Re: How to monitor unused and overallocated space for PS,VSAM and PO

2011-05-05 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Jason, CA-Disk has a program that does an idle space release.  It can be run in simulate mode to look for overallocated datasets.  Then when you are satisfied that the datasets that it selected are datasets that should be reduced, you can tell it how much free space to leave and release t

Migration of RACF db to Open source

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, We have a task of migrating the RACF users to Open source(Wintel or Unix). For this migration I need to know the structure of RACF db so that we can go ahead with the migration plans. Could anyone please suggest some advise to carry on. Is there a utility to extract the entire structure of RAC

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
>>Is TCP/IP for z/OS a separately priced item? >Yes. Actually, no. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation & Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com --

Re: Do we need to implement HSM

2011-05-05 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Maybe a half 3380-3 pack out of say 20 mod 3's. Hard to save something that didn't exist. 3380's didn't exists with -#'s. They were 'S' -- the original -- not dual-ported, D -- dual, E -- double, J -- singles & quad-ported, K -- triple & quad. No numbers. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twit

Re: IKJEFT01

2011-05-05 Thread Glenn Miller
Hi Bill, I have a similar requirement to yours with CA-Topsecret. I was encouraged after reading some information about a product called: "Tivoli zSecure Admin". According to its User Reference manual, "The Tivoli zSecure Admin RACF Offline function provides the possibility to issue most RACF co

Re: Do we need to implement HSM

2011-05-05 Thread ibmnew
---SNIP Suggestion: 1. It depends on PS datasets, IMO. If you do MOD then do not release space. If mod is not used then sure why not release space (for ps). I was at a shop that was infamous for being tight with the $$ and we ran a release job everynight after productio

How to monitor unused and overallocated space for PS,VSAM and PO

2011-05-05 Thread ibmnew
Dear all Is there any ways to monitor unused ,overallocated space and extents for PS,VSAM and PO by JCL or Tools? Thanks a lot! Best Regards, Jason Cai -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, s

Re: Do we need to implement HSM

2011-05-05 Thread ibmnew
>Releasing space at close can be handled in the management class by >specifying Partial release with Yes Immediate (YI) or Conditional Immediate >(CI) if you want to ensure that data sets have secondary allocation before >the space is released. This does not require the space management functi

Re: Do we need to implement HSM

2011-05-05 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Ron, If a VSAM dataset is allocated with a candidate list of volumes VOLSER=(VOL001,VOL002,VOL003 ), the datset will allocate to the first volser in the list, then the next, etc. The catalog entry will show all of the volumes, even if there is no VTOC entry there yet .  Back a few years a

Re: USS

2011-05-05 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>>Ted MacNEIL said: >>"I shall continue to use USS to relate to z/UNIX." >"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." >I must add: "not if you expect me to understand you". Since I'm not the only one, incl

USS

2011-05-05 Thread Dale Miller
Ted MacNEIL said: "I shall continue to use USS to relate to z/UNIX." "When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." I must add: "not if you expect me to understand you". Dale Miller dalelmil...@comcast.net

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
Since your IBM 6262 printer is now TCP/IP-attached, have you tried sending it a small test job using z/OS's LPR command? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation & Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, The output of /d omvs,f is -D OMVS,F BPXO045I 06.30.26 DISPLAY OMVS 234 OMVS 000D ACTIVE OMVS=(00,FS) TYPENAME DEVICE --STATUS--- MODE TFS 3 ACTIVE RDWR NAME=/dev PATH=/SYSTEM/dev MOUNT PARM=-s 4 TFS 2 A

Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Roy Hewitt
Todd, Have you enabled Routing in the HMC network configuration, there is a check box for this, just turn it off. Also check in Network Diagnostic Configuration to show what UDP ports are listening.. is 520 there? Cheers Roy Todd Burrell wrote: I got the following info from one of our secu

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Roger Bolan
Check out Infoprint Server instead of PSF to send non-AFP files to a printer. With the optional transforms, you can even convert AFP into PDF, Postscript, or PCL. --Roger On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Roberto Halais wrote: > Listers: > > We have an IBM 6262 mod D22 impact printer that was conv

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Roger Bolan
No. The printer itself must support IPDS (Intelligent Printer Data Stream) for PSF to print to it. The input to PSF can be fully composed AFP, or plain line data (formatted into AFP using a FORMDEF and PAGEDEF) or a mixture of line data and AFP x'5A' records, but the printer must support IPDS for

Re: Leaving IBM-MAIN

2011-05-05 Thread Rick Fochtman
Robert Birdsall wrote: I'm posting this mostly to say thanks for all the good information/discussion/laughs over the last few years. I'm now supposed to be 80% AIX, 20% MVS (or successor), so I just don't have the time to tune in to the Chris Mason show every morning anymore. Sorry Chris - I'

Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Lester, Bob
Or Qualys BobL -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation? Port Scanner is my bet. Rob Schramm On T

Re: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Universally understood? If that were true there wouldn't be any debate, would there? Bingo! - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Rob Schramm
Port Scanner is my bet. Rob Schramm On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: > On 5 May 2011 16:42, Todd Burrell wrote: > > > Description : > > > > The remote RIP listener accepts routes that are not sent by a > > neighbor. > > > > This cannot happen in the RIP protocol as defined b

Re: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Don Leahy
Universally understood? If that were true there wouldn't be any debate, would there? On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 14:16, Chris Mason wrote: > Don > > We are not dealing with a language - that would be another campaign such as > getting rid of the stupid misuse of "issue" or "issues" for "problem". We

Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Tony Harminc
On 5 May 2011 16:42, Todd Burrell wrote: > Description : > > The remote RIP listener accepts routes that are not sent by a > neighbor. > > This cannot happen in the RIP protocol as defined by RFC2453, and > although the RFC is silent on this point, such routes should probably > be ignored. > > A

Re: RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
The HMC is a closed appliance with only minimal configurability by the customer. I would open a service call and refer the matter to IBM. If this is really a risk then they should jump all over it. My $0.02. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@ba

RIP issue with HMC - security violation?

2011-05-05 Thread Todd Burrell
I got the following info from one of our security folks today about a potential security exposure with the HMC. Is it valid that the HMC has a RIP listener active, or could I potentially turn it off? Any info about this would be helpful so I can get the security scan group off my back. Here

May 12 Webcast: Bringing You Up to Date with LE for z/VSE

2011-05-05 Thread Pamela Christina in Sunny Endicott NY (Yes!)
Cross-posted to IBMVM,LINUX390, IBMMAIN for those who are interested in updates via hour-long, no-charge webcasts. Feel free to register to listen to one of the two live calls on Thurs. May 12 or listen to the automatic replay in about a week. (remember there's also a linux webcast on May 10/11, t

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Skip Robinson
As I indicated in my previous post, a one-year grace period for an already-purchased upgrade is probably standard. From our experience, however, you should not count on any extension beyond that. Marketing was very firm on this point. And no third-party entity can skirt the rules because IBM ha

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Jt Tj
Skip, IBM has stated that we can upgrade to our purchased capacity until 06/30/2011. However, I have not seen an IBM announcement that explicitly states this. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. > > W dniu 2011-05-05 17:10, John Thinnes pisze: > [...] > > Are there 3rd party companies that can provide the upgrade service? > Yes. IMHO the simplest way is to purchase another machine from second > hand marke

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
I was also looking at the missing challenge from the local security. However, 'security' does not always mean that. It can also mean things like encryption. The OP appears to fail in the handshake somewhere after the session security is established but before the credential challenge. It is po

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Skip Robinson
I forgot about 'pre-purchased' capacity. We did that a few years ago and never got around to activating the CP we had paid for by the drop-dead date. We ended up having to model-upgrade to get more capacity. OTOH IBM gave us credit for the extra CP when pricing the new model. Any CP or memory

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 5 May 2011 20:58:53 +0530, jagadishan perumal wrote: >After typing tso omvs, i get the below error message : > >FSUM2055I The OMVS command cannot use the message >catalog.+ >FSUM2056I Function = catopen(), catalog name = '/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ >fsumucat.cat >, return value = -1, errno = 129

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Hal, Actually that isn't it (I don't think anyway). I have been following the thread and tried the same FTP command. Mine works fine, and I get the same security message. The thing I find interesting is that there doesn't appear to be any logon message. Here are the final few lines of an FT

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-05-05 17:01, Chase, John pisze: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. W dniu 2011-05-05 16:08, Chase, John pisze: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jeff Holst It is my recollection that one of the

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-05-05 17:10, John Thinnes pisze: [...] Several questions. Has anyone lost capacity they purchased because of this IBM policy? I don't know, but I think that WLC has eliminated most reasons to downgrade the machine (other vendors use similar licensing) Are there 3rd party companies

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread William Bishop
I have the same issues with purchased, but inactive capacity. IBM actually gave us 1 year to activate the purchased but inactive capacity. That window ends on 6/30/2011. We have to order the activation microcode by 6/30 and have 30 days from shipment to activate it. If not we lose it. I was

WANTED: SHARE User Experiences

2011-05-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mainframiacs, User experience sessions at SHARE are among the most valuable and well-attended sessions at the conference. They have been at the very core and foundation of SHARE since 1955 and continue to differentiate SHARE from other System z conferences. We learn from each other. Participat

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
I'd wait for IBM's year end specials and get a new box. IBM can be pretty aggressive on pricing and has been known to put a new box deal on the table that actually costs less than many upgrade paths. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.e

Re: Paging increase when going from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11

2011-05-05 Thread Steve Conway
Morning, Gadi. My (small) test system is still firmly at 0%, but my (larger, still not big) Prod system went from 0% to ~8%. Cheers,,,Steve Steven F. Conway, CISSP LA Systems z/OS Systems Support Phone: 703.295.1926 steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov From: גדי בן אבי To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Dat

Re: z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread Skip Robinson
Withdrawal occurred *last* year: 2010. Elvis has already left the building. You cannot upgrade the machine in any way regardless of sourcing. It's IBM's long time policy. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-3

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
I'd say the key might be: " CZ0390 ftpOpen: no security mechanism is specified " Since the server is the one that performs initial authentication, I'd focus there. The missing file is a separate issue, I think. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-M

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Art Gutowski
On Wed, 4 May 2011 21:03:24 -0500, Chris Mason wrote: >This was and continues to be a technical exchange about proper words. >Unlike with a rose, we don't have smell to guide us. Oh, I can smell it alright... Art -- For IBM

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
After typing tso omvs, i get the below error message : FSUM2055I The OMVS command cannot use the message catalog.+ FSUM2056I Function = catopen(), catalog name = '/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ fsumucat.cat , return value = -1, errno = 129 (X'0081'), reason code = 0594003D, descrip tion = 'EDC5129I No su

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 5 May 2011 20:13:06 +0530, jagadishan perumal wrote: >Mark, > >I did ftp from tso/ispf from the option 6 and i got the below error : > >EZA1450I IBM FTP CS >V1R6 >Open message catalog fails 'EDC5129I No such file or directory.'. Using >interna > l >messages >EZA1554I Connecting to

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Chris Mason
Wayne When I get bored preparing replies, I check to see what other work is piling up, typically handled chronologically. This one however is easy since all the answers are out there in recent posts so it can jump the queue! > I have gone out of my way to respond to this, ... Much appreciated!

z9 BC withdraw from marketing

2011-05-05 Thread John Thinnes
IBM Announcement 909-120 states: Effective June 30, 2010, IBM® will withdraw from marketing the IBM System z9® Business Class (z9TM BC) and System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC), all models, features, and upgrades. We purchased a 2096 with Q02 capacity (335MIPs/47MSU) in 2008. It is currently run

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, I have executed the given command : the output are as below : with -d CY2046 ftpSocks: entered CY1939 findSocks: entered CY0911 ftpStart: start parm and ftp.data processing is complete GU1089 chkVerRel: system information for CTS2: z/OS version 1 release 6 (2066) EZYFT25I Using //'TCPIP.STAND

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. > > W dniu 2011-05-05 16:08, Chase, John pisze: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jeff Holst > >> > >> It is my recollection that one of the CICS SVC modules nee

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
I don't the missing file is a serious problem. Check the server logs. This appears to be something in the basic set up. Try your FTP command with -D and -V sub commands. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan

Re: Paging increase when going from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Shorkend
Gadi When we migrated from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11 we were hit by APAR OA33307 which caused excess paging. Description - At z/OS R11, if system is >2Gig REAL, RSM will schedule an SRB ( IAXUO IARUOGBS ) to perform Frame Steal operations running under the *MASTER* asid if a PageFix against H

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-05-05 16:08, Chase, John pisze: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jeff Holst It is my recollection that one of the CICS SVC modules needs to be in NUCLSTxx. Any chance that this is the one you re having a problem with? Not likely. That one

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
Mark, I did ftp from tso/ispf from the option 6 and i got the below error : EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V1R6 Open message catalog fails 'EDC5129I No such file or directory.'. Using interna l messages EZA1554I Connecting to 10.237.5.102. port 21 220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R6 at zos2800, 14:35:36 on

Re: A Pagent/zfs possible timing issue to be aware of

2011-05-05 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
I should mention that this on the /tmp filesystem. TCPIP creates a /tmp/.pagent.tmp, so that when it is modified PAgent will be notified. MA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists.

List abars versions dfhsm V1.11

2011-05-05 Thread af dc
Hello, can you pls tell me a way to see all versions of a certain abar ?? Many thx, A,.Cecilio. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Rob Schramm
Helpful and a bit weird all at the same time. Wouldn't it have been easier to just fix the PRNG issue in the first place by creating a ssh_rand_helper that used an assembler module to gather entropy.. than creating an option to deal with the slow PRNG with OpenSSH? Rob Schramm On Thu, May 5, 201

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Mullen, Patrick
Using the hardware is optional, there's a software implementation too. Some smaller lpars may not have enough cpu share to drive the software process though in Ported Tools 1.1, I know that this was the case with some of our sandbox lpars that experienced chronic timeouts. IBM remedied this in Port

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Kirk Wolf
Gil, Using Ported Tools OpenSSH does not *require* /dev/random, but if you don't have it it falls back to a slow "ssh-rand-helper" thing. In OpenSSH, this is used for PRNG during initialization of a session (only). Its a PITA that z/OS doesn't include a secure software /dev/random, like every

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > > On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:55:15 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: > > >I might understand (due to "I don't want to set it up") not setting up SSH. > > But are there any installations not running TCP/IP these da

Re: Paging increase when going from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11

2011-05-05 Thread Chip Grantham
There's a CPU hit ptf for *master* doing work on available frames queue. It might show up as a paging issue on your system. Might want to check it out. Chip Grantham | Ameritas | Sr. IT Consultant | cgrant...@ameritas.com 5900 O Street, Lincoln NE 68510 | p: 402-467-7382 | c: 402-429-3579

PSF and non AFP printer

2011-05-05 Thread Roberto Halais
Listers: We have an IBM 6262 mod D22 impact printer that was converted from bus/tag to coax. We have connected the printer to the coax side of a protocol converter box and the tcp/ip side of the converter box to our mainframe. What we want to do is print using PSF but the printer does not support

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:47:30 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Some of our lab systems don't; they rely on shared DASD. Described >as an economy measure. Is TCP/IP for z/OS a separately priced >item? > Yes. Along with a some other base components that have competitive alternatives from other v

Re: Leaving IBM-MAIN

2011-05-05 Thread Chicklon, Thomas
I too, hate to see someone leave due to a high level of noise on the list. Most e-mail clients allow you to set criteria or rules to send certain mail straight to the trash. If there are topics or posters you are not interesting in seeing, send that to the trash and keep participating in what is r

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jeff Holst > > It is my recollection that one of the CICS SVC modules needs to be in > NUCLSTxx. Any chance that this is the one you re having a problem with? Not likely. That one is DFHHPSVC, and is needed only if D

Re: Some good news to send to upper management

2011-05-05 Thread Horst Sinram
On Wed, 4 May 2011 11:50:01 -0700, Ed Gould wrote: >I have been reading a new(?) book called Real World IBM z Stories. > >It talks specifically about companies (with names) of system z success stories. >It also talks about 3 univesities that teach OS's that run on System z. >I got my copy on AMAZ

