Re: SMP sloppiness
Just a quick apology to the BCP (and ancillary product) support teams. Went back and checked my holddata - *ALL* the holds that referred back to PTFs were from ... ... ... tada ... ... yep, you quessed it - DB2 . Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset rec ently?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently. Regards, Vinoth Thiyagarajan Yes, scan SMF records 15. Kees. ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset rec ently?
Itschak, Record 14 is Open-Input, Record 15 is Open-Output/Update. Kees. Itschak Mugzach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... SMF record 14 (if collected). Itschak -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vinoth Thiyagarajan Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently? Hi, Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently. Regards, Vinoth Thiyagarajan Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset rec ently?
DAF reads a variety of SMF Records and reports the results. Dataset Audit Facility (DAF) http://www.geocities.com/michaeljosephcleary/ http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/updates/CBT094.zip http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm http://www.cbttape.org Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management (office) 301.986.3574 The steady state of disks is full. - Ken Thompson -Original Message- Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently. Vinoth Thiyagarajan This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
VTAM Internal trace
All, I am a new bie to trace reading While reading VTAM Internal trace entires,I first read the entry realted to an abend with id ABND.Then I decided to trace forward the entries that occured after this. While doing so I found MSG ,MSG2 entries following the abend entry. IIBM Manual SNA Diagnosis vol2 says in page 262 that with the help of MSG entry we can find the originator of the message. My trace entry for MSG has module id and ISSR fields as follows: ISSR978DB522 MODID RACKW Off these which should I consider as the module issuing the message? Any slight help from anyone would be really great. cheers, Mary George - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving PDSE Libraries to a new catalog
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/08/2005 at 07:31 AM, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Since z/OS 1.3 (and earlier, via maintenance), PDSEs no longer need to be cataloged or SMS-managed. My recollection is that they require an NVR and hence must be cataloged, even if not SMS managed. We have a few PDSEs on our SYSRES pairs (z/OS 1.5) that are indirectly cataloged -- so one copy is always uncataloged. Also works for HFSes. IIUC, both types of datasets are VSAM linear datasets under the covers -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
GETBLK
All, Can anyone guide me on where I can find information on GETBLK and FBLK? Cheers, Mary - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
Like, I suspect, the rest of the known (non-USA) universe, I view all this introspective angst and hand-wringing as facile. We routinely put up with our appointed oligarchs changing (or cancelling) DST. Bill Gates isn't going to bring forward the release of Vista, Chicken Little isn't going to be crushed by the sky ... Get a hold of yourselves folks. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
And MIPs. : ) Dave Thorn Senior Technology Analyst SunGard Computer Services 600 Laurel Oak Road Voorhees, NJ 08043 Office 856-566-5412 Fax 856-566-3656 Cell 609-781-0353 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Keeping People and Information Connected (TM) HTTP://www.availability.sungard.com Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Mainframe cc Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks. 08/09/2005 08:34 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU It's the American way. :-/ E.g., sometime in the 1970s the US CONgress enacted legislation to convert the US to the metric system, with a deadline of 1980 or thereabouts. As you probably noticed at your last SHARE attendance, we still measure things in inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces, pounds, pints, quarts, gallons, degrees Fahrenheit, etc. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Mismatch in volumelist from ISMF/OAM
Hello Ottar, I have a similar problem here. With D SMS,LIBRARY(lib),DETAIL I get 284 scratch tapes. ISMF MOUNTABLE TAPE VOLUME LIST counts 250 but TAPE LIBRARY LIST says there are 284 scratch tapes. The library manager counts 250 scratch tape in his scratch categorie. I'm rather sure that 250 is the right count. Do you have found a way to fix your problem? Thanks for your help Daniel On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:03:47 -0600, Ottar Moller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I'm experiencing a mismatch in count of scratch volumes in our 3494 Library. When listing with 'D SMS,LIBRARY(LIB),DETAIL' I get a list of 21 scratch volumes, Media3 11 and Media4 as 10 but when running a ACBJBAOB job which lists the scratch volumes in the library we are only seeing 2 volumes. Using the ISMF panels and browse the library then these 2 volumes are the only scratch volumes in the Library. I'm rather sure that the database in the Library is ok but the mismatch is probably in the VOLCAT.GENERAL Catalog. Running Listcat against the VOLCAT I get these two volumes + 9 other which are remaining outsite of the Library which is just like ISMF says. Is'n the DISPLAY SMS LIBRARY command reading the VOLCAT? I havn't found a way to regenerate the VOLCAT against the Library database. Any hints on what could be wrong here? Best regards, Ottar -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I?
I'm working on an ACF2 to RACF conversion. Getting SDSF to work under RACF is a royal PITA because all it gives you is an ISPF message NOT AUTHORIZED FOR xxx. The underlying ICH408I is suppressed, so I can't see the real failure. Is there any way to get SDSF to cough up the ICH408I so I can fix the problems? Thanks, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
In a recent note, Ed Finnell said: Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 07:09:56 EDT http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050808/NEWS06/508080422/1012/NEWS06 Two biggies that come to mind are schedulers and 'Smart cards'/Crypto cards. Seems like the time to CUT in production will be after the Fall Back in 2006 unless you intend to maintain pre/post libraries. There should be no need for a nicely timed CUT in nor for pre/post libraries. The parameter itself should be algorithmic: if year= 1986 DST begins last Sunday in April elseif year = 2006 DST begins first Sunday in April else DST begins second Sunday in March /* presumably */ endif ... the conversion should work correctly for historic data as well as for contemporary data. If GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Cygwin, DJGPP, HP-UX, IRIX, Mac OS X, OpenVMS, Solaris, Tru64, and UnixWare can do it right, why not z/OS? Linkname: Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data URL: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFSORT MOD27 support
In a message dated 8/8/2005 6:08:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No; the 3390 is an FBA disk simulating CKD. That's what I get for trusting, but not verifying, IBM's technical publications. GC26-4573-03, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Introduction, says All 3390 models store data using the count-key-data (CKD) record format. I'm not aware of any IBM disk later than the 3350 that wasn't FBA under the covers. I don't usually look under the covers. I just read the technical doc. Not with the advent of the 3375; they were all FBA. The computations for track capacity should have tipped you off to that. This is true. The formulas indicate an underlying unit of track storage somewhere around 32 bytes, if I remember correctly. But since the control units supported only CKD and ECKD commands for these quasi-CKD disks and did not support the official FBA command set that was used with the 3310 and 3370 real FBA devices, I assumed the devices were really CKD. Control units were doing more mapping than I realized. Bill Fairchild -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I?
We don't use racf to protect SDSF, but if no smf record was created for this failure, you can audit the user activity and look into SMF to see the racf profile and required authority. Itschak -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Conley Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I? I'm working on an ACF2 to RACF conversion. Getting SDSF to work under RACF is a royal PITA because all it gives you is an ISPF message NOT AUTHORIZED FOR xxx. The underlying ICH408I is suppressed, so I can't see the real failure. Is there any way to get SDSF to cough up the ICH408I so I can fix the problems? Thanks, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: GETBLK
$GETBLK is a JES2 macro. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mary george Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: GETBLK All, Can anyone guide me on where I can find information on GETBLK and FBLK? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Mismatch in volumelist from ISMF/OAM
Check tapes in ERROR status IIRC in some cases they are counted in the LM but not D SMS ... Ken Porowski AVP Systems Software CIT Group Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Daniel Cattin Hello Ottar, I have a similar problem here. With D SMS,LIBRARY(lib),DETAIL I get 284 scratch tapes. ISMF MOUNTABLE TAPE VOLUME LIST counts 250 but TAPE LIBRARY LIST says there are 284 scratch tapes. The library manager counts 250 scratch tape in his scratch categorie. I'm rather sure that 250 is the right count. Do you have found a way to fix your problem? Thanks for your help Daniel On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:03:47 -0600, Ottar Moller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I'm experiencing a mismatch in count of scratch volumes in our 3494 Library. When listing with 'D SMS,LIBRARY(LIB),DETAIL' I get a list of 21 scratch volumes, Media3 11 and Media4 as 10 but when running a ACBJBAOB job which lists the scratch volumes in the library we are only seeing 2 volumes. Using the ISMF panels and browse the library then these 2 volumes are the only scratch volumes in the Library. I'm rather sure that the database in the Library is ok but the mismatch is probably in the VOLCAT.GENERAL Catalog. Running Listcat against the VOLCAT I get these two volumes + 9 other which are remaining outsite of the Library which is just like ISMF says. Is'n the DISPLAY SMS LIBRARY command reading the VOLCAT? I havn't found a way to regenerate the VOLCAT against the Library database. Any hints on what could be wrong here? Best regards, Ottar -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving PDSE Libraries to a new catalog
On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:48:44 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/08/2005 at 07:31 AM, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Since z/OS 1.3 (and earlier, via maintenance), PDSEs no longer need to be cataloged or SMS-managed. My recollection is that they require an NVR and hence must be cataloged, even if not SMS managed. We have a few PDSEs on our SYSRES pairs (z/OS 1.5) that are indirectly cataloged -- so one copy is always uncataloged. Also works for HFSes. PDSE - yes, HFS - no. How do you mount an uncataloged HFS? There is no way to specify a VOLSER. You *can* indirectly catalog an HFS and mount / use it if it is the cataloged version. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect Zurich North America and Farmers Insurance Group mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving PDSE Libraries to a new catalog
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:48:44 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snip ] We have a few PDSEs on our SYSRES pairs (z/OS 1.5) that are indirectly cataloged -- so one copy is always uncataloged. Also works for HFSes. PDSE - yes, HFS - no. How do you mount an uncataloged HFS? You don't. :-( There is no way to specify a VOLSER. You *can* indirectly catalog an HFS and mount / use it if it is the cataloged version. That's what we do. We maintain separate maintenance copies of the HFSes, then copy from them to the alternate (non-IPLed) RES set after an APPLY. Might seem a bit kludgy, but works well. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Is there any c language lib for list/queue/stack data struct in z/os v1r6?
