Anuradha
Please make sure you have NODETYPE=EN in your VTAM start options. This is
checked when VTAM starts, together with a check that STRMNPS is *not* NONE,
prior to trying to connect to the specified structure in order to initialise
the MNPS function.
While we are checking your start options,
Hi,
i think I should give my final feedback on this issue to complete this
topic.
After we updated our LE runtime library, all problems got solved!
It means, for the load modules generated using 'Enterprise PL/I v3r1m0' ,
they work normally now under the new LE without re-compiling and re-linki
At 09:29 -0400 on 08/30/2006, Craddock, Chris wrote about Re: ISV Anchor Table:
The table is just a contiguous block of SQA allocated during IPL and is
(as far as I know) more than enough to accommodate all of the current
users. If the table needed to expand, I imagine IBM would deliver
service
Ray Mullins wrote:
Interesting article on the SearchDataCenter site today...
http://tinyurl.com/juuee
Could SNA be cracked? (Note the proper word use here. Hackers do not do
bad. Crackers do bad.)
Later,
Ray
Yes, interesting, in order to "crack" SNA you must use SNMP (a IP based
protoc
Are you refering to TN3270 connections to SNA sessions? If so, they
are easily secured by a product with which i am familiar.
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
201.626.5363
On Aug 30, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Matthew Stitt wrote:
We've always considered SNA to be the most reliable and secure
networking
syst
> When I add IEFUJI
> to the SUBSYS pararmeter in SMFPRM00 for OMVS, I get errors like this:
>
> BPXP005I A FORK OR SPAWN ERROR WAS ENCOUNTERED. RETURN CODE 0070
> REASON CODE 0BFC0434
>
> This was when I just entered the ishell. By what I've read, it
> sounds like the spawned task inherits ac
Hi All,
I am trying to implement MNPS in our environment.
ISTMNPS is unavailable for the VTAM to connect. I am wondering why...
Hope I have done things that I should do.
-D NET,VTAMOPTS
STRMNPS = ISTMNPS
ISTMNPS CFRM structure details are as follows.
-D XCF,STR,STRNAME=ISTMNPS
In
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 08/30/2006
at 07:38 AM, "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>AFAIK our "shop standard" back in VS COBOL II days was to specify
>TRUNC(BIN) for all "online" programs. I think most "address-type"
>fields were specified PIC S9(8) COMP, so the "decimal limitation" go
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/30/2006
at 10:43 AM, Bob Poortinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I am on several mailing lists where most members are "Joe Average".
>Most of these lists have unsubscribe instructions appended to
>*every* message. At least once a week someone sends a "remove me from
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Altmark) writes:
> LOL. "Simplest terms". No kidding there!
>
> I suggest Madnick & Donovan's "Operating Systems" textbook (McGraw-Hill,
>
On Wednesday, 08/30/2006 at 03:49 AST, "Daniel A. McLaughlin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Introduction to the New Mainframe: Z/OS Basics (redbook) and NOT
the
> "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe"
LOL. "Simplest terms". No kidding there!
I suggest Madnick & Donovan's "Operating Sys
>But you mentioned virtual tape. That's a perfact example of "indirect" use.
Good point.
But, from a user perspective, it's still tape.
I used to work in a shop that had the following use for tape:
Data interchange: with today's security issues, I would switch to SFTP.
Back-Up/DR: still a valid
one possibility I haven't seen mentioned is are there 2 DCB;s for the same
ddname?
I remember doing this once but other than make sure not to ever do it again
don't remember what the symptoms were
Mike
On 8/30/06, Andy Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:34:19 -0500, Mark <
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:34:19 -0500, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
. . .
>>
>> Show the expansion of the CLOSE macro.
>> Is R1 getting cleared to indicate MODE=31? If not, it would be trying to
>> close an ACB at location zero (and something else must be causing the
>> SC03).
>>
>00083C D707 B588
In a message dated 8/30/2006 2:50:56 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Works for me.
