FTP packed files

I'm ftping files from my 1st level system to 2nd level vm. When I pack them with copyfile, send them binary, unpack them with copyfile CMS tells me they are not in 'packed' format. What do I need to do to be able to send them packed. Sending them w/o packing works fine, I want to figure

Re: FTP packed files

I'm not. Apparently I'm in need of some ftp education. How is that accomplished? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: FTP packed files

I'm sure you aren't surprised to here that worked perfectly. THANKS! Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: Oops and finding passwords on a system...

Mine is in the same location Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

5.2 to 5.4 Migration Issue

Has anyone had any experience in migrating 'USER DIRECTORY' maintained by VM Director? I'm trying to determine how to do this. I have contacted CA, their recommendation is to install the product on my 2nd level 5.4 system. Any other thoughts? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue

Re: Creating two logs from an exec

Which is exactly why 'Open Source' works so well! Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! From

5.4 Install curiosity

I'm installing 5.4 w/DVD on 2nd Level. I've made it to Step 6:Run SERVIC E of Chapter 7 Load the System Image. I've 'acc 500 c' then 'listfile * servlink c', NOTHING. I've followed the steps and messages quite succinctly, but I am human and may have missed something when doing the RSU phase

Re: 5.4 Install curiosity

confused about what this process is doing? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: 5.4 Install curiosity

To the best of my knowledge 'YES'. I do know I put the DVD in the drive, and when the lights quit flashing entered go. I though I verified all the messages, but as I said originally, I am human, ie 'to err is human'! Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas

Re: VM 5.4 first/second level installation

Too bad. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may

Re: VM 5.4 first/second level installation

Apologies. My previous email/post was not an intended reply to this thread. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any

Re: Time Estimate to Create a Fully Production Ready z/VM System!

What will the linux guest be doing in production? That will go a long way in determining what needs done and how long it might take. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: Support of z/VM and zLinux environments

' series vs IFL. We are in the process of evaluating platforms and cost relative to our environment. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: Mantissa and X86

Will it run windows? I don't see any verbiage making that specific claim. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any

MPROUTE

With SLES 9 guest and WebSphere V5 (basic mode) we had all of our data ba se traffic to z/OS passing over Hipersockets. Since upgrading to SLES10 SP2 and WebSphere V6.1(Network Deployment) the data base traffic is going ove r the lan. Ignoring Hipersocket. We've traceroute etc and the

Linux Guest 'swapping'

Last Thur afternoon my IFL's went to nearly 100% for extended periods. O ne linux guest running three WebSphere app servers was the culprit. After determining the cause to be the JVM of one the servers causing linux to swap the JVM, we increased the size and restarted server. Things are

WebSphere CPU starvation Message

We are migrating from WebSphere V5 to V6. Also going from Single Server mode to Network Configuration. We are going from 1 Production guest per server to 1 Production guest for 3 production Servers. Each WAS Server i s doing the same work as before ie Server1 is App1 and so on, we are not

Re: A modest request

of America (dot) com I totally agree. I want to be a good citizen of the 'LIST', but there are parts of this discussion I've never heard of. Where do we 'learn' the proper procedure(s)? It seems someone with the proper knowledge needs to create a 'How To'. or If one exists point it out. Steve

z/VM Linux Cost effectiveness

would appreciate any information you can share. Aside from that any other 'food for thought' you can provide is greatly appreciated. Our environment is essentially WebShpere App server and MQ, accessing DB2 data on z/OS. Yes, we are using Hipersocket connectivity to z/OS from Linux. Thanks. Steve

Slow SSH response

process fail? I'm not certain where to look for an explanation. I've checked the Velocity reports, VM was doing some paging during both of these times, could that have done it? CPU consumption was not excessive at approx 50%. Where else might I look? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software

Re: Slow SSH response

. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain

Re: Slow SSH response

, but that were accessing the windows DNS boxes. Aren't they everywhere? Could be part of the problem. The DNS is on a Windows box. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: Very Slow Linux Running Second Level z/VM

there was a presentation at SHARE in Aug on this very topic. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole

Re: NIC not acquired at startup

for 304, as you can see that doesn't happen here. Im not linux enough to have a guess what this might indicate. The Linux group is looking at it from their end as well. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees

NIC not acquired at startup

We have recently upgraded our SLES guests from 9 to 10 with out incident. The last to be updated was our 'router' guest for our HIPERSOCKET network . This linux admins upgraded this guest as such: a) Created SLES 10 guest and configured identical with the exception of t he IP address and

Re: NIC not acquired at startup

: qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.0304 __NSC__ 5 4 3 2 1 0 qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.0304 No interface found Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Spool

Where could a 'newbie' find a comprehensive explanation of Spool? ie What it is intended for, how its used by VM and potentially other products/tools/applications. Thanks. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees

Re: Spool

YES IMMENSELY. Linux guests are our sole customer on /VM, so that is where my 'need to know' lies. I'm sure this wheel has already been discovered: Is there a 'doc' on using spool and a central 'syslog server' to capture Linux guest console logs? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist

Re: Spool

Thank you for the responses. John and David I appreciate the offer of more detailed information, I look forward to receiving it. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Hipersocket Capacity

How does one go about determining the 'capacity' of a Hipersocket connection/interface between z/OS- z/VM? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

Re: Hipersocket Capacity

Measure it. It is a function of CPU. Where might I find some guidance on how to accomplish that? In Therory I understand what you are expressing In Practice I dont have much of a clue about how to go about it. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785

Re: Re-Use DASD

. Is that not correct? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient

Re-Use DASD

DASD used by the Linux guests are Full Volume minidisks. As you can tell, all of this is a new experience so dont hesitate to include the simiplest of ideas. Thanks. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty

Re: TN3270 sessions

Any final words of wisdom? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended

z/VM Daily Snyc Point

that are capable of supporting daily use. What are other shops doing for daily snyc points? Any and All thoughts/suggestions are appreciated. Thanks. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest

Re: z/VM Daily Snyc Point

unnecessary to do more at this pt. However, I need to find out what alternatives (ie what are other shops doing) exist and their costs. That, in all likelyhood will sway them to 'sane' solution. So the short answer to your question Phil (after the long one of course) is both. Steve Mitchell Sr

Re: z/VM usability

of experience, I see that as a 'positive' for z/VM rather than the loss of CMS expertise being a harbinger of its demise. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not!

Re: $PAGE$ Question

I would appreciate a copy of the doc. Thank You. Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not!

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

Have you ever tried Nehi and Onion Soup mix? Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're

Re: z/vm 4.4

We recently upgraded to a Z9 while still running OS/390 2.10. Required some maint. but its running great! Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're not!

Re: z/vm 4.4

Disregard previous 'comment'. I was incorrect, we are z/OS 1.4. (I dont get on that part of the machine much) Steve Mitchell Sr Systems Software Specialist Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (785) 291-8885 'There are no degrees of Honesty-you're either Honest or you're