Re: DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS?

2011-03-21 Thread Gerhard Adam
Have you checked the dump? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart, David James Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS? Hi I cannot find this information on

DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS?

2011-03-21 Thread Stewart, David James
Hi I cannot find this information on IBM Does DD DUMMY cause any QSAM BUFFERS to be allocated for QSAM files? ie. The default value of 5? I'm trying to find out why we getting a S878 on a job with REGION=0M on the jobcard. There is several other possible reasons but I want to elimin

Re: RMM processing under z/OS 1.12

2011-03-21 Thread Pinnacle
"Richard Pinion" wrote in message news:... I recently upgraded from z/OS 1.10 to 1.12. I am receiving the following messages when running tape jobs. This didn't happen on 1.10. I've looked through the RMM 1.12 manuals and the migration documentation. I don't understand why this is happening.

Re: ISPF Point and Shoot

2011-03-21 Thread DanD
You could fake the point & shoot by simply adding code in the )Proc section.. pseudo proc section code (I forget the syntax right now)... If .cursor = "yourvar" yourvar = 1 Dan -Original Message- From: Micheal Butz Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 10:02 PM Newsgroups: bit.li

Re: ISPF Point and Shoot

2011-03-21 Thread Dave Salt
Have you thought about using a TYPE(PS) field that could be clicked to assign a value to the input/output field? For example: Confirm Delete ===> _ _ _ Yes or No 'Yes' and 'No' would be defined as TYPE(PS), and the user would click either of these fields to set the contents of the Confirm

Re: ISPF Point and Shoot

2011-03-21 Thread Micheal Butz
Type(PS). Are text type fields I am looking for a field that is input/ output Sent from my iPhone On Mar 21, 2011, at 9:58 AM, DanD wrote: How about trying ... @ TYPE(PS) Dan -Original Message- From: michealbutz Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:27 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-

Re: my father passed away

2011-03-21 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים HaMaqom y'nahem etchem b'toch shaar avelei Tziyon v'Yrushalayim. May the Omnipresent one comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Beha

Re: COBOL calling C functions, run program under ispf and z/OS UNIX

2011-03-21 Thread Steve Comstock
On 3/21/2011 1:21 PM, John McKown wrote: Interesting code. I don't know that I like using C functions to OPEN and READ the file in COBOL. It seems to bypass some of the normal COBOL functionality that COBOL programmers would want. Huh? What sort of functionality can't be used here? I'd likely

Re: my father passed away

2011-03-21 Thread Ward, Mike S
I know it's off topic, but I'll pray for his soul. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shai Hess Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: my father passed away March 19, 2011 To all my friends i

Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

2011-03-21 Thread Don Leahy
IBM has a free Adobe plugin that provides Bookie-like searches of PDF files, provided that the proper indexes have been created by the PDF publisher. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27018852 In my experience, not all IBM manuals have been indexed. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 13:10,

Re: fact or fiction?

2011-03-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Will upgrading to z/OS 1.11 from 1.9 add more utilization to the CPU? >IF so, how much? >We are two LPARs...one test and one production. IBM (Canada) used to promise that CPU usage would not go up (and, maybe would go down) if you did not exploit any new function when you upgraded products. But

Re: COBOL calling C functions, run program under ispf and z/OS UNIX

2011-03-21 Thread John McKown
Interesting code. I don't know that I like using C functions to OPEN and READ the file in COBOL. It seems to bypass some of the normal COBOL functionality that COBOL programmers would want. I'd likely use "environment variable" facility in the ASSIGN clause as documented: http://publibz.boulder.ib

Re: *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED

2011-03-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:23:27 +0200 Matan Cohen wrote: :>Hi, :>One of my lpar is is suffering from :>*IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED :>I notices that the DB2 STC are ended with : :>IEF352I ADDRESS SPACE UNAVAILABLE :>I'm familiar with the option to start AS with REUSASID=YES b

fact or fiction?

2011-03-21 Thread John Norgauer
Will upgrading to z/OS 1.11 from 1.9 add more utilization to the CPU? IF so, how much? We are two LPARs...one test and one production. John Norgauer Senior Systems Programmer Mainframe Technical Support Services University of California Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd ASB 1300 Sacrament

Re: RMM processing under z/OS 1.12

2011-03-21 Thread Greg Shirey
I'm not understanding what is happening that you are questioning. Are you saying that volume 050011 is *not* a scratch tape, and you are wondering why RMM thinks it is? And that something similar is happening to every master tape you try to mod onto? Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -O

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Mark Pace
Thank you, Dave. That did the trick. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Dave Salt wrote: > Use the NEWAPPL(REV) parm to launch REVIEW, and then it will use the > REVPROF profile. > > Dave Salt > > SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! > > http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simpl

