shopz and RSU

2011-08-09 Thread Mark Pace
Shopz sends me an email anytime there is a new RSU available for z/OS. I've looked and have not found anywhere to get an email for when there is a new z/VM RSU. Does anyone know if this is possible? -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: VM TCP/IP I/O error?

2011-05-20 Thread Mark Pace
Do you process your EREP data? It should be there. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Horlick, Michael michael.horl...@cgi.comwrote: Hello, Thanks. I think the last time it was looked at they didn't find anything (but I don't know all the details) . I assume something is recorded

Re: Anyone use The Hessling Editor (THE), an Xedit/Kedit look-alike, for off-line VM code development or personal use?

2011-05-18 Thread Mark Pace
http://hessling-editor.sourceforge.net/ On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Jim Bohnsack jab...@cornell.edu wrote: Where can THE be gotten? I've heard of it, but have never had it or tried it. Is it usable as a general purpose PC editor or is it really only usable as a PC resident mainframe

Re: Is there a free evaluation copy of Linux for z/VM?

2011-04-04 Thread Mark Pace
In a word - sharing. In LPAR mode you can run 1 linux per LPAR. Under VM can share the memory, CPU/IFL, DASD and run lots of linux. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Ward, Mike S mw...@ssfcu.org wrote: I have a question. Sorry for hijacking this post. If Linux can run in LPAR mode? What is

Re: Dynamically adding page space

2011-03-29 Thread Mark Pace
ATTACH 100C TO SYSTEM On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] baue...@mail.nih.gov wrote: I’m trying to dynamically add a page pack to our z/VM system and I’ve got a situation that I don’t have in my notes. z/VM 5.4 on a z9 I’ve formatted the volume (3330-3) as a page

Re: moving members to a z/OS system

2011-03-15 Thread Mark Pace
If you have an RSCS/JES connection you can use SENDFILE. If a TCPIP connection you could do FTP. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.comwrote: Hello Everyone, I have some 30-40 members that need to be migrated to a z/OS system – far, far, away. And I am

Re: Tape drives : MVS VM

2011-03-14 Thread Mark Pace
Basically all you did was tell the OSs that the devices were not being shared. If you did not specifically limit the access to a particular LPAR then all the LPARs can see because the CHPID is shared. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Alain Benveniste a.benveni...@free.frwrote: Hi, We did a

Re: Sharing files between two z/OS guest machines

2011-03-10 Thread Mark Pace
Or connect your systems via JES/NJE and use the TRANSMIT / RECEIVE commands. Or connect via TCP on hipersockets and again connect via JES/NJE or FTP the files. On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Mike Hammock m...@hammocktree.us wrote: Actually, the latest version of zPDT does support zVM's

Re: Contemplating upgrading 2105-800 to DS6800

2011-03-08 Thread Mark Pace
I thought the DS6800 was withdrawn from marketing. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.comwrote: Yes, we did that and it was seamless. Best advice use fibre (and as many as you can afford). I don’t know if your 2105 is ESCON or Fibre attached. Frank

Re: zLinux OS disk read-only

2011-03-01 Thread Mark Pace
*M* Multiple-write access. Write access is established unless another user holds a write, a stable (SR, SW, SM) or an exclusive (ER, EW) mode access to the disk. Looks like some other VM has that disk linked in write mode. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Perez, Steve S

Re: IPL the new z/VM 5.4 System

2011-02-25 Thread Mark Pace
When you log on, #CP Q V DASD and verify the correct devices are attached at the addresses you think they should be. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Sherry Everhart severh...@maccnet.comwrote: Hello again. :) I successfully completed INSTDVD last night and continued this morning with

Re: Xedit question

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Pace
I would shift every line right on space. Then change the first space to your sting c/ /Q DA /* On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov wrote: Hi I have a bunch of lines in a file and I want to insert in the beginning of each line a Q DA

Re: Xedit question

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Pace
Sorry missed the numbers at the beginning. Shift left 2 and you remove the numbers leaving the space needed for the same change command. On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I would shift every line right on space. Then change the first space to your sting

Re: Defining FCP devices to z/VM

2011-02-18 Thread Mark Pace
Define CHPID, Control Unit, and I/O Devices all as type FCP. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Crabtree, Anne D anne.d.crabt...@wv.govwrote: I maintain one operating system configuration in z/OS HCD which includes my z/OS lpars, as well as, my linux ifl. If I want to access storage on a

Re: Defining FCP devices to z/VM

2011-02-18 Thread Mark Pace
. Anne D. Crabtree System Programmer WV Office of Technology Data Center 1900 Kanawha Blvd East Charleston, WV 25305 (304)558-5914 ext 58292 (304)558-1441 fax *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDUIBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Mark

Re: z/VM 6.2 release date?

2011-02-15 Thread Mark Pace
With the z/OS 1.13 announcement today out of the way, hopefully we will see an announcement on the next z/VM release soon. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Rich Smrcina r...@velocitysoftware.comwrote: On 02/15/2011 09:56 AM, Tom Huegel wrote: Has anyone heard of a release date for 6.2? If

Re: z/VM Hardware Configuration Question

2011-01-27 Thread Mark Pace
I would cable it up and use it! Then if one fails you fail over immediately, no loss of I/O or downtime while our cabling up the new one. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Sherry Everhart severh...@maccnet.comwrote: Hello, Everyone. This is my first post to this User Group. Thanks in

Re: Support Element (SE) vs HMC and IP Addresses

2011-01-19 Thread Mark Pace
The SEs each have an IP address, and the HMC has an IP address on their own private network. The HMC may also have another NIC that can be connected to another network, say to reach the outside world, or allow you to access from your own private network. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM, George

Re: Support Element (SE) vs HMC and IP Addresses

2011-01-19 Thread Mark Pace
AFAIK an SE has only one IP address. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:13 AM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: ty, Mark, this is very helpful. Does an SE have more than 1 IP address as well? *Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: Dynamically adding 3390's

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Pace
Assuming that z/OS controls the IOCP throught HCD share the CHPID and the Devices with the VM partition. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Hughes, Jim jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov wrote: We want to define a new controller for some new dasd volumes on our DS8100. Our Z/OS z10 system has them defined

Re: Dynamically adding 3390's

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Pace
are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. It is fun to do the impossible. -- *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace *Sent

Re: Another teaser...

2010-12-21 Thread Mark Pace
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rich Smrcina r...@velocitysoftware.comwrote: Excellent! On both counts! What Rich said! -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: Vswitch Grant as a CMD in User's Directory?

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Pace
I do the same. Since I have so many VSE z/OS guests I find it easier to keep all my JCL and editing in CMS and submit to the appropriate guest. Better than having 5 or 6 Telnet sessions open to various guests. On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote:

Re: Hanging when dialing z/OS guests

2010-12-01 Thread Mark Pace
Under z/OS - vary the consoles online. Be sure they are defined to VTAM as local non-sna and that major node is active. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.comwrote: Didn't see a question anywhere but - If spool is at 98% - you need to clean it up - quickly!

Re: Streamlining the IPL

2010-11-11 Thread Mark Pace
From Operator Q TERM and see if the more 0 0 is in fact being set. On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:55 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: Everything looks good except for 'MORE processing. Although the OPERATOR screen does not got to HOLD, it waits the default 50 seconds

Re: Streamlining the IPL

2010-11-11 Thread Mark Pace
You should see something like this. q term LINEND # , LINEDEL OFF, CHARDEL OFF, ESCAPE , TABCHAR OFF LINESIZE 140, ATTN OFF, APL OFF, TEXT OFF, MODE VM, HILIGHT OFF CONMODE 3215, BREAKIN IMMED , BRKKEY PA1 , SCRNSAVE OFF AUTOCR ON , *MORE 000 000, HOLD OFF* , TIMESTAMP OFF, SYS3270 OFF

Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity

2010-11-03 Thread Mark Pace
7zip and/or winrar should have no problems with it. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: Here is what I get when I try to download. Sorry for the screen shot, but it was the only way I could capture the data. I don't see an option for

Re: Reply CONSOLE when run ZOS under ZVM

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Pace
I'm not sure about his specific problem, but things to take into account. The default recall key for z/OS is PA1 which the default key for CP READ. A couple of things that I add to my USER DIRECT entry for all z/OS guests. COMMAND TERM BRKKEY PF12 COMMAND TERM BREAKIN GUESTCTL COMMAND

Re: Reply CONSOLE when run ZOS under ZVM

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Pace
. *Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/01/2010 09:52 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Reply CONSOLE when run ZOS under ZVM I'm not sure

Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Pace
LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX2' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX3' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX4' 'CP SET VSWITCH LNXVSW1 GRANT VLINUX5' 'CP SLEEP 10 SEC' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX1' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX2' 'CP XAUTOLOG VLINUX3' *Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM

Re: No IPL VSWITCH Connectivity

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Pace
Just manually logon to the linux guest to see if it is connecting to the vswitch. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:09 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: Aubry, I thought the same as you, but I AUTOLOG1 does have privclass (B): I am not quite sure where or how to check the

Re: Highlighting in Rexx

2010-10-12 Thread Mark Pace
Vista TN3270 does both. I'd look at your emulator. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: There are some attributes that a pc simply can't do, like underscore and blink. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if my recently acquired WC3270 emulator misbehaved in

Re: Testing TCPIP and VSWITCH at Level 2

2010-10-11 Thread Mark Pace
Just attach a set of OSA triplets to your 2nd level guest for the VSWITCH. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: Yes, it can, George, no problem. DJ On 10/11/2010 8:36 AM, George Henke/NYLIC wrote: Can TCPIP and VSWITCH, though isolated from Level 1,

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-10-07 Thread Mark Pace
:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace *Sent:* Tuesday, October 05, 2010 09:57 *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Subject:* Re: [IBMVM] z/VM ISFC links Hi, Clovis - Thanks, but I knew how to do that. I've used VCTC between guests for years

Re: IPL VM/VM Issues

2010-10-06 Thread Mark Pace
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/ http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/ On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:04 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com wrote: Dave, Do you know where I can find the VMARC module? *Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

SFS - misunderstanding

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Pace
I admit that I've always stayed away from SFS. But recently I've decided to use it to share files between VM systems. Here is something I don't understand. I access a SFS, it shows as R/O, yet I can edit and save a file, but then can't erase it?! What am I missing that allows me to edit a file

Re: SFS - misunderstanding

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Pace
...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace *Sent:* Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:10 AM *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Subject:* SFS - misunderstanding I admit that I've always stayed away from SFS. But recently I've decided to use it to share files between VM systems. Here is something I

Re: Multi Page/Spool Directory Defs

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Pace
The entries for $PAGE$ $SPOOL$ are place holders so DIRMaint won't accidentally allocate space on these volumes and so that a DIRMap will show the space as used. I would update the $PAGE$ and $SPOOL$ entries to reflect the correct usage. Q ALLOC scans the disk allocation map to determine what

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Pace
... __ Clovis Pereira [image: Inactive hide details for Mark Pace ---04/10/2010 10:06:05---Real CTC link are working between LPARs. I have a 2nd level VM tha]Mark Pace ---04/10/2010 10:06:05---Real CTC link are working between LPARs. I have a 2nd level VM that I dedicated a CTC

Re: IPL VM/VM Issues

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Pace
As long as your L2 system doesn't have the disks attached for your z/OS and Linux guests, they will fail to start, so no issues with corruption. However I would probably use NOAUTOLOG just to be safe. TCPIP will need to be changed, at least the IP address, before starting it up. Defining GRAF

