Antwort: Encrypting offsite data ...
...should work if you have not too old 3592 units. They can use an encryption key manager EKM for the cipher phrase. This is an STC in z/OS. Try GA76-0418 as a starting point. Cheers Michael Stephen Y Odo stephenyodo.li...@gmail.com Gesendet von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 2011-05-18 20:56 Bitte antworten an IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu An IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Kopie Thema Encrypting offsite data ... We're looking to encrypt all data that leaves the data center (offsite backup tapes, stuff we send via ssh, etc.). Backup is done with a variety of products: FDR, DFSMSdfp, DFSMShsm, ADABAS backup, etc. Do you have any recommendations for products? Or whether or not a do-it-yourself approach is feasible? I've searched the archives and it seems that encrypting tape hardware is the preferred solution. But what does one do with the stuff that doesn't go to tape? We're running on a z890-220, z/OS 1.9 (yes, I know ... but our mainframe was supposed to be decommissioned this July; yes in 2 months ... but doesn't look like we're going to make it). Thank you for any help you can provide. --Stephen -- - Stephen Y. Odo Technology Infrastructure / Systems Engineeringstep...@hawaii.edu Information Technology Services phone: (808)956-2383 University of Hawai'i FAX: (808)956-2412 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U-16/U-19 Girls Age Group Commissioner e-mail: s...@lava.net Assistant Region Registrar (Tournaments / High School Summer League) Child and Volunteer Protection Advocate Assistant Regional Commissioner / Upper Division (U-14 thru U-19) AYSO Honolulu Region 178 http://www.AYSOregion178.org - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Encrypting offsite data ...
There are various forms of encryption. As far as I understand your case, you simply want to encrypt the tapes leaving datacenter. I also assume, that you want to be able to read them also ;-) In such case the most effective solution is tape drive with encryption. Caution: In any case you have to carefully manage to be able to read encrypted data! It sounds funny, but I'm very serious here. The topic includes DR site, h/w failures, human errors, etc. Other solutions: * IBM Encryption Facility (also as a plugin for DFSMSdss) * ASPG Megacryption - btw: I cannot contact them to get evaluation license! Don't they want to get new customers? * SecureZip * Slikzip * Your own program. It's not so hard to create simple application using ICSF services. Of course, if you want to support various dataset types (VSAM, PDS, etc) then things get more complicated. Oh, last but not least: If you are budget-constrained then you could consider 3592-E05 or -E06 drives, also available on second hand market. Or STK/Sun/Oracle T1000A or B (model C is to fresh to be on second hand market). -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2011-05-18 20:56, Stephen Y Odo pisze: We're looking to encrypt all data that leaves the data center (offsite backup tapes, stuff we send via ssh, etc.). Backup is done with a variety of products: FDR, DFSMSdfp, DFSMShsm, ADABAS backup, etc. Do you have any recommendations for products? Or whether or not a do-it-yourself approach is feasible? I've searched the archives and it seems that encrypting tape hardware is the preferred solution. But what does one do with the stuff that doesn't go to tape? We're running on a z890-220, z/OS 1.9 (yes, I know ... but our mainframe was supposed to be decommissioned this July; yes in 2 months ... but doesn't look like we're going to make it). Thank you for any help you can provide. -- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wycznie do uytku subowego adresata. Odbiorc moe by jedynie jej adresat z wyczeniem dostpu osób trzecich. Jeeli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomoci lub pracownikiem upowanionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dziaanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i moe by karalne. Jeeli otrzymae t wiadomo omykowo, prosimy niezwocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysyajc odpowied oraz trwale usun t wiadomo wczajc w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of the Bank and is intended solely for business use of the addressee. This e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any third parties. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorised to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution or any other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete permanently this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to hard drive. BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 (22) 829 00 00, fax +48 (22) 829 00 33, e-mail: i...@brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2011 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wpacony) wynosi 168.346.696 zotych. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE
Try the following command to fix the inconsistencies: HSEND AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS VOLUMES(volser) FIX ODS(your.dset.name) Richard -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: 18 May 2011 08:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE Good Morning Gentle Readers, I am performing a cleanup of HSM dsns and I executed the following command: HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(FAILEDCREATE) OUTDATASET(PROM.DF.FAILEDCREA) Several tapes were flagged and this message is being posted after each tape. ARC0378I TTOC RECORD AND TAPE MEDIA CONTENTS ARE INCONSISTENT ON TAPE VOLUME According to the explanation of the ARC0378I of a mismatch between the indicated data sets on the tape volume volser as described in the offline control data set record (OCDS) tape table of contents record (TTOC) and the actual data sets residing on the volume. The solution is to apply the EXTENDED MEDIACONTROLS function. I am not sure how I can go about it because I have not very familiar with this procedure. Could someone tell me how I can go about fixing the problem? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
Seems likely they will run predominantly as 2 (active) system even with the new LPAR. Performance impacts can be mitigated. I don't believe so, based on my experience. Even an 'inactive' system, if running, has to participate in the ring for every toss of the GRS token. Anything over two systems will degrade. We went to GRS* as soon as we could because of that and we had 'inactive' systems in the ring. I'm guessing your definition of acceptable performance is different than mine. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: LE backwards compatibility
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gross, Randall [GCG-PFS] A toleration PTF is required if you want to run code compiled under the 1.12 version of the COBOL compiler on a system with the 1.10 runtime libraries... ??? Which COBOL compiler has a 1.12 version? AFAIK the most current COBOL compiler at the moment is Enterprise COBOL 4.2.0, which works fine on z/OS 1.11 and previously worked fine on z/OS 1.9 (we skipped z/OS 1.10). -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Encrypting offsite data ...
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. There are various forms of encryption. As far as I understand your case, you simply want to encrypt the tapes leaving datacenter. I also assume, that you want to be able to read them also ;-) In such case the most effective solution is tape drive with encryption. Caution: In any case you have to carefully manage to be able to read encrypted data! It sounds funny, but I'm very serious here. The topic includes DR site, h/w failures, human errors, etc. Indeed. If you lose the [encryption] key, you've lost ALL of the [encrypted] data. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
I'm guessing your definition of acceptable performance is different than mine. Probably not. As techos we want the latest and greatest with the best speeds and feeds. Having dealt with a few smaller shops, I'm just reconciled to the fact that not all customers are prepared to pay for the privilege. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
Thanks for all the responses here and offline. Here are some answers to questions about our environment: - The 2096-T01 is our only processor. We are running z/OS 1.11. - We do not currently use sub-capacity processing. We do not submit monthly SCRT reports. - The T01 runs at 100% every night for 10 hours. - The IMS address space and MPRs are up from 6AM-8PM daily. These address spaces average LT 3% utilization during this time. The peak for a 30 minute interval is almost always under 5%. - There is a small amount batch IMS during the nightly cycle (after 8PM). - We run IMS TM/DM. Some IMS TM also use DB2. - We currently use CA-MIM when the TECH LPAR is up - not GRS. - IMS DM and TM are currently under EWLC pricing. The main IMS application is critical to our business. It is not scheduled to be replaced for at least 5 years. Several folks commented off-line that if we only use a single CEC there is no possibility of savings. Planning for Sub-capacity Pricing on z/OS indicates the sub-capacity pricing metric operates at the LPAR level. I did not see anything about CEC limitations. Did I miss something? Are there any small shops out there that have been successful at controlling IMS costs by creating a separate 'IMS LPAR'? Thanks for the responses. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE
Richard, Thanks for the advice. I ran the audit then the FIX followed by the RECYCLE. Should I have done anything else? --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Richard Marchant richard.march...@shoden.co.za wrote: From: Richard Marchant richard.march...@shoden.co.za Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 9:50 PM Try the following command to fix the inconsistencies: HSEND AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS VOLUMES(volser) FIX ODS(your.dset.name) Richard -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: 18 May 2011 08:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE Good Morning Gentle Readers, I am performing a cleanup of HSM dsns and I executed the following command: HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(FAILEDCREATE) OUTDATASET(PROM.DF.FAILEDCREA) Several tapes were flagged and this message is being posted after each tape. ARC0378I TTOC RECORD AND TAPE MEDIA CONTENTS ARE INCONSISTENT ON TAPE VOLUME According to the explanation of the ARC0378I of a mismatch between the indicated data sets on the tape volume volser as described in the offline control data set record (OCDS) tape table of contents record (TTOC) and the actual data sets residing on the volume. The solution is to apply the EXTENDED MEDIACONTROLS function. I am not sure how I can go about it because I have not very familiar with this procedure. Could someone tell me how I can go about fixing the problem? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
JT jethin...@aol.com wrote in message news:listserv%201105190741263228.0...@bama.ua.edu... Thanks for all the responses here and offline. Here are some answers to questions about our environment: - The 2096-T01 is our only processor. We are running z/OS 1.11. - We do not currently use sub-capacity processing. We do not submit monthly SCRT reports. - The T01 runs at 100% every night for 10 hours. - The IMS address space and MPRs are up from 6AM-8PM daily. These address spaces average LT 3% utilization during this time. The peak for a 30 minute interval is almost always under 5%. - There is a small amount batch IMS during the nightly cycle (after 8PM). - We run IMS TM/DM. Some IMS TM also use DB2. - We currently use CA-MIM when the TECH LPAR is up - not GRS. - IMS DM and TM are currently under EWLC pricing. The main IMS application is critical to our business. It is not scheduled to be replaced for at least 5 years. Several folks commented off-line that if we only use a single CEC there is no possibility of savings. Planning for Sub-capacity Pricing on z/OS indicates the sub-capacity pricing metric operates at the LPAR level. I did not see anything about CEC limitations. Did I miss something? Are there any small shops out there that have been successful at controlling IMS costs by creating a separate 'IMS LPAR'? Thanks for the responses. Beware of defining too many LPARs on a single physical CP, by creating an IMS LPAR, possibly a CF LPAR etc. ROT for the number of physical vs. logical processors is about 1:5. 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. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: LE backwards compatibility
Enterprise COBOL 4.2 is also the version of choice for z/OS 1.12. I may have had to apply a 1.12 toleration PTF for LE, but not suretoo long ago. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: LE backwards compatibility -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gross, Randall [GCG-PFS] A toleration PTF is required if you want to run code compiled under the 1.12 version of the COBOL compiler on a system with the 1.10 runtime libraries... ??? Which COBOL compiler has a 1.12 version? AFAIK the most current COBOL compiler at the moment is Enterprise COBOL 4.2.0, which works fine on z/OS 1.11 and previously worked fine on z/OS 1.9 (we skipped z/OS 1.10). -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
W dniu 2011-05-19 15:12, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM pisze: [...] Beware of defining too many LPARs on a single physical CP, by creating an IMS LPAR, possibly a CF LPAR etc. ROT for the number of physical vs. logical processors is about 1:5. ^^ What does it mean? Is it ROT to have (at least) 1 physical CP per 5 logical processors? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wycznie do uytku subowego adresata. Odbiorc moe by jedynie jej adresat z wyczeniem dostpu osób trzecich. Jeeli nie jeste adresatem niniejszej wiadomoci lub pracownikiem upowanionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne dziaanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i moe by karalne. Jeeli otrzymae t wiadomo omykowo, prosimy niezwocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysyajc odpowied oraz trwale usun t wiadomo wczajc w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of the Bank and is intended solely for business use of the addressee. This e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any third parties. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorised to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution or any other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete permanently this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to hard drive. BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 (22) 829 00 00, fax +48 (22) 829 00 33, e-mail: i...@brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2011 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wpacony) wynosi 168.346.696 zotych. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
Several folks commented off-line that if we only use a single CEC there is no possibility of savings. Planning for Sub-capacity Pricing on z/OS indicates the sub-capacity pricing metric operates at the LPAR level. I did not see anything about CEC limitations. Did I miss something? Toss a few shekels Al Sherkows way and find out for sure. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE
No, that's it! The reason your tapes became 'inconsistent' is most probably because somebody cancelled HSM when it was using the tapes. Richard -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: 19 May 2011 02:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE Richard, Thanks for the advice. I ran the audit then the FIX followed by the RECYCLE. Should I have done anything else? --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Richard Marchant richard.march...@shoden.co.za wrote: From: Richard Marchant richard.march...@shoden.co.za Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 9:50 PM Try the following command to fix the inconsistencies: HSEND AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS VOLUMES(volser) FIX ODS(your.dset.name) Richard -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: 18 May 2011 08:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM QUESTION : FAILEDCREATE Good Morning Gentle Readers, I am performing a cleanup of HSM dsns and I executed the following command: HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(FAILEDCREATE) OUTDATASET(PROM.DF.FAILEDCREA) Several tapes were flagged and this message is being posted after each tape. ARC0378I TTOC RECORD AND TAPE MEDIA CONTENTS ARE INCONSISTENT ON TAPE VOLUME According to the explanation of the ARC0378I of a mismatch between the indicated data sets on the tape volume volser as described in the offline control data set record (OCDS) tape table of contents record (TTOC) and the actual data sets residing on the volume. The solution is to apply the EXTENDED MEDIACONTROLS function. I am not sure how I can go about it because I have not very familiar with this procedure. Could someone tell me how I can go about fixing the problem? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
Also beware of a non-dedicated processer for the CF LPAR. This does many poor things to performance. Also, last I heard the Rule of Thumb (ROT ) for logical to physical processors was between 2 and 3 logical to one physical. snip Beware of defining too many LPARs on a single physical CP, by creating an IMS LPAR, possibly a CF LPAR etc. ROT for the number of physical vs. logical processors is about 1:5. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Spooled report with machine characters
Listers: I have a report that is in the JES2 output queue. It has machine characters in the first byte of each record. I am testing a FCB with that file. I have saved it to a dataset (RECFM=FBM) so that I can (later on) put it back out into the queue for other tests but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters once I save it to a file. I tried using the XDC SDSF command but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters and I lose the original first byte values. Is ther some way to tell JES2 not to convert the the machine characters to ASA. Is there some CBT utility which can help me? Any hints will be appreciated. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading dumps with secondary address spaces
Might that be *HOME*? Yes. Home = Primary = Secondary when a sysabend/sysudump/sysmdump is taken. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Spooled report with machine characters
I believe you need to use XFC rather than XDC. You will need to pre-allocate the output file and allocate it to a DDname of your choice. - Don Imbriale On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Roberto Halais roberto.hal...@gmail.comwrote: Listers: I have a report that is in the JES2 output queue. It has machine characters in the first byte of each record. I am testing a FCB with that file. I have saved it to a dataset (RECFM=FBM) so that I can (later on) put it back out into the queue for other tests but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters once I save it to a file. I tried using the XDC SDSF command but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters and I lose the original first byte values. Is ther some way to tell JES2 not to convert the the machine characters to ASA. Is there some CBT utility which can help me? Any hints will be appreciated. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
How to monitor a Printer?
All, using SDSF I can see the progress of a print-job - I can see the total number of records of the print-file and I can see the number of already printed records. Does anyone of you know how to get this infomation (ASM, COBOL, C, ...)? I was wondering if there is an API or if it is possible to get this information by SNMP... Thank you! Bye, Michael -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: How to monitor a Printer?
On 05/19/11 09:41, Michael Knigge wrote: All, using SDSF I can see the progress of a print-job - I can see the total number of records of the print-file and I can see the number of already printed records. Does anyone of you know how to get this infomation (ASM, COBOL, C, ...)? I was wondering if there is an API or if it is possible to get this information by SNMP... Thank you! Bye, Michael Have you looked at the REXX interface into SDSF? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Spooled report with machine characters
Don: XFC it is. It worked like a charm. Thank you. Roberto On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Don Imbriale don.imbri...@gmail.comwrote: I believe you need to use XFC rather than XDC. You will need to pre-allocate the output file and allocate it to a DDname of your choice. - Don Imbriale On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Roberto Halais roberto.hal...@gmail.com wrote: Listers: I have a report that is in the JES2 output queue. It has machine characters in the first byte of each record. I am testing a FCB with that file. I have saved it to a dataset (RECFM=FBM) so that I can (later on) put it back out into the queue for other tests but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters once I save it to a file. I tried using the XDC SDSF command but the machine characters are translated to ASA characters and I lose the original first byte values. Is ther some way to tell JES2 not to convert the the machine characters to ASA. Is there some CBT utility which can help me? Any hints will be appreciated. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Those who can make you believe religious absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. Denis Diderot Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Denis Diderot -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Aw:Re: non-module-PDS and VLF
Hallo Peter, thank you very much for your answer. I looked at SMF14/15 and found some very small but often used datasets like: TCPIP.TCPIP.DATA TCPIP.FTP.DATA TCPIP.FTP.TCPXLBIN I put them into DLF with non-retain-definition and wrote a small sleeper job (open those ds and wait). 'D DLF' looks good: S=SYSTEM SYSZSDO S0180 COFGSDO SYSTC1TCPIP.TCPIP.DATA SYSNAMEJOBNAME ASID TCBADDR EXC/SHRSTATUS SYSE TESTJOBZ 011C 009FE050 SHARE OWN SYSE TESTJOBY 012C 009FE050 SHARE OWN but f DLF,SM says: --- MAXIMUM -- CURRENT --- %MAX- EXPB (EXPANDED BUFFERS):512 MEG 0 MEG 0 % ( NON-RETAINABLE):461 MEG 0 MEG 0 % ( 10% RETAINABLE): 51 MEG 0 MEG 0 % Now I don't know if my datsets are managed in Hiperspace? COFDMON tells me, that the Datasets are too small to show results. Can somebody gibe me a hint. Thank you, Monika Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) Fri, 13 May 2011 06:19:28 -0700 DLF is for Hiperbatch (only, IIRC). Hiperbatch can keep data sets n memory if the data is accessed via QSAM or VSAM (no PDS Members). .. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Question about Dynamic allocate
I would try coding a wait (for a few seconds at least) after the dataset close. This would allow time for the deallocate and catalog update to complete. Tim -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SDSF REXX stops working in z/os 1.10
Ed: WHO when executed from my TSO userid shows that I am in the desired group. WHO executed from a REXX procedure either run from that userid or run in a batch job submitted by that user gives a return code of 0, but nothing is returned (isfresp.0 is not getting set), so attempting to use it in a do loop (do x=1 to isfresp.0) results in an arithmetic error. I see in the 1.10 documentation that membership definition with SAF is said to be optional, but there is no obvious way to turn it off except for a reference that if you do not want SAF checking to occur you can write a user exit using the pre-SAF exit point. That would not be the way I would have designed a user interface for making such a choice, but I may have to try that. Mike Myers Pitt County Memorial Hospital Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com 5/9/2011 4:30 PM WHO should tell which group the SDSF user is running in. Reassemble ISFPRM with correct MACLIBs and put in SDSF.TEST.LOADLIB and STEPLIB to it for batch. In a message dated 5/9/2011 2:51:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mike.my...@pcmh.com writes: Did something change in the REXX interface for SDSF in z/OS 1.10? I have not been able to find any items in the manuals or on the net. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- The contents of this e-mail (and any attachments) are confidential, may be privileged and may contain copyright material. You may only reproduce or distribute material if you are expressly authorized by us to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email (and any attachments) is unauthorized. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete this e-mail and any copies of it from your system. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Logical to Physical CPU ratio (was Re: Running a SYSPLEX ...)
