David, Here in the States, for us old timers they are still called IBM System Engineers. Sometimes they were refered to as FE's - Field Engineers.
Longing for the old days of PSR's that made frequent visits and SE's that performed weekly maintenance. munson -----Original Message----- From: David Kreuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jun 17, 2005 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DASD shared between SLES9s.(running on different z/VMs) OK it's Friday I have to ask you Gordon: What's an IBM SE? David Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: >In certain circumstances, sharing a limited amount of dasd read-write among >LPARs is possible using hardware reserve/release. We do this with our shared >tape catalog in VM:Tape (which is on its own real 3390 with its own controller >separate from our regular DASD.) However, it is NOT useful if there is more >than just a little I/O to the volume. It will lock up the volume(s) in >question faster than anything if there is lots of I/O. It also opens up a can >of worms and I do not recommend it unless you really really know what you're >doing. We had lots of help from IBM, STK and Systems Center (before it was >Sterling, before it was CA) in setting it up for VM:Tape and our STK tape >silos. I'm not going to stick my neck out and advise you on how to do it in >an e-mail without knowing your system or what you're trying to accomplish. If >you're really interested, seek help from your IBM SE. > >"A statesman is a dead politician. Lord knows we need more statesmen!" >--Berkeley Breathed >Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. Boeing Shared Services Group >Enterprise Servers VM Technical Services 425-865-5940 > > > >>---------- >>From: Uriel Carrasquilla >>Reply To: Linux on 390 Port >>Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 8:40 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: DASD shared between SLES9s.(running on different z/VMs) >> >> >> >> >> >>yes you can, no you shouldn't. >>how are you going to ensure the integrity of your data if two SLES zLinux >>are going after the same data? >>even if you mount read only, you'll never know what is being handled in >>cache versus on disk. >> >>Regards, >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>NCCI >>Boca Raton, Florida >>561.893.2415 >>greetings / avec mes meilleures salutations / Cordialmente >>mit freundlichen Gr|_en / Med vdnlig hdlsning >> >> >> >> mainframe_s390 >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: >> [email protected] >> ahoo.co.jp> cc: >> Sent by: Linux on Subject: DASD shared between >> SLES9s.(running on different z/VMs) >> 390 Port >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> IST.EDU> >> >> >> 06/17/2005 09:36 >> AM >> Please respond to >> Linux on 390 Port >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >>Hi,all >> >>I'm very in troubled. >>Please teach me. >> >>I want to use shared DASD. >>The DASD(ADDRESS:1000) is used by two SLES9s. >>SLES9s are running on different z/VMs. >>(One SLES9-A is running on z/VM-A, the other SLES9-B is >>running on z/VM-B.) >> >>Firstly, can I do above scenario? >> >>Thank you >>----- >>K.M. >> >> >>__________________________________ >>Save the earth >>http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/ondanka/ >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >>visit >>http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> >> >> >> >> >>The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for >>the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. 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