Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Richard, enjoy your retirement and thank you! You have helped me many times both directly or indirectly. Thanks, Nick From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:51 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject:

SHARE in Orlando and Golf at Disney

2011-05-26 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Hello All, This is an invitation to play golf for all the golfers on this list that are going to SHARE in Orlando. I am making a tee time for Sunday afternoon on one of the Disney courses. Let me know if you would like to play. My flight is scheduled to land in Orlando at 11:55am on Sunday

Re: Service on second level system

2011-04-08 Thread Harris, Nick J.
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Service on second level system On Thursday, 04/07/2011 at 12:32 EDT, Harris, Nick J. nhar...@txfb-ins.com wrote: I have successfully applied service to a second level z/VM and after a PUT2PROD and an IPL I expected to see something other than 0801 below? q cplevel z/VM

Service on second level system

2011-04-07 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Hello All, I have successfully applied service to a second level z/VM and after a PUT2PROD and an IPL I expected to see something other than 0801 below... q cplevel z/VM Version 5 Release 4.0, service level 0801 (64-bit) Generated at 04/07/11 09:13:34 CDT IPL at 04/07/11 11:13:52 CDT Ready;

Re: SLES 9 on a z/196?

2011-03-31 Thread Harris, Nick J.
/2011 17:56, Harris, Nick J. wrote: Hello All, We are curious to know if anyone is running any SLES 9 quests on a z196? In test or production? With any issues? It has come to our attention that the minimum requirements for the z196 are SLES 10 and 11 but that IBM has tested SLES 9 w/SP4

SLES 9 on a z/196?

2011-03-29 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Hello All, We are curious to know if anyone is running any SLES 9 quests on a z196? In test or production? With any issues? It has come to our attention that the minimum requirements for the z196 are SLES 10 and 11 but that IBM has tested SLES 9 w/SP4 and it is supported. TIA! Nick Harris,

Re: Movin On...

2010-02-04 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Ditto! The Velocity guys have helped me a bunch! Actually I owe Tony a Bar-B-Q tater the next time he is in town. Thanks, Nick CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and

Re: 2 to 3 IFLs

2010-01-06 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Thanks to all for the input, I really appreciate it. Thanks, Nick CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and is CONFIDENTIAL. If you believe that it has been sent to you in

2 to 3 IFLs

2010-01-05 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Hello All, We are upgrading our z9BC to a z10BC and increasing the IFLs from two to three. I am planning on modifying the Linux guest definitions to utilize the third IFL. Are there any performance issues or problems adding a third IFL? I can't imagine this would do anything but help, I'm

Re: 2 to 3 IFLs

2010-01-05 Thread Harris, Nick J.
(which may just end up serving to inspire debate and shared knowledge). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Harris, Nick J. nhar...@txfb-ins.com Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/05/2010 09:32

Re: Support of z/VM and zLinux environments

2009-03-26 Thread Harris, Nick J.
every minute or an app that has an keep-alive every milisecond). Our new SLES10 is installed by us and we keep track of every package not required by an application. I try to also get the daily support in our group so that we can realy make a difference. Regards, Berry. Harris, Nick J

Re: Support of z/VM and zLinux environments

2009-03-24 Thread Harris, Nick J.
At our shop the mainframe tech support group supports z/VM on a z9 BC with two IFLs. We have two LPARs one production and one test/development. Linux is supported by our distributed group we call them the 'Dark Side'. I create the guests and the 'Dark Side' installs Linux and Websphere.

Re: Heads Up - z/OS 1.10 DFDSS DUMP's of z/VM and z/Linux volumes fail silently

2009-01-29 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Thanks Fred! Going to z/OS 1.10 this year. Thanks, Nick From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:44 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Heads Up - z/OS 1.10 DFDSS DUMP's of z/VM and z/Linux volumes

Re: Eliminating DASD at IPL

2008-09-12 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Scott, You need to add the offline_at_ipl command: Here is what I have coded... Devices , Online_at_IPL -, Offline_at_IPL 0293-02FF, 0390-0391, 07c0-07c3, 0a40-0a7f, 1200-12ff,

Re: Number of IFLs to zLinux guests

2008-03-20 Thread Harris, Nick J.
] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:29 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Number of IFLs to zLinux guests On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:20 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Harris, Nick J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, Is there a golden rule about the number

Number of IFLs to zLinux guests

2008-03-19 Thread Harris, Nick J.
Hello All, Is there a golden rule about the number of IFLs to support production Linux guests? I understand all shops are different and 'it depends' applies...but we are curious as to the ratio of IFLs to Linux guest in other shops. Are there any shops out there running zLinux guests in