Thank you - that was the answer! On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:16 PM, McBride, Catherine <[email protected]>wrote:
> Well a couple of the more knowledgeable folks suggested that you check > to make sure DTCVSW1 and DTCVSW2 are both logged on. Those are the > controllers usually associated with a VSWITCH. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Tate > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:06 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Cannot reach the outside world > > Can you point me in the direction of what would be needed to do that? > It was functional before our last IPL, and our z/VM expert isn't available. > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:41 PM, McBride, Catherine <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Your VSWITCH state should be READY rather than just DEFINED. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Daniel Tate >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:30 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Cannot reach the outside world >> >> Again, sorry for my lack of knowledge here. We're working through >> several issues at my workplace. The current problem is while the guests >> can speak to one another via tcp, and the route entry is present, the router >> will not respond to pings, and i cannot contact the "outside world". Is >> there a specific user that has to be logged in to route out? is there >> something wrong with the vswitch definitions below? >> >> also, is there a "quick and dirty" guide to z/VM? I'm from the >> distributed world, and would like a quick reference.. unfortunately answers >> arent as easy to find on the internet about z/VM as they are about windows >> or linux or any of the myriad other unixes i've worked on; sort of a short >> and to the point book like the "exam cram" type or perhaps "An idiots guide >> to z/VM". >> >> 00: CP Q VSWITCH >> 00: VSWITCH SYSTEM VSW1 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 3 Maxconn: >> INFINITE >> 00: PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF >> 00: VLAN Unaware >> 00: MAC address: 02-00-01-00-00-01 >> 00: State: Defined >> 00: IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 >> 00: RDEV: 03A0.P00 Controller: NONE >> 00: RDEV: 03C0.P00 Controller: NONE >> > >