On Thu, 19 May 2011 15:12:40 +0200, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com wrote: Beware of defining too many LPARs on a single physical CP, by creating an IMS LPAR, possibly a CF LPAR etc. ROT for the number of physical vs. logical processors is about 1:5. On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:24:35 -0500, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote: Also beware of a non-dedicated processer for the CF LPAR. This does many poor things to performance. Also, last I heard the Rule of Thumb (ROT ) for logical to physical processors was between 2 and 3 logical to one physical. The old ROT was 2:1 and basically still applies. It is also still documented in the RMF Performance Management guide (Appendix A). However, since the z990s came out, 3:1 is much more acceptable than it used to be due to the changed architecture (TLB2). I have run as high as 4:1 in production environments (penalty box) The real answer is, whatever overhead you can live with and still meet SLAs and don't define more logical processors than you need to do the work. Even though HIPERDISPATCH helps out here, it doesn't really apply to smaller configurations with one frame and to LPARs with only 2 engines (or 1). Bottom line: if it works and performance is acceptable, it's ok. If you have a System z processor and have 5 LPARs all with 2 LPs, (5:1 ratio), whats the harm if the box never hits capacity (some people are not comfortable defining an LPAR with only 1 CP). There is an old white paper about performance considerations when moving to fewer faster CPUs. That paper has a benchmark comparing CICS and batch response times between a 9672 and a z900 with a 10:1 LP/CP ratio - and the z900 was better. Now compare that z900 200 mip engine with today's 1200+ mip z196 engine! As a side note, I was just recently testing at a DR site with a single z196 engine (general purpose) being shared between 3 CF LPARs (for 3 different sysplexes) and over 15 z/OS images. No productive work was being done, but they were all up and running and TSO performance was still fine. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Displaying structure names
Hi Would anyone know the D XCF syntax To display structure names Thanks Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: z/OS 1.11 question on DFDSS/ADRDSSU
Could you eliminate the problem completely by directing the restore to a different volume instead of the default? Well, yes, of course, but that would require effort and aforethought on my part ... not bloody likely (grin) Chris Hoelscher IDMS DB2 Database Administrator 502-476-2538 You only need to test the programs you don't want to get called on later The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading dumps with secondary address spaces
On Thu, May 19th, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Peter Relson wrote: Might that be *HOME*? Yes. Home = Primary = Secondary when a sysabend/sysudump/sysmdump is taken. :-) Of all the people to argue with, this fella just has to be one of those you should choose to sidestep ... Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Displaying structure names
On 05/19/11 10:14, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi Would anyone know the D XCF syntax To display structure names Thanks Sent from my iPhone D XCF,STR -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Displaying structure names
Or: D ETR,DATA Display External Timer Status D CFDisplay Coupling Facility Details D XCF,SYSPLEX,ALL Display All Systems in the Sysplex D XCF,COUPLEDisplay Couple Data Set(s) Status D XCF,POLICYDisplay Active Policy Name(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PI,DEV=ALLDisplay Status of Active PATHIN(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PO,DEV=ALLDisplay Status of Active PATHOUT(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PI,STRNAME=IXC* Display Status of Active PATHIN(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PO,STRNAME=IXC* Display Status of Active PATHOUT(s) D XCF,STR Display Structure Names D XCF,STR,STRNAME=* Display all Structures in Detail D XCF,CF,CFNAME=* Display Coupling Facility Detail Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Displaying structure names On 05/19/11 10:14, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi Would anyone know the D XCF syntax To display structure names Thanks Sent from my iPhone D XCF,STR -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Displaying structure names
On Thu, 19 May 2011 10:14:41 -0400, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: Hi Would anyone know the D XCF syntax To display structure names Thanks Sent from my iPhone What, you don't have bookmanager on your iPhone or access to IBM's online doc via the web? :-) D XCF,STR (or D XCF,STRUCTURE) If you want a lot of detail: D XCF,STR,STRNM=ALL -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Displaying structure names
The display XCF,STR,STRNAME=* was what I was looking for Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Richards, Robert B. robert.richa...@opm.gov wrote: Or: D ETR,DATA Display External Timer Status D CFDisplay Coupling Facility Details D XCF,SYSPLEX,ALL Display All Systems in the Sysplex D XCF,COUPLEDisplay Couple Data Set(s) Status D XCF,POLICYDisplay Active Policy Name(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PI,DEV=ALLDisplay Status of Active PATHIN(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PO,DEV=ALLDisplay Status of Active PATHOUT(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PI,STRNAME=IXC* Display Status of Active PATHIN(s) RO *ALL,D XCF,PO,STRNAME=IXC* Display Status of Active PATHOUT(s) D XCF,STR Display Structure Names D XCF,STR,STRNAME=* Display all Structures in Detail D XCF,CF,CFNAME=* Display Coupling Facility Detail Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Displaying structure names On 05/19/11 10:14, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi Would anyone know the D XCF syntax To display structure names Thanks Sent from my iPhone D XCF,STR -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Question about Dynamic allocate
On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:56:49 -0500, Tim Deller wrote: I would try coding a wait (for a few seconds at least) after the dataset close. This would allow time for the deallocate and catalog update to complete. Grrr. I detest designs that require the programmer to use delays to (hopefully) resolve race conditions. The requirement that a program not proceed until data have been hardened is sufficiently common that there ought to be a WAIT=YES operand for the CLOSE macro such that it would not return until all reasonable side effects are complete. Reasonable? Waiting for a catalog update is reasonable; waiting until a tape has been transported to a remote vault is not reasonable. The UNIX sync() function suffers the same defect; it schedules a request to harden the data but returns before the operation completes. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Mainframe Engineering Openings
Please Note: Communication approved by Listserv owner, Darren Evans-Young Rocket Software, an enterprise software provider and IBM partner, has immediate, full-time openings for a Java Developer and QA Lead with Mainframe Storage expertise. If you know of anyone who may be interested, please reply to this thread or have them contact me at jcarl...@rocketsoftware.commailto:jcarl...@rocketsoftware.com. Rocket is located in Newton, MA. (www.rocketsoftware.comhttp://www.rocketsoftware.com) Position Summaries: Java Developer: Design, develop, test, and troubleshoot software solutions for large scale enterprise applications, with focus on middleware Java development. 5+ years progressive software development experience with multi-tiered, distributed, or enterprise class projects. Understanding of and experience with enterprise Mainframe Storage Management solutions. QA Lead: Refine product requirements, investigate design alternatives, and write both production and test-related software code for Mainframe Management software products. Design and implement test strategy test plans. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to remotely located team members. 5 + years' experience testing enterprise software. Extensive knowledge of Mainframe operations and storage necessary. Strong exposure to Grey-box testing. Experience with SMP/E. Experience with UI QA automation, a plus. Thanks so much for the help! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - SCRT -what's needed
We collect the SMF70,89 records throughout the month and submit a Subcapacity Report each month based on MSU usage; we generally save a few dollars each month. We must report on all LPARS defined to our processor; in our case a production LPAR and a test LPAR. Our SCRT eligible products are: z/OS V1,5694-A01,33 CICS TS for z/OS V3,5655-M15,33 MQSeries for z/OS V6,5655-L82,33 IBM Enterprise Cobol for z/OS and OS/390 V3 In our installation parameters for SCRT Release 19.2 the following IMS products are eligible for SCRT: EDIT BDC2.SCRT.V19R2M0.NO89237 lines dele Command === Scroll === C ** * Top of Data ** 01 * IMS DATA COLLECTOR FOR WEBSPHERE STUDIO APPL MONITOR V3 02 * TIVOLI COMPOSITE APPLICATION MANAGER FOR IMS V6 ** Bottom of Data Suggest install the current SCRTool, collect the data over a month and see what you get... If the rolling average for MSU utilization in a given month is lower than the licensed capacity of your processor you may save a few dollars each month... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of JT Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed Thanks for all the responses here and offline. Here are some answers to questions about our environment: - The 2096-T01 is our only processor. We are running z/OS 1.11. - We do not currently use sub-capacity processing. We do not submit monthly SCRT reports. - The T01 runs at 100% every night for 10 hours. - The IMS address space and MPRs are up from 6AM-8PM daily. These address spaces average LT 3% utilization during this time. The peak for a 30 minute interval is almost always under 5%. - There is a small amount batch IMS during the nightly cycle (after 8PM). - We run IMS TM/DM. Some IMS TM also use DB2. - We currently use CA-MIM when the TECH LPAR is up - not GRS. - IMS DM and TM are currently under EWLC pricing. The main IMS application is critical to our business. It is not scheduled to be replaced for at least 5 years. Several folks commented off-line that if we only use a single CEC there is no possibility of savings. Planning for Sub-capacity Pricing on z/OS indicates the sub-capacity pricing metric operates at the LPAR level. I did not see anything about CEC limitations. Did I miss something? Are there any small shops out there that have been successful at controlling IMS costs by creating a separate 'IMS LPAR'? Thanks for the responses. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - SCRT -what's needed
On Thu, 19 May 2011 09:04:17 -0700, Donnelly, John P john.p.donne...@nsc.com wrote: We collect the SMF70,89 records throughout the month and submit a Subcapacity Report each month based on MSU usage; we generally save a few dollars each month. We must report on all LPARS defined to our processor; in our case a production LPAR and a test LPAR. What are people doing for sandbox LPARs? Ones that may be up and down and may not even have tape or automated processes for collecting and storing SMF data. Most of the sandbox LPARs I have worked on in the past have SMFDUMPs going to DD DUMMY. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Encrypting offsite data ...
Encryption is trivial. Decryption is not. No keys, no data. Period. Effective encryption solutions are specifically designed to withstand attack. Plus consider that the data is already encoded and pretty much unusable unless decoded by the software that created it, and then processed by the application programs that understand the data. Personally, I just don't see an encryption solution that does not carry a significant risk of data loss. More, the risk of loss may be somewhat greater than the risks of compromise. Indeed, I saw a situation once where the keys were in hand, but a software flaw prevented them from being entered correctly. Another situation were a filing error caused the wrong keys to be retrieved. Scary. Very scary. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Encrypting offsite data ... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. ..snip Caution: In any case you have to carefully manage to be able to read encrypted data! It sounds funny, but I'm very serious here. The topic includes DR site, h/w failures, human errors, etc. Indeed. If you lose the [encryption] key, you've lost ALL of the [encrypted] data. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - SCRT -what's needed
Hey Mark, We have a fairly sizable plex and I try to report on as many as I can...some of the sandbox stuff falls outside the plex. I've run the plex, MULC and SCRT reports and am always told to include everything that I possibly can. So typically I have a handful of sandbox LPAR's that have either partial or no data and I include what I can... --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com wrote: From: Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com Subject: Re: Running a SYSPLEX - SCRT -what's needed To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 4:35 PM On Thu, 19 May 2011 09:04:17 -0700, Donnelly, John P john.p.donne...@nsc.com wrote: We collect the SMF70,89 records throughout the month and submit a Subcapacity Report each month based on MSU usage; we generally save a few dollars each month. We must report on all LPARS defined to our processor; in our case a production LPAR and a test LPAR. What are people doing for sandbox LPARs? Ones that may be up and down and may not even have tape or automated processes for collecting and storing SMF data. Most of the sandbox LPARs I have worked on in the past have SMFDUMPs going to DD DUMMY. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Encrypting offsite data ...
