Re: Moving On

2011-07-12 Thread Alan Ackerman
Goodbye, Richard, and good luck! I see I haven't read the IBMVM list since sometime in June. Sorry about t he belated response to your retirement. On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 16:00:43 -0700, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote : In just a few minutes, I will be checking out of the Visa hotel (or perh

Re: Anyone use The Hessling Editor (THE), an Xedit/Kedit look-alike, for off-line VM code development or personal use?

2011-05-22 Thread Alan Ackerman
I never got THE to work on my Mac, which is why I never switched to it. ( I use BBedit/TextWrangler on the Mac. Does syntax coloring.). I still use KEDIT on the PC at work, and XEDIT on VM. And no, KEDIT still does not support prefix macros. Mansfield has announc ed end of support for KEDIT.

Restrictions in FCP point-to-point topology

2011-04-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
a presentation Introduction to SCSI over FCP for Linux on System z at http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc/lvc1020c.pdf. It mentions (on foil 6) the two topologies, point-to-point and switched fabric, but gives no restrictions. Thanks! Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Re: Time out an SFS command

2010-12-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
We think the problem is IPGATE, which IBM does not support, right? In one case when my PROFILE EXEC in Richmond, VA issues ACCESS SFSKC:ACKERMAN.TOOLS C I can fix the problem via #CP IPL ACC (NOPROF FORCE IPGATE AUTOLOG IPGATE In the case I reported here, I don't even get an error message

Re: Time out an SFS command

2010-12-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:44:04 +0100, Berry van Sleeuwen berry.vansleeuwen @xs4all.nl wrote: Would PIPSTOP cancel the SFS command (or any CP/CMS command for that matter)? If so then you could use PIPSTOP to end the pipeline. Just a theory, not tested in any way... As John Hartmann explained:

Time out an SFS command

2010-12-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
Moving this question from CMS-PIPELINES to IBMVM, since I am assured by John Hartmann that it cannot be done with CMS Pipelines. Anyone figured out how to get it to time out? Sender: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List CMS- pipeli...@vm.marist.edu From: Ackerman, Alan

Re: z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question

2010-12-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
What command are you issuing on the CMS client? Alan Ackerman

Re: How to determine SYSRES

2010-11-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
ALL' , '| TAKE LAST 1' , '| CONSOLE' , '| SPECS W6 1' , '| VAR sysres' 'PIPE CP QUERY CPOWNED' , '| PICK W2 == /'sysres'/' , '| SPECS W2-* 1' , '| CONSOLE' Not tested. But then the first pipe wasn't tested either. Alan Ackerman

Re: BFS for Dummies

2010-10-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
you anything about CMS's particular implementation of the Unix file system.The only place to find that is in the IBM Manuals. If you wanted to tell us what problems you are having, I'm sure there are people on this list who can help you. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America

Re: Download LXC ?

2010-10-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
I've never tried it. If you download the ZIP file z-261K it contains a PDF with installation instructions. This is the entry on the Download page http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/. LXC v-379K z-261K You want this one. 2010-07-18 Run CMS commands from a TCP connected

Re: Seinfeld's Contribution to the The Principles of Operation

2010-10-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
that count a referenced or not? Yes, the machine had to reference it , but no, it never got executed. YMWV (Your Mileage WILL Vary).. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:44:26 -0500, Gary M. Dennis gary.den...@mantissa.c om wrote: There is only

Re: Strange performance problem

2010-10-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
can. This is really your first tool for user performance problems! Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:22:47 +0200, Colin Allinson cgallin...@amadeus.com wrote: We have a very large VM system that runs in a partition on a Z9 with 7 dedicated

Re: VM Monitor data processing

2010-10-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
algorithms are, I would expect this compression to easily save you the cost of ESALPS/zVPS. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com -- Is anyone transmitting to an MVS host the VM Monitor data to be processed by MXG

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-10-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
Photons don't carry a charge, Mike. (It's still Friday here for 7 more mi nutes.) Alan Ackerman On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:16:13 -0500, Mike Walter mike.wal...@hewitt.com wrote: TCP/IP is old technology? What about the bits and bytes it relies on - why can't IBM replace those with negatively

Re: z/VM 5.4 RSU 1002

2010-09-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
HELP says: Responses The format of the response is: CMS Level nn, Service Level nnn I guess the 'nnn' must mean it is 3 digits. To my memory, it has always b een 3 digits. Alan Ackerman On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:21:06 -0500, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife .com wrote: q cplevel

Re: Is there a JAVA implementation for CMS?

