Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-18 Thread David Boyes
On 9/18/09 11:58 AM, "Schuh, Richard" wrote: > Hey Zeke Boyes, who is Bill Schuh? I don't even know of a relative by that > name :-) It's your lawful good alter ego, arch nemesis of Chuckie. The Saturday morning cartoon starring the Billster debuts next TV season, along with "Danger at Rockland

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-18 Thread David Boyes
On 9/18/09 9:38 AM, "Huegel, Thomas" wrote: > A little OT, but curiosity calls.. What is the max. storage that z/LINUX > can use? Last time I looked at the Linux memory management code (a while back) it was 4TB, but that's probably expanded by now. The documented z/VM limit of 8TB has been arou

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-18 Thread David Boyes
On 9/18/09 9:32 AM, "Bill Holder" wrote: > That is indeed one important question, but there was another one, the > question of whether this was a denial of service attack exposure, which i > t > is not. I think that's a point of view question. If I am another user on the same VM system, happy

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-17 Thread David Boyes
On 9/17/09 2:16 PM, "Adam Thornton" wrote: > "Administrator typo" is not a failure mode the operating system is > designed to protect you from. That may be true now, but I think the point of the argument is that it should not be. On VMS, if you have a SYSTEM priv bit set, the system will sti

Re: TDISK and SYSTEM CONFIG question.

2009-09-17 Thread David Boyes
On 9/17/09 5:18 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > If I get my way, ENABLE CLEAR_TDISK will become the default and you won't > be able to change it. :-) Want a requirement? 8-) -- db

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-16 Thread David Boyes
On 9/15/09 12:09 PM, "Daniel P. Martin" wrote: > *cough*SHARE requirement?*cough* WAVV requirement WRIBDB04 submitted. I suggested a SYSTEM CONFIG option and corresponding SET command to warn user/operator and optionally halt IPL if a user requested LOGON or issued an IPL command with a default

Re: Denver SHARE Presentations on linuxvm.org

2009-09-11 Thread David Boyes
Professional models? I just can't connect them with our zLinux fashion. Anyone has the same feeling with me? The only “professional models” I’ve ever seen at SHARE were booth bunnies at the Orlando SHARE. Definitely identifiable as “not attendees”, if nothing else by dress (or lack thereof). 8-

Re: Remove a DASD volume label...

2009-09-10 Thread David Boyes
CPVOL Format cyl 0. > Is there a way to remove a volume label? (ICKDSF only has a way to ADD > a label.)

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-03 Thread David Boyes
> > Hmph. 3 Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA (Our Fair City). > > So it would seem from Google Maps, but in fact, the Boston Area branch > of > DC&H is located in a culvert that runs *beneath* CarTalk Plaza. Except that it's on the 3rd floor. See photo in Wikipedia. -- db

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-03 Thread David Boyes
> be kind enough to direct all future inquries to my attorneys, Dewey, > Cheatham, and Howe, LLC, New York, attention: Chuckie. Hmph. 3 Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA (Our Fair City).

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-03 Thread David Boyes
> Yes, we have an emergency 1-pack 3390-3 IPLable z/VM sysres DASD ... > but > how many newbies do? No IBM doc that I recall describes creating a 1- > pack > emergency IPL disk, nor the importance of creating it immediately after > fully completing the first z/VM installation for the first time (w

Re: DASD additions for zLinux

2009-09-03 Thread David Boyes
If you did SET RUN ON in the PROFILE EXEC, it won't. That's why I said "if". From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Dean, David (I/S) Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:55 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DASD additions for zLinux So the

Re: DASD additions for zLinux

2009-09-03 Thread David Boyes
As soon as the entries are in the user directory, you can log on to the console of the Linux guest and issue #CP LINK * cuu cuu MR, and BEGIN (if the Linux guest stopped when you logged in. Linux will then detect the device and you can proceed. #CP DISC to disconnect and leave the Linux guest r

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
On 9/2/09 8:09 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > Alas, my friend, it was your second level system on fullpack minis that > used the same volsers! You forgot to change one! The LPAR I/O config was > "in conformance to policy". I stopped using fullpack minidisks for 2nd level systems long, long ago.

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
On 9/2/09 6:59 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > > Eye of the beholder? The point is to avoid an IPL/re-IPL disaster. If > you pick up the correct volumes at IPL and use DEVNO minidisks, then all > users, including the 2nd level system, will have the correct volumes > backing their minidisks. No wor

Re: Retrieving a VM Packed file

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
On 9/2/09 5:07 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > I don't think the packaging format is an issue. If people are *permitted* > to run shareware on their z/VM systems, they do. I respectfully disagree. If there is a configuration management system in place on the system, it should be possible for ANYTHIN

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
If we were talking about overrides to change the USERIDs used, not the volume labels, I think I'd be more accepting of this. I don't see where changing the volume ids really helps much with separating the two. If you don't change the PPFs, then it's still just as easy to accidentally update prod

Re: Retrieving a VM Packed file

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
Your safest bet is probably to use VMARC format (see the IBM VM Download page), it's pretty much a standard on VM. This is one of the tools I'd really like to VMSES-package, at least until the day we can convince the IBM lawyers that having a "contributed tools" minidisk would be a Good Thing.

Re: Download Vm Tape

2009-09-02 Thread David Boyes
Install to minidisks that start on cyl 1 on your level 2 userid. When you're ready to go production, you can copy the maintained system from cyl 1 to end to cyl 0 to end on your new IPL and spool packs with the relocate option in DDR. The IBM install tapes are deliberately 1 cyl short of a real

Re: System Config file Slots

2009-08-31 Thread David Boyes
> I'm not aware of an existing formal requirement, but yes, we know and > agree. It's on the "list", though not sure exactly when it might > appear... WAVV Requirement WRIDB03, submitted today. Ask and ye shall receive. -- db

Re: System Config file Slots

2009-08-31 Thread David Boyes
> If you are referring to CP_Owned slots, you can define up to 255.You > always want to have some slots defined as Reserved, so you can add > volumes to the list while your system is running. > > Hint: Gaps in slot numbers defined in your CP_Owned list are filled in > with Reserved slots, wh

Re: DDR Dump Multiple Volumes

2009-08-28 Thread David Boyes
> Excuse me for this probably simple question. I want to dump multiple > 3390-3 DASD volumes to one 3590 volume. What would be the DDR command > for this? Multiple INPUT, OUTPUT, DUMP ALL command cards. Example input to DDR: SYSPRINT CONS INPUT 100 3390 FOOBAR OUTPUT 181 3490 DUMP ALL INPUT 1

Re: IFCONFIG to -REMOVE a link

2009-08-25 Thread David Boyes
On 8/24/09 7:12 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > I am rapidly moving to the opinion that VM TCP/IP should use a VSWITCH and > let the VSWITCH handle failover at the hardware level rather than needing > multiple IP addresses, VIPAs, and dynamic routing. > When VSWITCHes first became available, I was

Re: Extension of MAINT 190 (S-DISK)

2009-08-20 Thread David Boyes
On 8/20/09 1:15 PM, "Bill Munson" wrote: > I think Jim goes into it briefly with this presentation - a follow up to > 9117 > 9118 - Servicing and Maintaining z/VM with VM/SES - Live Demo I've seen a previous version of this -- it covers how to apply pre-packaged service and local mods to IBM-pa

Re: Extension of MAINT 190 (S-DISK)

2009-08-20 Thread David Boyes
On 8/19/09 5:57 PM, "Kris Buelens" wrote: > If you invent your own product IDs, you can even catalog your own files when > copied to 19E.  With a new release, VMFCOPY can be used to copy all files of a > given product ID from the old to the new 19E.  That's what I did to store some > customer cod

Re: Extension of MAINT 190 (S-DISK)

2009-08-19 Thread David Boyes
Can you explain some more regarding the this process and how to set it up. Here's the high-level version: 1) Create a PRODUCTS userid and create a reasonably large minidisk at a known address (I use 31A for historical reasons - it was used in VM/IPF as the shared tools disk). You coul

