SHARE Luau!

2011-08-03 Thread James Vincent
/Default.aspx for more details. (* Plenty meaning you can easily have dinner at the Luau!) -- James Vincent

z/VM Sr. Sysprog (engineer) opening

2010-11-29 Thread James Vincent
. Interested? Email a copy of your resume directly to my email (fastest way) or if you prefer, go to http://www.nationwide.com/careers/nationwide-jobs.jsp to register and post your resume, then let me know it is there. More details of the job posting can be forwarded by request. Thanks! -- James

Re: FRAME REORDER FIX

2010-11-29 Thread James Vincent
with the command a little, but have not gotten very far with it yet (time issue only) -- James Vincent On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov wrote: Hi I want to turn off FRAME REODERING for some guests as described in APAR VM64774 (PTF UM33167

z/VM Sr. Sysprog (engineer) opening

2010-11-29 Thread James Vincent
with SunOS/Solaris and at least one other *nix operating system, but not much with Linux yet, so I’d like to see what requirements you have in mind. Thanks, Rob Hamilton From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of James Vincent Sent

Re: How to determine if a particular fix is applied

2010-06-06 Thread James Vincent
a huge outage or something. This sounds like something interesting for someone to develop and offer up as a CP EXIT or the like. I wish I had more time... -- James Vincent zLinux Virtualization Nationwide Insurance On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote

IPGATE error with socket call

2010-03-31 Thread James Vincent
. Anyone have suggestions or ideas on how to correct this? For now, I have a Signal On Syntax wrapped around that area of the code to dump out what the socket call looks like and to reset the server. -- James Vincent

Re: General question

2009-11-18 Thread James Vincent
As long as you run EXACTLY the same thing on each linux server with the same users, same transactions and same configuration, then you can be successful in answering how many will fit on an IFL. :-) Our charge-back model is that there is a basic monthly charge for the server and support, tiered

Re: General question

2009-11-17 Thread James Vincent
of the servers is very different. -- James Vincent On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Richard Troth vmcow...@gmail.com wrote: 556 on two z/10s, 184 in production and 372 dev/test. -- R; On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 14:53, August Carideo august.cari...@avon.com wrote: those running LINUX

Re: OT: Undocumented from Hidro

2009-05-04 Thread James Vincent
Hello! Marci, sending backup requests to SYBMON is correct for batch runs of multiple volume backup jobs. Richard, that message is from SYBRQST MODULE, part of the HiDRO code that SYBMON runs. Could it be you need to pause a bit before continuing your next step? I do not do multi-job runs via

New TRACK for VM update

2009-04-20 Thread James Vincent
Hello - just a quick note to let interested parties know that there is a small fix for TRACK (supplied by Steve Powell) to correct the register labels when switching between 32 and 64 bit VMD displays. There are no new code/functional changes. You can download the full package with the update

Re: SHARE attendees - Any Update on the Live Guest Migration?

2009-03-12 Thread James Vincent
Weekly?! You must have accumulated some of the service and waited to only do it weekly. :-) -- Jim On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: You forgot (l) would like to practice SERVICE and PUT2PROD weekly! Marcy

TRACK for z/VM 5.4 finally available

2009-02-10 Thread James Vincent
I have finally made TRACK for z/VM 5.4 available up on the http://vm.marist.edu/track/ web site on the download page. Other than fighting a persnickety issue with my HL Assembler package, the build for z/VM 5.4 is clean. If you use TRACK and still have z/VM 5.3, you may want to grab this package

Re: z/VM 5.4 and VM:Secure

2008-11-19 Thread James Vincent
Yes, we have been using that combo for many moons now. Did you have a specific question about it or just looking for confirmation? -- Jim Vincent Sr. z/VM Systems Programmer Nationwide Insurance On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Buettner, Wolfgang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there

Re: Backing Off an RSU

2008-09-29 Thread James Vincent
Alan makes a good point - call IBM support if you are unsure how to proceed. There are documented ways to back off service with VMSES/E and they work well. This assumes you have not deviated from the standard Install and Service of course. Check out VMFREM. This handy utility will allow you to

Re: Freeing up a slot after dynamically removing a CPOWN volume?

2008-09-19 Thread James Vincent
Hi Scott - To free the slot, you simply make it Reserved again. Use the CP DEFINE CPOWNED command and use the RESERVED parm and you should be all set. This assumes your volume is already detached from the system, which it sounds like you did. Also make sure you have updated your SYSTEM CONFIG

Re: Freeing up a slot after dynamically removing a CPOWN volume?

2008-09-19 Thread James Vincent
Sorry for the late and already answered post. Ugh... two days late and $10 short. I suppose I should read -all- my mail when I am catching up! On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:52 AM, James Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Scott - To free the slot, you simply make it Reserved again. Use the CP

Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY

2008-08-06 Thread James Vincent
And YES again here. We are _lucky_ if we get an outage once a quarter! Jim Vincent On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Do people really have Linux systems that run 7 x 24? YES. But I get an outage once a quarter. Usually.

Re: ADD VIRTUAL MEMORY DYNAMICALLY

2008-08-06 Thread James Vincent
Yes you are indeed correct. It made sense to ME when I wrote it! So, Lucky to get PLANNED outages once a quarter is what it should say. z/VM and the hardware have been darn near rock solid. We have had a bump or two in the road, but they have long been solved. From a virtualization and

Re: Some IBM Announcements for z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE (Aug 5, 2008)

2008-08-05 Thread James Vincent
I understand Richard. Your need to add -and- remove the memory for your environment is as important as just the adding is for a lot of others. It sounds like you have compelling reasons to ask for the 'next step' to be done - to remove real memory dynamically. I have not heard anything formal

Re: CMS/MVS Toolkit

2008-01-02 Thread James Vincent
Dowling Group recently dropped the product which is unfortunate but understandable since the client base is very small and no one has been asking for it. It is fairly stable and unless major changes are done in the z/OS catalog (which is entirely possible at any given release) it should continue

Re: Track on zVM 5.3

2007-09-26 Thread James Vincent
Better yet, for z/VM 5.3 level code, get it from here: http://vm.marist.edu/track/trackv53.vmarc Enjoy! On 9/26/07, Bill Munson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: go to http://vm.marist.edu/track/ good luck Bill Munson VM System Programmer Office of Information Technology State of New Jersey

The complete Knights of VM list

2007-08-16 Thread James Vincent
There have been quite a few requests for the complete VM Knights list, so I popped it up on http://vm.marist.edu/track/knights.txt It is a quick job and a simple text file. I will class it up a little later! Enjoy. Jim Vincent Sir James, Herder of Cats Linux and VM Program Manager

2007 Order of the Knights of VM

2007-08-15 Thread James Vincent
for their contributions to the VM community. James Vincent Sir James, Herder of Cats (Eques James, Pastorum Feles) Linux and VM Program Manager

Re: QUERY Guest CPUs

2007-08-11 Thread James Vincent
Actually, I believe it would be: CP FOR xxx CMD QUERY VIRT CPUS The FOR command in z/VM 5.3 is a nice addition to managing guests! Jim V On 8/10/07, Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are z/VM 5.3 you can use FOR CP QUERY VIRT CPUS

SHARE - announcing the Linux and VM Program Opening and Worldwide News session

2007-08-09 Thread James Vincent
SHARE attendees - for those of you new to SHARE and the Linux and VM Program and even all of you repeat SHARE attendees, we have a new and improved opening session for you! Session 9051 on Monday at 8am - Linux and VM Program Opening and Worldwide News This session will contain some of the good

Re: SET SHARE RELATIVE

2007-08-06 Thread James Vincent
it not automatically be capped at 18.18%because it cannot get more than two CPUs? Or, did you mean 2.5% and not 25%? -Original Message- *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *James Vincent *Sent:* Friday, August 03, 2007 9:08 PM *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: Combining VM list threads

2007-08-04 Thread James Vincent
And Phil is a nice guy but only so far... + LIMITSOFTy On 8/4/07, Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/4/07, Gabe Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess he's SET SHARE RELATIVE. So should anyone using family vacation as excuse to not be there to chair sessions, hmmm? ABSOLUTE

Re: VM saves the day... again...

