Re: VLAN support in SuSE zLinux

2004-06-25 Thread Rob van der Heij
Alan Altmark wrote: It is used by routers and firewalls that need to get data from one subnet to another. The subnets may be on the same physical interface but with different VLAN IDs. If a host isn't routing, it needs only a virtual access port with a single VLAN ID assigned. Indeed Sir. My

Re: Performance with Multiple CPUs

2004-06-25 Thread Rob van der Heij
Adam Thornton wrote: That said, if you have more than one actual processor, I would define all the guests as two-processor machines. It seems to me--and this is nothing I have any data to support, so Barton is not interested--that if you're running on multiple physical engines, two-processor

Re: Linux stress test

2004-06-25 Thread José Manuel Canelas
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:54:55 +0100 Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Iau, 2004-06-24 at 18:44, Levy, Alan wrote: Are there any stress test products out there that I can download ? Several - things like cerberus being pretty extreme system testers. I found this list when looking for

LABEL=/ Problem

2004-06-25 Thread Chet Norris
I just installed RH Enterprise and I'm trying to prepare a new boot disk for my z/VM Linux image propagation. But I'm having a problem with the LABEL=/ in my fstab, I think. I've created the ext3 partitioned dasd, tared the root, /boot, and /usr as usual. Then I used e2label to label the devices

Re: Linux stress test

2004-06-25 Thread Levy, Alan
Ok - maybe thousand was overstating it. Let's say hundreds instead. The web application is used for the buildings department as a front end to a DB2 database running on our OS390 mainframe. It will be used by the public to search for buildings and tradesmen. Alan Levy W: 718-403-8020 C:

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread James Melin
So this swapgen utility makes the V-Disk linux ready? Does that mean it's formatted as swap? What do you do then within in the Linux guest to use the device as swap? Adam Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] mine.net

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Dave Jones
Yes, it's ready for Linux use as a swap device. You just need an entry for swap in the /etc/fstab file... DJ James Melin wrote: So this swapgen utility makes the V-Disk linux ready? Does that mean it's formatted as swap? What do you do then within in the Linux guest to use the device as swap?

2004-06-21 Linux for zSeries code drop to developerWorks

2004-06-25 Thread Gerhard Hiller
Please see the What's New page at: http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/whatsnew.shtml for a change summary of the 2004-06-21 additions and changes to the Linux for zSeries and S/390 developerWorks Web pages. April 2004 stream: o Recommended kernel 2.6.5 bug fixes

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread James Melin
K. I've just gotten to the point where our VM guy is going to finally let me USE vdisk for swap (took much convincing) and he assigned that device at dev 300. swapgen not withstanding, I've been unable to get linux to recognize the device. I've tried adding it using an add command echoed to

Re: Using crypto cards with Linux

2004-06-25 Thread Alexander Riedel
Hi, you can use the Crypto-Cards but not the internal Crypto Co Processors. You can do configure it at the HMC, Activation Profile, Choose at the right side the correct LPAR and then you have at the bottom right, a small arrow to get right. There you can activate the cryptocards. Greetings

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Ronald Van Der Laan
Dave Jones wrote on 25-06-2004 15:48:32: K. I've just gotten to the point where our VM guy is going to finally let me USE vdisk for swap (took much convincing) and he assigned that device at dev 300. swapgen not withstanding, I've been unable to get linux to recognize the device. I've tried

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 08:12, James Melin wrote: So this swapgen utility makes the V-Disk linux ready? Does that mean it's formatted as swap? What do you do then within in the Linux guest to use the device as swap? Yes. It is formatted as swap. Within the Linux guest you then do (presuming

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 08:48, James Melin wrote: K. I've just gotten to the point where our VM guy is going to finally let me USE vdisk for swap (took much convincing) and he assigned that device at dev 300. swapgen not withstanding, I've been unable to get linux to recognize the device. I've

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Michael MacIsaac
James, With help from Don Robbins and others I wrote up using VDISK swap with the SWAPGEN EXEC in the Domino on zLinux (tm) redbook: http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247021.html?Open Section 6.6.2 I believe. -Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845)

64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Lee Stewart
Hi... I just want to confirm that I understand something right... If I have a SLES7 32 bit system running, and I want to upgrade to SLES8 64 bit, I can't just go in and run Yast's System Update function. (Because it's an architecture change.) Right? I have to install the 64 bit SLES8, then

Re: 64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Post, Mark K
I would say that's a pretty safe assumption, since SUSE said that going from SLES7 to SLES8 32-bit wasn't a supported upgrade, but a re-install. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Stewart Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:53 PM

Re: 64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Lee Stewart
Thanks... Sometimes it's always nice for a confirmation... Lee At 10:58 AM 6/25/2004, you wrote: I would say that's a pretty safe assumption, since SUSE said that going from SLES7 to SLES8 32-bit wasn't a supported upgrade, but a re-install. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390

Re: New version of SWAPGEN available

2004-06-25 Thread Loren Charnley, Jr.
James, In order to use vdisks, they have to configured similar to an FBA device. Block size must be 512. If you define the vdisk in the VM directory and run SWAPGEN with the proper device number, you should be alright. I am no expert, just tried it once. Cheers, Loren Charnley, Jr. IT Systems

Re: Using crypto cards with Linux

2004-06-25 Thread Ann Smith
There is currently a HIPER microcode fix for z800 and crypto PC ICA. They are putting the microcode fix on our system thisi weekend. But our lpar runs VM. Just thought I'd mention checking for the HIPER. Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: Cross-posted to Linux/390 and VM-ESA lists. Sorry for the

June 29 Teleconf: Migrating Windows Workloads to Linux on zSeries Mainframes

2004-06-25 Thread Pamela Christina of z/VM in Endicott NY
Cross posted to VM, Linux, and IBM Mainframe listservs When this came across my desk, I thought some of you might be interested in tuning in. (Need to register for this one in order to hear it.) There are other migration telecons and replays at this url: http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/migration/

Re: 64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
I would say that's a pretty safe assumption, since SUSE said that going from SLES7 to SLES8 32-bit wasn't a supported upgrade, but a re-install. I just hope that going from SLES8 to SLES9 will be a supported upgrade. An Optimist is just a pessimist with no job experience. - Scott Adams Gordon

Re: 64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Brandon Darbro
On Friday 25 June 2004 01:14 pm, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: I would say that's a pretty safe assumption, since SUSE said that going from SLES7 to SLES8 32-bit wasn't a supported upgrade, but a re-install. I just hope that going from SLES8 to SLES9 will be a supported upgrade. Unfortunately, no.

ksoftirqd crashing guests

2004-06-25 Thread Kohrs, Steven
Does anyone have a remedy for a ksoftirqd process that consumes so much CPU that it crashes the guest? I found a post in the archives, from November 2002, that looked promising, but I verified we're using the latest qeth driver. Some troubleshooting guide mentioned using /proc/interrupts to find

Re: 64 bit confirmation...

2004-06-25 Thread Ferguson, Neale
I just hope that going from SLES8 to SLES9 will be a supported upgrade. Unfortunately, no. At least it hasn't been for the SuSE 8.x to 9.x upgrades on Intel. Don't be so sure. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive