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2004-09-09 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
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Re: SuSE 8 upgrade to SuSE 9

2004-09-09 Thread Ihno Krumreich
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:55:15PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded to SuSE 8 shortly after installing version 7 and I was told that I had to do a new install to version 8. I don't care if that was/is true, but can someone tell me if there is an upgrade migration path from version 8

Creating initial file system on disk

2004-09-09 Thread
Hi, Is it possible to create the initial file system on disk instead of CD-ROM or TAPE? If yes, how? TIA Gadi -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: Creating initial file system on disk

2004-09-09 Thread Maneesh Menon
Hello, If you mean IPL then definitely yes. However before getting into IPL through a DASD, one has to remember that although we can do IPL from a DASD, the device would not be usable in LINUX later. One has to run the command DASDFMT to get the disk accessible as a partition and after that

Re: Creating initial file system on disk

2004-09-09 Thread
Thanx, but where can I find an example of this job? Gadi -Original Message- From: Maneesh Menon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creating initial file system on disk Hello, If you mean IPL then definitely yes.

Re: Creating initial file system on disk

2004-09-09 Thread Maneesh Menon
Refer the book: http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246264.h tml Regards, Maneesh -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 3:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: SLES9

2004-09-09 Thread Ihno Krumreich
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:23:20PM -0500, Barber, Rick wrote: Has anyone successfully installed SLES9 for S/390 (31-bit) in an LPAR (no VM)? We are trying, but having the following problem. Install begins normally - We created an IPL tape from the distribution CD. IPL'ed

Re: Creating initial file system on disk

2004-09-09 Thread
Thanx, I found it. Gadi -Original Message- From: Maneesh Menon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creating initial file system on disk Refer the book:

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Ward, Garry
If you have VM already in place, doesn't it have tools to manage the OSA/OSA2? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Noll, Ralph Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003 I

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Noll, Ralph
Different machine.. Linux only -Original Message- From: Ward, Garry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003 If you have VM already in place, doesn't it have tools to manage the

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Ward, Garry
Ok; all you need for VSE is going to be the minimum DOSRES/SYSWK1 install. Do you have access to 3270s for the console and single non-sna term for CICS/ICCF? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Noll, Ralph Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:51

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Noll, Ralph
No... Just integrated console Am in the process of installing and it wants At least 1 local 3270 term. Don't have one... What can I enter to bypass?? Ralph -Original Message- From: Ward, Garry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Rich Smrcina
That sounds like the part that is configuring VTAM and CICS for local terminal support. You'll need a local terminal for telnet access, so that you can get in to ICCF to use OSA/SF. On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 08:23, Noll, Ralph wrote: No... Just integrated console Am in the process of installing

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Noll, Ralph
How do I get that??? -Original Message- From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003 That sounds like the part that is configuring VTAM and CICS for local terminal

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Ward, Garry
memory is failing; there was a way to attach the PC service element to the MP2000's as emulated terminals -- remember doing that several years ago but I can't remember how it worked. It wasn't the same as IC, used an OS/2 terminal emulation. I can't remember how. -Original Message- From:

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Rich Smrcina
The MP3K can do that, I wasn't aware that the MP2K could. In either event the IOCP would need to be set up to use the emulated channel and devices. On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 08:39, Ward, Garry wrote: memory is failing; there was a way to attach the PC service element to the MP2000's as emulated

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Rich Smrcina
You'll some way to get jobs to and from the system, so that the card can be configured. The configuration member is in a VSE library and the jobs to start OSA/SF and communicate with the card are in ICCF. If you have a tape drive on the MP2K, you can get jobs to and from it via POWER offload (a

Re: SLES9

2004-09-09 Thread Barber, Rick
This is running on an 9672-R36. LPAR is 288 Meg. -Original Message- From: Ihno Krumreich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 4:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SLES9 On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:23:20PM -0500, Barber, Rick wrote: Has anyone

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread David Boyes
Configuring it this way is about the dumbest thing I can remember.. Going to be a pain in the rear Going to have to install VSE just to change ip of the osa card.. Can I install vse under vm to real dasd and then ipl the mp2000 from that??? Umm, not to step on the fun here, but VM and

2004-08-31 Recommended Linux for zSeries code drop to developerWorks

2004-09-09 Thread Gerhard Hiller
Please see the What's New page at: http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/whatsnew.shtml for a change summary of the 2004-08-31 additions and changes to the Linux for zSeries and S/390 developerWorks Web pages. April 2004 stream: - kernel 2.6.5: Kernel patch with

Re: WebSphere and multi-node cells

2004-09-09 Thread David Boyes
Well both machines have their own device addresses, and unique IP for their hipersocket address. Are we doing that wrong? No, that's right. I'm thinking that WAS is parsing the interface structure, and being cranky about not having full information. I set up a test scenario like the setup you

SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Our company is looking at obtaining servers for a new central SAS environment (replacing aging and scattered older servers). Can SAS run under linux on the mainframe and if so does it perform well? Our local SAS rep says there is no SAS product for linux/390 but I had thought some people are in

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Rich Smrcina
There was a post last July where a development version of SAS V9 for Linux for zSeries was being used. There doesn't seem to be anything much newer that is relevant. On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 10:06, Smith, Ann (ISD, IT) wrote: Our company is looking at obtaining servers for a new central SAS

Re: Fun DNS tricks (was: WebSphere and multi-node cells )

2004-09-09 Thread David Boyes
The many problems associated with having multiple interfaces and hence ip addresses associated with a given host can be overcome by the use of a VIPA (and Source VIPA). Very good point. Introduces some other issues, but fixes a lot of other stuff. The though of putting *all* IP addresses

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Marcy Cortes
We had it - beta. Worked great. Then they decided not to do it. Marcy Cortes (415) 243-6343 This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action

Re: WebSphere and multi-node cells

2004-09-09 Thread James Melin
Did you see any difference if the order of the interface in /etc/chandev.conf (which then changes /proc/qeth) had anythign to do with whether or not the node could be federated? David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] e.net

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
By 'they' do you mean SAS or just your company decided not to do it? -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? We had it - beta. Worked great. Then they

Re: WebSphere and multi-node cells

2004-09-09 Thread David Boyes
Did you see any difference if the order of the interface in /etc/chandev.conf (which then changes /proc/qeth) had anythign to do with whether or not the node could be federated? I tried a couple different combinations (HSI first, then QDIO first). So long as all the interfaces were resolvable

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Marcy Cortes
SAS - sorry I was so unclear! Marcy Cortes (415) 243-6343 This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any

Re: Backup/Restore program

2004-09-09 Thread David Boyes
We are preparing to move our TSM server off z/OS. We would not be doing this if we just needed to pay for more standard engine processors to keep TSM where it is. Most of the non-IBM software products we have running under z/OS have license charges based on the total processor capacity

Re: Have a serious problem with mp2003

2004-09-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 09/09/2004 at 08:29 EST, Noll, Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get that??? If you don't have OSA/SF available, go to your HMC and work your way to CPC Operational Customization and then to OSA Advanced Facilities (I think it is a Single-object operation). Once there, use

dasd isn't recognized

2004-09-09 Thread Steve Gentry
I had this happen quite a while ago and thought I had written notes on it. Alas, I can't find them. I can't get linux to recognize a new disk that I've add. Lets call it dasdc I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the volume label or something like that. It also seems that it has to be

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Thanks! Talking to our SAS rep, I get the impression SAS doesn't think there's much of a market for it. -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? SAS -

Re: dasd isn't recognized

2004-09-09 Thread David Kreuter
did you add the virtual address dynamically? echo add device range=0123 | /proc/dasd/devices then you can modify zipl.conf to add it permanently David -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Steve Gentry Sent: Thu 9/9/2004 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dasd

Re: dasd isn't recognized

2004-09-09 Thread Steve Gentry
That's not the problem, it is already there. Linux doesn't know what to do with it cause it doesn't have the correct label format. Instead of thinking its an eckd as in dasd[eckd] it comes back with dasd[diag] David Kreuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED]

update - dasd isn't recognized

2004-09-09 Thread Steve Gentry
I figured it out. I needed mknod, but wasn't using the correct syntax for the command. Steve -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
From the MXG listserv today- I suggest we let Erik know companies ARE interested in a SAS for linux/390 AND that they come up with a fair pricing scheme (i.e., prices based only on the IFL engines where linux/390 runs). I just spoke to Erik Burgdorf , SAS Marketing Strategy who is trying to get

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Ronald Wells
If SAS thinks there is not a market on Linux, guess they are in for a real shocker As for SAS going up in price on M/F's?? well that is why so many shops are looking at Linux or just dumping the product's..re-evaluating it's REAL worth..and what alternatives there are out there...

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Dave Jousma
We moved to SAS on LINUX on Intel running Suse 9.0. Runs like a champ, with a Gb connection the SMF downloads quickly. The Intel version was about 75% less expensive than the mainframe version. Since SAS is such a CPU consumer, it doesn't seem like it is a very good candidate for mainframe

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Michael Morgan
I don't think there is either. SAS is a CPU hog. It make more sense to run it on Linux/Intel accessing NFS mounted data. ..thanks Smith, Ann (ISD, IT) wrote: Thanks! Talking to our SAS rep, I get the impression SAS doesn't think there's much of a market for it. -Original Message-

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Dave, By 'mainframe version' do you mean linux/390, VM or MVS? Our MVS costs are outrageous, VM is more reasonable and we were hoping linux/390 would be even better. We don't run SAS/GRAPH any more. Mainly just BASE FSP and STAT. Some ACCESS and SHARE. The workloads we are looking at moving really

David Rossi is on vacation

2004-09-09 Thread David Rossi
I will be out of the office starting 09/10/2004 and will not return until 09/20/2004. If this is urgent please contact Mary Wallace at -732-424-7294 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive