Did you run a packet trace, to see where the delay is ? That would be the first 
thing ...in my mind..it's not always a case of reviewing definitions...

Scott ford
www.identityforge.com

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:03 PM, "Gibney, Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I suggest you ask this on IBMTCP-L. You will find more help there. 
> Specifically, Chris Mason :)
> 
> Dave Gibney
> Information Technology Services
> Washington State University
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of Mauri Kanter
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:16 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: "Delay" Problem with SSL and DVIPA
>> 
>> Good morning list,
>> 
>> We are facing a strange "delay" problem with TN3270 and SSL which I
>> describe below.
>> 
>> The configuration is as follows:
>> PRD1 and PRD2 are production LPARs.
>> DEV1 and DEV2 are development LPARs
>> PRD1 and DEV1 are on a z114 machine with two OSA cards shared among the
>> LPARs
>> PRD2 and DEV2 are on another z114 machine also with two OSA cards shared
>> among the LPARs.
>> Neither the machines nor the OSA cards are exactly equal but they are very
>> similar in many aspects (mips, workload, etc)
>> 
>> No network problems from the performance point of view…
>> 
>> Ping times from my desktop are very good for all the IP addresses described
>> below. And Normal work is ok. Everybody is happy.
>> 
>> Below the several IP addresses involved:
>> Each OSA card has an IP address.
>> Each LPAR has a local VIPA for that LPAR.
>> Each subplex has a dynamic DVIPA.
>> DEV1 has VIPADEF defined on the VIPADynamic statement
>> DEV2 has VIPABackup defined on the VIPADynamic statement
>> PRD1 has VIPABackup defined on the VIPADynamic statement
>> PRD2 has VIPADEF defined on the VIPADynamic statement
>> 
>> For example: VIPADEF MOVE IMMED SERVICEMGR 255.255.255.240
>> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>> 
>> We use SSL to connect to TN2370.
>> 
>> There is no VIPADIST DEFINE statement neither for the TN3270 SSL port nor
>> the non-SSL port .
>> When connecting via SSL to the TN3270 server of DEV1 using the DVIPA of the
>> development subplex performance is very good.
>> When connecting via SSL to the TN3270 servers of all the lpar VIPAs the
>> performance is very good for all 4 LPARs.
>> 
>> In particular, when pointing PCOMM to the lpar VIPA belonging to PRD2 the
>> USSTAB shows up immediately in almost "no time"
>> 
>> However … When pointing PCOMM to the DVIPA belonging to the production
>> subplex it may take 5 seconds to get the USSTAB. According to our 
>> definitions,
>> the LU name I get, and what I see from NETSTAT HOME, I see that the DVIPA
>> is held by PRD2.
>> 
>> To make things more confusing, if I use the non-SSL port of the TN3270 the
>> "delay" disappears.
>> 
>> So I do not understand if the problem is SSL, the network, or the 
>> distributor.
>> I'm missing something here …
>> 
>> Any ideas what to look for? The problem was reported to me lately and also
>> lately we migrated to z/OS 1.13 from 1.11, but I can not confirm for granted
>> that z/OS 1.13 is related to the problem.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>> 
>> Mauri.
>> 
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