Re: Theft of spindles

2007-08-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
Clark Morris writes: >A couple of years ago, disk drives were stolen from an IBM outsourcing >centre here in Canada. I believe they were from a box attached to a >mainframe. With the advent of the actual disk drives for a mainframe >being the same size as those for a PC, it becomes a lot easier.

Re: Theft of spindles was Re: PCI Compliance - Encryption of all non-console administrative access.

2007-08-01 Thread Ron Hawkins
Clark, Could this really be a true story? The few boxes that attach to mainframes would have triggered a SIM the moment someone unlatched and pulled the drive - a highlighted, non-scrolling error message on the console. And of course the box would have called home to report the failed drive, and

Re: Damaged Catalog Alert

2007-08-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:00:52 -0500, Tony Brown wrote: >The act of re-opening the BCS causes catalog management to retrieve >information from the catalog's data and index component VVRs to populate the >open control blocks in CAS...and that's when the effects of the problem are >realized. Then

Re: Damaged Catalog Alert

2007-08-01 Thread Tony Brown
Terry, The AUTOTUNE feature may expose the problem, but disabling AUTOTUNE will not eliminate the potential for the problem to occur. AUTOTUNE closes the BCS in the Catalog Address Space resulting in a "fresh" open using the updated ACB. But if anyone were to issue MODIFY CATALOG,CLOSE(bcs.na

Re: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 1, 2007, at 3:51 PM, CICS Guy wrote: Am I late? IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17998 Interesting thanks. I hope the IBMLINK issues aren't in anyway connected with this. If they are it will be a major bla

Re: So, when does 3900 equal 33...?

2007-08-01 Thread Gary Green
Yeah... I missed the boat on that one! Usually I am more current with postings such as this. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Justice Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: So, whe

Re: IBMLink Web interface - SEV1 # 32669880, 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 Thread Steve Comstock
O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: The situation is actually worse than just IBMLINK. I just tried to check the dates of the ZSeries conference and got a 304 off of the training link on the IBM Home page. Sun et al must be enjoying this. Maybe. But I'll bet the code is written in Java

Re: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 3:52:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I late? IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17998 >> Maybe they'll divert it to IBMLink supportOh, it's the 25th an

IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes

2007-08-01 Thread CICS Guy
Am I late? IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17998 _ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one place! http://maps.live.com/?w

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 3:29:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just as an FYI... Any IBMLink ID that starts with USZZZ... Is temporary and won't work with telnet session. The ACCOUNT LNK1 will work as long as the IBMLink ID is not temporary... >> What happened

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread George Rodriguez
snip < Only IBM can help with this. Your userid & password will almost certainly be different for 3270 access than your existing values for web access.> snip I've opened an issue with IBM support. Just as an FYI... Any IBMLink ID that starts with USZZZ... Is temporary and won't work with telnet

Re: Damaged Catalog Alert

2007-08-01 Thread Traylor, Terry
Would then it be a good idea to disable the autotune feature in the meantime? Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 WARNING: All email sent to or from this address will be received by the Charles Schwab corporate e-mail system

Re: So, when does 3900 equal 33...?

2007-08-01 Thread Robert Justice
yes, we saw that one. quite comical. of course, it's just more people that don't know the mainframe is dead. I think it died in 1994, that's when the last one was supposed to be unplugged. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Theft of spindles was Re: PCI Compliance - Encryption of all non-console administrative access.

2007-08-01 Thread Clark Morris
On 31 Jul 2007 22:07:06 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main Timothy Sipples wrote: > >> much snipped > >While I might agree with your logic -- the chance of a spindle theft is >relatively remote though nonzero -- it really doesn't matter what you or I >say here. There are certain minimum security req

Re: Quebec moves Orcale to z/VM

2007-08-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
This was presented by the team at the first SHARE of 2007. They also got the 'excellence in technology' award at the same SHARE. I believe this was the last year of a three year project. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- F

So, when does 3900 equal 33...?

2007-08-01 Thread Gary Green
Read on... http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2164958,00.asp -- 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://b

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Smith, Sean M
One thing about MVSDS access is that even though it is presenting an MVS dataset, if the dataset is valid HTML then the result is a "pretty" web-page instead of just plain text. For example, if the dataset you are displaying has these contents it will present nicely:

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Kirk Wolf
1) So, you can't get a supported port of Apache Web Server unless you also buy WebSphere? bummer. 2) Writing a CGI in Java is not a good idea except as a toy, since you would be starting a new JVM for each request. Maybe that is what IBMLink runs on? :-) Running Java servlets or JSPs unde

Re: IBM's Project Big Green Spurs Global Shift to Linux on Mainframe

2007-08-01 Thread Eric Chevalier
On 1 Aug 2007 09:14:48 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Harrison) wrote: >Google news actually picked up on this one: > >Plan to Shrink 3,900 Computer Servers to About 30 Mainframes Targets 80 >Percent Energy Reduction Over Five Years > >In one of the most significant transformations of its worldwid

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
George Rodriguez wrote: Using the CLIST I was able to get in...But what do I use for ACCOUNT? I have an IBMLink ID and a password, but I don't know the ACCOUNT. Can anyone help? Only IBM can help with this. Your userid & password will almost certainly be different for 3270 access than your

Re: some basic questions about Z system, Zlinux....

2007-08-01 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:59:22 -0700, legolas wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi every one. >I am back with another question [snip] > >As There are several OSs that run on System Z, Which one is the Default >OS on IBM mainframe? >I mean, Does IBM sell all of them to a customer when it buys a mai

IBMLINK Down again

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Jacobs
Wow. It looks like the parrot isn't dead after all. -- Mark Jacobs Technical Services Time Customer Service - Tampa, FL -- "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." -- Julius (Groucho) Henry Marx -

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 12:25:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A couple of problems with 3270 IBMLink access. 1 - Most IBMLink users today have IBM ID's with IBMLink access, which as George notes, only uses a userid and a password. Not the account userid passwo

Quebec moves Orcale to z/VM

2007-08-01 Thread Dave Jones
An article to counterbalance all of those "we're moving off of the mainframe" stories we see posted here. http://blog.coleo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/share_session_9230.pdf It's a large working document. For the Business people, go to page 24 and on. z/VM strikes again:-) DJ --

Re: IBM's Project Big Green Spurs Global Shift to Linux on Mainframe

2007-08-01 Thread Kelman, Tom
Interesting, there is also an article about it in PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135331-c,servers/article.html Of course they need to do their research better since it's zIIP and zAAP, not Zip and Zap. Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -Original Message--

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 1, 2007, at 11:16 AM, David Betten wrote: I don't want to circumvent the PMR process but thought I'd offer some a thought based on this information. Double check the storage class that the sortwork datasets are being assigned to and make sure the default unit count is 1. Sortwork da

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Wayne Driscoll
A couple of problems with 3270 IBMLink access. 1 - Most IBMLink users today have IBM ID's with IBMLink access, which as George notes, only uses a userid and a password. Not the account userid password which is required for 3270 IBMLINK. And for many customers with 3270 and WEB access the userid

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread George Rodriguez
Snip > Ed Finnell wrote: > Big honkin' IBMLINK Clist > > Proc 0 > telnet ibmlink.advantis.com > end > Using the CLIST I was able to get in...But what do I use for ACCOUNT? I have an IBMLink ID and a password, but I don't know the ACCOUNT. Can anyone help? Thanks, George Rodriguez (561) 357-7652

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Ed Finnell said: >Is your google broken? In about 10 secs. found this... >_http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676_ (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676) Maybe I'm just getting lazy in my old age, but I saw that, and like I said is there a chance of getting it in clear English with simple examples.

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Bill Dodge
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote: > > Maarten Slegtenhorst wrote: > > The RFC 2646 ( aug 1999 ) is made obsolete by RFC 3676 ( feb 2004 ) > ;) > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt > > > > Is there any chance of getting this in clear English? Easy to follow > examples, etc? > > T

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 11:50:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there any chance of getting this in clear English? Easy to follow examples, etc? >> Is your google broken? In about 10 secs. found this... _http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676_ (http://tools.ie

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Maarten Slegtenhorst wrote: > The RFC 2646 ( aug 1999 ) is made obsolete by RFC 3676 ( feb 2004 ) ;) > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt > Is there any chance of getting this in clear English? Easy to follow examples, etc? Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 This e-mail may c

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
That would be the Data class not the Storage class. From: David Betten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 12:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2 I don't want to circumvent the PMR process but thought I'd offer some a th

Re: web IBMLINK down again -SEV1 32656350

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 11:43:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Spoke with IBM this morning regarding the nature of the problem. It is directly related to the sign-on process...which is NOT on a z/System. The data continues to reside there but not the sign-on pr

Re: web IBMLINK down again -SEV1 32656350

2007-08-01 Thread Smith, Sean M
If the web access is not on a z system, should it be a candidate for a Reboot Hill story. Spoke with IBM this morning regarding the nature of the problem. It is directly related to the sign-on process...which is NOT on a z/System. The data continues to reside there but not the sign-on proce

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
John McKown writes: >No. IMWEBSRV is not Apache. There is a separate Apache port >for z/OS. I don't know if it is distributed with the latest z/OS >releases. IMWEBSRV came with z/OS 1.6, but Apache did not. >The last that I know of (may be out of date) is that Apache >must be downloaded and install

Re: PCI Compliance - Encryption of all non-console administrative access.

2007-08-01 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:40:14 -0500, Hal Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >...snipped... > But we need secure 'green screen' TN3270 TSO The TN3270 server supports SSL or TLS, and so do a number of TN3270 clients. SSL/TLS will provide your secure connection. Walt Farrell, CISSP

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Fletcher, Kevin
It could be worse. We had a guy on here last week asking how to convert a string of hex characters into a binary number. He was given the *two* instructions that he needed. He then had to get back to us to find out how to extend his program's addressability beyond 4KiB. We also had to tell h

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 11:14:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow! That's cool! I didn't know that would work! >> It does tie up a TSO session, but in the olden days it was useful for downloads too! Been using it for years. Now with Internet delivery... *

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Rohr
Amsterdam could be a problem... I understand that they have terrible traffic problems and lots of red lights, And it is almost impossible to get a coffee in a coffee house. And if you go to the museum there is this guy who puts the ear where the nose should be Ed Rohr Freightliner LLC Portland

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread David Betten
I don't want to circumvent the PMR process but thought I'd offer some a thought based on this information. Double check the storage class that the sortwork datasets are being assigned to and make sure the default unit count is 1. Sortwork datasets cannot be multi-volume so there's no point in hav

IBM's Project Big Green Spurs Global Shift to Linux on Mainframe

2007-08-01 Thread Jim Harrison
Google news actually picked up on this one: Plan to Shrink 3,900 Computer Servers to About 30 Mainframes Targets 80 Percent Energy Reduction Over Five Years August 01, 2007: 08:45 AM EST In one of the most significant transformations of its worldwide data centers in a generation, IBM (NYSE:

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ed Finnell wrote: Big honkin' IBMLINK Clist Proc 0 telnet ibmlink.advantis.com end Wow! That's cool! I didn't know that would work! -- 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.ph

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread J R
> I'm always suspicious when somebody from a service provider asks a basic > question on IBM-Main. It could be worse. We had a guy on here last week asking how to convert a string of hex characters into a binary number. He was given the *two* instructions that he needed. He then had to get

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 11:00:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Probably a firewall issue of some sort. It's working just fine for me: ibmlink.advantis.com port 23. >> Big honkin' IBMLINK Clist Proc 0 telnet ibmlink.advantis.com end ***

Re: Is there any way that i can practice mainframe related subject without having access to one?

2007-08-01 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Sorry, Dave, I meant for the Java z390 assembler emulator. (-: Or maybe it could be done in Eclipse, that would be cool. That would be really cool, to write an assembler program in Eclipse like you write Java and have the z390 emulate, show errors, and debug. -Original Message- From

Re: HMC - Load type SCSI

2007-08-01 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:43 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: HMC - Load type SCSI > > I thought the following was simply fascinating > > http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/483/banzhaf.ht

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
George Rodriguez wrote: Snip "refer to port 23 in the recent discussions." That's the port I'm using, but it's not working...I'm getting a comm error 657...Any ideas? Probably a firewall issue of some sort. It's working just fine for me: ibmlink.advantis.com port 23. -- Edward E Jaffe Ph

Re: Question about the listserv : Mail-syntax

2007-08-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
Maarten Slegtenhorst wrote: The RFC 2646 ( aug 1999 ) is made obsolete by RFC 3676 ( feb 2004 ) ;) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt Excellent! I was unaware of this update. Thanks for pointing it out! Now, if you can just convince the more stubborn list participants to actually follo

Re: some basic questions about Z system, Zlinux....

2007-08-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
Legolas Wood writes: >As There are several OSs that run on System Z, Which one is >the Default OS on IBM mainframe? I mean, Does IBM sell all >of them to a customer when it buys a mainframe or customer >has the option to select the OS ? It's entirely the mainframe owner's choice. A single mainfram

Re: Is there any way that i can practice mainframe related subject without having access to one?

2007-08-01 Thread David Cole
At 8/1/2007 09:10 AM, you wrote: Thanks for this, Don. I've been looking at it. Very nice. How difficult would it be to create a full screen XDC / Xpediter like debugger? Lindy Not very easy. [;)] Dave Cole REPLY TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cole Software WEB PAGE: http:/

Re: HMC - Load type SCSI

2007-08-01 Thread Brian Peterson
I thought the following was simply fascinating http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/483/banzhaf.html Brian On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:37:55 +0200, R.S. wrote: >WHen I drag & drop Load icon on LPAR icon, I don't see SCSI type of >load. Only Normal and Clear are visible. >I RTFMed HMC, but not f

HMC - Load type SCSI

2007-08-01 Thread R.S.
WHen I drag & drop Load icon on LPAR icon, I don't see SCSI type of load. Only Normal and Clear are visible. I RTFMed HMC, but not found any clue. Q: what condition should be met to have SCSI load available ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS
Rashmi, As the other person said, GRP2 of five bytes would overlay the first five byte of GRP1, the rest of GRP1 is filled with spaces. Unless you are using some unsafe compiler options, then the statement MOVE N2 TO N4 should abend with an S0C7 (Data Decimal Exception) as N2 is not a valid numbe

Re: MVS - Z/OS Job Market, What should the rates be?

2007-08-01 Thread Jon Brock
Thanks for the link, Dave. The one I had no longer worked. Jon > From: Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All the witty repartee is great, but does anyone have any actual numbers > that would be relevant? I thought I had the 2007 Robert Half survey, > but I can't find it. I don't have it, but y

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Tergerson, John
George, I should have mentioned that our Abend0C4 was in IEFAB42A, or IEFAB421, depending on what you are looking at. John Confidentiality notice: The information included in this e-mail, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and

Re: MVS - Z/OS Job Market, What should the rates be?

2007-08-01 Thread Jon Brock
Thanks for this reference, Lizette. I hadn't heard of that one. I'm not interested in changing jobs, but it's nice to know that there is a place to look for this sort of thing. Jon My website of Choice for salary ranges is in SALARY.COM. The wizard is free and seems fair in its ranges. L

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Tergerson, John
George, We got an 0C4, and also a U0083 symptom using DFSORT to do reorgs on a tablespace with a lot of indexes. The DBA had set up sortnum to 160 so they would never have to compute sort work space. When they reduced it to 80, things worked fine. The tablespace with the problem was small, but

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Itschak Mugzach
CICS is not a solution as it does not support QSAM and trying to access sequential datasets or libraries will cause CICS to cease. Itschak -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:44

Re: Question about the listserv

2007-08-01 Thread Darren Evans-Young
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Ed Gould wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Ed Gould wrote: >> >>> Correction: I sent you a rejected item saying I was not a member and >>> asked why. I never heard back. >> > >Darren: > >Here is the partial copy of the email I sent to you: >--

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Rich Smrcina
OK, thanks for the info. McKown, John wrote: No. IMWEBSRV is not Apache. There is a separate Apache port for z/OS. I don't know if it is distributed with the latest z/OS releases. IMWEBSRV came with z/OS 1.6, but Apache did not. The last that I know of (may be out of date) is that Apache must be

Quoting Style

2007-08-01 Thread Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently received an off-list message admonishing me for an incorrect attribution. I grant that I trimmed hastily, but I don't know how guilty I should feel. The lines I misattributed appeared in a message from the misattributee, apparently, I see now, in a citation of an earlier message, but w

Re: z/OS

2007-08-01 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wells > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:57 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z/OS > > > Is there a z/OS>> freebee to test/run under Hercules ..? No. -- John McKown Sen

Re: z/OS

2007-08-01 Thread Ron Wells
Is there a z/OS>> freebee to test/run under Hercules ..? -- Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:08:31 -0500 Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>On Aug 1, 2007, at 8:42 AM, George Bly wrote: :>> We do have lnklst libs in the right spot. :>> No steplibs in the utility jobs. :>> But I did not link the svc because we have SMF=NO. :>> IBMLINK is down and we just set an

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Web access to mainframe datasets > > > Is IMWEBSRV the Apache Web server on z/OS? If so,

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:01:11 -0500 "Kelman, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>Actually if you have gotten blanks into N2 which is defined as a packed :>field and then try to move that to N4 which is a display field won't you :>end up with and abend when it tries to unpack a field which isn't really

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hardee, Charles H > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:44 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: COBOL Group moves > > > Hey Sherman (completing the reference), > > If my memory

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Jim McAlpine
On 8/1/07, Hardee, Charles H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Sherman (completing the reference), > > If my memory serves me correctly, and lately I'm not sure, the option to > which you refer is PMAP. > > Chuck That was way back. The option is now "LIST". Jim McAlpine --

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Rich Smrcina
Is IMWEBSRV the Apache Web server on z/OS? If so, that has nothing to do with writing a stand alone sockets application and handling the communications yourself. Paul Gilmartin wrote: I believe IMWEBSRV is "available" in the sense that it's delivered with the base z/OS. This doesn't guarante

Re: Question on CA-Eztrieve

2007-08-01 Thread Bryan Klimek
While we are on the topic of CA-Easytrieve, does anybody know of an internet listserve or public forum for CA-Easytrieve questions? I recently tried to upgrade to Release 11.0. I wound up opening 4 issues with them. Then I was told to wait for service pack 1. At that point I simply gave up. My p

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Hardee, Charles H
Hey Sherman (completing the reference), If my memory serves me correctly, and lately I'm not sure, the option to which you refer is PMAP. Chuck -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rugen, Len Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:39:00 -0500, Rich Smrcina wrote: > >Can you really guarantee that WebSphere will be available in all sites >as well? Not likely. > Is this "available" in the sense in which the word is used in automobile ads? k >A server address space using TCP Sockets is probably the best ap

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 7:49:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know the current marketshare, but WAS is not ubiquitous. While free, Tomcat is not universal either, and the two are not 100% interchangable. The suggestion to use the Apache based free HTTP

Re: IBMLink Web interface - SEV1 # 32669880, 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
The situation is actually worse than just IBMLINK. I just tried to check the dates of the ZSeries conference and got a 304 off of the training link on the IBM Home page. Sun et al must be enjoying this.

Re: some basic questions about Z system, Zlinux....

2007-08-01 Thread legolas wood
Hi every one. I am back with another question I studied one flash based tutorial and some other web pages/pdf presentations. I should say that Flash based learning materials are far better place for new learners to start from. As There are several OSs that run on System Z, Which one is the De

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Rugen, Len
Taking a ride on the way-back machine (cartoon reference) There was a cobol compiler option that would print the generated assembler code. I'd just turn that on to SEE what was happening. But then I've also zapped patches into cobol object code before also --

Re: IBMLink Web interface - SEV1 # 32669880, 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/1/2007 8:44:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, what else is new? >> I liked yesterday's Dilbert. 'The way to fix it is scream or buy new software, so I wrote software that screams...' Catbert... ** Ge

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom > > Actually if you have gotten blanks into N2 which is defined > as a packed field and then try to move that to N4 which is a > display field won't you end up with and abend when it tries > to unpack a

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Gerri Booth, State of Wisconsin
A few weeks ago someone at IBM support provided us with the following URL that allows us to open/view/update PMRs when IBMLink is down. I've found it very useful. We have Software Excel Extended contract with IBM, so I don't know if this URL will work for everyone. https://www14.software.ibm.com

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 1, 2007, at 8:42 AM, George Bly wrote: Hi All We do have lnklst libs in the right spot. No steplibs in the utility jobs. But I did not link the svc because we have SMF=NO. IBMLINK is down and we just set another dump but we can't update the PMR. This is why it is important that IB

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Kelman, Tom
Actually if you have gotten blanks into N2 which is defined as a packed field and then try to move that to N4 which is a display field won't you end up with and abend when it tries to unpack a field which isn't really in packed format? Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -O

Re: IBMLink Web interface - SEV1 # 32669880, 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 Thread Dean Montevago
We should get a rebate on the maintenance we pay. This is really ridiculous -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: IBMLink Web interface - S

IBMLink Web interface - SEV1 # 32669880, 1 August 2007

2007-08-01 Thread Chase, John
So, what else is new? -jc- -- 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.ht

