Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?)

2007-02-24 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:25:24 -0600 "Joel C. Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>Particularly in the case of processor upgrades, or in DR, there is no :>reliable way for us to verify that new keys from the vendors are correct :>and correctly installed until we are running on the new processor. I

Re: Did schools ever teach systems programming other than NIU was Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-24 Thread Bill Seubert
In the early 1980s, I got a BS in Comp Sci. at the University of MO - Columbia. The "Scientific Programming" track included IBM Assembler and PL/I as the main languages, and there were two Systems Programming classes - a 300 and a 400 (graduate) level class. I took 'em both - both required the As

Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?)

2007-02-24 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Since probably the most important function of a System Programmer is to provide a stable Operating System platform for production applications (typically requiring a number of ISV products), and to do this while juggling software release changes, software maintenance, and changes in hardware, i

Re: Did schools ever teach systems programming other than NIU was Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-24 Thread Dave Jones
For what it's worth, Houston Community College System, here in Harris County, TX, offers an IBM Enterprise Server Certificate path: http://csci.hccs.edu/public/students/programs/IBM_EnterpriseServer_Certificate06.htm DJ On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:44:45 -0500, Robert Fake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: replaceing 3745

2007-02-24 Thread Maarten Slegtenhorst
Jalili, 'Minimum change in configuration' will be difficult. How about Enterprise Extender? ( SNA through TCP/IP ) You would have to change your hosts from subarea to APPN. How are the branch-offices currently connected? Using DLSW? More information is needed about the current network configura

Re: NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker

2007-02-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:42:48 -0500, Peter Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Why not just change the bleepin' default? > >Perhaps you would rather we were an operating system that makes you >recompile every line of source with every new release? That's a little strong... > >We do not change defa

Re: IBMers "Missing In Action" (was RE: NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker)

2007-02-24 Thread Craddock, Chris
> >> Haven't heard from Mark Thomen in a while on this list. > > > >Likewise Greg Dyck. > > > >Perhaps they retired?? They're both alive and well - and presumably too busy to bother with ibm-main. I spent some time with Mark at SHARE in Tampa. Greg wasn't there. CC --

Re: License keys for ISV products(Cole Software's view)

2007-02-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Jon Brock wrote: ... A unified license key scheme could avoid some of the pain associated with the subject. It was called ILM (IBM License Manager). The project crashed and burned. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 3

Re: Do I need to setup APPC/MVS?

2007-02-24 Thread Chris Mason
Johnny I have reviewed your files and tried to find something useful in the PCOMM manual - also the so-called "Quick Beginnings". I see no reference to APPC3270 in the .acg file. Maybe APPC3270 is tied to using AnyNet SNA over IP in some way. If the only way to be able to enter the "Attachm

Re: replaceing 3745

2007-02-24 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
jalili wrote: Hi all, I know that my question is not completely related to this list,however I hope that some one can have advice or comment. We are using NCP/Token-Ring interconnection physical and logical lines,and using automatic LINE and PU generation with the AUTOGEN facility in LOGICAL G

Re: MVS APPC RRSF

2007-02-24 Thread Robert Bell
Went back to the vtam definitions and discovered the PRTCT parameter was specified. Modified it to match the session key, still get rc24. Delete the parameter and now at least I get IST messages that I can deal with. Thanks for all the help Robbie

NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker

2007-02-24 Thread Peter Relson
>Why not just change the bleepin' default? Perhaps you would rather we were an operating system that makes you recompile every line of source with every new release? We do not change defaults lightly. And try never to do so in the service stream. >Not everyone runs Health Checker They should.

Re: replacing 3745

2007-02-24 Thread Doug Fuerst
Try Visara. http://www.visara.com/index.htm They have a 37X5 replacement, I am not familiar with all the details. But it may be an option. Forget OSA Express unless you are looking for a long range project. Doug At 10:32 AM 2/24/2007, you wrote: Hi all, I know that my question is not comple

Re: replaceing 3745

2007-02-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
-- I know that my question is not completely related to this list,however I hope that some one can have advice or comment. We are using NCP/Token-Ring interconnection physical and logical lines,and using automatic LINE and PU generation with the AUTOGEN facil

Re: The Spanish Computer

2007-02-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- Uh, wouldn't that have been considered Multiple Personality Disorder? If a person with Multiple Personality Disorder threatens suicide, is it considered a Hostage Situation?? (G, D & R) ---

Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
-- 2) You can blind him with your spare bottle of Grecian Formula 16, beat him with your cane, cut his jugular with your plastic pocket protector, pull his guts out with a decolator, and hide his body under a large pile of 80-column cards... Let me know whe

replaceing 3745

2007-02-24 Thread jalili
Hi all, I know that my question is not completely related to this list,however I hope that some one can have advice or comment. We are using NCP/Token-Ring interconnection physical and logical lines,and using automatic LINE and PU generation with the AUTOGEN facility in LOGICAL GROUP,and by usi

Re: Did schools ever teach systems programming other than NIU was Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-24 Thread Robert Fake
I attended (now defunct) Computer Learning Center in Northern Virginia in 1978, right out of high school. Like Eric mentioned, no systems programming, but mainframe basics (bits, bytes) and Cobol, Assembler and RPG. All work was done on a 360/xx and punched cards. Had to wait overnight to get yo

Re: Do I need to setup APPC/MVS?

2007-02-24 Thread Johnny Luo
Chris, I have sent you a mail offline including a document about my whole configuration process. I didn't find any IBM manuals about APPC3270 over EEDLC using PCOMM. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pcomhelp/v5r9/index.jsp Here you can find the docs about IBM Personal Communications 5.9

Re: Inquiry Web Services using "simple" cobol programs

2007-02-24 Thread Don Higgins
Romain, all There is an assembler demo SOA application that is installed with z390 which illustrates how a main program calling to service routines can be run as statically linked program or can automatically regenerated as an SOA client server application just using TCP/IP sockets. The generated

Re: MVS APPC RRSF

2007-02-24 Thread Chris Mason
Robbie > I am trying to setup MVS/APPC for RRSF. Have all the definitions, in place, but am obviously making some mistake. When I start the APPC address space I get the following message > ATB052E LOGICAL UNIT GHT1RACF FOR TRANSACTION SCHEDULER *NONE* 069, NOT ACTIVATED IN THE APPC CONFIGURATION.