This is a head-up so no one else spends a lot of time needlessly:
This check tripped on all systems in the production sysplex (together with the
RACF sensitive resources one). Then both conditions cleared themselves
magically on all systems all by themselves, and since we didn't have the
histor
Gary,
this installation has been running on 'thin clients' (inaffectionately called
'toasters') for as long as I work here. Plays havoc on IBMs 'new face', as that
requires '.exe'-execution priviledges, which the toaster users don't have.
All the new and clickable applications that IBM is at s
Hi George,
thanks, that did it! I am starting out with an exvel40 Imp3 goal across all
lpars, given that we're not even using IPSec. But I wanted the work out of
sysother! Once we start using it, I'll see what the PI for it says (if I ever
see any service in it!)
Best regards, Barbara
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Darth,
Then why use asynchronous remote copy software and skip just about all of
the performance hit?
The ONLY reason for using Synchronous remote copy is when you need zero data
loss on the remote side, which is not your requirement.
Note that zero data loss with synchronous remote copy does n
It depends on what you want to encrypt, how you want to encrypt and
where you want to encrypt.
No single package does it all. If you run a big shop you may end up
with several software / hardware encryption solutions. Each doing it's
job.
Each with it's dis-advantages and advantages
Steve F
Daniel,
As always, first open an issue with TLMS L1 support. Next, the CBRUXENT exit
will reject the insertion of a tape that is marked as "out of service" to
TLMS. You indicated that TLMS says the tape is offsite. Are you sure that it
is simply vaulted according to TLMS; or is it "out of service"
This is still a documented restriction. See section 2.4.1 in the 1.9
version of the manual DFSMS Managing Catalogs (SC26-7409-05) where it
states:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2C150/2.4.1?SHELF=DGT2BK71&DT=20060608131553
The master catalog for a system contains
We saw this problem during our 1.9 ESP when we went to our first production
system. Turning off APPC resolved the slowdown. Seems no one has sorely
missed APPC output, so we've left it off for the time being.
.
.
JO.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHAR
I notice the text of the APAR also talks about two work-arounds.
1. use APPC OFF
2. don't use owner=*
Do either of those speed it up for you?
Roger Bolan
infoprint.com
Boulder, Colorado, USA
P Think before you print
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/27/2008
04:44:59 PM:
> I h
This might not actually help your situation, but I thought this page was
interesting as far as Vista is concerned.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=VSTA-DWNGRD
Roger Bolan
infoprint.com
Boulder, Colorado, USA
P Think before you print
IBM Mainf
To kinda make up for my earlier post about Evil Knievel's son (an off topic
post if ever there was one), this article landed in my inbox so I thought I
would pass it along.
My comment is this, "were they not called 3270 terminals" way back when.
And, since when is "this approach completely differ
I had the same types of issues with SDSF when I went to 1.9, and I found
that the main slow issue was with the HELD queue display. OUTPUT was
also slow. My work around was to simply reduce the number of days of
output in the queue, and more aggressively pull output to CA-View. It
seems that onc
Thank you. I don't know how much flexibility I'll have with the new
desktop, they seem to want to go corporate standard around here lately.
I'm used to opening the box myself :)
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
Sent:
Gibney, Dave wrote:
It's been some months since I bought the laptop, some sort of gray
java fault box pops up. Bookreader flat didn't work. The shelf organizer
sort of works, but Vista complains and switches some "color mode"
setting. Even when the organizer works with the PDF versions, it pop
It's been some months since I bought the laptop, some sort of gray
java fault box pops up. Bookreader flat didn't work. The shelf organizer
sort of works, but Vista complains and switches some "color mode"
setting. Even when the organizer works with the PDF versions, it pops
error boxes once in
Gibney, Dave wrote:
... Softcopy Librarian and Softcopy Reader don't play well with Vista. I
wonder if that will change soon?
What happens?
