Many types of data sets are limited to 65 535 total tracks
allocated on any one volume, and if a greater number of tracks
is required, this attempt to create a data set will fail.
One could enlarge those data set if a new unit type with larger
tracks would be defined.
I admit I'm too busy
Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) wrote:
Many types of data sets are limited to 65 535 total tracks
allocated on any one volume, and if a greater number of tracks
is required, this attempt to create a data set will fail.
One could enlarge those data set if a new unit type with larger
tracks would be
Does anyone have any experience on how to move reports from UNIX to Control-M
with the ASA control characters?
I did some googling as best I could and found some utilities that went the
other way round, from mainframe to UNIX, but nothing from UNIX to ASA...
Any hints about what to do or
Sorry, that was Control-D not Control-M, my bad.
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Bruce Black wrote:
[...]
If you have to recover one or a few datasets from a backup, restore from
a -27 can take longer than from a -3. Can be an issue when some
over-excited application manager is watching over your shoulder.
I dare to disagree. Restore from backup does not depend on volume
A newer APAR has reversed the code in OA17011
See APAR OA20293 for details. It should now work like before !
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Maybe IBM needs
to bite the bullet and start a migration to FBA.
I'll lay you dollars to donuts that it does NOT happen in z/OS
... In any case, too many things would need
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What I may do is to have a button like Validate host /
In a message dated 7/12/2007 1:36:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Why do we still keep the ~55k
track size and increase only the number of cylinders? With modern
DASD subsystems it shouldn't matter, right? What are the track size
limits in z/OS? I guess it's 64k,
Hello,
I'm currently working on implenting SMS and I'm wondering if it's
possible to override the dynamic volume count via a JCL parameter.
I saw that UNIT=(unitname,x) where x is the number of volume for the
allocation but it doesn't override the dynamic volume count...
I don't want to modify
I have a need to write an application that is client/server based. It
will be hosted on the z/OS system. What I have in mind is a system that
would function something akin to Omegamon. By this I mean that the
server component would be a started task that would communicate with
numerous slave
You can override Dynamic Volume count with VOL=(,,,XX), where XX is limited
to 59.
Regards,
Philippe Leite
z/OS Systems Programmer
Portugal
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:03:57 +0200, CAPRON Romain
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Hello,
I'm currently working on implenting SMS and I'm wondering if it's
Bruce Black wrote:
If you have to recover one or a few datasets from a backup, restore
from
a -27 can take longer than from a -3. Can be an issue when some
over-excited application manager is watching over your shoulder.
I dare to disagree. Restore from backup does not depend on volume
FYI.
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What exactly would you like to see in the book? I never mind changing to
clarify, if there is something specific.
OUTVALID identifies things that both were requested and that were
returned/retrieved.
RC 0: CSVQUERY retrieved all the requested information.
RC 4: CSVQUERY located the specified
I was taught not to memorize the information because it changes. Instead,
learn where to look.
Wow! I have rarely found people (persons) with that viewpoint.
I could find an answer faster by looking it up, than trying to recall it.
I have traditionally agreed with this viewpoint as well. There
To allow a kind of dataset that doesn't support multi-volume allocation...
Romain
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Many thanks to everyone that contributed to the successful restore of
the PDS, especially to Jon Veilleux.
This is the reply from our Storage
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Does anyone have any experience on how to move reports from
Thanks, John. I do believe that should do it!
Lindy
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If you're UNIX
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:22:49 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I could find an answer faster by looking it up, than trying to recall it.
Sounds like you may need a high speed memory upgrade. ;-)
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I was taught not to memorize the information because it changes.
Instead, learn
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Great article, and nice picture, too.
rant
I happen to disagree with the author's use
Darth Keller wrote:
Bruce Black wrote:
If you have to recover one or a few datasets from a backup, restore
from
a -27 can take longer than from a -3. Can be an issue when some
over-excited application manager is watching over your shoulder.
I dare to disagree. Restore from backup does not
That's why you have multiple Dataclasses defined so that your ACS
routine can direct those datasets to an appropriate Data Class.
From: CAPRON Romain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 7/12/2007 8:53 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:53:51 +0200, CAPRON Romain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To allow a kind of dataset that doesn't support multi-volume allocation...
If you are referring to something like message IGD17293I when allocating
a PDS(E)? If so, then coding something like UNIT=(SYSALLDA,1) should
I could find an answer faster by looking it up, than trying to recall it.
Sounds like you may need a high speed memory upgrade. ;-)
More like things change so much, that what you have memorised is no longer
appropriate.
I remember when XA first came out a lot of stuff dealing with 'Hot-IO'
George,
Your first step should be to read the Synchronous Cross Memory Communication
chapter of the MVS Extended Addressability manual.
The best way to achieve what you are after is by using one or more
space-switch PC routines.
I think there are some good Share presentations around about how
In a message dated 7/12/2007 8:43:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I remember when XA first came out a lot of stuff dealing with 'Hot-IO' went
to automatic recovery.
A hot-shot consultant had memorised the appropriate manuals under 370.
He caused three
It seems that it doesn't work...
I tought that every JCL parameter could override Data Class definition ?
I'm currently running zOS 1.4
Regards,
Romain
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well, I can tell you what we did in 1997 when we had this very same problem
with TLMS using a combination of 3494, 3495 and VTS.
We got rid of TLMS and installed RMM.
Problem solved.
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I think we have a missunderstanding here with the technical side of the
volumecount parameter: this is not the way to limit the volumecount to 1.
Default a JFCB area for 5 volumes is reserved if you don't specify a volume
count.
If this is not enough, you specify a higher volume count and more
We put an ATL in last year. Not being familiar with all the goodies that TLMS
has we rolled out some REXX code to produce ejects based on DSNs. Seemed
to work until this past weekend we ran out of scratches in the ATL and all we
had appeared to be offsite at the vault.
This morning I
Guess I fold it into the 'continual refinement' category. Probably maybe 90%
of each version is unchanged for compatibility.
I may have overstated my case, a bit.
I don't have to look everything up!
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
JCL is merged with DATACLAS, but also overrides it.
Not always.
You can always make the ACS routine rule!
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Sorry, I was too fast, this is true for tape, not for disk.
Kees.
Default a JFCB area for 5 volumes is reserved if you don't specify a volume
count.
If this is not enough, you specify a higher volume count and more space for
volume information is supplied in chunks of 15. So if you specify
On 12 Jul 2007 05:50:27 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have traditionally agreed with this viewpoint as well. There is simply
too much information to be able to memorize it all accurately. The ability
to research, find information, draw conclusions, etc is much more important
in the long run
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
Guess I fold it into the 'continual refinement' category. Probably maybe 90%
of each version is unchanged for compatibility.
I may have overstated my case, a bit.
I don't have to look everything up!
Ted,
Now I agree with you!
You often respond to the group, answer
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In terms of validation, I was more thinking along the lines of I know
that RACF ids can be a maximum of 8 characters, and are composed of the
characters A-Z,@#$,0-9. So I'll check that the id doesn't contain
anything else. I don't consider this a
--snip-
Along that line, while being trained in the Navy for my speciality I was taught
not to memorize the information because it changes. Instead, learn where to
look. Those who try to memorize become wrong one day because something
changed and they
The Help panels say it can be overridden, but experimentation seems to
prove otherwise, unless I've missed something.
My job:
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//DDI DD
snip-
I too have very messy desk and tend to use the flat surface virtual
stacking filing system.
---unsnip
I KNEW there was a name for that! As Bob Richards and Rich Vipond can
attest, I also used that
--snip
One could enlarge those data set if a new unit type with larger
tracks would be defined.
I admit I'm too busy (lazy) right now to RTFM but would appreciate
any toughts on this (just curious). Why do we still keep the ~55k
track size and increase
And all that time I thought it was a cubicle wall! grin
Bob Richards
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The name that was used at a former employer was Piling System.
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What exactly would you like to see in the book? I never mind changing to
clarify, if there is something specific.
OUTVALID identifies things that both were requested and that were
returned/retrieved.
RC 0: CSVQUERY retrieved all the requested
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snip-
I too have very messy
Rick Fochtman wrote:
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One could enlarge those data set if a new unit type with larger
tracks would be defined.
I admit I'm too busy (lazy) right now to RTFM but would appreciate
any toughts on this (just curious). Why do we still keep the ~55k
Daniel,
Could you be a little bit more specific about your ATL environment?
Also, are you looking for any solution to your problem or just a free
one? I have a lot of experience with just the type of situation you are
describing. If you'd feel more comfortable I can communicate with you
Hi All. In preparation of our upgrade I need to free up space. I could
free a whole pack if I could move this:
Data set 'SYS1.PROD.WLM.CDS01'
is in use by the following 1 user(s) and/or job(s):
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Can
Robert Pelletier wrote:
Hi All. In preparation of our upgrade I need to free up space. I could
free a whole pack if I could move this:
Data set 'SYS1.PROD.WLM.CDS01'
is in use by the following 1 user(s) and/or job(s):
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I am also a big fan of the skills learned by people who learned to use
slide rules. Too bad there's no way people will be willing to learn
this anymore:
1. Proportion is all of the math that most people will use after
school.
2.
Made of very thin 8 1/2 by 11 tiles!!! :-D
Richards.Bob wrote:
And all that time I thought it was a cubicle wall! grin
Bob Richards
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IBM has just announced they're reducing the cost for renting mainframe time.
Here's a quote from their newsletter:
On August 1, 2007, IBM will offer all PartnerWorld members who qualify for
mainframe server benefits the ability to participate in the enhanced Remote
Development Program at a
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:00:33 +0200, CAPRON Romain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It seems that it doesn't work...
I tought that every JCL parameter could override Data Class definition ?
I'm currently running zOS 1.4
Can you be more specific about what exactly your problem is?
Error messages,
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:10:41 -0500, Greg Shirey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Help panels say it can be overridden, but experimentation seems to
prove otherwise, unless I've missed something.
snip
Well, the subject line does say dynamic volume count but we have been
talking about both. There is
Hi George,
If you already own MQ I'd be inclined to suggest a MQ request-reply type
implementation.
And make your requests / replies XML mapped ... then your clients could run
anywhere. Unless there is some overriding reason to limit them to the
mainframe.
IBM provides sample request /
On 11 Jul 2007 12:46:12 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
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Dee et al,
I'm digging through the manuals and trying to get a grip on the whole
scratch-eject-sync process. CA told me that eject and synch can be in any
sequence.
They also mentioned CTE3495 and TLREPT21 as part of the process. I guess
I'm really baffled by the proper methods. The tape
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:55:37 +0200, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Pelletier wrote:
Hi All. In preparation of our upgrade I need to free up space. I could
free a whole pack if I could move this:
Data set 'SYS1.PROD.WLM.CDS01'
is in use by the following 1 user(s) and/or job(s):
Peter, yes, something as you suggested.
My reading of the manual was not clear to me how the OUTVALID field is to be
used, so clarifying it to say that 'rc=0 means all fields are valid, and
rc=4 means that you must interrogate the OUTVALID field to see which
returned fields are valid' would be
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:33:30 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Even if it was a separate sysplex with shared DASD and all LPARs in the
owning sysplex were down, you can't just move a couple data set. The
VOLSER is saved in the sysplex (XCF) couple data set.
Ask me how I know. :-)
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IBM has just announced they're reducing the cost for renting
On 12 Jul 2007 08:57:59 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
One guy complained to his Father about not being able to use a
calculator and Daddy called me and proceeded to try his hardest to melt
the phone wires. When I finally got his attention, I suggested he have
the kid make change
Out of curiosity, what is the PHYSICAL track size of modern disk (EMC,
IBM, etc.).
Is there an industry standard or is everyone different?
I would think that there is still some validity to matching I/O requests
to the PHYSICAL geometry even with emulation, RAID, striping, cache,
etc. Head
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[ snip ]
Part of my now copious free time is taken up with tutoring
high school math and physics students. My first step is to
take away all calculators. First they do the math with pencil
and
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Out of curiosity, what is the PHYSICAL
The tracks towards the center have fewer sectors than the tracks towards
the rim.
Really?
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Date: Thu, 12
Phil Payne wrote:
Forget PSI. Forget Fundamental. And forget PWD.
It's about zSeries End of Life, and how to control the collapse.
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/ibm_vs_psi.html
The above was back in mid-April of this year. I tried to link to
it today and it's 404 not found.
What's up?
I tried just his homepage and got:
Great Success !
Apache is working on your cPanel(r) and WHM(tm) Server
If you can see this page, then the people who manage this server have
installed cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) which use the Apache Web
server software and the Apache Interface to OpenSSL
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The tracks towards the center have fewer sectors
Looks like he's having server problems - If you take that HTML page off the
URL http://www.isham-research.co.uk you get the default Apache splash
screen. Definitely not what should be showing.
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SNIP
What appears to be missing in public edjamacation these days is
teaching
On 12 Jul 2007 10:07:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
I once had a Pickett N-20 (or N-28?), a Cadillac among slide rules.
All I have left now is an E6B.
I have a Post Versalog in front of me right now (at my computer at
work) - in case the computer goes down.But it's very hard
On 12 Jul 2007 10:07:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
What appears to be missing in public edjamacation these days is
teaching *how* to think, and *how* to learn.
Most all education throughout history has had this same lack. Rote
used to be even a bigger part of education.
At 11:54 AM 7/12/2007 -0600, you wrote:
On 12 Jul 2007 10:07:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
What appears to be missing in public edjamacation these days is
teaching *how* to think, and *how* to learn.
Most all education throughout history has had this same lack. Rote
used to
On 12 Jul 2007 11:16:07 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
As an appropriate example, learning how to program a computer
involves both rote memorization and synthetic thinking. Vocabulary
and grammar can be learned separately, of course, but how much better
it is to USE the components
Well, I was always aware of the trade-offs, i.e. bit density
at the center v. bit density at the outside, but I wasn't
aware that anything was ever done about it with variable
data rates, etc.
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:34:17 -0400, J R wrote:
Well, I was always aware of the trade-offs, i.e. bit density
at the center v. bit density at the outside, but I wasn't
aware that anything was ever done about it with variable
data rates, etc.
CD players, like the original Macintosh 390 K floppy
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:34:17 -0400, J R
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:47:47 -0400, Ken Porowski wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is the PHYSICAL track size of modern disk (EMC,
IBM, etc.).
Is there an industry standard or is everyone different?
There is not an industry standard for track size. The standard is for sector
size, though you may
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:34:17 -0400, J R wrote:
Well, I was always aware of the trade-offs, i.e. bit density
at the center v. bit density at the outside, but I wasn't
aware that anything was ever done about it with variable
data rates, etc.
It's not such a big deal with SLED, where the recording
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snip
Since most RAID arrays get their data
This raises another question. Now that all modern DASD is some flavor of
3380 or 3390 geometry emulated via RAID, why is it neccessary to emulate the
gaps between blocks when writing blocks to a track? Since the microcode is
emulating track size and cylinders etc, why not allow full utilization
CD players, like the original Macintosh 390 K floppy disks,
vary the angular velocity inversely with cylinder radius
in order to have both uniform linear density and uniform
data transfer rate.
Right. But floppies and CDs don't revolve at 3000rpm
(or 7200rpm, whatever) like hard drives, so
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This raises another question. Now that all
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:45:49 +0200, R.S. wrote:
Rick Fochtman wrote:
You're right, but the downside is this: there are literally millions of
lines of JCL still in regular use that allocate space in terms of tracks
and cylinders. To change the length of a track would invoke nightmares
of
When I worked at PH, we used to have all of our Cadam drawing files on the
mainframe. Our Cadam software was so old that we had to put the drawing
files on 3380 volumes, as they didn't work on 3390s. These were real 3390
sled volumes formated as 3380s. They didn't want to buy an upgrade to
On Jul 12, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
-unsnip---
You're right, but the downside is this: there are literally
millions of lines of JCL still in regular use that allocate space
in terms of tracks and cylinders. To change the length of a
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:42:15 -0400, J R wrote:
CD players, like the original Macintosh 390 K floppy disks,
vary the angular velocity inversely with cylinder radius
in order to have both uniform linear density and uniform
data transfer rate.
Right. But floppies and CDs don't revolve at 3000rpm
On 12 Jul 2007 10:38:14 -0700,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Comstock) wrote:
Phil Payne wrote:
Forget PSI. Forget Fundamental. And forget PWD.
It's about zSeries End of Life, and how to control the collapse.
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/ibm_vs_psi.html
The above was back in mid-April of
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snip
I thought one of the reasons why IBM came
Is that the one where they want to replace expensive computer pilots
with cheaper human ones after teaching them the lost arts of writing
numbers and arithmetic?
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Help!!
It's been such a long time since working on the mainframe. We are currently a
Client/Server installation.
It seems as though I've forgotten how to catalog a dataset on multiple volume.
I'm getting a syntax
error on the control statement, but can not, for the life of me, fiqure out
Ah err, well, we have an old Adabas application with 3380 emulation on
2105. This will be moot after 11/30/07. It's been a shame they could not
resolve to get the application off our platform sooner. This was one of
those app's we really wanted to go as it wasted an array due to the
emulation
On 12 Jul 2007 12:59:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
I thought one of the reasons why IBM came up with AVGREC and the
other new SMS allocation parameters was to get rid of the idea of
tracks and cylinders concept. I went on the band wagon years ago to
change over. I was
On 12 Jul 2007 13:10:59 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
Is that the one where they want to replace expensive computer pilots
with cheaper human ones after teaching them the lost arts of writing
numbers and arithmetic?
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Help!!
It's been such a long time since working on the
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