Re: Channel path acronym's

2010-09-13 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Thank you very much On 9/11/2010 7:43 PM, Barry Merrill wrote: Here's MXG's past and present mappings for SMF73CPD values: /* $MG073CD FORMAT FOR VMAC73 */ VALUE $MG073CD '00'X='00X:UNKNOWN' /*UNDEF*/ '01'X='01X:PARALLEL BLOC

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Martin Kline
(Reposted by request from Chris Mason) Sorry, I've no idea regarding whether the first duplicatly named entry is taken, the last duplicatly named entry is taken or some random selection. If my arm were twisted, I'd say the first. I don't believe VTAM expects to handle that many mode table entries

Re: CA ESP Workload Automation

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Dover
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:37:04 -0500, gsg wrote: >Does anyone use a CA job scheduler product called ESP Workload Automation? > >PROS/CONS compared to other job schedulers? > >TIA > >-- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

z/OS V1.12 differences and z196 (the new mainframe) impacts

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Comstock
For the last five or six years, August / September has been a very busy time for me. This is when the IBM publications for the new release of z/OS become available, and I download these pubs and read them, looking for changes that impact your applications programmers. Then I update the courses I'

GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread McKown, John
I can't find the stupid book on how to set the GTF options. Has anyone here ever run GTF to capture TRACE events from a SLIP trap? The SLIP is from IBM on a DFSORT problem and looks like: SLIP SET,IF,ACTION=TRACE,LPAMOD=(ICEIPUT,550A4,55560),TRDATA=(STD,REGS),END I'm just not off to a good s

Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids? In the z/OS V1R11.0 MVS Bookshelf Thank You, Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: McKown, John [john.mck...@healthmarkets.com] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: GTF trace help / SLIP

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Martin Kline
For clarification, the original problem I am dealing with is that I inherited a system where the implementation of EE was incomplete. In trying to enable EE, VTAM issued an IST663I message with sense 08210002, further explained in an IST264I message indicating "REQUIRED LOGMODE NAME CPSVCMG UNDEFIN

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Staller, Allan
Just to further complicate things, the customer who wants EE implemented tells me that EE was working between his system and our test system last year. So I investigated. I found that the test system is using the default IBM ISTINCLM LOGMODE table, and does not have a customized version of it in p

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread John P. Baker
Martin, In examining the assembly output of a VTAM modetab, I observe that there is no index generated. Based upon the lack of an index, and the fact that there exists no requirement to put the entries in alphabetical order, I would conclude that VTAM will select the first matching entry from the

Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. > (NIH/CIT) [C] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 7:50 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture > > Diagnosis: Tools and Serv

Re: z/OS V1.12 differences and z196 (the new mainframe) impacts

2010-09-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:35:45 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: > >* GETMAIN now returns address of gotten area in R1 with the > leftmost word being all binary zeros, so address can be > treated as a 64-bit address > Unconditionally? That would break subroutines that don't save/restore high order pa

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Martin Kline
Allen:Why not just remove the entries that duplicate those in the IBM ISTINCLM from your load module. That way the IBM load module (and associated LOGMODE entries) will be found in the "normal" search order. Thanks, but then I wouldn't be able to find any of IBM's entries. The modified ISTINCLM l

Re: z/OS V1.12 differences and z196 (the new mainframe) impacts

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Comstock
On 9/13/2010 7:23 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:35:45 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: * GETMAIN now returns address of gotten area in R1 with the leftmost word being all binary zeros, so address can be treated as a 64-bit address Unconditionally? That would break subrou

Re: Jobclas Protection - IEFUJI

2010-09-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:57:36 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >I can't help with the RACF/IEFUJI mechanism, but I do have a TSO SUBMIT >exit that enforces job classes >based on USERID. You're welcome to a copy by private mail if you'll send >me a private address for it. I know someone has mentioned t

Re: Jobclas Protection - IEFUJI

2010-09-13 Thread Jousma, David
I mentioned the use of TSO submit exit, ONLY as a "early reminder" that the user job is going to fail. The real gatekeeper is IEFUJI. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Gr

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-13 Thread Bill Fairchild
Perhaps the OP wants to learn more about how z/OS works. Until I see more explanation of the ultimate goal, I would suggest running your z/OS under VM or possibly on whatever today's equivalent of a P/390 is. That way, you can take steps to ensure that your task does not lose control to anothe

Re: JES2 vs. JES3

2010-09-13 Thread Bill Fairchild
One of the other two was Dick Hitt, who also played the piano during the Esprit de Corps sessions at the Thursday night SCIDS at SHARE until the Spring, 1982 meeting in LA, when Anne Caluori began playing. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: z/OS V1.12 differences and z196 (the new mainframe) impacts

2010-09-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:33:13 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: > >R1 does not matter. From the Assembler Services Guide: > >Unless otherwise defined by the individual interface, the >calling program should expect, upon return, that >* The low halves (Bits 32-63) of GPRs 2 through 13 are unchanged >* The

Re: CA ESP Workload Automation

2010-09-13 Thread Alan Schenck
We have ESP, though I'm not all that familiar with it. If you wish you can send me questions off list and I'd be glad to discuss with those in the know. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

Re: CICS 4.1 ServerPac and XLMGNR8

2010-09-13 Thread John Eells
R.S. wrote: I have a problem with job XLMGNR8 which is a part of ServerPac for CICS TS 4.1. It should create some report in XML format, the job is optional by the way. The job indefinitely fills output dataset by repeatedly putting an entry describing SMPWRK6 dataset. Has anyone found the probl

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Martin Kline > > For clarification, the original problem I am dealing with is that I > inherited a system where the implementation of EE was incomplete. In trying > to enable EE, VTAM issued an IST663I message with sen

Re: S906-08

2010-09-13 Thread Bill Fairchild
Perhaps the OP deliberately put a simple test program into an infinite LOAD loop just to see what would happen. I find that much more likely. I have done similar things in the past; e.g., trying to run a job step with N and then N+1 DD statements, where N is the documented maximum number per s

CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Is anyone using this and if so, have you seen any downside? I have a structure out there with policy change pending and it is always allocated. User wants larger size and we are taking the default of NO for all structures. Please advise. Bob ---

Re: What is the difference in z/OS 1.12 Base and z/OS 1.12 Alternate Base?

2010-09-13 Thread John Eells
drink wrote: A SHARE presentation says to order one or the other and to be sure to order the right one. But, what is the difference? The short answer is most likely, "Order the one you had before--and that is almost certainly the z/OS 1.12 Base." (There are vanishingly few orders for the Al

Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
"Richards, Robert B." wrote in message news:<2d14e7856646224aacdda13ab1d355570c8b92e...@wdcv7exvs2.opm.gov>... > Is anyone using this and if so, have you seen any downside? > > I have a structure out there with policy change pending and it is always allocated. User wants larger size and we are ta

Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Did that (SETXCF START,REALLOCATE) and it would *not* effect the change with ALLOWAUTOALT, hence my question. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:47 AM To: IBM-MAI

Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Oops! I meant *WITHOUT* ALLOWAUTOALT. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT Did that (SETXCF

Re: IBM and Texas Outsourcing troubles part two

2010-09-13 Thread Howard Brazee
On 10 Sep 2010 14:03:27 -0700, eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: >The question should be: >"How can we deliver our product/service most effectively?". > >Unfortunately, the question asked is: >"What can we out-source, this year?" Those are subsets of "How can we show on our resume how we dr

Re: The new POO (Props / ProP ) is available

2010-09-13 Thread Scott Rowe
I have a single IBM ID that is registered for IBMLink, Shopz and ResourceLink. I logged onto IBMLink earlier, and when I clicked on the link I worked fine without even asking me to logon again. >>> "Chase, John" 9/7/2010 8:45 AM >>> > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: JES2 vs. JES3

2010-09-13 Thread Jack Schudel
My copy of the Program Contribution Form for /HASP-II/ HOUSTON AUTOMATIC SPOOLING PRIORITY SYSTEM WITH REMOTE JOB ENTRY dated 10 SEP 1968 lists the authors as Tom H. Simpson Robert P. Crabtree Robert O. Ray There were spaces on the form for up to 4 authors, so I don't know why Dick Hitt was not

Re: z/OS V1.12 differences and z196 (the new mainframe) impacts

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Comstock
On 9/13/2010 8:22 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:33:13 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: R1 does not matter. From the Assembler Services Guide: Unless otherwise defined by the individual interface, the calling program should expect, upon return, that * The low halves (Bits 32-63)

Re: CA ESP Workload Automation

2010-09-13 Thread Norman Hollander on DesertWiz
Out of curiosity, what's the issue(s) with Tivoli? I'm familiar with all of CA's and Tivoli's products. zNorman -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Dover Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 Monday 5:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.

Re: DSFORT INTERNAL ERROR WITH ICE185A S0C1 -HELP>

2010-09-13 Thread Frank Yaeger
Tommy Tsui on IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 09/12/2010 01:08:08 AM: > >> After migrated to z/os 1.11 we found lot of jobs using DFSORT > >> icetools abended with ICE185A S0C1 "ABEND WAS ISSED BY DFSORT" Please open a PMR with IBM service so we can collect the needed doc and determine if

Re: S906-08

2010-09-13 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/13/2010 10:35 AM, Bill Fairchild wrote: step, testing a program that does only a SYNCH macro to see if the system can survive. The problem was fixed in MVS with the introduction of LSQA and the E04 abend code. But the SYNCH macro is overkill, a bare SVC 12 suffices. On a 4 meg 360/65 i

z/OS non-sms dasd allocation algorithm ?

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Mann
Does anyone know how a dasd volume is selected for a new non-sms dataset allocation when using the UNIT parm? Is it just the first volume in the UNIT group that satisfies the space request or is some other algorithm used? Anyone know if this is documented anywhere (IBM manual)? z/OS 1.9 ---

Re: How does VTAM handle duplicate MODEENT names in a logmode table?

2010-09-13 Thread Martin Kline
John Chase: >Are the entries duplicated? Or just the labels? Seems that if the >entries are duplicated (i.e., all parameters are identical in each >entry), the duplicates are superfluous and can (should) be eliminated. >To see the effect of duplicate labels, look in the ESD to see which one >is ad

Re: z/OS non-sms dasd allocation algorithm ?

2010-09-13 Thread John H Kington
Steve, >Does anyone know how a dasd volume is selected for a new non-sms dataset >allocation when using the UNIT parm? Is it just the first volume in the UNIT >group that satisfies the space request or is some other algorithm used? >Anyone know if this is documented anywhere (IBM manual)? z/OS

OMEGAMON & OMEGAVIEW in same CSI: Pros and Cons?

2010-09-13 Thread George Henke
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Re: z/OS non-sms dasd allocation algorithm ?

2010-09-13 Thread Mike Schwab
VATLST sets up PUBLIC and STORAGE non-sms volumes. PRIVATE volumes are not used unless specifically requested. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Steve Mann wrote: > Does anyone know how a dasd volume is selected for a new non-sms dataset > allocation when using the UNIT parm?  Is it  just the fi

Re: z/OS non-sms dasd allocation algorithm ?

2010-09-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:37:25 -0500, Steve Mann wrote: >Does anyone know how a dasd volume is selected for a new non-sms dataset >allocation when using the UNIT parm? Is it just the first volume in the UNIT >group that satisfies the space request or is some other algorithm used? >Anyone know if

SFTP Ported Tools

2010-09-13 Thread Ken Porowski
Just trying to get this working but the doc leaves much to be desired. Note, our use of SFTP will probably be limited to internal use (Mainframe to a common SFTP server within my network) so I'm not too worried about duplication or sharing keys across multiple users. Q1. Anyone know o a Redbook o

Re: Does anyone combine OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in the same CSI?

2010-09-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:30:01 -0400, George Henke wrote: >Currently we have OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in separate CSI's. > >Recently we applied a PTF to resolve an OC4 to OMEGAMON but the same PTF >also needed to be applied to OMEGAVIEW and was not. > >There are those who think had they been in the sa

Duplexing ISTGENERIC structure locked up sysplex

2010-09-13 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Just a heads up to those contemplating doing a duplex of ISTGENERIC. When I switched to the policy containing the duplex, all hell broke loose. It is currently caught in REBUILD status and it is preventing "generic" logons to all systems in the SYSPLEX. If you are already logged on, you are fine

Re: Does anyone combine OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in the same CSI?

2010-09-13 Thread George Henke
Yes, MCS, ty. Also, IBM just got back to me and they highly recommend that they be in the same CSI. So now the question arises, it is better to reinstall the products or just merge the CSI's via EXPORT, IMPORT, etc? On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15

Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Charles Mills
I've got a program FOO that requires a string with embedded blanks as a parm, e.g. //STEP1EXEC PGM=FOO,PARM='Hello World' I'd like to be able to set up a proc BAR that would take a parm STRING= and pass it to FOO as the PARM=, e.g. //BAR PROC STRING='the string' //STEP1 EXEC PGM=FOO,PARM

New instruction mnemonics

2010-09-13 Thread Abe F. Kornelis
Hello all, (Cross-posted to HLASM-list) The new instruction mnemonics for the z196 include a number floating point instructions that already existed. An A has been appended to their mnemonics. Why is that? That is because a rounding mode could not be specified; it was always taken from the FP

Does anyone combine OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in the same CSI?

2010-09-13 Thread George Henke
Currently we have OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in separate CSI's. Recently we applied a PTF to resolve an OC4 to OMEGAMON but the same PTF also needed to be applied to OMEGAVIEW and was not. There are those who think had they been in the same CSI this problem would not have occurred. If they are separ

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Howard Brazee
On 13 Sep 2010 12:59:13 -0700, charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote: >If I code it as PARM='&STRING', then if the user wants to pass in a string >with quotes in it, he needs quadruple quotes, e.g. > >//MYSTEP EXEC BAR,STRING='The value is 3.14' > >which I find fairly ridiculous and non-i

Re: SFTP Ported Tools

2010-09-13 Thread Starr, Alan
Hi Ken, I can address some of your questions. I'm doing this from memory because I don't have the time to look everything up, so some names may be a bit off. I apologize in advance for any errors. We use sftp and keys for transfers between Linux/Unix and the mainframe. For mainframe-to-mainfram

Re: CA OPS/MVS phone home

2010-09-13 Thread Kirk Talman
We have/had a home grown version of that. It included a M$W server accessed via MQ and using VRU. Server and its software were not replaced for cost reasons :-) Now using just SMTP sending to SMS and/or email. IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 09/10/2010 12:25:04 PM: > From: Jack Kell

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-13 Thread Scott Rowe
I see no details (interesting or otherwise) in that article that were not previously known. In fact, there are more errors than details. >>> Ed Gould 9/10/2010 12:44 AM >>> Here are some more interesting details to this new processor:http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2368264,00.aspIBM

Re: Oracle mainframe gateways

2010-09-13 Thread Neil Duffee
Frank : don't know better details, since we don't use that functionality, but one of the supposed abilities of the "Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2" (OTGDB2) was as a 2-way conduit ie. not only Oracle to DB2 (our usage) but DB2 to Oracle. You might investigate the IMS gateway to verify that

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Charles Mills
> whether you can change the program Without boring you with details I have a number of possibilities open to me. Each has certain shortcomings. If I could overcome THIS shortcoming of THIS approach it would be my most desirable option IMHO. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Does anyone combine OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in the same CSI?

2010-09-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 09/13/2010 at 03:30 PM, George Henke said: >Just looking for some thoughts on this from SMP/E guru's 1. A PTF should only apply to one FMID. 2. Element names should be globally unique. 3. If a PTF requires service in a different FMID, it should use an ifreq. 4. It's normal

Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 09/13/2010 at 07:47 AM, "McKown, John" said: >Has anyone here ever run GTF to capture TRACE events from a SLIP >trap? Sure. You display USR records with IPCS. You can take your input from the GTF output dataset or from a dump containing the GTF records. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.)

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <4c8d729d.1070...@mentor-services.com>, on 09/12/2010 at 08:38 PM, Mike Myers said: >If you only want a single TCB to dominate a CPU, you may want to go >back to OS/360 (Sequential Scheduling System Single Sequential Scheduler. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT IS

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <000d01cb52ad$d9e3b5b0$8dab21...@net>, on 09/12/2010 at 03:08 PM, michealbutz said: >Its only for testing Do you not share the test LPAR with outher users? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't

Re: CA ESP Workload Automation

2010-09-13 Thread Neil Duffee
ESP499I ESP RELEASE 5.5 SP2 INITIALIZED, Approaching 2 decades of use from when it was a CyberMation product. **VERY** pleased with the product tho' we're concerned with how it might morph/sunset under CA's ownership. Can't talk about other products since the only comparison was done at initi

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-13 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:05:47 -0400 "Robert A. Rosenberg" wrote: :>At 01:42 -0400 on 09/12/10, michealbutz wrote about Re: Issuing WTOR :>SVC In Multitask Environment: :>>WTOR 'WAIT AND DON'T GIVE CONTROL TO ANOTHER TASK.',REPLY,1,RESPECB :>>So instead of doing a WAIT ECB=RESPECB AFTER

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
Modify FOO to translate the parm by replacing a designated character (such as \) with a quote. You can then code the proc invocation as //MYSTEP EXEC BAR,STRING='The value is \3.14\' and code the jobstep as //STEP1 EXEC PGM=FOO,PARM='&STRING' Your translate table is simply TBL

Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:47:04 -0500 "McKown, John" wrote: :>I can't find the stupid book on how to set the GTF options. Has anyone here ever run GTF to capture TRACE events from a SLIP trap? The SLIP is from IBM on a DFSORT problem and looks like: TRACE=SLIP -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.diss

Re: GTF trace help / SLIP trace capture

2010-09-13 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 16:52 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In , > on 09/13/2010 >at 07:47 AM, "McKown, John" said: > > >Has anyone here ever run GTF to capture TRACE events from a SLIP > >trap? > > Sure. You display USR records with IPCS. You can take your input from > the GTF outp

Re: Does anyone combine OMEGAMON and OMEGAVIEW in the same CSI?

2010-09-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:48:09 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > > 1. A PTF should only apply to one FMID. > Not exactly. From: #<<3.7.1.3 "SMP/E V3R5.0 for z/OS V1R12.0 Commands" ___

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-13 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 17:04 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <4c8d729d.1070...@mentor-services.com>, on 09/12/2010 >at 08:38 PM, Mike Myers said: > > >If you only want a single TCB to dominate a CPU, you may want to go > >back to OS/360 (Sequential Scheduling System > > Single Se

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Charles Mills
In reverse order: > //MYSTEP EXEC BAR,PARM.STEP1='The value is ''3.14''' That's a good idea. That's about the best I had come up with so far. It will be a single-step proc, so all I actually need is PARM=. It's a little odd -- it does not show up in a Substitution JCL message so it looks like it

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Scott Ford
This is a of what i have done and it works: //SET1 Howard: This is a of what i have done and it works: //SET1   SET   ODSN=PROD.JCLLIB //SET4A  SET   OBLOCK=3120 //STEP1  EXEC  PGM=IEFBR14 //*---* //*  IEFBR14 ALLOC OUTPUT LIBRAR

Re: Another brain-dead quoted PROC parm question

2010-09-13 Thread Charles Mills
I'm sorry, I don't understand the relevance to my question. How does this address the problem of passing quotes in quoted strings in a PROC parameter without quadrupling them? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott F

Re: CA ESP Workload Automation

2010-09-13 Thread amit
I second Neil on his comments. i have had the pleasurable experience of working/migrating and supporting ESP for quite a while now and found it to be absolutely Delightful. The features and controls have been quite streamlined for different Support groups which can be monitored/audited as per will

Re: System Dump - Long non-dispatchable

2010-09-13 Thread George Kozakos
>Since we upgraded to z/OS 1.11, we have encountered a couple of system >dumps that have set the system non-dispatchable during global data >capture for 15 seconds! This long delay caused an application outage >because the application could not tolerate that long of wait. > >The two dumps causing

current used main-memory( realmemory, central memory)

2010-09-13 Thread Leopold Strauss
Hi all, I would need a snapshot about the amount of current used main-memory. With RMF-monitor-II-snapshot this value is not provided. Are there any systemcalls or controlblock-chains to be looked for to get this value ? I would appreciate any hints. Thanks in advance and BR Leo Strauss

Re: Jobclas Protection - IEFUJI

2010-09-13 Thread Ed Gould
--- On Fri, 9/10/10, Mark Zelden wrote: From: Mark Zelden Subject: Re: Jobclas Protection - IEFUJI To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 2:19 PM On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:02:14 -0500, Dave Kopischke wrote: > >I think a RACF hook in the exit would be a better approach. I'd a

Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
It will honour the CFRM policy, so you should update the policy to what the application thinks is appropriate and then do the Reallocate. Kees. "Richards, Robert B." wrote in message news:<2d14e7856646224aacdda13ab1d355570c8b92e...@wdcv7exvs2.opm.gov>... > Oops! > > I meant *WITHOUT* ALLOWAUTO

Re: z/OS non-sms dasd allocation algorithm ?

2010-09-13 Thread Ron Hawkins
John and Steve, Back around 1995 SMS and non-SMS allocation was documented in a very detailed informational APAR. I no longer have a copy of it. My recollection is that the eligible device list for was built in least busy LCU and volume order, where busy was based on a reasonably short SRM measur

Re: CF Structures - ALLOWAUTOALT

2010-09-13 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Sorry, after reading again, I see this is no good anwer. I now see that my answer is your question. Reallocate effectuates policy changes, but we have ALLOWAUTOALT(yes). However, from the doc, I read that this effects automatic alters to the structure size when it is allocated and does not influenc