On 05/18/2011 03:39 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote: This being the site that a couple of years ago was 20 years into its 5 year plan to get off the mainframe ?. Pity to see another one (finally) bite the dust. yup ... that's us ... we're now in year 23 of our 5-year plan to migrate off of the mainframe ... it's easy for me to keep track because it was the year that my daughter was conceived that my boss quipped that in 5 years I'll have to look for another job because the mainframe would be gone. so there I was, with a brand new mortgage on our first home and with my first child on the way and worrying about retraining so I can find a job in 5 years ... my daughter is now 22 (going to be 23 soon) and we're still talking about me being out of a job when the mainframe goes ... anyway, project was extended another year ... now we're looking to be migrated by next summer ... but because it's not going away this year, we now need to be in compliance with policy and regulation that stipulates that all data containing sensitive information and going off site needs to be encrypted. to ensure that we don't go into year 24, our management has secured very large funding to bring in external help to get the migration done. sheesh! if we had spent a fraction of what they've already spent on migrating to open systems (yes, they still call them that) on our mainframe, we would have a really awesome system in place right now! but, that point is moot, we've migrated 90% of our applications off of the mainframe already ... just one more to go (financials) ... and I can start looking for a new job ... With all this (encrypted) data, how are you going to read (most of) it after the box goes away ?. from what I've been told, we shouldn't need it once we migrate to our new system ... (hah! right ...) --Stephen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SDSF REXX stops working in z/os 1.10
If you're not getting ICH msgs around the batch job I'd follow eeels suggestion and open a PMR. In a message dated 5/19/2011 9:00:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, mike.my...@pcmh.com writes: user gives a return code of 0, but nothing is returned (isfresp.0 is not getting set), so attempting to use it in a do loop (do x=1 to isfresp.0) results in an arithmetic error. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Address of a PC routine
Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the associated module address Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
Try SNAPX with the SDATA=(PCDATA) parameter specified. This would assume that you know which LX the PC routine resides in. On 5/19/2011 15:18 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the associated module address Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:51 -0400 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the :associated module address Get thee to the POPs and start from CR5. -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
Take an SVC Dump of the PCAUTH address space using the DUMP operator command and then use IPCS and go into option 2.4 (AnalysisSummary) and then choose Format and scroll down the report until you see the PC routine table listed Note that some of the more well-known IBM PC routine numbers are documented in the MVS Diagnosis Reference manual -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Micheal Butz Sent: 19 May 2011 21:19 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Address of a PC routine Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the associated module address Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
Control register 5. ??? Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:51 -0400 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the :associated module address Get thee to the POPs and start from CR5. -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
What Binyamin is referring to is that CR5 contains the address of the ASTE for the home address space. The ASTE contains all sorts of cross-memory info used by the PCAUTH address space. If you are feeling masochistic you can try hunting down the various pointers and convert addresses between real and virtual and you will probably eventually end up somewhere with PCAUTH looking at some obscure control block. If you are looking at a dump - it is much better to use IPCS to format the data for you. If you want to find out this information from within a program then things get more (ahem).. interesting -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Micheal Butz Sent: 19 May 2011 22:03 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Address of a PC routine Control register 5. ??? Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:51 -0400 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the :associated module address Get thee to the POPs and start from CR5. -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - SCRT -what's needed
On Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:36 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: What are people doing for sandbox LPARs? Ones that may be up and down and may not even have tape or automated processes for collecting and storing SMF data. Most of the sandbox LPARs I have worked on in the past have SMFDUMPs going to DD DUMMY. When submitting the SCRT, there is a place to explain underreporting. So, we write a note stating that the Test LPAR was only up for x number of hours for testing the new release of whatever we're testing - or whatever is appropriate for that month's reporting. Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
The simplest (and easiest) way, assuming you do not have any monitors by which you could traverse storage, is to take a SVCDUMP of PCAUTH issue a Format Sum Regs and (even just a Format ...) and scan down to the list of PC routine address's ... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Micheal Butz Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Address of a PC routine Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the associated module address Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3647 - Release Date: 05/19/11 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Running a SYSPLEX - what's needed
JT wrote: Thanks for all the responses here and offline. Here are some answers to questions about our environment: - The 2096-T01 is our only processor. We are running z/OS 1.11. - We do not currently use sub-capacity processing. We do not submit monthly SCRT reports. - The T01 runs at 100% every night for 10 hours. - The IMS address space and MPRs are up from 6AM-8PM daily. These address spaces average LT 3% utilization during this time. The peak for a 30 minute interval is almost always under 5%. - There is a small amount batch IMS during the nightly cycle (after 8PM). - We run IMS TM/DM. Some IMS TM also use DB2. - We currently use CA-MIM when the TECH LPAR is up - not GRS. - IMS DM and TM are currently under EWLC pricing. The main IMS application is critical to our business. It is not scheduled to be replaced for at least 5 years. Several folks commented off-line that if we only use a single CEC there is no possibility of savings. Planning for Sub-capacity Pricing on z/OS indicates the sub-capacity pricing metric operates at the LPAR level. I did not see anything about CEC limitations. Did I miss something? You did not. Start at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/swprice/ and discover that, if you establish a second LPAR and run IMS (and, potentially DB2) only in that LPAR you can indeed use sub-capacity pricing. There's a link to the sub-capacity-eligible software from the EWLC description. Are there any small shops out there that have been successful at controlling IMS costs by creating a separate 'IMS LPAR'? Not IMS, but CICS/TS and DB2. The hardest part was determining beforehand just how much savings we could expect. Use your business partner to find out the cost given the MSU consumption by the (new) LPAR. Bob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: How to tell what security product
In my notes I also have DBLT = DeadBolt IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 05/18/2011 08:17:11 AM: From: Lindy Mayfield lindy.mayfi...@ssf.sas.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/18/2011 08:17 AM Subject: Re: How to tell what security product Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu how I did it was from the RCVT. if RCVT then RACF if ACF2 then ACF2 if RTSS then TopSecret - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
Of course, CR5 contains the ASTE for the *Primary* ASID - not home as stated previously Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: 19 May 2011 22:18 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Address of a PC routine What Binyamin is referring to is that CR5 contains the address of the ASTE for the home address space. The ASTE contains all sorts of cross-memory info used by the PCAUTH address space. If you are feeling masochistic you can try hunting down the various pointers and convert addresses between real and virtual and you will probably eventually end up somewhere with PCAUTH looking at some obscure control block. If you are looking at a dump - it is much better to use IPCS to format the data for you. If you want to find out this information from within a program then things get more (ahem).. interesting -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Micheal Butz Sent: 19 May 2011 22:03 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Address of a PC routine Control register 5. ??? Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:51 -0400 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the :associated module address Get thee to the POPs and start from CR5. -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: What does issue mean? (Was: SDSF issue)
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Webster's on a dictionary has no significance - it's just an attempt to cadge some legitimacy by invoking Noah Webster's name). Try AHD or OED (both of which do support the usage). Dictionaries do NOT support usage! They report it! Any usage is subject to consensus. We, when I was a kid, used to say ain't ain't in the dictionary. It is, now! Good point...that's what I meant by support: they assert that it is a common usage. The better ones (AHD comes to mind) include comments on non-standard usage-and these evolve with each revision. (There's no such note for issue as a synonym for problem.) As a broad example, compound nouns typically evolve from open (web server) to hyphenated (web-server) to closed (webserver). The OED, of course, has a group who do nothing but track this evolution and make updates for the next rev. However, note that the OP seems convinced that dictionaries define 'correct' spelling and usage... ..phsiii -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: What does issue mean? (Was: SDSF issue)
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Phil Smith p...@voltage.com Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:28:05 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Reply-to: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What does issue mean? (Was: SDSF issue) On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Webster's on a dictionary has no significance - it's just an attempt to cadge some legitimacy by invoking Noah Webster's name). Try AHD or OED (both of which do support the usage). Dictionaries do NOT support usage! They report it! Any usage is subject to consensus. We, when I was a kid, used to say ain't ain't in the dictionary. It is, now! Good point...that's what I meant by support: they assert that it is a common usage. The better ones (AHD comes to mind) include comments on non-standard usage-and these evolve with each revision. (There's no such note for issue as a synonym for problem.) As a broad example, compound nouns typically evolve from open (web server) to hyphenated (web-server) to closed (webserver). The OED, of course, has a group who do nothing but track this evolution and make updates for the next rev. However, note that the OP seems convinced that dictionaries define 'correct' spelling and usage... ...phsiii -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Address of a PC routine
Thankx Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: What Binyamin is referring to is that CR5 contains the address of the ASTE for the home address space. The ASTE contains all sorts of cross-memory info used by the PCAUTH address space. If you are feeling masochistic you can try hunting down the various pointers and convert addresses between real and virtual and you will probably eventually end up somewhere with PCAUTH looking at some obscure control block. If you are looking at a dump - it is much better to use IPCS to format the data for you. If you want to find out this information from within a program then things get more (ahem).. interesting -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Micheal Butz Sent: 19 May 2011 22:03 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Address of a PC routine Control register 5. ??? Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:51 -0400 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :Hi would anyone know give a PC number how I can find out the :associated module address Get thee to the POPs and start from CR5. -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. --- --- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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