Migration to z/OS 1.7 - any problem/issue ?

2006-10-18 Thread Max Scarpa
Esteemed list We are planning to migrate to z/OS 1.7 in 2 weeks. We heard that (at least,) another site had problems with CICS TS 1.3 and DB2 V7 and had to execute a fallback, but we heard also that some others had problems, from small to medium. We did all we standard tests (if any...) and

Upgrades to Z900 Technology

2006-10-18 Thread Sarel Swanepoel
NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf Hi all We currently have 2 x z900-2C5 which we are planning to upgrade in 2007. I am aware that this technology cannot be upgraded any more and

Re: UK XRC Support

2006-10-18 Thread Rob Lister
Sure Miran, Bear in mind this wasn't a support response but an (IBM) XRC guy who was onsite sat down and drew me the diagram. Took about 2 minutes and was as confidential as RACF was in the old days. Basically, once a defined threshold is reached for a consistency delay (usually 20 or 30

multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
We have an application that does some client server stuff then attempts to ftp some files back to z/OS. Mostly this works fine except it seems when 2 or more ftps are attempted at the same time with the same userid. Then we get failed to connect to the z/OS ftp server. Is there an ftp

OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Is there any tool to search or filter messages from the operlog (in batch ) ? -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 131 Fax: (+43) 2236 21081 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hotline: +43-2236-27551-111 Visit our

Re: OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
SDSF can run in batch. Jim McAlpine On 10/18/06, Miklos Szigetvari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Is there any tool to search or filter messages from the operlog (in batch ) ? -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 131 Fax: (+43) 2236 21081

OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread ANGEL LUIS DOMINGUEZ MARTIN
You have some programs in SAMPLIB and can have some usefull information at CBT TAPE Files 513 (ispf and batch) and 642. angel luis dominguez bbva - spain Hi Is there any tool to search or filter messages from the operlog (in batch ) ? -- Miklos Szigetvari

Re: OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi I know, I tried this and I was unable to filter messages in batch from the SDSF OPERLOG -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
The FTP Server starts a new process for each client connection. The z/OS UNIX parameter MAXPROCUSER limits the number of processes a user (userid) can have active simultaneously. This can be the limiting factor and might lead to the connection being refused (While I'm sure about the former point,

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
Are you taking into account the limitations on the zAAP count for a zSeries box? Yes. A single zAAP has way more than the 9 MSUs worth of Java capacity in the hypothetical example used. The smallest zAAP available is on the z890, and there (like on any other model) it's a whole engine. A whole

Re: OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Thank you very much -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
Well, that didn't give the expected results. I set up a user with PROCUSERMAX set to 3 (the lowest allowed value) but I was able to connect via ftp from windoze with 4 and 5 sessions. Jim McAlpine On 10/18/06, Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Peter, I'll check those out. Jim

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-10-18 Thread willie bunter
You will need to do the ACTIVATE. Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just added a volume to my SMS SGDEVE goup and after looking for it with ISMF I saw that it was there. All id did was run an ickdsf job (init) with the STGR parameter. My question is do I have to do a Translate,

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-10-18 Thread Richards.Bob
You only EVER do a translate, validate and activate on the *SCDS*, NEVER the ACDS. If all you are doing is adding a volume, an activate is all that is required. Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of willie bunter

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:23:39 -0700, willie bunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will need to do the ACTIVATE. Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just added a volume to my SMS SGDEVE goup and after looking for it with ISMF I saw that it was there. All id did was run an ickdsf job (init)

Re: Collisions between converter(?) and TSO?

2006-10-18 Thread Charles Mills
Why not just have your generator create 70 INCLUDE Members. Then submit the JCL 70 times while referencing a different INCLUDE member That sort of approach could work. It's just the labor factor. I'm heads-down on a higher priority task. Real life is more complex than a listserve post. As

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-10-18 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Tom, What you say is true IF the volume was pre-defined to the Storage Group and subsequently Activated. If the volume has just been defined to the Storage Group, then the SCDS needs to be activated. Howard, Do you see your newly init'd volume under ISMF with the CDS Name set to

Re: OPERLOG search filter in batch

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Zelden
Perhaps you manage operlog like syslog and copy / delete every 24 hours using IEAMBDLG. If you want all the records since that last copy, (the live operlog) then just run the program without the delete to get the current operlog and scan the flat file using any number of utilities (including

Re: StorageTek 9840 / VTSS question

2006-10-18 Thread Tim Hare
Thanks to all who replied. I found it in the VTCS Admin Manual as suggested; not much there but it does say you need an ESCON director to provide connectivity from VSM and z/OS. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/17/2006 at 11:04 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why are there so mainframe types unemployed? I have asked myself the same question. My suspicion: because they are unwilling or unable to relocate to where the jobs are, or they want moving living expenses paid by

PCOMM 5.8 file transfer

2006-10-18 Thread Beesley, Paul
Need some assistance with PCOMM and sending files to z/OS. New laptops are being distributed here, with PCOMM 5.8 installed, previous laptops had 5.6 ( personally I use Vista, but anyway ). When using the Send File to Host facility, users are reporting that the transfer hangs, and the

Re: Software Upgrade for ServerPac

2006-10-18 Thread John Eells
Mike Wojtukiewicz wrote: John, I'm going to echo back what you said to me as I understand it and see if I have it right. 1 - INDIRECT cataloging used. Fine. It restores the datasets 1 for 1 with where they now reside. All need be done is to change the IEASYMXX member, IPL, and go.

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread John Cassidy
**My suspicion: because they are unwilling or unable to relocate to where the jobs are, or they want moving living expenses paid by an unwilling prospective employer** In Europe, there are a lot of multi-lingual Mainframers commuting between Capital cities or their equivalent, still a paucity

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/17/2006 at 11:34 CET, Phil Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Customers don't care about price per platform - they care about price per transaction. Then they may lose out to their competitors in the long run. Add in people, power, and real estate, and you may find that one

Re: HSM STACKing of Full Volume Dumps

2006-10-18 Thread Staller, Allan
snip Is there any reason to specify a STACK value less than 99 when defining a dump class? /snip Yes there is. There is an APAR out that has to do with the CISIZE of the HSM CDS. It seems that under a new format 99 the amount of data needed to record the 99 volumes will generate a logical

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Mohammad Khan
z/OS for only $126/month (even if it's a .e), not too bad. BTW how much does the hardware cost ? Probably more than a single family home ! Do they let us run this on Hercules ? Khalid On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:53:20 +0900, Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As another data point, here's a

Re: z/OS 1.7 - One Byte Console Id's

2006-10-18 Thread John Eells
Edward Jaffe wrote: John, I really don't like your choice of words here. IMHO fail and fail outright do not accurately reflect what really happens... See: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2g370/3.4.8 Fair point. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
While I was out of work for 18 months, I used MONSTER, HOTJOBS, and Careerbuilder. I applied to all the positions I thought I qualified for, but employers either never got back to me, had me out on an interview and never got back to me, or said my skill set was too old (my last os at the time was

Re: UK XRC Support

2006-10-18 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/17/2006 11:22:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could you share the responses you've got. I'm curious too ! Or the eMail of the IBM guy. What a great recommendation. Haven't heard this kinda story since they dropped SE's and PSR's.

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 10/18/2006 at 08:31 EST, Mohammad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: z/OS for only $126/month (even if it's a .e), not too bad. BTW how much does the hardware cost ? Probably more than a single family home ! Do they let us run this on Hercules ? There is no hobbyist license for z/OS

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Rob Scott
John, I think your expectations for APPLY CHECK are too high (but rightly so!). From the SMP/E Command Ref : CHECK indicates that SMP/E should not actually update any libraries. Instead, it should just do the following: Test for errors other than those that occur when the libraries

Re: Software Upgrade for ServerPac

2006-10-18 Thread Jousma, David
I agree with Shane on this one. There is absolutely no need to replace the mastercat with every upgrade especially if you are using indirect cataloging. It took me 1 day to download, and run through the 1.8 Serverpac dialogs. I'm now in process of reworking and applying usermods. The one thing

