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2004-07-29 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; (Posted to VMESA-L and VSE-L and LINUX-390) - - Now in its sixth year! - - Includes VSE and linux/390! I have set up a public service web page at http://www.eskimo.com/~wix/vm/ for posting positions available and wanted for VM, VSE and linux/390. Please visit the web

Re: New Paper on linuxvm.org

2004-07-29 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Dennis Wunder, Carlos Ordonez, and Michael MacIsaac have contributed a paper on z/VM VSWITCH with failover. According to the abstract, An overview of z/VM's virtual switch is described, then a secenario [sic] Well that's embarrassing :(( I fixed that typo and another mispelled [sic] word and

backup vm

2004-07-29 Thread David Moreira
hi,, as to make one backup all of the vm. asstribunal de justiga de goias.. suporte- tjgo -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Crypto cards

2004-07-29 Thread Kohrs, Steven
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:30, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: We finally have our PCICA crypto cards in and working on our z800 with z/VM 4.4. SuSE SLES8 even shows they are there and ready to use with the z90crypt.o module loaded. Now I can start to set up OpenSSL and Apache to use them. Be

Re: backup vm

2004-07-29 Thread Coffin Michael C
I think you are asking how to backup the VM system. Use DDR to back up all DASD to tape, be sure to do all cylinders (0-END) and you should shutdown your Linux guests and all non-essential services while backing up to ensure data integrity. For example, to backup real device A00: CP ATTACH A00

Re: mp2003 after build

2004-07-29 Thread Noll, Ralph
I am resending this again as a need to Get some help., since doing this is my first time Thanks a bunch for helping me on this issue Ok here I am again Did the build on the VM side Ipl'ed from mp2003 Get the following Vfs: cannot open root device system/lvol1 or 3a:00 Please append a correct

Re: Guest Machine Recycle

2004-07-29 Thread Coffin Michael C
Hi Ralph, I'm trying very hard to understand just what it is that you are trying to accomplish, and I must admit I'm having a lot of trouble. What are all these ZVMLINXn userids? You DO realize that you have allocated a VM minidisk in cylinder 0 of volume LXBOOT, right? If the intent is that

One Less Systems Programmer (farewell)

2004-07-29 Thread Lionel Dyck
It is with a great deal of sadness coupled with excitement at the coming challenges that I have to say farewell to the world of the mainframe and systems programming. Effective Monday 8/2 I will no longer be a Systems Programmer working with z/OS, z/VM or Linux, but will be moving into the dark

Re: Vdisk for swap

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 14:48, James Melin wrote: I have it defined to my guest. how do I set it up in linux? Are you using FBA or DIAG? (If you used SWAPGEN without the FBA switch, you're using DIAG; if you CMS RESERVEd it, you're using DIAG, otherwise, you're probably using FBA.) My

Re: Ipl'ing from the vm build of Linux

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 15:45, Noll, Ralph wrote: Ok here I am again Did the build on the VM side Ipl'ed from mp2003 Get the following Vfs: cannot open root device system/lvol1 or 3a:00 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic...unable to mount root fs on 3a:00 Your root= line

Re: Guest Machine Recycle

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 09:06, Coffin Michael C wrote: Also, you may want to consider getting the Debian distribution from Sine Nomine on CD's. It'll save you a lot of work, and they may even provide some degree of assistance. It's very short money as I recall. :) While this is true, it's

Re: Guest Machine Recycle

2004-07-29 Thread Noll, Ralph
Mounting betatux:/cdrom on /instmnt failed: Invalid argument Getting this on an nfs mount on trying to load debian unver VM Any ideas -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Guest Machine Recycle

2004-07-29 Thread Noll, Ralph
Jul 29 13:56:43 (none) user.info dbootstrap[357]: mount: Mounting 10.37.1.50:/cdrom/debian on /instmnt failed: Invalid argument Jul 29 13:56:44 (none) user.err dbootstrap[357]: Error mounting NFS filesystem `10.37.1.50:/cdrom/debian', please try again. Above is both messages.. Don't understand

CA Open Sources DB at LinuxWorld

2004-07-29 Thread Ferguson, Neale
See: http://linuxtoday.com/news/2004072900531OSDV In a big step to reaffirm its commitment to open source technologies, Computer Associates will officially open source its long forgotten database software at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next week. CA officials confirmed the company will

Re: Vdisk for swap

2004-07-29 Thread Barton Robinson
Just be aware that diag drive is not supported in 64-bit mode. so there might be an additional performance hit for those wanting larger machines for database and such Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:35:07 -0400 Sender: Linux on 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Post, Mark K [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CA Open Sources DB at LinuxWorld

2004-07-29 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine Neale, for those of us who've forgotten what Ingres is, would you care to present a restatement of facts regarding the database product? Or for that matter anyone else. I recognize the name from the Cliff Stoll book, but that's about it. --- Gregg C

PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Seader, Cameron
Anyone have any luck with getting PHP compiled for PHP4 I'm having the hardest time with this. All hte list serves and forums make it sound easy, and i have done it before on a redhat system. I know it works but whenever i do it on Suse and try to compile it i get these errors. Am i missing some

Re: PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Fargusson.Alan
I should probably wait for someone more knowledgeable then me to reply, but here goes anyway. It looks to me like you tried to link a 64 bit program with a 32 bit library. I don't think there is a 64 bit version of DB2 yet, so I don't know how to get around this. All the undefended

Re: PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Post, Mark K
I was just going to reply with essentially the same thought. I'm just about positive that there is no 64-bit version of DB2/UDB available for Linux/390. I think if he removes the --with-db2 stuff, PHP will build just fine. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Seader, Cameron
yeah it will build just fine, but does anyone know of an alternative, so that i can connect my php apps to a db2 database. are there some other drivers i can use in php to connect to a db2 database. -Cameron -Original Message- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Rich Smrcina
I believe DB2 Connect 8.1 with Fix Pak 5 applied is supposed to provide 64-bit support. But only for DB2 Connect. On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 16:13, Post, Mark K wrote: I was just going to reply with essentially the same thought. I'm just about positive that there is no 64-bit version of DB2/UDB

Re: CA Open Sources DB at LinuxWorld

2004-07-29 Thread Jim Elliott
Neale, for those of us who've forgotten what Ingres is, would you care to present a restatement of facts regarding the database product? Or for that matter anyone else. I recognize the name from the Cliff Stoll book, but that's about it. http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=1013

Re: Red Hat AS 3.0

2004-07-29 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
The biggest problem with Red Hat on the mainframe is that it's a minority product. Most Linux users on zSeries use SUSE, and most products for Linux on zSeries are for SUSE. We tried to find a backup product for Red Hat Linux, and couldn't find a GA product that met our needs (e.g. uses

Re: PHP4 SLES8 Apache 1.3 DB2 Connect

2004-07-29 Thread Jim Elliott
I was just going to reply with essentially the same thought. I'm just about positive that there is no 64-bit version of DB2/UDB available for Linux/390. I think if he removes the --with-db2 stuff, PHP will build just fine. Mark: There is a 64-bit version of DB2 UDB available for Linux for

Re: backup vm

2004-07-29 Thread Esthon Medeiros
Also you could make the backup in tree steps: 1) zVM backup (system packs only): there are the mdisks 123, 124, 125 that are the xxxres, xxxw01, xxxw02, etc, dasds accessed r/o. So, with the system running you can make a ddr from those MAINT minidisks to tapes. Also you should not forget to make

Re: Red Hat AS 3.0

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 17:12, O'Brien, Dennis L wrote: We tried to find a backup product for Red Hat Linux, and couldn't find a GA product that met our needs (e.g. uses mainframe tape drives, doesn't require a server on z/OS). HEY, TIVOLI, ARE YOU LISTENING? ... crickets chirp ... No, of

Re: backup vm

2004-07-29 Thread Tom Shilson
Linux on 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/29/2004 06:08:53 PM: Also you could make the backup in tree steps: ...snip... Anybody want to add anything? ...snip... Silly Question! Eons ago, when I was with a different employer, we had no money for a backup program. We (Dennis Stratton,

Backup of Virtual Linuxes [WAS: Re: Red Hat AS 3.0]

2004-07-29 Thread Tom Shilson
Linux on 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/29/2004 06:13:14 PM: On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 17:12, O'Brien, Dennis L wrote: We tried to find a backup product for Red Hat Linux, and couldn't find a GA product that met our needs (e.g. uses mainframe tape drives, doesn't require a server on

Re: Backup of Virtual Linuxes [WAS: Re: Red Hat AS 3.0]

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thornton
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 18:59, Tom Shilson wrote: The server runs on VM. The ^^^ server piece is frozen at some outdated release. ^^^ Yeah, that's pretty much to what I was referring. TSM would be a whole lot more useful if

Re: Backup of Virtual Linuxes [WAS: Re: Red Hat AS 3.0]

2004-07-29 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine Adam, folks, and especially you, Jim. I spent the better part of a session on IBM software, middle and other wise, trying to convince some 'droid from Tivoli of that fact. He was firmly convinced that the only purpose for z/VM was that it should be used to manage