WLM managed initiators

2008-08-12 Thread Coen Wessels
Gadi, John,

The WLM managed initiators are defined on a sysplex level. Once you tell
JES that a particular class is WLM managed, it will run jobs on all (in
our case both) system in the sysplex.

WLM initiators are defined on a JESPLEX level, not a Sysplex Level. Of
course, if your Sysplex has only one Jesplex, the above is true (as it is
for Gadi). You can use Scheduler Environments to 'route' jobs on the right
system, or to prevent running on a specific lpar, is that is what you want
to do. Scheduler Environments are quite easy to set up.

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Re: Historical question -- GDG allocation

2008-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The model was required with operating systems MFT amd MVT. The model 
requirement went away when IDCAMS became available.

I don't think so!
I've only worked with MVS  up, and I learned the hard way about models being 
required.
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Re: Do you protect your power switch with a lock?

2008-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
If you go into an area where you don't know how the equipment works and 
start pushing buttons, you should pay for the damage you cause.

It's NOT Management's responsibility, when you start playing with equipment 
that is outside you perview!

Is your concern here restitution or retribution?

So, Plant Safety herds a bunch of employees into the computer room in a poorly 
planned emergency drill.  A mimimum hourly wage worker leans against the EPO 
button, causing $1,000,000 danage to the business.


I said 'playing with...'.
Nothing about accidents.

It's the 'Hey! What does this do?' types I was talking about.
Just like in the original post.

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IEFUSO exit and JES3

2008-08-12 Thread Ron
A question regarding IEFUSO and JES3 sysout limits. 

We have a reporting JCL job that has been steadily growing, and which is now
reaching 16+ million lines of output and the JOB abends with a 722. We have
outlim=16777215 (the  maximum number of lines a SYSOUT DD can have) coded in
our JES3 deck, so it is obviously hitting that maximum. The way to extend
the limit is by using the IEFUSO SMF exit.  You can set it up to continually
allow an extension. Unfortunately in SYS1.SAMPLIN(SMFEXITS) it says: THERE
IS NO EXAMPLE FOR IEFUSI, IEFUSO OR IEFUJP.  I opened a QA ETR with IBM
and ask if they have an example and the L1 person responds with:
unfortunately, I do not.
Regards, Stanley 

Does anyone on the list have some sample code of the IEFUSO exit that works
with JES3 to extend the max. number of lines a JES3 SYSOUT can have? 

thanks, 
Ron


  

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SMPE OPTIONS In a CICSTS 3.2 Install to create the SMPE Envior.

2008-08-12 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello,

I'm in the process of seting up the SMPE procedure (JCL) from the procedure I 
got of the 3.2 tape.

There is a statement as follows which I haven't seen before when I did the 2.3 
install:

//* @smpeoptions@   
//* - Name of the SMP/E options for this install

I don't know what this should be nor do I know where to find out what this 
should represent.

I don't this this is CICS specific??? but an SMPE thing.

Any help with this would be apperciated.

Thanks


  

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Re: SMPE OPTIONS In a CICSTS 3.2 Install to create the SMPE Envior.

2008-08-12 Thread R.S.

Howard Rifkind wrote:

Hello,

I'm in the process of seting up the SMPE procedure (JCL) from the procedure I 
got of the 3.2 tape.

There is a statement as follows which I haven't seen before when I did the 2.3 
install:

//* @smpeoptions@   
//* - Name of the SMP/E options for this install


I don't know what this should be nor do I know where to find out what this 
should represent.

I don't this this is CICS specific??? but an SMPE thing.

Any help with this would be apperciated.


Help #1: Why don't you use ServerPac Installation Dialog?
Help #2: I believe this is name of option set defined in CSI, more 
precisely: GLOBAL zone. Simply launch SMP/E ISPF dialogs, choose 3 - 
administration, choose GLOBAL zone and choose OPTIONS entry. You'll see 
some names on the list. What's preferred one - it depends.


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IDICNF00 (Fault Analyzer)

2008-08-12 Thread Manuel Tabares Solórzano
  Hi Listeners,
 In our bussines we have made a changed to idicnf00 (Fault Analyzer), we added 
an EXCLUDE sentence on that configuration member.

  How can we verify that this change will be taken by FA  ?  Is it necessary 
one IPL ?

  Thank in advance.

  Regards.

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Re: IDICNF00 (Fault Analyzer)

2008-08-12 Thread John P Kalinich
Manuel Tabares of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
wrote on 08/12/2008 10:21:48 AM:

   Hi Listeners,
  In our bussines we have made a changed to idicnf00 (Fault
 Analyzer), we added an EXCLUDE sentence on that configuration member.

   How can we verify that this change will be taken by FA  ?  Is it
 necessary one IPL ?

No IPL or MODIFY command refresh needed.

Regards,
John K

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Re: Historical question -- GDG allocation

2008-08-12 Thread Rick Fochtman

-snip---


The model was required with operating systems MFT amd MVT. The model 
requirement went away when IDCAMS became available.
   



I don't think so!
I've only worked with MVS  up, and I learned the hard way about models being 
required.
 


unsnip-
As far back as I can remember, there were always two ways to provide a 
model.


1. Create a zero-space dataset, with the appropriate characteristics, of 
the same name as the Generation Index, on the same volume as the catalog 
containing the Generation index.


2. use the DCB=dsname construct, with appropriate characteristics, on 
the allocating DD statement. Many shops use this approach, pointing to a 
single model DSCB that was the same name for everyone.


So, some sort of model is required, but not necessarily a model named 
the same as the generation index.


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Re: System z10 Processor Article in IEEE Micro

2008-08-12 Thread Rick Fochtman
Tim, is there anything published by IBM on this? Perhaps on the Journal 
site?


Rick


Timothy Sipples wrote:


If anyone is interested in the engineering details of the System z10
processor, there's an 11 page article written by Charles Webb in the
March/April 2008 issue of IEEE Micro. (Sorry I missed this one earlier.)

The article abstract is available online here:

http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2008.26

This article is probably also available from any moderately good
engineering-oriented public or university library -- any library that
subscribes to IEEE Micro.

- - - - -
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Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z
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Safety Reminder: If you are planning disk upgrades, make sure you switch your Linux guests to by-path IDs in /etc/fstab BEFORE you switch

2008-08-12 Thread David Boyes
A safety reminder: If you're planning to replace disk subsystems, make
sure your Linux guests (particularly any SLES 10 or above) guests do NOT
use by-ID paths in /etc/fstab. Fix this BEFORE the new disk goes in,
both RH and SuSE (Debian, too), or your guests will not be able to find
their filesystems (and thus won't boot or run).

 

This really should be in IBM and other DASD vendors planning information
for new installs, and I'd demand a fix from your Linux vendors. By-ID is
a stupid default for this architecture (for any architecture, I'd
argue...) and needs a fix ASAP. 

 

IBM, EMC, Hitachi: how do we get this added to your planning guides? RH,
Novell, how about it? 

 

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Re: IEFUSO exit and JES3

2008-08-12 Thread Edward Jaffe

Ron wrote:

A question regarding IEFUSO and JES3 sysout limits.
  


[snip]


Does anyone on the list have some sample code of the IEFUSO exit that works
with JES3 to extend the max. number of lines a JES3 SYSOUT can have? 
  


IEFUSO works the same for either JES. Have you tried looking in the 
files at cbttape.org?


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Re: Cobol malicious code lookup

2008-08-12 Thread Hal Merritt
Actually, I'd -much- prefer some way to spot bugs. 

Didn't I read just recently about some such product inducing a bug that
opened a gaping security hole? 

 
 

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I know some products that checks program complexity, and even those who
look
into specific command usage. But this time I am looking for a product to
analyse mainframe traditional language (Cobol, PLI, etc) for malicious
code.
I have some ideas like the usage of string command, Input that come
outside
a file record, etc.

What are you using to analyse your code?

 

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Re: WLM managed initiators

2008-08-12 Thread Edward Jaffe

Bob Rutledge wrote:

Edward Jaffe wrote:
This has always been a trivial setting for JES3 (EXCRESC for the job 
class group) and the lack of this capability in JES2 was a glaring 
omission. To compensate, the most recent JES2 releases implement a 
maximum XEQCOUNT by member by class.


XEQCOUNT has been around for a goodly while and is MAS-wide in scope.  
Are you thinking of XEQMEMBER (which I believe can be set by 
$TJOBCLASS only)?


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SHARE

2008-08-12 Thread John P Kalinich
OK, let's have the SHARE report.  Any buzz about the future of the PSI
acquisition?  Any major sn*bbing going on?

Regards,
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Re: IEFUSO exit and JES3

2008-08-12 Thread Ron
Eward wrote: 

 IEFUSO works the same for either JES. Have you tried looking in the files at 
 cbttape.org?

[snip] 

I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the tip, it was file 196 on the
overflow tape. 

Ron

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Common Event Adapter

2008-08-12 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
For 1.9  what is it? Do I need it? Where is it documented? What does the 
RACF definition look like?
Its redundant and copius S053 abends took over my console.

Offlist replies happily accepted.

Off to dig and delve.

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Re: Common Event Adapter

2008-08-12 Thread George Fogg
 For 1.9  what is it? Do I need it? Where is it documented? What does the
 RACF definition look like?
 Its redundant and copius S053 abends took over my console.

You mean this?
http://tinyurl.com/65u5bd

Has the RACF requirements for CEA.

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Re: Common Event Adapter

2008-08-12 Thread Bob Rutledge

Look at OA25120.

Bob

Daniel McLaughlin wrote:
For 1.9  what is it? Do I need it? Where is it documented? What does the 
RACF definition look like?

Its redundant and copius S053 abends took over my console.

Offlist replies happily accepted.

Off to dig and delve.


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Tivoli Workshop Scheduler Eats Lunch Resolution

2008-08-12 Thread Jim Marshall
Working with IBM Level 2 or maybe 3, we now understand what is causing the 
excessive CPU time being used by the Distributed component of Tivoli 
Workload Scheduler. I will review the scenario:
 
Running a IBM 2096-O02 (36MSU) and 2096-T03 (95MSU) machines in a 
Parallel Sysplex where TWS runs on the O02 system (smaller of the two). 
TWS is scheduling work in the Parallel Sysplex and also there is a distributed 
component for scheduling for 3-4 Windows Servers.  Historically it is 
interesting for TWS had its roots in an IBM product called OPC (Operator 
Control) which did z/OS and distributed scheduling using Trackers. It worked 
very well using little CPU time.  OPC morfed itself into Tivoli and became TWS 
for z/OS and IBM bought a company called Maestro which did distributed 
scheduling. The two products were merged and Trackers went away. It took 
IBM a few years to fully integrate the two products. This brings it down to the 
present and performance issues encountered.
 
TWS for z/OS runs separately from other Started Task for distributed TWS 
called TWSE2E.   TWSE2E was seen taking about 3 MSUs worth of the O02 
when the system used to run around 28-29 MSUs max in a month. IBM 
researched the issue and came forth with the explanation which is not 
highlighted in any of the Tivoli manuals as far as we can read. The TWSE2E 
executes its programs in the O02's USS system and has files defined in a zFS 
file system.  If indeed that zFS file system is not owned by the LPAR where 
TWS is running, all the I/O must go through XCF in the Parallel Sysplex; 
generating the extraordinary amounts of CPU time seen as being used by 
TWSE2E in that LPAR. The recommendation now is always have the zFS file 
system mounted to the LPAR where TWS is operating (otherwise TWSE2E will 
eat your lunch, dinner, etc). When we switched TWS's zFS file system back to 
the TWS LPAR, the CPU consumption dropped to almost nothing.
 
I can understand the recommendation and now it places some considerations 
to ponder:
 
1. When a TWS LPAR is taken down the ownership of its zFS file system is 
automagically transferred to some other LPAR and it is not your choice which 
one (another interesting discussion could follow this line). So when the TWS 
LPAR is IPL'ed, operationally one must ensure the proper commands are issued 
to bring back ownership of TWS's zFS file system. 
 
2. One can implement all of #1 in Automation if one is running some sort 
of automation package; a good case for getting one. 
 
3. Keep in mind this is not a Parallel Sysplex problem but a zFS challenge. 
 
 
4. I just have to wonder if all this is caused by I/O for TWSE2E having to 
go through XCF to get to the other LPAR where the zFS is owned, then why 
not the WAIT associated with I/O versus the heavy, heavy CPU load caused 
by this I/O (3-4 Windows Servers which get about 30-40 jobs per day)? 
 
Note: I just have to believe there is more to the story and it may not 
be 
a TWS problem but maybe TWS exploiting something in USS and zFS which is 
a bad design. 
 
POSTSCRIPT:  Things are back using an acceptable amount of CPU and 
everyone is older and wiser. 
 
Jim 
 
P.S.  Wonder how many other z/OS USS implementations are using excessive 
CPU because of the ownership of some zFS file system. Will be on the watch 
for something like it in the future. 


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zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

2008-08-12 Thread Anton Britz
Hi,

Why do we not see the concatenated SYSIN when we code the JCL the 
following way :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN  
81 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),  
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),   
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),   
   //DCB=SYS3.PATTERN.RECL0020  
82 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR   
83 // DD * 
INPUT
/*

But if we code it this way, the second SYSIN concatenation is seen by the 
program :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN  
81 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR   
82 // DD * 
INPUT
/*
83 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),  
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),   
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),   
   //DCB=HWG.PATTERN.RECL0020  

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Re: Historical question -- GDG allocation

2008-08-12 Thread Ralph Kaden
From Info APAR II08285:
NOTE: Starting in z/OS 1.6 (HBB7709) non-SMS GDGs do NOT require
a model DSCB.  If DCB=dsname is not provided, Allocation will 
look for a model DSCB with the GDG base name.  If not found, 
Allocation will NOT fail the job, but will assume that the DCB 
information will be provided from other sources at OPEN time. 
See PDDB item BDC33660 for the documentation changes to the 
JCL User's Guide. 


(Note that most of the information in the following Reader's Comment Form 
(RCF) never made it into the manuals, so I have resubmitted the RCF.)

