I walked away from my VNC session for a drink of water and when I came
back
my VNC session was gone and the sles10x installation guest was down. I
assumed all was well and rebooted and selected the boot newly installed
system. Now I get the following:
Enter your root partition (e.g.,
I do not know what happened. I was not looking at the screen at the time.
I had the z/VM console active and saw that it was down. I rebooted the
SLES10 install CD and selected the option to reboot the installed system
and receive the error. I then simply booted SLES10 like it was installed
and it
Thanks. It was the modprobe problem. I ended up adding vmcp and hcp as
follows to the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file and did a mkinitrd and zipl and
both seems OK now.
MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=vmcp cpint
Peter
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Kind of stuck on this one. Had the CE come out and enable the Crypto
co-processor CPACF feature code for our z9-104 yesterday, then went to
define and use the feature in a Linux LPAR, but it doesn't work. We have
the libica code installed, but whether it's used or not we get the same
throughput
Kind of stuck on this one. Had the CE come out and enable the Crypto
co-processor CPACF feature code for our z9-104 yesterday, then went to
define and use the feature in a Linux LPAR, but it doesn't work. We
have
the libica code installed, but whether it's used or not we get the
same
Is there a verification program that can be run in a SLES 9/10 guest to check
the functionality of the CPACF / Coprocessor / Accelerator ?
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Kind of stuck on this one. Had the CE come out and enable the Crypto
co-processor CPACF feature code
The OpenCryptoki source package includes a driver testcase that can be
run to verify a lot of the coprocessor/accelerator features. It'll
test all of the library calls and verify that they're working. I've
always interpreted it as if it doesn't fail, it means it's able to use
the underlying
You can do this to see if its being used:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ cat /proc/driver/z90crypt
z90crypt version: 1.3.3
Cryptographic domain: 6
Total device count: 1
PCICA count: 0
PCICC count: 0
PCIXCC MCL2 count: 0
PCIXCC MCL3 count: 0
CEX2C count: 0
CEX2A count: 1
requestq count: 0
pendingq count: 0
I was just asked a question that I'm not sure how to answer. But here it is.
If java .jar files are really zip/archive files, and opening them requires
some sort of unzip action which is theoretically a decryption process,
would a z/series crypto card speed this sort of thing up for
If java .jar files are really zip/archive files, and opening them
requires some sort of unzip action which is theoretically a decryption
process,
would a z/series crypto card speed this sort of thing up for WebSphere
running on Linux for z/Series if such a card were configured?
No. JAR
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Behalf Of James Melin
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Subject: Re: Crypto CPACF enablement
I was just asked a question that I'm not sure how to
answer. But here it
I didn't think it took a POR to
get the feature recognized - is there something I'm missing here?
What does cat /proc/driver/z90crypt say?
Mike MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (845) 433-7061
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David wrote:
(AFAIS, the openssl speed tests don't really do enough connection
volume
to show much of a difference even when the crypto engine is known to be
working. )
There is a big difference in the speed tests (although I think there's
some bug in the reporting because it changes to 0 seconds
Paul, have you found the red paper on it? It does cover pretty much
everything you need to get it going.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4131.html?Open
Marcy Cortes
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I'm finding it interesting. Especially that the second firmware level
is written in a combination of PL8(?) and GCC. The new development
environment is LINUX!?! instead of VM.
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/511/axnix.html
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I have a SLES9X system with a root filesystem that has filled up the DASD
it resides on. What can I do to get more space for the root filesystem?
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Well do you have opt, var, tmp and usr broken out into separate file systems
already? If not, moving those can help without having to re-do your root
device.
there's some nice how-to's on www.linuxvm.org for moving part of a file system
to a new file system. I've used that extensively
As John mentions, enabling the CPACF (feature code 3863) on
the new z9 processors just turns on the cipher instructions
(KM, KMC) documented in the latest zArch PoP manual. All z9
boxes come with these instructions disabled, possibly
because of export restrictions on strong cryptographic
hardware,
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:35 PM, in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Judson West
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I have a SLES9X system with a root filesystem that has filled up the DASD
it resides on. What can I do to get more space for the root filesystem?
Do you have your file system hierarchy already
I reinstalled sles10 from the beginning again and kept a close eye on it
this time. Here is what happens:
After the installation of CD1 is finished, a dialog box pops up saying
that the system will be halted and you must reboot from your root devices
to continue. There was a 5 second countdown
This might be of interest.
quote
The design and implementation of the z/VM® SCSI (Small Computer System
Interface) I/O subsystem is described. z/VM is an operating system that
provides multiple virtual IBM System z(tm) machines on a single IBM System z
computer. The approach adopted herein
On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:30 PM, McKown, John wrote:
I'm finding it interesting. Especially that the second firmware
level
is written in a combination of PL8(?) and GCC. The new development
environment is LINUX!?! instead of VM.
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/511/axnix.html
Is PL8
Since the z90crypt package does not seem to support the new instructions
provided by the CPACF feature, this seems like a new niche for an
enterprising third-party. A fast data encryption/decryption program that
supports AES is always helpful on U.S. government computer systems, even
linux under
Hi,
The /home directory is also a good candidate to be on a separate filesystem.
Regards,
-Jose
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From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:55 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Increasing Size of DASD for Root Filesystem
I believe the PL8 compilers come from the same family of
internal IBM development languages that include PL/S and
PL/X. Other that for a very brief time in the mid 1990s,
when ISVs could license a version of PL/X, IBM has never
made these compilers available outside of IBM. A couple of
SHARE ago,
On Thursday, 04/26/2007 at 03:01 AST, Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Since the z90crypt package does not seem to support the new instructions
provided by the CPACF feature, this seems like a new niche for an
enterprising third-party. A fast data encryption/decryption program that
It seems odd ( well not really if you consider that GCC compete with their
own XLC/C++) that they wouldn't offer it as a courtesy port for Z/OS.
PL/8 on the other hand would probably have to many hardware specific
statements and elements to be of general use. It does offer us a glimpse
of just
I have the file system hierarchy already broken out. Our users do not use
any space on this device for their own files (only NFS mounted file
systems), it is just that there are several applications (WAS for example)
that need file space there and that is what is filling up the original
disk. I
libICA will also drive z90crypt to utilize the crypto cards for RSA operations.
Eric Rossman
On 4/26/07, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is confusion. z90crypt operates the crypto cards. That's its sole
purpose in life. libICA (driven directly by openSSL or via PKCS#11) and
Recommend that you split-out /boot too in general. Then when you need to
enlarge the root you don't have to also stamp a new bootstrap.
How can apps be filling your root? Maybe they're filling /var? Split that too,
but be careful! Some things expect a usable /var fairly early in the boot
Typically was 6 lives in /opt/WebSphere and /opt/wasprofile here. What part of
websphere is occupying your root file system?
Judson West [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Okay. That sounds better. So all of my OpenSSL processing already uses
the new KM/KMC instructions.
/Tom Kern
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There is confusion. z90crypt operates the crypto cards. That's its sole
It would be
nice to have Eclipse as an IDE. I would doubt that we see any more
than
this on their side.
IBM was demoing a very nice Eclipse front end for z/OS development at
z/Expo in Munich. Syntax-sensitive editing, dataset management, job
management interfaces, the works.
Was pretty neat,
I misspoke, through ignorance. When I said root, I meant / and all of its
subdirectories. I don't have or know of any tools to tell me where the pigs
are, but these are supposed to be quick and dirty Linux systems for our
developers. So I assume that since the user files are not stored here then
Well issue a df and you will be able to see your file system tree structure in
discreet components. I'd like to see what results that produces.
Judson West [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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There are all sorts of tools you can use. The simplest, perhaps:
du -x -h --max-depth=1 /
will show you how much space is being used in every 1st level directory
off the root of the file system. It will not cross device boundaries (so
that if /usr/local is on a different device it will not count
Hi,
I'm in the process of building a file server using SAMBA but will like to use
our current Windows Active Directory for authentication purposes. Where can I
find more information on how to accomplish this task? We are running SLES9 SP3.
Thanks.
José L. Ramírez, zServer Systems
Here's the result of the du -x -h --max-depth=1 / command:
vmlnx03:~ # du -x -h --max-depth=1 /
16K /lost+found
0 /proc
0 /sys
136K/dev
8.8M/etc
158M/var
172K/srv
7.9M/bin
8.8M/boot
512M/home
36M /lib
13M /lib64
4.0K/media
4.0K/mnt
177M
I believe these are all off-shoots of PL/1, developed by IBM in the
1960's, and available to the public at that time.
Bob Lee
Systems Programmer, VSE
Mt. San Antonio College
(909)594-5611 x 4379
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Can you show me the output of a df command? The du tells you how much is where
but I cannot see from that, what your file system(s) relationship is to
that.
I htink if we understand your filesystem, and space utilization in it, we can
probably help you.
Judson West [EMAIL
And just to throw it out there, have you considered LVM for the new
root? Seems like you're at a good point to reevaluate storage choices,
and with LVM you won't hit this problem again in the future, since it's
possible to grow the LVM dynamically.
-Brad
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 16:19 -0400, Neale
The fact that the report is run with -x and you list all the directories
on your system indicates you are not splitting the file system over
multiple devices. At the very least I'd move /var /tmp /home /boot to
their own /dev/dasdxxx device.
As for setting limits I know you can set quotas on some
On Apr 26, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Judson West wrote:
Looks like users can't be trusted. In VM there are mechanisms in
place to
prevent this. I guess Linux is open in all aspects. I know what to
do now.
Thanks for all of the help.
Linux *does* support user quotas, although I don't know if
On Thursday, 04/26/2007 at 03:50 AST, Thomas Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Okay. That sounds better. So all of my OpenSSL processing already uses
the new KM/KMC instructions.
If you have libICA loaded, yes. Follow the instructions in the redbook
that Marcy mentioned.
Alan Altmark
z/VM
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 5:13 PM, in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Brad Hinson
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And just to throw it out there, have you considered LVM for the new
root? Seems like you're at a good point to reevaluate storage choices,
and with LVM you won't hit this problem again in the
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 5:11 PM, in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Judson West
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Here's the result of the du -x -h --max-depth=1 / command:
vmlnx03:~ # du -x -h --max-depth=1 /
16K /lost+found
0 /proc
0 /sys
136K/dev
8.8M/etc
158M/var
These 4 items look odd.
Generally speaking, you don't want to go creating
a whole lot of new files or directories in the root directory.
It's called root pollution. Avoid it.
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158M/var
You can reclaim this space by moving /var onto its own file system.
Also, if a significant percentage of this is log files, implementing
logrotate will help.
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Catch the
/vob and /view are part of Rational Clearcase.
Kind of overlays or something. I'm not sure how it works, but we've got
some of that too :)
Marcy Cortes
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David:
IBM was demoing a very nice Eclipse front end for z/OS
development at z/Expo in Munich. Syntax-sensitive editing,
dataset management, job management interfaces, the works.=20
Was pretty neat, if you like that sort of thing. Sure beats
ISPF.
It was probably WebSphere Developer for
I'm finding it interesting. Especially that the second
firmware level is written in a combination of PL8(?) and GCC.
The new development environment is LINUX!?! instead of VM.
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/511/axnix.html
John:
IBM has been using GCC for some of the mainframe
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