Re: April Hillgang Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

https://download.sinenomine.net/hillgang/hillgang-2024-01/Hillgang%202024-01v4.pdf

$*@#*! 


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April Hillgang Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

With URL to flyer...

The next meeting of “Hillgang”: the DC, Virginia, and Maryland z/VM and Linux 
on z User Group will be held on 18 April 2024.
https://download.sinenomine.net/hillgang/hillgang-2024-01/Hillgang 2024-01v4.pdf
Location:
Broadcom/VMware
12100 Sunset Hills Rd
4th FL
Reston VA 20190

Time:
8am until ~1pm Eastern time zone

Agenda:
Becoming IBM – Bill Bitner
Velocity Software’s Resource Manager zVRM – Barton Robinson
Snack break/TechBytes – Quick Announcements
What You Can Do With LinuxONE That You Can’t Do With x86 – Pedro Acosta, IBM
LinuxONE at Citi – Kurt Acker and Len Santalucia

Breakfast brought to you by Velocity Software.

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April Hillgang Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of “Hillgang”: the DC, Virginia, and Maryland z/VM and Linux 
on z User Group will be held on 18 April 2024.

Location:
Broadcom/VMware
12100 Sunset Hills Rd
4th FL
Reston VA 20190

Time:
8am until ~1pm Eastern time zone

Agenda:
Becoming IBM – Bill Bitner
Velocity Software’s Resource Manager zVRM – Barton Robinson
Snack break/TechBytes – Quick Announcements
What You Can Do With LinuxONE That You Can’t Do With x86 – Pedro Acosta, IBM
LinuxONE at Citi – Kurt Acker and Len Santalucia

Breakfast brought to you by Velocity Software.

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Re: TCP/IP to JES3

[Neale Ferguson]

We produce an NJE implementation running on Linux (and other platforms) that 
speaks the NJE protocol – both SSL and non-SSL. We have customers using it to 
receive job output from JES2/JES3/POWER/RSCS as well as submitting jobs and 
sending files the other way.

Further details: 
https://www.sinenomine.net/index.php/offerings/zVM%26VSE/Products/NJE


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Avoiding IEW2311E

[Neale Ferguson]

When building programs under OMVS and CMS I am getting:

IEW2311E 1361 A NAME STATEMENT FOR MEMBER NOANSI WAS FOUND IN SECONDARY INPUT.

The resulting output is perfectly fine and will execute but it results in a 
return code of 8. I can use -Wl,let=8 but the return code is still non-zero and 
the automated tool (make) will terminate the build.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Neale



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Re: XLC - Weak symbols

[Neale Ferguson]

> Could you use __asm() to generate a WXTRN statement?

XLC doesn't allow it:

SMAQ203E Unsupported external symbol type:

> Which XL C? Looking at the compiler ref for 2.4.1, it includes
> #pragma weak (C only)

There's no #pragma weak in SC14-7308-40. What manual were you referencing? I am 
on V2.4.

Also lacking from the _asm_ statement are constraints for using floating point 
registers (float, double, long double)


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XLC - Weak symbols

[Neale Ferguson]

Is it possible to declare a “weak” symbol with XLC? i.e. Using GNU C I can 
either

#pragma weak 
extern void * ;
extern void *  __attribute__((weak));

But neither of these forms are accepted by XLC and I can’t see anything in the 
language reference.

I want to define a symbol that may or may not be present at link time such that 
it is NULL if not found but don’t want the linker flagging it as an error (a 
warning is fine).

Neale

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Re: Unix System Services - strace

[Neale Ferguson]

I was able to run a trace:

TRACE CT,ON,COMP=SYSOMVS
*05 ITT006A SPECIFY OPERAND(S) FOR TRACE CT COMMAND.
 R 5,OPTIONS=(SYSCALL,FILE),END
 IEE600I REPLY TO 05 IS;OPTIONS=(SYSCALL,FILE),END
 ITT038I ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS REQUESTED VIA THE TRACE CT COMMAND WERE
 SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.

Ran the command on my OVMS session and then ended the trace:

TRACE CT,OFF,COMP=SYSOMVS
 ITT038I ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS REQUESTED VIA THE TRACE CT COMMAND WERE
 SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.
 ITT038I ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS REQUESTED VIA THE TRACE CT COMMAND WERE 
SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.

How do I run CTRACE?

Neale

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Re: Unix System Services - strace

[Neale Ferguson]

Thanks! I’ll take a read.


Detailed OMVS tracing is described here

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=trace-sysomvs-component



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Re: Unix System Services - strace

[Neale Ferguson]

I found the bpxtrace command but while its output is full of FCN… fcntl and 
FCN… write they are almost the only functions generating trace records. The app 
is opening quite a lot of files but I see no evidence in the trace.

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Unix System Services - strace

[Neale Ferguson]

Under Linux I use the strace command to trace system calls to see, for example, 
what files are trying to be opened. Is there an equivalent method under Unix 
System Services?

Neale

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Re: Build problems under Unix System Services

[Neale Ferguson]

The initial question about include files, that depends on what was used for the 
#include in the source. If it was something like #include “abc.h” then it 
should take the current directory first (see the LSEARCH option defaults). Only 
if they used the #include  form in the source would they get the issue 
they mentioned since that is a system include which uses the system paths 
(obvious security issue if it took the current working directory first for 
system headers).
- There's a namespace clash with termcap.h but on Linux systems it doesn't 
matter as the contents are identical. Not so with z/OS.

For the second issue about the file type error, they can try setting the CCMODE 
environment variable. Ex. Do
export _C89_CCMODE=1
before the compilation command. Note that keeping the -L and -l is fine and 
should work as well.
- Perfect! 

Thanks.


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Build problems under Unix System Services

[Neale Ferguson]

I am building a static version of ncurses (don’t ask) and there are a couple of 
problems I note:


  1.  The xlc include search order defaults to -I/usr/include as the 1st place 
to search (despite what the man page for c89 says) whereas other *IX systems 
search the user specification first then the system. I had to add -qnosearch 
then the user spec then a -I/usr/include. Annoying – is there a way around this?
  2.  After I get a clean compilation the linker craps out with:

xlc ../objects/tic.o  ../objects/dump_entry.o  ../objects/tparm_type.o  
../objects/transform.o -O -qxplink -qdll -qxplink -qdll -qnosearch 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../progs -I. -I../include -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_EXT  
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D__VM__ -D_ISOC99_SOURCE -DEBCDIC -D_OE_SOCKETS 
-D_OPEN_MSGQ_EXT -D_OPEN_SYS -D_OPEN_THREADS -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_UNIX03_SOURCE 
-D_UNIX03_WITHDRAWN -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DNCURSES_CONST=const -I/usr/include -O 
-qlanglvl=extended:extc89:extc99 -qxplink -qdll -qenum=int -qexportall 
-qfloat=ieee -qlongname -q32 -qseverity=e=CCN3296 -DNCURSES_STATIC -L../lib  
-lncurses -lncurses -o tic

FSUM3008 Specify a file with the correct suffix (.c, .i, .s, .o, .x, .p, .I, or 
.a), or a corresponding data set name, instead of -L../lib.



I change the command to get rid of the -L../lib and -l options but still have a 
problem at which point I am now stuck:



xlc ../objects/tic.o  ../objects/dump_entry.o  ../objects/tparm_type.o  
../objects/transform.o -O -qxplink -qdll -qxplink -qdll -qnosearch 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../progs -I. -I../include -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_EXT  
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D__VM__ -D_ISOC99_SOURCE -DEBCDIC -D_OE_SOCKETS 
-D_OPEN_MSGQ_EXT -D_OPEN_SYS -D_OPEN_THREADS -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_UNIX03_SOURCE 
-D_UNIX03_WITHDRAWN -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DNCURSES_CONST=const -I/usr/include -O 
-qlanglvl=extended:extc89:extc99 -qxplink -qdll -qenum=int -qexportall 
-qfloat=ieee -qlongname -q32 -qseverity=e=CCN3296 -DNCURSES_STATIC 
../lib/libncurses.a ../lib/libncurses.a -o tic

FSUM3008 Specify a file with the correct suffix (.c, .i, .s, .o, .x, .p, .I, or 
.a), or a corresponding data set name, instead of -o./tic.

Any advice?

Neale

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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

Hillgang will be meeting in Herndon Virginia this time next week. Agenda, 
location, and (free) registration at https://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill1222.pdf
Great topics, speakers, networking, and breakfast (thanks Velocity).

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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of Hillgang, the DC, Virginia, Maryland (DMV), z/VM and Linux 
user group is meeting in Herndon Virginia on the 6th of December. Agenda, 
location, and registration details are available at 
https://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill1222.pdf. Registration is free and is used to 
determine catering requirements for our free breakfast that's provided by 
Velocity Software.

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FW: HillGang meet up, Dec 6th 2022 in Herndon VA

[Neale Ferguson]

Greetings all,

  The HillGang user group meeting is back and registration is now open from 
here:
https://ibm-zcouncil.com/events/ibm-zcouncil-dec-6th/

As you can see, we found a new place to meet that is very close to the original 
location hosted by Broadcom.
Looking forward to seeing some familiar, along with a lot of new faces at this 
event.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Kurt Acker
Principal IT Architect
Sine Nomine Associates
Direct Systems Support


Celebrating 20+ years of customer success

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Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of Hillgang – the DC, Maryland, and Virginia z/VM and Linux 
User Group – will be held (in person!) on December 6, 2022. Details will follow 
but here’s the agenda so far:


  1.  Virginia Commonwealth University – Dr John Leonard, Professor of Computer 
Science, College of Engineering
  2.  LinuxONE 4 Announcement – Megan Conklin, IBM Worldwide Director of 
LinuxONE
  3.  TechByte: Academic Initiative update – Len Santalucia, CTO Vicom 
Infinity/Converge & Chairperson Open Mainframe Project
  4.  TechByte: Automated MongoDB Provisioning on LinuxONE – Kurt Acker, 
Principal IT Architect Sine Nomine
  5.  Modernizing the Mainframe – Jim Vincent, Velocity Software

TechBytes are shorter sessions running 15-30 minutes. Registration details will 
follow.

Neale


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Re: Suppressing C info messages

[Neale Ferguson]

Thanks for the SUPPRESS() suggestion.

Neale



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Suppressing C info messages

[Neale Ferguson]

Is there a pragma or other mechanism to suppress specific compiler messages? I 
want to turn off CCN4108 which tells me something may not be portable.

Neale

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Re: Use of zCX

[Neale Ferguson]

There are a ton at https://hub.docker.com/u/clefos


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zCX Provisioning Problem

[Neale Ferguson]

I am attempting to run the zCX provisioning workflow. It gets to the step where 
it allocates then mounts a ZFS system. However, the DEFINE CLUSTER is failing 
using:

  DEFINE CLUSTER -
 (NAME(USER.ZCX.SNAZCX.ZFS) -
 MEGABYTES(4095 1000) -
 STORCLAS(CXROOTSC)   -
 DATACLAS(CXDC) -
 ZFS -
 SHAREOPTIONS(3))

It fails with:

IDC3506I REQUIRED VOLUMES AND/OR DEVICETYPES HAVE BEEN OMITTED
IDC3003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12

If I change the DEFINE to include a VOL() definition:

  DEFINE CLUSTER -
 (NAME(USER.ZCX.SNAZCX.ZFS) -
 MEGABYTES(4095 1000) -
 STORCLAS(CXROOTSC)   -
 DATACLAS(CXDC) –
 VOL(D4ZCX1) -
 ZFS -
 SHAREOPTIONS(3))

It fails with:

IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR
IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 48 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLAT-80

I am unable to work out what IGG0CLAT-80 is or why it’s failing. I am unsure 
why VOL is required anyway, wouldn’t the STORCLAS/DATACLAS let the system pick 
for itself? Might that volume not have enough free space? I would’ve hoped that 
the generated workflow would “just work” with the right parameters. So I assume 
one of my parameter is wrong but I didn’t see anywhere I could plug in a volume 
name into the workflow parameters.

Neale


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Re: dotnet under zCX

[Neale Ferguson]

The output from those commands you list all look good for my system. It did 
start spitting out messages which don't look good:

[ 1528.473303] systemd[1]: Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables.   
[ 1649.605564] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.  
[ 1658.599686] systemd[1]: Failed to start udev Kernel Device Manager.   

(Those last two messages repeat several times.) It'd be nice to know why things 
failed.

Neale 

I am no Network person, but here are a few suggestions to try and ensure 
your network setup is ok ...

1. D TCPIP,,N,VIPADCFG (verify zCX DVIPA has bee defined - VIPARANGE)
2. D TCPIP,,N,VIPADYN (verify  DVIPA has been activated by zCX instance)
3. D TCPIP,,N,DEVL,INTFN=EZAZCX (verify that TCPIP has activated the EZAZCX 
interface)
4. F jobname, DISPLAY,NET (verify zCX network config)
5. D TCPIP,,N.HOME (verify the EZAZCX IP address and zCXDVIPA have been 
added to the Home List)

Hope the above helps

Roger

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Date:Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:23:25 +
From:Seymour J Metz 
Subject: Re: Where are PSWs and registers saved by the SUSPEND service? 
(was: Type 1 SVCs)

The devil is in the details. There is a discussion in authorized services. 
Briefly, for a type 1 SVC, you suspend the current RB, schedule an SRB or 
whatever, and ultimately exit normally. When you exit, the suspension takes 
effect.


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http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3


From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of 
David Cole [dbc...@colesoft.com]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 7:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Where are PSWs and registers saved by the SUSPEND service? (was: 
Type 1 SVCs)

Thanks, Seymour, for the info about type-6s.

WRT GUPI, like most other ISVs, I use them when I can, and accept the
occasional recoding obligations when I can't.

My real question is... What happens when a type-1 SVC SUSPENDs? (Or
for that matter, when any other locked or disabled environment SUSPENDs?)

Thanks,
Dave






At 11/26/2021 03:17 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>MVS used to store the registers in the TCB, but that's not GUPI, so
>even if z/OS still does there's no guaranty that a later release
>won't break it.
>Type 6 runs disabled out of the SVCFLIH and can't hold locks.
>
>>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on
>>behalf of David Cole 
>>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 2:16 AM
>>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>>Subject: Type 1 SVCs
>>I have an ancient question... It seems to me I should know this after
>>all these decades, but... I don't.
>>While a type-1 SVC is running, where is the resume state data
>>(registers, PSW, etc.) stashed?
>>Is it the same for type-6?
>>And while I'm at it, what are the differences between type-1 and
>>type-6 SVCs, anyway>
>>Thanks,
>>David Cole
>>dbc...@gmail.com (personal)
>>dbc...@colesoft.com (business)
>>540-456-6518 (cell)
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Date:Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:37:04 -0600
From:Joe Monk 
Subject: Re: Type 1 SVCs

Try this in addition:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routines-programming-conventions-svc

Joe

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 6:38 AM David Cole  wrote:

> @Mike Schwab: I'm sorry Mike, but I do not see what these links have
> to do with my questions? Am I missing something?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> At 11/26/2021 03:05 AM, Mike Schwab wrote:
> >
> 
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=routines-naming-conventions-svc
> >
> >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=routines-register-conventions
> >On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:17 AM David Cole  wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I have an ancient question... It seems to me I should know this after
> >> > all these decades, but... I don't.
> >> >
> >> > 

Re: dotnet under zCX

[Neale Ferguson]

Thanks Roger.

I wonder if you are able to help with my zCX attempt -

I'm trying to get zCX up and running on our zPDT and have gone through the 
workflow and the system started but I am unable to connect to the address it is 
using (it successfully bound to the VIPA address 10.1.1.5). Here's the last 
entries in the job log:

System version 18.   
BL2 version 2.4.7 ('34533b66' ) start (Fri Nov 26 01:38:27 UTC 2021) 
Booting appliance from '0.0.0001' ...
BL2 stage 1 complete.
BL2 stage 2 complete.
Booting appliance IBM z/OS Container Extensions 'azdgbrt' 1.10.2 
BL2 stage 3 complete.
BL2 stage 4 complete.
[IMPORTER] Starting Importer code in 2BL|
[IMPORTER] Nothing to import, booting normally.  
BL2 stage 5 complete.
Switching to appliance.  
Running 'azdgbrt' version '1.10.2' level 'HZDC7C0.oa58936'.

So I am not sure what it is waiting for.

MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R4   TCPIP Name: TCPIP   00:13:27
Dynamic VIPA:
  IP Address  AddressMask StatusOrigination DistStat
  --  --- ----- 
  10.1.1.5255.255.255.255 ActiveVIPARange IOCTL
ActTime:  11/26/2021 01:28:54JobName:SNAZCX
ZCX:  Yes

MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R4   TCPIP Name: TCPIP   00:19:54
Home address list:
Address  Link Flg
---   ---
172.18.4.2   ETH1 P
10.1.10.1EZASAMEMVS
10.1.1.5 VIPL0A010105
127.0.0.1LOOPBACK

Address  InterfaceFlg
---  ----
10.1.10.1EZAZCX

MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R4   TCPIP Name: TCPIP   00:28:58
User Id  Conn Local Socket   Foreign Socket State
---      -- -
BPXOINIT 0017 0.0.0.0..10007 0.0.0.0..0 Listen
HTTPD17  0014 0.0.0.0..800.0.0.0..0 Listen
IZUSVR1  0041 172.18.4.2..10443  0.0.0.0..0 Listen
JES2S001 000D 0.0.0.0..175   0.0.0.0..0 Listen
JES2S001 006B 172.18.4.2..175172.17.16.43..34734Establsh
PORTMAP  000F 0.0.0.0..111   0.0.0.0..0 Listen
SSHD30018 0.0.0.0..220.0.0.0..0 Listen
SSHD30029 172.18.4.2..22 192.168.240.38..59665  Establsh
TN3270   0026 172.18.4.2..23 192.168.240.38..59651  Establsh
TN3270   000B 0.0.0.0..230.0.0.0..0 Listen
TN3270   000A 0.0.0.0..2023  0.0.0.0..0 Listen
NFSC 0013 0.0.0.0..1023  *..*   UDP
PORTMAP  000E 0.0.0.0..111   *..*   UDP

The system log shows:

EZD1204I DYNAMIC VIPA 10.1.1.5 WAS CREATED USING IOCTL BY SNAZCX ON TCPIP   

EZD0009I CONNECTION TO 10.1.1.5 ACTIVE FOR INTERFACE EZAZCX 
GLZB001I zCX instance SNAZCX initialization is complete. Code date  
04/01/20.   

On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 03:48:03 +, Neale Ferguson  
wrote:

Works fine under our zCX environment ...




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dotnet under zCX

[Neale Ferguson]

I’d be interested if someone could give this a run in their zCX environment. I 
am still trying to configure mine…

If you would like to give dotnet on Z a test drive and don’t yet have RHEL 8.5 
I have created a docker image. Follow these steps to build and run the “Hello 
World” program:

[neale@aussie-3:~/docker]$ docker run --rm -it clefos/dotnet
dotnet@f5fcd3f45edd:~$ dotnet new console --output consapp
The template "Console App" was created successfully.

Processing post-creation actions...
Running 'dotnet restore' on /home/dotnet/consapp/consapp.csproj...
  Determining projects to restore...
  Restored /home/dotnet/consapp/consapp.csproj (in 114 ms).
Restore succeeded.

dotnet@f5fcd3f45edd:~$ cd consapp/
dotnet@f5fcd3f45edd:~/consapp$ dotnet build
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 17.0.0+c9eb9dd64 for .NET
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Determining projects to restore...
  All projects are up-to-date for restore.
  consapp -> /home/dotnet/consapp/bin/Debug/net6.0/consapp.dll

Build succeeded.
0 Warning(s)
0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:02.94
dotnet@f5fcd3f45edd:~/consapp$ dotnet run
Hello, World!
dotnet@f5fcd3f45edd:~/consapp$ ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 dotnet dotnet  105 Nov 24 03:04 Program.cs
drwxr-xr-x 3 dotnet dotnet 4096 Nov 24 03:04 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 dotnet dotnet  249 Nov 24 03:04 consapp.csproj
drwxr-xr-x 3 dotnet dotnet 4096 Nov 24 03:04 obj

Neale

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Redbooks Rumor

[Neale Ferguson]

I am hearing strong rumors that IBM is about to commit the type of corporate 
facepalm that is the stuff for future textbooks. Apparently Redbooks are no 
longer going to be a thing and the organization disbanded. If there’s one thing 
that has differentiated IBM in the mainframe space has been the quality of its 
documentation and, in particular, the type of HOW-TO information contained 
within Redbooks and Redpieces. These documents turn a “that’d be nice to do” 
into a proof-of-concept and finally into production. In doing so, they must be 
responsible for millions or billions of dollar in revenue to IBM.

Many of the topics of Redbooks cover are complex and even intimidating. They 
provide a step-by-step approach to learning and implementing using a group of 
people actually doing what they’re writing about. This is invaluable.

I hope these rumors are untrue but if not I think we should all be shouting 
from the roof until someone with some sense realizes how shortsighted this 
decision is.

Neale


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Future meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

We've been doing some planning to get a post-COVID Hillgang meeting happening 
(Hillgang is the DC/VA/MD local user group for z/VM and Linux on z). 

Before we look at reserving space I have a simple survey to see what your 
meeting preference(s) are. Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWSX6LW 
and submit your preference.

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Re: Default logon procedure

[Neale Ferguson]

Naturally after hitting send I discover a zPDT Redbook that has the exact 
command: ALU  TSO(PROC(ISPFPROC)).

Apologies for the noise.

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Default logon procedure

[Neale Ferguson]

How do I set the default logon procedure for a TSO user? Currently on the login 
screen the Procedure field is empty and I’d like to set it to ISPFPROC. Using 
search on the IBM Knowledge site results in a heap of stuff and I am having 
trouble with sorting the wheat from the chaff.

Neale

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360 Question - Bantam

[Neale Ferguson]

Many years ago our S/360 source maintenance was done by an IBM program called 
BANTAM written by Barbara J Burian who later wrote texts on 370 Assembler 
programming. I am trying to find out if BANTAM was an acronym or just a name 
she chose as it’s sometimes written as Bantam. This particular program ran 
under DOS or TOS.

Neale

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Re: ClefOS signing key

[Neale Ferguson]

It is within this package:

http://download.sinenomine.net/epel/epel-7/noarch/sna-packages-7-1.0-0.noarch.rpm
 

This key is only used for signing our own packages not ClefOS itself nor the 
ClefOS EPEL. What package is asking for it?

-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)
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=VDUU
-END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-

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IMS/DLI Macros

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What maclib(s) would I find the macros used to generate DLI databases and 
screen definitions?

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Re: Hillgang - Save the Date

[Neale Ferguson]

In perhaps one of the finest examples of “great moments in bad timing” minutes 
after asking you to save the date I received notification that the venue is 
instituting new policies/procedures to deal with the threat from the spread of 
the corona virus. To this end it will not be possible to hold the meeting on 
the 27th. Therefore, I’m postponing until things are more amenable to holding 
in-person meetings. This may not be until the fall.

Neale


The next Hillgang meeting will be held on Friday 27 March at the Broadcom 
office in Herndon Virginia. The full agenda will be available shortly but in 
brief:


  *   z/VM Paging Configuration Options – Walter Church, IBM
  *   Three Ms and an H Marriott, MongoDB, Mainframes and a Hybrid Cloud – Kurt 
Acker, Marriott [An update now they’re in production and plans for the next 
phase]
  *   Watch and Learn: CMS Pipelines – Walter Church, IBM
  *   OpenShift on Z – Elton de Souza, IBM


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Hillgang - Save the Date

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will be held on Friday 27 March at the Broadcom 
office in Herndon Virginia. The full agenda will be available shortly but in 
brief:


  *   z/VM Paging Configuration Options – Walter Church, IBM
  *   Three Ms and an H Marriott, MongoDB, Mainframes and a Hybrid Cloud – Kurt 
Acker, Marriott [An update now they’re in production and plans for the next 
phase]
  *   Watch and Learn: CMS Pipelines – Walter Church, IBM
  *   OpenShift on Z – Elton de Souza, IBM

Registration is open at https://doodle.com/poll/vwqrr238rvch3xz8

Neale Ferguson


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Hillgang Presentations

[Neale Ferguson]

The presentations from September 2019’s Hillgang meeting are now available at: 
https://www.sinenomine.net/news/hillgang-2019-09

Neale Ferguson
SNA - 20 Years of Customer Success

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Hillgang Reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of the DC/MD/VA area z/VM & Linux user group “Hillgang” will 
be Monday 16th September at the Broadcom office in Herndon Va. The agenda may 
be found at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill0919.pdf

Please use the link to register so we can cater for the breakfast brought to 
you by Broadcom. Hopefully, later this week I’ll be able to update the “Z Who 
Cannot Be Named” abstract 

Neale

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Hillgang - 16 Sep

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The agenda for the next Hillgang meeting is available: 
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill0919.pdf

Neale


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Hillgang - Save the Date

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of the DC/MD/VA Linux & z/VM User Group will be held on Monday 
16 Sep at the Broadcom office in Herndon. Details will follow but this is the 
draft agenda:

- The Seriousness of Securing your VM Environment Using Audit Data – Yvonne 
Demeritt, Broadcom
- Attacking Encryption: Understanding risk and making intelligent choices – 
Phil Smith III, Micro Focus
- Z who cannot be named – Ken Stine, IBM
- Roadmap to What's Happening with VM – Yvonne Demeritt, Broadcom
- zPro Version 4 – James Vincent, Velocity

Registration is open at https://doodle.com/poll/cd8nhnkp7x9h9i3e 

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Re: Creating tar file for use on Linux

[Neale Ferguson]

I use scp which I assumed defaulted to binary. So I did it with sftp and 
explicitly used binary and all was good. The scp/sftp utility we wrote for CMS 
defaults to binary so I had made an incorrect assumption. Thanks all for the 
help.

Neale

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Re: Creating tar file for use on Linux

[Neale Ferguson]

When I scp or sftp the tar ball to the Linux system it complains that it 
doesn't recognize the file as an archive:

$ tar -tf inc.tar 
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

I had created it with tar -cf inc.tar ./headers

Neale

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Creating tar file for use on Linux

[Neale Ferguson]

What incantation of tar or pax do I need to use to create a tar ball under Unix 
System Services such that it can be transferred to a Linux system and untarred 
there? Just the straight -cf doesn’t seem to do the trick nor using the -U -X 
option.

Neale

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Hillgang Reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will take place on 26 April at the Broadcom offices 
in Herndon Virginia. The agenda may be found at 
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill0419.pdf. Registration is at 
https://doodle.com/poll/gt3hcu2g9gp9ti4c.

Agenda -


  *   zVPS Version 5 does z/OS and more… – Barton Robinson, Velocity Software
  *   Using Your Performance Monitor to Watch z/VM and Linux on IBM Z – Rich 
Smrcina, Velocity Software
  *   MongoDB for Hotel Room Shopping from Marriott – Kurt Ackers, Marriott
  *   Coming Soon to a z/VM near you – Bill Bitner, IBM

Neale

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Hillgang - 26 April - Details

[Neale Ferguson]

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill0419.pdf

Neale

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Hillgang Meeting - 26 April

[Neale Ferguson]

Mark your calendars for the next Hillgang meeting to be held in the Broadcom 
offices in Herndon Virginia. Our agenda is chock full of mainframe goodness:


  *   zVPS Version 5 does z/OS and more… – Barton Robinson, Velocity Software
  *   Using Your Performance Monitor to Watch z/VM and Linux on IBM Z – Rich 
Smrcina, Velocity Software
  *   MongoDB for Hotel Room Shopping from Marriott – Kurt Ackers, Marriott
  *   Coming Soon to a z/VM near you – Bill Bitner, IBM



The detailed agenda will be published soon. To register click on the following 
URL:


https://doodle.com/poll/gt3hcu2g9gp9ti4c



Neale


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Re: [HILLGANG] September Hillgang Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

I’m not sure why this mail suddenly appeared on the list after so many weeks 
but…

Linux on 390 Port ;
VM/ESA Discussions Discussions ;
IBM Mainframe Discussion List 



Hello Neal!

Hope this finds you well.

I definitely will make the effort and to attend. My email has changed from 
ngc5...@gmail.com to --> 
manny.val...@vgitservices.com

Also, what is the current URL for Listserv for zOS and zVM etc. Thanks.

Have a nice day.
der by return e-mail or by telephone at (703) 732-9076.

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Hillgang Presentations

[Neale Ferguson]

The presentations from last September’s meeting are now available at 
https://www.sinenomine.net/publications/conference/hillgang-2018:


z/VM Dynamic Memory 
Management
 - Walter Church

What Does Today's Buyer Think about Mainframe? Study Results from the Open 
Mainframe 
Project
 - Len Santalucia

zStory at 
Marriott
 - Kurt Acker

z/VM Platform Update: Ever 
Onward
 - Bill Bitner

Neale

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Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

I am monitoring the weather reports and so far it appears we will be okay for 
Thursday’s meeting. I will continue to monitor and will provide updates if 
things change. Our speakers from Endicott are planning to start their journey 
early tomorrow afternoon so I will use that as the final decision point.

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0918.PDF

Neale

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Re: Hillgang - 13 Sep - Agenda

[Neale Ferguson]

Correct URL: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0918.PDF


From: Neale Ferguson 
Date: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 10:40
To: Hillgang , VM/ESA Discussions Discussions 
, Linux on 390 Port , IBM 
Mainframe Discussion List 
Subject: Hillgang - 13 Sep - Agenda

The agenda and registration details for the next Hillgang user group meeting 
are available at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0318.PDF

[Hillgang is based in the DC-MD-VA area]

Neale

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Hillgang - 13 Sep - Agenda

[Neale Ferguson]

The agenda and registration details for the next Hillgang user group meeting 
are available at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0318.PDF

[Hillgang is based in the DC-MD-VA area]

Neale

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September Hillgang Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will take place on 13 Sep at the CA offices in 
Herndon. Detailed agenda to follow but in brief we will have:


  *   Ever Onward with z/VM 7.1 – Bill Bitner, IBM
  *   z/VM Dynamic Memory Management – Walter Church, IBM
  *   What’s Z Story at Marriott – Kurt Ackers, Marriott
  *   Open Mainframe Project Mainframe Study Update – Len Santalucia, Vicom
  *   Managing and Orchestrating Docker Containers with OpenShift – Neale 
Ferguson, SNA

Register at https://doodle.com/poll/hkyb5sq8w32garh8

Neale

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Hillgang - Last Call

[Neale Ferguson]

Last call for registrations for Thursday’s Hillgang meeting in Herndon 
Virginia. Logistics and abstracts: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0318.PDF

Registration at: https://doodle.com/poll/fvg86gk7hdkwk6f2

Neale

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Hillgang Reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

Registration for Hillgang – the DC/MD/VA z/VM and Linux User Group - is open at 
https://doodle.com/poll/fvg86gk7hdkwk6f2

Agenda and logistics are available at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0318.PDF

Neale

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Hillgang - March Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

The agenda for the next Hillgang meeting (1st March) is available at 
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0318.PDF. Instructions for registration are in 
the brochure or click here: https://doodle.com/poll/fvg86gk7hdkwk6f2

Neale

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March Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

I am in the process of scheduling a Hillgang meeting for Thursday 1st March. So 
far confirmed speakers:

  *   Barton Robinson – Velocity
  *   Bob Rogers – (ex)-IBM
  *   Yvonne Demerritt – CA

Mark your calendars and keep the date.

Neale

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[OT] Retro computing videos

[Neale Ferguson]

For those who like S/360 hardware this guy has an interesting YouTube
channel that includes a 360/50 front panel, Model 29 and 26 key punches,
and various S/360 hardware items.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb5_9vpvd1UYkFQCgBLlhM4DF

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Re: Hillgang - 22 March

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the next Hillgang will be held 22 March at the CA office
in Herndon.
We will have -

- Barton from Velocity software
- CA
- Me talking Docker and OpenShift on z

The full agenda and registration details available at
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0317.PDF

Neale

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Hillgang - 22 March

[Neale Ferguson]

Well things came together faster than I thought so we have the full agenda
and registration details available at
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0317.PDF

Neale

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Save the date - Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang will be held 22 March at the CA office in Herndon. The
agenda and registration details will be coming in the next couple of days.
We will have - 

- Barton from Velocity software
- CA
- Me talking Docker and OpenShift on z

Neale

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[OT] S/370 Archive Footage

[Neale Ferguson]

370/155, 3330, and 3311.

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=YLAnuWfXY-M

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Hillgang agenda

[Neale Ferguson]

The agenda for the 28 Sep Hillgang meeting may be found at

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0916.PDF

Registration instructions are within the document.

Neale

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Hillgang - Save the date

[Neale Ferguson]

Hi,
 The next Hillgang meeting (DC/MD/VA Linux & z/VM User Group) will be held
28 September. The agenda should be available in the next couple of days.
In brief:

- From the z/VM Lab - Bill Bitner

- Introduction to z/TPF
- Customer experience
- Building and using Docker Containers

If that is enough to get you interested you can go to:

http://doodle.com/poll/wh647k9i6ft8sy8x

To register (free) for the event. (Registration is so we can estimate
numbers for our free breakfast.)

Neale

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Additional session - Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

Here is the abstract for the Crypto session for Wednesday’s Hillgang
meeting:

"This session will cover the functionality that cryptography provides.
Cryptography is much more than hiding or scrambling data.  In addition to
securing (hiding) data, crypto also provides integrity and authentication.
 We’ll look at some of the algorithms that provide crypto functionality
and why you need all of that functionality.”

This is in addition to Mike Riggs’ session on Linux/VM/VSE at VA Supreme
Court (aka what happens to that speeding ticket I got); CA on VM:Secure;
and Intro to and demonstration of Docker on z.

Neale

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Hillgang Reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

One last reminder for the Hillgang meeting next week. I intend to
demonstrate the building and use of several Docker containers, including
running containers created on a RedHat/ClefOS system on Ubuntu on z.

I am also expecting an abstract on Crypto in a z Environment (facilities,
use, theory etc.).

Register at: http://doodle.com/poll/btf5a82497r2dg82

Abstracts at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0416.PDF

Neale 

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Hillgang reminder 13 Apr

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the next Hillgang meeting (Norther Virginia Linux and z/VM
UG) will be held on 13 April at the CA Offices in Herndon. The agenda may
be found at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0416.PDF. Please following
the instructions to register so we can organize catering for breakfast.

I am still looking to add a 4th session on crypto.

Neale

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Hillgang - 13 Apr

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of Hillgang, the DC z/VM and Linux User Group, will take
place on Wednesday 13 April at the CA Offices in Herndon Virginia. The
agenda and logistics may be found at:

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0416.PDF


The topics will include:

- Growing Linux on z while maintaining continuity z/VM and z/VSE, Mike
Riggs, Supreme Court of Va
- VM:Secure and SSI, Yvonne DeMeritt, CA
- Building and Using Docker Containers on Linux on z, Neale Ferguson, SNA

We are looking to add 4th presentation to the agenda but prefer to get
this message out now to allow sufficient planning time for attendees.

Nale 

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z890 presentation in YouTube

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be=45X4VP8CGtk

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z890 in my basement

[Neale Ferguson]

For those who saw Connor at SHARE or Hillgang. He spoke at POK today:

https://twitter.com/rossmauri/status/712740819376193536

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Hillgang presentations

[Neale Ferguson]

The presentations from January’s Hillgang meeting are available at

https://www.sinenomine.net/publications/conference/hillgang/2016

Neale

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Re: Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0116.PDF


- Too much rich food and wine over the past two weeks, that’s my only
excuse.

On 1/4/16, 4:12 PM, "Neale Ferguson" <ne...@sinenomine.net> wrote:

>http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0315.PDF

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Hillgang

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the next Hillgang (the DC/MD/VA z/VM & Linux User Group)
meeting will be
held on Wednesday 13 January 2016 at the CA Offices in Herndon, VA.

- There's a z890 in my basement – Connor Krukovsky
- What's up Docker, Neale Ferguson, SNA
- What is OpenStack and why would I want it? -Emily Hugenbruch, IBM
- Introduction to the Open Mainframe Project, Len Santalucia, Vicom
Infinity
- I want OpenStack on the mainframe, can I have it? - Emily Hugenbruch, IBM

The full agenda and registration instructions may be found at:

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0315.PDF

Neale

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Hillgang - registration link

[Neale Ferguson]

There appears to be a problem with the registration link. Try this if you
are having problems: http://doodle.com/poll/gzqk6k684fgu6mtz

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Hillgang - Update

[Neale Ferguson]

The PDF uploaded is from March 2015. We are working to get the correct
agenda uploaded. I will send a message when it is done.

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Re: Hillgang - Update

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13 Jan 2016 Agenda - http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0116.PDF

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Hillgang - 13 Jan 2016

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang (the DC/MD/VA z/VM & Linux User Group) meeting will be
held on Wednesday 13 January 2016 at the CA Offices in Herndon, VA.

- There's a z890 in my basement – Connor Krukovsky
- What's up Docker, Neale Ferguson, SNA
- What is OpenStack and why would I want it? -Emily Hugenbruch, IBM
- Introduction to the Open Mainframe Project, Len Santalucia, Vicom
Infinity
- I want OpenStack on the mainframe, can I have it? - Emily Hugenbruch, IBM


The full agenda and registration instructions may be found at:

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0315.PDF

Neale

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Hillgang Presentations available

[Neale Ferguson]

Hi,
 All outstanding 2015 Hillgang presentations that I’ve received have been
posted and can be found at:
http://www.sinenomine.net/publications/conference/hillgang/2015

Neale

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Having the mainframe on YouTube

[Neale Ferguson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AG59Y1_EY

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Hillgang Reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the next Hillgang meeting will be held 29 Sep at the CA
Offices in Herndon Virginia. The full agenda may be found at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0915.PDF

- ADP Customer Experience, Phil Tully, ADP
- z/VM Charge Back Models and Methods, Bill Bitner, IBM
- The LinuxONE Announcement – Translated for z/VMers, Bill Bitner, IBM
- How You Do What You Do When You’re a z13 CPU, Bob Rogers, Legend-at-large


Register at: http://doodle.com/poll/e5in4utu77dspg42

Neale

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Hillgang Meeting - 29 Sep

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will be Tuesday 29 September at the CA Herndon
Office. Our agenda includes:

- ADP Customer Experience, Phil Tully, ADP
- z/VM Charge Back Models and Methods, Bill Bitner, IBM
- The LinuxONE Announcement – Translated for z/VMers, Bill Bitner, IBM
- How You Do What You Do When You’re a z13 CPU, Bob Rogers, Legend-at-large


Abstract, logistical, and registration details are available at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0915.PDF

Neale


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Hillgang - 17 June

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the next Hillgang meeting (z/VM and Linux on z User Group
for the VA/MD/DC area) will be held on 17th June at the CA offices in
Herndon. The agenda is available at
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0615.PDF.

We have also added a brief *technical* introduction of a new security
offering for Linux on z:

The Centrify Suite for Linux on IBM System z centrally manages
identities, access policies and role-based entitlements for fine-grained
control of user access and privileges using Microsoft Active Directory.
The net result is increased security, improved compliance and
comprehensive reporting and auditing.”

Please follow the registration instructions in the flier so we can
estimate catering requirements.

Neale


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Hillgang - 17 June

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of Hillgang, the VA/MD/DC z/VM and Linux on z user group,
will take place on Wednesday, 17th June at the CA Offices in Herndon VA.
The agenda, location, and registration details may be found at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0615.PDF.

We will have Barton Robinson (Velocity), Rita Shan (PenFed Credit Union),
and John Franciscovich (IBM) presenting at the meeting.

Neale


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NJE Add/Subtract connection records

[Neale Ferguson]

For PATHMGR nodes what event(s)/command(s) trigger the generation of ADD
or SUBTRACT NMR connection records? What is the purpose of the
Concurrence sign-on record? I have been reading SA38-0672-00 as I am
adding PATHMGR support to our Linux/Solaris/Windows NJE implementation
(SSL and non-SSL).


Neale


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Hillgang - March 18

[Neale Ferguson]

Just to give a little more information than my previous somewhat terse
note, the next Hillgang meeting will be March 18 at the CA office in
Herndon. Apologies for the late notice but we had to do a reshuffle after
one of the original presenters got called up for jury duty!

The agenda consists of:

- An initial look at the VM Guest Manager from CA
- Analytics using the DB2 Analytics Accelerator
- For those interested or already using SCSI, EMC is presenting details
about its VMAX options for Linux on z Systems

Registration is via the Doodle link provided in the flyer found at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0315.PDF

Neale



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Hillgang - correct rego URL

[Neale Ferguson]

The link in the Hillgang flyer to the registration page is broken. Please
use the following instead:

http://doodle.com/g4vv62attqx6s6i7

Neale


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Hillgang - March 18

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Agenda and logistics at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0315.PDF

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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting is this Wednesday. The agenda and sign up instructions may be 
found at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL1214.PDF

We have a good number signed up already but still have space for more.

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Hillgang Meeting - December 3

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang Meeting (z/VM and Linux on z User Group for the DC,
Virginia and Maryland area) will be held December 3 at the CA offices in
Herndon Virginia. Agenda:










- z/VM CPU Pooling ­ Romney White, IBM




- Non-disruptively Migrating 
Linux and z/VM systems ­ Mike McIsaac,
FDR
- Next Generation Print Solution for Linux on System z ­ Klaus
Kristiansen, Ubiquitech
- How the NYPD implements technology to fight crime and prevent terrorism
­ James Onalfo, NYPD Deputy Commissioner and CIO, Retired.

Register at: http://doodle.com/2ane44qke33v8p9p

Abstracts and details at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL1214.PDF




























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Hillgang presentations

[Neale Ferguson]

The presentations from the September Hillgang meeting may be found at: 
http://www.sinenomine.net/publications/conference/hillgang/2014/sep

In case you missed them, the April one's are at: 
http://www.sinenomine.net/publications/conference/hillgang/2014/apr

Thanks to our presenters for a great meeting.

Neale
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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

A friendly reminder that the next Hillgang Linux  z/VM user group meeting will 
be held 17 September at the CA office in Herndon Va. Full details available at:

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0914.PDF

In brief:

- Running x86 Binaries on Linux for System z- Jim Porell, Mantissa
- BM System z Mobile Strategy – Paul Houde, IBM.
- VM:Backup Update – RIta Guidry, CA.
- z/VM Systems Management Overview –Bill Bitner, IBM
- What the z/VM Development Lab did over Summer Vacation – Bill Bitner, IBM

Please follow the registration instructions so we can get an accurate number 
for catering.

Neale
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VM Workshop - June 26-28

[Neale Ferguson]

VM Workshop trailer: http://youtu.be/97IjQlXvnE4

See full interviews at: 
http://www.vmworkshop.org/sites/www.vmworkshop.org/files/video/VMWorkshopcommercial.mp4
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50th Anniversary Video

[Neale Ferguson]

After I wrote my Mainframe History blog 
(http://butmostlyaboutcats.blogspot.com/2014/03/mainframe-memories.html), I 
received an invitation to present at a 50th Anniversary event in Johannesburg. 
I created a presentation based on that blog and have subsequently created a 
video from it. I've posted the video at http://youtu.be/Nj7XuDxl7kk. 

A couple of notes:

- The first 6 minutes is a collage of mainframe clips that I've found on 
YouTube. The attribution is shown at the end of the collage
- The presentation proper contains images whose attributions I am still 
compiling and will add as soon as I have them all
- It's a first pass so there are still holes, imperfections, and inaccuracies. 
It's not a documentary just a (faulty) memoir!

Neale
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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

A reminder that the Hillgang meets at the Herdon offices of CA in Northern 
Virginia. 

- IT Economics of the Mainframe - Christopher T 
von Koschembahr, IBM 
- Running x86 Binaries on Linux for System z- Jim 
Porell, Mantissa 
- Cloud Storage for System z - Mike Melillo, CA 
- 50 years of System z – Neale Ferguson, SNA

Abstracts and registration details: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0414.PDF

The event is free but we ask for registrations so that catering for breakfast 
can be accurately sized.
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Hillgang User Group Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will be held Wednesday 23 April at the CA Offices in 
Herdon Virginia. The details are available at: 

http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0414.PDF

Note, we use Doodle to acquire registration numbers so please use the URL at 
the bottom of the flyer (http://doodle.com/em8b3t6mgmvzaaqw).

Briefly, the agenda includes:

-  IT Economics of the Mainframe - Christopher T von Koschembahr, IBM
-  Running x86 Binaries on Linux for System z- Jim Porell, Mantissa
-  Cloud Storage for System z - Mike Melillo, CA

Neale
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Hillgang update

[Neale Ferguson]

I've added a session to the 23 April meeting:

50 years of System z - 

I created a presentation based on my blog piece “Mainframe Memories” 
(http://butmostlyaboutcats.blogspot.com/2014/03/mainframe-memories.html)  and 
was subsequently asked to be the featured speaker at the 50th Anniversary of 
System/360 event held in Johannesburg on April 7. It seemed appropriate to 
deliver it at Hillgang, so as scheduler I gave myself a slot! ;-)

Neale
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Hillgang 11 Dec - registration

[Neale Ferguson]

If the new method of registration (Doodle) is causing you grief or your
corporate firewall prevents you from using it, just send email to
ne...@sinenomine.net if you¹d like to register for the event. 

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Hillgang 11 Dec - Hadoop on z Going mobile

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang user group meeting will be held in Herndon Virginia on 11
December at the CA Office. The flyer may be found at:

http://download.sinenomine.net/hillgang/Hillgang%202013-12.pdf

The agenda includes:

- Big Data analytics through Hadoop on System z Linux - Mike Combs, VP of
Marketing, Veristorm
- Managing, maintaining, modernizing and optimizing your current Legacy
Source Code, Alan Perkins  David Korkosz, ITP-PANORAMA
- CA Update, Yvonne Demeritt  Mike Melillo, CA
- Going Mobile with z/VM and Linux on System z ­ Neale Ferguson, SNA

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Hillgang reminder

[Neale Ferguson]

A final reminder that the next Hillgang user group meeting will be held this
Wednesday at the CA Offices in Herndon Virginia. The agenda and abstracts
may be found at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0913.PDF

The agenda includes:

- Nationwide¹s Private Cloud Journey - Brian Callaghan, AVP IT Engineering,
Nationwide

- z/VM 6.3 Update  HiperDispatch deep dive ­ Dr Brian Wade, IBM

- INNOVATION¹s options for backing up up Linux on z ­ Patrick Fitzsimmons
and Ed Gilroy, INNOVATION

- Effective IT Optimization with IBM System z Consolidation, Cloud,
Analytics - Len Santalucia, Vicom

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Hillgang Meeting September 18

[Neale Ferguson]

The next meeting of Hillgang will take place at the CA Office in Herndon Va
on September 18. The meeting agenda, featuring a user experiences
presentation, is as follows:

- Nationwide¹s Private Cloud Journey - Brian Callaghan, AVP IT Engineering,
Nationwide
- z/VM 6.3 Update  HiperDispatch deep dive ­ Dr Brian Wade, IBM
- INNOVATION¹s options for backing up up Linux on z ­ Patrick Fitzsimmons
and Ed Gilroy, INNOVATION
- Effective IT Optimization with IBM System z Consolidation, Cloud,
Analytics - Len Santalucia, Vicom

Details, including registration procedure, may be found at:
http://download.sinenomine.net/hillgang/Hillgang%202013-09.pdf

Neale

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Hillgang Meeting June 5 DC/VA/MD

[Neale Ferguson]

The next Hillgang meeting will be held on June 5 at the CA Offices in
Herndon Virginia. 

1. Linux at Citibank ­ Doc Robinson, Citibank

2. Fit for Purpose ­ Len Diegl, Velocity

3. Enterprise Cloud: Accelerate Your Journey with CA AppLogic for System z -
Andrew Chapman, CA

4. High Availability and GFS for Linux on z ­ Neale Ferguson, SNA

Further details including abstracts, location and registration at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HILL0613.PDF

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Friday Nostalgia

[Neale Ferguson]

Mainframe computing at ATT in 1973...

http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2013/04/ibm-mainframe-computing-at-att-in-
1973.html

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Hillgang Presentations from February Meeting

[Neale Ferguson]

3 of the 4 sessions presentations are available at
https://www.sinenomine.net/node/902

Neale

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Hillgang Reminder - 13 Feb

[Neale Ferguson]

Our next meeting is this Wednesday at the CA office in Herndon Va. Please let 
me know if you're coming so I can finalize numbers for catering. For you 
history/nostalgia buffs the presentation from the folks at Paul Allen's Living 
Computer Museum will be a highlight.

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