Re: Application tools

2004-03-17 Thread Jim Knox
Post, Mark K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious (truly) as to why you would be installing Jetty instead of Tomcat or something along those lines. What advantages does Jetty have? Mark Post Mark... This is a little dated, but was covered on the peanut gallery:

Re: VM to Linux

2004-03-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 03/16/2004 at 08:27 GMT, Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that I should not use REXEC etc but it's the only way I know to run a shell in Linux that needs parameters passed to it from our VM system. Well, let's not throw the baby out with the bath water, eh? Feel free to

Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space

2004-03-17 Thread Daniel Jarboe
We have formated a mini disk of 285 Cylinders with : dasdfmt -b 4096 -n 0104 dev2:/mnt# less /proc/dasd/devices 0104(ECKD) at ( 94: 16) is dasde : active at blocksize: 4096, 51300 blocks, 200 MB Going over the numbers, the overhead from dasdfmt is startling. At 849,960 bytes a

Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space

2004-03-17 Thread Davis, Larry
I know this has been discussed, but what was the final outcome. Should we use EXT2 or EXT3 block size 1024 or 4096 for space allocation on zlinux I am getting ready to start a POC on a z-800 IFL and it looks like I am throwing DASD at the LINUX images. We are also looking at LVM as a way to get

Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space

2004-03-17 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 08:54, Davis, Larry wrote: I know this has been discussed, but what was the final outcome. Should we use EXT2 or EXT3 block size 1024 or 4096 for space allocation on zlinux Depends. 1K blocks will be slower but less wasteful of space if you have lots of files smaller than

Re: /var/www

2004-03-17 Thread Jere Julian
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 12:31:07AM -0500, Post, Mark K wrote: The proper directory to look in would be defined in your httpd.conf file as the DocumentRoot. These days, Apache tends to get shipped with files like these in the DocumentRoot: index.html.en index.html.it index.html.se But no

Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space

2004-03-17 Thread Davis, Larry
I have all the pieces for FCP other than an ESS 2105 box configured for SCSI disk we also have a Storagetek V2X2 box, but it has no FICON at this point. We are also going to evaluate an EMC DMX box for doing file sharing between z/OS and Solaris/Linux platforms. At this point I will place a

Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Davis, Larry
Should I be letting Linux instances, under z/VM, utilize Cylinder 0? Currently I allocate Cylinder 0 to $ALLOC$ and the rest of the volume to the Linux image. I CPFMTXA cylinder 0 in VM and give it a VOLSER. Then, I access the devices under Linux and dasdfmt them, and partition them using fdasd.

Re: Format disk and mount FS : lost space

2004-03-17 Thread Jim Sibley
Adam wrote: Depends. 1K blocks will be slower but less wasteful of space if you have lots of files smaller than 4K. For SCSI devices, I would agree with you. For eckd devices, the overhead on 1K blocks is tremendous so what you make up from small files is lost to eckd overhead. Also, for eckd

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Steve Gentry
I do not think you should let anything other than VM itself use cyl 0. As this is where VM keeps Vol id, disk map info, etc. $ALLOC$ is what is some times called a place holder. The userid $ALLOC$ doesn't actually do anything with it other than mark it or inform others that this cylinder is

full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Scorch Burnet
after applying online updates to a new install of sles8, my /var went from 50% to 98% used. can someone tell me where this usage is and can it be cleaned up? -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Post, Mark K
I would look in /var/lib/YaST2/you/i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/rpm/ Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scorch Burnet Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: full /var after online updates after

dasd_diag_mod missing in SLES8 64bit

2004-03-17 Thread Michael Lambert
I recently completed an install of SLES8 64 bit and I was disappointed to find that the recent SUSE kernel rpms do not include dasd_diag_mod.o. The last s390x kernel rpm to include it was k_deflt-2.4.19-71, although it is still present in 31 bit SLES8. I'm sure that it's removal was probably the

Re: full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS)
You might also have a look at /var/adm/backup/rpmdb -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] full /var after online updates I would look in

Re: full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Scorch Burnet
thanks Mark and Ken lots of resources used here, can these be cleaned up or is it necessary to keep these files around? Post, Mark K wrote: I would look in /var/lib/YaST2/you/i386/update/SuSE-SLES/8/rpm/ Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Davis, Larry
/tmp is supposedly a throw away file system, can Linux set this up in a memory file system like it does /proc and could/should I use VDisk for /tmp also? TIA,\|/ (. .) ooO-(_)-Ooo Larry Davis, 6-2380 -- For

Re: VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
You can do that. We're experimenting with using T-disk (real disk) for /tmp. Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, 'Let Newton Be!' and all was light. - Alexander Pope It did not last; the Devil howling 'Ho! Let Einstein Be!' restored the status quo.- John Collings Squire

Re: full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
or /var/lib/rpm Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, 'Let Newton Be!' and all was light. - Alexander Pope It did not last; the Devil howling 'Ho! Let Einstein Be!' restored the status quo.- John Collings Squire God Rolled his dice, to Einstein's great dismay: 'Let Feynman

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
I depends on how you've got it set up and what controls you have in place. If you're using VM as a hypervisor for Linux, VM has to be able to know what the volser of the DASD is. If your linux instances have root authority not controlled by you and they take it in mind to do a dasdfmt on a

Re: full /var after online updates

2004-03-17 Thread Post, Mark K
I would not erase the rpm database backups. If you don't think you'll be needing to re-install any of those RPMs again, then you can delete the files from the YOU directories. If you decide you want to re-install them again, YOU will re-download them again using wget, just as it did the first

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 03/17/2004 at 11:50 EST, Davis, Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I be letting Linux instances, under z/VM, utilize Cylinder 0? I would recommend never allowing any guest to write on cyl 0. If the guest writes a label that matches the label of any of your CP_OWNED packs, you

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Marcy Cortes
Well, technically VM only cares if the volumes are attached to SYSTEM (uservol include in SYSTEM CONFIG). If you use DEDICATE to assign them to Linux guests, then VM shouldn't much care, unless one of your Linuxes decides to label them something like 440W01 or something then watch out for fun at

Re: VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 12:27, Davis, Larry wrote: /tmp is supposedly a throw away file system, can Linux set this up in a memory file system like it does /proc and could/should I use VDisk for /tmp also? Not quite like /proc. You could use VDISK, although you'd have to format and mount it as

Re: WebLogic 7.0 SP5 (Platform) for Linux for S/390 and zSeries is Now GA

2004-03-17 Thread Ken Vance
Hi, Has anyone else installed this product, and if so, did it run OK? One of our developers said he installed this today, and they said it used a huge amount of our VM cpu. I need to check with the developer to see which version he installed, but the development team is now concerned that z/VM

Re: WebLogic 7.0 SP5 (Platform) for Linux for S/390 a nd zSeries is Now GA

2004-03-17 Thread Marcy Cortes
Where are they getting the high CPU numbers from ? Anything from inside the instance is a lie. They'd have to be on VM and looking at rtm or esamon or something to see real numbers. Marcy Cortes -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Vance

More on: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread David Booher
Let's suppose I was stupid enough in the beginning to just ATTACH a pack to the VM guest, install Linux and dasdfmt the entire pack. Then, I didn't use the -label on dasdfmt and ended up with a funky VOLSER like: q 127 DASD 0127 ATTACHED TO DARWIN

Problems with CUPS/SAMBA config (print drivers)

2004-03-17 Thread Dave MYERS
I am following Michael MacIsaac's Print Serving Solutions Using Samba CUPs presentation and have some config problems that I don't understand: 1. I ran the cupsaddsmb command and I see that it created InfoPrint_1125.PPD, which looks right for my Infoprint 1125 printer. Not sure why

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Nick Laflamme
For those of us playing along at home and trying to get this work, is there a short list of mistakes one might make (or contraindications one might overlook) in this context? Q SIGNALS on my VM system confirms that my Linux image is waiting for a shutdown signal. The first time I edited

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Kharnas, Simon
There is another consideration that makes allocating of Linux volume to a full-pack mini or letting it use cylinder zero very undesirable. If you regularly run FDR backups from MVS to dump the shared DASD volumes to tape, as part of your backup procedures, your backup will fail for full-pack Linux

Re: Problems with CUPS/SAMBA config (print drivers)

2004-03-17 Thread Daniel Jarboe
Hi Dave, 1. I ran the cupsaddsmb command and I see that it created InfoPrint_1125.PPD, which looks right for my Infoprint 1125 printer. What's in /var/lib/samba/drivers/, /var/lib/samba/drivers/W32X86/, and /var/lib/samba/drivers/W32X86/2 or /var/lib/samba/drivers/W32X86/3? Not

Re: More on: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 21:18, David Booher wrote: Can I still use ICKDSF: CPFORMAT LABEL UNIT(127) NVFY VOLID(LNX200) to recify it without harming the contents of the IPL volume? Nope. Linux also sticks the volser in the DCB's that it puts on disk. You better use Linux' fdasd to change the

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Rich Smrcina
After changing /etc/inittab, mine wouldn't work the first time either. After the reboot it seemed to be OK. Rich Smrcina - Original Message - From: Nick Laflamme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:04 pm Subject: Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown For those of us playing

Re: VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Scully, William P
The following technique seems to work for us, with SLES8. - In /etc/fstab: /dev/dasdb1 /tmp ext2 defaults 0 0 - In boot.local: # Create and mount the disk space used for /tmp mke2fs /dev/dasdb1 mount /dev/dasdb1 /tmp chmod o=t /tmp chmod a+rwx /tmp - Be sure that you have FBA support in

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS)
You need to do telinit q to force rereading of inittab. My inittab has a slightly different line: ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -y -g0 I've tested this extensively, and it works for me. You should get messages on the console when the signal is received, even if the script isn't

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 22:04, Nick Laflamme wrote: The first time I edited /etc/inittab to add this, I reversed two letters in ctrlaltdel and got an error message when I next did an init 6, so I know I'm in the right file, and since the error message went away, I presume I'm spelling it

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Cameron, Thomas
In order to ask /sbin/init to re-read /etc/inittab, you can issue the command: kill -1 1 The -1 argument sends a kill signal which causes the process to reload its config. The 1 is the process id. init always has process id 1, as it is the first process loaded by the kernel. You don't

Re: VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 22:23, Scully, William P wrote: The following technique seems to work for us, with SLES8. - In /etc/fstab: /dev/dasdb1 /tmp ext2 defaults 0 0 - In boot.local: # Create and mount the disk space used for /tmp mke2fs /dev/dasdb1 mount /dev/dasdb1 /tmp chmod o=t /tmp

Re: SLES8 trap signal shutdown

2004-03-17 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 22:31, Cameron, Thomas wrote: In order to ask /sbin/init to re-read /etc/inittab, you can issue the command: kill -1 1 Great! Until Rich mentioned it, I never had realized init would need to re-read the /etc/inittab to make this work... Rob

Re: Let Linux use Cyl 0?

2004-03-17 Thread Post, Mark K
If you're using CDL formatted volumes, this should not be the case. If you are, and it is happening anyway, you should report a problem to IBM and FDR. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kharnas, Simon Sent: Wednesday, March 17,

Re: VDISK for /tmp

2004-03-17 Thread Post, Mark K
First, a small correction. The proc file system is not a memory file system in any way. It is an abstraction of kernel control blocks, presented as a file system to userland. Second, if you just want to make sure /tmp is empty after every reboot, put an entry in one of the startup scripts to

New Presentation on the Web Site

2004-03-17 Thread Post, Mark K
I've added a new presentation to the web site from SHARE 102. Harold Pritchett has contributed his Configuring BIND session. For those that don't know, BIND (Berkeley InterNet Daemon) is the software that provides DNS services for most of the Internet. The presentation is located at