Re: weird connection problem on sles8

2003-10-01 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
After ECN check, You should check OSA microcode level also . Must be OSA-Express QDIO zSeries 900 GA3 Driver 3G, OSA microcode level 3.0A MCLs: J11204.007 and J11204.008 (available May 03, 2002) zSeries 900 GA2 Driver 3C, OSA microcode level: 2.26 MCLs: J10630.013 and J10630.014 (available

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Stefan Kopp
Hi list, Simple way is to amend the zipl.conf to add the vm address of the minidisk e.g. parameters='dasd=0999,0300-0303, root=/dev/dasdb1 noinitrd I've started to edit my zipl.conf (SLES7) in this way parameters=dasd=0200-0220 root=/dev/dasdb1 noinitrd I use only ~5 minidisks

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Marian Gasparovic
more minidisks). I only have to reboot Linux and the disks are online. You don't have to reboot Linux It was answered here yesterday, use echo add device range=xxx-yyy /proc/dasd/devices __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Stefan Kopp
more minidisks). I only have to reboot Linux and the disks are online. You don't have to reboot Linux It was answered here yesterday, use echo add device range=xxx-yyy /proc/dasd/devices Ooops, sorry, you're right. I've always thought I have to reboot when I've updated the

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Malcolm Beattie
Stefan Kopp writes: more minidisks). I only have to reboot Linux and the disks are online. You don't have to reboot Linux It was answered here yesterday, use echo add device range=xxx-yyy /proc/dasd/devices Ooops, sorry, you're right. I've always thought I have to reboot when

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Stefan Kopp
Okay, this is really a better way (and easy!). Thanks. Stefan Ouch, you don't want to do that. DEFINE MDISK is intended for a privileged user to bypass the table of real minidisks and just carve out any extent at all from a device. Dangerous stuff and rarely needed. Take that OPTION DEVMAINT

Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
Interesting piece of mail: looks like the Visigoths won again8-) Now, on to a Linux client... Interesting also that they allow transferring licenses between platforms. That may prove very useful. -- db Linux for zSeries supports Domino 6.5 only. Linux for zSeries does not support

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 10/01/2003 at 01:05 CET, Malcolm Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stefan Kopp writes: Invalid option - MDISK, which I've solved with the entry OPTION DEVMAINT for the designated z/VM user. Now I can enter #cp define mdisk 205 1 1500 xyz - wohaa - Linux recognizes the new disk.

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Coffin Michael C
Hi Lee, Thanks for the info - I have no idea what ESX provides that the WorkStation version does not - all I do know is WorkStation (which is all I need, I was going to use this on a notebook) is $299, GSX is $3,025(!) and ESX doesn't even have a published price on the vmware.com website. This

Re: adding dasd under SUSE Enterprise 8...

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
Ooops, sorry, you're right. I've always thought I have to reboot when I've updated the user.direct because the new adresses were not active. Now I've spend some time with the bookmanager, nice thingy. A #cp define mdisk returns Invalid option - MDISK, which I've solved with the entry

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Chris Cox
Coffin Michael C wrote: snipped ...They replied saying We are not Technical Support - but if you click on the links below you'll find everything you need to know and they proceeded to steer me back to the very A link like:

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Coffin Michael C
Hi Chris, Well, that's pretty clear - so my question should have been simple to answer. But no, they didn't give me THAT link (in fact, drilling down from their Home page I cannot get to THAT page at all) - first they gave me: http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_specs.html Which says

CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread Gene Walters
Is there any type of a workload manager for SuSe Linux? I have a situation that a task is taking up all available CPU and not even TCP/IP can get a word in. I don't want to purge the task, I just want to limit how much CPU it can eat. Thanks Gene

Re: CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread Post, Mark K
You can adjust priorities either at task start-time, or later. Later: renice 19 -p process-id Task start: nice -n 19 /path/to/executable The 19 can be anywhere from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest priority) The bash ulimit command can be used to set various limits, such as:

Re: CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: Gene Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CPU Limit Is there any type of a workload manager for SuSe Linux? I have a situation that a task is taking up all available CPU and not even

s390 vs s390x RPMs

2003-10-01 Thread Geiger, Michael
What is the difference? Michael A. Geiger

Re: s390 vs s390x RPMs

2003-10-01 Thread McKown, John
s390 is 31-bit s390x is 64-bit -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by

Re: s390 vs s390x RPMs

2003-10-01 Thread Post, Mark K
31-bit versus 64-bit architecture. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Geiger, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: s390 vs s390x RPMs What is the difference? Michael A. Geiger

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Post, Mark K
I see that the Domino people I spoke to at SHARE in Dallas didn't straighten up any of their sales stuff. Sigh. For those that might be wondering, just because the note says Linux for zSeries doesn't mean you need to be running on 64-bit hardware. It will also run on S/390 hardware as well.

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Chris Cox
Coffin Michael C wrote: Hi Chris, Well, that's pretty clear - so my question should have been simple to answer. But no, they didn't give me THAT link (in fact, drilling down from their Home page I cannot get to THAT page at all) - first they gave me: Sadly, the VMware staff is more interested in

Re: CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread Little, Chris
also understand that it depends on what it interacts with. we have a process that creates reports from an oracle database. it doesn't do alot, but it drives oracle's cpu/io to the top. and that is something we don't want to renice. -Original Message- From: McKown, John [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
By the way, don't hold your breath for a Linux client. They seem to think the browser-based interface is good enough for us Visigoths. I told them that stinks without getting back any sympathy. :P I did it too several times with the same results... But keep on complaining about it - perhaps

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
Microsoft has no reason to buy VMWare now that they have bought Connectix. Microsoft Virtual Server will be available sometime in the next year, and then VMWare will have competition. They will get better or die. Scott L. -Original Message- From: Chris Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
Use SET SHARE on the userid running the SuSE guest and the resource cap options. Also make sure that TCPIP has QUICKDSP ON and a relative share of about 5-7X everything else. You should also look at the VM Resource Manager code (part of the base VM from 4.3 up (I think)). It's not quite up to WLM

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Chris Cox
Ledbetter, Scott E wrote: Microsoft has no reason to buy VMWare now that they have bought Connectix. Microsoft Virtual Server will be available sometime in the next year, and then VMWare will have competition. They will get better or die. I realize this thread is getting WAY off topic.. but you

Re: s390 vs s390x RPMs

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
31 bit vs 64 bit. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Geiger, Michael Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: s390 vs s390x RPMs What is the difference?

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
By the way, don't hold your breath for a Linux client. They seem to think the browser-based interface is good enough for us Visigoths. I told them that stinks without getting back any sympathy. :P Well, they told us that they wouldn't do a server, either -- it's just a matter of sacking

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
Of course, my guess is that Microsoft has had VMware in its sights for a while... the date of their destruction has probably already been set. Just a matter of Microsoft throwing the switch. MS buying Connectix was a clear step in that direction, and they have already announced that Longhorn

TCP/IP is low on Small data buffers message DTCMON402W (and TCPIP z/VM user crash)

2003-10-01 Thread Ramon Gutierrez Camus
Hi All, Our TCPIP z/VM user was up and running from Jul 2003... until now... This morning the TCPIP user crashed (or something like a crash): Not ICMP, not tn3270, nothing... The only way to administer our Linux guests (and the z/VM environment) was go stairs down, and do a logon at the

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
I did it too several times with the same results... But keep on complaining about it - perhaps one day... Thorsten Hock Especially now that a Linux laptop preload is available for IBM field use. I think the WINE gadget they're using to run Notes internally now will prove to be a serious

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 12:13, Ledbetter, Scott E wrote: Microsoft has no reason to buy VMWare now that they have bought Connectix. Microsoft Virtual Server will be available sometime in the next year, and then VMWare will have competition. They will get better or die. Oh, to be young and naive

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Jim Elliott
By the way, don't hold your breath for a Linux client. They seem to think the browser-based interface is good enough for us Visigoths. I told them that stinks without getting back any sympathy. Mark: The current Notes client is very tied into the MS APIs. Porting it to any other platform

shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Noll, Ralph
Is there some code i can apply to linux so that whenever i shutdown linux, when it is done shutting down it log's itself off.. so i don't have to logoff linux1 machine thanks Ralph

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Post, Mark K
Hmmm. I think that's what I said in the first place (although without the trailing e.) :P Mark Post -Original Message- From: Jim Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
Hmmm. David and Adam work for the same company. David said: - MS buying Connectix was a clear step in that direction, and they have - already announced that Longhorn will have virtual machine capabilities built - in. So, 2005ish, methinks. - -- db But Adam said: - Oh, to be young and naive

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
Yepp - I installed it on my thinkpad and was surprised to find a WINE-based Notes-client. This does not fit with our own Linux-client strategy at all. True. At least Lotus appears to listen when whacked hard enough. Other IBM divisions should be so cooperative...8-( (boy, I *am* cranky

Re: z/VM and VMware

2003-10-01 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 13:11, Ledbetter, Scott E wrote: Hmmm. David and Adam work for the same company. David said: - MS buying Connectix was a clear step in that direction, and they have - already announced that Longhorn will have virtual machine capabilities built - in. So, 2005ish,

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
The current Notes client is very tied into the MS APIs. Porting it to any other platform would be extremely difficult, and given the Mmmh, doesn´t sound so well for a company spreading the open-standards -paradigma... -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen/With kind regards Thorsten Hock

Re: shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Marcy Cortes
I use CA VM:Operator to pick up the message HCPGSP2630I and then CP SEND CP LOGOFF to the user. The same could be done with PROP. Marcy Cortes Wells Fargo Services Co -Original Message- From: Noll, Ralph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
Now that inside IBM Notes under Wine is being used internally, it would be really useful if the developers of the Notes Client could test their product under Wine, and submit bug reports to the Wine developers. Since the IBM Linux client strategy is based on the Lotus iNotes product and the

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Boyes
The current Notes client is very tied into the MS APIs. Porting it to any other platform would be extremely difficult, and given the marketshare of Linux on desktops, not justifiable. It would be interesting to see how well one of the Windows API translation products that claim to take Windows

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread James Melin
I will tell this to you plainly, yon folks at IBM robust desktop clients is one of the biggest things that is PREVENTING desktop adoption of Linux. inotes, I think, will be too limited. We want a native desktop client for Linux, believe me. To not do this is short sighted.

Re: shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Post, Mark K
Ah, that's working too hard. Just put something like this in your parmfile and run zipl before you reboot the next time: root=/dev/dasd/010f/part1 ro noinitrd dasd=010F,0100 vmpoff=LOGOFF Mark Post -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Goodenough
There are problems with some of the versions of the installer. Get the latest Wine you can find, and the oldest Notes 5. Install it, and then upgrade it. David Rich Smrcina [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
I will tell this to you plainly, yon folks at IBM robust desktop clients is one of the biggest things that is PREVENTING desktop adoption of Linux. inotes, I think, will be too limited. We want a native desktop client for Linux, believe me. To not do this is short sighted. I absolutely

Re: shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Noll, Ralph
my parmfile looks nothing like yours zvmlinx1:/boot/zipl # cat parmfile dasd=300-30f zvmlinx1:/boot/zipl # -Original Message- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: shutting down linux under vm

Re: shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Marcy Cortes
Except that that will log me off if I am logged on to the LINUX machine. Mine only applise if the machine is in a disconnected status :) Marcy -Original Message- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: shutting down linux under vm

2003-10-01 Thread Noll, Ralph
also zipl.conf(264): parameters=dasd=0300-030f root=/dev/dasdb1 noinitrd vmpoff=LOGOFF Syntax error Error: Cannot access target directory /boot/zipl.

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Dennis Wicks
As I was told a while back ... wine is not an emulator, it is an API! Thorsten Hock

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Rich Smrcina
OK, I was trying it with wine200309something and Notes 5.0.8. Thanks. On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 13:22, David Goodenough wrote: There are problems with some of the versions of the installer. Get the latest Wine you can find, and the oldest Notes 5. Install it, and then upgrade it. David

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Thorsten Hock
As I was told a while back ... wine is not an emulator, it is an API! I expected that :-) Your right - but it does not fit anyhow. Quote from the IBM Linux client direction: IBM should not recommend Windows API emulators such as WINE or CodeWeavers for the execution of non-Linux binary

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread Jim Elliott
iNotes is kind of clumsy, but I do have to say that the 6.x releases are a LOT less nasty than previous WWW clients. Also, wasn't there a AIX or Solaris client at one point? If so, that would be the place to start, rather than with the Windows client. David: Yes, there was an AIX client for

Re: Notes server finally available on Linux for 390!

2003-10-01 Thread David Goodenough
The version of Notes is certainly one that can cause problems, go for 5.0.3 or earlier if I recall correctly. Wine has just gone though a transition with thread handling, and there is a problem with glibc compatability. I am not sure of the versions for RH, but with Debian the pair which works

Re: CPU Limit

2003-10-01 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
How does one display running processes to see what the priority is? Use the Best! Linux for Servers Macintosh for Graphics Palm for Mobility Windows for Solitaire. Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. VM Linux Systems Support Enterprise Servers, The