Sir,
IMHO .. very ... each introduced enhancements to make things
better ... but that said, certain instructions or perhaps I
should say facility, are available on the z9 or even z8/900s
but their performance would be poor.
The displacement facility (long, immediate, negative ) is
a good e
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:37:05 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>Abandon TSO for multiple UNIX shells, except for TSO required stuff such as
>HCD. EDIT on Linux desktop using z/OS UNIX files exported via NFS. Or maybe
>ftpfs or sshfs on Linux. Hum, will need to try that myself tomorrow.
>
I do that regula
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:11:13 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
>I thought there was a minimum of 18 bytes for LRECL.
>At least, there was in 1981, when I learned JCL.
>
That was for tape, not DASD. And it applied to BLKSIZE, not LRECL.
I just allocated:
Device type . . . . : 3390
Data class . . .
Scott:
I do not know but it sounds right. Just like I think he said no one is going to
use more than 640K.
Many people (including a recent IBM person has made claims on PC's ) in the
last 2-3 weeks that are probably wrong. IBM got out of the PC business when it
sold off Laveano(sp?). So they ar
> Didn't Bill Gates once say "We are not going to make the same mistakes
> those folks in the mainframe world did"?
According to Bob Bemer, it was Ted Nelson who said it.
http://www.bobbemer.com/INSIDE-A.HTM
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Rick,
I agree completely
I thought there was a minimum of 18 bytes for LRECL.
At least, there was in 1981, when I learned JCL.
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Gil,
IBM if the product is supported IBM should at least fix it. If it's not
then...
I have only worked with IBM supported products and they fixed issues with SDB
without a squawk.
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Well except that they wouldn't allow us to install any software on the
pc's. Sigh.
At the time we didn't have TCP either, We had channel attached devices (if
I recall correctly).
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Good point.
I can't speak for other shops but I was conscious and did all items you
listed plus any JES2 PTF's went on ASAP. I only got bitten once with a JES2
PTF that screwed up the /@XMIT (@ SB asterix) which almost caused the market
not to open onetime.
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On 17 Aug 2011 16:16:33 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
> Rick,
>
>I agree completely. The pcweenies just do not get it.
This person had a user-id and password with privileges. Think of the
harm someone with a system programmers id and privileges can do. For
those of you who have bee
>Around 27K for 3390, around 24K for 3380, Ed. Don't know the exact numbers
>right off the top of my head.
It depends on the LRECL.
'Full track' is:
47476 for 3380
56664 for 3390
The inter-blocks also contribute.
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Just out of curiosity, how architecture dependent would it be; z/9 vs Z10
or z11?
In a message dated 8/17/2011 6:24:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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The key is also not known in advance for MVCSK source
operand fetch, but at least instruction fetch is n
Abandon TSO for multiple UNIX shells, except for TSO required stuff such as
HCD. EDIT on Linux desktop using z/OS UNIX files exported via NFS. Or maybe
ftpfs or sshfs on Linux. Hum, will need to try that myself tomorrow.
On Aug 17, 2011 7:50 PM, "Paul Gilmartin" wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:31:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:10:57 -0700, Ed Gould wrote:
>
>I agree completely. The pcweenies just do not get it.
>
It'll really be fun when Windows runs on blades in the z. Mandated,
of course by CIOs taking airline magazine advice.
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:31:18 -0700, Ed Gould wrote:
> This reminds me the about the the day that they ripped the 3270's out from
> underneath us and all of a sudden I couldn't switch from session to session
> using TPX. (I don't remember specifics). My productivity went to zero.
Get a workstati
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:17:40 -0700, Ed Gould wrote:
A 32K blocksize is not optimal for 3390 . IIRC it would be 1 block per track
(track size being 48K) Half track blocking or 24K is probably the best, IMO. My
memory is drawing a blank for 3380 (but 36K maybe right) so 18K. Best to use
blksize=0
Sir,
My apologies but ... it does not have to be in
KZERO and it still won't fail.
That said, you and very correct. As I said before, there
will be overhead.
Kind Regards
Jim Thomas
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The last time I used a card reader was in 1978. A 2540 reader/punch on a
3148.Students used 029's and 026's. The data entry staff used 129's.
I say "used a card reader" -- but we had operators who operated the card
reader during regular hours -- 8AM until about 8PM. After hours it was
s
ps2...@yahoo.com (Ed Gould) writes:
> Wasn't there a card reader as a requirement for 3090 and before
> so the CE could install the OLTEP program and a rudimentary IOCDS to
> run his diagnostics?
3092 (3090 service processor) was a pair of 4361s running a special
custom vm370 release 6 off of 3
I have a similar tale. A so called systems programmer screwed up an update to
IEAAPF00 and we lost VTAM at start up. I had to run IKJEFT01 in TSO line mode
edit to put in a comma that he forgot. The operators thought I was crazy, but
it worked quickly.
the guy was fired the next morning.
Ed
On 8/17/2011 1:47 PM, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
(2) has more storage references, while (1) has more opcodes.
Some time ago we rewrote some code that did SPKA/MVC/SPKA to use MVCSK for
integrity reasons. That code was accessing caller's parameters. We reasoned it
was safer to use the caller's key
Wasn't there a card reader as a requirement for 3090 and before so the CE
could install the OLTEP program and a rudimentary IOCDS to run his diagnostics?
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I agree completely. The pcweenies just do not get it.
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On 8/17/2011 4:36 PM, Robert Heffner wrote:
I was going to add that there is a small company in Texas
that not only still uses cards, but uses a 402 to process
them. Talk about one for Ripley's.
My all-time favorite is a small establishment on Times Square in
New York City. A customer would p
Your correct the 402 and 407 boards were similar.
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Rick:
No, i
Rick,
My vague memory was a 407 read cards and you had a board you could place wires
what you wanted to o print add subtract and take the results and print it out
on the printer(132? Positions?). The wires were collided. So you could
manipulate the data if needed and move it to the print buffe
Jim Thomas wrote:
Sir,
While I agree w/your prognosis .. I'm a little confused on your
comment about option 2 ...
I must be missing something but I don't really see a problem (non
performance related that is).
I concur that MVCSK would take page faults but it should complete
the load
27998 and 23476 IIRC, but I believe the OP was talking about copying tapes.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
> --****
>
>
> Hal:
>>
>> A 32K blocksize is not optimal for 3390 . IIRC it would be 1 block per
>> track (tr
Rick:
No, it was definitely a 402. The 407 was around at the time, but I never
got trained on it. If I recall correctly, the boards looked a lot the same.
Mike Myers
On 08/17/2011 06:27 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
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Wow, a 402!! W
Rick,
Couldn't you also get printout from the console typewriter?
Tom
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Wow, a 402!! Who'd have guessed there was still one running outside a
museum?
I learned "programming" when I was taught to wire the board that
controlled one of those. I also used to maintain them as a Field
Engineer, but that
Sir,
While I agree w/your prognosis .. I'm a little confused on your
comment about option 2 ...
I must be missing something but I don't really see a problem (non
performance related that is).
I concur that MVCSK would take page faults but it should complete
the load for 'data' ... is jus
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A 32K blocksize is not optimal for 3390 . IIRC it would be 1 block per track
(track size being 48K) Half track blocking or 24K is probably the best, IMO. My
memory is drawing a blank for 3380 (but 36K maybe right) so 18K. Best to
http://www.ibm-1401.info/402.html
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mike Myers wrote:
> Wow, a 402!! Who'd have guessed there was still one running outside a
> museum?
>
> I learned "programming" when I was taught to wire the board that controlled
> one of those. I also used to maintain them as a
Ed Gould wrote:
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/194445/fired-techie-created-virtual-chaos-pharma-company?source=ITWNLE_nlt_today_2011-08-17<
(watch out for the wrap)
Fired techie created virtual chaos at pharma company
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Knowing John's background, I would suspect he may have intended to state
"For RECFM=U, 32760 MAY indeed BE optimum", or perhaps intended to
restrict the remark just to load libraries. I believe all the arguments
in the archives for using block size 32760 with RECFM=U on 3390 were
specifically
Sir,
A direct answer would be ... options 1.
Reasons : since I see SPKA and MVCSK, you must be in problem state.
It also depends on how 'data' is aligned and if in storage
(I refer to verify that 'data' is not paged out or access
does not take any page faults) .
Binyamin Dissen wrote:
R2-R13 must be preserved. R13 points to a standard save area.
1.
LRR0,R2
IPK ,
SPKA spec_key
L R15,data
SPKA 0(R2)
LRR2,R0
2.
LAR0,4-1
LAR1,spec_key
The RMM report process was more or less rebranded by IBM to be part of DFSMS
Base and used to handle more objects like HSM or DCOLLECT information. No need
to license RMM.
