Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
The machine capacities vary. The Multiprise 2000 (2003-xxx) was available in several different capacities, ranging from roughly 3 to just shy of 170 MIPS. The Model 116 (2003-116) specifically is approximately 38 MIPS and exactly 6 MSUs (and Group 38). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting

Re: IBM COD

2009-06-30 Thread Jacky Hofbauer
Timothy, thanks for this update. I don't understand how WLC increases for z/OS and IMS by one MSU and not for CICS. Maybe, you consider CICS is running on one other Lpar which an equal z/OS consumption? To resume, I think new OOCoD records for z10 are very attractive because you can fix your

Re: Question if COND code / IF THEN struct

2009-06-30 Thread Paul Ip
It works! Thanks for your example... It seems to me that IF (STEP0001.PRCSTEP3.RC = 0) (STEP0002.PRCSTEP3.RC = 0) THEN before STEP0003 is simply the same as IF STEP0002.PRCSTEP3.RC = 0 THEN So in case I need to execute the PROC1 many times, say STEP EXEC PROC1, all I need to do is to use

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:32:07 +0900, Timothy Sipples e99...@jp.ibm.com wrote: OS/390 V1 is licensed software, and it is licensed to a specific machine. If the original poster wants to move OS/390 to another machine, he must seek IBM's permission. Permission will likely be granted for IBM,

SHARK withdrawal(2105)

2009-06-30 Thread Ed Finnell
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OA29560

2009-06-30 Thread Casey Rhodes
Just wanted everyone to be aware. This is a open apar. We have 20 plus images running on 1.10 but last weekend when attempting to move 1 additonal we hit this problem. We had to back down to 1.9 after multiple attempts to IPL we still had a volume we were not able to access. All attempts to

Re: Overriding PARM from the START JOB command

2009-06-30 Thread Barkow, Eileen
the program we use reads a job stream from a pds and substitutes parameters before submitting the job to the internal reader. It is executed via a proc named 'JOB' - something like S JOB,J=PDSMEMB,P='PRM1=ABC, PRM2=123' where the jobstream in PDSMEMB would contain the statement //*%

spam

2009-06-30 Thread Shane
Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?. Just wondering if my address was harvested from here. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: OA29560

2009-06-30 Thread Staller, Allan
Can you provide a little more information about the components and symptoms? snip Just wanted everyone to be aware. This is a open apar. We have 20 plus images running on 1.10 but last weekend when attempting to move 1 additonal we hit this problem. We had to back down to 1.9 after multiple

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 06:07 -0500, Roger Bowler wrote: Thanks, Timothy. That's about the clearest statement I've seen so far from IBM. May we take this as official IBM policy? I guess your statement must be based upon some sort of official documents or other information that you have access

Re: Control HSM Pri/SEC migration from batch job

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Wickman
We just use our scheduler to rung batch jobs that issue the hold/release commands and to set max tape task depending on the other batch job schedule/needs. Initial time settings are set in a very wide range. Mike Wickman -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: OA29560

2009-06-30 Thread Roach, Dennis (N-GHG)
See https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/sis/viewAparDoc.wss?context=aparAndUsage documentIds=OA29560searchWords=OA29560libraryType=Dlc=encc=US Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Facilities Design and Operations Contract NASA/JSC Address: 2100 Space Park Drive

Running TSO TMP as a started task.

2009-06-30 Thread Neal Eckhardt
I have a REXX exec that writes tapes (using TSO ALLOCATE) that I want to run as a started task. The STC has an ACID associated with it (Top Secret obviously), and the ACID has an entry in UADS to get MOUNT authority. No matter what I do, I still get the message: IKJ56644I NO VALID TSO USERID,

Re: spam

2009-06-30 Thread Steve Comstock
Shane wrote: Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?. Just wondering if my address was harvested from here. Shane ... I got one, but I'm on several lists, so it's hard to tell where it came from. Anyway, 'Delete' works fast. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc.

