I hate to gloat, but in FDR you can simply specify NEWI=+TARGSYS to
prepend TARGSYS to all the dataset names.
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Where's Bruce Black when we need him? Haven't heard anything from him
in a while.
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Recovery at a DR site is the same thing - 9 mod-3's vs 1 27 (insert shrug
here).
Maybe not. If the DR site has sufficient tape drives, you could do 9
concurrent restores of -3s versus 1 restore of a -27.
As far as an onsite recovery goes in the case of a volume failure, I'll
admit that rec
unloaded format that can go on disk. I dunno if it can accept a tape
input.
To restore you would do a RECEIVE outputting to tape, and then restore.
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Of course this facility should be highly restricted since this
probably bypasses all dataset access checking. This comment would
apply to the other programs mentioned as well.
True, our manual says:
DSF ABSOLUTE TRACK OPERATIONS
after
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I don't know for sure, but I would think that the software licenses
would go with the machine. So if the original owner licensed those
features, you would not have to pay for them again.
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AFAIK, ADRDSSU says BLKSIZE=0, not 32760.
You could be right
However it is *no longer true*. At current z/OS levels real blocksize
(64k) is claimed.
I ran a test and you are correct. Probably on any system that supports
large blocksize, it sets it properly.
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I think you would stand a better chance of asking the developers of ABR
to add a new keyword of "NONSMS(YES)" or something
can be done. With our generalized reporting progrram FDREPORT, you can
easily select volumes which are non-SMS, e.g.,
XSELECT VLSMSSTG.NE.*
That selects all volume
Bruce Black has given an excellent explanation (as usually does) of the
facts about DFDSS and FDR backup tapes, you could also add HSM and a few
others(block size in the label is not what written on the tape).
Thanks! HSM uses DSS for most backups, which explains the tape label
discrepancy
John, I guess my complaint/argument is that IEBGENER is an IBM standard
tape copy utility. Data on a tape is sequential (PS), regardless if put there by
another IBM utility like IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc. I'm sure I've used GENER
in the past to copy RECFM=U files?
The reason that DFSMSdss back
I want to clarify the causes of the FDRW68 message that Tom Moulder
asked about.
FDRPAS runs as a SWAP (master) task on one LPAR, and a MONITOR (slave)
task on every other LPAR. We use a hardware query t o determine the IDs
(CPU ID) of every LPAR attached to the source disk in the SWAP. Then
Vary true ... There used to be a product (it may still exist for all I
know) that was a competitor to IBM's DFHSM
ASM2 was eventually acquired by CA and become CA-DISK, then Brightstore
CA-DISK, and now CA Disk Backup and Restore. I think there was an
intermediate acquisition that I have forgot
but
> every developer had multiple TSO ID's that were almost all logged on
all
> the time since this was before session managers.
Ah the good old days! Oddly enough even with session managers, this is
still the way most people work. Only today the number of sessions per
user
Tom, for a FDRPAS question you should contact us directly. We can give
you a much quicker answer to a problem like this. The phone number and
support email address are in my sig block below. For this sort of
problem, it is best to call.
I could not find you on our customer list, so I can' t
I was looking in .SCEERUN(CEECCICS) to see what was in the CEEEXTAN CSECT.
Try LIST CEECICSS MOD(CEEEXTAN)
This will display just the CSECT you are interested in
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As Sam has already pointed out, there is nothing available in native SMS
other than the ACS test option.
Oh ye of little faith! Since z/OS 1.7, there is a console command
SETSMS VOLSELMSG which will provide summary or detailed info about the
SMS allocation process. It can be limited to specif
Tommy, the storagegroup ACS routine is not called unless a storage class
is assigned to the dataset. You need to check your storageclass ACS to
see what it does when a STORCLAS is explicitly assigned by the user (it
will be the initial value of &STORCLAS in that ACS routine.
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You may not have authority to specify the StorClass.
I believe that a RACF violation on the Storclas name would result in an
allocation failure.
I believe that the only explanation is that his storclas ACS routine is
checking for an input storclas (one specified by the caller as he did)
and
If I using the following JCL to create a SMS dataset (explicitly but
not ACS
control) , the dataset allocated to non-sms volume.
IEBDGEXEC PGM=IEBDG
SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
OUT DD DSN=SSMD.TESTXX,DISP=(,CATLG),
UNIT=(SYSDA,2),STORCLAS=SC4G,DATACLAS=DC4G,
SPACE=(CYL,(2,10),RLSE),
In a former shop we didn't compress ML1 volumes, and why it's done
here is lost in history as folks have left, hence the question of why do it at all.
Probably unnecessary
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We upgraded to ZOS 1.7 this weekend and had an issue with Compaktor. We
started getting U888 abends and found out our FDR was backlevel. The real
question is: Is there a need to run Compaktor on ML1 volumes? It seemed to
have scrambled some HSM VVDS entriesTIA.
Daniel, I am sorry you got b
I don't know how an
executing program can tell
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Can you PLEASE explain why there was/is support for a SHR->EXC
>Upgrade...
Pretty simple. The dataset is ENQed SHR because the highest DISP in the
job for that dataset is SHR. But some function in a step may want to
get EXC control so that it can update the dataset, thus the RET=CHNG
functio
Old mathematicians never die, they just disintegrate.
or they just count down.
or they just decompose into a simpler equations
or they just transform into a chaotic system.
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I'm wondering if it's possible to keep the creation/last reference date
of the dataset during this migration (non-SMS datasets only)?
For a tape the create date is in the label but the last ref date is only
in the TMS database, so I don't know how you would do it. For tht
matter I don't know o
Did you have a defrag fail on PRD9LF?
Yes, that dsname indicates that a DSS DEFRAG failed or was cancelled.
Datasets may be at risk because of the failure.
I would first try restarting the DEFRAG and see if it will complete. If
so, it will delete the dataset.
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ending up in a deadly embrace (where two jobs each want the same ENQs
but can not get them).
Actually a deadly embrance (the old "fatatl fondle") is when
task 1 holds resource A but needs resource B
task 2 holds resource B but needs resource A
A job could end up in a fatal fondle if it didn't ac
Naspa offered a deal for returning members, something like $20 for 20
months, so I took it. They email when new magazines are available.
But I am not sure if I will renew when the 20 months are up
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Part of the problem was that neither CVOL nor VSAM catalogs could record
dates beyond 1999 (2 digit date field)
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Sorry to put in a plug for a vendor product
duane, my policy is to never make an unsoliited reference to an
Innovation product, but when we have one that directly addresses a
problem or need expressed by a poster, I feel free to mention our
products. No one seems to have a problem with this.
CVOL is the old, non-VSAM catalog structure. IBM dropped support as of
12/31/1999. And I mean dropped, even if you define one it will not work.
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But will SVAA work with the old RVA?
Yes
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It's a 9394-002 with 9395-B23. I searched IBM and this list and couldn't find
any info on lack of support.
There are several references to 9394 in the z/OS 1.8 library so I assume
it is supported.
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I have a load module which I would like to make several alias mods. What
is the best way to accomplish this?
You can add binder control statements to assign aliases when you link
the load module. If you don't want to recompile, you can relink the
module and assign aliases.
The IBM utility IE
Bruce, I don't want to go up against you in a DASD knowledge battle (I know
I would lose), but my copy of "IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference
Summary", GX26-4577-2, August 1990, Table 2 (3390 mode), page 10, says that
255 to 288 byte blocks with keys of 1-22 bytes are max 45 to the track (n
Lizette, go to our website (below) to read about our product FATSCOPY.
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IOS050I CHANNEL DETECTED ERROR ON 1891,17,01,**02,PCHID=0231
IOS050I CHANNEL DETECTED ERROR ON 1891,13,01,**02,PCHID=0140
All I can say for sure is that the **02 (channel status) indicates
"interface control check". for real devices, this indicates some
problem on the channel or the channel ad
Why should directory blocks for PDSes be multiple of 45 ?
Thats not entirely accurate. A 3390 track holds 46 directory records,
but allocating only 45 allows the EOF for the directory to be placed on
the same track.
But for additional directory space, use multiples of 46, formula
45+(46*n).
Bruce, I know of this paper but these studies are related to IBM-Hardware.
How about EMC-hardware?
I guess you must ask EMC. I don't know of any.
I may be corrected, but I do not know of anything in the implementation of
MIDAW that was hardware related. The hardware may have some modificati
This IBM redpaper explains MIDAWs and has some performance studies.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/REDP4201.html?Open
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The change you made was to an SCDS. SMS operates from an ACDS. You
need an activate to copy from the former to the latter. The validate is
for peace of mind/job security/proof reading/etc.
I think that SMS requires that a SCDS be validated before it can be
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In some states the abuse of the term 'engineer' in a job title was met with the
legislated requirement that said person indeed be a licensed engineer. Either
you had demonstrated engineering training & skills or you knew how to drive
the trains. Nothing else was tolerated.
Here in NJ, a fe
If you ask about DITTO - well in my understanding DITTO has no idea
about real BPI. How DITTO can measure length of the tape and number of
bytes written, especially when compression is turned on? Can DITTO
access number of metres of tape rewound from any counter in the drive?
I can be wrong, but
;s hand so much more quickly.
But we can still produce 3480 or 3590 tapes if requested. Manuals can
be downloaded in PDF format for local printing or Bookmanager for
browsing. Or we will send a printed manual on request.
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In my PMR with IBM I asked if there was a known bug that caused this,
and the answer was:
"The files can get cataloged incorrectly through a number of
different ways that is not dependent on IBM code"
Sorry, I have been out of the office for a few days.
Yes, a FDRDSF restore or FDRCOPY cop
You may be able to answer this, since you write it. Do you actually need
to keep two original sources for your documentation? That is, one source
for Bookmanager and a separate one for PDFs? I am not very knowledgable
about producting either of these, but some clever "m4" macros might be
interest
All mainframe ISV and H/W vendors provide *worse* documentation than IBM
does. Sometimes the quality difference is significant.
Usually documentation website require user authorization or it's simply
unavailable online.
Usually the only format is PDF (I *hate* searching PDFs!) and - what's
much wo
As I recall, the channel program ends on the write CCW that encounters the
end-of-tape "reflector." The CSW has Unit Exception and the address+8 of
the last CCW executed. Its up to the access method (or a program using
EXCP) to drive EOV processing (which writes the trailer labels, switches
t
FATS/FATAR is your answer. Bruce can elaborate on FATS/FATAR. He is the
expert.
Thanks, Willie.
Yes, either our FATAR tape utility or our FATSCOPY tape utility can do
the job. See the web site below for details. We offer free 30-day
trials. Even if this is a one time job, get a trial an
QUERY - It is my impression that if I try to allocate a dataset with
any of these options, the resulting dataset will get allocated as if
they had not been requested (and the Catalog Record will no longer
show these options for that dataset [ie: It will reflect the actual
allocation status not
IFF the file had been created on DASD you probably would not have seen a
problem. BUT because the file was created on a removeable media
(TAPE/CART), the CATALOG process does not complete until JOB END (which
I would think should be step end, but hey, what do I know?).
This happens whether or no
RESTART=stepnameor step+proc
However, that restarts at the given step but continues to execute the
rest of the steps following it. I think she wanted to execute just one
step in the middle of the job.
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ADR374E (001)-OPNCL(09), UNABLE TO OPEN DDNAME TAPE, 10
10 Invalid parameters passed in JCL. The following are the probable
reasons:
o SYSIN/SYSOUT data set
I would hope FDR full volume restore would do an honest restore and
leave the change bits as they were.
Of course we do
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Not so fast...Payne's very popular 'Machine, Assembly and System's
Programming for the IBM360' circa 1969 has a yellow edition tucked in the back flap.
Mine's starting to deteriorate.
That's probably the general s/360 version, not the 360-20 version that
Ken reported
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The 360-20 was a unique system, with a much smaller set of instructions
than the rest of the 360 line. Hang on to that, there are probably very
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ISPF version 5.7 is the ISPF shipped with z/OS 1.7.
I suspect that the OP may be referring to ISPF 3.4 but I am not sure.
Duh!!
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I learnt that the hard, but not critical way, some time back. We were using
FDR for backups and creating 1 original and a copy at the same time. One
copy would go in the firesafe and one would stay in the robbie (Comparex
6388 ACL if anyone remembers those beasts!) Anyway management decided that
perhaps the ISPTUTOR load module has become corrupted
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Did anybody see the 'used percentage field' in ISPF 5.7 giving numbers
more than 100% like 228% and 116%?,
I have this situation on our Z/OS 1.7 but not on OS/390 2.10. any
ideas will be appretiated?
I am confused. ISPF 5.7 is the interface to submit batch binder or
linkage editor jobs. I don'
Did the format of IBM-Main's Archive (or Listserver's processing of the archive)
change over night, or have I horribly hosed over my profile? The look &
feel
is completely different. More importanly, I no longer have navigation buttons
(next/prev-in-thread, next/prev-by-author) when viewing a
If you are doing Point in Time backups for your DR and you want to get
the backups of those copies quickly done, then the V2X2 is your baby.
SnapShot is more friendly in this area than Flashcopy. SnapShot saves
pointers to the current data whereas FlashCopy copies it from one
location to anothe
The 3370s supported by DOS/VS and VM, were FBA disks with a 512-byte
sector size.
My memory on DOS/VS is vague, but I believe they had VTOCs that were
similar to CKD VTOCs but structured to fit in 512 sectors and to
describe datasets in sectors. To do something similar in z/OS would
require
The lockout last for either a few seconds, or a few minutes. Never
more that 20 minutes.
In that case I agree with Mark Zelden: if the MIM task is not getting
cycles, it could RESERVE the file and then take time to release it.
Is this test LPAR capped a low value? This limits the cycles a
David,
when you say "lockout" do you mean a permanent hang? or does it
eventually come out of it by itself?
If permanent, what do you have to do to get out of the hang?
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Bruce, that sounds like the old XPL "system", complete with Analyzer,
XCOM compiler and SKELETON, which was "fleshed in" by the prospective
compiler developer. If you still have the textbook, I've got the
code
In my course, no textbook. He just gave us some general guidance and
turned
We have been getting MIM control file lockouts for almost a year. We have
been working with STK (the DASD manufacturer), IBM and CA (MIM). So far,
nothing has resolved the problem. It usually occurs on the weekends, on
our test systems, when all the other systems are fairly quiet.
Occasio
At Carnegie Mellon U (Carnegie Tech) in the 60s, Computer Science was
only a graduate degree, so I took math with a computer option.
They offered a systems programming course which I took in my last
semester. The instructor had no idea what to do, so he just assigned a
team of students to wor
Possibly the only way to bring these A-P departments into line is to
have a notice in the invoice that says failure to pay promptly means
that the product will stop working.
Then the invoice should specify immediate payment, not "net 30" or
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My experience some years ago with a vendor well known to this list was that
our A-P department took the view that a "net 30" contract meant they should
pay 30 days after receipt of the invoice, and not a day earlier.
I think that is an accurate interpretation. The last time I worked for
a user
But no IBMLINK news to describe the change (yet)
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I did open a PMR, and they told me that the inconsistent VTOCIX name was the
cause of the problem.
Later, when I post my considerations to the list and read your update, I
started to think that the name
inconsistency alone had nothing to do with it. Then I found this SER NO field, and decided t
AFAIK, if SDB can figure out what the DSORG is from the DCB you also do not
need a DATACLAS.
Sorry, no. The EOF will be written at allocation time (if the DSORG=PS
is specified or derived from the data class), but the DCB is not known
until the dataset is open, too late to write the EOF. This
Is there an easier way to do a DELVVR for a VVR that points to a
non-existent catalog?
With IBM tools, there is no way to DELETE VVR to get rid of a duplicate
VVR. What you did is the best way to fix these.
As Michael said, there are non-IBM tools which can fix this without
disturbing th
I thought that's what I said.
If I wasn't clear, I said:
It has to be SMS-Managed.
It has to have a data class.
The data class is NOT required, as long as you specify DSORG=PS in the JCL.
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Instead of simply renaming the VTOCIX, I converted the VTOCIX to OSVTOC with PURGE; then
I built a VTOCIX with a consistent name on the affected volume and reran my DR restore.
The correct volser shows up now, everything is consistent. Another thing learned.
Actually, it sounds like a problem w
EMCSAFI is an EMC low-level API module. There is a large manual that
describes how to use it.
Are they suggesting that you write your own API calls instead of using
the EMC high-level programs? That seems like an extreme solution.
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I just got word that IBM plans to keep the VPL function available
through the VM IBMLINK until at least July 30, 2007. Other functions
will be removed on 3/31/07 as announced. A notice about this will be
posted soon. "Many IBMers" have been involved in looking for a VPL
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Much better: see the GFS trace in the DIAGNOSIS REFERENCE: TOOLS AND
SERVICE AIDS manual. It does exactly what you need.
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RMM pro:
Include with os BUT AT AN EXTRA COST
Quicker os and tape drive support. I doubt that. CA participates in Vendor
disclosure and hardware ESP programs, so they have access to the doc and
hardware and software before GA of new devices. It is probably rare that IBM
significantly beats
how did you determine the VTOCIX was active?
IEHLIST LISTVTOC will show you, and there are other tools
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I also thought the name of the VTOC (well, its 3rd qualifier) didn't have necessarily to match the DASD volser.
In case you copy your DASD using the Flashcopy technique with DUMPCOND, and you later DUMP the volume
(for DR purposes or whatever other reason) well, it DOES matter.
If the VTOC's
(In any case, as far as I know the PTF will always link to the APAR,
but for a security/integrity APAR you won't be able to see the APAR
itself.)
Really? I have never seen that. Walt, do you have an example?
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I just get held by two APARs:
AK34959 and AK33471. Those APARs can be found ...under PK34595 and
PK33471.
I guess PKn is APAR number, and AKn is APAR fix number.
Correct. The convention for ++APAR fixes is that the first version
issued replaces the first character of the APAR number wi
Radoslaw, careful what you are willing to give away - are these tapes
completely free of any confidential data? We've gone to the steps of
shredding old tapes just to keep the residual information secret.
Several products, including our tape utility FATS, allow you to erase
tapes. On cartridge
I have IBM softcopy reader installed and always start the shelf
organizer. I
have all zos1.4 manuals in these shelves, its size about 3G. There is a
shelf named 'z/os 1.4 Messages and codes'. And whenever I want to know
somthing about a message, I just search this shelf.
LookAt is just an inter
Sweet! I have a couple of systems without any kind of monitor product,
and this gives a nice display of storage.
Thanks, Bruce.
Ur welcome. FDRDEBUG has a lot of other function as well. If the
customer has the ABR ISPF panels installed, go to the ABR main menu
(usually A) and enter B to g
Perhaps some of us should move to India, to be sure that there are at
least a few competent z/OS people there
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If the installation has FDRABR, the FDREPORT component can do that.
Email me privately if they do have FDREPORT and I will give you a
jobstream.
I had a request to post the job here, so here it is.
//REPORT EXEC PGM=FDREPORT,REGION=0M
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
XSELECT VOL=ABC* <-- CHAN
Is there a way of finding the total amount of DSCBS that is available and
being used on a given disk? I used to use DISKMAP, but for some reason this
installation does not have it. I would appreciate any suggestion.
If the installation has FDRABR, the FDREPORT component can do that.
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Is it possible to ditto to copy all files residing on 3480 tape to 3590
tape? Of course the source tape drive is 3480/3490 tape drive and target
drive is 3590 drive.
Two issues I am aware of:
1) DITTO will not catalog the output files so if you access the data via
the catalog, it won't find t
I should mention an easier alternative to all the TEST and IPCS options
that have been offered.
If you go to ISPF 6 and enter "FDRDEBUG SYS" you will get a display that
includes a lot of system information, including the eyecatchers of the
top level intercept for SVC 26.
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Bruce A. Black
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The culprit appeared to be... FDR! That was a surprise to me, so I went
digging in the installation parms and discovered that we'd configured it
to use a "catalog locate exit" for auto recall. Guess when Bruce says
"locate exit" he means "front-end SVC 26" since there isn't a locate
exit anymor
I checked with our I/O maestro. We don't happen to mix tape and DASD on a
chpid, but it's apparently more out of long-standing habit and
housekeeping practices than concern for the vagaries of modern technology.
back in the days of unbuffered round tape, mixing tape and disk was a
no-no. Som
We are attempting to get SAE R12 - and FDR-SAR 54.50 as well - to
'find' the console attached to a Visara 25S console/communications
controller.
Both work fine using a 3174-1L and dumb terminal, IPLing from either
tape or CD.
It seems like the CHPID just won't come alive. This is an EMIF CH
I'm convinced you never get rid of the last typo.
Just like one never gets rid of the last bug.
Amen!
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Bruce A. Black
Senior Software Developer for FDR
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The support center would be an inappropriate resource, based on my
>experience. I believe they do not "help with problems" -- they "resolve
>defects." Had I called them up and said "what the heck does this message
>mean?" they would have (politely) told me to go away.
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