We tried to connect a remote user using Terminal server 2003/X32 with PCOM
5.7 and it worked fine. We encountered some error messages while trying the
same under Terminal Server 2008/X64:
The PDLC Mapper service depends on the PDLC X.25 service which failed to
start because of the following
Hi
I would like to trace open/close calls and see the DCB, and open/close
options for a given program.
Any proper SLIP set to trace OPNE CLOSE ONPEN TYPE=J CLOSE TYPE=J with
all the paramters ?
--
Miklos Szigetvari
Development Team
ISIS Information Systems Gmbh
tel: (+43) 2236 27551 570
Firstly, with me struggling to spell DB2 let alone know the zparms by
heart, is there not a way to set a different expiry date for each of the
logs?
Failing that, IIRC (and it's been a few years, so the memory may be a
bit hazy) expiry date/retention date doesn't quite work the same way for
DASD
Jochen Roehrig jochen.roeh...@baloise.ch wrote in message
news:listserv%200907130958193156.0...@bama.ua.edu...
I ran some additional tests:
F CATALOG,REPORT,CACHE shows that VLF caches date even with LLA down.
LLA with NOFREEZE always returns the actual member.
I'll do some further tests
Ron, So you need a way to have the tape data sets retained for only 1 day
and the DASD for 4 days. You can do that with a VRS in RMM.
RMM AS DSNAME('DBP1.TEST.D%.T*.**') DAYS COUNT(1) RELEASE
(EXPIRYDATEIGNORE)
This will override any DB2 specified RETPD and keep the data set for 1 day
since
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:55:59 -0500, Michael Sullivan
softwaresales...@gmail.com wrote:
Is any one out there aware of a product(s) for the mainframe that would
accomplish a generic file validation given a set of rules on a dataset.
For example has a header, has a trailer, record counts,
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:35:44 -0500, Rolf Ernst rer...@serena.com wrote:
Of course, there would be some sort of exposure if I were still authorized.
The question I have is can I remove this authorization temporarily or run
this code outside of authorization. At first I thought separate JSTCB but
I am ashamed to have to ask this at all. We currently have a z9BC. A high
manager has found what he considers a great deal on a used z800 that he want
to convert back when our lease expires.
Anyway, does anybody have a pointer to some authoritive documentation which
would relate a z9BC MSU to a
Hi:
I am not sure why you would want to do this at the end of the lease.
Usually the residual value for the box (z9BC) is very low at the end of the
lease. Depending on where you are software wise, you may not be able to back
level your software to run on z800 and even if you can, there
John McKown pisze:
I am ashamed to have to ask this at all. We currently have a z9BC. A high
manager has found what he considers a great deal on a used z800 that he want
to convert back when our lease expires.
There is absolutely no shame IMHO.
Anyway, does anybody have a pointer to some
I thought the MSU calcuations would change to be based on the z800 rate
which would be about 19% higher than the z9bc.
If they didn't, and you were on variable workload charging, there would be
no benefit to moving to the newer boxes.
Thanks
Bill Bishop
Specialist
Mainframe Support Group
Hi all,
I try to defined a FCTC but it always shows no logical path, I double
check the following setting but still don't know why?
1. The channel path is defined as long wave - correct
2. IODF setting is copied from first FCTC which is running currently. correct
3. The current ficon director is
John,
We are in the process of going the other way, z800 to z9BC, and were able to
justify the move with the software savings that come with the z9. Has anyone
informed this manager that the cost will be going up for all IBM software (OS
Middleware)?
Charles S. Kammer
-Original
Kammer, Charles wrote:
John,
We are in the process of going the other way, z800 to z9BC, and were able to
justify the move with the software savings that come with the z9. Has anyone
informed this manager that the cost will be going up for all IBM software (OS
Middleware)?
Charles
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:38 EDT, Gene Hudders eshudd...@aol.com wrote:
Depending on where you are software wise, you may not be able to back
level your software to run on z800 and even if you can, there may be a
conversion and risks associated with the conversion.
Huh? If his software
IIRC, the z800/z890/z900/z990 are near death. I seem to recall the NO
CHANGES announcement. i.e. no model conversions or MES's.
The z/10's are out and this is 2 hardware generations back. Even in your
situation, this seems to be a bad idea.
Point out the financial's. The z9/BC is paid for. After
John,
Try zPCR. See
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS1381 if you
don't already have it.
Jim Horne
Systems Programmer
Large Systems Engineering Messaging NC4IT
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
1000 Lowe's Boulevard
Mooresville, NC
704-758-5354
jim.ho...@lowes.com
Hi Mark:
Depending on where you are software wise
That is the point and you are assuming that because he is a small shop they
are not using any new feature.
Regards,
Gene
In a message dated 7/14/2009 9:23:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mark.zel...@zurichna.com writes:
Depending on
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:23:20 -0500, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbm1.com
wrote:
IIRC, the z800/z890/z900/z990 are near death. I seem to recall the NO
CHANGES announcement. i.e. no model conversions or MES's.
The z/10's are out and this is 2 hardware generations back. Even in your
situation,
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:29:34 EDT, Gene Hudders eshudd...@aol.com wrote:
Hi Mark:
Depending on where you are software wise
That is the point and you are assuming that because he is a small shop they
are not using any new feature.
Regards,
Gene
We are small and archaic. Basically, CICS VSAM.
Tommy,
It's been a while since I set up FCTCs. However NO LOGICAL PATH
indicates a definition error.
CUADD is used to point to the LPAR number that you are trying to connect
to if I remember right. Are you trying to connect to LPAR 1?
From HCD you can generate a CTC connection report. This is
Hi folks
Can ICETOOL process variable-length fields where the length of that field is
stored in another field in the dataset?
TYPE 119, for example, (the one I'm trying to process in this instance) has a
definition section at the front that describes, via a number of 'triplet' data
items,
John,
What about third party software costs? One of the justifications I used
back when the z9BC was brand new (read relatively expensive as opposed
to my bought-and-paid-for 7060) was that my CA products were about 20%
cheaper on the z9. Maintenance costs were less as well.
I know that when
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:29:34 EDT, Gene Hudders eshudd...@aol.com wrote:
Hi Mark:
Depending on where you are software wise
That is the point and you are assuming that because he is a small shop they
are not using any new feature.
I'm not assuming anything.
You wrote Depending on where you
Is there a patch or setting in HSM where if a dataset fails
serialization during autobackup, to have HSM do a fuzzy backup anyway?
I know the dataset backup will most likely be trash and unusable.
This is just to appease management.
Thanks,
Neal
Hi Mark:
I guess that you don't need any software support to support these features?
Regards,
Gene
In a message dated 7/14/2009 10:20:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mark.zel...@zurichna.com writes:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:29:34 EDT, Gene Hudders eshudd...@aol.com wrote:
Hi Mark:
Here's an example of part of a CTC definition using a FICON director which
is part of a cascade. In this case, my CTC network doesn't participate in
the cascade - it is local only - but when a director is part of a cascade,
you always have to specify ports using the cascade or two byte format.
One more thing to consider.
The monthly maintenance costs of a z800 are higher than a comparable z9bc,
and they will get worse as the older the equipment the greater the
increases.
Also, there may be some increase in environmentals costs.
Thanks
Bill Bishop
Specialist
Mainframe Support
Gene Hudders wrote:
Hi Mark:
I guess that you don't need any software support to support these features?
Regards,
Gene
Mark's right. While new software is often required to support *new*
features, it's not required to support *older* hardware. Going from a
z9 BC to a z800 is going
I have a real problem thinking that any current z/OS software will not
run on the z800. z/OS 1.11 supports the z800
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS209-029/ENUS209-029.PD
F and the vendor products that support z/OS 1.11 should support the z800
without having to back level.
The
Hi John:
Thanks but the point is still though if one has taken advantage
of new hardware-dependent functions it would be necessary to
un-exploit them. It may not be a simple IPL.
Regards,
Gene
In a message dated 7/14/2009 10:46:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ee...@us.ibm.com writes:
Good point. But also consider that a new machine comes with a one or two year
warranty (zero maintenance cost).
So, our cheap z/800 may cost over $100k for the first year just for a standard
maintenance contract.
Of course, we don't know details of the deal, but moving and installation is
William Bishop pisze:
One more thing to consider.
The monthly maintenance costs of a z800 are higher than a comparable z9bc,
and they will get worse as the older the equipment the greater the
increases.
Unless you get maintenance from 3rd party supplier or simply run without
maintenance.
The answer used to be NO. HSM enqueues every dataset it backs up during
Incremental and if it can't enqueue it bypasses.
What might satisfy Management is HSM Dump with Dataset restore. Not sure how
useful it would be but we're talking about management not reality.
Thank You,
Dave O'Brien
NIH
Went through the same thing here, for the same reasons, a couple of years back.
I changed the SETSYS BACKUP parameter to include SERIALIZATION(PREFERRED) (the
default if you don't specify SERIALIZATION is REQUIRED).
In both cases, if HSM can't serialise on the dataset first time round, it moves
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:39:40 +0200 Miklos Szigetvari
miklos.szigetv...@isis-papyrus.com wrote:
:Hi
:
:I would like to trace open/close calls and see the DCB, and open/close
:options for a given program.
:Any proper SLIP set to trace OPNE CLOSE ONPEN TYPE=J CLOSE TYPE=J with
:all the paramters
2009-07-14 John McKown joa...@swbell.net:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:23:20 -0500, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbm1.com
wrote:
The z/10's are out and this is 2 hardware generations back. Even in your
situation, this seems to be a bad idea.
I agree. So does everybody in my group, including my
When you run tape Encryption on a stacked tape do you encrypt all files that
are stacked on a tape or just one file on the stacked tape?
For example, I have a batch backup job that places 35 dumped volumes on one
tape. I have looked at the doc and it seems I could place the encryption on
the
Lizette Koehler wrote:
When you run tape Encryption on a stacked tape do you encrypt all files that
are stacked on a tape or just one file on the stacked tape?
For example, I have a batch backup job that places 35 dumped volumes on one
tape. I have looked at the doc and it seems I could
I had a good chuckle when I read the first quote below. I have to disagree
with the 2nd quote though. I'm sure that the manager who could get a good
deal on a z/800 would prefer to know that his software costs would go up by
19 or 20%, probably negating the great savings on the z/800. I've
Any of these arguments really matter? The OP is stuck with an idiot
manager 2-levels above his manager (promote the incompetent) so he can't
say much about it.
No offense to you, John, but I hope some other manager 2-levels above the
idiot notices the error down the road. Maybe then you'll get
Mark,
I agree with your statement. My concern is that some want to set up the ACS
code to be generic,
IF (DSN=PROD.**) Then DATACLAS=ENCRYPT.
I want to update the JCL on just the first file to include the DATACLAS=ENCRYPT.
So I am trying to figure it out the price of doing all the files
Lizette Koehler wrote:
Mark,
I agree with your statement. My concern is that some want to set up the ACS
code to be generic,
IF (DSN=PROD.**) Then DATACLAS=ENCRYPT.
I want to update the JCL on just the first file to include the
DATACLAS=ENCRYPT.
So I am trying to figure it out the
John McKown wrote:
I am ashamed to have to ask this at all. We currently have a z9BC. A high
manager has found what he considers a great deal on a used z800 that he want
to convert back when our lease expires.
Due to the so-called 'Technology Dividend', 100 z800 MSU = 90 z890 MSU =
81 z9BC
Is there a way to obtain the dataset name for a file allocated in a Rexx
program? This seems like a simple task but I just cannot think of how to do
this.
Thanks,
Ray Baraniecki
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
18th Floor
1 New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Office - 212-276-5641
Cell -
One for the real old-timers here!
I'm restoring a DEC RP02 disk drive - re-badged Memorex 660, IBM 2314 clone.
On cleaning it up, I find that the 'basin' - the sheet metal which lines the
cavity in which the disk pack spins - is painted with a dark grey paint
which is positively sticky - tacky to
Thank you Brian.
That is exactly what I was looking for.
Neal
Bri P wrote:
Went through the same thing here, for the same reasons, a couple of years back.
I changed the SETSYS BACKUP parameter to include SERIALIZATION(PREFERRED) (the
default if you don't specify SERIALIZATION is REQUIRED).
Ray,
Try this:
(I am assuming DDX is pre-allocated to your session, batch or
interactive)
DSIRC = LISTDSI(DDX FILE)
if DSIRC = 0 then
say DDX is allocated to file SYSDSNAME on volume SYSVOLUME which
is of type SYSUNIT
exit
Chuck
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion
For a file allocated via DD
FC = LISTDSI(ddname FILE)
DSN = SYSDSNAME
DSN will then contain your filename.
Baraniecki, Ray wrote:
Is there a way to obtain the dataset name for a file allocated in a Rexx
program? This seems like a simple task but I just cannot think of how to do
this.
A co-worker of mine sent me this link.
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-17924_22-319868.html
Interestingly we are 99.9% certain that our z900 is currently located in the
room (RTCC) shown in the 1st picture.
Link to a Share presentation that describes how we use z/OS in the Space
Shuttle
Michael Ross wrote:
One for the real old-timers here!
I'm restoring a DEC RP02 disk drive - re-badged Memorex 660, IBM 2314 clone.
On cleaning it up, I find that the 'basin' - the sheet metal which lines the
cavity in which the disk pack spins - is painted with a dark grey paint
which is
Our CE used to smoke his pipe while working on our 2314s and on our 3330's.
Never had a problem!
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote:
OK, so this was a long time ago, but when I worked on 2314s none of the
paint was tacky, either inside or outside the box.
