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2008-12-19 Thread Steven M Payne
I am out of the office until 01/02/2009. For emergenices please call my IBM follow-me number 404-487-1405. Thanks. Note: This is an automated response to your message "IBM-MAIN Digest - 17 Dec 2008 to 18 Dec 2008 (#2008-353)" sent on 12/18/08 22:00:03. This is the only notification you will r

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Rosalie Buck
-Original Message- From: Sam Golob Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity Hi Folks, I worked with Eileen Barkow at NYC DOITT (Data Center). Everything she says is absolutely true. You can't believe it wh

A matter of perspective

2008-12-19 Thread Chase, John
A "distributed" server "bogging down" caused a brief flurry of emails among the "firecall team". After the offending server was identified and re-booted, the following message came through: "I would like to add that XX is putting a monitoring rule in place on this server to check for CPU spik

Re: A matter of perspective

2008-12-19 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chase, John wrote: >"I would like to add that XX is putting a monitoring rule in place on this server to check for CPU spikes above 60%. If this happens, an email will be sent out so it can be addressed in a timely manner. " What is the duration of that 60% spike before that emails are se

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll > > Except that an UNPK would leave the field 0C, not C0, so this sounds > like an old programmers tale to me. No, UNPK "swaps" the nybbles of the rightmost byte. P'0' = X'0C'; UNPK makes it X'C0'.

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Peter Relson
We too stumbled over the data set name allowing hyphen when we tried to create a (new-ish, only 15 years ago) internal data set name validation routine. I don't recall how/when we re-discovered the validity of hyphen, but it certainly wasn't known to the masses. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology D

Re: A matter of perspective

2008-12-19 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Elardus Engelbrecht" wrote in message news:... > Chase, John wrote: > > >"I would like to add that XX is putting a monitoring rule in place on this > server to check for CPU spikes above 60%. If this happens, an email will be > sent out so it can be addressed in a timely manner. " > >

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread P S
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Sam Golob wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I worked with Eileen Barkow at NYC DOITT (Data Center). Everything she > says is absolutely true. You can't believe it when you're hired there. > Every piece of bureaucracy appears so ridiculous, and that's the way it > really

article: "no better platform"

2008-12-19 Thread Joel M Ivey
Article of interest: http://www.thestate.com/local/story/626090.html Joel University of South Carolina -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

AUTO: Edward Wu is out of the office.(Returning 2009-01-06) (returning 01/06/2009)

2008-12-19 Thread Edward Wu
I am out of the office until 01/06/2009. For Cathay/F.I.S/Myer/RACV/Bureau issues please contact Coco Liu/China/IBM or Bill Lu/China/IBM For DSB/CKWB issues please contact Jason Tao/China/IBM Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Note: This is an automated response to your message "AUTO: Steven M

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread W. Kevin Kelley
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:23:29 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >Good point. "Give me the problem, not the solution" probably applies here. >(and too often in general). People asking "how do I do xyz" instead of >describing what their real problem is to begin with. > Mark, You gave me just too good a

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Staller, Allan
Along those same lines, the TCPIP dependency on VTAM for startup should also be looked at. Mark, You gave me just too good an opening for me not to exploit it... :-) I happen to be working on a project to reduce start-up times on z/OS and one of the things I've been looking at is the degree

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Rob Scott
Top of my wishlist is TCP/IP availability ASAP after IPL Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 rsc...@rs.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of W. Kevin Kelley Sent: 19 December 200

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread John McKown
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:38:19 -0500, Rob Scott wrote: >Top of my wishlist is TCP/IP availability ASAP after IPL > > >Rob Scott Well, TCPIP is dependant on VTAM. The only way that I can think of to do this is to start NET with SUB=MSTR. This requires removing all SYSOUT= in the PROC. I know that p

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Good to hear from you again Sam. Of course NYC pays better than Nevada but they take it all away in taxes and housing costs. And the scenario for hiring that you mentioned is only for those nasty people who occupy a place in the official payroll that the politicians are always trying to cut. What

Re: A matter of perspective

2008-12-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:54:40 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: >> >> What is the duration of that 60% spike before that emails are sent >out? > >A spike has no duration. 1 sample above 60% probably already triggers >the 'panic-level'. ... > Nonsense. At any instantaneous sample, the CPU is eithe

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Bond, Richard
"extensive installation and maintenance experience" for $50G to $80G which means around $60G - wow, sounds like another Wal Mart. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of James Link [jl...@doit.nv.gov] Sent: Wednesday, Decem

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:51:33 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: >We too stumbled over the data set name allowing hyphen when we tried to >create a (new-ish, only 15 years ago) internal data set name validation >routine. I don't recall how/when we re-discovered the validity of hyphen, >but it certainly was

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Rob Scott
>So, what good does it do? I am currently working on a product to provide services across sysplex boundaries that uses IP as the comms provider - the earlier that TCPIP is up the earlier these system services will be available. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Time for me to crawl back into my cave and not make postings off the cuff, without thing thinking them through. === Wayne Driscoll Omegamon DB2 L3 Support/Development wdrisco(AT)us.ibm.com === "Chase, John

Re: CLIST/REXX Philosophy

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/19/2008 at 12:35 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >If you specify shorter LRECL, IRRRID00 changes it to 259. IRRRID00 also >verifies that the BLKSIZE is LRECL plus 4. Please tell me that you mean *at least* LRECL+4, or that you're joking! -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg

Attention: The IBM Electronic Services site has moved

2008-12-19 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Has anyone else gotten an email with the same subject that I quoted above? I got an email yesterday, and then I got the same email today. Is IBM really moving these links, or is someone scamming me? Eric -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Washington University St Louis, Missouri 314-935-341

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bond, Richard > > "extensive installation and maintenance experience" > > for $50G to $80G which means around $60G - wow, sounds like another Wal > Mart. Well, "installation" and "maintenance" per se aren't that diff

Re: Attention: The IBM Electronic Services site has moved

2008-12-19 Thread Lizette Koehler
Eric, to date, I have not received any emails with that title. Lizette > >Has anyone else gotten an email with the same subject that I quoted above? I >got an email yesterday, and then I got the same email today. Is IBM really >moving these links, or is someone scamming me? > >Eric ---

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/18/2008 at 04:46 PM, Wayne Driscoll said: >Except that an UNPK would leave the field 0C, not C0, so this sounds like > an old programmers tale to me. A CVD would leave the field terminating in 0C; an UNPK of the packed value would leave a field terminating in C0. -- Shmuel

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/18/2008 at 05:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: >Doesn't UNPK swap the nybbles of the last byte in the field? Yes. >Doesn't this thread belong on ASSEMBLER-LIST? No. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <447d1a7ef45bbd4182759ac6f766911301682...@doittmail04.doitt.nycnet>, on 12/19/2008 at 09:47 AM, "Barkow, Eileen" said: >And the scenario for hiring that you mentioned is only for those nasty >people who occupy a place in the official payroll that the politicians >are always trying to cut. W

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/18/2008 at 04:00 PM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" said: >The x'C0' in LPA SVC Names is due to the 8th character in the name being >a Packed Decimal Positive Number Zoned decimal, and it's a three-digit field. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
Peter Relson wrote: We too stumbled over the data set name allowing hyphen when we tried to create a (new-ish, only 15 years ago) internal data set name validation routine. I don't recall how/when we re-discovered the validity of hyphen, but it certainly wasn't known to the masses. Peter Relson

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Rowe
Yes, that should work, and that method requires the STP feature. >>> Hal Merritt 12/18/2008 5:00 PM >>> I thought I read that while z/os cannot get time as a NTP client, the z/10 box can with some NTP software on the HMC. That, in turn, sets the z/10 clocks and, I think, that percolates up to z/o

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
John McKown wrote: Well, TCPIP is dependant on VTAM. The only way that I can think of to do this is to start NET with SUB=MSTR. This requires removing all SYSOUT= in the PROC. I know that people have done this. You can do the same for the TCPIP and TN3270 procs as well. However, you are still dep

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
Wayne Driscoll wrote: Time for me to crawl back into my cave and not make postings off the cuff, without thing thinking them through. Especially, since you now represent IBM. :-D -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-3

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Rob Scott
Ed You are not alone :-) I wonder how many people said "really?" and then tried to allocate "userid.FOO-BAR" in ISPF 3.2 Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 rsc...@rs.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m..

icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread David Lover
getting a rc 16 jcl below: PKSC9.TSS.JCL(MDLSEC1) //REPORT EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //RACFDATA DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IFXZDL.RACF.UNLOAD //TEMP0001 DD DISP=(NEW,DELETE,DELETE),SPACE=(0,(200,100)) //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Well, TCPIP is dependant on VTAM. The only way that I can think of to do this >is to start NET with SUB=MSTR. This requires removing all SYSOUT= in the PROC. >I know that people have done this. You can do the same for the TCPIP and >TN3270 procs as well. However, you are still dependent on JES2

Re: icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread Lizette Koehler
Could you provide the ICE messages you got? Lizette > >getting a rc 16 > > >jcl below: >PKSC9.TSS.JCL(MDLSEC1) >//REPORT EXEC PGM=ICETOOL >//RACFDATA DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IFXZDL.RACF.UNLOAD >//TEMP0001 DD DISP=(NEW,DELETE,DELETE),S

Re: icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread Tony B.
I can, even without looking at the output. Had you posted the output you would have seen it as well, thus saving you having to post... mobius loop? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Lover Sent: Friday, Decembe

Re: icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread Steve Comstock
David Lover wrote: getting a rc 16 jcl below: PKSC9.TSS.JCL(MDLSEC1) //REPORT EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //RACFDATA DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IFXZDL.RACF.UNLOAD //TEMP0001 DD DISP=(NEW,DELETE,DELETE),SPACE=(0,(200,100)) //TOOLMSG DD

Re: icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread Frank Yaeger
David Lover wrote on 12/19/2008 08:03:15 AM: > getting a rc 16 > > > jcl below: >... > //RACFCNTL DD * > SORT FIELDS=(10,8,CH,A) > INCLUDE COND=(5,4,CH,EQ,C'0400',AND,62,3,CH,EQ,C'YES') > OPTION VLSHRT > /* > > I just can't see the error off hand. It appears that OPTION VLSHRT starts in column

Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Ford
I did too for about 5 yrs, before they merged with the BOE, I di Sam, I did too for about 5 yrs, before they merged with the BOE, I did the network work for the Board of Education...a lot of paperwork and craziness...but part of the job   Scott J Ford   From

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:10:15, Roy Hewitt wrote: >it's still STP that you need... why not have a look at the redbook. > >Server Time Protocol Implementation Guide, SG24-7281-01 (latest draft) [...] >The NTP ability of STP (via the SE) is a version 2 (or is it v3?? ) enhancment to STP.. but bottom

Re: A matter of perspective

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Ford
Furthermore, is this really a problem.   Scott J Ford   From: Paul Gilmartin To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 9:58:26 AM Subject: Re: A matter of perspective On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:54:40 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: >> >>

Re: CLIST/REXX Philosophy

2008-12-19 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >Please tell me that you mean *at least* LRECL+4, or that you're joking! No, seriously. I'm quoting directly from this: "z/OS Security Server RACF, Security Administrator's Guide" Document Number SA22-7683-08 Paragraph: IRRRID00 Job Control Statements OUTDD DD

SV: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Thomas Berg
I discovered that >25 years ago. I feel very old... Regards, Thomas Berg __ Thomas Berg Specialist IT-U SWEDBANK > -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] För Peter Relson > Skick

Re: icetool error

2008-12-19 Thread Tony B.
I'm proud of that boy Yaeger, I trained him well.;-D -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Yaeger Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: icetool error David Lover wrote on 1

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Rowe
Who is going to dial-out if not STP? >>> Arthur Gutowski 12/19/2008 11:47 AM >>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:10:15, Roy Hewitt wrote: >it's still STP that you need... why not have a look at the redbook. > >Server Time Protocol Implementation Guide, SG24-7281-01 (latest draft) [...] >The NTP ability

Re: CLIST/REXX Philosophy

2008-12-19 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>>>Please tell me that you mean *at least* LRECL+4, or that you're joking! I don't understand the 'joke'. It DOES say 'at least'. >When IRRRID00 opens the OUTDD data set, it verifies that the block size of the >data set is at least 4 greater than the LRECL. - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
Arthur Gutowski wrote: If I read correctly, the OP later clarified he currently has no sysplex timer - single CEC, multiple LPARs - i.e., all monoplex. If that is true, then I read nothing in STP Implementation that states SIMETRID with an external dial-out to the atomic clock in the sky won't

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Roy Hewitt
Art, Arthur Gutowski wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:10:15, Roy Hewitt wrote: it's still STP that you need... why not have a look at the redbook. Server Time Protocol Implementation Guide, SG24-7281-01 (latest draft) [...] The NTP ability of STP (via the SE) is a version 2 (or is it v3?? ) e

