Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-19 Thread Meyer, Kenneth J
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Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-19 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 2/19/2014 at 11:19 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > On 02/19/2014 10:43 AM, Mrohs, Ray (JMD) wrote: >> I.e., the VM guy is Santa. The Linux guys are the elves. My daughter came up > with that when she tried to understand what I do at work. > > I like it! Yeah, you would, wouldn't you? :) Mark

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-19 Thread Rick Troth
On 02/19/2014 10:43 AM, Mrohs, Ray (JMD) wrote: > I.e., the VM guy is Santa. The Linux guys are the elves. My daughter came up > with that when she tried to understand what I do at work. I like it! -- R; <>< -- For LINUX-390 su

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-19 Thread Peter Woodbury
you wrote - "the VM guy is Santa. The Linux guys are the elves." Oh oh oh..now I understand !! :-) Enlightenment. The contents of this email are the property of PNC. If it was not addressed to you, you have no legal right to read it. If you think you received it

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-19 Thread Mrohs, Ray (JMD)
at I do at work. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:42 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux Question If the person is interacting ONLY with the Linux portion, you need to le

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-16 Thread Berthold Gunreben
Am Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:07:30 -0500 schrieb Mark Smith : > Hello Everyone, > > If running Linux on an IBM mainframe, do you need to have a > "mainframe" expert to administer the system or is a Linux expert > sufficient? I believe that its possible to go for this just with a Linux expert. In that

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-15 Thread Jonathan Quay
Its really no different than asking "if running Linux in a VMWare environment on rack servers, do you need to have VMWare and rack server expertise?" Yes, you do. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instruction

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-15 Thread Mike Shorkend
We run 5 zVM LPARs and about 120 Linux guests We definitely need someone on board for zVM administration. It takes up about a half of a full time job. As for CSL-WAVE that Kurt mentioned, it is indeed an excellent product. It was acquired by IBM last year and we should be seeing it appear soon as a

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 2/14/2014 at 03:58 PM, "Chu, Raymond" wrote: > A person who knows about z/OS, z/VM, UNIX, Linux, TCP/IP and SNA is the best > fit to this situation. If a shop is acquiring it's first mainframe, and only going to run Linux (not common, but it does happen), skills in z/OS and SNA are abs

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Chu, Raymond
, Linux and TCP/IP is critical and essential to zLinux administration, customization and operations. Ray -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Smith Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:08 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: zLinux

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Shan, Rita
We also use zOS DB2 in this new infrastructure. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of S B Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 2:27 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux Question It will be truly awesome if you can share such a

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread S B
  From: "Shan, Rita" To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 2:17 PM Subject: Re: zLinux Question Sure, I personally will be glad to but I need to run this up to my managers. Please send me your direct email addr. So we can talk w/o bomb

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Shan, Rita
, February 14, 2014 2:14 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux Question >>> On 2/14/2014 at 02:07 PM, "Shan, Rita" wrote: > I'll be glad to share our experience with anyone who is thinking of > going down this route. Can I get you or your team to give a

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 2/14/2014 at 02:07 PM, "Shan, Rita" wrote: > I'll be glad to share our experience with anyone who is thinking of going > down this route. Can I get you or your team to give a "user experience" presentation at SHARE in Pittsburgh this August? Mark Post Linux Project Manager SHARE

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Shan, Rita
0 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerard Howells Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:25 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: zLinux Question As someone who came to Linux on z about 7 months ago after many years in the distributed world I can say that as we run Linux on

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread David Boyes
If the person is interacting ONLY with the Linux portion, you need to learn a few things about the mainframe but not a lot -- you could compare the problem to learning/understanding a new BIOS. The stuff inside the Linux guest is the same as on other platforms. If the person is responsible for

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Kurt Acker
Greetings Mark, z/VM provides a great hosting environment for Linux on System z (or Linuz as I like to call it now that I have seen Lintel being used all over). Like any system however, it does require administration services. If you have a mainframe at your shop today, your zOS, zVSE or zTPF s

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Gerard Howells
Union TEL: 801-827-8353 ghowe...@americafirst.com -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Smith Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:08 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: zLinux Question Hello Everyone, If running Linux on an IBM mai

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]
Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474 -Original Message- From: Mark Smith [mailto:smith2...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:08 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: zLinux Question Hello Everyone, If running Linux on an IBM mainframe, do you need to have a "main

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 2/14/2014 at 01:07 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > If running Linux on an IBM mainframe, do you need to have a "mainframe" > expert to administer the system or is a Linux expert sufficient? It's possible to contract out the mainframe systems programmer piece, but I wouldn't recommend that for a

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Tom Huegel
Would the zLINUX run native or as z/VM guests? On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Eric Covener wrote: > > It takes quite some good skills on both Linux and System Z to properly > > understand and manage such an environment, IMHO. > > +1, this is a 2-beard problem! > > ---

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Eric Covener
> It takes quite some good skills on both Linux and System Z to properly > understand and manage such an environment, IMHO. +1, this is a 2-beard problem! -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send e

Re: zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Pedro Principeza
Mark, It takes quite some good skills on both Linux and System Z to properly understand and manage such an environment, IMHO. -- Pedro Principeza IBM SW Support Engineer From: Mark Smith To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu, Date: 14/02/2014 16:07 Subject:zLinux Question Sent by

zLinux Question

2014-02-14 Thread Mark Smith
Hello Everyone, If running Linux on an IBM mainframe, do you need to have a "mainframe" expert to administer the system or is a Linux expert sufficient? Thanks, Mark -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: HCP for zLinux Question

2009-02-19 Thread David Boyes
On 2/11/09 2:31 PM, "Gary Detro" wrote: > > I am trying to use zLinux to run a rexx program on another machine in my z/VM > 5.4 system.I am thinking about using SETSECUSER and the CP SEND commands > to be executed from HCP utility in a zLinux guest. Has anyone done anything > in this envir

Re: HCP for zLinux Question

2009-02-11 Thread Stewart Thomas J
ok at. From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Detro Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:31 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: HCP for zLinux Question I am trying to use zLinux to run a rexx program on another machine in my z/VM 5.4 system.I am thi

Re: HCP for zLinux Question

2009-02-11 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 02/11/2009 at 02:32 EST, Gary Detro/Dallas/i...@ibmus wrote: > I am trying to use zLinux to run a rexx program on another machine in my z/VM > 5.4 system.I am thinking about using SETSECUSER and the CP SEND commands to > be executed from HCP utility in a zLinux guest. Has anyone

HCP for zLinux Question

2009-02-11 Thread Gary Detro
I am trying to use zLinux to run a rexx program on another machine in my z/VM 5.4 system.I am thinking about using SETSECUSER and the CP SEND commands to be executed from HCP utility in a zLinux guest. Has anyone done anything in this environment. What is behind this question is that we use