2010-09-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
. Does anyone know how much NetRexx is used in z/OS? My employer's standard language is Java. Another strike against CMS. Alan Ackerman On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:38:35 -0700, Barton Robinson bar...@vm1.velocity- Software.com wrote: Right, so even better chance that java on cms would be more than

Re: Virtualizing a z10

2010-09-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
Our Capacity Planning folks reported that the upgrading from the z9 to th en z10 saved the bank beaucoup bucks. I think the same thing will happen going from z10 to z196 . Did IBM raise the price of the entry-level machines? That might explain t he difference in our viewpoints. We are still

Re: Is there a JAVA implementation for CMS?

2010-09-27 Thread Alan Ackerman
applications. Alan Ackerman, Bank of America.com On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:02:32 -0400, Michael Donovan dono...@us.ibm.com wrote: There was a Java port for CMS, in days long gone. It was withdrawn fro m the product and the web pages were removed after z/VM 4.4.0. If you had installed the Developer

Re: Refresh PROFILE TCPIP

2010-09-27 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:42:11 -0500, Steve Perez sspe...@corelogic.com w rote: Greetings, Is there a way to dynamically refresh the definitions in the PROFILE TCP IP file without bouncing the TCPIP address space on z/VM 5.4 with TCPIP 5.4 ? Yes, read up on the TCP/IP OBEYFILE command. In

Re: Is there a JAVA implementation for CMS?

2010-09-27 Thread Alan Ackerman
any more, alas. Alan Ackerman On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:08:05 -0700, Barton Robinson bar...@vm1.velocity- Software.com wrote: I think the cms java performed very poorly could be revisited. back then, the mainframe was at most 400Mhz? or less? of course it performed poorly. so now the processors

Re: VM64814 information

2010-09-26 Thread Alan Ackerman
the description in the APAR in stead of forcing people to ask? OK, maybe it wasn't secrecy, just bureaucratic incompetence. I apolo gize. On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:40:56 -0400, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Thursday, 09/23/2010 at 11:27 EDT, Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@bankofamerica.com

Re: VM64814 information

2010-09-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
VM64816 becomes available later this year (2010). IBM will support all z/VM production environments at that time. That makes it sound like a beta! Is this safe to put on? What constitute customer test environments? Where should we NOT install it? Alan Ackerman On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:19

Re: Central vs. expanded storage

2010-09-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
sed as central storage. The number of 2G page frames on the available list is an indication of how m uch storage should be reconfigured as expanded storage. Alan Ackerman On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:46:54 +0200, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocitysof tware.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:14 AM

Moving on (a bit)

2010-09-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
like Dennis O'Brien and I are competing on these pages - - we're not. Dennis is in z/VM Support and I am in z/Linux Support. So we do have different viewpoi nts. We still talk to each other a lot. Alan Ackerman alan (insert dot) ackerman (inset at sign) bank of america (insert dot) c om.

Re: Automated Logon (autofill userid and password) using TN3270 of TCP/IP for VM or Logical Device

2010-09-19 Thread Alan Ackerman
big enough to drive a truck through. (And therefore APARable.) Then there are APPC/VM and CPI Communications. These are rather more comp lex, but you could read up on them. Right, more WHY instead of HOW. But all that stuff I mentioned is documen ted, if you want to try it. Alan Ackerman

Re: BookManager format softcopy

2010-09-19 Thread Alan Ackerman
to. There are some manuals that are available only in BookManager. Would you please consider bringing them forward as PDFs? EXEC2 comes to mind, but I think there are others you have abandoned, but not deleted the function from z/VM. Alan Ackerman

Re: Looking for Knights of VM

2010-08-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
. I'm uncomfortable with joining groups that are not open to (almost) every one. I can see excluding trolls and spammers, though. But maybe there is a good reason? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: z/VM c/c++ or REXX for socket programming??

