I agree with Brian - we all have 2 (at least) of those critical virtual machines anyway, right !!?! Shoot my WAS server - I've got 7 more where that came from :)
MPROUTE and TCPIP, now those would be bad to lose (well, yeah, vswitch... I know), but still preferable to losing the whole LPAR and having to restart 1/2 the world. Marcy Cortes This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 15:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Paging Space Question Exempting some users should be part of the options/tuning knobs. If a shop would prefer to lose the entire system that should be their cal= l (no action required - they'll get an easily referenced ABEND code). = Personally, I would rather lose my most critical virtual machine rather = than my most critical virtual machine plus all the others too. Your mileage may vary. Brian Nielsen On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:31:44 -0700, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot= e: >Any virtual machine would not work at most shops; any but the ones in an= exempt list might be OK. > >Regards, >Richard Schuh > > -----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:32 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Paging Space Question > >Instead of a CP ABEND when PAGE space runs out CP could terminate a >virtual machine to free up memory/PAGE space. I would much rather see == > >*any* virtual machine terminate than have CP ABEND and terminate them al= l= >. > >There are lots of potential options/tuning knobs that could be devised t= o= > >aid CP in prioritizing/determining which virtual machine(s) to terminate= .= > > >Brian Nielsen > >On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:09:04 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m= >> >wrote: >>CP will keep absorbing more work until you thrash the system to death o= r= > >>he runs out of paging space. FYI, we are looking at various ways to >>eliminate configuration-related abends altogther. Maybe generate a >>marquee of "The Sysprog is a Dope" on the tape drive displays.... :-) >> >>Until then you can SET MAXUSERS at the point you feel the system can't >>tolerate any more users, based on performance data or some sort of >>transaction monitor to gauge response times. >> >>Alan Altmark >>z/VM Development >>IBM Endicott >>========================= = >========================= == >=========================
