Re: 3590 tape drives

2014-04-29 Thread Jonathan Goossen
SMS has worked well. They were quick to respond and very helpful.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
04/29/2014 01:43:26 PM:

> From: "Rouse, Willie" 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 
> Date: 04/29/2014 01:43 PM
> Subject: Re: 3590 tape drives
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Kurt,
> 
> We use SMS (Systems Maintenance Services) out of Victor, New York. 
> They are national.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Willie C. Rouse
> Senior Mainframe Consultant
> Prince George's County, Maryland
> Office of Information Technology
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> 
> 
> -Original Message-
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> ] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:27 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: 3590 tape drives
> 
> What type:
> E05, E06?
> 
> Lizette
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] 
> > On Behalf Of Kurt Eastwood
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:58 AM
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: 3590 tape drives
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > We have a couple of 3590 tape drives that IBM will apparently not 
> > support
> soon. We
> > are not in a position at this time to get rid of them. Is anyone still
> using 3590's and if
> > so do you have support via a 3rd party that you could recommend?
> > 
> > We are located in Saint Louis Missouri. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Kurt
> > 
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Re: Sorry state of IT education?

2014-04-22 Thread Jonathan Goossen
In collage my Network instructor not only required a term paper and gave a 
separate grade for spelling and grammar, he also taught us some techniques 
to improve our grammar. He told us that in many jobs we would need to be 
able to write to be understood.

I have difficulty reading, Spelling and grammar errors slow me down even 
more. I NEED correct grammar and spelling if you want me to get the point. 


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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
04/22/2014 11:42:54 AM:

> From: Ted MacNEIL 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 
> Date: 04/22/2014 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Sorry state of IT education?
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> I agree! And teachers are making it worse. When my older son did a 
> science project once there were a lot of spelling and grammatical 
> errors. Not only did the teacher not even bother to flag them; she 
> said it was not her job to correct them -- she was science not English!
> 
> When I went through, I lost marks for that, even in science class!
> 
> The attitude was: as long as he got his point across it was good enough.
> 
> Good enough is NOT good enough!
> 
> -
> -teD
> -
>   Original Message  
> From: Staller, Allan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 09:23
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> Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Sorry state of IT education?
> 
> Not just IT. The entire education system from k-12 through 
> bachelor's degree...
> 
> 
> Al Staller | Z Systems Programmer | KBM Group | (Tel) 972 664-3565 |
> allan.stal...@kbmg.com
> 
> 
> Not too surprising to me. I imagine this is the norm for today 
> because a well educated, intelligent, worker costs a lot more than a
> preprogrammed drone.
> 
> http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-
> innovation/the-sorry-state-of-it-education/d/d-id/1204552
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Our profession is rife with people capable of performing procedures 
> they've been taught, but incapable of thinking through a problem. 
> Here's what we need to do.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: HSM and changed or archive bit

2013-10-31 Thread Jonathan Goossen
You can see the state of the changed flag in ISMF option 1. It is column 
24.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
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> From: "David G. Schlecht" 
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> Date: 10/31/2013 01:51 PM
> Subject: HSM and changed or archive bit
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> 
> HSM is intermittently failing to backup new datasets. I suspect that
> someone/something is resetting the changed or archive bit on the 
> dataset before HSM gets to it.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how I can view the state of the changed bit on a 
dataset?
> 
> Furthermore, I’m only guessing but I would hope that the bit is set 
> to changed when the dataset is first created.
> 
> 
> David G. Schlecht | Information Technology Professional
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Re: Best Desktop 3D Printers | Digital Trends

2013-10-14 Thread Jonathan Goossen
All of the ones I have looked at only handle plastic. The printer itself 
has electronics. It may make a replica, but I don't think it will be a 
working replica.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
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> Subject: Re: Best Desktop 3D Printers | Digital Trends
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> Steve Comstock said:
> 
> >Do you suppose you can use a 3D printer to manufacture
> >a 3D printer?
> 
> 
> Certainly.  Google REPRAP.
> 
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Re: B37 för FTINCL in ISPF for userid.ISPnnnnn.SPFTEMPn.WORK datasets

2013-05-20 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Thomas,
The way you have been phrasing things, I get the impression that you want 
a one size fits all approach.

Over the years our storage services department has worked with each of the 
many application groups and the fewer technical groups  to assist them 
with their needs. Each group has its own issues and needs. We, as storage 
services, have setup SMS constructs and routines to help them meet their 
needs. When issues arise, we work with the person/group having the issue 
and any other technical group (FTP, database, etc.) that we need to. Often 
it is just educating the person on 'how to'. Each group has their common 
dataset types and know what to specify for allocation, and/or what 
defaults they get.

We use tools like StopX37 to alleviate many common issues.

We have automation in place to alert us of situations that could cause 
spaced abends so that we can fix them before they occur.

Production support knows enough to apply a temporary fix after a space 
abend. They then pass it to the proper programming group for a permanent 
fix. (And they involve us if needed.)

As you can see, we use multiple approaches to deal with space situations. 

I started out as a user of storage services before I transferred to 
administering the services. I really wish I could administer my PC files 
as well I can the mainframe files.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
05/20/2013 04:19:00 PM:

> From: Thomas Berg 
> I suppose you mainly see the case of allocation for sequential files
> that have just one update - that at the allocation time. 
> 
> One case is when a PDS(E) is allocated for an undetermined number of
> members at an undetermined number of updates.
> And you can't determine this because it is dependent on actions from
> e g a group of developers that in turn is dependent on decisions 
> taken by project leaders or maintenance circumstances. 
> 
> Or files that depending on many circumstances could be updated from 
> zero to thousand times with data greatly varying in size. 
> And that the time taken to analyze what maybe be needed in every 
> specific case is not available. 
> 
> Either you grossly overallocate and have the possibility of running 
> short of available disk space which is not better than x37's or you 
> take some middle position and got some less, but still significant, 
> problems from both extremes of the scale. 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Thomas Berg
> 
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Re: B37 för FTINCL in ISPF for userid.ISPnnnnn.SPFTEMPn.WORK datasets

2013-05-20 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I wish that I could tell my PC what size to expect for files. A lot of 
files grab small chunks creating files with many extents spread all over 
the drive. When I write a program, or transfer a file, I know about how 
large the file will be, yet I have no way to tell the system. 

In our shop we use thought out defaults and tools like StopX to help 
users. Then we help them better specify or fine tune when the defaults and 
tools are unable to assist. In the end we get better performance where 
needed and ease of use in the majority of cases.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
05/20/2013 01:47:49 PM:

> Well, how do you do when you not know in beforehand if the job needs
> 1 track or 5000 cyls ? 
> And in most of the cases it needs just, say, 5 tracks ? 
> And you have to allocate 1000 different files in different 
> circumstances and your time is limited ?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
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> 
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Re: How to list all tape volumes the shows UNKNOWN on the D SMS,VOL cmd ??

2013-05-16 Thread Jonathan Goossen
ISMF 2.3 (volume List) doesn't appear to have that field. The field looks 
to be a combination of two other fields: Use Attribute and Media Type. 
Scratch tapes look like SCRMED? where the ? is the media type. (We have 5 
and 7.) Non-scratch show as PRIVATE. In ISMF 2.3 sort on columns 3 and 8 
to locate bad or missing values.

If you don't have direct access to the panels, Naviquest in batch can get 
a full list of volumes that can then be filtered/processed with another 
tool.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
05/16/2013 11:26:58 AM:

> From: Lizette Koehler 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 05/16/2013 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: How to list all tape volumes the shows UNKNOWN on the D
> SMS,VOL cmd ??
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> 
> If you have access to ISMF, the Option for Volumes maybe helpful.
> 
> Most shops use ISMF from the ISPF Primary panel or you might be able to 
do
> an =ISMF command.
> 
> Or your shop may have not set it up that way.  Then you need to find out
> where ISMF is.
> 
> 
> Or your tape management software may have information (CA1, RMM, TLMS,
> etc...)
> 
> 
> Lizette
> 
> -Original Message-
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> Subject: How to list all tape volumes the shows UNKNOWN on the D SMS,VOL 
cmd
> ??
> 
> Hello,
> I have the following D SMS,VOL output cmd:
> 
> CBR1180I OAM tape volume status: 387
> VOLUME  MEDIA STORAGE   LIBRARY   USE  W  C  SOFTWARE  LIBRARY
> TYPE  GROUP NAME  ATR  P  P  ERR STAT  CATEGORY
> HH9891  MEDIA2SGSEG21   BA06V PN  N  NOERROR   UNKNOWN
> ---
> RECORDING TECH: 36 TRACK COMPACTION: YES
> SPECIAL ATTRIBUTE:  NONE ENTER/EJECT DATE:   2011-02-24
> CREATION DATE:  2011-02-24   EXPIRATION DATE:
> LAST MOUNTED DATE:  2011-06-22   LAST WRITTEN DATE:  2011-06-19
> SHELF LOCATION:
> OWNER:
> LM SG: SGLIB21   LM SC: SCIARTLM MC: MCGRID   LM DC: DC40
> LM CATEGORY: 000F
> ---
> Logical volume.
> Valid copy in each distributed library.
> 
> I want to list all tape volumes that have Library category=Unknown. On 
TCDB
> it shows USE-ATTRIBUTEPRIVATE. Doisn LI REQ cmd it shows:
> CATEGORY: 000F
> 
> Where the unknown value cames from ?? and I wanted to list all tapve 
volumes
> with that status, can anyone give me an help ??
> 
> May thxs, A.CEcilio
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Re: Easy way to check whether a job is still running (without using TSO)

2013-05-01 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Why not issue the JES command in CONSOL? That will avoid the overhead of 
batch SDSF.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
05/01/2013 12:40:26 AM:

> From: Anthony Rudd 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 05/01/2013 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Easy way to check whether a job is still running 
> (without using TSO)
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> 
> The latter - an unauthorised program.
> 
> I would have thought (hoped) that there is a short sequence of 
> control blocks accessible from an unauthorised program that can be 
> processed to determine whether a known job is running (is know to 
> the system, if not - it has completed).
> I can certainly use batch TSO IKTEFT01 (STATUS command), but this 
> would seem to be an "overkill".
> I do not want to use batch SDSF because I want to write solution 
> does not require the presence of SDSF.
> 
> Regards
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Re: Fwd: 3494 Utilization

2013-04-15 Thread Jonathan Goossen
We use to have a 3494. I vaguely remember a web page for it that displayed 
used versus capacity for the last 30 days. But you would need the website 
enabled and setup for this to work. For each iteration someone else set it 
up and gave me the IP address for it.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
04/15/2013 09:43:19 AM:

> From: Lizette Koehler 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 04/15/2013 09:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: 3494 Utilization
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Saurabh,
> 
> I believe that the PC attached to the 3494 (if you have a TCPIP link you 
can
> use that) to see about the storage on the device.
> 
> Then you could determine how many tapes you have placed in use vs. the
> number of tapes actually used.
> 
> Your CE can assist with that
> 
> Lizette
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of saurabh khandelwal
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 7:11 AM
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> Subject: Re: Fwd: 3494 Utilization
> 
> Hello,
>Thanks for reply . I am referring to the data size consumed 
by
> 3494 ATL. Can you please provide light on DFSMS utility, which can help 
in
> calculating data size.
> 
> Regards
> Saurabh
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM, R.S. 
wrote:
> 
> > W dniu 2013-04-15 14:23, saurabh khandelwal pisze:
> >
> >  Hello Group,
> >>
> >>   We are using IBM 3494 ATL currently for backup purpose along with
> DFHSM.
> >>
> >> Now we have requirement to move our all data from 3494 into new Tape 
> >> library. But my issue is to find the current utilization of 3494 ATL.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to find, how much space is being used by our data in 

> >> 3494 ATL, so that I can calculate the current size and plan for new 
> >> Tape library.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > What do you mean by utilization?
> > How much space? Physical dimensions?
> > The simplest method is to go to the server room with tape measure or 
> > zigzag rule.
> > If you cannot visit your server room then ...you are not proper person 

> > to do the planning! I mean it.
> >
> > Yes, you can check the configuration of your 3494 (how many cabinets, 
> > what
> > type) using web interface and maybe DFSSMS facilities. Yes, you can 
> > further check the dimensions in the documentation, but you should also 

> > check other things specific to your server room, like pillars, other
> equipment, etc.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Lodz, Poland
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> >
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Re: Flash Cards on MVS

2013-03-04 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I did some research a while back to familiarize myself with the 
technology. There are two types of flash memory. Static and dynamic. 
Static has a limited number of writes, but can retain the data for years 
without power. Dynamic has a ware limit more like hard disks, but requires 
power for the cells to hold the data.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
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> From: Ed Gould 
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> Date: 03/03/2013 03:37 PM
> Subject: Flash Cards on MVS
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> 
> Some of you may have/use them, correct?
> 
> My limited understanding of flash memory is that they have a 
> "limited" life (ie X many writes)
> 
> My curiosity is about what happens when a FLASH card reaches its 
> limit of X many writes.
> 
> How do you handle these cards take it out and toss the old one out or 
> can they be recycled...
> 
> I am looking for general day in and day out issues of FLASH CARDS.
> 
> Any general information would be appreciated.
> 
> Also a estimate as to their cost.
> 
> Ed
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Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM

2013-02-12 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Per MVS/QuickRef 7.6

Syntax 
 
  BLKSIZE= {value} 
   {valueK} 
   {valueM} 
   {valueG} 
 
Subparameter Definition 
 
value 
Specifies the maximum length, in bytes, of a block. 
 
The number of bytes that you specify for BLKSIZE depends on the 
device type and the record format for the data set. The maximum 
is 32760 for DASD data sets and 2,147,483,648 for tape or DUMMY 
data sets, except for data sets on magnetic tape with ISO/ANSI 
version 3 labels, where the minimum value for BLKSIZE is 18 bytes 
and the maximum is 2048 bytes. To allow a block size greater than 
2048, use installation exit routine IFG0193G. Version 4 labels do 
not have this restriction but is 2,760 for DASD, ISO/ANSI Version 4
tape labels, and other data sets. 

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
02/12/2013 02:22:30 AM:

> From: Mike Wood 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 02/12/2013 02:22 AM
> Subject: Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> > I wonder where CA-1 picks up the extra data from.
> 
> Further to my earlier answer about the DCBE  
> It is possible that CA-1 picks the value up from the Tape Exits 
> Parameters, Main parameter list. The TEPM, mapped by IFGTEP, created
> by O/C/EOV and passed to tape installation exits. If CA-1 does not 
> use the installation exits interface it will have to crawl through 
> the DCB to DCBE for cases where the LBI is used.
> 
> There is a technote on the CBTtape http://www.cbttape.org/features/
> Technote-largeblk.htm
> 
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Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM

2013-02-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
>From "CA 1®Tape Management Systems Programmer Guide r11.5 SP5"
BLKSIZE TMBLKSI 96(60) BIN 4 MAXIMUM BLOCK SIZE JFCB JFCBLKSI

4 bytes are used to store the block size.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
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> From: Neil Duffee 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 02/08/2013 03:12 PM
> Subject: Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Caveat:  I get the daily digest so you folx've probably already 
> hashed this to death...
> 
> Not sure about signed/unsigned but CA-1(R) r12.6 will not store a 
> value >032760.  FDR/ABR dumps backup records in approx. track length
> ie. 57k-ish for our 3390-3s, but they are recorded with the 032760 
> value in CA-1.  I discovered this while trying to generate an Earl 
> report showing the amount of data stored on our tapes.  ("How many 
> 3592 tapes would we have to buy?")  Had to manually fudge the 
> results for FDR/ABR tapes otherwise I was under-reporting them by 1-
> (32/57) percent.
> 
> >  signature = 6 lines follows  <
> Neil Duffee, Joe Sysprog, uOttawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada
> telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585  fax:1 613 562 5161
> mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uOttawa.ca/ ~nduffee
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> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: retired mainframer [mailto:retired-mainfra...@q.com] 
> Sent: February 7, 2013 21:04
> Subject: Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM
> 
> If memory serves, the CA1 TMC uses 16 bits to store the blksize. 
> Even when treated as unsigned, it won't show more than 65535.
> [snip]
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Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM

2013-02-11 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I found this in our TMC:
BLKSIZE= 229376

I vaguely remember seeing this increase a few versions back along with 
some other field sizes.

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> From: retired mainframer 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 02/07/2013 08:04 PM
> Subject: Re: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> If memory serves, the CA1 TMC uses 16 bits to store the blksize.  Even 
when
> treated as unsigned, it won't show more than 65535.
> 
> On z/OS 1.11 system, the DFDSS default for DUMP tape blocks is 65520.  I
> doubt if it was reduced for 1.12.  There is an installation options exit
> which can change the default to 32760.  If your system is actually 
writing
> 16K blocks, then something at your site (such as the DCB parameter on 
the DD
> statement) is causing that.
> 
> On the other hand, the HSM Storage Administration manual mentions 16K 
blocks
> for ML2 tapes so it might not be DFDSS.
> 
> :>: -Original Message-
> :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
] On
> :>: Behalf Of Houzet Alain
> :>: Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:26 AM
> :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> :>: Subject: blksize for ML2 migrated dataset via HSM
> :>:
> :>: Hello,
> :>: I observed a blksize of 16k for all ml2 migrated dataset (seen on 
the
> :>: CA1 product). I use DSS as datamover and
> :>: i'm wondering about the size concerning the blksize. Why dss don't 
use
> :>: 256k since zos 1.12 ?
> :>: Everybody will have an answer. thank's
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Re: SMS COMMAND VIA BATCH

2013-01-17 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Or you can have something like OPSMVS intercept the WTOR and reply No.

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> From: Steve Conway 
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> Date: 01/17/2013 03:45 PM
> Subject: Re: SMS COMMAND VIA BATCH
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Within your JES2PARM, you can specify by JOBCLASS whether to allow 
command 
> processing or not.  I think JES2 gets first whack at saying "No", 
followed 
> by RACF (if JES2 thinks it's OK).
> 
> 
> Cheers,,,Steve
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> W dniu 2013-01-17 17:06, Ed Gould pisze:
> > Lizette:
> >
> > AND that is only if the JES2 init parms are set up that way. Which of
> > course is a big NONO (security wise).
> >
> 
> Big what-what? AFAIK all commands from job are under OPERCMDS class.
> 
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Re: FREEVOL=EOV on R1.13

2013-01-08 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I don't see the FREEVOL=EOV parameter specified in the second job. From 
what I have read, it needs to be specified so that both open and EOV will 
process the file volume by volume. The second job currently attempts to 
enqueue all the volumes at open.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
01/08/2013 11:48:25 AM:

> From: Mary Anne Matyaz 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 01/08/2013 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: FREEVOL=EOV on R1.13
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> I believe the jobs need to be on different systems...doc seems to 
> indicate that. 
> 
> MA
> 
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:45:29 -0600, Mark Zelden  wrote:
> 
> >I haven't tried it.   Are you sure it wasn't processing?  Note the 
> list in "JOB 2" did not
> >include H38479 which had already been dismounted when the job 
> started.  H25146,
> >the 2nd volume was dismounted at 23:10, but someone already replied 
"NO" to
> >IEF235D which canceled JOB 2.
> >
> >--
> >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/
> >
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:27:21 +, Mingee, David 
>  wrote:
> >
> >>Yes,  see below:
> >>JOB 1
> >>23.01.48 JOB25740  $HASP373 DRAHDLM2 STARTED - INIT 5- CLASS 3
> - SYS SYST 
> >>23.01.48 JOB25740  IEF403I DRAHDLM2 - STARTED - TIME=23.01.48  
> >>23.01.48 JOB25740  IEF233A M 
> 0A94,H38479,,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.05.24 JOB25740  IEC502E K 
> 0A94,H38479,SL,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.05.24 JOB25740  TMS014  IEC502E K 
> 0A94,H38479,SL,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.05.24 JOB25740  IEC501A M 
> 0A94,H25146,SL,COMP,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.10.18 JOB25740  IEC502E K 
> 0A94,H25146,SL,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.10.18 JOB25740  TMS014  IEC502E K 
> 0A94,H25146,SL,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>23.10.19 JOB25740  IEC501A M 
> 0A94,H25696,SL,COMP,DRAHDLM2,S04,ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE 
> >>
> >>//S04  EXEC PGM=EZTPA00 
> >>//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSSNAP  DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SORTWK01 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK02 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK03 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK04 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//EZTVFM   DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//FILEADD  DSN=ICAS.CAD.PREMS.THRU1212.V1TAPE,DISP=SHR, 
> >>//FREEVOL=EOV 
> >>//FILECDD  DSN=GRT.GIOIDXM.PREMS.THRU1212.V1, 
> >>// DISP=(NEW,DELETE),DATACLAS=DSORGPSE, 
> >>// DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=1078,BLKSIZE=0), 
> >>// UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(3300,1100),RLSE) 
> >>
> >>JOB 2
> >>23.06.07 JOB25741  $HASP373 DRAHDLM3 STARTED - INIT 7- CLASS 3
> - SYS SYST 
> >>23.06.07 JOB25741  IEF403I DRAHDLM3 - STARTED - TIME=23.06.07  
> >>23.06.07 JOB25741  IEF690I FOLLOWING VOLUMES UNAVAILABLE TO 
> DRAHDLM3 S04  192 
> >>   192 IEF690I H25146 H25696 H26646 H26772 H39385 
> H46181 H27224 H28986 
> >>23.06.07 JOB25741 *166 IEF235D DRAHDLM3 S04 WAITING FOR VOLUMES. 
> TO CANCEL WAIT REPLY 'NO'
> >>23.07.12 JOB25741  R 166,NO  
> >>23.07.12 JOB25741  IEF251I DRAHDLM3 JOB CANCELLED  
> >>23.07.12 JOB25741  -  -
> TIMINGS (MINS.)-- 
> >>23.07.12 JOB25741  -STEPNAME PROCSTEPRC   EXCP   CONN 
> TCB   SRB  CLOCK 
> >>
> >>//S04  EXEC PGM=EZTPA00 
> >>//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSSNAP  DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=H 
> >>//SORTWK01 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK02 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK03 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//SORTWK04 DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//EZTVFM   DD  UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(50,100),RLSE) 
> >>//FILEADD  DSN=ICAS.C

Re: Automation for IGD17272I

2013-01-04 Thread Jonathan Goossen
We setup a rule in CA Vantage to tell us when a storage group passes a 
threshold that we set. When any storage group passes the threshold set for 
it, Vantage sends us an email. We check for the emails when we are working 
and when one arrives, we take a look at the pool and take what ever action 
is appropriate for it.

It works great for us. We also use CA Vantage for a lot of other 
automation and gathering data.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
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> From: af dc 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 01/04/2013 11:44 AM
> Subject: Automation for IGD17272I
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Hello,
> does anyone have some kind of automation to handle out-of-space SGs that
> doesn't mind of sharing ??
> Everyday before going home I check all dasd SGs for any "abnormal"
> occupancy and to prepare SGs to batch run without probls. But sometimes,
> "after hours" I've to add some dasd volumes to a SG that has no space
> available.
> My question is to know from your experience in your shops if you have 
some
> kind of process using NETVIEW, or any any other automation product that
> capture IGD17272I and add dasd volumes to a SG automatically, for 
example,
> or a product to monitor SGs space well I welcome any idea.
> 
> I'm at z/os V.1.2
> Many thx,Antonio Cecilio.
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Re: OT - Huge Maple Syrup heist solved.

2012-12-28 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Our data center use to have two types of electric wall outlets. Red was 
for computer equipment on clean data center power and  white was for other 
things on building power. Now all outlets on the walls are building power 
and data center power is provided through power strips that are coded red 
or green for the clean data center power path that they are on.

We also have specially trained cleaners who are given access to the rooms 
when. They are the only cleaners allowed to clean.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
12/27/2012 05:35:11 PM:

> From: Paul Gilmartin 
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> Date: 12/27/2012 05:35 PM
> Subject: Re: OT - Huge Maple Syrup heist solved.
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> 
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:14:31 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
> 
> >>found a cleaning crew had unplugged the main router and plugged in
> their vacuum cleaner and was cleaning the floors
> >
> >Ours (circa 1981) had plugged a vacuum cleaner into the CE service 
> outlet on a DASD C/U. Lots of equipment checks and a major 7/24* IMS
> application crash. Plus recovery time.
> > 
> Are the similar outlets overload- and surge-protected nowadays?
> Electric motors can generate some nasty transients.  Safest to put
> the auxiliary outlet on a separate circuit, even bypassing UPS.
> 
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Re: RedBook EPUBs - How can you read them?

2012-11-02 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I followed your directions. Clicking on the 'Download EPUB' doesn't give 
me your second URL. Instead Windows Explorer presents me with my download 
options. Clicking on your second link gives me the same results as 
clicking for the download.

It looks like it is your browser. (Maybe an option set somewhere?) 

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
11/02/2012 05:18:15 AM:

> From: Birger 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 11/02/2012 05:18 AM
> Subject: Re: RedBook EPUBs - How can you read them?
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Den 01-11-2012 22:58, Tom Longfellow skrev:
> >> Of  if you use Firefox browser, just install the EPUBReader extension
> >> and use Firefox.  Works on Fedora Linux and presumably would work on
> >> the many other platforms supported by Firefox.
> >>   jc ewing
> >
> > I apologize for being less than clear in my original post.
> > Another way of stating my problem is:   I do not get epub documents
> > delivered when I click on the EPUB RedBooks links.
> >
> 
> For Volume 13 this is the web page presented:
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247717.html?Open
> 
> and I select 'Download EPUB',  this link:
> 
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/epubs/sg247717.epub
> 
> good luck,
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Re: How to get a tape's DSCB

2012-10-03 Thread Jonathan Goossen
> Will that stunt works with VTS? I mean, since VTS is supposed to 
> *emulate* tapes (34980/3490/Magstar/etc),  in theory you could do 
> that little trick. Possibe or not? What will those hardware do when 
> receiving such a CCW?

It will not work with either of the two VTS systems that I have used. I 
don't think it will work with any of the others either. On the two VTS 
systems that I have seen, the end-of-tape-mark is immediately after the 
end-of-data-mark. The old physical hardware would stop writing new blocks 
at the the end-of-tape-mark (reflective foil on the back side of tape). I 
was never able to write data after that point.

If data is to be recovered from a VTS tape that was overwritten, it needs 
to be done on the back-end system before the disk space or stacker tape 
gets overwritten.

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Re: How to get a tape's DSCB

2012-10-03 Thread Jonathan Goossen
> With rewinding you mean: forward skipping? AFAIK this is prevented by
> the hardware and not overrable by software. Investigating the
> recoverability of overwritten data on tapes in the past, we ran into a
> company that had modified the 3490 microcode to read data that existed
> after the tapemark at the end of the overwriting data.

There are at least two software vendors that sell products that read past 
the end of data tape marks. I used one of them several years ago to 
recover data from a tape that was accidentally overwritten due to a system 
crash.

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Re: Can I use IGGCSI00 to Access an Entire Catalog Without Specifying a Filter ?

2012-09-27 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Chapter 11 of "DFSMS Managing Catalogs" page 211 explains 'CSIFILTK, 
Generic Filter Key' very well. 

Finding this chapter helped me a lot in understanding the examples that I 
found elsewhere and in using it.

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> From: Michael Egle 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 09/27/2012 07:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Can I use IGGCSI00 to Access an Entire Catalog Without 
> Specifying a Filter ?
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> Thanks Mark,
> 
> I took a look at your CATSRCH REXX and that appears to be exactly 
> what I was looking for.  Thanks
> 
> I had done several searches on Google, and also within this and 
> several other LISTSERV Archives, but all of the examples that I had 
> come across were expecting to use the Filter, and when I tried them,
> they didn't seem to accept a Filter of *.* or **. If a similar 
> question was posted recently, I'm afraid I didn't see it.
> 
> Since the IBM Documentation and examples are so sparse, and since my
> own REXX expertise is so limited, I wasn't sure whether the Catalog 
> Search Interface itself would accept a call without providing some 
> kind of generic key. Your code proves that it will, if you know how to 
do it.
> 
> Thanks Again
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Re: Syncronize between CA-1 and IBM ATL and VTS

2012-09-21 Thread Jonathan Goossen
CTSSYNC does take volser ranges.

SYNC G0-G00019


I use ranges to fix large numbers tapes at once as it is easier to code 
and not miss something. If you have a lot of tapes like we do, you may 
want to limit the size of the range per run. I usually don't do more than 
100,000 at a time.

An alternative is to put the command in the parm for the step and only the 
volsers in the file. Then run the job twice, once for each command.

//CTSSYNC  EXEC PGM=CTSSYNC,PARM=SCRATCH
//TMSRPT   DD SYSOUT=* 
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 
//SYSINDD * 
F05935 
G03314 
G41312 
J23288 

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> From: גדי בן אבי 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 09/20/2012 07:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Syncronize between CA-1 and IBM ATL and VTS
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> Do I have to issue a separate command for each scartch volme?
> 
> If I understand correctly I have to:
> 1. find all of the scratch volumes in CA-1
> 2. Issue the PRIVATE,VSN command for each of them
> 3. Issue the SCRATCH,VSN command for each of them.
> 
> Is this correct?
> 
> I have opened an issue with CA support, but haven't heard from them yet.
> 
> Gadi
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Re: HAS ANYBODY NOTICED....

2012-08-30 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Willie,
Lizette is probably correct. When signing up for this list, I wasn't 
receiving replies from lists...@listserv.ua.edu. Our network area told me 
that it was blocked as being 'unsafe'. They unblocked it for me for a few 
days so that I could sign up.

I have also had an internal issue where emails sent in my name to me were 
not getting through. It was a network block 'to avoid unnecessary 
traffic'. Why would I need to get something that I had sent? It was simple 
to get cleared.

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> Willie,
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> Is it possible your firewalls have changed or some Proxy in your 
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> Lizette
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> > I don't receive any responses to my posts from other posters.   I 
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> > problem before.  It seems to be of late.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From: Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) 
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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> > >Has anybody noticed that when you post a topic you don't see any of 
the
> responses
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over
> all the
> > replies to me.
> > 
> > Are you talking about getting your own post relayed back or about
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Re: How to report catalogued dsns on tape ? ICF Catalogs

2012-08-06 Thread Jonathan Goossen
You can get the ICF data using the Catalog Search Interface program 
IGGCSI00, The field for device type is DEVTYP.

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> Hello,
> I want to report dsns cataloged on tape based only on ICF catalogs. I 
want
> to do that because I want to find any ICF catalogued entries that don't
> exist on our TAPE MGMT (we have BMC and RMM). I'm looking at DCOLLECT,
> FDREPORT and so far I can't get a way to do that. Now I'm searching the 
way
> to report DEVTYPE--X'78048081' on listcat.
> 
> Can you pls give me hint??
> Many thx, A.Cecilio.
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Re: Who's blacklisting IBM-MAIN

2012-07-25 Thread Jonathan Goossen
When I click the first link, it gets translated to https and works fine.

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> Interesting.  I get the same results using my employer's network, 
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> Maybe it's the fact that the second url you provided is https and 
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Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-17 Thread Jonathan Goossen
You can check the DEVTYPE value. In the past I simply displayed catalog 
entries for know tapes of the type that I was interested in. I looked 
online and found a table of values.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1010471

I only have two tape types left to deal with and both are X'78048083' 
which is 3590-1. Tape types virtual simulating 3590 and 3592.

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> From: Victor Zhang 
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> For a non-vsam dataset, how can I determine if it is a dasd dataset 
> or a tape dataset? What's the criteria to check if a dataset reside on 
tape?
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Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-16 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Victor,
Yes, you can retrieve a tape dataset's volser(s) using IGGCSI. I am not 
positive that I know what you mean by the type of the tape dataset. If it 
is the entry type, that would be NON-VSAM.

A good place to start is the provided samples. I started with IGGCSIRX, 
the REXX one. It lists the entry type and the first 3 volsers for each DSN 
found that matches the DNS pattern provided.

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> Hello,
> Is it possible to retrieve a tape dataset's volser via iggcsi? 
> what's the type of a tape data set? 
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Re: VTS problem

2012-07-10 Thread Jonathan Goossen
With an I/O error, there is the possibility that the hardware thinks that 
it still has the tape on the drive even though MVS doesn't. You need to 
look at the hardware interface. In both IBM and HDS equipment we have been 
able to login to a site that let us look at and control the hardware, i.e. 
see what the hardware has on the drive or unload the drive. With HDS we 
can send queries and commends from MVS via a started task. How you do it 
will depend on your hardware.

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> From: גדי בן אבי 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 07/10/2012 07:18 AM
> Subject: Re: VTS problem
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> 
> The who problem occured when a job had an I/O error while writing 
> the virtual volume.
> When I use the D U command, I do not see the mounted volume.
> The LI REQ command gives me an error message.
> 
> This is running on a very old system (OS/390 v2.8).
> 
> Gadi
> 
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On 
> Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM [kees.verno...@klm.com]
> Sent: 10 July 2012 14:54
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: VTS problem
> 
> How did the volume become mounted on the unit? Does z/OS display the
> volume mounted (D U,,,,1)?
> 
> Has the volume been mounted manually, via the GUI, on the unit? Then you
> can only dismount it via the GUI.
> If it has not been mounted via the GUI, unfortunately you cannot
> dismount it via the GUI.
> 
> Did you request details with: LI REQ,libname,LVOL,vv libname must be
> the name of the composite library (if you have a grid).
> 
> Kees.
> 
> ""??? ?? ???""  wrote in message
> news: .com>...
> > I tried that. Didn't help
> > I tried varying the whole library offline using the V
> SMS,LIB(xx),OFFLINE and then ONLINE. THat didn't help either.
> >
> > Gadi
> >
> > 
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM [kees.verno...@klm.com]
> > Sent: 10 July 2012 14:10
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: VTS problem
> >
> > The drive is online, I assume? Try the unload command: U .
> > Or Vary the unit Offline.
> >
> > Kees.
> >
> > ""??? ?? ???""  wrote in message
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> news: > .com>...
> > > IF I issue the LI DISPSRV, I see the volume mouted on one of the
> > drives.
> > > No other job is using the volume.
> > > There is only one system in the sysplex.
> > >
> > > How do I demount the volume?
> > > I tried restarting OAM, but that did not help.
> > >
> > > Any other idea?
> > >
> > > Gadi
> > >
> > > 
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM [kees.verno...@klm.com]
> > > Sent: 10 July 2012 13:10
> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: VTS problem
> > >
> > > ""??? ?? ???""  wrote in message
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> >
> news: > > .com>...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was asked to help with a VTS problem.
> > > > I've never had to use VTS, so I'm not familiar with the commands.
> > > > This is the problem:
> > > > 09.04.58 JOB06739  TUESDAY,   10 JUL 2012 
> > > > 09.04.58 JOB06739  ICH70001I H004 LAST ACCESS AT 08:29:13 ON
> > > TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012
> > > > 09.04.58 JOB06739  $HASP373 HRSNVLAD STARTED - INIT 6- CLASS B
> -
> > > SYS BOIA
> > > > 09.04.58 JOB06739  IEF403I HRSNVLAD - STARTED - TIME=09.04.58
> > > > 09.04.59 JOB06739  IEF233A M
> > > 0287,V09702,,HRSNVLAD,SAS,HRTM.KRANOT.SASDB.G3429V00
> > > > 09.12.54 JOB06739  IEC502E K
> > > 0287,V09702,SL,HRSNVLAD,SAS,HRTM.KRANOT.SASDB.G3429V00
> > > > 09.12.54 JOB06739  TMS014  IEC502E K
> > > 0287,V09702,SL,HRSNVLAD,SAS,HRTM.KRANOT.SASDB.G3429V00
> > > > 09.12.54 JOB06739  IEC501A M
> > > 0287,V09750,SL,COMP,HRSNVLAD,SAS.SASKLL,HRTM.KRANOT.SASDB.G3429V00
> > > > 09.12.55 JOB06739  CBR4195I LACS RETRY POSSIBLE FOR JOB HRSNVLAD:
> > > >

Re: List Creation information for tape dsn

2012-07-02 Thread Jonathan Goossen
I do that type of work using REXX. I trap the output of a LISTCAT command. 
There are excerpts from my own code.

   @DSN=STRIP(ARG(1)) 
 
   @X=OUTTRAP('@LINE.') 
 "LISTC ENT('"@DSN"') ALL"
   @X=OUTTRAP('OFF') 

I then process the trapped output for the fields that I want to test.