From PDDB item BDC33660:
 
Here is the revised documentation, which I am submitting as an RCF: 
 
 
Ref: Title: z/OS V1R6.0 MVS JCL User's Guide 
 Document Number: SA22-7598-04 
 
Re1: APPENDIX1.2.2.3 -- Defining Attributes for Non-SMS-Managed 
Generation Data Sets 
 
Remove the following: 
 
Another requirement (in addition to a GDG base entry) for a GDG is a 
 data set label. The system uses this label to refer to DCB attributes
 and the EXPDT value when you create a new generation data set. 
 
Add the following in its place: 
 
Beginning in z/OS 1.6, it is no longer a requirement that a data set 
 label exist in order to create a generation data set.  It is now 
 sufficient simply to supply DCB attributes in the same manner as is 
 done for non-GDG data sets. 
 
Under DCB attributes can be supplied in one of the following ways:, 
change the word the in point # 3 to the word another.  That is, 
 
Remove the following: 
 
3. Specify LIKE= or REFDD= to use attributes from the DD statement 
or specify DATACLAS to use attributes specified for the data class.
 
Add the following in its place: 
 
3. Specify LIKE= or REFDD= to use attributes from another DD statement 
or specify DATACLAS to use attributes specified for the data class.
 
Add the following as # 4: 
 
4. Specify DCB attributes on the DD statement or on the DCB in the 
program which creates the data set. 
 
Under Attributes can be supplied before you catalog a generation, when 
you catalog it, or at both times, as follows: change the word either 
in point # 2 to the word any.  That is, 
 
Remove the following: 
 
2. You do not need to create a model data set label if either of the 
following is true: 
 
Add the following in its place: 
 
2. You do not need to create a model data set label if any of the 
following is true: 
 
Add the following as letter 'c' under that point # 2: 
 
c. The DCB attributes are specified on the DD statement or on the DCB
in the program which creates the data set. 
 
 
 
 
Re2: APPENDIX1.2.2.4 -- Creating a Non-SMS-Managed Generation Data Set 
 
In the first sentence of the last paragraph change the word must to 
the word may.  That is, 
 
Remove the following: 
 
If a model data set label does not exist, you must use the label for a 
 cataloged data set. 
 
Add the following in its place: 
 
If a model data set label does not exist, you may use the label for a 
 cataloged data set. 

Add the following as the final sentence of that last paragraph: 
 
Alternatively, simply code DCB=(list of attributes) and supply all of
 the desired DCB attributes. 
 
 

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-snip---

The model was required with operating systems MFT amd MVT. The model 
requirement went away when IDCAMS became available.
 


I don't think so!
I've only worked with MVS  up, and I learned the hard way about models 
being required.
 

unsnip-
As far back as I can remember, there were always two ways to provide a 
model.

1. Create a zero-space dataset, with the appropriate characteristics, of 
the same name as the Generation Index, on the same volume as the catalog 
containing the Generation index.

2. use the DCB=dsname construct, with appropriate characteristics, on 
the allocating DD statement. Many shops use this approach, pointing to a 
single model DSCB that was the same name for everyone.

So, some sort of model is required, but not necessarily a model named 
the same as the generation index.

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Where did this EMCS Console come from and how do I control it?

2008-08-12 Thread John Mattson
Have zOS 1.08 up and almost in production.  And I finally got 
Health Checker going.  So, it tells me that I have a console(s) set up 
with ROUTCDE None 

* Start: CHECK(IBMCNZ,CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE)* 
*  * 
 
CHECK(IBMCNZ,CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE) 
START TIME: 08/12/2008 10:23:15.508379 
CHECK DATE: 20040816  CHECK SEVERITY: LOW 
* Low Severity Exception * 
CNZHF0008I System console TEST is not configured to receive the 
minimum set of routing codes (1, 2, and 10). 
  Explanation:  The system console should be configured to receive, at a 
minimum, routing codes 1, 2, and 10. 

Now, I do not even know I have a console named TEST, it is not in 
PARMLIB(CONSOL__), so I did a display, and found the following: 

DISPLAY EMCS,FULL,KEY=SYSCONS 

CNZ4101I 11.23.04 DISPLAY EMCS 992 
DISPLAY EMCS,FULL,KEY=SYSCONS 
NUMBER OF CONSOLES MATCHING CRITERIA: 1 
CN=TEST STATUS=ACNID=0201 KEY=SYSCONS 
  SYS=TEST ASID=0009 JOBNAME= JOBID= 
  HC=N AUTO=N DOM=ALLTERMNAME=TEST 
  MONITOR= 
  LEVEL=ALL,NB  AUTH= MASTER 
  ROUTCDE=NONE 
  AUTOACT= 
  INTIDS=N UNKNIDS=N 
  ALERTPCT=80
  QUEUED=0  QLIMIT=1 
  SIZEUSED=5184K MAXSIZE=2097152K 

Nothing in INIT  TUNE on how to control this. I find some leads 
to MVS Planning Ops, but that leads to a RACF definition for OPERATOR 
auth, and I do not see any way to determine WHO, ie, which RACF userid is 
associated with this.   So, should I just ignore HC, or is there some way 
to control this thing? 

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Re: Tivoli Workshop Scheduler Eats Lunch Resolution

2008-08-12 Thread Ed Finnell
 
In a message dated 8/12/2008 2:07:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

P.S.  Wonder how many other z/OS USS implementations are using  excessive 
CPU because of the ownership of some zFS file system. Will be on  the watch 
for something like it in the future. 



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Re: zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

2008-08-12 Thread Hal Merritt
My first guess is that the input is not properly terminated (end of
file) in the first example. In the second example, the input is
terminated by statement 83, which has slashes in columns 1 and 2.

Assuming the wasn't an email formatting snafu, the input data steam
appears to consist of two records. Had the '/*' appeared in columns one
and two instead of two and three, the result may be different and may
work as desired. 

As a personal habit, I like to terminate a job stream with a statement
with // in one and two, and blanks in three on.  

HTH and good luck. 

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Subject: zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

Hi,

Why do we not see the concatenated SYSIN when we code the JCL the 
following way :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN  
81 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),  
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),   
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),   
   //DCB=SYS3.PATTERN.RECL0020  
82 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR   
83 // DD * 
INPUT
/*

But if we code it this way, the second SYSIN concatenation is seen by
the 
program :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN  
81 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR   
82 // DD * 
INPUT
/*
83 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),  
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),   
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),   
   //DCB=HWG.PATTERN.RECL0020  

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Re: Where did this EMCS Console come from and how do I control it?

2008-08-12 Thread McKown, John
 -Original Message-
 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mattson
 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:55 PM
 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
 Subject: Where did this EMCS Console come from and how do I 
 control it?
 
 Have zOS 1.08 up and almost in production.  And I finally got 
 Health Checker going.  So, it tells me that I have a 
 console(s) set up 
 with ROUTCDE None 
 
 * Start: CHECK(IBMCNZ,CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE)   
  * 
 * 
  * 
 **
 ** 
 CHECK(IBMCNZ,CNZ_SYSCONS_ROUTCODE) 
 START TIME: 08/12/2008 10:23:15.508379 
 CHECK DATE: 20040816  CHECK SEVERITY: LOW 
 * Low Severity Exception * 
 CNZHF0008I System console TEST is not configured to receive the 
 minimum set of routing codes (1, 2, and 10). 
   Explanation:  The system console should be configured to 
 receive, at a 
 minimum, routing codes 1, 2, and 10. 
 
 Now, I do not even know I have a console named TEST, 
 it is not in 
 PARMLIB(CONSOL__), so I did a display, and found the following: 
 
 DISPLAY EMCS,FULL,KEY=SYSCONS 
 
 CNZ4101I 11.23.04 DISPLAY EMCS 992 
 DISPLAY EMCS,FULL,KEY=SYSCONS 
 NUMBER OF CONSOLES MATCHING CRITERIA: 1 
 CN=TEST STATUS=ACNID=0201 KEY=SYSCONS 
   SYS=TEST ASID=0009 JOBNAME= JOBID= 
   HC=N AUTO=N DOM=ALLTERMNAME=TEST 
   MONITOR= 
   LEVEL=ALL,NB  AUTH= MASTER 
   ROUTCDE=NONE 
   AUTOACT= 
   INTIDS=N UNKNIDS=N 
   ALERTPCT=80
   QUEUED=0  QLIMIT=1 
   SIZEUSED=5184K MAXSIZE=2097152K 
 
 Nothing in INIT  TUNE on how to control this. I find 
 some leads 
 to MVS Planning Ops, but that leads to a RACF definition for OPERATOR 
 auth, and I do not see any way to determine WHO, ie, which 
 RACF userid is 
 associated with this.   So, should I just ignore HC, or is 
 there some way 
 to control this thing? 

In my CONSOLnn member, I have the line:

CONSOLE DEVNUM(SYSCONS) AUTH(MASTER)

This refers to the HMC interface. That's when you click on an LPAR icon,
then click on Operating System Messages on the right. This brings up a
primitive line mode console.

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Re: Historical question -- GDG allocation

2008-08-12 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 15:49 -0400, Ralph Kaden wrote:
 From Info APAR II08285:
 NOTE: Starting in z/OS 1.6 (HBB7709) non-SMS GDGs do NOT require
 a model DSCB.  If DCB=dsname is not provided, Allocation will 
 look for a model DSCB with the GDG base name.  If not found, 
 Allocation will NOT fail the job, but will assume that the DCB 
 information will be provided from other sources at OPEN time.

Ralph, thanks for pointing this out.  We've been maintaining a converter
exit for about a million years that provides a dummy model DSCB name for
new GDS allocations.  Something else I can get rid of now.

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Re: IEFUSO exit and JES3

2008-08-12 Thread Edward Jaffe

Ron wrote:

I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the tip, it was file 196 on the
overflow tape.
  


Here is a simple one courtesy of Bruce Schaefer (who hasn't yet 
subscribed to IBM-MAIN from his new job.)


//ASSEM1  EXEC HLASMC,
// PARM='DECK,NOOBJECT'
//SYSPUNCH DD  DSN=XZ00176,DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA,DSORG=PS,
// DCB=SYS3.USERMOD.CNTL,SPACE=(CYL,(3,3),RLSE)
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
//ASM.SYSIN  DD  *
PUNCH '++USERMOD (XZ00176) .'
PUNCH '++ VER (Z038) FMID(HBB7720).'
PUNCH '++ MOD (IEFUSO) DISTLIB(ALPALIB).'
*
TITLE 'IEFUSO'
IEFUSO   CSECT
IEFUSO   AMODE 31
IEFUSO   RMODE ANY
USING *,15
L 1,=F'16777215'   BUMP OUTPUT BY 16,777,215
LA15,4 SET RETURN CODE - DO NOT CANCEL JOB
BR14   RETURN TO CALLER
DCC'IEFUSO  '
DCC'02/11/99'
DCC' XZ00176'
END
/*
//RECVAPPL EXEC SMPE,CSI=ZOS17
//SMPPTFIN DD  DSN=XZ00176,DISP=OLD
//SMPCNTL  DD  *
 SET BDY(GLOBAL) .
 REJECT S(XZ00176) BYPASS(APPLYCHECK,ACCEPTCHECK) .
 RESETRC .
 RECEIVE SYSMODS .
 SET BDY(MVSATGT).
 APPLY
   S(XZ00176) .
/*

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Re: WLM managed initiators

2008-08-12 Thread Bob Rutledge

Edward Jaffe wrote:

Bob Rutledge wrote:

Edward Jaffe wrote:
This has always been a trivial setting for JES3 (EXCRESC for the job 
class group) and the lack of this capability in JES2 was a glaring 
omission. To compensate, the most recent JES2 releases implement a 
maximum XEQCOUNT by member by class.


XEQCOUNT has been around for a goodly while and is MAS-wide in scope.  
Are you thinking of XEQMEMBER (which I believe can be set by 
$TJOBCLASS only)?


Exactly!


Yep, and it almost works for the Gadi's requirement :(

$TJOBCLASS(Q),XEQMEMBER(Z890)=(MAXIMUM=0)
$HASP003 RC=(08),T 344
$HASP003 RC=(08),T JOBCLASS(Q) XEQMEMBER(Z890) MAXIMUM  - VALUE
$HASP003   IS OUTSIDE NUMERICAL RANGE, RANGE IS
$HASP003   (1-4294967295)

Bob

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Re: zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

2008-08-12 Thread Big Iron
I think that, for a JCL concatenation, only the first DD statement would be
normally be used for the DDNAME= (did you get a message IEF694I?). 

However, it seems that the second DD statement does actually get
picked up when the concatenated DD statements are located immediately
following the invocation of the PROC (this does seem a bit of a quirk). It
wouldn't work the same way if the CMSYNIN DD statement wasn't the
last statement in the procedure. 

Conceptually, the DDNAME= parameter works as if the first SYSIN DD
statement (and not the following DD statement) is moved in place of the
CMSYNIN DD statement. (At least, that's my half-baked theory).

Bill

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:41:53 -0500, Anton Britz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi,

Why do we not see the concatenated SYSIN when we code the JCL the
following way :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN
81 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),
   //DCB=SYS3.PATTERN.RECL0020
82 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR
83 // DD *
INPUT
/*

But if we code it this way, the second SYSIN concatenation is seen by the
program :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN
81 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR
82 // DD *
INPUT
/*
83 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1),
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE),
   //DCB=HWG.PATTERN.RECL0020


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Response time info for TPX

2008-08-12 Thread Todd Burrell
Hello:
We currently use a session manager called Netpass, and we are looking at 
replacing it with CA-TPX.  Right now Netpass gives us response time info that 
is fairly simplistic, and management uses this for some SLA comparisons. 

It appears that CA-TPX does not provide the same type of response time info, 
and we do not really have any other type of product that will pull this.  

So my question is this - is there a way to get response time info for CA-TPX 
for the selected applications within native CA-TPX (I don't think so), or from 
some other IBM SMF record?  We can also purchase another CA product to do 
this since we have a global license with CA.  So if CA-TPX will not 
specifically 
do this, and there is no SMF info that natively gives this, then is there a CA 
product anyone knows of that may do this?  

Thanks 

Todd Burrell

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Re: Tivoli Workshop Scheduler Eats Lunch Resolution

2008-08-12 Thread Mark Zelden
Sorry if this is a dup, don't know what happened to my last post.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:06:50 -0500, Jim Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 The recommendation now is always have the zFS file
system mounted to the LPAR where TWS is operating (otherwise TWSE2E will
eat your lunch, dinner, etc). When we switched TWS's zFS file system back to
the TWS LPAR, the CPU consumption dropped to almost nothing.


This is an issue for any application that is used in a shared file system 
environment if the file system is mounted r/w.   It should always be
owned by the system that does the majority of the access.

I can understand the recommendation and now it places some considerations
to ponder:

1. When a TWS LPAR is taken down the ownership of its zFS file system is
automagically transferred to some other LPAR and it is not your choice which
one (another interesting discussion could follow this line). 

You can specify a list of systems (at one time you had to).

So when the TWS
LPAR is IPL'ed, operationally one must ensure the proper commands are issued
to bring back ownership of TWS's zFS file system.

2. One can implement all of #1 in Automation if one is running some sort
of automation package; a good case for getting one.


Correct.  We do this at IPL time where appropriate.

3. Keep in mind this is not a Parallel Sysplex problem but a zFS challenge.


Not a zFS challenge, a shared file system challenge (which includes HFS).

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Re: zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

2008-08-12 Thread Ralph Kaden
From the JCL reference manual under the DDNAME parameter:


Location of DD Statements for Concatenated Data Sets 
To concatenate data sets to a data set defined with a DDNAME parameter, 
the unnamed DD statements must follow the DD statement that contains the 
DDNAME parameter, not the referenced DD statement that defines the data 
set. 


In this sequence, the unnamed DD * follows the CMWKF02 DD statement and so 
is not picked up as part of the concatenation:
80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN 
81 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1), 
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), 
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE), 
   //DCB=SYS3.PATTERN.RECL0020 
82 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR 
83 // DD * 
INPUT
   /*

In this sequence, the unnamed DD * follows the CMSYNIN DD statement and so 
is picked up as part of the concatenation:
80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN 
81 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR 
82 // DD * 
INPUT
   /*
83 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1), 
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), 
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE), 
   //DCB=HWG.PATTERN.RECL0020 


Regards,
   Ralph

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Hi,

Why do we not see the concatenated SYSIN when we code the JCL the 
following way :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN 
81 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1), 
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), 
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE), 
   //DCB=SYS3.PATTERN.RECL0020 
82 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR 
83 // DD * 
INPUT
/*

But if we code it this way, the second SYSIN concatenation is seen by the 
program :

80 XXCMSYNIN  DD DDNAME=SYSIN 
81 //SYSINDD DSN=SYS3.ANATP.LOGON,DISP=SHR 
82 // DD * 
INPUT
/*
83 //CMWKF02  DD DSN=SYS3.APRCB.PROD.UNDUP(+1), 
   //DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), 
   //UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(20,2),RLSE), 
   //DCB=HWG.PATTERN.RECL0020 

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Re: zOs 1.7 JCL concatenation question ?

2008-08-12 Thread Anton Britz
Hi vi01029,

I do not normally respond with Thank you very much but this reply is worth a 
handshake or two..

Hal, thanks for responding too but it is nice to see vi01029 defending the way 
his product works.

Note: Anybody saw the Microsoft blue screen of death during the opening of 
the Olympics . Mohammed , you where correct.. it was too long and you can 
see the highlights here quickly :

http://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/bills-blue-screen-of-death-
malfunction/2008/08/12/1218306871673.html

Anton aka XSA5503075082006

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:25:22 -0400, Ralph Kaden [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

From the JCL reference manual under the DDNAME parameter:


Location of DD Statements for Concatenated Data Sets
To concatenate data sets to a data set defined with a DDNAME parameter,
the unnamed DD statements must follow the DD statement that contains the
DDNAME parameter, not the referenced DD statement that defines the data
set.


Regards,
   Ralph

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(Converter/Interpreter, Initiator/Terminator, ENF, SJF, SMF, SSI, SWA Mgr)
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Extended Support Available for z/OS 1.7 / Order z/OS 1.9 Now

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
There's an announcement that extended support will be available (for a
charge) for z/OS 1.7 if you're a little behind in your upgrade to z/OS 1.8
or (preferably now) 1.9. Details here:

http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENUS208-283/ENUS208-283.PDF

I do not recommend putting yourself in a position to require extended
support, but it's available if you need it.

Also, if you are still on z/OS 1.7 (or prior), please order z/OS 1.9 now so
you will have it available for your upgrade. Soon after z/OS 1.10 is
released next month, z/OS 1.9 will no longer be orderable. As a general
rule, at least in countries with ShopzSeries and electronic delivery, if
you are already licensed for z/OS V1 you can order z/OS 1.9 at no
additional charge.

