WebLogic 7.0 SP5 (Platform) for Linux for S/390 and zSeries is Now GA

2004-01-29 Thread Jim Rich
WebLogic 7.0 SP5 (Platform) for SuSE SLES8 Linux for S/390 and zSeries is now GA and on our download site. This is our first platform release for mainframe Linux, and includes all products except Workshop, which you normally want to run on a PC or Workstation (it is like Visual Studio but for the

Re: Technical Specs

2003-12-10 Thread Jim Rich
Manual GM13-0117-04 z800 Reference Guide page 19, lists the cycle time for the z800 0LF as 1.6ns. Here is the z800 MHz along with other recent iron: 9672 G4 = 400 MHz 9672 G5 = 500 MHz 9672 G6 = 637 MHz 2064 z900 = 769 MHz (from 1000/1.3ns) 2066 z800 = 625 MHz (from 1000/1.6ns) 2084 z990

WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 Available

2003-10-02 Thread Jim Rich
WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 has just completed certification for SuSE SLES8 SP2 (31-bit) for IBM zSeries / S/390: http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/certifications/certs_810/overview.html It is now being staged for the big Akamai download servers: http://commerce.bea.com/ I would be happy to answer any

Re: Stupid question about BogoMIPS

2003-09-03 Thread Jim Rich
This is a FLEX-ES box: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ cat /proc/cpuinfo vendor_id : IBM/S390 # processors: 3 bogomips per cpu: 1048.57 processor 0: version = 0A, identification = 9E, machine = 1247 processor 1: version = 0A, identification = 10009E, machine = 1247 processor 2: version =

[Fwd: SuSE SLES8 64-bit z/VM]

2003-08-28 Thread Jim Rich
I allocated one 3390-9 to / and 15 to LVM. All setup was done using YAST2, which is very easy. Here is my system: lczlin5:~ # cat /proc/dasd/devices 0520(ECKD) at ( 94: 0) is dasda : active at blocksize: 4096, 1803060 blocks, 7043 MB 0521(ECKD) at ( 94: 4) is dasdb : active at

Re: Bea weblogic server?

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Rich
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Re: Bea weblogic server?

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Rich
and tell them a multi-million dollar sale is contingent on having a certain certification available, it would be made available with great rapidity. :) Same for z/OS ports, 64-bit ports, etc. Sorry it takes so long. Jim Rich

SCO Wins Again

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Rich
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/software/10107725.html

Beyond Linux 2.6

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Rich
One of the best high-level Linux news web sites is http://lwn.net/ The main page has a link to this excellent article regarding the lawsuits: http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/story.html?id=983BF037-2E43-4F68-9DAC-E5F1F8B766E4 A search on Linux revealed this gem:

Re: Germany 1; Microsoft 0

2003-06-30 Thread Jim Rich
A lot of answers here http://worldwatch.linuxgazette.com/article.php?sid=74mode=threadorder=0 http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=6969 http://lwn.net/Articles/38174/ Richard Troth wrote: http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,982275,00.html Thanks, Phil, for posting

Re: RedHat vs Suse

2003-05-30 Thread Jim Rich
I installed SuSE SLES8 2 weeks ago on our FLEX-ES system, using SAMBA running on the Red Hat base OS, which mostly serves up our IBM manuals. I used the X install method, after first issuing the following command on my SuSE 8.2 workstation: xhost ip.of.the.new.SLES8 After it is installed, and

Re: JAVA for linux/390.

2003-02-20 Thread Jim Rich
that has the problem; it is the underlying OS that the JVM utilizes to do its work, which often needs fine tuning to properly run the JVM and thus the JDK/SDK. It may be perfectly OK for less demanding applications, but still hiccup when it comes to the JVM. Regards, Jim Rich

Re: JDK on RH 7.2

2003-02-19 Thread Jim Rich
results may be unsatisfactory, particularly if you run Java application servers, which tend to be as picky as the IBM SDK certification tests. Better to be safe than sorry. Jim Rich

Re: Redhat 8.0 for s390 install problem

2003-01-17 Thread Jim Rich
will be updated within a day or so: http://commerce.bea.com/downloads/weblogic_mainframe.jsp Here is more information: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/tested.html Jim Rich Post, Mark K wrote: Nilson, I'm concerned about exactly what version of the kernel you have. First

Re: Oracle 91

2003-01-02 Thread Jim Rich
Greetings from another JR! During the install qa, tell it to use one disk for programs, and another for data. Don't remember the exact wording, but it worked for me. Regards, Jim Rich Rugel José wrote: Hi friends, I'm traying to install Oracle 9i at Linux 390. But I only have two disks

Re: Oracle 9i

2003-01-02 Thread Jim Rich
Our developers and database people find Oracle9i on Linux/390 to be identical to Oracle9i on any other Unix or Linux box. In fact, Oracle9i documentation specific to Linux/390 is only the release notes, everything else is common. Performance depends on disk and processor sizes and speeds

Re: Oracle 91

2003-01-02 Thread Jim Rich
be installed in Oracle Home on one disk, and the database content including datafiles, control files, and redo logs should reside on a different disk. Directory = s_mountPoint = /wb/OraR2 Hope this helps, Jim Rich Rugel José wrote: Hi friends, I'm traying to install Oracle 9i at Linux 390

Re: IBM JDK 1.4 on Linux/390

2002-12-12 Thread Jim Rich
Try this download site: https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p It works on our 2.4system: jimrich@dalvs1:~ /opt/jdk1.4.0/bin/java -version java version 1.4.0 Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0) Classic VM (build 1.4.0, J2RE 1.4.0 IBM build cx390140-20020830

Re: SuSE SLES8 for zSeries (vs Redhat)

2002-11-21 Thread Jim Rich
It is all in the official SuSE announcement, with link posted last night by Jim Sibley (below). Regards, Jim - Original Message - From: Jim Sibley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: SuSE SLES8 for zSeries I haven't seen this posted on the Marist

NFS over TCP/IP?

2002-11-18 Thread Jim Rich
-only versions do not work well over a WAN, forcing remote users to go back to FTP to get reliable copies of large files. Alternatively, does anyone know any good ways to improve current Linux NFS reliability over WAN connections? Thanks, Jim Rich

Re: 26 Filesystem Limit?

2002-11-18 Thread Jim Rich
them. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Jim Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 26 Filesystem Limit? I seem to have found a limit of 26 filesystems in my SuSE SLES7, unless I'm overlooking something. I can mount more

Re: 26 Filesystem Limit?

2002-11-18 Thread Jim Rich
! Jim Rich jimrich@dalvs2:~ ls -l /dev/dasd* brw-rw1 root disk 94, 0 Jan 25 2002 /dev/dasda brw-rw1 root disk 94, 1 Jan 25 2002 /dev/dasda1 brw-rw1 root disk 94, 2 Jan 25 2002 /dev/dasda2 brw-rw1 root disk 94, 3 Jan 25

Re: 26 Filesystem Limit?

2002-11-18 Thread Jim Rich
Mark, Success!!! I now have 27 working filesystems! Thanks to everyone! Regards, Jim Rich jimrich@dalvs2:~ su root Password: root@dalvs2:/home/jimrich cd /dev root@dalvs2:/dev mknod /dev/dasdaa b 94 104 root@dalvs2:/dev mknod /dev/dasdaa1 b 94 105 root@dalvs2:/dev mknod /dev/dasdaa2 b

Re: NFS over TCP/IP?

2002-11-18 Thread Jim Rich
There is a nice presentation here: http://linuxvm.org/present/ ... Presentations from SHARE 98, Nashville, March 4-8, 2002 ... 5510 Kris Van Hees Andrew File System (AFS) on Linux for S/390 and zSeries Adobe PDF Going to the source... http://www.openafs.org/ ... 29-Sep-2002 - OpenAFS 1.2.7

IBM Java 1.3.1 Now Certified for Red Hat Linux for zSeries

2002-10-15 Thread Jim Rich
: http://commerce.bea.com/downloads/weblogic_mainframe.jsp Regards, Jim Rich

Movie Revolution OS About OSS and Linux

2002-10-15 Thread Jim Rich
Revolution OS is now showing on the Sundance Channel http://www.sundancechannel.com/ http://us.imdb.com/Title?0308808 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/video/B5JL8M/customer-revie ws/002-1364630-1773634 Regards, Jim

WebLogic Server 7.0 with Service Pack 1 Available

2002-09-22 Thread Jim Rich
WebLogic Server 7.0 with Service Pack 1 is now available for download. http://commerce.bea.com/downloads/weblogic_server.jsp Regards, Jim Rich

Re: Oracle9i R2 GA Released

2002-09-05 Thread Jim Rich
Here are mine: 44709071a7feb37888304b9163b77e37 *lnx390_db_9201_Disk1.cpio.gz 9a309ad1c2f007e7c2eb0cb96d74c5fc *lnx390_db_9201_Disk2.cpio.gz Jim Rich - Original Message - From: Post, Mark K To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Oracle9i R2 GA

Re: Oracle9i R2 GA Released

2002-09-04 Thread Jim Rich
. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. jimrich@dalvs1:/we/oracle9i uname -a Linux dalvs1 2.4.7-SuSE-SMP #1 SMP Tue May 21 13:00:26 GMT 2002 s390 unknown Jim Rich

Re: Oracle9i R2 GA Released

2002-09-04 Thread Jim Rich
Disk1 drwxr-xr-x3 2840 562 4096 Aug 23 04:49 Disk2 du ... 609196 ./Disk1 ... 617824 ./Disk2 BTW, I downloaded with W2Ksp3/IE6. YMMV. Jim Rich

Caution on /etc/fstab

2002-06-10 Thread Jim Rich
stable for us, and a pleasure to work with. Regards, Jim Rich BEA Systems, Inc.

Re: Caution on /etc/fstab

2002-06-10 Thread Jim Rich
the system was unattended. All in all, we have been very, very satisfied with these systems. Regards, Jim Rich BEA Systems, Inc. - Original Message - From: David Andrews To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Caution on /etc/fstab On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 10

Re: oracle installation error

2002-05-30 Thread Jim Rich
Oracle uses the wrong linker command: http://www.suse.de/en/support/oracle/db/9i_73.html For SuSE SLES7 Linux/390 substitute this: SYSLIBS=`cat ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/sysliblist` -ldl -lm -lc -lgcc -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/s390-suse-linu x/2.95.3/ Regards, Jim - Original Message - From: Holly,

Re: Error with IBM Java2 SDK on SuSE

2002-01-25 Thread Jim Rich
I think that may not be enough. The 2.4.7 system may be a little larger than the 2.2.16 systems, just enough to make a difference. Indeed, I once tried a java -version on a 128MB z/OS image and crashed it. Regards, Jim - Original Message - From: Rama Vykunta To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Red Hat RC2 Install Problem on MP3000

2001-12-28 Thread Jim Rich
Message- From: Jim Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 3:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Red Hat RC2 Install Problem on MP3000 I booted the Red Hat RC2 CD #1/4 using the SE CD-ROM Icon, but I can't seem to find the right dialogue responses. I'm trying to use

Re: Red Hat RC2 Install Problem on MP3000

2001-12-28 Thread Jim Rich
install. If I can get the RC2 I already have installed, at least we'll have something to try now. Thanks, Jim - Original Message - From: Post, Mark K To: 'Jim Rich' ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Red Hat RC2 Install Problem on MP3000 Jim, Absolutely

Re: Java for Linux for S390 (SuSE)

2001-12-26 Thread Jim Rich
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/s390/update/7.0/pay1/ Regards, Jim