Re: A Strange Use Of AUTOLOG

2009-06-08 Thread David Kreuter
I've seen this some years ago so there a lot of cobwebs between the synapses. Is a tpn tag floating around somewhere, like on the db/2 server? Maybe in a SCOMDIR NAMES in a :tpn. tag? David Kreuter Original Message Subject: [IBMVM] A Strange Use Of AUTOLOGFrom: Michael Coffin

Re: Was I confused? L2 Guest LAN, z/VM 5.4

2009-05-15 Thread David Kreuter
| | | | |_DEVices__devs_| | | |_LAN__ _ _ownerid_ __lanname_ _| | | | | |_*___| | | | | | |_SYSTEM__switchnm_| | | | |_CHPID__nn_| | | |_MACID__xx_| David Kreuter Original Message Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Was I confused? L2 Guest LAN, z/VM 5.4 From

Re: Oops and finding passwords on a system...

2009-05-13 Thread David Kreuter
And unless you change the timings in its wakeup file the USER BACKUP on 1DF is created just after midnight and/or DIRM USER BACKUP dynamic command. Without changing time or using the command you always have a directory less than 24 hours old. David Original Message Subject: Re:

Re: DIRMAINT 'regions'

2009-05-12 Thread David Kreuter
Hi Scott: Since the days of wide CMS usage, and device physics, I haven't really configured regions with any degree of sophistication. Not to say it isn't useful. Maybe there's a case for if you have real mod27s or mod54s and you want to code a bunch 3390 mod3 size mdisks, maybe for 2nd level vm's

Re: Oops and finding passwords on a system...

2009-05-12 Thread David Kreuter
RACF really doesn't control access to a whole lot of commands. CP class overrides will help here. It will audit a whole bunch! But control, no, not really. Once on operator or sysoper id with secuser set to operator: SEND RACF SETRACF INACTIVE; response yes; now your system has fallen back to

Re: Multiple dedicated virtual switch controllers

2009-05-11 Thread David Kreuter
Hi Dennis - the IBM chocolate two virtual switch controllers can control many vswitches.I've never come across a practical limit. I can't see any benefit to doing this.I have systems with upwards of ten - twelve virtual switches.David Original Message Subject: [IBMVM] Multiple

Re: z/VM Directory Location

2009-05-07 Thread David Kreuter
shipped on MAINT 2CC David Original Message Subject: [IBMVM] z/VM Directory LocationFrom: Howard Rifkind vmes...@yahoo.comDate: Wed, May 06, 2009 11:56 pmTo: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Another Senior moment...in z/VM 5.3 which of Maint's minidisks is the directory on...I don't

Re: How can I make my TCPIP run?

2009-04-30 Thread David Kreuter
1. suggest that you do not log directly onto the tcpip server. XAUTOLOG from TCPMAINT. 2. The SYSTEM DTCPARMS is trying to attach real device 600 to this machine. If you are trying to connect on vswitch, remove the ATTACH tag from SYSTEM DTCPARMS. 3. XAUTOLOG TCPIP and see what

Re: Problems with IPLing a SECOND LEVEL z/VM 5.3

2009-04-09 Thread David Kreuter
Title: Message still pretty sweet that after all these years (decades!) CP will still initialize to a 3215! Albeit a virtual one.David Original Message Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Problems with IPLing a SECOND LEVEL z/VM 5.3 From: Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com Date: Thu,

Re: Merging DirMaint?

2009-03-12 Thread David Kreuter
USER DIRECT L 6d. copy from maint your gerrymandered directory: COPY GMANDER DIRECT A USER INPUT L2 it is important to copy it onto dirmaint 1df as fn= user ft= input 7. rel l(det 8.hope for the best! David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf

Re: Second level VM systems

2009-02-19 Thread David Kreuter
hey I arrived on the scene way after Plymouth Rock 2nd level systems are great for testing, buidling, servicing, playing, etc. And training. I do a lot of my builds and service from 2nd level guest. Also for staging new versions, etc. Due to double SIE emulation do not run 3rd level guest in

Re: Second level VM systems

2009-02-19 Thread David Kreuter
: Re: [IBMVM] Second level VM systems David Kreuter wrote: Due to double SIE emulation do not run 3rd level guest in production; i.e. do not use a 2nd level vm system as a home for production linux servers of any sort. linux production servers belong under vm in an lpar production = any

Announcement: public course schedule

2009-01-30 Thread David Kreuter
I am running public courses this year on z/VM and linux on System z topics. Please see www.vm-resources.com for further information including content and schedules. David Kreuter

Re: Linux Guest 'swapping'

2009-01-28 Thread David Kreuter
this issue, and as a result over commits can be much higher. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Barton Robinson Sent: Wed 1/28/2009 10:36 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Linux Guest 'swapping' The last time I

Re: Linux Guest 'swapping'

2009-01-28 Thread David Kreuter
' HA HA ha ha!!! Seriously? I don't have any experience with WAS, but Oracle is a definite memory lover. MA On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, David Kreuter dkreu...@vm-resources.com wrote: with the effect of diminishing the value of virtualizing on this platform. Over commit

Re: Sad News

2009-01-27 Thread David Kreuter
That is sad news indeed. Thank you for letting us know. I knew Don albeit briefly. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Suleiman Shahin Sent: Tue 1/27/2009 1:42 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Sad News It grieves me

Re: Another day, another job (or, The Song of the Gypsy Programmers)

2009-01-26 Thread David Kreuter
Congratulations on your retirement and all the best in the future. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Jeff Gribbin Sent: Mon 1/26/2009 6:41 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Another day, another job (or, The Song

Re: Performance Tool Kit - Activation

2009-01-14 Thread David Kreuter
sorry for diversions on the port. Don't think UCOMDIR NAMES is gonna do much unless you are using avs, lu.62, vtam, etc. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Raymond Noal Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 3:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Performance Tool Kit - Activation

2009-01-13 Thread David Kreuter
port 81 - speaking of which I found it an annoyance albeit a minor one when IBM recommends using a low port for what is actual a private special http service - I often use a port 1024 to avoid this - David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf

Re: WebSphere CPU starvation Message

2009-01-12 Thread David Kreuter
to the dormant list. With ESAMON check which queues your v.m.'s are in along with paging rates. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Steve Mitchell Sent: Mon 1/12/2009 4:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] WebSphere

Re: Q MDISK question

2009-01-11 Thread David Kreuter
When using the drct operand you are inquiring into the directory, not the virtual configuration. So when using the drct operand you must specify ownerid/vaddr to keep the command happy. q userid VMR1 AT VSIVM4

Re: Q MDISK question

2009-01-11 Thread David Kreuter
: David Kreuter dkreu...@vm-resources.com Subject: Re: Q MDISK question To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU When using the drct operand you are inquiring into the directory, not the virtual configuration. So when using the drct operand you must specify ownerid/vaddr to keep the command happy

Re: Ethernet vswitch definition

2009-01-08 Thread David Kreuter
Are the administration and production networks connected to 1 physical switch over 1 OSA port? David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of KEETON Dave * SDC Sent: Thu 1/8/2009 6:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Ethernet

Re: Unable to PING the LINUX server

2008-12-16 Thread David Kreuter
Is it possible that 172.27.28.2 is the gw not 172.27.24.2? David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Ray Waters Sent: Tue 12/16/2008 8:47 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Unable to PING the LINUX server David, You

Re: DCSS and NSS backup code

2008-12-16 Thread David Kreuter
? nothing attached we will try it soon as we just regained access to the tape drive From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Dave Jones Sent: Tue 12/16/2008 3:47 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] DCSS and NSS backup code is attached to

Re: query of CP locked guest pages

2008-12-12 Thread David Kreuter
thanks - I'll let you know when I get this cookin' David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Bill Holder Sent: Fri 12/12/2008 9:39 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] query of CP locked guest pages I should have added that this is

Re: query of CP locked guest pages

2008-12-11 Thread David Kreuter
nah I am in need of a method to determine which pages of a virtual machine have been locked by the lock command. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Bill Holder Sent: Thu 12/11/2008 12:12 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM]

Re: query of CP locked guest pages

2008-12-10 Thread David Kreuter
The frametable entries do not have an obvious bit indicating that the page is a target of a CP lock. I'll keep digging. I'm going to as time permits hunt down through the virtual machine pgmbk's. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Rob van der

Re: query of CP locked guest pages

2008-12-10 Thread David Kreuter
. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Rob van der Heij Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 7:05 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] query of CP locked guest pages On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:22 AM, David Kreuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: z/VM Linux Cost effectiveness

2008-12-09 Thread David Kreuter
. That is why you must build a strong business case including TCO to have system z work, and then you have to revisit the biz case, all the time. The threat is real. Please, IBM, niche market all you like but stop competing with yourselves in front of the customer. It hurts. Ouch. David Kreuter

Re: .zVos System z/VM Connectivity - Men or Mice

2008-12-09 Thread David Kreuter
There are several approaches to this. You didn't mention if there is a virtual switch on the 1st level that your second level guest attached to for connectivity. One way or the other you need to get to the real OSA. If there is a vswitch 1st level you could define 5 virtual nic triplets to

Re: Configuartion question

2008-12-04 Thread David Kreuter
servers, you can take an LPAR down for maintenance, and still provide application availability on a different LPAR. Highly attractive. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Thu 12/4/2008 8:57 PM

Re: VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest

2008-11-24 Thread David Kreuter
the linux machine show the mac of the OSA along with its IP address? David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of KEETON Dave * OR SDC Sent: Mon 11/24/2008 5:29 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest

Re: VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest

2008-11-24 Thread David Kreuter
command should be NETSTAT ARP ALL TCP name of controller machine David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of KEETON Dave * OR SDC Sent: Mon 11/24/2008 5:29 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest

Re: VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest

2008-11-24 Thread David Kreuter
Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:18 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VLAN-Aware VSWITCH Linux Guest do a cp q vswitch details from tcpmaint. Determine: 1. is the linux machine in the list with an ip address? 2

LOGONBY - limit of 8 userids.

2008-11-24 Thread David Kreuter
thought of a command exit, or even a class C or E service machine that zaps storage. But I'm too old for zapping storage ... ... at least in production systems. Any ideas? Thanks. David Kreuter

Re: Make me abend, please

2008-11-07 Thread David Kreuter
that'd give a dreaded and feared or lovely and delightful depending on your viewpoint program interrupt loop. From which point you could do a standalone dump. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Schuh, Richard Sent: Fri 11/7/2008 7:33 PM To:

Re: Make me abend, please

2008-11-07 Thread David Kreuter
The failure code is SVC002 not PSA002. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Rich Greenberg Sent: Fri 11/7/2008 9:24 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Make me abend, please On: Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 06:18:32PM -0600,Marcy

Re: Command

2008-11-06 Thread David Kreuter
sm rscs query system level Ready; T=0.01/0.01 16:04:15 RSCS Networking Function Level 530- David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of August Carideo Sent: Thu 11/6/2008 3:00 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

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

2008-10-31 Thread David Kreuter
sunny io disposition. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alan Altmark Sent: Fri 10/31/2008 11:37 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] I/O Overhead - z/VM versus VMWARE On Thursday, 10/30/2008 at 10:29 EDT, David Kreuter [EMAIL

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

2008-10-30 Thread David Kreuter
subsystem of course supports memory overcommitment. How to define most processor access? Most but not all instructions are provided by SIE. What isn't is simulated. The overhead is low for most simulation paths. Other instructions like DIAGNOSE are designed to exit to CP. David Kreuter

Re: Share QDIO device between VM 1stlvl VM 2ndlvl

2008-10-28 Thread David Kreuter
I'm not sure why you are using virtual CTCs. You should try to put the second level guest and the 1st level TCPIP on a vswitch. With the vswitch connecting via the osa the physical network both the 1st level vm tcpip and the tcpip 3rd level in the guest will have connectivity. Or, if you

Re: Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

2008-10-21 Thread David Kreuter
So the linux guest is running under z/VM which is running under z/VM in an LPAR? Although there have allegedly been improvements you are running a virtualized SIE environment if the answer to the above question is yes. Can you somehow run the linux guest under the z/VM on the LPAR, eliminating a

Re: OSA/SF on z/VM 5.4

2008-10-10 Thread David Kreuter
just curious did you define that weird minidisk thingie that correponds to an OSA device that you wish get info for? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Marcy Cortes Sent: Fri 10/10/2008 5:42 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM]

Re: Issue with VSWITCH and SuSE Linux

2008-10-02 Thread David Kreuter
What does an ifconfig show? what CP Q V 340-342 show? When you use the OSA with the dedicates what virtual addresses are you using? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Dean, David (I/S) Sent: Thu 10/2/2008 12:39 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: Backing Off an RSU

2008-09-29 Thread David Kreuter
ouch. As Rich said, you likely need a good backup. The RSU is pre-applied and pre-built so all of the SES/E disks for each component are touched with patches, control structures, and built objects. I was thinking of advising to remove the top level apply, and run VMFAPPLY and a VMFBLD (

Re: Backing Off an RSU

2008-09-29 Thread David Kreuter
] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Backing Off an RSU ouch. As Rich said, you likely need a good backup. The RSU is pre-applied and pre-built so all of the SES/E disks

Re: DASD VOLUME SIZES

2008-09-25 Thread David Kreuter
Howard: many ways. Here's one: add an mdisk statement with extents 0 END to the directory. link to the disk and do a Q V on its address. The response will show you the amount of cylinders. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Howard Rifkind

Re: Performance Question

2008-09-24 Thread David Kreuter
hard to say for certain. Not a number I look at that often. How busy are the processors? Is there CPU queuing? The scheduler tries to classify around 80% of work as class 1; so fluctuations are rather common. Are you per chance running WebSphere, WPS or Domino servers? David Kreuter

Re: WAIT STATE 9003

2008-09-23 Thread David Kreuter
Work - 410 786-0386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:05 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: WAIT STATE 9003 what model cpu is it? Does

Re: WAIT STATE 9003

2008-09-23 Thread David Kreuter
what model cpu is it? Does the same CPLOAD MODULE IPL in a 2nd level system? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) Sent: Tue 9/23/2008 5:45 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] WAIT STATE 9003 Hi

Re: What people are doing

2008-09-19 Thread David Kreuter
huh? what is the information feed for this? I have many clients that are successfully running Oracle both in the horizontal and vertical space. The Province of Quebec project with at that time 150 Oracle servers is well documented and received an award at SHARE. Other clients are using fewer

z/VM and linux on System z Operator Workshop Nov 12 - 14

2008-09-19 Thread David Kreuter
I am running my 3 day z/VM and linux on System z Operator Workshop November 12 - 14, 2008 in New York City. For more information please contact me off list. David Kreuter

Re: z/VM and linux on System z Operator Workshop Nov 12 - 14

2008-09-19 Thread David Kreuter
this a tech list. Thank you. David Dean Information Systems *bcbstauthorized* From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 1:49 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject

Re: Network-SLES10

2008-09-17 Thread David Kreuter
it is about the only place where the real and virtaul nomenclature goes backwards. Weird. We always used to speculate that the DEDICATE statement was written by a Waterloo co-op on a work term. Long ago and far away. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: VSWITCH

2008-09-11 Thread David Kreuter
Alan and Chuckie won't like it but yes you can share an OSA OSD chpid on two or more lpars. You can (sorry Chuckie) even use the same device triplet in multiple LPARs. You can create quite a nice architecture with this. You cannot do link aggregation on a shared OSA. David

Re: dial to 2nd level vm?

2008-09-11 Thread David Kreuter
if the device(s) exist in the guests directory entry and the 1st level, you can dynamically define the device in your 2nd level guest: example with device address 999 set rdev 999 type 3279 HCPZRP6722I Created RDEV for device 0999.

Re: question to backup of osa-icc settings

2008-09-01 Thread David Kreuter
HMC worksheet? Who fills that in? What's wrong with a napkin? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alan Altmark Sent: Mon 9/1/2008 1:54 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] question to backup of osa-icc settings On Saturday,

Re: What is z/CMS - have ZCMS, need test program

2008-08-28 Thread David Kreuter
Bob - it takes real courage to put an assembler program out to the list! David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Bob Heerdink Sent: Thu 8/28/2008 4:13 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] What is z/CMS - have ZCMS, need test program

Re: Tell vs. Msg ?

