IBM s/390 manual ThinkPad Enabled for S/390, Bill Ogden

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S/390 Partners in Development:

ThinkPad Enabled for S/390

System setup

AD CD-ROM use

System operation

Bill Ogden

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Contents Bill Ogden ThinkPad Enabled for S/390Page International Technical Support Organization First Edition October Contents Shutting down Index Vi S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Author Special noticeComments welcome IBM trademarksIntroduction ThinkPad/EFS systems Purpose of this redbookFLEX-ES Positioning with other small S/390s LinuxThinkPad/EFS hardware used Terminology Disk planning System and Linux installationDifferences ThinkPad Linux installationPartition Manually Partition Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type Purpose12.17.210 Device Partition Type Default Boot255.255.255.0 12.17.150Gnome Monitor Setup IBM 9513 T55A TFT No clock chip 24 bit Installation notesSelect Start X automatically # df -h# ps -ef grep xinetd Etc/xinetd.d # vi telnet# kill -s USR1 pidnumber PID number for xinetd 14 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 FLEX-ES and OS/390 installation Brief introduction FLEX-ESPC Processor in ThinkPad Page Installation Installing the FLEX-ES license key Next steps OS/390 AD systemsAD systems # mkdir /s391Basic CD-ROM formats 2 OS/390 on CD-ROMFLEX-ES formats 3 OS/390 device configurationUnzipping and installing Awsckd CD-ROM files Installation tasksAn unzip program Mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdromFile ownership Minor problemsFiles unzip in wrong order Volume in two separate zip filesFLEX-ES Operation Comments FLEX-ES system and resource definitions$ cd /usr/flexes/rundir Building a shell script# resadm -s R10A.rescf $ resadm -r$ sh shos Flexes ipl a80 0a82cs Terminal Solicitor IPL OS/390=stor User terminal connection Operation and use11.42.47 A80,8Iodf requirements Linux TN3270System performance monitors Rmf5 TCP/IP for OS/390 # resadm -T Shutting down# resadm -k # exit36 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Additional Topics Basic debugging Security Operating Systems Messages consoleServer memory Vmstat command CPU Importance of Linux swappingUltrabay Using a second Linux hard disk# cat /proc/partitions Second disk planning Partition Mount Size Use Disk layout AD systemDevice Volser Addr Use Alternative method FLEX-ES FakeTape on OS/390222222 560Multi-system setup $ x3270 -model 3 -keymap pc -port tn3270 localhost X3270 client$ x3270 -model 3 -keymap pc -port tn3270 localhostt91f Function Keys UsedRemote resources # cd /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults # cp X3270 X3270old# vi System B Disk cachesWrites Cache Hits FSI Channel Adapters Tuning cachesizeScsi adapter for the ThinkPad Backup and restore considerationsDisk fragmentation $ tar -cvzf /holding/OS39RA.tarz /s390/OS39RA Using tar to back up S/390 volumes$ cd /usr/flexes/rundir $ sh buOS39RAc Using tar and ftpCD-RW drive 16 S/390 identificationRAS discussion Display PSW and registersLinux windows Verify ckd diskThinkPad power control Installing FLEX-ES upgradesCommon commands Useful Linux commandsText editors Multiple consoles, sessions, screens62 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Frequently asked questions 64 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Frequently asked questions 66 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Frequently asked questions 68 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Basic definitions for a single HDD Appendix A. FLEX-ES definition listingsShell script for a single HDD Definitions for two HDDs Shell script for two HDDs System definitions Appendix B. FLEX-ES parametersCpu0 Cpu1 Cpu2 Emulated control unit types Resource definitionsTypical resource definitions Emulated device typesCKD disk resources Terminal resources LAN resources Tape resourcesCloned devices Common rules Resadm commandCLI commands 710 Altcons Flexes mount A90 S390/WORK01560 Home/tape3 84 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Special notices 86 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 IBM Redbooks How to get IBM RedbooksReferenced Web sites Other resourcesIBM Redbooks collections Index Pipe Port Power control Terminal logo Terminal Solicitor 16, 18, 31, 39, 65 92 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Partners in Development ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Page Page System setup AD CD-ROM use System operation ThinkPad Enabled for S/390