DSPSERV

2007-07-24 Thread Gabor Hoffer
Hi, I would like to allocate memory in Common Data Space with DSPSERV Macro and my requirement is that Data Space survive my Address Space Termination. That means it remains allocatad after my AS ends and other Address Spaces or an Exit-Routine can access it. One of my trial was, to allocate CDS

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
I have a REXX which builds a member list and uses EXECIO to write each member preceded by a ./ADD card for IEBUPDTE. After the flat file is edited, simply use IEBUPDTE to add the members back to the PDS using the flat file as input. I can post the source or email it to the OP. On 7/24/07, Ear

test mail

2007-07-24 Thread Gabor Hoffer
-- 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: Tools for Validating COBOL Source

2007-07-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
The oft-mentioned IBM WebSphere Developer for System z (WDz) performs excellent COBOL syntax validation on your PC. http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/devzseries/ You can see some recorded demonstrations which include syntax checking here: http://websphere.dfw.ibm.com/whidemo/atdemo_wsed_zosad

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 24, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Wayne Driscoll wrote: All programs in the linklist are accessible directly, what is the possible value of protecting (from read, update protection is mandatory) a linklist dataset? I mean if I can execute tso iefbr14, what is the drawback of me executing tso cal

Re: PSI MIPS

2007-07-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
William Richter writes: >Internal customers do not ask your question, "How do you measure the total >performance of the whole IT organization?" >They are really only interested in the total cost of acquistion or internal >chargeback (excluding power and environmentals) and application performance.

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Bill Seubert wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:30:36 -0500, William Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Timothy, Internal customers do not ask your question, "How do you measure the total performance of the whole IT organization?" They are really only interested

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

2007-07-24 Thread Bill Seubert
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:30:36 -0500, William Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Timothy, > >Internal customers do not ask your question, "How do you measure the total >performance of the whole IT organization?" > >They are really only interested in the total cost of acquistion or internal >chargeb

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-24 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: "Ed Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:36 PM Subject: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007 Today I was at another doctors office waiting for my appointment and was surprised when I saw that Xephon was now ap

Re: Wall Street Journal: "The Dynosaurs That Won't Die"

2007-07-24 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: "Timothy Sipples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:38 PM Subject: Wall Street Journal: "The Dynosaurs That Won't Die" "Mainframe computers are the dinosaurs of the technology world, giant beasts that ruled d

Re: Cobol Conditional Compile

2007-07-24 Thread Nagesh
Hi, I vaguely remember such a requirement. The code went something like this : #IF RUNNING-IN-CICS #EXEC CICS LINK UTILPROG #END-IF #IF RUNNING-IN-BATCH # CALL UTILPROG #END-IF The main program was some sort of generic driver type of program which required invocation of UTILPROG. They ev

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 24, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: Not interested. There are many solutions out there that can effect a change to every member in a PDS and most are FREE. Yea but are they supported 24x7 ? Or do you get a response well maybe in the next few weeks I will get a chance

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
All programs in the linklist are accessible directly, what is the possible value of protecting (from read, update protection is mandatory) a linklist dataset? I mean if I can execute tso iefbr14, what is the drawback of me executing tso call 'sys1.linklib(iefbr14)' Why would allowing the second b

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 24, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: If it seems I'm picking nits then just ignore me. (-: But I've been following this and trying to understand it and to be honest it doesn't always make sense. May I ask, do you mean that IBM is being a jerk about FLEX because of the FSI s

Re: Cobol Conditional Compile

2007-07-24 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:01:59 +0200, Albert Klimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Asked about compiling parts of a source cobol program. Never had the need to. Interested in hearing why you can not use IF statements to avoid execting parts of code you are not interested in. Using an edit macro to

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:53:14 -0400, Earnie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1. Use the REVIEW command processor from the CBT tape, with the OFFLOAD >subcommand, to create the flat file. > >2. Do whatever edit(s) you need to do. > >3. Use the PDSLOAD batch processor, also from the CBT tape, to r

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Kenneth E Tomiak
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:28:56 -0400, WalterR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I have an REXX exec that does the process, but it is not set up to run as a >>batch job. Would that it were ... sigh. >> >>I have come across the CBT FILE093 solution(s) --- but, there appear to be >>many varieties. >> >>

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 24, 2007, at 7:44 AM, McKown, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carroll, William Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Secure clist Is there any way to secure certain clist f

Wall Street Journal: "The Dynosaurs That Won't Die"

2007-07-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
"Mainframe computers are the dinosaurs of the technology world, giant beasts that ruled data centers in a bygone era. But don’t laugh if your company’s chief information officer tells you he’s investing in a mainframe all over again. Not only did the technology never go extinct, it’s making a comeb

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread WalterR
Earnie Allen wrote: I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a PDS into a flat file (for modifications) and then back into a PDS. Having the original ISPF stats present in the final PDS is not necessarily a critical part of the process for us --- nice, but not absolutely neces

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-24 Thread Lindy Mayfield
If it seems I'm picking nits then just ignore me. (-: But I've been following this and trying to understand it and to be honest it doesn't always make sense. May I ask, do you mean that IBM is being a jerk about FLEX because of the FSI situation? In other words, is this true: IBM had a prob

Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Gould
Today I was at another doctors office waiting for my appointment and was surprised when I saw that Xephon was now apart of Z/Journal. So now if you have a complaint you can complain to IBM (not sure if this is good or not). Also, in Pete Clarks column there is a interesting discussion about

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Andy Wood wrote: Decimal 10 or X'0A', which will show up in some places as X'A0'. By my way of thinking, key X'10' is an invalid key rather than a way of describing key 1. Understood. I was confused because storage keys are often (usually?) presented as two hex digits. For example, in dump

Re: Fw: COBOL Functions

2007-07-24 Thread Nagesh
Hi Howard, I got this example working : http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3pg32/2.3.2.3.1?SHELF=&DT=20061117131343 I extended the above example by having a procedural COBOL program calling OO COBOL which invoked the Java class. That worked too. I am currently tryin

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Dave Kopischke wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:28:52 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: You can use do it with a monitor like MXI (very easy using MXI) or use IPCS. Check the archives. You can implement and backout via SET DIAG=xx. If you are already running z/OS 1.8 you can do it now. Even before z/

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Andy Wood
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:55:34 -0700, Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Key 10? Do you mean key x'A0' i.e., b'1010', which really is a user >key? Or do you mean key x'10' i.e., b'0001' which isn't a user key >at all. Out of curiosity, which software products allocate CSA in keys A-F?

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:28:52 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >>> >>> The default was changed to ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) in z/OS 1.9. >> >>Hopefully there's a recommendation and procedure to check for this prior to >>making the jump ??? Something non-catastrophic that doesn't require an IPL >>to get out of

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Andy Wood wrote: If your intention is to pre-empt ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) problems, then you should consider the possibility that something may be allocating CSA in a user key other than 8. Because it is so easy to allocate key 8 CSA accidentally, that is by far the most likely one you are going to

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Andy Wood
If your intention is to pre-empt ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) problems, then you should consider the possibility that something may be allocating CSA in a user key other than 8. Because it is so easy to allocate key 8 CSA accidentally, that is by far the most likely one you are going to find. However, I

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Bob Rutledge
For the first part, IP VERBX VSMDATA 'GLOBal SUMMary' followed by F '/ 8' might be easier to deal with. Bob Mark Zelden wrote: ... So I searched the archives... and I couldn't find anything on using IPCS to do this (cookbook approach). So what would one do if they didn't have MXI or Omegam

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-24 Thread Steve Samson
Firefox has an add-in called "IE Tab" which will open a URL with IE as the rendering engine. It works with Windows Update and other IE-oriented pages flawlessly. Cheers, Steve Samson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23 Jul 2007 17:05:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Gould) wrote: There is an opti

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:28:52 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You can use do it with a monitor like MXI (very easy using MXI) or use IPCS. >Check the archives. So I searched the archives... and I couldn't find anything on using IPCS to do this (cookbook approach). So what would o

RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-24 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:04:35 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >>Minor chide: It is too bad that folks take their valuable time on ibm- main >> >Cf. the "Heresy" thread. Ah, but that thread allowed us to streach our pedantry muscles, an invaluable service for system programm

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
Ooops makes sense. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember: It takes teamwork to make the dream work.

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
A. I've used that one. Alias 'REV'.. Real handy ... especially for VSAM. How does it work in conjunction with OFFLMOD/REVLMOD? Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember: It take

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 1:43:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Actually x'00' disconnects until position is just before index point so the following search Id starts with index point count at 1, maximum scan for the Id will be one revolution till next time i

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- I have found copies in-shop of OFFLMOD and REVLMOD (from File134, I would imagine) and they have fairly "recent" linkedit dates. Perhaps these will assist in the project. Only if you're processing load modules. --

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
- What does that "REVIEW command processor" do? - It's basically a PDS browser, started from a command line. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Langford
Actually x'00' disconnects until position is just before index point so the following search Id starts with index point count at 1, maximum scan for the Id will be one revolution till next time index point is detected. Using x'FF' will not disconnect and search id starts at current positio

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
I have found copies in-shop of OFFLMOD and REVLMOD (from File134, I would imagine) and they have fairly "recent" linkedit dates. Perhaps these will assist in the project. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [E

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:47:25 -0500, Dave Kopischke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:03:16 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: > >> >> The default was changed to ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) in z/OS 1.9. >> > > >Now I've got some work to do. > >Hopefully there's a recommendation and procedure to che

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 1:12:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Using a sector number of x'00' effectively disabled RPS on devices that did care. Not true. It forces the controller to position the track at index point, the very beginning of the track. A

Re: Tools for Validating COBOL Source

2007-07-24 Thread Neil Duffee
On 24 Jul 2007 at 05:05, concerning "Tools for Validating COBOL Source", Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote to IBM-Main: > [snip] a programmer stated that the PERFORM THRU > EXIT was not functioning [snip] I felt it was a missing IF > END-IF combo. [snip] > So, does anyone know of a t

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Langford
Using a sector number of x'00' effectively disabled RPS on devices that did care. Edward Jaffe wrote: Richards.Bob wrote: Do you know of any DASD subsystem that does not publish RPM information? I thought not. They still "care". But kidding aside, I would suspect the last time it "really

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread John P Kalinich
Earnie Allen of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 07/24/2007 12:53:14 PM: > I have CBT471.FILE093 and it contains OFFLOADW and PDSLOADW. > > That basically the same? > Yes, the "W" suffix was added to the source code member to denote wide record (>80 bytes) support. You can linkedit th

Re: Suggestions for New Laptop.

2007-07-24 Thread Howard Brazee
On 23 Jul 2007 17:05:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Gould) wrote: >There is an option in SAFARI to imitate IE if you are desperate >enough. I have (I am using SAFARI) run across pages that were coded >*ONLY* to work in IE. Usually I write the name of the company down >and then boycott their

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 11:14:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Because the fetch and the store are separated in time. Another CPU or an I/O operation can store into the byte *after* your CPU fetches the byte but *before* your CPU stores the byte. The other CPU

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
I have CBT471.FILE093 and it contains OFFLOADW and PDSLOADW. That basically the same? -- Try this: 1. Use the REVIEW command processor from the CBT tape, with the OFFLOAD subcommand, to create the flat file. 2. Do whatever edit(s) you need to do. 3. Use the

Re: PSI MIPS

2007-07-24 Thread Howard Brazee
On 24 Jul 2007 04:40:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >a lot of stuff written for mainframe involves business critical >dataprocessing ... which is significantly more effort than >a standard application. our rule-of-thumb has been that to >take a well-tested, well-debugged application

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Dave Kopischke wrote: On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:03:16 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: The default was changed to ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) in z/OS 1.9. Now I've got some work to do. Hopefully there's a recommendation and procedure to check for this prior to making the jump ??? Something non-cata

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-24 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:03:16 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: > > The default was changed to ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) in z/OS 1.9. > Now I've got some work to do. Hopefully there's a recommendation and procedure to check for this prior to making the jump ??? Something non-catastrophic that doesn't require

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : CREATIN SDSP (SMALLDS)

2007-07-24 Thread Larry Burch
I encountered a similar situation a couple of years ago -- found that our SDSP datasets were defined (in 1996) with secondary allocation quantity greater than zero; SDSP dataset(s) had never been re-org'ed, and had reached max 123 extents. Also found statement that SDSP should have secondary al

Re: Fw: COBOL Functions

2007-07-24 Thread Howard Brazee
On 24 Jul 2007 00:50:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Or, write your COBOL function as OO COBOL function. Then, you have a >whole object to give and take than just a few native arguments. I spent a month trying to compile & run OO CoBOL on the mainframe before giving up a couple of

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : CREATIN SDSP (SMALLDS)

2007-07-24 Thread esmie moo
David, I looked at the SYS1.SAMPLIB(ARCSTRST) which had the define cluster. Thanks for pointing it out to me. I had missed that. "O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Esmie, See SYS1.SAMPLIB(ARCSTRST) look for ALLOSDSP. Better yet see if you have HSM.SAMP

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Does anyone know for sure which was the last DASD subsystem that cared about >Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS) values? I would guess 3390-SLEDS connected to 3990-6's. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subs

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
IIRC? I'll have to look that one up. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember: It takes teamwork to make the dream work.

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>My situation is that I need to take current production JCLlib(s) and modify >the ACCT info in each not the same change to all jobcards. IIRC, the PDS command from the CBT can do that. I seem to remember doing something similar a long time ago. So, I would copy the JCLLIB, make the

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:36:06 -0400, Earnie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That PDS86 solution looks great ... if only all our production jobs had a >standard ACCT field/info in them already!!! But, alas, that's what this >process is intended to do. > As I said... if it is more complicated th

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
That PDS86 solution looks great ... if only all our production jobs had a standard ACCT field/info in them already!!! But, alas, that's what this process is intended to do. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail:

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
What does that "REVIEW command processor" do? Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember: It takes teamwork to make the dream work.

Re: SPAM: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
Phil Kingston wrote: Hi again, I'm trying to write a TSO command processor which seems to be getting addressability issues over 4095 bytes, e.g ASMA034E message. I know there's a way of extending the addressability, but can't remember. Anyone know how to do it? Ps. The IBM message for ASMA03

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 11:16:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >- Does anyone know for sure which was the last DASD subsystem that cared about Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS) values? -- II

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
- I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a PDS into a flat file (for modifications) and then back into a PDS. Having the original ISPF stats present in the final PDS is not necessarily a critical part of the process for us --- nice, bu

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:08:43 -0400, Earnie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Getting lots of suggestions/ideas. Gonna take me a bit to sort them out. > >My situation is that I need to take current production JCLlib(s) and modify >the ACCT info in each not the same change to all jobcards. >

Re: IBMLINK help phone number

2007-07-24 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Greg Lang > > Would someone be willing to provide the IBMLINK problem phone > number ?? 1-800-543-3912. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

Re: IBMLINK help phone number

2007-07-24 Thread Wahak Vachi Kontian
1-800-543-3912 at least that what is says on my screen. Greg Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 07/24/2007 09:10 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject [IBM-MAIN] IBMLINK help phone number Would som

IBMLINK help phone number

2007-07-24 Thread Greg Lang
Would someone be willing to provide the IBMLINK problem phone number ?? Thanks. Greg Lang / AT&T Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MA

Re: Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
- Does anyone know for sure which was the last DASD subsystem that cared about Rotational Positional Sensing (RPS) values? -- IIRC, that would be the 3390 (real, not emulated). To my knowledge, none of the RAID configurations c

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread Craddock, Chris
There's no obvious way for an unauthorized program to discover that information. If you're a supervisor state program you can issue a TPROT with a key of 0. If the condition code is 1 then the page is protected. The interpretation of the other condition codes is left as an exercise to the reader.

Re: Cobol Conditional Compile

2007-07-24 Thread Todd Burch
An edit macro might work just fine as well. Todd -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Albert Klimek Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Cobol Conditional Compile Micro Focus COBOL provides a me

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:05 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine > > In a message dated 7/24/2007 10:5

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Earnie Allen
Getting lots of suggestions/ideas. Gonna take me a bit to sort them out. My situation is that I need to take current production JCLlib(s) and modify the ACCT info in each not the same change to all jobcards. So ... turn the current JCLLIB PDS into a flat file ... run a (yet to be written) p

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 10:56:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >very bad idea in general. if the page is not protected, then you don't know what other processes are updating that page nor how they serialize their updates. the OI is not an interlocked update and

Re: Valid hexadecimal" (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?)

2007-07-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:28:52 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: >Minor chide: It is too bad that folks take their valuable time on ibm-main > Cf. the "Heresy" thread. >to point out deficiencies in the documentation (pointing out is a good >thing) but then do not submit requests to get them updated. The r

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Schuster > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Is a page protected?--how to determine > > Hello: I have a need to determine if an address in stor

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:07 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine > > In a message dated 7/24/2007 1:33:

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : CREATIN SDSP (SMALLDS)

2007-07-24 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Esmie, See SYS1.SAMPLIB(ARCSTRST) look for ALLOSDSP. Better yet see if you have HSM.SAMPLE.CNTL (There is probably a HLQ in front of that name). Once you've defined and primed your SDSP, issue an addvol for that volume with the SDSP parameter. However the message you received does NOT me

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : CREATIN SDSP (SMALLDS)

2007-07-24 Thread Staller, Allan
See SYS1.SAMPLIB(ARCSTRST). Find for "IEBDG" IEBDG generates a single record that is Loaded into the SDSP in the next step. HTH, -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

DFHSM QUESTION : CREATIN SDSP (SMALLDS)

2007-07-24 Thread esmie moo
Good Day Gentle Readers, I am seeking your expert advice. We have a problem with our ML1 migrate vols. We are unable to migrate to ML1 because of the following reasons: ARC1001I HOPER.TTOC.LIST1 MIGRATE FAILED, RC=0037, REAS= ARC1237I NO SPACE FOR MIGRATION COPY

Re: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread J R
I don't know what manual your looking in? I'm looking in HLASM V1R5 programmers guide. The section on the USING statement doesn't seem to have a reference to 'Range of an Ordinary USING Instruction'??? For most HLASM information, you can think of the documentation as a 2-volume set: SC26-4940 H

Re: IBMLink "Challenge"

2007-07-24 Thread Bill Johnson
Anyone know what platform they run the internet version of IBMLINK on? Robert Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: darn, and I was in a meeting, oh well, web ibmlink is having problems, (I know, I know, shock and surprise) ...sev1 issue # is 32585272 You should use the 3270 interface, it's worki

Re: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread Phil Kingston
Hi, I don't know what manual your looking in? I'm looking in HLASM V1R5 programmers guide. The section on the USING statement doesn't seem to have a reference to 'Range of an Ordinary USING Instruction'??? Phil. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:16 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS > > > > In a message dated 7/24/2007 9:14:11 A.M. Central Daylight

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/24/2007 9:14:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The simpliest way that I know of is to use SAS and PROC SOURCE. That can unload a PDS to a sequential file and put IEBUPDTE control cards (or other control cards) between members. You then edit the se

Re: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread J R
Maybe IBM could update the Message to be a bit more obvious as to what to do when you get the ASMA034E message. I think that you're being a little harsh on IBM. When you looked up message ASMA034E, it told you to "Increase the range of the active USING." If you had then looked up the USING ins

Re: MAPPING a RMM-managed tape volume

2007-07-24 Thread Mike Wood
Andy, Ignoring whether your JCL/DITTO statements are correct . The IEF343I message is an indication that there are no tape units for allocation. Looks like you are all system managed libraries and the JL3270 is not in the TCDB, is either not defined to RMM or is defined in a way that RMM doe

Re: IBMLink "Challenge"

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Justice
darn, and I was in a meeting, oh well, web ibmlink is having problems, (I know, I know, shock and surprise) ...sev1 issue # is 32585272 You should use the 3270 interface, it's working just fine. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

Re: ICSF for Dummies

2007-07-24 Thread Hal Merritt
I am an ICSF administrator, but I am not involved in that part of the action. There is both a separation of duties angle as well as it seems that every application does it differently. I see ICSF as nothing more than an API and a secure key repository. How you use those keys is up to the programm

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Field, Alan C.
Depending on what you need to change, couldn't you accomplish the changes using IPOUPDTE/CPPUPDATE? -Original Message- I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a PDS into a flat file (for modifications) and then back into a PDS. Having the original ISPF stats present in

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:13:55 -0400, Earnie Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a PDS into a >flat file (for modifications) and then back into a PDS. Having the >original ISPF stats present in the final PDS is not necessarily a critical >par

Re: rotational position sensing (RPS)

2007-07-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
(IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote: Careful reading of the 2105 Command Reference doc shows that valid sector numbers are not documented as being ignored. I take that to mean they are used as documented; i.e., the next action on the track will commence with track orientation at a predict

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread John P Kalinich
Earnie Allen of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 07/24/2007 08:13:55 AM: > I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a PDS into a > flat file (for modifications) and then back into a PDS. Having the > original ISPF stats present in the final PDS is not necessarily a cr

New (draft) Redbook: Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VM Basics

2007-07-24 Thread Lionel B Dyck
I just heard about this draft redbook and have just browsed thru it and it looks like a good start for someone with little to no z/VM skills. The url is http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247316.html?Open Abstract This textbook provides students with the background knowledge and

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-24 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earnie Allen > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:14 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS > > > I am in need of a fairly straightforward method of turning a > P

Re: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread Phil Kingston
Cheers Wayne, Extremely helpful, thanks a lot :-) Maybe IBM could update the Message to be a bit more obvious as to what to do when you get the ASMA034E message. Phil. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: 24

Re: MAPPING a RMM-managed tape volume

2007-07-24 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Is this the entire JCL? If so, you need a //SYSIN DD statement and according to my documentation, you also need $$DITTO instead of DITTO as the command within the //SYSIN. Of course, my documentation is quite old, but that's what it looks like to me. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Ma

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/24/2007 1:33:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I have a need to determine if an address in storage is page protected in order to determine if a PGSER UNPROTECT needs to be done. One way, not necessarily the most elegant, is to establish an ESTA

Re: How to extend addressability over 4095 with USING statements

2007-07-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Phil, There are a number of ways. 1 - Add a second base register, for example if R12 is your base register, LR R11,R12 AHIR11,4096 USING label,R12,R11 2 - Constantly reload your base register (this is the method used by many compilers) of course if you do this, then you

Cobol Conditional Compile

2007-07-24 Thread Albert Klimek
Micro Focus COBOL provides a mechanism for selectively compiling part of the COBOL source. (controlled by $IF, $ELSE, $END) IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 3.3 do not support conditional compile. I think about to write a REXX to do this. Any other ideas ? Albert VERLAGSGRUPPE WELTBILD GMBH Sitz

Re: IBMLink "Challenge": We Have A Winner!

2007-07-24 Thread Chase, John
>> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chase, John >> >> Hi, All, >> >> IBMLink on the web is unusually slow this morning (even by >> IBMLink on the Web "standard"!), so I'd like to solicit a bit >> of help from one of you with a 3270 IBMLink connectio

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