Re: VM EDEVICE multipath for Linux

2015-04-29 Thread Sergey Korzhevsky
Crystal clear, thank you, Scott. WBR, Sergey Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 28-04-15 19:58 Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU, cc: Subject:Re: VM EDEVICE

Re: Silly question about SLES

2015-04-29 Thread Levy, Alan
I still don't know why there is a SLES11 SP4 repository that I am currently mirroring on my SMT server. If it has not been release yet, then what is this repository doing there ? -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent:

Re: zVM/Linux Upgrade

2015-04-29 Thread Andrew Westerfield
This is what I did. From the command prompt, I ftp to my z/VM system and sign in as maint. MAINT logged in; working directory = MAINT 191 Issue command cd maint.2cc You can issue the 'LS' command here to view the contents of the working directory and see if USER.DIRECT is there. I use my

Re: Silly question about SLES

2015-04-29 Thread Mark Post
On 4/29/2015 at 08:16 AM, Levy, Alan al...@doitt.nyc.gov wrote: I still don't know why there is a SLES11 SP4 repository that I am currently mirroring on my SMT server. If it has not been release yet, then what is this repository doing there ? We're trying to get ahead of the game. In the

Re: zVM/Linux Upgrade

2015-04-29 Thread Dazzo, Matt
Is there a way to get a copy of the 'user direct' to my desk top? When I ftp to zvm I sign on with the maint id, that brings me to maint.191 disk. User direct is located on C1. As you can tell a newbie to vm here. Tks Matt -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: zVM/Linux Upgrade

2015-04-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 04/29/2015 at 11:47 EDT, Dazzo, Matt mda...@pch.com wrote: Is there a way to get a copy of the 'user direct' to my desk top? When I ftp to zvm I sign on with the maint id, that brings me to maint.191 disk. User direct is located on C1. As you can tell a newbie to vm here. Tks Matt

RHEL CONF file network info for VLAN connection

2015-04-29 Thread Milstead, Matthew
Hi, We recently changed our network configuration to use trunk ports from the external switch and a VLAN aware vswitch. On the Red Hat side, in our pre-existing Linux guests we had to change our /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts to have an ifcfg-eth0 file and an ifcfg-eth0.vlanid file in order

Re: DR backup support.

2015-04-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 04/29/2015 at 10:16 EDT, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: What we recommend is to set up a Linux backup tool like Amanda or Bacula (or your fave commercial tool) in the guests to back up to a dedicated virtual machine used only as a backup server. Do regular file-level

Re: RHEL CONF file network info for VLAN connection

2015-04-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 04/29/2015 at 03:43 EDT, Milstead, Matthew matthew.milst...@ssa.gov wrote: We recently changed our network configuration to use trunk ports from the external switch and a VLAN aware vswitch. On the Red Hat side, in our pre-existing Linux guests we had to change our

Re: zVM/Linux Upgrade

2015-04-29 Thread Dazzo, Matt
Alan, thank you. Caught me a 177530 byte USER DIRECT file. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:55 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zVM/Linux Upgrade On Wednesday, 04/29/2015

LXFMT 2.3 Available

2015-04-29 Thread David Boyes
Thanks to Perry Ruiter and several testers, version 2.3 of LXFMT is available for download. This version is a substantial rework of how disk geometry handling and volume formatting on occurs, which should adapt better to new DASD types and be a bit more resilient to odds-and-ends that used to

Re: RHEL CONF file network info for VLAN connection

2015-04-29 Thread G John Dome
We recently changed our network configuration to use trunk ports from the external switch and a VLAN aware vswitch. On the Red Hat side, in our pre-existing Linux guests we had to change our /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts to have an ifcfg-eth0 file and an ifcfg-eth0.vlanid file in order to

DR backup support.

2015-04-29 Thread David Boyes
What is the preferred method for backing up and restoring Linux for Disaster Recovery purposes. You have to do it in two stages. Suspend/stop and flashcopy doesn't work reliably/cleanly because Linux caches the heck out of stuff, so what's on disk at any given second is NOT the current

Re: SUSE FTP Server issue

2015-04-29 Thread Mainframe Mainframe
Yes, we are handling network as well and we don't find any issues. We tried manually connecting to FTP server from windows machine and transferred data and all worked fine . But not sure, If we have to make any changes in FTP server config file for session related parameter. On Thu, Apr 30,

Re: SUSE FTP Server issue

2015-04-29 Thread Mark Post
On 4/30/2015 at 01:27 AM, Mainframe Mainframe mainframe1...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, we are handling network as well and we don't find any issues. We tried Does that mean they ran a network trace while reproducing the problem? If not, they should. manually connecting to FTP server from

Re: SUSE FTP Server issue

2015-04-29 Thread Mainframe Mainframe
It firewall is the issue then system should not copied first 3 disks. If you look at the error, we getting error only after 3rd disk copy. IUGILB8440I NOW LOADING MAINTCF1 (CF1) DISK 1 OF 317 IUGILB8440I NOW LOADING MAINTCFD (CFD) DISK 2 OF 317 IUGILB8440I NOW LOADING MAINTCF3 (CF3)

Re: SUSE FTP Server issue

2015-04-29 Thread Mark Post
On 4/30/2015 at 01:36 AM, Mainframe Mainframe mainframe1...@gmail.com wrote: It firewall is the issue then system should not copied first 3 disks. If you look at the error, we getting error only after 3rd disk copy. Neither Alan nor I are saying it's a problem with firewall _rules_. Rather

Re: SUSE FTP Server issue

2015-04-29 Thread Mark Post
On 4/30/2015 at 12:44 AM, Mainframe Mainframe mainframe1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, We are installing z/VM 6.3 using FTP server. After running install script , is getting failed while NOW LOADING MAINT190 (190) DISK 4 OF 317 -snip- we getting time out error but

Re: Silly question about SLES

2015-04-29 Thread Marcy Cortes
I would imagine there are Beta customers out there at this point that might need patches. Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Levy, Alan Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:17 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: