Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Nilson Vieira
Read me now Mr Mark. Once we had the maintnance contract with suse but expired last month. But the thing down here in South America, to renew the contract is slow i can maintain contact with suse distribuitor. this is the point, im not ask you any favor? Regards - Original Message -

SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
Hi Folks We have a small SuSE Lpar that is about to go live and I need to complete a DRP setup, we have a GDPS/XRC solution already in place and I was thinking to do a Sync and Drop process on the Linux volumes , the LPAR would remain up during this process. Has anyone else already looked at this

Re: New Samba 3.0 users

2005-05-04 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Tom, ... must be added to Linux as a Linux user, Samba share and in the SMBPASSWD file (using smbpasswd as the backend, no LDAP etc, yet). I will agree with the Linux user and smbpasswd, but not the Samba share. The special [homes] section exists to avoid having to create separate shares in

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Post, Mark K
My experience with Novell and SUSE has been that if they know paperwork is on the way, they'll give you temporary access to the maintenance portal. Then once the paperwork has been completed and payment made, you'll get your activation code. So, there should be no need to ask others to provide

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
I was thinking to do a Sync and Drop process on the Linux volumes , the LPAR would remain up during this process. Has anyone else already looked at this ? You will not get a usable backup. This process does not take into account the data cached in memory. Any ideas what the change would

Re: Problem installing Debian

2005-05-04 Thread Wiggins, Mark
Thank you for your reply... Could I maybe get that initrd2 file that you mentioned? I tried both rc2 and rc3 but neither liked my 9336 devices. I installed Debian before but I CTC connected it and then converted it to QDIO. It just seemed like this should be easy enough to start with QDIO

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread James Melin
David have you (or anyone else for that matter) gotten Bacula to work in a Linux on z environment? David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] e.net To Sent by: Linux on LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Adam Thornton
On May 4, 2005, at 10:11 AM, James Melin wrote: David have you (or anyone else for that matter) gotten Bacula to work in a Linux on z environment? Yes. What problems are you experiencing? Adam -- For LINUX-390 subscribe /

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Fargusson.Alan
I understand your frustration. This situation happens here in the USA also. Here at the State of California we had a major budget crisis last year and had to let some of our service contracts expire. The thing is that here in the USA (and many other countries) the agreements between vendors

Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Not that I've completely read the following manuals yet, but based on the table of contents, there isn't a section for what I'm interested in. Samba-3 by Example The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide What I'm interested in is being able to diag a problem based on error messages. So,

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
David have you (or anyone else for that matter) gotten Bacula to work in a Linux on z environment? Yes. It works fine, including autochanger support if you are running under VM and native tape support if you're not. I've posted the tape mount component, and if you use 1.37 (the current

Re: New Samba 3.0 users

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Funny you should mention that presentation. When I find presentations of interest, I print them out and file them in 3 ring binders. With all the different sites, sometimes I remember a presentation is available but can't for the life of me locate who is hosting it or the name it is under.

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Ingo Adlung
David, I guess I disagree. While you are certainly right that there is data cached in memory we ought to look at the scenario that could take place. If there is transactional data the transaction monitor and/or the database would typically worry about data being written to persistent data store

Re: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
What I'm interested in is being able to diag a problem based on error messages. Open source applications rarely do error message manuals (in fact, CUPS is the only one I know of). You should assume that the source is the only way you'll find this information. May 4 10:29:45 linux26

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread James Melin
ACtual problems are still well into the future here - I'm still theoretical. I have a pair of 3490 tape drives that I could have in my configuration I would love to do more granular backups than DFDSS can provide I like the idea of backing up linux to datasets that are 'active0' meaning

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
If there is transactional data the transaction monitor and/or the database would typically worry about data being written to persistent data store so that in case of an outage you have roll-back or roll-forward capabilities. I think we're starting from different assumptions. I start from the

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
I have a pair of 3490 tape drives that I could have in my configuration That will work. I would love to do more granular backups than DFDSS can provide Bacula can do that. I like the idea of backing up linux to datasets that are 'active0' meaning migrate immediately via NFS.

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
And remember, for some reason unfathomable to me, the USA has three times as many lawyers as the rest of the world combined. And they like to keep busy. A statesman is a dead politician. Lord knows we need more statesmen! --Berkeley Breathed Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. Boeing Shared Services Group

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Fargusson.Alan
Don't get me started on lawyers. The reason that there are so many is easy to understand: They make lots of money. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wolfe, Gordon W Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:00 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject:

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Jon Brock
And a lot of our Congressmen are lawyers. That's a funny coincidence. Jon snip Don't get me started on lawyers. The reason that there are so many is easy to understand: They make lots of money. /snip -- For LINUX-390

Re: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
That was a good explaination. Basically what I thought was happening, but it doesn't help in this case. This isn't OSA (yet), it's a 3172 via escon to VM's TCPIP (z/VM 4.2). There was a problem with Samba and broadcast on this setup, but not anymore. But I don't think it would make any

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Adam Thornton
On May 4, 2005, at 11:27 AM, James Melin wrote: ACtual problems are still well into the future here - I'm still theoretical. I have a pair of 3490 tape drives that I could have in my configuration I would love to do more granular backups than DFDSS can provide I like the idea of backing up

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread James Melin
Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU wrote on 05/04/2005 12:22:47 PM: On May 4, 2005, at 11:27 AM, James Melin wrote: ACtual problems are still well into the future here - I'm still theoretical. I have a pair of 3490 tape drives that I could have in my configuration I would

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Adam Thornton
On May 4, 2005, at 12:43 PM, James Melin wrote: Ultimately I am thinking weekly full volume backups via CDL (so I get such things as the cyl-0, the IPL records, etc) and daily incrementals via either bacula or the NFS option. What is the best way to copy only changed files? Set up your backup

Re: qeth: setip : return code 0xe005 (duplicate ip address)

2005-05-04 Thread Chuck Lamphear
Mark: I added the following to CHANDEV.CONF (which didn't exist) and now it only looks for the three addresses defined and all appears ok: noauto qeth0,0x8804,0x8805,0x8806 add_parms,0x10,0x8804,0x8806,portname:LIN01 Should SETUP create this file (from PARMFILE) when installing the system?

Sles 9 supplemental CD?

2005-05-04 Thread Cortes, Marcy D.
Maybe I don't have them because downloaded the media rather than getting the actual CD's, but is there Regina and THE packages for sles9 somewhere? I got them off the supplemental CD for sles 8. Marcy Cortes This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not

Re: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
This isn't OSA (yet), it's a 3172 via escon to VM's TCPIP (z/VM 4.2). There was a problem with Samba and broadcast on this setup, but not anymore. Hmm. The topology is: 3172 - VM TCPIP - Linux (guest LAN/IUCV/CTC)? or is it 3172 - VM TCPIP (direct LCS attach) 3172 - Linux 1 (direct LCS

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
Ultimately I am thinking weekly full volume backups via CDL (so I get such things as the cyl-0, the IPL records, etc) and daily incrementals via either bacula or the NFS option. What is the best way to copy only changed files? Use the Bacula client inside the Linux guests. Right now I

Re: Sles 9 supplemental CD?

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Nope. Not there...anymore. I was looking for Regina and Kate. How well was taking Regina from Sles8 work for you? I went to the Regina Website and got the source, but haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting A platform without Rexx, isn't one I bother

Re: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
By sure frustration, I'm starting to get somewhere.. I took Linux26 and put it in its own workgroup (workgroup=LinuxSamba). It immediately came up in the Windows brower list. So I took Linux23 and put it in the same workgroup. Nope. Not there. Which means that my configuation files, have

Re: Sles 8.0 service pack 2.0 and 3.0

2005-05-04 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine You mean its forming a pattern? Coincidences often form patterns. Before we get involved in one of the national debates regarding that life form, I suggest we return to our usual discussion. --- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FW: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
This isn't OSA (yet), it's a 3172 via escon to VM's TCPIP (z/VM 4.2). There was a problem with Samba and broadcast on this setup, but not anymore. Hmm. The topology is: 3172 - VM TCPIP - Linux (guest LAN/IUCV/CTC)? or is it 3172 - VM TCPIP (direct LCS attach) 3172 - Linux 1

Re: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Adam Thornton
On May 4, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Tom Duerbusch wrote: By sure frustration, I'm starting to get somewhere.. I took Linux26 and put it in its own workgroup (workgroup=LinuxSamba). It immediately came up in the Windows brower list. So I took Linux23 and put it in the same workgroup. Nope. Not there.

Re: qeth: setip : return code 0xe005 (duplicate ip address)

2005-05-04 Thread Post, Mark K
Chuck, Yes, it should. That's partly why Slack/390 10.1 isn't out yet. The packages have all been built, but there are a number of things in the installer that need to be implemented or improved somewhat. Adding support for network interfaces that don't follow the ethx name, for example. I

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread Ingo Adlung
David, I think we're starting from different assumptions. You may be right. I understand your rationale, let me elaborate on mine once more :-) I don't expect that any of the filesystems would or should change their behavior, or Linux changing its caching policies. My point was that if you

Re: FW: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Yep, the former (3172 - VM TCPIP - IUCV - Linux. There use to be a problem with Samba and broadcasting on a point to point connection, but that has been resolved. I moved all Samba images to a workgroup called LinuxSamba, and that workgroup started poping up on many PCs. But not on all of them.

Re: SuSE and GDPS/XRC

2005-05-04 Thread David Boyes
I don't expect that any of the filesystems would or should change their behavior, or Linux changing its caching policies. My point was that if you can't afford loosing the data you better assure to write the data synchronously or programmatically flush the buffers from time to time assuring

Re: FW: Better manual for Samba 3.0?

2005-05-04 Thread Dennis Wicks
Well, this is just slightly OT, since it isn't 390 but is Windows Samba. I guess two out of three ain't bad. Anyway, at home I have two desktops on CAT5 ethernet, and two notebooks on 802.11g all running WIN2K and one wired linux machine running debian. The workgroup machines showing up seem to

Question using chroot with / and /boot partitions

2005-05-04 Thread Dave Myers
Here's the background before the question. We are attempting to clone a RHEL4 system (LPAR / NOT VM!) using DFDSS backup/restore. So (after the backup/restore) we need to change the DASD= device numbers in the newly restored system by mounting the new dasd to the source system (as /dev/dasdc1