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread George Bly
Hi All We do have lnklst libs in the right spot. No steplibs in the utility jobs. But I did not link the svc because we have SMF=NO. IBMLINK is down and we just set another dump but we can't update the PMR. This is why it is important that IBMLINK be more reliable. George

Re: PTF list for a subset from PSP bucket

2007-08-01 Thread Srivastava, Rajesh
Alan, Thanks. I used it yesterday. It is a great time saver. Thanks, Raj -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Field, Alan C. Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PTF list for a subset from

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:45:30 +0530 Rashmi Nijaguni Mogali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>I have a query regarding the following group move: :>01 GRP1. :> 05 N1 PIC S9(9) COMP-3 VALUE +0. :> 05 N2 PIC S9(9) COMP-3 VALUE +0. :>01 GRP2. :> 05 N3

Re: COBOL Group moves

2007-08-01 Thread Ron Hawkins
And your point is... > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] COBOL Group moves > > >I am thinking that this might be bett

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Michael Bradley
George, == Snip "refer to port 23 in the recent discussions." That's the port I'm using, but it's not working...I'm getting a comm error 657...Any ideas? == Can't find any reference in BookManager quickly. Sorry Michael -

Re: Is there any way that i can practice mainframe related subject without having access to one?

2007-08-01 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Thanks for this, Don. I've been looking at it. Very nice. How difficult would it be to create a full screen XDC / Xpediter like debugger? Lindy -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Higgins Sent: 31. heinäkuuta 2007 13:22 To:

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi George, You might want to check APAR II14047 USE OF DFSORT BY DB2 UTILITIES and make sure you didn't miss anything. We had to add the following libraries to the linklist (& APF auth) SYS1.SICELINK SYS1.SORTLPA (the link list order for sort libraries should be as follows)

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Laine, Rogers
George, Do you have the SDSNEXIT,SDSNLINK,SDSNLOD2, & SDSNLOAD before the SICELINK & SORTLPA? Are you using STEPLIB in your utility jcl? Rogers -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Bly Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:48

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : ORIGINIAL VOLUME VOLSER PRIOR TO ML2 MIGRATION

2007-08-01 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
The FRVOL=DSP129 field indicates the originating volume for the backup. Unless the user moved the dataset then it is also the volume from which it was migrated. End of discussion. From: John Dawes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 8:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Mike, Snip "refer to port 23 in the recent discussions." That's the port I'm using, but it's not working...I'm getting a comm error 657...Any ideas? TIA, George Rodriguez :-) (561) 357-7652 School District of Palm Beach County 3348 Forrest Hill Blvd. Room B301 West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869

DFHSM QUESTION : ORIGINIAL VOLUME VOLSER PRIOR TO ML2 MIGRATION

2007-08-01 Thread John Dawes
I am trying to find the name of original volume (volser of the disk) where a dataset was housed. I did a : HSEND LIST DSN('PROM.LIB.SRC') both ods('ZWA6WG.ODS.OUTPUT') Under the FROM VOLUME column it has the volser. However, I have been told by the user that it is not the original v

Re: Web access to mainframe datasets

2007-08-01 Thread A. Harry Williams
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:22:46 -0500 Brian Westerman said: >Hi all, > >I have decided that it would be kind of a cool idea to be able to access >some of our software (especially the Spool Offload facility) from a secure >internet connection, but I don't want to use CICS services or DB/2 because I >can

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread George Bly
We have sys1.sicelink and sys1.sortlpa in the right place. George -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laine, Rogers Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2 We had to

Re: IBMLink Using PC/3270

2007-08-01 Thread Michael Bradley
George, === Yesterday, I asked IBM a question on ibm.advantis.net. The question was: "what port number to I use to gain access of IBMLink from PC/3270?" I'm still waiting on an answer, but this morning the web site for IBMLink is down. Does anyone on the list know the answer to

Re: SOC4 in DFSORT with DB2

2007-08-01 Thread Laine, Rogers
We had to place DFSORT after the SYNCSORT library in the linklist parm member. I know this was very confusing when we had this problem. Rogers -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Bly Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:22

Re: web IBMLINK down again - so what ?

2007-08-01 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing > > [ snip many good examples ] > > Occasionally I may go a week or two without using IBMLink, > but when I need it, I need it ASAP. One might say IBMLink is like insurance: When you "need" it, you ne

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