Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/30/2017 at 05:33 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > I would generally agree with this, but Michael pointed out that multiple > versions and distros are being booted in the same guest. He asked me why I recommended disabling cio_ignore, so I told him. Mark Post

Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 01/30/2017 at 08:31 GMT, Mark Post wrote: > In general, it's a PITA for guests. I would generally agree with this, but Michael pointed out that multiple versions and distros are being booted in the same guest. If that is going to be the case, then cio_ignore is

Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Mike Walter
In my experience, the majority of the devices a Linux guest finds, at least the ones not needed, are DASD devices. So set up a single minidisk that all servers link to RR as their 191 disk. The common PROFILE EXEC can then be tuned to perform work common to all servers (e.g. CP DETACH any

zoom 2.01

2017-01-30 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Hello IBMVM and linux-390 listers and lurkers, I just uploaded zoom 2.01 to SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-zoom/files Here are the line items: Version 2-01 - Jan 30, 2017 -) Added command zchexpiration to reset nodes' expiration date -) Changed dates to seconds since 1/1/70

Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/30/2017 at 09:19 AM, Michael J Nash wrote: > Greetings Mark, thank you for your reply. > Please explain the reasoning for disabling cio_ignore. > The reason I would not want to do this is because these guest systems may > be used for IPL of different distributions

Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Michael J Nash
Greetings Mark, I have found two methods that work for resizing the btrfs "/" filesystem. The two methods are to update /etc/fstab or update the kernel and then update grub2. I have a couple of questions. 1 - When I extend a xfs filesystem I do not need to update the kernel or /etc/fstab. 2 -

Re: Unable to IPL the system after resizing "/" btrfs filesystem

2017-01-30 Thread Michael J Nash
Greetings Mark, thank you for your reply. Please explain the reasoning for disabling cio_ignore. The reason I would not want to do this is because these guest systems may be used for IPL of different distributions and/or releases. I may IPL a SUSE 12, Red Hat 6.7, or a Red Hat 7.2 system. Having

Re: mkfs.btrfs not working on an unformatted device

2017-01-30 Thread Michael J Nash
Greetings Mark, thank you for the confirmation. I suspected that this was dependant on the architecture. From: Mark Post To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 01/27/2017 06:23 PM Subject:Re: mkfs.btrfs not working on an unformatted device Sent by:Linux on

SHARE San Jose Session Chair Request

2017-01-30 Thread John Crossno
SHARE is getting closer, and since you are planning to attend SHARE, I'm sure you are ready, willing, and able to consider chairing one or more sessions in San Jose. This is the time to sign up for a session! Why wait? Grab one or more sessions that you plan to attend anyway. If you have never