Re: z/vm page packs at DR

2011-08-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
there are errors, there are no system programmers to determine and fix the problem. KISS Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Crabtree, Anne D anne.d.crabt...@wv.gov Sender: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

VM to zLinux Remote Execution

2011-07-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
help Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (Still on z/VM 5.2)

Re: VM to zLinux Remote Execution

2011-07-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I've searched for the basic REXEC daemon for zSeries SLES 11, but I couldn't find anything. I could have been looking in the wrong place. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability) larry.dav...@hp.com 7/22/2011 12:34 PM REXEC is available in Linux but you

Re: VM to zLinux Remote Execution

2011-07-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
attempt to access REXECD from another mainframe host, should also be minimal(right?) I see articles about spoofing. Got me somewhat spoofed too G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com 7/22/2011 12:38 PM I'm not too up on zLinux because we don't have

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
REXECD and nothing concerning OBEYFILE. Is it possible that your comment about OBEYFILE to restart TCPIP servers, a general comment and not explicitly for the REXECD server? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (42 years ago, Apollo 11 landed on the moon) Kris Buelens kris.buel...@gmail.com 7/18

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
that I will be executing remotely. Thanks for your help Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com 7/20/2011 9:35 AM On Wednesday, 07/20/2011 at 10:18 EDT, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote: My manuals (z/VM 5.2) do not show a method of recycling REXECD using

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
:Nick.RXAGENT2 :type.server :class.rexec_agent :For.REXECD Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 7:29 PM Well - I dug a bit deeper - looked at TCPRUN EXEC, etc

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
of statements. That is if you replaced one statement, the entire packet of statements were replaced. Anyway, I'll get back to this after I schedule the cycle of TCPIP. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Kris Buelens kris.buel...@gmail.com 7/18/2011 3:33 PM Alan explained here a while ago

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
issued. I might bypass this problem by executing a rexx program instead of individual commands. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 3:01 PM Only RXAGENT1 is supplied .. which makes me then wonder if these agents are built as they should be -- doing

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
:Nick.RXAGENT2 :type.server :class.rexec_agent :For.REXECD What is wrong with my :Anonymous.yes? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com 7/15/2011 3:45 PM

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. But based on other items in my SYSTEM DTCPARMS file, I know that it is, being executed. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 7/15/2011 4:52 PM Which DTCPARMS are you updating?Is a 'lower level' one perhaps overriding?The order is userid, nodeid, SYSTEM

Re: SUSE11 and VNC Viewer

2011-07-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Since you didn't mention that you did might as well to cover all bases... After an install and the reboot, vncserver isn't automatically started. You can do a vncserver start from root and/or set it to automatically start in the yast dialog. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (Sometimes I think I

Re: SUSE11 and VNC Viewer

2011-07-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
is not a supported box on SLES 11. So, if I require VNC, I would have to drop back to SLES 10 SP3 or so. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Bob McCarthybob.mccar...@custserv.com 7/5/2011 3:14 PM We use VNC Viewer for the gui requirements for installing our zLinux systems and other related software

Re: SUSE11 and VNC Viewer

2011-07-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
and hold, is this after you have responded to the password challenge? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Richard Troth vmcow...@gmail.com 7/6/2011 10:49 AM Hi, Bob, -- I use VNC rather heavily. From Tom's report, you may be having a different error than I am used to. Also, contrary to Tom's suggestion

Standalone DDR License

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
for backups, do you have to keep licensing the product, even if you never intend to use it, just in case you have to restore something backed up by that product Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 6/16/2011 3:45 PM No - the CP FLASHCOPY command only works with the flashcopy feature on the DASD -- it will simply fail if it's not enabled. You may have been using a 'wrapper' EXEC that did that for you a while ago

Re: Problem with z/Linux guest Ethernet frames (buffering ?)

2011-05-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Also add in a cp q time so you know what time it happened. Or do the PIPE like Frank suggested. BTW, so a cp spool console start first to capture the listing. And then there is also: term more 0 0 term hold off set run on anything else? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Karl Kingston karlkings

Re: Will it run ?

