to the IBM support center. That's why you're paying them the big bucks for
support.
Mark Post
For anyone that's interested, I have uploaded almost all of the presentations
given at the VM Workshop in Columbus to the linuxvm.org Presentations page.
(Thanks to all the presenters who sent me copies!)
http://linuxvm.org/Present/#vmw2011 will take you straight there.
Mark Post
On 8/2/2011 at 02:54 PM, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote:
How come Z hardware doesn't come with one of these? 8-)
Because it costs less than $100?
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On 7/24/2011 at 02:38 AM, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote:
I have a rather twisted sense of humor some times.
SOME times?
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Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM, and IBM-Main
All,
As part of Attachmate's promoting SUSE to a separate brand,
http://www.suse.com/ is online once again. For those interested, it's worth a
look.
Mark
subscriptions, a PTF is available.
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simply copying
the data. Don't do it. It's almost guaranteed to fail due to the many layers
of things you're trying to circumvent. (ICKDSF, dasdfmt, fdasd, $DIETY knows
what else I'm forgetting...)
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.
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On 6/16/2011 at 08:06 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com
wrote:
1 suggestion: FLASHCOPY option (to replace DDR)
Which would then break on all the systems where it hasn't been purchased.
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On 6/10/2011 at 01:46 PM, Mike Hammock m...@hammocktree.us wrote:
Let's see,
what word can we find that starts with B that means Meaningless?
Bogus? Bogo?
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, but not both.
This is an up to date SLES11 SP1 system, running on z/VM 6.1 RSU 1003. Does
anyone see the problem?
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On 5/19/2011 at 10:00 AM, Tony Thigpen t...@vse2pdf.com wrote:
I use SUSE, not windows.
Smart man, even if am biased. :)
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(and that of their IBM business partner and our TSS) miserable.
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?
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, but a serial number. Try configuring LUN 0
and see if things get better. As a starter, try this:
zfcp_san_disc -b 0.0.54c00 -p 0x50050763070342f3 -L
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On 4/5/2011 at 12:04 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote:
And if I wrote all my ideas down, no one would ever hire me. ;-)
Even though scorpions are not known in Michigan, I'll refrain from comment
anyway.
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licensing cost would increase by one cpu. Is this correct?
If you're going to be running z/VM on that IFL, and keep running in on the two
GPs, then yes you are correct.
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processing (storage,
memory, shared resources...)?
Not sure what you're saying here. IFLs don't add to the z/OS MSU-based
software charges. You still have to pay for any z/VM licenses and/or Linux
subscriptions that you will be running on those IFLs.
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again with the
justifiied comment. It's pretty clear when you look at the quoting marks .
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On 3/30/2011 at 01:31 PM, Mike Walter mike.wal...@aonhewitt.com wrote:
Mark,
It's clear if you pay attention to the '' marks. But the text was all
under my name, without the header:
---snip---
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 23:05:57 -0500
Reply-To: The IBM z/VM Operating System
that can use it. :)
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with -march and -mtune set higher. If your
middleware were all recompiled, that would likely be very different.
And if we could only get some of those other sw vendors to support sles
11...
Money talks. Stop paying them to be recalcitrant. You get the behavior you
reward.
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an opportunity for profit. :)
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,
- This device belongs to the MSTRCLON.
- We are unable to IPL the guest with ' / ' and 'Swap' device
00AE,
So where in this process do you modify the configuration file to point to the
new LUN? Are you also rebuilding the initrd afterward?
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,
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On 2/1/2011 at 02:45 PM, George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com
wrote:
How did you change your vswitch definition for PO1?
Chuckie has deigned use of PORTNAME in VSWITCH taboo.
Port number is not the same as port name. Two different parameters entirely.
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On 1/19/2011 at 12:06 PM, Edward M Martin emar...@aultman.com wrote:
The code 000A000F means that the IPL text could not be found.
But this is referencing Linux.
I would think that with no IPL text found, the intended operating system to be
IPLed would be irrelevant. :)
Mark
this
side-thread on our own and not force him to do it?
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outside of
it. Blasting people who use GUIs for being incompetent instead of blasting
incompetent (or sorely undertrained) people who just happen to be using a GUI
misses the root cause.
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your work from a 2714.
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for an excellent
TN3270E emulator. Please, no wine!
Would you like some cheese with that whine? Sorry, couldn't resist. :)
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.
Can anyone provide any ideas as to what may be the issue here?
Are you specifying ASCII? If not, the FTP protocol won't insert the CR/LF at
the end.
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developers. Go figure.
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the network guy says I an passing through the firewall.
%$...@!
Please contact me off-list.
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Novell Technical Support
up to less than the
available real storage.
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On 8/29/2010 at 12:14 PM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice! Any hope of it being ported to Linux? (or maybe it drinks 'wine'?)
The download page shows it's a .NET application, so there's a good change mono
will run it without modification.
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On 8/24/2010 at 12:26 PM, Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com wrote:
There are a bunch on eBay, at least 3 of which are for $50 or less.
Man, for that much, I should root through my spare parts drawer again. I used
to have several of them.
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... I am in the step where I have to execute the ./configure but I
This tells me you're trying to build Samba from source, not install it. Do you
really want to do that? If so, why not use the version shipped with your
distribution?
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Server/samba-common-3.0.23c-2.s390x.rpm
Server/samba-swat-3.0.23c-2.s390x.rpm
Server/system-config-samba-1.2.35-1.1.noarch.rpm
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format.) If they are CDL formatted and there is no VTOC, then
you have a huge bug that needs to be dealt with. If they are LDL formatted and
not CDL, then you need to change your procedure to format them.
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server.
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. For DNS server, use 127.0.0.1.
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no
magic in that regard.
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to connect via SSH or VNC for the install to run from
start to finish.
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Novell Technical Support
SYSLIM value, actual usage may not.
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got that exactly backward. FTPS has no relationship to SSH at all.
sftp is the command included with OpenSSH.
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On 7/13/2010 at 03:19 PM, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov wrote:
Does something need to change in the Kick Start setup to tell it that we
now have an 802 disk to init so to avoid this prompt?
Seeing a copy of your kickstart file might be helpful.
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University. She gets most of it wrong, of course, being who she is. Look
through the SHARE and WAVV proceedings from the last couple of conferences.
You'll get the real information that is out there, without the nonsense mixed
in.
Mark Post
On 6/17/2010 at 02:59 PM, Mike Walter mike.wal...@hewitt.com wrote:
OK... let's summarize so that anyone searching the IBMVM-L archives can
find a more updated and comprehensive set of steps to adding a paging
volume to z/VM.
Any chance I can get you to add this to wiki.linuxvm.org?
Mark
with
Linux on System z and (somewhat current) z/VM skills. Not nearly as many as
UNIX/Linux jobs, but they are out there, and not a huge number of people to
fill them.
Hewlett-Packard (nee EDS)
My condolences. ;)
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On 5/25/2010 at 02:36 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com
wrote:
Sounds like a requirement to me. After all, what else runs on an IFL? So it
would make sense to have LINUX as an alias for IFL in that statement,
OpenSolaris, for one thing. Perhaps others in the future.
Mark
be a different story, but strictly from
a user viewpoint, that type of information is being hidden.
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Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM and IBM-Main.
FYI,
http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-announces-suse-linux-enterprise-11-service-pack-1/
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suggests that the process was waiting on something.
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groups where Linux is a regular topic,
please send me the details off-list.
Thanks!
Mark Post
On 5/6/2010 at 04:57 AM, dave d...@vsoft-software.com wrote:
Another interesting question would be how does one go about
licensing the needed software for a z10 from M$:-)
Go to CDW and buy it online? Seems fairly simple to me. :)
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Planning and Administration manual, but didn't find anything to
indicate that.
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to your z/VM LPAR, that's not correct.
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traffic is mainly packets 1492, then you won't
see it right away. Also, the problem will only occur if it is the Linux system
that sends the packet, since it has the larger MTU.
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to try to look behind the illusion that
storage arrays present to the CEC. That's a real rat's nest that would be too
difficult to keep up with over time, which is why the illusion is presented in
the first place.
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was invented back in the early 2.4 kernels. Like you, however,
I don't normally recommend using DEDICATEd DASD volumes.
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On 3/11/2010 at 05:47 PM, Daniel P. Martin dmar...@gizmoworks.com
wrote:
Yeah. I know. Somewhere next week, in Seattle, when I least expect it,
I will pay.
Just being in Seattle isn't punishment enough? I vote for clemency.
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, although that can vary. A sync command will cause all
pending writes to happen, but if the system is active at all, then new I/Os
happen right away that get cached.
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consider that a supportable configuration, there is
nothing in the license/subscription terms that would prevent it.
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On 2/3/2010 at 12:58 PM, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote:
Keep Barton, Tony, Rob, et.al., in line, if you can.
I think that's a hopeless task, at best. :)
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On 1/5/2010 at 12:35 PM, Neale Ferguson ne...@sinenomine.net wrote:
Won*t adding an additional IFL to the z/VM system increase the license
charge for your linux distribution?
Yes, unless it's a non-commercial distribution.
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speed, no matter what
speed the standard CPs run.
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personally. For SLES, the ps2pdf command comes with the
ghostscript-library package. A simple ps2pdf input.ps output.pdf is all that
is normally needed.
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z/VM, you'll need real System z hardware, and in the case of
z/VM EE, a z10.
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.
Marist College had about the same, but is down to around 700 I believe. I'm
not aware of any customers running 1,000 instances, let alone on one z/VM or
even one CEC.
