Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I didn't catch the beginning of this subject, so I might be way off. But... Was "set srm stor(?) 300 300 300" or something similar discussed? A novice VM user and many large guests...a storage problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message- From:

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Walter
You are all now formally relieved from suspension. BACK TO WORK, NOW! :-) Mike Harding just pointed on a syntax error in step 8, now corrected below. That error placed into the example as a proofreading test. (yeah... that sounds like a pretty good excuse). But... it has been reformatted even

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Walter
Um... uh... you all FAILED!! You're all suspended pending a performance review by a White House subcommittee on instantaneous professional proofreading. Don't expect to hear from that subcommittee soon, they are bogged down in other matters. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! ;-) No one

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Alain Benveniste wrote: > > The z/VM has no expanded storage defined. You're right on this ! > The problem revealed by the users just tickle my mind in the fact that : > could it be possible that is has nothing to see with my config but rather > with the 3270 emu

Re: Getting ftps to work

2010-06-17 Thread Egnot, Ronald T.
How are the PKI certificates configured on the z/VM system? Using certificate authority or self-signed certificates? Did you import the public keys for z/VM using the gskkyman utility of the GSKADMIN machine? Ronald Egnot Operating System Support Unit Federal Bureau of Investigation -Ori

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Walter
Yep... just as soon as I'm done submitting the in-progress Reader Comment Form per Alan's suggestion. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Mark Post" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 06/17/2010 03:39 PM Please respond to "T

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 6/17/2010 at 02:59 PM, Mike Walter wrote: > OK... let's summarize so that anyone searching the IBMVM-L archives can > find a more updated and comprehensive set of steps to adding a paging > volume to z/VM. Any chance I can get you to add this to wiki.linuxvm.org? Mark Post

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 06/17/2010 at 03:01 EDT, Mike Walter wrote: > Thanks to Rich Corak, Jonathan Quay, Richard Schuh, and Mark Wheeler for > their updates to my off-hand non-exhaustive list, posted just before I had > to venture off for a meeting. It's a pity that there's not an indexed > shortcut sa

Re: Procedures to dynamically add a page volume - was: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mike Walter
OK... let's summarize so that anyone searching the IBMVM-L archives can find a more updated and comprehensive set of steps to adding a paging volume to z/VM. Everyone does search the archives before asking questions, right!!? FYI: the IBMVM-L listserve archive can be searched from any browser

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
Marcy We didn't run any Jobs. We just played the minimal to officialize the doc. The few batch we do was to restore our VTS. So, only batch tapes... Time was good ! Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 17 juin 2010 à 20:45, Marcy Cortes a écrit : That is possible. Did you run any jobs on z/OS? H

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Marcy Cortes
That is possible. Did you run any jobs on z/OS? How'd they run? Marcy From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alain Benveniste Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:37 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Multi

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Louis . Gaines
thanks for your help

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Louis . Gaines
Thanks Richard for your help

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
The z/VM has no expanded storage defined. You're right on this ! The problem revealed by the users just tickle my mind in the fact that : could it be possible that is has nothing to see with my config but rather with the 3270 emulator or something around with the network ? a slow display on the

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
Jon, I have checked if I hadn't define more processors than I have in reality. I have tested to give just 1 proc for each partition. I got the same result. Should I test 2 ? All the MDISK are defined in a nolog machine this way : MDISK C000 0 1113, 2655, 3339, 10017 volser MWV. I didn't code th

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
The 'biggest one' has less than 2G. 0% paging. Activity was close to zero. Poor activity in the cache too... I checked for the quicdsp option. In place too... DASD array is a DS8000 supersized in ficon. The machine there is a z9 S38 globaly 10 more powerful than the one we have at home. CPU nev

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Jonathan R Nolting
First, I would not give 8 virtual CPUs for each z/OS guest but rather start with 2 VCPUs and see if the workload demands more. If z/VM only has 8 physical CPUs, you seem to have created a 8:1 virtual/real CPU ratio which could cause significant overhead and possible thrashing. Does z/VM 5.3 have

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Marcy Cortes
OK, but do they add up to more than 20G? i.e. are you paging? Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or a

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
Marcy The sizes of those zOS under z/VM are exactly the sizes they have in lpar at home... Alain Le 17 juin 2010 à 19:23, Marcy Cortes a écrit : > What's the memory size of each of those 8 virtual machines? > > > Marcy > > > "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged info

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Marcy Cortes
What's the memory size of each of those 8 virtual machines? Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or

Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Alain Benveniste
Back from a DR test, the feedback I have from users is that a simple 'ent er' on z/OS generate a xSYSTEM, short for me, but really embarassing for the users... We run a zVM530 with 8 zOS in 1.8 as guest, 20G real storage, 4000mips. A ll the DASD are defined as MDISK with MW. I gave access to the 8

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Wheeler
And to ensure that you have slots available to use with the DEFINE CPOWNED command, place a CP_Owned Slot 255 RESERVED statement at the end of your CP_Owned statements in SYSTEM CONFIG. This will cause all 255 slots (unless otherwise specified) as RESERVED. If they're not defined a

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Schuh, Richard
To expand a little farther. To add the new device to your running system, you need to enter the command DEFINE CPOWNED SLOT nnn volid OWN before you attach it to SYSTEM. Without that, it will not be used until after the next IPL. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From:

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Quay, Jonathan (IHG)
Also, if doing this on the fly, you need to find a free slot with QUERY CPOWNED and then add the volume with DEFINE CPOWNED. Then and only then attach the volume to SYSTEM. Defining cyl 0 as perm is also unnecessary for modern releases of VM. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operati

Re: PGT004 MESSAGE

2010-06-17 Thread Richard Corak
No need forCP START DASD rdev PAGE CP START DASD is nothing more than undrain. If you haven't done DRAIN, don't bother with START. Edits to Mike's sequence: - Find an available DASD volume accessible to your z/VM system. - Find (or decide on) a label "volser" for the soon-to-be paging volum

Getting ftps to work

2010-06-17 Thread Mrohs, Ray
Hi, I am trying to get the ftps client to work in z/VM 5.4 going to a SLES11 server. So far, pure-ftpd secures the control channel only. Data channel security isn't supported in the SLES11 distribution version, and due to our site's aggressive scanning policies, I'm not eager to support a separ