There were Share Presentations on it last week. IBM has now broadened its
scope to include more DFSMS components as well
"Like" these kind of stories...
I basically had a fit when I first heard we were losing our card readers since
I had no other way to run my batch print jobs. No one bothered to teach my how
to use FQ ahead of time. The year was 1980. We kept the key punch operators
for a few more years after
Wow, a 402!! Who'd have guessed there was still one running outside a
museum?
I learned "programming" when I was taught to wire the board that
controlled one of those. I also used to maintain them as a Field
Engineer, but that was in 1964.
I last worked on one in 1966 before I left for syste
R2-R13 must be preserved. R13 points to a standard save area.
1.
LRR0,R2
IPK ,
SPKA spec_key
L R15,data
SPKA 0(R2)
LRR2,R0
2.
LAR0,4-1
LAR1,spec_key
MVCSK 28(R13),d
I was going to add that there is a small company in Texas that not only still
uses cards, but uses a 402 to process them. Talk about one for Ripley's.
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My previous employer used cards until about 1995. The factory payroll clock
cards and time tickets were 80 column cards, and they used the end printing
function of a 519 reproducer to print the employee number on the end of the
clock cards.
Just before the 3505 was removed, I received a call o
Hmm, I'm confused. On both my 1.11 and 1.12 systems, ISMF has an option G
called "Report Generation."
If you select it, the "DFSMSrmm Report Generator" panel (EDGPG000) is
displayed.
The command is "CMD(%RMMISPF REPORT) NEWAPPL(EDG) PASSLIB."
On my systems, the RMMISPF REXX is found in libr
We took a big lightening hit back in the sixties and the machine room was
OK but lots of the peripheral equipment was fried. Naturally when we went to
IPL,
the operator dropped the deck! 'Necessity IS the mother of invention'
In a message dated 8/17/2011 2:38:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
I'll have to find my sort needle from the basement archive. It was
originally used for the 80 column 5081s but did work for the 96s.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:03 PM
T
>> As of z/OS V1.11 (my version)
>> the old DFSMSrmm Report Writer (Option G in ISMF) is now retitled DFSMS
Report Writer.
>> It is part of DFSMS now. It handles DCOLLECT, HSM, and anything else
where you know the record layout.
>> Lizette
Interesting - I was thinking of something else entirely
As of z/OS V1.11 (my version)
the old DFSMSrmm Report Writer (Option G in ISMF) is now retitled DFSMS Report
Writer.
It is part of DFSMS now. It handles DCOLLECT, HSM, and anything else where you
know the record layout.
Lizette
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>Sent: Aug 17,
>> You can use the SMS Report writer to create a report for you. You
will find the dialogs from the ISMF panel.
Is this actually part of SMS or a 3rd party product? I'm thinking 3rd
party.
ddk
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I believe that IBM has correct this issue with z/OS 1.13. Check the anoucement
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You can use the SMS Report writer to create a report for you. You will find
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Well if you don't count a straightened paper clip!
In a message dated 8/17/2011 1:50:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
wdonze...@gmail.com writes:
The 96 column card
sorter is beyond rare.
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Yes, very rare. I only know of a handful of them. The 96 column card
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:54:46 -0400, John Eells wrote:
>... Anything that writes a combination of long and
>short blocks can yield surprising results. (We found that z/OS fonts,
>for example, use the least space at a counterintuitive block size.)
>
>For plain old sequential FB data, though, it's
That really depends on the RECFM and, for variable blocked RECFMs, the
distribution of block sizes. For RECFM=U, 32760 is indeed optimum
(search the archives for why), and for some (not necessarily common)
distributions of variable blocks it might well use space better than
half track blocking
Rick, I don't have TDS.
That said, would you say that this lpar is nearly 100% busy? Unless they mean
something else by online seconds, utilization is typically dispatched divided
by online. Your numbers being so close would indicate a high utilization to me.
My online time in RMF reports is al
Take a look at Chapter 14 (An Introduction to the Hierarchical File System) in
the UNIX System Services User's Guide (SA22-7801). It's a fairly concise place
to start.
Regards,
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I'm looking at Tivoli Decision Support data for an LPAR defined with 8
dedicated CPs. Specifically, I'm using data from the MVSPM_LPAR_H table and
comparing columns:
LP_ONLINE_SEC (Total logical processor online seconds for this LPAR) and
CPU_DISPATCH_SEC (Logical processor dispatch time,
3390 full track size is ca. 56K, and 3380 is ca. 47K. But you were right - 32K
is still not optimal for 3390.
