Re: New standard for networking help

2010-07-23 Thread Rick Barlow
If you choose to create an EXEC like the one Neale proposed to capture all of the information about your system, you may want to separate the output into multiple files. The output from the CP Query ALL and the set of user commands can be very large. You should consider how many devices are

Re: New standard for networking help

2010-07-23 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: Bottom line, it enabled me to discover the problem in about 5 minutes - the NATIVE and default VLAN on DEFINE VSWITCH had the same value. With so many people getting excited, I feel un irresitable urge to assume my

Re: New standard for networking help

2010-07-23 Thread Edward M Martin
Hello Everyone, I have been following this conversation with great interest. I like Rob have been on both sides of Conversation. Now I am the customer with the documentation. Having good documentation helps everyone involved, and good change management (of some sort) helps debug issues. I

Re: New standard for networking help

2010-07-23 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.com wrote: Having good documentation helps everyone involved, and good change management (of some sort) helps debug issues. Haha. For those without proper change management, when they tell you nothing changed it sometimes helps

CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread dave
I need to call upon the collected wisdom of the group.I'm stumped I have a CMS module, coded in assembler, that, when run, causes a NTF001 soft abend when run from one virtual machine, but when run from another virtual machine it runs normally. Both virtual machines are set to XA, both

Re: CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread Kris Buelens
*NTF001 Explanation: (soft) HCPNTF called another module and received an unexpected return code or condition code. User response: Determine the error that caused the abend by examining the return code in R15 or the condition code of the last entry point

Re: CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread Mike Walter
HCPNTF's job is documented as: DESCRIPTIVE NAME - NSS/SAVED SEGMENT FIND UTILITIES The NFT001 was issued when HCPNTF called an external routine, and received an unexpected return code. Question is: which external routine was called, and what return code did it return? I'm making a SWAG that

Re: CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 10:29 EDT, dave d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: I have a CMS module, coded in assembler, that, when run, causes a NTF001 soft abend when run from one virtual machine, but when run from another virtual machine it runs normally. Both virtual machines are set to XA,

Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread Edward M Martin
Hello Everyone, This is a question about the 'other' IBM OS.I am hoping that you all will know this answer. Does z/OS have TCP/IP as part of the base system, and does z/OS have SFTP too? Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050

Re: Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread Mark Wheeler
Yes, and yes. FTP/TLS is part of TCP/IP. sftp is a component of OpenSSH, which comes as part of Ported Tools. Mark Wheeler UnitedHealth Group Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:20:52 -0400 From: emar...@aultman.com Subject: Question to about SFTP To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Hello

Re: Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread Edward M Martin
Hello Mark and Catherine, Thank you. I saw the Ported Tools on Google but I was not sure what is considered base. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Wheeler Sent: Friday,

Re: Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread McKown, John
TCP/IP is part of z/OS Communications Server (nee VTAM). It is not a part of the base z/OS. It is a charge feature of z/OS. sftp is available for z/OS, but must be ordered. It is part of the OpenSSH port ( 5655-M23). It is free. This version of sftp only support z/OS UNIX files. There in an

Re: New standard for networking help

2010-07-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
And the problem goes away when they don't do anything to fix the problem that they didn't cause by not changing anything. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent: Friday,

Re: Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 11:33 EDT, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.com wrote: Hello Everyone, This is a question about the ?other? IBM OS.I am hoping that you all will know this answer. Does z/OS have TCP/IP as part of the base system, and does z/OS have SFTP

Re: CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread dave
Many thanks, guys.your suggestions have gotten me on the right track now, I think. There does appear to be a problem (error) with a DCSS file that this particular vendor product uses. When I go to back up the DCSS in question I get this (from MAINT): Ready; T=0.01/0.01 10:Ready; T=0.01/0.01

Re: CP soft abend code NTF001

2010-07-23 Thread dave
OK, problem solvedit was a bad DCSS file. I purged it, and now the module starts and runs as it should. I'm working now with the vendor to see how I can recreate the DCSS. Thanks again. DJ - Original Message - From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: Question to about SFTP

2010-07-23 Thread William D Carroll
William 'Doug' Carroll snip Note: you can't use sftp to transfer MVS datasets**. If you want dataset support you need to get a commercial ssh offering. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott /snip you can transfer them it just takes an extra step. copy to OMVS first then send. works

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Kris Buelens
I hope that a port will save/restore the file dates. One of the reasons I didn't like an old CMS ZIP version was that it didn't preserve the file dates. 2010/7/23 Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com Hi, Al. I can get you access to a z/VM system with z/VM C/C++ installed, gratis. Drop me a

zVM 5.3 and zVM 5.4 system volumes (xx0RES, xx0SPL and xx0PAG) and TDMF

2010-07-23 Thread Daniel Allen
Our service provider is using TDMF to change from Hitachi to Shark. There should not be any problems IPLing zVM 5.3 or 5.4, right ?

