Re: zLinux suspend/resume

2009-12-08 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 12/07/2009 at 10:47 EST, Shane Ginnane sginn...@isi.com.au wrote: Hands up all those using vdisk for swap ... Set up a minidisk for another swap partition at a lower priority and specify it on resume= so

Re: zfcp wwpn change on DR site

2009-12-08 Thread Christof Schmitt
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 03:01:43PM +0200, Offer Baruch wrote: I am using redhat v5.2. my zfcp definitions are at /etc/zfcp.conf (just another text config file with the WWPNs in it). but i think that this file is read very early in the boot process. when? i don't know. I would like to change

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-08 Thread Staller, Allan
There is some chatter (I am ignorant of the details) about z/VM high availability clusters. I am not sure how they work. My understanding is that the Z/VM folks are trying to catch up with the concept of a parallel sysplex. snip John Summerfield wrote: Presumably if you're updating the

Re: zfcp wwpn change on DR site

2009-12-08 Thread Offer Baruch
That is exaclty what i was looking for! Can't thank you enough... Offer Baruch On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Christof Schmitt christof.schm...@de.ibm.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 03:01:43PM +0200, Offer Baruch wrote: I am using redhat v5.2. my zfcp definitions are at

Re: zLinux suspend/resume

2009-12-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 05:28 EST, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocitysoftware.com wrote: But the swap space already in use by the time you suspend must also be retained. You could address that by swapoff -a before you suspend but the ride gets more bumpy. True, but for the purpose of

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 08:46 EST, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbm1.com wrote: There is some chatter (I am ignorant of the details) about z/VM high availability clusters. I am not sure how they work. My understanding is that the Z/VM folks are trying to catch up with the concept of a

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-08 Thread David Boyes
On 12/8/09 8:44 AM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbm1.com wrote: There is some chatter (I am ignorant of the details) about z/VM high availability clusters. I am not sure how they work. My understanding is that the Z/VM folks are trying to catch up with the concept of a parallel sysplex.

Re: zLinux suspend/resume

2009-12-08 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 05:28 EST, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocitysoftware.com wrote: But the swap space already in use by the time you suspend must also be retained. You could address that by swapoff -a before

Re: zLinux suspend/resume

2009-12-08 Thread David Boyes
On 12/8/09 9:54 AM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, but if you don't plan to move your frozen penguins, then freeze them into VDISK and let VM page out those VDISK pages when it makes sense. Just hope the ice water does not cause SWAPGEN to wipe out the VDISK (but the same

VERITAS NetBackup tuning on System Z - Memory Issues?

2009-12-08 Thread Rodery, Floyd A Mr CIV US DISA CDB12
I was curious if anyone had any experience with running VERITAS NetBackup (specifically 6.5.4) for Linux on System z (SLES10)? We've noticed extremely high amounts of memory usage when VERITAS is running a full back up of a server; end result is swapping to disk. Scenario prior to full back

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Jones
And it will only be for Linux guests, as well.CMS-based guests will not be able to be moved between systems. On 12/08/2009 08:52 AM, David Boyes wrote: On 12/8/09 8:44 AM, Staller, Allanallan.stal...@kbm1.com wrote: There is some chatter (I am ignorant of the details) about z/VM high

Re: BMC BladeLogic [PUBLIC]

2009-12-08 Thread Shedlock, George
This is the information I have so far: BL Server - no way, no how for Z BL Client - The 7.5 client works for SLES up to 10 SP 2 (verified) and reportedly SLES 10 SP3 works as well. The Agent WILL NOT WORK for SLES 11 (any flavor). We are waiting for word from BMC as to what release will support

Re: BMC BladeLogic [PUBLIC]

2009-12-08 Thread Shedlock, George
Not sure if the attachment will get through, but this is the support matrix as of 8-14-09. George Shedlock Jr AEGON Information Technology AEGON USA 502-560-3541 -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Carl Sent: Friday, December

Re: VERITAS NetBackup tuning on System Z - Memory Issues?

2009-12-08 Thread Rodger Donaldson
On Wed, December 9, 2009 06:08, Rodery, Floyd A Mr CIV US DISA CDB12 wrote: I was curious if anyone had any experience with running VERITAS NetBackup (specifically 6.5.4) for Linux on System z (SLES10)? We've noticed extremely high amounts of memory usage when VERITAS is running a full back

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 12/08/2009 at 12:14 EST, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: And it will only be for Linux guests, as well.CMS-based guests will not be able to be moved between systems. You will be able to relocate any guest that doesn't hit any of the tripwires. But as it works out, CMS

Re: zLinux suspend/resume

2009-12-08 Thread Dave Jones
Since VDISKs is z/VM are implemented as FBA devices, it is not difficult to write an app that can backup the contents of a Linux swap disk to a CMS file and restore it back to a VDISK. Once in a CMS file, the swap disk can be moved around to other user ids, sent across the Net, etc. without much

AUTO: Nik Johnston/UK/IBM is away from the office (returning 10/12/2009)

2009-12-08 Thread Nik Johnston
I am out of the office until 10/12/2009. I am currently out of the office on annual leave. If it is urgent then please contact Rachel Hill for all ITS Server Managed Services or Steve Lee of the ITS SDCoE for related matters. Note: This is an automated response to your message Re: BMC