IBM s/390 manual Introduction

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Chapter 1. Introduction

Netfinity/EFS and ThinkPad/EFS systems are entry-level S/390 products. Implementation, involving underlying PC Server (or ThinkPad) hardware and S/390 emulation software, differs considerably from earlier machines. The EFS portion of the name is derived from “Enabled For S/390.”

EFS systems may be used to run OS/390 (and z/OS1), VM/ESA (and z/VM), VSE/ESA, and Linux for S/390. They may also be used for older versions of these operating systems. This document addresses only OS/390 and z/OS (31-bit mode) use, but the reader should not infer that the EFS is limited to OS/390 and z/OS.

Rather than constantly write “OS/390 and z/OS (31-bit mode)” we tend to simply mention OS/390 unless there is a particular point to be made about z/OS. You should assume that this book refers to both OS/390 and z/OS.

1z/OS (31-bit mode) is supported in the latest release for FLEX-ES. Much of the work for this redbook was done before this latest release was available. We expect no significant differences to the redbook contents if you are using z/OS.

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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 Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type Purpose Linux installationThinkPad Partition Manually Partition12.17.150 Device Partition Type Default Boot12.17.210 255.255.255.0Gnome # df -h Installation notesMonitor Setup IBM 9513 T55A TFT No clock chip 24 bit Select Start X automatically# kill -s USR1 pidnumber PID number for xinetd Etc/xinetd.d # vi telnet# ps -ef grep 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 # mkdir /s391 OS/390 AD systemsNext steps AD systemsBasic CD-ROM formats 2 OS/390 on CD-ROMFLEX-ES formats 3 OS/390 device configurationMount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Installation tasksUnzipping and installing Awsckd CD-ROM files An unzip programFile ownership Minor problemsFiles unzip in wrong order Volume in two separate zip filesFLEX-ES Operation Comments FLEX-ES system and resource definitions$ resadm -r Building a shell script$ cd /usr/flexes/rundir # resadm -s R10A.rescf$ sh shos Flexes ipl a80 0a82cs =stor IPL OS/390Terminal Solicitor A80,8 Operation and useUser terminal connection 11.42.47Rmf Linux TN3270Iodf requirements System performance monitors5 TCP/IP for OS/390 # exit Shutting down# resadm -T # resadm -k36 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Additional Topics Basic debugging Server memory Operating Systems Messages consoleSecurity Vmstat command CPU Importance of Linux swapping# cat /proc/partitions Using a second Linux hard diskUltrabay Second disk planning Device Volser Addr Use Disk layout AD systemPartition Mount Size Use Alternative method FLEX-ES FakeTape on OS/390222222 560Multi-system setup Function Keys Used X3270 client$ x3270 -model 3 -keymap pc -port tn3270 localhost $ x3270 -model 3 -keymap pc -port tn3270 localhostt91f# vi # cd /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults # cp X3270 X3270oldRemote resources System B Disk cachesWrites Cache Hits FSI Channel Adapters Tuning cachesizeDisk fragmentation Backup and restore considerationsScsi adapter for the ThinkPad $ 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 560 Home/tape3 Flexes mount A90 S390/WORK01710 Altcons 84 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Special notices 86 S/390 PID ThinkPad Enabled for S/390 Other resources How to get IBM RedbooksIBM Redbooks Referenced Web sitesIBM 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