sample smf exit

2007-06-11 Thread fabio ottaviani
Hi all can anyone send me a sample of the USER2 SMF exit. I need to filter SMF records when running IFASMFDP based on specific record fields. Thanks Fabio -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi, Is there anyone have experience on setting the WLM GOAL on DB2, CICS MQ. In our shop...All DB2, CICS and MQ are in same importance anyone try to set DB2 higher than CICS MQ... thanks for share Tommy -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Lindy Mayfield
It's funny, I was just trying myself to understand this, along with WLM in general. What a massive topic! I feel like one of those Thai monkeys on his first day at coconut picking school. FYI, there's a nice Redbook on WLM if you've not already found it:

Re: WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
At one of the Share presentations I seem to remember that the IRLM address space should be placed higher in WLM than the DB2 address spacess. If I recall correctly, it is so you do not wait on lock processing. Lizette Is there anyone have experience on setting the WLM GOAL on DB2, CICS MQ.

Re: CA-Allocate / SMS

2007-06-11 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- As Sam has already pointed out, there is nothing available in native SMS other than the ACS test option. Oh ye of little faith! Since z/OS 1.7, there is a console command SETSMS VOLSELMSG which will provide summary or detailed info about the SMS allocation process. It can be

LISTCAT RBA UPDATE

2007-06-11 Thread Jorge Arueira Campos
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jorge Arueira Campos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 7, 2007 7:18 PM Subject: LISTCAT RBA UPDATE To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Hi All In Z/os 1.7 in command LISTCAT after REPRO to load a some records in VSAM DATASET the information in catalog about allocate

IBMLINK

2007-06-11 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Anyone else having IBMLINK problems today? Or maybe I should say, is anyone NOT having problems??? Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by

GEE, web IBMLINK is down again, shock and surprise

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
SEV1 ticket # 32141089 -- 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: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
YES IT IS DOWN AGAIN, SHOCK AND SURPRISE -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: ServiceLink is taking the day off (# 32130396)

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
Oops. I'll add some content this time -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:20 PM Hi, IBMLink is down completely again. I contacted the IBMLink help desk at 800-543-3912 as I am trying to update a

Re: IBMLINK

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Veilleux, Jon L Anyone else having IBMLINK problems today? Or maybe I should say, is anyone NOT having problems??? I had zero problems with it -- until I tried to sign in -jc-

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Justice YES IT IS DOWN AGAIN, SHOCK AND SURPRISE Again? or Still? -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: ServiceLink is taking the day off (# 32130396)

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
Perhaps the time has come for some large IBM customers to offer to withhold payment for this service until such time as the service becomes reliably available, if ever. EXACTLY, companies need to quit paying for that garbage until IBM fixes it, by either putting the 3270 interface back up or

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Fletcher, Kevin
It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it. Thanks, Fletch -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: CA-Allocate / SMS

2007-06-11 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi Bruce, Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try! Bob Lester Technical Services OppenheimerFunds Centennial, CO USA -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Black Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:10 AM To:

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Fletcher, Kevin It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it. But apologies don't bring home the bacon. The call-bot says to try it again at/after 09:15 EST -jc-

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Jacobs
Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Fletcher, Kevin It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it. But apologies don't bring home the bacon. The call-bot says to try it again at/after 09:15 EST -jc- Well

Maybe IBMLINK should be renamed The Missing Link?

2007-06-11 Thread Shedlock, George
Maybe IBMLINK should be renamed The Missing Link? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Justice Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: GEE, web IBMLINK is down again, shock and surprise SEV1

CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
I've asked CA for clarification and since the response was less than satisfactory, I'll ask the group. Has anyone installed CA-1 r11.5 recently? I'm not familiar with using Iebupdte and because it is an IBM utility CA won't give an example. My first question is why use iebupdte at all? Why

Re: WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:41:28 -0400, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At one of the Share presentations I seem to remember that the IRLM address space should be placed higher in WLM than the DB2 address spacess. If I recall correctly, it is so you do not wait on lock processing. All

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
the latest claim is that it will be fixed by 10:15 I hope customers rip IBM apart at Share and at the z/OS expo for this web IBMLINK nonsense. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Maybe IBMLINK should be renamed The Missing Link?

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:15:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Missing Link? Or 'No LINK at all'. Seems like the cognoscenti would at least give the customers an option 'til they can make the one option dependable.

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Zelden
Down all weekend as near as I can tell. Unacceptable since we (and most other shops) do weekend upgrades. Luckily I didn't run into any issues with a 1.8 roll out to a production LPAR this weekend and didn't need to use IBMLINK. I did try to logon serveral times Saturday evening and Sunday to

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Fletcher, Kevin
I agree -jc-...i forgot to set the sarcasm flag to on. Thanks, Fletch It maybe down, but they are very apologetic about it. But apologies don't bring home the bacon. The call-bot says to try it again at/after 09:15 EST -jc- -

Re: mainframe = superserver

2007-06-11 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: mainframe = superserver SNIP ... Microsoft Exchange servers are not supported on z/OS nor am I aware of

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:25:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: rip IBM apart at Share and at the z/OS expo for this web IBMLINK nonsense. I don't see what SHARE/Expo has to do with it. This is bread and butter 'bidness'. Services offered, services not

Re: WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Steve Samson
Tommy, In your post and the three replies to date I saw no mention of response time goals. I strongly suggest you do as Mark Zelden recommends for the server address spaces, but also set percentile response time goals for the CICS and DDR transactions. There are plenty of presentations and

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Down all weekend as near as I can tell. Unacceptable since we (and most other shops) do weekend upgrades. Luckily I didn't run into any issues with a 1.8 roll out to a production LPAR this weekend

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: CA-1 install - user exits? I've asked CA for clarification and since the

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Finnell I don't see what SHARE/Expo has to do with it. This is bread and butter 'bidness'. Services offered, services not rendered...unfortunately it's tied in to the support contract. So non-payment could

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:47:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In this case, it's not exclusively a CA-1 question, this applies to a lot of properly organized SMP/E configurations. If this is your first dive into this, be glad it's CA-1, there are much worse

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread Rugen, Len
Merging John's and my replies, his replacement method would have SMP/E MCS as ++SRCUPD (TMSUX2C ) ./REPLACE ...source here... Mine would be ++SRC (TMSUX2C) ..source here... Again, from memory. There's always more than 1 way to do the same thing.

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Justice something has to be done, because this is absurd. I think it passed absurd last week. Perhaps someone envisions this possible future scenario: Support: We've had zero problem reports for the last

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:54:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems that once upon a time access to IBMLINK was an extra-cost option called SoftwareXcel Extended. Is that no longer true? Yeah, but with long term service contracts it all gets lumped

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Yes, I did RTFM. You obviously have a higher opinion of CA than I do. Tim, John, Len, Thank you for your responses. They were most helpful, unlike the one I'm responding to. From: Ed Finnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 6/11/2007 9:56 AM To:

Re: WLM problem

2007-06-11 Thread Kelman, Tom
Lindy, Thank you for the Redbook reference. I actually had a copy of this. However, this one updated with a date of February 2007. If anyone else has downloaded this in the past they may want to download a new copy. Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -Original

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
hmm, 9:15, then 10:15, now 11:15 anyone seeing a trend here? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Seems that once upon a time access to IBMLINK was an extra-cost option called SoftwareXcel Extended. Is that no longer true? Yeah, but with long term service contracts it all gets lumped

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread Knutson, Sam
The CA-1 team including Russell Witt who participates here is generally very good. CA like many large software companies feels to users more like many small companies with some variations in culture and quality of services. We have no complaints about CA-1 (TMS) software reliability and the

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Jacobs
Robert Justice wrote: hmm, 9:15, then 10:15, now 11:15 anyone seeing a trend here? Is it time to hold a contest to pick the time and date that IBMLINK is back? :-) -- Mark Jacobs Technical Services Time Customer Service - Tampa, FL -- Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Justice hmm, 9:15, then 10:15, now 11:15 anyone seeing a trend here? Second Tuesday of next week? -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Fletcher, Kevin
Did they specify what day? Thanks, Fletch snip hmm, 9:15, then 10:15, now 11:15 anyone seeing a trend here? /snip) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Knutson, Sam The CA-1 team including Russell Witt who participates here is generally very good. CA like many large software companies feels to users more like many small companies with some variations in culture

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
Did they specify what day?. lol, good point. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: mainframe = superserver

2007-06-11 Thread Thomas Kern
The company is call Bynari. http://www.bynari.net/ /Tom Kern On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:33:59 -0400, Thompson, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to remember who it is, it may be Sine Nominae (Latin for no name?) has a product called Binarii (?). At an IBM school I went to, it was said to

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Arthur T.
On 11 Jun 2007 06:40:54 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:25:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: rip IBM apart at Share and at the z/OS expo for this web IBMLINK nonsense. I don't

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Hi Sam, Generally speaking I agree that CA-1 runs as designed and Russell is helpful to users of this list. However since upgrading to Zos 1.7 we have been experiencing intermittant 0c4 errors which FDR support attributed to CA-1. Having a question about iebupdte and having CA support refuse

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Jacobs
Robert Justice wrote: hmm, 9:15, then 10:15, now 11:15 anyone seeing a trend here? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 9:02:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Management: Nobody has tried to use the service for the last quarter. Support: And your point is..? What was the old film where the inmates are freed and are charged with running the

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 9:20:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In that case, non-availability of part of the contracted service would constitute breach of contract, wouldn't it? Yeah, but it varies from state to state. CE's still come when called, parts

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
It looks like its back up. next question is for how long. We'll see what the response to my feedback record is this time. . -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard?

2007-06-11 Thread Howard Brazee
On Mon, 11 Jun 07 11:27:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is getting really interesting. I'm beginning to understand why history has to repeat itself. People can't tolerate that the new thing isn't new. For some reason, they must think it will take away from their glory of doing it first.

Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Clem Clarke
All good ideas come from a single individual, and by constantly putting roadblocks in their paths, progress stops. Patents and copyrights mean that people cannot stand on the shoulders of those who went in front of them When you make a judgment (that stifling the competition, for example) is

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Jacobs
Clem Clarke wrote: All good ideas come from a single individual, and by constantly putting roadblocks in their paths, progress stops. Patents and copyrights mean that people cannot stand on the shoulders of those who went in front of them When you make a judgment (that stifling the

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Jun 11, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Ed Finnell wrote: In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:25:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: rip IBM apart at Share and at the z/OS expo for this web IBMLINK nonsense. I don't see what SHARE/Expo has to do with it. This is bread and

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread McKown, John
I must somewhat disagree with you. I am against software patents. The reason is that they stop others from implementing work alike products. Imagine if the first person who wrote a job scheduler had patented it. No other job schedulers could have been written as they most likely would have

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 10:28:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you (and other asked for a duty manager? This just rises visibility usually doesn't fix the issue. Once in a while he (or she) can step in and slap some knuckles. But in cases (probably )

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip--- something has to be done, because this is absurd. I think it passed absurd last week. Perhaps someone envisions this possible future scenario: Support: We've had zero problem reports for the last quarter. Management: Nobody has tried

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 10:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
oh yes, as I do with all ibmlink outages, I have sent this latest issue on to our IBM rep in-house here, and last time IBMLINK suffered outage problems I received an email reply from the SoftwareExcel Manager -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Howard Brazee
On 11 Jun 2007 08:16:46 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clem Clarke) wrote: All good ideas come from a single individual, What's his name? and by constantly putting roadblocks in their paths, progress stops. Lots of good ideas have been created by teams. And lots of patents and copy rites are

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Howard Brazee
On 11 Jun 2007 08:27:26 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: I happen to agree with everything you said, but sadly common sense usually isn't common anymore. You're implying it was once common. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: FTP, IEBCOPY, and APF (was: IEBCOPY Unloaded ...)

2007-06-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/08/2007 at 11:31 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But LMTR now runs IEBCOPY, which is the fly in the ointment: IEBCOPY requires AC=1, which in turn requires that the caller run AC=1. I assume IEBCOPY does all the RACHECKs to ensure security. But does

Re: Where is storage taken for System Trace Table?

2007-06-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/06/2007 at 12:39 PM, Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Common Name: Master Trace Table Mapping Macro Has nothing to do with the system trace table. Master trace is a view of the console data stream. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee On 11 Jun 2007 08:27:26 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: I happen to agree with everything you said, but sadly common sense usually isn't common anymore. You're implying it was once

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Tim Hare
what does IBM really have to lose? I agree that licenses of some sort need to be accessible to the small developers; however if a hobbyist license is granted, how do they keep it from being abused by unscrupulous companies who then run their business on the hobbyist machine rather than the

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules snip What if they were allowed to sell us a single

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clem Clarke) writes: It's a shame, but unless IBM does do a big rethink on this, and allows small developers some sort of inexpensive or free

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Justice It looks like its back up. FSVO up. I signed on, checked my AST apar and saw that it had closed and a PTF was available, ordered the PTF for Internet delivery, navigated to SRD and saw the order

Re: sample smf exit

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Gould
Fabio, Its probably easier to do with DFSORT than with any exit. There are probably some exceptions. Ed On Jun 11, 2007, at 4:56 AM, fabio ottaviani wrote: Hi all can anyone send me a sample of the USER2 SMF exit. I need to filter SMF records when running IFASMFDP based on specific

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
FSVO up. I signed on, checked my AST apar and saw that it had closed and a PTF was available, ordered the PTF for Internet delivery, navigated to SRD and saw the order status as submitted, went to a couple of meetings, went to lunch, came back from lunch, and now, four hours later, my PTF order

Re: CA-1 install - user exits?

2007-06-11 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
For your last question (from r11.0 but I'd be surprised if anything changed): ++USERMOD(CL05205) REWORK(...). ++VER(Z038) FMID(CL052B0) REQ(AWMAC01) /* my usermod */. ++JCLIN. //CL05205 JOB //LKED EXEC PGM=IEWL,PARM='RENT,REUS,...'

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Many times the order status does not change right away but the order is still available. Do not wait for the status to change before going to the ftp site to download it if you know the current password and url. If you are not sure of the url, start with

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen Many times the order status does not change right away but the order is still available. Do not wait for the status to change before going to the ftp site to download it if you know the current

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Many times the order status does not change right away but the order is still available. That is NOT how the product(s) should work! You should not have to memorise URLs, nor should you have to keep refreshing. If we accept that, there is NO way IBM will fix things! - Too busy driving to stop

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
McKown, John wrote: And what about people who develop alternative software? If SDSF is free, then what happens to EJES? If DB2 is free, then what happens to Oracle and other RDMSes that run on z/OS? If RMM were free, then what about CA-1? And so on down the line. For IBM this issue was settled

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Lindy Mayfield
You bring up an excellent point. I was thinking about this a bit when this thread first started. Would you agree, though, that mainframe users tend much more to be legal than personal users? IBM can audit any of their mainframe machines at any time. And the large businesses that use

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Nothing in this field ever works 100%, least of all IBMLINK, so it is better and faster to try to work around it than wait forever for a status msg to change. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, June 11,

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Would you agree, though, that mainframe users tend much more to be legal than personal users? No, I would disagree. Regardless of the platform, I believe that the larger (and medium-2-large) companies (also known as customers) are totally honest! But, there are many independent vendors who do

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Nothing in this field ever works 100%, least of all IBMLINK, so it is better and faster to try to work around it than wait forever for a status msg to change. Considering the kind of money we pay for it, the other things we have to do, and the fact that the 3270-based one works, and this

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
Just to remember BS3000 (a german OS from Siemens) died because it violates IBM patents and/or copyrights. Long time ago but no complains or even a note. So FLEX and other emulator or simulator isn't the first or maybe the last. Roland -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:16:16 +0800, Clem Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It's a shame, but unless IBM does do a big rethink on this, and allows small developers some sort of inexpensive or free access to the mainframes, they will die. ... Ah. A new slogon for IBM comes to mind. ReTHINK.