2007-08-03 Thread James Vincent
Good ol' functional, reliable and stable 3270 IBMLink. Gotta love it! Signed, Mr. Legacy On 8/3/07, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From IBM-MAIN: Date:Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:11:15 -0700 From:Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IBMLink Official VM ServiceLink Availability

Re: VM's 35 Birthday Celebration and 2007 Knights of VM

2007-08-03 Thread James Vincent
A webcast is unfortunatly not be possible, but I believe there will be cameras including video that we will share afterward. Jim On 8/2/07, Rich Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On: Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:07:11PM -0400,James Vincent Wrote: } And YOU are invited! } } The 35th birthday

Re: SET SHARE RELATIVE

2007-08-03 Thread James Vincent
There is actually more science to this than one would imagine. We just went through this and chatted with Bill Bitner on it to try and understand it all. Here are the things to keep in mind for setting SHARE (besides what is already written in the HELP): For RELATIVE share, the amount should be

Re: SET SHARE RELATIVE

2007-08-03 Thread James Vincent
I certainly did not want to cause confusion - this is why I said There is actually more science... I was passing on what we learned through trial, error and then a phone call. And blast it, you are indeed correct Kris. On a system with 11 IFLs and a 2 vcpu guest that we needed to cap at 25%,

VM's 35 Birthday Celebration and 2007 Knights of VM

2007-08-02 Thread James Vincent
And YOU are invited! The 35th birthday of VM (as an IBM product) will be celebrated at SHARE in San Diego on Wednesday August 15th, at 6pm in Manchester D of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. If you are planning to be at SHARE, please come and join us for a little revelry to celebrate VM's 35 years of

Re: z/VM 5.3 RSU 0701 PSP Bucket - How To Find?

2007-07-26 Thread James Vincent
Mr. Legacy here... ;-) I used 3270 to IBMLink and found the bucket info via the PSP panel and using ZVM530 for the upgrade name. I was able to find the same info via IBMLink 2000 (web) via Preventive Service Planning and using the same upgrade name. Jim Vincent On 7/26/07, Michael Coffin

Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread James Vincent
What a total load of BS! Not the drawing and quartering part, the so-called article content. Ignorance is bliss they say! Didn't they try this get off the mainframe thing about 20 years ago and failed at it? Shiveley: The mainframe is a legacy architecture. It's been around a long time, and

Re: Service for VM

2007-06-14 Thread James Vincent
VMSES/E has specific file modes that are free to access disks/directories at. Guessing what file modes to access disks at is probably not a grand idea because it could be that some component will use that file mode later and then strange things will happen. HELP VMSES VMFSETUP explains in the

Re: IBM Adds Video-Game Chips to Mainframes

2007-04-26 Thread James Vincent
zNextGen should be all over this one! I have a few WebSphere apps I would like to see turned into first-person shooters... ;-) On 4/26/07, dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems IBM wasn't kidding about having the mainframe support the next generation of virtaul world environments

Re: WGET

2007-04-05 Thread James Vincent
Unless Sir Santa did something to update it I could get there with Charlotte (and WebRover) fine about 5 minutes ago. Both the home (http://www.casita.net/) and vmarc file were good. JsV On 4/4/07, Fran Hensler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick - I can access casita with FireFox but not

Re: WGET

2007-04-04 Thread James Vincent
Sort of, yes. WebRover is wget-like in that it goes and grabs the content via a CMS Pipeline, then you do whatever you want with the content. It relies on Charlotte's http engine to do that heavy lifting. There is also work in progress to build a curl/wget CMS widget. I can tag the fellow

Re: WGET

2007-04-04 Thread James Vincent
Mike the key words are like ftp, but via http. The widget needs to do http calls, not ftp which VMFTP does a grand job with. WebRover is built to handle the http gets. FWIW, the latest WebRover is available at http://vm.marist.edu/track/webrover.vmarc JsV On 4/4/07, Mike Walter [EMAIL

Re: How do you configure your WAS servers?

2007-04-02 Thread James Vincent
There are redbooks and whitepapers out there that give you a reasonable rule of thumb to at least get you started. Following those books/papers will work but they are a bit more than what most need to make it all work. Once you get more familiar with the environment and the applications,