Re: Taking some time

2023-02-16 Thread Bfishing
Congrats Mark. Maybe we'll see you at something like the VM workshop. If not, enjoy retirement as it is well deserved! On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 1:36 PM Mark Post wrote: > Hi, Rich, > > Thanks for the reminder. Yes, those were interesting times for a number of > reasons. Making friends such as yo

Re: Ansible Tower (AAP)

2022-11-21 Thread Bfishing
It will be interesting to see how the adaptation grows once available. On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 5:37 PM Philip Tully wrote: > Mark, > > The Ansible tower is a UI and dashboard on top of multiple ansibles, it > also provides restful api's. > The current versions only run x86. > The challenge I hav

Re: z16 CPU type/model number

2022-04-13 Thread Bfishing
3931 On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 2:46 PM Mark Post wrote: > All, > > Now that the z16 has been announced, I'd like to add the machine type to > the cputype script. Does anyone know what that model number is? > > > Thanks, > > Mark Post > >

Re: Experience IBM Spectrum Scale

2021-01-19 Thread Bfishing
An alternative to this could be our High Availability Option for RHEL. https://www.sinenomine.net/products/linux/hao Feel free to contact me directly at: k...@sinenomine.net if this is something you would like to look into more. NOTE: You would still want to go through a design overview. On Tue,

Re: We are expecting...

2020-10-15 Thread Bfishing
That is the latest version we have available: https://www.sinenomine.net/products/linux/clefos While I have not heard about anyone having any problems running at this release, I did send a note to Neale for confirmation and will post any follow up received. You will of course have to upgrade z/VM

Re: Hillgang - Save the Date

2020-03-04 Thread Bfishing
All that said, lunch at Ned’s could be called HillGang lite? A session less event with way more calories! On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 5:01 PM John Mertic wrote: > No worries - the offer is there if interested. > > Thank you, > > John Mertic > Director of Program Management - Linux Foundation > ASWF

Re: KVM only supports 4guests

2019-10-22 Thread Bfishing
I wonder if that winds up depending on where you or they run it? - I stated it that way knowing that IBM is pushing KVM on zCloud over just offering z/VM as a Service (zaas) for running Linux guest like they should be! On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:39 PM Barton wrote: > Right. That’s what I’m heari

Re: VoltDB on z?

2019-01-09 Thread Bfishing
I know some government locations have been looking at this and that’s what really started my thoughts on posting. And yes, while some intel servers are up over 3ghz and can be overclocked, that may not be normal from the cloud based services that are today’s real competition. On Wed, Jan 9, 2019

Re: VoltDB on z?

2019-01-08 Thread Bfishing
100% adds capacity value over purely looking at just processing speed too. NOTE: Any given application may not be faster. That is why I stated "could be on z". On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 11:18 AM Phil Smith III wrote: > Bfishing wrote: > >With their claim to being the

VoltDB on z?

2019-01-07 Thread Bfishing
With their claim to being the fastest, in-memory operational database in the world across all environments (and I'm guessing from the documentation I read that this really means all x86 only environments), one has to question how much faster and more saleable they could be on z. https://www.voltdb

Re: I checked that it's not April 1

2018-10-29 Thread Bfishing
Lets just hope that the blue washing doesn't flush the red tide with a big Wave! Hopefully this winds up really helping z focused hybrid clouds however noting that Red Hat licensing seems to favor x86 sales like much of IBM's software portfolio does. - And it does make some sense when you look at I

Re: Any success stories using EMC DLm's with z/VM and Linux?

2018-06-29 Thread Bfishing
We do have a tape manager. - We're a CA shop for most of our tools like this. Thanks for all the quick feed back. The info obtained is very helpful as we start to push this effort forward. On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 10:10 PM, David Boyes wrote: > Haven’t done it myself, so just speculating, but:

Any success stories using EMC DLm's with z/VM and Linux?

2018-06-28 Thread Bfishing
Greetings List, We're getting ready to try an replace our IBM 7720 VTS's with EMC DLm's and have not heard about any real fully successful migrations for use with z/VM and Linux. Any info that can be shared is appreciated. Thanks, Kurt ​ ---

SCRT reports created from Velocity

2018-06-27 Thread Bfishing
Greetings list, I just wanted to let others know that if you are currently sending SCRT reports into IBM for sub capacity pricing, you might be able to stream line your efforts using Velocity Software. We're in the early stages of automating this process for our zTPF usage, however its worth no

Re: Meltdown/Spectre; Linux on z affected?

2018-01-04 Thread Bfishing
SIE it ain't so on x86! On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:54 AM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > Red hat issued a vulnerability alert and include Z and Power: > https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution > > It provides no details of why. Given the different pipeline architectures >

Re: Meltdown/Spectre; Linux on z affected?

2018-01-04 Thread Bfishing
One does have to question if the fix(es) will cause additional overhead, no matter what platform the system resides on. On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 9:14 AM, John McKown wrote: > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Guest, Darren < > darren.gu...@uk.experian.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Not sure if peop

Re: Are z14 pre-reqs dynamic?

2017-12-11 Thread Bfishing
e on a z14. > > And, of course, you do all of this "dynamically", that is after you've > installed the new support and before you move the system. > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Bfishing wrote: > > > Greetings list, > > > > Like many plac

Re: Are z14 pre-reqs dynamic?

2017-11-20 Thread Bfishing
t; see an issue. Just apply the maintenance, do a PUT2PROD and you should be > ready to IPL on the z14. (or come up with it if you have an unexpected > outage before then) > > Scott Rohling > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Bfishing wrote: > > > Greetings

Are z14 pre-reqs dynamic?

2017-11-20 Thread Bfishing
Greetings list, Like many places, we don't have a lot of prep time and can't afford many outages for maint. That said, we're looking to upgrade our 630 systems for the move over upgrading right away to 640 with all the pre-reqs. While so many fixes now being dynamic, I am hoping that the follo

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: LinuxOne and Oracle License

2017-02-13 Thread Bfishing
e matrix: (http://www.oracle.com/technet > work/database/virtualizationmatrix-172995.html), there it cites the only > way to operate the Oracle database is under Red Hat the way you are doing > it below. > > Sorry to ask such a stupid question, but with... > > Kindest Regards, > > Pa

Re: LinuxOne and Oracle License

2017-02-13 Thread Bfishing
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Re: LinuxOne and Oracle License

2017-02-13 Thread Bfishing
My understanding, noting that everyone has to do there own negotiating with Oracle, is they charge for all real cores Oracle can run on. 5 IFL'S = 5 cores. Cores in reserve should not matter. How you set up your lpar's really depends on goals. The Oracle z Linux SIG is still being worked on for

Re: Moving on

2017-02-09 Thread Bfishing
I just unsubscribed with my old email and reset with a personal one. Really makes sense noting Corp social policies these days too. Kurt On Feb 9, 2017 1:08 PM, "Mark Post" wrote: >>> On 2/8/2017 at 02:57 PM, Ron Foster wrote: > After 40 years here, I have accepted an early retirement. Hi, Ro

Re: TEST

2016-05-09 Thread Bfishing
Hopefully you get this Rick. On May 9, 2016 11:46 AM, "Beard, Rick" wrote: > Could I get someone to reply to this email as I noticed I haven't been > getting any emails lately from the Linux list server group? > I've subscribed again to see if this fixes the issue. > > Thanks, > > > Rick Beard >

Re: linux memory

2016-04-06 Thread Bfishing
You can always give them what they want, and then show them what they really need. - Any good performance tool will help make that easier. Then work with them to understand possible growth requirements. - That may help balance using tools like CMM as mentioned over manual intervention. If your ta