>>
Yeah, sorta like the time our CS dept. ordered a VAX without one. We're
going to write our own? Um, our new machine won't boot! Yeah, it's waiting for
your OS. Well, piece of shi
From: Introduction to the New
Mainframe: Z/OS Basics (redbook) and NOT the "Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Universe"
Works for me.
Daniel McLaughlin
ZOS Systems Programmer
Crawford & Company
PH: 770 621 3256
*
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:04:42 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>Ruh roh! The cooler is empty again!!!
>...
In the spirit inspired by Alan's cooler, I suggest a difinitive answer:
"Everything following the slash".
Pat O'Keefe
--
We already changed this before zFS and since zFS migration we lower
this setting
SHOWzOS will display this
HFS Statistics
Maximum virtual storage: 256 MBMinimum fixed storage:0 MB
Virtual Storage:17344 Pages Fixed Storage:0 Pa
LookUp cache hit
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:47:17 -0500, Greg Shirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Sorry, I gave a cursory look to your job - I didn't notice you were doing
an
>ALLOC. In any case, if you want, you can just add DIR(n) where n is some
>number of directory blocks to your ALLOC.
>
>I tried the following
Thanks for all the ideas, etc.
Problem was finally traced to a failed Changeman backout. ONE load
module was "out of synch" with the rest of the library. After copying
(manually, since this is still a "test environment") the correct version
of the "wrong" load module into the library and re-star
Sorry, I gave a cursory look to your job - I didn't notice you were doing an
ALLOC. In any case, if you want, you can just add DIR(n) where n is some
number of directory blocks to your ALLOC.
I tried the following here and it created a data set with 99 dirblcks:
//SYSINDD*
Hi Greg,
I am not sure how I would code this parm. are recommended. Any suggestions?
Greg Shirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, the JCL reference manual says this in regards to the LIKE parameter:
Note: Directory quantity is picked up as part of the space allocation
attribute except w
Something I ran into recently as a consideration if you keep growing
real storage sizes. Set the Wayback Machine Sherman!
Way back when in OS/390 R7 DFSMS 1.5 IBM changed the way HFS buffers
were handled to default to half the storage on an LPAR. What a default!
Combine increased use of HFS with
We've always considered SNA to be the most reliable and secure networking
system created. But that was in the days of leased lines, and modems
connected directly to the circuits and the FEPs.
With everything running through devices which can be accessed through the
network, SNA (and everything el
Well, the JCL reference manual says this in regards to the LIKE parameter:
Note: Directory quantity is picked up as part of the space allocation
attribute except when the model data set is a PDSE. When you create a PDS,
the directory blocks must be specified directly on the JCL by using the
SPACE
On Tuesday, 08/29/2006 at 11:02 ZW3, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Thus 24 rows and 80 columns are always returned in the default fields
> >of the "Query Reply" and so they are not configured anywhere.
>
> That is *not* the behavior of a real 3270 attached to a real 317
Interesting article on the SearchDataCenter site today...
http://tinyurl.com/juuee
Could SNA be cracked? (Note the proper word use here. Hackers do not do
bad. Crackers do bad.)
Later,
Ray
--
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Roseville, CA, USA
http://www.catherdersoftware.com/
http://www.mrmullins.big-bea
The frequency of these "customer/member account compromised" type of Amber
Alerts is getting
ridiculous and remind us all how they relate directly to IBM-MAIN? Should we
look to IBM-MAIN for
consumer news? Hopefully not.
Sincerely,
Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.
Date:
Ron MacRae wrote:
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:43:54 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Peter Relson doles out anchor table slots on request (one per vendor).
As an employee of an ISV who'se product could make good use of this
feature, I've some questions that perhaps Peter c
Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:58:29 +, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
I don't know what you mean.
I will re-state my assertion.
Using 'direct' tape, IE: a batch job writing to a tape, ...
But you mentioned virtual tape. That's a perfact example of "indirec
Please ignore. Brain is not engaged.