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Re: Extended Support Available for z/OS 1.7 / Order z/OS 1.9 Now

2008-08-12 Thread George Fogg
Yes, and see
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/support/zos_eos_dates.html
For releases that are no loner suport or close to being non-supported.
George Fogg 

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Subject: Extended Support Available for z/OS 1.7 / Order z/OS 1.9 Now

There's an announcement that extended support will be available (for a
charge) for z/OS 1.7 if you're a little behind in your upgrade to z/OS 1.8
or (preferably now) 1.9. Details here:

http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENUS208-283/ENUS208-283.PDF

I do not recommend putting yourself in a position to require extended
support, but it's available if you need it.

Also, if you are still on z/OS 1.7 (or prior), please order z/OS 1.9 now so
you will have it available for your upgrade. Soon after z/OS 1.10 is
released next month, z/OS 1.9 will no longer be orderable. As a general
rule, at least in countries with ShopzSeries and electronic delivery, if you
are already licensed for z/OS V1 you can order z/OS 1.9 at no additional
charge.

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Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM
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Re: Response time info for TPX

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'm not a CA expert, so somebody else can jump in I'm sure and expand on my
ideas, but have you looked at CA SOLVE:Access yet? That's another CA
session management product, previously from Sterling. It may or may not be
necessary to combine SOLVE:Access (or TPX) with something like CA NetMaster
Network Management for TCP/IP to get the functionality you describe, so I
think I'd look in that area as well. (You may have NetMaster already
anyway.) Alternatively, I believe SOLVE:Access can report into Tivoli
NetView Performance Monitor if you have that.

If you're open to other vendors there are more options. (Just look for
previous threads on session management products.) I do know that IBM
Session Manager should provide what you're looking for via its included
Response Time Monitor. Have a look at page 250 of the Session Manager V2.1
Facilities Reference to get the basic idea. Here's the direct link to that
document:

http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/isze3302.pdf.

I'll copy/paste Example 2 from that section, and then you can post a reply
if you wish saying that's the idea or no, I mean this

Command:

Q USER JOHN RTMALL

Result:

USER JOHN PROFILE PROF1 LU S05TVV01
(2) S10VM ACB S10JC009 LGMD D4B32795 status -A- S( ),P( ) Current
Session started at 11/20/02 13:34:19
Total: Average Response = 0.60 seconds
Total: Not exceeding 0.20 = 7 ( 70%)
Total: Exceeding 0.20 but not exceeding 0.30 = 1 ( 10%)
Total: Exceeding 0.30 = 2 ( 20%)
Total: Latest 5 = 0.15, 0.15, 0.15, 0.15, 0.24
Total: Longest = 2.53 (11/20/02 13:38:41)
Total: 2nd Longest = 2.27 (11/20/02 13:38:39)
Total: 3rd Longest = 0.24 (11/20/02 13:38:44)
Total: 4th Longest = 0.15 (11/20/02 13:38:58)
Total: 5th Longest = 0.15 (11/20/02 13:38:47)
Network: Average Response = 0.33 seconds
Network: Not exceeding 0.20 = 9 ( 90%)
Network: Exceeding 0.20 but not exceeding 0.30 = 0 ( 0%))
Network: Exceeding 0.30 = 1 ( 10%)
Network: Latest 5 = 0.09, 0.09, 0.08, 0.09, 0.17
Network: Longest = 2.47 (11/20/02 13:38:41)
Network: 2nd Longest = 0.17 (11/20/02 13:38:44)
Network: 3rd Longest = 0.10 (11/20/02 13:38:39)
Network: 4th Longest = 0.09 (11/20/02 13:38:58)
Network: 5th Longest = 0.09 (11/20/02 13:38:51)
Application: Average Response = 0.27 seconds
Application: Not exceeding 0.20 = 9 ( 90%)
Application: Exceeding 0.20 but not exceeding 0.30 = 0 ( 0%)
Application: Exceeding 0.30 = 1 ( 10%)
Application: Latest 5 = 0.06, 0.05, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06
Application: Longest = 2.17 (11/20/02 13:38:39)
Application: 2nd Longest = 0.06 (11/20/02 13:38:44)
Application: 3rd Longest = 0.06 (11/20/02 13:38:47)
Application: 4th Longest = 0.06 (11/20/02 13:38:58)
Application: 5th Longest = 0.06 (11/20/02 13:38:50)

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Re: System z10 Processor Article in IEEE Micro

2008-08-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
Good question. I haven't seen anything yet, and I don't know what's coming,
but I would keep an eye on the two big IBM technical journals where that
sort of information generally appears if the past is any guide. You can
view them online here:

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal

It looks like there's an interesting article on increasing tape storage
densities, for example, which probably coincides with the TS1130 (1 TB per
cartridge uncompressed) tape drive announcement.

There's a searchable archive of both journals at that Web site, so it's
pretty easy to check.

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