2011-04-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. The APAR doesn't cause 2.2 to support it, it just causes it to ignore it G. VM doesn't help in this case (allowing VSE/ESA 2.2 to run on a dual channel set machine). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Graeme Moss ib...@mossaustralia.com 4/6/2011 4:35 PM Hello Fellow Listers, I have the opportunity

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
on the media. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rich Greenberg ric...@panix.com 3/30/2011 4:55 PM On: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:37:00AM -0700,Tom Huegel Wrote: } That doesn't show the compressed byte count is (would be). The goal here is } to be able to predict how many tapes I will need to do

Re: DB2 Connect and DB2 V7.5

2011-03-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the stored procedure server, but now, anytime a DB2 9.x client starts using the DB2 Command Center, the stored procedure server DFLT0001 fires up to handle the request. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting E. Roller ewald.rol...@rolf-benz.com 3/25/2011 9:54 AM Hi, struggling on with implementing DB2

Re: DB2 Connect and DB2 V7.5

2011-03-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, Win/7 64 bit, etc), you have to rebind from that windows client to each release of DB2 Connect Server you are running. I don't know if you have to, but I did, bind from each type of Windows client to each release of DB2 you are running. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting E. Roller ewald.rol...@rolf

Re: Creating a Second IP Stack

2011-03-07 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to assign the same IP address G. But even if you do configure the same IP address, the first one up (the ICC) wins.) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jeff Gribbinjeff.grib...@gmail.com 3/5/2011 10:07 AM Greetings, I may be a, 'VM-Oldie' but I'm most certainly a, 'TCP/IP Newbie' and, true to form

Re: Closing console (and other o/p UR devices) at midnight or other times.

2011-02-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I use: cp spool console to maint eof Which closes the console after every 50,000 records. If you need it done at midnight or some other time, you could use VMUTIL, or some other home grown exec to issue a close on behalf of a disconnected machine. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mike Walter

Re: z/VM 5.4; 6.1

2011-02-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
however. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jakub x jszef...@gmail.com 2/9/2011 2:10 AM Hello, Can I install z/VM (5.4 or 6.1) on dasd 9 model 27 ? I found in documentation Only 3390 Model 3 or 9 is supported for installation of z/VM. but in another part of documentation I saw that DASD 9 including

Re: z/VM 5.4; 6.1

2011-02-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
may still have a problem with the CP allocation area, when you IPL the full pack. If interested, just try it. An install is only a few hours before you can test. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 2/9/2011 10:20 AM I don't understand why you say the install

Re: SET SHARE ABSOLUTE/RELATIVE

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Duerbusch
faile on timeouts. Many times it was quicker to reipl the test system then to determine what failed and restart the task. Since then, test systems always get some cpu. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Hughes, Jim jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov 2/7/2011 2:27 PM Thanks for the reply Marty. Long time, no see

Re: zVM Minidisk Backup process

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
You could do a physical backup using DDR (help ddr for more info). A logical backup, which can be reloaded to any size mdisk or to/from SFS can be done via VMFPLC2 (help vmfplc2 for details). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mario Izaguirre mizagui...@circulo.es 1/28/2011 2:34 AM Hi all, I wanted

Re: Dynamically adding 3390's

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
) for the new volumes. Then, you can vary on the devices and be off and running. When done, be sure to update your IOCP and put it in the next slot. Otherwise a Power On Reset, will loose any dynamically defined IOCP stuff. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com 1/5/2011

Re: SORTING DIRECTORY GAPS BY USER

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
for a 3390-3. Currently, I get the *OVERLAP* flag when I do use the last cylinder. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com 1/5/2011 3:12 PM These tools (DIRMAP and MDISKMAP) have no ideas how many cylinders a device has (unless you told it by defining a full pack mini

z/196 and older Operating Systems

2010-12-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, installation, site prep, no warranty, etc. which isn't in the proposal from the Business Partner. I don't think we get a migration discount either, but would enjoy the pricing point for z/VSE 4. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (trying to keep from making a crap proposal G)

Re: z/196 and older Operating Systems

2010-12-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I don't have Red Hat, but the documentation says RHEL 5 or better. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting George Henke/NYLIC george_he...@newyorklife.com 12/29/2010 10:17 AM Tom wrote: Per the IBM documentation, the z/196 requires z/VSE 4.1 or above, z/VM 5.4 or above and Suse 10 or above. Of course

TN3270 and IPAD?

2010-12-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
have wifi capability. I would think I could make my Blackberry a hotspot so the cheaper ipad can hitch a ride. I know, a little too late for Christmas, but there is always a New Year! Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: TN3270 and IPAD?

2010-12-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, dedicated for TN3270, Web, and PDF viewing wins. But I keep wondering about the tablets. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com 12/22/2010 12:58 PM I know there is version for iPhone/iPod (iPad from v1.3)...I've only tried the free (Lite) version, and works fine

Re: TN3270 and IPAD?

2010-12-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Cool.. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net 12/22/2010 2:28 PM Has anyone tried using TN3270 on an ipad or other tablet? I see there is a TN3270 application available for the ipad (OTC about $35). Yes. Works fine. The keyboard layouts are a bit icky, but they're

Re: Mandatory ESMs?

2010-12-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
sharing system? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com 12/13/2010 2:56 PM I realize this isn't really a fair comment, but I'll say it anyway. It's why the z is going down the toilet so far as number of installations are concerned. There is no way for poor

Re: Mandatory ESMs?

2010-12-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
enough vs a few hundred for the standalone product. The IBM commercials are touting the Cloud version of Lotus Notes. $3 per user per month. How much for CMS? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com 12/13/2010 4:26 PM On Monday, 12/13/2010 at 05:06 EST, Tom

IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
anything...but it may be an interesting discussion. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
that can't be obtained, or something, that means i5 isn't available for production, at this time? Oh well I guess that is why there hasn't been any chatter on the forums about this. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com 11/24/2010 2:59 PM On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Re: Jumbo Frames

2010-11-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
gets the cpu and sends back the ack. The cpu is taken from Stack B to service Stack A. There are some functions that will never perform well, with a single processor. Could this be one of them? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Eric Schadow escha...@davisvision.com 11/17/2010 11:38 AM Karl

Re: IPL VM/VM Issues

2010-10-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
folks knew how to do that long, long time ago. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com 10/6/2010 2:02 PM On Wednesday, 10/06/2010 at 02:50 EDT, Quay, Jonathan (IHG) jonathan.q...@ihg.com wrote: Is VSSI an IBM business partner? They already have a virtual tape

Re: SFS - misunderstanding

2010-10-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Just access the directory as: Access maint.dos z (forcerw Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com Sender: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:23:35

Re: moving between split screens

2010-10-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Never mind. Over/under split screens could certainly use a PF key to tab from command line to command line of the next screen. I've been using the side by side split screens for too long G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Ron Schmiedge ron.schmie...@gmail.com 10/4/2010 2:22 PM Ed

Re: Running back level VSE on a z/10 with VM6.1

2010-08-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
only be IPL'ed on a processor with dual channel sets (z/890 or better). If you want to be able to backout, make sure you have a good copy of DOSRES prior to putting on the zap. Also, your current standalone restore utilities need to be updated for a dual channel set processor. Tom

Re: Running back level VSE on a z/10 with VM6.1

2010-08-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
VM doesn't matter. I had a MP3000 and the z/890 attached to the same dasd. Couldn't IPL VSE under VM on the z, without the zap. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Tom Huegel tehue...@gmail.com Sender: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails

2010-08-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
In the TCPIP job on VSE, did you up the storage for VSWITCH? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com 8/27/2010 2:49 PM Mark, Yep: set vswitch vswailt grant ailtest Command complete Ready; T=0.01/0.01 12:40:23 Frank M. Ramaekers

Re: Is there a SLES 11 starter system and more

2010-08-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to install that flavor or Linux, one of my first production servers will be a SLES 11 SP 1 NFS server to serve for installs. Then all other installs will be from a SLES 11 SP 1 server. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Macioce, Larry larry.maci...@com.state.oh.us 8/11/2010 10:00 AM It looks as if we

Re: Justifications to migrate to z/VM 6.1

2010-07-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
+. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Jose Munoz Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:31 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Justifications to migrate to z/VM 6.1 Hi, Actually we have installed z/VM 5.4 and we

Re: Multiple z/OS under z/VM =xSYSTEM

2010-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I didn't catch the beginning of this subject, so I might be way off. But... Was set srm stor(?) 300 300 300 or something similar discussed? A novice VM user and many large guests...a storage problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From

Userid/psw required for searching archives?

2010-03-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
When I go to: http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html It now asks me for a userid/password. Did this recently change? Or was there someone playing with the software over the weekend? G Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Userid/psw required for searching archives?

2010-03-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Interesting Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rich Smrcina r...@velocitysoftware.com 3/29/2010 3:03 PM On 03/29/2010 02:57 PM, Tom Duerbusch wrote: When I go to: http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html It now asks me for a userid/password. Did this recently change

Re: GCS Session managers

2010-03-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to be addressed. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com 3/11/2010 12:36 PM Yeah, us too. I think I routinely have 8+, more at times open. It's not that inconvenient at all. I just use colors in the command line to remind me where I am :) Marcy

GCS Session managers

2010-03-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Would be nice to do cross domain to VSE VTAM for CICS sessions. 5. Support 3270 Model 2 thru Model 5 terminals. A lot cheaper than $20K per year for Tubes/GCS. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: VSWITCH

2010-03-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
There isn't VSwitch support on VSE/ESA 2.3.2 G. It also didn't seem to work (well I gave up) in converting SLES7 guests to VSwitch. I didn't have problems with SLES8 guests. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rich Smrcina r...@velocitysoftware.com 3/3/2010 10:55 AM Point taken, but they are pretty

Re: VMUTIL Executing a long running EXEC

2010-02-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Have VMUTIL xautolog another guest to execute the command there. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Wandschneider, Scott scott.wandschnei...@infocrossing.com 2/24/2010 3:42 PM I have a REXX EXEC that is triggered by VMUTIL and it runs 90 minutes. While this EXEC is running VMUTIL is not acting

Re: Amount of CP dump space needed

2010-01-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
of the virtual sizes of all the machines that are logged on is also a consideration. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com 1/5/2010 1:09 PM How is the amount of CP dump space calculated? We have a system that seems to be using at lot more than the others. Everything

(LCOS: 13.3881) Re: What is $$$$$$ and $$$lnx on dirmap

2009-11-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
It really is a place holder. Really, if the volser doesn't exist on your current dasd subsystem, there is nothing to move to your new dasd subsystem G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting sunny...@wcb.ab.ca 11/24/2009 3:41 PM I still didn't get my answer. Are they temporary dasd ? From: David

Re: question about sleep setting for linux virtual server start automatically

2009-11-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
check is forced), then startup the normal production servers, wait 15 minutes, and then start the test servers. Plan on the worse case of each server needing to do a file system check. Uggg. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting sunny...@wcb.ab.ca 11/4/2009 11:48 AM What is the reasonable setting

Re: Accessing a Federated DB in AIX from VM

2009-10-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
He needs DB2 connect. As I've understood the manual, DB2 VMVSE can participate in a federated database. I don't know if it would also require DB2 UDB or not. But it does show that a DB2 UDB system can support the federated structure and can access DB2/VM. Tom Duerbusch Sent via BlackBerry

Re: DASD Service Date

2009-10-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. If you have a performance monitor, with history being kept, you might find some indication there. Same goes for a security product. Perhaps a comment in the IOCP deck. Other than that, find the old grey hair person that was there when it was installed G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dean, David

Re: zVM 'disk wiping'

2009-10-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, but they may have been used (and the drive deleted). 2. Parity shouldn't be a problem. 3. Spare drives can be a problem. From my research, the vender has a product/method, of meeting DOD specifications for destruction of the data. Else they would never sell to the government. Tom Duerbusch

Re: XEDIT Question

2009-10-02 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I thought there was an old subcommandone that was used in the dial up ages... Set Nulls on Set Remote on Set something on It was a method of having Xedit use trailing nulls, instead of trailing blanks. Which helped a lot with a 9600 baud modem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Schuh

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
userids of a similar nature. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net 9/18/2009 12:49 PM On 9/18/09 11:38 AM, Bill Holder hold...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:11:58 -0400, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net w rote: I think we're all in violent agreement

Re: CPACCESS gets HCPLNM1155E from MAINT

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Did you do a CPREL A first? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com 9/18/2009 3:47 PM I wonder why I can't issue this command from MAINT? cpaccess maint cf1 a sr synch HCPLNM1155E You do not have the proper directory authorization to LINK a minidisk

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, stupid. Now you had this kind of problem, we all should learn from it. After defining a new guest, log on to that guest and do a Q V ALL and see if it is right. Been there, done that. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: RPN01 nix.rob

Re: Printers to 2nd level VM...

2009-09-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
A RDEVICE 01E TYPE IMPACT_PRINTER, CLASSES F, FOLDUP YES, IMAGE_LIB IMAG4248 And then copy it to the second level SYSTEM CONFIG. Tom Duerbusch THD

Re: Printers to 2nd level VM...