Re: FUZZY ABOUT SPILL VOLUMES

2011-03-21 Thread Staller, Allan
I have no absolute answer readily at hand. I suspect that the SETSYS TAPEDELETION is set such that tapes freed up by recycle are reused automatically, thus I would add the additional volumes as backup. However, RTFM for confirmation. We have no choice in this matter.  We inherited the clien

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Dave Salt
Use the NEWAPPL(REV) parm to launch REVIEW, and then it will use the REVPROF profile. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:50:15 -0400 > From: pacemainl...@gmail.com > Subject: R

Re: FUZZY ABOUT SPILL VOLUMES

2011-03-21 Thread willie bunter
Allan,   We have no choice in this matter.  We inherited the client and they had pooling set up already.  My question about adding volumes to the pool do I need to add it as BACKUP or SPILL? --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Staller, Allan wrote: From: Staller, Allan Subject: Re: FUZZY ABOUT SPILL VOLUME

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Mark Pace
It's RV,'CMD(REVIEW)' Which made me look and find that there is an ALIAS REV, so I tried RV,'CMD(REV)' That didn't make it use the REVPROF either. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Dave Salt wrote: > Does REVIEW run under an applid called REV? For example, do you start it by > doing something l

Re: One Pack RACF Anomaly

2011-03-21 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Daniel, "Forest, meet trees". :-) If there's anybody on this list who won't admit to having done something similar, they either haven't been doing system work, or they're lying! I don't want to read a bunch of horror stories about others who have "oopsed", just wanted to say "glad you got it

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Dave Salt
Does REVIEW run under an applid called REV? For example, do you start it by doing something like this: SELECT CMD(%REVIEW) NEWAPPL(REV) If so, it should use REVPROF as the profile. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simpl

Re: fopen and CICS

2011-03-21 Thread Pearce, Colin E
Hi John, Any Program in CICS defined as Threadsafe will run on the OPEN TCBs (L8/L9 TCB). If the program makes a DB2 Call then it will run on the L8 TCB as the CICS/DB2 Exit is defined as CICSKey. If the Program makes a File Control call then it will run on the L9 TCB. The switching of TCBs

Re: Initial Capping

2011-03-21 Thread Craig Pace
The initial capping is what sets a "hardcap" which will prevent the LPAR from going beyound that weight. The weight is calculated based on your active LPARs settings...not always 100% For example, if you have one LPAR weighted at 10 and the other at 1, then for the LPAR with 10 it would b

Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

2011-03-21 Thread Don Williams
Works great, but it is slow when there are many/large PDFs in the directory. Is there some way to create a search index? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Barry Merrill Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua

fact or fiction?

2011-03-21 Thread John Norgauer
Will upgrading to z/OS 1.11 from 1.9 add more utilization to the CPU? We are two LPARs...one test and one production. John Norgauer Senior Systems Programmer Mainframe Technical Support Services University of California Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd ASB 1300 Sacramento, Ca 95817 916-7

RMM processing under z/OS 1.12

2011-03-21 Thread Richard Pinion
I recently upgraded from z/OS 1.10 to 1.12. I am receiving the following messages when running tape jobs. This didn't happen on 1.10. I've looked through the RMM 1.12 manuals and the migration documentation. I don't understand why this is happening. To get around the volume being rejected

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Mark Pace
Hmm. REVIEW must do something weird. I move REVPROF into a library in the ISPTLIB search chain. Start REVIEW and it does not find the REVPROF. I did a DDLIST and MEMBER REVPROF and it does find it in the library in the ISPTLIB chain. I moved REVPROF into the users ISPF.ISPPROF and it works per

Re: One Pack RACF Anomaly

2011-03-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
The yolk's on me (egg on my face) Grabbed an old RACF copy job and made the assumption it was current. It wasn't. Found right database and re-ran. Violas and cellos...we are there. (Slinking away) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED

2011-03-21 Thread Matan Cohen
thanks Rob, I familiar with stoping the RRS . we have a weekly process which shutdown the DB2 subsystem for the DFDSS DASD backup. there is no work done on the DB2 so it's not consider as a down time for us. beside this weekly backup we are also face (from time to time) reasons which force us to st

Re: Initial Capping

2011-03-21 Thread Vinson Lee
Yes, these are the only 2 LPARs running and we limit the MSUs to save on software costs. If we remove the Initial Capping, will the LPARs still be able to go beyond the Defined Capacity without WLM trying to enforce the 4HRA? Thanks. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Lis

COBOL calling C functions, run program under ispf and z/OS UNIX

2011-03-21 Thread Steve Comstock
Over on the mvs-oe list there was a thread about how to run a program under the z/OS UNIX shell. I was never quite clear what the OP was trying to accomplish so I finally just posted a COBOL program and how to run it. I was kinda' proud of the code because I think you'll find most COBOL programme

Re: Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Dave Salt
Put a copy of REVPROF in any of the data sets attached to ISPTLIB. When a new user goes into REVIEW for the first time, ISPF sees they don't have a member called REVPROF in their ISPPROF data set, and so it searches for REVPROF in the ISPTLIB data sets. If it finds it, it copies it from there. I

Re: ISPF Point and Shoot

2011-03-21 Thread DanD
How about trying ... @ TYPE(PS) Dan -Original Message- From: michealbutz Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:27 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Subject: ISPF Point and Shoot I can't seem to get Point and shoot right The attribute field that is defined needs to have PAS(ON) So f

Default ISPPROF

2011-03-21 Thread Mark Pace
What populates the default userid.ISPF.ISPPROF? I've installed REVIEW and part of the directions are to copy REVPROF into your ISPPROF. I may have to do this for each existing user, but where can I add this so that any new users will have it automatically? -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer

Re: MEMDSENQMGMT / S99DASUP

2011-03-21 Thread Steven B Jones
MEMDSENQMGMT and S99DASUP are independent, as you say. S99DASUP allows an authorized caller to suppress some of the accounting overhead associated with Allocation. It is intended for use with VSAM data sets, since VSAM records more information in its SMF records than Allocation and SMF, which

Re: FUZZY ABOUT SPILL VOLUMES

2011-03-21 Thread Staller, Allan
IMO, dfHSM pooling of tapes is a *BAD* idea(ADDVOL) . If you really need to segregate dfHSM tapes from the "other" tapes, use your tape management system to provide the appropriate scratch pool support. Check the values for SETSYS TAPEDELETION and SETSYS SELECTVOLUME. There will be several o

Re: EMC/RSA SecurID products hacked

2011-03-21 Thread Costin Enache
There is only one way to "compromise" the OTP tokens and that is to get the seed used to generate the OTP codes. The compromise is permanent, for the entire lifetime of the token, as one can generate any OTP code. First of all, RSA should not have kept the seeds after the delivery of the tokens

Re: fopen and CICS

2011-03-21 Thread McKown, John
Very true about the automatic switch to the QR TCB for a non-threadsafe CICS function. I guess I should have said that doing that switch is relatively expensive and so really needs to be avoided as much as possible. And I cannot remember exactly when the code switches back to the L8/L9 TCB from

Re: fopen and CICS

2011-03-21 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:09:31 -0500, John McKown wrote: >I'm not a expert, but I'd look at two possibilities. Neither am I, but I did a few experiments a couple of years ago. >Another possibility, but more difficult to implement, is to continue to >use your UNIX code. This can be done in CICS,

Re: PSAAOLD question - when is it updated?

2011-03-21 Thread Peter Relson
>No DU-AL? There is a DU-AL, just not one that is associated with the work unit that was interrupted, and this one does not have ALET=2 set up. >Then SSAR to home and ALET 1 (hardware) will do the job. Yes it will. Is that easier than SAC 768 ... SAC 0 if your code is in common storage? Peter

Re: DB2 Restart Frequency - was "Re: *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED"

2011-03-21 Thread R.S.
Martin Packer pisze: Rob, I was going to ask the same question: About the necessity of (probably daily) restarting of DB2. There was a time - ten years or so ago - when a substantial minority DID restart DB2 nightly. Even with the Virtual Storage crunches going on it seemed a not-so-good idea.

DB2 Restart Frequency - was "Re: *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED"

2011-03-21 Thread Martin Packer
Rob, I was going to ask the same question: About the necessity of (probably daily) restarting of DB2. There was a time - ten years or so ago - when a substantial minority DID restart DB2 nightly. Even with the Virtual Storage crunches going on it seemed a not-so-good idea. An example of why wou

Re: *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED

2011-03-21 Thread Rob Scott
The most common reason for DB2 address spaces to be marked non-reusable these days is that they have a cross-memory bind to the RRS address space. You *could* probably relieve the shortage by stopping and re-starting the RRS address space - however there are implications to doing this while you

Re: ISPF Point and Shoot

2011-03-21 Thread John P Kalinich
or this... )PROC &VAR1 = &ZCMD ... )PNTS FIELD(ZPS1) VAR(ZCMD) VAL(1) Regards, John K From: michealbutz To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 03/19/2011 09:45 PM Subject: Re: ISPF Point and Shoot Tried that doesn't seem to work -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Li

*IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED

2011-03-21 Thread Matan Cohen
Hi, One of my lpar is is suffering from *IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED I notices that the DB2 STC are ended with : IEF352I ADDRESS SPACE UNAVAILABLE I'm familiar with the option to start AS with REUSASID=YES but DB2 isn't start with the 'start' command and i don't know how to