Re: Leaving IBM-MAIN

2011-05-05 Thread Steve Horein
I hate to see you or anybody leave. I find value in the folks that share their experiences and knowledge. Have you thought about setting NOMAIL or one of the DIGEST options by any chance? That may reduce the inbox clutter, and still keep your subscription if you found a subject you wanted to partic

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:55:15 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: >I might understand (due to "I don't want to set it up") not setting up SSH. > But are there any installations not running TCP/IP these days? > I should add we have SSH installed but not successfully configured on some of our systems because we

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:55:15 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: >I might understand (due to "I don't want to set it up") not setting up SSH. > But are there any installations not running TCP/IP these days? > Some of our lab systems don't; they rely on shared DASD. Described as an economy measure. Is TCP/I

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 5 May 2011 07:26:59 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: > >I am curious about your last statement. While I can understand not allowing >telnet/rlogin, what would be the reasoning for denying SSH access? > Of course and alas, SSH is not in the base installation. -- gil -

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:10:33 -0500, Jeff Holst wrote: >It is my recollection that one of the CICS SVC modules needs to be in >NUCLSTxx. Any chance that this is the one you re having a problem with? > The OP mentioned SVC 216. That is a type 3, not the CICS type 6 nuc SVC. Mark -- Mark Zelden -

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Chris, I have gone out of my way to respond to this, and this will be my only comment. Your objection to using USS when referring to z/OS Unix System Services seems to be rooted in the concept that "it does matter since it can cause ambiguity." However, you made this complaint about the TLA

Re: A Pagent/zfs possible timing issue to be aware of

2011-05-05 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Rob, we did several things. We are going with NORWSHARE for this zfs. Pagent comes up via TCPIP, and the network guy wants it that way. We suggested putting it in OPS but were shot down. We changed the IPSEC default from Deny all to allow all. We changed the automatic update time to a huge va

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 5 May 2011 15:23:19 +0530, jagadishan perumal wrote: >Hi, > >I have few files in my desktop to FTP it to mainframe. When i type FTP >XXX from the dos i get a message as > >C:\Documents and Settings\255209\JCL>ftp 10.237.5.102 >Connected to 10.237.5.102. >220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R6 at x

Leaving IBM-MAIN

2011-05-05 Thread Robert Birdsall
I'm posting this mostly to say thanks for all the good information/discussion/laughs over the last few years. I'm now supposed to be 80% AIX, 20% MVS (or successor), so I just don't have the time to tune in to the Chris Mason show every morning anymore. Sorry Chris - I'm not saying you're wrong,

Re: How Does DFhsm and Flashcopy Work?

2011-05-05 Thread Scott Rowe
I have quite a bit of experience using FRBACKUP, so feel free to contact me if you have questions. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, George Rodriguez < george.rodrig...@palmbeachschools.org> wrote: > I've already started the investigation on how to get the job done and > you're > right, it's not a

Re: Paging increase when going from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11

2011-05-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
>Hi, > >We are seeing a paging increase after upgrading to z/OS 1.11. > >Has anyone else seen this? > >TIA > >Gadi When we went from 1.9 to 1.11 we saw this effect. We were directed to a GRS PTF. I would open an ETR with IBM to see what other things they might have on this issue. This has h

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Hal Merritt
Are you sure that -all- the ports are open on the firewall? FTP actually uses three ports: the 'well know port' for initial contact and to negotiate a control port. The control port is used for the handshake and later to negotiate a data port. Unless you have specified otherwise, the control

Re: Problem with LPA=xx on IEASYSxx

2011-05-05 Thread Jeff Holst
It is my recollection that one of the CICS SVC modules needs to be in NUCLSTxx. Any chance that this is the one you re having a problem with? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists.

Paging increase when going from z/OS 1.9 to 1.11

2011-05-05 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, We are seeing a paging increase after upgrading to z/OS 1.11. Has anyone else seen this? TIA Gadi לשימת לבך, בהתאם לנהלי החברה וזכויות החתימה בה, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על ידי מורשי החתימה של החברה, הנושא את לוגו החבר

Re: A Pagent/zfs possible timing issue to be aware of

2011-05-05 Thread Rob Schramm
Mary Anne, What is your chosen solution to deal with the issue? 1) bring up PAGENT late in IPL 2) let PAGENT come up with default and install proper policy after IPL 3) remove shared file system -- Rob Schramm Senior Systems Engineer

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Rob Schramm
I might understand (due to "I don't want to set it up") not setting up SSH. But are there any installations not running TCP/IP these days? Rob Schramm On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) < peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com> wrote: > >I am curious about your last statement. W

A Pagent/zfs possible timing issue to be aware of

2011-05-05 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Greetings all. Just wanted to give folks a heads up on an issue we encountered last week. We are converting HFS's to zFS's and came across an issue where TCPIP's Pagent is unable to use sysplex aware rw mode zfs's. IBM says it was also a timing issue (at IPL time) but I suspect it may occur any tim

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>I am curious about your last statement. While I can understand not >allowing telnet/rlogin, what would be the reasoning for denying SSH >access? Can't tell you (I think it was Shmuel that brought up this arument). I can think of: - Installation doesn't want to install SSH daemon software. - In

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Let me offer up another acronym that fits this discussion: TMN (Too Much Noise). These endless discussions of minutiae are one of the reasons that many people don't follow this list. Personally I just tend to do mass deletes from my IBM-MAIN mailbox but that is getting tedious due to the number

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > > Maybe its time to have two lists - Already been tried. IBM-MAIN-OT atrophied and died. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Rob Schramm
Peter, I am curious about your last statement. While I can understand not allowing telnet/rlogin, what would be the reasoning for denying SSH access? Rob Schramm On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:06 AM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) < peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com> wrote: > >The OMVS TSO command is still

SV: SV: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Thomas Berg
> -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] För Mark > Zelden > Skickat: den 4 maj 2011 20:29 > Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Ämne: Re: SV: USS vs USS > > On Wed, 4 May 2011 18:33:27 +0200, Thomas Berg > wrote: > > >FWIW, I have always c

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
The issue is that the moment we try typing ftp we dont get the logon prompt and it ends up with a message "Connection closed by remote host". On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Terry Sambrooks wrote: > Hi, > > With regard to: > > "I have few files in my desktop to FTP it to mainframe. When

Re: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Chris Mason
Mike Thanks for noting this - although I'm not sure that the "UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program" initialised to UUCP adds a great deal to the discussion! I guess the point is that this page is deficient in not defining a distinct set of letters to use as an abbreviated form of UNIX System Services. N

Re: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Chris Mason
Mike A small risk of initiating a tangential discussion here which ideally would require a new - but linked - thread. We'll see. >> Racking my brains for other such devices, ... was not intended to refer to typewriters but rather SNA devices requiring the use of the Unformatted System Servic

Re: USS vs USS

2011-05-05 Thread Chris Mason
Rob - although since there's a risk he may not actually pick up a post addressed to him I guess this is purely for the archives The expressions to which I refer in the quoted post are described in the only relevant IBM web site of which I am aware which deals with these matters, namely http://

Re: Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi, With regard to: "I have few files in my desktop to FTP it to mainframe. When i type FTP XXX from the dos i get a message as C:\Documents and Settings\255209\JCL>ftp 10.237.5.102 Connected to 10.237.5.102. 220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R6 at xxx2800, 09:42:34 on 2011-05-05 220 Connection will cl

Not able to Ftp

2011-05-05 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, I have few files in my desktop to FTP it to mainframe. When i type FTP XXX from the dos i get a message as C:\Documents and Settings\255209\JCL>ftp 10.237.5.102 Connected to 10.237.5.102. 220-FTPD1 IBM FTP CS V1R6 at xxx2800, 09:42:34 on 2011-05-05 220 Connection will close if idle for mo

Re: POHD: vs UTE (was: USS vs USS)

2011-05-05 Thread Ron Hawkins
Kirk, UTE is an abbreviation for an Australian pick-up truck. If you use it in this list as you suggest all the aussies will have no idea what you are talking about. Ron (with tongue firmly in his cheek). > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua

Re: "Under z/OS Unix"

2011-05-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>The OMVS TSO command is still a convenience for people primarily using >foreground TSO. A separate telnet session is not always convenient, >and in some cases[1] not even possible. You're right. But, using a unix shell through a 3270 data stream interface the way TSO provides it, is a PITA, IMHO