Re: RMCSINFO in MVS Guest User Directory

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Walter
machine configuration information) is running under CMS. RMCHINFO should not be specified for guest operating systems Note especially the final sentence! It seems to decribe the problem with your z/OS guest operating system defintion. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed here

Re: A little help with a REXX coding issue

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Walter
ed a rexx "best practice" on CMS to include at the top of your EXEC (unless there's a known reason to do otherwise: address command Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTS

Re: A little help with a REXX coding issue

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Walter
I've been used the following since just about forever. The work fine. hi='1DE8'x /* 3270 Hilite Char */ lo='1D60'x /* 3270 Default Char*/ Both are different that yours. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The

Re: time used on Ready; prompt

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Walter
eading to a very, very long display (usually on the OPERATOR console, since they are used to MVS commands). I wrote a "D EXEC" for OPERATOR's 191 disk, displaying the time and suggested that they use "Q T" from then on. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herei

Re: z/vm page packs at DR

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Walter
to restore the NSSes from the SPXTAPE backup. A cleanup exec at the end of the D.R. test would carefully delete the ID’s we had added to the floor system’s directory, along with any EXECs and control files that we had added. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: Trapping SMSG messages

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Walter
case, using "parse value diag(08,'some cp command') with ..." does not require a Pipe to be created. It's just native rexx code. -- Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -Original Message

Re: Trapping SMSG messages

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Walter
quot;, then the results become muddled. Granted, IBM would NEVER do such a thing because it would break untold applications. But it is described as a teaching example since other messages from unknown sources could make just that type of unexpected message change. Mike Walter Aon Corporati

Re: WAVV Re: VM Workshop -- Locations

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Walter
Well, Ed. there *is* a very active z/OS program at SHARE. The next SHARE is next week (beginning Sunday evening August 7, at Disneyworld). SHARE is not as cheap as WAVV, nor the VM Workshop, but the education is terrific. I wish my employer had not cut our training budget. Mike Walter Aon

Re: How to get Operator Log

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Walter
cannot logon to that MVS ID, send the command from MAINT using command: CP SEND CP mvs_userid D PSWG Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Raymond Noal

Re: A call for people to chair sessions.

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Walter
fingers, and for larger sessions, even use your toes!. :) Chairing affords you the opportunity to form personal relationships with some of the z/VM, Linux on System z, and SHARE-leadership shakers and movers. A pretty nice payback for a very simple task. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions

Re: Time off running z/VM 5.4 1101 on z196 for first time

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Walter
How 'bout this then: there's nobody left at IBM who knows how to use a soldering iron (or an oscilliscope)? ;-)~ Mike Walter Sent from the wee keyboard of a Blackberry. From: Scott Rohling [mailto:scott.rohl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 04:45 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSER

Re: Ficon CTC's between LPAR's in same Box

2011-07-22 Thread Mike Walter
The “Shimon doc”? Sounds impressive! I like it. But perhaps even better: "The Shimon Protocol" That sounds more formal, and a lot like a Robert Ludlum book title! ☺ Or, given the big movie premier recently: “The Shimon Protocol and the IODEF of Fire” Mike Walter Aon Corpo

Re: RES: Z/VM LOGO don't refresh

2011-07-21 Thread Mike Walter
on on the CP REFRESH command, either. :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Sérgio Lima Costa Sent: Thursday, July 2

Re: RES: Z/VM LOGO don't refresh

2011-07-21 Thread Mike Walter
= More 'MORE... ' , = Hold 'HOLDING ' , = Not_Accepted 'NOT ACCEPTED' = -- Mike

Re: Behaviour after restart

2011-07-18 Thread Mike Walter
ing a less inexplicable and consistent response from a SHUTDOWN REIPL (which are by far our most frequent forms of IPL). But "anyone else" affected [ahem Wolfgang :-) ] is welcome to make their business case to IBM, further improving the already sterling z/VM reputation for clarity and consi

Re: Behaviour after restart

2011-07-18 Thread Mike Walter
e a more clearly-defined (less "inexplicable") action in SYSTEM CONFIG? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark

Re: Behaviour after restart

2011-07-18 Thread Mike Walter
ns in SYSTEM CONFIG to force the IPL console into "TERMINAL HOLD OFF MORE n n" immediately, even before OPERATOR logs on. Could this be a 2nd level system? That could present a whole different set of circumstances. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are

Re: Behaviour after restart

2011-07-18 Thread Mike Walter
XEC change it to "CP TERM MORE n n" with more appropriate "MORE" times? It's worth a try until we better understand the root cause. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. From: The IBM z/VM Operating Sy

Re: REXEC and RXAGENT1

2011-07-15 Thread Mike Walter
s) or privclass? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 2:43 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.E

Re: Ancient documentation - DRET

2011-07-13 Thread Mike Walter
for 5798-DBC didn’t turn on anything useful in the limited time I had remaining. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Shedlock, George Sent: Wednesday,

Re: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/VM Announcement - End of Service - 12/31/2012

2011-07-06 Thread Mike Walter
ayan guy's chisel just wore down? Besides, *WE* all know that the world ends in August 2042, when the old 360 TOD clock wraps! ;-)~ Isn't it rather egotistical to believe that world must end during *our* lifetimes? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are m

Re: CF1 can not linked as MR

2011-07-05 Thread Mike Walter
Commands.manual for CPREL and CPACC commands (off the top of my head - names may be slightly different). Mike Walter Aon Corporation Sent from the wee keyboard of a Blackberry. From: Lu GL Gao [mailto:lu...@cn.ibm.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: CF1 can

Re: Varsity Inn North & South & University Plaza - VM Workshop Hotels

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Walter
Scott, I can't speak for the unpaid volunteer organizers of the VM Workshop, but that certainly sounds like a fair and a good idea. Mike Walter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:11 PM To:

Re: Varsity Inn North & South & University Plaza - VM Workshop Hotels

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Walter
But I think we're pretty much done now if that will help you any sleep better... don't let the bed bugs bite! ;-) (Now I'm all itchy!) Mike Walter From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Rohling Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 20

Re: Varsity Inn North & South & University Plaza - VM Workshop Hotels

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Walter
ers have been known to lie about conditions. Take reports with a grain of salt (and a good flashlight). :-) There's no good way to know how significant the problem is, or... was. The problem may have been corrected since the first report. Life's undercertain, eat dessert first! ;-

Re: Last Workshop Re: VM Workshop - Session Grid Now Available

2011-06-25 Thread Mike Walter
I checked the reviewa of the Varsity Inn South. Reports of Bed Bugs there removed it from my list. I plan to surf more lodging this weekend. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: Dave Jones [mailto:d...@vsoft-software.com] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 02:17 PM To: IBMVM

Re: RMSMASTR and shutdowns

2011-06-24 Thread Mike Walter
file there, and pointed RMSMASTR to that one. Since the server was "one of our own", it never got changed when IBM applied service, and was never left behind during an upgrade. Marcy is 100% correct (especially with the SSI SOI). Put it on a minidisk. Remember... KISS. Mike

Re: VM Workshop - Session Grid Now Available

2011-06-24 Thread Mike Walter
't pay for me to attend SHARE right now, and it's too rich for my wallet. But I can manage the drive from the Chicago suburbs and the VM Workshop expenses on my own. Now... where can I set up my tent? ;-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alon

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Mike Walter
keep us in mind just as we'll fondly remember you. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:

Re: CLONEBKP: New package at zVM/downloads

2011-06-16 Thread Mike Walter
I say, let 'em crash". ;-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:14 PM To:

Re: Question regarding zVM and CF when running in a LPAR

2011-06-14 Thread Mike Walter
iewing" in the movie "Men Who Stare at Goats". (bahh-ahh) :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "David Booher" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 06/14/2011 08:44 AM Please res

Re: Printers to 2nd Level VM

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Walter
> Real 1403s are no longer supported, but virtual 000E printers are defined as 1403s by default. This is what caused Jeff's problem. Ah...thanks John. Not I understand what Jeff meant. Let's blame it on his UK e-mail accent. :-) English: a common language separating two countries. Mike "

Re: Printers to 2nd Level VM

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Walter
c Subject Re: Printers to 2nd Level VM Dear Mike, Jeff never said z/VM supports only a lonely 3203!! Nice to hear from you. Regards, Tom -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:

Re: Printers to 2nd Level VM

2011-06-13 Thread Mike Walter
de for Printers" for most of those printers. OK, we lost the good old 1403, but 'cmon... what'd I miss? In the statement "z/VM now only supports 3203 printers", when is "now"? ;-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not m

Re: REXXCPS EXEC

2011-06-10 Thread Mike Walter
Lightly loaded, uncapped 1-engine z800: Performance: 174831 REXX clauses per second/1800 = 97 bogomips (fairly accurate) Lightly loaded, capped3-engine z10: Performance: 1700261 REXX clauses per second/1800 = 944 bogomips (dunno) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions

Re: Question regarding zVM and CF when running in a LPAR

2011-06-09 Thread Mike Walter
ully before? 3) If it did initialize before, was it on the very same CEC? 4) If it did initialize before, (the obvious question) - what changed (e.g. hardware, LPAR definition, z/VM system upgrade or maintenance)? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my

Re: Question regarding zVM and CF when running in a LPAR

2011-06-09 Thread Mike Walter
We've been running CFUSER virtual machines (albeit with different userids) in an LPAR since at least z/VM 4.3, perhaps even earlier. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "David Booher" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM

Re: Sending messages to z/OS from z/VM using RSCS

2011-06-06 Thread Mike Walter
mmand as a if they were a rexx stem. The "RO VMOPER" macro had been waiting for the reply, traps the "stem", and does what it is told to do. Someday we'll get a "round tuit" and re-write that cludge to use something more modern (like rexx sockets perhaps). Mi

Re: Sending messages to z/OS from z/VM using RSCS

2011-06-06 Thread Mike Walter
ttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r11/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r11.ikjc500/transsyn.htm If there's some other need not met by that link feel free to ask. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Hughes, Jim" Sent by: "T

Re: REXXDATE MODULE

2011-06-06 Thread Mike Walter
table. * * * PROGRAM TO CONVERT A CHARACTER FORMAT DATE TO AN INTEGER (NUMBER * OF DAYS SINCE START OF GREGORIAN CALENDAR) THIS PROGRAM IS * MEANT TO BE CALLED AS A REXX FUNCTION. * REXXDATE START Let me know if you need the three files Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herei

Re: PROBLEMS WITH DEDICATE DASD IN z/VM 6.1

2011-06-02 Thread Mike Walter
z/VM is pretty much always upward compatible, so dedicated DASD should work the same. Can you explain what you are attempting to do, and what happens when you try which makes you ask? Mike Walter Aon Corp. (Sent from the wee keyboard of a Blackberry.) - Original Message - From

Re: Disabled Wait state not in the CP Messages and Codes Manual

2011-06-01 Thread Mike Walter
gh by writing a new SALIPL to that volume, and re-defining the Allocation Bit map with CPFMTXA? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability)" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating Sys

Re: EXECIO DISKW Question

2011-06-01 Thread Mike Walter
record, and re-writing the whole file using CMS Pipelines. You may be surprised (depending on the file size, your disk subsystem, etc.). Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Chip Davis" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Oper

Re: service all status ptf

2011-05-26 Thread Mike Walter
VEONLY' if rc<>0 then say 'You should rebuild the HELP segment' end 2011/5/26 Mike Walter Steve, When you: ipl 190 parm savesys cms the active CMS FSTs (File Status Table) for the 190 and 19E disks are saved (for the 190 disk) as the S-STAT, and (for the 19E disk) as the Y

Re: service all status ptf

2011-05-26 Thread Mike Walter
P LINK * 190 190 RR' and 'CP LINK * 19E 19E RR' (thus eliminating the need to logoff/logon) - repeat your process to re-save CMS. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Steve Harman Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operat

Re: service all status ptf

2011-05-26 Thread Mike Walter
having a write link to MAINT's 190 and 19E disks, even MAINT itself. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Steve Harman Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 05/26/2011 12:29 PM Please respond to "The

Re: z/VM shutdown

2011-05-24 Thread Mike Walter
wait a "little while"... regardless of how anxious the CE might be to get started while his soldering iron warms up! ;-)~ Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Tom Huegel" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Op

Re: Nothing today?

2011-05-17 Thread Mike Walter
It would be most any Intel-based OS. Z Mike Walter (Sent from the wee keyboard of a Blackberry.) - Original Message - From: "Alan Altmark" [alan_altm...@us.ibm.com] Sent: 05/17/2011 05:37 PM AST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Nothing today? On Tuesday, 05/

Re: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

2011-04-22 Thread Mike Walter
fying auditors, which makes management, and customers, happy/happier. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 04/22/2011 12:43 PM Please resp

Re: SFS problem

2011-04-20 Thread Mike Walter
CH product is from CA, called VM:Batch. Many moons ago there were other publically available freeware VMBATCH solutions, too -- IIRC, from colleges. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Graves Nora E" Sent by: "

Re: Backout PTF(s) applied

2011-04-19 Thread Mike Walter
ant CP maintenance. That's why you pay IBM the S&S fee, let it be their problem (keeping jobs in the U.S. - maybe!). Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Steve Perez Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 04

Re: Error : DMSITS135S Maximum SVC depth 200 has been exceeded

2011-04-19 Thread Mike Walter
don't want to stop VMSERVE: from another ID, link to all the disks that VMSERVE has accessed and run the same failing command. If the same failure occurs, you can diagnose, correct, and test the solution with affecting VMSERVE, then move the fix into production. Mike Walter Aon Corporatio

Re: Departing

2011-04-15 Thread Mike Walter
Hell is obviously Microsoft. :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "David Boyes" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 04/15/2011 10:33 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" To

Re: SFS problem

2011-04-14 Thread Mike Walter
customers, it makes authorizations much MUCH simpler, saves huge amounts of effort and back time. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Graves Nora E" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 04/14/2011 02:45

Re: Dedicating CPUs to an LPAR

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Walter
ges from PR/SM were issued with the prefix "DMK"... the precursor to today's "HCP". One could easily see PR/SM's dyed roots showing. :-) Now I'll sit back and let the experts tell me what I've misunderstood _this_ time. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opin

Re: z/VM and Linux

2011-04-01 Thread Mike Walter
thing! Each month we receive a large check by certified mail, and as we add IFLs and software the amount of the check increases. The devil is in the details - so pay close attention to the date of this note. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my emplo

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-31 Thread Mike Walter
1K bytes. There were 1 files. About 1072 feet of tape was used. 0End of TapeMap execution. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Tom Huegel" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/30/2011 10:3

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-30 Thread Mike Walter
able things to incoming and outgoing e-mail! :-( Life goes on... Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Mark Post" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/30/2011 12:51 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Ope

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-30 Thread Mike Walter
avid L. Craig" Subject: Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Mike Walter wrote: > > Has the date been changed again since then? Maybe--no one has actually _read_ the ObamaCare law. ;

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-30 Thread Mike Walter
en unintentional linkages can raised a fuss with some employers, until (if) one has an opportunity to correct the wrong impression. People at a lot of companies read this list, folks. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Dav

Re: EXEC language parser

2011-03-17 Thread Mike Walter
larly like SCANCMS' simple syntax. The typical syntax is: SCANCMS /search text/ fn ft fm There are lots of options. Another good "oldie" is SEARCH44 MODULE. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Les Koehler&q

Re: Question to CMS plumbers (PIPE)

2011-03-16 Thread Mike Walter
would also be enlightening to understand why there is no direct Pipe command in TSO - resulting such a tremendous productivity loss for TSO users! Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Florian Bilek" Sent by: "The

Re: cpuplugd Daemon

2011-03-11 Thread Mike Walter
chnique. Coupling it with Great Expectations was a master stroke. I don't remember hearing of FUDGE anywhere before, and google doesn't hit on "Fear, Uncertainly, Doubt, and Great Expectations". So I lay claim to it. :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions exp

Re: Sending files to JES

2011-03-08 Thread Mike Walter
kage and you'll be on the way. The VMFTP package can be obtained from: Fran Hensler's excellent Slippery Rock University FTP site with the most recent updates as of 2009-03-13 at: http://zvm.sru.edu/~DOWNLOAD/ Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expr

Re: RACFVM: ICH520I

2011-03-08 Thread Mike Walter
12 *-* 'TEST PROCESS WAIT 5' >L> "TEST PROCESS WAIT 5" 13 *-* say time()', rc='rc >F> "09:17:13" >L> ", rc=" >O> "09:17:13, rc=" >V> "0"

Re: Query Proc

2011-03-04 Thread Mike Walter
on" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/04/2011 02:08 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Query Proc Mike, supposedly you can see it on the MVS side of course that is what I am told by "them

Re: Query Proc

2011-03-04 Thread Mike Walter
Bill, What O.S. reports "Reserved"? z/VM 5.4 responds with processors: MASTER, ALTERNATE, DEDICATED, and STANDBY. z/VM is too outgoing to be considered "reserved". But maybe z/VM 6.1 is more shy? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alon

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Walter
idea. But it depends on the security access of the virtual machines running Michael Coffin's application. I don't tend to give R/O access to MAINT's CFn R/O for to general users. "Need to know" and all that. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herei

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Walter
I spend all that time writing detailed comments, and include a change history in the Epilog at the bottom; then no one reads them.;-) See the change history at the bottom: 20070301 mrw - Update for 2007 US gov't timezone changes. Has the date been changed again since then? Mike W

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Walter
=29B9E304ABC25F64DC&Y=Mike.Walter%40aonhewitt.com Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Michael Coffin" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/03/2011 09:13 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operatin

Re: Determining Daylight Savings Time Status

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Walter
Mike, Search the list archives for TZRANGES EXEC. It builds the records for SYSTEM CONFIG (IIRC by default out to 2042). If that's not what you are trying to do, maybe the file can be used in your EXEC, our you can rip out its guts? Mike Walter Aon Corporation (Sent from the wee keyboa

Re: HCPCQU361E LOGOFF/FORCE pending for user xxxxxxxx

2011-03-02 Thread Mike Walter
historically helpful steps to gather documentation for IBM, clear up most such problems, and provides a handy reference the next time it happens. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. -- When a userid becomes hung in a LOGOFF

Re: zLinux OS disk read-only

2011-03-01 Thread Mike Walter
to the VMSECURE 1D0 mdisk. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. RPN01 Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/01/2011 04:28 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.E

Re: zLinux OS disk read-only

2011-03-01 Thread Mike Walter
> so I need to find a way to spool the console when it starts and not later after it has gone through its initialization. That's easy... Before the first device statement, insert: COMMAND SPOOL CONSOLE TO * START NAME &USERID CONSOLE Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expr

Re: VM/SES and RSU

2011-02-24 Thread Mike Walter
use would such a list be put? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Hughes, Jim" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 02/24/2011 02:24 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System"

Re: DEVICES stmt in SYSTEM CONFIG

2011-02-17 Thread Mike Walter
ing this and are new to z/VM, take one thing away... build a stable (tested and rarely changed) 1-pack z/VM recovery system. It could save your job one day (or dark night). Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Perez, Steve S&q

Re: DEVICES stmt in SYSTEM CONFIG

2011-02-17 Thread Mike Walter
it needs resources that it doesn't have to come up to the point that MAINT can issue CP DEFINE MDISK, then it's not a stand-alone recovery system. - DDR that volser to tapes, and ensure that a copy is kept onsite, and a copy at your offsite vault. Good Luck! Mike Walter Aon Corpor

Re: Closing console (and other o/p UR devices) at midnight or other times.

2011-02-14 Thread Mike Walter
s at midnight, or at some time of day. z/VM old-timers have done this for ages," ... Alan Altmark already weighed in that this is a dead issue. I won't fight City Hall... rather the "Endicott Lab" over this issue. Please, let's let dead horses (and posts) lie. Mi

Re: Closing console (and other o/p UR devices) at midnight or other times.

2011-02-11 Thread Mike Walter
a time-based CLOSE sounds like an "assist" to me. But I'm not gonna invest my limited time fighting for this small improvement to benefit new LoZ customers. I thought it was pretty small, and I thought that such enhancements were part of IBM's customer satisfaction job. (Fee

Closing console (and other o/p UR devices) at midnight or other times.

2011-02-11 Thread Mike Walter
ented, the new SPOOL command could be entered in the directory entry of such servers via the 'COMMAND' statement, providing the same facility with lower CP coding and documentation requirements. New products could be distributed with sample directory entries containing the "AT hh:m

Re: zVM Minidisk Backup process

2011-01-28 Thread Mike Walter
inux guests), then you can have reliable, restorable backups for those file systems. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Mario Izaguirre" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 01/28/2011 02:34 AM Please

Re: Moderator Intervention Re: [IBMVM] OT

2011-01-20 Thread Mike Walter
Your wise guidance was received about 30 seconds too late. I beg that you accept my humblest and most abject apologies, Master. But at least the playing field (pun intended) is now level. Mike Walter The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "IBMVM Moderato

Re: OT

2011-01-20 Thread Mike Walter
what an event, what a game, what a great time to be alive! And... what a great time to have a large HDTV! Mike Walter The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Jeffry A. Kennedy" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 01/20/2011 12:37 PM Pl

