Re: Printers to 2nd Level VM

2011-06-15 Thread Jeff Gribbin
Clumsy phrasing on my part (slapped wrist accepted) ... should have said, 'No longer supports real 1403'. Apologies for lack of precision.

Re: IPLing z/VM 2nd level with many lines and columns

2011-06-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com wrote: We ran into a problem IPLing a z/VM 2nd level using a 3270 emulator (PComm)  with a setting of 62x160 (LINESxCOLS).  Setting it back to 43x80 worked around the problem.  Is this a known issue?  Thanks. You're being

Re: IPLing z/VM 2nd level with many lines and columns

2011-06-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Rob, You're being vague. What is on the business end of your connection? A SAPL screen. So we do a: == IPL 200 CLEAR And z/VM starts to IPL. Press F10. With an emulator that has the large screen size, the session gets disconnected. Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061

Re: IPLing z/VM 2nd level with many lines and columns

2011-06-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com wrote: Rob, You're being vague. What is on the business end of your connection? A SAPL screen.  So we do a: == IPL 200 CLEAR And z/VM starts to IPL. Press F10. With an emulator that has the large screen size, the

Re: IPLing z/VM 2nd level with many lines and columns

2011-06-15 Thread Alan Altmark
An incorrect mtu specification somewhere along the data path can cause this, as might pcomm v6. See the internal pcomm forum. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Original Message - From: Michael MacIsaac Sent: 06/15/2011

zVM crash update

2011-06-15 Thread Burton, Randy
The LPAR had been up and running for weeks, minding its own business, and chugging right along. Then, 3:30 PM Monday, kaboom, disabled wait. IBM has determined we had a tight loop condition that triggered the processor being taken offline. We did get a MCW002 abend and dump. Dump analysis

Re: zVM crash update

2011-06-15 Thread Bill Munson
Randy, Thank you for the update munson From: Burton, Randy rbur...@bbandt.com To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 06/15/2011 09:52 AM Subject:zVM crash update Sent by:The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU The LPAR had been up and running for weeks,

CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads

2011-06-15 Thread gclovis
Hi, friends. I put a new package on the zVM downloads page (my debut): CLONEBKP. See:http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ I hope it is useful to you. For who will use it: suggestions, improvements or bugs found, are all welcome. Follow the description: CLONEBKP is a REXX exec that create

Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads

2011-06-15 Thread Rogério Soares
Great Package Big Clóvis, we already using it ;) Thank You!! On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:45 PM, gclo...@br.ibm.com wrote: Hi, friends. I put a new package on the zVM downloads page (my debut): *CLONEBKP*. See:http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ I hope it is useful to you. For who will

z/OS 1.4 running under z/VM 5.4 over a z890

2011-06-15 Thread Carlos Bodra - Pessoal
Hello. I need to prepare a migration from an old OS/390 2.5 to z/OS 1.4 over a z890 machine. Can I use z/VM 5.4 as host to a z/OS 1.4 guest? OS/390 2.5 will continue to run over a 9672 until all has been migrated to z/OS. z/OS 1.4 could run in compatibility mode or not, but this is another

Re: z/OS 1.4 running under z/VM 5.4 over a z890

2011-06-15 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 06/15/2011 at 04:23 EDT, Carlos Bodra - Pessoal cbo...@terra.com.br wrote: Can I use z/VM 5.4 as host to a z/OS 1.4 guest? z/OS 1.8 is the oldest release that is *supported* by z/VM 5.4. See Appendix B of the Running Guest Operating Systems book. Will z/OS 1.4 *run*? I don't

Re: z/VM page space

2011-06-15 Thread Bill Holder
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:04:25 -0700, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrot e: A good decision, probably not a difficult one, by Mr. Holder and friends . Untangling that can of worms should not be a high priority use of development $$. Regards, Richard Schuh There are, of course, other reasons

Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads

2011-06-15 Thread Bob Levad
Greetings and Nice work! I definitely plan on stealing (borrowing) a couple of your routines. Your process is similar in many respects to what we do here (though your code is much prettier). Ours flash-copies the CP volumes with the savelabel parameter to our backup disk volumes every night

Re: IPLing z/VM 2nd level with many lines and columns

2011-06-15 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Rob, Alan, Thanks, your feedback helps! Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061