Re: STIMER

2024-04-09 Thread Joe Monk
TTIMER CANCEL Joe On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM Tony Thigpen wrote: > How do you cancel an outstanding STIMER? > > Tony Thigpen > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to

Re: Slow FTP's

2024-03-28 Thread Joe Monk
t; Dave Jousma > Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Joe Monk <05971158733e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8:56 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Slow FTP's

2024-03-28 Thread Joe Monk
Have you tried MODE S (streaming) and TYPE E? Joe On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:31 AM Jousma, David < 01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > All, > > Grasping at straws here, IBM support center is baffled too. > > To clone z/OS maintenance to various disconnected sysplex’s I do a

Re: Principles of Op

2024-02-19 Thread Joe Monk
linux.mainframe.blog Joe On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM Steve Thompson wrote: > Any one know where IBM is hiding this now? > > I've been searching for this to find the latest copy, and I'm > getting nowhere. > > I used to be able to put in IBM TECH LIBRARY and it would be in > with the z/OS

Re: How read Cyl 0 from within a program?

2024-02-14 Thread Joe Monk
Take a look at the CBT, file 846. I believe the TRK0SAVE program takes the IPL records from a DASD and writes them out to a dataset. https://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT846.zip Joe On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM Charles Mills wrote: > I am interested in writing a program to read the IPL

Difference between STSI instruction and SYSEVENT QVS?

2024-02-01 Thread Joe Monk
What (if any) is the difference between the STSI instruction and the SYSEVENT QVS service, other than maybe the C interface? Thanks, Joe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Technical Reason? - Why you can't encrypt load libraries (PDSE format)?

2024-01-15 Thread Joe Monk
How would that be practical? How would you, for instance, do a batch update to an encrypted dataset from a CICS vsam file? Joe On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM Walt Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:15:38 +, Eric D Rossman > wrote: > > >Answering a number of comments in order, in one

Re: Opinion

2024-01-15 Thread Joe Monk
Second this. I have a DELL 42" monitor which I used with multiple computers. Joe On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:26 PM Henri Kuiper wrote: > All I can say is, if you have multiple devices, go for a monitor that also > acts as a KVM-switch... I've a DELL Dell C3422WE at "only" 34" but the > ability

Re: Technical Reason? - Why you can't encrypt load libraries (PDSE format)?

2024-01-13 Thread Joe Monk
1. Restrictions for encrypted data sets - System data sets (such as Catalogs, SMS control data sets, SHCDS, HSM data sets) must not be encrypted, unless otherwise specified in product documentation. - Data sets used during IPL must not be encrypted. Page

Re: Programatically setting JCL symbolsragg

2023-10-18 Thread Joe Monk
On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 16:28 Paul Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:18: 05 -0500, Charles Hardee wrote: > > > >Thanks in advance for anyone that can shed light on the subject. > > > >Is there a umechanism for setting a JCL type variable

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-06 Thread Joe Monk
"LexisNexis is over 200 years old..." Bull. LexisNexis was started by a lawyer in 1956... Joe On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 7:57 AM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Shocking, LexisNexis is over 200 years old and is designed specifically > for legal purposes.

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-05 Thread Joe Monk
It will abend for sure. Joe On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 5:52 PM Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > It will not work, because almost every single instruction has an error > or two. > Every programmer with a little bit ASSMBLER experience can see this; > this ChatGPT program has no grasp of instruction

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-05 Thread Joe Monk
It doesn't even establish addressability. Joe On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 5:52 PM Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > It will not work, because almost every single instruction has an error > or two. > Every programmer with a little bit ASSMBLER experience can see this; > this ChatGPT program has no grasp of

Re: Is the IBM Assembler List still alive

2023-09-03 Thread Joe Monk
Assembler is only relevant to the Machine. Joe On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 12:23 AM Matt Hogstrom wrote: > Assembler is only relevant to the Runtime > > Matt Hogstrom > PGP key 0F143BC1 > > > On Sep 3, 2023, at 13:26, Paul Gilmartin < > 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > >

Re: z13s going EOS anytime soon?

2023-08-28 Thread Joe Monk
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/IBM%20Mainframe%20Life%20Cycle%20History%20V2.13%20-%20July%2011%202023.pdf - slide 4 z13s is EOS on 12/31/2024. Joe On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 1:58 PM Claude Richbourg < claude.richbo...@myfloridacfo.com> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > We

Re: OSA-ICC question

2023-07-12 Thread Joe Monk
I think he was asking about the hosting company. They will always have access via the HMC. In addition, since their network will be used to access the OSA-ICC port, they will have access via that method. Joe On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 8:01 AM Tom Longfellow <

Re: OSA-ICC question

2023-07-12 Thread Joe Monk
gt; > > - KB > > --- Original Message --- > On Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 at 9:17 AM, Laurence Chiu > wrote: > > > > Thanks. I thought as much as Googled for this but this link didn't pop > up. > > That is pretty conclusive. > > > > On W

Re: OSA-ICC question

2023-07-11 Thread Joe Monk
Page 129 https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245444.pdf Joe On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 5:12 PM Laurence Chiu wrote: > We are having a LPAR being stood up on an outsourcing company's host. It > will be for our use but they will manage it via the HMC's and possibly the > OSA-ICC port.

Re: Cobol question

2023-07-11 Thread Joe Monk
You can always map the TCB and reference field TCBTTIME to get the accumulated CPU time for the task - I think its offset 316 decimal. Joe On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 4:22 PM Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hey all, > > I just got this tossed at me by an application developer. Cobol 6.3. Is > there some

Re: PCRE2 source code ....

2023-06-11 Thread Joe Monk
Ok well you can also get it from the github link I shared with you On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 10:59 AM Dave Jones wrote: > Thanks, Joe, but I don't have access to a z/OS system to perform those > steps. > Take care. > DJ > > -- >

Re: PCRE2 source code ....

2023-06-11 Thread Joe Monk
Dave, Those are TSO TRANSMIT files. The hint is in the first record ... *\INMR01 There is a $INSTALL member that is in REXX. It will install all these files... Prompting will occur for hlq and optional volser. and it will then issue the TSO RECEIVE command for the the following

Re: PCRE2 source code ....

2023-06-11 Thread Joe Monk
Also, https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2 Joe On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 8:02 AM Dave Jones wrote: > Hello, all. > Is there any place where I could access and download the PCRE2 source code > from the port by Ze'ev Atlas? That might be useful to folks that don't have > easy access to a z/OS

Re: PCRE2 source code ....

2023-06-11 Thread Joe Monk
CBTTAPE 939 Joe On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 8:02 AM Dave Jones wrote: > Hello, all. > Is there any place where I could access and download the PCRE2 source code > from the port by Ze'ev Atlas? That might be useful to folks that don't have > easy access to a z/OS image... > Thanks. > DJ > >

Re: COBOL question: How to dynamically get the name of the routine that called you

2023-05-02 Thread Joe Monk
You use the LE service CEETBCK. This is the traceback utility and can be used to walk the call chain backwards from Enteprise COBOL. Joe On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:08 PM Schmitt, Michael wrote: > I wrote an assembler subprogram that gets the name of the caller of the > caller, i.e. if A > B >

Re: Inexplicable 0C4!

2023-04-27 Thread Joe Monk
"If the operation is completed with condition code 0, the contents of general register R1 are incremented by the contents of general register R1 + 1, and then the contents of general register R1 + 1 are set to zero. If the operation is completed with condition code 1, the contents of general

Re: COBOL question

2023-04-10 Thread Joe Monk
A lot of times, U4038 is not enough region... Joe On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 6:15 AM Cameron Conacher < 03cfc59146bb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Good call  > > I ALLOCATE once. > And just before GOBACK, I issue the FREE. Just one time. > I am thinking it might be related to

Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by value]

2023-04-07 Thread Joe Monk
"I know more about banking than you know it alls." You dont know what you dont know. Joe On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 9:16 PM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I know more about banking than you know it alls. Already proved Crayford > wrong regarding the

Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please [was: RE: ASM call by value]

2023-03-29 Thread Joe Monk
"Too many languages lack ELSEIF and strong closure. Fie on the danglig ELSE!" Now you know why COBOL programmers always indented their code ... it helps line up the IF...ELSE structure. That was of course before VS COBOL II (Cobol '85). Joe On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 8:01 AM Paul Gilmartin <

Re: CS/CDS instruction

2023-03-15 Thread Joe Monk
Or you just could do an STFLE and check the facility bits... Joe On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 10:52 AM P H < 04843e86df79-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > This doc (url below) will give you a list of what is available/supported > on different generations of the current System z. However

Re: STP timer information under z/OS?

2023-03-13 Thread Joe Monk
You can also use the STCKSYNC macro... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=xct-stcksync-store-clock-synchronous-service And you can get info from CLOCKXX in SYS1.PARMLIB. Joe On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 4:08 AM Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. < supp...@dunnitsys.com> wrote: > Big help! You

Re: Z15 EOM

2023-03-02 Thread Joe Monk
"The one rack z16 (aka Business Class) has not yet been announced," It already exists. See slide 91. https://ibm-zcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/z16-Technical-Overview-50M-KennyStine.pdf Joe On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 7:45 AM Mike Shorkend wrote: > The one rack z16 (aka Business

Re: Need advice: rexx calling authorized asmblr w/mult parms

2023-02-16 Thread Joe Monk
The TSO call parm string is 100 characters. Is that not enough? Joe On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 7:01 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > While the TSO authorized service facility will certainly do the job, I > suspect that eventually System Rexx will become mandatory, so you might > want to get your feet

CZAM question

2023-02-12 Thread Joe Monk
Page 4-82 of the PoOPS says: "If CPU power-on reset establishes the configuration, then it sets the architectural mode to one of the following: - The ESA/390 mode (when neither the ESA/390-compatibility-mode facility nor the CZAM facility is installed) - The

Re: Vtam error code

2023-02-12 Thread Joe Monk
Jake, What application is this from? Joe On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 3:24 AM Jake Anderson wrote: > Hello Joe > > Would you please point me to the manual where it explains? > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 1:20 PM Joe Monk wrote: > > > I thnk a VTAM cmd code of 23 is an appl

Re: Vtam error code

2023-02-12 Thread Joe Monk
I thnk a VTAM cmd code of 23 is an application requested cancel. Joe On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 10:46 PM Jake Anderson wrote: > Hello > > One of our application was reporting the below error. I was looking through > the SNA and IP codes but not able to find or am ignorant about the below > code >

Re: The Local death of DB2 z/OS --- what is the best way to preserve the data once the mainframe is gone

2023-02-08 Thread Joe Monk
1. Right click on Table, select Data > Return all Rows.. 2. Result will be displayed in 'SQL Results' view, in the Result1 tab 3. Right click on data (not column heading) any where and select Export > All Results 4. Select the CSV file format in the wizard and then save the file 5. You will

Re: GETMAIN LOC=32

2023-02-07 Thread Joe Monk
ote that it took me years to realize this, and it was > Joe Monk (who posts here) who told me the problem > could be solved with DAT. > > BFN. Paul. > > > > > On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 18:55:41 -0600, Paul Edwards > wrote: > > >Why is the first thing a concern? > > > >T

Re: Virtual tape usage

2023-02-06 Thread Joe Monk
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=dfsms-zos-dfsmsrmm-reporting https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=generator-sample-report-definitions Joe On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 10:15 PM Jake Anderson wrote: > We use DFRMM. Is there any specific reporting batch that I can rely on ? > > On

Re: Searching the ASVT

2023-02-05 Thread Joe Monk
I always find it fascinating when someone tries to explain to the IBM z/OS designers how z/OS works... Joe On Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 9:16 AM Michael Stein wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 01:34:36PM +, Peter Relson wrote: > > > ASVTFRST is documented as "address of first available ASVT