Bill Fairchild
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According to the DB2 10 Announcement Letter, 210-380, connections to
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.1 or later are supported. Earlier
versions of CICS may "work", but such configs will be unsupported. So as
Daniel points out, you will need to be very thorough in your testing
environment before
Which is why I suggested a couple of weeks ago that a certain new thread be
killed as soon as I saw the first reference in it to the evil three-letter
acronym which shall not be named. A responsible, adult discussion over the
different opinions of the meaning of said acronym would be mirabile d
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Daniel McLaughlin wrote:
> We are a small shop and use mostly traditional ZOS things. It appears
> that the world is stampeding toward USS based software delivery and
> installation/maintenance. We are not USS/UNIX trained or savvy. We are
> looking for some "UNIX for Mainf
Yes. It will. Test it out in a sandbox environment.
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Hello List,
does a
Mark:
This reminds me the about the the day that they ripped the 3270's out from
underneath us and all of a sudden I couldn't switch from session to session
using TPX. (I don't remember specifics). My productivity went to zero.
After an hour of cussing I went out to find a real 3270 and found on
Just to add to this thread, I am not a Unix heavy by any stretch , but I worked
VM for years and use Linux at home, so I feel this helps
with an understand of USS on z/OS. Classes, I cant remember when I had the last
one. I dig through google and manuals and experiment on
our development boxes, o
wow
Scott J Ford
Software Engineer
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Mason!
Who made you the USS Nazi?
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Hello List,
does anybody know if the CICS V2.3 works with the DB2 for z/OS V10.1 ?
Thanks in advance for replay !
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Don,
I agree - for those forced to run Windows, running Linux VMs under Windows
is a good option for education. cygwin is also invaluable.
We use Linux desktops (currently Ubuntu 10.04), and have found also that
only a few things require Windoze. VirtualBox is also a good VM host on
Linux for W
Hal:
A 32K blocksize is not optimal for 3390 . IIRC it would be 1 block per track
(track size being 48K) Half track blocking or 24K is probably the best, IMO. My
memory is drawing a blank for 3380 (but 36K maybe right) so 18K. Best to use
blksize=0 unless the damn program over rides the blocksi
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:45:25 +, Grinsell, Don wrote:
>I got around that by convincing said powers that VMWare Workstation was
>necessary to my health and well being and now I'm happily Linuxing away. When
>I need to convince somebody that the problem is NOT due to my Linux
>environment, I'
Security is fun in the PC world
Non-sequitor. There is *NO SECURITY* in the PC world (IMO)
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/194445/fired-techie-created
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I got around that by convincing said powers that VMWare Workstation was
necessary to my health and well being and now I'm happily Linuxing away. When
I need to convince somebody that the problem is NOT due to my Linux
environment, I've got the standard Windows desktop to prove it.
Regards,
Do
When I issued the HLIST command, this is what I got:
ARC0138I NO MCDS INFORMATION FOUND FOR DATASET TX#P.F.TEXT.INV
DSN=TX#P.F.TEXT.INV BACK FREQ = *** MAX
VERS=***
BDSN=DFHSM.BACK.T282203.TX#P.F.A BACKVOL=V22915
FRVOL=PPRD24
BACKDATE=11/04/21
>http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/194445/fired-techie-created-virtual-chaos-pharma-company?source=ITWNLE_nlt_today_2011-08-17<
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Here's what I have specified:
DEFINE /* Define a dump class named DAILYDR */ -
DUMPCLASS(DAILYDR /* that is dumped everyday for */ -
FREQ(1) /* production data. It is held for 7 */ -
RETPD(8) /* days and the tape is re
You might also issue a HLIST DSN('TX#P.F.TEXT.INV') BOTH
To see what HSM has for backups and where they are located.
David O'Brien
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Mason!
Who made you the USS Nazi?
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G
>It won't be an immediate help but I've been recommending that Systems
>Programmers ditch their Windows workstations and utilize Linux, or
other
>like Un*x OS's (I use FreeBSD) for their day to day work
If I only had the choice, but in bigger companys other powers decide ;-(
Back to the OPs
All having followed this thread[1]
Thankfully, rather than being "killed", the thread made its way to IBMTCP-L
where many of the denizens concentrated their effort in directing Saurabh to
put his world to rights.
I'm sure you will all be utterly delighted that the problem was solved -
although
Groan
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I agree. I have a Linux desktop at work, in addition to the normal Windows
desktop. At home, I have a Mac Mini, two desktops, a laptop and and netbook.
All but the Mac run Linux. The laptop can dual boot to Windows7, but I never
use Windows on it. The only negative to a Linux desktop is you unde
George,
Do you have DATASETRESTORE or NODATASETRESTORE specified in your Define
Dumpclass?
David O'Brien
NIH Contractor
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Anson
I promised a second post with reference to this post. As it happens, another
thread appeared and I was requested to provide the explanation which roughly
corresponds to the point I was going to make to you:
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1108&L=ibm-main&D=1&O=D&P=342775
It was clear
Shane
It occurred to me that VTAM - including both parts of today's z/OS
Communications Server - development, past and present, should all be able to
purchase motor yachts and take retirement or early retirement to the Caribbean
as a minimum on the strength of the "prior usage" violations up wi
There are daily jobs that run that flash copies PPRD00-PPRD88 to
XPRD00-XPRD88. I then use DFSMShsm SEND command to BACKVOL VOL(XPRDnn)
DUMP(DUMPCLASS(DAILYDR)). The output dataset is on VTL with the name
DFHSM.DMP.DAILYDR.VXPRDnn.D11223.T311301. What I'm trying (unsuccessfully)
to do is HRECOVER 2
On 08/17/11 09:18, Daniel McLaughlin wrote:
We are a small shop and use mostly traditional ZOS things. It appears that the world is
stampeding toward USS based software delivery and installation/maintenance. We are not
USS/UNIX trained or savvy. We are looking for some "UNIX for Mainframe Dummi
On 8/17/2011 7:18 AM, Daniel McLaughlin wrote:
We are a small shop and use mostly traditional ZOS things.
It appears that the world is stampeding toward z/OS UNIX based
software delivery and installation/maintenance. We are not
z/OS UNIX trained or savvy. We are looking for some "UNIX for
Mainfra
I should have included the correct title of the book
ABCsof z/OS System Programming Vol 9 SG24-6989-05
Lizette
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>Sent: Aug 17, 2011 10:01 AM
>To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
>Subject: Re: UNIX (USS)
>
>Daniel,
>
>Try Redbook ABCs of System Programming
Daniel,
Try Redbook ABCs of System Programming Vol 9
We are using it this week for Training on UNIX on Mainframe.
Lizette
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steve.do...@ccbcc.com (Steve Dover) writes:
> Phil, we had one at Allstate Insurance until 1990. 2540 reader/punch.
> I sure miss the chads, they were great fun in desks and cars. But I
> do not miss hauling the 50 pound boxes around.
as undergraduate in the 60s ... univ. was using sense-marked
We are a small shop and use mostly traditional ZOS things. It appears that the
world is stampeding toward USS based software delivery and
installation/maintenance. We are not USS/UNIX trained or savvy. We are looking
for some "UNIX for Mainframe Dummies" material or classes. Suggestions kindly
Phil, we had one at Allstate Insurance until 1990. 2540 reader/punch. I sure
miss the chads, they were great fun in desks and cars. But I do not miss
hauling the 50 pound boxes around.
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:08:04 -0700, Phil Smith wrote:
>Wondering when the last card reader died. We had
I did not even know that SA 3.3 was out -
We are still upgrading some of our lpars to 3.2.
Good luck with it, Bob.
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Thanks Yifat,
I found it in the job execution log :
compressed
ICE084I 0 BSAM ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SYSUT2
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SYSUT1
non compressed
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SYSUT2
ICE084I 0 EXCP ACCESS METHOD USED FOR SYSUT1
Thanks,
Enrique
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FWIW the last IBM 3505 I saw was in 1984. I remember one time the CE was called
in to fix it (kept data checking or some such). Apparently, 3505's had optical
sensors to detect the holes, and this particular unit was occasionally spitting
machine oil onto the cards. As the machine oil soaked in
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Lizette Koehler
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to extend the VTOC size for volume but i was getting an error
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>> REFORMAT UNIT(D71F) VERIFY(TCOM02) -
>> EXTVTOC(11,1,1500)
>> ICK30200I TOO MANY POSITIONAL PARAMETERS AFTER '11'
>> ICK30202I ABOVE TEXT BYPASSED
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