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On 11/9/2009 at 9:48 AM, Gentry, Stephen
stephen.gen...@lafayettelife.com
wrote:
-snip-
My question is: does VM keep track of slot assignments? I wouldn't
think so, but . . .
Absolutely. It's been discussed here numerous times.
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you what you need to know? If not, please explain further
what you're looking to do.
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-running mkinitrd and zipl.
(YaST will do that for you automatically if you use it, otherwise you have to
remember to do it. Not sure if Red Hat has a similar mechanism to keep things
in synch.)
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On 10/14/2009 at 12:15 PM, Rich Greenberg ric...@panix.com wrote:
-snip-
The problem was that some wordy posters could go over the limit.
That's a problem? Sounds like a solution to me. :)
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Configuration Guide (sans
mandatory access controls, if desired) you have a pretty good start to a
security audit checklist.
Sounds like a good topic (and initial pointer to the Guide to be added) for the
Wiki. :)
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?
There is nothing about an OSA that inherently _requires_ being in Layer 2 mode.
If you want your Linux guests to have dedicated OSA devices, you and your
network switch administrator get to decide whether it will be Layer 2 or Layer
3.
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On 9/23/2009 at 4:04 PM, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote:
Since Chuckie started this line, I expect Alan to weigh in with a sonnet.
I'm expecting Dan Martin's booted heel, myself.
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Goody Bag
9213Rick Barlow Linux Servers on System z: Benefits and Features of
Virtualization in the Enterprise Data Center
http://linuxvm.org/Present/#share113
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. With any luck, it will become a valuable resource for everyone that
might become involved in running Linux on System z.
Thanks,
Mark Post
On 9/3/2009 at 1:07 PM, sunny...@wcb.ab.ca wrote:
-snip-
While I read your pdf , one question popped up in my mind.
Who is the guy at the beginning of your presentation? And four another
pictures at 1st page.
Any story? Special?
Sunny,
So far as I know, those were professional
System z Environment
9206Mark Post What's New With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for
System z
9210Lee Stewart z/VM and Linux Disaster Recovery - A Customer Experience
9214Mark Post Using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to Reduce the Hassle
of Managing Disk Space on Linux
to sequentially follow the
read/write device addresses, are there any other
restrictions/requirements for QDIO datapath addressing?
Other than being on the same CHPID, no.
- Do the non-QDIO SNA device addresses have to be even?
This one I can't answer.
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. Setting up xip2fs is not terribly easy to set up (I'm working on
getting that changed) and not easy to maintain. Still, if you're really
constrained, it may be worth the effort. For some insight into that process,
look at the presentation on it at http://linuxvm.org/Present/
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give it.
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, then the only way I know of is via the uptime command or
w command. For other guests, it's going to be just as OS specific, and I
can't remember how we did it for z/OS.
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On 8/13/2009 at 4:12 PM, Robert J McCarthy bob.mccar...@custserv.com
wrote:
Martin,
A quick look at the information that you sent, it looks like you are
missing a NICDEF statement in your User direct for each linux guest.
No, he's got that in the LNXDFLT profile.
Mark Post
vswitch details show? Also, q nic details from each guest?
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device
can be anything on the same CHPID, so if he ever runs short, he can use 703 for
that sometime in the future. I suspect he did it this way because for a time
there was a (at least perceived) requirement for the triplet to start with an
even number.
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, but that
should be fairly easy.
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On 8/10/2009 at 11:39 AM, Mike Atkison mike.atki...@mantissa.com wrote:
Has anyone implemented Diagnose X'2C4' - FTP Services? Only info found so
far is: http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/SHULTZSS/D2C4SS.DOC
z/VM's FTPSERVE has, but that's the only one I'm aware of.
Mark Post
charge for z/VM itself does go
down as you license more processors. And, not just in the same CEC, but across
your enterprise.
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storage you need and how many
CPUs you need. I would personally tend to go with fewer larger z/VM
instances, but that may not be a concern for you.
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as Communications Controller for Linux. They seem happy with both of them.
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On 8/7/2009 at 3:09 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com
wrote:
What is the pricing like for Suse Linux (before I talk to a salesman)?
I replied off-list with some details.
Mark Post
/390, CentOS, Gentoo, and Fedora.
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On 8/7/2009 at 4:20 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com
wrote:
Does IBM Communications Server run on these other flavors of Linux as
well? Is it supported under these as well?
It will probably run. IBM will not support it, however.
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operating system that is legal to run on it. (The
possible exceptions of running on a mainframe that is already licensed doesn't
apply in your case.)
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in
_excruciating_ detail. There's still a need for Redbooks, to this day, to
provide the how and why. Hercules documentation is in the same boat.
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from IBM finds out, I suspect you'll be hearing
from the lawyers.
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carefully before doing something like this.
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