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Art_Programming.html You have to write them yourself for C language, only STL for C++ provides pre-packaged versions. Or find some enterprising programmer who has already done it and pay him/her for his/her version. HTH Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Is there any c language lib for list/queue/stack data struct in z/os v1r6? Hello, I know there is STL lib for c++ language focusing on list/queue/stack data struct. And I've searched z/OS V1R6 Run-Time Reference, but can not find similar lib for c language. Any suggestions? Thank you for your time! Best Regards, Xie Bo _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I?
It is most likely also on syslog if your routcodes are typical snip Is there any way to get SDSF to cough up the ICH408I so I can fix the problems? /snip HTH, -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving PDSE Libraries to a new catalog
My recollection is that they require an NVR and hence must be cataloged, even if not SMS managed. NVRs exist only on SMS volumes, so a PDSE on a non-SMS volume does not have an NVR; it also does not need to be cataloged. There is nothing special in the NVR for a SMS PDSE except the SMS classes. There is a PDSE indicator but there are also PDSE flags in the DSCB so the NVR was supurflous. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving PDSE Libraries to a new catalog
IIUC, both types of datasets are VSAM linear datasets under the covers That is a semi-urban myth Gr True, both use fixed 4K blocks internally; this is similar to VSAM Linear although linear can now use other blocksizes. I beleive that the Media Manager is used on PDSE and HFS. Media Manager is a low-level internal access method which has been around for a long time and is used by a variety of components. In VSAM, it was originaly used only for linear (e.g., DB2) but it is now used for almost all VSAM access. But Media Manager is separate from VSAM. No VSAM code is used to access PDSE and HFS. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I?
Thomas, You can use RACTRACE to monitor SAF calls. Probably SDSF is using RACROUTE with LOG=NONE. RACTRACE -- ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/GG243984/ Regards, Philippe Leite z/OS Systems Programmer BBVA Portugal -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently?
On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Vinoth Thiyagarajan wrote: Hi, Is there any way to find who edited my sequential dataset recently. Regards, Vinoth Thiyagarajan Look at type 15 SMF records. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: ALIAS for a LMOD
On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:37:51 -0700, Barry Schwarz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The stolen status means the alias used to belong to a different load module. Any chance that could be part of the problem? Was the linkedit run on the same image as where the abend106 occurred? Is this an LLA managed lib? -Rob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
FICON Express2
Hello List, How can you tell if the FICON Express2 is operating at 2Gbit/Sec speed? They are connected to a 2105 device type. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
New Hot Topics Letter
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/hot_topics.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
In a message dated 8/9/2005 8:28:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There should be no need for a nicely timed CUT in nor for pre/post libraries. The parameter itself should be algorithmic: Therein lies the rub. The PARMs fields are not executed. They're READ. They specify when it starts and when it ends. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMP sloppiness
On Aug 9, 2005, at 1:35 AM, Shane Ginnane wrote: Just a quick apology to the BCP (and ancillary product) support teams. Went back and checked my holddata - *ALL* the holds that referred back to PTFs were from ... ... ... tada ... ... yep, you quessed it - DB2 . Shane ... Shane (or anyone else): I have seen this handled different ways in different companies. Is there a way that is more popular than others? This question pertains to maintenence and DB2 (and MVS). 1. DB2 in its own zone and let the DB2 people apply maint and new releases. 2. DB2 and MVS in the same zone and let the DB2 people apply fixes. 3. DB2 and MVS in the same zone and let the MVS people do the maint 4. let another group apply maint and let them manage all you zones. 5. Other Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SMPE PTS Allocation Question
I it possible to have the PTS span move that one DASD volume? The reason I ask is that I just received 6 ESO tapes having just about every z/OS 1.4 sysmod. Because no service as ever applied to the system since it was installed in March of 2004, IBM recommended that I go back to 2002 and pack up all the sysmods and then attempt to apply maintanence. Thanks. - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMPE PTS Allocation Question
Use the SMPPTS spill datasets, SMPPTS, SMPPTS1, SMPPTS2, etc. Just make sure you define each of them in the CSI and don't skip any numbers. SMP/E will automatically take care of moving from one to the next during the receive and subsequent processing. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SMPE PTS Allocation Question I it possible to have the PTS span move that one DASD volume? The reason I ask is that I just received 6 ESO tapes having just about every z/OS 1.4 sysmod. Because no service as ever applied to the system since it was installed in March of 2004, IBM recommended that I go back to 2002 and pack up all the sysmods and then attempt to apply maintanence. Thanks. - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMPE PTS Allocation Question
In a message dated 8/9/2005 11:30:06 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I it possible to have the PTS span move that one DASD volume? Maybe easier to manage with spill PTS's. PTS1,2,3,etc. This is probably your entire profile of software products including DB/2 and CICS. So you'll do the big RECEIVE, much will be leftovers. You'll need to do a REJECT PURGE on the DLIB ZONE(s). This will chunk stuff that's been ACCEPT'd and leave you with a good to go PTS(s). The DB/2 and CICS stuff should not be received due to mismatch in SREL. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMPE PTS Allocation Question
Since the PTS is a PDS/PDSE, it cannot span volumes. You need to use spill data sets. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SMPE PTS Allocation Question I it possible to have the PTS span move that one DASD volume? The reason I ask is that I just received 6 ESO tapes having just about every z/OS 1.4 sysmod. Because no service as ever applied to the system since it was installed in March of 2004, IBM recommended that I go back to 2002 and pack up all the sysmods and then attempt to apply maintanence. *** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
In a recent note, Ed Finnell said: Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:20:22 EDT In a message dated 8/9/2005 8:28:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: There should be no need for a nicely timed CUT in nor for pre/post libraries. The parameter itself should be algorithmic: Therein lies the rub. The PARMs fields are not executed. They're READ. They specify when it starts and when it ends. It seems to me that a mere READ is insufficient to deal with even that sort of specification; something must be executed or interpreted; along the lines of: if today's_date start_date Standard Time else if today's date end_date DST else Standard Time endif (I suppose Shane would insist on some embellishment.) Adding ranges of years to the current range of date logic is a change in degree of complexity, not a fundamental change in character, as from READ to execute. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Spanned PDS/PDSE (was: Re: SMPE PTS ... )
In a recent note, Imbriale, Donald (Exchange) said: Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:44:12 -0400 Since the PTS is a PDS/PDSE, it cannot span volumes. ... Since PDSes are mired in antiquity, with such anachronisms as embedded geometry-dependent references, I understand that they can't span volumes. (The references are absolute, as I understand, aren't they?) But I thought PDSEs are geometry-independent, with all embedded references in terms of relative record. Why shouldn't they be able to span volumes? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DST Bill may cause Electronic Setbacks.
In a message dated 8/9/2005 11:51:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems to me that a mere READ is insufficient to deal with even that sort of specification; something must be executed or interpreted; along the lines of: With OCO and 40-50 vendors and hundreds of $$$ interfaces to places like credit cards, banks, insurance, ISPs, voice, cable, and the dreaded NCAA; how can you tell who is and who isn't ready? As Emily Latelle would say, 'Nevermind!' -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
TCP/IP Performance Reports
Does this august group have any suggestions for a suitable way to report the SMF118/119 records?? I am most interested in seeing traffic volumes and any performance issues on an adapter by adapter basis. The adapters are gigabit QDIO. Target audience is technical management. I am looking at the Tivoli suite, but need to stay free for the moment. Thanks!!. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TCP/IP Performance Reports
You might want to post to the IBMTCP-L mailing list too. That's where everyone that works with TCPIP on the mainframe hangs out at. To subscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the command SUBSCRIBE IBMTCP-L Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this august group have any suggestions for a suitable way to report the SMF118/119 records?? I am most interested in seeing traffic volumes and any performance issues on an adapter by adapter basis. The adapters are gigabit QDIO. Target audience is technical management. I am looking at the Tivoli suite, but need to stay free for the moment. Thanks!!. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Any way to get SDSF to cough up ICH408I?
You could use the $TDEBUG,SECURITY=YES if you have JES2 to enable the security message show up on the console or log. Thanks Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09 6:11 AM I'm working on an ACF2 to RACF conversion. Getting SDSF to work under RACF is a royal PITA because all it gives you is an ISPF message NOT AUTHORIZED FOR xxx. The underlying ICH408I is suppressed, so I can't see the real failure. Is there any way to get SDSF to cough up the ICH408I so I can fix the problems? Thanks, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TCP/IP Performance Reports
In a message dated 8/9/2005 12:01:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: am most interested in seeing traffic volumes and any performance issues on an adapter by adapter basis. The adapters are gigabit QDIO. Target audience is technical management. Have you tried ipswitch? _http://www.ipswitch.com/products/network-management.asp_ (http://www.ipswitch.com/products/network-management.asp) Can also pickup WS_FTP while you're there. Evaluation copy provided. Don't get too ambitious. All those little swervers probably need their own copy. It will bog down a P-IV with 1GB and a SCSI HD in a hurry. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Spanned PDS/PDSE (was: Re: SMPE PTS ... )
But I thought PDSEs are geometry-independent, with all embedded references in terms of relative record. Why shouldn't they be able to span volumes? ... Because they can't? Broken As Designed. All the doc says they cannot span volumes. -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMPE PTS Allocation Question
Use smp Spill Sets. There's an info apar on them. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SMPE PTS Allocation Question I it possible to have the PTS span move that one DASD volume? The reason I ask is that I just received 6 ESO tapes having just about every z/OS 1.4 sysmod. Because no service as ever applied to the system since it was installed in March of 2004, IBM recommended that I go back to 2002 and pack up all the sysmods and then attempt to apply maintanence. SNIP -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TCP/IP Performance Reports
PC SAS http://www.sas.com + MXG http://www.mxg.com is not free but it's not expensive either compared to a full blown host monitor and would save you a LOT of time compared to RYO from scratch for reports based on SMF 118/119. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Does this august group have any suggestions for a suitable way to report the SMF118/119 records?? I am most interested in seeing traffic volumes and any performance issues on an adapter by adapter basis. The adapters are gigabit QDIO. Target audience is technical management. I am looking at the Tivoli suite, but need to stay free for the moment. This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TCP/IP Performance Reports
Consider the SHARE paper listed below that contains useful admin guidance (SMF 119 recommended over 118), changes with 119, and also useful URL/web links to get started. Consider REXX or DFSORT/ICETOOL, possibly for decoding/reporting SMF 119/118 activity. Sincerely, Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. http://ew.share.org/callpapers/attach/Washington_DC/S3916a.pdf -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TCP/IP Performance Reports
Alan Nicholes has couple of rexx programs to read SMF118 and split records based on API, FTP, and TELNET etc. You could find that at the following URL http://s390.nichols.de/REXXsmf/index.html You could modify the rexx program to generate fixed records and run SORT to generate some reports based on activity. I could share the modifications I made to his code and my sync sort reports. Thanks Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09 9:59 AM Does this august group have any suggestions for a suitable way to report the SMF118/119 records?? I am most interested in seeing traffic volumes and any performance issues on an adapter by adapter basis. The adapters are gigabit QDIO. Target audience is technical management. I am looking at the Tivoli suite, but need to stay free for the moment. Thanks!!. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
multivolume PDSEs (was: Spanned PDSs/PDSEs)
The term 'spanned' has for long had an important, legitimate use in this context. Those of you have been using it in this new unwonted sense, to mean multi-volume, should stop. Dubious terminology fouls up the archives for our posterity. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721 USA _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Test BR R151 with VSAM-EF support
To all, I recently modified the BR command (VSAM Browser for ISPF) to support VSAM Extended-format data sets and am looking for people to test it. The source code is available at http://gsf-soft.com/Download/BR151.XMIT Download instructions are available here: http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/RECEIVE-XMIT.shtml Please provide feed-back to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ skype: stflour -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
BrightStor CA-Disk Backup Restore for UNIX System Services
Cross-posted to MVS-OE and IBM-Main We're looking at products comparable to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for USS For backup and restore of data stored under Unix System Services BrightStor CA-Disk Backup Restore for UNIX System Services has been suggested. Do you use this product? Does it live up to it's claims? Did you consider it and decide to go another direction? Why? Did you have it and then got rid of it for reasons other than $ Are there other products that we can look at? Reply offline if you wish. Thanks! Lynette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
When someone mentions green card, you don't think of immigration You understand the significance of version 3.8 You think of DASD not DISK You know what a disk pack is When someone mentions RENT you don't think of housing expense You know that WAD has nothing to do with gum You think that fixed font, green on black is an ideal programming environment You know where pluckin' and shuckin' really came from (and wish you didn't) You know that the head of string is not an HR position You think of DASD when someone mentions string You don't trust any machine you can lift or step over You remember when your computer had an air bag in it (and a compressor to inflate it) You understand how a computer can work better with 30 gallons of water in it You know that a functional recovery routine is not physical therapy You know what load unit dials are, and how to use them You know why BALR 14,14 works like it does You don't consider channels something on TV or part of a product distribution system You remember punched cards and why they were called unit records You know what a drum card is You know that a DASD FARM isn't where little DASDs grow You know CORE is in an apple.. mainframes use monolithic memory these days You DO know what CORE memory was You understand why 31bit addressing and not 32bit You know that DEBE does everything but eat You spell kicks CICS You can make a sentence out of all acronyms, and your peers will understand it perfectly Your computer has always been made up of multiple processors You can recite at least three meanings for the ISC acronym You remember having to press REQUEST on the console You know the keystroke for EOB (Alt + 5) You know domains were something that Amdahl invented You know that REUS is not waste recycling You know that a Coupling Facility has nothing to do with the railroad You know that a control register has nothing to do with Point Of Sale When someone says prism, you're not thinking of light diffraction If someone mentions a pizza oven you don't immediately think of food You know the difference between UNI, MP, AP, and SMP You think of availability in terms of end user access to applications, not just recovering to the C: prompt You consider most horizontal scaling clustering to just be wanna-be's You remember HIPO and know that it's not a zoo animal You know why you can't pop address plugs across strings You know why blue cables and not grey You know what CUU means You know what DISOSS is and it doesn't scare you You don't have to be told when to press the Enter key You don't spend hours looking for the ANY key You know who the BUNCH were (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC and Honeywell) You know that SPOOL is an acronym (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Online) You don't think that address space is an area on an envelope You've successfully used PSW RESTART You know what Reset, Load, Rewind, Start had to do with You understand the benefits of connection-based communication architectures You know that TSO TEST could not test everthing You know that just because your manager wrote some code, that didn't make it authorized You know that AC(1) had nothing to do with room temperature You know that Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detect is how a token succeeds in life. You know the relative merits of Count Key Data and Relative Block Addressing You know that //EOJ is not a web address. You know what IEFBR14 does and how many APARs were taken on it (4) You now what an APAR is (Authorized Program Analysis Report) You know that DITTO is an acronym. For DOS, no, not that DOS, the other DOS. (IBM Data Interfile Transfer, Testing, and Operations Utility). You know that FS didn't take over from the mainframe, but became a pretty good System/38. You don't understand all the furor about security... it's a given You think that two computers that can't share the same data for update is silly and archaic You know what Select Out Bypass is You know that BUS and TAG aren't children's games You know that SPIE and STAE are not commands for your pet You know that SPIE is not espionage You know that FETCH Protect isn't a way to keep your dog from getting to the bone stash You think that all systems should be able to run at 100% 24x7 without having issues You know that 24x7x365 was coined by someone who didn't understand math You don't find 6 months of continuous up-time without having to restart the system as unusual You don't boot a system, you IPL it You don't know what throwing an exception means, but do know what an abend code is about You think that all the bits of a word should represent a numerical value the same way it's written... high order on the left You know the difference between single and multi-mode fibre cable and where to use which You can create a tape backup of something and know you can read it back on another machine You think nothing of sharing a database between transactional and batch work, and maintiaining response time Creating a 2 billion row
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
Ah Forgot to include CRLF's did we...? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8 When someone mentions green card, you don't think of immigration You understand the significance of version 3.8 You think of DASD not DISK You know what a disk pack is When someone mentions RENT you don't think of housing expense You know that WAD has nothing to do with gum You think that fixed font, green on black is an ideal programming environment You know where pluckin' and shuckin' really came from (and wish you didn't) You know that the head of string is not an HR position You think of DASD when someone mentions string You don't trust any machine you can lift or step over You remember when your computer had an air bag in it (and a compressor to inflate it) You understand how a computer can work better with 30 gallons of water in it You know that a functional recovery routine is not physical therapy You know what load unit dials are, and how to use them You know why BALR 14,14 works like it does You don't consider channels something on TV or part of a product distribution system You remember punched cards and why they were called unit records You know what a drum card is You know that a DASD FARM isn't where little DASDs grow You know CORE is in an apple.. mainframes use monolithic memory these days You DO know what CORE memory was You understand why 31bit addressing and not 32bit You know that DEBE does everything but eat You spell kicks CICS You can make a sentence out of all acronyms, and your peers will understand it perfectly Your computer has always been made up of multiple processors You can recite at least three meanings for the ISC acronym You remember having to press REQUEST on the console You know the keystroke for EOB (Alt + 5) You know domains were something that Amdahl invented You know that REUS is not waste recycling You know that a Coupling Facility has nothing to do with the railroad You know that a control register has nothing to do with Point Of Sale When someone says prism, you're not thinking of light diffraction If someone mentions a pizza oven you don't immediately think of food You know the difference between UNI, MP, AP, and SMP You think of availability in terms of end user access to applications, not just recovering to the C: prompt You consider most horizontal scaling clustering to just be wanna-be's You remember HIPO and know that it's not a zoo animal You know why you can't pop address plugs across strings You know why blue cables and not grey You know what CUU means You know what DISOSS is and it doesn't scare you You don't have to be told when to press the Enter key You don't spend hours looking for the ANY key You know who the BUNCH were (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC and Honeywell) You know that SPOOL is an acronym (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Online) You don't think that address space is an area on an envelope You've successfully used PSW RESTART You know what Reset, Load, Rewind, Start had to do with You understand the benefits of connection-based communication architectures You know that TSO TEST could not test everthing You know that just because your manager wrote some code, that didn't make it authorized You know that AC(1) had nothing to do with room temperature You know that Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detect is how a token succeeds in life. You know the relative merits of Count Key Data and Relative Block Addressing You know that //EOJ is not a web address. You know what IEFBR14 does and how many APARs were taken on it (4) You now what an APAR is (Authorized Program Analysis Report) You know that DITTO is an acronym. For DOS, no, not that DOS, the other DOS. (IBM Data Interfile Transfer, Testing, and Operations Utility). You know that FS didn't take over from the mainframe, but became a pretty good System/38. You don't understand all the furor about security... it's a given You think that two computers that can't share the same data for update is silly and archaic You know what Select Out Bypass is You know that BUS and TAG aren't children's games You know that SPIE and STAE are not commands for your pet You know that SPIE is not espionage You know that FETCH Protect isn't a way to keep your dog from getting to the bone stash You think that all systems should be able to run at 100% 24x7 without having issues You know that 24x7x365 was coined by someone who didn't understand math You don't find 6 months of continuous up-time without having to restart the system as unusual You don't boot a system, you IPL it You don't know what throwing an exception means, but do know what an abend code is about You think that all the bits of a word should represent a numerical value the same way it's written... high order on the left You know the difference between single and