Re: GETMAIN LOC=32

2023-02-02 Thread Joe Monk
"And getting a caller to preserve their own registers instead of trusting the called program is something under my control - I don't need a z/OS change." It doesnt work that way, because R14 will change between caller and called program. R14 to the called program will not be the same as R14 just

Re: GETMAIN LOC=32

2023-02-02 Thread Joe Monk
I dont understand the premise here. In AM64, LA loads 64 bits. All of this talk of 32 bits seems to be nonsense. If the registers in z/Arch are 64 bits, then your program is 64 bits... no? Every machine instruction in AM64 is a 64 bit instruction... or am I missing something? And the POPs for

Re: GETMAIN LOC=32

2023-02-02 Thread Joe Monk
BAKR (branch and stack) is an ESA/390 instruction. Joe On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:00 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > > BAKR is not a S/370 instruction > > ? > > IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture/370 Principles of Operation, > SA22-7200-0, > < >

Re: HMC appliance in z16

2023-01-15 Thread Joe Monk
"The SE code is running as a guest of the HMC. The two SE code instances are clustered for high availability. One SE code runs the Primary SE the other Alternative SE. These SEs perform data mirroring and their role can be switched for maintenance purposes." "Switching the Primary and Alternative

Re: VSEn 6.3 hardware requirements

2023-01-14 Thread Joe Monk
The online stuff says the tech specs are exactly the same as z/VSE 6.3, because it is the same source code. https://www.21stcenturysoftware.com/license-z-vse-code-from-ibm/ Joe On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 4:17 PM Radoslaw Skorupka < 0471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I'm

Re: Question and CZAM and IPL

2023-01-11 Thread Joe Monk
Word = 4 bytes Doubleword = 8 bytes Quadword = 16 bytes Joe On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 9:07 AM Paul Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:03:24 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >"The current PSW is replaced by a 16-byte PSW > >formed from the

Re: Question and CZAM and IPL

2023-01-10 Thread Joe Monk
--Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Joe Monk > Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2023 4:27 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Question and CZAM and IPL > > When a z/arch machine has CZAM installed, is it possible to use a short > PSW to

Question and CZAM and IPL

2023-01-08 Thread Joe Monk
When a z/arch machine has CZAM installed, is it possible to use a short PSW to IPL. Or, does the short PSW always become a long PSW before IPL, so it is better to use a long PSW to start with? In POPs, it says on page 3-75: "When the CZAM facility is installed, the IPL PSW has the short-PSW

Re: Broadcom

2023-01-06 Thread Joe Monk
https://community.broadcom.com/mainframesoftware/communities/all-discussions/viewthread?GroupId=2035=8eec743a-6017-4471-bbf9-d16d1caa9ca1=c66cac08-5724-4f3e-8734-56dffb11f900 Joe On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM Steve Beaver wrote: > Does anyone know if Broadcom is staying with Chorus or move to

Re: Computers

2022-12-11 Thread Joe Monk
Not true. The 3350 could run in 3330 compatibility mode and could be used with OS/360. Joe On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 3:45 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Yes, but not OS/360. > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of David Spiegel

Re: Computers

2022-12-02 Thread Joe Monk
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/OS_VS2/Release_3.0_1975/ Joe On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 5:42 AM David Spiegel < 0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Leonard, > You said: "... That computer center had MVS 3.0 running in the mid > 1970s. ..." > Is "MVS 3.0" a typo? (I do

Re: Bytes in a 3390 track - reason for the question

2022-11-24 Thread Joe Monk
i was just getting ready to say this same thing. The 3390 reference shows that for a 3120 byte block, only 15 blocks fit on a track, with a 16% space waste. Your best bet is to use TRKCALC... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=instructions-performing-track-calculations-trkcalc-macro

Re: Storage protection keys

2022-11-23 Thread Joe Monk
I know this is super old information ... but given the discussion so far, it seems reasonable to at least apply the same concept ... "The storage-protect unit has a 64 x 8 monolithic storage protection stack that applies to main storage locations zero through 131,072 (in sequential blocks of

Re: IBM sues Micro Focus, claims it copied mainframe software • The Register

2022-11-22 Thread Joe Monk
Not sure that this is a winnable lawsuit though. The architecture of a file (and the data therein) that is only needed to run a product is not copyright protected. So copying the WSBIND file doesnt necessarily amount to a copyright violation. Joe On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 10:10 AM Bob T Roller <

Re: Storage protection keys

2022-11-22 Thread Joe Monk
"Storage keys are not part of addressable storage." http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/a227832d.pdf page 3-9 Joe On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 9:22 AM Ian Worthington < 047bb6801512-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Does anyone know where the storage protection keys are kept? It seems

Re: TNZ 3270 Emulator: Any Experiences?

2022-11-18 Thread Joe Monk
Dont forget ZOC! Joe On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 10:34 AM Sebastian Welton wrote: > >And now through consolidation, There's really only two TN3270 vendors > left: Micro Focus and IBM! > > > > I think people have mentioned that there are quite a few TN3270 clients > still out there, on my (Windows)

Re: MVS/370 System Initialization Library?

2022-11-10 Thread Joe Monk
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/OS_VS2/Release_3.7_1977/GC28-0681-2_OSVS2_SPL_Initialization_and_Tuning_Guide_VS2_Release_3.7_3rd_ed_197601.pdf Joe On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 6:30 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Does anybody have a link for a scanned copy of System Initialization > Library for

Re: Integrated Catalog record layout

2022-10-22 Thread Joe Monk
The mapping macro should be in SYS1.MACLIB. Joe On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 7:26 AM Willy Jensen wrote: > I'm ok wth the layout of the SMF record as such, what I am looking for is > the layout of the field SMF61CRC. > > -- > For

Re: Integrated Catalog record layout

2022-10-22 Thread Joe Monk
SMF record layouts are in the MVS SMF manual ... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=mvs-zos-system-management-facilities-smf The record layout is here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=rm-headerself-defining-section-51 When SMF61TYP = "A", that is a non-vsam record. The DSN

Re: COBOL - z/OS 2.1 vs 2.4

2022-10-03 Thread Joe Monk
Can you post a CEDF trace? Joe On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 2:19 PM Crusty Old Guy wrote: > I have further information from the programmers. > > These are CICS programs. The programs do not initialize their working > storage. I'm told everything is fine under z/OS 2.1. > > Under z/OS 2.4, they are

Re: Is there such a thing as JCL to transfer files using https?

2022-10-01 Thread Joe Monk
I would imagine so. Just use BPXBATCH and supply the https commands. Joe On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 10:53 AM Billy Ashton wrote: > Hi everyone! You have been so helpful in the past to help me with > getting my file transfers working with sftp, and now, we have a manager > who wants to explore

Re: zOS 1.13 (really) how copy MVS loadmod from ZFS to PDSE

2022-09-27 Thread Joe Monk
According to the z/os unix system services command guide: "An executable file copied from the file system into an MVS data set is not executable under MVS. Some required directory information is lost during the copy. See z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide

Re: System parmlib concat

2022-09-24 Thread Joe Monk
"The SYS1.PARMLIB data set itself can be blocked and can have multiple extents, but it must reside on a single volume. The parmlib concatenation used at IPL must be a PDS. However, after IPL you may issue a SETLOAD command to switch to a different parmlib concatenation which contains PDSEs."

Re: z/OSMF PSWI

2022-09-21 Thread Joe Monk
>From Marna Walle, back on July 20, 2022: "As for the sizes, for z/OSMF ServerPac we have increased the shipped free space to 40% per data set, and with linklst data sets have zero secondary. This is an increase over the prior free space size we used to provide, in hopes that will help for the

Re: Assembler courses

2022-09-17 Thread Joe Monk
My GE 1101 (1st level Gen Engineering) class was PASCAL programming on a DecSystem running TOPS20. Never used it again. Joe On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 3:55 PM Brian Westerman < brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: > ME Too!! I can't remember ever using my Fortran after the class was > over.

Re: Assembler courses

2022-09-17 Thread Joe Monk
I would suggest you start by writing subroutines that can be called by a COBOL program. This is how I learned. Take a COBOL driver program, and instead of writing paragraphs to do the functions, call an assembler routine. This will help you to learn linkage. Learn to process passed variables,

Re: bpxpqrmxx and $SYSNAME vs

2022-09-11 Thread Joe Monk
Since $ is a valid character in a SYSNAME, I dont think you want to make that change. Joe On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 11:44 PM Lizette Koehler wrote: > I have a coworker saying we should change our //etc/.. To > /$SYSNAME/etc/. > > > > I am not familiar with coding this way > > > > Could someone

Re: DS6800 array - not booting

2022-09-03 Thread Joe Monk
"After powering on the enclosure, the information indicator flashes to indicate that the system is initializing and is not yet ready to be accessed by either the management console or host systems. Once the flashing amber light turns off, initialization is complete and the system is ready for I/O.

Re: ELAX DRAWDOWN??

2022-08-31 Thread Joe Monk
Isnt ELAX IBM rational products? Joe On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 9:04 AM Steve Thompson wrote: > Any one heard of this or what it is? > > I got asked about it and I've never heard of it, and it is > supposedly an IBM product and I can't find doc on it in an IBM site. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson

Re: IDC3009I & IDC1566I with a weird dsn

2022-08-30 Thread Joe Monk
Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:35:55 -0500, Joe Monk wrote: > > >Might be this: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA57619 > > > >Users of CSI and LISTCAT Level may receive inconsistent errors > >on en

Re: IDC3009I & IDC1566I with a weird dsn

2022-08-30 Thread Joe Monk
Might be this: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA57619 Users of CSI and LISTCAT Level may receive inconsistent errors on entries that have no problem otherwise due to uninitialized workarea data. Joe On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 9:04 AM Jack Zukt wrote: > Hi all, > > Another situation that

Re: S23E abend

2022-08-24 Thread Joe Monk
Reason code 00 is a storage key mismatch. Joe On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 3:19 PM Brian Westerman < brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: > The "normal" reason this happens (at least to me) is because the task > isn't authorized to issue the detach. It has nothing to do with whether or > not the

Re: SDSF z/OS 2.5

2022-08-22 Thread Joe Monk
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/51114/isf024i-user-acidname-not-authorized-to.html Joe On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 8:57 AM James, Joseph L. (CTR) < 04326c675d2d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > What is missing here? Ran SDSF in 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 with full SAF >

Re: Is JES2 z22 mode required on z/OS 2.5?

2022-08-18 Thread Joe Monk
Step 4.10.1.1 Starting with z/OS V2R5, JES2 no longer supports the z11 level for checkpoint data sets. z22 mode was introduced in z/OS V2R2. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.e0zm100/Export_zOS_V2R4_to_V2R5_Upgrade_Workflow.html#mark147 Joe On Thu, Aug

Re: Question about z16 allowed cores

2022-08-16 Thread Joe Monk
See here: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/6NW3RPQV * If ordering a zIIP, one or more general purpose processor (CP) per the specialty engine is required. IBM has modified the ratio of zIIP to CPs to be 2:1. Up to two zIIP processors may be purchased for every general purpose processor purchased

Re: CC compiler under CMS - LSEARCH option

2022-08-13 Thread Joe Monk
you cant do it that way. lsearch prepends to the include... https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=options-lsearch-nolsearch Joe On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 4:49 PM Binyamin Dissen wrote: > I am trying to tell the C compiler to use MACRO file types for #include. > > The doc states: > >

Re: Blank page print after upgrade Zos2.5

2022-08-10 Thread Joe Monk
___ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Joe Monk [joemon...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 11:14 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Blank page print after upgrade Zos2.5 > > The JES2 guide says that

Re: Blank page print after upgrade Zos2.5

2022-08-10 Thread Joe Monk
The JES2 guide says that JES2 calls IEFSD095 to build the separator pages... "For printer-destined output, the separator routine can use an IBM-supplied routine to construct separation records in a block character format. This routine is a reentrant module named IEFSD095 that resides in the

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Joe Monk
The Extend VTOC is nice, but has one problem ... you could end up with your VTOC in multiple extents. I would back it up, empty the volume, and reinit. Joe On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:01 AM Jack Zukt wrote: > Thank you all for your input. > I am going to try it like that > Regards, > Jack > >

Re: AWS and IDRC/compression

2022-08-01 Thread Joe Monk
I dont even understand what the problem is. AWS is simply a disk format for a sequential file of tape blocks. What is inside those blocks are for the program that reads/writes them to decide... AWS does not decide that. You can easily compress, slice into blocks, and write to AWS. Sam Golobs

Re: Name conflict: CICS macro name IDENTIFY conflicts with MVS macro name IDENTIFY

2022-07-20 Thread Joe Monk
Moreover, a CICS macro would start with DFH... it wouldnt be called IDENTIFY. Joe On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 8:41 AM Ward Able, Grant wrote: > As stated by IBM Hursley (John Tilling) on the CICS-List, CICS does not > ship an IDENTIFY macro! > > Regards - Grant. > Telephone Internal: 201496

Re: z/OS 1.4 submit

2022-07-14 Thread Joe Monk
FTP a job to jes2? Joe On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:01 AM rpinion865 < 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I'm working on an old z/OS 1.4 system. We need the ability to submit a > batch job from within OMVS. But, the submit command isn't there. Is there > any other way to

Re: [EXTERNAL] FedEx to move entirely to the cloud

2022-07-08 Thread Joe Monk
>From 1995... https://books.google.com/books?id=L_AXQqZphvYC=PP93=PP93=fedex+cannot+get+off+the+mainframe=bl=RJK8q0mlHc=ACfU3U1Go2Rt2LmKmmx6rjISivUeRxhZpg=en=X=2ahUKEwi-ko6oser4AhX9KkQIHVutDp8Q6AF6BAgsEAM#v=onepage=fedex%20cannot%20get%20off%20the%20mainframe=false Joe On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at

Re: Converting assembler to COBOL help

2022-07-08 Thread Joe Monk
Why in the heck would you want to do that? Joe On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 5:32 PM Tom Ross wrote: > Greetings mainframers! > > This has porobbaly been asked and answered, but are there tools or > companies > that can convert or help to rewrite assembler applications or just programs > into COBOL?

Re: is there any documentation on using the new 64 bit instructions?

2022-06-28 Thread Joe Monk
001664d8ede6c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Joe, > you should have a look at LE 31/64 bit interoperability: > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=interoperability-introduction-amode-31-amode-64-programs > Denis. > > -----Original Message- > From:

Re: is there any documentation on using the new 64 bit instructions?

2022-06-28 Thread Joe Monk
If youre using LE, you can't mix 31 and 64 bit, because 64-bit C using LE uses a 64-bit XPLINK which passes parameters from the stack above the bar. I think you will have to write a glue assembler module to receive control in AMODE 64 then SAM31 CALL SAM64 and back. Joe On Tue, Jun 28, 2022

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

2022-06-20 Thread Joe Monk
aka Marketechture. Joe On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 8:45 AM David Crayford wrote: > Isn’t buzzword a buzzword? There’s some irony there. > > > On 20 Jun 2022, at 9:38 pm, Gerhard Adam wrote: > > > > discussed as to be non-existent. This sounds like more marketing hype > perpetrated > >

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

2022-06-20 Thread Joe Monk
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/1969381 Joe On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 7:00 AM David Crayford wrote: > And yet still nobody seems to have grokked the fundamental differences > between online systems and event-driven architectures. This is obviously > not the forum for discussions on

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

2022-06-20 Thread Joe Monk
CVS is 24/7 some pharmacies. Especially here in Texas. https://www.cvs.com/store-locator/cvs-pharmacy-locations/24-hour-pharmacies/Texas/Houston Joe On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 5:52 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Perhaps some are: CVS isn't. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >

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

2022-06-19 Thread Joe Monk
On 20/06/2022 5:27 am, Joe Monk wrote: > > "What have transactional systems like CICS or IMS got to do with > > real-time, straight-through processing? Most mainframe transactions > > store data that is later processed by batch, typically overnight." > > > > If

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

2022-06-19 Thread Joe Monk
"What have transactional systems like CICS or IMS got to do with real-time, straight-through processing? Most mainframe transactions store data that is later processed by batch, typically overnight." If you think CICS and IMS are transactional only, youre stuck in the '80s. As an example, ICCF on

Re: data set deletion problem

2022-06-06 Thread Joe Monk
Radoslaw, It's not good to argue with the guy who writes z/OS for ibm how it works. Joe On Mon, Jun 6, 2022, 06:50 Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > > On Tue, 31 May 2022 13:00:58 +, Peter Relson > wrote: > > > >> As far as I know, XCFAS would not allocate any data set other than what > XCF

Re: How to force use of a single unix process to all bpxbatch calls?

2022-05-30 Thread Joe Monk
Itschak, Looks like you want _BPX_SHAREAS=YES. But note: "If the extended attribute for the shared address space is not set, the program will not run in a shared address space, regardless of the setting of _BPX_SHAREAS. The attribute is set by extattr +s and reset by extattr -s. If the

Re: my new z114

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
"In the accounting machine, what did the actual addition and printing operations?" The 6400 took up 90 sq ft. Yes, it was really 10 feet by 9 feet. The electronics to do arithmetic, etc were all on what IBM called SMS cards. Basically, discrete electronics, pre-integrated circuit/SLT. The

Re: my new z114

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
"I've never seen a picture of one of those wire boards being worked on and always assumed you did the work while it was in the machine. " Ummm ... not possible. To reprogram a board, you had to take a special IBM tool and push the wire up thru the bottom of the board! Kinda hard to do when the

Re: How to force use of a single unix process to all bpxbatch calls?

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
Looks like maybe he wants _BPX_SHAREAS=REUSE Joe On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 11:24 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 29 May 2022 14:50:50 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >_ç there are some restrictions. > > > Many. I believe BPXBATCH

Re: my new z114

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
Seymour, Just like all z boxes these days, the z114 only runs in LPAR mode. There is no way to defin\e an LPAR on a z114 for any machine type earlier than ESA/390. Remember, z114 is a post z10 box. Plus, SIO and its brethren do not exist in z/Arch. :) They were eliminated from the instruction

Re: my new z114

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
Enzo, Your problem may be that IBM no longer has the tools to generate Licensing for this machine. Joe On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 8:03 AM Enzo D'Amato wrote: > Thanks for the website information, this was a fascinating read. Either > way, I am going to see what I can do about getting the

Re: my new z114

2022-05-29 Thread Joe Monk
The lowest level LPAR supported on z114 is ESA/390. https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247954.pdf Joe On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 4:10 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Does the Z114 support an S/370 LPAR, or does he need to deal with S/370-XA > or ESA? There is a significant jump in

Re: my new z114

2022-05-28 Thread Joe Monk
BTW, there is a cable on ebay... https://www.ebay.com/itm/125016972933?hash=item1d1b979e85:g:HM0AAOSwZSpdS7OC Joe On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 1:36 PM Joe Monk wrote: > The IBM part # is 41U0111 for a single phase 240VAC cable for the z114. > > Joe > > > > > > On Sa

Re: my new z114

2022-05-28 Thread Joe Monk
The IBM part # is 41U0111 for a single phase 240VAC cable for the z114. Joe On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM Harry Wahl wrote: > Enzo, > > You may want to see if you can get a FlexCub which, with its PC Escon > card, will connect your z114 to a PC based platform and emulate every type > of

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