Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Benjamin Block
Hej Mark, On 13:04 Sat 15 Aug , Mark Post wrote: On 8/14/2015 at 10:49 AM, Benjamin Block bbl...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: In my case the system would not boot anymore because the second DASD was still masked by cio-ignores and the kernel couldn't build the btrfs (no support for

Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Benjamin Block
Hej Mark, On 10:27 Sun 16 Aug , Mark Post wrote: On 8/15/2015 at 07:35 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com wrote: I was looking how to do the initrd zipl, but got lost: ls -l /etc/zipl.conf ls: cannot access /etc/zipl.conf: No such file or directory zipl -V Using

Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Benjamin Block
Hej Frank, On 18:35 Sat 15 Aug , Frank M. Ramaekers wrote: Well, performed reinstall and got SLES 12 to us LVM, added a volume and expanded the volume group: --- Volume group --- VG Name system System ID Formatlvm2 Metadata Areas2

Re: Use zedc from within zLinux ?

2015-08-17 Thread Agblad Tore
Thank's, will notify this for future use ! BR /Tore Tore Agblad zOpen Teamleader IT Services Volvo Group Headquarters Corporate Process IT SE-405 08, Gothenburg  Sweden E-mail: tore.agb...@volvo.com http://www.volvo.com/volvoit/global/en-gb/

Re: Use zedc from within zLinux ?

2015-08-17 Thread Agblad Tore
Thank's ! Only problem now we don't have the card installed in our current z12 boxes :-( New z13 is planned, but not scheduled yet. Tore Agblad zOpen Teamleader IT Services Volvo Group Headquarters Corporate Process IT Dept. DE94230 Assar

Ubuntu Distribution Announced for LinuxONE(TM) and IBM z Systems

2015-08-17 Thread Dave Jones
Morning, all. It appears that we will have Ubuntu Linux joining RedHat and SuSE in supporting Linux on the mainframe. http://mainframeinsights.com/ubuntu-distribution-announced-for-linuxone-and-ibm-z-systems Have a good one, too. DJ -- Dave Jones Houston, TX 281.578.7544

zFCP and NPIV - limit of 32

2015-08-17 Thread Grzegorz Powiedziuk
Hi! I have been told a long time ago that there was a limit of number of wwpns one may/should have per FCP channel. And it was “32”. Many times I’ve tried to find more information on this and what I found is: - it’s not a hard limit rather a rule - it’s not mainframe's thing but rather

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Leonard Santalucia
Congratulations, Mike!! Regards, Len Leonard J. Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist Vicom Infinity, Inc. IBM Premier Business Partner One Penn Plaza - Suite 2010 New York, New York 10119 Office804-918-3728 

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Rick Troth
congrats! On 08/17/2015 10:43 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: I have again started a new job, moving on from Innovation Data Processing to ADP. At Innovation, helping to roll out the FDRPASVM product that allows you to migrate running Linux and z/VM systems to new DASD regardless of

Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Benjamin Block
On 12:29 Mon 17 Aug , Benjamin Block wrote: Hej Mark, On 13:04 Sat 15 Aug , Mark Post wrote: On 8/14/2015 at 10:49 AM, Benjamin Block bbl...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: In my case the system would not boot anymore because the second DASD was still masked by cio-ignores and

Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello lists, I have again started a new job, moving on from Innovation Data Processing to ADP. At Innovation, helping to roll out the FDRPASVM product that allows you to migrate running Linux and z/VM systems to new DASD regardless of manufacturer was a challenging and satisfying project.

Re: detaching dasd attached to a guest

2015-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/14/2015 at 11:37 PM, Cameron Seay cws...@gmail.com wrote: Help me out here, Neale.. I'm not clear about what I am trying to find out. The sequence I followed was: attach 203E, 203F, 2107 *; cpfmtxa 203E, 203F, 2107; format 000 end; detach all the disks; edited the extent control file;

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/17/2015 at 10:43 AM, Michael MacIsaac mike99...@gmail.com wrote: Hello lists, I have again started a new job, moving on from Innovation Data Processing to ADP. It's starting to get difficult to keep track of you lately. After 30 years in one place, now you're job hopping. :) I

Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Benjamin Block
Hej Frank, On 10:04 Mon 17 Aug , Frank M. Ramaekers wrote: Yes, that helped me to get it up: #cp ipl 100 parm rd.dasd=0.0.0102,0.0.0103 Then: Grub2-install But: # update-bootloader --refresh Perl-Bootloader: 2015-08-17 10:01:33 3 pbl-1212.2 Core::GRUB2::GrubDev2UnixDev.252:

Re: detaching dasd attached to a guest

2015-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/15/2015 at 12:29 AM, Cameron Seay cws...@gmail.com wrote: DASD 203E CP SYSTEM ZOSA0E 0 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 18:23:37 But I don't like the look of that; shouldn't it say LNX104? The guest it is attached to is LNX004. We have been labeling the MOD-9 where the OS lives the same as the

Re: Adding DASD to a guest

2015-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/15/2015 at 10:17 PM, Don Williams donbwms.foru...@gmail.com wrote: What was the reason, the VM designers chose VARY ON and DEATTACH CYL 0? I would say for the same reason a lot of decisions got made, way back when. Sharing DASD between disparate operating systems wasn't particularly

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Mauro Souza
Congratulations Mike! ADP is a company I admire very much, you will have fun working there. On Aug 17, 2015 11:49, Leonard Santalucia lsantalu...@vicominfinity.com wrote: Congratulations, Mike!! Regards, Len Leonard J. Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist

Re: Adding DASD to a btrfs

2015-08-17 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
Yes, that helped me to get it up: #cp ipl 100 parm rd.dasd=0.0.0102,0.0.0103 Then: Grub2-install But: # update-bootloader --refresh Perl-Bootloader: 2015-08-17 10:01:33 3 pbl-1212.2 Core::GRUB2::GrubDev2UnixDev.252: Error: did not find a match for hd0 in the device map # update-bootloader

Re: zFCP and NPIV - limit of 32

2015-08-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/17/2015 at 10:33 EDT, Grzegorz Powiedziuk gpowiedz...@gmail.com wrote: If that?s is the case ?.. why power7 and power8 officially can have up to 64 nodes per channel!? (That?s what I was told by AIX admins) The number is now 64 on the z13 with the FICON Express16s cards. The

Re: detaching dasd attached to a guest

2015-08-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/17/2015 at 12:44 EDT, Mark Post mp...@suse.com wrote: Part of the problem (for me at least) is that you're using the word attach(ed) which in the z/VM context has a specific meaning. What you're doing is not ATTACHing a DASD volume to a guest, you're giving it one or more

Re: zFCP and NPIV - limit of 32

2015-08-17 Thread Grzegorz Powiedziuk
On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Monday, 08/17/2015 at 10:33 EDT, Grzegorz Powiedziuk gpowiedz...@gmail.com wrote: If that?s is the case ?.. why power7 and power8 officially can have up to 64 nodes per channel!? (That?s what I was told by AIX

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread David Kreuter
Congratulations Mike! We will need to reinstate a moving on list just for you. David div Original message /divdivFrom: Michael MacIsaac mike99...@gmail.com /divdivDate:08-17-2015 11:43 (GMT-04:00) /divdivTo: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU /divdivSubject: Moving on /divdiv /divHello

Re: Moving on

2015-08-17 Thread Terry Spaulding
Congrats and good luck on your new job Mike... I have again started a new job, moving on from Innovation Data Processing to ADP. At Innovation, helping to roll out the FDRPASVM product that allows you to migrate running Linux and z/VM systems to new DASD regardless of manufacturer was a

Re: Ubuntu Distribution Announced for LinuxONE(TM) and IBM z Systems

2015-08-17 Thread Mark Post
On 8/17/2015 at 08:48 AM, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: Morning, all. It appears that we will have Ubuntu Linux joining RedHat and SuSE in supporting Linux on the mainframe. http://mainframeinsights.com/ubuntu-distribution-announced-for-linuxone-and- ibm-z-systems

Re: zFCP and NPIV - limit of 32

2015-08-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/17/2015 at 03:04 EDT, Grzegorz Powiedziuk gpowiedz...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: The limit of 32 is on the number of active NPIV subchannels, not the number of active connections being used by a given NPIV sub