Re: Check it out - AMATERSE, supported TERSE

2007-09-14 Thread Skip Robinson
Unless I missed something in the APAR text, I don't understand if this is merely a pumped up version of TRSMAIN. That is--assuming the kind of flat files we're accustomed to--are tersed files interchangeable between the two programs? TRSMAIN has been used for many years by ISVs in the same way IBM

Re: Response to Peter Relson

2007-09-14 Thread Lionel B Dyck
Patrick said: "Broken as Designed" was not an APARable condition. This may be true but "Working As Designed" or "WAD" has been a common response when in reality it should probably have been "Working As Coded" or "WAC" (aka Wacky). Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Serv

Re: Check it out - AMATERSE, supported TERSE

2007-09-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:12:37 -0500, Alex UMX wrote: >APAR OA19194 just closed - supported version of TERSE, with PDSE support. > >PTF is not yet available > Can Unix files be far behind? (Still recalling the time when my files to reproduce an issue were in HFS and IBM requested them TERSEd.) --

Re: 1401 simulator for OS/360

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 4:23 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on > 09/04/2007 >at 09:32 AM, "Britz, Anton - CO 7th" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>I am still not sure why anybody would want to run an IBM operating >>syste

Re: How to RECALL/RECOVER a Dataset [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-09-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:18:56 +1000, Fenner, Jim wrote: > >avoiding issuing superfluous HRECALLs for non-migrated datasets. Too >many of the latter can clog the tape management system. > How does the TMS get involved for non-migrated data sets? Is the HMS catalog itself migrated to tape? >That was

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Kirk Talman
A quick way to "reconstitute" the data is: issue: bnds 1 80 place a period in col 71 of line before misplaced seqid. use textflow TF on the line with the period to bring seqid back to where it belongs. good luck pup IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 09/14/2007

Re: Response to Peter Relson

2007-09-14 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:04:17 +0200, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >... Again >came the reply that this was the design of the msgid filter and the >design was not going to be changed, period. ... For a long time it was (and I assume still is) IBM's policy that APARs are r

Re: 1401 simulator for OS/360

2007-09-14 Thread Dave Barry
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/04/2007 at 09:32 AM, "Britz, Anton - CO 7th" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I am still not sure why anybody would want to run an IBM operating >system on a PC. It makes way better sense than running Linux on a Mainframe. db -

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
Thanks all especially Steve and Jim. I got the utility assembled. I really appreciate everything. Have a good weekend. Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. Confidentiality Notice Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record It's 80: TECH.DITTO.SRCLIB(DITTDAIR) - 01.0

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
It's 80: TECH.DITTO.SRCLIB(DITTDAIR) - 01.00 Columns 9 00080 ===> Scroll ===> CSR -1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
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Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record This is the code: DAIR9900 DS0H

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
This is the code: DAIR9900 DS0H DITTRACE ID=EXIT TRACE L R13,4(R13) RESTORE REGISTER 13 ASE01670

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Jim Phoenix
Robert, I agree with Steve. It looks to me like sequence numbers that should be in cols 73-80 ended up in cols 1-8 of the next record. Robert Pelletier wrote: Can someone with more experience in assembler than I have fix this: 000BDE 58DD 00044 1019 L R13,4(R13

Re: ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Thompson, Steve
It looks like data wrap. Verify that the source basically lines up in CC 1, 10, & 16. If the data starts look ing like th is then you have a dat a wrap problem. Regards, Steve Thompson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert

ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
Can someone with more experience in assembler than I have fix this: 000BDE 58DD 00044 1019 L R13,4(R13) RESTO 1020 ASE01670 ** ASMA142E Operation code not complete on first record Active Usings: PSA(X'1000'),R0 S99RB(X'1000')

SAS ITRM vs MXG

2007-09-14 Thread Kopischke, David G.
Greetings, Preface: I am not a performance analyst. I have no idea what these products do, hence my question. Our capacity analysis team is looking at SAS ITRM 3.1 functionality. In breezing through the synopsis: http://www.sas.com/solutions/itresource/fact.pdf this reads like extensions i

Re: Individual UCB entries converted to a RANGE

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:38:15 -0400, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Okay, I have a list of UCB ranges. I need to take the string and clump them back together. My entries are on individual lines. I am thinking a REXX might be the best process with a sort, but not sure if someone may

Re: Concurrent Upgrade Puzzlement.

2007-09-14 Thread Hal Merritt
Thanks Jim!! Executed the command as suggested. The CPU status went from a plus '+' to a 'N' as expected and desired. Thanks all!! Hal -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:29 PM To:

Individual UCB entries converted to a RANGE

2007-09-14 Thread Lizette Koehler
Okay, I have a list of UCB ranges. I need to take the string and clump them back together. My entries are on individual lines. I am thinking a REXX might be the best process with a sort, but not sure if someone may have already have something they could share with me. For example: 1000, 10

Re: backing up a zFS container file

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:52:51 +0200, R.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark, >I didn't say that IDCAMS can be used for zFS when in use, did I ? >The same apply to DB2 files. Bothe can be copied using IDCAMS, but not >when used by application. However both cannot be processed on record >level due to.

Re: Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Mike . Visintin
Dan, What is your sync point to recover your Data and Operating System: User data, Catalogs, TMC, etc must be in sync. You indicate that you do not do incrementals (ie ABARS). That tells me that your sync point must be the weekend full volume backups. Are you also backing up your application/u

Re: CBT Tape Help - DITTO

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
Has anyone got the DITTO utility to work from the CBT Tape? I did as instructed and the MACLIB is empty and assemblies fail. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. Confidentiality Notice Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidentia

Check it out - AMATERSE, supported TERSE

2007-09-14 Thread Alex UMX
APAR OA19194 just closed - supported version of TERSE, with PDSE support. PTF is not yet available Alex -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM

Re: backing up a zFS container file

2007-09-14 Thread R.S.
Mark, I didn't say that IDCAMS can be used for zFS when in use, did I ? The same apply to DB2 files. Bothe can be copied using IDCAMS, but not when used by application. However both cannot be processed on record level due to... lack of records. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland Mark Zelden

Re: z/OS V1R9 Migration Checker for z/OS Tool Now Available!

2007-09-14 Thread Marna WALLE
Mark, Thanks for the feedback. Incidentally, the Migration Checker tool has had an additional side-effect of detecting some incorrect IKJTSOxx settings too, in at least two instances I know of :)... -Marna WALLE z/OS System Build and Install IBM Poughkeepsie

Re: Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Dee Shrier
Daniel, Russell Witt makes a good point about your daily BCS and VMF backups. But if those are not working for you in your DR situation then I understand the issue confronting you. If you are a Dino-Softrware T-REX customer you can use the AUDIT FOCUS(TAPE) OBJECT(UNCATALOG) or the TAPEAUDI

Re: backing up a zFS container file

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Zelden
Yeah that must be an error in the RedBook. I just checked and there is an updated (02) version called z/OS Distributed File Service zSeries File System z/OS V1R7 Implementation, but it says the same thing: "You can back up zFS file systems by doing the following: A zF

Re: Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Russell Witt
I must be missing something. If you backup the catalogs and the TLSM VMF on a daily basis; why is the TLMS database restored at the xxx+6 level and the catalog's are restored at the xxx level? If the catalogs are backed up daily, they should be restored from the latest backup along with the VMF. R

Re: CBT Tape Help - Won't Assemble

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Pelletier
This is my assembly: //ASM PROC NAME=, // LIST='SYSOUT=*' //ASM EXEC PGM=ASMA90,COND=(4,LT), // REGION=4096K, //

Re: Checking system parameters values

2007-09-14 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>For better or worse (mostly worse), there is no documented way to display the >values that you provided via IEAOPTxx. OMEGAMON (or other monitors) may show some, but not necessarilly all. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: Checking system parameters values

2007-09-14 Thread Peter Relson
For better or worse (mostly worse), there is no documented way to display the values that you provided via IEAOPTxx. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
Baseline dumps are done once per week, full volume. TLMS and catalogs are backed up each day. We don't use ABARS or any other incrementals. Established BMT...evolving slowly... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Daniel McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Urgent! > We are at DR and are having issues and a debate. System restored to Day > XXX and declared DR happened XXX + 6. TLMS restored to XXX + 6. Here's > the problem we're discussing. What about the catalogs

XCFAS overhead

2007-09-14 Thread Walter Trovijo Jr (UOL)
Hello everybody, I've seen some weird XCFAS behavior in one of our systems recently that I'm trying to understand/explain so I need your help. This used to be a 3 way sysplex on 2 cpcs and everything was fine. The company I work for then decided to outsource it and we kind of lost control over w

Catalog at DR

2007-09-14 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
Urgent! We are at DR and are having issues and a debate. System restored to Day XXX and declared DR happened XXX + 6. TLMS restored to XXX + 6. Here's the problem we're discussing. What about the catalogs? Do we restore them to XXX + 6 or is there a TLMS synch thing we need to run? We don't have

Re: backing up a zFS container file

2007-09-14 Thread R.S.
You cannot work at record level with neither DB2 (table/index space) datasets, not zFS. Reason: those datasets are LINEAR. LDS does not contain records. However using IDCAMS against DB2 LDSes is pefrectly safe AFAIK. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: While it, and DB2

Re: Global mirror for z/OS

2007-09-14 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- Having said that, I heartily endorse the technology. We started mirroring DASD in the late 90's when we still had to use conventional channel extenders. However you do it, nothing improves performance more than money does. ;-) -- snip -- I agree Skip. Knowing that one has a copy of thei

Re: How to RECALL/RECOVER a Dataset [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-09-14 Thread Michael Knigge
Jim, I thought about a Assembler Solution to do so (RECALL would be enough for me). Bye, Michael -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-M

Re: Response to Peter Relson

2007-09-14 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Bob Halpern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > As a member of the Candle Omegamon CICS team, I visited IBM Hursley involved > with CICS 3.0/3.1 interfaces. It took us hours to gat across the concept > that a monitoring product has to show what is happening behind t

Re: How to RECALL/RECOVER a Dataset [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-09-14 Thread Fenner, Jim
Hello Michael, RECALL Try online TSO HRECALL 'fully.qualified.dataset.name' NOWAIT For batch a colleague had to write a rexx to conditionally recall datasets as the first step of the job, or an entire sequence of jobs. It uses catalog search to decide if the dataset(s) needs recalling, th

How to RECALL/RECOVER a Dataset

2007-09-14 Thread Michael Knigge
All, I wonder how can I recall/recover a migrated dataset. Of course I don't just want to open the file - then my application would be blocked until the dataset is online again. Thank you, Michael -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe