Hello,
Anyone with experience of re-using "old" tapes?
Can we reuse physical 3590 Cartridges (High-Performance Model-B11) that have
been stored for ca. 6 Years in Computer Room condition?
Our (non-IBM) Engineer claims:
"Old tapes that have been left in storage can damage the Drive heads in our
Richman, Saul pisze:
Hello,
Anyone with experience of re-using "old" tapes?
Can we reuse physical 3590 Cartridges (High-Performance Model-B11) that have
been stored for ca. 6 Years in Computer Room condition?
Our (non-IBM) Engineer claims:
"Old tapes that have been left in storage can damage
Chase, John pisze:
[...]
Similar functionality might be handy in ADRDSSU wrt migrated datasets to
be deleted:
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU[,parms]
//OUTDD DD DUMMY
//
//SYSIN DD *
DUMP DS(. . .) -
PURGE -
. . .
I.e., if function = logical DUMP with PURGE, *AND* the output is DU
Any products to protect MVS software from cracking and reverse engineering?
In these days I study about reverse engineering and cracking in PC and
protection of your product from bad actions in your code.
This area is very inters thing to learn.
Tools like Ollydbg, IDA pro make the code in PC tot
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:31:21 -0700 shai hess wrote:
:>Any products to protect MVS software from cracking and reverse engineering?
Not really.
If one wanted to, one could stop the machine and do a standalone dump. That
provides all storage in a way where it can be examined at leisure.
You can tr
The complicating factor, in terms of "prior behavior", involves in some way
a multi-step job and/or the REFDD JCL statement and, as mentioned, someone
superseding the system's IEFBR14..
I believe the intent is to enable this support via a parmlib option.
Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design
READY
SHOWZOS PUTLINE
GSF Utilities - SHOWzOS R7132009-06-05
11.18
SHOWMVS is running authorized
>Operating System:
z/OS 01.09.00 FMID: HBB7740CVTOSLVL: FF FF FF BF EF 70 00 00
DFSMS 1.9.0 Feature : FF 6F 77 7F A0 30
I don't k
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>
> IDCAMS would be another one. (That was my reaction when I first heard
of
> this.) But note both of these are MUCH harder because that would
require
> reading of SYSIN - perhaps from data sets.
They (
Hi Ken,
I'm the "owner"
Please download version 7.18 from www.cbttape.org
(http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm) FILE#492
Roland
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>READY
>
>SHOWZOS PUTLINE
>
>GSF Utilities - SHOWzOS R7132009-06-05
>11.18
>SHOWMVS is running authorized
>
>>Operating System:
>
>
Thanks, Roland.
And it even runs as a batch job!! So cool.
But under tso it still gets a soc4 and a soc7 in ispfinit. Do you want
to see any dump information?
Ken Klein
Sr. Systems Programmer
kenneth.kl...@kyfb.com
502-495-5000 x7011
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In the HTML version I didn't see any timeline for removing MVS from the
computer science curriculum. Or have they already done that? Looks as if Bob
Rannie and Mike Stack took their NIU retirement just in time.
Bill Fairchild
Software Developer
Rocket Software
Tel: +1.617.614.4503 * Mobile
It's true that IEFBR14 will now get special treatment for the purposes of
batch allocation. I don't know if I would call that a "reserved word."
We thought about the steplib case. If a programmer writes his own
IEFBR14, he can expect the system to behave as if it were the "real"
IEFBR14 shipp
I for one look forward to jobs which now take hours taking just a few minutes
once we get to 1.11.
Dave O'Brien
NIH Contractor
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steven
B Jones [...@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2
Here's a link to the manual:
http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/dgt1u104/5.0?
SHELF=&DT=19990113105507
If your INCLUDE statement is the first statement before any steps of the job
it won't pick it up. In that case, I added the following before the INCLUDE,
and it picked up t
Not true. I have many working examples of "include" statements that precede
steps. The functionality depends on what the "include" contains.
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:24:19 -0400, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote:
>I for one look forward to jobs which now take hours taking just a few minutes
>once we get to 1.11.
>
Hours?
I'm surprised that while you were waiting hours for one of those
jobs to complete you didn't take the opportunit
Gil,
No, those are user jobs. And no amount of prodding on my part will get an apps
owner to change anything that returns rc=0.
Dave O'Brien
NIH Contractor
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Gilmartin [paulgboul.
On Monday 08 June 2009 16:20, Steven B Jones wrote:
> It's true that IEFBR14 will now get special treatment for the purposes of
> batch allocation. I don't know if I would call that a "reserved word."
>
> We thought about the steplib case. If a programmer writes his own
> IEFBR14, he can expect
Hi:
We are migrating to z/OS v1.9 and have gone from SDSF at HQX7720 to SDSF at
HQX7740.
Something has happened to the list of jobs that are viewable in the Held and
Output queues under SDSF. Some jobs will not appear in either list (on z/OS
v1.9 - SDSF at HQX7740) but will appear in the li
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:52:54 +0200, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote:
>
>That reminds me of something I saw in the early 1980s, i.e. a home-written
>utility called IEFBR14 which was designed to run in batch jobs to clean up
>certain files, but I'm not sure what it really was doing. I also remember a
I co
I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track down
what this means and how to fix it?
Thanks!
Don Johnson
CA
Sr. Support Engineer
Email donald.john...@ca.com
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Johnson Jr., Donald E wrote:
> I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
> down what this means and how to fix it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Don Johnson
> CA
> Sr. Support Engineer
> Email donald.john...@ca.com
>
> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the
In a message dated 6/8/2009 11:11:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
donald.johnso...@ca.com writes:
I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
down what this means and how to fix it?
>>
>From Systems Codes:
Explanation: The system detected an error while pro
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:10:10 -0400, Johnson Jr., Donald E
wrote:
>I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
down what this means and how to fix it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Don Johnson
>CA
>Sr. Support Engineer
>Email donald.john...@ca.com
>
It is documented in the MVS Sys
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:10:10 -0400 "Johnson Jr., Donald E"
wrote:
:>I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
down what this means and how to fix it?
Most Fxx abends mean that you issued an undefined SVC, in your case D6 = 221
which, if I recall correctly, is the
In QuickRef, do Categories, then System Abend Codes. Select any of the
system abend codes Fxx:
Fnn
Explanation: The system detected an error while processing a Supervisor
Call (SVC) instruction. The last 2 digits of this completion code, nn, are
the operand of the SVC instruction in hexadecima
Look in the MVS System Codes document.
Fnn are issued for errors detected in SVC nn (nn = X'D6' = 214)
So you have an error from SVC 214. SVCs > 199 are typically USER SVCS.
Figure out who provided this SVC and contact them for support.
Alan
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Gil,
I know that you're not in charge of the systems, but have you looked at the
DFSMShsm patch that converts interactive recalls to no wait?
PATCH .MCVT.+52 BITS(..1.) /* ALTER TAPE RECALLS TO NOT WAIT */
According to the diagnosis manual,
When set to 1, intercept driven tape reca
Look in MVS System Codes under Fnn. It usually indicates an invalid SVC
instruction (X'D6' = 214 dec). Probably there is no SVC table entry that
corresponds to USER SVC 214.
===
Wayne Driscoll
OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development
wdrisco(AT)us.ibm.com
Thanks everyone for your help. This is truly a great group for responding so
quickly! I also know now where to find this sort of error, as there were no
other messages to point me to the SVC error.
Thanks once again!
Don Johnson
CA
Sr. Support Engineer
Email donald.john...@ca.com
This e-mail
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:10:10 -0400 "Johnson Jr., Donald E"
wrote:
:>I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
down what this means and how to fix it?
Most Fxx abends mean that you issued an undefined SVC, in your case D6 = 214.
Figure out what the program expects
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:22:41 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:10:10 -0400, Johnson Jr., Donald E
> wrote:
>
>>I have tried Google and Quick-Ref, and come up empty here. How can I track
>down what this means and how to fix it?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Don Johnson
>>CA
>>Sr. Support Enginee
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:23:51 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
>
>Most Fxx abends mean that you issued an undefined SVC, in your case D6 = 221
>which, if I recall correctly, is the acf2 default SVC number.
>
In case majority rules, I'm voting for 214.
-- gil
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Hi:
We are migrating to z/OS v1.9 and have gone from SDSF at HQX7720 to SDSF at HQX7740.
Something has happened to the list of jobs that are viewable in the Held and Output queues under SDSF. Some jobs will not appear in either list (on z/OS v1.9 - SDSF at HQX7740) but will
Radislaw:
Thanks for the reply.
I read the referenced web-page and don't quite understand the
relevance.
Is this implying that the absence of a POS value will prevent a job
from appearing in the Held or Output displays? That's what I'm getting.
If that's so, then what do I need to do to f
I wanted to make my futile objection to the end of the tn3270 access,
but feedback in not 3270 anymore and:
https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/feedback/feedbackPage.jsp?lc=en&cc=US
The website cannot display the page
HTTP 500
Most likely causes:
* The website is under main
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Subject: Broken link on web ibmlink
I wanted to make my futile objection to the end of the tn3270 access,
but feedbac
.. and the winner is: Steve Conway!
I'm surprised that this August bunch of Sysprogs couldn't handle the Hex ->
decimal conversion ;-)
>>> Steven Conway 6/8/2009 12:24 PM >>>
In QuickRef, do Categories, then System Abend Codes. Select any of the
system abend codes Fxx:
Fnn
Explanation: Th
Scott says I won - do I get a prize?
Steve Conway
Lead Systems Programmer
Information Systems & Services Division
Computer & Network Operations
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Yah, that was fun. Unfortunately, Ibmlink 3270 seems broken today
also, at least AST and XREF from SIS.
Dave Gibney
Information Technology Services
Washington State University
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CSECTs are restricted to 16MB only if you generate traditional OBJ
object files, because its length and address fields are 3 bytes long.