Thanks
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Subject: Installing TSSO
I obtained file 404 and read through the inst
Radoslaw and all,
You are correct in that ADRDSSU 64kB blocks. In APAR OA13742, we made
a change
to how we opened the output data set when writing to tape. This change
allows our 64Kb
blocksize to show up in the new blocksize field and be recorded by tape
management systems.
Thanks,
Andrew
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Mullins) writes:
> Perhaps this site is "helpful" in narrowing down what an OS is?
>
> http://www.answers.com/topic/operating-system
re:
ht
Hal Merritt would like to recall the message, "Installing TSSO".
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:58:29 +, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I don't know what you mean.
>
>I will re-state my assertion.
>Using 'direct' tape, IE: a batch job writing to a tape, ...
But you mentioned virtual tape. That's a perfact example of "indirect"
use. By the time it g
I obtained file 404 and read through the instructions. Seemed simple
enough. But I stalled in step 3. The instructions say to run ASMALL.
That member is incomplete.
Are there some better instructions? Or do I have to cobble up my own
assembly/bind job?
Thanks!!
NOTICE: This elec
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Staller, Allan) writes:
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into one of AT&T Inc.'s computer
> networks and stole credit card data and other personal information
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In a message dated 8/30/2006 9:13:59 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into one of AT&T Inc.'s computer
networks and stole credit card data and other personal information from
several thousand customers who shopped at the telecommu
Hallo to All,
I am trying to create a PO dsn using the LIKE parm. The job (please see
below) executes okay but when I check the dsn it has 0 Maximum dir blocks.
Can anybody please tell me why? Thanks
//*
//STEP1EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into one of AT&T Inc.'s computer
networks and stole credit card data and other personal information from
several thousand customers who shopped at the telecommunication giant's
online store.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20
Do you have disk volume security active? Does the userid that
Control-M runs under have security rights to allocate space on these
disks? Can you use TSO to submit the job using the Control-M userid?
Are you using the exact DEFINE CLUSTER in both the Control-m and TSO
jobs? Message IDC3007I
In
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 08/30/2006
at 05:37 PM, Tommy Tsui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Thanks all, I try to use TSO submit the job ...it's ok with no
>error when I use Control-M to submit the job again...it issues
>the RC 12 and return the following error message..how
>comes?
Run
In
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 08/29/2006
at 05:07 PM, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Academically, I cannot call z/VM an operating system, either. CP,
>yes. CMS, yes. GCS, yes. Each with different levels of
>sophistication and capability.
Each has components that the academic world
Perhaps this site is "helpful" in narrowing down what an OS is?
http://www.answers.com/topic/operating-system
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Thomas Berg
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:59 AM
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Subject
Andy Wood wrote:
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:11:27 -0500, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
. . .
parmlist for close req
8000 11AA3C10
Show the expansion of the CLOSE macro.
Is R1 getting cleared to indicate MODE=31? If not, it would be trying to
close an ACB at location zero (and som
John,
This is a totally different function: "sequential migration to tape", it
stacks a lot of sequential datasets on one tape and recatalogs them. Has
nothing to do with SMS etc.
If you want to Archive ("migrate" in HSM terms) a dataset to level 2,
this should be allowed in the managementclass d
Ron MacRae asks
>Craddock, Chris wrote:
> >Peter Relson doles out anchor table slots on request (one per
vendor).
>
> As an employee of an ISV who'se product could make good use of this
> feature, I've some questions that perhaps Peter could answer.
>
> Q1) What are the criteria for being allocat
We want to capture accounting data for OMVS spawned tasks. I have followed
instructions in Chapter 22 of UNIX System Services Planning Guide. Our current
IEFUJI routine links to a routine that verifies employee number and an internal
billing number. When I add IEFUJI to the SUBSYS pararmeter
John,
The MIGRATE command is for sequential migration where you copy a dasd based
dataset to a tape(s) and recatalog the dataset to the tape(s), not the
magic ARCIVE
volser. From that point forward, anyone reading the dataset would read it
as a tape
dataset.