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Al Dunsmuir
On Thursday, July 22, 2010, 8:28:47 PM, Dave Jones wrote: Hi, Al. I can get you access to a z/VM system with z/VM C/C++ installed, gratis. Drop me a note off-list if you'd like further details. Thank you Dave - your assistance is _greatly_ appreciated. I'll send you a note from my work

Re: zVM 5.3 and zVM 5.4 system volumes (xx0RES, xx0SPL and xx0PAG) and TDMF

2010-07-23 Thread Feller, Paul
We have used TDMF (from z/OS) to move z/VM DASD with no problems. Naturally the z/VM system(s) are down during the move. The length of the down time will depend on how much DASD is to be moved and how many TDMF tasks you run at one time. Paul Feller AIT Mainframe Technical Support From:

zVM Performance Toolkit: Can I record/report CPU by userid using 10 minutes interval?

2010-07-23 Thread Michel Beaulieu
Good day, I am trying to do something that seems to me a good challenge to do with z/VM performance toolkit. The end result that I want to have is a set of records for a selected number of userids. Each record would be for a 10 minutes interval. format: mmdd hhmm

Re: zVM Performance Toolkit: Can I record/report CPU by userid using 10 minutes interval?

2010-07-23 Thread Kris Buelens
I'm working on such a tool for some of my customers: it analyses PTK's Extended Summary files and you can then extract whatever you want (CPU, page rate, IO rate). But, my tool is meant to make GDDM graphics from it (requires GDDM/REXX). Creating a CSV file is an option I want to provide too.

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Al Dunsmuir
On Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:06:08 PM, Fran Hensler wrote: I have a version of VM INFO-ZIP dated from 1998 on my VM download site: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download If there is a later version available for Vm I would like to put it on my download site. Fran, It looks like the old VM/CMS

SFTP versus FTPS

2010-07-23 Thread Edward M Martin
Hello Everyone, Ok I need some comments and guidance. FTP using the SSH is not what we want, I believe. We want FTP/SSL or FTPS (implicit SSL). Which from my earlier question about FTP and TCP/IP on z/OS is not in the BASE TCP/IP suite. Alan this statement would this be the part of the

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 03:41 EDT, Al Dunsmuir al.dunsm...@sympatico.ca wrote: One question I would like to see discussed over there is whether anyone needs BFS (very easy, should be able to use the z/OS USS code) or SFS file support. In CMS, if you support BFS, then you also support the

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Al Dunsmuir
Hello Thomas, On Thursday, July 22, 2010, 1:57:45 PM, Thomas wrote: Or you might try the ported GCC compiler. http://gccmvs.sourceforge.net/ /Tom Kern Tom, While I may check this out just for my general knowledge, it would not be fully interchangable with the z/VM XL C/C++ compiler. Dave

Re: SFTP versus FTPS

2010-07-23 Thread McKown, John
FTPS, which is FTP over TLS (SSL), is a part of z/OS TCPIP as delivered by IBM. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com *

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Al Dunsmuir
On Friday, July 23, 2010, 4:42:51 PM, Alan wrote: On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 03:41 EDT, Al Dunsmuir al.dunsm...@sympatico.ca wrote: One question I would like to see discussed over there is whether anyone needs BFS (very easy, should be able to use the z/OS USS code) or SFS file support. In

Re: SFTP versus FTPS

2010-07-23 Thread Mark Post
On 7/23/2010 at 04:39 PM, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.com wrote: Plus I have some Opie that indicates that they want SFTP and . SFTP, for our purposes here at name removed , is for Implicit SSL connections. FTPS, is for SSH connections which we don't accept at all in fact. They've

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Al Dunsmuir
On Friday, July 23, 2010, 1:07:41 PM, Kris Buelens wrote: I hope that a port will save/restore the file dates. One of the reasons I didn't like an old CMS ZIP version was that it didn't preserve the file dates. Kris, Good to know, and I suspect very easy to solve with either a system() call

Re: SFTP versus FTPS

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 04:41 EDT, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.com wrote: Ok I need some comments and guidance. FTP using the SSH is not what we want, I believe. That is called sftp and is what the IBM Ported Tools gives you. We want FTP/SSL or FTPS (implicit SSL). Which from my

Re: InfoZIP ZIP/UNZIP: Updating the VM/CMS port

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 04:56 EDT, Al Dunsmuir al.dunsm...@sympatico.ca wrote: I still have no idea about SFS files (will have to spend some time reading the online docs). Support for those will likely come later (and will certainly need assistance for testing, as we don't use

VMLAN and MACPREFIX

2010-07-23 Thread Burch, Aubrey D Mr CIV US DISA CDB12
Is there any way to define a MACPREFIX for an LPAR dynamically? A quick scan shows the VMLAN statement in the SYSTEM CONFIG sets this value, but the SET VMLAN does not handle this. Trying to avoid an IPL, of course. I'm also looking at setting the MACID suffix on the NICDEF statement to get a

Re: VMLAN and MACPREFIX

2010-07-23 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 05:38 EDT, Burch, Aubrey D Mr CIV US DISA CDB12 denny.bu...@csd.disa.mil wrote: Is there any way to define a MACPREFIX for an LPAR dynamically? A quick scan shows the VMLAN statement in the SYSTEM CONFIG sets this value, but the SET VMLAN does not handle this.

Re: VMLAN and MACPREFIX

2010-07-23 Thread Burch, Aubrey D Mr CIV US DISA CDB12
Thank you sir! -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 17:44 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VMLAN and MACPREFIX On Friday, 07/23/2010 at 05:38 EDT, Burch, Aubrey D Mr CIV US