2008-08-21 Thread David Kreuter
also by using a names file and RSCS tell can send messages to remote systems. Although it eventually uses the CP MESSAGE command anyway locally, tell support mixed case messages. David Kreuter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Schuh, Richard Sent

Re: FLASHCOPY Challenges/Questions Getting HCPCMM296E

2008-07-01 Thread David Kreuter
track may have only one source at a time. If a previous FLASHCOPY is still completing in the background, and its source extents overlap with the target extents of the current FLASHCOPY, this error condition will result. David Kreuter

Re: Performance toolkit under zVM 5.3...Looking to see a snap shot of CPU utilization and Storage Utilization

2008-06-24 Thread David Kreuter
try screen 35 for a real time minute by minute breakdown of some good values for CPU, xstore and paging. For real storage utilization I'd be more concerned with expanded storage utilization, volume of transfer to/from xstore, and paging bandwidth and utilization. Main storage utilization

Re: Performance toolkit under zVM 5.3...Looking to see a snap shot of CPU utilization and Storage Utilization

2008-06-24 Thread David Kreuter
double your paging capacity sooner rather than later - the 73% page space utilized is a concern. Do you have any expanded storage configured? The 89% main storage utilization doesn't really mean all that much David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf

Re: Displaying data space storage in a VMDUMP

2008-05-13 Thread David Kreuter
the space needs to have been dumped - what is the filetype that DUMPLOAD created? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Gillis, Mark Sent: Tue 5/13/2008 4:55 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Displaying data space storage in a

Re: How does z/VM obtain time ?

2008-05-08 Thread David Kreuter
I classify how the hardware gets the time as unknown at least by me. There is an orderable feature for the hardware to get the time via STP (server time protocol - not the other two things -) but I don't have any direct experience with. Don't think the hardware for z/vm really reaches out to

Re: Owner of a page

2008-05-08 Thread David Kreuter
read-only nss/dcss pages are most certainly paged out. They are not reloaded from spool. read-write nss/dcss pages different story they are read in fresh from spool Finding which nss pages are on a disk is probably a smaller control block chase than going through the vmdbk chain. Looked at

Re: Workings of VSWITCH fail-over

2008-04-15 Thread David Kreuter
In a zvm530 shop, last week we were testing this at a client. We simulated a cable pull by forcibly DETaching a set RDEVs from the controller machine. Two great things happened: 1. it automatically recovered to the other set of devices (seemed to be like a second or so) 2. 1 minute later the

Re: MONWRITE files

2008-03-13 Thread David Kreuter
I don't care about vm is my PROFS working? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Schuh, Richard Sent: Thu 3/13/2008 3:34 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] MONWRITE files I haven't gotten one asking if it is Friday, but the others are all

Re: MONWRITE files

2008-03-13 Thread David Kreuter
not been an issue in this shop for about 10 years. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:46 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: MONWRITE files I

Re: {SPAM?} Service level after RSU

2008-03-02 Thread David Kreuter
Believe it or not I think if you run PUT2PROD ALL, somehow magically the correct files will get updated and the service level will change. Maybe I will open a PMR ... David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Shimon Lebowitz Sent: Sun 3/2/2008 6:36 AM

Re: PUT2PROD Error

2008-02-13 Thread David Kreuter
Hi: From MAINT do a VMFVIEW PUT2PROD. Then do a PF2 ALL and find the messages you sent below. Right around those messages should be details on why it failed. Look for errors from the userid BLDSEG in this log. Let us know what you find. David Kreuter -Original Message- From: The IBM z

Re: Hipersockets

2008-01-14 Thread David Kreuter
plugged in or connected physically. z/VM maintained shops seem to like to give 256 devices per IQD chpid while z/OS shops seem much stingier, often giving some number like 16. David Kreuter -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Bjoern A. Zeeb Sent: Mon 1/14

Re: Applying Service (PTF)

2008-01-09 Thread David Kreuter
Run a VMFMRDSK to merge your apply level before running VMFAPPLY. Then do VMFBLD better yet: SERVICE ALL VPTF4385 ...I'm assuming it'll work in zvm510 - been a while using that release! David Kreuter -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of clifford jackson

