So, IBM's Extending your Mainframe for More Business Value is
coming to St. Louis on Feb. 12.
There look to be some interesting talks; how do I find out
who's delivering them?
Adam:
I sent you the agenda with speakers off-line.
Jim
From: Tom Duerbusch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DB2/VSEVM V7.50 Manuals
BTW, will there be a Diagnosis Guide for 7.5?
Tom:
I asked on ibm.software.db2.vse-vm on news.software.ibm.com.
However, I think the answer may be no as I don't believe this was
updated for 7.3.
Jim
BTW, will there be a Diagnosis Guide for 7.5?
Tom:
I asked on ibm.software.db2.vse-vm on news.software.ibm.com.
However, I think the answer may be no as I don't believe this was
updated for 7.3.
Jim
I take it, from previous posts, that no one has found the new
manuals for DB2 7.5.
Tom:
The DB2 for VSE VM pubs are now online at:
http://ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=66tc=SSEPFBrank=8dc=DA410+DA450dt
Watch for any line wrap on the URL.
Jim
After entering a message number and choosing a platform,
nothing happens when I press the Go button. I tried submitting
a feedback to report the problem and got a Page cannot be
displayed message when I pressed the Submit button. Perhaps
someone who is internal o IBM will have better luck.
HCPSWU2843E , HCPSWU2831E and HCPSWU2830I
I found them all documented in the z/VM 5.3 CP Messages and Codes.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/hcsb4b20.pdf
Jim
I take it, from previous posts, that no one has found the new
manuals for DB2 7.5.
I have asked ID development in the Toronto Lab where the 7.5 pubs
are online.
Jim
Not to mention the cost of getting it certified, and the
ongoing cost of powering it up. Ouch.
And not to mention that the z890 has been withdrawn from
marketing (effective Dec 31, 2007) except for LIC (i.e.
microcode) updates which are withdrawn effective June 30, 2008.
In other words, you
Richard:
It has been so long since I had to do it. What is the current
method of ordering service for electronic delivery? I just
tried to order an upgrade following what seemed a logical path
and got the message:
The easiest way to order service (assuming you know the PTF
number) is at
What I am after is the 2107device bucket for z/VM 5.2.0 at
service level 0701.
Richard:
The buckets are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
Simply enter the bucket (i.e. 2107device) into the search field.
For storage, look for Upgrade 2107DEVICE, Subset 2107VM/ESA
Jim
I have been out of using pipes for too long.
I need to process a file (parsing the data) but 1st I need to
delete all records from the input stream longer than a certain
length. How do I do this in pipes?
Jim
If you haven't already seen this, it's worth a look. It's a
presentation by Charles Webb of IBM on the next IBM mainframe
processor, the z6. (Don't ask me where 6 came from.) The
thing that stood out for me was the 4GHz processor speed, but
of course there's lots of other very good stuff as
Look here:
http://ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/le/history/cobmvs.html
According to this table, it is still supported for VM, but was
long ago withdrawn from marketing.
Ray:
That web page is somewhat misleading. The product has been
withdrawn from marketing and service only on OS/390 (z/OS).
Lionel:
I just experienced shopzseries for the first time. To say it
was interesting is an understatement.
If a user has a problem or question related to their ShopzSeries
experience, they should use the contact information on the
Customer service page to get support.
I used it to order z/vm
My congratulations as well to all of the new Companions!
Jim Elliott
Sir Jim the Evangelist
Well this worked earlier today. Don't know why it's not working
now. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21945.wss
We are experiencing timeouts on the gateway servers which
front-end much of the IBM web sirte. The response to this
announcement has been huge and the server includes
I have put the IOS3270 manual up on my web site at
http://ibm.com/vm/devpages/jelliott/
Jim
It isn't pSeries or iSeries anymore either, IBM still uses
zSeries on the older equipment on this page:
http://www.ibm.com/products/shop/servers/us/index.html
The old products are still eServer zSeries and the new product is
System z9. However, the two together are know as System z. A
similar
We are planning to make z/VM Linux production with RACF on VM,
I would like to know what is best practices for handling
security under Linux/VM and how other shops handing security
for Linux.
Anne:
Check out http://www.vm.ibm.com/security/ (look for the papers at
the bottom of that web
We just upgraded to Z/VM 5.2 last year, so why is Rexx so old?
Because it does everything we want of it? When Mike Cowlishaw
wrote REXX he wrote a wonderful and complete language. The
only thing that might be nice is to have his later ObjectREXX
on z/VM, but for what we use REXX for (scripting)
I think the answer is no, but I would like to know if you can
get a Ficon channel card for a Multiprise 2000. We want to
connect the Multiprise to external DASD. We were planning on
having Escon and Ficon connections to the external DASD at the
same time, but it looks like we can only have
How then do I have actual volumes on my system of 32,760 cyls.
That's not divisible by 1113 (ds8000 here).
Marcy: Sorry, I was not clear. Allocation is in multiples of 1113
cylinders. You can make a volume whatever size you want, but if
it is not a multiple of 1113 cylinders, the remainder up
Did anyone see this article regarding Nationwide:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196700327
The specific item I wonder about is: The IFLs don't come
cheap. They're listed at $95,000 each on IBM's Web site. But
hundreds of small servers didn't come cheaply
I found this on the web (which does not, of course, make it
true) at Linux-Watch at
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9118634698.html:
Even now, Jaffe continued, insurance giant Nationwise is using
Novell SLES and Xen in production IBM zSeries mainframes to
improve their system utilization
We just found out that our VM performance monitor software
(Macro 4 - VPAC) will not be supported on our new 64 bit z/VM
5.2 . Does anyone have an recommendations as a replacement? We
don't need anything fancy, just basic monitoring and basic
guest performance reporting.
Tim:
Well a plug
The site is not accessible due to problems apparently at ATT.
There is a ticket open with them. This is not an IBM problem.
Jim
You know you've been a VM system programmer for too long when
you see a license place of MNT374 and start trying to
remember what would go on MAINT's 374 minidisk
You Might be a Mainframer If web page
http://www.grnscrn.com/bigblue.htm
Jim
If all they're doing is tn3270 traffic to a VTAM application
solicitor, convert it to using DIAL VTAM in the VM TELNET
connection exit. There will be a slight increase in host CPU
utilization (the main point of using the CPA tn3270 server was
to offload the IP stack cycles outside the host
From: Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A mainframe 'windows'
Check this out. Is IBM building a mainframe 'windows' for only
$100 million what can one expect?
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061004/D8KHJQ500.html
Thomas:
This is not new news, and the $100 million covers a lot
Here is the IBM press release link for this. Note that this is
ALL about z/OS (at this time).
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20384.wss
Jim
I will be installing my first F20 ESS (Shark). It has not
arrived but I do know that it is using 36.4 GB drives and has
1.6 Terabytes. I was not able to find a copy of the IBM Total
Storage ESS Introduction and Planning Guide GC26-7294 on the
web. If any one has this guide or a URL I would
Yesterday, IBM released an new Redbook entitled: Introduction
to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics
(http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html)
...
It would be nice, imho, if IBM was to produce a similar Redbook
for z/VM. I would be willing to contribute to it
Dave:
This
This seemed interesting so I thought I'd pass it along over here.
Yesterday, in our NC/VSE Users Group meeting, we were
privileged to have a guest from the REXX Language Association.
It turns out they are based just down the road from us in
Raleigh, NC. The guest is the current Treasurer of
I have a customer looking at a z9 for z/VM, but EMC only
qualifies the z9 for z/OS (per their web site at
http://www.emc.com/interoperability/index.jsp). Is anyone on this
list using EMC disk on a z9 with z/VM? Were you able to get a
statement of support from EMC?
Jim
Back in the late 80's during the VM/SP or VM/HPO days, we ran
RACF for PL2 (then called System High) processing as it was the
only government approved software package at the time. Sterling
Software didn't want to submit VM:Secure for testing so we were
stuck with RACF and DIRMAINT. After we
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9bc/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/z9ec/
And for those of us who are old enough to remember, this does not
derive from BC Mode (S/360) or EC Mode (S/370)!
IBM System z9 EC Enterprise Class (formerly IBM System z9 109)
IBM System z9 BC Business Class
You can
I thought the z9-109 was the follow on to the z990
Dave:
z9-109 was renamed today to z9 EC. In addition to the new name,
there are now subcapacity models of the z9 S08 (4 different speeds
on the 1 to 8 way models of the z9 EC) and other enhancements in
common with the z9 BC.
Jim
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