Re: MOD54

2006-01-23 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Mendelson, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Any one with 3390 mod54 . Any problems experiences good or bad > > No experience yet, but there is the warning that your software should be checked to support them. They have fullword number of cylinders and t

Unix Root grouth

2006-01-23 Thread Mohamed Juma
Hi, I faced strange OMVS issue, our HFS root was about 3300 cyls, We faced shortage problem, so I defined it as multivolume HFS. Few months later I found it about 14 thousands Cyls which is almost five time than before. I do not know why it came so big like this, I checked the content of the roo

Re: MOD54

2006-01-23 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- Any one with 3390 mod54 . Any problems experiences good or bad -- snip -- No software or response time problems to date. Ensure that you check with your Software suppliers for support info. Dumping them takes a very long time. We're reviewing whether it is needed at all in our particul

Re: TSSO

2006-01-23 Thread Claude Richbourg
Hello Craig, I have used TSSO on the z/OS 1.4 system and it works fine. We used it to stage the startup/shutdown process and trap console messages that need an operator response. Of course, YMMV. It is a good automation product and easy to use. Have any questions, let me know. Claude >>> [EMAIL

What happens if CR's are directly changed?

2006-01-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Say that a supervisor state program (obviously) changes a CR directly, without using the various MVS services - what will happen when an interrupt occurs? Will the CR's remain the same or will they be reset to the last known MVS-approved state? Is that any different if RTM gets control due to an

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > > >IBM has been getting rid of office space for a long time now > > It has been cost effective in Canada for at least the last 4-5 years. > > It's cheaper to give them a pager, cell, laptop, printer, &

Re: IEFUSI and ELIM (solved)

2006-01-23 Thread Martin, Mike
FYI. It turns out that our region limit is being altered by an ISV product for buffering. Thanks to all that replied. Mike Martin ^ This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please

Re: Using SMF data on a PC? Any software to assist?

2006-01-23 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
John Fly wrote: Is there any package(IBM, or otherwise) to analyse SMF datasets directly on a PC? (Windows, Unix, etc..)?? SAS is avalaible for Windows and I think Unix. We are looking at getting rid of SAS on z/OS and replacing it with SAS on PC's. -

Re: Replying to listserv from ibm-main newsgroup was (fwd) Re: What starts Netview?

2006-01-23 Thread Howard Brazee
On 21 Jan 2006 07:40:16 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Morris) wrote: >I am reading ibm-main as a newsgroup and would like an easier method >in Agent 3.1 to reply to the listserv than clicking forward and typing >in the address. It worked easier in 2.x. One of the best things about Agent is i

Re: Unix Root grouth

2006-01-23 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Mohamed Juma wrote: Hi, I faced strange OMVS issue, our HFS root was about 3300 cyls, We faced shortage problem, so I defined it as multivolume HFS. Few months later I found it about 14 thousands Cyls which is almost five time than before. I do not know why it came so big like this, I checked

Re: Using SMF data on a PC? Any software to assist?

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Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Shannon
>Last week I saw that IBM is selling off *some* of their building >downtown for condo's You didn't say where. IBM sold its Cottle Road facility in San Jose. I can't imagine how much it sold for, but given the value of property in Silicon Valley, and given the potential cost of cleanup after 50 y

Re: Using SMF data on a PC? Any software to assist?

2006-01-23 Thread Gil Peleg
There's also EPV for z/OS from EPV Technologies. They process SMF records on PC. Gil. John Fly wrote: > Is there any package(IBM, or otherwise) to analyse SMF datasets > directly on a PC? (Windows, Unix, etc..)?? > -- For IBM-MA

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Those, and the "tradition" of "seeing warm bodies with noses to the grindstones" That fear went away, in the greater Toronto area, years ago. The current fear is the cost of real estate. A typical cube cost over $6,000 CDN per year. I can supply somebody with all the needs for home for around $2

Re: TSSO

2006-01-23 Thread Dave Cartwright
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:45:01 -0500, Kittendorf, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >For z/OS 1.4 on z890, is TSSO on CBT file 404 the one I need? I assume >others have 'been there, done that, got the t-shirt." Yup, no problem on 1.4 > >Problems ? Gotchas? > Always pull the latest versio

Directory ...

2006-01-23 Thread R.S.
One of the steps of z/OS Unix sysplex customization is job BPXISYSR. Among other thing, the job creates directory ... (three dots) in root directory. What is purpose of the directory ? I can't find any reason. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---

Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Larry Kraus
I will be running z/OS 1.4 in 31 bit on z900 machines with ICFs. Can I have more than 2GB defined as central storage on my ICF, even if the z/OS lpars are still running 31 bit mode. Larry Kraus RiteAid Corp 717-214-8511 Disclaimer: This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of t

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Shannon) writes: > You didn't say where. IBM sold its Cottle Road facility in San Jose. I > can't imagine how much it sold for, but given the value of property in > Silicon Valley, and given the potential cost of cleanup after 50 years > of disk manufacturing, they probably m

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Mark Jacobs
Yes, but it depends on the CFCC level in the CF lpar. I think CFCC level 12 or higher supports greater than 2GB real. Mark Jacobs -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Kraus Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@

Re: Unix Root grouth

2006-01-23 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mohamed Juma > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Unix Root grouth > > > Hi, > > I faced strange OMVS issue, our HFS root was about > 3300 cyls,

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Paul Hanrahan
I've been working on a master's in accounting. Still early in my efforts. Have you seen anything about IBM being concerned about return on assets rather than return on investment ? - Paul Hanrahan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf O

Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN

2006-01-23 Thread Mark Thomen
"Charles Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Thanks. > > I always do an Ignore (MVI 3(R1),4) and branch to the address passed in R14. > > I do the Ignore without checking whether it is an allowed option (it is in > this case) on the theory that if it's not, wha

RES: MOD54

2006-01-23 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
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Re: Using SMF data on a PC? Any software to assist?

2006-01-23 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/23/2006 8:14:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SAS is avalaible for Windows and I think Unix. We are looking at getting rid of SAS on z/OS and replacing it with SAS on PC's. >> Think Barry Merrill has the why's and wherefores documented at _w

Re: Junk mail from this sender

2006-01-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/20/2006 at 08:36 PM, Steve Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I have been receiving a couple of junk mails (with attachments and >viruses) a day from "IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU". I know that Shane uses >that as a return address. Are there any others? Could a system hav

Re: National ID card processing?

2006-01-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/20/2006 at 05:36 PM, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Unfortunately the powers that be are unimpressed by the "I just did >it to see what it is/would happen" defence since that is equally >available to the real baddies. The news has had some cases of even >pr

Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN

2006-01-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/21/2006 at 09:00 AM, Charles Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I suspect this is one of those classic MVS stories. When the gurus of >the sixties designed QSAM, the theory was that after a DCB ABEND the >program went away, so it didn't matter what state anything was

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Can I have more than 2GB defined as central storage on my ICF, even if the z/OS lpars are still running 31 bit mode. No, not yet. There is the concept of control/non-control storage. CF-Speak for Central/Expanded. I don't believe IBM has come out with 64-bit CF's, yet. If they have, I missed the

Re: Receiving e-mail with virus

2006-01-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/20/2006 at 08:27 PM, "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Am I the only one receive e-mail that states it is from >IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU that has virus attached? Bpgus return paths are common in spam. Ask your provider to block 61.95.194.0/24 until bh

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Mark Jacobs
Look at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/pso/cftable.html A level 12 coupling facility (CFLEVEL=12) provides the following enhancements: * 64 bit Support, removal of the 2G line * 48 Concurrent Tasks * Support for Message Time Ordering providing enhaced Sysplex Timer Conn

Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN

2006-01-23 Thread Charles Mills
Isn't that what I said? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN I

Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN

2006-01-23 Thread Bruce Black
Mark T is apparently right. The "Using Data Sets" manual says: "If bit 5 of the option mask is set to 1, you can ignore the abend by placing a value of 4 in byte 3 of the parameter list. Processing on the current DCB stops and bit DCBOFOPN is off. There is no need to issue CLOSE. If you su

Re: QSAM DCB not restored by CLOSE following S013-18 on OPEN

2006-01-23 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks. I expect coding a workaround is a more productive use of my time than wrestling with IBM. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Thomen Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Knutson, Sam
Yes you can have more than 2G of central storage defined for an ICF provided it is on a zSeries CPU with the right driver and CFCC level. http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/pso/cftable.html I have an ICF on 2094 and a 2086 operating as CF each with 16G as only central storage defined

Re: TSSO

2006-01-23 Thread Kittendorf, Craig
There are multiple existances of TSSO on the CBT, that why I was double checking. Thanks, Craig -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Cartwright Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TSS

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: > in the mid-80s there was a predication that ibm world-wide business > was going to double ($60b/annuum to $120b/annum) and there was a > massive manufacturing construction program. one of those was large > bldg. 50 on the main plant site. in the later downsizing from th

Re: BTAM on Zos 1.7

2006-01-23 Thread David Pate
We have a handful of customers who will still be attempting to use bisynch connectivity through BTAM when we go to 1.7 . It works fine on 1.4. - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is inte

Re: BTAM on Zos 1.7

2006-01-23 Thread Lopez, Rich [NCSUS]
Thanks. We are at 1.4 and running successfully so far. We expect to be running 1.7 by September this year. I've heard rumors that it has been running on 1.7 and that lots of people out there are still using the 3745. Richard Lopez -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [

Re: Oracle 10g install on z/OS 1.4

2006-01-23 Thread Rugen, Len
Thanks for the replies. I think all were private. I think my z/OS system can support X client (the installer) and I have a X server on a Linux desktop. But, I'm not even up to the need for X yet. I'm getting a message indicating that Java can't allocate enough storage: JVMDBG001:

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Larry Kraus
Are you running 31 bit z/OS? Larry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central Yes you can have more than 2G of

Re: Tape Encryption Products List

2006-01-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
As a follow-up to my "Tape Encryption Products List" posting from last August, here's some more information. 1. Obviously the IBM software product ("IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS") is available and now well known, so that's one of two statements of direction fulfilled. Details here: http:

Re: MOD54

2006-01-23 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: "Mendelson, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Any one with 3390 mod54 . Any problems experiences good or bad No experience yet, but there is the warning that your software should be checked to support them. They have

Re: REXX Problem

2006-01-23 Thread Nix, Robert P.
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Problem A usage note on using "address (env)" on every call is that on return the address environmen

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:36 AM, Bob Shannon wrote: Last week I saw that IBM is selling off *some* of their building downtown for condo's You didn't say where. IBM sold its Cottle Road facility in San Jose. I can't imagine how much it sold for, but given the value of property in Silicon Valley, an

Re: Tape Encryption Products List

2006-01-23 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/23/2006 12:57:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If anyone knows of any relevant products that haven't been mentioned yet in the "Tape Encryption Products List" thread, by all means please chime in. >> The Jan 2006 Tech Support Mag from Naspa

Re: IBM up for grabs?

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Shannon
>>> Last week I saw that IBM is selling off *some* of their building >>> downtown for condo's > >> You didn't say where. IBM sold its Cottle Road facility in San Jose. I >> can't imagine how much it sold for, but given the value of property in >> Silicon Valley, and given the potential cost of c

Re: Does anyone use or remember DRMS?

2006-01-23 Thread Gibney, Dave
HSEND BACKDS dataset TARGET(TAPE) Dave Gibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Programmer(509) 335-7359 Information Technology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-1222 > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [m

Re: How SMFDUMP works?

2006-01-23 Thread Víctor de la Fuente
Yes, we are using it: MEMBER =3D SMFPRM1E MULCFUNC -- DEFAULT MEMLIMIT(0M) -- DEFAULT DDCONS(YES) -- DEFAULT LASTDS(MSG) -- DEFAULT NOBUFFS(MSG) -- DEFAULT SYNCVAL(00) -- DEFAULT INTVAL(30) -- DEFAULT DUMPABND(RETRY) -- DEFAULT SUBSYS(TSO,NOTYPE(16,19,90,99)) -- SYS SUBSYS(TSO,DETAIL) -- PARMLI

Re: How SMFDUMP works?

2006-01-23 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
It's possible the problem is with your IEFU29 exit. There's an item on IBMLink that mentioned this. Try starting SMF without the IEFU29 exit. When a switch from one of your SMF dump data sets occurs either because the data set is full or you manually switch it, see if the status of that data

Re: What happens if CR's are directly changed?

2006-01-23 Thread Craddock, Chris
> > Say that a supervisor state program (obviously) changes a CR directly, > without using the various MVS services - what will happen when an > interrupt occurs? > > Will the CR's remain the same or will they be reset to the last known > MVS-approved state? > > Is that any different if RTM gets

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread R.S.
Larry Kraus wrote: Are you running 31 bit z/OS? IMHO it's irrelevant. You can run 31-bit OS in one LPAR, 64-bit OS in another. CFCC is another OS in this scenario. All you need is proper HW with proper microcode level (including CFCC code). -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---

Register for SHARE in Seattle

2006-01-23 Thread Pope, Lynette
IBM-Main-ers. Thinking about registering and just haven't done it yet? Check out the MVS/SCP newsletter and learn about some good reasons to register for SHARE in Seattle. The newsletter includes - SURVIVAL KIT for SHARE in Seattle - Sessions sponsored by the MVS SCP Project - SHARE w

Re: Coupling Facility > 2GB of central

2006-01-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>> Are you running 31 bit z/OS? The mode of the OS doesn't affect the mode of the CF & vice versa. The OS accesses by structure name & the CF worries about location. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in!

Re: TN3270 Question

2006-01-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/20/2006 at 08:42 PM, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >You need to read section 10.5 The SYSREQ Function of RFC 2355 in >order to know why this discussion is taking place. I took a look at RFC 2355, and see several disturbing things. First, thewre is a lot of

Hercules and MVS 3.8

2006-01-23 Thread Phil Payne
> Had you been a little more exegetic, you could have noticed that the > statement was intended to say that IBM should make a license agreement with Hercules and create a "student version" of z/OS, then bundle that with the new zScholar program to reach those institutions unable to afford an act

Re: REXX Problem

2006-01-23 Thread David Speake
I think one could even do FLIP/FLOP. IIRC In an ISREDIT macro, it comes in with the default of ISREDIT and ISPEXEC on the "FLIP" side. So "MACRO" "." "." ADDRESS /* No(env) FLIPs you back to ISPEXEC */ "." "." "." ADDRESS /* And FLOP into ISREDIT */ "."

IPCS The Movie: LOST IN SPACE, er... DATA SPACE

2006-01-23 Thread Todd Burch
Woe to those who hit PF8 and advance into unused DATASPACE storage. Is there an option in IPCS Browse to overcome the HANG (X CLOCK) situation when paging into the unused portion of a 2G dataspace dump? Perhaps an option to turn off similar line compression? (Things I do in my spare time: browse

Re: IPCS The Movie: LOST IN SPACE, er... DATA SPACE

2006-01-23 Thread Craddock, Chris
> Woe to those who hit PF8 and advance into unused DATASPACE storage. > > Is there an option in IPCS Browse to overcome the HANG (X CLOCK) situation > when paging into the unused portion of a 2G dataspace dump? > > Perhaps an option to turn off similar line compression? > > (Things I do in my sp

Re: IPCS The Movie: LOST IN SPACE, er... DATA SPACE

2006-01-23 Thread Todd Burch
z/OS 1.7.00 Todd > > I thought they had fixed that? What release are you on? > > CC > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Directory ...

2006-01-23 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KRDO 4)
That belongs to DFS. From the DFS Administration book: "The DFS global namespace must be mounted on a local disk directory. In z/OS, the local directory where the global namespace is mounted must be / (The /... is usually created during the DFS installation.) Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE

CICS 3.1 installation

2006-01-23 Thread Jerry Ragland
Hi all, I have a CD with the title "IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.1" . Please let me know whether I can use this CD to install CICS 3.1 in my z/OS system. I have a document with publication no. and name - GI10-2586-00 - Program Directory for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, t

Re: IPCS The Movie: LOST IN SPACE, er... DATA SPACE

2006-01-23 Thread Barbara Nitz
Todd, if you do a max PF8 while browsing, AFAIK you're out of luck. IPCS is going to read the whole dataspace, all 2GB of it, if you're unlucky. (Or all of the 64bit address space, for that matter.) Better to look for something via FIND. FIND is going to stop whenever there is 'storage not availa