Re: Wait code 000a00000000000f

2011-01-19 Thread Mike Walter
production sysres, try running SALIPL to re-write the StandAlone Program Loader (SAPL). Or, being lazy like me, run the MKSALIPL EXEC pasted below my signature. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. /* Prolog; See Epilog for addit

Re: Wait code 000a00000000000f

2011-01-19 Thread Mike Walter
out _what_ you are IPLing? Is it CP on 1st level, CP on 2nd level, CMS, or some utility program - on what size virtual machine, in what mode (provide output from CP Query SET). That info might help point someone in the right direction. Also, what's the proper level of urgency? :-)

Re: fresh install without network

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Walter
sages very carefully for evidence of what went wrong. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Rogério Soares Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 01/18/2011 03:10 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System"

Re: RACF question

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Walter
t I'm just saying... :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Alan Altmark" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 01/18/2011 02:34 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" To IBM

Re: CMS disk weirdness between processors

2011-01-18 Thread Mike Walter
d not been updated: 'PIPE CP DETACH' vdev' 'CP LINK' owner vdev vdev 'RR' 'CP SET MDCACHE FLUSH' vdev 'ACCESS' vdev fmode Update those as required, test, rinse, lather, repeat, and let us know if that takes care of it. Mike Walter Aon

Re: ZOS Guest Console Not Working

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Walter
, '#CP TERM CON 3270' || , brkkey || , '#CP IPL' loadaddr loadparms 'CP SET PF24 DELAY' iplcmds 'CP QUERY PF24' Exit If you are using a virtual coupling facility, I can send a much more fool-proof IPLZ

Re: ZOS Guest Console Not Working

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Walter
online as a console. For example, if the 'vdev' was '0100', then at a z/OS console, enter: V 0100,console There's some z/OS parmlib member for consoles, too - perhaps CONSOL00? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.

Re: SORTING DIRECTORY GAPS BY USER

2011-01-05 Thread Mike Walter
without specially paid for extra hardware, that $1M computer (obviously someone is getting a very good deal on 196's!), that computer's own internal clock is no more accurate than Mickey! Someone should be ashamed! Mike Walter Aon Corporation (Sent from the wee keyboard of a Blackberry.

Re: SORTING DIRECTORY GAPS BY USER

2011-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
Or better yet... _why_? It sounds as if you want to display users and mdisks, sorted by user (and perhaps mdisk, too) which reside between gaps. But _why_? What are you attempting to do? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.

Re: How can get the Week day ?

2011-01-03 Thread Mike Walter
Terrific... let's all put that on our calendars for a party! :-) Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Dave Jones" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 01/03/2011 09:31 AM Please respond to "Th

Re: Setting the datetime stamp on a file

2010-12-30 Thread Mike Walter
m/download/packages/ Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are n

Re: Setting the datetime stamp on a file

2010-12-30 Thread Mike Walter
--+ |ERROR |90350 |Incorrect number of blank-delimited tokens in the | || |fn_ft or dirname (filemode) parameters.| ++--+-------+ Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are

Re: Setting the datetime stamp on a file

2010-12-29 Thread Mike Walter
Along with the rest, on the IBM VM Download page ( http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ ): SETDATE EXEC FIXDATE EXEC http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Tracy, David" Sent

Re: Stopping DIAL From Stripping Extended Data Stream

2010-12-28 Thread Mike Walter
when you issue from your VM system, the VTAM command: D NET,ID=luname,E where luname is your luname, and perhaps another display from one where extended attributes are displayed? Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Georg

Re: Duplicate VOLSERs at IPL

2010-12-27 Thread Mike Walter
ystem. z/VM has a well-earned reputation for stability. Human error can damage that reputation just as surely as O.S. bugs. Well, I tried. Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.

Re: How Submit a JOB from Z/VM to Z/OS using RSCS ?

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Walter
retty much always "processor aware" - meaning that if it can find processor resources, it will use them. ;-) Respectfully, Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Kris Buelens" Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Opera

Re: How Submit a JOB from Z/VM to Z/OS using RSCS ?

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Walter
around to get all the moving parts aligned, but the result has been terrific. We can now send those very large print files from z/VM to z/OS for printing at very high speed, even from VM:Batch (which require a bit more in the way of local mods). Mike Walter Aon Corporation The opinions expressed

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