Re: GIM28306S -- Solved

2010-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:48:24 -0500 Paul Gilmartin wrote: :>o Duplicate SMPCNTL DD Not an error. You can have multiple DDNAMEs, free one and the next becomes available. :>o Unresolved DDNAME=SYSIN reference. There might be a warning, but this deliberately need not be resolved. Of course you co

Re: GIM28306S

2010-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:59:48 -0600, Roger Bolan wrote: >there, the problem might just be the lowercase letters in the name >user.prod.SMPLOG. My SMPE dataset names always use all caps and show that > That was merely obfuscation of proprietary information for posting to a public list. -- gil ---

SMP/E vs. SDB

2010-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
Apparently SMP/E hates System Determined Blocksize. If I omit BLKSIZE on the definition of SMPLOG (equivalent to coding BLKSIZE=0), SMP/E substitutes 3200 (!?) I suppose that since it's a documented default it can never be changed. Sooo Twentieth Century. I wonder if there's a way to override a

Re: GIM28306S

2010-07-25 Thread Roger Bolan
In my zones I have some SMPLOG DDDEFs defined to use SYSOUT CLASS *, which, for me, puts them in held output in the job. I also have some that just use preallocated datasets with DISP=MOD,KEEP or OLD,KEEP. From what I see there, the problem might just be the lowercase letters in the name user.pr

CBT Files 814 and 830 contain older XEPHON MVS articles

2010-07-25 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks, File 830 has been added to the CBT Tape Updates page, containing 926 MVS articles with their code, from July 1987 thru December 1996, from the Xephon MVS Update magazines. File 830 is an Unzip of the zip file in File 814, translated into EBCDIC and newly indexed. Now these artic

Re: GIM28306S -- Solved

2010-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:23:01 EDT, Ed Finnell wrote: > >In a message dated 7/25/2010 10:50:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >paulgboul...@aim.com writes: > >Where do I go from here? >>> >DD DUMMY > That suppressed the GIM28306S so I could focus on the missing SET BOUNDARY. OK. I had merged two job

Re: GIM28306S

2010-07-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/25/2010 10:50:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paulgboul...@aim.com writes: Where do I go from here? >> DD DUMMY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists.

Re: GIM28306S

2010-07-25 Thread Anthony Thompson
> What subsequent messages? > > Why didn't it echo my SET BOUNDARY(GLOBAL) ... statement? > (Or report an error?) I suppose that might depend on what SMPOUT is allocated as. Unless there is some kind of process that uses SMPLOGs to report on SMP/E activity (and in my travels I haven't come acros

Re: Another reason to hate PDSE's

2010-07-25 Thread John P. Baker
Tom, Maybe z/OS needs to take a look at the library structure we have available on z/VSE. This library structure has been available since the release of VSE/ESA Version 1 Release 1. A z/VSE library can contain PHASEs (a.k.a. loadable modules), object members, source members, JCL PROCs, storage d

Re: Another reason to hate PDSE's

2010-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:41:42 -0400, Pinnacle wrote: > >Let that sink in a little. That 68M line member was easily stored in the >PDS before the E37, but PDSE can't handle it. PDSE can't support members as >big as PDS. Are you #$%ing kidding me? > I can understand it. I don't know that I can for

GIM28306S

2010-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
SMP/E says: PAGE 0001 - NOW SET TOZONE DATE 07/25/10 TIME 21:15:00 SMP/E GIM42401ITHE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS WERE SPECIFIED ON THE EXEC STATEMENT FOR G GIM28306S ** ALLOCATION FAILED FOR SMPLOG.

Another reason to hate PDSE's

2010-07-25 Thread Pinnacle
Some months ago, John Ehrman posted asking why we don't like PDSE's. I just found somehting that blows my mind, a ridiculous limitation in PDSE's that all by itself militates against their usage. I'm running a utility that outputs IEBUPDTE cards to create a PDS. When running the cards, we hi

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Tony Harminc
On 25 July 2010 13:16, Dave Salt wrote: >> Phillips are fine for low-torque applications like electrical device >> mounting. > > There may be some small number of applications where having a screwdriver > that easily slips out of the screw is for some reason a desired effect. In particular, inst

Re: Mainframe books

2010-07-25 Thread Alan Brown
> If you are new and maybe already understand UNIX, the I would recommend >the book "UNIX as a Second Language". This book is available on Amazon for $7.22 in the US. - Alan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

Bit more info on next mainframe

2010-07-25 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/14/ibm_system_z11_preview/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at htt

Tibco Object Star/Huron Performance Tuning

2010-07-25 Thread amit
hi, i have recently laid my hands on Object star for installation/maint, and find it a wonderful S/W. was looking for if still any fans for this product and can share any recent experience in performance tuning tips for the same. Regards, Amit

Re: SMS and z/OS 1.11

2010-07-25 Thread Gibney, Dave
Thank Bob and IBM. I'm fully converted to 1.11, and this time I gat it done before the next release was GA. I think this is the first time :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 1:03

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Dave Salt
> Phillips are fine for low-torque applications like electrical device > mounting. There may be some small number of applications where having a screwdriver that easily slips out of the screw is for some reason a desired effect. But in general, it renders Phillips screws about as useful as a cho

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Don Williams
With Allen, TORX, and other screws - the screw driver has to be pretty close to perpendicular in order to apply large torque. That can be inconvenient in a tight space. With the Robertson's tapered square hole, you can be considerably off perpendicular and still apply a large torque without the dri

Re: Old announcement letters

2010-07-25 Thread Dave Jones
The VM/370 announcement letter can be found here: http://www.sinenomine.net/publications/history/vm370-announcement/ DJ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with t

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Salt > > > Most hardware and home center stores don't even know what a > > Robertson-drive screw IS. And of the few that know, you'll only find > > wood screws. No machine screws. :-( > > Flat head screws are gar

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Don Williams
Thanks for putting us back on topic. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 1:24 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS > > Dave Salt wrote: > > This has noth

Re: C-I-C-S vs KICKS

2010-07-25 Thread Don Williams
You right, flat head screws have nothing to do with type of driver slot. I was trying to say that the flat head screws do have good uses. Phillips still has some applications were it may be considered a better choice. For example, when the product designer wants to reduce the chance of someone ov

A60 power supply problems.

2010-07-25 Thread Matan Cohen
Hi, we have a A60 controller for our 3590 tape drive . one of the two power supply is not working well , is there a way to force the A60 to get online with only one powe supply? -- best regards, matan cohen MF System Administrator. --

Re: LE calling assembler with 64 bit register usage

2010-07-25 Thread Peter Relson
>Is it guaranteed by LE that the services potentilly invoked by CEEENTRY will not >violate those conventions? I.E., initial stack frame allocation, extend stack >frame, etc.? Otherwise saving/restoring outside of the prolog/epilog would vio I'm sure that whatever LE calls does not violate L

Re: AXR04 on z/OS 1.11

2010-07-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <7l8e461ghi07tm71r4m2v1kjutjfh49...@4ax.com>, on 07/21/2010 at 07:40 PM, Binyamin Dissen said: >That has been part of the normal shutdown since at least early Z, and >quite possibly in OS390 (do not have enough neurons to save all this >info) Yes, but that doesn't make it sound design. -

Re: available lists

2010-07-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <15312489.1279897818634.javamail.r...@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net>, on 07/23/2010 at 11:10 AM, Lizette Koehler said: >However there are newsgroups for JES2, JES3, ISPF, TSO-REXX, IMS, >CICS, MQ, MVS/OE, Where there are mailing lists gated to Usenet, it's best to post to the maili

Re: Update an Offline RACF Database

2010-07-25 Thread Matan Cohen
*Tivoli zSecure Admin RACF-Offline Description* The IBM Tivoli zSecure Admin RACF-Offline component of Tivoli zSecure Admin provides the possibility to issue most RACF commands against an inactive RACF database. The use of an Offline RACF database allows testing commands before actually implementin

Update an Offline RACF Database

2010-07-25 Thread Jennifer Del Negro
Good morning, Is it possible to update an offline database? Jennifer Del Negro Verizon Wireless -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN