Re: REXXCPS EXEC

that I think is somewhat less than useful. You could call it "processor inches" if you want to, and the usefulness stays the same. As long as you keep in mind the limitations of the measurement technique, it really doesn't matter just what units you prefer

Re: REXXCPS EXEC

As usual, MIPS is as meaningful or meaningless as you want it to be. Mike Hammock -- From: "Fran Hensler" Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:45 AM To: Subject: Re: REXXCPS EXEC On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:25:05 -0400 Mike Hammock said: I ha

Re: REXXCPS EXEC

venient. Of course, pretty soon we may have to start using BIPS (Billions of .). Let's see, what word can we find that starts with "B" that means "Meaningless"? Mike Hammock -- From: "Les Koehler" Sent: F

Re: REXXCPS EXEC

. Just remember that REXXCPS is a single thread; it can only test a single processor/core. If you have a multi-processor system you have to multiple by the number of processors and "adjust" for N-way "interference". Mike Hammock ---

Re: Sharing files between two z/OS guest machines

You can download the IBM Redbook from: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247008.html?Open -- From: "Ward, Mike S" Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:58 AM To: Subject: Re: Sharing files between two z/OS guest machines Would you mind sharing

Re: Sharing files between two z/OS guest machines

sks. Yes, the default zOS HCD/IOCDS defines the disks as shared. Mike Hammock ITC -- From: "Marcy Cortes" Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 11:18 PM To: Subject: Re: Sharing files between two z/OS guest machines Tom, I doubt you'll be

Change of Status

hen I can add something to the discussion. Mike Hammock

Re: ICC Support

ONSOLE_TYPE= 1RESPONSE= ON READ_TIMEOUT= 60 Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Advisor IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mike.hamm...@mainline.com

Re: ICC Support

x27;s just another 3270. The biggest 'problem' is configuring the ICC (in both the ICC and the IOCP), and that is not much of a problem at all. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Advisor IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mike.

Re: Please tell me I did something stupid

want to make sure that users are aware of the Quick Guides, put a one-sheet notice in with the other shipped materials providing the URLs for the downloadable guides. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Advisor IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Sys

Re: Please tell me I did something stupid

;other" parts causes more problems than anything else. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Advisor IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mike.hamm...@mainline.com

Re: XSTORE

One minor correction David... Since OS/390 became z/OS it has not used XSTORE in any way. If you give XSTORE to z/OS it spits out a message at IPL time that it has detected some XSTORE but will not use it. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Advisor IBM System Z Solutions Mainline

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

Replying GO and leaving the base DVD in place worked. After the IPL of 'my' system I actually had a good, full, usable system instead of just the skeleton I had before. INSTVM worked correctly. I now have a usable system to apply the RSU service to. Thanks Mike C. M. (Mike)

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

from scratch and reply GO for the RSU and see what happens... Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm...@mainline.com "Al

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

I wasn't suggesting that you (or other IBM "users") put up an ISO, Marcy . that "hint" was intended for IBM's ears Being able to download the ISO format would probably save me a day at this point. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IB

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

Of course, I'm also assuming that the lack of the RSU is causing the INSTVM problem, which is not definite yet. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm.

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

ely that does not help us much... And again, my coworker has the same problem on a zVM system for which the product package box was shipped the same day. Sure would be nice if there was an .ISO of the RSU available for download...( hint, hint.....) Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical S

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

is... Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm...@mainline.com "Hans R

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

aying the install another day... Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm...@mainline.com

Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions

We turned the product box upside down and inside out looking for the RSU. We got both CKD (3390) And FBA/SCSI install DVDs, but no RSU. I don't suppose anyone could make an .ISO of the 5402RSU available for fast download, could they?? Thanks Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Suppor

Re: Fw: First install of 5.4: 2 questions/problems

ng" RSU) may be very related...At this point in the install (ready to run the INSTVM) the USER DIRECT has not been built yet so I have a very limited MAINT configuration (no 19e, 5e5, 500, etc.) Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Sy

Fw: First install of 5.4: 2 questions/problems

nk so, but so far it looks like 2 out of 2 known attempts have had a problem with this step. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm...@mainline.com - Forwarded by Mike Hammock/CSI on 01/14/200

First install of 5.4: 2 questions

te DVD as the media, but again, I'm fearful of any side effects. What am I missing (or what did I do wrong) and where should I go from here? Thanks Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 mhamm...@mainline.com

Re: 3590: problems reading

dumps automated and ready to go. (I also get the impression that they are just more "comfortable" with DDR, which I certainly understand.) Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [E

Re: 3590: problems reading

backing up to SCSI attached 3490, but that obviously takes a lot more time and "cartridge feeding" than a 3590 would, something they hoped to avoid with the 3590. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 6

Re: 3590: problems reading

o matter what it was before... As far as I know (!), he has no tape management software or anything else that would be monitoring or looking for standard labels. I will mention the SL issue to him though, just in case Thanks Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSe

3590: problems reading

ment. I don't believe he has tried a stand-alone DDR, but I'm not optimistic that would be any better. Any suggestions? Thanks Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

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Re: Running os/390 as a guest

I can verify that using #CP TRACE IPTE RUN NOTERM does allow a OS/390 2.9 guest to run under zVM on a z9 (whereas it did not IPL successfully without this command). I would hesitate to generalize this any further... Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solut

Re: Running os/390 as a guest

bove experience is on z9s. It is possible that it would not work on a z10. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: WAIT STATE

You do not have a terminal device connected to the system/LPAR at an address specified as an Operator console device in the SYSTEM CONFIG. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Request for information: Installation Summary Cards

I've used the "one sheet summaries" to install several zVM 5.3 systems, including both DVD and tape media. See my comments below C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System wrote

Re: Interesting bit of reporting

ond OSA or FICON adapter which will act purely as a 'backup', As long as the 'non-redundant' z9 BC level of availability is sufficient, then the System X boxes are very comparable/competitive. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame

Re: Question for old-timers

Try 2821 C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Jim Bohnsack"

Re: P/390 replacement FLEX/ES or MP3000?

go to GOLC based licenses (monthly charges at a significantly higher rate than the current ESL software) plus the needed products have all been with drawn (from marketing as well as support) so I'm not sure just how you would get a license at all. Probably possible, but messy... mike C. M

Re: Using SET SHARE, performance problem

Ah, when you said "97% Utilization" I though you meant page space utilization... that would have been bad... But, if you are only running 3% in use, then the problem is elsewhere. Beginning to sound like you may have a real processor cycle shortage Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr.

Re: Using SET SHARE, performance problem

0%. I would suggest adding another volume for page space as quickly as possible. This may or may not be the cause of your response time problems, but will definitely cause a problem soon, if not now. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 6

Re: Using SET SHARE, performance problem

allow more overcommittment of real storage. Monitor your paging activity and page space usage carefully. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [E

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Re: VM System Programmer

"Yes, but you have to live in Ohio." As someone who has made relatively frequent visits to NYC and LA (and only occasional ones to Ohio), I'd say that is an advantage!! Mike(Ducking and running for cover.) C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IB

Re: OS/390 as zVM 5.2 Guest on z9 ??

Well, it turns out that there are some VERY strange things floating around... I'm not ready to discuss some of what I've found yet, but let's just say it is "interesting"... and I have some more testing to do Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFram

Re: OS/390 as zVM 5.2 Guest on z9 ??

under VM) although it would not be 'supported'... Daniel's experience helps to confirm this belief... Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OS/390 as zVM 5.2 Guest on z9 ??

a stupid question, but you are running this on a PU and not an IFL, right? -Paul > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammock > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:46 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >

OS/390 as zVM 5.2 Guest on z9 ??

it gets to processing the IPLPARM. (If I specify an invalid IPLPARM I get an appropriate wait state code loaded.) So I know it is at least running for a little while. Any suggestions out there?? Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries So

Re: Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box

sh to 7.0.7. Once you get that installed, contact me for the zVM DVD install procedure. Please.. (PLEASE!) don't ask for the procedure or to get your FLEX version upgrade unless you are really going to use it. Getting and installing the upgrade takes time and effort... Mike C. M. (Mike) H

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Re: OT: Univ of Waterloo (Was: Extracting MACLIB members)

tween UW's CSG and WATCOM ultimately worked against them. Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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DST Updates for VM on FLEX-ES users

Note that the .ISO file is actually imbedded in or attached to the .PDF file of the instructions, so you only need to download the appropriate .PDF file and that will include the .ISO image. VM users should also update their TIMEZONE_BOUNDARY statements in the SYSTEM CONFIG to reflect these new da

Re: Question re: Hercules

anuary 1, so you cannot get any new ESL licenses. C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions (404) 643-3258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan Altmark

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Re: FLEX-ES and z/VM 4 or z/VM 5

zVM 5 and zOS 1.6 or 1.7). Developers who are members of IBM's PWD program are allowed (even encouraged) to run 64 bit mode IBM software on FLEX, but commercial customers who are willing to pay for it are not allowed to do so. Mike Hammock C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support zF