2009-09-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
attach one of them for testing. The other thing that may be different with a second level system, is if you are doing the same saipl that you are in hardware. Sometimes you forget that the hardware IPL, may be accessing a different disk than CF1. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Robert Payne rpa

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
CP wouldn't know at IPL time, the guest would, not could, but would cause such harm. Just because you say you can use xxx GB, doesn't mean you would actually use them. When page fills, it over flows to spool. When spool fills, CP abends on the next pageout. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
CMS will free its storage after the command is complete. However, do a peek on a very large reader element, such as a OS dump, and CMS just might use up all of its storage, just like any other guest might. It isn't a matter of time, it is a matter of usage. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: VM lockup due to storage typo

2009-09-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
pages will be the least recently used pages and BAM! PAGxxx CP abend. Automatic restart in progress... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Gentry, Stephen stephen.gen...@lafayettelife.com 9/15/2009 12:13 PM What Lee doesn't mention is how long he waited before doing the IPL. Had he waited to see

Re: How much memory?

2009-09-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, monitor for a while, take another GB, perhaps give back 512 MB. You know the drill. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Vince Getgood vincent.getg...@xchanging.com 9/14/2009 8:52 AM Hi all, I'm not a VM expert, so forgive me if this seems a newbie quetion. I have a z800 running z/VM, which has two

Re: DASD additions for zLinux

2009-09-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
disk to Linux, creates a LVM, moves /home to the LVM, and then just to prove the function, add another disk to the LVM. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com 9/3/2009 8:17 AM Is there anyway to get zVM to recognize new DASD for zLinux boxes WITHOUT a restart

SSIDs anymore?

2009-08-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
now, if you have two controllers with the same SSIDs? Obviously, one of the clients is installing a controller this weekend. Hence the subject came up. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: IBM DS6800 caching

2009-07-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to happen. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com 7/29/2009 1:32 AM On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Tom Duerbuschduerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote: Can cache be turned off for a volume on the DS6800? I don't think so. But I would like to confirm that. I believe it's

Re: IBM DS6800 caching

2009-07-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Anyway, I reject (until proven otherwise) that this problem has/is being caused by any sort of caching on this system. But when the vender is trying to fix the problem, I tend to go along with any/all suggestions, if anything, just to move the process forward. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

IBM DS6800 caching

2009-07-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Can cache be turned off for a volume on the DS6800? I don't think so. But I would like to confirm that. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: SFS - Moving File Pool Minidisks to Different Physical Devices

2009-07-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the trick. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com 7/28/2009 4:55 PM You would undoubtedly need to regenerate the file pool to change disk types instead of simply formatting the disks. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Multiple zVM Lpars - Resource consumption

2009-07-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
). Back on storage, with poor planning, you can end up with another GB of memory for overhead functions. That might be painful. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Romanowski, John (OFT) john.romanow...@cio.ny.gov 7/22/2009 2:49 PM I have a site like you describe: 2 z/VM LPARs sharing all the IFLs

IBM DS6800 maintenance

2009-07-08 Thread Tom Duerbusch
several problems in which the remote support team, got us back up and running. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Testing Linux Z/vm

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in this arena and you can grow and tune the system as you go. It will be interesting to hear the progress of your testing. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocitysoftware.com 6/25/2009 10:11 AM On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Marcy Your guest is bigger than your real storage

Re: Linux install on a z/VM 1st level with an OSA defined as layer 2 network

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
and exit Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting russell.gendr...@custserv.com 6/26/2009 2:44 PM Greetings We have successfully setup an OSA as a layer 2 network with the defined vswitch and vlan. We are having an issue with the build of a Linux guest defined for a layer 2 network. While

Re: Maintenance Hot Standby

2009-06-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
IPL one of my old VM systems 420RES, 510RES, etc. Good when you flashcopy a CP volume and don't rename the copy. IPL and sometimes you get something really old and cold starting the spooler would loose too much G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Le Grande Valerie valerie.legra...@sentry.com 6/24

Re: DB2 Problem solution

2009-06-19 Thread Tom Duerbusch
this can't be G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, as was obtained for the insert. Between Repeatable Read and locking the DBSPACE, I thought I should have been given the same selection set within the same LUW. Not a happy camper at this point G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Kevin Corkery kcork...@live.com 6/16/2009 1:03 PM You need

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Because that listserv is very much into DB2/zOS and DB2/UDB. There is very little there for DB2/VSE (or DB2/VM). And it is not something that I can problem reportyet. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting MacIntyre, Cory cory.macint...@navistar.com 6/17/2009 2:16 PM Why don't you ask

DB2 Problem

2009-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Read and Locking the DBSPACE didn't do what I needed. Is there another option, without taking down the database to Single User Mode, or terminating the process that is adding records, not to loose records in the merge/purge process? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
ERSHIST_X is a view of table CDERS_HISTORY. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Graves Nora E nora.e.gra...@irs.gov 6/16/2009 1:08 PM Well, I'm hoping you were updating the table names for security purposes, and that's the error below. In this example, the table you're using for the SELECT

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, the merge record count always equals the purge record count. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Graves Nora E nora.e.gra...@irs.gov 6/16/2009 1:54 PM Does the view match the table? I've created views that have WHERE clauses in them to restrict the data that is retrieved, things like WHERE FISCAL_YEAR

Re: DB2 Problem

2009-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
put in by the product developers. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Bill Pettit bi...@ormutual.com 6/16/2009 1:59 PM Do you have the REXX SQL option available to you? Bill -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch

Re: Last release for 3420s?

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
They are still in use here. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com 6/5/2009 2:19 PM Also check the marinas for those being used as boat anchors. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib

Re: Specifying a specific console UCB while logging on to a guest

2009-06-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
1. VM 2. You can IPL VSE without a console. Then use the VSE console, FAQS, Logout, etc, to control your system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) terry.mar...@cms.hhs.gov Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009

Re: What we must do before we claim the zlinux server is in production stage?

2009-06-02 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, really get done up front? Noop. Eventually, it will, when enough people scream! Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com 6/1/2009 6:37 PM Hi, Sunny. Can you explain what you mean by 'more special'? Give it more access to real resources? Insure that it gets

Re: Z/VM and 3590 tape speed

2009-06-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
much, much lower transfer numbers. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Hughes, Jim jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov 6/1/2009 1:08 PM We have Z/VM 5.4, with 4 3590's attached to the z890 using FICON Express with the 2-Gbps feature. The tape controller is the A60. I am doing some tape speed tests and my results

Re: Z/VM and 3590 tape speed

2009-06-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
twice as fast as my bus and tag 3480 drives. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Hughes, Jim jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov 6/1/2009 1:55 PM I am looking at table 3 on page 10 of the 3590 Introduction and Planning Guide. It mentions two things of interest: Device Data Rate(native) and Data Transfer Rate(maximum

Re: Z/VM and 3590 tape speed

2009-06-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
'80s We still have 3 IBM 3420 drives. If necessary, I should be able to read paper tape... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com 6/1/2009 3:25 PM Bus and tag! I thought that you had progressed beyond the 1980's. Actually, we jut got rid of our last B/T

Re: IBM 1401

2009-05-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
for paper tape use, you used the here is key that would punch out a leader. That was the start of any tape. I also recall there was some method that punched out arrows (i.e. forward pointing carrot), that also gave operators a good indication on which way the tape went in. Tom Duerbusch THD

Re: Any idea? Dirmaint error by detach 123 disk(540RES)

2009-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, MAINT0123 R/W MAINT02CC R/W , RSCSDNS 0191 R/W , RSCSDNS 0403 R/O RSCS 0191 R/O , FTPSERVE 0191 R/W , TCPIP0191 R/W Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (RIP Grey Stripe, a great cat and my buddy for, just shy of 19 years) Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com 5/27

Re: CP DIAL question

2009-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
The easiest way of doing this, and perhaps the less costly, is to keep the license for VM/VTAM an extra month or two and use MSG10 to inform them. After that, it's the help desk problem G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (RIP Grey Stripe, a great cat and my buddy for, just shy of 19 years

Re: Initializing 3590 tapes?

2009-05-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
1. Try another tape. Depending on your source for tapes, we have experienced 1 in 10 bad 3590 tapes. Sent them back and got a replacement. 2. If multiple tapes are bad, call service. (bad drive G) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rich Greenberg ric...@panix.com 5/21/2009 5:58 PM On: Thu

IBM 1401: was Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR

2009-05-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
http://ed-thelen.org/1401Project/1401RestorationPage.html Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jim Bohnsack jab...@cornell.edu 5/20/2009 8:46 PM I don't remember a VM/370 1401 emulator. I supported IBM customers that were running 1401 support under DOS/360, but now I can't remember what

VSWITCH and packets

2009-05-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
become a problem. Right now, I have plenty of CPU. I can afford to waste it. In the future, that might not be the case. I'm wonder if I'm going down a scary path, that is just going to get darker and darker, until Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (Hope WAVV was fun and good. Now, where

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