Re: Expanding disk space.

2013-08-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the listservs thru my Droid. Anyway, following is a repost of my comment: Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting What I gathered from the original post was not being able to apply maintenance due to being out of disk space.  Well if the failure is caused by memory/swap filling up, increase virtual memory

Re: DB2 Connect client, any sense in running server?

2012-06-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
talk into the server method. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Tom Ambros thomas_amb...@keybank.com Sender: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:43:16 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Reply-To: Linux on 390

Cannot add drive to existing LVM SLES 11 SP 1

2012-03-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
of bringing up a test SLES 11 SP 1 system that I can crash and/or destroy while playing around on adding a pack to an existing LVM. But just in case it is something simple, it is better to ask the collective, before I spend the hours on researching the problem. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Cannot add drive to existing LVM SLES 11 SP 1

2012-03-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the failure to be able to add drives to an existing LVM. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Workman mwork...@shelterinsurance.com 3/14/2012 1:48 PM If you are using YAST: Partitioner - Volume Management - double click volume group you want to expand - on the 'Overview' tab select 'Resize

Re: Cannot add drive to existing LVM SLES 11 SP 1

2012-03-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
It doesn't look stripped to me. I might go with Scotts suggestion and use the command line format. Then I can see if it is a LVM problem, or a yast problem. (now that I have a test system) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting linux74:/ # pvscan PV /dev/dasdc1 VG LVM1 lvm2 [6.88 GB / 0free

Re: Cannot add drive to existing LVM SLES 11 SP 1

2012-03-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Thanks for everyones help. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com 3/14/2012 3:54 PM You shouldn't have unount to resize. We increase all the time with both 10 and 11. The command is different between the 2 though. Marcy. Sent from my BlackBerry

Re: Oracle in virtual environments

2012-02-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
and VM isn't paging. You don't need 4G for Oracle, but if I was on a platform where it was hard to add memory, I would also start at 4 GB. But for a VM user, start low, and adjust the VM Guest size and the SGA to suit what you need. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mauro Souza thoriu

Re: bogomips

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
? Whether on 390 processors or other platforms? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com 2/21/2012 2:52 PM On Tuesday, 02/21/2012 at 03:27 EST, William Carroll carro...@nationwide.com wrote: Isn't a BOGOMIP just a calculated loop value (ie how many times through the loop

Re: bogomips

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
In back of my mind, I keep on thinking: Both UNIX (BSD) and LSD came out of University of California, Berkeley. Coincidence? Perhaps the person that came up with BOGOMIPS was having a bad trip? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com 2/22/2012 12:23 PM What

Re: Question about zVM and MF configuration

2012-01-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
training etc) or to provide Live Guest Relocation of your near 24X7 Linux images for when you apply maintenance or have any other scheduled outage of your primary zVM system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Michael Simms simmsmichael1...@yahoo.com 1/4/2012 3:50 PM I hope everyone had a safe

Re: Undeleting files

2011-12-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. So I knew what files should be there and their filesize. Only 1 file was not recoverable. I think that was pretty good. Good work for a Friday.. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rafael Godinez Perez rgodi...@redhat.com 12/15/2011 4:05 AM El 14/12/11 23:00, Tom Duerbusch escribió: Where I know

Undeleting files

2011-12-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
them available. Before I go too far in this Am I just out of luck? Or is there a decent chance I can recover these files? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: FICON-Attached 3590 Tape Drives Not Detected

2011-11-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to install the mtst tar file (part of the IBM code) to use the mtst command. Without mtst, I don't believe that you can turn on/off compression on your drives. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com 11/5/2011 4:50 PM Hello, I have RHEL 6 Linux running as a guest under

Re: Window question

2011-09-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
dir z: /s Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Eddie Chen ec...@nyx.com 9/26/2011 3:56 PM Does any know the command in WINDOW where I can list every files/directories Under my Z drive. Similar to the Linux command of ls -lR where I can list all the files/directory under the file

Re: RSH RPM

2011-09-19 Thread Tom Duerbusch
quit Yes, it is unsecure. But if you are only bouncing around within the mainframe (all using the same subnets), you never get out on the wire. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com 9/19/2011 4:32 AM Hello, I want to configure RSH/RLOGIN

Re: excellent explanation of cloud computing....

