Re: Applications Programmer/Analyst Jobs in Germany (UNCLASSIFIED)

On Wednesday, 06/01/2011 at 01:58 EDT, Danny Padilla wrote: > Sounds GreatWhats the next step ? Have a *PRIVATE* conversation with the OP. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices off

Re: EXECIO DISKW Question

f Ch. 9 (CMS File System) of the CMS Application Development Guide for Assembler - Replacing Records - EDF Data Integrity - Extending the file Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mob

Re: HMC security (was: zvm directions)

ght people. Heads up: They don't hang out here. This is a case, again, where you can ask your IBMers or BPs to set up a conference call. Where particular software is involved, I suggest talking to whoever is responsible for that software. (HW architects cannot solve SW availability proble

Re: HMC security (was: zvm directions)

can be associated with an HMC user for whom no User Profile exists. Except for the fact you can't use them for authentication purposes, they are conceptually the same as user profiles. 2. Create one or more "User Patterns". This is a pattern that, when matched against a login ID (

Re: z/VM 5.4 TCP/IP stack name

et the rest of the system know what it is you've done. My recommendation: Create all the stacks you want, but leave TCPIP & Co. alone. Use the suite as your "master" TCP/IP instance, even if you don't bring them up. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant I

Re: service all status ptf

am which is getting control and messing with those disks. In any case, call it in and let the Support Center help you figure it out. That's what you pay them for. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservi

Re: HMC security (was: zvm directions)

ctory server (Active Directory). Leave the HMC behind the RSA gear. It's not like general users of the operating systems are going to need HMC IDs. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: zvm directions

HMC is via HTTPS Over time, expect to see the HMC continue to expand its role as a management endpoint in your System z world. Naturally, this is an evolving story, so keep your 3270 emulator handy. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm

Re: z/VM shutdown

On Tuesday, 05/24/2011 at 10:54 EDT, Marcy Cortes wrote: > Where can we find more about z196 HMC 2.11 customization? The What's New task on the HMC (new in 2.11) describes changes, hopefully in more detail than the What's New part of the HMC book (avail on ResourceLink). At SHARE in Anaheim,

Re: zvm directions

ent. (I know about SSI but that is > so limited by 4 systems to be almost useless. and btw it is still > unannounced) A *product* that contains SSI/LGR is not announced. The Statement of Direction to provide the function IS announced. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Con

Re: z/VM CTCA connection

message.) The device driver constructs that message by combining two entries from the TCP/IP message repository. The first part is defined with severity "I"; the second part severity "E". The mechanism that builds messages in TCP/IP uses most recently retrieved severi

Re: z/VM shutdown

completely deactivated. If the LPAR is deactivated with no delay, then there will be no message since the blessed darkness comes instantly. Whether or not you see a delay at LPAR deactivation depends on what machine you have. The delay from the HMC used to be 0 (e.g. no delay) and was changed in z

Re: Short circuit SMTP

that is destined to be relayed to a remote host. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Short circuit SMTP

use all spooled SMTP BATCH files from any user to be given to SOMEUSER. You could say PURGE instead of TRANSFERto SOMEUSER if you wish. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607

Re: Sort IP addresses

|| '.' || num4 That's ok for an intermediate result for sorting, but dogma requires that include "i" in there so that you can relate it back to the original list. A dotted-quad element with leading zeros is traditionally interpreted as octal. Alan Altmark z/VM and Lin

Re: z/VM 5.4 vs z/VM 6.1

st in z/Manager was for the Workload piece where > they claim it will give z/OS Workload Manager type control over z/VM processes > any idea on this? If you're interested in ensembles, then you need to be on z/VM V6. There is no support for them in 5.4. Alan Altmark z/VM and Li

Re: Create z/VM Layer 2 VLAN / VSwitch

Virtual Switch. Guest LANs are isolated LAN segments. Virtual Switches are bridged LAN segments. (Your problem with VLAN 1 vs. VLAN 485 is described in my previous post.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labserv

Re: Create z/VM Layer 2 VLAN / VSwitch

. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Original Message - From: Stefan Raabe [stefan.ra...@deutsche-boerse.com] Sent: 05/23/2011 11:39 AM ZE2 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Create z/VM Layer 2 VLAN / VSwitch Hi, i am

Re: VM TCP/IP I/O error?

that the adapter will be restarted when an "adapter-initiated START LAN" is received. I.e., the carrier signal is heard. APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: R530 PSY UK53847 UP10/01/28 P 1001 R540 PSY UK53848 UP10/01/28 P 1002 R610 PSY UK53849 UP10/01/28 P 1001 Alan Altmark z/VM and Lin

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

CMS and CP don't. CMS FORMAT and DSF write R0 and HA with zeros. Use DDR "PRINT 0 0 0" to see them. Each time you WRITE R0, you erase the track. Track capacity is determined by using formulae described in the book with data from the READ DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS command. Alan Al

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

On Friday, 05/20/2011 at 11:55 EDT, Tom Huegel wrote: > Thanks Alan that actually is a great help. I wish I could find what the format > of content of R0's data area is. There is no architected format. It's for the OS to use as it wishes. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on Sys

Re: Coloring the STATUS area

igurable. It is built dynamically in HCPBOY at run time. Look at the use of ORDPRLO (protected,low-intensity) in the SKLSTAT structure. You will need the High Level Assembler to reassemble the module. Of course, changing that does not help if you press ENTER before you log on. Alan Altmark

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

HA content is part of the proprietary disk architecture, but you'd have to raise a problem to your storage vendor to find out. R0 doesn't have any special format except that it is 8 bytes with KL=0. The most r Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab S

Re: z/VM and AUTOSWITCH

at VARY ON time (default = no), or lets a product like IBM Tape Manager for z/VM do it whenever it wants to mount a tape, releasing the drive when the tape is unmounted. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices of

Re: zvm directions

eath to the other!" So rather than get into this situation, the network architects typically don't allow a LAN segment to extend beyond a single wiring closet. That doesn't mean you shouldn't ask, but it does mean you shouldn't be surprised if the answer comes back "No&qu

Re: zvm directions

e says, "*I* can relocate a server to a different rack in case it starts to overheat!" you can stick out your tongue and then say "*I* can relocate a server when I want to. My machine doesn't overheat." :-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System

Re: zvm directions

you describe could happen. All I/O from all LPARs would be intercepted and routed to another LPAR that does the real I/O on everyone's behalf. It would look like a CEC-wide VSWITCH. But it's not clear to me that System z should invest in that model at the expense of other capabi

Re: uploading C code to VM

nfoprint.com/internet/dcfdata.nsf/vwWeb/P4000198. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: uploading C code to VM

o scan the entire line. If you have sequence numbers you can use MARGINS to control it. (Can use #pragma margins/nomargins as well.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.32

Re: uploading C code to VM

way to automate the conversion that they can > share? As mentioned in another thread, I do have THE and REXX on my > Linux which could be used. What 72 character restriction are you talking about, Tony? There is no such restriction in VM. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IB

Re: Nothing today?

e if you woke up a sleeping operating system just to ask it if it had any work to do. That would be bad. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@u

Re: RIP and ARP Takeover on the same OSA Port?

an "out of network" failover scenario, then you build that with a traditional virtual router. The vrouter can itself be on a VSWITCH in order to protect its paths to the physical switch. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com

Re: Problem with z/Linux guest Ethernet frames (buffering ?)

rbuff setting from the default to 300%, 300%, 200%. Why? If you put it back to the defaults, does the problem go away? Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_

Re: USER FORCE/Logoff pending

LOL. 5.3. "never mind" :-) Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Original Message - From: "Shahin.Suleiman" [shahin.sulei...@palmcoastdata.com] Sent: 05/03/2011 08:21 AM AST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: Error : DMSITS135S Maximum SVC depth 200 has been exceeded

m, as CMS doesn't care if an exec is compiled or not. You can use the SVCTRACE ON command to see what's happening. HELP SVCTRACE for details. (CP SPOOL 00E TO * before you start so that you can use RDRLIST and PEEK to look at the trace.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consul

Re: USER FORCE/Logoff pending

G conditions are not really supposed to happen and CP shouldn't get hung in a VARY. (FVVO "not really" and "shouldn't") Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.332

Re: Duplicate IPs on VSWITCHes - Feature or Defect

IP address. Here is his MAC address" I've seen this happen on Windows. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Managing the CMS program stack from a multitasking CMS application

edistribute that data in some other fashion. I think that would be your easiest path. (Kind of what people do with WAKEUP.) In your case, pull the data, associate it with the called program and some sort of invocation correlator, then Event_Signal your own monitor. Alan Altmark z/VM and L

Re: Managing the CMS program stack from a multitasking CMS application

program stack events. If you tell us what you're trying to accomplish, perhaps we can provide some guidance. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

it that can be set that overrides CP w.r.t. passwords on commands, recognizing that the SYSTEM CONFIG setting is for humans, not programs. But if the program insists on emulating a human (Address CMS), then it will fall afoul of the SYSTEM CONFIG setting. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Cons

Re: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

e RACF Security Administrator's Guide. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

LINK and AUTOLOG statements in the appropriate directory entry. If you simply MUST make a disk vulnerable to improper access by storing its password on some other disk (i.e. in an exec), then use ADDRESS COMMAND "LINK..." as that will override the no-password-on-LINK directive. Alan Al

Re: Minidisk Cache

I don't remember seeing a response to this. Dedicated dasd are not eligible. All minidisks are eligible for minidisk cache, subject to MINIOPT statements and SET MDCACHE commands. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Ori

Re: Detaching A disk from z/Linux guest dynamically

, the ESMs provide more functionality than CP by himself.) Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Original Message - From: "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" [terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov] Sent: 04/20/2011 04:13 PM AST To: IBM

Re: FTPS using zVM FTP client ?

The ftp client supports only negotiated SSL/TLS per RFC 4217. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld. - Original Message - From: Bill Pettit [bill.pet...@ormutual.com] Sent: 04/20/2011 02:11 PM MST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: SFS problem

to recreate it, it will fail, as the authority to the file is deleted if the file itself is deleted. In a FILECONTROL directory, R/W access to the directory does not imply R/W access to all the files in it! Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Traini

Re: starting tcpip

e TCP/IP virtual machine. Verify the :Attach tag values, as specified for this device in the DTCPARMS file, are correct. I grant you, it's a horrible message for those not steeped in the lore of S/370-XA I/O, and the above explanation in the book is a bit "thin" on problem

Re: RACF and access to minidisk

ofile, the cached entry is not changed. You have two choices: 1. Logoff/Logon the user (recreates the ACEE) 2. SETROPTS GENERIC REFRESH I haven't verified this via testing. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/servi

Re: IBM Announcements Today

license controls. I have no idea what the provisioning capabilities will be for System x in the zBX, whether it will be with dedicated (a la PowerVM) or shared CPU capacity. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: IBM Announcements Today

. If you find that some vendor is trying to price differently on zBX, start asking questions. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicottd

Re: IBM Announcements Today

) System x KVM hypervisor. - All of the warranty/service activities are handled as they are for traditional z It's easiest (IMO) to think of it as a single multi-architecture mainframe. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com

Re: RACF and access to minidisk

or message, and an RLIST ALL of the relevant VMMDISK profile. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Dedicating CPUs to an LPAR

ry off..." > and "vary on..."? No. As long as the LPAR is active, the CPU is dedicated to it. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Will it run ?

On Thursday, 04/07/2011 at 08:26 EDT, "Gentry, Stephen" wrote: > One reason may be that 6.1 is sun downed before 5.4. All be it by a few > months, so my point may be mute. That wouldn't make any sense. Long before 6.1 goes EOS, there will be a new release. Alan Altma

Sevice level

Following up on Nick Harris' expectation to see a change to QUERY CPLEVEL after applying COR service to CP, I'd like to open a discussion on how folks perceive service levels. That is, is there some way that you feel IBM should express the concept of 'service level'? For the sake of discussion

Re: VM CONSOLE on the 9672

al) model group, then your MLC increases. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Service on second level system

s? Only an RSU will change the Service Level number. (The concept of "Service Level" is nice. In practice, however, it leaves something to be desired.) More importantly, what were you expecting to see? Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services

Re: VM CONSOLE on the 9672

specify a console of CONSSYSG in the loadparm. Don't use the "Configure 3270 Sessions" app. That's for creating telnet sessions. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: VM CONSOLE on the 9672

act as a > local 3270 terminal to serve as VM console just like 7060? The 9672 has an integrated 3270 console (one per LPAR), but it does not have the OSA-Integrated Communications Console (OSA-ICC), which is a closer match to the 3270 support in the Multiprise. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux o

Re: Will it run ?

CP doesn't virtualize multiple channel sets. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Will it run ?

of course. :-) But why would you put z/VM 5.4 on a z10? Use z/VM 6.1 instead. If they bought z/VM V5 and have S&S, they're entitled to z/VM V6. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 6

Re: PIPEDDR and attached DASD

On Wednesday, 04/06/2011 at 10:57 EDT, Dave wrote: > Sometimes you have to vary the device off and on before the system detects a > new VOLSER. When a guest DETACHes a volume, CP re-reads the volser. (btw, Dave, you have reply-to: set to your id.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on Sy

Re: z/VM & z/OS sharing same DASD

of the risks of such a configuration. (go to commercial for platform-specific backup/restore software) And now you're caught up. You'll have to watch the rest of the episode to find out what happens next. It's not what you think Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System

Re: Encryption Rekey on TS1120 (3592-E05)

s discussed, but you wouldn't know it from my original response. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: z196 and z/Manager (URM)

> network, VPN etc?..? If you go into the ResourceLink Library and follow the zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager link, you will find - Introduction to Ensembles - HMC Operations Guide for Ensembles - Ensemble planning & configuration - Ensemble performance management Alan Altmark z/VM and Li

Re: Is there a free evaluation copy of Linux for z/VM?

le for the Good Dobees. "Please stay away from the glass, sir... sir? Sir?!? He was here just a moment ago watching The Application. Wha'? What was that? Did you hear th-" Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/

Re: New VSWITCH definition Best Practice

our "z/VM Social Media Cloud". (I get points for using "Cloud" and "Social Media" in the same business context, right?) And if I wrote all my ideas down, no one would ever hire me. ;-) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Servic

Re: New VSWITCH definition Best Practice

On Tuesday, 04/05/2011 at 10:46 EDT, Jeff Gribbin wrote: > (I'm guessing he uses it to line the bottom of Chuckie's cage ) I am taking names. Irrelevantly, one notes that it is common in some parts of the world to discover scorpions in your shoes. "Hey, let's be careful out there!" C.

Re: Encryption Rekey on TS1120 (3592-E05)

T > Ready; T=0.01/0.01 10:48:08 I see mixed vs. upper case. If you're going to store the keys with mixed-case labels, then you probably need to issue the command in an EXEC: newkey = "ekmcert030911a" address command "CP SET TAPE 704 REKEY" newkey Just a gu

New VSWITCH definition Best Practice

It's time for me to update my Best Practice for VSWITCH definition With the changes that were made to z/VM 6.1 for zEnterprise ensembles, but which benefit non-ensemble configurations, there's a new sheriff in town. Forget "VLAN 666". Here's what you really want to see: DEFINE VSWITC

Re: VLAN and GRANT

the traditional RACF way such that a generic profile would cover it, but instead as a database of associated VLANs. So if the list comes back empty, then CP will give the guest access the to default VLAN id for the VSWITCH. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM Syst

Re: VLAN and GRANT

be authorized for the default VLAN ID specified on DEFINE VSWITCH. This is why I like to see DEFINE VSWITCH VSE4DD11 VLAN 666 where 666 is a VLAN ID that the vswitch is not now and never shall be authorized to use. This ensures that you have an explicit authorization. Alan Altmark z/

Re: z/VM and Linux

Yes." But I'm an easy-going kind of guy and I'll say it any way you want as long as the numbers add up! And in the interests of creating confusion, I don't mean "z/VM *mode* LPAR", but "an LPAR [one or more LPARs] running z/VM". Alan Altmark z/VM and Li

Re: z/VM and Linux

On Friday, 04/01/2011 at 04:16 EDT, Mike Walter wrote: > But that seems at odds with the deal we worked out with our local IBM > marketeers for two z196 EC's, each with 16 IFLs and 32TB of storage; and two > z/VM 6.1 licenses, and the all many IBM and ISV products we needed - with IBM > owin

Re: z/VM and Linux

ECs must have the same Enterprise ID.) - Add all the CPU numbers together. The price of z/VM is based on that total. Note that as the number of CPUs goes up, the average z/VM license cost per CPU goes down. (At your 4th CPU you start to see the price go down.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z

Re: Unusual effect of adding a FICON channel

Unfortunately you need more than a watch to figure out what's happening. You need to look at the reports from your fave performance monitor. That will tell you if i/o service times changed and in what way. Without that you're just guessing. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM La

Re: SFS

rectory must be managed separately. If you have ESM (e.g. RACF) protection for SFS, then the ESM can things like groups to make life easier. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobil

Re: Support Element (SE) vs HMC and IP Addresses

ion. (They have their own built-in firewalls, too.) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: RSCS Problem - return code=- 1 error number=54 (Connection reset by peer)

t with a modern infrastructure built with PMTUD in mind, it's an effective way to optimize local LAN communications without creating a fragmentation problem elsewhere in the network. As a bonus, it automatically corrects a misconfigured MTU size. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on Syste

