Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-20 Thread Phil Smith III
Petere Abresch wrote: The Linux guests are very small with very little activity against them. They are defined with 500MB each. The z/VM LPAR has 1488 MB real storage defined to it. I have the z/VM performance monitor up and running. I do not see any indications of paging problems. Is there

Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are having a problem with our Linux guests. We have 3 2.6.5-7.257-s390x guests running under z/VM Version 5.1 on an IBM 2066-002?s IFL. It seems that one guest will just stop responding. What I mean is: Can not ping it Can not issue any commands to it Will not respond to any commands from

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread David Kreuter
I'd look at storage statistics, paging rates as a start. How much memory do you have? David Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: We are having a problem with our Linux guests. We have 3 2.6.5-7.257-s390x guests running under z/VM Version 5.1 on an IBM 2066-002?s IFL. It seems that one guest

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Neale Ferguson
This problem has come up a number of times. Check the following links to describe Eligible lists (E3) and the commands needed to tailor your z/VM environment to work best with Linux guests: http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/z890.html http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/linuxper.html

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 6/19/06, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LINUXM03 E3 PS 00103862/00124399 With 500 MB working set and 3 of those hanging out in Q3 on the machine, that's a fair amount of real memory you need. With default settings you only have 60% for Q3. MDC is probably

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jun 19, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: Does anyone have any clues what this problem might be or can they point me into the right direction to start the diagnosis? Thanks as always. I'm going to stare into my crystal ball and diagnose this without any actual

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
peek at? Peter David Kreuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/19/2006 01:39 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then I'd look at storage statistics

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Neale Ferguson
What are your SRM settings (Q SRM). (There's a section on Eligible lists in one of those references I sent.) -Original Message- The Linux guests are very small with very little activity against them. They are defined with 500MB each. The z/VM LPAR has 1488 MB real storage defined to it. I

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
MAXWSS : LIMIT=% .. : PAGES=99 XSTORE : 0% Neale Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/19/2006 03:23 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now

Re: Non responsive Linux Guest now and then

2006-06-19 Thread Neale Ferguson
3 guests at 512MB. With Linux all pages will be touched and become part of the working set. z/VM calculates total working set requirements = 3 * 512MB and compares it against what's available c.1488 * 0.95 (95% for Q3 STORBUF). It then determines that not all Linux guests can be dispatched and