HCS7708

2006-08-11 Thread Beesley, Paul
We are upgrading to 1.7 shortly and I understand I need existing z/OS 1.4 systems to be on HCD level HCS7708 before the upgrade. I found this FMID in the z990 exploitation support package. We have no plans to implement z990s in the near future, so can I just apply HCS7708 ( and JCS77H8 ) and

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Nice. When your bag is lost, you cannot drive your car back home and you have no mobile to call for a help I travel quite a lot. I always take notebook with me. It happened twice in Dubai, I spent almost hour in queue for passport control, when I came to luggage belt there was already

Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Perryman, Brian
Hi folks An ex-colleague (who doesn't have access to this list) emailed me to say that he wants to merge three datasets into one larger one. All are PS files with character data in, but two are FB (don't know LRECL) and one is VB (again, I don't know the LRECL but it's the longest of the

Re: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF??

2006-08-11 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 23:13 -0500, Tony Wiggett wrote: We have an IFL engine sitting there doing nothing. Has anyone ever got IBM to 'convert' it ie twiddle the magic screwdriver. I enquired and they wanted to charge us to do it. I thought it was a bit rude. I know it's not their fault that

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Edward Jaffe wrote: Just pack your toothpaste, etc. in your checked luggage instead of your carry-on. How big of a problem is that? It's a big problem if all you have is a carry on. And I

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
LIfe would be easier on airlines if carryons were limited. Would sure cut down gate time! Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 * Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. ? Louis L'Amour

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ken Porowski There appears to be talk about banning all sorts of electronic devices (laptop, cellphones, iPods, car remotes, etc.) too. Basically anything that could send a signal to trigger a device. Pretty

Re: SMPE packaging was Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin [ snip ] Flexibility is not always a virtue: did you ever try to sit on a very flexible chair? (Heard from Bill Waite; origin uncertain) Indeed. Instead of a tightrope, erect a bungee

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin In a recent note, Ken Porowski said: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:22:16 -0400 There appears to be talk about banning all sorts of electronic devices (laptop, cellphones, iPods, car

Re: Old product tapes

2006-08-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2006 at 10:21 AM, Charles Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Wasn't (the first, at least) ELIZA (the Turing Test psychologist simulator) written in SNOBOL? AFAIK it was written in FORTRAN. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Old product tapes

2006-08-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2006 at 02:21 PM, David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ELIZA was described by Joseph Weizenbaum in the January 1966 CACM. It was written in MAD-SLIP (whatever *that* was), and ran on a 7094. A later version of the Michigan Algorithm Decoder? -- Shmuel

Re: Old product tapes

2006-08-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2006 at 12:28 PM, Charles Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Am I the only person who finds Rexx at least a little reminiscent of SNOBOL? Probably. I certainly don't see any similarity. I never worked with LISP; wouldn't recognize it if I saw it. Perhaps they both

Re: DAF IEFUJI

2006-08-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/10/2006 at 04:27 PM, Giovanni Cerquone [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm playing with DAF and I realized that the Userid field on the SMF records is blank. Userid? The JMR has a user field, meaning whatever the installation wants to stuff into it. It's not a userid

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
LIfe would be easier on airlines if carryons were limited. Would sure cut down gate time! I hope you're being facetious! If I can't take it carry-on, I won't take it. Too much damage and theft over the years! When in doubt. PANIC!!

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jack Schudel The restriction on electronics in carry-on is only for UK to US flights. No laptop. No cell phone. No ipod. No door opener on your car keys, etc. That's so far beyond ridiculous, I can't find a

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
And if your skivvies aren't Nomex or some other non-combustible material, you'll have to board stark naked. Given the typical age of a main-framer, that won't be a pretty sight! When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's ...

