Mz 2-31 - lots of new cool function?

2013-12-09 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello lists, I have added a lot of function into "Mz" this last quarter. This code is freely available to all under the Artistic License 2.0 (isn't open source cool?). See https://sourceforge.net/projects/managing-z/files and you may consider downloading the files: README.txt, mzCookbook.pdf and t

Re: LVM thin provisioning

2013-12-09 Thread Brad Hinson
Hi Marcy, LVM thin provisioning is pretty new, and it's only in the last year that it's been introduced in various distros (as well as OpenStack). I would guess there aren't a huge number of production rollouts right now. But with that said, I know that we have some folks kicking the tires i

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 12/09/2013 at 02:11 EST, Steffen Maier wrote: > (NPIV is a hard requirement for auto LUN scan, the other requirements > are best practice because otherwise you would attach everything visible > in your fabric which might cause competition for the same LUNs in > different Linux images w

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Richard Troth
Karl -- If you know the LUNS and (especially) the storage WWPNs then set things up using /sbin/zfcp_host_configure and /sbin/zfcp_disk_configure If the SAN volumes must be online "early" then you'll need to re-cut your initial RAM disk with 'mkinitrd' after defining the

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 12/9/2013 at 01:57 PM, Karl Kingston wrote: > We have defined 5 luns for use under SLES11SP2. > > Right now, we are using YaST to define all of the connections. This > seems to be cumbersome. > > Is there a way for us to to scan and define each lun without having to do > this manually?

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Michael O'Reilly
Karl, "lsluns" then a little scripting to set up "zfcp_disk_configure", eg., "zfcp_disk_configure 0.0.4000 0x5005076801107088 0x000b 1" Mike O'Reilly IBM Linux Change Team

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Steffen Maier
On 12/09/2013 07:57 PM, Karl Kingston wrote: We have an XIV connected to 2 switches which in turn is connected to our z10 through 4 adapters. We have defined 5 luns for use under SLES11SP2. Right now, we are using YaST to define all of the connections. This seems to be cumbersome. Is there a

Re: defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread David Kreuter
Certainly. There are ways in both Linux and CMS. I often do this in CMS by attaching the FCP device and running SCSIDISC. David Kreuter. Original Message Subject: defining zfcp devices on SLES11 From: Karl Kingston Date: Mon, December 09, 2013 1:57 pm To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.ED

defining zfcp devices on SLES11

2013-12-09 Thread Karl Kingston
We have an XIV connected to 2 switches which in turn is connected to our z10 through 4 adapters. We have defined 5 luns for use under SLES11SP2. Right now, we are using YaST to define all of the connections. This seems to be cumbersome. Is there a way for us to to scan and define each lun with