OT: Signal on novalue :-)

2009-11-13 Thread Rob van der Heij
Not only Friday, but even the 13th Long ago, the Piper convinced me of having signal on novalue in my programs, and it saved my bottom part a few times... Had to think of that again today. I get an IBM mass mailing from Partnerworld on a regular basis. In the contact section, it provides ways to

Re: Message HCPDIR750I

2009-11-13 Thread Chip Davis
As others have pointed out, DIRECTXA could not find the RPWLIST DATA file, which should have been on MAINT's 2CC (C) disk. One of the non-intuitive aspects of the RPWLIST DATA file is that it is required to be present, even if you do not wish to restrict the passwords in that manner. Perhaps

Re: Message HCPDIR750I

2009-11-13 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Chip Davis c...@aresti.com wrote: One of the non-intuitive aspects of the RPWLIST DATA file is that it is required to be present, even if you do not wish to restrict the passwords in that manner. Perhaps you have an External Security Manager, your own Rexx

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com wrote: We have a z10 running zVM 5.4 in a dedicated LPAR with 3 dedicated IFL’s. We have approximately 30 zLinux servers.  Using IBM PerfKit, I list all of the individual USER / zLinux CPU usages, each of which generally

Re: OSA and VSWITCH questions

2009-11-13 Thread Frankovich, Bob
I did this not too long ago and I had to do the IOCP (Dynamic I/O was not configured but it is now). My IOCP now looks like this : CHPID PATH=(10),TYPE=OSD,PCHID=110,PART=PROD CHPID PATH=(11),TYPE=OSC,PCHID=111,PART=PROD CNTLUNIT PATH=(10),UNIT=OSA,CUNUMBR=1460 IODEVICE

Re: OSA and VSWITCH questions

2009-11-13 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
No OAT for TCP/IP. (I do believe that we have an OAT, for SNA though.) 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

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 11/13/2009 at 05:13 EST, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocitysoftware.com wrote: You end up giving CPU resources to the wrong servers and buying more hardware to overcome wrong settings. HEY! You say that like it's a bad thing! If people want to buy more hardware to solve their

Re: OSA and VSWITCH questions

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 11/13/2009 at 07:10 EST, Frankovich, Bob bfrankov...@scspa.com wrote: You do have to have 3 cuu's for QDIO and they must start with an even/odd address. The third address does not have to be sequential, at least for VSE. That way you can use all the addresses. Hope this helps.

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread David Dean
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:01:52 -0600, Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Where are you getting the 99% number? Which version of Linux are you running? Older versions of Linux were fooled by the CPU being taken away and reported high values of CPU utilization in 'top' and

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Regarding the Share command... Apologize for the haphazard responses, I don't seem to be getting my zvm mail... -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of David Dean Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:26 AM To:

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread David Dean
Don't know, good point, I did not know that.

Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4

2009-11-13 Thread Pelletier, Daniel
We have just installed zVm 5.4 on our system. Now we are running with a SSLSERV that resides in VM/CMS. Since we have been at this level, we have been getting TN3270 Telnet sessions running in Clear mode. We have included the SSLSERVERID in our TCPIP stack but this has not corrected the

Re: Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4

2009-11-13 Thread Marci Beach
There is a SECURECONNECTION parm in the InternalClientParm section. If this is SECURECONNECTION NEVER it will always be clear. You probably want REQUIRED or PREFERRED. Marci Beach From: Pelletier, Daniel daniel.pellet...@uconn.edu To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 11/13/2009

Re: Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 11/13/2009 at 10:41 EST, Pelletier, Daniel daniel.pellet...@uconn.edu wrote: We have just installed zVm 5.4 on our system. Now we are running with a SSLSERV that resides in VM/CMS. Since we have been at this level, we have been getting TN3270 Telnet sessions running in Clear

FTP Anonymous and SFS

2009-11-13 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
I'm trying to setup ANONYMOUS for FTP. I've created a 'nodeid DTCPARMS' and have established connectivity, but I cannot get access to the home directory (VMSYSA:MAINT.PUBLIC). When it attempts to establish the home directory, I get: 230-ANONYMOU logged in; no working directory defined 230

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Barton Robinson
As Rob and Alan have less blatantly stated, Linux CPU numbers are bogus in a virtual environment. The CPU reporting problem has been corrected in ESALPS (now zVPS) for those that want to use linux numbers for anything useful. If you don't have a mechanism to correlate the linux cpu numbers

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
As Rob and Alan have less blatantly stated, Linux CPU numbers are bogus in a virtual environment. However, with the addition of steal percentage (%st in top), the amount of CPU that is being stolen by the hipervisor, I believe many would agree that they are less bogus. Mike MacIsaac

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
Thank you Now that you mention it, Rob has told me that in the past at a SHARE. I sincerely wish I could use zVPS...8( I will continue to not take reality - virtual or otherwise - seriously. Life is too important to be taken seriously - Oscar Wilde. -Original Message- From: The

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
less bogus? Now I feel better. Just kidding, I sincerely appreciate all the help I get from you guys. This mail list has been priceless. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Friday, November

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
“less bogus”? More meaningful? Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Schuh, Richard
Less bogus is like less pregnant. If it is still bogus, it is only useful for governmental purposes. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Friday, November 13,

Re: FTP Anonymous and SFS

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 11/13/2009 at 11:38 EST, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com wrote: I'm trying to setup ANONYMOUS for FTP. I've created a 'nodeid DTCPARMS' and have established connectivity, but I cannot get access to the home directory (VMSYSA:MAINT.PUBLIC). When it attempts to establish

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-13 Thread Barton Robinson
Mike, Rob probably left you out of the loop when he showed the new bogusness of the data with Sles10/11. It's more fun showing customers... Michael MacIsaac wrote: “less bogus”? More meaningful? Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061

Re: Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4

2009-11-13 Thread Pelletier, Daniel
Thanks! I will check this out. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Marci Beach Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:13 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4 There is a SECURECONNECTION parm in the

Re: Clear Sessions with SSL under zVM 5.4

2009-11-13 Thread Pelletier, Daniel
Thanks Alan,,, I will update our TCPIP stack with these parms and schedual it for our next test period, (maybe next Tuesday). I will send an update on the outcome. I am curious though, why did this not affect us in v5.3? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: FTP Anonymous and SFS

2009-11-13 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
Yep, needed the ENROLL USER ANONYMOU ... Thanks, 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 -Original

Re: TCP/IP and VSWITCH

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 11/12/2009 at 02:13 EST, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com wrote: I'll need a GATEWAY for the VSWITCH? Why? It can't get to the outside world, only other hosts in the VSWITCH. (I would think that any IP address in the network 10.1.20.128 would be sent to the

Re: OT: Signal on novalue :-)

2009-11-13 Thread P S
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: Not only Friday, but even the 13th Long ago, the Piper convinced me of having signal on novalue in my programs, and it saved my bottom part a few times... Had to think of that again today. I get an IBM mass mailing

Performance Toolkit setup

2009-11-13 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
I'm setting up Performance Toolkit according to the instructions in Getting Started with Linux on System z for z/VM 5.4.0. This is just for a proof of concept, so I'm starting with the defaults. The PROFILE EXEC for MONWRITE on page 144 contains the following MONITOR EVENT commands: 'CP MONITOR