Oracle 10g

2004-10-19 Thread Little, Chris
Went GA today. Available for download on OTN. chris -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvind

SLES 9 FCP Installation Issues.

2004-10-19 Thread Seader, Cameron
Greetings, We have an ESS Shark and we are trying to install SLES 9 onto a 5GB LUN, which we accomplish, but when it comes back and you have to reipl so that you can finishup the configuration with YAST, the system starts to come up, but does not properly setup the network configuration and thro

New Presentation on Web Site

2004-10-19 Thread Post, Mark K
I've added a latecomer to the presentations page (under SHARE 103 in New York), from Edward Salvati of CA: Using Unicenter VM:Operator to Manage Linux Servers. Available, as always, at http://linuxvm.org/Present/ Mark -- For L

High STEAL percentage with Linux workload

2004-10-19 Thread Barton Robinson
Your vdisks are fine. Page stealing is the norm for Linux under z/VM when not configured correctly. Your servers are not dropping from queue. So how does VM get pages from a user that does not drop from queue? steals 'em. And it's not like your steal rate is impacting your performance - YET.

Re: DASD configuration for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
Linux does not know (or at least does not care) about mini disks or not. You don't want other recommendations than 4K block size. So once the dasd driver is loaded and told about the 3 disks, simply dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda -b 4096 -d cdl fdasd -a /dev/dasda [ and also for the other 2 disks ] --

Re: DASD configuration for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread Adam Thornton
On Oct 19, 2004, at 3:41 PM, John Kaba wrote: I am just wanting to set up Linux so that I can run SSL. So, uh, why not just download the SSLSERV package from Sine Nomine? It don't cost nothin'. http://sinenomine.net/debian/ssl Adam

Re: TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Almendarez, Oscar
Thank you all for the quick responses; I greatly appreciate the help. Oscar -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TCPIP Configuration On Tuesday, 10/19/200

Re: TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/19/2004 at 04:33 AST, "Almendarez, Oscar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The IP address was changed in the TCPIP configuration. Does VM need to be > IPLed in order for the changes to take effect? I was under the impression > that the OBEYFILE command only worked temporarily while the s

Re: TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:33:01 -0400, Almendarez, Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The IP address was changed in the TCPIP configuration. Does VM need to be > IPLed in order for the changes to take effect? I was under the impression > that the OBEYFILE command only worked temporarily while the sys

DASD configuration for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread John Kaba
Hello again, I now have the network configured, and can get to my installation media. Now I am ready to format my DASD. The installation manual refers me to the dasdfmt command in the Device Drivers and Installation Commands document, which I am currently looking at, however the examples don't

Re: TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Almendarez, Oscar
The IP address was changed in the TCPIP configuration. Does VM need to be IPLed in order for the changes to take effect? I was under the impression that the OBEYFILE command only worked temporarily while the system was operating? Thanks, Oscar -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [m

Re: TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/19/2004 at 04:11 AST, "Almendarez, Oscar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > After changing some configuration settings to the TCPIP on z/VM version 4.4, > what do I need to do in order for the changes to take effect? That depends entirely on what you changed. Some things

TCPIP Configuration

2004-10-19 Thread Almendarez, Oscar
Hello All, After changing some configuration settings to the TCPIP on z/VM version 4.4, what do I need to do in order for the changes to take effect? Thanks, Oscar Almendarez -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: confused by the --move option on the mount command.

2004-10-19 Thread Post, Mark K
>From what I can find, that command would take the file system that is currently mounted on /var/lib/psql, and change it so that it is mounted on /data/var/lib/psql. At the end, there will be nothing mounted on /var/lib/psql. All this is done without the file system ever being in an unmounted sta

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Peter Oberparleiter
"Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then let me register a retroactive complaint, for future reference. Don't > put things in the man page that aren't supported in the software. It only > confuses people, and wastes a lot of time, both on their part, and the > mailing list. I'll install 1

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:47:05 -0400, Post, Mark K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then let me register a retroactive complaint, for future reference. Don't > put things in the man page that aren't supported in the software. It only > confuses people, and wastes a lot of time, both on their part, and

Re: Problems accessing Installation media for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:42:47 -0500, John Kaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please enter the directory of the installation media: > /bin/ls > Did you really mean to do this? This is the directory on the FTP server where the contents of the CD's is kept. At best you could have it as '/' which me

Re: Problems accessing Installation media for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread Post, Mark K
John, Are you typing in "/bin/ls" for the FTP directory path, or is that somehow getting entered for you? If you are entering it, that doesn't look like a good path to the installation files, does it? Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Post, Mark K
Then let me register a retroactive complaint, for future reference. Don't put things in the man page that aren't supported in the software. It only confuses people, and wastes a lot of time, both on their part, and the mailing list. I'll install 1.3.0 and see if I have better luck there. Mark

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Peter Oberparleiter
"Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did read the man page, several times. I should have mentioned that I'm > using s390-tools 1.2.4. The text you quote does not appear in the man page > at that level. If I try to specify either prompt or timeout in the menu > section, zipl complains ab

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Post, Mark K
I did read the man page, several times. I should have mentioned that I'm using s390-tools 1.2.4. The text you quote does not appear in the man page at that level. If I try to specify either prompt or timeout in the menu section, zipl complains about an unknown keyword, and won't run. So, any ad

Problems accessing Installation media for SuSE SLES 8

2004-10-19 Thread John Kaba
Hello, After getting the network configured successfully, I am now having problems getting to the installation media. I have set up my pc as an FTP server, and am serving out the installation CD of SuSE SLES8. I can succesfully ftp from another CMS ID using anonymous access, but under my Linux

High STEAL percentage with Linux workload

2004-10-19 Thread Mrohs, Ray
I have several Oracle databases running in SLES8, each with 350M storage and four 100MB v-disks. VM partition storage is 8GB and 2GB expanded. I'm seeing page stealing sometimes in the 90% range. Here's a typical reading: AVGPROC-031% 01 XSTORE-72/SEC MIGRATE-/SEC MDC READS-00/SEC WRI

confused by the --move option on the mount command.

2004-10-19 Thread McKown, John
Can anybody explain this in simple terms. The man page doesn't make any sense to me. What would the following command do? mount --move /var/lib/psql /data/var/lib/psql All right, this is for my home system. I have /var/lib in the root filesystem. I now want to move the "/var/lib/psql" subdirect

Re: OT - posting in this mailing list

2004-10-19 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
my option have been successfully updated!! thanks a lot, Gian Tuesday 19 October 2004 11:03, you wrote: > Welcome! You can send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a single line > set linux-390 repro > to get a copy of your own posts as well. The default is not to get > that copy. You can also c

Re: OT - posting in this mailing list

2004-10-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:01:30 +0200, Gianfranco Ciotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new in this mailing list... and I've an OT question: when I post a message > I will receive my post? > I'm afraid if you have recived my last post many time... pardon ;) Welcome! You can send a mail to [EMAIL

OT - posting in this mailing list

2004-10-19 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
Hi, I'm new in this mailing list... and I've an OT question: when I post a message I will receive my post? I'm afraid if you have recived my last post many time... pardon ;) -- G -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive acc

Midwest VM Regional User Group (MVMRUG) Meeting Announcement

2004-10-19 Thread Moore, Terry A.
Cross posted to MVMRUG-L, VMESA-L and LINUX-390 lists: Last call. I'll accept reservations that arrive in my mailbox or fax machine by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The 18th anniversary meeting of MVMRUG will be held in Columbus, Ohio on Friday October 22. We have tried to structure sessions tha

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
Tuesday 19 October 2004 01:09, you wrote: > I'm trying to use the "menu" functionality that zipl provides. It doesn't > seem to make any difference in the way my system comes up. [cut] Insert "timeout=x" , where x are the seconds of waiting before system comes up in defaul mode. Your zipl.conf w

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Peter Oberparleiter
"Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > instead it just immediately boots the default kernel. My /etc/zipl.conf *cough*man zipl.conf*cough* If the 'prompt' setting of the menu section is set to 1, a menu text will be displayed during IPL and the boot program will wait for u

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Ursula Braun-Krahl
Mark, insert the lines [defaultboot] defaultmenu=menu1 into your /etc/zipl.conf Ursula Braun-Krahl, IBM Germany -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
Tuesday 19 October 2004 01:09, you wrote: > I'm trying to use the "menu" functionality that zipl provides. It doesn't > seem to make any difference in the way my system comes up. The output I > get from zipl seems to indicate that when I reboot I'll get the menu, but > instead it just immediatel

Re: zipl boot menu

2004-10-19 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
Alle Tuesday 19 October 2004 01:09, hai scritto: > I'm trying to use the "menu" functionality that zipl provides. It doesn't > seem to make any difference in the way my system comes up. The output I > get from zipl seems to indicate that when I reboot I'll get the menu, but > instead it just imme