Another issue I vaguely remember is the FTP home directory.
If the home directory when you ftp is something like /home/ftp/ and your
install directory is something like /sles/iso/, then the install files will
be looked for in /home/ftp/sles/iso/ where they may not be found.
Hope this helps.
-Mike
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Hamilton, Robert <rhamil...@cas.org> wrote:
> >>>> On 1/5/2017 at 03:51 PM, Mike Walter
> ><walterthepennyl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Rob,
> >>
> >> There's an FTP exit used to authorize users on z/VM to access the HMC
> >> DVD drive. I don't recall the name of the IBM provided sample exit,
> >> but it wasn't too difficult to find in the TCPIP manuals.
> >>
> >> I set ours up to authorize specific ID's, and to MSG OP when any
> >> attempt was made to FTP using the HMC DVD drive -- clearly pointing out
> >invalid attempts.
> >> That way both good and invalid attempts are logged.
> >>
> >> That exit was needed in addition to connecting the DVD drive to the
> >> proper LPAR from the HMC.
> >
> >That would only be true if
> >1. They had z/VM installed.
> >2. They were trying to have z/VM access the DVD drive for TCP/IP.
> >
> >Neither is the case here.
> >
> >
> >Mark Post
>
>
> The documentation on the HMC is "funny" here (Appendix H); if I need to
> access the DVD via FTP, I need to go to Configure Network Setup (or
> something very close to that), which does not seem to be an option
> anywhere. HA.
> Then, it says I should use "Enable FTP Access to Mass Storage Media",
> which I kinda found by accident. When I go there, it asks for the IP
> address of the server that will be accessing this DVD drive, so I give it
> an existing IP address, only to have it tell me that
>
> (A) There's no media in the drive, and
> (B) I can't read it anyway because the file system is...unknown.
>
> And then, after I Enable FTP Access Blah Blah it says I can Load from
> Removable Media. Or Server.
>
> There is also an Access Removable Media, that also says there's no actual
> media in there.
>
> So....hardware problem? I don't know whether this DVD drive has been used
> since the z114 was installed. What's the MTBF for something you don't use?
>
> R;
>
>
> Rob Hamilton
> Sr. System Engineer
> Chemical Abstracts Service
> A division of the American Chemical Society
>
>
> Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message transmission, including
> any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged
> information from Chemical Abstracts Service ("CAS"), a division of the
> American Chemical Society ("ACS"). If you have received this transmission
> in error, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of
> the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please destroy all
> copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying
> to this message or calling 614-447-3600.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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-390
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> For more information on Linux on System z, visit
> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
>
--
-Mike MacIsaac
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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-390
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information on Linux on System z, visit
http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
