OS/390 2.10 under z/VM V6 on z196 or z10 as a guest

2010-11-24 Thread Jose Munoz
Hi, Someone has running this environment or similar to this: HW: z196 or z10 SW: z/VM V6 and under this running a OS/390 2.10 with CICS 2.2 + DB2 V7. If yes, os/390 is running in 31 or 64 bits? -- *Regards Jose Munoz Senior IT Consultant* *GBM - Kuwait** skype: jmunoz61*

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Well, I've been through the instructions in the link that Jim provided, but I still haven't been able to get SSL to start up. I'm trying to set things up with a single-server, as opposed to the new SSL Pool option. I'm going provide my configuration in the hope that a mistake might stand out to

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread William D Carroll
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:30 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live? On 11/23/2010 at 10:19 AM, George Henke/NYLIC

IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
This being a pseudo Friday in the USA due to Thanksgiving holidays Does anyone have any experience with the AS/400 support in the z/196 box? Yep, I know it is a separate processor/memory and connected somehow, in some sort of internal networkbut.. Can we share devices, like we do

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Mike Walter
The most difficult problems to diagnose are often those that just look *SO* correct, but contain a wee typo. I don't run the SSL server (yet), so I can't say for sure if this is the cause or not, but *could* it be: :Mixedcasparms.YES should be :Mixedcaseparms.YES _ Potentially, that

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
That's a good catch, Mike! I did fat-finger that entry... g. Alas, after fixing it, the problem remains... On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 11:01 -0600, Mike Walter wrote: The most difficult problems to diagnose are often those that just look *SO* correct, but contain a wee typo. I don't run the

z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Huegel
The question came up today as to whether z/VM 5.1 will run on a z196. I know there are no 5.1 PTF's available for z196 support. How about z/VM 5.4, will it run WITHOUT the z196 PTF's?... Any guesses? or experiences? Thanks

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread James Poirier
Dave, Take out the following form :nick.SSLSERV because you are not using the pool concept you don¹t need it and it is creating the problem. :vmlink. .DIR VMSYS:TCPMAINT.SSLPOOL_SSL . A FORCERW Jim P. On 11/24/10 12:08 PM, Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: That's a good

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Michael Donovan
Dave, You stated you are receiving the following: -- The issue continues to be the following error when TCPIP starts: DMSACR1184E Directory VMSYS:TCPMAINT.SSLPOOL_SSL not found or you are not authorized for it DTCRUN1001E VMLINK .DIR

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
That is an assumption or opinion, not necessarily a fact. For example, my wife may not know the operating system line mode commands, but she certainly knows the accounting systems that she uses via a GUI interface. In fact, the GUI represents an increase in productivity. I would suggest that

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread James Poirier
Dave, I also noticed that in your PROFILE TCPIP you need to comment out the autolog entry for SSLSERV as this function will be done by SSLDCSSM. Jim P. On 11/24/10 12:35 PM, James Poirier james.poir...@doit.nh.gov wrote: Dave, Take out the following form :nick.SSLSERV because

Classes for zLinux administration under zVM

2010-11-24 Thread Daniel Allen
Are there any classes for zLinux administration under zVM ? If so, who/where are they ?

Re: Classes for zLinux administration under zVM

2010-11-24 Thread Bill Munson
Daniel, you can find LINUX education here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/ both IBM and non IBM Bill Munson Sr. z/VM Systems Programmer Brown Brothers Harriman CO. 525 Washington Blvd. Jersey City, NJ 07310 201-418-7588 From: Daniel Allen dal...@serena.com To:

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread William D Carroll
I think we can safely assume that since this discussion was about VM CMS that we're talking operating systems and interfaces to those OS's not applications as is your wife's case GUI's have their place, I personally do not believe that place is in an OS to manage it or it's subsystems where

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Barton Robinson
I have multiple installations running Linux under z/VM where the z/VM sysprogs are very overcommitted. Allowing them to offload work that CAN be done by someone else makes them much more productive - as long as the work assigned is controlled by an authorization mechanism. Most of the work,

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Mike, thanks for the assistance. In going through your instructions, I see that in my initial attempts at this I *DID* attempt to set things up using an SSL Pool. Here's what the output from the command you had me run says: Directory = VMSYS:TCPMAINT.SSLPOOL_SSL Grantee R W NR NW TCPMAINT X

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread James Poirier
Dave, This parm :DCSS_Parms.DEFAULTgoes on :nick.tcpip not on :nick.ssldcssm Jim P. On 11/24/10 2:07 PM, Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: :DCSS_Parms.DEFAULT

Re: Classes for zLinux administration under zVM

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Daniel. VM Resources (http://www.vm-resources.com/) offers a set of zLinux courses that I think are very good. They are usually 3 to 5 days in length and include hands-on lab exercises. You can even arrange to have the courses taught on site at your location. Happy Thanksgiving. On

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Jim, That is present also. Is it possible that having multiple :DCSS_Parms. entries is a bad thing? On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 14:10 -0500, James Poirier wrote: Dave, This parm :DCSS_Parms.DEFAULTgoes on :nick.tcpip not on :nick.ssldcssm Jim P. On 11/24/10 2:07 PM, Dave

Re: DASD Inventory

2010-11-24 Thread Barton Robinson
If you look at zpro (live system running many linux servers), at vm2.velocitysoftware.com/zpro, sign in with the userid and password provided, go to System status then dasd, gets you our live dasd report. This user is of course restricted, otherwise y'all would be seeing how bad you could hurt

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread James Poirier
Dave, In this case I believe it is. The setup doc for using non pool show it on the nick.tcpip ONLY. Jim P. On 11/24/10 2:20 PM, Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: Jim, That is present also. Is it possible that having multiple :DCSS_Parms. entries is a bad thing? On

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Now it seems to have heartburn with the :For. tag... which is present under the :nick.SSLDCSSM section. DTCRUN1005E Required tag :For. was not found in file(s): SYSTEM DTCPARMS D1, IBM DTCPARMS E1 This log is sent to TCPMAINT immediately after TCPIP's PROFILE EXEC is run. Dave On Wed,

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread James Poirier
Dave, :nick.sslserventry needs to be in either SYSTEM DTCPARMS or a SSLSERV DTCPARMS Jim P. On 11/24/10 2:34 PM, Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us wrote: Now it seems to have heartburn with the :For. tag... which is present under the :nick.SSLDCSSM section. DTCRUN1005E Required

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Jim, Here's what I have: :nick.TCPIP:type.server :class.stack :attach.2D18-2D1A :DCSS_Parms.DEFAULT :nick.TCPIP:type.server :class.stack :attach.06EC-06EE :DCSS_Parms.DEFAULT :nick.FTP

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Mike Walter
Dave, Are you 100% certain that the DTCPARMS files that the server is accessing as its D-disk and E-disk is the one that you are actually updating? See The DCTPARMS File section in z/VM TCP/IP Planning and Customization for details. I'm using SC24-6125-04, it's on page 39. I prefer to use the

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
Mike, Yes, I'm positive 198 is the same for SSLSERV. Here's the output from Q LINKS on SSLSERV: q links 198 TCPMAINT 0198 R/W, DTCVSW1 0198 R/O, DTCVSW2 0198 R/O, SSLDCSSM 0198 R/O TCPIP0198 R/O, SSLSERV 0198 R/O One interesting note; there's actual progress being made here. I can

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote: This being a pseudo Friday in the USA due to Thanksgiving holidays Does anyone have any experience with the AS/400 support in the z/196 box? Yep, I know it is a separate processor/memory and connected

z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
The question came up today as to whether z/VM 5.1 will run on a z196. I know there are no 5.1 PTF's available for z196 support. How about z/VM 5.4, will it run WITHOUT the z196 PTF's?... Any guesses? or experiences? As z/VM 5.1 was never tested on a z196 we cannot provide an outlook of how it

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
And then you have someone like me who finds typing to be burdensome due to a physical condition. If I had a GUI to manage the operating system, I would welcome it. One point I was making is that saying or implying that because someone prefers a GUI, they do not know what they are doing is a

