Re: Assistance COnnecting to Samba

2013-09-09 Thread David Stuart
In this case, Samba is the server. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "John Campbell" 9/9/2013 12:44 PM >>> David Stuart wrote: > Is there any way to tell 'who' sam

Assistance COnnecting to Samba

2013-09-09 Thread David Stuart
Morning, I don't have much experience with linux, and I haven't had to work with this server in quite a while. SuSE Linux 11 SP 1 running in an LPAR (yes, an LPAR, no z/VM). I am receiving the following messages on the HMC Integrated Console (I also see them in /var/log/messages: Sep

Re: Assistance COnnecting to Samba

2013-09-09 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mike! The Samba Configuration chapter in your cookbook got me re-connected again. Now, to see if that also resolved the error messages I have been receiving. Is there any way to tell 'who' samba is trying to connect to when it issues those messages? Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. S

Re: Assistance COnnecting to Samba

2013-09-09 Thread David Stuart
I found the samba error log. I see the following additional information that's not shown on the HMC Integrated Console: [2013/09/09 11:57:46, 0] lib/util_sock.c:1498(get_peer_addr_internal) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected write_data: write failure in writi

Re: Assistance COnnecting to Samba

2013-09-09 Thread David Stuart
Mike, Let me take a look at your cook book, and the other book you referenced. No, I did not turn up the debug messages. I don't need more. I seem to remember a log file filling up a disk once, and that caused a whole separate set of messages and issues. And so far, I haven't been able to

Red Hat Linux-based Job Scheduler

2013-04-22 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, We're bringing in an application that will have between 11 and 14 servers running Red Hat linux. The vendor is recommending a job scheduler. We're aware of the Tivoli product from IBM. And I know ASG has one, as does CA. Can anyone suggest any other linux-resident job schedul

Re: Adding a Volume to a LV

2013-01-25 Thread David Stuart
>>> "Mark Post" 1/25/2013 12:51 PM >>> >>> On 1/25/2013 at 02:59 PM, David Stuart wrote: > Morning again, > > Never mind. I figured it out. > > How come you always figure out your mistakes *after* you ask for help? Share with the rest of the cl

Adding a Volume to a LV

2013-01-25 Thread David Stuart
Morning again, Never mind. I figured it out. How come you always figure out your mistakes *after* you ask for help? Dave Morning, I'm fairly new to the linux environment, and I haven't done much with the System for many months, now. (It was set up as a POC, but mgmt could never

Adding a Volume to a LV

2013-01-25 Thread David Stuart
Morning, I'm fairly new to the linux environment, and I haven't done much with the System for many months, now. (It was set up as a POC, but mgmt could never decide what to POC with it). I need to add a volume to a logical volume group. A df command shows the following: /dev/mapper/orac

INFO LINUX-390

2012-12-21 Thread David Stuart
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Re: Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
I'm beginning to wonder if some of my network settings, like default gateway, have gotten lost/corrupted. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "Robert J Brenneman" 10/1/2012 2:45 PM >>> If you know a little a

Re: Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. Last login: Mon Oct 1 15:15:24 2012 from 157.145.12.236 Thanks, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "Mark Post" 10/1/2012 3:21 PM >>> &g

Re: Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
ort Smith, AR 72901 Phone:479-648-5865 Fax:479-646-5440 Email: ron.fos...@baldor.abb.com www.baldor.com From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of David Stuart [david.stu...@ventura.org] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 3:53 PM T

Re: Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
Robert, In answer to your other questions, No vlan configuration. And no OSA changes on the other LPARs. I went to a handy quick reference, and issued a route command, and it appears the default route is corrupt. It should, I believe, display an ip address. Instead, it displays the high

Re: Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
All the LPARs are in the same z9 box, and all share the same default gateway. Interesting, though, I can ping the default gateway from both ends, successfully. So that means the eth0 interface must be up. And I can ping IP addresses for the other LPARs, which reside on a different OSA Card.

Can't Connect to Linux LPAR

2012-10-01 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, /set newbie=on I am running SuSE 11 SP 1 in a LPAR (Yesm an LPAR, no z/VM anywhere on the horizon). This LPAR was set up as a proof of concept, but management could never decide on what concepts to prove, so it basically sits idle all the time. I went to sign on this afternoon

Re: VDISK Swap

2011-10-06 Thread David Stuart
Now, how do you tell "Fresh zeros" from "stale zeros" that may be past their shelf life? Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> rodgerd 10/5/2011 5:28 PM >>> snip "Fresh zeros" is a delightful turn of phrase

Re: patching frequency

2011-08-18 Thread David Stuart
And one other thing. It doesn't matter what organization the patch is from, or what it's for, I always apply it in a Test/Dev environment to make sure it does no harm. Even 'super critical, got to have it now' patches go onto a Test/Dev environment, if only for a few days. Dave Dave St

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-07 Thread David Stuart
Thanks David, More research... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "David Boyes" 4/7/2011 6:49 AM >>> > My available tape drives are IBM 3480 (yes, you read that correctly!). With drives that small, you'r

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread David Stuart
back to it. What still needs to be done: I need to ftp get the tar from the tape to another filename. Do a tar to list the contents of the tarfile (validate nothing got changed during transmission). Perhaps extact the files, to another directory and compare the results to the original directory. To

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread David Stuart
Linux and no VM, you can do everything in one server. I tried attaching the manuals but the listserv rejected their size. So the manuals are: b10735 Oracle Backup and Recovery Basics b10734 Oracle Backup and Recoverey Advanced users Guide Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> David Stuart

Re: New User Linux on z10 question

2011-04-06 Thread David Stuart
Another point about PR/SM: The more LPARs you have, the higher the PR/SM 'overhead'. Which will affect all your LPARs, not just the Linux ones. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Rob van der Heij" 4/6

Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, New linux admin here. I have an LPAR (yes, an LPAR, no z/VM) running SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle 10g r2. I have yet to back that up. I know, shame on me! Preferably to tape. I have been looking and have found posts referencing mt_st and lintape. So, I am looking for advice on

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
Many thanks to Eddie Chen. Eddie called me, and gave me more explicit info on where to look, and what to look for (I'm a fairly new admin). The failing id, oracle, was in the ftpusers do not log list. It now works. Thanks, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Kim Goldenberg" 2/23/2011 9:12 AM >>> On 02/23/2011 11:49 AM, David Stuart wrote: > Eddie, > > I don't find anything in vsftpd.conf related to userlist, except for chroot. > Which is disabled. > > > Dave >

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
Good point. Let me check that. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Kim Goldenberg" 2/23/2011 9:12 AM >>> On 02/23/2011 11:49 AM, David Stuart wrote: > Eddie, > >

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
Eddie, I don't find anything in vsftpd.conf related to userlist, except for chroot. Which is disabled. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Eddie Chen" 2/18/2011 6:16 AM >>> Take a look at your vsftp conf

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
Mark, Yes, they can sign on successfully. The failing user-id is oracle, which we used to install the oracle DB. If I do a "ftp 127.0.0.1" it connects, but when I sign on, it still gives me the login failed message. I don't have a local firewall configured/active. I do have the proxy conf

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-23 Thread David Stuart
Mike, I removed the commend from the local_enable=YES line in vsftpd.conf, and stopped and restarted vsftpd, but the failing user(s) still can't sign on. Thanks, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Michae

Re: FTP Security Issue

2011-02-19 Thread David Stuart
1 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 2/17/2011 10:57 AM >>> >>> On 2/16/2011 at 04:49 PM, David Stuart wrote: snip Which server? snip If it's non-anonymous access, it should use their Linux userid and password. Have they ever si

FTP Security Issue

2011-02-16 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, A fairly new linux admin here. I am running SLES 11 SP 1. I activated an FTP server, and I can sign on successfully, using my 'user' id, using the same credentials that I use to sign on to the SLES 11 system. But other users can't sign on. When they try to sign on, they recei

Re: Gotcha's

2011-02-15 Thread David Stuart
I would be interested, too, as I'm in the process of installing Oracle and trying to get all the management tools to run. Right now, the database is up and running, but some of the management tools won't start. Thanks, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of V

Re: SUSE 11 SP 1, Oracle 10g Install - Network Config Assistant Fails

2011-02-04 Thread David Stuart
start patching. " Don't. Apply the 10.2.0.4 patchset (since you have it ready) before you do anything else. Just do it :-) Cheers Damian -Original Message- From: David Stuart [mailto:david.stu...@ventura.org] Sent: 04 February 2011 21:15 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject

Re: SUSE 11 SP 1, Oracle 10g Install - Network Config Assistant Fails

2011-02-04 Thread David Stuart
d.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 2/4/2011 1:11 PM >>> >>> On 2/4/2011 at 04:01 PM, David Stuart wrote: > It's running with 1GB. Just to get through the install I would try more, say 1.5 or 2G. Mark Post ---

Re: SUSE 11 SP 1, Oracle 10g Install - Network Config Assistant Fails

2011-02-04 Thread David Stuart
Mark, It's running with 1GB. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 2/4/2011 12:59 PM >>> >>> On 2/4/2011 at 12:22 PM, David Stuart wrote: > when I

SUSE 11 SP 1, Oracle 10g Install - Network Config Assistant Fails

2011-02-04 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, A fairly new Linux Admin here. I'm trying to install Oracle 10G 10.2.0.2 on to my SUSE 11 SP 1 server, with help from one of our local Oracle DBA's. But she's stumped, too. I've run into several problems, most of which I've been able to get by with assistance via Google. But

Re: A Mix of LDAP and non-LDAP Users

2011-01-10 Thread David Stuart
ura.org>>> Andrej 1/10/2011 4:25 PM >>> On 11 January 2011 12:50, David Stuart wrote: > Is it possible to have a mix of both LDAP-authenticated and > locally-authenticated users on the same Linux system? That should be pretty much default; check /etc/nsswitch.conf Look

A Mix of LDAP and non-LDAP Users

2011-01-10 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, New admin here. I am configuring a SLES 11 SP 1 system. LDAP has been mentioned for authenticating users. I can't seem to find anything in the manuals, but may very well be looking in the wrong places. Is it possible to have a mix of both LDAP-authenticated and locally-auth

Re: Error Creating LVM Volume Group

2011-01-10 Thread David Stuart
PM >>> >>> On 1/7/2011 at 07:10 PM, David Stuart wrote: > I keep getting an error when trying to create the system-vg volume group, > indicating the system error code was -4010. > > I have been through this several times, today. The volumes are formatted, > b

Re: Error Creating LVM Volume Group

2011-01-10 Thread David Stuart
Mike, I'm pretty sure this is a 'user error'. Right now, I think I skipped a step or two in the 'Cookbook', where you define a partition on the disk and tell it 'Do not mount, do not format'. Don't know how I did that, and I'll know for sure if that's the problem, just as soon as I finish

Re: Error Creating LVM Volume Group

2011-01-07 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mark, I'll try that on Monday. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/7/2011 4:13 PM >>> >>> On 1/7/2011 at 07:10 PM, David Stuart wrote: >

Error Creating LVM Volume Group

2011-01-07 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, I am trying to re-install SLES 11 SP 1, due to a major screw-up on my part. I am following Chapter 8 of the SLES 11 SP 1 Virtualization Cookbook. I keep getting an error when trying to create the system-vg volume group, indicating the system error code was -4010. I have been th

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
o. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 2:59 PM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 05:21 PM, David Stuart wrote: > Mark, > > rpm -q yast2-qt > > says not installed. And I don

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
he way. Need to talk to the Security folks... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 2:59 PM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 05:21 PM, David Stuart wrote: &g

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
uart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 2:59 PM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 05:21 PM, David Stuart wrote: > Mark, > > rpm -q yast2-qt > > says not installed. And I don&

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
ost" 1/6/2011 2:03 PM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 03:37 PM, David Stuart wrote: > Mark, > > I'll send it privately, if that's ok with you. Dave, Do you have the yast2-qt rpm installed? /sbin/yast2 is looking for the plugin it provides and isn't finding it:

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
a, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Eric Chevalier" 1/6/2011 11:39 AM >>> On 1/6/2011 12:59 PM, David Stuart wrote: snip Dave, Don't be so hard on yourself so quickly! I just recently converted a RHEL 4 system running on an x86 box from run level

Re: Extending a Logical Volume

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
That's Mark, That worked perfectly. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 11:32 AM >>> snip. It looks like you actually named the LV home-vg, not home. A simple "lvs" command will sh

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, I'll send it privately, if that's ok with you. Dave >>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 12:23 PM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 03:02 PM, David Stuart wrote: > I ran the command, and the output is attached. Dave, Attachments to thi

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, I ran the command, and the output is attached. And as I said previously, the YaST GUI worked during, and for a while after, the initial install. But when I went back to do some other things, it's not working any longer. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst C

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
ra.org>>> "Eric Chevalier" 1/6/2011 11:39 AM >>> On 1/6/2011 12:59 PM, David Stuart wrote: > All, > > > > I just saw something in the cookbook. I'll bet my 'problem' is the > difference between running with run level 3 and run level 5.

