Re: zLinux question

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/30/2007 at 09:16 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Alan... We do have TSA and do have GDPS set up but the mirrored volume is 140 miles away via XRC. Would this still work? Sorry, no. TSA does not support the XRC connections managed by GDPS - it only deals with PPRC

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Rich Smrcina
Andy, That's probably going to depend upon what lives on 9DA1. If it's a root filesystem or (gasp) a swap disk, then it's probably fair to say Linux may throw in the towel. But the z/VM messages don't tell the whole story, /var/log/messages may have more info. But as I say, if it's the

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Rich - Thanks for replying, In zLinux is there away to build tolerance like any setting to say try 'x' amount of times before taking the error or is that all under the covers? Thanks Andy Internet: Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Macioce, Larry
So I take it the systems come bace(recovery) until another hit is taken? Mace From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Rich Smrcina
Actually with a hardware error like that, the z/VM messages tell most of the story (I misspoke) and z/VM is your best bet at recovery. It should handle the error condition better than Linux will (assuming you are using minidisks). Fixing your IFCC problem is the quickest route to a cure.

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Macioce, Larry
itself hasn't complained of any problems has it?? Mace From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux question Rich

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread RPN01
Note also that erep may have information that would be useful in diagnosing the problem. Get into the erep manual and figure out how to get the information its hoarding; give it to your systems or hardware people... -- .~.Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\RO-OE-5-55

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Larry - Im missing something we dont share these packs/dasd with any MVS system so what log am I checking? Thanks Andy Internet: Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 10/30/2007 02:32:25 PM: Dumb question , I assuming the packs can

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Thanks Robert But we already went down this route as I explained we know it was a hardware hit to a brocade device. That really wasnt my question we were told within a few minutes the chip'ds came back VM stayed up. But zLinux crashed on the VM system. Those of course involved with the chip'd

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Rich Smrcina
Is this an FCP device? I wonder if this is an MIH problem. To the group: Are there special MIH settings required for FCP devices? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Robert But we already went down this route as I explained we know it was a hardware hit to a brocade device. That really wasnt my

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Rich - Sorry what is an FCP device? They are DASD IBM DS8300 or DS8000 type device in XRC mode. We have MIH set for 2:30 for them and was confirmed to be correct with our hardware person. Andy Internet: Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 7:15 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Robert But we already went down this route as I explained we know it was a hardware hit to a brocade device. That really wasnt my question we were told within a few minutes the chip'ds came back

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Rich Smrcina
So are the devices being accessed in 3390 mode? If so then they are not FCP devices. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich - Sorry what is an FCP device? They are DASD IBM DS8300 or DS8000 type device in XRC mode. We have MIH set for 2:30 for them and was confirmed to be correct with our

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Rich - yes in 3390-3 emulation. Andy Internet: Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 10/30/2007 08:02:38 PM: So are the devices being accessed in 3390 mode? If so then they are not FCP devices. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rich -

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread awhite
Thanks Alan... We do have TSA and do have GDPS set up but the mirrored volume is 140 miles away via XRC. Would this still work? Andy Internet: Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU wrote on 10/30/2007 08:58:54 PM: On Tuesday, 10/30/2007 at 07:16 EDT,

Re: zLinux question

2007-10-30 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/30/2007 at 07:16 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Robert But we already went down this route as I explained we know it was a hardware hit to a brocade device. That really wasnt my question we were told within a few minutes the chip'ds came back VM stayed up. But zLinux