Shared r/w Filesystem

2012-02-16 Thread Lionel Dyck
What is the recommended cluster filesystem for Linux on z that allows multiple servers to have read/write access to the same files? I have an account that is having issues with OCFS2 with SLES 11 SP1. Thanks Lionel Lionel B. Dyck z Client Architect IBM Corporation - West IMT Mobile Phone:

OCFS2 replacement for SLES ?

2011-11-03 Thread Lionel Dyck
After reading this http://www.mainframezone.com/it-management/linux-on-system-z-choices-in-file-systems Has anyone heard what SUSE's plans are to provide an alternative within the SLES distribution? Thanks Lionel B. Dyck z Client Architect IBM Corporation - West IMT Mobile Phone:

Re: Regina on SLES 11 SP 1

2011-09-01 Thread Lionel Dyck
I'm glad I haven't added the 'dot' to my path for linux yet as I've learned a lot from y'all. Lionel B. Dyck z Client Architect IBM Corporation - West IMT Mobile Phone: 1-925-207-4518 E-mail: lionel.d...@us.ibm.com System z: www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/ Linux on z:

Re: Question - listserv mail management

2011-08-31 Thread Lionel Dyck
Thanks to everyone who replied. I have been using Quick Rules for so long I'd forgotten about the full mail rule capabilities which included both sender and to. For this, and other listservs, I'm using the filter on TO and it is working great. Lionel B. Dyck z Client Architect IBM Corporation

Re: Regina on SLES 11 SP 1

2011-08-31 Thread Lionel Dyck
I haven't done it on Linux (yet) but on Windows I always put ;. in the PATH so that it would always search the current path when I issued a command - perhaps if I wasn't so fixated on the command line that wouldn't have been an issue. That might be worth considering for Linux Lionel Lionel B.

Question - listserv mail management

2011-08-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
I changed my subscription to digest as I could find no way using Lotus Notes to filter incoming messages to put them into a unique folder. Can anyone provide a suggestion on how to identify posts on this listserv when they arrive in my inbox so that I can easily route them to a folder? Thanks

Networking Question

2011-06-10 Thread Lionel Dyck
I am working with a client and the question arose about if this could be done: Clients FTP data to one of two hosts. If one host is down they actually update the DNS server entry to point the down host to the other (backup) hostname Is there a way to setup the DNS so that both host ip addresses

SLES suse_register fails ?

2010-08-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
I've a challenge that I'm hoping someone here can assist with. I've a server that failed to connect to the Novell center for updates. I checked the novell center and it hadn't connected for over a year (I was able to connect 4 months ago to do the SLES 10 sp2 to sp3 upgrade so I don't know what

NFS and AutoFS - a how to question

2010-08-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
Here is a scenario that I was just asked about: NFS Server A exports /data NFS Server B exports /data Several client servers mount /data The questions are: How to keep NFS Server A and B in sync On the client servers, if NFS Server A is down, how to mount /data from NFS Server B (and vice

Re: NFS and AutoFS - a how to question

2010-08-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: Here is a scenario that I was just asked about: NFS Server A exports /data NFS Server B exports /data Several client servers mount /data The questions are: How to keep NFS Server A and B in sync On the client servers, if NFS Server A is down, how

Re: NFS and AutoFS - a how to question

2010-08-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 08/04/2010 01:55 PM Subject:Re: NFS and AutoFS - a how to question Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 8/4/2010 at 04:45 PM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: One other point - the two NFS Servers are on different CEC's/LPARs

Re: Configuring networking in zVM under Hercules???

2010-06-08 Thread Lionel Dyck
Marc - Alan is correct but there is a freely available version of VM that you could try however why not just install SLES10 directly under Hercules. btw. You should check the licensing for SLES as well as SLES is also licensed. Lionel B. Dyck From: Alan Altmark/Endicott/i...@ibmus To:

Capturing Command output in REXX ?

2010-03-08 Thread Lionel Dyck
In TSO Rexx I can use the OUTTRAP command and in CMS I can use a PIPE to issue a command and put the output into a stem to work with. How can I do that in REXX in Linux? For example I want to capture the output of the df -h command and the only way I can do that now that I've figured out is to

Re: Capturing Command output in REXX ?