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
5-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Eric Chevalier" 1/6/2011 11:39 AM >>> On 1/6/2011 12:59 PM, David Stuart wrote: > All, > > > > I just saw something in the cookbook. I'll bet my 'problem' is the > difference between running with run

Re: Extending a Logical Volume

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mike, # lvextend -l +586 /dev/system_vg/home-vg worked. I could wear I tried that, and received an error. Bit when I just tried it again, it worked just fine. Very puzzling. Thanks, the /home lv has been extended, which is what I was after. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems

Re: Extending a Logical Volume

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 11:32 AM >>> >>> On 1/6/2011 at 02:23 PM, David Stuart wrote: > Morning again, > > New linux admin here. > > I've added a new volume to the Volume group,

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, So that's where it is. Silly me, I figured it would be in with the DASD stuff... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 1/6/2011 11:24 AM >>> >>

Extending a Logical Volume

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Morning again, New linux admin here. I've added a new volume to the Volume group, and now I am trying to extend a logical volume. I'm following section 11.3 of the SLES 11 SP 1 Virtualization Cookbook, page 199. A df -h /home (which is the 'volume' I want to extend) shows: galileo:~ #

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
unty of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Pace" 1/6/2011 10:38 AM >>> To be honest, I've never had YAST2 work either, it's always ncurses, but the ssh -Y works for other x apps where I need root access. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:26 PM,

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Mark, No joy. I tried the SSH -Y, and it immediate 'fell back' to Ncurses. I'll have to look into the command line... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Pace" 1/6/2011 9:46 AM >>> Sometimes I ha

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
The "echo $DISPLAY" shows localhost:10.0. Whatever that means Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Edmund R. MacKenty" 1/6/2011 9:42 AM >>> On Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:36:35 pm you wrote: > Win/XP wit

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
; If your client workstation is Linux, you may start the SSH with # ssx -X u...@ip and, by the time you run YaST2, you'll be able to start the graphic version of it. Regards, Pedro From: David Stuart To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 06/01/2011 15:20 Subject:Re: SLES 11 SP

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mike, I'll take a look. What's frustrating is that when I performed the initial install, I used SSH, and received the graphical displayed like in your cookbook. Now, I don't. And more importantly, I don't know why, or what changed. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Sup

SLES 11 SP 1 - Ncurses version of YaST

2011-01-06 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, New user here. I followed parts of the Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1 when I installed the System (LPAR, no z/VM, so I skipped those). Now I need to add additional DASD to the LVM group. But all I can get is the Ncurses version of YaST, and I can't figure out how to

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Online Update Config

2010-12-27 Thread David Stuart
5-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 12/23/2010 4:40 PM >>> >>> On 12/23/2010 at 04:47 PM, David Stuart wrote: yast -> Network Services -> Proxy Mark Post -- For LINUX-

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Online Update Config

2010-12-27 Thread David Stuart
whether that was where I configured access through our proxy server. I'll try it, and see what happens. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 12/23/2010 4:40 PM >>&g

SLES 11 SP 1 - Online Update Config

2010-12-23 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, A new user here. I am getting back to my SLES 11 SP 1 install. I am trying to set up the Online Update Configuration. It keeps timing out. I believe it's running into our Network proxy. I know what to put in for the proxy's ip and port, but I can't figure out where to enter

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 - Install - Part 2

2010-10-18 Thread David Stuart
the install. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Mark Post" 10/18/2010 4:00 PM >>> >>> On 10/18/2010 at 02:34 PM, David Stuart wrote: -snip- > Except that I can't

SLES 11 SP 1 - Install - Part 2

2010-10-18 Thread David Stuart
Morning again, I was able to successfully configure the disk, create a Volume Group (thanks Scott and Mike), and install the software. The server then rebooted automagically, and came up with a message that I shoudl log in with ssh, and run yast2 to continue the installation. Except that I

Re: SLES 11 - Create LVM at Install?

2010-10-18 Thread David Stuart
Thanks, I'll take a look at it. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Michael MacIsaac" 10/18/2010 8:47 AM >>> > I can't seem to figure out how to create a LVM VG at install time. It's documented in z/VM

Re: SLES 11 - Create LVM at Install?

2010-10-18 Thread David Stuart
ign to the various mount points you want (/var, /usr, etc) Hope this helps Scott Rohling On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, David Stuart wrote: > Morning all, > > I am performing a new install of SLES 11, and I am trying to follow a post > from Most Post from Nov 2009, with a re

SLES 11 - Create LVM at Install?

2010-10-18 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, I am performing a new install of SLES 11, and I am trying to follow a post from Most Post from Nov 2009, with a recommended layout. Except for /boot and /, all the other directories are on a LVM volume group. But I can't seem to figure out how to create a LVM VG at install time.

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 Install - Network Setup - Layer 2?

2010-10-14 Thread David Stuart
Thanks David, Yes, I am aware. But it's primarily a play toy, so I can learn something about linux admin, so management won't go along with the z/VM loaner system. I tried :) Maybe if there's ever a real need... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventur

SLES 11 SP 1 Install - Network Setup - Layer 2?

2010-10-14 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon all, Very little experience here. I am installing SLES 11 SP 1 into an LPAR (yes, an LPAR! No, no z/VM, and no prospects for it, either). One of the network config questions has to do with enabling OSI Layer 2 support, and I'm not sure what to reply. Network card is an OSA/Expr

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-09 Thread David Stuart
e, it conjured up "porcupine in a balloon shop" rather than factory, per se. Rather more dramatic. -- R; <>< On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:47, Leland Lucius wrote: > David Stuart wrote: >> >> Alan, >> >>> CMS is like a porcupine in a bal

Re: WWBD - One large VM LPAR or multiple smaller ones?

2009-12-09 Thread David Stuart
Alan, > CMS is like a porcupine in a balloon factory What imagery. Thanks for the laugh, first thing in the morning. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org>>> "Alan Altmark" 12/8/2009 2:29 PM >>> On Tuesday,

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-23 Thread David Stuart
ll the way up. You click on ASCII Console instead of operating system messages. You get a blank screen. Then position you cursor on the screen and press enter. You should get a login prompt. Ron David Stuart wrote: > Hi Ron, > > I am using the HMC, Operating System Messages, which limit

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-22 Thread David Stuart
s not always, the same one. Usually, but... Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "Mark Post" 7/22/2009 9:57 AM >>> >>> On 7/22/2009 at 12:44 PM, David Stuart wrote

Re: Network Manager

2009-07-22 Thread David Stuart
Mark, How do you switch back from Network Manager? Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "Mark Post" 7/22/2009 9:54 AM >>> >>> On 7/22/2009 at 10:41 AM, "Ceruti, Gerard G" >>> wrote: > Hi Scott > > Found i

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-22 Thread David Stuart
t. But there is something somewhere. I just haven't found it yet. Not knowing where to look, or what to look for, doesn't help much, either. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org >>> "

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-22 Thread David Stuart
Ursula, The config files you pointed out exist for both OSA ports. But I am not sure what should be in them. Besides the ip address and netmask. I have pasted the files for one of the OSA interfaces below. Sorry for my ignorance, but what am I looking for? What should be in the config fil

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-22 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Ursula, I managed to get one of the connections back up and working. The echo in step 2 failed with a message -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument. But I went ahead with step 3, echo 1 > ... /online, and then step 4, ifconfig eth0, and then added the default route as suggested

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-21 Thread David Stuart
; running, it might be worthwhile to use google to find this > presentation. (A lot of the presentations are on the > linuxvm.org > website.) If I remember correctly, the presenter said > that by using a > few echo commands to the right places, you could get a > network up. I &

Re: OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-21 Thread David Stuart
u could get a network up. I never tried it though. Ron David Stuart wrote: > Afternoon, > > > > I am not all that experienced with Linux, and I haven't worked with it for a > while, and I have proceeded to shot myself in the foot. Maybe both feet. > > Sles 10 S

OSA/Express Assistance

2009-07-20 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon, I am not all that experienced with Linux, and I haven't worked with it for a while, and I have proceeded to shot myself in the foot. Maybe both feet. Sles 10 SP 2 running 'native' in an LPAR (no, no z/VM (yeah, I know!)) - Using Yast Network Manager, I have managed to disable bo

Re: Z/Linux CKD DASD migration from one DASD Subsystem toanother

2009-01-21 Thread David Stuart
David, When Management will let you play with a linux POC type of thing, but will *not* fund z/VM, regardless of the advantages of having it. Maybe if/when we put Linux on z-Series into production I can get them to fund z/VM. It has been discussed. The advantages and benefits have been exp

Re: SLES 10 SP 2 - OSA-Express Setup Assistance

2008-11-24 Thread David Stuart
:40 PM >>> >>> On 11/19/2008 at 5:58 PM, David Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I'm configuring via YaST(2), as that's what I'm most familiar with. Do you have a support contract with Novell for SLES on z? If so, please open up a

Re: SLES 10 SP 2 - OSA-Express Setup Assistance

2008-11-19 Thread David Stuart
gt;>> "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/19/2008 2:44 PM >>> >>> On 11/19/2008 at 5:39 PM, David Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > I recently installed SLES 10 SP 2. I am running in an LPAR (no, no > z/VM...). I have two OSA-Express ca

SLES 10 SP 2 - OSA-Express Setup Assistance

2008-11-19 Thread David Stuart
Afternoon all, I recently installed SLES 10 SP 2. I am running in an LPAR (no, no z/VM...). I have two OSA-Express cards that are shared with other LPARs. Both work, but not at the same time. It seems to be either one or the other. On a previous install of SLES 9 SP 3 on a 9672, I was

Re: Query: Mainframers look forward and back

2008-11-10 Thread David Stuart
We run CRAM jobs here, now, all the time. In our case, it stand for Cross Region Access Method (Model 204, anyone?). Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/9/2008 4:24 PM >>>

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - New Install - Misc Questions

2008-10-14 Thread David Stuart
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Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - New Install - Misc Questions

2008-10-14 Thread David Stuart
perform some further checking, another file that yast is creating would be /etc/sysconfig/network/ifconfig-qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.0530. When you cat that file, you see most of the other definitions that you put inside of yast. Ron David Stuart wrote: > Hi Ron, > > I saw the CHANID

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - New Install - Misc Questions

2008-10-14 Thread David Stuart
need to be able to see the operating systems messages on the HMC to verify that things worked. Ron David Stuart wrote: > Morning all, > > > > Yesterday I completed a new install of SLES 10 SP 2 into an LPAR. During the > install, I defined one OSA-Express port, and it appears to b

SuSE 10 SP 2 - New Install - Misc Questions

2008-10-14 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, Yesterday I completed a new install of SLES 10 SP 2 into an LPAR. During the install, I defined one OSA-Express port, and it appears to be working fine. However, I have several networking related nuisances and questions. 1) How do you define a second OSA-Express port? I tried

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - LPAR Install - Gotcha's?

2008-10-02 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mark. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/2/2008 12:48 PM >>> >>> On 10/2/2008 at 2:49 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - LPAR Install - Gotcha's?

2008-10-02 Thread David Stuart
Thanks Mark, Where can I find the Release Notes for SLES10 GA? I found them for SP2, and then for SP 1, but I can't seem to locate the GA Release Notes anywhere. I had a little fun getting the install system to 'talk' to my FTP Server, and then the proper directory, but I worked it out. I'm

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - LPAR Install - Gotcha's?

2008-10-01 Thread David Stuart
ot;loaner" z/VM. On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM, David Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morning all, > > > > I am preparing to do a new 'bare-metal' (i.e. LPAR) install of Suse 10 SP 2. > No, no z/VM, no IFL. (Maybe if I'm good, Santa will ...) &g

Re: SuSE 10 SP 2 - LPAR Install - Gotcha's?

2008-10-01 Thread David Stuart
David, I know I can get a 'loaner' of z/VM. But my z/VM skills are quite old, very rusty, and I was never a (z/)VM Sysprog, anyway. I'm a (z/)VSE Sysprog! I know, there are 'cookbooks' (I have them). And while I wouldn't mind a z/VM trial, I wouldn't want it to go away in a few months, and

SuSE 10 SP 2 - LPAR Install - Gotcha's?

2008-10-01 Thread David Stuart
Morning all, I am preparing to do a new 'bare-metal' (i.e. LPAR) install of Suse 10 SP 2. No, no z/VM, no IFL. (Maybe if I'm good, Santa will ...) I installed SLES 9 SP 3 at one time, with considerable assistance from a Novell engineer (Thanks Mike!), so I have done this once before. But

Re: SPident not showing SLES10-SP2

2008-06-19 Thread David Stuart
And what about USB support? I haven't seen any USB ports on my 9672, and I don't think my (arriving soon) z9 has any, either. Maybe on the HMC? Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Kim Goldenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Ruby on Rails

2008-05-21 Thread David Stuart
John, Close. C is #2 on the list. As of this morning, COBOL is 18th. Pascal has taken over 15th. Javascript is considered separately, and is #11. Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL P

Re: What distribution and why?

2008-04-16 Thread David Stuart
As someone said to me when I was in England last fall: "Two peoples separated by a common language." Dave (from sunny California) Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Evans, Kevin R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/16/2008 3:20 AM

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