SDSF and zIIP and zAAP in DA display

2008-01-25 Thread Crispin Hugo
When we have a z/OS 1.9 (or 1.8) system in an LPAR with zIIP and zAAp processors. SDSF shows the amount of usage on the DA panel. SDSF DA Z27 ZOS18PAG0 CPU/L/Z 16/ 14/ 0 LINE 1-1 (1) If I am running z/OS 1.9 (OR 1.8) under z/VM 5.3 with zIIP and zAAP processors the SDSF panel

Re: AIX CICS TRANSACTION GATEWAY EPI QUESTION

2008-01-25 Thread Yan Ying
Hi Timothy, Thanks for your reply.As you said there are may ways to connect WAS and Z/OS CICS TS.I 'm studying HATS now.It seems more easier to implement. Thanks again. BS YY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

z890 2086-160 w/ 2 IFLs on eBay (config. question)

2008-01-25 Thread Marc Wambeke
Just a question on the configuration of this box. I indicated in a previous post this was an IFL only box - and so did Mr. Sipples on his mainframe blog. But then there was this rather 'unfriendly' comment by the buyer (cf. http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/your-home-mainf.html#comments)

Re: Problems with SNA Consoles in Z/OS V1R8

2008-01-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/24/2008 at 07:11 AM, George Fogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: OK, I give, what's BTDTGTTT? Typo for BTDT,GTTS? BTDT,GTS. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Staller, Allan
It is what it is! Deal with it or submit a requirement! snip On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:40:43 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: I HATE JCL! I invite any IBM representative participating on this list to defend such divergence of conventions; I

Re: IBM z9BC or z9EC Upgrades

2008-01-25 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Jim, it is very easy. There is no upgrade path from z900 to z9 BC, so it must be a new box and you cannot keep the serial number. There is an upgrade path from z900 to z9 EC, so you can keep your serial number. Not scientifical, but easy to remember is - usualy no path from big box (z900, z990, z9

CICS Listener transaction exit

2008-01-25 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello all, Thannks all for all the input on the listener question I had. I have another. I have been looking in dfhsamp and sezainst for a Cobol Listener transaction user exit program. The one the listener calls when invoked. Is there any such animal? == This email and

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Ed Gould
Without buying any special software is there away to identify SAS usage by component? Not just who uses SAS bt who uses SAS/FSP , SAS/GRAPH etc ... - SNIP- OK are we talking batch or TSO or ? If its batch it should be easy to use the type 4(or 3x) SMF record. The SMF

Re: VTOC

2008-01-25 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Alan Altmark wrote: An issue has been raised about the dummy VTOC that DSF writes when you format a CPVOLUME. It contains only a type 4 and type 5 DSCB. No datasets. No free space. In your experience, is that sufficient for MVS to refuse to allocate space on the volume? Or is the lack of

Re: DB2 queries without using MF.

2008-01-25 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 26, 2008, at 1:36 AM, shai hess wrote: Question, how are you going to handle security, especially if its RACF? Two options: 1. Query MVS RACF from PC before accessing the data. 2. Using MFNetDisk security which allow only specific IP to access the data (IPOK in my

Re: New Opcodes

2008-01-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I am NOT going to post the list here, as that would be a violation of the non-disclosure. You might already be in violation. I tend to agree. You could have just ended your ISV partnership with IBM! - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: New Opcodes

2008-01-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Keith E. Moe wrote: I am NOT going to post the list here, as that would be a violation of the non-disclosure. You might already be in violation. First, there are some SIX letter mnemonics. Historically, mnemonics had been limited to FIVE characters. You've miscounted. (There should be

New Opcodes

2008-01-25 Thread Keith E. Moe
IBM just posted the list of new mnemonics that the HLASM will soon support (and by inference, some new fangled type of hardware) via their vendor non-disclosure channel. I am NOT going to post the list here, as that would be a violation of the non-disclosure. However, I will post a couple of

Re: zOS 1.9 IEANUC01

2008-01-25 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Yes, maybe except that if your REL parm is specified correctly, then SMPE takes care of the rest. IMO the danger in messing around with things outside of SMPE is that it is very hard to document and control. Herbie -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Scott Barry
The SAS z/OS software can write a user type SMF record for post-processing, either with MXG or your own SAS (or other language) program. The SAS PROC information is mapped to a product/component in the MXG support which is quite useful. Also, consider that there are other MXG PDB tables where

Re: zOS 1.9 IEANUC01

2008-01-25 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Sorry for coming in very late in this one... I was just reading through this whole thread, and I was thinking this... It is probably over-simplified... If co-existence exists between 1.9 ; 1.8 ; 1.7... Then in SYS1.LINKLIB have GIMSMP17,18,19, also a IEBCOPY16 and IEBCOPY19, because no changes

identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Tim Campbell
Without buying any special software is there away to identify SAS usage by component? Not just who uses SAS bt who uses SAS/FSP , SAS/GRAPH etc ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?

2008-01-25 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:17:23 -0600, Jeffrey Deaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK... with or without the PRIVAT in the ALLOC command and in a TSO sesson or in batch, we get the same message. IKJ56221I DATA SET TSS05.DAVE NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+ IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY TO

Re: IBM TAPE 3592(J1A) driver doesn't work with windoze 2K

2008-01-25 Thread Mike Baldwin
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:28:10 -0600, Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We tried to get help from IBM hardware to figure out what an error code 37 means. Hi Dave, This is a guess, but according to the 3592 SCSI Reference, there is a TapeAlert error code of X'37' that is of type

Re: DB2 queries without using MF.

2008-01-25 Thread Rob Wunderlich
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:10:54 +0900, Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You would seem to be in the perfect situation, at least outwardly, for DB2 Connect Unlimited Edition. It's very much like the MQ Client Access Feature: you pay a fixed rate based on your MSUs, and you're done. You don't

Re: OS/2 Lost but not forgotten by IBM

2008-01-25 Thread Greg Price
Gary Green wrote: Tis a real shame... We still run four boxes with various flavors of OS/2. Hey, aren't you the SMF-for-OS/2 guy? Hmm, or was that SYSLOG? Yes, SYSLOG, I think... :) Nice work... Cheers, Greg (OS/2 user of years and years ago)

Re: SDSF and zIIP and zAAP in DA display

2008-01-25 Thread Rich Smrcina
Perhaps with emulated zIIP and zAAP under z/VM 5.3 that will change. Crispin Hugo wrote: Many thanks Keith. Just the information I needed. Hope they fix it some time. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer Macro 4 Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121, Switchboard: +44 (0)1293 872000, Fax: +44 (0)1293

Re: VTOC

2008-01-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip--- An issue has been raised about the dummy VTOC that DSF writes when you format a CPVOLUME. It contains only a type 4 and type 5 DSCB. No datasets. No free space. --unsnip This is as it should be.

Re: VTOC

2008-01-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Alan Altmark wrote: An issue has been raised about the dummy VTOC that DSF writes when you format a CPVOLUME. It contains only a type 4 and type 5 DSCB. No datasets. No free space. In your experience, is that sufficient for MVS to refuse to allocate space on the volume? Or is the lack of

Re: DB2 queries without using MF.

2008-01-25 Thread shai hess
Question, how are you going to handle security, especially if its RACF? Two options: 1. Query MVS RACF from PC before accessing the data. 2. Using MFNetDisk security which allow only specific IP to access the data (IPOK in my documentation). Security, Security and more Security. MFNetDisk

VTOC

2008-01-25 Thread Alan Altmark
An issue has been raised about the dummy VTOC that DSF writes when you format a CPVOLUME. It contains only a type 4 and type 5 DSCB. No datasets. No free space. In your experience, is that sufficient for MVS to refuse to allocate space on the volume? Or is the lack of type 1 DSCB that

Re: New Opcodes

2008-01-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith E. Moe Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 3:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: New Opcodes IBM just posted the list of new mnemonics that the HLASM will soon support (and by

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Lizette Koehler
I have used this technique of SAS writting SMF data and then SAS Corp. was kind enough to provide me an xref table to make it tie back to the correct SAS Product. Lizette Without buying any special software is there away to identify SAS usage by component? Not just who uses SAS bt who uses

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Without buying any special software is there away to identify SAS usage by component? Not just who uses SAS bt who uses SAS/FSP , SAS/GRAPH etc ... SAS has an option to trace, by jobname, all PROCS and write to SMF. Then you can read the records an map the PROCs to the product, with a simple

SDSF and zIIP and zAAP in DA display

2008-01-25 Thread Keith E. Moe
When we have a z/OS 1.9 (or 1.8) system in an LPAR with zIIP and zAAp processors. SDSF shows the amount of usage on the DA panel. SDSF DA Z27 ZOS18PAG0 CPU/L/Z 16/ 14/ 0 LINE 1-1 (1) If I am running z/OS 1.9 (OR 1.8) under z/VM 5.3 with zIIP and zAAP = processors the

Re: SDSF and zIIP and zAAP in DA display

2008-01-25 Thread Crispin Hugo
Many thanks Keith. Just the information I needed. Hope they fix it some time. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer Macro 4 Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121, Switchboard: +44 (0)1293 872000, Fax: +44 (0)1293 872001 Simply get more www.macro4.com Macro 4 plc Registered office:The Orangery,

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
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Re: Initapi errno 156

2008-01-25 Thread Steven Conway
Dude, you're running on an unsupported OS, with obsolete Top Secret software. Ugly! OK, OK, I'm sure that is not your choice, but it needed to be said, dammit! :-) I'm sure you checked this stuff, but: Check the TSS Violation report to see if the failure made it to TSS. From the violation

Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?

2008-01-25 Thread Tony Harminc
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:33:08 +0200, Itschak Mugzach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Private is not an ALLOCATE command parameter. Sure it is. Type H ALLOC O(PRIVATE) to see what it means. Or look in the book. If it is the volume serial number use VOLUME(volume) parameter. It isn't. I would

Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?

2008-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
OK... with or without the PRIVAT in the ALLOC command and in a TSO sesson or in batch, we get the same message. IKJ56221I DATA SET TSS05.DAVE NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+ IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY TO SATISFY YOUR REQUEST NOT ON SYSTEM, AND CANNOT B E MOUNTED How do I verify the

Re: Problems with SNA Consoles in Z/OS V1R8

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:05:53 +0900, Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Disabling contention resolution on the client might be a temporary workaround, but I wouldn't recommend that as a permanent workaround. The jury is still out on that one. It could be documented as a restriction

Re: Initapi errno 156

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:47:26 -0600, Scott Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am running a z/OS 1.6 system and we are developing software using the IP stack. One of our LPARS runs Top Secret and TCPIP and all of its applications. I have written a Cobol STC that executes the following Cobol

Re: Co:Z Co-Processing Toolkit for z/OS is now FREE

2008-01-25 Thread Kirk Wolf
Timothy, Thats a good point - this *screams* with unencrypted hipersockets. In fact, we have pre-built client RPMs for Linux on z. We expect that many shops with both z/OS and Linux on z will want to use z/OS to schedule and run jobs on Linux that can pipe to and from MVS datasets. Its much

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:30:07 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote: normally I have seen a null parm coded as adjacent comma's. //OUT01OUTPUT USERDATA=('A',,'C') On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: snip I HATE JCL! Nope. Same error: 3 // SET SYMBOL='' 4 //

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:30:07 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: snip I HATE JCL! It gets worse: 22.1.4.1 z/OS V1R7.0 MVS JCL Reference

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:30:07 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: snip I HATE JCL! It gets worse: 22.1.4.1 z/OS V1R7.0 MVS JCL Reference __ 22.1.4.1

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:17:55 -0600, Chase, John wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:30:07 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: snip I HATE JCL! More often than not, things enclosed in apostrophes are treated as literals rather than variables.

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:40:43 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:07:41 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: I HATE JCL! I invite any IBM representative participating on this list to defend such divergence of conventions; I expect a conspicuous silence, much less an apology to customers.

Re: Parm Length restriction was Re: Using an InfoPrint 6500 with PSF

2008-01-25 Thread GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS
Paul, If you think IBM JCL is bad you would go completely mental over how DPS-8 systems JCL was done. As Tom mentioned, submit a requirement to IBM if the Parm length limit bugs you too much. They will not change anything based on ranting on a forum or a listserv. This isn't the gaming

Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?

2008-01-25 Thread George Fogg
OK... with or without the PRIVAT in the ALLOC command and in a TSO sesson or in batch, we get the same message. IKJ56221I DATA SET TSS05.DAVE NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+ IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY TO SATISFY YOUR REQUEST NOT ON SYSTEM, AND CANNOT B E MOUNTED How do I

Re: zOS 1.9 IEANUC01

2008-01-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:58:29 -, Van Dalsen, Herbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for coming in very late in this one... I was just reading through this whole thread, and I was thinking this... It is probably over-simplified... If co-existence exists between 1.9 ; 1.8 ; 1.7... Then in

Re: zOS 1.9 IEANUC01

2008-01-25 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Sorry, what I was looking for is ... It just seems like it would be a cleaner solution... The effort is on the Software provider's side, and the client reaps the benefit... Herbie -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Van Dalsen,

Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?

2008-01-25 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
BINGO!Needed to add the ID to the TSOAUTH MOUNT profile. Works great now. Thanks all for the input. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: identify sas uage by component

2008-01-25 Thread Tim Campbell
Must be my cold but it should have occurred to me SAS might write a SMF record. We have MXG so I should be ok from here. Much appreciated! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horne, Jim - James S Sent: Friday, January 25,

Re: DB2 queries without using MF.

2008-01-25 Thread Ed Gould
Shai: Question, how are you going to handle security, especially if its RACF? Ed On Jan 25, 2008, at 1:15 AM, shai hess wrote: I agree with you. To develop the support for DB2 queries in PC without accessing the MF is complicate mission. I will do it only if many people will ask me to