Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Cris Hernandez wrote: >just wondering if there's a way to turn CAPS ON using an SPF setting so I can >set it in a REXX exec so typing occurs in uppercase without having the user >hitting the CAPS LOCK key. Sort of, but, first, let us get some things clear: 1. What you type on your keyboard is r

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Ed Gould
I honestly don't think there was a default as the region it ran in I "think" was 256K. Giving it plenty of memory on the parm really did help out. I know my SMPE runs ran faster than any elses in the group. I also set up a larger size (4096K,1024K) on the link/binder runs and SMPE just ran

WAIT ECB WITH 00 First Byte

2011-12-14 Thread Donald Likens
I know that an ECB's first byte is x'80' if waiting and x'40' if posted but what does X'00' mean. When I zero out the ECB I zero out the whole word. This ECB has a PRB in it. Thank You for your help. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Nice article, high level - homegrown vs. vendor basically

2011-12-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
Re: "Great Platform Shakeout of the Naughts," I'm referring primarily to the struggles Sun and HP have had and are having, but you could include other examples, such as Silicon Graphics, which stopped producing its MIPS-based servers in 2006. The server market has ended up with two horses in my vie

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Ken Brick
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:21:11 -0800, Cris Hernandez #9 wrote: yeah, TRANSLATE works to change it after the user hits enter, but I want characters to show in caps as soon as the character is typed, for visual purposes more so than anything else, and do so in both panel displays and spf editing.

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread John McKown
On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 17:21 -0800, Cris Hernandez #9 wrote: > yeah, TRANSLATE works to change it after the user hits enter, but I want > characters to show in caps as soon as the character is typed, for visual > purposes more so than anything else, and do so in both panel displays and spf > edit

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:21:11 -0800, Cris Hernandez #9 wrote: >yeah, TRANSLATE works to change it after the user hits enter, but I want >characters to show in caps as soon as the character is typed, for visual >purposes more so than anything else, and do so in both panel displays and spf >editi

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Cris Hernandez #9
yeah, TRANSLATE works to change it after the user hits enter, but I want characters to show in caps as soon as the character is typed, for visual purposes more so than anything else, and do so in both panel displays and spf editing. also wondering if panels have the ability to enlarge font siz

Re: Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Field, Alan C.
Or could you use TRANSLATE in the REXX exec to make it uppercase regardless of the input? Sent from my iPad On Dec 15, 2011, at 13:51, "Cris Hernandez #9" wrote: > just wondering if there's a way to turn CAPS ON using an SPF setting so I can > set it in a REXX exec so typing occurs in upperca

Is there an SPF setting to turn CAPS ON like keyboard key?

2011-12-14 Thread Cris Hernandez #9
just wondering if there's a way to turn CAPS ON using an SPF setting so I can set it in a REXX exec so typing occurs in uppercase without having the user hitting the CAPS LOCK key. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:35:26 -0600, Ed Gould wrote: > >Way back when and continuing forward I always put on parm=size=1000K >on all IEBCOPY (especially in SMPE) and got great throughput usually >50 percent (or more) faster runtimes. I think I started doing this >in the 1970's. I know we had to use

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Ed Gould
Mary Anne: Way back when and continuing forward I always put on parm=size=1000K on all IEBCOPY (especially in SMPE) and got great throughput usually 50 percent (or more) faster runtimes. I think I started doing this in the 1970's. I know we had to use it when copying the CDS's (when they

Re: IBM SR availability problems

2011-12-14 Thread Clark Morris
On 13 Dec 2011 10:50:25 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Hi Sam, > > > >On the whole, my experience is that SR that it is much LESS available than ETR >ever was. > >Just now, it took 11 minutes to get the IBM Service Request screen up.  It's >all grayed out though, I can't select or

Re: Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Mike Baldwin
BLP? EXCP? -- gil Hi Gil, This RECFM value is stored in the RMM CDS. RMM CDS is often created by converting from another tape management system database. So the previous database may have contained N and it was preserved, or the error could have been introduced by the conversion process. It d

Re: Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:01:06 -0600, Jim Marshall wrote: >IBM is telling us they do not support RECFM=N files and have no clue how these >could be created. > BLP? EXCP? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: Possible impact of VTS on batch I/O times (also posted to IMS-L)

2011-12-14 Thread Mike Baldwin
Hi Doug, Is your installation using IBM Tape Tools for VTS reporting? There is a report that identifies users of TWI: ** PARMS USED FOR AUDRPT *** *CONDITION= TWI;FIND OPTCD=W (TWI) - BAD FOR VTS THROUGHPUT Regards, Mike Baldwin Cartagena

Re: Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Barry Merrill
SAS supports RECFM=N only on ASCII platforms; it has never been a usable RECFM on z/OS platforms. Barry Merrill -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Mooney Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread John Eells
Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: Gil, That's what was in Volume 7, where the IEBCOPY messages are, so that's what I used. FYI, even though that requirement shows up as mine, it was originally written by someone else. I simply rewrote it as part of the Share requirements committee. IBM's response had in

MSM 4.1 Upgrade Issues

2011-12-14 Thread Lizette Koehler
We just completed the upgrade to CA MSM 4.1. So far not bad. However, we no longer have our SMP/E output because that was in TEMP files in MSM. So the task history is empty and any information I had from the last couple of weeks of maintenance I installed to various CA Products is MIA. Appar

Re: Determining MSUs

2011-12-14 Thread Ed Finnell
I've used Theirry Falissard's MIPS thingy for about 15 yrs. _http://2000clicks.com/links/Computers/IBMMainframeHistory/mipsmvs.htm_ (http://2000clicks.com/links/Computers/IBMMainframeHistory/mipsmvs.htm) It's just a number to calibrate with other thingy's floating about. In a message date

Re: Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Mike Baldwin
Hi Jim, Yes, years ago a customer using our migration tool TelTape for z/OS with RMM had an input dataset with RECFM=N. RMM rejects commands specifying RECFM(N). TelTape reported that the RECFM stored in the input HDR2 tape label was FB. As for the source of this, the DSN included CAPSIL, so that

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- Thanks Bill for kindly giving me a wee hint. :-) Browsing this thing showed it is a truly ancient art modified over the years all the way from indexed VTOC support in 1979 around... ;-D Just curious... was there ever a

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread Rick Fochtman
I wish I knew why this man so angry at me whenever I breathe. -- It's called "attitude". Just ignore it. Happy Holidays. Rick

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
John, I ran a few tests today and I'm seeing pretty good results, similar to what are in the presentation. Here's some data on one job that copies five large and one small PDS: T 12.02.3312.05.48 3 min 15 seconds J12.11.13 12.15.46 4 min 35 seconds MA --

Re: Determining MSUs

2011-12-14 Thread Phil Smith
How about this as a Q&D solution: /* REXX */ rct = c2d(storage(d2x(c2d(storage(d2x(c2d(storage(10, 4))+604), , 4))+228), 4)) say 'CEC MSU capacity='c2d(storage(d2x(rct+32), 4))';' , 'defined LPAR MSU capacity='c2d(storage(d2x(rct+28), 4)) -- ...phsiii -

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >>Browsing this thing showed it is a truly ancient art modified over the years >>all the way from indexed VTOC support in 1979 around... ;-D >All the way? It goes back well before 1979, to OS/360, although I haven't >checked whether there are change flags from tha

PRTITION OPENRULE RMM Journal

2011-12-14 Thread MONTERO ROMERO, ENRIQUE ELOI
Hi to all, Recently we changed the EDGRMMnn REJECT statements, and now we use PRTITION and OPENRULE. It is working very well, but have found the RMM JOURNAL dataset is being filled more than usual. The question, Do these statements "OPENRULE PRTITION" may fill the Journal dataset?, is there

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Mike Schwab
I think they still existing on non-indexed volumes. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r11/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r11.idar100/r1042.htm On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Bill Fairchild wrote: > If you mean was there ever a Format 7 DSCB, then the answer is yes.  It is > not incl

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Gil, That's what was in Volume 7, where the IEBCOPY messages are, so that's what I used. FYI, even though that requirement shows up as mine, it was originally written by someone else. I simply rewrote it as part of the Share requirements committee. IBM's response had indicated that the message f

Re: Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Jim, I have never used RECFM=N, but in some SAS doc for statements under UNIX, I found this - RECFM=N binary format. The file consists of a stream of bytes with no record boundaries. If RECFM=N, the value for the LRECL= option must be at least 256. http://www.sfu.ca/sasdo

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:07:22 -0600, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: >Gil, I can't speak for all of them of course, but: > >IEBCOPY warning messages - Issue W and/or E suffix messages for severity 4 >errors. Show return code >for each COPY/COPYMOD. > >Is still an open requirement in the share system. >ht

Re: How to change 1.000 data set mgmtclas setting the mgmtclas defined by DFSMS ACS MGMTCLAS ????

2011-12-14 Thread Darth Keller
Larry - This one caught my eye as I've never had occasion to use it and I thought it was very interesting. I would think he'd want to run it first with the "TEST" keyword as this is a volume-level function - meaning that all the datasets on the volume would be re-driven. I'd definitely want

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Gil, I can't speak for all of them of course, but: IEBCOPY warning messages - Issue W and/or E suffix messages for severity 4 errors. Show return code for each COPY/COPYMOD. Is still an open requirement in the share system. http://reqs4.share.org/Display.jsp?r=SSMVSE11069 SSMVSE11069 Status:

Carts Created with RECFM=N

2011-12-14 Thread Jim Marshall
Doing a VTS migration and have run across some DSNs which were created with RECFM=N. We are using Tivoli Tape Optimzer software to do mass copies of files. It chokes on these RECFM=N files.IBM is telling us they do not support RECFM=N files and have no clue how these could be created. T

Re: IBM RDZ vs COBOS

2011-12-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Interesting point, Tom. Still, I wonder if someone here had the time to look at it . ITschak On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Tom Marchant wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:53:57 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > > >Does anyone here uses the open source Cobos product as a replacement for > >IBM RDZ?

Re: IBM RDZ vs COBOS

2011-12-14 Thread Steve Comstock
On 12/14/2011 9:33 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:53:57 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: Does anyone here uses the open source Cobos product as a replacement for IBM RDZ? It doesn't look like open source to me, despite the statement on http://sourceforge.net/projects/cobosproject

Re: How to change 1.000 data set mgmtclas setting the mgmtclas defined by DFSMS ACS MGMTCLAS ????

2011-12-14 Thread Martin, Larry D
You can use ADRDSSU to "redetermine" the MGMTCLASS. Example: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=2048K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //I16 DDVOL=SER=PR1032,UNIT=3390,DISP=SHR //I35 DDVOL=SER=PR1045,UNIT=3390,DISP=SHR //I38 D

Re: IBM RDZ vs COBOS

2011-12-14 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:53:57 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: >Does anyone here uses the open source Cobos product as a replacement for >IBM RDZ? It doesn't look like open source to me, despite the statement on http://sourceforge.net/projects/cobosproject/ that it is. The license is listed as "Ot

Re: How to change 1.000 data set mgmtclas setting the mgmtclas defined by DFSMS ACS MGMTCLAS ????

2011-12-14 Thread Dave Salt
I'm not sure if it helps, but SimpList lets you display the attributes of any data set and over-type any attributes you wish to change (e.g. the amount of allocated space or the record length or the data set organization or SMS attributes etc). Feel free to contact me off-list if you have any qu

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread larry macioce
Shai, I keep thinking about taking a look at your product, sounds great and I think my mgmt would like the price :) Ed you may contribute but what is your problem, you sound like an angry little man. mace On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:47 AM, shai hess wrote: > -- Forwarded message

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:57:21 +0200, Yifat Oren wrote: >Thank you for the tip, Lizette. > >http://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Handout/Session9940/SHARE%20994 >0_IEBCOPY%20New%20Tricks.pdf > Grrr... Wrap! http://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Handout/Session9940/SHARE%209940

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Richard L Peurifoy
On 12/14/2011 2:32 AM, Ron Hawkins wrote: Richard, If the format 9 DSCB includes the date, time and jobname of the creating job it should not be too hard to tie this to an SMF Type30 subtype 2 or 3 record to get additional auditing information. This is true, but unless you keep SMF data foreve

Re: NSS and Datapower

2011-12-14 Thread Andrew McLaren
Hi Rob I've been doing a lot of work lately with DataPower; but so far none of it has involved any NSS. You might get some good info by asking on the DataPower Forum on IBM's Developerworks site: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1198 That seems to be the main publi

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <7017189519691316.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@bama.ua.edu>, on 12/14/2011 at 07:14 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >Browsing this thing showed it is a truly ancient art modified over >the years all the way from indexed VTOC support in 1979 around... ;-D All the way? It goes back well be

How to change 1.000 data set mgmtclas setting the mgmtclas defined by DFSMS ACS MGMTCLAS ????

2011-12-14 Thread af dc
Hello, due to an error on our ACS MGMTCLAS was set a wrong MC to 1.000 disk datasets, now i want to set them correctly. ACS MC is now ok, but I wanted to know if there is a process ofsetting the correct MC in a quick way..otherwise I have to: 1- ISMF dsn test to check what is the correct MC 2- Doin

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Bill Fairchild
If you mean was there ever a Format 7 DSCB, then the answer is yes. It is not included in this DSECT for some reason. If you GOOGLE-advanced search for "DSCB" and "Format 7" you can find some information on it. Bill Fairchild -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mai

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
shai hess wrote: >I wish I knew why this man so angry at me whenever I breathe. Why worry? Just read all the posts from all and everyone and move on. By now you certainly saw everything that is to be seen under the sun in IBM-MAIN: spam, fighting, flames, advice (good and bad), jokes, trip-dow

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Yifat Oren
Thank you for the tip, Lizette. http://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Handout/Session9940/SHARE%20994 0_IEBCOPY%20New%20Tricks.pdf Best Regards, Yifat Oren -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: יום

Re: Determining MSUs

2011-12-14 Thread Tom Russell
On the CPU report produced by ERBRMFPP REPORTS(CPU) you get "CPC CAPACITY" on the first line. This is the number of MSUs that the CEC can deliver. On the PARTITION DATA REPORT there is the Image Capacity which is the same number of MSUs. You also get a list of the various Logical Partitions,

Re: Nice article, high level - homegrown vs. vendor basically

2011-12-14 Thread Staller, Allan
Tim, Please expound and elucidate, oh wise and wonderful sage Great Platform Shakeout of the Naughts -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: How to easily see the contents of SDUMPX PSWREGS=

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Relson
I share Binyamin's curiosity about why someone would do this. You can always issue an SVC Dump specifying (for example) the ASIDLST parameter to identify both the current space and other spaces that you want to add. There is no need to worry about PSWREGS in such a case. That parameter is prov

Re: IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread Lizette Koehler
> > Has anyone compared the performance of the new IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13 with the > older version? > > Regards, > John K John At Share Aug 2011 there was a session dedicated to IEBCOPY and it had some comparison data in there. You might want to check that out. Lizette

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Bill Fairchild wrote: >See SYS1.MODGEN(IECSDSL1) for the Format 1 through Format 9 DSCB DSECTs. Thanks Bill for kindly giving me a wee hint. :-) Browsing this thing showed it is a truly ancient art modified over the years all the way from indexed VTOC support in 1979 around... ;-D Just curiou

IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13

2011-12-14 Thread John P Kalinich
Has anyone compared the performance of the new IEBCOPY in z/OS 1.13 with the older version? Regards, John K -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: G

Jol - JCL Replacement Language - was JCL "sheesh!" for today

2011-12-14 Thread Clement Clarke
Would you like a free format language, similar to PL/i? Like full arithmetic and IF testing on Symbolic Variables? Like to be able to have inline card image files, and be able to replace symbolic parameters in them to dynamically create specialized control cards? Like to have your job checked

IBM RDZ vs COBOS

2011-12-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hi, Does anyone here uses the open source Cobos product as a replacement for IBM RDZ? regards, ITschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET I

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread Shane
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:11:33 +0100 "R.S." wrote: > W dniu 2011-12-14 07:42, Ed Gould pisze: ... > Simply use DELETE key as we do with your messages. lol - been a long while since I've seen any of Ed Gs posts. Watching (only) the follow-up discussion(s) verifies the correctness of that decision. M

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Shai, Ignore him. Most of us already do. Some do not complain about him anymore because he is already in their email kill file. Better yet, invite him to come visit you and see your work environment. Most of us applaud the grace with which you conduct yourself in spite of daily threat of rocke

MQ Reason Code 2009 for Websphere MQ V6 z/OS

2011-12-14 Thread Jacky Bright
Hi, Application of BizTalk 2006 using IBM MQSC Client V6 to MQ for z/OS V6 for one Queue XYZ Application throws intermittently Reason Code 2009. However, in spite of this error message is successfully posted in destination Queue. Application retransmits the message after retry interval which in

Re: IBM SR availability problems

2011-12-14 Thread Knutson, Sam
We did get an email reply from the SR help desk yesterday. It would be really useful if there was a very simple static site that was updated with current and past availability where customers could check for known issues with ShopzSeries, SR, Resourcelink, IBMLink. It would be better of course

Re: Is there an IBM program that will tell me what job created a DASD DSN?

2011-12-14 Thread Ron Hawkins
Richard, If the format 9 DSCB includes the date, time and jobname of the creating job it should not be too hard to tie this to an SMF Type30 subtype 2 or 3 record to get additional auditing information. Ron > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread shai hess
I wish I knew why this man so angry at me whenever I breathe. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Ed Gould wrote: > Don: > > I have decided to change my email account so I can delete his entries and > a few others. > The others that contribute to the list do not make a point of pushing > their co

Re: case from DR in France.

2011-12-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-12-14 07:42, Ed Gould pisze: Don: I have decided to change my email account so I can delete his entries and a few others. The others that contribute to the list do not make a point of pushing their code. With "him" its a monthly push of his propaganda. If you guys want to put up with