Re: OA29560

2009-06-30 Thread Casey Rhodes
Al, This is PAV code and it causes access to the volume to abend. The APAR has the basics documented but IBM is still researching the cause. We have an open ETR and have asked IBM if a PE PTF is causing the issue and if a work around is available if this occurs? I will let you know what we

Re: spam

2009-06-30 Thread A L Hughes
Shane, been getting this c r a p for a couple of weeks now. They generally used to harvest Hotmail addresses. So they've now advanced to more sophisticated ways. As Steve The Trainer said, Delete works well. Personally, I find if I intersperse some Welsh into it, it works even better! Aled

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-30 Thread Klein, Kenneth
I have something like this: # pwd /Service # du . 16 ./RESZS1/etc 16 ./RESZS1/jv390

Re: SMPE usermod sample

2009-06-30 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
Perhaps Kurt Quackenbush (or someone else) would have a better way or more proper way to do it, but I think this should work: ++USERMOD (UMISPMZ) . ++VER (Z038) FMID(HIF5H02) . ++EXEC(ISRONLY) DISTLIB(AISPEXEC) ALIAS(ONLY)

Re: ICSF Question

2009-06-30 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
Salah, There is no archive function in ICSF. The keys stored in the CKDS (and PKDS) as well, are stored based upon the name you've given the key. If you've created your key with let's say the name FRED, and you replace that key, the old key is gone - forever. If you need to save multiple

Re: Running TSO TMP as a started task.

2009-06-30 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:41:59 -0400, Neal Eckhardt neckha...@penntraffic.com wrote: I have a REXX exec that writes tapes (using TSO ALLOCATE) that I want to run as a started task. The STC has an ACID associated with it (Top Secret obviously), and the ACID has an entry in UADS to get MOUNT

IPCS and multiple CICS address spaces

2009-06-30 Thread Don Moore
I feel kind of foolish having to ask this, but how can I get IPCS to run the following commands and generate trace data from whichever of the regions are present in the multi-address dump? I'm running in batch mode because the SDSF screens are not tailored with the CICS environment settings.

Re: IPCS and multiple CICS address spaces

2009-06-30 Thread esst...@juno.com
Don It looks like you have an MRO Configuration. So When the dumpas taken were all the CICS Regions dumped together as a unit (at the same time) ? Click to learn about options trading and get the latest information.

Re: spam

2009-06-30 Thread Rick Fochtman
Shane wrote: Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?. Just wondering if my address was harvested from here. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: spam

2009-06-30 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
I didn't get it. MA On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: Shane wrote: Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?. Just wondering if my address was harvested from here. Shane ... -- For

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-30 Thread Klein, Kenneth
What still confuses me about the way these jobs were set up to apply maintenance to z/os is that the bpxprm__ uses the sysr1 symbol as the second level qualifier of the omvs.root/etc/var/java*/sigyroot/scsdroot files so if I clone to reszs3 I still have to apply my maintenance from say reszs1 to

RES: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-30 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
Hi, You can change it in SMPE : SET BDY(YourTarget) . ZEDIT DDDEF . CHANGE PATH('/RESZS1/'*, '/RESZS3'*) . ENDZEDIT . Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do

BPXWDYN and the Internal Reader (INTRDR)

2009-06-30 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi Folks, I am in need of some direction from this august body. As a bit of fun I am trying to mimic the TSO SUBMIT command available in REXX, by using BPXWDYN in a COBOL program to dynamically allocate an FTINCL output file and write it to the internal reader. The first BPXWDYN to allocate the

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I assume you mean Phil Payne. Does anyone know what happened to him? I assume from some of his last posts that he was getting out of mainframes. I always enjoyed Phil's wit and aserbic comments. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original

Phil Payne (was OS/390)

2009-06-30 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi Eric, I see Phil regularly. He no longer operates in the mainframe arena. I believe it was something to do with money or more precisely the lack of it. He still fixes Audi's which keeps him reasonably busy, but on the IT front he specialises in optimizing WEB sites, and is one of a small

Re: BPXWDYN and the Internal Reader (INTRDR)

2009-06-30 Thread Elliot, David
Would a SYSOUT status keyword do the job? ALLOC FI(JOBOUT) SYSOUT(x) WRITER(INTRDR) MSG(2 Just a guess. David Elliot zSeries Software Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Terry Sambrooks Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Re: BPXWDYN and the Internal Reader (INTRDR)

2009-06-30 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:42:23 -0500, Elliot, David wrote: Would a SYSOUT status keyword do the job? ALLOC FI(JOBOUT) SYSOUT(x) WRITER(INTRDR) MSG(2 Indeed. Absent SYSOUT, I get: u...@mvs:134$ rexx say bpxwdyn( 'ALLOC FI(JOBOUT) WRITER(INTRDR) MSG(WTP) reuse' ) 12.54.00 STC07716 IKJ56877I

Re: BPXWDYN and the Internal Reader (INTRDR)

2009-06-30 Thread Steve Comstock
Terry Sambrooks wrote: Hi Folks, I am in need of some direction from this august body. As a bit of fun I am trying to mimic the TSO SUBMIT command available in REXX, by using BPXWDYN in a COBOL program to dynamically allocate an FTINCL output file and write it to the internal reader. Do you

Re: IPCS and multiple CICS address spaces

2009-06-30 Thread Don Moore
The SLIP was supposed to catch these 6 address spaces plus SMSVSAM and some of the system areas to support an IBM PMR review. Assuming the SLIP (configured between local IBM and customer sysprogs) is correct, that means I'm missing something so basic it will seem silly when it is found.

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:32:07 +0900, Timothy Sipples e99...@jp.ibm.com wrote: Sorry, it is not technically possible to move to newer hardware and continue running OS/390 1.3. :-( Have to take issue with you there, Timothy! There are plenty of modern machines that *can* run OS/390. Here's just

Re: BPXWDYN and the Internal Reader (INTRDR)

2009-06-30 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi, Thanks for the prompt responses, my problem is now resolved. SYSOUT was indeed missing as having read the Using REXX and USS manual there was an implication that WRITER replaced SYSOUT on the ALLOC statement. My second problem was exactly has Steve pointed out. I had omitted the half word

Re: IPCS and multiple CICS address spaces

2009-06-30 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:59:53 -0500 Don Moore don.mo...@aciworldwide.com wrote: :The SLIP was supposed to catch these 6 address spaces plus SMSVSAM and :some of the system areas to support an IBM PMR review. :Assuming the SLIP (configured between local IBM and customer sysprogs) is :correct,

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:24:05 -0400, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: I assume you mean Phil Payne. Does anyone know what happened to him? I assume from some of his last posts that he was getting out of mainframes. I always enjoyed Phil's wit and aserbic comments. Eric, You can

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Thanks Roger. Phil doesn't look anything like I thought he would. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Roger Bowler ibm-m...@snacons.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 30,

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:51:52 -0400, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: Thanks Roger. Phil doesn't look anything like I thought he would. Here's another one: http://www.legsreunited.org.uk/reunion/reunionpics/lastlegs/fr-jds/slides/2005-12-041.html

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Dave Day
Roger, If IBM's current mainframe revenue stream was to dwindle to one twentieth of its current, how long do you think we would continue to see the improvements we have seen in both harware and software in recent years? Just to maintain current revenue, they would have to increase market

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
This assumes that all of IBM's revenue comes form hardware. I expect quite a bit of it comes from software license charges which are not linearly related to the hardware prices. -Original Message- From: Dave Day Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re:

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:32:07 +0900, Timothy Sipples e99...@jp.ibm.com wrote: Just for fun, let's assume that the company had migrated to z/OS V1 five years ago. They would have saved $711,420 on the base operating system charge by now. That would have purchased some very nice hardware plus many

Re: IPCS and multiple CICS address spaces

2009-06-30 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Don Moore The SLIP was supposed to catch these 6 address spaces plus SMSVSAM and some of the system areas to support an IBM PMR review. Assuming the SLIP (configured between local IBM and customer sysprogs) is

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Roger Bowler
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:12:59 -0500, Dave Day wrote: Roger, If IBM's current mainframe revenue stream was to dwindle to one twentieth of its current, how long do you think we would continue to see the improvements we have seen in both harware and software in recent years? Just to maintain current

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:12:59 -0500, Dave Day wrote: If IBM's current mainframe revenue stream was to dwindle to one twentieth of its current, how long do you think we would continue to see the improvements we have seen in both harware and software in recent years? Just to maintain

ERASEDATA - DASD disposal

2009-06-30 Thread Linda Mooney
Greetings! I am in the process of retiring 3 RAMAC 2 racks, each with a 3990 mod 6 controller, and 1 RAMAC 3 rack, with a 9293 controller.  All data has been moved to new DASD.  The RAMAC DASD will be surplused so I have to be sure that the data has been wiped clean and nothing is

Re: OS/390

2009-06-30 Thread Edward Jaffe
Eric Bielefeld wrote: Thanks Roger. Phil doesn't look anything like I thought he would. He looks a little like Roy Kinnear, playing the role of Algernon, Professor Foot's assistant, in Help! (1965) :-D -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los