IBM-MAIN PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, DB2 and USS [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2009-08-12 Thread Buckham, Ian
We are installing PeopleSoft on z/OS 1.8 with DB2 V8. When we try to start the process scheduler we get the following messages: Time allotted to check status of Scheduler expired. This may be due to the time to load all the libraries. The process scheduler actually starts and we can run proces

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Barbara Nitz
> Nicely worded, Ed. Maybe I'm not imagining things when I believe IBM is more > interested in closing open problem records than in solving the underlying > problems. It didn't used to be this way. You mean IBM has been lying to me when they tell me I am the only obstinate one? >There does seem

Re: how-to Sysplex? - The TSO user part

2009-08-12 Thread Barbara Nitz
>>> >If you use the same userid on all systems, your users are going to >>complain as there can be only one userid with the same name in the >>sysplex, > >Huh? I've been using the same userid on multiple systems in a sysplex >since sysplex was invented. Then your setup was quite clearly different

Re: TSSO in a sysplex

2009-08-12 Thread Brian Westerman
Thanks for the compliment. The company name is Syzygy :), but it's frequently misspelled. The web site for the automation products is www.SyzygyInc.com Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, se

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thank you! As the original poster, I got a bit confused with Allan's recommendation, as I could have sworn others were recommending one Sysplex owning both PROD and TEST/DEV. Thought maybe I had misinterpreted everything and had to start over! :-) -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect -

Re: TSSO in a sysplex

2009-08-12 Thread Zahir Hemini
Hi Dana, we had a similar problem and looked at both freeware and alternative low cost solutions for this. In our case we have two CEC each with four LPARs. After experimenting with TSSO our management rejected it, because we could not afford to make a system programmer resource available to update

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Does the ISPF PROFILE_SHARING feature address this issue? On 8/12/2009 at 3:00 AM, in message <3310ac9d797ec94db8d89ccabdea47a7010a0...@kl1221tc.cs.ad.klmcorp.net>, "Vernooij, CP - SPLXM" wrote: > "Ted MacNEIL" wrote in message > news:1940869721-1250064774-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.n

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Frank Swarbrick
>>> On 8/12/2009 at 12:02 AM, in message , Barbara Nitz wrote: > You will need to define GRS RNLs. You will need to combine your separate WLM > policies. If you use the same userid on all systems, your users are going to > complain as there can be only one userid with the same name in the sysple

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:34:17 -1000, Stephen Y Odo wrote: >We have 3 LPARs configured as monoplex. One for our Production >environment, one for our Test/QA environment, and one for our >Application Development environment. > >From this discussion, it sounds like everybody is saying even we would

Andre Santos/CampusA2/TotalSystem is out of the office.

2009-08-12 Thread Subscribe Ibm-Main Abs
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Batch connection to CSKL (was: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job)

2009-08-12 Thread Gil, Victor x28091
Jantje, I am intrigued. Can you elaborate a bit on this idea? [Doc pointers, code samples, etc.] TIA, -Victor- == Date:Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:40:50 -0500 From:Jan MOEYERSONS Subject: Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job But instead of conn

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Barry Merrill
In the old days, a CICS subsystem's capacity was limited by the amount of CPU TCB time needed for that single QR TCB. Based on my analysis when OTE was brand new, of the CPU time consumed by each of these new CICS TCBs, I planned this post to argue that going to OTE didn't help much, because most

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Mohammad Khan
Remember in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is. On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:54:40 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > Theoretically that is true. The reality sometimes varies. In most cases that I've seen in the US, it is about making the CEO's and other "

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:50:29 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >... >There does seem to be much more emphasis on getting PMRs >closed than before. Someone's performance appraisal is >probably based on the number of open (or closed) PMRs. ... I've also noticed a tendency for PMRs to be put on the cus

Re: II14458 - certain VSAM data CA track sizes not supported anymore in z/OS 1.10

2009-08-12 Thread John Eells
Todd Last wrote: According to IBM, in z/OS 1.10, we can no longer define a VSAM dataset with the data CA track sizes of 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 thru 14 tracks. Snipet of II14458 (dated 12/14/08): "When a VSAM data set or ICF Catalog is defined or redefined on z/OS version 1 release 10 the index cisiz

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Stephen Y Odo
I use DBSYNC for that kind of thing ... run DBSYNC on the system that you want to copy from, edit the output REXX that it generates to make sure it's doing what you want and then run it on the system you're copying to ... --Stephen Jim McAlpine wrote: > I need to take our existing RACF profil

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
The QUERY command does have an ODS operand. Remove it and the output will go to SYSTSPRT. -Original Message- From: John Dawes [mailto:jhn_da...@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH Hi,

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Yes, but the following note is from the Query syntax section of the reference manual: "The QUERY command does not support sending the results of the query to an output data set; however, it does support extended consoles. Using TSO/E extended consoles, you can submit programs that can issue a

Re: II14458 - certain VSAM data CA track sizes not supported anymore i n z/OS 1.10

2009-08-12 Thread esst...@juno.com
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Re: II14458 - certain VSAM data CA track sizes not supported anymore in z/OS 1.10

2009-08-12 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:57:30 -0500, Todd Last wrote: >According to IBM, in z/OS 1.10, we can no longer define a VSAM dataset with >the data CA track sizes of 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 thru 14 tracks. > >Snipet of II14458 (dated 12/14/08): >"When a VSAM data set or ICF Catalog is defined or redefined on >z

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread John Dawes
Can I run the QUERY command in batch?  --- On Thu, 13/8/09, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: From: O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 3:51 AM List and Query are not

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread John Dawes
Rick,   Thanks for the suggestions.  I tried them both and I got the information I was looking for. --- On Thu, 13/8/09, Adams, Rick wrote: From: Adams, Rick Subject: Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 3:52 AM Jo

Re: IRFXUSER

2009-08-12 Thread Hylton Tom P
While that would solve my problem, wouldn't that cause the same problem for the users of the original? My reading seems to indicate that it's possible to have multiple members of the same name in different libs, which seems to be the point of a default name of IRFXUSER in the function naming tabl

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
List and Query are not the same command. Thank You, Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Dawes [jhn_da...@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Su

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread Adams, Rick
John, There are a couple of options I can think of. This will get you a list of all backup volumes that are not full - but only tape volumes. HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(BACKUP NOTFULL) NODSI ODS(output.dataset.name) This will list all backup volumes - full or not full. Should include disk. HSEND LI

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Howard Brazee
On 12 Aug 2009 10:00:07 -0700, jmck...@healthmarkets.com (McKown, John) wrote: >> But it's now and into the future about share holder >> value...to coin a phrase I heard while working for Best Foods >> in Englewoodcliffs, N.J. ... from the President of the >> North American Division O' by the

DFHSM QUESTION - RUNNING QUERY COMMAND IN BATCH

2009-08-12 Thread John Dawes
Hi,   I am trying to execute the following query command via a batch job.  The reason for this is to create audit trails for our internal inspectors   HSEND Q BACKUP(ALL).  If the command is issued via TSO I get the desired results however via batch (jcl below) I am getting syntax errors   //STEP

II14458 - certain VSAM data CA track sizes not supported anymore in z/OS 1.10

2009-08-12 Thread Todd Last
According to IBM, in z/OS 1.10, we can no longer define a VSAM dataset with the data CA track sizes of 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 thru 14 tracks. Snipet of II14458 (dated 12/14/08): "When a VSAM data set or ICF Catalog is defined or redefined on z/OS version 1 release 10 the index cisize may be increased.

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:45 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor > > John, > > Of course you are right

Re: Backing up CDS's to DASD

2009-08-12 Thread Ron Hawkins
Gil, That was probably written 20 years ago when a volume meant a SLED and it would have been prudent to protect yourself against a disk failure. With RAID the need for separate volumes for these backups is debatable. To get the same hardware separation with RAID you need a map of Device Number

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Howard Rifkind
John, Of course you are right. But it's now and into the future about share holder value...to coin a phrase I heard while working for Best Foods in Englewoodcliffs, N.J. ... from the President of the North American Division O' by the way he was from Germany. --- On Wed, 8/12/09, McKown, John

Re: DFHSM and Encrypting ML2 tape issue RESOLVED

2009-08-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Lizette Koehler wrote: >The 3295-1 will only create unencrypted tapes. And due to the way DFHSM works, you cannot chang the TAPECOPY, for instance, to 3592-2 and leave ML2 at 3592-1. So both parts, ML2 and TAPECOPY, need to be the same device type which in our case is the 3592-2 device type.

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Edward Jaffe wrote: Martin Kline wrote: Nicely worded, Ed. Maybe I'm not imagining things when I believe IBM is more interested in closing open problem records than in solving the underlying problems. It didn't used to be this way. Having posted this publicly, can I assume you don't mind if I

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:31 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor > > >Of course, since this requires rewri

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Scott Rowe
I am getting ratios of 30:1 or better of small messages to large, and IIRC it is even higher when using GRS-Ring. So, ESCON CTCs do very well in a Basic Sysplex, where the majority of messages are GRS ENQ traffic. If I had a FICON switch in my environment, I would use single FICON channels in bou

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>There does seem to be much more emphasis on getting PMRs closed than before. >Someone's performance appraisal is probably based on the number of open (or >closed) PMRs. After all, closed means resolved. Right? I've found this behaviour quite common with IBM, at least since I opened my first pr

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:08:53 -0700, Walter Marguccio wrote: >> - Original Message >> From: Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com > >> So FICON is better with current technology regardless.  But for those >> using "old" technology, does anyone know what the typical  / average size >> of GR

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Edward Jaffe
Martin Kline wrote: Nicely worded, Ed. Maybe I'm not imagining things when I believe IBM is more interested in closing open problem records than in solving the underlying problems. It didn't used to be this way. Having posted this publicly, can I assume you don't mind if I use the same response

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- I once accidently swapped INDDn with OUTDDn with *predictable* results. ;) It was one of the longest 5 minutes in my life to fix things... 8-D --- BTDTGTSS. Makes you really religious about

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Of course, since this requires rewriting, or at least validating, the current >code to be ThreadSafe, this is not really a good option. Why? Since when is improving application code a bad option? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Tommy Tsui
thanks I will check CICS-L for more information On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>We hit a problem that our cics cannot utilized more than one CPU processor >>and IBM recommend our shop upgrade to CICSplex. >>Except this, is there any other way to solve this problem? > > I su

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Just allocate it in the logon clist with &SYSNAME. That's what my EXEC did. But, it also created a new one for a system that you had not signed onto before, by copying your original ISPPROF dataset. I last updated the EXEC for a 1.4 system, when profile sharing was not supported. It's nice t

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Staller, Allan
I am curious why you would need to take an outage to "harden any dynamic changes to the IODF"? It was IODF and microcode. I am limited to a single CEC (a Z/9). Eventually, dynamic IODF changes will fail when the allocated HSA fills up. Either that, or an LPAR won't activate because the HSA has e

Re: Backing up CDS's to DASD

2009-08-12 Thread Gilbert Cardenas
Thanks for the info Dave. The section I was reading was in the z/OS 1.9 Admin Guide Chapter 12 page 474 that says: If you decide to back up the control data sets and journal data set to DASD, you must preallocate the data sets. Also, allocate the different versions of the backup data sets on

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>We hit a problem that our cics cannot utilized more than one CPU processor and >IBM recommend our shop upgrade to CICSplex. >Except this, is there any other way to solve this problem? I suggest you ask the CICS-L. Depending on your needs, there are multiple ways to handle this 'issue'. CICS has

Re: Backing up CDS's to DASD

2009-08-12 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Gil, The manual says to allocate the backups on volumes other than the ones containing the CDSs being backed up. Thank You, Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Walter Marguccio
> - Original Message > From: Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com > So FICON is better with current technology regardless.  But for those > using "old" technology, does anyone know what the typical  / average size > of GRS XCF messages are in a ring?  Scott, are you lurking?  :-) Typical

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-08-12 Thread Chris Mason
Hal >> Since you were asking in public, I assumed the reply would be in public. You could, after all, have asked in private. > Um, I said I don't discuss off list conversations and gave one reason. Um, perhaps you didn't notice that I pointed out you asked in public and that at the very least

Re: Missing QPAM (was: Concatenations and blocksizes)

2009-08-12 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:59:52 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: Ok. I didn't word things very clearly. >... >>QSAM handles individual members just fine so FIND, READ, WRITE >>and STOW are working under the covers. Seems like that covers >>most of the functions. Here I was just trying to say that th

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-08-12 Thread Chris Mason
Jim > I will spare all who have been reading all the history of this on IBMMAIN about my strong recommendation for those running SNA networks to strongly consider the need for a "SNA Firewall". Which means you haven't spared us at all! I recognise a "trick" to which I succumb myself when the o

Re: Backing up CDS's to DASD

2009-08-12 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Gil, The requirement to separate by volume refers to the BCDS, MCDS and OCDS not their Backups. The jcl to allocate the backup datasets is in Sys1.samplib(ARCSTRST) look for ALLOCBK1 Thank You, Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Backing up CDS's to DASD

2009-08-12 Thread Gilbert Cardenas
Hello all, I am trying to move the CDS backups currently from tape using HSM as the datamover and noparallel to disk using DSS and parallel. The manual states that I have to preallocate the new dasd backup datasets but thats all, so do I use the same dcb characteristics as the current tape d

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Scott Rowe
Ah yes, that was it. That is why I use ESCON for 1k messages, and use my ICF for larger messages, since I don't have a FICON CTC set up. The vast majority of the messages in my Sysplex fir in the 1k class. >>> Walter Marguccio 8/12/2009 10:34 AM >>> > - Original Message > From: Scott

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Scott Rowe
Well then, you don't agree with me! There are many smaller shops which share DASD across PROD/DEV/TEST, and a Sysplex can be a very appropriate configuration for them. >>> "Staller, Allan" 8/12/2009 10:01 AM >>> I agree. 1 sysplex for all is not a good design point for the O/P. I believe he co

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Scott Rowe
Allan, I am curious why you would need to take an outage to "harden any dynamic changes to the IODF"? Scott >>> "Staller, Allan" 8/12/2009 8:54 AM >>> The purpose of a sysplex is z/OS availability. I commonly go 3 months between outages (production IPL's) and I am in the middle of creating 2

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:34:16 -0700, Walter Marguccio wrote: >> - Original Message >> From: Scott Rowe scott.r...@joann.com > >> BTW, for small packets of data, I believe ESCON links are actually faster than FICON.  >> I think I have seen a paper on this, but I can't remember where. > >Yo

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-12 Thread Walter Marguccio
> - Original Message > From: Scott Rowe scott.r...@joann.com > BTW, for small packets of data, I believe ESCON links are actually faster > than FICON.  > I think I have seen a paper on this, but I can't remember where. You are right: http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:54:11 +0100, Jim McAlpine wrote: >I need to take our existing RACF profiles across to a new z/OS system which >has an existing RACF database and somehow merge them into the new system. >Is there a way to accomplish this. I can't simply replace the RACF database >on the new

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Tommy Tsui > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:45 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Can CICS region share more than one processor > > Hi , > > We hit a problem that our cics ca

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:55:33 -0400, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: >Jim, it's not the recommended function for this, but you can use irrut400. >That will merge >two databases, you specify the primary and copy in without replace, >everything from the secondary. You'll have to do a good bit of manual >che

Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread carlos roberto visconde
You can spread in many CICS Region (Address Spaces). 2009/8/12 Tommy Tsui > Hi , > > We hit a problem that our cics cannot utilized more than one CPU > processor and IBM recommend our shop upgrade to CICSplex .Except this, > is there any other way to solve this problem? > > > any comment will be

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Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Staller, Allan
I agree. 1 sysplex for all is not a good design point for the O/P. I believe he could still benefit from a 2 sysplex design in the same box. 1 for Prod, and 1 for DEV/TEST/QA. Two LPARs for each. The OP was asking about using Sysplex to join his three monoplexes into a single Sysplex. Availabili

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
I rarely see anything being promoted anymore, which is unfortunate, as it was usually very good info. Yuri Kritchevers pmr's come to mind. Also Bruce, forget what area he was in, and Donna in I/O. Excellent info in them, usually very detailed answers. SIS now seems to be just a search for apars, an

Can CICS region share more than one processor

2009-08-12 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi , We hit a problem that our cics cannot utilized more than one CPU processor and IBM recommend our shop upgrade to CICSplex .Except this, is there any other way to solve this problem? any comment will be appreciated best regards --

Re: Sending z/OS Messages to external syslog server

2009-08-12 Thread Barrett, Dennis
http://www.type80.com/products_syslog.htm Dennis Barrett dbarr...@lacledegas.com > -Original Message- > From: גדי בן אבי [mailto:gad...@malam.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 02:51 > Subject: Sending z/OS Messages to external syslog server > > Hi, > > Does anyone know of a way to

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Scott Rowe
Allan, The OP was asking about using Sysplex to join his three monoplexes into a single Sysplex. Availability may have been the original purpose of Sysplex, but it can and has been used for other purposes since it's inception. You have obviously not been following the recent discussion that

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:16:01 -0500, Martin Kline wrote: >Nicely worded, Ed. Maybe I'm not imagining things when I believe IBM is more >interested in closing open problem records than in solving the underlying >problems. It didn't used to be this way. Having posted this publicly, can I >assume you

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Zelden
Barbara wrote: >> >If you use the same userid on all systems, your users are going to >complain as there can be only one userid with the same name in the >sysplex, Huh? I've been using the same userid on multiple systems in a sysplex since sysplex was invented. >Mark Zeldens instructions in how

Re: Telnet, was: Re: USS misuse

2009-08-12 Thread Chris Mason
Barbara > No USS in my post! It was my intention to change the Subject line to your new one - but I forgot! Sorry. There are some subject line policemen out there of whom we need to be wary! Chris Mason On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:04:08 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: ... -

Re: The "Shame" Approach

2009-08-12 Thread Martin Kline
Nicely worded, Ed. Maybe I'm not imagining things when I believe IBM is more interested in closing open problem records than in solving the underlying problems. It didn't used to be this way. Having posted this publicly, can I assume you don't mind if I use the same response? >Are you sure you

Re: DFHSM and Encrypting ML2 tape issue RESOLVED

2009-08-12 Thread Lizette Koehler
Sure, The 3295-1 will only create unencrypted tapes. And due to the way DFHSM works, you cannot chang the TAPECOPY, for instance, to 3592-2 and leave ML2 at 3592-1. So both parts, ML2 and TAPECOPY, need to be the same device type which in our case is the 3592-2 device type. Lizette > >Lize

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: >Um, YES, It IS true! I have done it! ;) You can indeed use IRRUT400 to join different RACF DBs into one. The prefered input for such an operation is where the different RACF DBs were previously split by IRRUT400. >I did state that it is not the recommended use. I di

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Staller, Allan
Afterword: And what about the non-IBM components? We run ADABAS/Natural from Software Ag. Most major software vendors have had to coexist in or with a SYSPLEX environment for at least 10 years. I would expect them to be able to cope! Check with the vendor for specific information. HTH, -

Re: how-to Sysplex? [was "Re: DASD: to share or not to share"]

2009-08-12 Thread Staller, Allan
We have 3 LPARs configured as monoplex. One for our Production environment, one for our Test/QA environment, and one for our Application Development environment. >From this discussion, it sounds like everybody is saying even we would benefit from Sysplex. The purpose of a sysplex is z/OS avail

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: moving RACF profiles to a new system > > I need to take our existing RACF profiles across t

Re: Sending z/OS Messages to external syslog server

2009-08-12 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:46 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Sending z/OS Messages to external syslog server > > Hi everyone, > > I ended up using the

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Um, YES, It IS true! I have done it! ;) I did state that it is not the recommended use. MA On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: > > >Jim, it's not the recommended function for this, but you can use irrut400. > >

Re: Missing QPAM (was: Concatenations and blocksizes)

2009-08-12 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:58:18 -0500 "Patrick O'Keefe" wrote: :>On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:37:31 -0500, Rick Fochtman :> wrote: :> :> :>>... I was told that if you couldn't master the concepts of :>>blocking/deblocking in BSAM, you had no business "messing :>>around" with BPAM, which was designed as

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>> Yes, there is a tendency to drift; so what? > >The downside of that is that the ISPPROF datasets will have different contents. That's what I meant by 'drift'. And, I still say: "So what"? - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: >Jim, it's not the recommended function for this, but you can use irrut400. >That will merge two databases, No! It is NOT true! IRRUT400 will NOT do that intended merging. As documented in Security Server RACF System Programmer's Guide: "Restriction: Do not use IRRUT400

Re: DFHSM and Encrypting ML2 tape issue RESOLVED

2009-08-12 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Lizette Koehler wrote: >Once we changed the device definition on both ML2 and TAPECOPY to 3592- 2 it worked. The 3592-1 >So, we are now having DFHSM ML2 and TAPECOPY tapes [ ... snipped ... ] Sorry Lizette, but could you be very kind to tell us what you wanted to write in the sentence starting

Re: moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Jim, it's not the recommended function for this, but you can use irrut400. That will merge two databases, you specify the primary and copy in without replace, everything from the secondary. You'll have to do a good bit of manual checking and accomodating, but it's a start. Mary Anne On Wed, Aug 1

Re: Java question

2009-08-12 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
Denis, Thanks for the excellent argumentation. I basically concur with you. I'd like to reply to a few arguments, though: 1. Today's JVMs offer the option to have the byte code compiled on the fly when certain conditions are met. So, these JVMs already have the capability to run "machine code" i

moving RACF profiles to a new system

2009-08-12 Thread Jim McAlpine
I need to take our existing RACF profiles across to a new z/OS system which has an existing RACF database and somehow merge them into the new system. Is there a way to accomplish this. I can't simply replace the RACF database on the new system with my existing one because it contains profiles whic

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
"Ted MacNEIL" wrote in message news:1940869721-1250064774-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1268 4658...@bxe1287.bisx.prod.on.blackberry... > >If you use the same userid on all systems, your users are going to complain as there can be only one userid with the same name in the sysplex, Mark

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-12 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>If you use the same userid on all systems, your users are going to complain as >there can be only one userid with the same name in the sysplex, Mark Zeldens >instructions in how-to-overcome that not withstanding. I've used the same ID on multiple systems for years. I even wrote a REXX EXEC to