Re: offloading CPU intensive loads from zLinux to cheaper pastures

2003-06-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
can move them to another platform, but with the 7 images on 9 IFL engines, apparently being justifiable, I've backed off on that line of justification. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting John Summerfield wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Tom Duerbusch wrote: The part of offloading cycles to a cheaper

Re: X11 vs VNC...scarry

2003-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
No screen saver. Just the normal background screen (red with the cherry bombs denoting that Root was logged on). Just by moving the mouse around, CPU utilization went from 20% to 30%. It was interestingnot for production use. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17 1:47 AM

Suse YOU updates

2003-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
over, either the morning or afternoon, to get the maintenance.) So Suses online maintenance service seems to be very much overloaded. They then become a weak point in our production systems. Anyone else have comments or the same concerns? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: X11 vs VNC

2003-06-17 Thread Tom Duerbusch
with a connection that represents the lightest load on the mainframe and esclate from there. Hopefully, the first user doesn't need the most resource intensive flavor. The first thing in, that works, usually is the one that gets replicated even when a much lighter solution is available. Tom

Apache playing around

2003-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
, just in differently named directories. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

X11 vs VNC

2003-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the options wrong...I just took whatever defaults there was) This makes me believe that cygwin and vncviewer are quite different animals. Any comments? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (trying to limit the number of packages installed, and maintained that do the same thing)

Re: X11 vs VNC...scarry

2003-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
additional user might just coast along. Now time to look at the other options discussed. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: X11 vs VNC...scarry

2003-06-16 Thread Tom Duerbusch
that copy of Linux down and back up and it is sitting at the normal .03% utilitzation. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting John Summerfield wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Richard Troth wrote: Is taking 20% of an H30 processor just to keep it idling. I use VNC all the time on my PC based X desktop. I do

Re: Linux390 + VM + Tape 3490

2003-06-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
causing problems. Perhaps Dynam/T has been correcting these problems. Perhaps Operations been correcting these problems and not telling me (yearight..that will be the day). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Linux390 + VM + Tape 3490

2003-06-13 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Great...Thanks Jim Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting What me worry? To answer Tom's question about the extent of the problem: 2 - running under VM, using attach with the default of assigned, you have do not have the problem.

Re: VM Memory for Samba

2003-06-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
! What a concept. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/11 1:02 PM We're running SLES7 and have two Samba servers for our department with 50-75 users, 25GB of disk storage each, and they run very well with only 48M of virtual storage and 128M of V-disk swap. Great Minds discuss

Re: Samba 2.2 and Windows 2003 AD

2003-06-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
with 2003 AD, and then Microslop will change it with a service pack to keep Samba at bay (at least they will tout that it doesn't work). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/11 2:14 PM On Mer, 2003-06-11 at 18:20, Lionel Dyck wrote: We are doing a TCO (with Microsoft - please don't laugh

Re: Question about multiple Linux/390 instances under z/VM

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
things up. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10 9:13 AM I have a general administration / setup question for people who are running multiple Linux/390 systems under z/VM. Do all your Linux instances use the same virtual addresses for things like DASD, regardless of the actual device

Oracle client on VSE?

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
blown versions that allowed us to compile. Just like the full blown version of DB2 is needed to compile in VM and VSE. So, I don't see how the VM/VSE world can be a part of it. Any body running this way? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Question about multiple Linux/390 instances under z/VM

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to drive additional hardware sales. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10 10:12 AM No money. Linux is FREE! I don't know how our marketting rep talked our management to getting an IFL and z/VM when we upgraded to our z/800. We have NO consolidation plans or any other plan for how

Bulk YOU updates?

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
be in control of this? Is there an existing HOWTO on this? What about the shops with hundeds of Penguins? What do you do? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

hz_timer

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
doing something wrong? 2. Is it broke (Suse 8.1 Jan 15 2003 fixes I guess this makes it 2.4.19-46) 3. Is the docs wrong and I do have to put it in a boot script? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: SLES8 dasdfmt problem

2003-06-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
if I can add dasd. I did it with Linux 7 so I have a couple notes on how I did it. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Myers wrote: Well our ramacs are not working. There is no dasd or 3990 info in /proc/subchannels after the dasd is loaded from yast. /proc/dasd/devices shows the 3380

Re: Support for SuSE SLES 8

2003-06-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
SuSE use to have a full support option. It was called Premier support. They have farmed it out to SuSE Business Partners. Go to the SuSE.DE web page and give them a call. They will give you a Business partner in your area. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Loren Charnley, Jr. wrote: I am looking

Re: Microsoft: Linux is a threat

2003-06-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Just Microslop talking in terms they are familar withthe illusion of support. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/06 4:19 PM Does that mean that folks in this group are just an illusion?

Re: SLES8 dasdfmt problem

2003-06-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
system. That worked for me when I added dasd to Linux 7. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

ftpd documentation

2003-06-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
looking for documentation on setting up an FTP server under Linux. Any hints? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: ftpd documentation

2003-06-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Are you using vsftpd? If so there is a config file /etc/vsftpd. By default only anonymous FTP is enabled. You probably want to uncomment two lines: # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in. local_enable=YES # # Uncomment this to enable any form

Re: Time Sync

2003-06-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
not too concerned with having an efficient scheduler. Just as long as it gets better by first shift. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/02 7:52 AM So run the server and sync the rest of your network to VM ;-) Souunds like the way the world should be working anyway. Vic Cross

Re: RedHat vs Suse

2003-05-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the same to me. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

YOU under SLES8

2003-05-31 Thread Tom Duerbusch
would appreciate it if you show me the way. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: RedHat vs Suse

2003-05-30 Thread Tom Duerbusch
any documentation on it, but I haven't looked at the supplemental CDs either. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Steve Brouse wrote: We have been using SuSE on our Z900 on an IFL running zVM. We have worked with S390 version 1, SLES7 and now SLES8. We did get their Premium support contract with SLES7

Suse 8 TCP/IP timeouts during boot

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
---- 224.0.0.1 1 Not having reliable connections after booting is really getting to be a pain. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Missing XRC_supported under VM

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting dasd(eckd): ECKD discipline initializing dasd(eckd): /dev/dasda ( 94: 0),[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 3390/0A(CU:3990/02) Cyl:3338 Head:15 Sec:224 dasd(eckd): /dev/dasda ( 94: 0),[EMAIL PROTECTED]: DIAG210 returned VRDCRCCL = 04, VRDCC RTY = 82, VRDCCRFT = 82

Re: Suse 8 TCP/IP timeouts during boot

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
converting in 4th quarter to z/VM 4.4 (the last VM release supported on the MP3000). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/28 12:03 PM Tom, I have this exact same problem on one of my SuSE systems that I upgraded to a 2.4.19 kernel. I switched to IUCV instead. If you don't want

Re: Missing XRC_supported under VM

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Duerbusch
violate a trademark for MAD magazineG) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/28 12:05 PM Tom, Nope, you'll see that message with z/VM 4.3 also. It doesn't seem to cause any problems (other than a little anxiety in the Linux/390 support folks). Mark Post -Original Message- From

Man formatting problem

2003-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in question? man man doesn't show any syntax that may do this. Perhaps there is another command that will? Perhaps whatever process there is to build a man page would be needed to cold start this process. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Man formatting problem

2003-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Not there. The other mans that have been done are there. But not the corrupted one. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27 2:03 PM You might find the (partially) cached version in /var/cache/man/cat1/rpm.1.gz

Re: Man formatting problem

2003-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
the specification of a file name or generic name. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27 2:02 PM Perhaps: -u?? From man --help: usage: man [-c|-f|-k|-w|-tZT device] [-adlhu7V] [-Mpath] [-Ppager] [-Slist] [-msystem] [-pstring] [-Llocale] [-eextension] [section] page

Re: Man formatting problem

2003-05-27 Thread Tom Duerbusch
in size. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27 2:38 PM Try the find command. -Original Message- BTW, I had to write some code to do this, but is there a native way to do, in effect a dir rpm.* /s ?

Something messed up?

2002-07-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
:53:02 -0500 with subject Suse tape drive problem has been submitted to the moderator of the LINUX-390 list: A. Harry Williams . So, I assume that I'm subscribed properly. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (just feeling a little neglected)

Suse tape drive problem

2002-07-10 Thread Tom Duerbusch
info on how to use tape drives. Can I do a cp to copy to a tape drive? I think tar will copy to a tape drive. Thanks for any insight Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

How to fix early boot problem

2002-07-02 Thread Tom Duerbusch
another system? 3. Is there a better way of fixing this problem. That is without restoring the entire Linux image, or clubbing myself in the head so I don't cause the problem in the first place? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (I don't care what you do during test time, as long as you can get out of it.)

Re: Why No Training? , was RE: What's needed with z/VM?

2002-06-07 Thread Tom Duerbusch
running for my playing around only) CICS/TS DB2 VM/VSE (our first application converted from CICS and TOTAL to CICS/TS and DB2 goes into production in August. Hooray! Top Secret I still fumble more than grasp, TCP/IP. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Jim Elliott wrote: Tom: Back in 1999

Re: Why No Training? , was RE: What's needed with z/VM?

2002-06-06 Thread Tom Duerbusch
internet service (DSL and cable modem), and large disk storage devices, perhaps this can be changed to an Internet based service. If colleges and universities can have telecommutting courses, I would think something can be done in our field. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Print server

2002-05-15 Thread Tom Duerbusch
? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Andrew Marick wrote: Does any body have any ideas on setting up linux-390 as a print server? Any software ideas or configuration tips.

Re: SNOBOL - [was Re: PL/X was RE: [LINUX-390] Sharing Files BetweenCMS/Linux]

2002-05-09 Thread Tom Duerbusch
SNOBOL...great for phone books... Used it for a couple of years. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting James Melin wrote: Oh my ghod do I feel dated. I mention SNOBOL here and people look at me funny (they do that anyway, but even more). Last used SNOBOL on a CDC machine, I forget what one, 22

Re: LinuxWorld Article series

2002-04-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
with the thought of dedicated resources. Linux is being worked on to behave in a shared resource environment.) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting David Boyes wrote: Although the article did have issues, I'm most disconcerted with some of the bang-per-buck comparisons (one of the charts showed a mid-range

Re: z/VM 3 and IFL engines - Oh No!

2002-04-22 Thread Tom Duerbusch
system at that time, we could have received a discount on VSE/ESA for the first year also. I don't know if z/OS can be discounted or not. But in any case, find out before you sign the deal on the hardware. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Ann Smith wrote: Alan Altmark posted that z/VM 3 can't run

Re: Distribution pricing comparisons

2002-04-19 Thread Tom Duerbusch
We will know next week, when the bids come in, but we expect Suse to be $4,400 on a MP3000 G30. (about 60 mips) Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: Can't speak to Redhat and Turbo, but SuSE SLES7 price depends on what machine and how many processors you are using. We're

Re: Problem speed of dasd drives on MP 3000

2002-04-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
of write cache which can hide any performance problems. However, in a single use test I ran, the MP3000 Internal disk outperforms our RAMAC Dasd Subsystems. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting I've run it twice, with a size of 400 and 256. And my figures (input and output) are about halve of yours

REXX for Linux?

2002-03-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
curve until I have some of my REXX applications running under Linux. Right now, my Linux test system (SUSE) is running on a PC. Late April, early May, I expect to be bringing up Linux on our MP3000. So, I am interested in REXX for both platforms. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: Sun Banging the FUD Drum Loudly

2002-02-25 Thread Tom Duerbusch
(for example). That is about $400K right there. You only need 1 copy of each on the z/800 and still only using half the engine (per their images/engines figure). Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting James Tison wrote: Yeah. Gee, spose somebody should tell them that Linux/390 runs on an LPAR

Re: MP3000-H70's Ethernet Card Question

2002-02-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
SNA do you need? If all you need is a 3270 Mod 2,3,4 or 5 terminal, it works just fine. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Myers wrote: In a message dated 2/21/2002 12:12:54 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the question concerned sharing a single adapter between the OS

Re: MP3000-H70's Ethernet Card Question

2002-02-21 Thread Tom Duerbusch
into the OS/2 side from PCs out on your LAN. BTW, we are talking about the internal card that is on the motherboard of the Intel system. Not Ethernet cards that have been added to the system. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Alessandro Brezzi wrote: Dave, the answer is absolutely yes: the XCA node work

Re: WebSphere

2002-01-28 Thread Tom Duerbusch
waste a few thousand before making a final decision. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Steve Guthrie wrote: Is anyone out there tooling around with IBM WebSphere for S390 Linux? I have Apache and Tomcat purring like a kitten now, thanks to the good guys on this list (Mark, you and Rich know who you

Re: VM Newbie Question - Cloning an LPAR Linux system to a VM Guest image

2002-01-24 Thread Tom Duerbusch
may want to move some files to under VM's SFS. So, it should run as is, but you will want to make changes to make it a better citizen in the VM world. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Dave Myers wrote: Have a question for the VM gurus out there... If I take a backup (using OFFLINDR util) of a S

Re: reasons why management don't want linux

2002-01-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
out the options... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Phil Payne wrote: less software costs (one copy per engine vs one copy each for each boxes) then most other platforms. software costs lower. How many copies of Red Hat PC boxed set can you buy for a VM license ;) How much is a SuSe

Re: reasons why management don't want linux

2002-01-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to heavly suggest that I be invited to any meetings involving applications on Linux, and more so, Linux/390. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: reasons why management don't want linux

2002-01-18 Thread Tom Duerbusch
to replace 3 copies of DB2 UDB on Intel, would basically reach a break even point. z/VM 4.x$45,000 DB2 UDB for Linux $20,000 Total: $65,000 DB2 UDB for Intel: $20,000 per copy 3 copies: $60,000 Of course, if anyone has real numbers, I'm all ears... Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

Re: OT: Linux mad CIOs (was Linux/390 application development)

2002-01-12 Thread Tom Duerbusch
Vic Cross wrote: Tom Duerbusch wrote: The CIO is all ga ga over Linux. And the mainframe is the first box that Linux will be installed on. He thinks Linux is the best thing since sliced bread and I have trouble reigning him in to reality. You poor, poor, poor guy... Life must

Linux/390 application development

2002-01-11 Thread Tom Duerbusch
hosting applications. But I assume that there are other types of applications. Right? Or perhaps this stuff I don't have to worry about. It could be that the application developers know what they want and all of it is available for Linux/390True or false? Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting

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