Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Kris Buelens
>From MAINT for example: CP SEND CP RACFVM SPOOL CLOSE CP Q RDR RACFVM CP Q PRT RACFVM The last 2 commands are easier if you get my URLIST tool: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?LISTSG URLIST RACFVM will then display all spool files for RACFVM (PRT, RDR and PUN) 2009/1

Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) wrote: > - I think that is what was happening. What is the best way to look at > RACFVM console log without logging on to it? Still trying to learn these > things! TRACK (or ZTRACK) is able to look at part of the open spool f

Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
- I think that is what was happening. What is the best way to look at RACFVM console log without logging on to it? Still trying to learn these things! Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning Cell - 443 632-4191

Gavin Appleton is out of the office.

2009-12-21 Thread Gavin Appleton
I will be out of the office starting 22/12/2009 and will not return until 29/12/2009. I will respond to your message when I return.

Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
Thanks Scott. I think that is what was happening. What is the best way to look at RACFVM console log without logging on to it? Still trying to learn these things! Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning Cell - 443 632-

Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 12/21/2009 at 01:07 EST, "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" wrote: > HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable. Check the ESM console log - it may have abended and restarted. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: Linux and VM SAN advice

2009-12-21 Thread Richard Troth
About Sir Santa's General Rule for Disk ... On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 22:02, Richard Troth wrote: ... > General rule: use LVM and avoid partitioning * I have to be careful when I say "avoid partitioning". If you use CDL, which is the default low-level formatting for ECKD DASD with 'dasdfmt', YOU

Re: Linux and VM SAN advice

2009-12-21 Thread Richard Troth
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 17:50, Martha McConaghy wrote: ... > I have to now move our production Oracle database server over to SAN in the > next few months (its using CKD volumes tied together with LVM right now). You will probably continue to use LVM. I recommend that. One reason to continue co

Linux and VM SAN advice

2009-12-21 Thread Martha McConaghy
I've got several test Oracle servers running on SLES 10 and z/VM 5.4.0 on our z9 using SAN disk space. I set up the SAN connection using a FICON adapter and the EDEV support. That is working OK, but I'm concerned about where to go from there. I have to now move our production Oracle database ser

Re: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Scott Rohling
I believe this can happen when a RACF privileged user enters the wrong password too many times.. a prompt that must be responded to or time out occurs on the RACFVM machine.. Does this user have RACF privs? If so -- they probably need their password reset.. Scott On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:07

HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable.

2009-12-21 Thread Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
Hi I have a user that was trying to logon and basically he got stuck and eventually he received this message: HCPLGA6525E The External Security Manager is unavailable. LOGOFF AT 12:22:13 EST MONDAY 12/21/09 BY SYSTEM