How to switch UID under OMVS

Hi all, Anyone know how to switch the UID under OMVs. I try to use SU but failed. #id uid=0(EDPXPER) gid=2(SYS1) when I invoke using the TSO OMVS with userid TEST001, it always show the EDPXPER and cannot be changed to other TEST001. Anything need to be set... thanks for help Tommy -

CRC checksum generation on COBOL for the full file

Hi, I have got a requirement to calculate the checksum of the full file for COBOL based application running on a mainframe. I have the CRC checsum calculating assembler routine which can calulate the checksum for one record or for a portion of working-storage but I need the checksum to be calcu

Re: Send a IODF file in a email

On 8/26/07, R.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would use the following: > 1. DSS DUMP (with COMPRESS) > 2. XMIT the dump to PS FB 80 > 3. transmit PS dataset to PC using ftp or IND$FILE > > 4. transmit from PC file to PS dataset > 5. RECEIVE INDA(PS_dataset) > 6. DSS RESTORE > > > -- > Radosla

Re: IBMLink SEV1 Ticket 32927263 ETA 12:20PM

Ed Gould wrote: On Aug 27, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Ed Finnell wrote: tergiversates OK Ed... That is the first time I have heard of that word. Looked it up in the dictionary and still don't understand it, Please enlighten. TIA. Ed Beats around the bush, waffles, straddles the fence, etc. --

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/forklift_ibm_server/ > >It looked to me like it was a mainframe that fell but its somewhat >vague. > Could the US Patent & Trade Office be coming back into the mainframe FOLD. Back in the 1990s, the PTO (with great fanfare) kicked out the ugly mainframe in

Re: Vary devices online and offline

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > > McKown, John wrote: > >> COMMAND JCL is the JES-neutral way to do this. > >> > >> -- > >> Edward E Jaffe > > > > Why even bother with COMMAND? > > > > // VARY cuu,OFFLINE > > > > works for me. > > Hmp

Re: Strange behavior of START command(Keyword parms)

>IIRC, I had the same error on a START LLA,SUB=MSTR before. I think I >blamed it on automation. The only error case appears to be when you specify the device type / device number on the command. There must be some good reason to specify that, it just does not come to me at the moment.. So if you

Re: How to switch UID under OMVS

Hi Tommy, It appears that both EDPXPER and TEST001 have a uid=0. If this is the case, then what you are seeing is working as designed. If there are multiple uid's with the same value (0 in this case), the name associated with the display of the uid (for instance with as ls -l command) is only gua

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jim Marshall > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/forklift_ibm_server/ > > > >It looked to me like it was a mainframe that fell but its somewhat > >vague. > > > Could the US Patent & Trade Office be coming bac

Re: CRC checksum generation on COBOL for the full file

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:37:52 -0500 Amlan Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>I have got a requirement to calculate the checksum of the full file for COBOL :>based application running on a mainframe. :>I have the CRC checsum calculating assembler routine which can calulate the :>checksum for one

Real storage usage in *MASTER*

Hi After deploying DB2 v8 in production we seem to use alot of real storage in *MASTER* Current value is 480 MB, Before we were under 150 MB. Is this just DB2 v8 or is the something else? Venlig hilsen Frank Allan Rasmussen

Re: IBMLink SEV1 Ticket 32927263 ETA 12:20PM

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:28 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBMLink SEV1 Ticket 32927263 ETA 12:20PM > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:38:43 EDT, Ed Finnell wro

Re: Vary devices online and offline

Rob Scott wrote: In the "old" days, issuing lots of vary operator commands could cause system problems - I am not sure if that has been fixed yet. In z/OS R7, the code was changed to attach up to 32 subtasks to process VARY OFFLINE commands in parallel. In z/OS R8, it was changed to do the

Re: Real storage usage in *MASTER*

Frank, I don't believe it is DB2 V8. You would see DB2 storage consumed elsewhere. V8 has no Data Spaces and my monitors do not show any of the DB2 subpools in *MASTER* Mark Ediger Acxiom - snipped --- After deploying DB2 v8 in production we seem to use a

LE jcl override?

How do I over-ride some language environment parameters with jcl for a quick test? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Searc

Re: Send a IODF file in a email

If you're going to FTP the IODF file, you can FTP from one HMC to another HMC, at least at level 1.9. Jack Kelly LA Systems @ US Courts x 202-502-2390 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

SV: Real storage usage in *MASTER*

Hi I were thinking about page and segment table ect. I think that DB2 v8 is the first thing we have that uses storage over the bar. Venlig hilsen Frank Allan Rasmussen -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Ediger Mark - medige

Re: Vary devices online and offline

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:12:15 -0400, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rob Scott wrote: >> In the "old" days, issuing lots of vary operator commands could cause system problems - I am not sure if that has been fixed yet. > > >In z/OS R7, the code was changed to attach up to 32 subtasks to proc

Re: LE jcl override?

I think you can do this on the EXEC PGM=PARM='LE OPTIONS/USER PARMS' but there is a length restriction (I think 100 bytes). I should of said it was language dependent like Steve's post. This is from a PL/1 program. Thanks, Fletch ---

Re: LE jcl override?

How do I over-ride some language environment parameters with jcl for a quick test? Joe, I think you can do this on the EXEC PGM=PARM='LE OPTIONS/USER PARMS' but there is a length restriction (I think 100 bytes). here is a sample //PS010EXEC PGM=FWA00502,

Re: LE jcl override?

Stead, Joe wrote: How do I over-ride some language environment parameters with jcl for a quick test? Depends on what you want to override and what version of LE / z/OS you're running. Simplest approach is: //STEPxx EXEC PGM=, // PARM='program_parms/LE_parms' <-- if program is COB

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

On 8/24/07, Jim McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I presume you use the VSAM component names as opposed to the cluster > name. I keep getting - > > RESTORE DS(INC(QMF311.DSQPNLE.DATA)) - > 00130099 > INDDNAME(BACKUP) - > 00170099 > OUTDYNAM(WRKP01) > 00171099 > DR101I (R/I)

Re: CRC checksum generation on COBOL for the full file

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:37:52 -0500, Amlan Prasad wrote: > >I have got a requirement to calculate the checksum of the full file for COBOL >based application running on a mainframe. > Check the archives. I favor John McKown's suggestion in: http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0503&L=ibm-main&P=6

Re: LE jcl override?

Hi CEEOPTS DD or parm: // PARM=('POSIX(ON),TRACE(ON,1024,DUMP,le=3),trap(off,nospie)', // '/ -tcallstack ') Stead, Joe wrote: How do I over-ride some language environment parameters with jcl for a quick test? --

Re: LE jcl override?

This is documented in the Language Environment Programming Guide for your version of z/OS. If you're z/OS 1.7 or later you can use the CEEOPTS DD, which is probably the easiest. It's documented for 1.7 at http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/bookmgr_OS390/libraryserver/zosv1r7/index.htm l?BOOKS/ceea216

will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

Is anyone else experiencing 30 seconds a page response time for IBMLINK? -Rob Schramm This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy o

Re: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

>Is anyone else experiencing 30 seconds a page response time for IBMLINK? > -Rob Schramm Works OK for me at this time. No guarantees that it will stay that way. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you

Re: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

No, response time is pretty good. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schramm, Rob Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow Is anyone else experiencing 30 second

Re: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

the ibmlink green screen is working just fine, thanks for asking. . however, the web interface is being its usual self. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Future date & USS

Hi Listers On our test LPAR, development and test team wanted us to set a future date to test a particualr scenario. We IPL-ed the system with CLOCKxx as below, OPERATOR PROMPT ETRMODE NO ETRZONE NO and we were able to set to a future date without any problem from TSO. IKJ56650I TIME

Re: Real storage usage in *MASTER*

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:55:27 +0200, Frank Allan Rasmussen wrote: >After deploying DB2 v8 in production we seem to use alot of real storage >in *MASTER* > > >Current value is 480 MB, Before we were under 150 MB. > >Is this just DB2 v8 or is the something else? You might be seeing interactions w

Re: Future date & USS

Arun, If a "D T" from the console of your Test LPAR shows the correct future date, then you are probably running into the same problem that was discussed here a few days ago und the heading of "COBOL ACCEPT DATE ...". Without being able to test this myself right now (I don't have access to a z/OS s

Re: Future date & USS

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:26:20 -0700, arun kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Listers > On our test LPAR, development and test team wanted us to set a future date to test a particualr scenario. We IPL-ed the system with CLOCKxx as below, >OPERATOR PROMPT >ETRMODE NO >ETRZONE NO > and we were

Re: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Schramm, Rob > > Is anyone else experiencing 30 seconds a page response time > for IBMLINK? WOW!! How do you get such fast response time on the web interface? -jc- -

Re: IBMLink SEV1 Ticket 32927263 ETA 12:20PM

In a message dated 8/28/2007 5:10:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Beats around the bush, waffles, straddles the fence, etc. >> The one I like best applied to an OEM vendor: 'lies out of both sides of their mouth'. ** Get a

Re: will anyone confirm ibmlink is slow

Must be an "internal" problem here then. Thanks for the responses. -Rob Schramm This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or dis

Re: Source of COBOL ACCEPT DATE

To wrap this up ... what can we recommend that Brian P. and his user do? (1) Change the hardware clock to keep it in sync with the software clock and use PARMLIB TIMEZONE offsets? (2) Change any affected COBOL programs to use a FUNCTION or CALL to COBOL- or LE-date/time ro

Re: Future date & USS

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:26:20 -0700, arun kumar wrote: >Hi Listers > On our test LPAR, development and test team wanted us to set a future date to test a particualr scenario. We IPL-ed the system with CLOCKxx as below, >OPERATOR PROMPT >ETRMODE NO >ETRZONE NO > and we were able to set to a f

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/forklift_ibm_server/ > > > >It looked to me like it was a mainframe that fell but its somewhat > >vague. > > > Could the US Patent & Trade Office be coming back into the mainframe FOLD. > Back in the 1990s, the PTO (with great fanfare) kicked out the ugly

Re: Good Auditors (was: Vary devices online and offline)

We had a good auditor working for the State of Florida, but she has since retired. Her background included application programmer, systems programmer, and RACF Administrator. So she knew what she was looking for and could make it a lot easier to supply. No 'wool pulling' over her eyes. I like

CA SupportConnect down

CA's support web site http://supportconnect.ca.com is down. I called the CA help desk, and they said there are "issues" right now with the web site. No ETA. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructio

Re: CA SupportConnect down

In a message dated 8/28/2007 12:37:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and they said there are "issues" right now with the web site. No ETA. >> Wonder who's software they're running? ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at h

Re: CA SupportConnect down

Have any of these so called computer giants ever here of the term "backup site" or "failover site". Brian Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 08/28/2007 01:37 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject CA Suppor

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/forklift_ibm_serve

Re: Send a IODF file in a email

Jack Kelly wrote: If you're going to FTP the IODF file, you can FTP from one HMC to another HMC, at least at level 1.9. Huh ? What is "1.9" ? There is no HMC 1.9 (however we have 2.9.x), there is (will be soon) z/OS 1.9, but it is unrelated to HMC. Last, but not least, HMC does not hold IODF

Re: CA SupportConnect down

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:37:54 -0500, Brian Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >CA's support web site http://supportconnect.ca.com is down. > >I called the CA help desk, and they said there are "issues" right now with the >web site. No ETA. >... For years I said other vendors should emulate IBM

z/Expo questions

I have been told that I've permission to attend the ibm z/expo next month. I'm very familiar with SHARE and that is the basis for my questions: 1) does the z/expo have a scheduling tool like SHARE's (I found their excel worksheet of sessions - nearly worthless for scheduling) ? 2) during their

Re: CA SupportConnect down

maybe c/a has started using the world famous "web authentication service" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives a

JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=xxxx

In a JES2 MAS (Multi Access SPOOL) environ with two different levels of z/OS running, if you submit a batch job on system , but want it to go thru conversion on system (for correct system symbol resolution), AND for execution on system , you would code a: /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=

Re: z/Expo questions

Lionel -- I've been attending z/Expo (now System z Expo) as a speaker since 1999. I don't believe there is an online tool, though they have very good printed agenda when you arrive onsite. There are not as many subject areas as at Share: z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE and Linux. Within these areas sessions are

Re: JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=xxxx

>want it to go thru conversion on system (for correct system symbol >resolution), AND for execution on system , you would code a: /*JOBPARM SYSAFF= correct? No. Symbol resolution is not supported for batch JCL. This has been discussed many times on the list. - Too busy driving to

Re: JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=xxxx

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:01:37 +, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>want it to go thru conversion on system (for correct system symbol resolution), AND for >execution on system , you would code a: >/*JOBPARM SYSAFF= correct? > >No. Symbol resolution is not supported for bat

Re: z/Expo questions

Al - Thanks. On the handout CD are the PDF created in such a way that the free adobe reader can be used to make notes? There is a security setting "Commenting" and if it is enabled I believe you can use the free reader to make notes. Thanks Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Pl

Re: JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=xxxx

Mark H. Young wrote: OK, then how do I submit a batch job on system with z/OS 1.4 and have it execute on system with z/OS 1.7 in that MAS, and have the job resolve the dataset names correctly on the EXECUTING system? In JES2, if you code SYSAFF= on the /*JOBPARM statement, convers

SCLM Puzzlement

I have some new users (created under z/os 1.7) that cannot invoke SCLM functions. SCLM starts, but an attempt to browse a SCLM controlled dataset yields: FLM81204 - ERROR INITIALIZING THE PROJECT DEFINITION, CODE: 8 A trip to the FM found words, but not information: 8 An error occurred w

Re: JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=xxxx

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark H. Young Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: JES2 converter via /*JOBPARM SYSAFF= In a JES2 MAS (Multi Access SPOOL) environ with two different levels

Re: Good Auditors (was: Vary devices online and offline)

There was a book titled "Games People Play." It can be very effective to ask an auditor (in a less than direct way) to play the game found in the book called "Let's you and him/her fight" to achieve your goals that involve uncooperative or not knowledgeable persons, particularly those not in y

Re: Vary devices online and offline

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe McKown, John wrote: COMMAND JCL is the JES-neutral way to do this. -- Edward E Jaffe Why even bother with COMMAND? // VARY cuu,OFFLINE wor

Re: Good Auditors (was: Vary devices online and offline)

In this case, there was no game-playing. We had an agency using our system that wanted to create only a small number of IDs and have all their staff share those IDs. When we informed them that it was contrary to our policy, they wanted the "chapter and verse". Due to personnel turn-over, we were

Re: Vary devices online and offline

There can still be a serious problem with mass VARY commands despite the huge improvements in CONSOLE and contention management, depending on how the commands are issued. We experienced some episodes of severe degradation while installing some new DASD subsystems. Our storage guys ran jobs on membe

Re: Future Date & USS

(cross-posted to IBM-MAIN and MVS-OE: the thread seems to have hyperspaced.) In a recent note, Paul H Bohannon said: > > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:03:44 -0500 > > Has anyone put in a Requirement through SHARE users group for an IBM > response. > Has anyone tried zapping CVTLSO? That sh

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

--- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/forklift_ibm_server/ It looked to me like it was a mainframe that fell but its somewhat vague. - Seems to me that the carrier would be re

Re: CA SupportConnect down

Have any of these so called computer giants ever here of the term "backup site" or "failover site". - Obviously not. Maybe it's the intellectual paralytics in accounting that are driving the ship. ---

Jes2 OFFLOAD leaving out some JOBNAME

Hi. Can I do OFFLOADn,type=transmit from spool and leaving some JOBNAME out off Tape ...? I'm using Zos 1.6 Thanks in advance -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMA

Another take on IBM vs. PSI

http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/421070.htm -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Each CPU usage

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/26/2007 at 10:34 PM, Bill Wilkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I would suggest that before you do the upgrade, check out SMF for >excessive spin records Why would an application, or CICS, acquire a spin lock in the first place? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, S

Re: Each CPU usage

>I would suggest that before you do the upgrade, check out SMF for excessive >spin records I've been working with SMF since 1981. Please tell me the type that is spin. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscri

Re: IBM Blamed for Server packaging issue

On Aug 28, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote: - Seems to me that the carrier would be responsible for the damages. That's why carriers buy insurance! But then again, who supplied the fork lift and operator? Microsoft?:) --

Re: Another take on IBM vs. PSI

On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Gary Green wrote: http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/421070.htm Gary, I posted a similar item a few days ago I did not comment on it as I thought the reader was up to making his

Re: Another take on IBM vs. PSI

A couple of days ago...? Boy, I am falling down on the job. :( Yeah, the lawyers will win in the end, they almost always seem to. It really is sad that it came to this. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday,

Re: IBMLink (3270) and "non-standard" screen size

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/22/2007 at 08:52 AM, "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Does the 3270 interface to IBMLink support "non-standard" (i.e., >other than 24x80) screen sizes? 43x80 is standard, and used to work. For that matter, 62x160 is also standard and also used to work. D

IBM System z Expo - Sept 17-21, 2007 San Antonio, TX

Cross posted to IBMVM, Linux-390, and IBM-MAINfor your reading pleasure Hello IBM mainframe enthusiasts, Are you looking for the next opportunity for System z education ? If you were unable to attend SHARE, or even if you did, consider attending the IBM System z Expo in San Antonio, Sept 17-21,

Re: CA SupportConnect down

On Aug 28, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote: Have any of these so called computer giants ever here of the term "backup site" or "failover site". - Obviously not. Maybe it's the intellectual paral

SHARE requirement of possible interest to this group

If you are a SHARE member and are not currently registered to participate in the LNGC requirement process, I would like to suggest that the following requirement MIGHT be of sufficient interest to you - so that you (or someone in your installation) will register and participate in LNGC processing.

Re: How to switch UID under OMVS

Tommy Tsui wrote: Hi all, Anyone know how to switch the UID under OMVs. I try to use SU but failed. #id uid=0(EDPXPER) gid=2(SYS1) when I invoke using the TSO OMVS with userid TEST001, it always show the EDPXPER and cannot be changed to other TEST001. Anything need to be set... thanks for he

Re: How to switch UID under OMVS

I see...thanks Lou Losee On 8/28/07, Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tommy, > It appears that both EDPXPER and TEST001 have a uid=0. If this is the > case, > then what you are seeing is working as designed. If there are multiple > uid's with the same value (0 in this case), the name

Re: Vary devices online and offline

-- snip -- ROUTE *ALL,V ,ONLINE or OFFLINE Command processing got so backed up that automation failed to respond to some message traps for over an hour! The problem turned out to be 'aggregation', one system's attempt to gather responses from multiple systems and display them all at once. It