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-10-04 Thread Mark Pace
. I hope you have better tools. j. On 30 September 2010 19:00, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I see that now. 1st criteria for this test is to share SFS across LPARs. 2nd was to start learning about what will be involved with SSI. So I guess I'm sticking to ISFC. Glad

z/VM ISFC links

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Pace
From the connectivity manual - *VM domain controllers must use channel-to-channel (CTC) links to be attached to* *other VM domain controllers in the CS collection. The VM domain controllers may* *be running ISFC or VM PWSCF to participate in the CS collection.* Are these links ESCON CTC or FICON

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Pace
Ah! Us single CEC guys always forget about that! I think I'll also look into IPGATE. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: On Thursday, 09/30/2010 at 11:23 EDT, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: From the connectivity manual - VM domain

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Pace
. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I think I'll also look into IPGATE. But that does not do ISFC ... -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Pace
. Glad I have extra ESCON and FICON CHPIDs. Guess I'll start with ESCON as I also have extra cables, no extra FICON cables. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I think I'll also

Re: z/VM ISFC links

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Pace
September 2010 19:00, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I see that now. 1st criteria for this test is to share SFS across LPARs. 2nd was to start learning about what will be involved with SSI. So I guess I'm sticking to ISFC. Glad I have extra ESCON and FICON CHPIDs. Guess I'll start

Re: RMS Errors

2010-09-28 Thread Mark Pace
In the USER DIRECT STDEVOPT LIBRARY CTL On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM, KEETON Dave * SDC dave.kee...@state.or.uswrote: I wanted to post this to the list before opening an ETR with IBM. I have a 2nd-level 5.4 system I'm trying to set with DFSMS/VM's RMS component to talk to a virtual

Re: Question about DFSMS/VM - RMS

2010-09-28 Thread Mark Pace
That's a pretty broad request. There are DFSMSRM commands to mount tapes. You might user VM Tape Manager in conjunction with DFSMS/RMM to get a complete solution to managing volumes in the library. On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Sergio Lima sergiovm...@hotmail.comwrote: Hello List, We

Re: Question about DFSMS/VM - RMS

2010-09-28 Thread Mark Pace
Yes - From IBM Tape Manager for z/VM 5697-J08 On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Sergio Lima sergiovm...@hotmail.comwrote: Hello Mark, The VM Tape Manager is a product? Thanks, Sergio -- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:36:51 -0400 From: pacemainl...@gmail.com

Listfile

2010-09-21 Thread Mark Pace
Does LISTFILE have a default sort order? The help file doesn't mention in what sequence files are listed. -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: Listfile

2010-09-21 Thread Mark Pace
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 09/21/2010 10:03 AM Subject: Re: Listfile Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU As far as I know - it's alphabetical (A-Z,0-9). Scott Rohling On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: Does LISTFILE

Re: VSM - TCPIP

2010-09-16 Thread Mark Pace
AMEN. My father is retired IBMer and we moved a lot. My stint with IBM was to short to have been moved. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Jim Bohnsack jab...@cornell.edu wrote: IBM-I've Been Moved---even if not relocated. Jim On 9/15/2010 9:28 PM, Chip Davis wrote: And I guess Scott

Re: CP unresponsive on certain guests

2010-09-16 Thread Mark Pace
Depending on your workload, that is not very much paging space at all. Is it enough to back up all the defined virtual storage? On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Daniel Tate daniel.t...@gmail.com wrote: EXTENT EXTENT TOTAL PAGES HIGH% VOLID RDEV START

Re: FTP PUT

2010-09-14 Thread Mark Pace
put profile.exec 'mvsfile' FTP defaults to the A disk unless you cd to another mdisk. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Aisik Chang a829...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, listers, I has been long time for FPT PUT to create a pds member, What's the syntext for that on VM; put profile.exec.a

Re: Moving on (please don't panic)

2010-09-02 Thread Mark Pace
What, Asiff, said! On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:05 AM, ASIFF AMAHED asiff...@gmail.com wrote: Good luck in your New adventure, and thank you ones again for all your help over the years. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: Effective September 16th,

Re: Second TCPIP MDISK 191 Format

2010-09-01 Thread Mark Pace
Has the minidisk been formatted? On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Lesseg, Jon jon.les...@pacificorp.comwrote: I’m creating a second TCPIP machine and am having trouble accessing the 191 mdisk to format it from MAINT. My USER DISKMAP is updated and active: TCPIPV 191 3390

Re: 3590 systems

2010-09-01 Thread Mark Pace
The 3592 tape cartridge is a physically different tape than the 3590 cartridge. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.comwrote: Hello Everyone that has 3590 connections to their zSeries, We are looking into 3590 cartridge drives. I am having some issues

Re: 3590 systems

2010-09-01 Thread Mark Pace
Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:55 PM *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Subject:* Re: 3590 systems The 3592 tape cartridge

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-31 Thread Mark Pace
A couple of things On the DEFINE VSWITCH you only need to specify the 1st address of the triplet. On the NICDEF add LAN SYSTEM switchNameand it will be coupled automatically when you logon. example NICDEF 061C TYPE QDIO DEVICES 3 LAN SYSTEM VSWTCH3 OR SPECIAL 061C QDIO 3 SYSTEM

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-31 Thread Mark Pace
Learned something today - I didn't realize there could be 2 backup triplets. Sorry for raising the SNR! ;-) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: On Tuesday, 08/31/2010 at 10:11 EDT, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of things

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-31 Thread Mark Pace
When did VSE pick up layer 2 support? On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: On Tuesday, 08/31/2010 at 10:32 EDT, Billy Bingham billy.bingham...@suddenlink.net wrote: What makes this a Layer-3 VSWITCH vs a Layer-2? If the VSWITCH is defined with the

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-31 Thread Mark Pace
DEFINE VSWITCH VSWTCH1 RDEV 0600 CONTR * *ETH*-* Layer 2 * Define VSWITCH VSWTCH3 RDEV 0604 CONTR ** IP* -*Layer 3* On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Billy Bingham billy.bingham...@suddenlink.net wrote: What makes this a Layer-3 VSWITCH vs a Layer-2? Thanks, Billy

Re: Defining VSWITCH difficulties

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Pace
No it's not. I share my OSA with z/OS. z/OS needs a portname, z/VM does not. On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Sterling James ssja...@dstsystems.comwrote: It is needed if you share an OSA port with zOS. From: Mike Walter mike.wal...@hewitt.com To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 08/27/2010

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Pace
Is it a layer 2 or 3 vswitch? VSE and z/OS only support layer3. :( On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.comwrote: The VSWITCH seems to be defined just fine and the NICDEF added to the directory of the z/VSE. From z/VSE: * cp q v aa0-aa2 AR 0015 OSA

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Pace
Did you Grant access to the vswitch? On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.comwrote: Layer 3. Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. -- *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace

Re: z/VM 5.4 or 6.1 on new z10

2010-08-26 Thread Mark Pace
Here, Here!! On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: On Thursday, 08/26/2010 at 11:49 EDT, Horlick, Michael michael.horl...@cgi.com wrote: We are currently running z/VM 5.2 and have z/VM 5.4 under test in a second level machine. We are pretty stable in

CMS file date

2010-08-17 Thread Mark Pace
Can I manipulate the date of a CMS file? I want to test a program that deletes files older than a certain date. In linux I can use *touch* to set the date to whatever I choose. -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: CMS file date

2010-08-17 Thread Mark Pace
at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 47 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock -- On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:14:14 -0400 Mark Pace

Re: SAMBA: memory problem

2010-08-17 Thread Mark Pace
Mark's question was WHY are you building from source? Why not use the pre-built code that came with your distribution? On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Alain Benveniste a.benveni...@free.frwrote: I have downloaded the tar from the samba site and i am basically following the install procedure

Re: CMS file date

2010-08-17 Thread Mark Pace
out irrecoverable documentation of an important corporate project that was 5 years old and had been set aside due to other priorities. Les Mark Pace wrote: Can I manipulate the date of a CMS file? I want to test a program that deletes files older than a certain date. In linux I can use

Re: DR Backup using DFDSS

2010-08-12 Thread Mark Pace
If you are going to DDR, or DFDSS for that matter, the linux should be down. If you take a DDR dump while the guest is still up and running your restore has a good chance of not running. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.comwrote: I don’t know if a

Re: z/OS Guest not activating OSA connection

2010-08-10 Thread Mark Pace
Has the z/OS guest been Granted access? When you logon onto the guest do you see the virtual nic being created and connecting to the vswitch? On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Neale Ferguson ne...@sinenomine.netwrote: I have a z/OS 1.9 guest whose TCPIP is attempting to activate an OSA

Re: z/OS Guest not activating OSA connection

2010-08-10 Thread Mark Pace
There’s a NICDEF statement in the user directory entry, and the Q VSWITCH VSWITCH2 DET below shows the guest connecting. On 8/10/10 11:03 AM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: Has the z/OS guest been Granted access? When you logon onto the guest do you see the virtual nic being created

Re: SLES11 PARMFILE entries not being read correctly

2010-08-09 Thread Mark Pace
Depending on the missing Parameter, you may then get prompted for many more parms. I believe that the offending parm was PortNum or Macaddress. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bhemidhi, Ashwin ashw...@ti.com wrote: I did encounter similar problem installing RedHat Linux 5.4. The installer

Re: Pushing replies to Linux SLES 11 upgrade from a REXX EXEC

2010-08-05 Thread Mark Pace
A config file with all the prompts and responses is what you're looking for. Something like this RAMDISK_SIZE=98304 ROOT=/DEV/RAM1 RO INIT=/LINUXRC TERM=DUMB HostIP=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn Hostname=host.domain Gateway=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn Nameserver=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn InstNetDev=osa Netmask=255.255.255.0

Re: ipl tcpip

2010-08-03 Thread Mark Pace
You can not share the same triplet, you will need another triplet. However, I would suggest putting your stacks on a vswitch and giving the triplet to the vswitch, then you can use the same virtual address on the two stacks. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Dean, David (I/S)

Re: New Job

2010-08-02 Thread Mark Pace
Good luck, Tom. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Tom Huegel tehue...@gmail.com wrote: Today I start my new job. It has been eight months in the making.. I sure hope I still remember my z/VM stuff... If I forgot anything, there is always this list for help. -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems

Re: zVM 5.4, OS/390 2.10 and OSA

2010-07-30 Thread Mark Pace
Sounds like a question for your IBM CE. He should be able to tell you exactly what was in the microcode upgrade. On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Daniel Allen dal...@serena.com wrote: We have a OS/390 2.10 guest machine running under zVM 5.4 on z9BC . The OSA addresses are natively

Re: z/VM OSA with z/OS guest

2010-07-30 Thread Mark Pace
How can I dedicate 7E0-7E2 to three guest at one time? You can't. You would need a triplet for each z/OS guest. You can attach/dedicate each triple as v addresses 7E0-7E2. OR use a VSWITCH using 7E0-7E2 - then define a virtual NIC to each z/OS as 7E0-7E2 connected to the vswitch. On Fri, Jul

Re: ipl tcpip

2010-07-30 Thread Mark Pace
2074 or OSA-ICC access? On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.comwrote: How can I remotely bounce TCPIP without using by HMC? I want to send a command, say from maint, that would shut it down and subsequently bring it back. David M. Dean Information

Re: ipl tcpip

2010-07-30 Thread Mark Pace
:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On Behalf Of *Mark Pace *Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2010 12:00 PM *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Subject:* Re: ipl tcpip 2074 or OSA-ICC access? On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com wrote: How can

rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread Mark Pace
I'm having writers (programmers) block today. Is there a way to pass a REXX stem to XEDIT? -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems

Re: rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread Mark Pace
well I've created a stem in REXX. I want to call XEDIT to present a menu using the data from that stem. On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com wrote: pass meaning what? Insert it into the file? On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.comwrote

Re: rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread Mark Pace
employer's. *Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/29/2010 09:28 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: rexx stem well I've created a stem

Re: rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread Mark Pace
down the number that you feed into the VARLOAD stage. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. *Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com* Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/29/2010 09:28 AM Please respond

Re: Dasd Volser standards documented

2010-07-28 Thread Mark Pace
And with the ease of copying DASD via Flashcopy, I move volumes from device to device for various reasons, VOLSERs with the device address does not work for me. YMMV. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Michael MacIsaac

Re: Dasd Volser standards documented

2010-07-28 Thread Mark Pace
Yep, I understand that. Once the volume is copied and put online the old volume is clipped. Since I'm both the z/VM guy and the z/OS guy (and vse and linux) I have no one to blame but myself. On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.comwrote: Mark, And with the

Re: Dasd Volser standards documented

2010-07-28 Thread Mark Pace
From ICKDSF VOLID(serial) Writes the volume serial number in the volume or minidisk label. *For serial, substitute 1 to 6 alphanumeric characters for the volume serial number. If fewer than six characters are specified, the serial is left-justified, and the remainder of the field is padded with

Re: question to mixed CP an IFL in one LPAR

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Pace
have z/VM 6. Your IBMer is correct. Be aware of the required licenses. It's probably most attractive if you already had both sides of the z10 licensed for z/VM 5.4 and want to lower your operating cost by having just one single image. | Rob -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700

Re: question to mixed CP an IFL in one LPAR

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Pace
/VM 6 but also with zVM 5.4. Is this correct? I thought that for those environments you must have z/VM 6. -- Dave Jones V/Soft www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317

Re: TRLE with Vswitch

2010-07-13 Thread Mark Pace
something out of order?? We would appreciate any help/suggestions in pointing out what is wrong or missing. TIA Dan -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317

Pipe question

2010-07-09 Thread Mark Pace
= 1 to files.0 'PIPE ', '' files.i '|', 'casei zone 1-* locate /'LookFor'/ |', 'specs /'files.i'/ 1 |', 'unique |', ' TEST DATA A1' end -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317

Re: Pipe question

2010-07-09 Thread Mark Pace
Thanks, Alan - That was it. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: On Friday, 07/09/2010 at 09:25 EDT, Mark Pace mpac...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to rewrite an old exec into a pipe. While testing I had the pipe write the output to the console

Re: Pipe question

2010-07-09 Thread Mark Pace
struggling with multi-stream plumbing. I just need more practice and see good examples. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Mark Pace mpac...@gmail.com wrote: and it does not create the file. change it to console and it works

Re: Pipe question

2010-07-09 Thread Mark Pace
I signed up for CMSPIP-L yesterday. Haven't seen any traffic on it yet. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Mark Pace mpac...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Rob - After years and years of ignoring Pipes, I decided this week I

Re: Artical should be read 'zNEXT'

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Pace
that this article is from Maureen O'Gara, who bears the same resemblance to a journalist that an 8086 does to a z10. She's consistently snide for no reason, and makes things up as she goes along when she doesn't have the facts. Ah, the Rita Skeeter of computer journalism. -- Mark Pace Mainline

Re: Speaking of VSWITCHES

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Pace
, etc. Any suggestions late on a Friday afternoon? -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317

Re: Speaking of VSWITCHES

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Pace
...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 3:24 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Speaking of VSWITCHES Try SET VSWITCH VSWITCH1 CONNECT On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, McBride, Catherine cmcbr...@kable.com wrote: Somebody rebooted the switch

Re: can you make the CP ignore the # symbol?

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Pace
, SYS3270 OFF On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Daniel Tate daniel.t...@gmail.com wrote: I have urgent need to make it ignore that symbol and print it to the guest through a 3270 client. I am a z/VM beginner, so forgive me if this is something insanely simple. -- Mark Pace Mainline

Re: z/VM 5.4 CHPID Device question - IOCDS ??

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Pace
. ** -- Gregg Reed No Plan, survives execution -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317

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