Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-10 Thread Scott Chapman
Ahh... I had forgotten about that. That is the kicker here. >I do not believe that anything z196 and up can do ETR at all. I'm pretty >sure I read that in the z196 Tech Guide redbook somewhere. (Page 14 - STP >section) > >Thomas Ambros >Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering >518-436-643

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-10 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
I heard only the M$ variation. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dale R. Smith Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 19:01 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sysplex Common Time Source On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 20:27

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-08 Thread Dale R. Smith
On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 20:27:09 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: >Shane opines: >>Bloody typical. > >I posit that my reply was detailed, helpful, truthful, and complete. I'll >leave it at that. > > >T

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
Shane opines: >Bloody typical. I posit that my reply was detailed, helpful, truthful, and complete. I'll leave it at that. Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Ma

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 15:03 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sysplex Common Time Source ISTR that all time references in a SYSPLEX must be within a certain tolerance (I have no recollection of the actual value

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Tom Ambros
DU Date: 02/07/2014 09:03 Subject: Re: Sysplex Common Time Source Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List ISTR that all time references in a SYSPLEX must be within a certain tolerance (I have no recollection of the actual value). If the local time source exceeded this tolerance, the

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Staller, Allan
ISTR that all time references in a SYSPLEX must be within a certain tolerance (I have no recollection of the actual value). If the local time source exceeded this tolerance, the ETR (STP/9037) would guide them to the same value, or failing that , remove the system from the plex. The act of sync

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 14:03:28 -0500, Mark Jacobs wrote: >We're replacing a z196 processor with a >z10 without the STP feature, and we need to have one zOS 1.13 lpar >that's hosted there join the sysplex Pretty well defined. Other users (customers) offered help/suggestions. What is the "corporate" l

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Scott Chapman
>That was what we originally though too, but our local IBM support person >told us we couldn't. Thinking further about configuration activities to >migrate to mixed CTN mode, I'm not seeing how on the non STP capable >processor we're going to be able to set the name of the mixed CTN, since >it isn'

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
Mark, What's their definition of "sync"? We (this community) have an assumed definition -- a very good one, the Sysplex definition -- that for a variety of reasons makes much sense. That said, if you look at other, lesser servers they don't share that definition. They don't have Sysplex. You can

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/06/2014 06:15 AM Subject: Re: Sysplex Common Time Source Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List You've hit the problem, we have two z196 processors that are STP capable, but can't have the 9037's attached, and one z10 where we ca

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Jousma, David
Subject: Re: Sysplex Common Time Source I agree, but the question that my management team has requested for me to find out is whether we can use another mechanism to sync the time across the three CEC's without STP or ETR. Mark Jacobs On 02/06/14 10:38, Skip Robinson wrote: > I believe that

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Skip Robinson
Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: Mark Jacobs To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/06/2014 06:15 AM Subject:Re: Sysplex Common Time Source Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List You've hit the problem, we have two z196 processors that are STP capable, but

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
You've hit the problem, we have two z196 processors that are STP capable, but can't have the 9037's attached, and one z10 where we can attach the sysplex timers, but that processor doesn't have the STP feature. Mark Jacobs On 02/06/14 09:05, Dana Mitchell wrote: On 02/06/14 06:38, Scott Chapm

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Dana Mitchell
>On 02/06/14 06:38, Scott Chapman wrote: >> I believe that you can have a mixed CTN where one CEC doesn't have STP, but >> in that case the external time source must be > the 9037 and I'm pretty sure that at least one of the CECs must be both STP > and 9037 capable. I don't know what the implica

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 02/06/14 06:38, Scott Chapman wrote: I believe that you can have a mixed CTN where one CEC doesn't have STP, but in that case the external time source must be the 9037 and I'm pretty sure that at least one of the CECs must be both STP and 9037 capable. I don't know what the implications are

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-06 Thread Scott Chapman
I believe that you can have a mixed CTN where one CEC doesn't have STP, but in that case the external time source must be the 9037 and I'm pretty sure that at least one of the CECs must be both STP and 9037 capable. I don't know what the implications are from converting from a pure STP environme