2011-09-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
And if you really wanted to keep a good backup, you used the mylar tape. I still have my Teletype 33 with paper tape unit (I think it was a KSR model) along with supplies. I'm good to go when the rapture occurs! Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Paul Dembry p...@trifox.com 9/14/2011 12:18 PM

Re: excellent explanation of cloud computing....

2011-09-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
it into the phone system, which was illegal back then, and I could dial back into the mainframe (OS/VS 1 at that time) and use TSO. Printing out a listing on the teletype in my apartment was sure noisy. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com 9/14/2011 1:16 PM I

Regina on SLES 11 SP 1

2011-08-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the first question isdoes anyone have Regina working on a SLES 11 SP 1 system? The iso that I downloaded from Novell is: SLE-11-SP1-SDK-DVD-s390x-GM-DVD1.iso Did you use that one, or did you get Regina some other way? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Regina on SLES 11 SP 1

2011-08-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
that was in the path, but that is kind of stretching it. Anyway, I can work with specifying the path. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Post mp...@novell.com 8/31/2011 4:18 PM On 8/31/2011 at 05:05 PM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote: I downloaded and mounted the sdk for SLES 11 SP 1

Re: Novell Netware to Samba

2011-08-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to be able to keep using Netware to define the users directory, but that is more of a training issue then a real requirement. We can use SWAT to manage Samba users if necessary. Thanks for the suggestions. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net 8/28/2011 1:59 AM

Re: Novell Netware to Samba

2011-08-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Server properties. I think I know what gets filled in. Can it really be that simple? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Patrick Spinler spinler.patr...@mayo.edu 8/29/2011 2:20 PM It's been a while since I've worked much with Samba, but just a thought: I had thought that Samba could keep user info

Novell Netware to Samba

2011-08-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the current Novell password, it does prompt for the password Samba knows about (not your current Novell password). So it seems that, within Windows, a mount will pass your current Windows userid/password (which it kept in sync) to Samba. Any guidance would be appreciated. Tom Duerbusch THD

disabled IPV6, now down.

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
failure. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX

Re: disabled IPV6, now down.

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Well, it didn't say it did anything: modprobe ipv6 linux76:~ # Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 8/3/2011 12:04 PM Does a 'modprobe ipv6' have any effect? Scott Rohling On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus

Re: disabled IPV6, now down.

2011-08-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
something in my playing around to cause them... Well, onward and downward! Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Post mp...@novell.com 8/3/2011 12:18 PM On 8/3/2011 at 12:47 PM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote: No big deal in recreating this system. But it would

Showing a process running in BG

2011-08-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in the background, I need to follow the path of how did it get there (bg). If the process isn't running in background, I have a different problem all together. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff

Re: Showing a process running in BG

2011-08-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
is on our backup tapes. Much better than having tar scan each of the tapes for what files are on them, or at least, much, much, quicker. Thanks for the help. Boy, did I learn a lot of other stuff while researching this problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 8

Re: tar with tape drives

2011-07-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the connection active? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Carsten Otte co...@de.ibm.com 7/28/2011 8:41 AM Hi Tom, if I recall correctly, we reserve the tape on open, and free it on closing the file descriptor. You shout be able to find out which process is using it via fuser /dev/ntibmX

Re: tar with tape drives

2011-07-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
behavior. So, REXEC from VSE using the CSI 1.5E stack seems to be telling tar something that REXEC from VM (z/VM 5.2) isn't. Time for a beer. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Carsten Otte co...@de.ibm.com 7/28/2011 8:41 AM Hi Tom, if I recall correctly, we reserve the tape on open, and free

tar with tape drives

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
tape drive back immediately. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http

