Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-13 Thread R.S.
Question: Is *short* service window acceptable? If yes then *no tool* and *no consultancy* is needed, despite of the data amount or volume geometry (more precisely: models). In fact only few system volumes and DB2 need special tool or outage, vast majority of data can moved on the fly. I don't

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-13 Thread Glen Gasior
IIRC, do not IPL any MVS image connected to that storage subsystem while TDMF is running. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-13 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Thanks Glen, That almost goes without saying but the reminder is appreciated. From: Glen Gasior [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 9/13/2008 2:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions IIRC, do not IPL any MVS image connected to that storage

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread Ron Hawkins
Brian, That would be the SUN STK 9990V, which is the same as the HDS USP-V :-) Ron My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread Ron Hawkins
Ted, Because it is a 9990V, meaning it is sold and supported by SUN STK. If he said it was a XP24K then it would be sold and supported by HP. HDS are not directly in the picture. It's like back in the day when you could buy an Iceberg from STK or an RVA from IBM. Same box, different vendor. I'm

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread Richards, Robert B.
] - -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nelliyappan Manivel, Sridhar - Sridher Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions Limit

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Ron, You're right, I muddied the waters with that one. Sorry. Who's Brian? Regards, Dave O'Brien From: Ron Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 9/12/2008 3:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions Brian, That would be the SUN

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread Ron Hawkins
Oops! That should be David. My bad. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 3:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] TDMF Questions Ron

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-12 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: O'Brien, David W. [C] , NIH/CIT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:43 PM Subject: TDMF Questions My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor

TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has proposed as the transfer agent between our old and new DASD. Can anyone point me to TDMF documentation? Has anyone run into any issues using TDMF on live data? Any issues with HSM

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has proposed as the transfer agent between our old and new DASD. Most of the time, the vendor includes conversion as part of the acquisition. If he didn't, or you negotiated it out, you're

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread John Kington
David, My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has proposed as the transfer agent between our old and new DASD. Can anyone point me to TDMF documentation? Has anyone run into any issues using TDMF on live data? Any issues

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Jim Chappell
I believe that IBM is now the owner of TDMF. I don't remember what name IBM has given their version of the product James (Jim) Chappell 503 745-7841 503 349-5603(cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daimler Trucks North America LLC If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has proposed as the transfer agent between our old and new DASD. Most of the time, the vendor includes conversion as part of the acquisition

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Nelliyappan Manivel, Sridhar - Sridher
Limit the number of concurrent volumes you move with TDMF (probably 5 volumes). It is a parameter in TDMF. This is very important for I/O intensive volumes For JES2 checkpoint, you need to be careful. Read the book or work with z/OS support group on this. If you move one volume/one checkpoint

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread John Kington
David, My shop is now the proud owner of a HDS 9990V. We are however novices in the use of TDMF which the vendor has proposed as the transfer agent between our old and new DASD. Can anyone point me to TDMF documentation? Has anyone run into any issues using TDMF on live data?

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
is part of the package, we just had some questions as to how the process worked. Regards, Dave O'Brien From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/11/2008 2:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions My shop is now the proud owner

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
We are not doing anything. The vendor is controlling all of the migration. We monitored the first few migrations, then we left them alone. The jobs ran in the background, and nobody noticed. Of course, it helped that we were moving from ESCON to FICON. The only issue was we couldn't migrate

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Limit the number of concurrent volumes you move with TDMF (probably 5 volumes). It is a parameter in TDMF. This is very important for I/O intensive volumes We didn't have problems, and each job moved 50 at a time. We did have high I/O intensity. For JES2 checkpoint, you need to be careful.

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
One further question: We currently use FDR to backup our Z/VM and Linux volumes. Since the volumes are accessible to Z/os, will we be able to move VM and Linux volumes using TDMF? Thanks, Dave

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
We currently use FDR to backup our Z/VM and Linux volumes. Since the volumes are accessible to Z/os, will we be able to move VM and Linux volumes using TDMF? You have a vendor supplied consultant doing the moves. Why don't you ask them? - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
the innocent. From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/11/2008 4:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions We currently use FDR to backup our Z/VM and Linux volumes. Since the volumes are accessible to Z/os, will we be able to move VM

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread John Kington
David, One further question: We currently use FDR to backup our Z/VM and Linux volumes. Since the volumes are accessible to Z/os, will we be able to move VM and Linux volumes using TDMF? Thanks, Dave Dang, you made me look at the manual. The name of the manual is Installation and

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Thanks John, Hopefully at some point I'll have access to the manual. From: John Kington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/11/2008 4:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TDMF Questions David, One further question: We currently use FDR to backup

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Thanks John, Hopefully at some point I'll have access to the manual. Unless you're going to become a TDMF expert, why do you need access to the manual? That's what your expert's for. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For

Re: TDMF Questions

2008-09-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
What makes you think that we haven't? We have. Their responsiveness is less than desired, besides the accumulated experience on this Listserv gives me a better sense of peace of mind than a vendor's assertion. The vendor in this case is not HDS. Just want to make that clear to protect the

Re: TDMF Questions

-- Thread R.S.
oreConfigSkeleton as well; we might be able to use that. it gets emitted when writeConfig() is called... s ... we could do sth like: * connect d-configXml configChanged to a configChanged signal (or slot?) * create dialog using d-configXml * writeConfig gets called by the dialog