can it be found?
Jim
Kris Buelens wrote:
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An important advantage of using VMARC is that there is a WMAWin application
on Windows that allows you at least to view which CMS files are
It is actually called VMAgui and it is available here:
http://homerow.net/zvm/vma/
/Tom Kern
/301-903-2211
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:45:13 -0400, Jim Bohnsack jab...@cornell.edu wrot
e:
What is WMAWin or VMAWin? Where can it be found?
Jim
Kris Buelens wrote:
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try vary off/on subchannel
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM, James Hammons jam...@cdg.ws wrote:
After a hardware service call,
we are unable to bring an AFP
printer back on line.
VM shows the device is 'boxed'.
I think I've tried the obvious,
however any insight short of an
IPL would be
So the Linux box will suspend while I am doing the CP Link? That could be a
prob...but it does beat an IPL.
Thank you
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf
Of David Boyes
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:35 AM
To:
No it doesn't. #CP LINK cuu * mr
-Original Message-
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On
Behalf Of Dean, David (I/S)
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:55 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: DASD additions for zLinux
So the Linux box will
Second level system disks allocated as an MDISK on real cylinders 1-end
has a lot of advantages. Especially for experienced VM customers.
But it also keeps one from IPLing that sysres allocated as a MDISK
(beginning on real cyl 1) on the bare metal when things go bump in the
night. On that
Guess I messed up. I ran the SERVICE against the RSU0902 and it ran to
completion (with return code 4). I closed to console to preserve the
entire session (especially since the set TERM MORE 0 0). This was
yesterday.
Today, I came in and started reviewing the manuals and found this nifty
Thanks! (I'm in the process of getting up to speed on the changes to
VMSES/E with RSU 0902. Quite a bit of changes since VM/ESA 2.3!)
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200 Wooded Acres
If you did SET RUN ON in the PROFILE EXEC, it won't. That's why I said if.
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf
Of Dean, David (I/S)
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:55 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: DASD additions for zLinux
So the
Of course, you're right... I just thought it was a step up from having the
password in the EXEC. And hey - you can make NETRC DATA file mode 0! ;-)
Scott
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote:
On Wednesday, 09/02/2009 at 07:02 EDT, Scott Rohling
If you spooled the console - it should be in the rdrlist or spool- I
mean console log. If you have backup, you can go by that. Not so sure
about the situation since you have term more 0 0 term hold off...
Console log may tell you. If all fails, try again from start - it'll
overwrite again...
For now, enter: FILELIST * $MSGLOG *
Look through the results with BROWSE, XEDIT (but do NOT change anything!),
or VMFVIEW (from the FILELIST prefix area, enter: VMFVIEW /n).
From now on, after VMSES/E commands complete, always enter: FILELIST * * *
(TODAY
(the TODAY option is one of my
Is it a Xerox printer??
If so vary it offline, take the path and chpid off then power it
down(wait a few minutes).
Power the device up(wait a few minutes) then the chpid,path, device
Keep your fingers crossed as sometimes we have had to reipl,but it is a
z/OS system
Good luck
Mace
When we were tight on DASD, I used have to keep my one-pack rescue system
and my second level maintenance system stored on tape. It slowed down the
maintenance cycles quite a bit. But now that we have some spare DASD, my
maintenance system is online all the time, sometimes I even have two onli
Also, if you have the vmcp module loaded you can issue the command right
from Linux:
vmcp link * ... mr
David Boyes wrote:
If you did SET RUN ON in the PROFILE EXEC, it won’t. That’s why I said
“if”.
*From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu]
*On Behalf Of
You can get even cleaner than that:
From a priv¹ed user, use the command FOR userid CMD LINK * cuu cuu M, and
then go to the linux system to work with it. You avoid accidentally logging
the guest out instead of disconnecting, and issuing other commands you
didn¹t intend to. Another choice is to
Z800model 0A1. FOR SALE
8g memory
2 two port FICON cards
2 -24 port Escon cards
w/HMC and software
If interested, contact Bruce Boda at 614-247-6016 or bod...@osu.edu
Rich Smrcina wrote:
Nice set of articles, Jack.
Thanks! Mainframing deserves more media coverage than it gets. As folks
pointed out,
it's about delivering the goods and services that make the
industrialized world tick,
whereas the sexy side of computing, the pervasive and annoying web
Cool, I can see it in there, but the VMFVIEW /n only the STATUS
process. :(
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777
Waco, Texas 76710
Jim,
VMAWin is a way useful Windows and Linux utility that allows
VMARC formatted files to be viewed and their contents
extracted on a PC. It's written by Leland Lucius, and can be
found here:
http://homerow.net/zvm/vma/
There's a version for the Mac as well.
DJ
- Original Message -
On Thursday, 09/03/2009 at 10:04 EDT, Scott Rohling
scott.rohl...@gmail.com wrote:
Of course, you're right... I just thought it was a step up from having
the
password in the EXEC. And hey - you can make NETRC DATA file mode 0!
;-)
Trying to goad me, eh? You're lucky I'm not still in
resolved: hardware problem
(note to self...never question the VM documentation. The doc indicates clearly
that 'boxed' is a hardware problem)
The 'channel' bypass switch was on. The CE flipped the switch, and VM is
happy along with the quest that needed the
printer.
Thanks for the
but the VMFVIEW /n only the STATUS process.
Without eyes on your terminal, that post is rather terse. What do you
mean by only STATUS process?
Did you try pressing the PF2 (All) key, and then scroll (PF7 and PF8) up
and down the results?
Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
The opinions expressed
Yes, we have an emergency 1-pack 3390-3 IPLable z/VM sysres DASD ...
but
how many newbies do? No IBM doc that I recall describes creating a 1-
pack
emergency IPL disk, nor the importance of creating it immediately after
fully completing the first z/VM installation for the first time (when
1) I always have my CONSOLE spooled to my RDR and it's not there (I
believe SERVICE is interfering with this).
2) I do NOT change the TERM settings (it appears that SERVICE is
changing this as well). I take the default of 'TERM MORE 050 010'.
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer
Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
1) I always have my CONSOLE spooled to my RDR and it's not there (I
believe SERVICE is interfering with this).
2) I do NOT change the TERM settings (it appears that SERVICE is
changing this as well). I take the default of 'TERM MORE 050 010'.
Frank,
I
IIRC, SERVICE, PUT2PROD and perhaps some other VMSES/E commands SPOOL the
console for themselves, close it, receive it (perhaps not with the actual
RECEIVE command), and include all or part of that information in the
pertinent xx $MSGLOG A files.
I don't particularly like it either
Like I said originally, I did the SERVICE with the RSU0902 yesterday,
then this morning I did a 'SERVICE CP STATUS'. Now VMFVIEW SERVICE
shows only:
--
=== VMFVIEW - Message Log Browse of $VMFSRV $MSGLOG A1 ===
Yes, I discovered that one and one more:
WN:VMFBDC2250W The following VMHCD objects have been built on BUILD0 300
WN:(I) and should be copied to your workstation:
WN:VMFBDC2250W EEQINSTX EXEBIN
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems
Yes, I agree...If I have my SPOOL CONSOLE STARTed, then don't muck with
it.
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777
Waco, Texas 76710
Ah... that's a LOT clearer, thanks.
1) Did you run PUT2PROD before IPLing? Running SERVICE only gets the
files to the BUILD disks, not onto the PROD disks.
2) In the good old days, before SERVICE and PUT2PROD, VM sysprogs had to
manually execute myriad VMSES/E commands, and manually check the
No, have not IPL'ed yet, have to apply the PSP and have concerns.
It appears that the PSP (vptf* and vlst*) are like COR tapes (althought
it's in an electronic envelope. I noticed that the RSU process
performed some APPLY merging. Will this occur with the PSP as well?
Is this not a problem?
Yes, #2 is where I'm coming from (my last experience with VM service).
So, yes this is SLICK!
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777
Frank,
Like Mike mentioned earlier - if from that screen you hit PF2 you can
scroll through the whole LOG
good luck
Bill Munson
Sr. z/VM Systems Programmer
Brown Brothers Harriman CO.
525 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310
201-418-7588
President MVMUA
http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/
That was after I pressed the PF2:
You are viewing ALL messages from the LAST run.
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200 Wooded Acres Dr.Fax: (254)741-5777
Waco, Texas
Time to schedule a VMSES/E class.
Or for more an even better bang for your educations buck:
attend SHARE - there were excellent sessions on VMSES/E.
In the meantime, enter: HELP VMSESE VMFVIEW
then press: PF1 (ALL)
Note the syntax and default of LAST . There was a subtle hint about
that on
If I had control of it, they would not be in the IOCP. Unfortunately, it is a
difficult situation - somebody thought it good to intermix devices (for the
first 16, even numbered devices go to MVS, odd to VM; for the next 16, a random
choice; etc.) I think that by the next DASD upgrade, it will
Agreed. The z/VM installation was recent and couldn't make it to WAVV
nor SHARE. Hoping to make it to zSeries Expo.
Yes, that's what I needed (VMFVIEW SERVICE (ALL )
Thanks Mike,
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance
On Thursday, 09/03/2009 at 12:20 EDT, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com
wrote:
Since I do not have any say over what is in the IOCP and have no HMC
access, my
plea is that someone else did it. I have to use the tools at hand to
protect
myself from the low-life criminals (and the MVS-oriented
be kind enough to direct all future inquries to my attorneys, Dewey,
Cheatham, and Howe, LLC, New York, attention: Chuckie.
Hmph. 3 Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA (Our Fair City).
Our VM requirements are not huge, so we flashcopy most of our VM volumes at
night to back up volumes with different labels.
These copies are also dumped to tape for a second opinion for DR.
Our third System Config minidisk (CF3), with a different system id, points
to these alternate volsers
On Thursday, 09/03/2009 at 01:19 EDT, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net
wrote:
be kind enough to direct all future inquries to my attorneys, Dewey,
Cheatham, and Howe, LLC, New York, attention: Chuckie.
Hmph. 3 Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA (Our Fair City).
So it would seem from Google
Hmph. 3 Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA (Our Fair City).
So it would seem from Google Maps, but in fact, the Boston Area branch
of
DCH is located in a culvert that runs *beneath* CarTalk Plaza.
Except that it's on the 3rd floor. See photo in Wikipedia.
-- db
Can a TDisk size be read adjusted on a running system. Assuming:
1) No TDisks are allocated in the space
2) The space is DRAINed
TIA,
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE RHCE
American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649
1200
Frank,
Yes. Detach the volume from the system, attach it to yourself, change the
allocation map, and reattach to the system. CP will read the new allocation
map when you attach.
Dennis O'Brien
My computer beat me at chess, but it was no match
Well, once again it depends... you can adjust it (use CPFMTXA to change
the cylinders allocated to TEMP) on the fly.
But CP only reads the allocation but map when the DASD is brought online.
Since TDISK are in your CP_Owned list, they can't be brought offline on a
running system. So CP
Mike,
The statement, Since TDISK are in your CP_Owned list, they can't be brought
offline on a running system is incorrect. There's no restriction on detaching
CP Owned volumes from system, as long as no space is in use. Frank stated that
as one of his assumptions. Once it's detached, you
You might investigate the use of V-disk instead of or in addition to T-disk. It
can be controlled by command.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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