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:05 PM, McBride, Catherine cmcbr...@kable.com wrote: Power Blades support IOS But do they on a zBX? I don't see that in the docs I'm looking at (of course, it may have changed, too). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Dave Keeton
The message TCPIPNOT IN USE OR AN INVALID NSS/DCSS NAME seems to be related to a console message SSLSERV that TCPIP send out when TCPRUN is started: DTCRUN1022I Console log will be sent to default owner ID: TCPMAINT DTCRUN1040I SSL server cache segment query / definition results: HCPCFC003E

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread McBride, Catherine
IOS runs fine on the PS701 Express Blade server which is the Blade shipped with zBX. However, the integrated management modules (Zmanager) may not yet support IOS. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of zMan Sent:

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Huegel
Thanks Les, that is pretty much what I suspected. The problem is the upgrade path. We currently have a z9 so 6.1 is not an option on this machine. So when the time comes to swap CPU.s what OS can I IPL on the z196 that I have tested on the z9? On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Les Geer

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:32 PM, McBride, Catherine cmcbr...@kable.com wrote: IOS runs fine on the PS701 Express Blade server which is the Blade shipped with zBX.  However, the integrated management modules (Zmanager) may not yet support IOS. Right, that was my point. Without real support,

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Michael Donovan
Dave, The SSLSERV userid needs to have CP Class E privileges so it can define and save the DCSS and own the shared queue SSL will be using. Mike From: Dave Keeton dave.kee...@state.or.us

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread William D Carroll
I think your reading more into my comments that I put there. I pointed one specific case of DNS, it was not a generality or implied that you or anyone doesn't not know what they are doing. I that case they clearly did not. We had to hire a contractor to help because the GUI was not available

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread George Henke/NYLIC
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt, wore it, and put it in a draw never to wear it again.. The path of choice given the hardware, software, expiration dates, and upward and downward compatibility issue is: z/VM 5.4 on z9 to z196 with the 14 APARs for 5.4 that support it and then move

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Huegel
George, are you saying that even AFTER the 14 PTF's for z196 support z/VM 5.4 still runs on a z9? If so that clears up a misconception I had, and also makes life much easier. Thakns On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:00 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: Been there, done that,

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Ok, I've reread the announcement letter. I see my confusion... The z/196 supports Power Blades. And Power Blades support i5 (the operating system formerly known as i5.OS or OS/400). It doesn't mean that z/196 has the support for the i5 OS. Which is kind of strange. Is this a licensing

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Marcy Cortes
Not George here, but that is correct. 5.4 will get you from there to here and the ptfs will run on the z9 as well. 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,

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread George Henke/NYLIC
Running z/VM 5.4 with the 14 APARs now on z9. Thanks to Marcy PK97799 VM64656 VM64672 VM64747 VM64774 VM64793 VM64798 VM64799 VM64807 VM64818 VM64820 VM64879 VM64881 VM64891 They can be found at: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1209dc=DB540q1=z196uid=isg1_2817DEVICE_2817-ZVM

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Mark Post
On 11/24/2010 at 04:50 PM, William D Carroll william.d.carr...@jpmchase.com wrote: My Original Comment on this whole thing was the a 3270 Emulator really is not a GUI. It is a text based implementation on a GUI desktop, that does not make it a GUI, your still typing commands. Of course

Re: Question about SSL Service

2010-11-24 Thread Michael Donovan
Mark, It is documented as such. See the SSL DCSS Management Agent Notes section at http://www.vm.ibm.com/related/tcpip/tcspeins.html Thanks! Mike From: Mark Post mp...@novell.com

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread William D Carroll
You are totally missing my point Maybe your definition of a GUI is different than what I know to be a GUI. William 'Doug' Carroll -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:33 PM

Re: z/VM 5.1 on z196

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Huegel
Excellent!! Thanks, and have a happy Thanksgiving. On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: Not George here, but that is correct. 5.4 will get you from there to here and the ptfs will run on the z9 as well. Marcy This message may contain

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread Kris Buelens
A goal of the zBX is that the virtual servers on it are all managed by the HCM. That is: virtual machine can be defined, started, etc. This requires hooks in the hypervisor. And, that's the reason why not everything that might run on these blades natively isn't supported on the zBX. If the