IF @LINE.0 > 0 THEN 
  SELECT 
WHEN LEFT(@LINE.1,8)='GDG BASE' THEN @RECOUT = GDGBASE() 
WHEN LEFT(@LINE.1,7)='NONVSAM' THEN @RECOUT = NONVSAM(@LINE.) 
WHEN LEFT(@LINE.1,21)='INVALID DATA SET NAME' THEN @RECOUT = BADDSN()
WHEN POS('NOT FOUND',@LINE.1) > 0 THEN @RECOUT = NOTFOUND() 
OTHERWISE SAY @LINE.1; @RECOUT = "" 
SAY SUBSTR(@LINE.1,38,9) 
  END 

and then I output the fields that I want to collect

 NONVSAM: 
   CALL DUMP 
   @CREATION = SUBSTR(@LINE.4,53,8) 
   @VOLSER = STRIP(SUBSTR(@LINE.7,26,6),L,'-')
   @RECOUT = 'NONVSAM '@CREATION' '@VOLSER 
   @RECOUT = INSERT(@DSN,@RECOUT,28,44) 
 RETURN @RECOUT 

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
07/02/2012 12:05:04 PM:

> From: af dc 
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 07/02/2012 12:05 PM
> Subject: List Creation information for tape dsn
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> 
> Hello,
> can anyone give me an help about gathering creation date from catalogued
> tape dsns, like this:
> 
> NONVSAM --- EXPAA.DY0.G.OUT
>  IN-CAT --- CATALOG.XX.EXP
>  HISTORY
>DATASET-OWNER-(NULL) CREATION19950617
>RELEASE2 EXPIRATION--.000
>  VOLUMES
>VOLSERA0 DEVTYPE--X'78048081'
>VOLSER002000 DEVTYPE--X'78048081'
>  ASSOCIATIONS(NULL)
>  ATTRIBUTES
> 
> I need to have nonvsam, volser and creation fields for several tape 
dsns.
> These records are not recorded in TMS only on ICF catalog.
> How can I do that ?? DCOLLECT ???
> 
> Many thx, A.Cecilio.
> 
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Re: Catalog Device Type Conversion

2012-06-25 Thread Jonathan Goossen
There may be other considerations dependant on the device type moving from 
an to. But when we have gone to a newer drive that was backward 
compatible, the device type in the MVS catalog didn't get changed. The 
newer drives would read the older tapes with no change to the MVS catalog. 
CA-1 doesn't care about the MVS catalog in this regard.

We moved from 3480 (18 track) to 3490E (36 track).

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
06/25/2012 12:41:46 PM:

> From: Chuck Arney 
> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
> Date: 06/25/2012 12:43 PM
> Subject: Catalog Device Type Conversion
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> 
> I know this must have been discussed in the past but a search of the
> archives has not turned up a definitive answer.
> 
> We are working with a tape hardware migration solution that may end up 
with
> us needing to change the device type code in MVS catalog records for
> existing tape data sets.  The data sets will not be recreated but the
> catalog device type codes may need to be updated to direct device 
allocation
> to use the new devices rather than the old devices for input data sets.
> 
> The MVS catalog has never been my area of expertise so this raises a few
> questions.
> 
> 1.  What do we use for the catalog update?  Are there any z/OS provided
> facilities to do this or does a custom solution need to be developed? 
Doing
> some searching has only turned up Dave Cartwright's ICF3490 program from 
the
> CBTTAPE File 172 which does direct catalog record updates.  This could 
be
> adapted, but are there better techniques to get this update done? 
> 
> 2.   Does anything need to be done, in the catalog records, for handling 
of
> an esoteric (that is, an esoteric used at data set creation time)?  I'm 
not
> an allocation expert but from recent observations it seems to me that 
device
> selection for input tape data set allocation is somehow influenced by 
the
> creation esoteric and not just by the device type code.  Is this true or 
was
> it just happenstance?
> 
> 3.   Are any changes necessary to a tape management system's TMC for a
> dynamically changed device type?  Of the five TMS'es we support, I don't
> recall any of them doing anything device type dependent that would 
override
> or conflict with the MVS allocation selection, but if there is something 
to
> be concerned about here I'd like to know about it beforehand.
> 
> Thanks for any input you may offer.
> 
> Chuck Arney
> Arney Computer Systems
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Re: SAVING OUTPUT WHEN IN $AVRS

2012-06-22 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Using the ISPF panels to put it the output to disk will generate JCL. Look 
at the JCL generated to find the libraries needed.

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IBM Mainframe Discussion List  wrote on 
06/21/2012 10:23:14 AM:

> From: Silvio Camplani 
> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
> Date: 06/21/2012 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: SAVING OUTPUT WHEN IN $AVRS
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> 
> From the online interface enter option O (ODS), on the next panel fill
> in the dataset name to contain the output.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Silvio Camplani
> zSeries Sr. Analyst, Systems Support
> Bombardier
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 04:02 AM, willie bunter wrote:
> > Good Day To All,
> >  
> > Could anybody tell me how I can save a job output which is in $AVRS to
> > disk?  In SDSF we use XDC, is there something similar in $AVRS?  I
> > GOOGLED $AVRS however I didn't see anything helpful.
> >  
> > Thanks.
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