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Ted MacNEIL
ReTHINK. Or, ReTHWIM. I think, as a 50-year-old mainfraimer, sinking is going to be the main stream! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
FWIW, The TN3270 IBMLink interfaces to ETR, SIS, etc. are working for me right now! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:02:06 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, The TN3270 IBMLink interfaces to ETR, SIS, etc. are working for me right now! Haven't used that in a long time. What is the address? The session I had set up tries to go to ibmlink.advantis.com and can't get

Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:02:06 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, The TN3270 IBMLink interfaces to ETR, SIS, etc. are working for me right now! Haven't used that in a long time. What is the address? The session I had set up tries to go to

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:49:07 -0400, Tim Hare wrote: What if they were allowed to sell us a single OS license that included everything we needed to run our apps, including CICS, WebSphere, and DB2, and they priced it for what z/OS goes for now? Would our bean counters be happy? Your bean

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Steve Comstock
Dave Kopischke wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:49:07 -0400, Tim Hare wrote: What if they were allowed to sell us a single OS license that included everything we needed to run our apps, including CICS, WebSphere, and DB2, and they priced it for what z/OS goes for now? Would our bean counters be

Re: IBMLINK-SEV1 32141089--now 11:15 maybe

2007-06-11 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/11/2007 2:24:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Finally got the auto-notification at 1:13 PM (CDT), and downloaded it. After a 60 hr outage there's probably a queue the size of political egos. ** See

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Craddock, Chris
Lindy Mayfield asks Would you agree, though, that mainframe users tend much more to be legal than personal users? I would say that practically all large customers are about as legal as they can possibly be and that there are strong external factors that drive them to behave that way. SOX here

DFSORT question

2007-06-11 Thread McKown, John
I think that I know the answer to this, but I'll ask here. Suppose that I have an input file with variable length records. I use OPTION VLSHRT. I then have a couple of OUTFIL statements, similar to: SORT FIELDS=COPY OPTION VLSHRT OUTFIL

Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:46 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... In PCOM, I specify the primary address as ibmlink.advantis.com and the backup1 address as 204.146.168.209. ... It's also available via connection through ATT Global Network Services (aka Advantis, aka IBMIN) for

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:45:13 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lindy Mayfield asks I would say that practically all large customers are about as legal as they can possibly be and that there are strong external factors that drive them to behave that way. SOX here and corporate

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-11 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:32:11 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: I'm with you. Except for the cheap part, of course.g Maybe a more precise word to use would be affordable ??? ;) But what I think is affordable is probably not what others think is affordable. If it were up to me, I'd do more to keep

Re: DFSORT question

2007-06-11 Thread Frank Yaeger
John McKown wrote on 06/11/2007 01:46:55 PM: I think that I know the answer to this, but I'll ask here. Suppose that I have an input file with variable length records. I use OPTION VLSHRT. I then have a couple of OUTFIL statements, similar to: SORT FIELDS=COPY OPTION VLSHRT OUTFIL

Re: McDATA switches, HCD, Cascaded FICON switches ...

2007-06-11 Thread Glenn Miller
Alan, According to the Redbook: FICON Implementation Guide, SG24-6497, dated: January 2006, Section 1.4.1 FICON support for cascaded Directors (Page 11), there is the following note: Keep in mind that once a 2-byte link address is defined to a channel path, all link addresses defined to be

ARCCMDxx - HSM : Anyone know the keyword to restrict Supervisor Mode in ISMF

2007-06-11 Thread Clark, Kevin
Hello all, I am starting to forget more than I ever knew. I thought it was a SETSYS sometime. In the ARCCMD HSM member there was a way to restrict User and Supervisor Mode without RACF in ISMF. (it I will accept even a hint...say the URL to the right DFSMS manual.

Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Glenn Miller
Also, the 'sunset' warning messages are not being displayed anymore when you enter each function. I tried to access these functions on Sunday morning about 02:00 Central Time and they were unavailable(down). The 'sunset' messages were there indicated the functions were unavailable. Glenn

Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Justice
YEA ! the green screen is BACK ! THANK GOODNESS ! I will have to thank our IBM REP tomorrow ! - Original Message - From: Glenn Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:57 PM Subject: Re: 3270 IBMLink is UP!!!

Re: ARCCMDxx - HSM : Anyone know the keyword to restrict Supervisor Mode in ISMF

2007-06-11 Thread FRASER, Brian
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