2008-07-04 Experimental Linux on System z code drop to developerWorks

2008-07-08 Thread Gerhard Hiller
Please refer to: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/whatsnew.html ... for the 2008-07-04 change summary: New experimental (unsupported) package kuli 1.0.0: userspace sample demonstrating KVM usage for Linux on System z * end

Convert existing mount point to LVM

2008-07-08 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
Hi All Our current disk layout has specific mount points with MOD 9's behind , we now need more space on one specific mount point, Is it possible to turn this mount point into a LVM configuration without moving the data off ?. Looking at the doco , the current plan would be to move all the data

Re: Convert existing mount point to LVM

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Perry
Ceruti, Gerard G wrote: Hi All Our current disk layout has specific mount points with MOD 9's behind , we now need more space on one specific mount point, Is it possible to turn this mount point into a LVM configuration without moving the data off ?. Looking at the doco , the current plan

SWAPGEN download moved

2008-07-08 Thread David Boyes
We're in the process of reorganizing our downloads. The location for downloading SWAPGEN has moved to: http://download.sinenomine.net/swapgen/ The explanatory material on the old page will be revised and expanded to address some of the comments from the last few weeks. If you have

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Brian France
In preparing some z/VM course material, I found myself having to define z/VM system management. It turns out that you have: - Provisioning (real and virtual) We are utilizing Shared-Root, therefore we picked up various scripts and modified as needed ( if any ). - Human operations (IPL,

Re: Convert existing mount point to LVM

2008-07-08 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
Hi mark I was looking to just move/grow the one mount point only, short term I will create specific mount points with a new Mod 9 behind it, the next install I will go LVM from the start. Thanks Regards Gerard Ceruti may the 'z' be with you -Original Message- From: Linux on 390

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 11:30 EDT, Brian France [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Security (authentication, authorization, audit) Directory only. (sigh) This means you cannot audit the activites of a virtual machine and your passwords are stored in cleartext. Your backups contain the same

Re: Reiser

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Post
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:54 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik N Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- I would therefor encourage people to choose file systems based on their relative merits, rather than concerns over continued development. By and large, I agree with what you said.

Yum server

2008-07-08 Thread Levy, Alan
Can someone point me to documentation on creating a local patch server ? Thanks. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Brian France
At 12:10 PM 7/8/2008, Alan Altmark wrote: On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 11:30 EDT, Brian France [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Security (authentication, authorization, audit) Directory only. (sigh) This means you cannot audit the activites of a virtual machine and your passwords are stored in

Re: Yum server

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:44 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Levy, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone point me to documentation on creating a local patch server ? For which distribution? If SLES, then look at http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=articleaid=992 although you

Re: Convert existing mount point to LVM

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:38 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ceruti, Gerard G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- Is it possible to turn this mount point into a LVM configuration without moving the data off ?. Looking at the doco , the current plan would be to move all the data off the mount

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 12:47 EDT, Brian France [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THANX! I know but you do with what you have. Backups go thru a hipersocket from MFL/z/VM to z/OS. You do with what you have as long as you have a Get Out Of Jail Free card in your pocket. That is, a management-approved

Re: Yum server

2008-07-08 Thread Levy, Alan
Thanks for the info. In the yup config file, how do you specify multiple architectures (sles9 and 10), subversions (sp1, sp2, etc), directories (sles9, sles10), etc. In your example, you only specify sles10 sp1 -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Yum server

2008-07-08 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:06 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Levy, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info. In the yup config file, how do you specify multiple architectures (sles9 and 10), subversions (sp1, sp2, etc), directories (sles9, sles10), etc. In your example, you

Re: Reiser

2008-07-08 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jul 8, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Mark Post wrote: Adam Thornton had at least once instance where reiserfs ate his data on a system under heavy load. All in all, enough to make someone running a business to worry. Much worse: it ate a customer's data. Suffice it to say, I no longer use or

Re: Reiser

2008-07-08 Thread Tom Duerbusch
For a while, there was a recommendation for reiser, perhaps back in SLES 8 or so. But then, I started seeing recommendations for EXT3, which now has been my FS of choice in SLES 9 and SLES 10. When I reviewed the decision making process, I concluded that EXT3 was just fine for what I want at

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Brian France
At 01:00 PM 7/8/2008, you wrote: On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 12:47 EDT, Brian France [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THANX! I know but you do with what you have. Backups go thru a hipersocket from MFL/z/VM to z/OS. You do with what you have as long as you have a Get Out Of Jail Free card in your

Re: Reiser

2008-07-08 Thread Erik N Johnson
The reason to recommend reiser is performance, and in fact, ext2 gives much better performance. It just isn't journaled. As I said, you should certainly pick your filesystem based on your needs. In big business, data integrity is the name of the game, since clients hate it when you lose their

Re: Reiser

2008-07-08 Thread Jon Brock
In that case, the next time I need a file system that will corrupt my data at blazing speed, I'll pick reiserfs. Jon -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 03:05 EDT, Brian France [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx Alan. Looks like I need to do some reading on NPIV. By the way, I'm pretty sure, thos you have me second guessing, that if you have several chpds on a frame, they all have the same WWPN which comes from the

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Shawn Wells
Michael MacIsaac wrote: I tried to categorize what's available today into 4 main areas (I apologize if I your software is not on the list, or if it listed as Dead or dying but is not. I do not also plan to address performance management). Here is the survey: I use RHN Satellite for my

Re: Systems management - quick survey?

2008-07-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 07/08/2008 at 09:10 EDT, Shawn Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is your greatest need in z/VM and Linux systems management? : Bare metal provisioning. I'd like to provision Linux guests entirely through the web -- allocate all resources (hipersockets, DASD, everything), have