Re: I want to use MTU 8992 bytes.

2006-01-05 Thread Sebastian Korte
konnichiha. I think I should change the parameter MTU= in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-qeth-bus-ccw-0.0. file. Right. sou desu. :-) Should I change other file? No, no other file has to be changed. Regards, S. Korte --

FW: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
copied from IBM-MAIN Anyone know about this ?? Regards Gerard -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John S. Giltner, Jr. Sent: 05 January 2006 05:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/Linux to p/Linux John R. Grout wrote:

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Rick Troth
Just speculation on my part, but ... Linux for pSeries (and the pSeries hypervisor) is now getting to a level where IBM wants to market it. Good! So there is surely going to be a push. Personally, I'm pretty serious about V12N, so I deal a hard hand to IBM on this one: The pSeries equiv

Re: FW: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 01/05/2006 at 01:15 ZE2, Ceruti, Gerard G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: copied from IBM-MAIN Anyone know about this ?? Know about what, Gerard? The post asserts no facts, containing only speculation about IBM marketing strategies. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

How to set network parameters.

2006-01-05 Thread Steve Gentry
Hello. Not exactly related to zLinux. How can I set eth0 to full duplex? When my Intel Linux boots up eth0 defaults to 100Mb/s Half duplex, I want Full duplex. I need to do this when Linux is booting. Is there a file that I can specify full duplex or do I need to use ethtool somewhere?

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Kielek, Samuel
Rick, I have never actually tested this, but vmware ESX runs directly on the hardware (no host OS required) and may be able to run an instance of vmware as a guest. I'm struggling to come up with a reason why this would be a useful thing to do however.. -Sam -Original Message- From:

Re: How to set network parameters.

2006-01-05 Thread Kielek, Samuel
Steve, For a Red Hat system the preferred way it to set it in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 interface config file. Add the following line: ETHTOOL_OPTS=speed 100 duplex full autoneg off -Sam -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 01/05/2006 at 07:36 CST, Rick Troth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I'm pretty serious about V12N, so I deal a hard hand to IBM on this one: The pSeries equiv of PR/SM requires a cooperative guest. (I say guest for lack of a better term. No one called pSeries LPAR a

Re: How to set network parameters.

2006-01-05 Thread Steve Gentry
Sam, thanks, this is what I was looking for. Steve Kielek, Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/05/2006 09:11 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc: Subject:Re: How to set network

Re: FW: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
Hi Alan Ok let me rephrase, does this collective (after looking into respective crystal balls) have any comments/speculations ?, As Marketing does have an influence on higher powers decision making and I am about to put forward a proposal that includes a zSeries Linux leg and if the

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread David Boyes
If IBM de-emphasizes z/Linux, it would almost certainly be in favor of p/Architecture (and p/Linux) rather than in favor of z/OS (or z/VM). As pure speculation... I would not be surprised to see mixed p/Arch-z/Arch sysplexes sharing high-powered hierarchal file systems (or raw

Re: FW: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 01/05/2006 at 04:47 ZE2, Ceruti, Gerard G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Alan Ok let me rephrase, does this collective (after looking into respective crystal balls) have any comments/speculations ?, As Marketing does have an influence on higher powers decision making and I am about

Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Krysiak
I currently have a 31 bit installation of SLES9 on two dasd, one mdisk is mounted as / and the other as /usr. We aren't using logicial volumes. We would like to copy this installation to a logical volume with 9 dasd. What is the recommended way of doing this? Or is it necessary to do a new

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kielek, Samuel wrote: Rick, I have never actually tested this, but vmware ESX runs directly on the hardware (no host OS required) Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat. and may be able to run an instance of vmware as a guest. I'm struggling to

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread David Kreuter
Just curious if this installation was done so that /usr (being on its own mdisk) could be shared read-only with CP LINK .. .. .. RR and fstab considerations among multiple instances? David -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Michael Krysiak Sent: Thu 1/5/2006 10:47

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Ceruti, Gerard G wrote: Hi Alan Ok let me rephrase, does this collective (after looking into respective crystal balls) have any comments/speculations ?, As Marketing does have an influence on higher powers decision making and I am about to put forward a

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Kielek, Samuel
Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat. That is incorrect. ESX does not run on Red Hat or any other Linux based OS. I think you are referring to the service console which is based off of an older version of Red Hat (7.x). However, the service console is not required for

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Krysiak
I do believe that was the idea behind it. This was our first attempt at a Linux installation on VM, and we just followed the recommendations on the installation documentation we had. Mike David Kreuter DKreuter @vm-resources.com Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390 01/05/2006 10:49 AM

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Carsten Otte
Kielek, Samuel wrote: That is incorrect. ESX does not run on Red Hat or any other Linux based OS. I think you are referring to the service console which is based off of an older version of Red Hat (7.x). However, the service console is not required for operation. In fact, you can shut the

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Kielek, Samuel
Carsten, I'm standing by my statement and will say that IT Week is incorrect as well.. There is no Linux code in the ESX hypervisor and ESX does not require the Linux based service console to function. -Sam -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 5, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Kielek, Samuel wrote: Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat. That is incorrect. ESX does not run on Red Hat or any other Linux based OS. I think you are referring to the service console which is based off of an older version of Red Hat (7.x).

FW: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Meanor, Tim
Sorry, meant to post to the list. -Original Message- From: Meanor, Tim Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: z/Linux to p/Linux The service console in ESX is a minimal RH 7.2 OS. It's purpose is to bootstrap the hardware, then turn over control

[Fwd: Re: z/Linux to p/Linux]

2006-01-05 Thread Carsten Otte
Meanor, Tim wrote: The service console in ESX is a minimal RH 7.2 OS. It's purpose is to bootstrap the hardware, then turn over control to the ESX kernel and resource manager. So IT Week is incorrect in referring to ESX as based on a Linux kernel. For more information, see

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Post, Mark K
Michael, You'll need to be a little more explicit. Are you saying that you want to move to an environment where you'll be using 9 separate minidisks that make up an LVM VG, with multiple file systems carved out of it on multiple logical volumes? If so, then with the caveat that your /boot

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Krysiak
Sorry, we have 9 complete dasd to use for the installation, not mdisks. It would be one VG and only one LV. Mike Post, Mark K mark.post @eds.com Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390 01/05/2006 12:07 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc:

Re: [Fwd: Re: z/Linux to p/Linux]

2006-01-05 Thread Kielek, Samuel
Carsten, Using the same thread you are referencing, please read the responses from Paulo Meireles and I think you will see that he is very clearly stating the opposite of what your are saying. The use of Linux is done as a convenience, not a requirement. BTW, I don't believe these are VMWare

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Post, Mark K
I can't say I would recommend that configuration, but that's your choice. In any event, the means of copying the data would be the same. When you're done, update /etc/zipl.conf or /boot/parmfile, which ever you use, then chroot to the new disks, and run zipl. As I said before, make sure /boot is

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
I did what you're asking about: convert (by copying) a non-LVM, 2 minidisk (/ and /usr) SLES9 31-bit to turn it into a SLES9 guest that has a non-LVM root-boot partition with the rest of its partitions and dasd given to LVM. (Everyone has rightly scared me out of putting the whole thing onto LVM

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Krysiak
What type of configuration would you recommend? Thanks, Mike - Michael Krysiak CSC/GIS, 500 Creek View Rd, Newark, DE 19711 Office:(302) 391-8803 Mobile: (203) 558-2432

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Post, Mark K
A relatively small non-LVM root partition. A separate, small non-LVM /boot partition The rest of the space dedicated to LVM. One VG, perhaps more, depending on what the space will be used for. (System stuff versus application) Separate (appropriately sized) logical volumes for /home /opt /tmp

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
Here's quick detail about how to do what Michael Krysiak asked about: I did what you're asking about: convert (by copying) a non-LVM, 2 minidisk (/ and /usr) SLES9 31-bit to turn it into a SLES9 guest that has a non-LVM root-boot partition with the rest of its partitions and dasd given to LVM.