If you want to archive (migrate in HSM p
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:01:53 -0400 "Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>-Original Message-
:>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
:>Behalf Of Peter Relson
:>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:44 AM
:>To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
:>Subject: Re: IBM's
Tommy,
>I solved the problem. The problem is the RACF CLASS(DASDVOL)
If the Control-M userid has ALTER authority to the dataset in DATACLAS, you
should
not need DASDVOL authority. My understanding is that DASDVOL is intended
for
storage management type functions like moving a dataset from one volu
No, I don't. I tried the command as displayed in the user guide BrightStor
CA-DISK Backup and Restore. Chapter 15 15-9:
MIGRATE DSNAME=,VOLUME=
Maybe there is something else I need to do?
"Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"John Dawes" wrote in message
n
Tommy,
I suggest you put in a write statement before the WHEN clauses to write out
the value in
&UNIT. I suspect you will find that the second dataset does not have a
value that matches
your &VALID_UNIT filter list.
The DFSMSdfp Storage Administration Reference indicates that VOL=REF=*.OUT1
will
ca
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bruce Hewson
>
> Hello John,
>
> One "thing" which happened to our CICS transactions after we
> increased our ECSA size were "random" wild branches.
>
> Not every instance of a transaction would break.but many d
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 08:29, Kok, Howi wrote:
> Mark,
> Do you mean that Enhanced ACIF is really ACIF, but enhanced? Thanks.
>
> Howi Kok
>
Thats what IBM says. We don't have it any more since it became a priced
product.
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Time Customer Service
Tampa, FL
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"John Dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all who responded. I have one more question. I would like
to migrate some dsns from level 0 to 2. I tried the TSO line command -
MIGRATE DSNAME=MYSDSN.TEST but I got an error saying command not
supported.
>
Mark,
Do you mean that Enhanced ACIF is really ACIF, but enhanced? Thanks.
Howi Kok
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mark Jacobs
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:49 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: z/OS 1.7 Enhanced ACI
Thanks to all who responded. I have one more question. I would like to
migrate some dsns from level 0 to 2. I tried the TSO line command - MIGRATE
DSNAME=MYSDSN.TEST but I got an error saying command not supported.
Is there something I am doing wrong? If you have other suggestions pleas
Hi,
I have a little problem on ACS selection, here is my ACS,
FILTLIST ZDVTDSN1 INCLUDE(ZDVT.**,
'CAT.ZDVT')
FILTLIST VALID_UNIT2 INCLUDE('TAPEV',861*,862*,863*,864*)
WHEN (&UNIT = &VALID_UNIT2 AND &HLQ NE &ABC_DSN)
DO
SET &STORGRP='PSTGRP'
EXIT
The answer (as I understand it) is that if the information is NOT published
- then it is not a "general use interface" and you shouldn't be using it.
IBM does accept "requirements" for providing interfaces to information that
THEY think will be "stable across releases" AND that users (vendors,
whom
In the Enterprise PL/I Migration Guide is written:
Chpt. 2: Control block differences
The new compiler uses some different internal control blocks in its
generated code than did the old compiler. If you had code that knew the
layout and meaning of such control blocks, that code is highly likely n
"Phil Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1271892006
>
> Are all the basic precepts of critical data management lost forever?
>
> Where's the backup copy.
>
> --
That's where it should be: in a safe place.
I v
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:43:54 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Peter Relson doles out anchor table slots on request (one per vendor).
As an employee of an ISV who'se product could make good use of this
feature, I've some questions that perhaps Peter could answer.
Q1) What are t
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1271892006
Are all the basic precepts of critical data management lost forever?
Where's the backup copy.
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Thanks all,
I solved the problem. The problem is the RACF CLASS(DASDVOL), I forgot to
permit the volume to that user but the error message is quite
misleading...
- 轉呈者 Tsui Yuk Kai/Production Mgt Div/Information Technology
Dept/BOCHK/BOCG 於 2006/08/30 下午 06:09 -
That's a reasonable way to describe it.
If I write an SVC, does that become then an extension of the OS? In a way,
sort of.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Thomas Berg
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:59 PM
To: IBM-MA
This is of course a case with very blurred borders, but:
* An OS is what is not an application * (but still software).
Generally. For z/OS specifically, it maybe is the BCP as some suggest.
The reason for this is that when You look at software in "all purpose" computers
(in contrast to e g digi
>I'm not talking about tapes as a media, I'm talking about how the tapes are
>recorded. Especially real carts are written "indirectly".
I don't know what you mean.
I will re-state my assertion.
Using 'direct' tape, IE: a batch job writing to a tape, is what I have seen as
still growing.
Along w
I can't help you there. I have no experience with Control-M.
Bob Richards
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tommy Tsui
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:37 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: : What happening on SMS managed
Thanks all, I try to use TSO submit the job ...it's ok with no error
when I use Control-M to submit the job again...it issues the RC 12 and
return the following error message..how comes?
I only allocate
DEFINE CLUSTER -
(NAME(ZDVT.MVA.V410.SWGDUP) -
SHAREOPTIONS(3) -
FOR())
"Tommy Tsui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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.com>...
> Hi ,
> Help, anyone knows why I already set the volume count & dynamic
volume
> count to "0". when define VSAM with a volume(X), an abend RC 12
will
> issue.
>
> IGD17273I ALLOCATION HAS FAILED FOR ALL V
Tommy,
I would guess the dataset is too large for the volume you are trying to
allocate it to. Why would you set those counts to 0? It is probably
looking to extend to another volume and you are not letting it. Raise
those counts and try again and let me know what the messages are then.
Bob Richa
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 02:55 -0500, Bruce Hewson wrote:
> MVS is UNIX
> but
> UNIX is NOT MVS
Similar for Linux; good thing too.
Whilst you still have to deal with the vagaries and personalities of
developers and policy doyens, at least if you don't like the way the
code works, you can "fix" it.
A
Hi ,
Help, anyone knows why I already set the volume count & dynamic volume
count to "0". when define VSAM with a volume(X), an abend RC 12 will
issue.
IGD17273I ALLOCATION HAS FAILED FOR ALL VOLUMES SELECTED FOR DATA SET
ZDVT.MVA.V410.SWGDUP
IGD17290I THERE WERE 1 CANDIDATE STORAGE GROU
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
But seriously (my observation): more and more data on tape is recorded
"indirectly" - using tools like HSM, and less tapes are used directly, i.e. in
batch flow.
I find the opposite.
In the last two shops I worked at, tape (virtual and reel) was/is growing at a
fast rate
>But seriously (my observation): more and more data on tape is recorded
>"indirectly" - using tools like HSM, and less tapes are used directly, i.e. in
>batch flow.
I find the opposite.
In the last two shops I worked at, tape (virtual and reel) was/is growing at a
fast rate.
[PS: Yes! The p
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
of course the corollaries UNIT=AFF and AFF=
(Sorry about the previous blank post. Something about fat fingers and a
BlackBerry keyboard).
I use UNIT=AFF all the time dumping SMF from multiple archive tapes.
So you use tape datasets in your DD - that's also obsolete
But
Hello Carol,
note that DFDSS restore has a problem restoring more than 1 AIX
Regards
Bruce Hewson
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:30:48 -0500, Carol Srna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Thanks everyone who answered my question. This question was posed to me
>in passsing. I also thought that a dupkey c
And I like to stir up people by:-
MVS is UNIX
but
UNIX is NOT MVS
:-)
Regards
Bruce Hewson
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Hello John,
One "thing" which happened to our CICS transactions after we increased our
ECSA size were "random" wild branches.
Not every instance of a transaction would break.but many did.
Why?
Increasing our ECSA size moved the EDSA up the region, so that many
transaction programs etc wer
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