Re: RSCS Problem - return code=- 1 error number=54 (Connection reset by peer)

ones get through but larger transfers hang. Time to get my networking > hat on :-) Look at your MTUs. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Support Element (SE) vs HMC and IP Addresses

for more than one CEC > do it as a portal for the intra/internet You've pretty much got it, though "everything an SE can do" is possible only via Single Object Operations. I would also say that the SE's primary job is the run the CPC (CEC). The HMC's primary

Re: Support Element (SE) vs HMC and IP Addresses

On Saturday, 03/26/2011 at 05:06 EDT, George Henke/NYLIC wrote: > Alan Altmark wrote: > > > > Our networking people say the SE's are reachable from our corporate intranet so > that we can provide redundance for two mainframes, 1000 miles apart. > > But I su

Re: Supporting Dot.1q trunk in z/Linux

DEFINE VSWITCH VLAN 666 NATIVE nnn SET VSWITCH ... GRANT userid VLAN vvv Where: 666 is some VLAN that is NOT authorized on the trunk. nnn is the default VLAN id of the switch vvv is the VLAN you want the specified guest to use Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultan

Re: Supporting Dot.1q trunk in z/Linux

A and one on B want to talk to each other, the traffic will flow into the VSWITCH, down the OSA, out of the box, into the router, and back. This may generate a requirement to reassign IP addrs so that those two servers are placed in the same subnet, with no need for traffic to flow out of the bo

Re: RPIVAL Routine used with CA-Top Secret

e posted by Dale is antiquated (sorry, Dale). CMS has a DMSPASS CSL routine that should be called these day. It handles password phrases (supported by both IBM and CA) that Dale's VERPASS does not. Please see http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/altmarka/dmspass.exec Alan Altmark z/VM and Linu

Re: SFS

g time. Just don't expect RENAME and ERASE to obey the rules. I think they are atomic operations. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Simple RACF question re: LOGONBY & NOPASSWORD

No, NOPASSWORD will not stop revocation for inactivity. For that you need the z/OS-inspired PROTECTED attribute. IBM is aware of the requirement. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld.

Re: SFS

you never see a mix and you never see the file while it is open and being written to - you see the old version. And if you erase a file in a FILECONTROL directory, all authorizations are lost. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/sy

Re: SFS

to others as soon as the file is closed. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: VSWITCH Layer2 & Layer3

gh you will find that restriction still in some host software. DEFINE VSWITCH does not have such a restriction. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...

Re: Anyone using Dirmaint with a z10?

atements. > > DIRM FOR $DIRCTL$ GET > CP Q CPUID > XEdit $DIRCTL$ DIRECT (and update) > DIRM FOR $DIRCTL$ REPlace Just use the DIRM DIRECTORY command. It's easier, quicker, and less prone to error. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Ser

Re: Anyone using Dirmaint with a z10?

ile content didn't match the primary system. (slap forehead) I suggested to one of the developers that satellites should turn off MDC for all config and db disks if their partner DIRMAINT server is on a different system. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System La

Re: Distinguishing Duplicate VTAM Minor Nodes

tive node. I presume your use of the same minor node in two different major nodes is because they have different settings in each one. The folks on IBM-MAIN probably have a better answer. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/s

Re: VARY command update?

existed long before, they have been in the VM product since CMS Level 7 or 8, IIRC. We're up to level 25 now. > Where are the "cheat sheets"? http://www.vm.ibm.com/pipelines/ Start with Will Roden's Pipelines online tutorials. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z

Re: EMC definitions for SnapShot & PAV

if employing this technique. If EMC told the customer that they can create MDISKs (DEVNO or otherwise) on TYPE UNSUPPORTED dasd, they were wrong. BTW, "Snapshot" is a function in the IBM RAMAC Virtual Array (RVA) Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services

Re: EMC definitions for SnapShot & PAV

On Thursday, 03/17/2011 at 04:23 EDT, "Wandschneider, Scott" wrote: > Did the understanding that was reached between IBM and EMC result in > available PTFs for z/5.4 or is the support only found in z/VM 6.x? I think it was before z/VM 5.4. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on Sys

Re: Temp SFS environment

ted". I think you should be able to use T-disk, however. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Tape drives : MVS & VM

nted for you as "next tape". Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: Tape drives : MVS & VM

27;t he? The tape management software must be willing to unassign the drives when tapes are unmounted. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott

Re: EMC definitions for SnapShot & PAV

IBM and EMC came to an understanding a while back. You no longer need to define emc dasd as unsupported. Regards, Alan Altmark IBM Lab Services - Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld.

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