2010-03-08 Thread Lionel Dyck
.0 Parse Pull out.i End Scott On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.comwrote: Can't you:'df -h | rxqueue' to use the stack? I thought I recalled doing things this way with Regina... Scott On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com

Re: Capturing Command output in REXX ?

2010-03-08 Thread Lionel Dyck
Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel Dyck Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 12:48 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Capturing Command output in REXX ? In TSO Rexx I can use the OUTTRAP command and in CMS I can use a PIPE to issue a command

RHEL 5.4 initial install failure during CMS boot

2010-03-05 Thread Lionel Dyck
I am trying to install RHEL 5.4 and during the initial CMS boot I am getting this: checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers); looks like an initrd RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 iso9660 Kernel panic - not

Re: RHEL 5.4 initial install failure during CMS boot

2010-03-05 Thread Lionel Dyck
of the machine where you are trying to install RH? DJ On 03/05/2010 11:46 AM, Lionel Dyck wrote: I am trying to install RHEL 5.4 and during the initial CMS boot I am getting this: checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic numbers); looks like an initrd RAMDISK

Re: RHEL 5.4 initial install failure during CMS boot

2010-03-05 Thread Lionel Dyck
vmarc and copyfile pack and then the xfer with the reverse got me a clean initrd file ind$file was killing me but it did work for the kernel oh well - technology thanks Lionel B. Dyck z/Linux Specialist IBM Corporation Global Technology Services - Kaiser Account Work: 925-926-5332 Cell:

HiperSocket Advice

2009-12-21 Thread Lionel Dyck
What is the recommendation or general practice regarding hipersocket addresses and dns? Do you register the hipersocket address in the dns or stick with referencing it via the octet? Thanks Lionel B. Dyck z/Linux Specialist IBM Corporation Global Technology Services - Kaiser Account

Re: HELP

2009-09-29 Thread Lionel Dyck
One day there were these three operating systems that walked into a bar Windows needed something to keep him from falling apart and ordered a whiskey z/VM knew the score and ordered coffee as he was the designated driver and Linux ordered a beer and was surprised when they charged him for

Re: REXX for SLES 10 and 11 ?

2009-08-18 Thread Lionel Dyck
. Subject:Re: REXX for SLES 10 and 11 ? Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU On 8/17/2009 at 5:24 PM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: Mark - any chance that it will be included in the SLES distro at some point (hint beg) I don't see anything in our feature request

Sample REXX with cmsfs usage

2009-08-18 Thread Lionel Dyck
I've been playing with rexx on z/linux along with trying to learn how to use the cmsfs toolset. Here is my first attempt that may be useful for others. #!/usr/bin/rexx /* REXX routine to read a cms file from the Linux Guest 191 Disk */ arg filename /* check the filename */ if length(filename) =

REXX for SLES 10 and 11 ?

2009-08-17 Thread Lionel Dyck
Where might I download a rpm for a flavor of REXX for SLES 10 or SLES 11? I looked at both regina and oo-rexx and could not find the s390x rpm although it is possible I wasn't looking at the right site. Thanks Lionel B. Dyck, z/Linux Virtualization Specialist IBM Global Services - Kaiser

Re: REXX for SLES 10 and 11 ?

2009-08-17 Thread Lionel Dyck
Mark - any chance that it will be included in the SLES distro at some point (hint beg) Lionel B. Dyck, z/Linux Virtualization Specialist I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit

Dynamicallhy Changing Linux Guest Network

2009-08-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
Does anyone have a z/vm and/or linux script that they could share that can be used to dynamically change the linux servers network when the server is brought up at a dr site and/or when the network addressing is changed? I've tried playing with it without success - keep missing a piece here or

Re: SLES SMT ?

2009-08-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
To: linux-...@vm.marist.edu. Date: 08/10/2009 04:28 PM. Subject:Re: SLES SMT ? Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU On 8/10/2009 at 5:53 PM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: -snip- For example for SLES 11 there are these repositories: SLES11-Extras, SLES11

SLES SMT bug ?

2009-08-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
I have SMT configured and one client to experiment with. When I look at mail I have a message from smt that I can't explain: Subject: Cron r...@zlinuxftp /usr/sbin/smt-agent ... Error: Configuration doesn't allow to connect to https://secure-www.novell.com Yet I don't have that server defined

SLES SMT ?

2009-08-10 Thread Lionel Dyck
I've downloaded and installed SMT (Subscription Management Tool) and am configuring it. I've read the doc and faq and not found the answer to what the different repositories are that are available. For example for SLES 11 there are these repositories: SLES11-Extras, SLES11-Pool, SLES11-Updates

Re: Subscription Management Tool (SMT) 11

2009-08-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
Mark - what's on the 2nd iso that we don't need? Lionel B. Dyck, z/Linux Virtualization Specialist I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From:

Download directly to z/Linux server ?

2009-07-09 Thread Lionel Dyck
In an effort to save time and reduce overall network traffic I would like to be able to download SLES ISO files from Novell from my Linux on z server rather than downloading them to my pc and then uploading them to z. I've looked, without success, for information on how to do this (I may have

Re: Download directly to z/Linux server ?

2009-07-09 Thread Lionel Dyck
| ---| On 7/9/2009 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: -snip- My thought is that I need to use a X server on my windows pc to connect to the z server and then open a web browser on the z

Re: Download directly to z/Linux server ?

2009-07-09 Thread Lionel Dyck
| ---| On 7/9/2009 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: -snip- My thought

Re: Download directly to z/Linux server ?

2009-07-09 Thread Lionel Dyck
Sigh - thanks - the use of shift-insert is not intuitive (guess rtfm would help :-) ) Lionel -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO

z/Linux or zLinux - which is preferred?

2007-07-21 Thread Lionel Dyck
So what is the preferred way to designate Linux for zSeries - as z/Linux or zLinux ? Thanks Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering KP-IT Enterprise Engineering, Client and Platform Engineering Services (CAPES) 925-926-5332 (8-473-5332) |

One Less Systems Programmer (farewell)

2004-07-29 Thread Lionel Dyck
It is with a great deal of sadness coupled with excitement at the coming challenges that I have to say farewell to the world of the mainframe and systems programming. Effective Monday 8/2 I will no longer be a Systems Programmer working with z/OS, z/VM or Linux, but will be moving into the dark

Re: z/VM Linux Network recommendations

2004-06-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/13/2004 11:37 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: z/VM Linux Network recommendations On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Lionel Dyck wrote: we are once again embarking on a linux on zseries pilot and our mainframe network

Re: z/VM Linux Network recommendations

2004-06-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
PROTECTED] To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: z/VM Linux Network recommendations On Monday, 06/14/2004 at 06:42 MST, Lionel Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You said that if using vswitch that vlan was not needed if all the guests were on the same subnet. How would you connect the guests then? 1

Help removing a wrench

2004-06-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
A wrench has been tossed over the cubicle wall that I need some help with removing. Specifically - we use a product called CenterRun to deploy applications under websphere. To move websphere onto zLinux I need to have centerrun working and from the web site info it does not look like it does -

z/VM Linux Network recommendations

2004-06-09 Thread Lionel Dyck
we are once again embarking on a linux on zseries pilot and our mainframe network folks are arguing about things (z/vm routing or use direct to linux for the route) while our network engineers are saying no static routing period. what i'd like is your recommendations on what the best setup would

IBM Linux Briefings on the web

2004-05-21 Thread Lionel Dyck
IBM is giving a road show on Linux and you can find the presentations on the web at http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/techbriefings/presentations/linux.html these are actually fairly good Lionel B. Dyck, Systems

Re: FW: Free NED - 3270 Editor

2004-05-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
There is still Uni-SPF from Wrkgrp.Com - http://www.wrkgrp.com/unispf/Release.html It is supported on Linux on s/390 as well as Intel Linux and several flavors of Unix. (I haven't tried it other than a demo on intel and it looked great - convincing mgmt to buy was the challange)

a promising project - project david

2004-04-23 Thread Lionel Dyck
This looks interesting - it will be interesting to see if they are more successful than crossover office and wine. http://www.specopslabs.com Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N.

Lindows changes their name

2004-04-15 Thread Lionel Dyck
Lindows Inc. on Wednesday changed the name of its Lindows OS operating system to Linspire, responding to a federal judge's refusal to halt Microsoft Inc.'s trademark infringement lawsuits outside the United States. Lionel B.

Re: FTEs per Server

2004-04-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
Another option is to volunteer to speak and then you get in for free for that day. I'm sure you could find something to speak on that would be of interest to the linux audience. Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser

FTEs per Server

2004-04-13 Thread Lionel Dyck
As part of our looking into server consolidation I have been asked for some numbers related to the number of full time employees needed to manage 'n' number of servers. I've been told the industry average is 1 FTE for 15 Unix servers and a consulting company we had in reviewing staffing suggested

Re: linux early results

2004-04-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
Chris - great job - terrific news. Can you share some more: 1) how many linux instances are you running? 2) how much real memory do you have? 3) how much virtual memory are you allocating per linux instance? And anything else you think would be worth knowing for those of us who are planning

SuSE 9.1 for zSeries ???

2004-03-18 Thread Lionel Dyck
I just read the Novell/SuSE announcement of SuSE Linux 9.1 and it sounds great. But there was no mention of a zSeries flavor. ?? Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte

Re: Computerworld Ad

2004-01-29 Thread Lionel Dyck
I haven't seen the ad (but will look tonight when I get home and will look again at my copy) mostly because I normally ignore their ads ;- However last year we did a study and about file/print server consolidation and linux under z/vm was an option - and another option was MS servers. Because our

OT: Virus alerts from Homeland Security

2004-01-28 Thread Lionel Dyck
This looked interesting so I thought I'd pass it along: Aiming to increase Internet security, the government is now offering Americans free cyber alerts and computer advice from the Homeland Security Department. Anyone who signs up with the new National Cyber Alert System will receive e-mails

fyi: 9 part developerworks Windows to Linux skill xfer

2003-12-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
This url was posted in the grc.techtalk newsgroup and looked very interesting - enjoy all. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap.html IBM e-business architect Chris Walden is your guide through a nine-part developerWorks series on moving your operational skills from a

Fw: IBM Linux Redbooks CD Collection - Free Offer Until December 15

2003-12-02 Thread Lionel Dyck
I received this from my friendly IBM Rep and thought this worth sharing with a broader audience. IBM Linux Redbooks CD Collection - explore the world of Linux today Today, Linux powers more than one-third of all Web servers and server consolidation has become job number one in most IT shops.*

Re: OT - 3270 Emulator

2003-11-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
The best Tn3270 I've run into outside of commercial products is Tom Brennan's Vista 3270 which you can get at http://www.tombrennansoftware.com. It is a windows 3270 emulator but it does run under wine very nicely. Lionel B.

The Ongoing Saga - SCO vs The World

2003-11-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
Here is an analysis and update from Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/13/cz_dl_1113sco.html?partner=yahooreferrer= Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut

Re: Linux ready for the desktop: IBM

2003-11-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
I have to add that until I can run the latest Notes client either natively on linux or under wine the desktop is not ready for prime time. Notes is an IBM product and if they aren't going to enable the Notes client for Linux then IBM is implicitly communicating that Linux is not ready for the

Re: Linux ready for the desktop: IBM

2003-11-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
I've got Notes 6.5 and a SuSE 8.2 system with the latest version of wine (as far as I know) and I was unable to install Notes 6.5 under it (and I tried using both the last beta and then the gold release candidate and then the posted gold code all with the same lack of success). perhaps my wine

IBM Linux webcast archive

2003-11-06 Thread Lionel Dyck
I just stumbled across this site and thought it worth sharing. The url is http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/events/callib.html To quote from the site: Teleconference Call Library Come into the library to listen to the calls you missed. We will post previously held calls for at least

Re: sample REXX execs to start Linux instances and mo re .....

2003-10-15 Thread Lionel Dyck
Here are two exec's that I used while we were testing linux under z/vm. These are not elegant nor are they the best way to do things but they worked for me during our testing period. Startup exec: /* rexx */ xautolog mlnxd001 synch xautolog mlnxd004 synch xautolog mlnxd007 synch xautolog

MQ on zLinux

2003-09-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
We are considering consolidating 60+ MQ servers onto zLinux (across 2 IFL's). Does this seem doable? Are there network considerations with this? Currently the 60 servers reside on the same raised floor sharing the same network backbone so I don't forsee any problems but I could be wrong. thx

websphere on zlinux?

2003-08-29 Thread Lionel Dyck
Does anyone have any experience using was on zlinux? Any comparisons with other platforms? Any gotcha's to watch for? thx Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave

Open Source Serves SCO its own Medicine

2003-08-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://www.internetweek.com/ITServices/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13100927 SCO's Own Evidence Undercuts Its Claims, Linux Advocates Say By Mitch Wagner SCO's own evidence undercuts claims that Linux violates the company's intellectual property, according to two separate analyses by open

Re: PDF files

2003-08-14 Thread Lionel Dyck
If you have REXX on your Linux system then Leland's TXT2PDF is an excellent tool for this purpose and it supports carriage control ;- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte

IBM reassures customers on SCO Suit

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/7/25/technology/5924294sec=technology SCO suit: IBM moves to reassure customers NEW YORK: IBM Corp is moving to reassure its customers about legal threats by SCO Group Inc, the software company that has accused IBM of distributing code it

z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
Does linux on Z support the ICSF for crypto? Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:

The White House now runs Linux

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
I wonder how sco will ask for the license fee: http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21970.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone:

Re: z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
Thanks Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus

German Linux community strikes back at SCO

2003-07-23 Thread Lionel Dyck
Very interesting: http://mozillaquest.com/Linux03/ScoSource-19-Injunction_Story01.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925)

More on the latest SCO efforts to destroy open source

2003-07-22 Thread Lionel Dyck
A good overview of the latest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27540-2003Jul22.html?nav=hptoc_tn And a smoking gun from SCO itself: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0528203mode=threadtid=106tid=185 And a generous offer from Microsoft:

SCO - more water torture

2003-07-02 Thread Lionel Dyck
Another good article on SCO's water torture of the Linux community http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_27/b3840089.htm Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte

SCO won't stop

2003-06-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
Here is an interesting legal perspective: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030626_chander.html And the OSI folks have updated their brief: http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software

Re: Linux zSeries monitoring tools

2003-06-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
Check out Velocity Software's ESALPS package. Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:

Background on SCO

2003-06-19 Thread Lionel Dyck
An interesting background to the SCO suit. http://www.forbes.com/2003/06/18/cz_dl_0618linux.html?partner=yahooreferrer= Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut

SCO - Now wants $3 billion from IBM

2003-06-17 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1017965.html?tag=fd_top SCO suit now seeks $3 billion from IBM By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 16, 2003, 9:20 PM PT SCO Group has upped the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than $3 billion in damages for alleged

SCO - the next shot

2003-06-16 Thread Lionel Dyck
Now SCO has revoked IBM's right to use or distribute AIX: http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/myway-com/news-story.asp?dateid=37788.6445601852-805136389alias=/ht/nw What next? Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser

zSeries AntiVirus

2003-06-16 Thread Lionel Dyck
Given that Microsoft has purchased and plans to discontinue the RAV product (which I see more of with a google search) does anyone have any experience or words of wisdom regarding the f-prot antivirus product? thx Lionel B.

Showdown looms for SCO-IBM?

2003-06-13 Thread Lionel Dyck
More information on what may be in the future: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1016706.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598

Samba admin vs. Windows admin

2003-06-13 Thread Lionel Dyck
Has anyone quantified the manpower required to administer a samba file server compared to a windows server? More manpower? Less? Comparable? Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N.

Re: Showdown looms for SCO-IBM?

2003-06-13 Thread Lionel Dyck
in FY04 and believes the co is on track to double in 12 months. Lionel Dyck wrote: The stock symbol is SCOX (I thought it was SCO at first). The current price quote is $10.80 per share - and I still think a lottery ticket is a better investment

Re: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD

2003-06-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
The bottom line is that MS is making an assumption that to do the consolidation that we will have to convert to W2003 AD and our plans actually call for W2K AD in mixed mode. But trying to convince them of this has been a 'challenge'.

Re: SCO ups the ante (this is getting interesting)

2003-06-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
This would appear to be the last weak grasp for life of a company with a fatal sickness (inept management). Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca

Migration of File Server from Windows to Linux/Samba

2003-06-12 Thread Lionel Dyck
Does anyone have any notes or a document that describes the steps in migrating users from a windows file server(s) to linux/samba? The PDC will remain on windows. thx Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente

VM Memory for Samba

2003-06-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
How much memory should be allocated to a Linux guest by z/VM that is doing only Samba for file serving? Does it matter how many users? Est is between 200 and 2000 per instance. thx Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser

Re: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD

2003-06-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD We are doing a TCO (with Microsoft - please don't laugh - crying is allowed) and they are being very adament that Samba 2.2 can not play with a Windows 2003

More on SCO and Linux

2003-06-06 Thread Lionel Dyck
This is a worthwhile read http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030605.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332

SCO owns Unix

2003-06-06 Thread Lionel Dyck
New claims by SCO claim they *do* own Unix http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,81887,00.html?nas=PM-81887 Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via

Replacing 3270 terminal

2003-06-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
Out network folks are trying to convert from SNA to TCP/IP and have been trying to eliminate all the green screens for awhile - the only catch is the budget to replace the 3270's that are used as pure 3270's where there is no need for any intelligence (on the terminal side at least). A solution

Re: x3270 keymap

2003-06-03 Thread Lionel Dyck
I would like to know this as well . thx Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:

Re: x3270 keymap

2003-06-03 Thread Lionel Dyck
I just found this - check it out as it sounds like it will help. I plan to try it when I can reboot from windows to linux. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/7814/man/Keymap.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead

Re: x3270 keymap

2003-06-03 Thread Lionel Dyck
From the web site I mentioned and from Joe's note I found a way to create a useful keymap without a lot of effort: 1. open an xterm on your linux pc 2. edit (vi, vim, ...) .x3270pro 3. at the end insert the following statements: x3270.keymap: mine x3270.keymap.mine: #override \ KeyPrior:

Gartner hedges on Linux

2003-05-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://www.esj.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=566 Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:

More on the SCO/Linux from OSI

2003-05-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html This is very interesting from both a historical and a legal sense. Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca

SOT: XP desktop for Linux

2003-03-31 Thread Lionel Dyck
Slightly Off Topic. For those wanting to have the look/feel of Windows XP on your Linux desktop take a look at this project: http://www.xpde.com It's a desktop environment(XPde) and a window manager(XPwm) for Linux. It tries to recreate the Windows XP interface to-the-pixel point. Nothing more,

Samba - 1 for 1 or 'n' to 1

2003-03-22 Thread Lionel Dyck
When doing a file/print server consolidation using Samba what is the recommended approach? Is it better to do a one for one (windows server to linux samba server) or to take some number of windows servers into a single samba server? thx

Samba Security Exposure

2003-03-19 Thread Lionel Dyck
I just ran into this: (14th Mar, 2003) Security Release - Samba 2.2.8 A flaw has been detected in the Samba main smbd code which could allow an external attacker to remotely and anonymously gain Super User (root) privileges on a server running a Samba server. This flaw exists in previous

Re: ISPF for Linux + Other Question

2003-02-19 Thread Lionel Dyck
You wouldn't be willing to share your teaching materials would you Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line

Re: ISPF for Linux + Other Question

2003-02-19 Thread Lionel Dyck
in almost a year. :) -Paul - Original Message - From: Lionel Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: Re: ISPF for Linux + Other Question You wouldn't be willing to share your teaching materials would you

Re: ISPF for Linux

2003-02-18 Thread Lionel Dyck
I'd like to echo David's comments and add that if you are very familiar with ISPF that you will be *very* frustrated with the semi-ISPF simulation that you will have with THE. Leave vim or pico and go for it. Just my $0.01

Free IBM Linux Seminar

2003-02-11 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://www.developer.ibm.com/spc/events/ddi_linux.html?ca=dsp-1ql1wsfn Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line

Re: System administration facility/dirmaint

2003-02-04 Thread Lionel Dyck
I have to second Alan's comments. Read the archives and you'll see the frustrations and challenges that I had with SAF. Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut

SHARE faux pax

2003-01-16 Thread Lionel Dyck
In the SHARE in Dallas brochure that I just received on the Technical Program Highlights under Linux and VM: A significant portion of the Linux program at SHARE will focus on Linux on z/OS Did I miss an announcement somewhere ;--

Re: SHARE faux pax

2003-01-16 Thread Lionel Dyck
Sadly my management and our architecture group still make the same mistake (even after I politely point it out to them in private). It must be a 'z' thing... Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information

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