Re: Version Query for Installed Product

How about generate list of FMID's and check with what is installed..ofcourse can have some third party FMID's as well..however this is what I could narrow down otherwise..IFAPRDxx and SMF not going to help as you looking offline prod. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/support/servicetest/fm

Jobname for DFHSM Requests

***Suggestion Please*** We work in 12 way sysplex/hsmplex and sometime following a bad tape hsm requests get build up now before we do tape replace with alternate These all recall request should be killed which we get from HSEND Q REQ and then start killing them on basis of owner id .However as

FICON Express8 and older CU's

I'm looking for information regarding incompatibilities between FICON Express8 and older control units (for example EMC Symmetrix disk systems). I heard a lot of contradictory messages regarding Driver level of the CPC, FICON card model, CPC models, control units affected, etc. Any clue? Rega

Re: Version Query for Installed Product

SoftAudit (or whatever IBM calls it...TLCM?) may be able to identify products. But if you could afford that product, you could probably increase your MSU capacitya better alternative. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf

Re: ALET=2

To add a bit to what Jim Mulder posted, DIE routines are expected not to reference private storage, and therefore (whether they are I/O DIEs or Timer DIEs, whether they "can" or not) should not use ALET=2. Within z/OS, Home ASC mode would "work", although as with any DIE the home space is more

Re: FICON Express8 and older CU's

We received the following primus issue from EMC emc246345. It documents the supported levels for Ficon Express 8. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sub

Re: Data encrypt

Rob Schramm's post suggests that IBM's DKMS key-management system has a new name; but I, for one, do not know what that new name is. The IBM website still talks about DKMS. The impetus for a new name is understandable. This acronym is among the most overloaded I routinely encounter. For UN

Re: SMP/E vs. Multi-CSECT MOD Elements?

On 12/2/2011 12:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin scratched his head and wrote: If I APPLY a MOD that has fewer CSECTS than an earlier version, are the omitted CSECTs REPLACEd? The Reference implies that this is done (in a warning, as if it were an extraordinary occurrence). Yes, the APPLY will generate

Re: SMP/E vs. Multi-CSECT MOD Elements?

On 12/2/2011 12:05 PM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > If I APPLY a MOD that has fewer CSECTS than an earlier version, > are the omitted CSECTs REPLACEd? The Reference implies that > this is done (in a warning, as if it were an extraordinary occurrence). Yes, the APPLY will generate REPLACE statement

Re: Version Query for Installed Product

Jakes, This is one of the many reasons that all programs no matter how trivial should be installed with SMPE. Not only that the products should also be smpe maintainable. That should be a prereq for any program. I have heard many an excuse from various vendors over the years but when you have

ROOT file system is out space

Hi, I am applying RSU maintenance and the job failed with the below message. IOEZ00551I Aggregate ZOSS11.OMVSB.ROOT ran out of space Please help me to increase the size of ROOT file system. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The

IRA103I SQA/ESQA HAS EXPANDED INTO CSA/ECSA BY 510 PAGES

Hi, The below message is frequently coming on DEV LPAR. IRA103I SQA/ESQA HAS EXPANDED INTO CSA/ECSA BY 510 PAGES Sysview reports show below utilizations. ECSA 23% ESQA 90% SQA 20% CSA 18% Please let me know do I need to increase the ESQA size. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu Please d

Re: ROOT file system is out space

Google zfsadm grow -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chokalingam Thangavelu Sent: December 5, 2011 10:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: ROOT file system is out space Hi, I am applying RSU maintenance and the job faile

Re: IRA103I SQA/ESQA HAS EXPANDED INTO CSA/ECSA BY 510 PAGES

Change second parameter on the SQA= parameter in IEASYSxx SQA=(12,45M), /* SQA SIZE X 64K (SQA,ESQA) */ Mark Jacobs On 12/05/11 11:37, Chokalingam Thangavelu wrote: Hi, The below message is frequently coming on DEV LPAR. IRA103I SQA/ESQA HAS EXPANDED INTO CSA/ECSA BY

Re: SMP/E vs. Multi-CSECT MOD Elements?

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:02:00 -0600, Staller, Allan wrote: > >How will APPLY know to "replace" (i.e. delete) the unreferenced CSECT's? When a SYSMOD includes a ++MOD that specifies the CSECTS that are included in that MOD, and another SYSMOD provides a replacement ++MOD that has a different list

Re: IRA103I SQA/ESQA HAS EXPANDED INTO CSA/ECSA BY 510 PAGES

And ReIPL. Mark Jacobs On 12/05/11 11:53, Mark Jacobs wrote: Change second parameter on the SQA= parameter in IEASYSxx SQA=(12,45M), /* SQA SIZE X 64K (SQA,ESQA) */ Mark Jacobs On 12/05/11 11:37, Chokalingam Thangavelu wrote: Hi, The below message is frequently com

Re: ROOT file system is out space

This was covered in a prior set of posts http://www.mail-archive.com/ibm-main@bama.ua.edu/msg109167.html For expanding via re-allocating the filesystem... IDCAMS REPRO, copytree or pax http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246580.pdf Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group

Re: ROOT file system is out space

> >I am applying RSU maintenance and the job failed with the below message. > >IOEZ00551I Aggregate ZOSS11.OMVSB.ROOT ran out of space > >Please help me to increase the size of ROOT file system. > Is this a zFS or HFS file? Is this your live Root or your Service Root? Lizette

Re: ROOT file system is out space

Look at the "zfsadm" command here: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/FCXD5A91/ZFSADMGROW -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmark

Re: ROOT file system is out space

This is live ROOT. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 5:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ROOT file system is out space > >I am apply

Re: Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)

Sam, We use PFA in all our production LPARs, and automate on none, right now, though we do automate on other healthchecks. Because I hadn't seen one in a while, I've asked for an email just to me if they hit, so I'll keep a closer eye on it for you. Initially, when we set PFA up, we had some f

Re: Data encrypt

I had thought that DKMS was going under Tivoli and being renamed... my error. It started out Danish or Denmark Key Management ... I think. Contains a snippit of DKMS history via CV - http://www.linkedin.com/in/joerneichner Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group On Mon, Dec 5, 20

Re: ALET=2

In , on 12/05/2011 at 08:28 AM, Peter Relson said: >DIE routines are expected not to reference private storage, Even if it's page fixed? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to

Re: Data encrypt

IBM should rename it USS.;-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Data encrypt I had thought that DKMS was going under Tivoli an

What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

What record types does ACF2 write? Does it write Type 80 records that are equivalent to those written by RACF? I find reference on the Web to ACF2 writing Type 230 records - can anyone supply me with formats? - and also RACF-equivalent Type 80 records. Thanks, Charles -

DFSORT JOINKEYS question

Can DFSORT be used to do the following? File 1 contains all records to be placed in the output. File 2 contains only some records with the same key. If the record is in file 2, then the output record should contain information from two fields in file 2. Otherwise the output record should contain i

Re: ALET=2

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:46:38 -0500 "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" wrote: :>In :>, :>on 12/05/2011 :> at 08:28 AM, Peter Relson said: :>>DIE routines are expected not to reference private storage, :>Even if it's page fixed? Well, I guess the DIE could build a DUCT that refers to private storage

Re: ROOT file system is out space

Why in the world are you applying maintenance to your live root? On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Chokalingam Thangavelu < thangavelu.chokalin...@wipro.com> wrote: > This is live ROOT. > > Regards, > Chokalingam Thangavelu > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ma

Re: ROOT file system is out space

I hope you're joking, please provide the mountpoint of that dataset. --> D OMVS,F Bobbie Jo Justice http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

Re: Data encrypt

I had heard much the same rumor, more vaguely advanced: "Tivoli" was only hinted at. I had hoped that Rob knew the new name. I suspect that there is one in the womb of time, but bets on the date of its birth would be unwise. IBM itself often does not know the dates of such announcements until sh

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write? > >What record types does ACF2 write? Does it write Type 80 records that are >equivalent to those written by RACF? > >I find reference on the Web to ACF2 writing Type 230 records - can anyone >supply me with formats? - and also RACF-equivalent Type

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS question

Frank Swarbuck on IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/05/2011 11:43:27 AM: > Can DFSORT be used to do the following? > ... Frank, If I understand correctly what you want to do, you can use a DFSORT JOINKEYS job like the following to do it. Note the use of ? in REFORMAT as an indicator. /

Re: ROOT file system is out space

W dniu 2011-12-05 21:58, Bobbie Justice pisze: I hope you're joking, please provide the mountpoint of that dataset. --> D OMVS,F Why do you think so? While not recommended, it is possible to apply service on live system. Significant part of HOLDSYS activities assume such approach. BTW: IMH

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Thanks Lizette. Do you recommend one over the other? I am a software developer for an ISV, not a CA customer. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 1:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@b

Re: FICON Express8 and older CU's

Thank you for the information. I'm still uncertain of the root cause of the problems It seems the problem appeared with Driver 93 (microcode level). Type of FICON card is irrelevant - it can be FICON Express8S, Express8, or even Express4 (can be "carried on" from previous machine). Of course d

Re: ROOT file system is out space

R.S. wrote: W dniu 2011-12-05 21:58, Bobbie Justice pisze: I hope you're joking, please provide the mountpoint of that dataset. --> D OMVS,F Why do you think so? While not recommended, it is possible to apply service on live system. Significant part of HOLDSYS activities assume such approach.

Re: SMP/E vs. Multi-CSECT MOD Elements?

If I APPLY a MOD that has fewer CSECTS than an earlier version, are the omitted CSECTs REPLACEd? The Reference implies that this is done (in a warning, as if it were an extraordinary occurrence). Yes, the APPLY will generate REPLACE statements so the binder can delete the omitted CSECTs. How

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Then the Yahoo Group would be better. Other one requires a CA Support ID To get to it. If you have a CA Support ID/PWD, then MYCA would be good. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACF2-L/ And I am sure if you searched YAHOO Groups you might find even more. Lizette --

Re: ROOT file system is out space

Exactly, applying a couple of fixes and using the: SERV_LINKLIB= SERV_LPALIB = and using dynamic activate is one thing, but applying an entire RSU (or more) on the in-use ROOT zFS, I don't think sonot a good idea. Bobbie Jo Justice >I expect Bobbie's comments might

Re: ROOT file system is out space

Subject: Re: ROOT file system is out space > >This is live ROOT. > >Regards, >Chokalingam Thangavelu > Is the root a zFS or HFS file? I do not think the zfsadm will work for HFS files. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

I doubt you will see CA-ACF2 clients sharing such proprietary information, given you are not a CA customer. If you are looking to analyze a customer's ACF2 SMF data, it would be appropriate to coordinate through a client or directly with CA (for an NDA). That way, you can gain proper access

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Cheryl's website has this information, properly labeled. The problem with all such numbers for non-IBM SMF records is that ISVs, very properly, supply a default record number but permit it to be overridden when its use would conflict with another, preexistent use of that number. The only not very

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS question

Very cool.  I obviously had no understanding of what the ? option was really to be used for.  :-) Now I have the following, that at a glance appears to be working //SYMNAMES DD *    CHR-PAN-ACCOUNT,6,19,CH    CHR-PIC-CNT,1223,1,PD  CHR-ISSUE-CNT,1224,1,PD    CHR-CNT-DATE,1228,3,PD

Re: Version Query for Installed Product

On 12/4/2011 9:02 PM, Jake anderson wrote: There are some Product in our system where the version Indication is not visible via Datasets(SMPE datasets) or thru SMP/E panel. Our systems MSU capacity is too low due to which we are unable to make the installed product to run which might cause the

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Thanks all. Don't see this information on Cheryl's site, but perhaps I am not looking in the right place. I have a CA support ID. The record layout specifics do not seem to be in the ACF2 documentation. (If I'm wrong, can someone supply a specific manual name?) I have figured out that ACF2 may b

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS question

Frank Swarbuck at IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/05/2011 03:42:03 PM: >Very cool.  I obviously had no understanding of what the ? option was really to be used for.  :-) Frank, I'm glad my example gave you a starting point for figuring out how to do what you needed. As you realized, t

Re: DFSORT JOINKEYS question

Frank Yaeger on IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/05/2011 04:39:38 PM: >As you realized, the ? and JNFxCNTL functions of DFSORT's > ICETOOL are quite powerful. Oops. I meant JOINKEYS, not ICETOOL (although, of course, JOINKEYS can be used from ICETOOL). Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Development

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Scott, Well IBM does this in their freely available SMF records layout manual. The very idea that a record layout should not be public information is in my mind close minded. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

I agree. Unless, of course, all customers sign an NDA, the formats will eventually become known. I also don't understand vendors who don't have their general documentation about their products freely available in some format. I prefer PDF format due mainly to ubiquity. I understand, a bit, not havi

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Not to put to fine of a point on it but MXG and IIRC. Barry Merrill's product amongst others have the layout of the records and you do not need to be a licensed user of ACF2 (and other products mind you) to have the layouts. Although unless you are a licensed user you wouldn't need them. Ed

z/OS's basis for TCP/IP

Just was wondering where TCP/IP stack came from for use in z/OS? Did it originate from the University of Berkley? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the me

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

> Although unless you are a licensed user you wouldn't need them Au contraire! You might be a software product developer hoping to write code to read (and make sense of!) the records. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf O

Re: SYSIEFSD.Q4 resource

SYSIEFSD Q4 (and its cousins CHNGDEV and VARYDEVS) are used by MVS ALLOCATION to serialize state changes made to devices during allocation processing. Unless things have changed since I was there, these ENQs are never propagated (SCOPE=SYSTEM). I don't know what is meant by "IOS involvement,"

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

Charles: I worded that poorly and agree with you. ALthough outside of report writers I can' think of any other reasons for needing them. But again why not have them freely available for all? There are no secrets to be gained from the records as each installation (at least in the case of ACF2) wr

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

SMF 80 support in MXG code is 8293 lines of SAS and creates 61 discrete SAS datasets/tables. ACF2 support in MXG code is 1395 lines of SAS and creates 12 discrete SAS datasets/tables. No, the records have nothing similar in field names nor record structure, although clearly there is overlap in some

Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?

At 17:43 -0800 on 12/05/2011, Ed Gould wrote about Re: What SMF record types and formats does ACF2 write?: Scott, Well IBM does this in their freely available SMF records layout manual. The very idea that a record layout should not be public information is in my mind close minded. Ed Th

Ziip on Z9 BC running on z/OS 1.9

Dear All, I enable Ziip on our machine but I can see it active on any LPAR , do I have to do something on HCM console please help. Azimuddin Syed System Software Support Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah Saudi Arabia -- For IBM-MAI