Mike
You are still ambiguous!
A diagram or two will/would help.
Let me suggest the following:
desktop PC controller3745/NCP
VTAM/CICS
-- --- -- --- -
LAN SDLC or
Bri P wrote on 07/14/2009 06:49:02 AM:
Can ICETOOL process variable-length fields where the length of that
field is stored in another field in the dataset?
TYPE 119, for example, (the one I'm trying to process in this
instance) has a definition section at the front that describes, via
a
snip
With PREFERRED, it does the backup regardless.
unsnip
I've found that this is true except for VSAM files, then you get
rc68,rsn412, and open for update nonVSAM (or problematic DSNs) then you
get rc19 rsn00
Jack Kelly
202-502-2390 (Office)
Bri P pilgrim...@ntlworld.com
Sent by: IBM
QMF 8.1 allowed (given DB2 permissions) users to manually edit values in the
grid cell by double-clicking and editing.
As we try to move to QMF for Workstation (v9.1 FP 2), one difficulty is that
we don't appear to be able to edit values in the result grid.
Are we missing a setting or
Brian,
File 600 on the CBT tape has a utility that reads and formats the type
119 records. We've been using it for a couple of years now. If your
shop allows it, it might be easier to download it and adapt it rather
than rolling your own.
HTH,
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith co.
-Original
Lizette, To get a correct answer you need to provide details of what kind of
encryption you are doing.
Are you using encryption in the tape hardware (for example IBM TS1120 which
are encryption enabled), or are you encrypting using s/w on the host system?
Outboard encryption in the IBM tape
I have propagated this thread name, but it is a dubious one: computational
complexity is the standard name for an important computer-science topic that
has nothing much to do with the content of this thread.
Still, what Chris Craddock had to say about what I shall call binding times was
of
-snip-
I'm restoring a DEC RP02 disk drive - re-badged Memorex 660, IBM 2314
clone. On cleaning it up, I find that the 'basin' - the sheet metal
which lines the cavity in which the disk pack spins - is painted with a
dark grey
2009-07-14 John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com:
From my ex-CE's point of view, anything that might hold dirt or dust inside
a disk drawer is bad. Once the air starts to move some will eventually work
free, and if it should find its way into the disk pack/head interface Bad
Things will follow. You
2009/7/12 Chris Craddock crashlu...@gmail.com:
Pick just about
any piece of non-core business processing (i.e. stuff other than what your
company does to make a living) and you will find the same thing. A whole
slew of outsiders willing to solve the problem for a buck and a half less
than
We are fairly basic. A TS3500 Library with TS1120 E05 drives. It is ficon
attached.
Lizette
Lizette, To get a correct answer you need to provide details of what kind
of
encryption you are doing.
Are you using encryption in the tape hardware (for example IBM TS1120
which
are encryption
Lizette,
Based on your other posts, I believe you are using the IBM TS1120/TS1130
encryption devices. In that case, as Mike Wood indicated, whatever file-1 is
the rest of the tape will be the same. So, if file-1 is encrypted all the other
files will be encrypted (no way to turn it off). Or, if
On 7/14/2009 at 5:11 PM, in message
a3a2b85f0907141611v32ced8ebl7b44ce513b35a...@mail.gmail.com, Tony Harminc
tz...@attglobal.net wrote:
2009/7/12 Chris Craddock crashlu...@gmail.com:
Pick just about
any piece of non-core business processing (i.e. stuff other than what your
company does to
Stone soup anyone?
A man is traveling the tribes of Africa. Each night he walks into a
village and offers to provide his special stone soup in exchange for a
place to sleep.
He takes a large stone from his swag and boils it in a large pot of
water.
After a while he asks the villagers to try it.
Well, ya' gotta' do what you love to do. So I've just
finished a revision of my five day course You and
z/OS and the World Wide Web. The update includes
testing labs with more, and later version, browsers
(Firefox 3.0.11, Opera 9.63, Safari 4.0, Chrome 2.0,
Internet Explorer 8.0 and Amaya 11.2)
I will be out of the office starting 15/07/2009 and will not return until
16/07/2009.
For urgent matters, please contact one of my colleagues:, Geert Verbeek
(+32 15 3 52294), VAN DEN BERGH BERT (+32 15 3 52298) or Dirk Braeken
(+32 15 3 52728)
This e-mail and any attached files are
John,
In addition to the points raised previously -- there are many good ones --
there's also the issue of One-Time Charge (OTC) software to consider.
I'll give you a typical scenario.
Let's suppose you have some z/OS tools, a couple CICS tools, a couple
development tools, etc. Let's further
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