DUH!
Yep; the Linux admin is working on some automation scripts for the new "clone",
and mentioned that he had "bounced" Linux several times before noticing the
HCP.... messages. Since we have not yet set him up to issue XAUTOLOG commands
from z/VM, and he never asked us to XAUTOLOG the guest, that seems the most
plausible explanation.
Thanks,
-jc-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott
> Rohling
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 12:51 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RHEL 6.5 "golden image" configuration
>
> Could it be this was from a reboot, rather then a boot from 'scratch'?
>
> Scott Rohling
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Chase, John <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, All,
> >
> > We recently installed RHEL 6.5 on z/VM 6.2 using the latest edition of
> > Michael MacIsaac's "Virtualization Cookbook", which is written around
> > z/VM
> > 6.3 and RHEL 6.4.
> >
> > We "cloned" a new Linux guest from our RHEL 6.5 "golden image", and
> > one of our Linux admins noticed some "strange" messages in the clone's boot
> > log:
> >
> > ===== Begin paste =====
> > part of the golden image configuration included a section on settings
> > at boot time - see section 9.2.6 of the pdf.
> > in looking at the boot log for ch2lqvpsx I see the following messages
> > HCPDTV040E Device 0190 does not exist
> > Error: non-zero CP response for command 'DET 190': #40 HCPDTV040E
> > Device 0191 does not exist
> > Error: non-zero CP response for command 'DET 191': #40 HCPDTV040E
> > Device 019D does not exist
> > Error: non-zero CP response for command 'DET 19D': #40 HCPDTV040E
> > Device 019E does not exist
> > Error: non-zero CP response for command 'DET 19E': #40 ===== End paste
> > =====
> >
> > The concern is over the HCPDTV040E messages for the MDISKs used at CMS
> > logon time.
> >
> > The cited section of the "Cookbook" states:
> >
> > ===== Begin paste =====
> > In order for z/VM 6.3 to relocate guests between single system image
> > (SSI) members, there must not be any links to CMS disks. The LNXDFLT
> > PROFILE creates links to minidisks and assigns virtual device numbers
> > 190, 191, 19D, and 19E. These addresses must be detached.
> > The vmcp module is used to accomplish this.
> >
> > To do these two tasks, edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, which is run
> > at boot time:
> >
> > # cd /etc/rc.d
> > # vi rc.local
> >
> > And add the following lines:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > #
> > # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
> > # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't #
> > want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
> >
> > touch /var/lock/subsys/local
> > chshut halt vmcmd logoff
> > chshut poff vmcmd logoff
> > modprobe vmcp
> > vmcp det 190
> > vmcp det 191
> > vmcp det 19d
> > vmcp det 19e
> >
> > The z/VM virtual machine should now be logged off when you halt or
> > power off Linux.
> > ===== End paste =====
> >
> > The appearance of the HCPDVT040E messages seems to suggest that the
> > CMS disks are already detached when the rc.local script issues the
> > vmcp det xxx commands. If true, can anybody say when (and by whom or
> > what process) those disks are detached, apparently before rc.local runs?
> > Is that "new"
> > for RHEL 6.5?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > -jc-
> >
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