EKM and Selecting Tape Drives for Encryption

2008-12-19 Thread Lizette Koehler
Thanks to several people onlist and off, I have finally gotten my EKM Server running on my LPARs. What I have run into is that the software does not seem to select any tape drives. I have drive.acceptUnknownDrives = True coded I have ensured the tape drives, controller and Specialist all

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Roy Hewitt
Edward Jaffe wrote: Arthur Gutowski wrote: If I read correctly, the OP later clarified he currently has no sysplex timer - single CEC, multiple LPARs - i.e., all monoplex. If that is true, then I read nothing in STP Implementation that states SIMETRID with an external dial-out to the atomic c

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Rowe
Exactly. STP is the only function that I know of (other than the old Sysplex Timer) that can keep the clock accurate. We are currently using it with two CECs, but we will be getting rid of one CEC in the near future. I can't see any way that I can keep my clock accurate without STP. PORs are

Re: CLIST/REXX Philosophy

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <177863805-1229705705-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-21011063...@bxe348.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>, on 12/19/2008 at 04:55 PM, Ted MacNEIL said: >It DOES say 'at least'. The manual does; his message did not. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; s

Re: CLIST/REXX Philosophy

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/19/2008 at 10:49 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >No, seriously. I'm quoting directly from this: That doesn't match what you wrote. "BLKSIZE is LRECL plus 4" is quite different from "block size of the data set is at least 4 greater than the LRECL." In fact, they used the same phrase

PCI workshop

2008-12-19 Thread Staller, Allan
For those that missed it, Gwen Dente will be giving her free Workshop: PCI How z/OS Comm Server can help. Having attended, I can highly recommend this workshop. About ¼ is the Payment Card Industry standard itself, and the remainder are the technical pieces of z/OS and Comm. Server that appl

Re: EKM and Selecting Tape Drives for Encryption

2008-12-19 Thread Mark Jacobs
The drives get added to the list as soon as allocation selects one, a tape gets mounted and opened. Once you successfully encrypt a tape you should see that drive in the table. Mark Jacobs -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Lizette Koehler Sent: Fri 12/

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- I am told this is an institutionalized mistake: a developer of yore did an UNPK and neglected to clear the sign nybble. IBM elected never to add the NI which would have fixed it. My surmise is that this cost far more code elsew

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Rick Fochtman
- Except that an UNPK would leave the field 0C, not C0, so this sounds like an old programmers tale to me. No. UNPK DSNAME(7),=PL4'0' (X'000C') Would leave DSNAME = X'F0F

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Rick Fochtman
I believe there's a program named NETINIT on the CBT site that will do exactly what you want, Rob. It runs as a started task and will issue commands based on the availability of particular VTAM ACB's. If you don't find it on the CBTTAPE site, I have a copy you can have, with JCL and a sample co

Re: Attention: The IBM Electronic Services site has moved

2008-12-19 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- Has anyone else gotten an email with the same subject that I quoted above? I got an email yesterday, and then I got the same email today. Is IBM really moving these links, or is someone scamming me?

Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)

2008-12-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:21:06 -0600, Rick Fochtman wrote: >--- >I am told this is an institutionalized mistake: a developer of yore did >an UNPK and neglected to clear the sign nybble. IBM elected never to add >the NI which would have

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Roy Hewitt wrote: Last time we discussed this..(check the archives it comes up quite regularly..) I wondered whether the TOD clock Steering Facility (aka instruction PTFF) is only *fully* valid on machines with STP, (I know you can call the query request form of PTFF without STP as I tried on

Re: A Smile for the Week

2008-12-19 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>4) "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!" No programmer should comment code! It was hard to write -- it should be hard to read! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

A Smile for the Week

2008-12-19 Thread Lionel B Dyck
Received this and thought it worth sharing - may it bring a smile to you this holiday season and may no one see themselves in this (if so I apologize in advance) Top 12 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer 12) "Specifications are for the weak and timid!" 11) "This mach

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Roy Hewitt
Richard Peurifoy wrote: Roy Hewitt wrote: Last time we discussed this..(check the archives it comes up quite regularly..) I wondered whether the TOD clock Steering Facility (aka instruction PTFF) is only *fully* valid on machines with STP, (I know you can call the query request form of PTFF w

Re: How to delay until JES2 has finished startup

2008-12-19 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:36:57 -0600, Rick Fochtman wrote: >I believe there's a program named NETINIT on the CBT site that will do >exactly what you want, Rob. It runs as a started task and will issue >commands based on the availability of particular VTAM ACB's. If you >don't find it on the CBTTAPE

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <494bdb47.6060...@phoenixsoftware.com>, on 12/19/2008 at 09:35 AM, Edward Jaffe said: >Every day, our new HMC gets time from NIST or other atomic clock source >via the Internet. When we POR, the SE takes the time from the HMC. So, >we're in sync at POR time. But then what? Is there someth

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/19/2008 at 10:47 AM, Arthur Gutowski said: >As an NTP Server, I get why STP is a prerequisite, *but* if the z10 (z9) >is a client, is STP FC 1021 still required to receive the timing signal >from an NTP server versus a dial-out, and WHY? Clock steering. -- Shmuel (Seymour

Ported Tools: HTTP V7 and ShopzSeries

2008-12-19 Thread Skip Robinson
A colleague asked me to order the just-announced Ported Tools: HTTP Server V7. I went to ShopzSeries and ordered Ported Tools 1.1.4, but the order does not seem to contain HTTP V7. As near as I can figure from poking around ibm.com, I need FMID HHAP700. My new order came only with HOS1110, which ha

Re: Ported Tools: HTTP V7 and ShopzSeries

2008-12-19 Thread Mark Jacobs
I ordered it and downloaded it a couple of weeks ago. Mark Jacobs -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Skip Robinson Sent: Fri 12/19/2008 5:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Ported Tools: HTTP V7 and ShopzSeries A colleague asked me to order the jus

Re: EKM and Selecting Tape Drives for Encryption

2008-12-19 Thread Jousma, David
Lizette, You have to have the tape encryption feature installed on your tape drives if you don’t already. I suspect that you need to set the IP address of EKM in the specialist. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Se

Marilyn Allmond/Gaithersburg/IBM is on vacation.

2008-12-19 Thread Marilyn Allmond
I will be out of the office starting 12/18/2008 and will not return until 01/02/2009. I am out on vacation returning after New Year's. Please search ATS Techdocs website for information related to crypto FIRST - www.ibm.com/support/techdocs Use keyword search of "crypto" before requesting fur

3270 screen size with Attachmate Extra!

2008-12-19 Thread Bill George
Does anyone know if it is possible with Attachmate's Extra! (I have version 6.71) to modify the screen size to something other than the standard models (2,3,4,5)? I was able to do this with PComm and Vista and change to 60X162 but now I am stuck with Extra!. Thanks for any (Hopeful) insights.

Re: Ported Tools: HTTP V7 and ShopzSeries

2008-12-19 Thread Skip Robinson
OK, I sharpened the shovel and dug back in. This time I found it under 'Security and System Management', not listed together with other instances of Ported Tools. However, my no-charge order is now marooned at the Order Center while awaiting an 'independent license' for my otherwise robust and full

Performance Question for your collective consideration

2008-12-19 Thread Peter Duffy
Hi, all, Long time no post. I've been reading along again for a while in my current gig but haven't felt the need to post. New project has us getting some z10 machines and I have a question for you all. Feel free to post directly to me or reply here if you want. I fully expect it to end up as

Re: Performance Question for your collective consideration

2008-12-19 Thread Gerhard Adam
> > If you had two machines, equal MIPS z10 BC boxes, would you want the box > with 5 CPUs or the one with 3 CPUs? Memory, etc all equal. > Well therein lies your problem. They are NOT equal machines and the reason why this comparison is incorrect is because you're using that nonsense metric

Re: 3270 screen size with Attachmate Extra!

2008-12-19 Thread P S
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Bill George wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible with Attachmate's Extra! (I have version > 6.71) to modify the screen size to something other than the standard models > (2,3,4,5)? I was able to do this with PComm and Vista and change to 60X162 > but now I

Re: EKM and Selecting Tape Drives for Encryption

2008-12-19 Thread Lizette Koehler
Everything according to the CE is correct. I have used our web interface to the specialist to set the IP and the Drives as encryption. The CE has updated the Microcode, controller and set the drives from emulation to E05. Just a matter of trying to see what it takes to get these drives noticed

AUTO: Alan Brown is out of the office on vacation. (returning 01/05/2009)

2008-12-19 Thread Alan Brown
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Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2008-12-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:47:28 -0600, Arthur Gutowski wrote: > >As an NTP Server, I get why STP is a prerequisite, *but* if the z10 (z9) is a >client, is STP FC 1021 still required to receive the timing signal from an NTP >server versus a dial-out, and WHY? > I believe STP is not a prerequisite for a