Dear Listers,
I try to recycle 1 tape with connected sets more than 40 tapes. If
anybody can help me to solve it. Below is the message:
RECYCLE VOLUME(832303)
EXECUTE
ARC0830I RECYCLE COMMAND PROCESSING
STARTING
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
In a recent note, Greg Shirey said:
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:51:02 -0500
Is this what you are looking for? (z/OS Version 1.4 JCL User's Guide):
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2b520/4.6.2.1.8?SHELF=EZ2ZO110DT=20030819153510CASE=
Hi Paul,
In my opinion, this is less a JCL issue and more a JES job management
issue.
For JES3, the Initialization and Tuning Guide gives an elaborate description
of C/I phase, which includes cataloged data sets resolution, followed by a
description of resource allocation.
For JES2, I fould
Hello,
I'm currently studying an evolution way of our VTS...
So, I'm reading the Virtual Tape Server: Planning, Implementing and Monitoring
Redbooks and it talks about this program...
Does anyone know where can I find it?
Thanks in advance for your help!
PS: Does anyone have some news about
The way Spooling was done on the pre-S/360 systems, to my
recollection, was with a second computer. The 1410 did I/O for the
7010, for instance. The 1401 was used to to card to tape and tape to
printer for larger computers. The first general multiprogramming
capabilities that I recall
Batchmagic is a planning tool for IBM and Business Partners .
It is not available for customers .
You may contact IBM or a BP to help you here .
Frank Krueger
Dienstag, 20. September 2005 12:40
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In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/19/2005
at 01:09 PM, Anne Lynn Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
The alternative are the systems evolving from the interactive,
desktop paradigm ... which assume that the responsible person is
right there and the system can always rely on a human for resolution
Just go to the tool bar of the browser and click view and source then you
can be responsible for some code. Ain't it great !
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To:
Mark,
I have been advocating this migration in our Sysplex and here are excerpts
from an emails I wrote with links that may help.
The first IBM implementation of tape sharing back in MVS/ESA 5.2.2 had many
faults. The rewrite IBM did a while ago commonly called ATS Star works very
well and is
In my opinion, this is less a JCL issue and more a JES job management
issue.
For JES3, the Initialization and Tuning Guide gives an elaborate description
of C/I phase, which includes cataloged data sets resolution, followed by a
description of resource allocation.
For JES2, I fould less
In a message dated 9/19/2005 10:52:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What's a good and very reliable way to write a step which sets its
return code to a particular non-zero value? (2 is ideal since
it's not even warning severity.)
REXX sample:
1.4.3.1 EXIT
Hmm, in my experiments, if the VOLSER is SMS-managed, a JCL error does
indeed occur. It also occurs whether the program attempts to open the data
set or not. (what does the manual mean by problem program??) Specifying
a non-SMS-managed VOLSER did result in an S213 abend when the program was
This a is a larger and more intricate topic than it would perhaps appear to
be.
Volker Bandke's suggestion is elegant and entirely adequate to the job of
setting a return code that is to be tested in JCL.
Within applications, those anyway that are executed under the LE, the LE
callable
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:07:10 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
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Does anyone remember where the term spooler comes from? SPOOL =
simultaneous peripheral operations on line. The OS/360 Reader-Writer
was the first multiprogramming capability that was released.
SPOOL was
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:08:27 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/18/2005
at 10:54 AM, Bill Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
HASP = Houston Automatic Spooling Program;
That's a common error; the P actually stood for Priority.
So
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[ snip ]
Every time I saw what SPOOL stood for, I laughed at the
people who pretended that it was better to have an acronym
than have it mean
spool. I wondered if it was for copyright purposes,
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:50:37 -0400, Bruce Black
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Every time I saw what SPOOL stood for, I laughed at the people who
pretended that it was better to have an acronym than have it mean
spool. I wondered if it was for copyright purposes, and whether
that would hold up in
In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:54:03 EDT
In a message dated 9/19/2005 10:52:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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What's a good and very reliable way to write a step which sets its
return code to a particular non-zero value? (2
looking for task or guidelines to eliminate 3490 and implement 9840s working a
projec to do this and was hoping someone alreay went through this process. Help!
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Greetings all!
I'm getting ready to merge my existing OS/390 2.9 mcat with the new
mcat created by the ServerPac install for z/OS 1.4. I've not worked a
lot with catalogs and I have some questions before I really pooch
something.
Why are you using the
SPOOL
s(imultaneous) p(eripheral) o(perations) o(n) l(ine).
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spool
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Mark Vollmer wrote on 09/20/2005 10:00:41 AM:
My system did not allocate IPCSPARM for my IPCS sessions. It appeared
to get its various IPCS parm information from another DD.
IPCSPARM is optional and best omitted if you're looking at dumps from the
system on which you're running or another
Hi all,
I'm trying to make a 3490-F11 create 18 track 3480 type tapes. I believe I
may have succeeded, but the real test is in seeing if the tape I created
can be read by a 3480 drive. So, I'm wondering if anyone with 3480 drives
would be willing to read a tape for me and let me know if it
OK, I'll admit that I'm sort of goofing off on this one. I was curious
about the initial format of a never used page dataset. It appears to be
quite simple except for one thing. What I have determined is:
1) The entire dataset is formatted into 4K physical block. This makes
sense.
2) Every block
Hi, All,
A question has arisen about the sizes of extents shown for a VSAM linear
dataset:
ALLOCATION
SPACE-TYPE--CYLINDER HI-A-RBA---305971200
SPACE-PRI250 HI-U-RBA---304750592
SPACE-SEC--5
VOLUME
VOLSERDBA190
In a message dated 9/20/2005 8:40:13 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So when (any why) did IBM change the meaning? I've always thought it
was Program and almost all the old IBM system journals I've been
looking at recently (thanks again Sam!) refer to it as Program,
In a message dated 9/20/2005 9:30:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
SPOOL
s(imultaneous) p(eripheral) o(perations) o(n) l(ine).
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spool
From Merriam-Webster's online English dictionary: a cylindrical device
which has a rim
Thanks everyone. I have a volunteer for my test and will be mailing out
the tape today!
Sylvia
At 10:07 AM 9/20/2005, Sylvia Gorman wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to make a 3490-F11 create 18 track 3480 type tapes. I believe
I may have succeeded, but the real test is in seeing if the tape I
Hi all,
We are using a Z/OS callable services (BPX1SPN) to create a child process
to run a specified executable file (ssh to be exact) from PL/I program.
According to the manual z/OS V1R4.0 UNIX System Services Programming:
Assembler Callable Service Reference the arguments must be coded :
a)
It's even sillier on VM.
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point was to make sure it was reading 18, if he uses 3490E how will he know
what it was reading it as, he will only know it was read successfully
by using 3480 he knows for sure.
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Thanks, John. That's good info.
Now here's the down-'n-dirty:
We are so far behind that we are doing a full system replacement. The
z/OS loadlibs are on RES050 and RES051. The 2.10 system res is SYSR02.
After we settle into a regular maintenance program, we'll move
This is the result of VSAM Extent Constraint Relief introduced in DF/SMS 1.3.
See http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246979.pdf
This allowed extents which are allocated contigious to the previous extent to
be combined as one extent. The second extent is really 10 contigious 5 cyl
Mark,
See my last post. Did you also add it to exit routines? Is it enabled?
EXIT(005) ROUTINES=(name on $ENTRY),STATUS=ENABLED
This did the trick. When I bounced test and tried the $REPEXIT,EXIT3
command, it gave me:
$HASP000 EXIT3replaced
OK so far.
What do you see if you issue
Larry,
Bexar County in San Antonio, Tx. has two open SysProg slots.
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Subject: Re: Job wanted - but I'm not even sure where to look anymore!
Larry
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This is the result of VSAM Extent Constraint Relief
introduced in DF/SMS 1.3.
See http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246979.pdf
This allowed extents which are allocated contigious to
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:56:25 -0700, Ray Mullins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Paul,
I've got an assembler program that takes the return code in the PARM:
//SETRCEXEC PGM=SETRC,PARM='2',COND=...
Would you like it?
IDCAMS works good for 1-15. This exec should work fine for
anything else.
OK..now here's the latest on trying to get this exit to work. I am
replacing Exit3 which is our jobclass/time checker. I created a new 'T'
jobclass in Exit3 which is currently active, then removed it from the
exit, reassm/relink'd, did the $REPEXIT,EXIT3 command, got the $HASP000
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:14:28 -0500, Adam Floro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
$HASP000 EXIT3replaced
OK so far.
Yepper. So you have $REPEXIT working.
OK..now here's the latest on trying to get this exit to work. I am
replacing Exit3 which is our jobclass/time checker. I created a new
John,
I think you have it correct. The second block has a timestamp.
I wrote a program to read the first record of the PLPA and had to change
it to read the
second page (see below) to report on the creation date/time of the PLPA.
Used it to verify a CLPA really got done at IPL time.
The
AFAIK you cannot. All you can is to write 36-track data on CST cart.
You can write 18-track data on CST cart and then read it in 36-track
drive.
Hints: 18-track is 3480 (also 3480X, 3490), 36-track is 3490E.
36-track drive can write 36-track data and *read* 18-track data.
we discussed this
Hi,
We have a little program that can be used :
*-*
* PROGRAM- PGMRC *
* AUTHOR - BRADESCO - ITURIEL*
*
I have a user who has a COBOL program that is HUGE and we can't get it to
compile.
We've altered the SIZE from MAX down to 8192K and have set the compiler
region to 64M.
If we get SIZE too low (like 8192K) the compile fails with a message
suggesting we
increase it.
What else can it tweak
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I have a user who has a COBOL program that is HUGE and we
can't get it
This compiler: PP 5655-G53 IBM ENTERPRISE COBOL FOR Z/OS 3.3.1
Various abends, but primarily 878, 80A, FETCH faliures depending on
various SIZE and REGION combinations.
Seems to me a program that big should be rewritten but I'm probably not
going
to win that battle till I can show there is
The subject document is published. It may be accessed on the IBM web site
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It *is* possible to use indirect cataloging , even though data
sets might be on SYSR1 on one release and SYSR2 for the other
release.
You can define another symbol, let's say SYS12, for those data
sets that are on SYSR1 on the old release and SYSR2 on the new
release. Catalog those data sets to
Allan,
Last time this happened to me, the only way I could get program to compile
was to turn OPTIMIZE off.
Allan wrote:
I have a user who has a COBOL program that is HUGE and we can't get it to
compile.
We've altered the SIZE from MAX down to 8192K and have set the compiler
region to 64M.
If
Alan C. Field wrote:
This compiler: PP 5655-G53 IBM ENTERPRISE COBOL FOR Z/OS 3.3.1
Various abends, but primarily 878, 80A, FETCH faliures depending on
various SIZE and REGION combinations.
Seems to me a program that big should be rewritten but I'm probably not
going
to win that battle
These are some of my old notes on where things occur in the
life of a step, at a fairly high level. I believe they
are all still valid, and may help understand some of the
various issues raised in this thread, but I'm certainly
open for updates, especially if there is anything other
than DSENQ
Jim Mulder wrote:
The subject document is published. It may be accessed on the IBM web site
at the following URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/a2278324.pdf
Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY
Great! Thanks, Jim.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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I've been prowling through the z/OS C and LE documentation and am having
trouble putting some of the pieces together. If there is a better list to
post to, please let me know.
I have a situation where a non-LE system provides an exit point passing a
number of parameters. I have exits in COBOL
Thanks for the suggestions -
Fiddled with the size some more, reduced BUFSIZE and
made the BLKSIZE smaller on the SYSIN and SYSPRINT datasets.
FInally got a complete compile.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:26:01 -0500
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Subject: IOS500I reason 167 - POR?
We had a Power-On Reset a couple of weeks ago -- performed by
our SE
How about REGION=0M and no IEFUSI limit.
You may also try NOOPTIMZE for such a huge program.
Roland
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I think yes.We had a similar problem due to human error.
On the 2084, if you do a POR from the SE it will use the default RESET
profile. The default RESET profile for the 2084 has DYNAMIC I/O changes OFF.
So HSA is calculated with only the defined devices.
We MUST use the RESET profile for
Allan Scherr wrote:
The way Spooling was done on the pre-S/360 systems, to my recollection,
was with a second computer. The 1410 did I/O for the 7010, for
instance. The 1401 was used to to card to tape and tape to printer for
larger computers. The first general multiprogramming
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:45:39 -0600, Paul Gilmartin
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In a recent note, Mark Zelden said:
IDCAMS works good for 1-15. This exec should work fine for
anything else.
The RM states a maximum of 16. Does not state a minimum.
Empirically, 0 works.
Yep. My bad.. I meant
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:58:37 -0500, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am seeing short term paging spikes (zOS 1.4 system) at around 6am. No
dumps happening, just a rapid drop in AFQ and then a spike of 500 pages /
sec... for a about 1 min.
Can anyone recommend how to find out who the causer is? Do
Last time I noticed something like this, we put it down to early
starters.
Online regions not getting used overnight, wound up getting (heavily)
trimmed. First arrival in the morning whacks the Enter key and (probably)
strolls off to get a coffee.
Different office, similar scenario, but hitting a
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questions
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Try:
//SYSUT1 DD DATA,DLM=@@
smtp commands
@@
// DD DSN=t116.data.file,DISP=SHR
You might have to add, LRECL=???,RECFM=?? to the SYSUT1 DD statment,
where LRECL/RECFM is the LRECL/RECFM of te16.data.file. My have to add
BLKSIZE also.
I'm not sure, but I think we had problems
John,
Take a look at APAR OW55297 on IBMLINK. It has a high-level description of
what you're
seeing on the Page Datasets. It also has references to other manuals.
I printed the 1st block for a couple of my Page Datasets ( they were
formatted by a z/OS R4
system and are being used by active
Have anyone used the long-displacement facility instructions
(as in consistently do so to reduce base register usage) ?
Are there any pitfalls or limitations that a relatively
inexperienced programmer should be aware of ?
Btw, why is there no MVCY instruction ? Is it because of
the existence of
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:10:47 +0200, Thomas Berg wrote:
Have anyone used the long-displacement facility instructions
(as in consistently do so to reduce base register usage) ?
Are there any pitfalls or limitations that a relatively
inexperienced programmer should be aware of ?
Btw, why is there no
In a message dated 9/20/2005 6:49:10 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any ideas are appreciated.
Probably a SYNCSORT bug, but have you tried Lionel's
XMITIP? Can do TXT2PDF and the sample shows a PDF with
greenbar mask. Think it's still at _www.lbdsoftware.com_
Greg,
Thanks but I wasn't explicit enough in what I was
asking for. The issue is that the exit is called with
a structured parameter list (R1-list of parm
addresses which each point to a parameter) not a JCL
parm field. The exit is really a subfunction so the
normal C argc/argv isn't right.
Ah, yes, how to get an opcode and two Y-format operands
into a single 6-byte instruction :)
Thomas Berg wrote:
Have anyone used the long-displacement facility instructions
(as in consistently do so to reduce base register usage) ?
Are there any pitfalls or limitations that a relatively
Greetings,
I am in need of Netview FTP SMF Records to Test DAF.
Cheers,
Michael
http://www.geocities.com/michaeljosephcleary/
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Thomas,
We have used the long-displacement instructions to allow for the generation of
additional compiled code over the short-displacement instructions, if the
machine environment supports them, removing the old size limitations of +/-
64K. It was really not all that difficult to implement
Well, the implementation problem is not mine... :)
And whats wrong with 8 bytes instructions in these 64-bits days... :)
== Greg Price == wrote2005-09-21 05:01:
Ah, yes, how to get an opcode and two Y-format operands
into a single 6-byte instruction :)
Thomas Berg wrote:
Thanks, was it any problems regarding certain instructions/operations
and if so, had you some interestion solutions for them ?
TIA
Thomas Berg
== Tom Harper == wrote2005-09-21 05:41:
Thomas,
We have used the long-displacement instructions to allow for the generation of
I *know* this isn't the correct answer (as it applies to COBOL programs),
but if you look at:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ceea5160/2.7.3
Does this look like it MIGHT provide any clues for what you want?
P.S. Have you looked at:
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