Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Ramteke, Deepankar
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Re: Barbara's Health Checker Posts

2007-09-20 Thread Barbara Nitz
Mark, >Some of the "stupid" checks that Barbara mentions, I've just deleted >or updated rather than complain. I agree that the checks could be >smarter. Well, I only mentioned them again because I *should* not have to delete them. Also, you may want to recheck the CHECK(IBMUSS,USS_AUTOMOUNT_DEL

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ?

2007-09-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
During a google search about vwlc & softcapping, I found a interesting ISV link to cost control but I don’t remember his name. He makes the same like lpar group capacity -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruc

Re: How Structure REBUILD Really Works

2007-09-20 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Ediger Mark - medige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.. .. > Lizette, > > ALLOWED and ENABLED are basically the same and both put the structure as > duplexed. But with ALLOWED you have to explicitly start duplexing with > the SETXCF START command. If you have ALLOWE

Re: How Structure REBUILD Really Works

2007-09-20 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Lizette Koehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > List - > > I have been working with the manuals last night, but am not getting a really > clear picture on structure rebuild and preference list with duplexing in the > CF. > > I have a DB2 group buffer pool whos

Re: How Structure REBUILD Really Works

2007-09-20 Thread Barbara Nitz
Lizette, the best description for the rebuild process can be found in the sysplex services guide, chapter 5.5 (z/OS 1.8). It is a multiple phase process that was added to over the years. Rebuilding a structure generally means that the location of the structure is changed. Altering a structure m

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson

2007-09-20 Thread Max Scarpa
Hi Steve and thank you a lot for your replies. I read (I think most of ) your papers and I find them very precise and useful. Unluckily here I'm the only reader of them. I have 2 question I'd really like to ask to you as WLM expert. I received answers, but I ask them again: 1) Say I have a vel

Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
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Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson - errata corrige

2007-09-20 Thread Max Scarpa
Resent as there was an error in the previous mail --- Hi Steve and thank you a lot for your replies. I read (I think most of ) your papers and I find them very precise and useful. Unluckily here I'm the only reader of them. I h

Load from Tape using HMC - Stand Alone Tape

2007-09-20 Thread Mohan
Hi, We had created the stand alone tape for the IPL. Now we are trying to load it from Tape. We specify the Load address on the HMC screen as 890 ( which is our tape device ) We had mounted the tape before we tried to load & also the tape device were brought to offline in other LPAR's The Tape

Re: How to generate WTO REPLY in C Language ?

2007-09-20 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:32:52 +0200, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In any case the OP didn't actually specify WTOR so the functions you >mentioned may well be exactly what he/she needs. > And if the OP really does need WTOR, he can always encapsulate that in a fetchable assembler sub-rou

Re: NJE-Notify

2007-09-20 Thread Ron Wells
It's the notify going to the owner..in this case a tso id.. wanted to stay away from exit's...but more thought...this owner/userid is setup on racf with tso authority...thinking that may trigger this happening..the user is ca7 and do not think it needs the tso attribute anyway..any thoughts on t

Re: BRODCAST Dataset

2007-09-20 Thread Ron Wells
Sam How about having freebe at your site for down load...do not have acces to cbt.. -- Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. T

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ?

2007-09-20 Thread Richards.Bob
Are you referring to Al Sherkow and his LCS software? Al also moderates the LPAR-Pricing listerserv. Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.U

Re: STROBE Layoffs

2007-09-20 Thread Knutson, Sam
We don't endorse any particular solution but currently use TriTune & APC from AQM Solutions http://www.aqm-solutions.com/ This space has some good options outside Strobe including FreezeFrame (Macro4), APA (IBM), TriTUne (AQM Solutions). Best Regards, Sam

Re: Check it out - AMATERSE, supported TERS

2007-09-20 Thread Knutson, Sam
Sometimes TRSMAIN today will fail with a space error on the intermediate work file. An unsupported undocumented option for the current TRSMAIN is adding the TMPSPACE DD. This usually will let you terse PDSE or other things that mess up it's calculations for work space like a large RECFM VB PDS.

Re: IBM Releases Office Desktop Software at No Charge to Foster Collaboration and Innovation

2007-09-20 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, We are a large IMS DC/DB shop and CICS DB2/IMS DBCTL. IMS is still an order of magnitude more efficient than DB2. That is not saying anything bad about DB2 it is designed for more flexible data manipulation and easier development by offloading more business and data handling logic into the

Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ramteke, Deepankar > > Hi, > I am Deepankar Ramteke > and I want to unsubscribe from the discussion group. > Thanks!!! Permission granted, although not needed. You are free to unsubscribe (and resubscribe later, if y

Re: IBM Releases Office Desktop Software at No Charge to Foster Collaboration and Innovation

2007-09-20 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:45 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM Releases Office Desktop Software at No > Charge to Foster Collaboration and Innovation >

Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:15 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP! > > > > -Original Message- > > From

Re: How Structure REBUILD Really Works

2007-09-20 Thread Ediger Mark - medige
Kees, Sorry for the confusion. You are right. The KEEP=OLD parm is only on the SETXCF STOP,REBUILD. Mark > Mark I don't see a KEEP= parameter on the SETXCF START,REBUILD command. There is on on the SETXCF STOP,REBUILD to tell X

Re: Barbara's Health Checker Posts

2007-09-20 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:09:13 +0200, Barbara Nitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark, > >>Some of the "stupid" checks that Barbara mentions, I've just deleted >>or updated rather than complain. I agree that the checks could be >>smarter. > >Well, I only mentioned them again because I *should* not hav

Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Staller, Allan
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Re: Load from Tape using HMC - Stand Alone Tape

2007-09-20 Thread Matthew Stitt
First, let's try the obvious. Did you try using 0890 (four digit device number) for the load address? There are also some special load parameters you should use with Standalone Dump. I can't remember them right now, but I'm sure they are documented in the books. It would also help if you could

Re: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Thomas H Puddicombe
And, if you follow the instructions in the three-line disclaimer at the end of every post to IBM-MAIN (including this one), you'll receive an email that will explain how to unsubscribe (among other things). Tom -

Re: Load from Tape using HMC - Stand Alone Tape

2007-09-20 Thread Jack Kelly
You probablt need to specify a four digit device number, as opposed to the three digit that you specified in the email, just like a DASD IPL device. Jack Kelly LA Systems @ US Courts x 202-502-2390 -IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote: - To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU From: Mohan <[EMAIL

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2007 8:48:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: treating it as an unlabeled (external) tape. He is trying to restore the tape and we keep getting 813-04 errors. We're open to suggestions, examples, and even a chuckle at our expense. >> Are

Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
While wrapping up our DR, my boss dumped his files to a 3590-E tape. The only tape drives at 'home' of that flavor are in the ATL. We inserted the tape, treating it as an unlabeled (external) tape. He is trying to restore the tape and we keep getting 813-04 errors. We're open to suggestions, exa

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Robert Pelletier
The DSN is wrong or use BLP. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. While wrapping up our DR, my boss dumped his files to a 3590-E tape. The only tape drives at 'home' of that flavor are in the ATL. We inserted the tape, treating it as an unlabeled

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Field, Alan C.
But how are you reading it; NL, BLP or SL? Isn't it being treated as an SL and the 813 says the DSN you specify in the JCL doesn't match the DSN recorded in the HDR1 (last 17 chars) on the tape? Alan -Original Message- Subject: Tape Question While wrapping up our DR, my boss dumped his

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Stocker, Herman
04An OPEN macro instruction was issued for a data set on magnetic tape, but the data set name on the header label did not match that in the JFCB. Verify that the DD statement specifies the correct DSNAME and volume serial number. If they are correct,

Re: IBM Releases Office Desktop Software at No Charge to Foster Collaboration and Innovation

2007-09-20 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
Knutson, Sam wrote: We are a large IMS DC/DB shop and CICS DB2/IMS DBCTL. IMS is still an order of magnitude more efficient than DB2. That is not saying anything bad about DB2 it is designed for more flexible data manipulation and easier development by offloading more business and data handlin

Re: BRODCAST Dataset

2007-09-20 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ron Wells > > Sam > How about having freebe at your site for down load...do not > have acces to cbt.. Wow! And I thought our "net nanny" was obtuse.. -jc- --

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Tape Question > > > While wrapping up our DR, my boss dumped his files to a > 3590-E t

FW: How does one delete old entries in EDT? HELP!

2007-09-20 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
-- >Permission granted, although not needed. You are free to unsubscribe >(and resubscribe later, if you so desire) at any time of your own >choosing. You need not seek permission from anybody to do so; nor do >you even need to notify anybody when you do so. ROFL. My colleagues stared ate me as

RE : Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ?

2007-09-20 Thread pat pat
Now, I remember the Software name but not the company, it’s ZCOST, you can find their URL by google or by other search engine because I haven’t browser access for this moment Now, I remember the software name but not the compagny, it's ZCOST. You can find there URL by Google or by other engin

Re: Sort question

2007-09-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 19 Sep 2007 13:15:46 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> I forgot to say - the sort can't change the order of transactions of a >> particular type. > >I'm not sure what you mean by that. Can you please show and explain an >example of your input records and expected output records tha

Re: Sort question

2007-09-20 Thread Roberto Halais
Maybe add a sequence number to all input records and then sort by record type /sequence number. On 9/20/07, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19 Sep 2007 13:15:46 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > > >> I forgot to say - the sort can't change the order of transactions of a

Re: Tool to generate COBOL copybooks from assembler macros

2007-09-20 Thread Victor Gil
Walter, I have a set of macros that do very basic conversion from either a COPYBOOK or a MACRO. If you are interested, please, contact me offline. -Victor- PS. Here's a sample output * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * Converting Data defined by CBUFF CopyBook

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Bill Wilkie
Dan: The 813-04 abend is due to the dsname in your jcl not matching the dsname on the tape. You either have to specify the dsname in the jcl to match the tape and treat it as a SL tape, or you can use LABEL=(2,BLP) to just process the data(skipping over the internal label). If you choose the B

Re: Sort question

2007-09-20 Thread Frank Yaeger
Howard Brazee wrote on 09/20/2007 07:39:37 AM: > I see you gave code elsewhere. > ... Yes, and I believe it does what you want based on your examples. If not, then please show an example of input records where it doesn't do what you want and the expected output for those input records. Frank Yaeg

Re: RE : Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ?

2007-09-20 Thread Richards.Bob
Patrice, I have a very basic problem with the approach used by zCost. It seems counterintuitive to cap workloads based solely on cost. Maybe it is my large scale systems mentality. Are not these workloads contributing to revenue generation? If they aren't, then use WLM to make them less impor

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- The 813-04 abend is due to the dsname in your jcl not matching the dsname on the tape. You either have to specify the dsname in the jcl to match the tape and treat it as a SL tape, or you can use LABEL=(2,BLP) to just process the data(skipping over t

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson

2007-09-20 Thread Kelman, Tom
> > Hi Steve and thank you a lot for your replies. I read (I think most of ) > your papers and I find them very precise and useful. Unluckily here I'm > the only reader of them. > > > Max Scarpa > Beg your pardon, but I have read Steve's excellent papers and his book (both the older hard copy a

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson

2007-09-20 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:12:12 -0500, Kelman, Tom wrote: >> >> Hi Steve and thank you a lot for your replies. I read (I think most of >) >> your papers and I find them very precise and useful. Unluckily here >I'm >> the only reader of them. >> >> >> Max Scarpa >> >Beg your pardon, but I have read St

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson

2007-09-20 Thread Patrick . Falcone
That Max is the only reader of these papers at this site? Sounds like it. I think Tom mis-read it. Personally I'd start by working WLM from top down, with regards to importance, to try to make sense of the situation. If WLM is just spinning its wheels due to unobtainable goals that could be jus

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson

2007-09-20 Thread Kelman, Tom
> Steve Scarpa Posted: > >> > >> Hi Steve and thank you a lot for your replies. I read (I think most of > >) > >> your papers and I find them very precise and useful. Unluckily here > >I'm > >> the only reader of them. > >> > >> > >> Max Scarpa > >> > > Tom Kelman Posted: > > >Beg your pardon, but

Re: Sort question

2007-09-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 20 Sep 2007 08:19:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Yaeger) wrote: >Yes, and I believe it does what you want based on your examples. >If not, then please show an example of input records where it >doesn't do what you want and the expected output for those >input records. Thanks.

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Bill Wilkie
Rick: Thanks, you are correct. I just copied the jcl I usually use and forgot I had changed the JCL for looking at some test data I generated. Good Catch! Bill From: Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Tape Questi

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Mark H. Young
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:58:46 EDT, Ed Finnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In a message dated 9/20/2007 8:48:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >treating it as an unlabeled (external) tape. He is trying to restore the tape >and we keep getting 813-04 errors. We're open t

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:57:55 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >--- >> To determine the internal label and dsn, you >> can use a tape map program, if one is available or you can use >> IEBGENER as follows: >> >> //STEP01 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER >> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

Re: Need a program to create BLOCK Letters

2007-09-20 Thread Tony Harminc
I got a couple of requests for my all-REXX block letter routine, so here it is. There should be no EBCDIC-ASCII problems; there are no strange characters in here that I know of. Right now this program just displays its output. Obviously it could be made to return it to a caller. I leave it to the

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Robert Sample
Keep in mind that if the fully qualified dsname is longer than 17 bytes, you will only see the last 17 bytes of it in the tape hdr, but you still need the full name in your JCL. Actually, you don't need the full name in your JCL. You can use the 17 byte name if it is a valid DSNAME, or you

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2007 1:27:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the way in CA's TMS? Or are 99000 and 98000 the same in both? 99000 = Catlg control, 98000 = bypass tape mgt. >> I thought they were the same, but stuff changes as do my optics. **

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread J R
File 1 is the volume label, file 2 is the 1st data set label. Bill had it right. Nope! VOL1 and the first HDR1 are both in file 1. From: Tom Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Tape Question Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:29:

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- File 1 is the volume label, file 2 is the 1st data set label. Bill had it right. --- Someone needs to review the Tape Labels publication.. BTDT -

Re: JES2 or JES3, Which one is older?

2007-09-20 Thread Ed Rohr
How about that IBM model 539 Pin ticket converter ? (made a terrible grinding sound...) In the 60's - Clothing stores attached a pin ticket to dresses (for example), when sold, the tickets were sent to the DP department where unit record operators (like me) would put them on a spindel and feed the

Program check - omegamon

2007-09-20 Thread HELIO
Hi folks! Im receiving this message bellow from OMEGAMOM when I access the Cics Job Name by KC2A01D painel. Message: *---* | KC20101OMEGAMON II for CICS | | | | An internal OMEGAMON I

Re: Program check - omegamon

2007-09-20 Thread Ed Gould
On Sep 20, 2007, at 2:10 PM, HELIO wrote: Hi folks! Im receiving this message bellow from OMEGAMOM when I access the Cics Job Name by KC2A01D painel. Message: ==SNIP=== Call the vendor -- For IBM-MA

Re: Program check - omegamon

2007-09-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
Typically this type of error will probably go back to the vendor (IBM). A program check is in the vendor's code and not necessarily something you are doing wrong. OB0910 PROGRAM CHECK - RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL -

Re: Humor a little OT

2007-09-20 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:06:33 +0200, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >[3] From the Cisco site: "BTU - (basic transmission unit) In SNA, the unit >of data and control information passed between path control components. A >BTU can consist of one or more path information units." SNA For

Re: Humor a little OT

2007-09-20 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:06:33 +0200, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >(... I (re)discovered that a BTU is the assemblage of >the TH and BIU - typically the RH and RU - before it is checked against the >MAXDATA specification and segmented into PIUs. ... This is apparently a a new rede

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:59:54 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >--- >File 1 is the volume label, file 2 is the 1st data set label. Bill had it >right. >--- >Someone needs to review the Tape Labels publication...

Re: Humor a little OT

2007-09-20 Thread Chris Mason
Pat It could well be that we are both right in that SNA architecture has highjacked a set of initials used by what can be characterised as that part of pre-SNA NCP which interworked with TCAM and VTAM basic mode and which became called in later NCPs as the BSC-start-stop processor - or somethi

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ?

2007-09-20 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 11:32 -0400, Richards.Bob wrote: > > I have a very basic problem with the approach used by zCost. It seems > counterintuitive to cap workloads based solely on cost. Maybe it is my > large scale systems mentality. Must be, Bob - one day you'll be out in the hungry world of

Re: JES2 or JES3, Which one is older?

2007-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2007 2:11:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: them into a 539 that would (sometimes) convert them to a standard 5081cards, which were then fed to a card reader on the new S360-30 for an inventory system. >> Yeah, one of first real jobs as a Co

Re: JAVA un z/OS

2007-09-20 Thread GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS
Something to Remember, Java is a Byte Code (two bytes actually) interpretive language, where the byte code corresponds to a Machines Instruction on the Virtual CPU. When a compiled Java program runs, it still must interpret the Byte Code into the actual CPU's Byte Code, then process the instructi

Re: Check it out - AMATERSE, supported TERS

2007-09-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:08:19 -0400, Knutson, Sam wrote: >Sometimes TRSMAIN today will fail with a space error on the intermediate >work file. > >An unsupported undocumented option for the current TRSMAIN is adding the >TMPSPACE DD. This usually will let you terse PDSE or other things that >mess u

Re: WLC, WLM and all the rest: how optimize them ? to Steve Samson - errata corrige

2007-09-20 Thread Steve Samson
Max, Thanks for asking. These are two questions that come up a lot in discussing WLM. 1. As I recall discussions of five years ago, work that doesn't meet goal is not set aside in some way. WLM keeps trying, so the chronic underachiever can adversely affect other work. Now you should ask yourse