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http://w
> That's what I did on the laptop, but I still like Bookreader for quick
> navigation in a book. Both formats have purpose. The ACROBAT search works,
> but it's still slower.
I meant use it as a work-around.
When/If IBM gets it working, you can always convert back.
Yes, it's slow.
But, it's wo
That's what I did on the laptop, but I still like Bookreader for quick
navigation in a book. Both formats have purpose. The ACROBAT search
works, but it's still slower.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Tuesday
> I can live with it (I have a laptop with it) except, last I noticed,
> Softcopy Librarian and Softcopy Reader don't play well with Vista. I wonder
> if that will change soon?
> I've grown real used to having most if not all docs I need close by
Try the PDF versions.
It's not perfect, but i
It looks like I'm about to be blessed with a new workstation. I seem
to get Windows Vista, whether I want or not.
I can live with it (I have a laptop with it) except, last I noticed,
Softcopy Librarian and Softcopy Reader don't play well with Vista. I
wonder if that will change soon?
I've
Mark Zelden wrote:
So it looks like it has to be mounted read only by reading the above.
Right. And, just to make sure we're both on the same page, the quoted
information says: "... all non-owning systems must access read-write
file systems through the remote owning system" and "each syste
On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:40:35 -0500, McKown, John
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It's been a long time since I've done this, so I'm actually reading the
>book. I have a very simple IEFUJI exit to implement. But I want to write
>a message as to why I am failing a job. The book says not to use WTO
>ROUT
>However, I thought I read somewhere else that the system was smart enough to
>handle a read request locally.
I would think local reads could cause an integrity problem.
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 16:08:00 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:58:19 -0700, Edward Jaffe
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Mark Zelden wrote:
>>> Except for read only requests (even when mounted R/W). IIRC, those are
>>> handled from the local system regardless o
> It's been a long time since I've done this, so I'm actually reading the
> book. I have a very simple IEFUJI exit to implement. But I want to write
> a message as to why I am failing a job. The book says not to use WTO
> ROUTCDE=11 to write to the JESMESSAGE for a STC or TSO user. Is batch
> OK? I
On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:58:19 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Zelden wrote:
>> Except for read only requests (even when mounted R/W). IIRC, those are
>> handled from the local system regardless of the file system owner.
>>
>
>Are you sure about that? I could be wrong, but I th
Mark Zelden wrote:
Except for read only requests (even when mounted R/W). IIRC, those are
handled from the local system regardless of the file system owner.
Are you sure about that? I could be wrong, but I thought that all
requests, when mounted R/W, were function shipped. Is there a manua
On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:31:09 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote:
>
>Except for read only requests (even when mounted R/W). IIRC, those are
>handled from the local system regardless of the file system owner.
>
But beware; IIRC, even an apparent read request will attempt to
update the time-of-access in the I-
On Tue, 27 May 2008 11:42:51 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Zelden wrote:
>> A properly configured shared file system in either a basic or parallel
sysplex.
>>
>> Have a look at the chapter on sharing file systems in a sysplex in the
>> UNIX System Services Planning manual.
On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:33 -0700, Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tom Schmidt wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>>
>>> You should be using 'JESINTERFACE:EVEL 2'
>>>
>>
>>
>> They spelled 'EVIL' wrong, didn't they?
>>
>
>Mr. Knievel might disagree. :-)
>
W
Yes... Now that he jumped over 24 delivery vans. About 10-12 more than his
father.
On Tue May 27 12:17 , Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Tom Schmidt wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>>
>>> You should be using 'JESINTERFACE:EVEL 2'
>>>
>>
>>
>
It's been a long time since I've done this, so I'm actually reading the
book. I have a very simple IEFUJI exit to implement. But I want to write
a message as to why I am failing a job. The book says not to use WTO
ROUTCDE=11 to write to the JESMESSAGE for a STC or TSO user. Is batch
OK? Is there a
In a message dated 5/27/2008 2:17:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
User specified wrong unit type.
