OT: z9 Pictures?

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Post
I'm trying to develop a "Mainframes for Midrange People" presentation. I'd like to have pictures of the various parts of a z9. Does anyone have pictures of the inside of a z9 (or any z### for that matter) they would be willing to share with me? Preferably, they'd be close enough so that people w

Re: FW: Cooperation between different Slackware ports

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Post
> -Original Message- > From: Fred Emmott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: FW: Cooperation between different Slackware ports > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 01:30:02PM -0400, David Boyes wrote: > > > > Just a FYI -- you probably need to pick up an u

Re: Design and implementation of the z/VM® SCSI I/O subsystem

2007-03-12 Thread Thomas David Rivers
> > Hi, gang > > Here's an interesting article on the design and implementation of the > SCSI interface code the is now in CP to support the use of SCSI disks > for both Linux and z/VM itself. > > http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/511/webb.html > > DJ > And, if you take a look at some of

More Java and DST issues

2007-03-12 Thread Marcy Cortes
More official updates came out today for the 3 char timezone problem. http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/ab162e263aac8d67a1f0e590dae9af 36.html Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this

Design and implementation of the z/VM® SCSI I/O subsystem

2007-03-12 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, gang Here's an interesting article on the design and implementation of the SCSI interface code the is now in CP to support the use of SCSI disks for both Linux and z/VM itself. http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/511/webb.html DJ -

Re: Unable to ping from 1 guest

2007-03-12 Thread RPN01
What does the routing table look like in linux1 and linux2? You can see the routing table by entering the "route" command on the linux images (at least in SuSE; I don't have a RedHat here to try.) It should, at a minimum, have an entry for routing within your vswitch, and a default route that will

Re: Unable to ping from 1 guest

2007-03-12 Thread Rich Smrcina
Is linux2 running iptables, or other such firewall software to reject pings? Can you post the output of Q LAN DETAILS from VM? Roach, Dennis wrote: I have a configuration of z/VM with a vswitch. There are 2 Linux guests (linux1 and linux2) I can ping from VM to linux1 and linux2 I can ping fr

Unable to ping from 1 guest

2007-03-12 Thread Roach, Dennis
I have a configuration of z/VM with a vswitch. There are 2 Linux guests (linux1 and linux2) I can ping from VM to linux1 and linux2 I can ping from linux1 to VM and linux2 I can ping from linux2 to VM I cannot ping from linux2 to linux1 Linux2 is running NFS, linux1 is not. I have tried with lin

Re: Performance & SLES10

2007-03-12 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 3/12/07, Karel Gentens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, I didn't turn it off yet. So, on receiving the mail, I did. But I don't see a significant change in the cpu percent utilization. Using 2% is not too bad for an active agent. I have heard different numbers from people who get a few active

Re: Fw: Linux RMFPMS and historical data?

2007-03-12 Thread Oliver Benke
Blue arrows: that's in the version I've uploaded recently, should be available for external download tomorrow (I hope) You can use the "Sample..." button if you'd like to retrieve additional data from the host. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Oliver Benke IBM Germany Lab Boeblingen, e

Re: Performance & SLES10

2007-03-12 Thread Karel Gentens
No, I didn't turn it off yet. So, on receiving the mail, I did. But I don't see a significant change in the cpu percent utilization. thx, Karel Gentens KBC Groep NV VM - Systemen (CCM1 - CMI) Egide Walschaertstraat 3, 2800 Mechelen 015/35.24.52 0499/96.53.18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-+--

Re: Performance & SLES10

2007-03-12 Thread Rich Smrcina
By SLES10 I thought that was the default... but it certainly doesn't hurt to check... :) Richard Troth wrote: Did you happen to turn off the Hz timer? kernel.hz_timer = 0 settable either with 'sysctl' or via /proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer. -- R; -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-

Re: Performance & SLES10

2007-03-12 Thread Richard Troth
Did you happen to turn off the Hz timer? kernel.hz_timer = 0 settable either with 'sysctl' or via /proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer. -- R; Linux on 390 Port wrote on 03/12/2007 06:29:07 AM: > LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Hy list, > > We are evalutating SLES10 on z/VM 5.2 and a Z9. > I have insta

Re: Fw: Linux RMFPMS and historical data?

2007-03-12 Thread Paul Giordano
Hi Peter, Oliver's the right guy for info, there a paper he helped write in /opt/rmfpms/doc/rmfpms.pdf that describes how to pull data from the machine using URLs, as in http://www.mylinux.com:8803/gpm/perform/perform.xml?resource="mylinux,*,LINUX_MEMORY"&ID=405100&RANGE=2007023109,2007092

Performance & SLES10

2007-03-12 Thread Karel Gentens
Hy list, We are evalutating SLES10 on z/VM 5.2 and a Z9. I have installed a DB2 connect on zLinux, but it is not used to make any connections. Also the RMF packages are installed to connect with the performance monitor on z/VM. If I look in the performance monitor on z/VM, it always shows a %cpu t