Re: BPXWDYN

2011-03-01 Thread William M Klein
Scott, I have read the various replies and no-one (that I see) has pointed out that if you are using Enterprise COBOL 4.1, you are going about the task the hard way. Enterprise COBOL (for several releases) has supported dynamic allocation of files that does NOT require you to do explicit calls

Re: ZCIOWAIT message

2011-03-01 Thread 李朝鹏
Thomas Your advice is very useful for me, thanks a lot. At 2011-02-28 21:04:15,Thomas Dunlap thomas.dun...@att.net wrote: Eric, ZCIOWAIT indicates VTAM terminal control wait. My first guess is that you are function shipping to another CICS region using VTAM connections between the regions

SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Chokalingam Thangavelu
Hi, Please let me know if there is any document that describes SYS1 datasets and its associated product names. For example SYS1.SIGY* datasets are related to Enterprise Cobol. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Mark Jacobs
There are very few zOS datasets that have fixed names. For instance my Enterprise COBOL datasets are named IGY.SIGY*, but I could name them anything I wanted to. On 03/01/11 07:43, Chokalingam Thangavelu wrote: Hi, Please let me know if there is any document that describes SYS1 datasets and

Re: ZCIOWAIT message

2011-03-01 Thread Schumacher, Otto
You could also not have enough sessions define from your TOR CICS region to your AOR CICS region this will cause your transaction to wait for a session. This is sometimes what you what to do rather than to clog up the AOR with tasks that will not run do to deadlock situations. Regards Otto

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:13:29 +0530, Chokalingam Thangavelu thangavelu.chokalin...@wipro.com wrote: Hi, Please let me know if there is any document that describes SYS1 datasets and its associated product names. For example SYS1.SIGY* datasets are related to Enterprise Cobol. There isn't any one

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Ernie Takeuchi
IBM only requires that you keep the last level qualifier intact. You can find all your IBM datasets if you have a file on disk called **.INSTGUID.BOOK. This file should have been made available when your system was first installed. You can read the book by invoking the exec EOXVSTRT for book

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread R.S.
Ernie Takeuchi pisze: IBM only requires that you keep the last level qualifier intact. No, you don't have to. All datasets with 2 or 3 exceptions can be renamed. See SERVERPAC Installation Dialog and display dataset name by category rename allowed. Answer to original question: No, there is

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Rob Scott
There is a master list of registered product prefixes (three letters) that describe which IBM and ISV products are associated with them. In SMP/E terms, typically this means the three letters after the S or A in the LLQ of the product dataset. For example, SGIM in the LLQ (or DDDEF) will

Re: TRX Replacement

2011-03-01 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:21 PM Subject: Re: TRX Replacement You can also cache the directories for the ISPF libraries in LLA (although IBM is now saying it's only for LINKLIST

Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread Petersen, Jim
I am seeing messages in my OPERLOG that tasks are trying to access /usr/sbin/talkdand /usr/sbin/fingerd and they are not in /usr/sbin. I am on z/OS 1.11 and I don't think they were there at 1.10 either. ___ Jim Petersen MVS - Lead Systems Engineer

Re: Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread Mark Jacobs
I think the real question is why are task's executing under zOS are attempting to access these daemons? On 03/01/11 09:53, Petersen, Jim wrote: I am seeing messages in my OPERLOG that tasks are trying to access /usr/sbin/talkdand /usr/sbin/fingerd and they are not in /usr/sbin. I am

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Khajamohideen Rizvi
Chockalingam, In Serverpac Modify system layout panel, we could list dataset using the filter list panel productwise(eg: Cobol compiler datasets). Thanks, Rizvi From: Chokalingam Thangavelu thangavelu.chokalin...@wipro.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 03/01/2011 06:42 AM Subject:

Re: Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread Petersen, Jim
This is what I am seeing in OPERLOG BPXF024I (OMVSKERN) Mar 1 00:17:37 inetd[84607211]: FOMN0019 execv /usr/sbin/talkd: EDC5129I No such file or directory., rsn=053B006C BPXF024I (OMVSKERN) Mar 1 00:18:10 inetd[721369]: FOMN0019 execv /usr/sbin/fingerd: EDC5129I No such file or directory.,

Re: Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread McKown, John
I'd backtrace where those requests are coming from. talkd and fingerd are often used to penetrate UNIX systems. They are likely coming from outside because it is inetd which is invoking them. And why is inetd.conf set up to invoke them in the first place? In my paranoid opinion, something is

Re: TRX Replacement

2011-03-01 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pinnacle - Original Message - From: Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca You can also cache the directories for the ISPF libraries in LLA (although IBM is now saying it's only for LINKLIST loadlibs).

Re: TRX Replacement

2011-03-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
IOW, at least through z/OS 1.12, LLA is not just for the linklist. That's what I always thought. So, we have an expert saying one thing and the doc another? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Jonathan Miller
We have implemented a Virtual Tape Library in our environment and have attempted to remove ML1 completely. Has anyone else done this? I have not been able to get rid of the last ML1 pack because of the VTOC backups. Are these necessary with todays RAID DASD?? Thanks for any help.

Re: Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Darth Keller
We've done exactly the same thing - eliminated all but 1 ML1 volume. I'll be following this thread with great interest. ddk From: Jonathan Miller jmill...@aessuccess.org To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 03/01/2011 10:26 AM Subject:Removing DFSMShsm ML1 Sent by:IBM

Re: Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Mike Schwab
We did it and were left with one pack for the VTOCs. They are restricted by IBM to ML1. You could add a small pack then delete the full pack when empty. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Darth Keller darth.kel...@assurant.com wrote: We've done exactly the same thing - eliminated all but 1 ML1

Re: Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I have not been able to get rid of the last ML1 pack because of the VTOC backups. Are these necessary with todays RAID DASD? RAID only protects agains media failure. What if a programme corrupts the internal integrity of a VTOC? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca

Re: Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Staller, Allan
AFAIK, the last ML1 cannot be deleted unless you turn off volume dump. The VTOC copies are used for Volume Recovery and Incremental Backup application. snip We have implemented a Virtual Tape Library in our environment and have attempted to remove ML1 completely. Has anyone else done this? I

BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Lucy Arnold
Hello, I have a programmer who insists the following JCL has always calculated a valid blksize: //SYSUT2 DD DSN=DAPJPQ.TEST.NEW, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,(22430,0)), // DCB=(C.SYUNIV.MODEL,RECFM=U,LRECL=6184), // UNIT=SYSDA Now (since Friday he says)

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Lucy Arnold
Sorry - I mean that even when Allocate is bypassed it gets a blksize = 10 not 0 Lucy Arnold Storage Manager U.C. Davis Medical Center 916-734-5498 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread McKown, John
FWIW, on my z/OS 1.10 system with only normal SMS, I end up with BLKSIZE=0. Any chance that C.SYUNIV.MODEL dataset had its DSCB attributes changed? -- John McKown Systems Engineer I IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817)

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Richard L Peurifoy
On 3/1/2011 11:32 AM, Lucy Arnold wrote: Hello, I have a programmer who insists the following JCL has always calculated a valid blksize: //SYSUT2 DD DSN=DAPJPQ.TEST.NEW, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,(22430,0)), // DCB=(C.SYUNIV.MODEL,RECFM=U,LRECL=6184), //

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Lucy Arnold
C.SYUNIV.MODEL has a blksize of zero Lucy Arnold Storage Manager U.C. Davis Medical Center 916-734-5498 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message:

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Paul Strauss
Did you do a LISTC on the C.SYUNIV.MODEL datase?. Those are used to fill in the unspecified DCB parms, one of which might be the block size. I ran an IEFBR14 here but without the model dsn and got the following: General Data Current Allocation Management class . . :

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread John McKown
What DATACLAS is being assigned? Is it the same DATACLAS name as in the past? Has the DATACLAS definition been changed to include BLKSIZE=10? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread John P. Baker
Lucy, If you use the same DD statement with IEFBR14, what blocksize is calculated? John P. Baker Chief Software Architect HFD Technologies -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lucy Arnold Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:31 PM

Re: BLKSIZE=10 - workaround in place

2011-03-01 Thread Lucy Arnold
We just told the programmer to code a valid blksize No data class was assigned. Thanks for your help! Lucy Arnold Storage Manager U.C. Davis Medical Center 916-734-5498 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread George Rodriguez
The only part of this I remember is the DCB having BLKSIZE=0. Then it would calculate. * * *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348

Re: EXTERNAL: Removing DFSMShsm ML1

2011-03-01 Thread Roach, Dennis (N-GHG)
Beside what has already been said, command migration and backup defaults to ML1 unless optional parameters are used. Make sure you normal migration cycle moves everything from ML1 to ML2 nightly. Dennis Roach GHG Corporation Lockheed Martin Mission Services Facilities Design and Operations

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:30:57 -0800, Lucy Arnold wrote: //SYSUT2 DD DSN=DAPJPQ.TEST.NEW, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,(22430,0)), // DCB=(C.SYUNIV.MODEL,RECFM=U,LRECL=6184), // UNIT=SYSDA What does LRECL mean when RECFM=U? I found this in DFSMS Using Data Sets

Re: BLKSIZE=10

2011-03-01 Thread Mike Schwab
Is there a system log of his job successfully running before the failure? Any PTFs for z/OS or CA-Allocate applied. Wondering if there was a undocumented default of BLKSIZE=LRECL for RECFM=(U or unblocked) that was removed? On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com

Re: BPXWDYN

2011-03-01 Thread Scott Ford
Thanks William, I will take a look, I like easy, like most of us   Scott J Ford   From: William M Klein wmkl...@ix.netcom.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 3:05:10 AM Subject: Re: BPXWDYN Scott,   I have read the various replies and no-one

Recent fixes to COPYMODS and COPYFILE (free) tape copying programs

2011-03-01 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks, This is for people who are interested in copying tapes, or tape files. Direct relevance is if you want to strip all the labels from an SL tape to make an NL tape. Programs referred to, can be found on CBT Tape File 229 (www.cbttape.org) on the UPDATES page. Historically, I

Re: ZCIOWAIT message

2011-03-01 Thread Pearce, Colin E
Hi, ZCIOWAIT defines the type of Resource the task is waiting on. There is a Resource Name which defines what this type of Resource is. For example if the transaction is in Conversation mode and waiting for a response from the User, then the Resource Type will be ZCIOWAIT and Resource Name

Re: Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
Jim Taking John McKown's hint - which followed on from Mark Jacobs's very sensible suggestion - I have looked into inetd.conf. Unfortunately I do not have a system to hand so I can't be sure what exactly is contained within the inetd.conf file as supplied. I did discover what might be the

Re: TRX Replacement

2011-03-01 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:13 AM Subject: Re: TRX Replacement IOW, at least through z/OS 1.12, LLA is not just for the linklist. That's what I always thought. So, we have an expert

DB2 Performance

2011-03-01 Thread Hal Merritt
I know the DB2 forum would be better, but this may be more of a WLM question. We are having occasional performance issues that appear to be rooted in some interactive research queries. The words 'DB2 governor' have been mumbled, but some think that the WLM would be a logical starting point.

Re: DB2 Performance

2011-03-01 Thread Matthew Stitt
I know this has been discussed before and I'm sure you tried to search the archives. I am assuming these queries are coming through the DDF interface. In the past I have set up WLM DDF service classes with multiple service periods and objectives, much the same as TSO work. The longer the DDF

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Ed Gould
I cannot remember of any such global document. There are a few SYS1 datasets that *MUST* be named. The ones that must be named sys1 should be in the init TNG (if memory serves me). The ones (off the top of my mind) that must be sys1 (of course be in the mastercat) must be there because they

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
Chokalingam I'm going to try guessing what your *real* question might be for which there is a very simple answer. This is a bit like the Irishman who when asked the way, answered that if he wanted to go there he wouldn't be starting from here, so he wouldn't! It's as if he had suggested from

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
Ernie As a point of accuracy, IBM allows you to use any data set name you like[1]. I'm aware of this having been *very* inventive in organising a set of systems for hands-on education use. This set of systems were copied from an early stage in the building of a production system and - here's

Re: DB2 Performance

2011-03-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
We are having occasional performance issues that appear to be rooted in some interactive research queries. The words 'DB2 governor' have been mumbled, but some think that the WLM would be a logical starting point. Details? I've found the worst thing you can do is use the Governor to cancel

Re: MFNetDisk tape emulation code and request code

2011-03-01 Thread shai hess
HI, I know that my instruction about the CODE_REQUEST was not accurate and I made many changes until now, so I decide to make it clear. Why in IBM_MAIN site? because all my users come from this site. From the feedback I received, many users were confused about the CODE_REQUEST. I copy and

Re: DB2 Performance

2011-03-01 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
To solve the problem finally, you will have some DB2 expert to examine the SQLs that the remote users are sending. Because very often the people outside send the SQL through end user tools, they are not well trained and could do much better. This will cost some money at the start, but in the long

DFDSS copy

2011-03-01 Thread Matan Cohen
Hi, for some reason I needed to empty a DASD disk from its content (All files are DB2 VSAMS) . i noticed there is a multivolume DSNs so i added the 'SPHERE' 'SELECTMULTI' . so after backing up the disk i run this JCL : //ADB2CPY JOB ,,CLASS=A,REGION=0M,MSGCLASS=X, //MSGLEVEL=(1,1)