Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread John Hanley
to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: z/VM mode LPARs Interesting; I did consider that... Is this how IBM says you should do it? (PS. Do you really run 5 virtual CPUs in all of your Linux guests?) Marcy This message may

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Michael Coffin
[mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:34 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM mode LPARs Interesting; I did consider that... Is this how IBM says you should do it? (PS. Do you really run 5 virtual CPUs in all of your Linux guests

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Michael Coffinmichaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: PS:  Yes, we've given each Linux server 5 virtual CPU's, which map to two real IFLs.  Our thinking on this is that the Linux guest should dispatch more work simultaneously with 5 CPU's (and the two real IFLs can

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Michael Coffin
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:52 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM mode LPARs On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Michael Coffinmichaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: PS:  Yes, we've given each Linux server 5 virtual CPU's, which map to two real IFLs.  Our thinking

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Michael Coffinmichaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: Our environment meets all three of the items on your bulleted list. If so, then you can give that single server two virtual CPUs, to match the number of real IFLs defined. PS Clearly this is not a common situation to

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Michael Coffin
Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:32 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM mode LPARs On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Michael Coffinmichaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: Our

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Coffin Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:43 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM mode LPARs Hi Rob, I'm inclined to agree with you re: virtual CPU count

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 08/20/2009 at 07:28 EDT, Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: I actually scoured the z/VM 5.4 doc looking for a documented method of doing this, but did not find anything specific. I had assumed it would probably be the CPU directory record that we would use to do this,

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
Altmark Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:28 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM mode LPARs On Thursday, 08/20/2009 at 07:28 EDT, Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: I actually scoured the z/VM 5.4 doc looking for a documented method of doing this, but did not find

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Marcy Cortes
On Thursday, 08/20/2009 at 07:28 EDT, Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: I actually scoured the z/VM 5.4 doc looking for a documented method of doing this, but did not find anything specific. I had assumed it would probably be the CPU directory record that we would use to do this,

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-20 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 08/20/2009 at 02:08 EDT, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: And that's fine. Just need to know how to do it. Maybe the Planning and Admin manual could be updated under the CPU statement in the directory saying that if need to change the type of a CPU to use

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Coffin
ESA 5 Works like a charm. :) -Mike -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: z/VM mode LPARs In a z10 LPAR that is defined as the new

Re: z/VM mode LPARs

2009-08-19 Thread Marcy Cortes
: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Coffin Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:19 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM mode LPARs I used the COMMAND records in the directory entry to set up my machines to have 5 virtual CPUs all