Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:05:28 +, Allan Staller wrote: >>... >>Is there a general recommendation where to mount aggregates for non-IBM >>products? >-->Up to you. I find /usr/lpp to be as convenient as anywhere else. > Taking defaults for FOSS may aid compatibility. >>The vendor says nothing

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-13 Thread Allan Staller
>However, /usr/lpp is in IBM's Version root which is mounted R/O. > >Is it proper to change Version root's mount mode temporarily to R/W and mkdir >another mountpoint off /usr/lpp for the product I'm installing, or should this >be avoided and made elsewhere? -->Yes. I do this all the time.. Remem

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread Al Ferguson
> On 12 July 2020, at 03:50, Israel Wagshal wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:09:32 -0500, Al Ferguson > wrote: > > Thank you for the insights. > > How do you change dynamically root filesystem's mount mode to R/W and back to > R/O? Using ISHELL as “root” (UID=0 or SU Command), under the FI

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread John McKown
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 3:50 AM Israel Wagshal wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:09:32 -0500, Al Ferguson < > afergu...@neptunescove.org> wrote: > > Thank you for the insights. > > How do you change dynamically root filesystem's mount mode to R/W and back > to R/O? > as "root" or an ID with approp

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread Israel Wagshal
On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:54:12 +, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: Thank you, Gadi. This is what I was missing... >The chmount command can change a file system from Read Only to Read/Write and >back. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread Israel Wagshal
On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 05:17:08 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: Yes, of course. The only valid indirect cataloging for PARMLIBs at LOADxx processing time are: 1) ** (six asterisks) 2) *MCAT* (Master Catalog's volume) 3) &SYSRS1 That's because their value is automatically establish

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Israel AMV"SH, Shavua Tov! A side point ... If SYS1.PARMLIB is CATALOGd via a Symbolic (e.g. &SYSR1) your IPL will fail, however, for a successful it can be CATALOGd via VOL(*). Regards, David On 2020-07-12 04:50, Israel Wagshal wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:09:32 -0500, Al Ferguson wro

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
The chmount command can change a file system from Read Only to Read/Write and back. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Israel Wagshal Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-12 Thread Israel Wagshal
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:09:32 -0500, Al Ferguson wrote: Thank you for the insights. How do you change dynamically root filesystem's mount mode to R/W and back to R/O? What do you mean by saying "the IBM Root Filesystem is actually mount at /ipl-vol/ "? The Version root has to be mounted R/O o

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-11 Thread Israel Wagshal
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:30:10 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Thank you for pointing to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard document. Still, /usr is within the Version root, and its mounting mode must be changed to RDWR to allow creating subdirectories under /usr/local. Can this be done on the fly, w

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-11 Thread Al Ferguson
Isreal, > On 11 July 2020, at 15:30, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 12:51:04 -0500, Israel Wagshal wrote: >> >> I'm installing a software that has to have its own zFS aggregate mounted and >> available. >> >> Looking into the

Re: Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 12:51:04 -0500, Israel Wagshal wrote: > >I'm installing a software that has to have its own zFS aggregate mounted and >available. > >Looking into the USS filesystem I can see many IBM products' zFS aggregates >mounted off /usr/lpp. >I can see no foreign aggregate mounted off

Is /usr/lpp reserved solely for IBM products?

2020-07-11 Thread Israel Wagshal
Hi All, I'm installing a software that has to have its own zFS aggregate mounted and available. Looking into the USS filesystem I can see many IBM products' zFS aggregates mounted off /usr/lpp. I can see no foreign aggregate mounted off /usr/lpp. However, /usr/lpp is in IBM's Version root whi