Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:26:08 -0500, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:10:55 -0500, Todd Burch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>John, what processes the "/*$VS" piece of that? >> >>Todd > >$VS is a JES2 command which basically tells JES2 to issue an MVS command. >Although

Re: JCL Problem...

I may be missing something, but I'd go for something like: //STEP01 EXEC PGM=FOO //SYSPRINT DD DISP=(NEW,PASS)...etc... //STEP02 EXEC PGM=BA //SYSIN DD DSN=*.STEP01.SYSPRINT,DISP=(OLD,DELETE)... //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* John Compton Phone Cork: +353 (0)21 231 4641; Phone VOIP: 214-77

Re: JCL Problem...

Is there any reason why you aren't pointing SYSPRINT (or whatever) at a temporary (or permanent) file, and using that file as the SYSIN dataset for STEP02? For what reason do you *need* the SYSIN data to be instream? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and process commands. This method would require your program to be APF authorized and you would need to do a mo

Any equivalent of Strobe by IBM

G'day All, Please let me know if there is any equivalent of Strobe tool by IBM or any other companyand which one is cheaper and better to purchase? Also, please let me know if any of you know how much it would roughly cost? Can Strobe or similar other tools provide CPU/resource cons

Re: Any equivalent of Strobe by IBM

Hi! Look at Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/zswpdf/#appl_perf_analyzer71 It is very useful, we have installed in our environment. Zafiropoulos Konstantinos  EuroBank EFG, Technical Support Main Systems Support Engineer -O

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

Seems a program invokes CESF (sign-off) without the option LOGOFF or GOODNIGHT. You might enter CESN and signon and when invoke CEMT or CEDA. Roland >Hi every body, > >when i logon to CICS sys to do CEMT or CEDA or other transaction, it gave >me that massage: > >DFHCE3550 Sign-off option mus

help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

Hi every body, when i logon to CICS sys to do CEMT or CEDA or other transaction, it gave me that massage: DFHCE3550 Sign-off option must be LOGOFF or GOODNIGHT. Sign-off is ignored this masage is apper after i logon and press any key what is wrong ? Thanks a lot

JCL Problem...

All, I have a utility that outputs a string to SYSPRINT (but that can be changed). Now I need to pass this string via SYSIN (or PARM) together with some other parameters to a second utility. A little "pseudo-sample": //* //* IMAGINE FOO WILL OUTPUT AN IP-ADDRESS - BUT THE ADDRESS //* IS OF

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

You can check the meaning of message identifiers here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/lookat Apparently a CESF ( signof) is given with an invalid option. I can reproduce the error by giving CESF ( CESF BLABLA in my case ) The command is ignored, so you should be able to work. El

Re: JCL Problem...

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:37:12 +0200, Michael Knigge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All, > > >I have a utility that outputs a string to SYSPRINT (but that can be >changed). Now I need to pass this string via SYSIN (or PARM) together >with some other parameters to a second utility. > >A little "pseudo-s

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Norgauer > > I just ran out of space on my ROOT while installing JAVA 31. I'd like a > ball-park number of your size I have 60K tracks and it's > on my SYSRES. I could re-locate to another volume but I thought ma

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > > [ snip ] > > I will be eventually redoing my OMVS environment to have a top Root which is > just links and using Symbolics and /&SYSNAME type setups in my BPXPRMxx > member. This is very well docu

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves Goes back to OS/390 V1.1 -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the m

Re: JCL Problem...

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:18:58 -0500, Scott Barry wrote: >On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:37:12 +0200, Michael Knigge wrote: >>//* >>//* IMAGINE FOO WILL OUTPUT AN IP-ADDRESS - BUT THE ADDRESS >>//* IS OF COURSE NOT KNOWN... >>//* >>//STEP01 EXEC PGM=FOO >>//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* >>//* >>//* NOW I NEED TO

Re: JCL Problem...

Flint, Mike schrieb: Is there any reason why you aren't pointing SYSPRINT (or whatever) at a temporary (or permanent) file, and using that file as the SYSIN dataset for STEP02? For what reason do you *need* the SYSIN data to be instream? I don't really need it instream - it was just to clarify

Minimum tasks to restart in Infoprint

We're running z/OS v1.7 and Infoprint. Once in a while something creates a bad entry in our DNS for a particular printer which causes the printer to stop printing (because the output is being sent to an unknown host). The bad entry in DNS can be deleted but since Infoprint has already built an

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves > > Goes back to OS/390 V1.1 Thanks. Got the bookshelf, but don't see a "OS/390 V2.7 Unix Setup" man

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

Are you able to sign on? maybe your tct def is specifying CESF in the TRANSACTION Field. or maybe there is some type of script running for you terminal, like you can do from client products or Supersession. try logging on from another terminal, especially one with a different typeterm. -Orig

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

Let's all stop guessing and debug the problem it's been awhile, but I think I still remember how to do this Option 1 - start CEDF on another session directed to this problem, it should track you thru the various programs and CICS calls. Option 2 - auxtrace (or 3rd party equivalent, TMON s

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

The real title is "OS/390 V2R7.0 UNIX System Services Planning". However, much had changed with respect to the root file system when support for "sharing HFSs in a sysplex" was added with OS/390 V1.9. It's better to consult a more recent version of the manual before "re-doing the root setup". --

RSH error

following is the output from a failing RSH command - EZA5022I parms are * -d -l maint zserver <> dir EZA5006I Variables have the following assignments: EZA5007I fhost : zserver EZA5049I locuser : maint EZA5008I userid : maint EZA5010I command : <> dir EZA5030I calling GetHostResol with zserver

Re: Cobol reference

On 21 Oct 2008 16:24:33 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Klein) wrote: >Most recent - Enterprise COBOL V4R1 > http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/Shelves/igy3sh40 > >Last Version 3 URL > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/IGY3SH33 > >These are BookManager ver

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rugen, Len > > Let's all stop guessing and debug the problem it's been awhile, but > I think I still remember how to do this > > Option 1 - start CEDF on another session directed to this problem, it > should t

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) > > The real title is "OS/390 V2R7.0 UNIX System Services Planning". > > However, much had changed with respect to the root file system > when support for "sharing HFS

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

Peter, I totally agree with your statement, however, the descriptions and diagrams are very nice in this manual. I am still going through the zOS v1.9 manuals to see what has been enhanced. But my basic direction is to start at the beginning of the yellow brick road and move forward. I find th

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > > Peter, > > I totally agree with your statement, however, the descriptions and diagrams > are very nice in this manual. I am still going through the zOS v1.9 manuals > to see what has been enhanced

Re: help unabel to logon to cics ceda or cemt

check GMTRAN setting in sit parms - it could have been set to CESF, which is a cute thing to do to keep certain terminals out of the region. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maarten Slegtenhorst Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

"Top ROOT" is not a term I've run into before, although I understand what Lizette is using it for. Before OS/390 V1.9 (not to confuse with z/OS V1.9), it was simply the "root file system". Then V1.9 introduced the syslpex sharing of file system and with this two new terms were coined: - The "Sysp

Identify System that HFS file is mounted on.

I have 200 plus HFS files which are not getting backed up nightly due to HSM Autobackup being started on one system and some of the files are mounted on different LPAR’s and these files need to be backed up on the system that they are mounted on. I will be setting up 4 batch job to back up the

Re: C03 abend when omitting CEE.SCEERUN from JCL

After talking to another co-worker, 2 more things come to mind: 1. If the OS/VS COBOL program is the one that opened the file and did not close it, the COBOL library routines will NOT automatically close the file when the application terminates. The COBOL library routines will only automatically

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

John Norgauer wrote: I just ran out of space on my ROOT while installing JAVA 31. I'd like a ball-park number of your size I have 60K tracks and it's on my SYSRES. I could re-locate to another volume but I thought maybe I could do some clean-up also. Any thoughts? Few thoughts: 1. Always all

Re: C03 abend when omitting CEE.SCEERUN from JCL

Simple answer. LE used to clean up after sloppy Cobol programs which failed to close all opened files... without making a "fuss". VSCobol or very latest Cobol, no difference, any and all Cobol programs which end and leave files open. At some point, we hit it at OS390 2.10, LE stopped doing th

Re: Identify System that HFS file is mounted on.

Do you have SYSPLEX(YES) coded in your BPXPRMxx Member or SYSPLEX(NO)? Lizette > > I have 200 plus HFS files which are not getting backed up nightly due > to HSM > Autobackup being started on one system and some of the files are > mounted > on different LPAR's and these files need to be backe

OpenSSH SFTP client support for MVS datasets

We are pleased to announce today that we are releasing version 1.1.0 of the (free) Co:Z Co-processing Toolkit for z/OS. This release includes a port of OpenSSH sftp client for z/OS which adds support for MVS datasets, catalogs, partitioned datasets, etc. The sftp client may be used interactively o

Re: Identify System that HFS file is mounted on.

its set to 'NO' .. That option is being reviewed and have been told that going that route would take some investigation. but in the meantime. I have been manually identifing them and backing up. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

Re: How big is your z/OS 1.9 root and where does it live

Here is a good REDBOOK, Figure 6.x is the example I will use to begin setting up my "top" root http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247035.html?Open UNIX System Services z/OS Version 1 Release 7 Implementation SG24-7035-01 Lizette > > > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS3

Re: C03 abend when omitting CEE.SCEERUN from JCL

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:53:11 -0700, John Mattson wrote: >Simple answer. LE used to clean up after sloppy Cobol programs which >failed to close all opened files... without making a "fuss". VSCobol or >very latest Cobol, no difference, any and all Cobol programs which end and >leave files open. At

Re: Identify System that HFS file is mounted on.

Arturo A. Arca wrote: > its set to 'NO' .. That option is being reviewed and have been told that > going > that route would take some investigation. but in the meantime. I have been > manually identifing them and backing up. > > -

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:08:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Kripke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to >write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and process commands. This m

NY Metro NaSPA Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, 5 November 2008

The next meeting of the NY Metro NaSPA Chapter will be on Wednesday, 5 November 2008 in room 1219 at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, New York City, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. We have an *outstanding* day planned, with some of the best System z speakers in the industry. Sessions for

SVC Update Utility

I need to install an SVC dynamically. Once upon a time Omegamon could do that, but after the advent of SETPROG, that old support was dropped. Unfortunately, while SETPROG can load the module into CSA, the only mechanism for updating the in-storage SVC table is to write a program. Or to borrow one.

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:08:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Kripke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or > Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to >>write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and > process commands.

Re: NY Metro NaSPA Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, 5 November 2008

> The next meeting of the NY Metro NaSPA Chapter will be on Wednesday, 5 > November 2008 in room 1219 at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, > New York City, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. We have an *outstanding* day > planned, with some of the best System z speakers in the industry. Sessions

Re: SVC Update Utility

SVCUPDTE in file 183 should do nicely I have used it before. http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/updates/CBT183.zip http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm http://www.cbttape.org *** *

Re: SVC Update Utility

> I need to install an SVC dynamically. Once upon a time Omegamon could do > that, but after the advent of SETPROG, that old support was dropped. > Unfortunately, while SETPROG can load the module into CSA, the only > mechanism for updating the in-storage SVC table is to write a program. Or > to bo

Re: SVC Update Utility

CBT web site shows this for #183: File # 183 Gilbert Saint-flour's collection (SHOWMVS File 492) NEW Did that replace SVCUPDTE? Also the description below mentions an 'IGX00nnn module' . This is a newfangled guy that has his own unique name. Any problem?

Re: Default class for JES2 SYSOUT

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/17/2008 at 10:36 AM, Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >That's surprising. No. SYSOUT= nullifies SYSOUT. The IGD101I message is what you should get. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/19/2008 at 12:07 PM, Scott Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I thought I remembered you could insert records... And elsewhere I thought that you could continue a line after an operator, without an explicit continuation character :-( They say that memory is the seco

Re: REXX error

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/17/2008 at 11:20 PM, Kenneth E Tomiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used. Not if that interpreter never gets called. >On my windows/XP system I need nothing on the first line. I'd be very surprised if you didn't need a co

Re: How to insert records using EXECIO

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Re: SVC Update Utility

Got this about 3 weeks ago from a SAS consultant who used to be a workmate: "Arrived just before 8AM. Began by testing a new SVC number of their test system. First the load library was APF authorized. Then performed a "SETPROG LPA,ADD,MODNAME=IGX00248,DSN=SAS.SAS913IT.TEMP" followed by

Loop in REXX

hi, how make a loop using the DO command in REXX? ex: Say ' enter wiith the year' pull year do until year (not numeric???) say ' invalid date, enter with the year' pull year end be right the command above? regards -

Re: Any equivalent of Strobe by IBM

TriTune from AQM http://www.aqm-solutions.com/tritune/ APA from IBM http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/apa/ z/XPF is new from Cole Software http://www.colesoft.com/pr080810.shtml Strobe from Compuware http://www.compuware.com/products/strobe/default.htm FreezeFrame from Macro4 http:

Favorite Way(s) for COBOL as HTTP Client?

I got a question asking for recommendations on how to write a COBOL application (on z/OS) to act as an HTTP client. That is, the COBOL program makes an outbound HTTP request, provides some input data, and receives some data back. The data format is arbitrary -- could be XML, could be just simple st

Re: SVC Update Utility

Alen said: >SVCNUMDEC=(109,248) which turned out to be the savior. Well, 109 is for Extended SVC services and 248 is the SVC number and the book sez "SVC 109 assumes the characteristics of a type 3 or 4 SVC." but I wonder what attributes SVC248 was assigned. I guess I'll try it tomorrow on the tes

Re: Loop in REXX

Try: SAY 'Enter year' PULL YEAR DO WHILE \DATATYPE(YEAR,'N') SAY 'Invalid date 'YEAR':' enter year, using only numeric digits' PULL YEAR END SAY 'Year is 'YEAR /* this line is just to verify ... */ Cheers, Chris Poncelet CA Claudio Marcio wrote: hi, how make a loop using the DO command

C03 abend when omitting CEE.SCEERUN from JCL

With all the posts, I don't know if anyone has actually posted the references for the full discussion on this topic in existing Migration Guides. If you previously used the OS/VS COBOL run-time library, please read: http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/igy3mg40/3.2.4 If you

New IBM Whitepaper : "Why to choose CICS Transaction Server for new IT projects"

*** Apologies for the duplicate - I have just been told that posting via Usenet does not reach the majority of subscribers - and so I am posting again using LISTSERV . I hope you find this document useful *** This is a newly published Whitepaper that I have just finished writing with the help of

Re: New IBM Whitepaper : "Why to choose CICS Transaction Server for new IT projects"

Some problem with the rendering of that link... try one of these: http://tinyurl.com/5p5z2m http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1083&uid=swg27013865 PS. The Project 'Mangers' spelling mistake should get fixed soon... doh..! ---

Re: Any equivalent of Strobe by IBM

In addition to IBM Application Performance Analyzer (my favorite) and the other ones already mentioned, here are a couple other possible options for completeness: SmartTune from Allen Systems Group: http://www.asg.com/products/product_details.asp?code=STZ StarTool IOO from Serena: http://www.sere

Re: Favorite Way(s) for COBOL as HTTP Client?

Hi Timothy, use the TCP/IP socket API to connect to port 80 or whatever the HTTP server listenen and send the HTTP request and receive the data back. In case of XML use the Cobol XML parser to extract the data. Roland >I got a question asking for recommendations on how to write a COBOL >appl