Re: 3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries

2005-01-14 Thread Pieter Harder
Hello Ray, what kind of attachment are you using for the 3592? FCP of Ficon? Are they in a library of any sort or are they manually operated? You mention BrightStor Enterprise/ARCserve Backup, I assume you use them with that. What are you using for tape management? Also a CA product? Best regards

Betr.: Re: 3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries

2005-01-14 Thread Pieter Harder
Mark, I can't, I don't have the hardware (yet). I want to make sure there will be working drivers for Linux on zSeries before spending $$$ buying hardware I might not be able to use. I visited the developerWorks site and specifically studied the 3590 OCO drivers, but found no mention of support for

SLES9 and DSR?

2005-01-14 Thread Mcphillips, James T
Hi, Has anyone heard of configuring Linux for DSR? Our network people tell me that in order to use linux390 on our load balancer efficiently, we need to configure it for DSR. They say it is 'Dynamic Server Reconnect'. It is where the load balancer selects which server is to handle the re

My previous post on Linux guest dumping on minidisks

2005-01-14 Thread Ranga Nathan
I found that 3 minidisks were not formatted/ partitioned. I missed them because Linux did not sense these earlier and I did not see them. I think those error messages indicate probably that the partitions were not formatted. __ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Prog

Linux guest dumping on minidisks

2005-01-14 Thread Ranga Nathan
I allocated some minidisks for a Linux guests in order to create LVM. I was able to see these minidisks and even format them. But when I tried to create LVs, the guest had trouble sensing the partitions. I get errors like the following an many of the minidisks. The partitions are active and formatt

Re: 3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries

2005-01-14 Thread Mrohs, Ray
CA has one that we got to work with VTS as well as 3592s, but it might only come bundled with the BrightStor Enterprise/ARCserve Backup product. Ray Mrohs Energy Information Administration U.S. Department of Energy -Original Message- From: Pieter Harder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: F

Tivoli ITM -- Postemsg API Published???

2005-01-14 Thread Tom Shilson
Does anyone know if Tivoli has published their API for ITM (The IBM Tivoli Monitor component)? I am considering a non-Tivoli (perhaps home-brew) replacement for postemsg. Thanks, tom - - - - - - - - - - - - Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the mainframe world any more. _/)

User Experiences with Tivoli ITM and/or Postemsg on Lin-z

2005-01-14 Thread Tom Shilson
Is anyone using these and, if so, how is it working for you? We are in the middle of an upgrade to 4.1.1 so our Tivoli folks can't help us just now. tom - - - - - - - - - - - - Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the mainframe world any more. _/) Tom Shilson ~G

Re: 3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries

2005-01-14 Thread Post, Mark K
Have you tried the tape_3590 OCO driver from IBM's developerWorks? Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pieter Harder Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:20 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: 3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries Hel

DIRMAINT clonedisk question

2005-01-14 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
The following is from DirMainy support, Mark Ritter: The workunit is NOT done. Indications: (a) The destination address is located on volume $$. (b) Some of the self-generated "commands" within the work unit have a status of "NTRIED" or "Not Tried", as oposed to those that are "DONE"

Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation

2005-01-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Something's different. I just went to the Novell site via my bookmark, signed on, started downloading CD6 and there is 633MBs. Amazing. Passed the 25 MB mark and still going. Makes me wonder what has changed. Perhaps I should redownload everything and start over. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation

2005-01-14 Thread Post, Mark K
I did this particular download at home, on a Windows 2000 box, using Mozilla 1.7.5. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:48 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 CD Valid

Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation

2005-01-14 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Hi Mark What are you using to download. I've only been using Netscape. What OS are you using for the download (XP, Linux?) Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/14/05 12:10 AM >>> Just to check, I started a new download. It's currently at 168MB and climbing. Mark Pos

Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation

2005-01-14 Thread dclark
I don't remember. The dates on the file show 11/04/2004. -Original Message- From: Tom Duerbusch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:54 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation So when did you download your s390 version? I just download

Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation

2005-01-14 Thread Post, Mark K
My download finished. The checksum is correct. So, it is doable. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:54 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Suse 9.0 CD Validation So when

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jan 14, 2005, at 9:41 AM, David Boyes wrote: If one runs under VM, you can use PAV with Linux. See http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux3 90/perf/tuning_rec_dasd_PAV.shtml#begin for details. Cool -- thanks! That one had slipped under my radar. Do you happen to know if the

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread Ferguson, Neale
It should have been there with SLES8 SP3 I think. Neale -Original Message- Cool -- thanks! That one had slipped under my radar. Do you happen to know if the patched driver has been included in any of the distributions?

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread David Boyes
> If one runs under VM, you can use PAV with Linux. See > http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux3 > 90/perf/tuning_rec_dasd_PAV.shtml#begin > for details. Cool -- thanks! That one had slipped under my radar. Do you happen to know if the patched driver has been included in an

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread Ledbetter, Scott E
Right. RVA does not support PAV. The STK SVA V2XF (the descendant of the RVA) does support PAV. Scott Ledbetter StorageTek -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Bitner Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:37 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Sub

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread Bill Bitner
>If one runs under VM, you can use PAV with Linux. See Of course I should have included, this applies only to devices that support PAV, which I do not believe the RVA does. Bill Bitner - VM Performance Evaluation - IBM Endicott - 607-429-3286 --

Re: RVA,ESS,performance

2005-01-14 Thread Bill Bitner
>You can have only one I/O in progress to each physical device at a time >(since Linux doesn't do PAV yet). If you use a logical volume comprised >of more physical devices, more actual I/Os can be in progress at the >same time. If one runs under VM, you can use PAV with Linux. See http://www10.sof

Re: Samba 3.0

2005-01-14 Thread Daniel Jarboe
> Many of them are the same type of printer HPLaserJet 4si, > HPLaserJet 5, etc. and distributed to over 150 drops/locations > through-out our campus. During the process of setting up these > printers using Point-and-Print I have scripted several steps to > save time. But I have not been able to

3592 drivers for Linux on zSeries

2005-01-14 Thread Pieter Harder
Hello list, my question is: are there any drivers for 3592 tapes for any Linux on zSeries? I think the answer is no, but I need confirmation of this. Thanks. Best regards, Pieter Harder [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +31-73-6837133 / +31-6-47272537 --