Re: EJES vs. IOF??? (was EJES is Preferred over SDSF (according to Z/Flash))
Knutson, Sam wrote: My chief complaint with the current iteration of IOF is that it uses APPC for cross system communication almost as arcane as SDSF using MQSeries. I have not used E(JES) but understand it uses XCF a sensible and simple choice in a Sysplex and one that is familiar to the MVS or JES systems programmer likely to be doing the installation of the SPOOL browser. XCF is even more beneficial than people might think, especially in larger configurations. Many are aware of the performance benefits associated with running in SRB mode as all XCF exits do. [SRB mode exit processing is also possible for authorized VTAM/APPC applications when SRBEXIT=YES is coded on the VTAM APPL statement. MQ is TCB mode only.] But most are probably unaware that XCF also supports high-performance, unordered message delivery in which the SRBs running the message delivery exits are scheduled into the target address space in an unsynchronized manner. For example, if ten messages arrive at nearly the same time, the SRBs to receive/process all ten of them will be scheduled into the target address space nearly simultaneously and, assuming ten or more CPs are available in the configuration, all ten SRBs could be running in parallel, delivering their respective messages to the XCF application, at precisely the same time! Effectively leveraging unordered XCF message delivery requires more programming effort because the application must be designed to handle the bulk of the messages without queuing them for later sequential processing (an action that would undo most of the performance benefits associated with unordered delivery). Such programming is more complex, but need not add any appreciable run time overhead -- at least it doesn't in my code. :-) It's like comparing USPS, UPS, and FedEx. The package gets there in all three cases. But FedEx gets it there faster. Unfortunately, that analogy falls apart as soon as you look at the costs involved because the message delivery performance does not increase with the price of the message delivery infrastructure. Only MQ is a cost option. The other two are included free with the operating system. Of course, XCF is limited to sending messages within a sysplex. VTAM/APPC and MQ can send messages anywhere, even outside z/OS. -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
Forgot to include CRLF's did we...? Came out OK in my email. Maybe we' through them away? gr -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
Not at this end so you may have something there... For others... IIRC, DERF is spelled DIRF (I zapped it enough times...) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Black Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8 Forgot to include CRLF's did we...? Came out OK in my email. Maybe we' through them away? gr -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.3/66 - Release Date: 8/8/2005 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
Ahem,,,EREP maybe. -Original Message- From: Matthew Stitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8 When someone mentions green card, you don't think of immigration You understand the significance of version 3.8 You think of DASD not DISK You html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
BMC Mainview for USS
Cross-posted to MVS-OE and IBM-Main Do you use this component? (I know that BMC Mainview has LOTS of components, the USS portion is the only one we're interested in) Does it live up to it's claims? Did you consider it and decide to go another direction? Why? Did you have it and then got rid of it? Why Are there other products that you prefer? Why? Reply offline if you wish. Thanks! Lynette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SORT help - to split by delimiters
Nah, Yaeger is always one step ahead. I should have added: OUTREC OUTFIL=ORPHANS,SAVE -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SORT help - to split by delimiters -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of tony babonas There's a crude way to do this by aligning the data in a series of temp files, i.e. OUTREC OUTFIL=OUT1, INCLUDE=(8,3,CH,EQ,C'99~'), WHEN COL 8 IS THE DESIRED 99~ OUTREC=(11,5) numeric data following the ~ repeat this block of lines for every mutation of where ~ occurs. write an additional OUTFIL for each mutation. then concat each file into a SUM step. Hey, the price is right.. But you'd lose any and all records with a price field that doesn't end in '99~' -jc- [ snip ] I have a requirement which states like this: Given records like 1~ABC~99.99~12345 123~AB~9.99~567 34~c~1.99~345 where there are 4 fields in each record, each separated by a '~'. The third field is the price field, which i need to sum up. ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
CAS mother task, allocate task, analysis task, and modify task.
Hi all! z/OS 1.4 DFSMS: Managing Catalogs manual: 8.1 The Catalog Address Space states: CAS also maintains four special tasks for its own use: the mother task, allocate task, analysis task, and modify task. My question is: are those four special tasks STCs, or just threads inside the CAS? If they're STCs, which are their names? Couldn't find any documentation about it. TIA Roberto. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CAS mother task, allocate task, analysis task, and modify task.
My question is: are those four special tasks STCs, or just threads
inside the CAS?
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They are TCB's within the CAS.
They are not quiche-eating 'threads', forks, spawns, or processess.
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Re: EJES vs. IOF??? (was EJES is Preferred over SDSF (according to Z/Flash))
Ed Jaffe said; XCF is even more beneficial than people might think, especially in larger configurations. mucho excellent info snipped Absolutimento! It dribbles, it shoots, it scores. :o) I'm a fan too. XCF is a real swiss-army knife of a component. It's valid on all systems (not just a parallel sysplex.) And while you need to be privileged to set it up (code-wise) you don't have to appeal to a higher power for a port number or any of that rubbish. The group concept is cool. As Ed noted, it's as fast as can it's possible to go when moving data around. TCP goes over XCF inside the plex. And (my favorite part) it's really good for maintaining member state data and driving exits to tell me when other members disappear. Without that sort of functionality I'd be up to my armpits in protocol code that I really don't want to have to deal with. CC -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
HFS access changes
Did I miss something? I had four programs (one each in Assembler, COBOL, C, and PL/I) that access a sequential file in a classic, traditional way. When I changed the JCL to point to the same file copied over into the HFS (use PATH and PATHOPTS, remove DSN and DISP), it used to work the same. Now all four programs abend (one SEC6, 2 S0C7s, one S0C4). The difference: last time tested under z/OS 1.4, today under z/OS 1.6. Has something changed? Or is it my imagination they worked before? Any clues, insights, etc. appreciated. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFSORT MOD27 support
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2005 at 09:29 AM, Bill Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't usually look under the covers. I vaguely recall that near the time of the announcement. IBM mentioned that the 3370 and 3375 were the same disk drive except for the FBA-CKD conversion. I just read the technical doc. CE manuals are technical documents ;-) I have to admit, though, that the ones I have read were not page turners. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: HFS access changes
Steve Comstock wrote: Did I miss something? I had four programs (one each in Assembler, COBOL, C, and PL/I) that access a sequential file in a classic, traditional way. When I changed the JCL to point to the same file copied over into the HFS (use PATH and PATHOPTS, remove DSN and DISP), it used to work the same. Now all four programs abend (one SEC6, 2 S0C7s, one S0C4). The difference: last time tested under z/OS 1.4, today under z/OS 1.6. Has something changed? Or is it my imagination they worked before? Any clues, insights, etc. appreciated. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock Further information after further experiments: In fact, the problem goes away if I include all the parameters FILEDATA=BINARY,LRECL=nn,RECFM=F,BLKSIZE=nn except for PL/I; that still fails; OPEN seems to go OK, but the data is never really accessed; I get an infinite loop until a S322. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SORT help - to split by delimiters
Thanks for the clarification, FY, that's what I get for reading the list from home without my trusty office PC at hand Based on the limited snippet of sample records, this is theoretically achievable if there is not more than 1 ~ character per record. Having no qualms of being accused of crudeness in manipulating such data, we have some real life apps where I read and compare every byte of the record for the desired character, 'outfil-ing' each into a separate dataset, then re-assembling the whole lot in the second pass. The A-10 Warthog isn't pretty either, but it sure does the job. tb -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Yaeger Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 7:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SORT help - to split by delimiters Tony Babonas wrote: Nah, Yaeger is always one step ahead. I should have added: OUTREC OUTFIL=ORPHANS,SAVE Tony, That would be: OUTFIL FNAMES=ORPHANS,SAVE But I'm guessing that John's point is that the .99 values are only an example and other values (.00 to .99) would actually be present, and those values would end up NOT being aligned by the .99 conditions. If there really only were .99 values, then DFSORT's IFTHEN function could be used to align everything in one pass and one output data set rather than creating multiple output data sets that would need to be combined (replacing multiple OUTFIL INCLUDEs is one of the more efficient uses of IFTHEN). IFTHEN can be used to do this kind of alignment in limited situations, but in this case it appears there's too much variability in the delimited field layouts for that to be practical. Although if I knew all of the possibilities for the record layouts, I might be able to come up with an IFTHEN solution. Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Team (IBM) Specialties: ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, Symbols, Migration = DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
Matthew Stitt wrote: You understand the significance of version 3.8 Version 3.8 ? Of what? If you're thinking of MVS 3.8. you're not really a mainframer, because MVS 3.8 never existed. True mainframers know that what some people call MVS 3.8 today was called, in fact, OS/VS2 Release 3.8 (MVS). This concludes our nit-picking session. Thank you for your attention. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: EJES vs. IOF??? (was EJES is Preferred over SDSF (according to Z/Flash))
Craddock, Chris wrote: [snip] TCP goes over XCF inside the plex. TCP traffic *can* go over XCF in a sysplex (it's optional.) So can SNA traffic (also optional). Basically, CS knows about XCF and will move traffic that way if you allow it to do so. Very slick! And (my favorite part) it's really good for maintaining member state data and driving exits to tell me when other members disappear. Without that sort of functionality I'd be up to my armpits in protocol code that I really don't want to have to deal with. You said it, bro! Using a point-to-point protocol among 'n' application members, each member must maintain 'n-1' sessions with its peers. That can get pretty hairy! E.g., an 8-way plex with just one application member per system requires 56 total sessions! XCF solves that by providing a shared medium type of protocol, similar to that provided by a LAN, where each member is responsible for managing a single connection only. State information about other members is maintained in a peers table which can be updated by incremental changes surfaced via the group exit or built from scratch or as needed by a simple query. XCF is a _very_ nice protocol. It's difficult to understand why any developer of authorized/privileged code would choose an alternative message delivery protocol unless their design called for spanning sysplex boundaries or had code in common with a non-z/OS system. In particular, SDSF's MQ choice does not appear to have been made by technicians, especially in light of the fact that MQ is a fairly expensive cost option. In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, It's too coincidental to be a coincidence! -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM Encryption
I'm back from wherever . I meant encrypt the files from the application. HSM and DSS don't quite do the encryption yet, looks like they are close. And Innovation does it now. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFHSM Encryption snip Encrypt the data when the files are first written /snip That's the idea, but how? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
That is a different list -- The you might use a non-archaic computer if... But thanks for pointing out that they forgot: #1 - CRLF? Weee dooont need nooo stinking CRLF in our card decks! On Aug 9, 2005, at 4:57 PM, Gary Green wrote: Ah Forgot to include CRLF's did we...? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8 When someone mentions green card, you don't think of immigration You understand the significance of version 3.8 You think of DASD not DISK You know what a disk pack is When someone mentions RENT you don't think of housing expense You know that WAD has nothing to do with gum You think that ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