So far we're back at BFA - brute force attack. Will see what pops next.
>>
If you have range for IBM service tape you can insert it as NL
in that slot or if you have
Richard:
What you are saying is interesting. I am in the middle of reading the process
of setting up HFS file sharing. Are you saying that I can use XCF signaling to
"function ship" requests from an LPAR with read-only access to an HFS file to
another LPAR that has read/write access to the sa
Richard Bond wrote:
Access thru XCF depends on whether the file-system is "sysplex-aware". If so,
(like a R/O HFS) then access is local unless the requesting system does not have DASD
access. In that case, XCF to owning system is required.
The R/O "VERSION" ROOT FS should have local access
On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:07:28 +, Ted MacNEIL
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>What are *ISPF* tables?
>
>An internal data structure with user defined fields an multiple rows.
>...
>Programming with them is not trivial.
>...
But not terribly difficult, either, and VERY useful. I done very little
On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:33 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>Tom Schmidt wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>>
>>> You should be using 'JESINTERFACE:EVEL 2'
>>>
>>
>>
>> They spelled 'EVIL' wrong, didn't they?
>>
>
>Mr. Knievel might disagree. :-)
So you need to be a d
Access thru XCF depends on whether the file-system is "sysplex-aware". If so,
(like a R/O HFS) then access is local unless the requesting system does not
have DASD access. In that case, XCF to owning system is required.
The R/O "VERSION" ROOT FS should have local access to all sharing systems
Mark Thomen is on medical leave.
Damn sorry to hear that. Please let him know he has all our best wishes.
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My assumption was his fingers were typing faster than the Windows-controlled
keyboard could handle and dropped the "L". ;-)
On Tue May 27 14:04 , Tom Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>
>>Gary Green wrote:
>>> That's if the job names u
Tom Schmidt wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
You should be using 'JESINTERFACE:EVEL 2'
They spelled 'EVIL' wrong, didn't they?
Mr. Knievel might disagree. :-)
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5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los A
Found out a little more.
The VOLSER of the tape is not in the range defined in the ATL.
The dataset is on a non-scratch tape, but is not cataloged.
User specified wrong unit type.
So far we're back at BFA - brute force attack. Will see what pops next.
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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jim Mulder
>
> IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on
> 05/14/2008 09:53:49 PM:
>
> > Inquiring minds (still) want to know where Mark Thomen is when we
> > really need him.
>
> Mark Thomen is on medical leave.
On Mon, 26 May 2008 11:24:27 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it possible that this worked for you because you also had
>CNVTNUM=1?
>
As far as I'm aware, we have been using CNVTNUM=2 for the longest time:
$DPCEDEF
$HASP849 PCE
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S
>
> I noticed a discussion on paging earlier in the month. Is the
> below still work doing or is there a better way now?
>
> (1 CYL PLPA and Common on the same volume) overflows to common
With current r
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/14/2008
09:53:49 PM:
> Inquiring minds (still) want to know where Mark Thomen is when
> we really need him.
Mark Thomen is on medical leave.
Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:17 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
>Gary Green wrote:
>> That's if the job names used are the FTP logon userid +1 character. If
they are different, the jobs are not tracked.
>>
>> If someone has different information, I would love to hear it.
>>
>
>You should be using 'JES
>(1 CYL PLPA and Common on the same volume overflows to common
I still do it.
Others don't.
These days, I wouldn't convert from doing it or not doing it at any shop.
I believe this was discussed just around a year ago.
Try the archives.
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That makes all the off-topic discussions, admittedly some started by me, worth
it!
Thanks!
On Tue May 27 10:23 , Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Gary Green wrote:
>> That's if the job names used are the FTP logon userid +1 character. If they
>> are different, the jobs are not tracked
Dave:
That sounds simple, of course. I will have to find out from the product vendor
what USS files, if any they need to update. If none, then I could use your
proposed solution.
Thanks
Mike
>>> "Jousma, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/27/2008 2:53 PM >>>
The simplest form of sharing is to m
I noticed a discussion on paging earlier in the month. Is the below
still work doing or is there a better way now?
(1 CYL PLPA and Common on the same volume) overflows to common
==
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the
The simplest form of sharing is to mount them to both systems READ only,
if the app can support that. No muss, no fuss. Just remember, you can't
make any changes then.
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Mainframe Services
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z390 Portable Mainframe Assembler now supports COBOL calling z390
assembler using IBM standard EZASOKET interface without requiring any other
framework or language such as XML or C. For demo with source code and
screen capture using Micro Focus Mainframe Express COBOL and z390 running
on
Ed:
Sounds good to me. I am presently reading the File Sharing chapter in the USS
Planning manual. Sounds like I am going to like this one.
Mike
>>> "Edward Jaffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/27/2008 2:42 PM >>>
Mark Zelden wrote:
> A properly configured shared file system in either a basic or pa
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:35 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: ATL Mysteries
>
> User has a dataset on a 3590 tape that is not assigned to our
> ATL. The tap
Mark Zelden wrote:
A properly configured shared file system in either a basic or parallel sysplex.
Have a look at the chapter on sharing file systems in a sysplex in the
UNIX System Services Planning manual. I think the doc is pretty good.
If you have questions after that, let us know.
E
Could you provide an messages or error codes that are occurring with the mount?
Lizette
>User has a dataset on a 3590 tape that is not assigned to our ATL. The tape
>according to TLMS is offsite, but the OPS crew says it's here and that isn't
>an
>issue. The user tries to mount it on an exter
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Myers
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:00 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: USS file sharing in z/OS
>
> Hi:
>
> I seem to recall seeing some restrictions on the ability to
>
User has a dataset on a 3590 tape that is not assigned to our ATL. The tape
according to TLMS is offsite, but the OPS crew says it's here and that isn't an
issue. The user tries to mount it on an external drive but VNL is asking for it
in
the ATL. Operator loaded it and the ATL kicked out, as e
It's a drop in the bucket. But how large of a drop, how small of a bucket, how
many drops are already in the bucket, and what happens when the bucket gets too
full?
IMHO splits are just one of those things you try to be aware of and try to
minimize. IIRC, splits are synchronous and may requir
Mark:
Thanks. I'll take a look.
Mike
>>> "Mark Zelden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/27/2008 2:30 PM >>>
On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:46 -0400, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I seem to recall seeing some restrictions on the ability to share USS files
between LPARs in a basic sysplex, a
On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:46 -0400, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I seem to recall seeing some restrictions on the ability to share USS files
between LPARs in a basic sysplex, although I don't remember where I saw the
reference.
>
Perhaps in a recent thread where there seemed t
On 27 May 2008 10:07:46 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Merritt)
wrote:
>Why revolutionary? Because that model appeals to a basic human
>assumption that new is better and that model has been -very- successful
>in a number of industries. Tried and true simply isn't cool, especially
>to the less exper
Long ago I was brought in to help the consulting company where I worked
audit a government agency's VM system. The agency was running multiple
levels of classified work under VM, claiming it was secure. The folks
doing the security audit wanted to talk about all sorts of technical
penetrations
Hi:
I seem to recall seeing some restrictions on the ability to share USS files
between LPARs in a basic sysplex, although I don't remember where I saw the
reference.
My question is this. We have a basic sysplex here and our primary application
uses the DB2 Text Extender, which employs the
Steve is having a little trouble posting to IBM-Main, so I am posting
this for him. See below:
Howdy,
I didn't catch the beginning of this thread, but I would like you to
know that the Mellon Mods are alive and well! Although I decided a year
or so ago that we should start calling them
Gary Green wrote:
That's if the job names used are the FTP logon userid +1 character. If they
are different, the jobs are not tracked.
If someone has different information, I would love to hear it.
You should be using 'JESINTERFACE:EVEL 2'
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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:08 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Mainframes.. Extinct or still going strong ?
[snip]
> Why revolutionary? Because that model appea
Interesting, but from my addled perspective, the MF industry has always
been evolutionary where the PC industry has been revolutionary. That is,
were the differences between two or three releases of z/os typically
takes a skilled application of IEAEYEBALL, each release of Windows seems
to entail a
No, if you use JES interface level 2 with FTP, you can use any job name.
Bill
On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:16:30 -0400, Gary Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>That's if the job names used are the FTP logon userid +1 character. If
they are different, the jobs are not tracked.
>
>If someone has differe
I submitted a feedback suggestion that IBM offer an Email notification
service for "Important Events" affecting the IBMLink service, FWIW.
Bill
On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:25:17 -0400, Ken Porowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do you have to get into IBMLink to get the message that IBMLink is
>availab
John,
That did the trick...Thanks for getting me out of jam...
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Specialist, Systems Programmer
IT-Operations
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We are also experiencing this slowdown on our Z/OS 1.9 sandbox, when users
enter ST JOBNAME and have their SDSF options set to PREFIX=* OWNER=*.
Max Scarpa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all
Thank you all for replies. Unluckily PTF PK52910 indicated was applied (with no
luck) and we're waiting
Do you have to get into IBMLink to get the message that IBMLink is
available?
Just being my cynical self ...
Ken
-Original Message-
Lizette Koehler
Found this on the IBM Website
Planned IBMLink Outage May 30 - June 1
A news item will be posted after the successful deployment of Relea
Found this on the IBM Website
Planned IBMLink Outage May 30 - June 1
23 May 2008
This is to inform you that IBMLink will have a planned outage starting on
Friday, May 30 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time through Sunday, June 1 at 5:00 PM
Eastern Time (Saturday, May 31 from 00:00 UTC to Sund
That's if the job names used are the FTP logon userid +1 character. If they
are different, the jobs are not tracked.
If someone has different information, I would love to hear it.
On Tue May 27 7:09 , Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
>> Write a REXX or CLIS
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rodriguez
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:09 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: After POR IEBDATE in CICS is Off by 1 Day
>
> This past Sunday, we did a POR. I was trying to c
This past Sunday, we did a POR. I was trying to change the main console,
but I forgot 1 step in the process. Write the IODF to the system disk.
This morning I got a call from one of the programmers saying that the
IEBDATE was 147 instead of 148. When I look at TSO, the date and time
are correct eve
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True, MF skill sets seem to carry grey hair, close attention to
retirement benefits, and boring pictures of grandchildren. Not to
mention cranky OF's ;-)
Also true is the proliferation of tinkertoy skill sets. But wait,
something's wrong with that pic
On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:51:33 -0500, Hal Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Doesn't anyone remember the famous 'Mellon Bank Mods'? Among several
>other useful features, they offered /*BEFORE, /*AFTER, exclusivity (any
>job, but only one of a thread at a time), and so on.
>
Yes. I mentioned the
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There are alternatives to "extinct" and "still going strong".
The main one is "evolving".
Well, I could argue that is something "evolves" enough, then what it
used to be is now "extinct". E.g. T-Rex and Chickens .
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we in fact have a in-house production "utility" that does exactly that
kindof looping suggested - except that we have the number of seconds to
loop as a parm on the exec card - not exactly a guarentee, but changing
a parm on an execute JCL is easier tha
On 27 May 2008 07:28:24 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Merritt)
wrote:
>Some potential good news is that auditors may be (finally) starting to apply
>the same rules to the tinkertoys as the MF.
The security solutions that need to protect data on a stolen laptop
are not the same security solution
The Mellon Bank Mods were written prior to JES2's ability to run more
than one converter process. Consequently, they do not guarantee
serialization for the same reason that CNVTNUM=>2 users don't get
serialization. For more info, see:
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=IBM-MAIN&P=R89127
Sorry - I wouldn't feel comfortable doing so, but maybe if anyone on the
list has experienced a change in strategy to go back to the mainframe, they
would be willing to share dome details?
Bob
Robert B. Fake
InfoSec, Inc.
703-825-1202 (o)
571-241-5492 (c)
949-203-0406 (efax)
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Visi
The OP is an ISV concerned only about his own internal product GEN process.
At 5/27/2008 10:40 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
If, as we may suspect, the OP is an ISV targeting customer
platforms, he may encounter difficulties with customers' job name
standards? Is there a scriptable way to release o
The point of this whole set-up is to be able to get as close as we can
with the hardware we have available to a point in time backup for DR. The
2ndary mirrored devices are then backed up offline to tapes and the tapes
shipped to off-site storage. The .08ms & .03ms were basically for
documen
> -Original Message-
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> Behalf Of Rob Schramm
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:37 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Free z/OS webserver
>
> The response was "For now, you cannot order IHS Apache without hav
Hi all
Thank you all for replies. Unluckily PTF PK52910 indicated was applied (with no
luck) and we're waiting further IBM's hints.
Regards
Max Scarpa
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Paul Gilmartin wrote:
If, as we may suspect, the OP is an ISV targeting customer platforms,
he may encounter difficulties with customers' job name standards?
Is there a scriptable way to release other than by job name?
As stated, the OP is an ISV trying to build his own product in his own
I received a response from the main e-mail contact in the redbook. I have
to admit to being a bit dismayed. I am having trouble removing the
crow-flavored aftertaste from the pie I just consumed. But undaunted, I
shall "endeavor to persevere".
The response was "For now, you cannot order IHS
Doesn't anyone remember the famous 'Mellon Bank Mods'? Among several
other useful features, they offered /*BEFORE, /*AFTER, exclusivity (any
job, but only one of a thread at a time), and so on.
They died out many moons ago, perhaps because they mods became a upgrade
nightmare, or perhaps it was
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> Subject: Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant
> jobs in JES2
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> On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:27:
On Tue, 27 May 2008 08:27:19 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote:
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>Or submit them all with TYPERUN=HOLD and have each job release its
>successor.
>
If, as we may suspect, the OP is an ISV targeting customer platforms,
he may encounter difficulties with customers' job name standards?
Is there a scriptable w
On Mon, 26 May 2008 15:54:18 -0400, John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote:
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>Now, the definitions of "small" and "large" change from year to year.
>One time small was 50 MIPS or under, now it might be 500 or even 1,000.
Indeed.
I remember being in the biggest computer room I've ever seen, with ten of the
True, MF skill sets seem to carry grey hair, close attention to retirement
benefits, and boring pictures of grandchildren. Not to mention cranky OF's ;-)
Also true is the proliferation of tinkertoy skill sets. But wait, something's
wrong with that picture.
Perhaps it is that the skill sets ar
I don't suppose you could publish any details (even if you have to leave
the company name out)?
Ken Porowski
AVP Systems Software
CIT Group
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Robert Fake
One such company was in the 11th year of a 2 year migration and finally
canceled it and is takin
Would anyone using this care to comment (off list is fine)?
I'm looking for information on setup and how it's used - such as full volume
dumps, selective dumps, etc. We have TapeCopy and are considering VDR.
TIA.
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As a mainframe centric software and services company, our business is seeing
a growth trend. An interesting observation we have seen recently is where
companies who have been migrating off of the mainframe are canceling those
migration plans and staying on the mainframe. One such company was in t
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
Write a REXX or CLIST where you submit jobs using a list of members as input.
Put a waiting subroutine (a simple DO loop) between each submission long
enough to allow JES2 to convert the job and place it in the Input Queue. Wait
time in a busy JES2 Sysplex is usually
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