Re: CMS REXX eMAIL

Way off-topic, but I have that album: "Cheech and Chong" See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong_%28album%29 Mike Walter "Macioce, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 07/18/2008 12:37 PM Please respond to &q

Re: Data Security Erase utility for z/VM tapes

That 26-line TAPERASE was documented on the VMSHARE archive as being written by: * Created on 10/23/87 06:10:55 by CTA/RICH "CTA/RICH" is Rich Chong, then working for the Chicago Transit Authority (not the band, either). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herei

Re: Data Security Erase utility for z/VM tapes

the general direction of your ceaseless sniffing! Maybe you need another dose of Adam's cough medicine - the one providing multi-symptom (not to be confused with muti-tasking) relief. Next thing you know, Chuckie will want a pony, too! It's Friday, right? Mike Walter Hewitt As

Re: Data Security Erase utility for z/VM tapes

Check out: http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare/read?fn=TAPERASE&ft=NOTE&line=1 And generally for those wanting to search good old VMSHARE: http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare/ Thank you Marist, for continuing to host this historical archive! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expresse

Re: Some REXX exec help needed.

<>'' then ... do what you want with the SPOOL File ID (RECEIVE, PIPE READER, etc.) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Howard Rifkind" <[EMAIL

Re: Question on how RSU maintenance is being handled with DIRMAINT and RACF in the picture

How kind of Adam to share 55 gallon drums of cough medicine with Chuckie! Right, Chuckie? Chuckie? Hello?!! :-) Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Alan Altmark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07/16/2008 03:15 PM AST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Question

Re: TCPIP

I haven't personally attached more than one range of devices in a DTCPARMS file, and the book agrees with what you have. But then the example shows a space after each comma. It's worth a try... Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not n

Re: HCPPGT401I 90% of spool

And by way of sharing (not a salesman), CA's VM:Spool does all that (customizable percent full, rate of change, who's using up SPOOL, etc.) and lots more. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Jim Bohnsack" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07/09/2008 03

Re: www.vm.ibm.com outage

Yeah, and apparently reported by the voice of experience, right? ;-) Mike Walter And before our moderator chimes in: focus "Adam Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 07/03/2008 09:14 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM

Re: What do your operators do?

1) Handle the few tape mounts tape not already in tape libraries 2) IPLs 3) Monitor the console for undocumented issues (they have to issued the command WATCHMAN their_initials every hour to ensure that they are watching) 4) "Phone home" - i.e. page for support when undocumented issues appear 5)

Re: Tape Unit Documentation

count that high? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 06/26/2008 12:3

Re: Performance toolkit under zVM 5.3...Looking to see a snap shot of CPU utilization and Storage Utilization

zero on all whole VM DASD as PERM space). There have been many previous discussions on the listserve about how to dynamically add page volumes. Search at: http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necess

Re: VMNFS oppurtunity (I think)

e? The world would change! Don't forget your "support group" here on the IBMVM listserv! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Kris Buelens" <[EMAIL

Re: Dirmaint Start Up Problem.

ystem from which you are DDRing these disks had a successful PUT2PROD DIRM? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompa

Re: Dirmaint Start Up Problem.

ROFILE EXEC? What about the source disk from which you DDRed the DIRMAINT 191 disk, what does it have (we don't need a complete list). Something looks out of whack. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or p

Re: Dirmaint Start Up Problem.

something in the system. Without the messages, it's hard to say what and why it might be detached. But the LINK not being authorized might be a good place to start looking. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the op

Re: RACFVM ERROR HCPLGA6525E

Terry, We don't run RACF, but while awaiting "informed" opinions... could you have missed a step that mentioned including the RACF (or more) server being AUTOLOGed by AUTOLOG1's PROFILE EXEC (or in SYSTEM CONFIG)? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herei

Re: DDR'ing 3390 DASD To Remote Location

ter than COPYFILE. I have not timed it, though. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain informat

Re: can the cpu model be obtained from the HMC panel

TSIUSE does it for you. Interestingly, the STSIUSE EXEC uses a "STSI" rexx stage, and then interprets the output via Pipes stages. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Ass

Re: can the cpu model be obtained from the HMC panel

, vdev= MAINT03B2 STSIUSE SAMPEXEC V2 Found on: 0493 Ownerid, vdev= MAINT0493 STSIUSE SAMPEXEC _2 Ready, MAINT AT HALINVB1; T=0.04/0.06 13:16:48 Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of

Re: SERVICE exec with RSU

or the EXEC and VMFTP macro. I'll just go beat my head against a wall until that thought fades away. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Tom Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SFS Control Data Backup

00FF C0IUCV 000B S$SFACT1 *IDENT 000B00FF C0IUCV 000C S$CPIC *IDENT 00FF C0IUCV 000D AVSVM*IDENT 000300FF C0IUCV M2WALTER HALINVA1; T=1.28/1.71 09:09:52 I hope that helps to provide some useful clues. Mike

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

tape operators have moved. For D.R. the command exit automatically detects which campus we're running in, and mount the tape at that campus. Cool! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Mark Wheeler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06/06/2008 06:48 P

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

to restore at a D.R. provider - presuming that it's just your data center that's lost. If it's a regional disaster and you're not first to declare the disaster, or the others have a contractual "first dibbs" - well, it could be 'a while'. Food for thou

Re: Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

not fit on a single tape, but with newer tape technologies that may no longer be a significant problem. Food for fresh thoughts. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates

Re: Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

kups. A chicken-and-egg problem. Works for us, but you really need to think of all the aspects to make it work. HiDRO is the alternative which circumvents the lack of 3590 support in VMBSAR. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily re

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

more! And that after telling us for years how much faster HiDRO was. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Marcy Cortes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: &q

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

few meals. But not too much. :-) It's a nice confluence of early career years loving the exhaustion, and later career years having the technology to prevent it. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinio

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

es in each data center (six spinning MagStar tapes). Over the past few weeks, each Saturday we've backed up about 350G-500G in 5.5-6.25 hours from an VM:Backup running on an olde z800. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily repre

Re: VM:Backup: Twinning Tapes to Remote Tape Unit

Caveat: We have not used HiDRO yet, other than figuring out a way for it to actually write two tapes with different volsers at the same time. What about completing the local HiDRO backup job, and then running its process to read in the local copy and write it to volume with the same volser at

Re: HiperSockets Setup

All you have provided so far is the message ID, which is not in current doc.. It would be most helpful if you could paste the complete message so that we might have a little more to work with. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR)

Re: HiperSockets Setup

the -02 manual I'm looking in. Could you please copy/paste the specific message you are seeing? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR)

Re: Real device number assignments

Hewitt uses the same device number. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Alan Altmark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05/30/2008 09:33 AM AST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Real device number assignments Pop quiz: For those of you who have multiple boxes (CECs) sharing d

Re: Console Messages Problem

ting in the dark, down a black barrel, with black sites, at a black target. You might want to closely examine OPERATOR console log from the IPL when all the problem began. Good hunting! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: FCP using z/VM 5.3 and RedHat Linux 4.6

It's Memorial Day weekend in the U.S.n you may not get a lot of answers today. And... You may get better results asking on the Linux390 list. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05/26/2008

Re: SCANCMS, was: Re: old DIRECTXA on MAINT 51D

Fran, SCANCMS VMARC has been SENDFILE'd to your e-mail address. Thanks for posting it. Will that site still be available after you've retired? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies

Re: SCANCMS, was: Re: old DIRECTXA on MAINT 51D

Thanks, Fran. I'll send it the next time I get logged onto VM. It's already been sent offlist to two who asked. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Fran Hensler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05/24/2008 12:42 PM EDT To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: S

SCANCMS, was: Re: old DIRECTXA on MAINT 51D

1983 at United Nuclear Corp.), I can't put it on the IBM VM Download site. But I can SENDFILE it in VMARC format to anyone who wants it. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: old DIRECTXA on MAINT 51D

the 51D disk is accessed R/W as D, and then issuing: ERASE DIRECTXA MODULE D Others have said the same thing about erasing the file, but I find it valuable to "show your work", just like in school. "Trust, but verify" :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions express

Re: z/VM 5.2 EOS?

ndeed, VM is really nice to you in that way! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Austin, Alyce (CIV)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05/09/2008 03:58 PM MST To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 5.2 EOS? Can you go from 5.2 to 5.4 when it does come out?

Knights of VM (a partial history)

N WITNESS HEREOF, THE FOLLOWING COMPANIONS OF THE ORDER HAVE SIGNED THEIR NAMES THIS DATE SIGNED -- Mike Walter (Sir Mike the Prestidigitator as of the SHARE Summer 2002 meeting in San Franc

Fw: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

What he said - succinctly! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. - Forwarded by Mike Walter/National/Hewitt Associates on 05/07/2008 08:38 AM - "Phil Smit

Re: HELP ME VMSES

ples are a (to steal from Roger Deschner's style) a **GOOD THING**. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Bill Munson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "Th

Re: whitehouse email

acked up files from specific minidisks or SFS directories) would not be something one would normally consider when designing a BACKUP product. But in today's litigious society, there are legal reasons to delete specific files after specific time periods on an ongoing basis. Mike Walt

Re: SFS

M for managing VTLs or VTSs makes the while thing overly complicated. But just as many products are installed with z/VM whether you need them or not, a consistent standard is probably easier for IBM to package and maintain. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone a

Re: Problem with stacked ddr tape and possible DYNAM

No apologies needed for me. You just responded very quickly with details that can actually help a customer in need. Would that all product support respond so quickly with helpful info -- and not even through a support call! Mike Walter A (ususally) satisfied CA customer. And yes, to those

Re: Problem with stacked ddr tape and possible DYNAM

Aw geez, this is getting to detailed. I just saw a chance to elbow Chuckie in the ribs and jumped on it. I think that David got the point right off. :-) But it's interesting to know the details anyway. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Imler, Steven J" [EMAIL

Re: Problem with stacked ddr tape and possible DYNAM

And of course it could be updated, but they probably have to weigh the cost vs other new things that development could be doing. So goes the "Song of Chuckie"... ;-) Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Stephen Frazier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05/02/2008 05

HELP ME VMSES

Every so often someone asks the IBMVM list how to find out if a specific PTF has been applied to a z/VM system. More often, I ask myself the same question. There are of course, arcane commands to supply this information - those documented in the dusty leather-bound VMSES/E Introduction and Re

Re: RSCS question

we have at least nn records?, do the records make sense?, etc. If those tests fail, it generates an automatic e-mail so that we are alerted to fix the problem. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies

Re: OSA rdev and vdev requirements for Linux guests.

since it involves moving the cheese a great many more recalcitrant people. So... the question remains (if a reply from Alan is not already winding its way through the net at this late hour on the east coast) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and d

OSA rdev and vdev requirements for Linux guests.

restriction were removed, where would one find it documented except in old manuals and folklore? :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contain

Setting a reliable MINIMUM connectivity latency?

for System z servers. Most likely via SSH (using SecureCRT from VanDyke Software), but also some 3270 usage, net surfing, and Lotus Notes. Does anyone know of a way to set a reliable minimum or "min-max range" latency on a given workstation so that effects on productivity can be

Re: z/VM 5.3 vs. RSU

Or, if there was really no error in the downloaded file (but it seems that there was), and if you meet the requirements for the VMSES "SERVICE" command. It's terrific, applying even RSU's in one swell foop. E.g. SERVICE ALL envelopfn Mike Walter Hewitt Associates An

Re: CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2008

e great places to get started. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Danny Padill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System&qu

Re: DETERSE

s much nicer and, as a bonus, less error prone. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:26 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject:

Re: DETERSE

then all the HIPER PTFs as well. All were downloaded using the CMS "FTP" command from the IBM site in Boulder. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

d VM sysprog "does it all". Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Howard Rifkind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System&

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

Decommissioning is entirely between your CE and your site. Ask your CE if he/she has other ways to obtain hardware error information instead of this old application. If so (and probably) then he/she will probably not care. And you'll save a little electrical power, too! Mike Walter H

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

thing else on the 191 disk beside the PROFILE EXEC? Does the "PRGRAMLY" in the LOGONBY look familiar? Are there directory entries for VAUTOLG1, VOP1, or VMAINT? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions o

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

egin using TRACK you won't ever want to run a z/VM system without it. It should be in every serious z/VM System Programmer's tool box. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: VTAM R.I.P.

VM/VTAM was an MVS product shoe-horned (with some pretty clever work) into VM. Wouldn't the appropriate VM and MVS-ish command be: Z NET,EOD Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of H

Re: DR refresh of active SFS

job ran pretty quickly. But it would probably be better to run it with HiDRO or DDR now since good 'ole VMBSAR (which we used to rely on) does not support 3590 tape restores. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the op

Re: Seeking oportunities

list. Thanks for your help in keeping the lists available to all. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: "Don Hooker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/28/2008 08:40 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Seeking oportunities My first attempt to copy the email to VSE-L to IBMV

Re: Mime attachments

rks great with email processed by PROFS, and I'm told, OV/VM), it could be a source of inspiration for your own perspiration. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. &q

Re: MONWRITE files

where they came. Often they require LRECL 80 RECFM F, sometimes LRECL 1024 RECFM F, and other times whatever the author specified when they packed them with VMARC. It depends... :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the

Re: vmarc unpk to SFS

One accesses a file directory with a "filemode", even though there's no filename and filetype. E.g. ACCESS filepool:directory.subdir O (FORCERW It's the "O" in the above example which is the filemode. Use that in your: vmarc unpk cmsddr vmarc b * * O Mike

Re: Number of IFLs to zLinux guests

r IBM Business Partner and work with them to perform a TCO analysis of the current workload being considered for consolidation onto System z hardware. IBM has some very comprehensive TCO analysis tools, and appears to very much enjoy running them. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expres

Re: MONWRITE files (PROFS)

ls and whistles, **properly used**, can significantly enhance the message. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Marcy Cortes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: &

Re: MONWRITE files

e even installed Victor Strasser "OFSMIME" package so that it handles attachments from our main e-mail system: Lotus Notes. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates.

Re: Re-Use DASD

can remain the same forever (and perhaps be the same for every guest so there are fewer differences?). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. On 3/13/08 2:20 PM, "McKown, Joh

Re: MONWRITE files

> an upcoming change or outage will affect all users of the system What upcoming change!? What outage!? Why weren't we told earlier so that we could properly prepare!? Will it affect me? Is it Friday yet? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone an

Re: Disaster Recovery Scenarios

RSCS SNANJE, Read2' RECOVERY VTAM CTCA 0C01 'CTC 0C01 to SYSB for RSCS SNANJE, Write1' RECOVERY VTAM CTCA 1C01 'CTC 1C01 to SYSB,for RSCS SNANJE, Write2' The point is, you can restore your system from the Sunguard 1st-level VM floor system, and then if you

Re: I just wiped out my 49E disk (LE) by accident.

And if the various recent posts to the list about wiped out files and mdisks has not convinced your management to take regular backups, now is the time to point out the follies of not doing so and get them scheduled. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: Disaster Recovery question

* * Date Written - 20010626 * * Author- Anon E. Mouse* * Changed | By | Description of Change* * +-+----- * * mmdd

Re: listing active user directory

aranoia. By placing it on a disk other than 191 one must be very sure to never copy or save it to the 191 disk by accident or on purpose (just for a test, of course) because then you have the "opportunity" to figure out which is the real "USER DIRECT", or worse - which has so

Re: VM source code

ages" of OCO. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Leland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 03/03/2008 02:50 PM Pleas

[no subject]

directory. To avoid this requirement and make the changes without shutting down the product server, we have provided a test field update. More details at: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpdocs?filePath=0/185/185_techdocindex.html Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The information co

Re: Interface control checks

pportunities to chat with your operators. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Marcy Cortes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating Sy

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

Let them eat cake. Oh, wait... Miguel said that "the cake is a LIE!". Let them eat cupcakes? Mike "Duane Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 02/20/2008 01:12 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject R

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

x27; & prefix.2='RIGHT' then Do 'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' lscreen.6-1 'COMMAND SET PREFIX OFF' End Otherwise Do 'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' min(lrecl.1,lscreen.6-7) 'COMMAND SET PREFIX ON LE

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

I have the unsubstantiated general impression that people from "blue" states seemed to want it on the right, and people from "red" states seem to want it on the left. If that is correct, the universe shall come to an end soon. Where's the restaurant, and my bla

Re: Article: In Search of Mainframe Engineers

Or... print the article. It worked for me the same day it was mentioned on the list. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

t productive; and remember that you can change you mind any time. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Huegel, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: &qu

Re: Backing up and restoring zVM 5.2 using IBM's DSS backup utility under zOS 1.7/1.9

tes which slots are in use (or were when the system was last running). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Hamilton, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: &

Re: Backing up and restoring zVM 5.2 using IBM's DSS backup utility under zOS 1.7/1.9

e of these limitations, or use backup tools at rely on a client running on the system being backed up to get a stable, reliable, and _restorable_ backup. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: VM/370 Release 6 Waterloo tape (CIA MODS)

showed: -- PROGRAM: TAPEMON FUNCTION: TAPEMON RUNS IN A DVM AND RECEIVES SMSG COMMANDS FROM USERS TO MOUNT TAPE VOLUMES AND MANAGE A LIBRARY. AUTHOR: DON JOHNSON, STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION -- Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: PUT2PROD Error

I would ask IBM to not close the PMR until there is a better error msg than just a return code. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: "Jerry Whitteridge" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02/14/2008 06:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: PUT2PROD Error

Re: Any Rumors?

require Clearasys as it matures, and is upgraded into a larger, more mature processor? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Adam Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Any Rumors?

the name. The sales team also sent a "Mainframe Roadshow March 2008.pdf" document that points to the link above. Attachments are stripped by the listserver, so you'll have to ask your IBM rep for a copy. It's worthwhile poking about that pdf file. That's all I can say abo

Re: Backup CMS files

Oops, Richard's correct. Change my mention of CA's Syback (an ancient name) to CA's HiDRO. Something was nagging me when I wrote that, Richard provided the confirmation why. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: Backup CMS files

upported tools is probably not something anyone wants to do when considering a long-term career. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Brent Litster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

Sheesh.. apparently even on this geek-fest discussion list it remains true: size matters! ;-) (You just HAD to know that SOMEONE would say it!) Mike Walter "Adam Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" 02/12/2008 01:18 PM Pleas

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

And why, pray tell, do we really need sequence numbers on the records any more? Is someone afraid that they are going to drop the virtual card deck on the real raised data center floor? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

! ... Oh, that's right; IBM sells disk, too! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Alan Altmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Oper

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

r to the right of an 80-byte wide the screen, but XEDIT's "SET VERIFY 1 *" takes care of that pretty easily. Removing the 80-byte card restriction (antiquated given that very few sites have in-use physical card punches or readers any more) sets the stage for many other future direc

Re: z/vm dfdss standalone ipl console

While I hesitate to correct David, in this case a correction is warranted. The proper command is: CP TERMINAL CONMODE 3270 Perhaps David's suffering Monday Syndrome? Respectfully, Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necess

Re: z/vm dfdss standalone ipl console

ecture virtual machines) and report back here with the displayed PSW. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Caleb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Oper

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

eady limited space. I'd vote for an '*' (a common leading comment character), or TCPIP's leading ';' but without requiring an adjacent trailing blank (something that has bitten me repeatedly in TCPIP config files). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expre

Re: Abend PGT003

written. Why not open a PMR? Get your money's worth from your support contract! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Alain Benveniste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sen

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