Re: ECS Sharing and MCAT

2005-10-10 Thread R.S.
Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc wrote: Hups sorry I mean cross systems but in the same sysplex. Sorry. Tnx for your posting to correct my posting. We use basic sysplex and not parllel sysplex. Roland, You cannot use ECS in base sysplex. So you don't use ECS, or you have parallel sysplex.

Re: STAT Transaction Error in CICS

2005-10-10 Thread Jerry Ragland
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 07:27:40 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fix is to code SPOOL=YES in the SIT for the region (SPOOL=NO is the default). -jc- Hi John, Thanks, ur solution works perfectly... Jerry. -- For

Re: RMM Total Block Count when Using Tapecopy.

2005-10-10 Thread Mike Wood
John, The 'total block count' is a number which Open/Close/EOV maintains and passes to the tape management system (this case RMM) during CLOSE/EOV. You can see this information described in the DFSMS Installation Exits chapter that includes IFGTEP parameter list. If the original file was not

Re: Assembler question

2005-10-10 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Personally I would use: DCAL2(LISTEND-*-2) Why would you want the length to be 4 bytes greater than the actual length? DCC'T045022' DCC'T047542' ...

Printing Register Values in JESYSMSG

2005-10-10 Thread Jerry Ragland
Hi all, I need to display the contents of the register or some variable values in JESYSMSG. How can I display register values or some variable values using WTO or is there any other way of doing it. Thanks in advavance.. Jerry.

Re: Order of Operands (was Re: JES2 Exit6 - Changing Class= Based on PGM=)

2005-10-10 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/06/2005 at 10:21 AM, Charles Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I gave this a little more thought. Here's a concrete code example where a literal is clearer in meaning than an out-of-line constant. Consider AHI R2,1 BUMP TO NEXT BYTE That's not a

Re: z/OS 1.5 FTP using Protected User ID

2005-10-10 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/05/2005 at 07:49 AM, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Is it possible? What are you asking? You can submit a job to run FTP under a protected userid if you have surrogate authority. You would still need to have the password for the FTP server that you wanted to

Re: Assembler question

2005-10-10 Thread Chase, John
GA-A-A-K-KKH!! -Original Message- From: Chase, John Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 7:03 AM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: RE: Assembler question -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Personally I would use:

Re: Order of Operands (was Re: JES2 Exit6 - Changing Class= Based

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:31:55 -0300 In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/06/2005 at 10:21 AM, Charles Mills [log in to unmask] said: I gave this a little more thought. Here's a concrete code example where a literal is clearer in

Re: Anyone Still Using Static Mode APF ?

2005-10-10 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Mike, IIRC Dynamic APF was introduced with MVS/ESA 4.3 about 1992 along with Common Storage Tracking and lots of other goodies. MVS/ESA 4.3 was a very good release still fondly remembered for stability around these parts. Are you talking about code to query the current libraries? I think

New cbt-tape group on yahoogroups

2005-10-10 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Everybody, If you want a forum to discuss the contents of (or find stuff on) the CBT Tape and the CBT Overflow Tape, I have started a new group called cbt-tape on yahoogroups. Below is the info: Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe:[EMAIL

Re: Printing Register Values in JESYSMSG

2005-10-10 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:18:56 -0500 Jerry Ragland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I need to display the contents of the register or some variable values in :JESYSMSG. How can I display register values or some variable values using :WTO or is there any other way of doing it. You create a message and

Re: Printing Register Values in JESYSMSG

2005-10-10 Thread Knutson, Sam
I have not tried it but SNAPREGS and friends in Jim Marshall's tool kits (member MACROS) looks promising File # 316 Jim Marshall's large collection of batch programs http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT316.zip http://www.cbttape.org This has been discussed several times in the past and Gilbert

Re: New cbt-tape group on yahoogroups

2005-10-10 Thread ibm-main
From: Sam Golob If you want a forum to discuss the contents of (or find stuff on) the CBT Tape and the CBT Overflow Tape, I have started a new group called cbt-tape on yahoogroups. Below is the info: Damn - looks like Sam is getting bored :o) Personally I never found it a chore

Re: ECS Sharing and MCAT

2005-10-10 Thread Bruce Black
We use ECS for most of all catalogs including the Master Catalog exlcuding some emergency catalogs. All devices are shared cross sysplex, SHR (3,4). No problems so far. The Managing Catalogs manual says Attention: If you attempt to use a catalog that is currently ECS-active

MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread john gilmore
As Bruce has pointed out, this instruction continues to be available. Moreover, it has a number of at least moderately obvious uses. For example, many binary-to-decimal conversion routines generate digits in right-to-left, least-to-most significant, sequence; and MVCIN can be used to reverse

Cross memory programming

2005-10-10 Thread John Krew
The Extended Addressability Guide has some nice snippets of code that display the use of various cross memory features, but I would like to see a well-programmed example of a full-length program that puts it all together. If someone could point me to some nice examples of cross memory

Re: Assembler question

2005-10-10 Thread Bob Stark
I've spent quite a bit of time with this approach, changing my list to USERS=(T045022,T046726,T047...), but I can't seem to figure out how to parse this list in the second macro. That SYSLIST stuff just works in the primary macro. I Have a collection of $GRP macros which save data temporarily

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Art Celestini
FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example: MVCIN XxwaEye,=C'AWXX'+3 Put C'XXWA' in eyecatcher field I also used it recently, along with a CUSE, to

Re: Assembler question

2005-10-10 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:41:18 -0400 Bob Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I've spent quite a bit of time with this approach, changing my list to :USERS=(T045022,T046726,T047...), but I can't seem to figure out how to :parse this list in the second macro. That SYSLIST stuff just works in the

How to move JES2 checkpoint dataset

2005-10-10 Thread R.S.
I want to move my CKPT1 dataset to another volume, I'd like to do it without IPL. My idea: 1. Create temporary DS for NEWCKPT 2. Issue $T CKPTDEF,NEWCKPTn=(DSN=tempCKPT1,VOL=tempvol) 3. Use $TCKPTDEF,RECONFIG=YES to enter the dialog switch CKPT to NEWCKPT1 4. Delete old CKPT1, create target

Re: How to move JES2 checkpoint dataset

2005-10-10 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: How to move JES2 checkpoint dataset I want to move my CKPT1 dataset to another volume, I'd like to do it

risk management for the infrastructure

2005-10-10 Thread Clark Lowery
Is anyone running a formal infrastructure risk mangement process? We have set up a function, using the NASA PRA approach, and would like to find some consulting help to get the program up to full speed. So far, I've not located anyone. Any ideas?

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread John Krew
Well, I guess one of the more obvious uses is with Semitic languages. Particularly when fields must be stored left to right for correct sort sequence or to fully exploit compression algorithms that truncate trailing (but not leading) blanks, but of course must be displayed right to left.

Disaster recovery question - 3952 drives in an ATL.

2005-10-10 Thread McKown, John
We use Sungard as our D.R. provider. We are getting a new tape subsystem. It is a 3494-B10 (VTS), a 3584 Tape Library with 3592-J1A tape drives, and two 3490-C22 rack mounted drives (for interchange). This is totally replacing our 3494-B18, 3590E manual drives, 3480 drives, and 3420 drives (man,

Re: assembler instruction question

2005-10-10 Thread john gilmore
What I really need is a two dimensional array, but I don't think that can really be done in a macro. Two- and indeed 7-dimensional arrays are possible using created set symbols. I don't have time this afternoon to write you a full-fledged example, but a toy one will illustrate what is

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Art Celestini wrote: FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example: MVCIN XxwaEye,=C'AWXX'+3 Put C'XXWA' in eyecatcher field I usually do

Re: COBOL/LE runtime changes

2005-10-10 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hmm... You might consider to add this to your lower end development and test systems. Give Murphy his day and let them fix up the programs that fall down. This might keep some of the those lucky programs out of production. DIAGxx

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Steve Comstock
Edward E. Jaffe wrote: Art Celestini wrote: FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example: MVCIN XxwaEye,=C'AWXX'+3 Put C'XXWA' in eyecatcher field

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Steve Comstock wrote: Edward E. Jaffe wrote: Art Celestini wrote: FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example: MVCIN XxwaEye,=C'AWXX'+3 Put

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Steve Comstock
Steve Comstock wrote: [replying to myself to fix my typo] Edward E. Jaffe wrote: Art Celestini wrote: FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example:

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Steve Comstock
Edward E. Jaffe wrote: Steve Comstock wrote: Edward E. Jaffe wrote: Art Celestini wrote: FWIW, I frequently use MVCIN to place eyecatchers in data structures to avoid false hits if and when it becomes necessary to search through a dump for the structure. For example: MVCIN

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Steve Comstock wrote: Yes, I saw that. But what does it mean to get a false hit on an eyecatcher? Do you mean looking at the code in an editor (find command would find an MVC? - of course then using labeled constants gets around that) or do you mean looking at an eyecatcher in a dump? Still, is

Re: How to move JES2 checkpoint dataset

2005-10-10 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/10/2005 12:37:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does it make any sense ? Did I forget anything ? I got in a hurry once and forgot to make one of the CHKPTs PSU and first DEFRAG moved it about 4 cylinders. Got real familiar with RECONFIG.

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Charles Mills
Do you get what Ed is saying, Steve? Your eyecatcher for some GETMAINed control block so you can find it easily in a dump is COMSTOCK. You do an F COMSTOCK in a dump, and you get a hit, but lo and behold, it is the literal =C'COMSTOCK' in your assembled CSECT, not the GETMAINed control block.

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Thomas H Puddicombe
I suspect both Ed and Art work for software vendor(s). If engaged in product support, they probably spend entirely too much time down in the dumps g,d,r (or, if not actively engaged in product support, know people who do)

Re: Assembler question

2005-10-10 Thread Martin Kline
I believe the following two macros and subsequent sample code can generate what you want. The code could be a bit more robust, but that's for you to add, since I don't know the specifics of your requirements. MACRO LAB GRP GBLC GROUPS(500),USERS(500) GBLA

Re: Assembler question (now answered)

2005-10-10 Thread Bob Stark
Thanks everyone for all of your help. I've got something that works, even though it is more crufty than I would like. Past time to move onto the next bug. What I found out is that GBLC symbols have a 256 byte limit (at least in zOS 1.4; I have the zOS 1.6 doc, which says 1024 bytes). Macro

Re: z/OS 1.5 FTP using Protected User ID

2005-10-10 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Perryman, Brian FTP requires a Login, and protected userids can't be used in any login operation, so I'd be surprised if you could do it. Why would you want to though John? Sounds like a massive

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-10 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Charles Mills wrote: Do you get what Ed is saying, Steve? Your eyecatcher for some GETMAINed control block so you can find it easily in a dump is COMSTOCK. You do an F COMSTOCK in a dump, and you get a hit, but lo and behold, it is the literal =C'COMSTOCK' in your assembled CSECT, not the

Re: New cbt-tape group on yahoogroups

2005-10-10 Thread Sam Golob
Hi, Maybe I am getting bored. But my real reason for making the cbt-tape forum on yahoogroups is so that if people find bugs or imperfections in any of the CBT Tape files, that they should have a place to report them to me. Or to stimulate someone to fix the program and send the

Re: Assembler question (now answered)

2005-10-10 Thread John R. Ehrman
The HLASM Language Reference is a pretty big book already; while I'll grant the value of well-chosen examples, adding more tutorial information would make the book start to approach the PoP in size. If you have suggestions about specific opacities, please send comments via the Reader Comment