Re: Idea: Using SCRT to report on Linux usage; maybe a way to reduce the entry level cost for Linux on Z?

2018-04-13 Thread Gibney, Dave
I FIND THIS DISCUSSION TROUBLING. It will not likely ever affect me of my installation, has we haven't (and unfortunately are not likely to) used zLinux and Z/VM. But, is the z/OS MIPS/MSU pricing model (IMO, one of the major drags on the platform) really being extended into this arena. >

Re: Idea: Using SCRT to report on Linux usage; maybe a way to reduce the entry level cost for Linux on Z?

2018-04-13 Thread Stuart, David
I run SCRT on my z/VSE Systems, and have been for a couple years, or so, now. So, no, SCRT isn't just for z/OS. Dave Dave Stuart Principal Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura 805-662-6731 david.stu...@ventura.org -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: Idea: Using SCRT to report on Linux usage; maybe a way to reduce the entry level cost for Linux on Z?

2018-04-13 Thread barton
Isn't the ibm tool just for z/os and at the LPAR level? nothing to do with what goes on inside z/vm. nothing to do with what goes on inside linux for specific licensing. I've been asked to provide such information by another vendor, and that function will be released shortly. This allows the

Re: RHEL 6.9 servers getting Unknown program exception: 0028 SMP

2018-04-13 Thread Bill Bitner
Rick, As we discussed on phone, but for benefit of others. My last append forgot to point out that the TRACE needs to be done for all the virtual processors in the virtual machine. Otherwise only, only the base VMDBK is protected. This can be done by using the "CPU" command: CPU ALL CMD TRACE

Re: RHEL 6.9 servers getting Unknown program exception: 0028 SMP

2018-04-13 Thread Rick Barlow
The circumvention of using the TRACE PROG 28 did not work for us. We had some servers that failed and could not re-boot - most likely related to the trace being active. We are booting Linux back to the older kernel level that was not experiencing the problem - 2.6.32-696.18.7.el6.s390x. Clearly