LU Names
How can I get the names of the following: SNA LU6.2 Name SNA LU2 Names SNA LU0 Name

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2009  8:58 AM
IBM Systems Network Architecture, Logical Unit Number, SNA, Systems Network Architecture

CICS commands
Hi, I am using PCOM for accessing Z OS. I am new to Mainframes. I want to fire this command. CEDA DEF PROG(PROG1) GROUP(GRP1) LANG(COBOL). When i googled I found that i have to fire this command at CICS terminal. I want to know how can I get to the CICS terminal.

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  8:37 AM
CICS, CICS programs, Mainframe, PCOMM, z/OS

How number of processors correlated to Oracle database size
Is there a guideline to determine how many processors to use (in unix OS) according to the Oracle database size?

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2009  9:16 PM
Oracle on Linux, Oracle performance, Unix Server sizing, Unix Servers

What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers?
What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  1:36 PM
Microsoft virtualization, Physical Server, Virtual Server

UPS needed!
Hi, I’m looking for a USP that supports- USB/SERIAL connection. At least one 3-PIN CONNECTION (to allow Router connection) Business software to allow for emailText etc power warning service and AVR . PT

Answer Question   |  April 22, 2009  11:51 AM
Power management, Uninterruptible Power Supply, UPS

How to restore the website from Production in a Virtual directory (copying all files) on PreProduction
how toRestore the website from Production in a Virtual directory (copying all files) on PreProduction

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2009  7:02 AM
Development Servers, IIS, IIS Virtual Directories, Production Servers, Web development

Server environment for .NET applications
Hello guys – quick and easy one I hope! I want to know what server environment is required to host and run .NET applications. Please help, thanks!

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2009  4:17 AM
.NET, .NET applications, Servers

Trying to IPL an 170 server boots but no log in
I am trying to boot an old 170 I can get it to boot, but cannot get a log in. I have swaped cabels,, terminals, bricks and tryed bootind from the A and D sides… no luck

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2009  4:22 PM
Boot failure, IBM 170 series server, Initial Program Load, IPL, iSeries

a straight-through cable to your fast ethernet interface of a router
what would happen when you use a straight-through cable to connect your computer to the fast ethernet interface of a router

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2009  12:27 PM
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Network cable, Routers, straight-through cable

Data Center Available
Do you have companies that request information on locations for Data Centers/ Collocation Facilities. My Father-In-Law converted an old Mall into a business park/business center. He has been told that his facility would be an ideal location for a data center/collocation facility. Guess much of what would typically need to be built out already exists [...]

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  12:10 AM
Data Center Clients, Data center operations

NDM ConnectDIrect Documentation needed!
Can anyone tell me where I can get reference material on NDM/Connect:Direct?

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2010  10:06 PM
Connect:Direct, NDM

Container data center images
I would like to purchase one you the images of a container data center that you have posted for a web site design. Can you please tell me if they are available?

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2009  4:18 PM
Container Data Center, ITKE

Synchronous File mirroring across two different sysplexes
I am currently redesigning a process that uses started transactions to update a file that is local to our AOR on two different sysplexes. We run into issues where if the remote file update fails we have no way of knowing (NOCHECK) on the started tran so the files get out of synch. I would [...]

Answer Question   |  April 17, 2009  7:01 PM
CICS, Synchronous replication, Sysplex, VSAM

C/C++ for MVS: Reading the master catalog
I’m trying to get the same output as “ls ‘*’” from z/OS FTPD. I think this can be done by reading the master catalog. Until now I found no way to open it from C. I found out that the master catalog path is in SYS1.NUCLEUS(SYSCATLG). It says: S6SYS1113CCATALOG.Z16S.MASTER So, my master catalog is CATALOG.Z16S.MASTER. [...]

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2010  1:12 PM
C/C++, MVS, OS/390, z/OS

Mainframe trends
what is the main trend of mainframe computers?

Answer Question   |  April 17, 2009  12:34 AM
Mainframe

VM Fusion – Mac and Windows preferences
Hi, I switch back and forth between the Mac OS X interface and Windows in VM Fusion. When I switch, I have to go into preferences and change the right button on the mouse to the appropriate setting: Primary or Secondary. In the Mac platform I don’t like the right button to be set to [...]

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2009  2:08 PM
Mac interoperability, Mac OS X, VMware, VMware Fusion, Windows interoperability

How integrated is blade technology into today’s virtualization solutions?
How integrated is blade technology into today’s virtualization solutions? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  8:23 PM
Blade Technology, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization strategies

Journal sequence #’s resetting after IPL (V5R4)
My company recently upgraded from V5R3 to V5R4. Prior to the upgrade, our journal sequence #’s did not reset after an IPL. A new journal receiver would be attached, and the sequence # would increment by 1. We have a number of processes that scrape the journals, based on the sequence # at the start [...]

Answer Question   |  April 16, 2009  5:57 PM
AS/400 journaling, AS/400 upgrades, IPL, iSeries, V5R3, V5R4

distributed computing services?
could anyone tell me few points about ” distributed computing services” in Z/os?

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2009  1:56 PM
Distributed computing, Distributed Computing Services, z/OS

IBM POWER6 System Printing
We have a problem using a Power 6 server, where all prints except where we nominate a printer device , are going to QPRINT. We want to set printer device P1 as our ‘System Printer’, so all prints not defined will go to P1. However we still want our program compiles to go to QPRINT [...]

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2009  3:16 AM
AS/400 printing, IBM POWER6 server, QEZDEBUG, QEZJOBLOG, QPRINT