Re: IODF Timestamp in Monitor Data

2009-08-19 Thread David Boyes
Does the z/VM Monitor data provide the timestamp of the underlying IODF in any of its records? Can someone explain what is meant by IODF? IODF is the way that z/OS defines I/O configurations. It's possible to force VM to use the same method, but it disables the dynamic discovery functions in

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-13 Thread David Boyes
On 8/13/09 2:22 PM, "Marcy Cortes" wrote: Can you email me that chart? Or is it paper? And thanks Alan A for that link. That helps. The copy I have is paper, but I'll try to get it scanned and send it to you offlist.

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-13 Thread David Boyes
> interesting to try and locate the knee. I found a copy of the Reed Mullen chart I mentioned. On a z990, the MP effect for VM kicked in seriously at 14 processors for VM workload. For z/OS workload the MP effect became serious at 9 processors. I suspect that the z10 is a very different animal,

Re: Linux communications server

2009-08-10 Thread David Boyes
Sounds like you have a good case for it, then. It does what it does very well, and if you're really tight on resources, then it's probably a viable solution for you. It increases the administrative work to support terminals, though, but you've already considered that. And, as you say, it gets

Re: MP effect on z/VM Linux hosting

2009-08-07 Thread David Boyes
Reed Mullen used to have a chart in one of his presentations that showed that the MP effect was still present for VM workload but that the impact was smaller than for Z/OS and kicked it later in the curve. I don't remember the precise numbers (and the z10 probably has changed everything) but

Re: Linux communications server

2009-08-07 Thread David Boyes
Unless you really, really need sophisticated VTAM connectivity (ie, you funnel people into a session manager and need more function than a dialed terminal can provide) or you're REALLY REALLY tight on CPU on the standard engine side, it's kinda overkill for just terminal support. The telnet serv

Re: Chunk (RAW Block) access to DS8000 storage

2009-07-30 Thread David Boyes
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 16:06, Gary M. Dennis wrote: >> Does anyone know of a way to access very large chunks of DS8000 storage >> without minidisk definitions? >> >> We are looking for a way to allocate substantial increments of storage >> (several terabytes at a time) with the least admini

Re: EMail with a binary attachment

2009-07-30 Thread David Boyes
MAILBOOK (which does this and a whole lot more) is still available. On 7/30/09 3:05 PM, "Thomas Kern" wrote: I use the MAILIT package from the IBM Downloads website. /Tom Kern

Re: Is it bad to make one zlinux running on 2 z/vm?

2009-07-28 Thread David Boyes
On 7/27/09 1:03 PM, "sunny...@wcb.ab.ca" wrote: > What will happen if one zlinux running on 2 z/VM? > There is a IP conflict and dasd R/W conflict. > So it is the same as running two linux server sharing the same IP and the same > disks? Exactly. > And z/VM has done nothing with

Re: Is it bad to make one zlinux running on 2 z/vm?

2009-07-25 Thread David Boyes
On 7/25/09 2:46 AM, "Rob van der Heij" wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:59 AM, David Boyes wrote: > >> If you want this to work, then you need to configure CSE in your VM >> installation so that CP enforces that a user can be logged in on only one >> system

Re: Is it bad to make one zlinux running on 2 z/vm?

2009-07-24 Thread David Boyes
On 7/24/09 6:19 PM, "sunny...@wcb.ab.ca" wrote: > We sometimes accidently turn on one linux guest on two z/VM systems. Bad, BAD idea. If they are in separate systems and the disks are shared R/W, then they will corrupt each other, and probably damage both to the point of being completely unusabl

Re: SYSPROF.EXEC

2009-07-16 Thread David Boyes
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark >: ??? Actually, I didn't understand that at all. What were you trying to show -- the steps in the IBM SYSPROF? > (One can dream, right? I know - not on Thursdays

Re: SYSPROF.EXEC

2009-07-16 Thread David Boyes
Do you still have the original that you submitted? I doubt it. Someone made me clean my file closet. Names will not be mentioned. -- db

Re: SYSPROF.EXEC

2009-07-16 Thread David Boyes
> As for at what moments to invoke such an exit (eg before accessing the > A-disk, after accessing the D disk, etc) a committee would end up with > a massive number of options and choices. Sure. I know what I'd suggest, but if I'm going to do the writing, then a consensus is useful. > Instead,

Re: SYSPROF.EXEC

2009-07-15 Thread David Boyes
> FWIW, I can't find a Requirement for this in the requirements database. I submitted one 4 or 5 years back and had it closed SUG. If someone has a more concrete set of suggestions, I'd be glad to write it up. -- db

Re: Machine type xref

2009-07-14 Thread David Boyes
> Does anyone know of a document that provides a xref between numeric IBM > machine types, and an english description of what than machine is? Sales Manual app on IBMlink. It used to be more complete, but IBM took out a lot of the older stuff (boo hiss!) not too long ago. (seriously, guys, does

Re: REXX and Panels

2009-07-13 Thread David Boyes
> Many years ago, IBM had a package, I think it was called REXX/CUA. I am > not in the office today or I could give you the product number. We > wrote > several menued execs using it. I don't remember the price, if there was > a price. It was ALL in REXX and XEDIT. CUA2001. I think it's in the IBM

Re: PERFSVM question

2009-07-08 Thread David Boyes
> Easy for you to say. Sent Jim a set of iptables rules that should do the job. Would anyone else find a VM-based "screening"/firewall virtual machine useful? Would you contribute time or money to it's creation? If so, let me know off-list and I'll see what we can coordinate. We've been runnin

Re: z/VM 6.1 - IBM Preview Letter..

2009-07-08 Thread David Boyes
> z/OS being the current > poster > child I can just see the rain-drenched vista of the Poughkeepsie IBM plant in the poster with a soaking wet z10 sitting on the lawn out front, with the word "Give." in a big white square at the bottom of the poster. -- db

Re: PERFSVM question

2009-07-08 Thread David Boyes
Simple answer: put a Linux guest in front of the VM TCP stack with the old address as the external address, renumber the VM stack to a RFC1918 address on an internal guest lan, and enable IP Masquerade in iptables. That gets you all sorts of useful info, and lets you shut them down cold. Add one

Re: z/VM 6.1 - IBM Preview Letter..

2009-07-07 Thread David Boyes
> After a z10, it would always be a z11 if IBM suddenly switched over to > binary, right? Then a z100, etc... Well, actually, assuming any reasonably rational base, 11 would always follow 10. The question gets interesting when you reach n symbols in a single position (assuming zero as minimum).

Re: Setting up a caching name server.

2009-07-06 Thread David Boyes
First guess: you don't have NAMESRV in the PORT section of your PROFILE TCPIP. Should be both TCP and UDP port 53. Second: seriously consider using a very small Linux guest and bind9 for this. You get a lot more functionality and your networking people will be lots happier if they have a famil

Re: CP Query wildcards

2009-07-02 Thread David Boyes
If some folks can agree on what it should do, I'll do the writeup. I don't think it's going to be very high on the priority list, though, since the workaround is so easy. > I think CP doesn't do wildcards because we didn't ask for it. We didn't > a > sk for it because we could > throw togethe

Re: CP Query wildcards

2009-07-01 Thread David Boyes
> Wouldn't it be nice if you could 'ifconfig > eth*'? You can in Plan 9. 8-)

Re: Postscript printing with RSCS and TCPIP

2009-06-30 Thread David Boyes
> >Hello Les, > > > >I was looking through the handover from Dick. I have tried the EOT=N > but no > >luck either. > > > >The parms now look like: > >PARM P002NT EXIT=LPRXPSE EPARM='EH=N EOT=N C=LPRP' HOST=161.9=0.24.70 > # > >PORT=9100 PRINT=P002NT SECURE=NO TI > > > > # > >

Re: Testing Linux Z/vm

2009-06-24 Thread David Boyes
> We are preparing for a test and loading the database is taking forever. > Paging is high. I/O devices are less than 5% busy. CPU is never more > than > 20%. An Oracle file import is taking over 14 hours. Any Idea's with > this > little bit of info to go on If you can give the LPAR a little bit o

Re: PROBLEMA WITH INSTALLATION OF ISFP/PDF

2009-06-24 Thread David Boyes
> All these Tivoli products ship with WAS and/or DB2 bundled inside of > them. > How come RACF and zSecure can't ship ISPF bundled within. Seems like > the product would more useful that way :) Amen! It *can't* cost more to support it bundled. And PVM so that we can do CSE properly while you wr

Re: Which vm software to use?

2009-06-24 Thread David Boyes
Use your performance monitor and extract the data for his students from the general data. > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Mary Zervos > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:53 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subje

Re: OT: IBM Systems Journal and JORD

2009-06-24 Thread David Boyes
Yep. You can still get them from good engineering libraries, but you need to be on good terms with the library. They're expensive journals. The ACM and IEEE digital libraries still index them if you pay for those. It seems kind of penny wise, pound foolish (those two journals are some of IBM's

Re: Is VM/Pass-Through IFL-eligible?

2009-06-22 Thread David Boyes
Sort of. There is some information on the line protocol, but nothing official. There is a implementation of a PVM end node on one of the CBT tapes that could probably be used as a basis. I do have a somewhat working implementation for very simple Linux console terminal support, but it's not gen

Re: Is VM/Pass-Through IFL-eligible?

2009-06-22 Thread David Boyes
Last I checked, still special bid only. And quite expensive. Maybe I should look at writing a replacement (at least a client implementation). From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Donald Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 11:12 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.U

Re: PROBLEMA WITH INSTALLATION OF ISFP/PDF

2009-06-21 Thread David Boyes
Two things: 1) make sure you followed all the steps in the program directory. The PDF panels and code are not in the default ISPF libraries, and you need to modify the ISPF startup exec to add the additional Txtlib and maclibs. 2) make sure the ISPF saved segment is not overlapping somethin

Re: Using DVD to restore an existing z/VM?

2009-06-19 Thread David Boyes
> David also proposed, I thought, writing a requirement that we publish > the > procedure, as you suggested. THAT is what I was suggesting is a > non-starter. Not guilty, your honor. I was speculating that you could provide a PXEboot image that could boot from another source over the network, an

Re: Using DVD to restore an existing z/VM?

2009-06-18 Thread David Boyes
> The desire to have a DVD-based DR system would be a good requirement to > levy against IBM Backup and Restore for z/VM. Wilder idea: how about a PXEboot based system? If the HMC could issue a PXEboot request for a particular LPAR, then you could set up a TFTP server on your choice of systems a

Re: TN3270 logon screen

2009-06-18 Thread David Boyes
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > [snip] > Users coming in from different networks can be given different logos > ONLY > IF they are telnetting to a separate TCPIP stack (e.g. TCPIP2) since CP > has no a

Re: DFSMS RMSMASTER fails to initialize if library is offline

2009-06-18 Thread David Boyes
> -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Marcy Cortes > We've got multiple tape libraries now and so multiple RM_AUTO_LIBRARY > statements. > RMSMASTR has a nasty habit of failing to initialize when one of these > libraries i

Re: DFSMS RMSMASTER fails to initialize if library is offline

2009-06-16 Thread David Boyes
> IBM, has anyone submitted a requirement? > Marcy If not, I just wrote it up and will submit it via WAVV.

Re: FTP of CMS file as attachment - PJBR

2009-06-16 Thread David Boyes
The early version I have (really REALLY old) seems to run OK in linemode. I don't know if the modern version would. Certainly all the ISPF goodies in the modern one don't work. I have to admit that I've not tried it there but it is written in REXX although the file I/O is the z/OS EXECIO.

Re: FTP of CMS file as attachment - PJBR

2009-06-16 Thread David Boyes
> Hi list, I would like to ask if there's a way to e-mail a CMS file as > an > attachment and not as the text itself. We have been trying to achieve > this > but haven't succeeded yet. All we get is the file as text, not as > attachment. Two ways you could do it : Use XMITIP or (for a more full-fu

Re: z/VM 5.4 manuals ISO?

2009-06-10 Thread David Boyes
> You could use IBM Softcopy Librarian to download both book manager and > PDS formats. > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/df/ebrsclwj.exe That will get you the individual files. I think he's asking if .iso images of the entire collection can be downloaded in one swell foop (analogous to th

Re: Clean Linux Guest Shutdown

2009-06-10 Thread David Boyes
> We have the "shutdown - > h" > in > the inittab. Hmm. But you are still getting the shutting down for reboot message, which seems odd to me. I think there's something funny in your init scripts for starting/stopping Oracle -- there should be something there that makes the shutdown process sy

Re: Clean Linux Guest Shutdown

2009-06-10 Thread David Boyes
> It > appears that linux sends the termination response to vm before it has > really completed it's (linux)shutdown. In linux's inittab we have > "shutdown -h" coded. But your example shows a automatic reboot and the system trying to come back up. Something else is wrong... do you specify vmpoff

Totally Off Topic: Time to get out the black helicopters.

2009-06-09 Thread David Boyes
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/teddy_bears_now_symbolize_frau.html?mid=daily-intel--20090609 Somebody needs to correct these... people. They're messing with the Bear. n Db n

Re: IBM VTS in a VM/VSE environment.

2009-06-03 Thread David Boyes
On 6/3/09 1:13 PM, "Tom Duerbusch" wrote: > Once you get a VSE system up (via tape), you have VSE Virtual Tape available. > You can use that with the IP flavor (instead of the VSAM flavor) to store VSE > Virtual Tapes. Now, you can get a TB USB drive for around $1,500 and they are > portable. H

Re: What we must do before we claim the zlinux server is in production stage?

2009-06-01 Thread David Boyes
Others will probably chime in to tell you exactly what numbers to use, but the gist of the matter is that you adjust the CP SET SHARE value for the "special" userids to be higher than the others, but lower than the machines you need to access the system to fix it if it breaks, eg test and dev sh

Re: CP DIAL question

2009-05-26 Thread David Boyes
>> So, why don't you just update the message put out in MSG10 to >> say what you want? >> >> Mark Post Because he'd still have to be running VTAM for that to work. The other solutions mentioned allow him to drop VM/VTAM immediately, with no chance of someone working around the message using a m

Re: CP DIAL question

2009-05-26 Thread David Boyes
> To access the online library catalog enter D PONY below > It was the easiest way to handle it. And they get a pony. Woo-hoo. -- db

Re: CP DIAL question

2009-05-26 Thread David Boyes
> Does anyone have any ideas short of just sending all users an email > telling them to use telnet instead of SNA? If you have PVM, there is a way to set a notification on an attempt to connect to a host. You could also stand up YVETTE, which has a system message screen. You also might ask Rick

Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR

2009-05-21 Thread David Boyes
On 5/21/09 4:33 PM, "Carlos Martinez" wrote: > If there really is a need to access a VSAM file from VM/CMS does it really > have to be VSAM? If you need to do random access to the file, then yes, you need VSAM. Your method works fine IF you only need sequential access to the file AND you can

Re: Initializing 3590 tapes?

2009-05-21 Thread David Boyes
Try TAPE MODESET (3590C TAPE WVOL1 (TAP1 TAPE REW (TAP1 On 5/21/09 4:12 PM, "Lee Stewart" wrote: Same error... Even TAPE WVOL1 (3590C Lee Imler, Steven J wrote: > Use ... TAPE WVOL1 ... to re-initialize the tapes. > > JR (Steven) Imler > CA > +1-703-708-3479 > steven.im...@ca.com > > -

Re: VMSES/E questions

2009-05-21 Thread David Boyes
On 5/21/09 2:24 PM, "Hal Schmitigal" wrote: I don't know if I qualify as "SES Expert" but here's what I do/know: > 1) A PSP bucket can have a "PTF EXCLUDE LIST". (I am working with > 0901RSU, which in this case the list is empty.) When we order a PSP > bucket for a particular RSU, if there are a

Re: Eliminating screen-scraping

2009-05-21 Thread David Boyes
If it's on the same system, check and see if you can find a copy of RXLDEV. That gives you REXX functions to handle CP logical devices, which makes writing stuff like this a lot easier. Failing that, you can also use line-mode TELNET connections as TTY devices. That gives you a virtual 3215 as

Re: Multiple "MAINT" type users... how?

2009-05-21 Thread David Boyes
On 5/21/09 3:46 AM, "Fred Schmidt" wrote: > > What do you recommend as a solution to allow more than one person to fulfil > the role of making changes to z/VM system configuration files such as SYSTEM > CONFIG Use CMS EXECUPDT on the file, and generate it from the updates. This also gets you ele

Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR

2009-05-20 Thread David Boyes
On 5/20/09 9:46 PM, "Jim Bohnsack" wrote: > [snip] Was there a separate VM/370 1401 > emulator or were you just running DOS or DOS/VS under VM/370? Honestly, I don't remember much about it other than they kept paying for the darn thing month after month and that the programs were Crawling Horror

Re: VSWITCH and packets

2009-05-20 Thread David Boyes
On 5/20/09 3:54 PM, "Tom Duerbusch" wrote: > When mainframes just started getting into IP communications, one of the things > we were warned about is to filter out any unnecessary IP traffic that is not > for the same subnet that the mainframe was on. The reason that I remember, is > that the IP

Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR

2009-05-20 Thread David Boyes
On 5/20/09 11:56 AM, "David L. Craig" wrote: > I must be missing something here. Shops that had it before > IBM decided to drop support (because there weren't any problems > to resolve) will continue to get it as they upgrade VM, but > new shops cannot get it for love nor money? As long as you

Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR

2009-05-20 Thread David Boyes
On 5/20/09 4:29 AM, "jose raul baron" wrote: > - Does VSAM still exist in z/VM 5.4 ? You can still use it if you have it, but no new licenses are available and the product has been pulled from marketing. It still works, and you use the same installation instructions as you did on 4.4. It also ha

Re: XES Print Conversion

2009-05-19 Thread David Boyes
PostScript would probably be the logical PJL choice insofar as it would allow you to define abstract words (I've seen sites that defined PS equivalents for the Xerox DJDE inline commands) and change the meaning by using a header file to define the magic words. Run that through a Linux guest runn

Re: LTO4 tapes attached via FCP

2009-05-14 Thread David Boyes
On 5/14/09 3:57 PM, "Craig Dudley" wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if anyone is attaching a LTO4 (Linear Tape Open, Generation 4), > via FCP, to a z9 or z10 running zVM 5.4? > And if yes, are there any zVM utilities (DDR, SPXTAPE, etc) that support > LTO4s? No native CP or CMS commands support SCSI tape

Re: Virtualized Desktop

2009-05-13 Thread David Boyes
Mono is already ported (thanks to the ever-brilliant Neale Ferguson). Didn't Evolution used to be open source? Did Novell make it closed source when they took over Ximian? If it's open source, then it should be possible to get someone to port Mono (which is open source) and Evolution (which i

Re: Remote Drives

2009-05-06 Thread David Boyes
On 5/6/09 12:17 PM, "Schuh, Richard" wrote: > Really remote - about 2000 miles away. Yeah, that would definitely qualify as remote. I think it would be a timing problem mostly -- can the device deliver data in the expected time frame for IPL to look valid -- but I suspect there's going to be no

Re: Remote Drives

2009-05-06 Thread David Boyes
Did it once on a 4361. Haven't tried it recently. I suppose it would depend a lot on how far away and how good the channel extenders were. On 5/5/09 6:47 PM, "Schuh, Richard" wrote: Has anyone ever ipled a stand-alone program, Hidro in particular, from a remote tape drive? Is it even possibl

Re: Shared File System Interface

2009-05-02 Thread David Boyes
On 5/1/09 4:20 PM, "Alan Altmark" wrote: > Morituri te Salutant! :-) Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimum pro patria bibere. Ergo, bibamus pro salute patriae. -- db

Re: How Many Files Can Be on a Minidisk Before It Cannot be ACCESSed?

2009-04-29 Thread David Boyes
One thing though: There is a non-VM version of VMARC that can extract the files on other platforms (Leland rocks!). I know of no utility that can extract FCOPY archives on other platforms. On 4/29/09 3:00 PM, "Huegel, Thomas" wrote: I'll second the FCOPY idea. I use it everyday to 'archive' m

Re: Nedd some help undersdtanding vdisk

2009-04-29 Thread David Boyes
On 4/29/09 10:28 AM, "Bob Bates" wrote: > They are not because each is defined separately. From User2 try LINK User1 700 > 701 RR and see what that gets you. > > Just like all the users having 191, that doesn't mean they are shared with one > another. Although you should NOT share disks used f

Re: RSCS Connections

2009-04-27 Thread David Boyes
I don't suppose it's possible to duplicate the entry node MVS1N? If it's only role is to route files, it might be worth fixing the SPOF. Then you could have dual links and just let one go down with MVS1N. Another option would be an outboard NJE node that isn't dependent on MVS1N at all. Use an

Re: RSCS Connections

2009-04-26 Thread David Boyes
On 4/26/09 9:37 PM, "Les Geer" wrote: > I haven't looked through the code which handles how files are queued > and transmitted in any great detail. However, what you describe > sounds reasonable. In your MVSPLEX example, MVS1 must be first > in the group list so it will always be picked. Or a

Re: RSCS Connections

2009-04-24 Thread David Boyes
On 4/23/09 8:00 PM, "Mark Wheeler" wrote: > Following David Boyes' example, set up something like: > LINKDEF MVS1A NODE MVS1 TYPE SNANJE LUNAME MVS1ALU ASTART RETRY > PARM MVS1A BUFF=3840 > LINKDEF MVS1B NODE MVS1 TYPE SNANJE LUNAME MVS1BLU ASTART RETRY > PA

Re: RSCS Connections

2009-04-23 Thread David Boyes
I think you could use link groups here. You'd have to define MVS1A and MVS1B to VM, then create a group MVS1 that contains the MVS1A and MVS1B links. You could then route files passing through RSCS to GROUP MVS1 and it would pick the first available link to queue it on. If MVS1A went away, then

Re: Installing IBM z/VM to Hercules

2009-04-22 Thread David Boyes
On 4/22/09 2:57 PM, "Mike Walter" wrote: >> in a corner under the bush > I knew that Africa was pretty exotic, but bushes with corners? Now that's > just wrong. ;-) Not really. The bush roots formed a enclosed space. I doubt the hyena was in any shape to notice. -- db

Re: Installing IBM z/VM to Hercules

2009-04-22 Thread David Boyes
On 4/21/09 2:42 PM, "Schuh, Richard" wrote: >> It'll perform like a hyena with a bullet through it's head > I almost hate to ask, what is the source of that analogy? OK, but remember: you asked... Earlier in my career, I did telco install and design work for a lot of overseas installations. Whil

Re: *SIGNAL Service Experience

2009-04-22 Thread David Boyes
On 4/22/09 10:38 AM, "Gary M. Dennis" wrote: > Only A to B as we have no broadcast requirement. You will. Efficient implementation of multicast will need a similar transport capability.

Re: Installing IBM z/VM to Hercules

2009-04-21 Thread David Boyes
On 4/21/09 2:21 PM, "Marc Schoechlin" wrote: >> Shut down the provided Linux system and type IPL CMS. Presto. VM system. > > :-) I asked for a z/VM system with maint access Install the demo system there. There's plenty of space, and that actually might be a legal venue. And you can do anyt

Re: Installing IBM z/VM to Hercules

2009-04-21 Thread David Boyes
Shut down the provided Linux system and type IPL CMS. Presto. VM system. On 4/21/09 2:06 PM, "Marc Schoechlin" wrote: Thanks, thats interesting. LCDS only seems to provide linux systems.

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