Re: tar with tape drives

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
from a VSE Batch job using REXEC, the drive remains IN-USE for a long period of time after the VSE job terminates. That is really unexpected. Now for some further research Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390

VM to zLinux Remote Execution

2011-07-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
help Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (Still on z/VM 5.2) -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin

Re: Linux backups and restores to/from tape

2011-07-08 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Frederick, Michael michael_freder...@ibi.com 7/8/2011 10:23 AM Hi all, A question came up about getting an older version of a file on a Linux disk, which I was able to do by restoring the DASD that held the file in question to a temporary disk and then they could

Re: CMS commands from Linux

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
If you are on the same mainframe, i.e. it doesn't have to go out on the network, what was wrong with using REXEC to remote execute CMS commands? VM supports it. I don't know if Linux does (or has a RPM for it). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com 6/21/2011 8:44

Re: Set Share Relative

2011-06-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
it didn't make sense, but that is why a lot of us thing relative shares the way we do. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Rob van der Heij rvdh...@velocity-software.com 6/14/2011 3:56 PM On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com wrote: As for wrong - I thought that was beaten

Re: LVM on CKD?

2011-06-08 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in the directory and Linux is trying to correct your configuration to match reality. Otherwise, need more info... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Craig Collins grizl...@gmail.com 6/8/2011 3:00 PM Is anyone using an LVM configuration with CKD or EDEV devices? We're trying to install SLES11 SP1 on EDEVs

Re: z/Linux Oracle question

2011-05-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
on putting on the test database? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Henry E Schaffer h...@unity.ncsu.edu 5/25/2011 1:37 PM I'm just wondering about quantities of disk space that concern people. Is 30GB noticeable - or in the noise? --henry schaffer

Re: Samba authorization

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. And you may have to do a chuser to specify a common userid (but I'm not clear on that one). I have another samba authorization question, that I will bring up in another thread. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com 4/27/2011 9:13 AM And take the space out

Samba Authorization another question

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
with Samba 3.5 Any simple solutions to this problem? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390

Re: Samba Authorization another question

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
works. They are resistant to putting something new in the mix. Eventually, they will get over it, but right now, it is holding up this project. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com 4/27/2011 10:55 AM You won't like this, but,... in swat there is a password icon

Re: multipl cpu's

2011-04-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
have to steal the processor from one another. I think this hint came out in the SLES8 or SLES9 days. That is the timeframe that I downloaded Websphere and had an official interest in it...i.e. there was a project coming up. G Given that was a while back, things may have changed. Tom Duerbusch

Re: CMM

2011-04-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Did you try Developer Works? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dean, David (I/S) david_d...@bcbst.com 4/20/2011 3:07 PM Project 1. VDISK implemented complete Project 2. CMM Will someone recommend a BASIC how-to guide for CMM on zlinux. I have googled and found many docs

POC Tape drives for Linux

2011-04-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
drives. I don't dare think we would ever get to a Phase 4 (some sort of backup product/tape manager), but if some one get some grant money Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the manuals are: b10735 Oracle Backup and Recovery Basics b10734 Oracle Backup and Recoverey Advanced users Guide Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org 4/6/2011 1:12 PM Morning all, New linux admin here. I have an LPAR (yes, an LPAR, no z/VM) running SLES 11 SP1

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
and compare the results to the original directory. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org 4/6/2011 3:49 PM Thanks Tom, So, you defined the NFS Server on the same Linux image as the DB? And I was wondering how you used your z/VSE System to back it up... Thanks

Re: Backing up SLES 11 SP1 and Oracle

2011-04-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
BTW, the main manual involved with FTP and tape processing (in case you didn't know): TCP/IP for VSE User Guide: Errata located on their website. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org 4/6/2011 3:49 PM Thanks Tom, So, you defined the NFS Server on the same Linux

Re: Security question about having zLinux web servers out in DMZ.

2011-03-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
envolved. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Ron Foster at Baldor-IS rfos...@baldor.com 3/30/2011 10:56 AM Hello listers, Our company has recently been acquired by another company. We are at the point of having to get our two networks to talk to each other. Before we can do that, we have to comply

Re: Moving Oracle off zLinux boxes -- comments from the field?

2011-03-23 Thread Tom Duerbusch
that can be a bad thing also G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (of course I still have some SLES7 images running) Simms, Michael michael.si...@hma.com 3/23/2011 11:09 AM I suspect, I'm unfortunately not a fly on the wall, that Oracle simply wants to sell their newly acquired hardware 'division', Sun

Re: Where is kernel loaded in memory?

2011-03-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
-cached controllers. The first time thru, the transaction would abend (AICA...runaway task timer). After storage was loaded, it would run in a few seconds. The cheapest/easiest solution was to trigger the transaction a couple times before users got on. Is that possible with your application? Tom

Re: Db2 Connect Server

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
In my case (VSE), the mainframe documentation is in the PD for DB2/VSE. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Dazzo, Matt mda...@pch.com Sender: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:41:34 To: LINUX-390

Re: Db2 Connect Server

2011-02-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
a sample DB to install? I'm thinking that the sample DB is for DB2/UDB type testing and if you are not licensed for DB2/UDB, could you still create it and what could it be used for? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dazzo, Matt mda...@pch.com 2/28/2011 9:59 AM I'm a zvm/Linux nubie looking for some

Re: Gotcha's

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to reload a single table from backup. I have restored the database from backup but didn't need to roll forward. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Davey, Clair cda...@scspa.com 2/15/2011 10:25 AM I would like to hear some of your 'gotcha's when running Oracle databases on Linux on Zeries. You

Re: SUSE 11 SP 1, Oracle 10g Install - Network Config Assistant Fails

2011-02-04 Thread Tom Duerbusch
install. This was at a point where the Oracle install failed, applied the patch, and restart the Oracle install at that point. Did you have to do the same thing under Suse 11? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Stuart david.stu...@ventura.org 2/4/2011 3:14 PM Mark, That will take an 'outage

OT: Fedora 14 for IBM System z 64bit official release

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
and timely support. So, why would anyone use a distribution that is years behind in support? Inquiring minds want to know... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Neale Ferguson ne...@sinenomine.net 1/25/2011 8:27 PM You are correct. 1G allows the VNC method to be used and all the customization that comes

mt_st and 3590 compression

2011-01-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
failed. linux72:/VSEVTAPE/archive # mt -V mt (GNU cpio 2.9) This result is the same as before I installed the RPM. Shouldn't the version be something else? When I go back into Yast, it does show the mp_st package is installed. I'm doing something wrongimagine that...but what? Thanks Tom

Re: mt_st and 3590 compression

2011-01-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Thanks Mark The documentation showed that the mt_st RPM needed to be installed. But their examples continued to use the mt command. Oh well. That is solved and documented. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Post mp...@novell.com 1/21/2011 12:37 PM On 1/21/2011 at 01:26 PM, Tom

Re: Advice on setting up minidisks

2011-01-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
-10, mod-11 mod-xx drives in the IBM Dasd Subsystems. Any size is really available. But you may face issues of standards. Just another opinion Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Ron Foster at Baldor-IS rfos...@baldor.com 1/13/2011 1:41 PM Hello list, This may have been discussed before... Way

Re: How many virtual servers per IFL?

2010-12-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
transfer will happen with any upgrade to a new box. I've been looking at the MES upgrade option for so long, that I have MES on the mind G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting John Cousins john.cous...@bristol.gov.uk 12/6/2010 11:07 AM Here we go again! Without success, we've been trying to get

Re: Memory Allocation

2010-12-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, then I would add more real memory to the mix to drive down the I/O rate (paging/swaping reduction along with more memory for caching). So the question goes back toWhat else are you planning (or playing) for in the future and how often can you reconfigure the LPAR to add more memory? Tom

Re: Reducing Linux virtual machine size

2010-07-23 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the day, when users are on, we swap very little. So if this does include swap pages, I don't think the script would give me what I need, during normal processing. Do you agree? Or am off track here? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mrohs, Ray ray.mr...@usdoj.gov 7/23/2010 1:45 PM Start up

Re: Strange problems adding network adapter no 2 (eth1) in SLES11 SP1

2010-07-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
it. Then test again. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com Sender: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:34:38 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port

SLES 11 SP 1 Bogus swap disk

2010-07-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, but it shouldn't be needed in the first place G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http

Re: SLES 11 SP 1 Bogus swap disk

2010-07-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Accept Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin

SUSE 11 SP 1...where?

2010-05-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
1 iso file mounted. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu

Re: SUSE 11 SP 1...where?

2010-05-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Thanks Time to stop banging my head into the wall Tom Duerbusch Mike Friesenegger mfrieseneg...@novell.com 5/24/2010 4:18 PM Hello Tom, SLES11 SP1 will be publicly available on June 2nd - http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-announces-suse-linux-enterprise-11-service-pack-1/ Mike

Re: Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta

2010-04-26 Thread Tom Duerbusch
easier. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Post mp...@novell.com 4/26/2010 3:54 PM On 4/26/2010 at 04:46 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez xose.vazq...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/26/2010 10:32 PM, Mark Post wrote: On 4/26/2010 at 04:19 PM, Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com wrote: Ouch! We use IUCV

Re: SLES10 - Oracle/Memory Issues (oom-killer)

2009-12-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
MB log file? No problemuntil you run out of swap space. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Also running with Oracle 10g R2 (4 copies) Rodery, Floyd A Mr CIV US DISA CDB12 floyd.rod...@csd.disa.mil 12/30/2009 4:48 PM We've noticed some repetitive error messages in regards to a memory issue

Re: Getting Started with zLinux

2009-11-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the major interface (Something like Putty), into Linux. When we need to use the VNC Server... But bringing up the KDE desktopWell, if you want to play solitaire G Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting John McKown joa...@swbell.net 11/30/2009 5:36 AM That really helped me! And it also helped with z

Re: Has anyone looked into a console server

2009-09-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
fine, that code hasn't been maintained. A program product for VM console management is much better, at a cost. But I get by with a home grown ugly piece of code. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com 9/30/2009 9:05 AM Hello list, Has anyone ever tried to log the 3270

Re: Moving a Samba directory

2009-09-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Thanks Aria SMBSTATUS is a good thing to know. I'm not worried about syncing files using RSYNC as the only time this Samba server is updated is during 1st shiftwell, so far. I will be doing the expansion during the 3td shift. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Aria Bamdad a...@bsc.gwu.edu 9/11

Re: Moving a Samba directory

2009-09-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Thanks Mark I can slip this thru and cycle the Samba server, during a known time period where no one is actively accessing Samba files. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mark Post mp...@novell.com 9/9/2009 6:14 PM On 9/9/2009 at 4:38 PM, Tom Duerbusch duerbus...@stlouiscity.com wrote

Moving a Samba directory

2009-09-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, then requires additional notification. On my test system, I moved the Samba /home directory to a LVM setup. No problem. But I didn't have any currently accessed shares at that time (poor test plan). Thanks for any input and direction. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Moving a Samba directory

2009-09-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I know no one is going to be active anyway, just their shares are in use. Right? When I cycle the server, the users have to reaccess their shares? It's the servers that are accessing the Samba shares, then also have to be cycledand those users have to be notified... Thanks Tom Duerbusch

Re: Unable to logon to Linux under VM

2009-06-23 Thread Tom Duerbusch
You have Oracle running. Look in the recent archives for Module is unknown when signing on. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Vincent Getgood vincent.getg...@xchanging.com 6/23/2009 9:03 AM Hi all, I'm having problems logging on to my SLES 10 system. I originally had this system running

Re: Oracle Enterprise Manager

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
shutting it down on test systems or when testing isn't being done, may be right for you. A lot of OEM code is JAVA. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (running with 4 Oracle 10g R2 images) Kern, Thomas thomas.k...@hq.doe.gov 6/17/2009 12:25 PM Our DBA has just installed the Oracle Enterprise Manager

Re: LCS problem Installing SLES 11 in partition ( more)

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
moved from VCTCA to VSWITCH. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mike At HammockTree m...@hammocktree.us 6/17/2009 1:17 PM Since I dndn't get much response form my initial query yesterday, I thought I'd include a little more information this time. I'll paste in the log that I captured when trying

Re: shutdown/reboot question

2009-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the password for this machine (which has CP authorization to do lots of bad things...) If you are not on VM, there may be times when the zLinux system crashes, that you have to have Operations boot the LPAR. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Sue Sivets ssiv...@fdrinnovation.com 6/17/2009 2:31 PM

Re: DB2 Connect and Linux on Z

2009-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
I don't think UDB uses zIIP engines. They use IFL engines. Performance seems to be good, especially over hipersockets. Tom Duerbusch --Original Message-- From: David Boyes Sender: Linux on 390 Port To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU ReplyTo: Linux on 390 Port Subject: Re: DB2 Connect

Re: DB2 on z/VM SuSE 10.2 box sizing - starter values ?

2009-05-19 Thread Tom Duerbusch
UDB servers are 512 MB each. Only 2 3390-9 packs for data. Yep, the first time thru, the application ends up loading DB2 cache, and then the queries fly. Testing doesn't need a lot of cache. I don't have Websphere, so I can't consider it's memory loads. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

z10 and SLES 8

2009-05-01 Thread Tom Duerbusch
want to kill them off, but I'm also not sure that it would be worth the effort to migrate them. Not that a z10 is in the near future, but you still have to plan Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390 subscribe

Re: vswitch for everyone

2009-04-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
is one less step to forget/mess upbut that's what we get paid for. G Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting RPN01 nix.rob...@mayo.edu 4/21/2009 12:58 PM The problem is that not everyone wants to purchase an external security manager simply to get this feature. We have no need for an ESM, as, if one

Re: Oracle Special Interest Group

2009-03-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
This SIG seems to be the same education available, free, at other locations also. See the announcement at the bottom of this email: Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Barton Robinson bar...@vm1.velocity-software.com 3/30/2009 7:20 PM Any one that is interested in running Oracle on Z, the conference

Re: Oracle Special Interest Group

2009-03-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, I don't see the difference. What am I over looking? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Barton Robinson bar...@vm1.velocity-software.com 3/31/2009 12:09 PM I think if you look at the agenda of both, there is quite a difference. Tom Duerbusch wrote: This SIG seems to be the same education

Re: LVM Striping and RAID for performance?

2009-03-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
half.). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Fred Schmidt fred.schm...@nt.gov.au 3/27/2009 12:17 AM Would somebody please clarify - is LVM striping still of benefit to performance if your disk is RAID? If so, why? Regards, Fred Schmidt NT Government, Australia

Re: Old IBM Mainframe - Still Useful?

2009-03-23 Thread Tom Duerbusch
$7,000 Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Andrew Wiley debio...@gmail.com 3/22/2009 4:14 PM I'm trying to research the usefulness of an older IBM mainframe in a computer science class. The mainframe in question is an IBM 9672 RB6, which, as I understand it, was first sold in 1998. So it's

Re: Why does one need to mkinitrd/zipl ? (WAS : Broken logical volume group)

2009-02-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
sensing all devices when you are in a LPAR world. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Ivan Warren i...@vmfacility.fr 2/18/2009 2:03 PM Mark Post wrote: Basically, some historical, performance, and data integrity reasons. Ok, I'm starting to get a better picture now (as to the how why). As I

Re: Minidisks and DASD model 3/9

2009-01-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in performance when you are on an Array that is highly used, vs lightly used. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting עופר ברוך offerbar...@gmail.com 1/29/2009 6:18 AM Hi all, We just bought some dasd storage specifically for z/VM and for the z/Linux underneath. This is the time to decide what model

Module is unknown when signing on

2009-01-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
get signed off and I go back to the logon prompt. I haven't applied any maintenance other then the SP2. And it doesn't happen on all images. What could cause that? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting -- For LINUX-390

Duplicate IP question

2009-01-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
trying and flood the network and/or mess up communications with the box that was running initially? In the old days, when a Windows box came online with a duplicate IP address, the entire network would suffer. What happens in the Linux world? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Module is unknown when signing on

2009-01-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
was in the Oracle 10g documentation. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Mauro Souza thoriu...@gmail.com 1/30/2009 2:53 PM I had this issue after tunning a system to install Oracle. I believe it's related to PAM modules. If you're able to logon via SSH, you can get rid of the changes in limits.conf. In /var

Re: Clone SUSE 10

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, dasdb1 to the next lowest, etc. Add a new low drive, say vdisk swap space and you won't be able to IPL. Novice mistake for sure. But who hasn't hit it? Many times, it is just what you get use to G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jones, Russell russell.jo...@anpac.com 1/28/2009 8:58 AM

Re: Clone SUSE 10

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
be 0.0.150, not 0.0.50 G. I use Yast (partitioning) to change the fstab file. I manually must change the zipl.conf file. mkinitrd zipl boot and pray Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jones, Russell russell.jo...@anpac.com 1/28/2009 12:15 PM My zipl.conf now looks like this: * ANPLNX02

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
man ex gives me the man page for vi. ex being an short way to start up vi and put it in ex mode. And when I try ex, yep, that's vi G. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jack Woehr j...@well.com 1/28/2009 12:58 PM Tom Duerbusch wrote: What is a good line mode editor? ex is the traditional Unix

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
However, it is not on the rescue system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com 1/28/2009 1:39 PM Tom, for most 'simple' file editing that needs to be done from the 3270 console (i.e., before the network is available), I've found that the 'ed' editor works well. It's

Re: Good editor for under the 3270 console interface

2009-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Ok got around the problem of ed not being on the rescue system. Use ed from the installed system (duh). /mnt/bin/ed filename So far, my testing using the rescue system, ed is the right tool. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com 1/28/2009 1:39 PM Tom

Re: Clone SUSE 10

2009-01-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
In another session joe /etc/zipl.conf modify the parameters = “root=~ may be in multiple places save mkinitrd zipl Boot to put in effect Now flashcopy will produce a bootable copy. Now reclone your system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jones, Russell russell.jo

Re: Z/Linux CKD DASD migration from one DASD Subsystem to another

2009-01-23 Thread Tom Duerbusch
of a problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net 1/22/2009 3:07 PM On 1/21/09 5:09 PM, Mark Post mp...@novell.com wrote: On 1/21/2009 at 2:31 PM, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: -snip- If I haven't said it before, I don't think there's much reason to ever

Re: [BULK] Z/Linux CKD DASD migration from one DASD Subsystem to another

2009-01-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
/zipl.conf modify the parameters root=~ save mkinitrd zipl Or Rich has a RPM, that when loaded and executed will do the same thing. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting tony...@bellsouth.net 1/21/2009 11:02 AM Hi all, I would like to know what ways you have used to migrate z/Linux CKD DASD

Re: Z/Linux CKD DASD migration from one DASD Subsystem to another

2009-01-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
it is much more complicated. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net 1/21/2009 12:42 PM On 1/21/09 12:02 PM, tony...@bellsouth.net tony...@bellsouth.net wrote: Hi all, I would like to know what ways you have used to migrate z/Linux CKD DASD volumes from one DASD

Re: Adding dasd to LVM

2009-01-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Thanks Mike I see that now. Page 185 shows a move of the old directory, onto the new LVM volume. That stopped me (reading online instead of printing out the book). Two pages down, it describes extending a current LVM. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.com 1/13

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