Re: Copying a SLES9 installation

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Krysiak
Wow, thanks John. - Michael Krysiak CSC/GIS, 500 Creek View Rd, Newark, DE 19711 Office:(302) 391-8803 Mobile: (203) 558-2432

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine If I may comment a bit. I have seen an ESX system startup. It wasn't pretty. I also do not remember when. I do remember noting that its startup sequences did in fact resemble Red Hat Linux. Possibly one of the earlier versions before they went to the FC project.

Linux S/390 on z890?

2006-01-05 Thread Kittendorf, Craig
We are upgrading from a 9672-R76 toe z890-370. I have SuSE Linux SLES S/390 Version 7.2.0-0 (Kernel 2.4.7) running in an LPAR (no z/VM). Will this release run unchanged on the z890? Thanks, Craig -- For LINUX-390 subscribe

Re: Linux S/390 on z890?

2006-01-05 Thread Dave Jones
Yes it will. Good luck with the upgrade, too! DJ Kittendorf, Craig wrote: We are upgrading from a 9672-R76 toe z890-370. I have SuSE Linux SLES S/390 Version 7.2.0-0 (Kernel 2.4.7) running in an LPAR (no z/VM). Will this release run unchanged on the z890? Thanks, Craig

z/Linux, TSM 5.3, and STK

2006-01-05 Thread MOEUR TIM C
Has anybody done this? I'm trying to configure our STK 9310 powderhorn robotics to work with TSM running under Suse LE 9. If you've down this, I'd love to see some outline of where to start. STK support hasn't been too helpful with this venture. Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux S/390 on z890?

2006-01-05 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 1/5/06, Kittendorf, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will this release run unchanged on the z890? Probably you change a whole lot more than that... getting new network devices? Maybe new DASD subsystem? Your old Linux system will not be able to exploit those new things, and it's obviously not

Re: Linux S/390 on z890?

2006-01-05 Thread shogunx
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Rob van der Heij wrote: On 1/5/06, Kittendorf, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will this release run unchanged on the z890? Probably you change a whole lot more than that... getting new network devices? Maybe new DASD subsystem? Your old Linux system will not be able to

Trying to keep track of a list of pids launched vs those active

2006-01-05 Thread James Melin
HEy Gang. This is probably as obvious as warts on a baby, but I am not getting past it. I have a file that contains the PID's of all the clamscan processes launched by a script. PID_FOO 7292 7293 7294 7295 7296 7297 7298 7299 7300 7301 7302 Then I have the output of a simple grep/awk pipe:

Re: Trying to keep track of a list of pids launched vs those active

2006-01-05 Thread Edmund R. MacKenty
On Thursday 05 January 2006 17:02, James Melin wrote: HEy Gang. This is probably as obvious as warts on a baby, but I am not getting past it. I have a file that contains the PID's of all the clamscan processes launched by a script. PID_FOO ... Then I have the output of a simple grep/awk pipe:

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Rod
They won't, however, have support for 2nd level hypervisors. What do you mean by this? 2nd level up? 2nd level down? Running Xen/Linux MS/Win OS' side-by-side? What exactly? -- Rod -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 01/05/2006 at 03:55 CET, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They won't, however, have support for 2nd level hypervisors. What do you mean by this? 2nd level up? 2nd level down? Running Xen/Linux MS/Win OS' side-by-side? What exactly? The terms 1st level and 2nd level are somewhat

Re: z/Linux to p/Linux

2006-01-05 Thread Rick Troth
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Alan Altmark wrote: In zSeries you can run Linux in a virtual machine created by an instance of z/VM which is running in a virtual machine created by another instance of z/VM in a virtual machine created by yet another instance of z/VM You have entered -- The Twilight

Re: z/Linux, TSM 5.3, and STK

2006-01-05 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
I should have asked a further question. I assume you realize that TSM under z/Linux will only write to fibrechannel drives, not FICON or ESCON. If your 9310 is controlled by an open system running ACSLS, you are fine. If it is controlled by a z/OS system, you need an additonal piece of software

Re: z/Linux, TSM 5.3, and STK

2006-01-05 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
To effectively use TSM on z/Linux with an STK 9310, you need an additional piece of software called Enterprise Distributape, sold/supported by Gresham Computing. Give them a call. http://www.gresham-computing.com/main.asp?page=148 Scott Ledbetter Sun Microsystems/StorageTek -Original