Re: building wireshark on SLES10SP2?

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Perry
On 19 April 2010 21:56, Agblad Tore wrote: > You don't have to use the z cpu cycles for wireshark: > > issue tcpdump into file in the zlinux machine > copy the file to a linux desktop with opensuse for example > run wireshark with that infile > I think you missed the point of the thread. Th

Re: Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
As I am a little. I don't have specific dates (purely because I don't record them), but I have information that I haven't yet discarded about certification, let alone support, going back 12 months+ - Rodger is only one of many customers who've been working for some time on this distribution. I

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
I did open a service request. I see that in /var/log/YaST2 that there's move-to-sp3-script.log file. Last commands are rug unsubscribes for SP2. Then registrtion done. Hopefully they'll get back to me on Monday. I've had enough fun for today. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 04:40 PM, "Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)" wrote: > However after I installed move-to-sp3 and then restarted YOU it now says > there are no patches to be applied :( > > I looked at installation sources and see that the SP2 sources have been > removed but no SP3 sources have been added.

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread David Boyes
> The problem is convince Oracle to create a RPM file, and I bet Oracle > will > not consider the idea, as it would be required to support the RPM. That's exactly my point -- Oracle *should* be distributing software for a platform in the format that is compatible with the native platform software

Re: Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta

2010-04-23 Thread Rodger Donaldson
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:11:39PM -0400, CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) wrote: > The big question will be after RHEL 6 goes GA, how long will it take > Oracle to catch up and certify their DB on this platform for the z390x > Architecture? It took to this year, that we are able to move our Oracle > DBs to RH

Re: Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta

2010-04-23 Thread CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
The big question will be after RHEL 6 goes GA, how long will it take Oracle to catch up and certify their DB on this platform for the z390x Architecture? It took to this year, that we are able to move our Oracle DBs to RHEL 5 servers. James Chaplin Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux Base Techn

Re: The udevadm settle command timing out

2010-04-23 Thread Brad Hinson
On 04/23/2010 10:40 AM, Michael MacIsaac wrote: Hi, I have a script that does a FLASHCOPY, then a "chccwdev -e" against the newly copied disk. It seemed that the chccwdev command finished asynchronously. In the past I had a "sleep 1" which seemed to allow enough time for the command to finish,

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
I did. However after I installed move-to-sp3 and then restarted YOU it now says there are no patches to be applied :( I looked at installation sources and see that the SP2 sources have been removed but no SP3 sources have been added. And /etc/SuSErelease still says patchlevel 2 -Origi

Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta

2010-04-23 Thread Brad Hinson
Below is the announcement for RHEL 6 beta, released this past Wednesday. It's currently available on RHN (https://rhn.redhat.com). Red Hat is pleased to announce the Beta availability of the next generation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux product family. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 brin

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Mauro Souza
The problem is convince Oracle to create a RPM file, and I bet Oracle will not consider the idea, as it would be required to support the RPM. RedHat/Novel cannot make a RPM for Oracle, as they cannot repackage/redistribute Oracle products. I could build a Oracle RPM (only for myself, don't want to

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Ron Foster at Baldor-IS
Just remember to put on all the SP2 patches before you select the move to sp3 patch. Ron Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:55 PM, "Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)" wrote: > Once I selected the 'move-to sle10-sp3' it came up with a warning that > said don't install until you read this: > > http:

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Once I selected the 'move-to sle10-sp3' it came up with a warning that said don't install until you read this: http://www.novell.com/support/documentLink.do?externalID=7004640 So they are providing the doc when you select it ! -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Thanks as always Mark! -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 2:33 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3 >>> On 4/23/2010 at 01:48 PM, "Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)" >>>

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 01:47 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Thanks, I made the changes. I also notice the following in > /var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE: > > linuxd02:/var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE # ls -l > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Ap

Re: SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 01:48 PM, "Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)" wrote: > I haven't been able to locate an instructions doc for upgrading from > SLES10 SP2 to SP3. > All I could find on the Novell website was a release notes doc. > Don't know why I'm having so much trouble finding an upgrade doc this > time

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread RPN01
Before you get really fired up about all these paths, I'll give you a command that I use to see if / where the space is being used: du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11 Run this from any "root" that you feel is using space, and it will show you the top 10 "offenders" in that root. So in your case, you

SLES10 upgrade from SP2 to SP3

2010-04-23 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
I haven't been able to locate an instructions doc for upgrading from SLES10 SP2 to SP3. All I could find on the Novell website was a release notes doc. Don't know why I'm having so much trouble finding an upgrade doc this time around. I must just be brain dead. I usually use YaST2 to do upgrades.

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks, I made the changes. I also notice the following in /var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE: linuxd02:/var/cache/zmd/web/files/nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE # ls -l total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:16 SLE10-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Apr 11 20:23 SLE10-SP2

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Clovis Pereira
Hello, I see two points of views here: 1- A fake-rpm is easy and fast to implement, but not a definitive solution. 2- A complete installation package, for a lot of platforms, but more difficult to be wrote. Both are good ideas. The keyword to chose between them is: urgency. Regards, Clovis. |

JCAPS on Linux on z?

2010-04-23 Thread Karl Huf
I just walked by my manager's office (need to change my route) and he yelled out "Hey Karl, is JCAPS supported on zLinux?". I said it should work, it's Java right? Of course I have no experience with JCAPS and don't know whether SUN, I mean Oracle, "supports" it on Linux on z. Figured I'd ask the

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
Ray, Please refer to Note 1086769.1 on My Oracle Support for full details (and the RPM), and send me any feedback or problems (offlist, ideally, as I don't want to clutter peoples inboxes :-) ) Cheers Damian -Original Message- From: Ray Waters [mailto:ray.wat...@opensolutions.com] Sen

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Rogério Soares
you already tryed install using yast? try this sudo yast2 install gcc make oracle need basically gcc and compiling tools and gnome package. on sles orarun helps much too. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Ray Waters wrote: > Now if I could just find this dependency RPM! > > Ray > > -Origina

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Rogério Soares
Try this Ray, this guide suggest do a full installation of sles, but, you can do only the base system, All Gnome packages and gcc and compiling tools. install all is off course more easy solution if you stay in doubt. be attention on redbooks suggests ok? Install oracle on z/linux is easy if y

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Ray Waters
Now if I could just find this dependency RPM! Ray -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Damian Gallagher Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:34 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install Thanks Mauro, that's it. You'v

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread David Boyes
> I think the idea here is provide an "fake" rpm which depends on the > same > dependencies as Oracle DB do. So, installing this > "oracledeps-fake-virtual-10.2.0.2.rpm" will install the dependencies, > and > you will be able to install Oracle without having to check manually > gcc, > libgcc, openm

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
Thanks Mauro, that's it. You've expressed the concept far more clearly than I did, obviously :-) Cheers Damian -Original Message- From: Mauro Souza [mailto:thoriu...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 April 2010 17:00 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install David, I think the

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 12:06 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > cache-max-size-hard-limit | False | If true, never allow the > cache to grow past the maximum size > cache-max-size-in-mb | 300| The maximum size of the > cache (in mb) > max-cache-age

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks for those that responded. The yum command is not available on these Linux guests. Did you want me to run this on my YUM sever? My YUM server does not know about these Linux guests? I ran the command as follows: linuxd02:/var/lib/zypp/cache # rug get-prefs | grep cache cache-cleanup-enabled

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 03:43 AM, Rob van der Heij wrote: > At > least with YaST such intelligence is hidden in some proprietary > catalog that will walk the chain of requirements. Excuse me? What's proprietary about it? Mark Post -

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Mauro Souza
David, I think the idea here is provide an "fake" rpm which depends on the same dependencies as Oracle DB do. So, installing this "oracledeps-fake-virtual-10.2.0.2.rpm" will install the dependencies, and you will be able to install Oracle without having to check manually gcc, libgcc, openmotif, li

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Pat Carroll
Does it fail to clean the directories? Patrick Carroll | Technology Architect II L.L.Bean, Inc.(r) | Double L St. | Freeport ME 04033 http://www.llbean.com | pcarr...@llbean.com | 207.552.2426 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information t

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/23/2010 at 09:45 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Question 2: Space is limited in our shop. Can I delete these directories? > I have these same patches on our local YUM server and this seems to be a > waste of space. No. This is the information your system needs to do d

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Scott Rohling
Just give yum clean a try and see what it does with those directories. yum clean is for clients receiving maintenance from a server... Scott Rohling On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco < peabre...@pepco.com> wrote: > Thanks, but it looks like yum clean only applies

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks, but it looks like yum clean only applies to the yum server, unless I mis-understood something. I am seeing these issues on my SLES10 SP3 guests where I do not run the yum server. On these guests, I use YaST and point it to our local YUM server. This growth appears to be from Novell?s z

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread David Boyes
> Oracle isn't an rpm install, and as such has little dependency checking > inbuilt - it has relied on manual verification. This new package purely > implements the dependencies, removing the manual work. There is no > direct relationship between the Oracle installer and this package. Mmf. Not so

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
Oracle isn't an rpm install, and as such has little dependency checking inbuilt - it has relied on manual verification. This new package purely implements the dependencies, removing the manual work. There is no direct relationship between the Oracle installer and this package. Cheers Damian --

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread David Boyes
> Now available for s390x - Red Hat 5 and SLES 10 - an RPM to check that > software prerequisites are met before Oracle software is installed. It > doesn't contain or install any executable of itself, but the rpm > install process will perform updates to software components if > required, or insta

Re: The udevadm settle command timing out

2010-04-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Oh, this is SLES 11 under z/VM 5.4 # uname -a Linux gpok231 2.6.27.42-0.1-default #1 SMP 2010-01-06 16:07:25 +0100 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux # cat /etc/*release SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (s390x) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 0 "Mike MacIsaac"(845) 433-7061 --

The udevadm settle command timing out

2010-04-23 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hi, I have a script that does a FLASHCOPY, then a "chccwdev -e" against the newly copied disk. It seemed that the chccwdev command finished asynchronously. In the past I had a "sleep 1" which seemed to allow enough time for the command to finish, but I got comments that "udevsettle", or "udevadm

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Pat Carroll
See: yum clean Patrick Carroll | Technology Architect II L.L.Bean, Inc.(r) | Double L St. | Freeport ME 04033 http://www.llbean.com | pcarr...@llbean.com | 207.552.2426 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information that is legally privileged

/var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have various Linux SLES10 SP3 guests under z/VM. We use YaST to apply the patches using our local YUM server. However, I see the following directory continue to grow. /var/lib/zypp/cache/ This directory contains many other directories in the form of Source./repodata. Each of these directories

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
Thanks Rob. Basically I have started by going for the 80-20 rule - as is this should eliminate most of the installation prereq issues I see here. Getting it into the Oracle installer is a little more difficult. We'll still be maintaining the notes which document the required packages - this rpm

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Damian Gallagher wrote: > Announced yesterday at the SIG: > > Now available for s390x  - Red Hat 5 and SLES 10 - an RPM to check that > software prerequisites are met before Oracle software is installed. It > doesn't contain or install any executable of itself, b

Re: Oracle 10.2.0 Install

2010-04-23 Thread Damian Gallagher
Announced yesterday at the SIG: Now available for s390x - Red Hat 5 and SLES 10 - an RPM to check that software prerequisites are met before Oracle software is installed. It doesn't contain or install any executable of itself, but the rpm install process will perform updates to software compon