CPINT error when issuing HCP commands under SLES10

2007-04-25 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I have the following installed on a newly installed sles10x: cpint-kmp-default-2.5.3_2.6.16.21_0.8-3.2 cpint-2.5.3-3.2 However, when I issue any HCP command, I get the following: linuxm01:/var/log/YaST2 # hcp q stor Open: No such file or directory Even when I run: linuxm01:/etc/init.d #

Re: Enter your root partition after SLES10x install

2007-04-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I do not know what happened. I was not looking at the screen at the time. I had the z/VM console active and saw that it was down. I rebooted the SLES10 install CD and selected the option to reboot the installed system and receive the error. I then simply booted SLES10 like it was installed and it

Re: CPINT error when issuing HCP commands under SLES10

2007-04-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
and you'll get an error like that. Do you have to use cpint specifically, or would the new vmcp tool module be an option? It should be available by default with SLES 10: modprobe vmcp vmcp q stor ks On 4/25/07, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following installed

Re: CPINT error when issuing HCP commands under SLES10

2007-04-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
, or would the new vmcp tool module be an option? It should be available by default with SLES 10: modprobe vmcp vmcp q stor ks On 4/25/07, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following installed on a newly installed sles10x: cpint-kmp-default-2.5.3_2.6.16.21_0.8

sudosh no longer functions with SLES10x

2007-04-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
It looks like sudosh-1.6-3 no longer functions with SLES10x. It worked fine through sles9x. I am receiving the following: sudosh open slave pty: Bad address open pty failed: Illegal seek I recompiled and rebuilt the package under sles10 but to no avail. I have not seen

Re: sudosh no longer functions with SLES10x

2007-04-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 04/27/2007 05:32 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: sudosh no longer functions with SLES10x On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 1:55 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL

Re: sudosh no longer functions with SLES10x

2007-04-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:56 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] sudosh no longer functions with SLES10x It looks like sudosh-1.6-3 no longer functions with SLES10x

SLES10 rescue system and access

2007-05-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have SLES10x up and running under z/VM and most of our processes in place. I am now developing the Linux Rescue of Last Resort Procedures for SLES10. I know, I can use any of my Linux z/VM guests as a rescue system but I always keep a rescue system of last resort. Under SLES10, I can get a

Re: SLES10 rescue system and access

2007-05-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:31 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: SLES10 rescue system and access We have SLES10x up and running under z/VM and most of our processes in place. I am now developing the Linux Rescue of Last

Re: SLES10 rescue system and access

2007-05-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to all that responded. The rescue system does not provide a /etc/pam.d/sshd for some reason. It provides pam for the other functions. Even after starting sshd ?o UsePAM=no, I would get the following: login as: root No supported authentication methods left to try! However, I simply

YaST2/YUP and/or rug problems

2007-06-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
All my updating stopped working for all my SLES10x guests. I have a YUM server that mirrors novell.update.com and it seems to have been working fine. I see updates every now and then. However, using YaST2 online updates shows me no new updates. When entering YaST2?s ?installation source? I get

Re: YaST2/YUP and/or rug problems

2007-06-21 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 6:36 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All my updating stopped working for all my SLES10x guests. I have a YUM server that mirrors novell.update.com and it seems to have been working fine. I see updates every now

SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . .

2007-06-25 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
With SLES9, it seemed that staying current with the patches kinda of automatically upgraded you to the various service pack levels and it was not a big deal. However now with SLES10, it seems to be a major effort to go to SP1. It looks like it is downloading the world and re-installing the world

Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . .

2007-06-25 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . . On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:58 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With SLES9, it seemed that staying current with the patches kinda of automatically

Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . .

2007-06-25 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . . On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 1:38 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is doing even more then that. It is installing packages that I

Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . .

2007-06-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
02:37 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . . On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 1:38 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is doing

Re: Backup and Restore Strategies For Z/Linux

2007-07-05 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We do incremental backups using FDR/Upstream and Hipersockets. The incrementals are used to recover a file if a problem occurs. Since we separate user data from Linux data, there is not much Linux data involved in these incrementals. However, we have a scheduled outage for z/VM once a week. When

qeth: No memory for packet received on hsi0.

2007-07-06 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am seeing the following in my message log many times for my Hipersocket. Does anyone know what it means and how I can eliminate it? Jul 5 13:34:45 linuxp01 kernel: Normal: empty Jul 5 13:34:45 linuxp01 kernel: HighMem: empty Jul 5 13:34:45 linuxp01 kernel: Swap cache: add 1670971, delete

Re: qeth: No memory for packet received on hsi0.

2007-07-06 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: qeth: No memory for packet received on hsi0. On Fri, Jul 6, 2007 at 9:57 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am seeing the following in my message log many times for my Hipersocket. Does anyone know what it means and how I can

Re: SLES10 to SLES10 SP1 Migration . . .

2007-07-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- SLES10-Updates directory structure was renamed from SLES10. I updated /etc/sysconfig/yup as follows: YUP_DEST_DIR=/var/cache/yup YUP_SERVER=nu.novell.com YUP_SERVER_SLES=nu.novell.com However, when I run YUP

Preparing and Upgrading to SLES10-SP1 (my experience)

2007-07-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
One of the problems I encountered during my SLES10 to SLES10-SP1 upgrade was that SLES10-SP1 downloaded many packages that were already mirrored to my local YUM server. It also took a bit of time to download SP1 itself. This severely increased the upgrade time and it took over 8 hours and used

Unknown Error: Downloading metadata failed . . .

2007-08-13 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
My Linux YUM file system ran out of space. I added more space and YUP seems to be working however I am now receiving the following when I try to apply updates to my YUM server from my YUM server using YOU. dir:///var/cache/yup/SLES10-SP1-Updates/sles-10-s390x/ Unknown Error: Downloading metadata

Are these files necessary?

2007-08-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am running SuSE SLES10-SP1. I notice some high space utilization in the following files: /var/lib/zypp/cache/* /var/lib/zmd/zmd.db I think these files were created while playing with novell-zmd. I use YUP and a local YUM server to retrieve my updates and then use YaST2 Online Updates pointing

Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches

2007-11-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
/2007 01:23 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 1:04 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Local

Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches (resolved)

2007-11-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
01:23 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Local YOU server failing for some patches On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 1:04 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Local YOU

SuSE sudo levels

2007-11-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
SuSE sudo levels We are working on a project to consolidate Linux userid management. We are moving our Linux Users from each Linux Guest and will manage them using CA-ACF2 and PAM. However we ran into a slight problem. We use sudo to control root access and then define the privileged users to

z/VM Version 5.1 to z/VM Version 5.3 migration?

2008-01-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have to upgrade our z/VM version 5.1 to version 5.3. We run z/VM only to support our Linux guests. We reviewed the z/VM Migration Guide and see in chapter 2 where the following is hinted at: Support is provided for simplified migration to z/VM V5.3 from either z/VM V5.2 or z/VM V5.1. We

Re: z/VM Version 5.1 to z/VM Version 5.3 migration?

2008-01-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
tickle Has anyone made the jump from z/VM 5.1 to z/VM 5.3 and wish to discuss their experiences? Peter Peter E Abresch/EP/PEP 01/23/2008 03:59 PM To Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject z/VM Version 5.1 to z/VM Version 5.3 migration? We have to upgrade our z/VM version

Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are at Sungard performing our yearly contingency test. Normally we restore our Linux DASD and IPL our Linux guest as a guest from Sungard?s z/VM system. We then logon to our Linux guest from z/VM, change the network configuration, reboot, and we are good to go. Usually we have to wait 10

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
address as your NFS server, but not running NFS. That way instead of timing out, you can get something like connection request rejected. (I forget the exact message). In some cases, this can hurry things along. By the way, how did you backup and restore? Ron Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
. By the way, how did you backup and restore? Ron Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: We are at Sungard performing our yearly contingency test. Normally we restore our Linux DASD and IPL our Linux guest as a guest from Sungard?s z/VM system. We then logon to our Linux guest from z/VM, change

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-08 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
of it's files might be useful. If you could get a single user command prompt, it might be helpful. You would have to know which filesystem is on what minidisk though. Hope this helps, Ron Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: There is only one NFS background mount and yes, we waited

Re: booting kernel - versions 0,1,2 - need info

2008-04-11 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
With SLES10, I had the following menu: 1 = SLES_10_SP1_2 2 = ipl 3 = failsafe However, I experienced the same problem even using failsafe. I do not see much difference between all 3 of these options. What parameters can I specify in /etc/zipl.conf that will force Linux boot

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-11 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:45 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bingo!, what an idea. We use LVM so I simply detached all DASD except my root and IPL my Linux guest. It was a mess but it did enter single user mode and prompted me for a root

Re: booting kernel - versions 0,1,2 - need info

2008-04-11 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I apoligize guys. I replied to the wrong thread here. It has been a long week. Peter Peter E Abresch/EP/PEP 04/11/2008 10:50 AM To Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: booting kernel - versions 0,1,2 - need info With SLES10, I had the following menu: 1 =

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-11 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 04/11/2008 11:39 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr

Re: Linux Guest recovery at Sungard not going well

2008-04-11 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
address as your NFS server, but not running NFS. That way instead of timing out, you can get something like connection request rejected. (I forget the exact message). In some cases, this can hurry things along. By the way, how did you backup and restore? Ron Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco

Has anyone order z/VM from ShopZseries?

2008-04-15 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I ordered z/VM V5.3 from ShopZseries and received the following downloads: Opt Prod Enabling Aid Download ? V6720401.TERS0014 (0.730 MB) DFSMS/VM FL221 Download ? V6720403.TERS0014 (63.8 MB) DFSMS/VM Kanji Download ? V6720402.TERS0004 (2.8 MB) and some electronic

Re: Has anyone order z/VM from ShopZseries?

2008-04-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks Les You are right. How do we order z/VM and not get z/VM? (rhetorical). I do not know what went wrong but we ordered it again. The problem with fool proof methods is that they only account for the fools I guess. Peter Les Geer (607-429-3580) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port

z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested)

2008-05-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade handholding We are starting our upgrade from z/VM 5.1 to z/VM 5.3. We use z/VM strictly for Linux. We are all old MVSers that originally installed z/VM 5.1. Now we are rethinking our z/VM installation and maintenance methodology. We have talked to various VMers but have

Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope)

2008-05-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have the following z/VM V5.3 maintenance that we downloaded and detersed: S7832162 SERVLINK C1 V 4005109 94 5/22/08 12:43:47 S7832160 SERVLINK C1 F 80672 14 5/22/08 12:37:40 SHIPRSU3 SERVLINK C1 V 4005 18621 16040 5/22/08

Re: Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope)

2008-05-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
? In MAINT's profile exec there should be a ACC 51D D statement. Regards, Jihad K. Kawkabani IT Systems Engineer Consultant Voice: 440.395.0740 Network: 575.0740 Cell: 440.465.2969 Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope)

2008-05-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/22/2008 01:43 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope) Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: We have the following z/VM V5.3 maintenance that we

Re: Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope)

2008-05-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:56 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Quick z/VM maintenance question (I hope) This is what we have: q disk LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS

z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested) PART 2

2008-05-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to everyone that responded to my original hand holding request. With everyone?s response we were able to install z/VM 5.3 as a second level guest to our z/VM V5.1. We also applied the latest RSU maintenance and have performed backups of our 5.3 system. We are now looking to migrate our

Re: z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested) PART 2

2008-05-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested) PART 2 So far your approach is good. See some comments below. Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: Thanks to everyone that responded to my original hand holding request. With everyone?s response we were

z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested) PART 3

2008-05-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to everyone that responded to my previous requests. Our z/VM 5.3 testing as a second level guest is progressing. My second level z/VM looks like the following: USER VMTESTSV 256M 256M BG ACCOUNT SYSTEMS IPL CMS MACH XA OPTION LNKNOPAS CONSOLE 0009 3215 NICDEF

How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM? I changed YUP_SUBVERSIONS=SP1? to YUP_SUBVERSIONS=SP1 SP2 in the YUP configuration. I also have YUP_DEST_DIR=/var/cache/yup so I created the following SP2 directories there: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 80 Jun 27 2007 SLES10-SP1-Online drwxr-xr-x 3 root

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM? On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:24 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- However, after running yup, the SP2 directories are empty. I have

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM? On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:48 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Marcy and Marc

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Marcy and Marc, I downloaded the latest yup (yup-232-2.2) but am still having problems. I am seeing curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:30 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM? On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:48 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/10/2008 02:48 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM? On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:30 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco

Re: How do I pull the SP2 updates down with YUM?

2008-06-12 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
My YUP configuration were using the values from /etc/zmd/deviceid and /etc/zmd/secret which had been working fine. But now Novell wants us to use mirroring credentials so I had to go into the website and extract our mirroring credentials and use them. This might make sense to everybody but I did

SPident not showing SLES10-SP2

2008-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I upgraded to SLES10-SP2 and all seems well. I then enter SPident because I like seeing SP2 installed and I get the following: CONCLUSION: System is NOT up-to-date! foundSLE-10-s390x-SP1 + online updates expected SLE-10-s390x-SP2 e! a SPident ?vvv indicates the following: -

Re: SPident not showing SLES10-SP2

2008-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: SPident not showing SLES10-SP2 Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: I upgraded to SLES10-SP2 and all seems well. I then enter SPident because I like seeing SP2 installed and I get the following: CONCLUSION: System is NOT up

Re: SPident not showing SLES10-SP2

2008-06-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I do not know about these scripts. Where can I get a copy or am I too late? I would love to put my SLES on a diet. Things slip in because it is a dependency of a dependency of a dependency of a dependency . . . Peter Mark Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port

Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I removed many packages and in affect, put my Linux guests on a diet. Just a few more questions: I used local yum servers and YaST2 to perform all my maintenance and product installations. Can I remove the contents of the following which tends to grow. I think these grow whenever I change the

Re: Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Subject Re: Linux guest on a diet On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- Can I remove the contents of the following which tends to grow. I think these grow whenever I change the installation sources

Re: Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Linux guest on a diet On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:50 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks as always Mark, Do I have

Re: Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
], Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the SLES10-SP2 DVD ISO and copied it to my local Linux server in directory /usr/local/share/sles10-s390x/DVD. I have the following directories, the CDx is from my original SLES10 installation. drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 944

Re: z/VM 5.1 to 5.3 upgrade ( a little handholding requested) Many Thanks

2008-07-02 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I want to thank everyone on this list that assisted us with their ideas and recommendations on our z/VM Upgrade (z/VM Handholding). We were able to gleam through all the great ideas and develop a z/VM installation, testing, and implementation philosophy that made sense to our years of z/OS

yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Hello everyone, I have been away for awhile. We are currently running SLE-10-s390x-SP2 + online updates. We will like to upgrade to SP3. I like to use our local yup repository and use Yast2 to upgrade by applying the move-to-sles10-sp3 patch. I changed the following on our YUM server config

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, March 01

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
/noarch/ -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:21 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 Thanks, I read

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 On 3/1/2010 at 11:27 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: We will like to upgrade to SP3. I like to use our local yup repository and use Yast2 to upgrade by applying the move-to-sles10-sp3 patch. I don't know that using

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
On 3/1/2010 at 03:12 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: Thanks Mark, Can I install SMT11 under SLES10? I am not in a position to No. install sles11 at the moment. I have previously upgraded to SP1 and from SP1 to SP2 but it has been a while and I do not know

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu 03/01/2010 05:09 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu To LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 On 3/1/2010 at 04:43 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-03 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to all that responded. Novell had to delete my mirror credentials and regenerate them and Lord and behold, YUP is downloading my SP3 stuff. I have since upgraded one of my Linux guest to SP3. Peter This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is proprietary, legally

/var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have various Linux SLES10 SP3 guests under z/VM. We use YaST to apply the patches using our local YUM server. However, I see the following directory continue to grow. /var/lib/zypp/cache/ This directory contains many other directories in the form of Source.random characters/repodata. Each of

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
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Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu To LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves On 4/23/2010 at 09:45 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: Question 2: Space is limited in our shop. Can I delete these directories

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
/23/2010 12:18 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu To LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves On 4/23/2010 at 12:06 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: cache-max-size-hard-limit | False

SLES11install doc for z/Series

2010-06-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am downloading SLES11-SP1 for z/Series. However, I have not found any documentation to get me started installing this as a z/VM guest. In the past, I mounted the image via NFS and started the process. Does anyone have a link or something to get me started or is the z/Series install doc part of

Re: SLES11install doc for z/Series

2010-06-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
the installer and then point the installation to a NFS, FTP or HTTP install source. I hope this helps. Mike On 6/29/2010 at 08:57 AM, in message ofc5a6e9e7.b738bc67-on85257751.00520d0c-85257751.00523...@pepco.com, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: I am downloading SLES11-SP1

Re: kernel: page allocation failure recommendations

2010-08-05 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to all that responded. I appreciate everyone's responsiveness. I increased vm.swappiness from 60 to 80. It is too early to tell if it made any significant difference. We have also accelerated our plans to move forward with our SLE-10-s390x-SP3 production implementation. Peter Shane

*** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are making our first attempt to installed SLES11. We previously have installed SLES8-SLES10 in the past. I copied the DVD installation to my NFS server and configured the proper permissions. We go through the process up to where it prompts to enter the server directory, see below: Enter the

Re: *** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:31:56 -0500 Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: Enter the directory on the server -/usr/local/share/sles11-s390x/DVD1- *** No repository found. What

Re: *** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 3/10/2011 at 01:31 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: We are making our first attempt to installed SLES11. We previously have installed SLES8-SLES10 in the past. I copied the DVD installation to my NFS server and configured

SLES11 Updates

2011-07-13 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
With SLES9 we used a YOUSERVER and with SLES10 we use YUP to mirror updates locally where we then installed them. What is the best method for SLES11. Is it SMT and when I select the options to mirror in YaST is that what it will use? Whenever I try to register for updates I get the ERROR 504: 504

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-13 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
The gateway timeout issue must have been a web service issue as I retried and it is working. Is SMT what everyone is using for mirroring updates in SLES11? Peter From: Peter E Abresch/EP/PEP To: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 07/13/2011 08:22 AM Subject:SLES11

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
for SMT to work with our proxy server. That's likely already been included though so maybe its not your timeout problem. Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:29 AM

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Subject:Re: SLES11 Updates Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 7/14/2011 at 08:09 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: I register the updates and everything seems to complete successfully, however there are never any update repositories

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-15 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 7/14/2011 at 01:02 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: I hope that it is that simple. Any idea when the issue will be resolved? I I'm told that it is now fixed, so try a refresh, or if that fails a re-registration. Mark

RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-15 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have RACF LDAP server setup under z/OS Version 1.11. We are using SLES11-SP1 Linux. We are using LDAP to authenticate with RACF passwords and DB2 for the TDBM backend. We populated the TDBM and everything is working great with one exception. We cannot change the RACF password from Linux using

Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
After a good night sleep, I delved into this problem further. I do not think this is an ACL issue as I can change the password using the ldapmodify command. On the z/OS LDAP Server, we are using TDBM and RACF for native authentication. We have the following: Server Configuration adminDN:

Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
@vm.marist.edu Date: 08/16/2011 11:38 AM Subject:Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On Tuesday, 08/16/2011 at 07:35 EDT, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: After a good night sleep, I delved into this problem

udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We finally have RACF LDAP server running on z/OS with the TDBM backend and native authentication. We thought we were done as all our testing completed successfully. However, when the operator booted Linux, the console is flooded with the following messages on the shutdown and startup. It is very

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I have the following set in /etc/ldap.conf bind_policy soft nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,haldaemon,messagebus,dbus,bin,daemon,postfix,sshd,polkituser,uuidd,100,101 However, these messages are overwhelming. I get them for udevd and vol_id. These might be a startup timing issue as soon as

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
to manage those specific host exceptions, but at least it's possible using 'files ldap'. -- Pat On 8/18/11 12:47 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: I have the following set in /etc/ldap.conf bind_policy soft nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,haldaemon,messagebus,dbus,bin,daemon,postfix

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: Mark Post mp...@novell.com To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 08/19/2011 02:45 PM Subject:Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . . Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 8/19/2011 at 10:53 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre

DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Under SLES10, we see the following: 0.0.0150(ECKD) at ( 94: 0) is dasda : active at blocksize 4096, 600840 blocks, 2347 MB 0.0.0151(ECKD) at ( 94: 4) is dasdb : active at blocksize 4096, 600840 blocks, 2347 MB 0.0.0152(ECKD) at ( 94: 8) is dasdc : active at blocksize 4096,

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [peabre...@pepco.com] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:59 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11 Under SLES10, we see the following: 0.0.0150

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
=dumb Ron Foster From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [peabre...@pepco.com] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:09 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: DASD assignment different

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Added ?dasd_mod.dasd=0.0.150-0.0.15f? to the zipl.conf and ran zipl. These caused massive I/O errors and I had to back out. I analyzed this problem further and realized that I had two virtual DASD addresses mapped to this z/VM guest, leftover from a previous Reiserfs to EXT3 conversion. I had

500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I was working with SMT and everything seem to be working and now, all of a sudden I am seeing the following: Mirroring: https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-s390x/ Target:/srv/www/htdocs/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-s390x E

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Did you recently patch perl-libwww-perl? Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
On 10/14/2011 at 02:51 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: Is the 500 Internal Server Error on my end or Novell?s end? Looks like Novell's end is the problem. I just pointed my web browser to nu.novell.com, and got this back: 500 Internal Server Error All LDAP Servers

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 10/14/2011 at 02:51 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote: Is the 500 Internal Server Error on my end or Novell?s end? Looks like Novell's end is the problem. I just pointed my web browser to nu.novell.com, and got

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: Mark Post mp...@novell.com To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 10/14/2011 03:25 PM Subject:Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror Sent by:Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu On 10/14/2011 at 02:51 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco peabre...@pepco.com wrote

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