Re: C on z/OS questions

2006-03-25 Thread Gil Peleg
Hi John, It is possible to create DLLs under z/OS. Check out the book z/OS C/C++ Programming Guide under the z/OS C/C++ bookshelf. See the chapter named "Building and Using Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs)" which explains thoroughly how to build and use DLLs, Including code samples, compiler options

Re: z900 "Capacity Models"?

2006-03-25 Thread Birger Heede
Level 2 cache is the reason I believe. Larger in the modules with 20 PUs. Birger Heede IBM Software Group Richards.Bob wrote: I believe this has been answered before. However, the reason is because of what happens in the manufacturing of the chips. Some chips yield faster clocking results tha

Re: C on z/OS questions -- Thanks!

2006-03-25 Thread john stephens
To all those who lended their hands and knowlege, thank you. The information provided was of great worth and I was able to get the routine linked and callable in the manner I needed. A special thanks to Anyd Robertson for his examples. Those examples made all the difference in the project. Ag

Hercules 3.04.1 announcement

2006-03-25 Thread Jay Maynard
What's new in release 3.04.1 Release date: 25 March 2006 Fix to allow building for Intel-based Mac OS X (Jay Maynard) Note: This version only applies to the Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) platform. Version 3.04 is current for all other platforms. The updated Tiger binary package is a univ

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Richard Tsujimoto
Jorge coded: >A test of transaction(SUPX) under CICS V2.2.0, in instructions wait coded >below, down the CICS. >289 WAIT 5,ECBLIST=LISTECBS >290+*MACDATE 10/20/88 >292+ LA0,5(0,0)LOAD PARAMETER REG 0 >294+ LA1,LISTECBS

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Bob Rutledge
Assuming there's nothing missing from this code sample, there are too few entries in LISTECBS to satisfy the wait count (5). Isn't WAITing in a CICS transaction frowned upon? Bob Jorge Arueira Campos wrote: Hi all A test of transaction(SUPX) under CICS V2.2.0, in instructions wait coded belo

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/25/2006 10:36:03 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Isn't WAITing in a CICS transaction frowned upon? >> Strictly verbotten in every shop I've ever been in, but there are always exceptions. -

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Chris Mason
Ed, I'm glad other, sharper "problem vultures" have spotted the two - so far - flaws in the original code. But the matter here is whether issuing a WAIT in a CICS transaction at all is "a good thing" or not. In the old days, the early seventies when I first came across CICS, issuing a WAIT in a

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Strictly verbotten in every shop I've ever been in, but there are always exceptions. If you can get the wait off of the main TCB (TCA?), it's not as bad, but IBM (and almost every CICS sysprog I know) still strongly recommends against it. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the univer

Re: MVS LTO tape usage

2006-03-25 Thread R.S.
Michael Wickman wrote: We have been approached with the idea of converting our tape backups from 3590 to LTO to get encryption for our off-site backups. There are claims by the vender that they interface with our DASD backup system and TMS (CA-Disk and CA-1). I'm just started asking question

Re: 3380-3390 Conversion - DISAPPOINTMENT

2006-03-25 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 3/24/2006 7:13:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Excellent basic primer on records and blocks. A few comments for the more advanced user: >each physical record on tape and DASD ... >... >The hardware limit is established by the Count fields in b

Re: MVS LTO tape usage

2006-03-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/25/2006 12:15:09 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The are several encryption packages (appeared after some loud tape-lost articles), just to mention IBM, FDR, CA. >> Does it run on LAPTOPs? _http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/23/ey_bp_laptop/_

Friday ON TOPIC

2006-03-25 Thread R.S.
From MVS System Commands: If you specify CLOCK for day 2042.260, the last allowable date, the clock value must not exceed 23.53.47. Later values may cause unpredictable results. Now we know projected date of mainframe death. What precision! Even hour and minute is known. -- Radoslaw Skor

Re: Friday ON TOPIC

2006-03-25 Thread Ed Gould
On Mar 25, 2006, at 12:30 PM, R.S. wrote: From MVS System Commands: If you specify CLOCK for day 2042.260, the last allowable date, the clock value must not exceed 23.53.47. Later values may cause unpredictable results. Now we know projected date of mainframe death. What precision! Even

Re: MVS LTO tape usage

2006-03-25 Thread Russell Witt
Actually, the IBM product does offer a reader for midrange systems (probably Laptops as well), and I know that CA is planning on such a reader as well. This way, tapes for B2B (Business to business) can be sent from a mainframe-oriented business to a non-mainframe business on an encrypted tape. Ru

Re: z900 "Capacity Models"?

2006-03-25 Thread Eric N. Bielefeld
Now I kind of remember. Thats why I started out my post with "I thought". I used to remember all this hardware stuff a lot better. Eric - Original Message - From: "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:37 PM S

ICF Catalog with lots of redundant datasets

2006-03-25 Thread Mike Baker
Hi all, If we have lots of redundant datasets on the machine, and many HLQ (high level qualifiers) which could (also) be completely removed, but have not been removed / cleaned up, is this likely to have much of a performance degradation affect on the Catalog / CAS. Thanks. -

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:58:00 -0300, Jorge Arueira Campos wrote: >A test of transaction(SUPX) under CICS V2.2.0, in instructions wait coded >below, down the CICS. > >289 WAIT 5,ECBLIST=LISTECBS >290+*MACDATE 10/20/88 >292+ LA0,5(0,0)LOAD PARAMETER

Re: 3380-3390 Conversion - DISAPPOINTMENT

2006-03-25 Thread willie bunter
Thanks Eric for taking the time to explain and provide me samples of your jcls. I will look them over and should I have any questions could I kindly impose upon your good offices? As you can see it is Saturday night and I am working. Such is the life as we have ALL have done. P.S. I thi

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Don Poitras
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:58:00 -0300, Jorge Arueira Campos wrote: > >I don't know what happened in cics region. Anybody have a information of > >PTF or APAR related with this problem, macro WAIT of SYS1.MACLIB executed > >under CICS 220 ??? > Did your SU

Re: VTAM and MS Host Integrated Server IP-DLC (Enterprise Extender)

2006-03-25 Thread Ed Rabara
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:54:27 -0600, Tim Hare wrote: >Is this the correct place to ask about VTAM issues? We're trying to move a >Microsoft Host Integration Server from 802.2 connection to IP-DLC (AKA >Enterprise Extender). The documentation we've found, however, doesn't >really use the same names

Re: VTAM and MS Host Integrated Server IP-DLC (Enterprise Extender)

2006-03-25 Thread Ed Rabara
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:39:34 -0600, Ed Rabara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:54:27 -0600, Tim Hare wrote: > >>Is this the correct place to ask about VTAM issues? We're trying to move a >>Microsoft Host Integration Server from 802.2 connection to IP-DLC (AKA >>Enterprise Extende

Re: CICS down after transaction exec wait macro.

2006-03-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:13:29 -0500, Don Poitras wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:58:00 -0300, Jorge Arueira Campos wrote: > >> >I don't know what happened in cics region. Anybody have a information of >> >PTF or APAR related with this problem, macro WAIT