2010-07-31 Thread Alan Ackerman
Last time I looked, REXX sockets did not support IPv6. Is that still true ? Everyone keeps telling me we will need IPv6 Real Soon Now. But I have been hearing that for years. If you have IPv6 in the present or near future, I think you cannot use RE XX Sockets. On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:04:27

Re: ODP: Second screen in a z/VM CMS session

2010-07-05 Thread Alan Ackerman
File System, you can run the EXEC in one virtual machine and edit it in another one. Y ou still have to save and run the EXEC from the start each time. Alan Ackerman On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:39:24 +0200, Kolasinski Piotr p_kolasin...@compfor t.pl wrote: -Wiadomo¶æ oryginalna- Od: The IBM

Re: MVSCPCMD - Issue CP commands from z/OS guests

2010-06-27 Thread Alan Ackerman
Back in the dark ages ... the first program I wrote when I went from (ass embler) applications programming to system programming was a program to issue CP commands (via EXEC pgm=xxx,parm='cp-command) in JCL). Back then we didn't consider any sort of security necessary. (I don't know what

Re: Query parent z/VM commands?

2010-06-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
DIAG 00 shows you the 3rd level CMS user, MAINT, and the 2nd level VM sys tem, VM2ND. It does not show you the name of the 1st level VM system, which is what I think w as meant by parent. On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 08:13:19 -0500, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife. com wrote: Okay, got a 2nd level

Re: Query parent z/VM commands?

2010-06-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
running in cec1.lpar1.*userid* must be the child of the z/VM running in cec1.lpar1. Alan Ackerman

Re: Query parent z/VM commands?

2010-06-01 Thread Alan Ackerman
the first level system identifier from the second level system without a mod to the first level system? I think this also extends to a Linux guest of the the second level system , but again I could be wrong. Alan Ackerman

Re: Moderator comment Re: [IBMVM] z/VM/ Linux Systems Programmer Opportunity ...

2010-03-26 Thread Alan Ackerman
If it violates UArk rules, shouldn't you take the post off the archive? ( Yes, it is still here.) That would perhaps discourage people from posting job openings here. Am I the only one that reads this list at http://listserv.uark.edu/archi ves/ibmvm.html? Alan Ackerman alan (dot) ackerman

Re: advise on a simple REXX script to automate FTP from zVM to Linux server

2010-01-17 Thread Alan Ackerman
I use VMFTP to create EXECs / VMFTP macros that get through our firewall just fine. Of course your firewall may well be different. If you have to respond to a firewall prom pt in some way, VMFTP allows you to do that, while stacked FTP subcommands do not. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman

Re: Z/VM 5.4 and VM:Secure running a CLOSED security system

2009-11-20 Thread Alan Ackerman
, and should be investigated, but if there are any other rules that allow this link, then VMSECURE QRULES JHUG LINK MAINT 123 should not tell you that the LINK would be rejected via NORULE DEFAULT. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank

Re: zVM CPU allocation

2009-11-12 Thread Alan Ackerman
users running at 99% and have the 3 IFLs running at 10-15% each. Are you sure you are looking at the same time interval? If you are lookin g at both Linxu and VM tools, they may not match up. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Re: Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] HELP

2009-11-05 Thread Alan Ackerman
The version of LISTSERV (14.5) that UARK is running has a perfectly good web interface. You don't need the old line-mode commands. Try http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa .exe. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Does zVM 5.2 support z/OS 1.10 or z/OS 1.11

2009-11-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
does not support external coupling facilities or real coupling links. The same manual for z/VM 5.3.0 is no different, except note (2) is gone. I think you are going to have to find a z/OS manual, perhaps Planning for Installation, GA22-7504 mentioned above. Alan Ackerman

Re: Fed-Up With IBM Support!

