Hello Gil,
responses below:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:09:19 -0600, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know, this has been belabored tediously here, but this may be a new
>wrinkle. I believe:
>
>o Symbolic aliases in catalogs are resolved by substituting values
> of system symbols for t
Hello Patrick,
I seem to remember:
1.empty NIPCON list in IODF.
2.activate IODF to hardware.
3.IPL MVS system(s) to clear NIPCON settings.
I don't remember any method of dynamically clearing things, except by zapping
memory (re: my earlier comment about some UNPIN code).
4.onc
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Steve Comstock wrote:
Kirk Talman wrote:
Someone is out of touch
Adoption of PCI DSS is not widespread, even though merchants can be
fined for not complying, Rob Tourt, vice president of network services
at Discover Financial Services, said in January.
"... Older legacy syste
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Schmidt) writes:
> I once heard a former CIA spook say that any POS system can be hacked from
> a truck parked at the curb, if the price/value is right. (Speaking
Time may be the fire in which we all burn but it seems the flame burns more
slowly some places.
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:30:22 -0500, Michael Stack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>That was only a short time ago. When I started teaching assembler
>here in 1997, we had about 200 students taking the course each
>semester. This semester, there are about 40.
>...
40? What's wrong with 40? I
>o I don't know if the ENQs get logged to SMF.
To RMF.
Only when there's contention.
In a MIMPLEX, you'll see pseudo-ENQs by MIMGR (default name) on all systems,
and you'll only see the true dataset/job on the holding system.
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In a recent note, Benjamin Thompson said:
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:15:57 -0500
>
> The SMF records only show the physical dataset being used, so does GRS
>
By experiment, I see ENQs for the alias name. I see Waiting for
Data Sets type messages containing the alias name.
o We're usin
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:33:59 -0500, Rich Smrcina
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Nah, it's just Lionel's message obfuscation code at work... :)
>...
Aha! I get it. I can read it but can't pass it on. Now THERE's an
effective way of spreading word of his products. :-)
Several years ago Lionel cl
One alternative as I see it would be to setup a REXX EXEC (runs in batch, daily
or whatever's
needed) and it reads the output from a D SYMBOLS command (SDSF batch with MVS
command /D SYMBOLS)
and the REXX would generate a site-wide or LPAR-specific (as required and
designed/implemented for
gener
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:24:43 -0500, Johnston, Robert E
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Patrick,
>
>I'm not sure about NIP consoles but if that NIP console address is defined in
>a CONSOLxx member, as someone else said you won't be able to activate.
You
>will get the message that Hal listed bel
Hello Patrick,
I'm not sure about NIP consoles but if that NIP console address is defined in
a CONSOLxx member, as someone else said you won't be able to activate. You
will get the message that Hal listed below. If it is just a NIP cons and not
in any CONSOLxx member, I don't know - but I'd like t
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Mark Jacobs wrote:
Thanks for the pointer. I looked at the manual and it seems like it says
I can do a repro nomergecat. Change the master catalog option in
iplparm, ipl and go.
We can manage any updates in the master catalog(s) until all systems are
reipled.
Do you read it the same way I do?
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:13:29 -0500, Mark H. Young
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>It's using BLP and EXPDT=99000. You make up a volser and
>>dsn. Of course you still need access to BLP (RACF and JES class),
>>and the DSN you make up.
>>
>>Mark
>
>Mark,
>Didn't you mean EXPDT=98000 (98 vs. 99) ??
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:00:54 -0500, Mark Zelden
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:10:41 -0400, Robert Pelletier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>What if you don't know the internal DSN or VOLSER?
>>
>>
>
>It's using BLP and EXPDT=99000. You make up a volser and
>dsn. Of course
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:07:18 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote:
>Kirk Talman wrote:
>> Someone is out of touch
>>
>>
>> "... Older legacy systems are difficult because the industry just doesn't
>> have the tools [to encrypt data]," he says.
>>
>>
>>
>> IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 04/19/2007
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JimKeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I remember with great fondness working with VS/Pascal when on contract
> to IBM working on VM and MVS implementation of TCPIP.
>
>
>In a message dated 4/20/2007 11:03:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>Is there any macro to retrieve DASD box serial #?
No.
But if you check Aisle 9 at Wal-Mart, you might find the box of serial you're
looking for...
(come ON, there was no way I could resist that one
In a message dated 4/20/2007 11:03:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Is there any macro to retrieve DASD box serial #?
Forgot to add that the 256 bytes are described under the Read Configuration
Data command in the control unit book. I think you want NED 4 on a 21
Nah, it's just Lionel's message obfuscation code at work... :)
Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
I use the IBM-Main archives web interface to access IBM-Main.
Today I tried replying to Lionel Dyck's posting . When I did a "Quote
original message" I got:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:39:55 -0700, Lionel B Dyck
At 11:24 AM 4/20/2007 -0500, you wrote:
Remember when 20% of the student enrollment wanted to major in COMP SCI ?
That was only a short time ago. When I started teaching assembler
here in 1997, we had about 200 students taking the course each
semester. This semester, there are about 40.
M
At 11:09 AM 4/20/2007 -0500, you wrote:
I love that old photo of you speaking at Share with a suit jacket over your
T-shirt.
That must be the old MVT T-shirt Barry Lewis designed (I hope!).
I bet you never got credit for being a fashion trend-setter.
There's a very good reason for that.
(
In a message dated 4/20/2007 11:03:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Is there any macro to retrieve DASD box serial #?
Yes. Use UCBINFO with the GETCDR parameter. This will return to your
program the Configuration Data Record (CDR). It will be 256 bytes long.
Remember when 20% of the student enrollment wanted to major in COMP SCI ?
On 4/19/07, Michael Stack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Many of you know that I have decided to leave NIU and that this is my
final semester (final month, now) teaching here. Reduced enrollments
have taken their toll on co
On Friday 20 April 2007 12:03, Nelliyappan Manivel, Sridhar - Sridher wrote:
>
> Is there any macro to retrieve DASD box serial #?
>
>
> Thanks
>
Try a DS QD command
IEE459I 12.23.08 DEVSERV QDASD 354
UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIA
Gil,
If I understand correctly, I believe that is an accurate statement. If
you create a symbolicrelate to an alias you can use system symbolics in
batch. We do something for DB2, this made the transisiton to V8 smoother
since the apps people did not have to change there jobs. There is more
to the
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:09:19 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I know, this has been belabored tediously here, but this may be a new
>wrinkle. I believe:
>
>o Symbolic aliases in catalogs are resolved by substituting values
> of system symbols for their names.
>
>o System symbols
I use the IBM-Main archives web interface to access IBM-Main.
Today I tried replying to Lionel Dyck's posting . When I did a "Quote
original message" I got:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:39:55 -0700, Lionel B Dyck
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>QW5ub3VuY2luZyBhbiB1cGRhdGUgdG8gWE1JVElQLCB0aGUgcHJlbWllci
I know, this has been belabored tediously here, but this may be a new
wrinkle. I believe:
o Symbolic aliases in catalogs are resolved by substituting values
of system symbols for their names.
o System symbols are not available to batch JCL.
o So, may I conclude that symbolic DSNAME aliases mu
I love that old photo of you speaking at Share with a suit jacket over your
T-shirt. I bet you never got credit for being a fashion trend-setter. (East
side of DeKalb, commuting downtown).
On 4/19/07, Michael Stack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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On Apr 20, 8:20 am, Captain Paralytic wrote:
> Suppose I have a file with a list of keys and I want to extract
> records from another file where the keys match.
>
> Is it possible to do this using DFSORT?
>
> If so, can anyone give me a clue how??
> E.G.
>
> Key file:
> ABC1
> DEF2
> GHI3
>
> Recor
In a message dated 4/20/2007 10:54:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The IDCAMS JCL I posted was created specifically for the tape librarians
to verify the volser and the first file on a tape only.
>>
The way Sam's got cbttape.org constructed you can google searc
Thanks Alan and everyone.
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
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From: Field, Alan C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:39 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Replacement for Tape Utility - DITTO
Bob,
Yes,
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:27:18 -0500, Bruce Hewson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello Hal,
>
>The device is/was defined as a NIP console.
>
>This is another reason I do NOT code any device as a NIP console.
>
>I seem to remember that I was able to UNPIN the device somehow.
>Not sure how I did it, bu
Bob,
Yes, but not easily. Do you want to look at all the HDR and EOF records
only, or all the data in between?
The HDR and EOF are all 80 byte records, the data between is whatever it
is.
You'd need to code the appropriate sequence number on the n,BLP
parameter
To get to what you want.
The I
Kirk Talman wrote:
Someone is out of touch
Adoption of PCI DSS is not widespread, even though merchants can be fined
for not complying, Rob Tourt, vice president of network services at
Discover Financial Services, said in January.
"... Older legacy systems are difficult because
Thanks all. Got it working. Could I read the whole cart using IDCAMS?
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:10:41 -0400, Robert Pelletier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>What if you don't know the internal DSN or VOLSER?
>
>
Someone is out of touch
Adoption of PCI DSS is not widespread, even though merchants can be fined
for not complying, Rob Tourt, vice president of network services at
Discover Financial Services, said in January.
"... Older legacy systems are difficult because the industry just doe
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:10:41 -0400, Robert Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>What if you don't know the internal DSN or VOLSER?
>
>
It's using BLP and EXPDT=99000. You make up a volser and
dsn. Of course you still need access to BLP (RACF and JES class),
and the DSN you make up.
Mark
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Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 6:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: The Death of the Mainframe (?)
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:56:07 +, Ted MacNE
In a message dated 4/20/2007 6:45:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Isn't Data dead?
Don't know, but it is way past time for this thread to die.
Bill Fairchild
Plainfield, IL
"Today it's oil, right? ... Ask them when they're running out. Ask them when
there's
n
Thanks, our STK sales person does not recommend EXPR. It is not a good fit
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sale then to have an unsatisfied customer. So if there is anything else out
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Schmidt) writes:
> I once heard a former CIA spook say that any POS system can be hacked
> from a truck parked at the curb, if the price/value is right.
> (Speaking
Bob,
In the JCL examples notice the label parameter specifies BLP (Bypass
Label Processing).
The DSN and VOLSER are ignored.
Alan
What if you don't know the internal DSN or VOLSER?
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
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>I looked at the manual and it seems like it says I can
>do a repro nomergecat. Change the master catalog option
>in iplparm, ipl and go.
Before you proceed with this:
-Run a complete set of DIAGNOSEs (catalogue all VVDSes)
and cleanup/ address any discrepancies.
-Make sure all volumes that have
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>
> I have a question about how to determine if an ALIAS is being used to
> access
> a dataset.
>
> I'm surprised that smf14 doesn't have the alias name, so other than
doing
> a scan of libraries, you may get by w
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jack Kelly
>
>
> Does anybody like the new merged storage reference with HSM,
> RMM, and DFDSS commands jammed all into one manual?
>
> If it's a vote, I'd definitely vote to keep them separate,
> especially if th
What if you don't know the internal DSN or VOLSER?
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:46:01 -0500, Field, Alan C.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If this is all they need to do:
>
>//AMSPRT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
>//SYSPRINT DD SY
You could also check out pagecenter from LRS. Don't know about batch
searching but it definitely has search capability. Works with AFP as
well if you need that.
Rex
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I think Tom was talking about this.
Brian
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z/OS
DFSMS Storage Administration Reference
Document Number SC26-7402-06
Summary of Changes for SC26-7402-05 z/O
Not free $300.00 a month.
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
Doc Farmer wrote:
> SAVE costs? I thought DITTO was a freebie from IBM - if they're
> charging you, demand a refund! If you're worried about securing the
> product, there are RACF
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:04:48 -0400, Pinnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anybody like the new merged storage reference with HSM, RMM, and DFDSS
>commands jammed all into one manual? Seems like it's harder to use, and
>certainly harder to download, weighing in at a hefty 20M for the PDF. I
>
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:46:01 -0500, Field, Alan C.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If this is all they need to do:
>
>//AMSPRT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
>//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
>//DD1 DD DISP=OLD,LABEL=(1,BLP,EXPDT=98000),
>// RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80,
>// DSN=??,
>// UNIT=?,VOL=SER=??
>//
Does anybody like the new merged storage reference with HSM, RMM, and
DFDSS
commands jammed all into one manual?
If it's a vote, I'd definitely vote to keep them separate, especially if
they go .pdf format. Even soft copy can get too unwheelly. So I'd go on
the interested party for the RCF b
If this is all they need to do:
//AMSPRT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//DD1 DD DISP=OLD,LABEL=(1,BLP,EXPDT=98000),
// RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80,
// DSN=??,
// UNIT=???
I have a question about how to determine if an ALIAS is being used to
access
a dataset.
I'm surprised that smf14 doesn't have the alias name, so other than doing
a scan of libraries, you may get by with a saf audit for the alias name.
Jack Kelly
LA Systems @ US Courts
x 202-502-2390
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Doc Farmer wrote:
SAVE costs? I thought DITTO was a freebie from IBM - if they're charging
you, demand a refund! If you're worried about securing the product, there
are RACF controls you can put in place to protect yourself.
MVS/DITTO (5695-100) has never been free.
--
Edward E Jaffe
Pho
SAVE costs? I thought DITTO was a freebie from IBM - if they're charging
you, demand a refund! If you're worried about securing the product, there
are RACF controls you can put in place to protect yourself.
Otherwise, dig around and see if you've still got a copy of DEBE out there...
On Fri,
I was wrong we don't have FATS.
We have FATS. It can be used like DITTO?
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
Hi Bob,
There are good free tools like TAPEMAP at http://www.cbttape.org
Depending on the tape devices you are using that may be go
In a recent note, wtrovijo said:
> Subject: Re: How to determine if an ALIAS is being used
>
> My suggestion is for you to run a batch ISRSUPC, searching all your jcl and
> proc libraries for the alias. Quick and easy and operator will not call you
> 3:00am because of a jcl error.
>
For exa
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2s251/CONT
ENTS?SHELF=EZ2ZO10I.bks&DT=20070126125044
As always, watch the wrap...
As to Tom's question - I dunno. It's HSM, DSS, & DFP (not RMM) in the
same manual, and we don't have HSM, so that's unnecessary for us. But
we don't d
I believe it will be recorded, but whether it can be made available
publicly is as yet unknown. Stay tuned.
Mike
At 07:57 AM 4/20/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>She will be giving a talk on the subject one week from today,
Any chance the session will get video taped and shared publicly?
Jeffrey De
>She will be giving a talk on the subject one week from today,
Any chance the session will get video taped and shared publicly?
Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer
Systems Engineering
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Hi Bob,
There are good free tools like TAPEMAP at http://www.cbttape.org
Depending on the tape devices you are using that may be good enough.
If you want a commercial product I would suggest calling Innovation and
getting a quote for FATS/FATAR which is priced very reasonably and gets
excellent
We have FATS. It can be used like DITTO?
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
Rocky Hill, Ct.
Hi Bob,
There are good free tools like TAPEMAP at http://www.cbttape.org
Depending on the tape devices you are using that may be good enough.
If you want a commerci
If you have SAS, the PROC TAPELABEL produces a list of all labels and
files on a tape.
Kees.
"Rob Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Have a look on the cbttape website - www.cbttape.org
>
> There are quite a few tape label print programs
>
>
> Rob Sc
Good Morning. In order to save costs and maybe the frame I am looking
for a replacement for DITTO. Our operators use DITTO only when they
suspect a bad tape label or mislabeled tape. Once again I thank the
group for their assistance.
Have a Nice Day !
Bob Pelletier
Connecticut Student Loan Fo
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:58:35 -0400, Craddock, Chris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The mainframe's been declared dead more times than a security officer
>> under James T. Kirk's command.
>>
>> The mainframe's still here.
>>
>> It's NOT dead, Jim!
>
>Perhaps it's just pinin for the fjords?
>
>
>
G
Have a look on the cbttape website - www.cbttape.org
There are quite a few tape label print programs
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Rocket Software, Inc
275 Grove Street
Newton, MA 02466
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Lis
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:56:07 +, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>The mainframe's still here.
>
>>It's NOT dead, Jim!
>
>
>Dammit, Jim!
>I'm a doctor!
>NOT a system programmer!
>
>
>(In other words: "It's the data, stupid"!)
>
>
Isn't Data dead?
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Just to add one thing:
If you cannot get storage in SP230, you have to look at the allocated
storage in *all* private subpools, not just SP230, if you want to find out
who the "culprit" is.
Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design
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> > I have a question about how to determine if an ALIAS is being used to
> > access
> > a dataset
>
> Just delete it, and clean up what fails. As I said recently I just
> cleaned out *all* our old alias entries.
> I looked at a "user-friendly" way of doing this a while back, and in my
> cas
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 00:15 -0500, Benjamin Thompson wrote:
> I have a question about how to determine if an ALIAS is being used to access
> a dataset
> Before I delete the
> old ALIAS, I would like to perform a final check to confirm that all of our
> PROC's and JCL now use the correct ALI
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