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:07:57 -0400, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My suspicion: because they are unwilling or unable to relocate to where the jobs are, or they want moving living expenses paid by an unwilling prospective employer. I would ask this of the group. Is there anyone

IBMLINK again

2006-10-18 Thread Rugen, Len
OK, in what language does Envair translate to Send or Submit, about half of some IBMLINK panels changed to a different language today. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
Are you a superuser (uid=0)? uid=0 processes don't have that limit. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler While I was out of work for 18 months, I used MONSTER, HOTJOBS, and Careerbuilder. I applied to all the positions I thought I qualified for, but employers either never got back to me, had me out

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Chase, John
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel A. McLaughlin Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
No, fraid not. Jim McAlpine On 10/18/06, Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you a superuser (uid=0)? uid=0 processes don't have that limit. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
And they want YOU to pay THEM for the privilege Case in point. Recruiting firm tried to lure me by calling my wife since it was close to her hometown. Company offer: $15k paycut, a check for $5k to move my house from one state to another. Nope Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip-- Customers don't care about price per platform - they care about price per transaction. ---unsnip--- I must strongly disagree with that statement. IMHO, the deciding factor is how well,

Re: StorageTek 9840 / VTSS question

2006-10-18 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hello Tim, We have that setup for some of our RTDs. z990 chpids === CD-9000 (ESCON director) tape transport (SILO) | STK VSM EA -+ The VSM EA is not usable by MVS. It is connected to the ESCON director, with the VSM configured to KNOW which port the tape

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
You see me puzzled. What does a D OMVS,L,PID= say, ( is the PID of one of you test-user ftp processes)? It should display the limit of 3 in the process limits column (although this value is not a process but a uid limit). Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE

Re: PCOMM 5.8 file transfer

2006-10-18 Thread Dave Salt
From: Beesley, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] When using the PCOM Send File to Host facility, users are reporting that the transfer hangs, and the contents of the data being transferred appear on the screen. The dataset is getting allocated and a screenful of data is saved in there. I've checked the

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, McKown, John said: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:31:18 -0500 I am doing a RESTORE to back out my maintenance. But if I get too irratated, I'll just restore my volumes and SMP/E datasets. Why doesn't RESTORE have the equivalent of GROUPEXTEND? I restore the bad PTFs,

Re: multiple FTP problems

2006-10-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
Yes, MAXPROCUSER is correctly limited to 3, but ftp doesn't seem to be affected. D OMVS,L,PID=33620039 BPXO051I 15.49.13 DISPLAY OMVS 635 OMVS 000D ACTIVE OMVS=(RW) USER JOBNAME ASIDPID PPID STATE START CT_SECS TSO01TSO0100CA 33620039 16842769

Re: PCOMM 5.8 file transfer

2006-10-18 Thread Rugen, Len
Does it always hang or is it dependant on file size? Are you using ANY session manager products or is this a PURE TSO session? Is the TSO session on a ISPF panel or TSO ready? Is it TN3270? If so, then there can be LAN issues, OSA, routers, MTU, traffic shaping and probably others. I won't

Ralph Griswald

2006-10-18 Thread Pat Monk
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Re: Software Upgrade for ServerPac

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:10:34 -0400, John Eells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Uh-oh! There isn't enough space on ZOS18A for all the data sets now, because some are larger than they used to be. OK, you say, I'll move a few data sets to ZOS18B, which has more free space than it needs. If you have

Re: Batch PL/I Question

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/16/2006 at 04:49 PM, Chris Phinicarides [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I need to have a batch PL/I program (say A) call another batch PL/I program (say B) and be able to change program B and have program A execute using the modified program B, without the need to

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Gerhard Adam
I am doing a RESTORE to back out my maintenance. But if I get too irratated, I'll just restore my volumes and SMP/E datasets. Why doesn't RESTORE have the equivalent of GROUPEXTEND? I restore the bad PTFs, but they fail because they hit a module affected by another PTF. So I put that new set

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, McKown, John said: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:31:18 -0500 I am doing a RESTORE to back out my maintenance. But if I get too irratated, I'll just restore my volumes and SMP/E datasets. Why doesn't This has motivated me to RTFM: # 21.2.1 SMP/E V3R4.0

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
You could clone your distribution zone and accept everything in that zone except fot the PTF you wanted to restore. (Make sure you're not set to REJECT upon ACCEPT.) Relate that DLIB zone to your target and run your restore. Tom Marchant

Re: Defining a display LU so the user can choose the terminal type

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/16/2006 at 02:14 PM, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The minimum Windows resolution used to be 640x480. These days I believe it's 800x600. I haven't considered that acceptable for a decade. Currently I run 1280x1024, and that's only because I have an archaic

Re: Defining a display LU so the user can choose the terminal type

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/16/2006 at 05:18 PM, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But you're one of those young guys whose eyes still work. Hmph! I've had two detached retinas and I still try to get as many characters in a panel as I can. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg

Re: OPEN RC=8 with no messages

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/16/2006 at 10:57 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To my knowledge and major disappointment, OPEN produces no non-zero return codes; its only failure indication is an ABEND Sx13. Untrue. What am I missing? DCBOFLGS. But why have I never experienced

Re: Question On Filter Lists

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/17/2006 at 09:14 PM, John Dawes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Can anybody tell me how SMS differentiates between a filter list for DASD and a filter list for datasets? By the statement that refers to the filter list. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: SNOBOL (Was: Ralph Griswol)

2006-10-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/17/2006 at 08:52 AM, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Since TCAM on OS/360 only supports start/stop and BSC protocols, Untrue; TCAM also supports, among other things, channel-attached 3270 controllers. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

ADMINISTRIVIA: mail rejections

2006-10-18 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Folks, Maybe it's my mood today, I dunno. But, I am REALLY tired of dealing with all these stupid ridiculous rejections I receive everyday...at least 100. And that's if I set the subscriber to NOMAIL or remove them from the list. Otherwise, they keep flowing in. The reasons: 550 5.7.1 This

Re: LEDATA missing in a slip dump

2006-10-18 Thread Don Poitras
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a bit confused as to the difference between a slip SVC dump and a SYSMDUMP. If I set a slip trap for a C program the resulting dump does not contain any LEDATA. On the other hand a SYSMDUMP does. What is the difference between the two? Is there a parameter on

Linux zSeries Presentation

2006-10-18 Thread Ken Porowski
Maybe not z/OS related but hey it might keep the box around longer ... pretty impressive Linux on System z implementation (and someone that appreciates the 'Mainframe discipline'). http://www.linuxworld.com/events/keynotes/lwsf06-guru.html Guru Vasudeva AVP Enterprise Chief Architect,

SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Gerhard Adam
Or why did SMP/E do this to me? I ran my APPLY CHECK and got a good return code. However, when I did the apply, I got a number of linkedit failures. Why does SMP/E link directly in to the target library? I got a number of messages akin to: The purpose of APPLY CHECK is to validate the MCS

Re: IBMLINK again

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rugen, Len Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: IBMLINK again OK, in what language does Envair translate to Send or Submit, about half of some

Re: Defining a display LU so the user can choose the terminal type

2006-10-18 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip-- Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/16/2006 at 05:18 PM, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But you're one of those young guys whose eyes still work. Hmph! I've had two detached retinas

Re: PCOMM 5.8 file transfer

2006-10-18 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/18/2006 9:51:50 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I won't support anything but FTP transfers. We have FTP, it works, all the others are just opportunities for nightmares here. Few years back I tailored one of the MXG routines maybe ANAL30DD to

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Eric N. Bielefeld
I apply to almost every real systems programmer job posted on Monster, careerbuilder, and Dice, which on average is about 3 jobs a week. Most places, you never hear from. So far I've had one out of town interview. There are systems progammer jobs out there, but there must be a lot of people

Re: mail rejections

2006-10-18 Thread Ken Porowski
I doubt this is the real reason but I've heard that there are some prisons that have work/study projects where the inmates have access to email (suitably filtered/censored I hope). Of course that couldn't be a Mainframer, we're way to honest (or just too good to get caught)! BTW, what kind of

Re: IBMLINK again

2006-10-18 Thread Jon Brock
At least you can get it to respond to you, which is more than I can achieve at the moment. Jon snip OK, in what language does Envair translate to Send or Submit, about half of some IBMLINK panels changed to a different language today. /snip

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Would someone please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] They are blocking email from bama.ua.edu. I even tried my gmail account and they are blocking it too, so I can't respond to him. Thanks. Darren -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:25:33 -0500 (CDT) From:

Re: mail rejections

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: mail rejections I doubt this is the real reason but I've heard that there are some

Re: Storage Philosophy Question

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Sultis
We do use DASD mirroring at our shop but we recognize that there are situations that could arise that could corrupt the primary DASD as well as the Target DASD. We also have a point in time copy reflects the DASD as it looked after the completing of the last job of the cycle. So really to make

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Removal From List (fwd) Would someone please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Removal From List (fwd) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip Eric N. Bielefeld wrote: I apply to almost every real systems programmer job posted on Monster, careerbuilder, and Dice, which on average is about 3 jobs a week. Most places, you never hear from. So far I've had one out of town

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:17:33 -0500, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could clone your distribution zone and accept everything in that zone except fot the PTF you wanted to restore. (Make sure you're not set to REJECT upon ACCEPT.) Relate that DLIB zone to your target and run your

Re: Defining a display LU so the user can choose the terminal type

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:19:20 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently run 1600x1200. I'd consider that a minimum for any new system, at least until prices come down more. Too bad I can't afford one of these: http://tinyurl.com/yapj63 3840x2400 Tom

Re: What's a programming language (was: Google ... )

2006-10-18 Thread Howard Brazee
I worked for a company that processed mail-in cards for free magazines.The people who copied those cards into our system were in the Caribbean and were instructed to type in just what they saw - their only concern was reading bad handwriting.Our computers had to figure out whether the

Re: Defining a display LU so the user can choose the terminal type

2006-10-18 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:19:20 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: I currently run 1600x1200. I'd consider that a minimum for any new system, at least until prices come down more. Too bad I

Re: SMP/E problem?

2006-10-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:58:08 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:17:33 -0500, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could clone your distribution zone and accept everything in that zone except fot the PTF you wanted to restore. (Make sure you're not set to

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/18/2006 10:51:42 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: UNDONE. They are rejecting my email server too! Likely due to a elided person here who blew off the people who administer RBL. Likewise from AOL. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Transcript of

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread Stocker, Herman
Looks as if they are using WITE LIST mail scanner and rejecting everyone who is not on their list. I just tried and received the same failure. Regards, Herman Stocker avis budget group Phone:1973-496-4847 fax:1973-496-8201 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread John Cassidy
Well, it used to be an exclusive profession until something happened... today, we can enjoy the company of the clickers / twitchers and the tamagotchis. I have not seen an advertisement in Europe for a classic z/OS - z/VM - z/Linux - CICS systems person without Websphere / Java / Tamagotchi

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 18 Oct 2006 06:37:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lizette Koehler) wrote: It seemed to me that employers had no idea what they wanted and therefore passed over individuals that did not meet their buzz words. That is the case for virtually any technical job. I once got turned down for a job

Re: IBM 3Q2006 Earnings: Mainframes Strong (Again)

2006-10-18 Thread Bruce Black
I suspect that most, if not all, HR staffs are woefully ignorant of the vast variety of titles used to describe mainframe-related positions. Its been a long time since I had to interview (I've been with Innovation 22 years) but I recall a few cases where I interviewed with a HR wonk who just

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Removal From List (fwd) In a message dated 10/18/2006 10:51:42 A.M. Central Standard

XRC Primary Volume SWAP w/TDMF or FDRPAS

2006-10-18 Thread Donn Sachs
We are setting up a remote D/R site and will be using XRC to duplex the volumes to the remote site. This environment is up and running successfully now. Now we need to update our storage management procedures to fit into this new environment, and one of the procedures is how to copy/move

Threaded sort

2006-10-18 Thread Howard Brazee
I tend to like threaded sort - but I don't care for the way they are displayed - with the heading replaced by the user name.I know the heading is in the main window, but I keep looking up there. I'd also like a way to thread so that it's obvious that something is a sub-thread, only with a

LE Defaults for z/OS UNIX

2006-10-18 Thread Chase, John
While I'm waiting for a response from MVS-OE, can somebody here point me to where the LE Installation Defaults are specified for z/OS UNIX? I don't find it in either the z/OS UNIX doco or the LE doco. This is for z/OS 1.5, btw. TIA, -jc-

Re: XRC Messages - a full description?

2006-10-18 Thread Donn Sachs
Look up the msg ANTQ8126I and ANTQ8218I, they are the headers for the info that is in the message about the device that is being blocked. . You will see the device vol=ser names and the record set counts left to read and each field is described, check the MVS M+C book. Donn Sachs

Re: I love TCPIP (not!)

2006-10-18 Thread Matthew Stitt
Thanks, Chris. I made the changes you suggested, and the FTP still failed. I am beginning to understand the subnet mask bit settings, but still have no clue why the Gateway statements work, but not the Route statements. And I do appreciate you being so patient with me. I know the Gateway is

Re: mail rejections

2006-10-18 Thread Art Celestini
I've run across the term, chroot jail, in Linux. Probably some variation on the same kind of theme, i.e., isolation. At 11:48 AM 10/18/2006, McKown, John wrote: I doubt this is the real reason but I've heard that there are some prisons that have work/study projects where the inmates

Re: I love TCPIP (not!)

2006-10-18 Thread Matthew Stitt
Thanks, Chris. I made the changes you suggested, and the FTP still failed. I wish I knew what in the GATEWAY statements causes it to work, and what in the ROUTES causes it to fail. I know that GATEWAY is out-moded, so that is why I am switching to ROUTES. I really appreciate your assistance

Re: LE Defaults for z/OS UNIX

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: LE Defaults for z/OS UNIX While I'm waiting for a response from MVS-OE, can somebody here

Re: LE Defaults for z/OS UNIX

2006-10-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
While I'm waiting for a response from MVS-OE, can somebody here point me to where the LE Installation Defaults are specified for z/OS UNIX? I don't find it in either the z/OS UNIX doco or the LE doco. This is for z/OS 1.5, btw. TIA, -jc- The LE Options are tuned according to HEAPS,

Re: Is it possible to find out how many subroutine calls per IMS transaction?

2006-10-18 Thread Dell'Anno, Aurora
*** cross-posted to IMS-L IBM-MAIN *** Jan, are your company not Strobe users? We have that facility within our Strobe product, and although I was about to point out that STROBE does not collect service times and transaction counts in IFP regions, I notice that you ask about BMPs and MPPs.

Re: LE Defaults for z/OS UNIX

2006-10-18 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chase, John While I'm waiting for a response from MVS-OE, can somebody here point me to where the LE Installation

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread Darren Evans-Young
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, McKown, John wrote: - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mx1.tema.toyota.com.: MAIL From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 This system is configured to reject mail from 10.204.2.212. 554 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Service unavailable Very curious. I just

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi, How about postmaster? Thanks *BobL* Yeah. If we could only email them to tell them! They can mail out. They just cant receive mail. Jim probably thinks I'm blowing him off by not answering. Darren -

Re: Removal From List (fwd)

2006-10-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Removal From List (fwd) Hi, How about postmaster? Thanks I've tried that. So

Toyota email problems

2006-10-18 Thread Darren Evans-Young
I just heard from one of the former subscribers. He said they had email problems earlier and they should be resolved now. Darren -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Software Pricing

2006-10-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
You'd think IT was the name of a new religion instead of a business expense.) Do the math. Then do what makes sense based on the math. Whatever it turns out to be. Are you one of the 'fortunate', who has no political fight over what to include in the 'math'? I have given up on TCO

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