As Peter said, the total length in a single assembly will be less
than 16M.
*BUT* if you specify the NOTHREAD option you can have as many very
larget CSECTs as y
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> Yah, that was fun. Unfortunately, Ibmlink 3270 seems bro
I thought it was an amazing coincidence that so many hex calculators ran
out of batter power at the same time. I guess I'll cancel the order to
buy stock in Duracell.
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From: Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:39 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
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They were probably using the Windoze Calculator on an Intel Based
Pentium PC.
You know how accurate those CPUs are...
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Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:52 PM
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Thanks for the reply. Catsynch does exactly the OPPOSITE of what I need.
See Below.
What I am trying to do is update the UCAT from RMM. When the RMM CDS entry
has status YES, I want to create a UCAT entry.
Looks like I will have to continue to do this manually, read the CDS,
check the UCAT, c
There is a product from Mainstar that can audit the catalog(s) tape entries
against Removable Media Manager (RMM) database and build the necessary entries
for you.
I enclose a link https://www.mainstar.com/products/hsmt/fa390ste/
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IBM bought them all up. I just installed Tivoli advanced catalog
management, advanced auditing and advanced reporting. Looks pretty
slick. It will generate jcl for you to run to fix problems with
mismatches and missing components in your bcds, mcds, and ocds.
Ken Klein
Sr. Systems Programmer
ke
In a message dated 6/8/2009 1:52:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
barry.a.schw...@boeing.com writes:
out of batter power at the same time. I guess I'll cancel the order to
buy stock in Duracell.
>>
My FX451 still ticking after all these years. Think the only thing that's
failed is the x'e'
ILBOWAT0 should not be used under CICS (but unfortunately will work - if LE
is in the LPA). HOWEVER, CEE3DLY is available. See:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CEEA3190/2.2.5.5.
1
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Can anyone tell me why I am getting an old (dated 3/2/2006) version of
SHOWZOS when I download file #492 from cbttape.org? How do I get 7.18?
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Ah. . . I just knew I wasn't going completely nuts. Thanks so much for the
prompt assistance.
Marty
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Hi,
Ignoring the ³It¹s not supported² issues
I have a problem with zOS 1.7 and TCPIP..
I need to re-build the image from a backup of our ADCD system on our z890 to
perform a set of tests for a customer.
I am having an issue configuring TCPIP and was looking for some words of
wisdom. Our IP
Looking at output from DFRMM CATSYNCH VERIFY I have found the following
1) EDG2233E DFSMSrmm CDS CATALOG STATUS NO FOR DATA.SET.NAME VOLUME 008662
FILE 1 CONFLICTS WITH CATALOG STATUS YES
In "most" of these cases I just need to change the catalog status value.
However, In the CHANGEVOLUME comm
Mark,
Here's a subsection of my 1.7 TCPIP.PROFILE.TCPIP with your addresses plugged
into it. I am not using OMPROUTE and I would guess you don't need it either.
I am also assuming you have 1 OSA adapter that you're using for this.
DEVICE GIGADEV1 MPCIPA
LINK
Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote:
> I also remember a special version of such a utility that was called IEFBR15.
My version of IEFBR15 just looped.
:)
Cheers,
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>My version of IEFBR15 just looped.
Some shops used it as a low priority soaker to ensure capture ratios.
I always thought of it as a waste of effort.
Not CPU, because it only used cycles nobody else needed.
Of course, with today's 4HRA it would become a cost item.
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Too busy driving to stop for
Hi Ken,
yes please email me PSW and REGS offline after you upgrade to version 7.18.
Roland
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At 11:24 -0500 on 06/08/2009, Field, Alan C. wrote about Re: What is
System Completion Code FD6?:
Look in the MVS System Codes document.
Fnn are issued for errors detected in SVC nn (nn = X'D6' = 214)
So you have an error from SVC 214. SVCs > 199 are typically USER SVCS.
Figure out who provi
At 10:24 -0400 on 06/08/2009, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote
about Re: IEFBR14 (was: EXEC Above the Bar):
I for one look forward to jobs which now take hours taking just a
few minutes once we get to 1.11.
Dave O'Brien
NIH Contractor
Of course the delay is due to a programmer error wi
> I do not think there was a sorter for the 96 column family - I never
> saw anything like that in the directories, let alone real life. As far
> as I know, there was the MFCU and a standalone keypunch, and nothing
> else.
Sorry to open up this thread again, but I just learned that the
offline 96
>Of course the delay is due to a programmer error with the JCL
... which is a result of the fact that the operating system
doesn't offer a way to "delete, if present, then allocate new" in
one step, something like DISP=(RENEW,CATLG). This would have
avoided many of the unconditional IEFBR14s
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 08:27, Hunkeler Peter , KIUP 4 wrote:
>>Of course the delay is due to a programmer error with the JCL
>
> ... which is a result of the fact that the operating system
> doesn't offer a way to "delete, if present, then allocate new" in
> one step, something like DISP=(R
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