Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread Diep, David (OCTO)
Mark Post is right. RHEL 7 restricts use of ethN. Pre-RHEL7, I think by listing the subchannels in the network scripts, RHEL will remove device numbers by issuing cio_ignore at boot for you. For RHEL7 you have to take an extra step of removing it in zipl.conf, as it is included after the inst

Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread canzonet1
Thank you, David and Mark. Appreciate the information. Warm Regards, Tom -Original Message- From: Diep, David (OCTO) (OCTO) To: LINUX-390 Sent: Tue, Nov 7, 2017 9:17 am Subject: Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties Mark Post is right. RHEL 7 restricts use of ethN. Pre-RHEL7, I think by

Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread R P Herrold
I guess I 'lost the thread' here. There is no /etc/sysconfig/grub in s390x in a RHEL 7 sources rebuild default install (as with our ClefOS). Here is a long 'point by point' summation, and file and contents dump, for a checklist. As noted, I have not had to trace out how dracut / grubby is 'mass

Re: Red Hat 6 fails to boot after zVM 6.4 upgrade

2017-11-07 Thread Karl Kingston
I would not think that the z/VM upgrade would have caused this.  Has the linux guest worked OK in the past before the upgrade? Have you reached out to CA? On Mon, 2017-11-06 at 18:54 +, Vitale, Joseph wrote: > Hello, > > Running a CA zLinux Product called "PIM" aka eTr

Re: Red Hat 6 fails to boot after zVM 6.4 upgrade

2017-11-07 Thread Vitale, Joseph
Hello, Each guest now failing came up before zVM upgrade. Our Unix Security group is contacting CA. Thanks Joe Technology Services Group Mainframe Operating Systems Pershing Plaza 95 Christopher Columbus Drive Floor 14 Jersey City, N.J. 07302 Work 201-395-1509 Cell917

Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 11/7/2017 at 12:36 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > I don't understand what you are seeking as a change from Red > Hat here, Mark I'm not seeking any change from Red Hat, just telling the OP that unless that change happens (and I'm pretty sure it will not), he's going to have to keep doing this

Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread Christian Borntraeger
On 11/06/2017 10:24 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 11/6/2017 at 03:16 PM, wrote: >> Hi, >> Thank you for the response. Umm... I'm not sure about this but I >> circumvented with >> >> >> >> echo 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=net.ifnames=0' >>/etc/default/grub >> >> >> I would appreciate, you or anybody can b

Re: RHEL 7.4 - Difficulties

2017-11-07 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Mark Post wrote: > >>> On 11/7/2017 at 12:36 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > > I don't understand what you are seeking as a change from Red > > Hat here, Mark > > I'm not seeking any change from Red Hat, just telling the OP > that unless that change happens (and I'm pretty sure it wi

How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Victor Echavarry Diaz
We receive a request from a new customer for a z/Linux guest on a BC12. The specification that the vendor supplied is for an intel platform. Does anyone know is there a formula to convert intel cpu cores to IFL? Regards, Victor Echavarry System Programmer Operating Systems EVERTEC, LLC

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread John Campbell
(sighs) "It depends"... 1) On the kind of workload (compute vs I/O) 2) Requirements for reliability (look at Appendix A? from "Linux for the S/390") There is no simple answer to this. I suspect there are some benchmarking tools that will help. The zSeries is AT LEAST 5 9's hardware. Because W

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Barton
Yes. Gigahertz is gigahertz. If you can measure ghz consumed on x, you can guestimate requirements on z. The only way to understand requirements is to know current use. Barton > On Nov 7, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Victor Echavarry Diaz > wrote: > > We receive a request from a new customer for

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Bfishing
Zero might be the best quick real answer to the question in the subject. If the workload is known to run on the platform, folks might be willing to share their experiences. No matter what, consider running test that can be scaled while measuring true impact to set real expectations. IBM offers s

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Eduardo Oliveira
Hi Victor, IBM provides specific methodology to help a client figure out this equivalency. It depends on many factors, including core generation, GHz, type of workload, utilization, etc. I am the IBM z Client Specialist for Evertec and I will be glad to help you with that. Thanks. Best Regard

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread John Campbell
GHz is GHz primarily when comparing CISC vs CISC. While you can try to use this, a lot depends upon how well the microcode can make a CPU process the "usual" machine code. CISC vs RISC-- zSeries vs pSeries, for instance, the GHz (I remember when it was 2MHz for mainstream microcomputer CPUs) more

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Philipp Kern
On 07.11.2017 23:04, John Campbell wrote: > 1) On the kind of workload (compute vs I/O) > 2) Requirements for reliability (look at Appendix A? from "Linux for the > S/390") > > There is no simple answer to this. I suspect there are some benchmarking > tools that will help. > > The zSeries is AT

Re: How many Intel cores does an IFL emulate

2017-11-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
John Campbell wrote: >The zSeries is AT LEAST 5 9's hardware. Philipp Kern wrote: >Does that matter in today's world? Would you avoid building for failure >when a lot of the failure comes from software anyway? Do you then host >multiple Linux VMs on the same iron to account for that? If so, why >c