End of JCL exit?

2010-12-20 Thread Brian Westerman
I received an email today which at first seemed really simple to say yes/no to, but it started me to thinking. I was asked if it's possible to dynamically add a step to the end of a job via some system exit. At first I thought to tell them to use JES exit 4/54, because I've used it to add and

Re: ZONEEDIT of DATASET() values

2010-12-20 Thread Kathryn A. Pinto
Ricc, You may use any number of asterisks and percent signs in the subentry 'value' of the IF condition. However, for the 'to' and 'from' values on the CHANGE statement there can be only one asterisk and it must be the last character (or only character). When used for the 'from' value, it

Re: ZONEEDIT of DATASET() values

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:03:20 -0600, Kathryn A. Pinto wrote: Any number of asterisks are allowed in the subentry 'value' on the IF condition, but in the 'to' and 'from' values of the CHANGE statement, there can be only one asterisk and it must be last. I know a couple readers of this list who

Re: End of JCL exit?

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:24:11 -0600, Brian Westerman wrote: I just can't see that JES tells you that you are on the last card, although it does tell you when you are on the last line of the JOB card in the other input exits, it doesn't seem to know that it's at the end of the actual JCL. That

Frr pramter address question

2010-12-20 Thread Micheal Butz
Hi, The paramd paramter on the SETFRR Macro when adding a FRR you give FRR a address where to return a pointer to a 24 byte area Where would set what info you want passed to your recovery routine in the 24 byte area Thankx Sent from my iPhone

Re: Frr pramter address question

2010-12-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:36:37 -0500 Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: :The paramd paramter on the SETFRR :Macro when adding a FRR you give FRR a address where to return a :pointer to a 24 byte area :Where would set what info you want passed to your recovery routine in :the :24

Re: HSM recycle of DUMP VOLUMEs

2010-12-20 Thread Sebastian Welton
I recently did this by using: HSENDCMD RECYCLE EXECUTE VOLUME( ) to move all HSM volumes from one VTS to another. Admittedly the new volumes had different volsers and so the SMS routines were changed to reflect the new VTS but it worked fine. Sebastian On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:26:49 +0200,

Re: HSM recycle of DUMP VOLUMEs

2010-12-20 Thread Scott Rowe
Sebastian, Do you mean to say that you were able to use RECYCLE for DUMP volumes? I didn't think that was supported. Scott On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Sebastian Welton sebast...@welton.dewrote: I recently did this by using: HSENDCMD RECYCLE EXECUTE VOLUME( ) to move all HSM

Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
I am trying to understand why a job is not being selected for execution in JES2 (z/OS V1.11) In SDSF I see in that colume AWAIT MAIN SELECT I have tried searching in JES2 manuals, goggling it and not finding much. What does the Phasename mean in SDSF and what specifically does AWAIT MAIN

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Matan Cohen
Hi, I don't familiar with this status but why not trying to see the stats of the job directly by JES ($DJ)? On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.comwrote: I am trying to understand why a job is not being selected for execution in JES2 (z/OS V1.11) In SDSF I

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote in message news:24933971.1292859768473.javamail.r...@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlin k.net... I am trying to understand why a job is not being selected for execution in JES2 (z/OS V1.11) In SDSF I see in that colume AWAIT MAIN SELECT I have tried

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote in message news:24933971.1292859768473.javamail.r...@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlin k.net... I am trying to understand why a job is not being selected for execution in JES2 (z/OS V1.11) In SDSF I see in that colume AWAIT MAIN SELECT I have tried

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName (Resolved)

2010-12-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
Found out that some unknown person issued a $TJOBCLASS(z),QHELD=YES some time ago. In SDSF both the Phasname (Await Main Sel) and DLY (YES) fields indicated the issue. Once I issued the I command against the job in SDSF it stated JES2 Queue Held = YES Pretty simple after that. Now I need

Re: Frr pramter address question

2010-12-20 Thread Chris Craddock
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.netwrote: Hi, The paramd paramter on the SETFRR Macro when adding a FRR you give FRR a address where to return a pointer to a 24 byte area Where would set what info you want passed to your recovery routine in the 24 byte

X-memory POST question

2010-12-20 Thread Charles Mills
A task in address space A issues a WAIT on an ECB in CSA (SP 241). A task in address space B wishes to POST that ECB. Must it use an X-memory POST (ASCB=A)? Charles -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: X-memory POST question

2010-12-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:28:06 -0800 Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: :A task in address space A issues a WAIT on an ECB in CSA (SP 241). :A task in address space B wishes to POST that ECB. Must it use an X-memory :POST (ASCB=A)? If the ECB is waiting. The XM post is required to schedule an

Re: X-memory POST question

2010-12-20 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks much. That's consistent with what I was seeing. I got an S202-00 when I did not use ASCB=A (and no problems when I did). I wanted to make sure that was expected behavior, not some other coding error on my part. If the ECB is waiting Right. I use the documented CS technique to avoid the

Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Larry Macioce
I am trying to remove' lines from a pds member to geet a better view of what I need. I am doing this in view mode as I know it doen't work in browse. I enter on the command line: x ; all (trying to get rid of the ;(also tried ) The message returned is incomplete string So I hit f1 to get a

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Matan Cohen
try the HEX version of this command : x x'5e' all On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Larry Macioce mace1...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to remove' lines from a pds member to geet a better view of what I need. I am doing this in view mode as I know it doen't work in browse. I enter on the

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Hardee, Charles H
Larry, Your command delimiter is currently set to semi-colon (;). So, ISPF thinks that the exclude command is really 2 commands and the first, the exclude, only has 1 quotation mark. Go to option 0 and change the command delimiter to something else then try your exclude again. Don't forget to

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I enter on the command line: x ; all It appears that ';' is your command line delimiter. The above statement is equivalent to two statements: X And all Try: 1. Changing your command delimeter, or: (better) 2. Entering: x x'nn' all where nn is the hex equivalent of ';' - Ted MacNEIL

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:35 PM, McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: I think IBM would do well to adopt yet another UNIX concept: The escape. The ; would be a logical line end. Like NL in UNIX. But you can put a reverse solidus (backslash \) in front of it to escape it. ex

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 11:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Problem with an edit command in tso On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:59:44 -0500, Hardee, Charles

Re: ZONEEDIT of DATASET() values

2010-12-20 Thread Ricc Harding
Thank you Kathryn; I had come to a conclusion that it was something like that though I admit to being fooled when the IF found the correct datasets but the CHANGE did not change them. I did not see the clarity of your explanation in any of the SMP/E manuals which had examples. Thank you again

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:59:44 -0500, Hardee, Charles H wrote: Your command delimiter is currently set to semi-colon (;). So, ISPF thinks that the exclude command is really 2 commands and the first, the exclude, only has 1 quotation mark. Whose moronic design fails to treat a command delimiter

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Charles Mills
Easy to do. I suspect we've all been burned by this at least once. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Macioce Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Problem with an edit

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Larry Macioce
DING DING You are right ; is a delimiter I'll change it Thanks for all the replys It was driving me crazy(er) thanks Larry -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with

Anyone using TPC-R and Basic Hyperswap

2010-12-20 Thread Dana Mitchell
We are considering using Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication and Basic Hyperswap combined with Metromirror to have the ability to swap from one DS8000 to a mirrored one.Since we do not already have DB2 or WAS, we would be using the free replacement products for this. Is

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Charles Mills
Is ; your command delimiter? Take a look in OPTIONS (ISPF 0). That would account for what you are seeing. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Macioce Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 8:51 AM To:

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Macioce Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Problem with an edit command in tso I am trying to remove' lines from a pds member to geet a

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Roach, Dennis (N-GHG)
Let's get the timeline right 1966 MFT 1967 CP/CMS (IBM internal) 1969 Unix 1972 VM/379 (public release of CP/CMS) 1972 OS/VS1 1972 OS/VS2R1 - SVS 1974 OS/VS2R2 - MVS Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Facilities Design and Operations Contract Strategic Technical

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:40:30 -0500, zMan wrote: On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:35 PM, McKown, John wrote: I think IBM would do well to adopt yet another UNIX concept: The escape. The ; would be a logical line end. Like NL in UNIX. But you can put a reverse solidus (backslash \) in front of it to

Re: X-memory POST question

2010-12-20 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 12/20/2010 11:28 AM, Charles Mills wrote: A task in address space A issues a WAIT on an ECB in CSA (SP 241). A task in address space B wishes to POST that ECB. Must it use an X-memory POST (ASCB=A)? I see that you've already gotten a solution, but the strict answer is no. If the ECB is

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
dennis.ro...@lmco.com (Roach, Dennis , N-GHG) writes: Let's get the timeline right 1966 MFT 1967 CP/CMS (IBM internal) 1969 Unix 1972 VM/379 (public release of CP/CMS) 1972 OS/VS1 1972 OS/VS2R1 - SVS 1974 OS/VS2R2 - MVS note that folklore is that unix was simplified version of multics

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Chris Mason
Paul But that's apt to overflow the password field on the login screen. I happened to see this gripe regarding the 3270 panel which contains the field provided for the entry of a password. This will be because the password field allows for only a limited number of characters, 8 is it? I

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:59:14 -0600, Chris Mason wrote: My security problem arose because I was in the habit of keying a userid, then tabbing and keying in the password. All the time I would be looking at the keyboard - as poor typists do! The trouble is that I needed to enter different userids

Re: Problem with an edit command in tso

2010-12-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/20/2010 4:59:33 P.M. Central Standard Time, chrisma...@belgacom.net writes: Those who can see what that means will now have spilt their coffee - unless they have suffered from the problem. prof bs(l)

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:42:48 -0500, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: I am trying to understand why a job is not being selected for execution in JES2 (z/OS V1.11) In SDSF I see in that colume AWAIT MAIN SELECT I have tried searching in JES2 manuals, goggling it and not finding

Re: Meaning of SDSF Field PhaseName

2010-12-20 Thread Arthur Gutowski
Lizette and Gentle readers, Please disregard my previous post - I did not catch the new thread under the the revised subject line before I replied. Mea culpa, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: End of JCL exit?

2010-12-20 Thread Brian Westerman
Hi Gil, Yes it appears to be entered for a // line, but when I asked her, she said that they rarely use that as a delimiter. I can see in HASPRDR that he does know when he gets to the end of the JCL, but for some reason, doesn't call the exit again like he does for several others (like

Re: X-memory POST question

2010-12-20 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:28 -0500 on 12/20/2010, Gerhard Postpischil wrote about Re: X-memory POST question: On 12/20/2010 11:28 AM, Charles Mills wrote: A task in address space A issues a WAIT on an ECB in CSA (SP 241). A task in address space B wishes to POST that ECB. Must it use an X-memory POST (ASCB=A)?

Re: z/os x z/os.e differences

2010-12-20 Thread Brian Westerman
Thanks Tim, As you can see, most of these are not requirements to run on a z/10, although some of them add new functions (which you are not using now). The only ones that are really necessary are the ones that add support for HCD and IODF definitions of the 2098. If you already have that

Re: End of JCL exit?

2010-12-20 Thread scott
What you could do, but not recommended is to add an exit point yourself in HASPRDR to get control when EOF is reached. Never tried it. On 12/21/2010 12:32 AM, Brian Westerman wrote: Hi Gil, Yes it appears to be entered for a // line, but when I asked her, she said that they rarely use that

Re: HSM recycle of DUMP VOLUMEs

2010-12-20 Thread Sebastian Welton
Scott, absolutely correct. This was for ML2 volumes only. Of the top of my head I can't recall waht I used for DUMP volumes but managed to move them as well, I believe that there is a utility to do this. Need to look at my jobs I used when I can. Sebastian. On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:05:00