Re: JOB card error - it has me stumped.

2005-05-29 Thread Volker Bandke

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Mark Yuhas said the following on 05/29/2005 03:58 AM:
| A CICS program writes a jobstream from the Transient Data Queue to the
| Internal Reader.  This has been done for a number a years.  Recently,

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Re: DUMMY and BLKSIZE

2005-05-29 Thread Volker Bandke

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I tried the following JCL

~ //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
~ //DD1DD  DSN=NULLFILE,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
~ //   RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120
~ //DD2DD  DUMMY,
~ //   UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120
~ //DD3DD  DSN=ADCDMST.NULLFILE,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   BLKSIZE=3121,
~ //   REFDD=*.DD1
~ //DD4DD  DSN=ADCDMST.DUMMY,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   BLKSIZE=3121,
~ //   REFDD=*.DD2


The result was two identically defined datasets: LRECL=80, BLKSIZE=3121,
with 1 Cylinder primary and secondary size.

Then I tried

~ //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
~ //DD1DD  DSN=NULLFILE,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
~ //   RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120
~ //DD2DD  DUMMY,
~ //   UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120
~ //STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
~ //DD3DD  DSN=ADCDMST.NULLFILE,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   BLKSIZE=3121,
~ //   REFDD=*.STEP1.DD1
~ //DD4DD  DSN=ADCDMST.DUMMY,
~ //   DISP=(NEW,CATLG),
~ //   BLKSIZE=3121,
~ //   REFDD=*.STEP1.DD2

Same result as before.  IOW, the DCB information, and the space information
was retained for both DUMMY and DSN=NULLFILE.


What I would like to know is:  Where is the difference between DSN=NULLFILE
and DUMMY which Mr. Gilmore asserts (assumes?) ?

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Re: Secure FTP on the Mainframe

2005-05-29 Thread Craig Kittendorf
Hi,

I followed Share Session 3925 to set up my ftp server on one z/OS v1.4 LPAR
(CDCU).  I then exported the certificate to another LPAR (CDCT) and imported
the certificated into its key data base.

When trying ftp from the second lpar to the first I get the following:

EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V1R4
EZA1772I FTP: EXIT has been set.
EZYFT18I Using catalog '/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ftpdmsg.cat' for FTP messages.
EZA1554I Connecting to: CDCU 205.145.225.134 port: 21.
220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R4 at CDCU, 10:03:13 on 2005-05-29.
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
 FC0159 ftpAuth: security values: mech=TLS, sFTP=A, sCC=C, sDC=P 
FC0182 ftpAuth:  cipherspecs = 03040506090A 
FC0215 ftpAuth: keyring  =/u/jsysxxx/SSL/cdcu_self_signed.crt 
FC0216 ftpAuth: stashFile=/u/jsysxxx/SSL/cdcu_self_signed.sth
FC0223 ftpAuth: environment_open() 
FC0341 ftpAuth: environment_init() 
FC0345 ftpAuth: TLS init failed with rc = 201 (No key database password
supplied
FC0786 endSecureEnv: entered
EZA2897I Authentication negotiation failed 
EZA1701I  USER jxx 
534 Server requires authentication before USER command 
EZA1735I FTP Return Code = 26534, Error Code = 2

Where would the key database password be supplied?

Thanks,
Craig 

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Subject: Re: Secure FTP on the Mainframe

 We would like to install Secure FTP in our maiframes TCP/IP configuration
and I have no idea how to do this.
 
 Would some one be kind enough to point me in the right direction where to
start and what manuals to check out, and what to be aware of.
 
 I'm not really prime time with TCP/IP. Thanks.
 

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Re: DUMMY and BLKSIZE

2005-05-29 Thread Volker Bandke

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Paul Gilmartin said the following on 05/29/2005 04:48 PM:

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| Mr. Gilmore has stated,
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| http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0505L=ibm-mainD=1O=DP=199529
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| that he has verified that such a distinction is operational.  He has not
| chosen to share the details of the verification with the list

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More Hype for the B1 visas?

2005-05-29 Thread Ed Gould
Fewer students seek computer degrees
Detroit News Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43 PM PDT
The number of undergraduates signing up for computer degrees is falling
fast, making IBM Corp. and other tech companies worry that there soon won't
be enough skilled U.S. workers to meet demand. 

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Re: More Hype for the B1 visas?

2005-05-29 Thread Robert Justice
Unfortunate, but why should people get into a career path where corporate 
america is continuing to send their jobs overseas.


We need a president that says no more H1B visa's or the like, no more 
sending american jobs offshore, and all jobs sent overseas during the last 
24 years will immediately be brought back home, and corporate america will 
start paying its employees a decent wage. .


Don't even bother telling me about poor little corporate america not being 
able to compete in a global market when they pay their ceos reidiculous 
amounts of money. Something's wrong in Denmark when the ceo of a company 
makes more money than the president of the United States. .


Bank of America Corp. paid its chief executive, Kenneth D. Lewis, $20 
million last year as the bank struck a high-profile deal to acquire New 
England's biggest bank. The pay package, slightly less than Lewis's 
compensation in 2002, comes as Bank of America eliminates 12,500 jobs 
nationally as it merges with FleetBoston Financial Corp..  In 2003, the bank 
said, Lewis received a $1.5 million salary, a $5.4 million bonus, options 
worth $2.2 million, $10.8 million of restricted stock, and $149,000 of other 
compensation. The sum includes perks like picking up the $21,000 tab for 
security at Lewis's house. Though Lewis's $20 million pay sounds high, it is 
actually in line with the pay of other top executives, said Tony Plath, a 
professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Citigroup's 
chief executive, Sanford Weill, made $44.6 million last year, while the 
chief executives of Wells Fargo  Co. and Wachovia Corp. made around $16 
million and $17 million, respectively.


Poor little corporate America, can't compete in a global market, they can 
only give their ceo $20 million.

period. end of comment.


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Fewer students seek computer degrees
Detroit News Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43 PM PDT
The number of undergraduates signing up for computer degrees is falling
fast, making IBM Corp. and other tech companies worry that there soon 
won't

be enough skilled U.S. workers to meet demand.

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Re: Friday question: How far back is PLO instruction supported?

2005-05-29 Thread Art Celestini
Probably the biggest customer of this type is the US Government, which 
includes all of the branches of the Military.  Usually, funds are 
allocated to setup a new system that cover (1) the initial cost of the 
equipment and software and (2) an (adjustable) maintenance budget for 
both thereafter.  
 
Unfortunately, it's difficult, say for a particular Army base running a 
personnel system and maybe a few other local applications, to go back 
in a few years to the Pentagon/Congress to get additional funding to 
upgrade their hardware (even if it makes better sense in terms of the 
cost of the hardware maintenance).  So, they may have to run for 15 or 
20 years with the hardware they got as part of the initial procurement.
 
Now, we could say that as ISVs that supplied software for this system, 
we'll support what they have, but we won't upgrade them to new releases 
when they're available.  (This way we can avoid having to support the 
old hardware when we no longer want to.)  The problem is, after many 
years of selling software into this market, you find yourself having to 
support 47 (or so) different versions of your product.  
 
So, instead, if you want to exploit a facility such as PLO in a new 
version, you take the trouble to dual-path where necessary, and you 
encourage you customers to stay current with the latest releases.  This 
way, your technical support staff really only needs to be knowledgeable 
about the most recent few versions.  (It takes a little extra effort to 
test both paths, but as suggested by my code example, it can be made 
pretty painless with just an enabling bit in a control structure.  
Moreover, having an alternate path available can be extremely useful in 
certain troubleshooting scenarios.)
 
This outlines one reason why it can make sound business sense to dual-
path.  There are others, but perhaps I've already given away too much 
to those potential competitors out there grin. 

--Art Celestini

At 01:36 PM 5/28/2005, Craddock, Chris wrote:
  
 It depends on how backleveled your customers are (might be), and
 how will your products react to an 0C1?

PLO is now older than dirt. Your customer would have to be on an
ECL machine, or a 1st generation CMOS. PLO came in with G2 CMOS.
I seriously doubt there are ANY production systems in use today 
that do NOT have PLO. Dual-pathing is vastly more prone to error
than simply placing a stick in the sand and saying; this is the
minimum function level required for this software.

I am constantly amazed at the gymnastics some people will go through
to support back back back level customers. One thing you can 
say for sure about customers who are not on reasonably current
hardware and software... they aren't spending any money! Why would
anyone go to that amount of trouble when there's no revenue in it
anyway? Charity?

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Re: More Hype for the B1 visas?

2005-05-29 Thread jamesfs
I looked up synonyms for the word 'skilled' in the IBM dictionary and found
'cheap', 'inexpensive', 'low-priced', 'economical' and 'cut-price'  :-)

James F Smith

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Fewer students seek computer degrees
Detroit News Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43 PM PDT
The number of undergraduates signing up for computer degrees is falling
fast, making IBM Corp. and other tech companies worry that there soon won't
be enough skilled U.S. workers to meet demand. 

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z/OS IPL Avoidance Checklist August 01, 2005

2005-05-29 Thread Ed Gould
Residencies
 
z/OS IPL Avoidance Checklist August 01, 2005
Contact: Frank Kyne, Poughkeepsie, NY Need 2 residents. More details are
available at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/residencies/ZS-0005-R01
 

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