Re: Using CPFORMAT exec

2011-06-01 Thread Jeff Gribbin
I certainly had no intention of disparaging wrappers as-such (I've developed plenty of my own over the years, and even shared a few of them). I do, however, like to make sure that folk know when they're using a wrapper rather than the primary component and that, if their need begins to move

Re: Using CPFORMAT exec

2011-06-01 Thread Cameron Seay
You guys are phenomenal. This is a tremendous education I am getting. Thanks. Cameron On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Jeff Gribbin jeff.grib...@gmail.com wrote: I certainly had no intention of disparaging wrappers as-such (I've developed plenty of my own over the years, and even shared a few

zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Andre Massena
All, having seen several posts relating to CA PAM and ACF2 in the distant past on this forum, I thought I would pose my humble questions here.. A customer of mine is still running z/OS 1.5 using ACF2 as the ESM. He has installed several IFL's with bleeding edge z/VM 5.4.. and wants to

Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Andre Massena andre_mass...@lavache.com wrote: All, having seen several posts relating to CA PAM and ACF2 in the distant past on this forum, I thought I would pose my humble questions here.. A customer of mine is still running z/OS 1.5 using ACF2 as the ESM.

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Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Richard Gasiorowski
I would use CA/DSI and ONLY use the LDAP for any application specific authorizartion. DSI connect directly to the z/OS backend. We sue it for TSS and my guess its the same for ACF2 Richard (Gaz) Gasiorowski Solution Architect CSC 3170 Fairview Park Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042

Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Andre Massena
Dankje Rob, I have also read the piece you quoted. As it is impossible to communicate with CA or speak with a Techie without a customer number or a Site ID, I posed the question on this forum. Andre En réponse à Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com : -- Début du message

Re: Using CPFORMAT exec

2011-06-01 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Jeff, I certainly had no intention of disparaging wrappers as-such Nope, did not take it that way. I do, however, like to make sure that folk know when they're using a wrapper rather than the primary component ... Yup, agreed. Mike MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061

Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
We are using CA ESM with TSS for many years and love it. We are years ahead of the Unix guys down the hall, who key in each user one server at a time. I do little to no work on setting up users, as our mainframe security department now does all that work for us (where it belongs). However, we also

Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Richard Gasiorowski
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Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in superblock' at boot

2011-06-01 Thread Aria Bamdad
I posted this last week but got no response. Is anyone else getting such messages or is it just me? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Aria Bamdad Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:12 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: mdadm

rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Testa, Richard
Hello, How do you boot into single user/rescue mode on zlinux...I need to edit the fstab file, and it is in read only mode(maintenance)I tried the following but getting an error... CP VI VMSG 0 SINGLE Best Regards Richard Testa OIT-Operation Unix Systems Administrator

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Testa, Richard
The server when IPL, comes up in maintenance mode which is read only. I need to get the system to where I can either move the old fstab file back in, or edit the current fstab in vi. How can I get the system in such a mode Best Regards Richard Testa OIT-Operation Unix Systems

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Mauro Souza
I think you don't have to go into single user mode. I guess you'd put some disk on fstab, and it doesn't come online, putting your system on read-only rescue mode. If I am right, you can do this: *mount -o remount,rw /* *grep -v 'problematic disk' /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.1* *cat /etc/fstab.1* if

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Craig Collins
We run the install exec again for the server to get linux up and then putty into it. Just make sure you don't have any sort of automated install setup for it otherwise you will reinstall the operating system. We don't use the SLES 11 AUTOINST parameter so we don't run into that issue. You'll

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Little, Chris
After booting, try this... mount -o rw,remount / -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Testa, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:43 AM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: rescue mode The server when IPL, comes up in

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Little, Chris
Never mind. Wasn't reading the thread What I do in this case (usually) is link the root disk to another guest (as MR, of course). Then mount the disk, edit the file. Umount, detach, and boot the original guest. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread Mark Post
On 6/1/2011 at 10:24 AM, Testa, Richard richard.te...@doit.nh.gov wrote: CP VI VMSG 0 SINGLE cp vi vmsg 0 1 or cp vi vmsg 0 S might work better. As others have commented, re-mounting r/w may be an option. Mark Post --

zLinux user group in South Africa

2011-06-01 Thread Klaus Bergmann
I talked to quite a few people who expressed their interest in a new zLinux user group in Johannesburg, South Africa. So, we will go for it. The first meeting will be next week's Friday, June 10th 2011, 10:00h - 13:00h, at IBM Park, 70 Rivonia Road, Sandton, Auditorium D11. To start things off I

Re: rescue mode

2011-06-01 Thread John P. Hartmann
And if you have a working /usr, then mount that too to get vi. mount -o ro /usr On 1 June 2011 16:47, Little, Chris chris.lit...@okdhs.org wrote: After booting, try this... mount -o rw,remount / -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf

Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in superblock' at boot

2011-06-01 Thread Mark Post
On 6/1/2011 at 08:54 AM, Aria Bamdad a...@bsc.gwu.edu wrote: Looking around, I found http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2010-07/msg00230.html which seems to be the exact problem. Has anyone somehow resolved this issue on SUSE SLES 11 with SP1? There was an update for mdadm

Re: zLinux CA PAM and ACF2

2011-06-01 Thread Andre Massena
James, thanks for the tips and tricks. Another reason I posted here was that I am a private consultant, and as such, do not possess a CA customer number or CA Site ID. The customer now has very little Mainframe knowhow and next to zero Unix/Linux knowledge, so I am the man in the middle as it

Re: zLinux user group in South Africa

2011-06-01 Thread Len Diegel
Klaus, that's great news. Good luck over there ! ! (Tell them about the VMWorkshop at OSU. Maybe they have the budget for it..) Regards, Len In a message dated 6/1/2011 10:13:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, klau...@za.ibm.com writes: I talked to quite a few people who expressed their

Re: Linux Applications

2011-06-01 Thread CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
Linux has an endless source of free games and applications you can install on the servers, but that would be a waste of good resources. For working tools, look at Perfkit for zVM as a starter on performance. Play and learn Linux, use http://www.google.com/linux for all your questions, it's great,

Re: Linux Applications

2011-06-01 Thread Dean, David (I/S)
If you are a Windows shop, do some SAMBA file sharing - impresses the windows folks. We also threw in initially a db2connect server to consolidate myriad distributed servers. You should read some cookbooks on building servers and streamline the creation process. We turn a lot of heads with

Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in superblock' at boot

2011-06-01 Thread Aria Bamdad
Mark, thanks for your comments. I have a SUSE SLES maintenance plan but no support agreement so I can't report a problem (as far as I know). Is there a channel where someone without a support agreement can report a problem? Aria -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in superblock' at boot

2011-06-01 Thread Mark Post
On 6/1/2011 at 04:13 PM, Aria Bamdad a...@bsc.gwu.edu wrote: Mark, thanks for your comments. I have a SUSE SLES maintenance plan but no support agreement so I can't report a problem (as far as I know). Is there a channel where someone without a support agreement can report a problem? Aria,

Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in superblock' at boot

2011-06-01 Thread Aria Bamdad
Thanks for that information. I was able to open a service request!! Aria -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 4:18 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: mdadm message 'wrong state in

Re: Using CPFORMAT exec

2011-06-01 Thread David Kreuter
...and wait until it's cold and late and SERVICE or PUT2PROD fail badly on you. talk about front end madness! David Kreuter Original Message Subject: Re: Using CPFORMAT exec From: Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com Date: Wed, June 01, 2011 7:35 am To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU