Re: ISMF Question

2007-11-27 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
John Kington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rgys.com... I have an (awfully) basic question about ISMF: when defining SMS constructs (e.g. mgntclas) I can enter numbers of a blank. I cannot find anywhere what the meaning of the blank value is.

is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start

2007-11-27 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi all, Is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start??? any comment will be appreciated. thanks tommy -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start

2007-11-27 Thread van Arnhem, Gerrit
Did you allready look at the checkpoint reconfiguration dialog documentattion? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tommy Tsui Sent: dinsdag 27 november 2007 10:48 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: is there any way to enlarge the

Re: What is 'MVS-recognized' disablement?

2007-11-27 Thread Peter Relson
Jim, now I'm confused. What are the acceptable methods of obtaining storage while legally disabled? The acceptable method to get legally disabled is to obtain the CPU lock. The acceptable methods to obtain storage while legally disabled are GETMAIN with BRANCH=(YES,GLOBAL) and STORAGE OBTAIN.

Re: branching to zero

2007-11-27 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:16:56 -0600, John C. Wolf wrote: Ok how do you get IPCS to display the BEAR? Look in RTM2WA. It is only available on a z9. You said all your registers except for 13 are zero, with the high order bit of R15 on. I wonder if you had a save area overlaid, loading zero

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Yolanda Vivar
Our installation is a really high transaction environment and LLA/VLF don't cover our performance requirements. We have the need to use a more efficient prefetch management. Nowadays, we can't replace QFetch for LLA/VLF but we would like to know some other alternatives in the market Thank you.

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Our installation is a really high transaction environment and LLA/VLF don't cover our performance requirements. We have the need to use a more efficient prefetch management. Nowadays, we can't replace QFetch for LLA/VLF but we would like to know some other alternatives in the market I'm

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread R.S.
Yolanda Vivar wrote: Our installation is a really high transaction environment and LLA/VLF don't cover our performance requirements. We have the need to use a more efficient prefetch management. Nowadays, we can't replace QFetch for LLA/VLF but we would like to know some other alternatives in

Extend VTOC on a SMS managed volume.

2007-11-27 Thread Richbourg, Claude
Good morning all. I have four volumes that are 100% full and have no free DSCB's. I usually run an extend vtoc command via ICKDSF. Command follows: REFORMAT DDNAME(VOLDD) VERIFY(STG003) EXTVTOC(29) But since it is not mounted PRIVATE, it gives me a return code of 12. Any suggestions? Thanks

Re: Extend VTOC on a SMS managed volume.

2007-11-27 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Vary if offline to any other systems, then mount it private on the system you plan to run the job, run the job, then re-mount it and vary it online to make it available. The system puts these requirements in to protect the integrity of your data. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC

Re: Requisites when ordering PTFs ?????

2007-11-27 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
I always check ALL the requisite PTFs when I order PTFs electronically via IBMLINK...and I NEVER get them. Does anyone know the secret Use ShopzSeries or SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval instead. Both of these methods use an inventory file (aka bitmap) that identifies your current PTF

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Yolanda Vivar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... It has been measured. We stopped Qfetch for one hour in one of our production systems in order to evaluate the impact. Regards, Yolanda Vivar. Yes, but you should configure LLA/VLA to deliver the desired

Re: Determine last LLA Refresh

2007-11-27 Thread Peter Relson
The time of last LLA refresh is not kept anywhere by the system. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start

2007-11-27 Thread Big Iron
This is described in the JES2 Init Tuning Guide ... remember to update your JES2 parameters to reflect the new checkpoint dataset information. Bill On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:55:13 +0100, van Arnhem, Gerrit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you allready look at the checkpoint reconfiguration dialog

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Yolanda Vivar
It has been measured. We stopped Qfetch for one hour in one of our production systems in order to evaluate the impact. Regards, Yolanda Vivar. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Processor Upgrade Question

2007-11-27 Thread Sabo, Frank
Good Morning everyone, in July of this year, I asked a question swapping out our 7060 H75 process and getting a new Z systems processor. Some one at that time gave me a name of the company that they deal with where you can purchase the processor from them plus they will do the upgrade of the

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It has been measured. We stopped Qfetch for one hour in one of our production systems in order to evaluate the impact. But, did you evaluate VLF/LLA in the same manner? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: SYNCSORT : Merge multiple files Options

2007-11-27 Thread Reda, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sujay Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2007 1:01 pm To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RE: SYNCSORT : Merge multiple files Options I have the following scenario. Assume that

Re: Alternatives to CA QuickFetch

2007-11-27 Thread Martin Packer
I would suggest - if you haven't already done it - increasing the COFVLFxx MAXVIRT from (the default) 4096 (16MB) to 32768 (128MB) assuming memory allows you to. And then perhaps to try 64MB or 256MB. I'd also have a little think about which load libraries to use it with. (You've probably done

Re: Processor Upgrade Question

2007-11-27 Thread Kelman, Tom
I wasn't the one who replied to your post back in July, and I don't know what the reply was. However, Sirius Computer Solutions (www.siriuscom.com) is one such company. We deal with them. They are an IBM third party reseller. Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632

Re: Processor Upgrade Question

2007-11-27 Thread Stephen Wolf
Frank wrote: Good Morning everyone, in July of this year, I asked a question swapping out our 7060 H75 process and getting a new Z systems processor. Some one at that time gave me a name of the company that they deal with where you can purchase the processor from them plus they will do the

SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread eduardo ruz
I have a subtask A that's getting XM posted by an ss-PC routine. The ss-PC routine does some work and POST the subtask A (in another AS) and then issue a SUSPEND waiting to be resumed by the subtask A. The RESUME in subtask A runs with a zero RC, but the ss-PC routine is still suspended???

Documentation on the zLinux assembler language

2007-11-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
I used GCC -S to compile a program and looked at the generated assembler. The machine codes are the same, but the assembler instructions are quite different. Is there some kind of doc on the assembler? -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software,

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread David Day
Eduardo, from the auth assembler reference. 35.1.2 Programming Requirements The task to be resumed must be in the primary address space. The caller must include the IHAPSA and CVT mapping macros. From the description you have given, it sounds like pasn at time of call to RESUME is not

Single signon with AD and kdc on z/OS.

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Bui
Is anyone currently implementing a single signon solution to authenticate userid/password on zOS using kdc and an AD on other platform? Thx. ---steveBui, 480-965-3070 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Documentation on the zLinux assembler language

2007-11-27 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Documentation on the zLinux assembler language I used GCC -S to compile a program and looked

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:37:25 -0600 eduardo ruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I have a subtask A that's getting XM posted by an ss-PC routine. :The ss-PC routine does some work and POST the subtask A (in another AS) :and then issue a SUSPEND waiting to be resumed by the subtask A. :The RESUME in

Re: Documentation on the zLinux assembler language

2007-11-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Quite useful. Thanks. On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:08:01 -0600 McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : -Original Message- : From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen : Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:53 AM : To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU :

E-MAIL address for Sam Palmisano?

2007-11-27 Thread Mark S. House
Does anyone have the email address for the Ask Sam Palmisano or IBM CEO Sam Palmisano. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Are any of this deperate, redux...

2007-11-27 Thread Gary Green
It seems someone out there was watching the goings on about the thread I started last week regarding the $20.00 per hour rate offered for a systems programmer type.

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
Craddock, Chris wrote: You may be violating non-xmemory assumptions in issuing RESUME. I would strongly recommend changing your design to use PAUSE/RELEASE. All of the gritty details are handled for you under the covers and the interfaces are a whole lot more programmer friendly. And,

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem Craddock, Chris wrote: You may be violating non-xmemory assumptions

I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Eric Bielefeld
At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to mention their name in my postings. This whole process

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME problem

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
McKown, John wrote: Which is slower? I would assume that since it does more for you that PAUSE/RELEASE is slower. But I am easily confused! SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both. I would not say that PAUSE/RELEASE does more for you. As a replacement

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Dave Reinken
From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to mention

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: I Got a Job At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Comstock
Eric Bielefeld wrote: At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to mention their name in my

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Rich Smrcina
Congrats Eric! Best of luck. Eric Bielefeld wrote: At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Dana Mitchell
Eric, Congrats on the job! PM sent. Dana -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Weidt, James
Congrats Eric! I had a contract in Des Moines a few years back. It's a nice town to be in. Enjoy your Travel(er)s to Des Moines!!! Thanks, Jim Weidt Senior Systems Engineer Jostens Inc. Office: 952-838-7555 Cell: 612-419-3738 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread John Hamman
Congratulations and good luck, Eric - good news is always worth sharing!! John Hamman Senior Systems Programmer BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi 601.664.4410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/27/2007 1:52:28 PM At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Bill Wilkie
Eric: Congratulations and just in time for the Holidays! Bill Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:52:28 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I Got a Job To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Wissink, Brad [ITSYS]
Congratulations and welcome to the neighborhood. Just up the road about 30 miles from Des Moines in Ames. Brad Wissink Information Technology Services Iowa State University 515-294-3088 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric

Re: Formal requests (was Installing/Updating SVC)

2007-11-27 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:52:20 -0600, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I concur with your opinion. HOWEVER since IBM (last time I tried) does not make the requirements data base public ... As far asI know, that is still true. I don't IBM's official stand on this, but in the past SHARE's

SMF Under VM

2007-11-27 Thread Kopischke, David G.
Greetings, We are getting ready for our semi-annual DR test this week-end. One of the things that came out of our last test was we found we couldn't generate our usual utilization reports from the SMF data that was returned. I'm not the capacity planning person and I don't know much about

ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, We got the CPACF activated on our z9s this past weekend, and now I'm in the midst of initializing ICSF. So far, I've completed all the steps outlined in the ICSF Sysprog Guide and have the started task running. SYSLOG messages are correct for first-time startup in our configuration with

SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread David Day
Ed, On the face of it, that doesn't make sense to me. Why would pause/release be slower than wait/post? Are you saying the code path length is longer? Is there some built-in wait for something within pause/release that isn't there in post/wait? Do you have some kind of measurement

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: ICSF First-time Startup Hi, All, We got the CPACF activated on our z9s this past weekend, and

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread Raymond Noal
John, Based on the CSFM506I message, it looks like your LPAR does not have any crypto hardware as part of its configuration or there is no domain assigned to your LPAR for master key processing. Check the configuration of your LPAR from the HMC/SE for your CEC and the activation profile for

Re: E-MAIL address for Sam Palmisano?

2007-11-27 Thread August Carideo
https://www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/email-sjp.pl Mark S. House [EMAIL PROTECTED] RLDWIDE.COM

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
David Day wrote: Ed, On the face of it, that doesn't make sense to me. Why would pause/release be slower than wait/post? Are you saying the code path length is longer? Is there some built-in wait for something within pause/release that isn't there in post/wait? Do you have some kind

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Howard Brazee
From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to mention

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:16:56 -0600, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: ICSF First-time Startup

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:16:56 -0600, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chase, John [ snip ] CSFM001I ICSF

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:52:28 -0600, Eric Bielefeld wrote: At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract with a possibility of being longer. I'll leave the company name out for now. After I start, I'll make sure its ok to

Re: SMF Under VM

2007-11-27 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kopischke, David G.) writes: From what I understand, we just use canned processes to extract SMF, load databases and create reports. But

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Thanks to all who replied, both on and off list. Brad - your the 3rd person from Iowa to respond - the others off list. I'll probably visit Ames a few times, as my niece is going to Iowa State and graduates in May. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread George Fogg
John, Based on the CSFM506I message, it looks like your LPAR does not have any crypto hardware as part of its configuration or there is no domain assigned to your LPAR for master key processing. Check the configuration of your LPAR from the HMC/SE for your CEC and the activation profile for

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Robert Justice
congratulations Eric. that is good to hear - Original Message - From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: I Got a Job At long last, I found a job. I'll be working for an

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:45:27 -0600 David Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I don't use SUSPEND/RESUME in my code, but I do use PAUSE/RELEASE. I :intentionally coded PAUSE/RELEASE because I was under the impression it had :a shorter path length and was more effecient than POST/WAIT. You say it was

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
David Day wrote: I don't use SUSPEND/RESUME in my code, but I do use PAUSE/RELEASE. I intentionally coded PAUSE/RELEASE because I was under the impression it had a shorter path length and was more effecient than POST/WAIT. You say it was no surprise to you that the opposite was true. When

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread David Day
I don't use SUSPEND/RESUME in my code, but I do use PAUSE/RELEASE. I intentionally coded PAUSE/RELEASE because I was under the impression it had a shorter path length and was more effecient than POST/WAIT. You say it was no surprise to you that the opposite was true. When PAUSE/RELEASE was

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread David Day
What setup are you talking about? PAUSE/RELEASE are functions that are called by branching to them. You don't go through any interrupt handler code. The only setup I'm aware of to use these functions is in acquiring the Pause Element itself, but once acquired, a token is used to reference.

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread George Fogg
I should have mentioned in my last post that you need to define the CRYPTO environment for the LPAR in the HMC CRYPTO window to define the DOMAIN value, cryptographic and security functions, etc. If you wish, I can send you a session I did in 2002 at SHARE that shows you all the steps necessary to

Re: I Got a Job

2007-11-27 Thread Gary Green
I will tell you this... There is something about Iowa and the way they grow their women... ;) To those I offended, please keep the hate-mail to minimum. Thanks. And congratulations. I know it was a longtime search. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Dataset-held message to TSO user

2007-11-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/21/2007 at 11:22 AM, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Shmuel tends to not explain his answers. That depends on the question, and on the resources I have available at the time. For a suggested code/design change, I do tend to give yes-or-no answers, but for a

Re: Is there some cross reference between CPU types and machine instructions supported?

2007-11-27 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/21/2007 at 10:43 AM, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: IIRC, the various series were, in order, 360, 370, 303x, 43xx, 308x, 3090, 9672, z/900 z/800, z/990 z/890, z9 Correct, but incomplete. There were also, e.g., ES/9000, Multiprise. -- Shmuel

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
David Day wrote: What setup are you talking about? PAUSE/RELEASE are functions that are called by branching to them. You don't go through any interrupt handler code. The only setup I'm aware of to use these functions is in acquiring the Pause Element itself, but once acquired, a token is

Re: Determine last LLA Refresh

2007-11-27 Thread Ken Gunther
Why not just look for the message in SYSLOG? Ken G. Peter Relson wrote: The time of last LLA refresh is not kept anywhere by the system. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Is there some cross reference between CPU types and machine instructions supported?

2007-11-27 Thread John P. Baker
You need to add 9221, 9121, and 9021, Multiprise 2000, and Multiprise 3000. The 43xx group consisted of 4331, 4341, and 4381 processors. The 303x group consisted of 3031, 3032, and 3033 processors. The 308x group consisted of 3081, 3083, and 3084 processors. All of these groups, including the

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 11/27/2007 04:35:36 PM: David Day wrote: Ed, On the face of it, that doesn't make sense to me. Why would pause/release be slower than wait/post? Are you saying the code path length is longer? Is there some built-in wait

Re: Is there some cross reference between CPU types and machine instructions supported?

2007-11-27 Thread Ed Gould
On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:32 PM, John P. Baker wrote: You need to add 9221, 9121, and 9021, Multiprise 2000, and Multiprise 3000. The 43xx group consisted of 4331, 4341, and 4381 processors. The 303x group consisted of 3031, 3032, and 3033 processors And 3033 MP and AP (IIRC) There may have

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 11/27/2007 05:45:27 PM: I don't use SUSPEND/RESUME in my code, but I do use PAUSE/RELEASE. I intentionally coded PAUSE/RELEASE because I was under the impression it had a shorter path length and was more effecient than POST/WAIT.

Free Lunch (Was: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than ...)

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
Jim Mulder wrote: ... There are no free lunches in computer programming. Except when /you/ come to the TDMs ... ;-) -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is there some cross reference between CPU types and machine instructions supported?

2007-11-27 Thread John P. Baker
The 3033 was not the only machine to have AP/MP. The S/370 Model 168 did, and a few others, unless I am mistaken. John P Baker -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:57 PM To:

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Johnny Luo
Jim, Sorry for my off-topic question. What does it mean when we say 'interrupt handling completes'? From what you said about SRB, I guess it means FLIH have done its work and scheduled SLIH. And that's why normally SRB doesn't need a save area: FLIH will directly give back control to SRB so

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 11/27/2007 11:07:20 PM: Jim, Sorry for my off-topic question. What does it mean when we say 'interrupt handling completes'? From what you said about SRB, I guess it means FLIH have done its work and scheduled SLIH. And

Re: is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start

2007-11-27 Thread Ed Gould
On Nov 27, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Tommy Tsui wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to enlarge the JES2 checkpoint dataset without cold start??? any comment will be appreciated. It is documented in the appropriate JES2 manual. I have done it several times and it works. Go step by step and don't

Re: ICSF First-time Startup

2007-11-27 Thread Schramm, Rob
Looks like everyone already answered everything for this question. I have recently setup ICSF, CEX2C, CKDS, PKDS, TKE for 6 mainframes across 3 sites with 15 LPARs, 33,000 symmetric keys and a handful of asymmetric keys... max of 55 million cypto api's so far in a day with response times about

Re: Formal requests (was Installing/Updating SVC)

2007-11-27 Thread Ed Gould
On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Patrick O'Keefe wrote: --- SNIP ... This would cut down on duplicates a whole lot, IMO. It would (should) make IBM more responsive to requirements. ... Well, the coordinators are

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Johnny Luo
Jim, Thanks for the clarification. Does that mean SLIH is running disabled too? If not, another interrupt between SLIH and FLIH will override the status saved for the interrupted SRB if a SSRB is not used. On Nov 28, 2007 12:20 PM, Jim Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
Johnny Luo wrote: Thanks for the clarification. Does that mean SLIH is running disabled too? If not, another interrupt between SLIH and FLIH will override the status saved for the interrupted SRB if a SSRB is not used. Interrupt handlers run disabled. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: SUSPEND/RESUME is slower than WAIT/POST. PAUSE/RELEASE is slower than both.

2007-11-27 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 11/28/2007 01:09:52 AM: Jim, Thanks for the clarification. Does that mean SLIH is running disabled too? If not, another interrupt between SLIH and FLIH will override the status saved for the interrupted SRB if a SSRB is not used.

Re: z/800 to z9 upgrade questions

2007-11-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ed Gould writes: I have been out of the loop and I am not familiar with the term ELA. But I guess from your entry it is a modifiable contract. Enterprise License Agreement. Let me back up two steps, though. Speaking for myself here, of course, as always. Any company presumably tries to maximize

Re: Single signon with AD and kdc on z/OS.

2007-11-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
Would you expand on your question a bit, Steve. I assume you mean Kerberos KDC. Does AD mean Active Directory (Microsoft) in the context of your question? Basically, if you could draw a mental picture, that would be helpful. To take a guess at your question, I think there are a fair number of