Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Tidy, David (D)
Hi all, Thanks for the responses and pointer to Kathy's White Paper. It is true that we have INITSQA coded, and that was for IPL failures which we thought were related to additions/changes to the storage configuration. However it did seem that INITSQA did not actually help much - just the action o

Re: upgrading z?OS 1.4 to 1.8 or 1.9

2008-03-28 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Ron, Can you share some details about the problem you ran into that is not fixed? Which ULTRAOPT flavor? We run BMC ULTRAOPT/IMS but have been bitten by bugs in some of the common code pieces . BMC support has nothing in the database we can find. We recently applied 2 PTFs for ULTRAOPT/IMS.

Re: Email blacklist

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:30 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Morris, Carey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > Has anyone else had the > honor of being blacklisted and, if so, did they receive anything to tell them > who had blacklisted them? A client I was working with a few years a

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Gerhard Adam
Paul Gilmartin wrote: To my meager understanding, if JES2 is down you're SOL, whether or not it ENQs (but is there a special case in which JES2 might crash but fail to free the ENQS?) By my ancient experience, if JES2 is down, TSO is likewise SOL (or was it Roscoe, then?) I'm a bit surprised

Re: Servicelink User's Guide?

2008-03-28 Thread Ian
There is a "help" menu item to the left on each application page. It provides a extensive page of information on how to use the application. As far as a separate manual, I have not seen one for service link yet. -- Ian http://www.cicsworld.com On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Smith, Sean M < [E

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:32:48 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The "flooding" part is always how I thought it worked (and maybe it >did but has changed). See my last post: >http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0803&L=ibm-main&D=1&O=D&T=0&P=214254 > >Maybe it would be fixed after 10

Re: Servicelink User's Guide?

2008-03-28 Thread Brian Peterson
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:47:38 -0700, Smith, Sean M wrote: >Can anyone provide a link to the Servicelink User's Guide? > >Sean Smith Each application within web IBMLink ServiceLink includes a HELP button on the left side of the screen which describes that application within ServiceLink. I've jus

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:35:42 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:54 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >> >>>In an earlier contribution, you mentioned that JES holds no ENQ >>>on the PROCLIBs. That sounds terribly dangerous. Why would they >>>design it that way? >>

Re: Email blacklist

2008-03-28 Thread Lionel B Dyck
We use a mail filter product that determines if an e-mail is (a) spam or (b) contains something malicious and then blocks them. It has both a vendor provided blacklist and a local blacklist and can, based upon trends, classify a sender to the blacklist. It sounds like your mainframe is probably

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:04:34 -0400, Jack Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In our case, z/Architecture was not the culprit. It was PAVs that blew >INITSQA out of the water! > >Ed, > Since we're finally getting to PAV, would you please expand on the >problem/issue, e.g. how many PAVs and how much

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin wrote: To my meager understanding, if JES2 is down you're SOL, whether or not it ENQs (but is there a special case in which JES2 might crash but fail to free the ENQS?) By my ancient experience, if JES2 is down, TSO is likewise SOL (or was it Roscoe, then?) We run TCAS under

Re: Email blacklist

2008-03-28 Thread Kelman, Tom
I create reports via SAS every night and then send an email from the mainframe to several techies and managers to tell them the reports are available for review. I've never run into anything like this yet. Then again my company might not be checking the same services yours does. Tom Kelman Comme

Servicelink User's Guide?

2008-03-28 Thread Smith, Sean M
How can this possibly be as difficult as it has turned out to be? Can anyone provide a link to the Servicelink User's Guide? Sean Smith Bank of America -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

Re: IBM C/C++ compiler cost?

2008-03-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
I might have said something incorrect on this topic earlier, although I don't think it applies to John's situation. Parallel Sysplex pricing is better than I implied previously. If you've got Parallel Sysplex, and you only license the C/C++ compiler to one physical machine, then you'll only be cha

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread John Laubenheimer
>If JES2 is up, then: > >o Submit a job with: > > - STEP1 IDCAMS ALTER NAME > > - STEP2 IEFBR14 with DISP=OLD on the PROCLIB catenands. > >o The job waits on PROCLIB ENQ > >o Stop JES2 > >o Start JES2 > >o JES2 waits on PROCLIB ENQ > >o The RENAME job completes freeing the ENQs > >o JES2 allocate

Email blacklist

2008-03-28 Thread Morris, Carey
A few nights ago we started getting this message when we tried to send emails from the mainframe to our Outlook email server: EZA5198I 03/25/08 23:25:23 2< 550 Denied by policy: Sender is listed on DNS-based RBL. The Outlook admin explained that we use several outside services to identify em

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
Jack Kelly wrote: Ed, Since we're finally getting to PAV, would you please expand on the problem/issue, e.g. how many PAVs and how much of an increase to the initial SQA? I honesty don't remember the specifics after so many years (we upgraded to ESS (2105-800) from RVA in 2002). But, the

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:54 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >>In an earlier contribution, you mentioned that JES holds no ENQ >>on the PROCLIBs. That sounds terribly dangerous. Why would they >>design it that way? >> > >How would you ever re-allocate a proclib if it was ENQed? At least >before TSO.

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:56:12 -0500, Brian Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:54 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >>Yes. That eliminates the COMPRESS issue or the problem you might >>run into if the library takes an additional extent. The second problem >>was fixed about 15

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:53:04 -0400, Jakubek, Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >A static //PROCnn concatenation can be replaced/ overridden via a new >dynamic one using /$ADD/$T PROCLIB JES2 commands. > > According to the manual: "Dynamic PROCLIB can override PROCxx DDs in the JES2 start PROC but

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Jack Kelly
In our case, z/Architecture was not the culprit. It was PAVs that blew INITSQA out of the water! Ed, Since we're finally getting to PAV, would you please expand on the problem/issue, e.g. how many PAVs and how much of an increase to the initial SQA? Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) ---

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ted MacNEIL wrote: I converted to 64-bit so long ago, that I had forgotten all the details. But, I remember we had to increase our ESQA allocation in order to be able to IPL. In our case, z/Architecture was not the culprit. It was PAVs that blew INITSQA out of the water! -- Edward E Jaff

NJE TCPIP and NJE SNA

2008-03-28 Thread Lorne Heffer
Trying to connect two 1.7 lpars using TCPIP non-secure NJE. Able to start NETSRV1 on both lpars but starting the link receive msg IAZ0522I on the initiating lpar and msg IAZ0520I on receiving lpar. Configuration and errors are below. Traced tcpip during the $S N,S=JITST and see what we think i

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>It's not too faded Ted. And yes, Walsh. Thanks. I converted to 64-bit so long ago, that I had forgotten all the details. But, I remember we had to increase our ESQA allocation in order to be able to IPL. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: CSP/AD and zOS 1.8

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Rose Meininger wrote: We have a site still using CSP/AD (unsupported). The product failed in the BUILD function under under z/OS 1.8. We received word from IBM that they had customers running CSP/AD with Z/OS 1.8 reporting similiar problems. They believe the problem is in the runtime libraries

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Brian Peterson
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:35:54 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >In an earlier contribution, you mentioned that JES holds no ENQ >on the PROCLIBs. That sounds terribly dangerous. Why would they >design it that way? Yes, I believe it is very dangerous for JES2 to not hold an ENQ for its data sets. S

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Mark Jacobs wrote: Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: In an earlier contribution, you mentioned that JES holds no ENQ on the PROCLIBs. That sounds terribly dangerous. Why would they design it that way? I would guess that the thought process wa

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Patrick Falcone
It's not too faded Ted. And yes, Walsh. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/mktsupport/techdocs/allreal_v11.pdf Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Given that ESQA will just overflow into ECSA is there any real reason not to allocate ESQA fairly low so that it is always at 100%, and

Re: CSP/AD and zOS 1.8

2008-03-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>They believe the problem is in the runtime libraries for Z/OS 1.8, but they >will not address as CSP/AD is no longer supported. Has anyone dealt with this issue? If yes, how did you address it short-term? I would like a short-term solution so I can implement z/OS 1.8. I think the licensing agr

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread John Laubenheimer
>>Just curious: can the PROCLIB concatenation contain PDSEs? >Yes. That eliminates the COMPRESS issue or the problem you might >run into if the library takes an additional extent. Yes, you can use PDSEs in the JES2 PROCLIB concatenation. LINKLIST too. But, not such a great idea, IMHO. Maybe

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Brian Peterson
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:54 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >Yes. That eliminates the COMPRESS issue or the problem you might >run into if the library takes an additional extent. The second problem >was fixed about 15 years ago in MVS/ESA V4. JES2 recognizes this >condition via I/O error and then w

CSP/AD and zOS 1.8

2008-03-28 Thread Rose Meininger
We have a site still using CSP/AD (unsupported). The product failed in the BUILD function under under z/OS 1.8. We received word from IBM that they had customers running CSP/AD with Z/OS 1.8 reporting similiar problems. They believe the problem is in the runtime libraries for Z/OS 1.8, but they

Re: ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Given that ESQA will just overflow into ECSA is there any real reason not to >allocate ESQA fairly low so that it is always at 100%, and then size/monitor >ECSA for the combined requirements? I am aware that that would not be a good thing below the line, but I haven't read of any clear reason t

ESQA allocation question

2008-03-28 Thread Tidy, David (D)
Hello, I've seen earlier items about Healthchecker and its ESQA checking, but I have a general question to which I haven't been able to find the information in the manuals. Given that ESQA will just overflow into ECSA is there any real reason not to allocate ESQA fairly low so that it is always

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:35:54 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >> >>The catalog has nothing to do with it. Despite the fact that someone deleted >>the data set, it is still ALLOCATED to JES2 and the original extents are in the

Re: EMC Dasd and Performance Issues

2008-03-28 Thread Gabe Torres
Yes,.. That's what we were told also,.. But Cache is shared and I believe internal processors supporting the spinning disk whether Mainframe or Open Systems is shared. .. The Unix Side of the DMX-3 'DID' effect the mainframe storage. Soon after, there was a 'fix' applied to the EMC Code. (not c

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin wrote: Are DEBs created by ALLOCATE? I had imagined it was OPEN. Indeed. In an earlier contribution, you mentioned that JES holds no ENQ on the PROCLIBs. That sounds terribly dangerous. Why would they design it that way? MVS programs honor the settings in the PPT. HA

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jakubek, Jan
<<< Thanks but this is like IPLing the system itself which involves outage which many not be possible in our system So I was just looking for alternatives... A dynamic PROCLIB concatenation can be repaired via a series of $DEL/

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Jacobs
Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >> The catalog has nothing to do with it. Despite the fact that someone deleted >> the data set, it is still ALLOCATED to JES2 and the original extents are in >> the >> DEB. You can rename the new one, re-alloca

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:20 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >The catalog has nothing to do with it. Despite the fact that someone deleted >the data set, it is still ALLOCATED to JES2 and the original extents are in the >DEB. You can rename the new one, re-allocate it to its original volume and >cop

Re: IBMLink, again

2008-03-28 Thread Tony Harminc
On 27/03/2008, Bruce Hewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would assume, like on some web screens we use here, that the text input > fields are not "transparent". By that I mean the characters entered are > treated > as HTTP control characters, or something like that. > > I am trying to convi

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Howard Brazee
On 28 Mar 2008 09:08:48 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: >> I think "due process" is the goal of judicial systems most everywhere. >> And people want predictability more than Truth and Justice. >> Predictability allows plans to function.Justice might bite us. > >Perhaps, to a poin

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:02:28 +, Jacky Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Liz, > >Thanks but this is like IPLing the system itself which involves outage which >many not be possible in our system So I was just looking for alternatives... > > There is really not much harm in doing $PJES2,ABEND a

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jacky Bright
Liz, Thanks but this is like IPLing the system itself which involves outage which many not be possible in our system So I was just looking for alternatives... JAcky On 3/28/08, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jacky - > > Once JES2 has started the CATALOG is no longer part of JES

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > > On 28 Mar 2008 08:17:13 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman) > wrote: > > >>Sounds like commentary I've heard about the U.S. legal system: "Truth > >>and justice are irrelevant, so long as proce

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Howard Brazee
On 28 Mar 2008 08:17:13 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman) wrote: >>Sounds like commentary I've heard about the U.S. legal system: "Truth >>and justice are irrelevant, so long as procedure is followed precisely." >> >>-jc- >> >> >--- >And the lawyer

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jacky - Once JES2 has started the CATALOG is no longer part of JES2's process to find its JCL defined Proclibs. JES2 builds an internal table that probably holds information like the data set name, the volser and the TTR locations in that dataset for the PROCs. You can with the appropriate ALTER

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Rick Fochtman
Sounds like commentary I've heard about the U.S. legal system: "Truth and justice are irrelevant, so long as procedure is followed precisely." -jc- --- And the lawyers get their (obscene) fees! :-) ---

Re: SMF System Logger - limitations of MANx

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:39:52 -0400, Knutson, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I don't think anyone has mentioned the white paper from Riaz Ahmad (IBM) >WSC that detailed a customer situation with problems dealing with >current volumes using MANx data sets and some WSC testing that emulated >it. > >

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:17:47 +, Jacky Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My point is why CATALOG address space is not considering the new volume >RBI035 why is it that still expecting RBI031 even though I have recreated >the SCLM1.PROCLIB with catalog option and it got created in RBI035. If I

Re: SMF System Logger - limitations of MANx

2008-03-28 Thread Knutson, Sam
I don't think anyone has mentioned the white paper from Riaz Ahmad (IBM) WSC that detailed a customer situation with problems dealing with current volumes using MANx data sets and some WSC testing that emulated it. http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101130 or http://t

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jacky Bright
My point is why CATALOG address space is not considering the new volume RBI035 why is it that still expecting RBI031 even though I have recreated the SCLM1.PROCLIB with catalog option and it got created in RBI035. If I see the LISTC for SCLM1.PROCLIB it shows the volume as RBI035 Error as : IEC1

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jacky, You cannot move a JES2 JCL defined PROCLIB while JES2 is up. If it is in an SMS Managed pool, you probably need to look at coding PROCLIB statements in JES2 rather than the JCL. Mark makes a valid point. When JES2 had JCL coded PROCLIBs they are not ENQUEUED so if your security product do

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:31:51 -0400, Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Depending on your level of JES2 you may want to look at using PROCLIB >statements in JES2 rather than coding DD statements. Or have the users >start using JCLLIBs. > I hope they are running at least z/OS 1.2 by now!

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>It's several years now since I was at a DB2 shop but I think that it doesn't >actually use timestamps on the logs anyway, it uses its own sequencing >independent of a time source, if I remember correctly. That's true, unless you're in a DB2 sharing group in a parallel SYSPLEX. Then, the DB2's

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:01:06 -0400, Mark Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Most likely due to the old proclib being in a different physical >location on the volume or even on a new volume than the newly allocated >dataset. Yes. >If you have an alternate jes2 proclib concatenation defined yo

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:51:26 +, Jacky Bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in >sequence resp. Later due to some reason RBI1.PROCLIB was deleted and >recreated. > >But after that we are facing problem that PROCs from the RBI

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jacky Bright
SCLM1.PROCLIB is on RBI035 but I want it on RBI031. Since it is SMS Managed how can I move it to RBI031. How can I change the Catalog Entry ? JAcky On 3/28/08, Mark Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jacky Bright wrote: > > I am getting following erros in SYSLOG > > > > IEC143I 213-04,IFG019

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Lizette Koehler
You need to open and close your JES2 concatention. Do you have a PROC00 and a PROC01 in your JES2 Proc? It could be any PROCxx number other than PROC00. If so, all you need to do is run the following JCL //JOB Card /*JOBPARM PROC=PROC?? <-- Make the ?? whatever your Alternate PROC dd statemen

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Schwartz, Alan
Try running any job with a /*JOBPARM PROCLIB=PROC13 in the jcl Alan Schwartz Infrastructure Management Sr Analyst -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subjec

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Jacobs
Jacky Bright wrote: > I am getting following erros in SYSLOG > > IEC143I 213-04,IFG0194D,JES2,JES2,PROC13-0003,9800,RBI031,SCLM1.PROCLIB > > > JAcky > Is dataset SCLM1.PROCLIB actually on volume RBI031 after it was recreated? If it moved was the catalog entry changed to match its new location?

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jacky Bright
I am getting following erros in SYSLOG IEC143I 213-04,IFG0194D,JES2,JES2,PROC13-0003,9800,RBI031,SCLM1.PROCLIB JAcky On 3/28/08, Mark Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jacky Bright wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in > > sequence resp

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Lizette Koehler
Depending on your level of JES2 you may want to look at using PROCLIB statements in JES2 rather than coding DD statements. Or have the users start using JCLLIBs. Lizette >>> In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in sequence resp. Later due to some reason RBI1.PROCLIB

Re: EMC Dasd and Performance Issues

2008-03-28 Thread Lizette Koehler
No, we share the frame with the mid range (Unix) side of the shop. However, we do not use the same disks in the box, Mainframe dasd is mapped on separate volumes from the Mid range dasd; I am told there is no intermingling... Lizette >Not sure of our microcode level,.. But is your DMX used o

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in sequence resp. Later due to some reason RBI1.PROCLIB was deleted and recreated. But after that we are facing problem that PROCs from the RBI1.PROCLIB are not getting invoked. <<< snippage Did the pointer get lost? Daniel McLa

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Jacobs
Jacky Bright wrote: > Hi, > > In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in > sequence resp. Later due to some reason RBI1.PROCLIB was deleted and > recreated. > > But after that we are facing problem that PROCs from the RBI1.PROCLIB are > not getting invoked. > > What could

Re: JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread David Friedman
Check the DNSTYPE (PDS or PDSE), and check the DSCB information (LRECL and BLKSIZE). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: JES2 DD Concatenation iss

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Don Leahy
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/26/2008 > >at 08:13 AM, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >I know the feeling. But we gotta' learn how to do > >the new stuff on the mainframe, and let management >

JES2 DD Concatenation issue

2008-03-28 Thread Jacky Bright
Hi, In our system for JES2 RBI1.PROCLIB and RBI2.PROCLIB were defined in sequence resp. Later due to some reason RBI1.PROCLIB was deleted and recreated. But after that we are facing problem that PROCs from the RBI1.PROCLIB are not getting invoked. What could be the problem ? JAcky ---

Re: Is IT becoming extinct?

2008-03-28 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. > > You missed the point. > The previous post to mine mentioned that's it's easier to say > 'Sorry' than get permission. > My post was meant to warn of the possible ramifications of > taking that a

Re: Gary Hussong is out of the office.

2008-03-28 Thread John Kington
My apologies for the pollution. I thought it was internal. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.u

Re: Enhanced PSP Compare Program

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
The chickens are restless. Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information & Communications Technology Crawford & Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.crawfordandcompany.com > > Something's weir

Re: Enhanced PSP Compare Program

2008-03-28 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > > Cyrus Goodriver wrote: > > A question for IBMers who posted on this subject: Why the > nice feature > > of informing PARM=* to PSP tool to screen all target zones > defined to > > the Global CSI ha

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread Dave Cartwright
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:00:20 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I keep my z9BC's HMC on GMT all the time (I would probably do that even if I was in New Zealand or Australia, regardless of being in the UK). I don't recall it adjusting time last March or last October, but then I probably wasn't pay

Re: Gary Hussong is out of the office.

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
Lout - one considered large, slow, and cumbersome. Louts notes! Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information & Communications Technology Crawford & Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.crawfordandco

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
We have ANCIENT DB2. We use CA-Scheduler. We've always done the wait thing, thus my comments. As for coordinated time in the server world...we have 500 servers in the chicken farm and I doubt they are very aligned on the time. If we forget to pop SMTP it messes one of them up. Thanks. (Omitted

Re: Gary Hussong is out of the office.

2008-03-28 Thread John Kington
Gary, What is a louts note text page? Regards, John Gary Hussong/CIMG/CVG@ CVG

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread pilgrimpez
We don't have any databases, no. It's several years now since I was at a DB2 shop but I think that it doesn't actually use timestamps on the logs anyway, it uses its own sequencing independent of a time source, if I remember correctly. To be honest, in this day and age, I'd have to question whe

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
I like the sound of that, but have a question. Do you not have any DB's affected by slamming back an hour instead of shutting down for one hour and then doing an IPL? Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information & Communications Technology Crawford & Company 4680 N. Royal Atlant

Re: Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread pilgrimpez
I keep my z9BC's HMC on GMT all the time (I would probably do that even if I was in New Zealand or Australia, regardless of being in the UK). I don't recall it adjusting time last March or last October, but then I probably wasn't paying particular attention anyway. I don't IPL for time changes

Clock Change

2008-03-28 Thread Cartwright, Dave
I'm almost ashamed to raise it, but my excuse is that I'm new to the box. Is my Z9BC going to change the clock automatically on me? No ETR. The way I read the HMC manual, it will automatically update for Time Zone changes on the HMC, then at 11:00 pm on Sunday it will re-synchronise with the TOD

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