l media. That means to
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for some time, this is the first that I'm aware of the availability of
no-cost access to IBM Z hardware for z/OS-based Open Source developers.
It will be interesting to see if any more z/OS-based OSS projects come
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perform a brand new installation, you'll need to either access the SUSE
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anges made in this release.
Reading the release notes would be advisable. And not just the IBM Z
specific parts, but all of them. As those who know me can attest, I am
*not* above saying "I told you so" as appropriate. ;)
https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/s390x/SUSE-SLES/15-S
to derive value from it. The details on what will be
included are in Mike Friesenegger's blog posting at
https://www.suse.com/c/bringing-rancher-value-to-ibm-z-and-linuxone/
SUSE will be making further announcements about this in the future, so
please say tun
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> Does VM simulate those instructions that are found in the virtual guest
> environment but not on the real hardware?
No.
-snip-
> Might VM also "up-simulate" in some circumstance
has the CF0 disk linked read-write.
You'll need to figure out who that is and have them either detach the disk, or
re-link it as read only. As Jake mentioned, you could FTP it to another disk
that is not currently in use, and then copy/mo
>>> On 6/29/2017 at 07:53 AM, "Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM"
wrote:
> I'd say: nonsense. A "Social Media Marketing Manager" lecturing technical
> strategies?
As it turns out, he
nel and initrd that came with the installation media,
that's correct. If you take the installed kernel and initrd from /boot and use
that instead, you won't have that problem.
> So I know how my own fully working z800 :)
Congratulations. ;)
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only z9 or later is supported, but that was a support limitation, not a
technical limitation. The binaries were generated with an architecture level
of z800/z900.
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es total) enhanced with Intel Xeon Phi co-processors (MICs)
3,840 MIC cores
0.064 Pflop/s total
and they're talking about current run times of "hundreds" of hours or longer, I
don't think they
s on systems other than Windows? Or can it be
> extracted with conventional utilities on other systems?
SHARE also provides an ISO file for people that don't want/need the
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e presentation. It works well enough for my needs.
On Linux systems the poppler-tools package contains a "pdfinfo" command that
can print things like Title and Author from PDF files that contain them. This
could aid in creating symbolic links via scripting as well.
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>>> On 4/10/2017 at 12:13 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Isn't Linux available on at least one "real machine"?
Linux runs on just about every type of ma
hat would be a problem with the script, not SFTP.
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.ssh/authorized_keys file and have them give it a try.
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is a whole different matter, even if they are wanting to do it on Intel/AMD
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operating system. Early on it used to be able to run
independently of z/VM, but that is no longer true.
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lso correct. Of course, for people that _want_ to
spend untold hours reinventing the wheel with all the attendant problems that
go along with that, that's not a real consideration.
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other IBM operating systems.
Having said all that, the general Linux community views all mainframes as
weird. A lot of them come to love them once they get to know them, others
continue to want nothing to do with them.
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shame.
I didn't mind the loss of income so much, since I was using the funds to donate
to a local dog rescue. But the blindly binary decision making ticked me off,
particularly since they were already familiar with my w
as a z/VM
guest. If you set up the virtual machine with the same (virtual) addresses as
will be present in the native "LPAR" install, you should be able to transfer
your work to that environment quite easily later on.
If you have further problems, feel free to contact me o
h, a fax number too.
Google's email address to report Gmail abuse is gmail-ab...@google.com.
The or.shiningbright.online domain is also handled by Google, so it's likely
that gmail-ab...@google.com would be the proper email address t
LPAR from the HMC without requiring a network connection.
Take a look at the release notes for more information.
https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12-SP2/
Downloads - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for z Systems
https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=9vG3DWH0TWk~
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now. Last I
heard, they were pretty happy with the overall results.
Is there any specific reason why you're asking?
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created a different version
called "vmcp". Those commands work, so you might be able to figure out what
they're doing and apply that to your program.
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and are too arrogant to ask for help." :)
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Never surrender the requirement to be _able_ to know what just happened when
you did that install.
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slower than a network-based installation server. I don't know if that changed
with either the z13 or z13s. If not, I'm hoping that multiple IBM customers
sign on to a requirement to improve it.
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>>> On 8/18/2016 at 02:29 PM, "Jack J. Woehr" wrote:
> That's the text from the Microsoft update to Windows pushed over the last
> couple of days. Sounds bogus to me.
It's not.
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announc
hen a
hyperswap occurs. IBM is working on (or has already released) a GDPS
"appliance" which will do the same thing if you don't already have z/OS running
in your shop. Essentially it's a pre-packaged z/OS
bout reducing the amount of downloads,
it's about saving the costs of manufacturing and distribution.
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ISO image, but still needed a few touches to be
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>>> On 8/11/2016 at 07:08 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
> Rather than shipping a physical DVD, SHARE will prepare a downloadable ISO
> image containing Atlanta proceedings. Stay tuned for drop date.
Hmm. I suggested that almost 10 years ago. Did you hear anything about San
pattern of late, but I don't have San Antonio's yet either.
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I run into something odd like this, I:
Right-click the link
Select "copy link"
Switch to a terminal session
Issue wget -N "CTRL-V" (with the double quotes in case there are shell meta
characters in the link.)
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ate them and what they will look like.
Something like that would be better discussed on the Linux-390 mailing list
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the lack of SHA2 support.
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> Thanks - just something for the weekends discussion
If SHA-1 is obsolete, and I think it is, and were I an IBM customer, I would
possibly try opening an Integrity APAR with the support center.
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unique volser.
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Certainly 2 is much better than 8, but even 2 hours is a long time when you're
used to less than 10 minutes. :)
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We were told that the interface was not documented and never would be, so we
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>>> On 4/27/2016 at 04:07 PM, John McKown wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Mark Post wrote:
>
>> >>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown
>> wrote:
>> > âThey IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a ftp source.â
>>
>
attended install without
a net. :)
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should be able to duplicate the technique using your sysres.
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> faster or slower replacement?
I would say that it would be similar in speed, but would likely consume more
CPU compared to non-secure FTP. If you compare it to FTPS it should be close.
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shared among users on a single system."
Certainly limits usability. I guess you could think of them as really
high-speed card reader/punches.
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ib
>>> On 4/19/2016 at 03:11 PM, Mike Schwab wrote:
> https://twitter.com/ConnorKrukosky/status/722218600975724544
> Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM Internship.
This makes me happy. :)
I'm really glad to see the contacts he made at SHARE are already taking him
and Commercial Bank of China
There are others that haven't agreed to be made public. SICOOB is a
particularly interesting one in that they started with Linux on z and then grew
to the point they decided they needed to a
>>> On 4/4/2016 at 10:16 PM, "Jack J. Woehr" wrote:
> Linux comes with GCC, the best compiler in the world.
Dear ${DEITY}, hardly. Intel's are much better. Now if you had said "best no
cost compiler" I wouldn't
nd maintenance.
Another thing to think about is finding a local Linux Users Group (LUG). There
are a lot of them out there and the people you meet there can be a big help.
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140+ mainframers. Which included a number of IBM executives. :) He was
invited to give his talk in Poughkeepsie at the IBM z test labs where he got a
second standing ovation from the several hundred people there.
Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk
in fact a new name and a new offering.
>
> Perhaps I'm the only one...
I don't think any marketeer has ever been accused of being "too smart."
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so that won't help most people. However, it's entirely possible that IBM has a
version for Windows.
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a 3270-type console, you should be able to get it to
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>>> On 1/27/2016 at 08:43 AM, Carlos Bodra wrote:
> I haven*t access to protect area of Share Sessions handouts.
If you create an account on the web site, you will be able to access the
content without having to resort to using search engines.
cle/linuxone-ibms-new-linux-mainframes/
Because the "updated" Rockhopper is no longer a BC12. It's apparently going to
be based on a z13s.
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>>> On 1/26/2016 at 05:41 PM, Mike Schwab wrote:
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248251.pdf is a z13 reference.
For the new z13s? I already have the Redbooks for the z13.
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As someone who works for SUSE, that's not exactly news. :)
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w enabled with improved speed and
processing power." combined with Carlos' discovery in the IBM Configurator
seems to all be pointing in the same direction.
The page mentions March in relation to "IBM Open Platform." Maybe if we're
really lucky the formal an
>>> On 1/25/2016 at 02:49 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" wrote:
> Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had
> brought in a large coil of wire for that one.
That might have been a
es it. It knows enough
to set the attribute byte for the field to be non-display.
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shouldn't be a
significant backlash from it.
If you were able to get by with a 256MB /tmp before, and are only doing this
for one (mis-behaving) application, I'm not sure that skulker is really going
to be that necessary. Of course, time will tell.
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It's a bit of a PITA, but should work just fine until such time as he either
gets the SCSI IPL feature from IBM installed, or he finds some ECKD storage at
a reasonable price.
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do, however, I've seen a number of jobs that require mainframe skills, as well
as Linux, and even z/VM. Since that seems to fall into your areas of interest,
you might
e "Integrated ASCII console." I'm not
sure when that came into being, but I doubt your z890 has it.
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. My OSAs don't have 'Port
> names' (the field is filled with '..') and I'm not sure how to
> assign them.
Port names are only needed if you're sharing a physical OSA with a z/OS system.
That won
7;s the
>>only free OS you can get that will run on that box.
>
> Solaris?
OpenSolaris really isn't an option any more, since Oracle acquired Sun
Microsystems. According to David Boyes, they're not interested in accepting
any sort of patches for that.
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es, but would likely
not be-able to come up with the funds to make it.
In the future I definitely plan on making a nice video series on YouTube
showing what I've learned though.
-Connor K
On 11/7/2015 12:37 PM, Mark Post wrote:
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is in
Atlanta, July 31st through August 5th.
What do you think?
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you're interested. The improvement is actually pretty impressive.
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ho want to use the software for various other purposes. But, for the FSF, the
main thrust is that Free/Libre software can't be made proprietary by others,
and you can't be restricted in what personal use you want to make of it.
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> Why would you think it was delayed?
Apparently he was stuck in the Bermuda Triangle. :)
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offended by the
correct terminology of cracking and crackers. Too bad for them, but it does
help us that know better to identify which writers to either ignore or
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would think that you would only be starting an NFS _server_ process, not for a
client. An NFS "client" would be the mount command to mount the exported file
system into your HFS/ZFS.
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>>> On 8/18/2015 at 12:00 PM, Mark Post wrote:
> >>> On 8/18/2015 at 09:47 AM, John McKown
> >>> wrote:
>> I don't remember the information quoted below being said before.
>>
>> From:
>> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2015/08/ibms
plex, and involve so many different people or
groups, it's nearly impossible to nail down everything correctly. His, and
Phil Young's, main message is "simply denying a problem exists won't protect
you. You have to check, and re-check, and re-check, and ..."
Mark
Young isn't the only one that talks about this. Mark Wilson
at SHARE in Orlando had a good session about (the lack of) good mainframe
security at a lot of shops he consults with.
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ay are running Linux.
>
It's come up a number of times at SHARE. They talk about the percentage of the
top 100 clients, percentage of new MIPs shipped, percentage of installed MIPs,
etc. I would point you to the presentation, but it seems SHARE doesn't upload
the
l probably not be too different between them at low levels of over
commitment of resources. After that, z/VM will blow the doors off KVM.
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