Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Lucius, Leland
You probably won't get much of a flame war. I would hazard that there is a mixture of Debian, RedHat, and SuSE, with a lot of them being SuSE. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, I think SuSE is by FAR the BEST one available. Leland CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication

VM VSE linux/390 Employment Web Page

2004-05-27 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
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Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Lucius, Leland
You probably won't get much of a flame war. I would hazard that there is a mixture of Debian, RedHat, and SuSE, with a lot of them being SuSE. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, I think SuSE is by FAR the BEST one available. No, it's NOT Red hats can cover up

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Lucius, Leland
You probably won't get much of a flame war. I would hazard that there is a mixture of Debian, RedHat, and SuSE, with a lot of them being SuSE. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, I think SuSE is by FAR the BEST one available. No, it's NOT Red hats can cover up

Re: Initial LPAR install zSeries

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 05/27/2004 at 09:57ZE10, Vic Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan, Steve is only partially correct with this. Yes, you can use the Load from CD-ROM or Server function on the HMC to start the installation system in the LPAR. Once started in this way, just the same as if a tape

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 02:13, Lucius, Leland wrote: Oh, I think SuSE is by FAR the BEST one available. No, it's NOT Red hats can cover up chameleons any day!! I disagree with all of me, that Debian is so far ahead of all of them. I mean just look at the dust it kicks up as it passes.

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 05/26/2004 at 09:08 EST, Little, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You probably won't get much of a flame war. I would hazard that there is a mixture of Debian, RedHat, and SuSE, with a lot of them being SuSE. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. SuSE just had more there early in

Re: Crypto on z800

2004-05-27 Thread Ann Smith
The directory statement for the linux guest is below: CRYPTO DOMAIN 3 CSU * KEYENTRY SPECIAL MODIFY APVIRT Q CRYPTO results in the response: No CAM or DAC Crypto Facilities are installed Crypto Adjunct Processor is installed Ready; Vic Cross wrote: On Wed, 26 May 2004, Ann Smith wrote:

SB2 linux

2004-05-27 Thread Johan Bruyneel
Hello, I'm testing following : DB2/udb version 8 for linux on zseries mainframe applications are running on VSE/ESA 2.7.1 I'm testing the batch-applications running in VSE/ESA which are connecting to DB2/UDB on linux by using TCP/IP. When we look at the cpu-usage of the program

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Richards.Bob
A week ago, I asked if anyone had a reference architecture. I only got two replies. One was an excellent set of installation documentation and the other pointed me to websites. I'll ask again, a little differently this time. I am looking for best of breed on all platforms for the variety of

Attempting to get hipersockets configured in linux

2004-05-27 Thread James Melin
I am working with two documents that cover this: The z/Series Hipersockets redbook (may 2002), SG2406816-00 and the share presentation Hipersockets in the Round a z/OS, z/VM, zLinux Perspective by Frank J. De Gilio from IBM. We have tested hipersockets from z/os to z/os and foudn that to work.

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in linux

2004-05-27 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 08:24, James Melin wrote: in /etc/rc.config (which was blank) DANGER WILL ROBINSON. SLES8 doesn't use /etc/rc.config. You want /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-hsi1 Adam -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in linux

2004-05-27 Thread Lucius, Leland
in /etc/rc.config (which was blank) pepin:/ # more /etc/rc.config NETCONFIG=_0 _1 IPADDR_1=192.168.252.13 NETDEV_1=hsi1 IFCONFIG_1=192.168.252.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 For this linux guest the hipersocket address assigned is 192.168.252.13 as opposed to the example having

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in Linux

2004-05-27 Thread James Melin
Are there any SLES-8 specific hipersockets documentation out there? Lucius, Leland [EMAIL PROTECTED] olab.com To Sent by: Linux on [EMAIL PROTECTED] 390 Port

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in Linux

2004-05-27 Thread Seader, Cameron
I have made myself some how-to doc on this, and i have SLES 8 running on s390x. Here is my Doc, it is very short really. of course you will have to change the device id's and such to fit your configuration. Hipersockets Configuration 1. First add an alias to the hipersocket in

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in linux

2004-05-27 Thread Vic Cross
On Thu, 27 May 2004, James Melin wrote: in /etc/rc.config (which was blank) Here's a bug in your process. SLES8 doesn't use /etc/rc.config -- but even if it did and yours was blank, then you'd have the wrong file, I think. I believe that the location and function of the SuSEconfig file was

Re: Linux on P/390 help

2004-05-27 Thread Post, Mark K
One possibility is a hardware problem with the switch. Try moving either and both the P/390 and the router to different ports in the switch and see if the problem remains, or follows the Linux system. The MTU specified for your Linux system really should match that of all the other devices on

ESJ Interview

2004-05-27 Thread Post, Mark K
I struggled with this one quite a while before sending it to the list. Somehow it just seems wrong to publicize myself in this way, probably due to my midwest upbringing. In any case, Stephen Swoyer from Enterprise Systems Journal did an interview with me which got published online last week.

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
Which distribution you want depends entirely on what you're looking for. All three distributions have good support, either from the vendor directly or through third parties. On Intel, Red hat is more popular in the US and SuSE more popular in Europe. Debian is considered by many to be

Re: Crypto on z800

2004-05-27 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
CRYPTO DOMAIN 3 CSU * KEYENTRY SPECIAL MODIFY APVIRT You probably don't need all of this. According to the ZSeries Crypto Guide Redbook, Linux guests don't use domains or CSU's. They don't use the CCF at all. All you should need should be 'CRYPTO APVIRT'. If you're using VM:Secure, make

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:13:09AM -0700, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: Debian has a reputation for being closer to the cutting edge of newest technology. I haven't worked with it, so I can't speak much to it. It does? Debian releases are less frequent than other vendors, so on the basis of

Re: Linux on P/390 help

2004-05-27 Thread David Boyes
P/390 linux 192.168.2.3*** P/390 OS/2 192.168.2.2*s* Station 1 192.168.2.4*w* Station 2 192.168.2.5*i* router 192.168.2.1*t* *c* *t* *h* *** All are

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in Linux - point to point working!

2004-05-27 Thread James Melin
I've done some testing. and I don't see a speed improvement for FTP of a large file via FTP to a hipersocket address vs a GBE ethernet connection. I did an ftp to the IP address of a Linux guest, and then repeated the send of that file to the same guest via the hipersocket defined for it. The

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in Linux - point to point working!

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 05/27/2004 at 01:31 EST, James Melin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've done some testing. and I don't see a speed improvement for FTP of a large file via FTP to a hipersocket address vs a GBE ethernet connection. I did an ftp to the IP address of a Linux guest, and then repeated

Re: Data Protector client for SLES8?

2004-05-27 Thread Thomas Durand
Hello, We use dataprotector too for HPUX and Netbackup for AIX. Both haven't clients for linux on Z/series. Only Netbackup have planned to develop a client. Ranga Nathan wrote: We use Data Protector (HP 'closed'ware) to backup our HP unix boxes and Redhat Intel with a special client. Has anyone

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in...

2004-05-27 Thread Sal Torres/SBC Inc.
*** Reply to note of Thu, 27 May 2004 13:31:06 -0500 (EST/CDT) *** by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you have an entry for the hipersocket device in /etc/sysconfig/network/routes? For example: 192.168.252.0 0.0.0.0255.255.255.0 hsi1 default 137.70.100.3 0.0.0.0 eth0 James Melin

SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Jim Sibley
IMHO, SuSE seems to be more zSeries friendly. Some differences: - SuSE SLES8 allows the hertz timer to be turned on or off, depending on whether your are under VM or not. RedHat RHEL3 does not - hence you may have a performance issue with RedHat under VM with idle machines. - Redhat does not

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Wilson, Eric
My two cents: Cheers; E! Eric Wilson IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert RedHat Certified Engineer -Original Message- From: Jim Sibley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:SuSE vs Red Hat IMHO, SuSE seems

Re: Attempting to get hipersockets configured in Linux - point to point working!

2004-05-27 Thread Post, Mark K
You don't. You let them figure it out. First, by telling them what servers to contact for whatever is needed. This results in a call to a DNS resolver, which returns an IP address. At that point, it's all routing. (Everyone's favorite TCP/IP topic.) As Sal pointed out, what you would need to

Re: Data Protector client for SLES8?

2004-05-27 Thread Post, Mark K
No big surprise there. HP isn't terribly interested in promoting hardware sales for their competitors. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Durand Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Data

Re: We are moving our VM from a z/800 to a Z900 - Eth ernet changes

2004-05-27 Thread Marcy Cortes
If it's SLES 8, cd to /etc/sysconfig/network and take a look at the interface def in there. Yast2 ought to show it to you too. Marcy Cortes -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Melin Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Crypto on z800

2004-05-27 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 05/26/2004 at 05:08 AST, Ann Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBM configured our PCICA card to our VM LPAR that runs linux but we see the following errors: 600 May 26 08:03:24 hostl1 kernel: z90crypt: Hardware error 601 May 26 08:03:24 hostl1 kernel: z90crypt: Type 82 Message

Re: SuSE vs Red Hat

2004-05-27 Thread Cameron, Thomas
Answers inline, below: -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Sibley Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SuSE vs Red Hat IMHO, SuSE seems to be more zSeries friendly. Some differences: - SuSE SLES8

ftp.suse.com samba3 vanished?

2004-05-27 Thread thedarb-yahoo8844
Went to see if there were any samba3 package updates for s390 today and found the following link no longer valid: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/gd/samba3 Anyone happen to know if that's officially gone or just maybe moved to another location on their site? *Brandon Darbro

Re: LInux Z/vm

2004-05-27 Thread Chris Prosperi
Hello, We are currently running TSM Server on our z/os system and are very close to moving TSM to Linux running on Z/VM. I noticed that you are running Linux/VM and are always a reference for TSM, do you have any plans to run your TSM Server on Linux running on z/vm? We've gone thru the the

Re: LInux Z/vm

2004-05-27 Thread Post, Mark K
Sorry, but who is this addressed to? You didn't identify that. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Prosperi Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LInux Z/vm Hello, We are currently running

SuSE Support Portal up????

2004-05-27 Thread Dave MYERS
Anyone else having problems getting to the SuSE Support Portal?? Could not connect all day yesterday. Dave Myers Denver Solutions Group Senior Systems Engineer Office Phone:   (303) 996-7112 Cellular Phone: (303) 619-0782 Home Office:    (303) 948-0027 Fax:  (303) 706.1713