2009-10-28 Thread Alan Ackerman
There is no http://www.ibm.com/ibmbmlink. If you mean http://www.ibm.com/ ibmlink, that is the URL that IBMLink recommends you use. What were you using for IBMLink 2000 ? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: z/VM 6.1 G.A. targeted for this Friday, Oct 23

2009-10-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
The only z/VM 6.1 only items I found were: 1. Limited to z10 only 2. Prefetch guest data into processor cache 3. Closer integration with IBM Systems Director So if that's all there is, why would anyone bother to install z/VM 6.1? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Re: VM/ESA 2.3?

2009-10-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
. Or perhap s even earlier versions of the GI manual. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Just for fun, comparing CMS Pipelines to Unix pipes was, Re: which guests are running linux?

2009-08-18 Thread Alan Ackerman
, of course, add a record number to each record, and then sort on the record number at the end, but that will perf orm very poorly on large files. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-11 Thread Alan Ackerman
That's the first thing I thought of, too -- but note that there is no z/V M in this picture, just z/OS and PR/SM. z/OS does recognize the existence of z/VM but it still does no t handshake with z/VM as far as I know. Have I missed something? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
work in the last 10 years. I’m sure I’ve missed or oversimplified things. If anyone knows of a good re ference on the MP effect, I’d like to read it. Is anyone aware of any work on MP effect when runn ing Linux guests on z/VM? Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@bankofamerica.com

Re: CP Query wildcards

2009-07-01 Thread Alan Ackerman
for wildcard s on volsers in CP would be useful. Someone want to write a requirement? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-17 Thread Alan Ackerman
Duerbusch THD Consulting I'm a programmer, not a DB2 expert. I think you may need to contact IBM t o find one of them. You didn't explain how you know this is a single LUW. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-16 Thread Alan Ackerman
the records you plan to ins ert and then delete. That would ignore the added records. UPDATE ASN.CDERS_HISTORY SET FLAG=1; INSERT INTO STL01.ERS_HISTORY_A SELECT * FROM ASN.ERSHIST_X WHERE FLAG=1; DELETE FROM ASN.CDERS_HISTORY WHERE FLAG=1; Alan Ackerman Alan (dot

Re: Eliminating screen-scraping

2009-05-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
If you have PVM, the MPVM component is quite a powerfull tool to automate screen emulation. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com On Thu, 21 May 2009 12:41:55 -0500, Ian S. Worthington ianworthing...@us A.NET wrote: Hi. As a proof of concept I've thrown a client

Re: CSLCALL TRACE

2009-05-16 Thread Alan Ackerman
- Similar pages Plus some Japanese and some irrelevant ones. Are you running VM:WebGateway? Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@bankofamerica.com

Re: How long is YOUR signature/disclaimer?

2009-05-12 Thread Alan Ackerman
://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html. There is one limitation -- my PC does not spellcheck my posts. My Mac at home spellchecks eveythign, so I prefer to use the Mac. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: z/VM V5R4.0 dISABLED WAIT PSW 9051

2009-05-03 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Fri, 1 May 2009 15:30:47 -0700, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote : Is the doc in LookAt Messages (http://www- 1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/lookat/ ) Regards, Richard Schuh Yes. Just type in 9051 and follow a couple of links. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank

Re: z890 power: 3 phase vs 1 phase?

2009-05-03 Thread Alan Ackerman
suggested, 3-phase is more reliable. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Monitor versus accounting data

2009-04-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
Schuh I am no bean-counter. I don't wnat to get into an argument with Barton here. He lives out here and we can argue any time we want offline. I only came up with my list of concers because Alan (Altmark) asked. If we get ESALPS, I do intend to keep Barton to his promises, though. Alan

Re: Secure FTP

2009-04-04 Thread Alan Ackerman
they want what they are used to. Or what comes with their standard build of Unix/Linux. Perhaps d on't want to request additional software and call attention to their use of FTP to move data f rom Unix to CMS to do their batch processing. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Find contents of any RSU

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
Taken from previous topic Re: z/VM 5.3 maintenance question On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:26:49 -0400, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: You can find the content of any RSU at http://www.vm.ibm.com/service/rsu / Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: File System - If you had everything, where would you put it?

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
don't believe in 'list purity'. I'd prefer to eliminate BS, but not actual technical content. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Guest Billing

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
doubt that would be accurate. Some processes are much more likely to have the CPU stolen than others. (Those that are CPU- bound instead of I/O-bound, for example.) Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Guest Billing

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
data Barton is using. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: OpenExtension question

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
(and VMSYSU?) Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Find contents of any RSU

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
of them and didn't see what I was looking for, but perhaps I clicked on the wrong one. I see I am looking for SERVLVL = 0801RSU. Thanks! Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Guest Billing

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
would be correct for other methods of collecting process data. Does it use monitor data or accounting data? People at my shop would not like it using monitor data. Other shops can decide for themselves. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Problem using the PEEK Command

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
end to the IBM one. MYPRPEEK XEDIT A Commands to customize. 'MACRO PROFPEEK' Commands to customize. Then issue DEFAULTS SET PEEK PROFILE MYPRPEEK once. I have given examples in the past. Is IBM breaking their own rules? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot

Monitor versus accounting data

2009-04-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:11:11 -0400, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Thursday, 04/02/2009 at 03:16 EDT, Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@earthlink.net wrote: Does it use monitor data or accounting data? People at my shop would n ot like it using monitor data. Other shops can decide

Re: Error using command QUERY ACCESSORS VMSYS:

2009-04-01 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:38:41 -0400, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Wednesday, 03/25/2009 at 12:05 EDT, Alan Ackerman alan.acker...@earthlink.net wrote: Can someone explain this restriction to me. If I have accessed a file mode directory, doesn't the SFS server know

Re: Error using command QUERY ACCESSORS VMSYS:

2009-03-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
just to find out w ho is using them -- and risk breaking someone's application. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0

2009-03-22 Thread Alan Ackerman
of NIH. (Not Invented Here.) Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-20 Thread Alan Ackerman
problem. Attachmate Extra! works just fine, and so does IBM Pcomm. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Deeper and deeper into the REXX rabbit hole - Signal on ERROR messages

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Ackerman
= inXedit: call CSL DMSINXED csl_rc csl_reason in_xedit return csl_rc = 0 in_xedit = 0 Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Philosophical question...

2009-02-06 Thread Alan Ackerman
it up in the queue. Or marketing might decide to tel l development and support to hurry up and stop the bad publicity. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Secure FTP

2009-01-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
for more information. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Using REXX/VM

2008-12-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
.) It is passed along informally. Originally mouth to mouth (odd expression, that!). I think informal transmission by email or mailing list still counts as folklore. (Blogs al so? Wikipedia?) Once it gets written into a manual, or a FAQ, then I don't think it is folklore. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot

Re: z/VM V5R4.0 Information Center - December 2008 edition

2008-12-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
with keyboard short cuts. Shouldn't it start with as description of the page layout and how to use it? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: z/VM V5R4.0 Information Center - December 2008 edition

2008-12-24 Thread Alan Ackerman
have no experience with Eclipse. Is there a good tutorial on Information Cente r? The Help for the information center is amazingly unhelpful. It starts with keyboard short cuts. Shouldn't it start with as description of the page layout and how to use it? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank

Re: Address of a REXX variable

2008-12-22 Thread Alan Ackerman
different from compiled language s. I think the CSL routine call copies the value of REXX variables into buf fers, and copies the output values back from buffers back into the REXX variables. I have never tried to write a CSL routine, but it must be documented somewhere. Alan Ackerman Alan

Re: CTC connections between VMs

2008-12-22 Thread Alan Ackerman
don't know if it can support all those different releases of z/OS or not. I don't even know if GRS is still supported at all. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Web servers for VM

2008-12-09 Thread Alan Ackerman
the customer to buy a run-time license. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

STD versus IFL

2008-12-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
had common code betwee n LPARs and didn't want to run a product that was not licesned to run on an IFL. z/VM 5.4.0 and the z10 with its VM mode LPARs amkes this more complicated , of course. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America

Re: Web servers for VM

2008-12-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
Active Directory. But last month I was told we are migrati ng our cMTA (Corporate Mail Transfer Agent) to an LDAP=based one. I'm not at all clear what that means. I guess I will go ask. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: STD versus IFL

2008-12-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
-- Phys Dispatch CPUsSlice 15 Dynamic So the STSI may ignore the IFLs. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: STD versus IFL

2008-12-07 Thread Alan Ackerman
indicates the processor is a System z9 Integrated Information processor. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: ARCHIVE

2008-12-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
Oddly enough, December is not there yet. December 1 is on the November pa ge. The December page is at this URL: http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind0812L=ibmvm Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Dec 3 Live Virtual Class - Big Blue Goes Green: Update on Project Big Green

2008-12-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
can watch it from my Mac? Does it work on a Mac? (The last iteration tried to run on my Mac but hung.) Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Web servers for VM

2008-12-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
client-side certif icates sometime soon? To be fair, the rest of the product is rock-solid; it is just the SSL sup port which was purchased a long time ago from an outside vendor that is a problem. Support (Mike Lud e') is very good, too! Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Re: ARCHIVE

2008-12-02 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:09:50 -0600, Daniel P. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] om wrote: Alan: I suspect you've got web caching wackiness of some sort tangled up with this. My view of http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html has December 2008 at the top of the list. -dan. It's working now Alan

Re: Number os SSL connections

2008-11-17 Thread Alan Ackerman
the limit is 128 without that APAR. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Value added by z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-11-06 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:57:12 -0600, Alan Ackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .NET wrote: Don Cox of IBM sent me this one: IBM System z: The Ultimate Virtualization Platform The future runs on System z Reed A. Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Systems and Technology Group Is that the Reed Mullen presentation

Re: Constraint of zVM on number of Devices Support

2008-11-06 Thread Alan Ackerman
devices per virtual machine. I found this limit in a Reed Mullen presentation. I think the limit is on the web somewhere, but I cannot find it. Dennis O'Brien may know. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Value added by z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-11-04 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:25:01 +0100, Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Alan Ackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ideas on what value z/VM adds would be appreciated! Starting point should be the presentations that Reed Mullen does at various events

Re: I/O Overhead - z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-11-01 Thread Alan Ackerman
all I/O on a PC is handled by the central processors, whil e the mainframe has the IOPs to do much of that work. It would be nice to quantify this, though. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Value added by z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-11-01 Thread Alan Ackerman
engine for the mainframe. He specifically mentioned the ability to pick up a Linux guest running un der VMWARE and moving it to another box running VMWARE. So far VM cannot do that. Ideas on what value z/VM adds would be appreciated! Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot

Re: I/O Overhead - z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-10-31 Thread Alan Ackerman
site. I could find nothing about VMWARE at IBM's site. Could you please send me a copy, or post a web link? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

I/O Overhead - z/VM versus VMWARE

2008-10-30 Thread Alan Ackerman
? Are there any web sites that give performance comparisons VM versus VMWAR E? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: RXSSL / Charlotte Problem

2008-10-30 Thread Alan Ackerman
. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: z/VM SSL Usage

2008-10-23 Thread Alan Ackerman
. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: RXSSL / Charlotte Problem

2008-10-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
when I tr y to run it: HTTPS protocol requires an SSL interface program (WW2HTTPS REXX) I think I need the source for 177, alas. Does anyone know where to get it? Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-21 Thread Alan Ackerman
. I don't know what your are going to see. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: Some REXX help

2008-10-20 Thread Alan Ackerman
) or not-sign. REXX does not require a not-sign -- I recommend using backslash. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

Re: VM Virtual CPUs and Threaded CMS Applications

2008-10-20 Thread Alan Ackerman
/10 SEMAPHORE FAILS IF MULTIPLE SUBTASKS WAITING_ Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

RXSSL / Charlotte Problem

2008-10-16 Thread Alan Ackerman
exception occurred at 816F6F8C in system routine RXSSL; re- IPL CMS CHARLOTTE claims to be V2R1FL155 I see that I added 128bit encryption via instructions from James Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]. (That's the most recent version above.) Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com

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