Re: 3174-1 pack system

2009-07-17 Thread Mark Zelden
You don't need the unix files for VTAM locals. Connecting to a 2074 or similar does not require TCP/IP. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com z/OS Systems Programming

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Steve Comstock
Eric Chevalier wrote: On 17 Jul 2009 06:30:15 -0700, ibm...@woodsway.com (Bob Woodside) wrote: For reference, http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/%27HTTPD2.PT217.HTML(INDEX)%27 This link appears borken. :-( borken? If I click on the link in Thunderbird, it switches to my Firefox browser

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Edward Jaffe
Steve Comstock wrote: borken? If I click on the link in Thunderbird, it switches to my Firefox browser with this in the URI bar: http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/%20HTTPD2.PT217.HTML%20INDEX%20%20#7792310775959509782 which results in 404 Page not found!! Are you running old releases? When I

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: LE options There appears to be (at least) two ways to change LE runtime options system wide. There's the

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Gibney, Dave
System z Integrated Information Processor IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) and ISVs IBM System z has introduced a special type of processor called a System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). z/OS is capable of causing certain types of work to execute in part on

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME Eric Chevalier wrote: On 17 Jul 2009 06:30:15 -0700,

Re: What is the current philosophy on running SMP/E ACCEPT on z/OS?

2009-07-17 Thread Shane
I guess there is no generally accepted philosophy. On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 17:19 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: What's scary to me is the number of PTFs that go PE after they've gone though all the CST testing and have been distributed on a quarterly RSU. Or perhaps worse, a HIPER comes out and then

Re: What is the current philosophy on running SMP/E ACCEPT on z/OS?

2009-07-17 Thread Guy Gardoit
I also stay a quarter behind the 'current' RSU. So I do a major maintenance run every quarter but for the prior RSU level plus HIPER, PRP. I also monitor with ASAP, run a weekly automatically submitted job to gather all tthe latest PTFs and HOLDDATA, receive all, etc etc so that if a

LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Bill Klein
Frank, As others have pointed out, there are still other ways to do set LE options. One difference between the old ways (e.g. CEEDCOPT) and the new ways (PARMLIB) is that the old ways allowed for fixed options, i.e. system defaults that could NOT be overridden by the programmer or later methods

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
Don't forget that there is also a JCL over ride now at z/OS V1.9 (IIRC) that allows your programmers to put in the LE Parms there was well. So many choices, so little time. Lizette There appears to be (at least) two ways to change LE runtime options system wide. There's the assember macro

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I have read the manuals and understand there are many ways to set them. I'm interested in more fully understand, however, the pros and cons of CEEDOPT versus CEEPRMxx. Manuals too often tell you *how* to do things but not *why*. -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Steve Comstock
Edward Jaffe wrote: Steve Comstock wrote: borken? If I click on the link in Thunderbird, it switches to my Firefox browser with this in the URI bar: http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/%20HTTPD2.PT217.HTML%20INDEX%20%20#7792310775959509782 which results in 404 Page not found!! Are you running

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Bob Woodside
On Friday 17 July 2009, Steve Comstock wrote: Eric Chevalier wrote: On 17 Jul 2009 06:30:15 -0700, ibm...@woodsway.com (Bob Woodside) wrote: For reference, http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/%27HTTPD2.PT217.HTML(INDEX)%27 This link appears borken. :-( borken? borken : adj

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Steve Comstock
Lester, Bob wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME Eric Chevalier wrote: On 17 Jul 2009 06:30:15

Re: IBM error messages getting worse?

2009-07-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I have a very basic one to complain about: DFS0929I BLDL FAILED FOR MEMBER --DDMPPSZ This really means that the specified PSB DDMPPSZ is not in the specified IMS library. Why can't it just say that? As an application programmer do I really need to know that BLDL means, well, whatever it

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:40 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: I'm using exactly those releases! With or without the NoScript plugin? (I get the broken link when NoScript is active/enabled). Norbert Friemel -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Don't forget that there is also a JCL over ride now at z/OS V1.9 (IIRC) that allows your programmers to put in the LE Parms there was well. That's been around a lot longer than 1.9! IIRC, it was around during OS/390. The option(s) are specified by: //STEP EXEC PGM=appl,PARM='appl/LE' Or vice

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Ted MacNEIL
anuals too often tell you *how* to do things but not *why*. I guess, in my case, it's because it's dynamic and more flexible. So, I prefer PARMLIB. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: LE options

2009-07-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
Actually I was talking about the //CEEOPT DD statement that can be added to JCL rather than the PARM. Lizette Don't forget that there is also a JCL over ride now at z/OS V1.9 (IIRC) that allows your programmers to put in the LE Parms there was well. That's been around a lot longer than

Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME

2009-07-17 Thread Steve Comstock
Norbert Friemel wrote: On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:40 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: I'm using exactly those releases! With or without the NoScript plugin? (I get the broken link when NoScript is active/enabled). Norbert Friemel Bingo! That's it. Thanks. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The

is out of the office.

2009-07-17 Thread Keith Zawila
I will be out of the office starting 07/17/2009 and will not return until 07/21/2009. I will be out of the office on Monday, July 20th. I will return on Tuesday, July 21st. Thanks. The information contained in this communication is confidential, private, proprietary, or otherwise privileged

Re: What is the current philosophy on running SMP/E ACCEPT on z/OS?

2009-07-17 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:06:29 -0700, Guy Gardoit ggard...@gmail.com wrote: ... why would I want to try to RESTORE one or more troublesome PTFs?? At worst, just IPL the production system(s) from the previous resvol (set) until the problem can be determined and fixed. IPLing off the old resvols

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