Accounting on zVM

Hello Community , We are running VM 6.4. Do you know any tool or manual for processing accounting records on zVM? Those files are accumulating on our systems and I'd like to create a report from it. However, the data from column 29 is not human readable (""b"}a"") and I'm not sure how to

Re: Accounting on zVM

Hi Mariusz, You can take a look at the ACCOUNT module. (IIRC it's on MAINT 193) This processes an account input file. You can find information about the ACCOUNT module in the CMS Command and Utilities guide.

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

> Space is cheap, power & cooling is not. Space may be cheap in North and South Dakota, Wyoming, parts of Nebraska, etc., but not so much in the sites where mainframes thrive... Manhattan, the rest of NYC and its suburbs, adjoining NJ, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, etc. Distributed

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

On 24.05.2017 00:03, John Campbell wrote: > Cool... > > Though the real key is that the mainframe is designed for something at or > beyond five 9s (99.999%) uptime. > > [HUMOR] > Heard from a Tandem guy: "Your application, as critical as it is, is on a > nine 5s (55.555%) platform." >

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

As I recall from Appendix A of the "Linux for S/390" redbook, the S/390 (and, likely, zSeries) is designed to be maintainable WHILE WORKING. The multi-dimensional ECC memory allows a memory card to be replaced WHILE the system is running. Likewise, power supplies the CPs. I have to agree that

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

But according to the datasheets, upgrading, say, an H06 to an H13 "requires planned down time", so if you started small and then want to grow, the only feasible (non-down-time) upgrade path is to buy a 2nd mainframe, which, as you point out "won't scale painlessly". With a COTS based system, you

Re: Accounting on zVM

On Thursday, 05/25/2017 at 02:40 GMT, Dave Jones wrote: > For quick and dirty z/VM accounting reports, I find CMS Pipelines very > useful. It can even connect to the CP *ACCOUNT service to product > reports in real time as data arrives. But let's not put the cart before

Re: Accounting on zVM

Hello, Mariusz. For quick and dirty z/VM accounting reports, I find CMS Pipelines very useful. It can even connect to the CP *ACCOUNT service to product reports in real time as data arrives. DJ On 05/25/2017 09:25 AM, O'Brien, Dennis L wrote: > Andre, > The VM:Account product from CA can

Re: Accounting on zVM

Andre, The VM:Account product from CA can process accounting records and create reports. Dennis L. O’Brien Vice President Consultant II, z/VM Engineering Technology Engineering & Operations Bank of America CA4-704-06-15, 2000 Clayton Rd, Concord, CA 94520 Dennis.L.O’br...@bankofamerica.com

Alpine Linux supports s390x

Though I don't see a download for s390x at first glance - this release announcement indicates support was added: https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.6.0-released.html Scott Rohling -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Re: Alpine Linux supports s390x

Hi, Currently Alpine s390x is supported only in the form of Docker image or minirootfs (chroot). Work is being done to have a boot image, since musl libc (which Alpine uses instead of glibc) still lacks some support. We expect to have it around 3.6.1 release. minirootfs:

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

Of course. You should budget things properly or you're not doing your job. Network hardware, power control, redundancy, etc, should all be taken into consideration. And to some extent, the IBM maintenance contract needs to be replaced with man power to repair/replace broken parts as & when

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

Don't forget to consider the mainframe has a much smaller enironmental footprint that say 500 COTS. The cost savings in power comsumption, air conditioning, and floor space can be huge. On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Willemina Konynenberg wrote: > But according to the

Re: The Mainframe vs. the Server Farm: A Comparison

And cabling and network ports, etc. And while you can maintain high availability with those 500 things, you still will have failures and people costs of repairing and putting that thing back into rotation.Can be done, but it’s a cost people don't account for that I've seen. -Original

Re: Alpine Linux supports s390x

yay! Alpine makes a great "service virtual machine", as we call it on z/VM. (Some say "appliance" on other architectures, but same idea.) -- R; <>< On 05/25/2017 01:39 PM, Tuan M. Hoang wrote: > Hi, > > Currently Alpine s390x is supported only in the form of Docker image or > minirootfs