Smith, Sean M wrote:
Yes I believe that is the case. We are not using z/OS for the VPN
service.
In that case you should notice similar speeds on same speed link, with
or without VPN.
I know your non-VPN connection is LAN connection, probably much faster
than VPN connection.
If possible try
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 09:53 +0200, R.S. wrote:
> Ted MacNEIL wrote:
> >>True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
> >
> > Why not in this day and age?
> > Even my non-SMS volumes, few that they may be, have an index.
> >
> > They were out long before SMS was.
>
> My SPOOL volumes (or rather JES2 SPOO
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the response to my S0F4 question.
It just unnerved me and I was looking for some re-assurance that I or my users
had not done anything silly.
Thanks again - Terry
Terry Sambrooks
Director
KMS-IT Limited
228 Abbeydale Road South
Dore
Sheffield
S17 3LA
UK
Tel: +44 (0)114 262
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> On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 09:53 +0200, R.S. wrote:
> > Ted MacNEIL wrote:
> > >>True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
> > >
> > > Why not in this day and age?
> > > Even my non-SMS volumes, few that they may be, have an index.
>
Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote:
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On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 09:53 +0200, R.S. wrote:
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
Why not in this day and age?
Even my non-SMS volumes, few that they may be, have an
In a message dated 3/30/2006 6:54:17 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
Why not in this day and age?
Even my non-SMS volumes, few that they may be, have an index.
I didn't mean to imply that I advocated not having a VTOC index.
"P. Raulerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Note that if you segregate all changeable data, putting it
> into its own area, the OS is usually smart enough to load
> one copy of the code/text section, and then multiple copies
> of the data section. Basically, re-entrant code.
In z/OS, these data s
Joel C. Ewing wrote:
[...]
A number of reasons for the SysProg salary differential:
(1)a SysProg needs a large amount of specialized training to handle
issues on hardware and operating system configuration which application
programmers never have to consider;
(2)a SysProg needs the abilit
Bill Klein wrote:
See comments below for some of my "responses". I thought I was clear that I
was NOT talking about "performance" or "storage" impacts. I think most of
those types of "impacts" are cases where you and I disagree.
Well, I was mostly thinking about performance, so I missed
your
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>
>
> >True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
If anybody is interested in "inquiring" RRS log streams in batch mode, IBM Labs
developed a batch interface to do this too.
They built this tool to address some requirements from users using APPC
protected conversation.
Best regards.
-Messaggio originale-
Da: IBM Mainframe Discussion L
DBRM's are temporary,
once the plan / package is bound there is no need to recover them ... DB2
does not use them after after bind.
Re-compile will not recover the DBRM as you suggested. Both DB2 static
statements and DB2 executables are time stamped by actions in the
precompile process and at r
Size isn't the issue, it's being able to dump them quicker than they
fill up.
Indeed. Doesn't SMF support use of the logger? Does anyone have
experience using the logger for SMF?
SMF doesn't write to logger (out of the box). We do write SMF to logger,
but
I wrote the code to do it. Pretty
>Absolutely no need for a VTOCIX. The same would be true of any non-SMS
volume which is designed to have a minimal number of permenantly
allocated datasets.
I came from a shop that was very retentive on DASD.
There would be volumes added and removed from various storage groups on a
regular basis.
Can someone explain how WLM works if someone submits a job using a WLM
jobclass, but they don't specify a scheduling environment? Is there a
default scheduling environment? The job does run.
Disclaimer: This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of
the recipient(s) named above.
The short answer is they are not related. There is no "default"
scheduling environment.
WLM inits decide WHEN an job will run, Schedling Environments decide
WHERE it may run.
Of course, if a Scheduling Environment IS requested, if it is not
available, the job will not run.
If a Scheduling Environ
There is apparently a problem with the automatic daylight savings time
change where some LPARs on a machine might not apply the time change at the
scheduled time.
You are not exposed to the problem if you do not attempt to automatically
implement time change via the 9037 sysplex timer.
There is a
It will run on any system that has a WLM initiator. It completely
ignores the WLM scheduling environment resources, but I think it still
uses WLM to pick the system that will give it the best performance.
John Ayon
z/OS Server Technology -
The Red Alert is now available:
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/redAlerts/20060331.html
According to the Red Alert, the problem is in z990 and z890 machines at
Driver 55.
Brian
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:22:50 -0600, Brian Peterson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There is app
One point of clarification: while Scheduling Environments primarily
determine where a job will run, they can also determine by extension
*whether* a job will run. That is, one use of SE is to hold up jobs that
need some resource that is (presumably) temporarily unavailable. In our
shop, we use
I recieved the following this morning:
<= ITS Global Alert =>
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ALERT
Document Number: 033006B
Machine Type: 2084, 2086
Models Affected: All
Ayon, John wrote:
It will run on any system that has a WLM initiator. It completely
ignores the WLM scheduling environment resources, but I think it still
uses WLM to pick the system that will give it the best performance.
No. JES schedules work into any available WLM initiator that is
cur
I've rolled the JES exits from release to release in the past but never
got into any depth. The people that developed them here are long gone.
I'm moving from z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 and the code for EXIT3 won't assemble.
It looks like a lot of things were removed from $RDRWORK, this exit
refers to R
This may help.
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10418
Don Imbriale
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In particular, a Scheduling Environment may be tied to your Automation
Solution that will
set the Scheduling Resource for a particular DB2 subsystem when the DB2 is
actually
ready to do work. Just because a DB2 subsystem is up, does not mean it
isn't doing
some other work and is not ready for prim
Take a look at the Oct 1999 and Jan 2000 TSO/ISPF PDFs on XEPHON. Article
names are Directory Entry Services and Binder API.
It states that macro DESERV is the functional replacement for BLDL and
STOW. Code is Rexx, ASM, ISPF panels and msgs.
Not exactly what you asked for but worth a look.
Ed
I'm looking for the proper syntax to key in at the MVS console to query HSM.
Can anyone on the list help. Thanks.
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>I'm looking for the proper syntax to key in at the MVS console to query
HSM.
>
> Can anyone on the list help. Thanks.
>
F DFHSM,QUERY ACTIVE
assuming DFHSM is your started task name.
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In regards to JES2 SPOOL volumes without VTOC index:
On 31 Mar 2006 02:22:05 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) wrote:
Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote:
Valid reasons, however our spool and page pack do have
indexes, just because of the rule
Hello List,
I am hoping someone here can help me, although I realize that I should
probably post this on the TCPIP list, of which I am not subscribed to a the
moment. I am upgrading a release of z/OS ADCD (1.5 to 1.6) and I am
customizing the TCPIP profile for v1.6. The v1.5 TCPIP profile used
B
We have no subnet value coded
; Network First Hop Link Name Packet Size Subnet Mask Subnet Value
;
206.254.132 = OSAGBELINK1500 0
Thanks,
Desi
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> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:42 PM
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> Subject: TCPIP Profile (GATEWAY vs BEGIN/ENDROUTES)
>
>
> Hello List,
>
> I am hoping someone here can he
Scott,
My understatnding is you want to continue to use the BEGINROUTES/ENDROUTES
statements. You will need to use them if you go to IP V6. See page 107 of
the 1.7 IP configuration reference guide.
Harry
Sc
HESND QUERY ACTIVE
Thanks,
Chris M. Sultis
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
Sr. Systems Programer
(205) 220-3863
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/31/2006 11:57:28 AM >>>
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:42:42 -0800, Howard Rifkind
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm looking for the proper syntax to key in at the
Is there a way to put a delay in between an action an a alert rule?
Thank You
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Scott,
I'm not at all sure I understand the rationale for your request.
GATEWAY is the old, old way of doing it, the understanding of which was some
sort of rite of passage for the acolytes of TCP/IP for MVS. One well-known
regular contributor to this group/list - in another forum many years ago
Desi,
Do you know why you have no Subnet Value coded - and why your Subnet Mask is
0 - and why the IP address under "Network" shows only 3 bytes of digits - or
shows as many as 3 bytes of digits?
I'm asking not because I don't know but it might be important one day, maybe
soon, that you know beca
HSEND is an alias for HSENDCMD and is not intended for the MVS console. At
least according to the HELP text:
Function - The HSENDCMD command is used to issue DFSMShsm
system programmer, operator, and storage administrator commands
from a TSO terminal, rather than from the
Wow! Thanks, Chris, and everyone else that responded. I'll stick with the
BEGIN/ENDROUTES. I'm wondering, though, if this is the more modern way, why
would IBM ship v1.5 with it and v1.6 without. I may be wrong about that,
however my tServer vendor may have put them in there.
Thanks again
Yes.
If you provide a real life example of what you are trying to do you may
get a better specific answer.
You can run a REXX program that will go into an OSF server and OPSWAIT.
You could create a dynamic TOD rule to run a program at some time in the
future.
OPSMVS is a wonderful tool kit! When
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:10:23 -0600, Rugen, Len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm moving from z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 and the code for EXIT3 won't assemble.
>It looks like a lot of things were removed from $RDRWORK, this exit
>refers to RDWSAVE1 which appears to be one of the things removed.
>
>Before I dig
I wasn't aware that there was "exit migration" needed until someone else
replied. At first look, I think we can do it, but our accounting codes
have acceptable formats going back 20-25 years, all changes were "upward
compatible", so the old JCL still works. The exit goes down one format,
gives up,
IBM is also offering "services" to help out customers in similar situations.
http://www-
03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/jes2_exits_offering.html
Brian
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:24:33 -0600, Rugen, Len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I wasn't aware that there was "exit migration" needed
>Can someone explain how WLM works if someone submits a job using a WLM
jobclass, but they don't specify a scheduling environment? Is there a
default scheduling environment? The job does run.
A scheduling environment is NOT required.
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I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal pan
There is no default Scheduling Environment. You can assign a SE to a
particular
Jobclass (WLM or JES) in the JESPARMs.
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Brian Peterson wrote:
IBM is also offering "services" to help out customers in similar situations.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/jes2_exits_offering.html
Brian
Gee, you don't think that ... ? Nah!
-Steve Comstock
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charge money to fix it? I thought not.
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock
>
> Brian Peterson wrote:
> > IBM is also offering "services" to help out customers in similar
situations.
> >
> >
>
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/jes2_exits_off
ering.html
Hi, and sorry in advance if these are simple questions. I'm not a storage
administrator, but am trying to figure out some things about how our system
operates.
Our environment is z.OS 1.4, running DFSMS/hsm as well as DFHSMdss and
DFSMSrmm. We use both automatic backups of changed datasets an
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 10:27 -0600, Brian Peterson wrote:
> According to the Red Alert, the problem is in z990 and z890 machines at
> Driver 55.
And for those machines Driver 55 seems to have caused more problems than
it's worth. Especially small (say single CEC) shops.
Shane ...
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In my opinion, Steve Comstock is out of line here.
In JES2 for z/OS 1.7, IBM has implemented perhaps the most significant
enhancements to JES2 in literally years.
- NJE over TCP/IP
- Large Spool data sets (> 64K tracks)
- Long SYSIN support (32K Lrecl)
- Table Pair enhancements
- SSI for JES2 mon
>In an attempt to help customers where the original JES2 sysprog has moved
on to bigger and better things, IBM has decided to provide a service to
help customers evaluate their JES2 exits, and determine if the scope of
their particular project is small/medium/large/xlarge.
>WHY IS THIS A BAD THING
Brian Peterson wrote:
In my opinion, Steve Comstock is out of line here.
It was a joke, man!
In JES2 for z/OS 1.7, IBM has implemented perhaps the most significant
enhancements to JES2 in literally years.
- NJE over TCP/IP
- Large Spool data sets (> 64K tracks)
- Long SYSIN support (32K Lr
Maybe I over-reacted, too.
I jumped to the conclusion that IBM was charging for this service.
If they're not, I appologise.
If they are, my comments still stand.
BTW, my comments about MicroSoft still stand.
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-teD
I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in!
-Ori
Now that we've had our Friday afternoon chill out--easy to do in LA where
it's cool and drizzly--I want to affirm Brian's observation: we're given a
truckload of new function for our trouble. Which is not even much trouble
if
1. you have none of the affected exits in use, or
2. you have or can
>As far as the low blow of comparing IBM with Microsoft, I'm sure Bill
Gates is turning over in his lavish mansion. ;-)
I could show you scars from both vendors!
I also know things that I cannot reveal as a former (short-time) IBMer.
But, suffice it to say, nobody wants to do any more than they
>>In an attempt to help customers where the original JES2 sysprog has
>>moved on to bigger and better things, IBM has decided to provide a
service >>to help customers evaluate their JES2 exits, and determine if
the scope of >>their particular project is small/medium/large/xlarge.
>>WHY IS THIS A
>but do you really expect them to work for free? I don't.
Hello?
They are changing the way things are done.
Then charging you to 'fix' it?
I still think that's wrong.
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-teD
I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in!
Hi, We're trying to squeeze more performance from the amazing shrinking
batch processing window, we would like to use Hiperspace, the file is not
vsam , but perhaps there is a 3rd pty product that could help.
Thank You.
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I saw that guide on the short-lived newhasp.com a bit before I saw it on the IBM
migration pages, and I was paying attention at the time as I was getting ready
to convert my own exits. There's gotta be a story in there somewhere...
Bob Shannon wrote:
...
As Dave Danner mentioned, they publi
On 31 Mar 2006 13:29:47 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
(Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Comstock) wrote:
IBM is also offering "services" to help out customers in
similar situations.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/jes2_exits_offering.html
Br
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
Hello?
They are changing the way things are done.
Hello? I rather expect things to change given the business we're in. I prefer
it to boredom.
Then charging you to 'fix' it?
IBM isn't charging anyone to 'fix' anything. Any customer implementing exit
code in any com
Tell us more about your problem and the programming language in which you
are dealing with it.
Is there really only one file involved? Or are there three, as in a
classical MFU?
John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721-1817
USA
From: "Kannard, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Dis
I went to the Anaheim share, but since we are SO short handed, I went to the
IMS sessions instead of the JES session. I can't be in two places.
I don't know where anyone would pick up the depth of knowledge in JES as the
people that developed these exits had.
I may well take this "opprot
Language is cobol. The latest analysis shows dasd excps of 9,494,372 for one
seq dd, we felt that if
we could get better buffering run time would improve.
Stevek.
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From: john gilmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:24 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.ED
What is the LRECL, Block size, and how many record?
Have you tried using BUFNO?
Kannard, Stephen wrote:
Language is cobol. The latest analysis shows dasd excps of 9,494,372 for one
seq dd, we felt that if
we could get better buffering run time would improve.
Stevek.
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Just a couple of "COBOL sequential file" issues that MIGHT impact this.
1) If the file is a "variable length" file, then make certain that you have
the AWO compiler options specified.
2) If you have any internal SORT statments, make certain that you have
specified FASTSRT compiler option.
***
On Mar 31, 2006, at 9:12 PM, Kannard, Stephen wrote:
Language is cobol. The latest analysis shows dasd excps of
9,494,372 for one
seq dd, we felt that if
we could get better buffering run time would improve.
Stevek.
Steve,
What type of file is it? Is it unblocked (ie 80-80 or something cl
On Mar 31, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Rugen, Len wrote:
I went to the Anaheim share, but since we are SO short handed, I
went to the IMS sessions instead of the JES session. I can't be in
two places.
I don't know where anyone would pick up the depth of knowledge in
JES as the people that develope
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