Re: RSU 0702 and Dirmaint

2007-10-24 Thread David Kreuter
Did you PUT2PROD ? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of RPN01 Sent: Wed 10/24/2007 2:12 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] RSU 0702 and Dirmaint I just installed RSU 0702 for z/VM 5.3. Prior to this, I had DirMaint set up and running. After

Re: Omegamon XE for z/VM and storage definitions

2007-10-16 Thread David Kreuter
yeah but now we know too! David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of RPN01 Sent: Tue 10/16/2007 11:33 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Omegamon XE for z/VM and storage definitions I hate it when I think of an answer my own questions as I

Re: MIPS for SSLSERV

2007-10-16 Thread David Kreuter
What else is running through the VM TCPIP stack? What else are you encrypting via TCPIP and SSLSERV? David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alan Ackerman Sent: Tue 10/16/2007 7:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] MIPS for SSLSERV We

Re: Sanity check?

2007-10-11 Thread David Kreuter
well ... you may not like the answer ... but CP does sort of check. This is where LDUBUF comes into play. The scheduler is designed to evaluate your impact on storage. Also just 'cause your defined at 1500G doesn't mean your going to use it. Yeah, OK, it's linux I suppose, so it will use it.

Re: connecting 2nd level TCPIP stack to first level VSWITCH

2007-10-08 Thread David Kreuter
I have a SHARE presentation that shows an example of this very item. Go to http://www.linuxvm.org/Present/#share107 and look for 9124 Using VM VSWITCH David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 10/8/2007 6:37 PM To:

Re: DIRMAINT EXTENT question.

2007-09-27 Thread David Kreuter
Change in extent control: 3390 3339 DECLARE ALL 3390'S AS MODEL 3. to: 3390 32760 DECLARE ALL 3390'S AS MODEL 27s. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Colin Allinson Sent: Thu 9/27/2007 10:44 AM To:

Re: tdisk ?

2007-09-26 Thread David Kreuter
... and NEVER (how often? NEVER) put TDSK space on volumes with other CP space 'specially PAGE, SPOL, DRCT ... Use of TDSK is what we call highly unpredictable - never know when its gonna be used. Plus it gets formatted a lot, etc. Stuff we don't want interfering with paging, spooling, directory

Re: VSWITCH initial startup

2007-09-20 Thread David Kreuter
What does your SYSTEM DTCPARMS on TCPMAINT show? David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Huegel, Thomas Sent: Thu 9/20/2007 10:53 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] VSWITCH initial startup Well then nothing jumps out at me.. Here

Re: VSWITCH initial startup

2007-09-20 Thread David Kreuter
OK. What release of z/vm are you running? I think we should simplify - get rid of the VSWCTRL exec first of all. Remove the :exit.VSWCTRL statement from SYSTEM DTCPARMS. As long as you the files VSWCTRL1 TCPIP and VSWCTRL2 on TCPMAINT 198 when those machines are IPLed they will find the right

Re: VSWITCH initial startup

2007-09-20 Thread David Kreuter
either SYSTEM DTCPARMS is hosed, or ... perish the thought ... IBM DTCPARMS was modified? force it off. XAUTOLOG VSWCTRL1 NOIPL SEND CP VSWCTRL1 Q V send the results From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/20/2007 1:17

Re: ACCESS empty RR disk fails

2007-09-18 Thread David Kreuter
Ian: You can roll your own/fend for yourself. Start by using DDR. Say your mdisk is at vaddr 1B0. DDR INPUT 1B0 DASD TYPE 0 0 3 cyl 0 head 0 record 3 has the label information. You can decode the info there and get the numbers you need. Or if its a small sized disk, and you have sufficient

Re: ACCESS empty RR disk fails

2007-09-18 Thread David Kreuter
can have files but if they are all MODE 0, you do not get to ACCESS it either. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Kreuter Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:50 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ACCESS empty RR disk

Re: z/VM 5.2 ICC console connection problems

2007-09-10 Thread David Kreuter
from the hmc try resetting the OSA port at the chpid level. David From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of James M Sent: Mon 9/10/2007 10:47 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] z/VM 5.2 ICC console connection problems Over the weekend an

Re: z/VM 5.2 ICC console connection problems

2007-09-10 Thread David Kreuter
... you're having a fun day ... only a few hours left in prime shift ... David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of James M Sent: Mon 9/10/2007 2:51 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 5.2 ICC console connection problems I checked the

Re: Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) VM Closing

2007-09-06 Thread David Kreuter
...throw it a shiva not a wake! sad day. no virtualized linuxes I guess in their future David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of David Boyes Sent: Thu 9/6/2007 2:48 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) VM

Re: 2007 Order of the Knights of VM

2007-08-22 Thread David Kreuter
Just back from vacation and SHARE - congratulations to all the new knights and dames of VM - from Sir David the Elaborator From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Carol Everitt Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 6:19 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Quebec moves Orcale to z/VM was IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community

2007-08-06 Thread David Kreuter
This is a presentation that I delivered at SHARE in Tampa. It was co-written with my colleagues at the account, Jocelyn Hamel (IBM) and Karen-Ann Plourde (PoQ). I am delivering it at the San Diego SHARE with Alain Leclerc from the PoQ Wed at 3 pm. in sunny San Diego. We are up to just shy of

Re: TCPIP under z/VM problem

2007-08-01 Thread David Kreuter
This is not normal. Pls check the console log of TCPIP or TCPMAINT. Terminating the connection could be related to a bunch of things, some debugging is required. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Daniel Allen Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 11:06 AM To:

Re: ZVM 5.3 - Z890 - Second Level Install

2007-07-20 Thread David Kreuter
Is 00C3 your console address? Are you sure? David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Hughes, Jim - OIT Sent: Fri 7/20/2007 2:37 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] ZVM 5.3 - Z890 - Second Level Install I am stumped. I have loaded the 530RES

Re: Shared File Systems and Dataspaces

2007-07-16 Thread David Kreuter
to execute instructions, but can hold lotsa data. David Kreuter -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Michael Coffin Sent: Mon 7/16/2007 10:46 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Shared File Systems and Dataspaces Hi Folks, I have a question about

Re: Operator

2007-07-16 Thread David Kreuter
No. If you want it to be used at OPERATOR IPL time it will need to be on a volume that is online and attached to the system. But certainly no requirement for it to be on sysres. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alyce Austin Sent: Mon 7/16/2007

Re: vswitch problem

2007-07-02 Thread David Kreuter
not sure if this got sent, so at the risk of a resend: What version of zvm are you running? I do not see the network mask output on these commands on my vswitches on zvm520 or zvm530. Maybe IBM got rid of these messages, come to think of it this may have been discussed a while back on this list.

Re: equalcostmultipath question

2007-06-18 Thread David Kreuter
wonderful ... marvelous ... where's this been hiding? or maybe I'm search challenged! David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Mary Ellen Carollo Sent: Mon 6/18/2007 10:42 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] equalcostmultipath question

Re: equalcostmultipath question

2007-06-17 Thread David Kreuter
Try sticking in the SOURCEVIPA assorted parm - I had a sorta kinda problem like this, and this was recommended to me by IBM. Althoug I didn't like sticking sourcevipa in because I'm not using it, or caring about, and therefore felt it was non-self documenting; it did supress the messages. Maybe

Re: Slight OT - Re: Y-disk housekeeping using SFS.

2007-06-15 Thread David Kreuter
XC mode is for those users that need to access SFS files from dataspaces. XC mode lets DAT off users reach out to a dataspace, which is actually a virtual storage system. SFSes that exploit dataspaces are for dircontrol directories. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Regarding Event logging in VM

2007-06-15 Thread David Kreuter
Re CMAP: CMAP is great, used it myself many times. Only good for CMS commands and doesn't handle RDBUF/WRBUF. Doesn't trap diagnose codes or CP READ or #CP. Of course if this is for linux vm's CMAP won't help much. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on

Re: cp link security

2007-06-13 Thread David Kreuter
I've come this far without liking either one. At least I have a grudging admiration for z/os. David -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Marcy Cortes Sent: Tue 6/12/2007 11:08 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] cp link security yeah,

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