2006-08-11 Thread Shane
On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 07:27 -0500, Chase, John wrote: ... Soon the only things left to ban from airliners will be the passsengers themselves. Surely already happened - I reckon we'll see people voting with their feet (wallets). I have been pissed off by the inordinate amount of time one spends

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
Soon the only things left to ban from airliners will be the passsengers themselves. -jc- Ever been on a military transport moving prisoners? Each prisoner has an escort and may even be shackled if warranted. Yup, one passenger and one air marshal and if you twitch, it's off to the pokey.

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's ...

2006-08-11 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
I have been pissed off by the inordinate amount of time one spends travelling nowadays - especially from this neck of the woods. (Shane) I judge my mode by distance/time. If I go to a nearby large city in North Carolina, then I drive for 4 hours. Same to Florida, 6-8 hours. Time to Airport from

Re: SHOWzOS V713

2006-08-11 Thread Hal Merritt
I am a little confused. Where should I go to get V713? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Schiradin Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SHOWzOS V713 Hi folks, SHOWzOS v713 is ready.

Re: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF??

2006-08-11 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Wiggett Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF?? Have toyed with the idea of changing from Basic Sysplex with

Re: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF??

2006-08-11 Thread Ken Porowski
I had heard/read (probably from an IBM webinar on the z9BC/EC) that they will 'make it easier' (i.e. free FSVO free)to convert between ICF,IFL,Zaap,Ziip on the 'new' boxes. Not sure if this was meant to trickle down to the z890/990's Ken Porowski AVP Systems Software CIT Group E: [EMAIL

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Jim McAlpine
I'm surprised that ICEGENER didn't work especially if the output file is defined as VB but I've tried it also and got - IEC034I INCONSISTENT RECORD FORMATS V AND F, SYSUT1+1 In which case I suppose you'll have to convert the two FB files to VB first. Jim McAlpine On 8/11/06, Perryman, Brian

Re: Empty loadlib in LPALST?

2006-08-11 Thread Rob Wunderlich
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:36:39 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm willing to bet that it will be OK. Anybody else remember when a non-executable load module in SYS1.LPALIB caused the system to be non-IPLable? I got bit by this once. Managed to escape by not doing CLPA. Is this still

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Bruce Black
Pretty soon you'll have to UPS your luggage and walk onto the plane in your skivvies. Let me know when Dolly Parton is flying! -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support:

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip- That is until you have to RESTORE a SYSMOD at while point SMP/E causes you to do lots of useless work. The intent of a RESTORE is to create a system as if that SYSMOD (and possibly SYSMODs that PRE it) had not yet been APPLYed. The CORRECT

Re: Coupling Facility -- needed?

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip- I heard some IBM'ers in the past say any more than one system in a GRS Ring is too many. Ours runs great wih 3 Lpars though. i was under the impression that the whole thing would be slowed down by the Lpar with the least number of Mips

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Tom Savor
I'd aver that the mere fact of the hyper-hysterical over-reaction in the name of security is the terrorists' victory. Soon the only things left to ban from airliners will be the passsengers themselves. -jc- I know that it's not politically correct or legal but...why not just ban ALL

Kill thread! SHARE bound air traveler's...

2006-08-11 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Ok, everybody has voiced their opinion. Kill this thread now and let's get back to discussing mainframes. I'll add this to my thread killer if it doesnt stop soon. Darren List Owner -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Old product tapes - LISP

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip--- Owe something to LISP? Not even close, IMHO. LISP has often been (correctly) described as parenthesis h**l. I believe its adherents refer to it as a functional language (i.e., every frellin' thing you do is a function, requiring arguments in

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Perryman, Brian
Yep I was somewhat gobsmacked, I just expected that ICEGENER would read the lot. Anyway, I've managed to cobble together the following, which works. Probably over-engineered but, what the heck, it works.. //COPYEXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*

Re: Old product tapes

2006-08-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:54:39 -0300 In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2006 at 02:21 PM, David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ELIZA was described by Joseph Weizenbaum in the January 1966 CACM. It was written in MAD-SLIP (whatever

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Perryman, Brian said: Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:29:32 +0100 An ex-colleague (who doesn't have access to this list) emailed me to say that he wants to merge three datasets into one larger one. All are PS files with character data in, but two are FB (don't know

Rent-a-phone

2006-08-11 Thread Ed Finnell
Just a couple minutes google'ing turned up the following: _http://www.phonerentalusa.com/english/blackberry_rental.asp_ (http://www.phonerentalusa.com/english/blackberry_rental.asp) With following FAQ: 1. How do I obtain my GSM phone? Simply by calling our call center 24/7 toll

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
= -Original Message- From: Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/11/2006 8:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs I'm surprised that ICEGENER didn't work especially if the

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Brown, James Alan
In the early '80s, I was constantly on the road. I used to take my trusty old Atari 800 with me. One bag for the 800, another for the disk drive. Just cheap, unpadded vinyl bags. One round trip every week like that for a couple of years. I always checked them and the thing never failed to

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Brown, James Alan
This comes down to major paranoia. Yes, there are security risks. But, how much of it is protection? And, how much is rampant knee-jerking over-reaction? This is the crux of the matter. Americans have lost their idea of what freedom entails and look to the government to take care of everything

Re: Empty loadlib in LPALST?

2006-08-11 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Wunderlich Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 9:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Empty loadlib in LPALST? On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:36:39 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java Packed Decimal

2006-08-11 Thread Clark F Morris
On 10 Aug 2006 17:30:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/09/2006 at 04:24 PM, Clark Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: As I understood Chuck Stevens who was the Unisys COBOL representative to ANSI X3J4 and a member of the technical support team for their

IDRC

2006-08-11 Thread Ray Mullins
Good day, I'm forwarding a request from ASSEMBLER-LIST from someone who does not live on IBM-MAIN. Thanks, Ray -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: vendredi, 11. août 2006 03:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Jcl output statement and external writer's

2006-08-11 Thread Steve Pordash
Hi all, My question is concerning JCL output statement and external writer's. I wrote an external writer and it works great only if the job that I submit does not fail with a JCL error. For some reason the external writer does not get the JES system output files when the job fails with a JCL

Re: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF??

2006-08-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tony Wiggett wrote: Have toyed with the idea of changing from Basic Sysplex with GRS Ring to a Star configuration. Don't really want to do it using our General CP's. We have an IFL engine sitting there doing nothing. Has anyone ever got IBM to 'convert' it ie twiddle the magic screwdriver. I

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Chase, John wrote: I'd aver that the mere fact of the hyper-hysterical over-reaction in the name of security is the terrorists' victory. It's unlikely the UK would ban carry-on electronic devices if there wasn't a credible threat of an active plan to use just such a device to trigger a

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Perryman, Brian wrote: An ex-colleague (who doesn't have access to this list) emailed me to say that he ... Huh? IBM-Main is a publicly-available resource! If he has access to the Internet, which I assume he does if he's emailing you, then he has access to the list -- even if only through a

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Frank Yaeger
Perryman, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/11/2006 04:29:32 AM: An ex-colleague (who doesn't have access to this list) emailed me to say that he wants to merge three datasets into one larger one. All are PS files with character data in, but two are FB (don't know LRECL) and one is VB

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Brown, James Alan
Just pack your toothpaste, etc. in your checked luggage instead of your carry-on. How big of a problem is that? You can then wait for an hour while the airlines deliver your luggage (or maybe don't deliver it) to the luggage area. My wait for my toothpaste in Atlanta yesterday was 55 minutes.

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Chase, John said: Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:11:13 -0500 And if your skivvies aren't Nomex or some other non-combustible material, you'll have to board stark naked. :-| Hmmm. Can nitrated cellulose be spun/woven into fabric? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 9:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in snip Personally, I would like to see dampening

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in carry on and new security nationwide

2006-08-11 Thread Mark Pace
A couple of weeks ago I was travelling home from a trip to Canada. My flight into Atlanta was early and so I went to the podium of an earlier flight home and asked if I could fly stand-by. The guy says that if I have checked baggage then I have to stay on the later flight to stay with my

Re: Jcl output statement and external writer's

2006-08-11 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
If I remember my JES correctly, OUTPUT cards don't take effect until after conversion. If you have a JCL error early on then you need to have /*ROUTE PRINT. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: New POO

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip-- Here's IBM's main publication web site, where pubs are available in BookManager or PDF format for download, or for ordering if you like. http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/public/applications/publications/cgibin/pbi.cgi?CTY=US Warning

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Ray Mullins
What about a one-off QD REXX with 3 read loops? Later, Ray On 8/11/06, Perryman, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks An ex-colleague (who doesn't have access to this list) emailed me to say that he wants to merge three datasets into one larger one. All are PS files with character

Strobe

2006-08-11 Thread Stephen M. Wiegand
I'm wondering if anyone on this list might be able to help me out here or point me to a helpful web site. I'm working with a client who has the transaction analysis and monitor Compuware system called Strobe. I am not familiar with this system at all and the client has neither the time nor

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Stephen M. Wiegand
At 08:27 AM 08/11/2006, you wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin In a recent note, Ken Porowski said: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:22:16 -0400 There appears to be talk about banning all sorts of electronic devices

Re: Jcl output statement and external writer's

2006-08-11 Thread Steve Pordash
Thanks for your response! I thought that to be true, however the /*ROUTE PRINT option only takes a printer name as an argument. Do I need to define a jes printer and point the printer definition to the external writer name? I don't know if one can do that. -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Coupling Facility -- needed?

2006-08-11 Thread Steve Arnett
If you use the GUI program Hardware Configuration Manager, you give him the two CHPIDs you want to configure, and how many devices you want genned, and he automatically does all fo the devices for you along with their interconnects. I, like you, spent hours/weeks doing the configuration.

Re: DAF IEFUJI

2006-08-11 Thread Michael Cleary
Greetings, The issue is that DAF is processing some SMF records that the system does not automatically populate with the userid. The DAF source provides sample code for IEFUJI to get the userid from the RACF control blocks and copy it to the User Identification field of the SMF Common Exit

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) I can't tell you the number of times that either my co-pilot (wife) or I have left our cell-phones active (live / on) while flying. They did not interfere with the Comm frequencies or

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Darren Evans-Young
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Tom Savor wrote: I know that it's not politically correct or legal but...why not just ban ALL Muslims from flying. Seems like over the past 30 years, 99% of all terrorist activities were Muslims. Yea, I know that's radical but I don't see ANY outrage from the 90%

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Tim Hare
Regarding the carry-on vs. checked-baggage, the-wait-is-too-long-I've-got-things-to-do issue. Let's look at what, to me, is the root cause of the problem: the root cause is not the airport delays due to security (although the security folks can themselves be annoying). The problem is that

Re: Strobe

2006-08-11 Thread Fletcher, Kevin
Steve, I do not have a cheat sheet, since this is pretty easy to use. If you have access to Compuware's (registration required) web site there is great documentation on Strobe. The best way to start is to get your hands dirty and play with it, explore the options. The first time I used Strobe, I

Re: Empty loadlib in LPALST?

2006-08-11 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
Ed, If I had the chance I would do it. Unfortunally all of my own system have some entries in SEYULPA (CICS CPSM) only one client doesn't use CPSM so this loadlib is empty. However I would keep the setup as close as possible to make life easier in terms of LINKLIST/LPA/APF/IEFSSN and so on

Re: Merging datasets wtih different DCBs

2006-08-11 Thread Frank Yaeger
Brian Perryman wrote: //COPYEXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN01 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=Main VB data file //SORTOUT DD DISP=(,PASS), //DSN=COPY, //UNIT=SYSDA, //SPACE=(TRK,(15,1,0),RLSE), //DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80) //SYSINDD *

Re: SHOWzOS V713

2006-08-11 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
Sorry I missed the URL for the updates. http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm and download FILE#492. The preload version FILE#614 is still not available Roland -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Schiradin Sent: Thursday,

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Richards.Bob
Tim, Zig Ziglar would agree with that. He always thought airport executive lounges were great for free phones, free food and free office space. Bob Richards -Original Message- Snippage either the person travelling, or their employer, needs to adjust their travel expectations

Airport Travel (Was: SHARE bound air traveler's ...)

2006-08-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tim Hare wrote: [snip] either the person travelling, or their employer, needs to adjust their travel expectations to match the reality of how travel is accomplished these days. If you build into your world view the necessary time, waiting for your luggage is merely some downtime. With EV-DO

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Combest
Isn't the 'turn your cell-phones off' while flying an FCC thing and not an FAA thing? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/06 1:10 PM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) I can't tell you the number of times that either my co-pilot

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Jon Brock
Been There, Done That, Got The . . . Subsystem? Starship? Solid State? Schutzstaffeln? g Jon snip BTDTGTSS /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

z/OS Basics -- Updated

2006-08-11 Thread Wayne S O'Brien
Oops, reposting this to the list I refreshed the z/OS Basics book recently; here's the link -- http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/zoslib/pdf/zosbasic.pdf This edition includes a good many editorial improvements. Also, don't miss the new book Introduction to the New Mainframe: Networking --

Re: How to Submit and monitor a Job?

2006-08-11 Thread Wade Curry
Michael Knigge([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 07:08:36AM -0500: Steve, What is it you need to do once it ends? Do *you* just need to know that it has run? Do you need to do something once it runs? Do you need to know how it completed? Well, currenty I only need to submit the job

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Combest Isn't the 'turn your cell-phones off' while flying an FCC thing and not an FAA thing? I think not, because operating an airplane is beyond FCC's jurisdiction. I don't fly often enough to remember

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I always thought it was a we want you to pay to use our phones thing. -Original Message- From: Rick Combest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 10:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Damping Fields Isn't the 'turn your cell-phones off' while flying an FCC

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Damping Fields snip Actually, commercial airliners use the same VHF nav/comm band as general aviation for

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
Actually, it's in the FAA regs. I don't know about the FCC regs (I stopped reading them when the CB abortion took place). Later, Steve Thompson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Combest Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:40

FW: HCD and IOCDS on 2096/2094

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
Forwarded for a colleague while I rummage around on IBMLink I'm really seriously beginning to think we're missing some maintenance or something on z/OS 1.5. Each time I write an IOCDS using HCD from the cold start TECH system to the

Re: Strobe

2006-08-11 Thread Hal Merritt
Strobe works by taking snapshots of an address space (like a strobe light) and counting how many times it sees a given state. Normally, you can just look for the largest number and work on making it smaller. For example, the largest number might be on a given file. Make the block size larger,

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Combest
Seems rather ridiculous that all carry on bags are checked for bombs, knives, toothpaste, shampoo,etc for fear of some kind of threat. Yet, it is left up to passengers to turn off their own phones ... If there were interference problems, navigational or otherwise, wouldn't all passengers be

Important Coupling Facility Info!!! Watch out for this!!

2006-08-11 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
We just had a major outage on our production SYSPLEX due to a bug in a recent CF microcode update. We were running a DBAR test on two CFs that are partitioned with one LPAR on production and another that we use for DBAR. When the DBAR partitions were activated the production LPARs went down.

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:28:43 -0400, Tim Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regarding the carry-on vs. checked-baggage, the-wait-is-too-long-I've-got-things-to-do issue. ... The problem is that people tend to schedule their business trips with a minimal amount of time to spare for travel and _no_

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/11/2006 12:02:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: airlines should have started banning all liquids in carry on luggage then instead of waiting 11 years and then jerking their knees and everything else. Common sense tells us that any rational or

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chase, John snip Actually, commercial airliners use the same VHF nav/comm band as general aviation for air

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant I used to joke about the time I chased the plane down the runway and they stopped to let me on. That was when I was flying out of City Airport from Detroit to Cleveland every morning and back every

Re: Damping Fields

2006-08-11 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 2:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Damping Fields snip That's known as frequency separation. :-) snip If I remember correctly, FREQ SEP is

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Graeme Gibson
It's called Chardonnet Silk or, with mischief in mind, Mother-in-law Silk. Probably the first synthetic, responsible for many impromptu incinerations when the gorgeously attired stood too close to then-ubiquitous spark-emitting open fireplace. Graeme. At 01:05 AM 12/08/2006, you wrote: In

Re: SHARE bound air traveler's TSA change liquids prohibited in

2006-08-11 Thread Jon Brock
There was a bit about that in John Emsley's wonderful book, Molecules at an Exhibition. Precursor to rayon, if memory serves. Jon snip It's called Chardonnet Silk or, with mischief in mind, Mother-in-law Silk. Probably the first synthetic, responsible for many impromptu incinerations when

Re: DAF IEFUJI

2006-08-11 Thread Giovanni Cerquone
The issue is that DAF is processing some SMF records that the system does not automatically populate with the userid. The DAF source provides sample code for IEFUJI to get the userid from the RACF control blocks and copy it to the User Identification field of the SMF Common Exit Parameter Area.

Re: DAF IEFUJI

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Giovanni Cerquone wrote: The issue is that DAF is processing some SMF records that the system does not automatically populate with the userid. The DAF source provides sample code for IEFUJI to get the userid from the RACF control blocks and copy it to the User Identification field of the

Re: Anyone converted from IFL to ICF??

2006-08-11 Thread Shane
On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:03 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: I don't know what kind of processor you have, but on our z800 there is no magic screwdriver to turn. The ICF and IFL are one and the same! I switched from ICF to IFL simply by removing a CP resource from the CF LPAR and adding it to

Microsoft Remote Desktop?

2006-08-11 Thread Mike Liberatore
I want to do from my desktop while logged on, remote desktop ( I guess this aka Microsoft terminal services) to a server and log on. I would then like to run a bat script then log off without loosing my session and then Remote desktop back in and pick up where I left off? Thanks in advance!!!

how to use ADRDSSU to copy multiple volume dataset to other DASDs

2006-08-11 Thread Tommy Tsui

Re: how to use ADRDSSU to copy multiple volume dataset to other DASDs

2006-08-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tommy Tsui wrote: Hi all, Anyone know how to use ADRDSSU to copy a multiple volumes datasets to other new DASDs if the single dataset size over 9000 CYLS and spans into 3 volumes. How to copy it to other volumes use

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 10:36 -0500 on 08/11/2006, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): ---snip- That is until you have to RESTORE a SYSMOD at while point SMP/E causes you to do lots of useless work. The intent of a RESTORE is to

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:38 -0500 on 08/10/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:09:16 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:08 -0500 on 08/09/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): I

轉寄: Re: how to use ADRDSSU to copy multiple volume dataset to other DASDs

2006-08-11 Thread Tommy Tsui
HI all I am not to move multiple volume dataset, I need to copy and rename the dataset to other new volume, I try to use the following ways, but it required dyanmic allocated the dataset and the flashcopy is not activiated during copying why?. Is there another way to copy multiple volume dataset

how to use ADRDSSU to copy multiple volume dataset to other DASDs

2006-08-11 Thread Tommy Tsui
I knew why the flashcopy is not activiated because it does not support multvolume data set.but I am using DS8100 is it same DFSMSdss attempts to allocate the target data set on the same device type in the same ESS if the source data is in an ESS. This increases the probability that FlashCopy

Re: Jcl output statement and external writer's

2006-08-11 Thread Brian Westerman
There is an easier way, and I apologize in advance for this but it's not meant as a solicitation, just wated to let you know that another option is available. We have a product, SyzSpool, that offloads output from the spool to individual compressed HSM (or ABR) managable datasets under