Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Leland Lucius
On 2/13/2013 1:31 AM, Pavelka, Tomas wrote: Will your solution preserve read only attributes? I.e. if you bring all dasd online with a single udev rule, will those linked as read only have the correct read only attributes so the kernel knows that it cannot write to them? No, but it would be

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Oberparleiter
On 13.02.2013 00:38, Leland Lucius wrote: Create the following file and remove all of your existing 51-dasd*.rules. cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-dasd.rules # Rule to add all eckd devices ACTION==add, SUBSYSTEM==ccw, DRIVER==dasd-eckd, ATTR{online}=1 Note that adding kernel/module parameter

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Mark Post
On 2/12/2013 at 06:38 PM, Leland Lucius lluc...@homerow.net wrote: As a followup to a posting over on the IBM/VM mailing list about using dasd_configure to bring a device online and create the necessary udev rules, I wanted to contribute this as I think having a separate rule file for every

IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread Michael Coffin
Hi Folks, I have a vendor that has a product that runs on Linux, but only on Intel-chipped Linux hosts. They are interested in providing S390 binaries for Linux on zSeries customers. Does IBM provide any kind of assistance for vendors to do this, for example access to Linux on zSeries systems

Re: IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread John McKown
Have you considered suggesting running z/Linux on an Intel machine under the Hercules-390 emulator? Many have done this successfully. I realize that final testing should likely be done on a real machine, but it would be free to do initial testing and adjusting under Hercules. IBM does have a

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Leland Lucius
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Mark Post mp...@suse.com wrote: On 2/12/2013 at 06:38 PM, Leland Lucius lluc...@homerow.net wrote: As a followup to a posting over on the IBM/VM mailing list about using dasd_configure to bring a device online and create the necessary udev rules, I wanted

Re: IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread Nicholas P Sardino
Hi Mike, IBM has a program called Chip Hopper designed for exactly this purpose. https://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/isv_com_dvm_techval_chiphopper /Nick Nick Sardino System z Software Client Leader IBM Corporation (347)

A new open source systems management tool: Mz

2013-02-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello lists, I am pleased to announce a new experimental package named Mz (Managing z) - a lightweight set of Linux bash scripts that provide both a command line and a Web interface for systems management of z/VM and Linux. These scripts work well between LPARs and CECs. An RPM and a PDF are

A new open source systems management tool: Mz (longer version)

2013-02-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello lists, Again, Mz is new experimental package that is a lightweight set of Linux bash scripts that provide both a CLI and a Web interface for systems management of z/VM and Linux. These scripts work well between LPARs and CECs. Again, a disclaimer: if you are expecting quality,

Re: IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread Mark Post
On 2/13/2013 at 02:01 PM, Michael Coffin michaelcof...@mccci.com wrote: Hi Folks, I have a vendor that has a product that runs on Linux, but only on Intel-chipped Linux hosts. They are interested in providing S390 binaries for Linux on zSeries customers. Does IBM provide any kind of

Re: IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread Ed Long
Partner World is the answer.Depending upon the amount of IBM hardware - or to some degree software - the ISV can move, the more help IBM can be at various costs including free.The Z solutions in Partnerworld are somewhat more complicated to navigate than the other platforms. Get to the right

Re: A new open source systems management tool: Mz (longer version)

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Linnell
Hello, Could you make the srpm available ? I'd like to have a look and test it locally. Thanks, Peter Peter Linnell SUSE Linux Technical Specialist Tel: 1-415-308-3037 Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com 2/13/2013 12:01 PM Hello lists, Again, Mz is new experimental package that is a

Re: A new open source systems management tool: Mz (longer version)

2013-02-13 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Peter, Could you make the srpm available ? I'd like to have a look and test it locally. There is no srpm. As the code is in bash, the RPM includes all the code. However, it does not include the mz.spec file so I just uploaded that to sourceforge. Mike MacIsaac mikemac at-sign us.ibm.com

Re: IBM Resources for Developers?

2013-02-13 Thread Kurt Acker
We have an ISV enablement team through partnerworld as mentioned. Chiphopper as I understand it just helps to insure things will compile/will be pretty easy to port before investing to much time. http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/pub/systems/z/isvtap http://www.ibm.com/isv/go/chiphopper

Re: disable autocleanup of /tmp

2013-02-13 Thread Gaylord Toneff
isn't it part of /etc/cron.daily:suse.de-clean-tmp ? Gaylord (Dave) Toneff Strategic Outsourcing Delivery gton...@us.ibm.com Member, z/Linux Commercial Account Support Kaiser Permanente Account Home Office 661 338 0900 Cell 661 618 2825 From: Tobias Doerkes tdoer...@hotmail.com To:

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Leland Lucius
On 2/13/2013 10:07 AM, Peter Oberparleiter wrote: On 13.02.2013 00:38, Leland Lucius wrote: Create the following file and remove all of your existing 51-dasd*.rules. cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-dasd.rules # Rule to add all eckd devices ACTION==add, SUBSYSTEM==ccw, DRIVER==dasd-eckd,

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Leland Lucius
Hi Tomas, Did you catch this line in my other reply? # Set them to readonly if linked R/O ACTION==add, SUBSYSTEM==ccw, DRIVER==dasd-eckd, PROGRAM=/bin/sh -c '/sbin/modprobe vmcp;/sbin/vmcp q v dasd|grep ${DEVPATH##*.}|grep -q R/O', ATTR{readonly}=1 Again...make sure it's all on one line.

Re: Using dasd_configure in SLES11 SP2

2013-02-13 Thread Leland Lucius
On 2/13/2013 6:56 PM, Leland Lucius wrote: On 2/13/2013 10:07 AM, Peter Oberparleiter wrote: On 13.02.2013 00:38, Leland Lucius wrote: Create the following file and remove all of your existing 51-dasd*.rules. cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-dasd.rules # Rule to add all eckd devices ACTION==add,