Re: IBM z16 Model A02 Announcement

I think that it's very good that we now have something like the multiprise 3000 back again. I think having smaller systems available for the "mainframe curious" will help a lot in getting new companies on the platform. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: TS7700 abandoned volumes questions

I don't think this is the "IBM-approved" way of doing things, but the ts7700s use standard FC drive shelves. Have you tried breaking the cluster links, powering down the controller, and then manually mounting the FC shelves on a generic Linux box? If you can do that, you should be able to search

Re: TS7700 abandoned volumes questions

r cleaning this up. My $.01. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Enzo D'Amato Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 3:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TS7700 abandoned volumes questions I don't think this is the "IBM-appr

Re: TS7700 abandoned volumes questions

If you are going to need to mount and overwrite the pool, it may be easier to do it using an IBM linux on z system. Linxu tape handling has a lot less requirements, and you can easily pull garbage data from /dev/urandom. It also looks like Linux has support for autoloading volumes on ts7700 devi

HS student with question about small mainframe DASD

Hello. I am a US high school student who is seriously considering acquiring a z114 mainframe. I have found a listing selling one for a price that I think is reasonable, and I have determined that I can meet the space, transportation and power requirements for the machine. I did however have one

Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD

n FBA, but there's no particular reason it wouldn't work). z/OS requires CKD DASD. Learning experience? Absolutely! I want to get a z/Series myself, but there's a tradeoff there...in particular, I don't think I could manage 3-phase power. On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 4:43 PM Enzo

Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD

ay, April 15, 2022 6:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD On 4/15/22 3:32 PM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Hello. Hi, > I am a US high school student who is seriously considering acquiring a > z114 mainframe. I hope that I d

Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD

Taylor <023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 10:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD On 4/15/22 6:35 PM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Nothing in particular about the z114, other than t

Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD

>>5. A tape drive and controller > >Not required. Are you thinking of initial startup/OS installation? On this >vintage >machine there should be non-tape IPL (startup/“bootstrap”) options, notably >HMC DVD. >Such options were standard well before the z114. Assuming Enzo gets a working >HMC wit

my new z114

I saw that Timothy Siples already posted this, but I wanted to share some more information about my new system, and my setup. I am currently a high school junior located in New York. For the last month or so, I have been in the process of acquiring a used z114 mainframe (you may have seen my oth

Re: my new z114

Parwez is correct that this is a M05 model, I will let you know what I have in terms of processor capacity as soon as I finish setting up power and turn it on. I in terms of my IO card configuration, this is what I currently have in the box: 2 2 port pcie 8g ficon cards (pcie) 2 2 port rj45 Ethe

Re: my new z114

if that data matches your card count, that's a good sign nobody has been picking spare parts out of the box. On 5/27/2022 7:43 AM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Parwez is correct that this is a M05 model, I will let you know what I have > in terms of processor capacity as soon as I finish set

Re: my new z114

You would be correct on this. My switch is fibre only for the 10gig. I got it at a surplus auction a few years ago. I can connect it to the standard 1 gig copper links, but I wanted to maximize my speed if possible. Thank you, Enzo Damato On May 27, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Grant Taylor <023065957

Re: my new z114

8 ports OSA 3-2P 1000BASE-T > STP > CPACF > 1 HMC Tower > 2 Power cables - 14ft 200V 30A 3Ph Line > > On 5/27/2022 9:18 AM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > > I have a model 2818 with s/n 02-485F7. I am fairly sure that I have a > relatively low CPU capacity number, and all my

Re: my new z114

-2P 1000BASE-T STP CPACF 1 HMC Tower 2 Power cables - 14ft 200V 30A 3Ph Line On 5/27/2022 9:18 AM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > I have a model 2818 with s/n 02-485F7. I am fairly sure that I have a > relatively low CPU capacity number, and all my unused PCIE card slots have > blank fillers

Re: my new z114

7;s museum of IBM history, including the parts not open to the public. Fundamental Software, Inc.<http://www.funsoft.com/> System/390 on Intel-Based Servers www.funsoft.com From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Enzo D'Amato Sent: Saturday,

Re: my new z114

s. Next time I talk with an IBM CE/SSR/Top-Gun I'll try to remember to ask about that, or hopefully somebody else here knows. On 5/28/2022 7:28 AM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > This is about what I expected in terms of CPU and memory, but I have no idea > what happened with the expansion ca

Re: my new z114

I may be able > to get you access to Columbia's museum of IBM history, including the parts > not open to the public. > Fundamental Software, Inc.<http://www.funsoft.com/> > System/390 on Intel-Based Servers > www.funsoft.com > > >

Re: my new z114

phase commercial power is another. Good Luck, Harry From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Enzo D'Amato Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2022 1:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: my new z114 Thanks for the info. From what I have read, the B

Re: my new z114

n hardware. On 5/28/2022 11:11 AM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Interesting. This seems logical considering where the machine came from. > Would it be possible to toggle the CBU on even though it is expired? Or would > the machine lock this out once the contract exp

Re: my new z114

ime/ On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 8:53 PM Enzo D'Amato wrote: I am trying to get in contact with someone from IBM. I don't plan on pushing the processor too hard (I am only one person), so I am not too upset about this. I would really like to unlock some of the specialty engines to learn

Re: my new z114

same levels. Also, you may be able to find a lot of the relevant manuals at the bitsaves web site. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Enzo D'A

Re: my new z114

your A01 is listed there at $75K, but with the FICON, extra memory, and CBU, I wouldn't be surprised if it originally sold for double that. On 5/28/2022 3:04 PM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Not what I meant by program for. I was referring to the ibm approved > workloads (DB2, zAAP for J

Re: my new z114

The plug board history discussion here has been fascinating. Although I have always been interested in vintage computers, I have never done much research into the plug board type equipment. One of the biggest things I have always wondered about when it comes to the plug boards was where the proc

Re: my new z114

If I remember correctly, RPG was originally based on the function of the electro-mechanical accounting machines. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 1:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract

Hello. I am a high school student who has recently purchased a z114 mainframe (I have posted about the project before here). I have been working to find CKD storage for my machine, so that I can do a proper z/OS installation. I have an opportunity to acquire a DS8884 storage unit that I know has

Re: Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract

s to be SX. Regards Parwez Hamid​ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Enzo D'Amato Sent: 12 June 2022 22:58 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract Hello. I am a high school student w

Re: Modernize Mainframe Applications for Hybrid Cloud with IBM and AWS

As someone who is new to this field, and hasn't been though a wave of "the mainframe is going away" yet, will there still be companies running the mainframe 5 or 10 years down the line? Also, when I read about companies trying to get off of the mainframe, how often do these efforts end up succee

Re: Modernize Mainframe Applications for Hybrid Cloud with IBM and AWS

ecoup. Welcome aboard! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Enzo D'Amato Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Modernize Mainframe Applications for Hybrid Cloud with IBM a

Where to connect TS7720 to network

Hello. In the time since I have last posed, someone has sent up a TS7720 tape unit (with all of its drives unwiped). The unit arrived yesterday, and I have been busy trying to get it set up. have power connected, and I have booted the cache controller, VEB, and TSSC, however I cannot connect to

Re: USS compare

I am not sure if all of these are on USS, but one of these should do what you are looking for: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/compare-two-files-unix/ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bhum Muth Sent: Friday, June 24

Re: USS compare

Do you want to compare the file names in the directory, or the names and content of the files? Get BlueMail for Android On Jun 24, 2022, at 7:01 PM, Bhum Muth mailto:bhumi.mu...@gmail.com>> wrote: mounted zFS files(2 etc files) them zOS, /etc is a directory and I want to c

Re: Buttons, we got buttons...

Does share still give out buttons? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of JOSEPH1 WINTERTON Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 4:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Buttons, we got buttons... Boy that brings back many me

Re: Locked out of my account and therefore my System

I am not an expert here, but you may want to try a boot-time recovery environment like ZZSA, NewEra SAE, or just the VM installation media. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Karl Severson Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2022 7:51

Re: "Mainframe outage affecting W.Va. state agencies could take 48, 72 hours to resolve"

I wonder why the fiber cards were not set up in a redundant configuration. Like even in a lab environment, all of my peripherals are connected across 2 or more cards. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jay Maynard Sent:

Added PCIe IO cards stuck in Reserved state

Hello. I have received VM and VSE installation media from my IBM contact, and the installation is coming along well, but I have been having a problem with some of my IO cards. Despite a proper IOCDS configuration, all of the cards that were added to the system after I got it are stuck in the res

Re: "Mainframe outage affecting W.Va. state agencies could take 48, 72 hours to resolve"

I was thinking something similar when I heard that. It is unusual for 1 card to fail, even more so two. I am guessing that this device had some ancient ESCON channels in it, and no service contract. The first card probably failed months ago, and no one bothered to change it. When that happens, y

Re: Added PCIe IO cards stuck in Reserved state

ut did you ever POR with your updated IOCDS? Carmen On 7/26/2022 2:23 PM, Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Hello. I have received VM and VSE installation media from my IBM contact, and > the installation is coming along well, but I have been having a problem with > some of my IO cards. Despite

Re: Added PCIe IO cards stuck in Reserved state [EXTERNAL]

anything similar, or recognize any of the steps in the process? Thank you, Enzo D'Amato -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Added

Interesting article on cloud repatriation

I saw this article, and I thought that the people here might find this interesting. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/basecamp-and-hey-move-off-of-the-cloud/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct