Re: Former Marines

2008-11-10 Thread Jim Harrison
So I guess this is your testosterone driven drive to prove that you are my intellectual superior. Get a life and go eat some Hudson Bay ice. But, I hate to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man! -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: Former Marines

2008-11-10 Thread Jim Harrison
Hey Ted - try losing the petulant Canadian attitude. If it weren't for US marines, you'd all be speaking German and your currency would the Deutschmark. What has Canada given us lately since the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive? Oh, by the way, we're voting to let Alaska secede from th

Re: [OT] Heart Surgery

2008-10-17 Thread Jim Harrison
Been meaning to jump on the bandwagon here - I had two stents placed 2 years ago (LAD & CFX). So far, so good. If you are at risk - smokers especially (my Dr. said 95% of his patients are smokers, as I was) you need a radiation stress test (or Thallium stress test). Painless but a tad time

Re: IBM DB2 Version 9 for z/OS

2008-10-17 Thread Jim Harrison
Didn't mean to disparage the Balt-DC DB2 users group. Jim Harrison wrote: Steve, is this for the Balt-DC DB2 user group?? I work about 15 minutes from there. I've never been to their meetings - where I live it's move convenient to attend the PA meetings in Harrisburg, which are fr

Re: IBM DB2 Version 9 for z/OS

2008-10-14 Thread Jim Harrison
Steve, is this for the Balt-DC DB2 user group?? I work about 15 minutes from there. I've never been to their meetings - where I live it's move convenient to attend the PA meetings in Harrisburg, which are free and usually better. But if you are presenting, I may take the day and go to Columb

Re: California's COBOL payroll system

2008-08-08 Thread Jim Harrison
This has got to be at least the 3rd time we've had the IEFBR14 bug discussion since I joined this list. ;-) William H. Blair wrote the following on 8/8/2008 2:19 PM: Gerhard Postpischil wrote: The first version of IEFBR14 did not clear R15, making for interesting condition code test resul

Re: insane request: force load module to RMODE(24) AMODE(24)

2008-06-17 Thread Jim Harrison
You can use the Process Group parameter on the add/update panel.  Don't know how it works internally, but we use it to specify MQ includes on linkedits for our cobol processor.  Works reasonably well, but is sort of a PITA because I aways forget the name of the processor group if I go a long tim

Re: Monitor use of Load-Library as JOBLIB/STEPLIB

2008-06-07 Thread Jim Harrison
I guess we're just not as cautious as some shops. When I was a DBA we routinely stopped databases we believed were no longer needed and waited to see if anyone complained. I'm not a RACF person- I just see the RDEFs used a lot when defining resources for MQ and DB2. Rick Fochtman wrote: ---

Re: Monitor use of Load-Library as JOBLIB/STEPLIB

2008-06-06 Thread Jim Harrison
I cannot believe how long this thread has lasted. Just RDEF the resource and remove all privs. Wait to see who screams and you answer your question. Does anyone else not use this method? Barry Merrill wrote: Bob is correct that the SMF 42 Subtype 6 record will identify each DSNAME in a

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-22 Thread Jim Harrison
In a similar vein - someone at my shop in the 80's discovered you could use TPUT to send messages to other terminals sans userid. Further, combined with an ability to read qsam files, one of which contained the text of a symptom dump, the resulting confusion from unsuspecting TSO users was quit

Re: Xephon, are they still in business? NOT ANYMORE!!!

2008-05-09 Thread Jim Harrison
That's cool, but I'm sorry to see them go. Mark T. Regan, K8MTR wrote the following on 5/9/2008 12:18 PM: FYI, with Bob's permission, here's the e-mail I received from him about Xephon. Bob also responded to a suggestion I had made about making all of the past issues available on their web sit

DB2 List serve

2007-11-06 Thread Jim Harrison
My last post from the listserver itself was at 10:06 this morning. Traffic had been pretty light previous to that. I believe they've been having problems with their servers. - Hello esteemed listers/posters. Does anyone know where the DB2-L

Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-21 Thread Jim Harrison
I was Googling for some MQ information this afternoon and happened upon a state IT website. Since it was a state I've often thought of moving to, I began browsing further to look at job postings and tried to find out where they were physically located. Somehow I came upon a link for HOD and o

Re: MQ Issue ...

2007-09-05 Thread Jim Harrison
There's nothing I hate more than channel problems between MQ instances. I usually end up stopping everything on both ends and restarting. If that doesn't work, there is a "reset" function for when the channels get out of sync. Have you looked at the CHIN syslog for any messages on the MF side

IBM's Project Big Green Spurs Global Shift to Linux on Mainframe

2007-08-01 Thread Jim Harrison
Google news actually picked up on this one: Plan to Shrink 3,900 Computer Servers to About 30 Mainframes Targets 80 Percent Energy Reduction Over Five Years August 01, 2007: 08:45 AM EST In one of the most significant transformations of its worldwide data centers in a generation, IBM (NYSE:

Re: OT IBM Take Back Control with the Mainframe

2007-07-17 Thread Jim Harrison
Ed - You posted your previous YouTube URL Monday night at 23:55.Have you been logged on there for the last 12 hours? Just kidding - I know how addictive it can be. Ed Gould wrote on Tuesday at 12:18pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F63tYLhiqZ8&mode=related&search= - ---

Re: Track size and maximum single volume data set size

2007-07-16 Thread Jim Harrison
That may be true for some of the smaller shops, but in my experience, the large MVS shops with any history are pretty advanced. And while you don't exactly have to be a rocket scientist to do a 3390 conversion, there are some pretty sharp people working iin govt installatons - especially if you

Re: What happened to Phil Payne's page?

2007-07-12 Thread Jim Harrison
Looks like he's having server problems - If you take that HTML page off the URL http://www.isham-research.co.uk you get the default Apache splash screen. Definitely not what should be showing. - Original Message - From: "Steve Comstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.

Re: Windows application key from a vendor

2007-06-30 Thread Jim Harrison
It's just a weirdity of Acrobat - took me awhile to figure it out as well. Gotta hit that menu button before "selecting" text. Ed Gould wrote: On Jun 28, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote: ---SNIP Assuming you're using the Adbobe Reader, you simply clock "Sele

Re: Issue MVS /CICS command from remote server or non-MVS environment ?

2007-06-08 Thread Jim Harrison
Another option would be to use MQ if you have that installed. Issue a PUT to a remote trigger queue that would fire off a CICS txn that could issue whatever command you wanted. At 11:26 PM 6/7/2007, Tsai Laurence said: hello, As the subject, would like to know if this is workable . Sincerely,

Re: TSO LOGON Issue (resend with subject)

2007-06-05 Thread Jim Harrison
The logon screen is a VTAM display, not ISPF, so VERASE or anything TSO-wise won't work. I think you need to contact your sysprogs. I have no idea where that information is stored between logons and I doubt you or your friend will have authority to mess with it. At 06:04 PM 6/5/2007, George

Re: IBM to the PCM market(the sky is falling!!!the sky is falling!!)

2007-04-06 Thread Jim Harrison
Uh, apples to oranges? We need some numbers from the Winter Corp. At 06:09 PM 4/6/2007, Ted MacNEIL said: >Not really. Since the *ix boxes max out at 30% utilization, you need a whole lot more of em to keep up with the workload. Let's compare TB to TB and see what the numbers are. 230,000 t

Re: IBM to the PCM market(the sky is falling!!!the sky is falling!!)

2007-04-06 Thread Jim Harrison
Not really. Since the *ix boxes max out at 30% utilization, you need a whole lot more of em to keep up with the workload. Let's compare TB to TB and see what the numbers are. At 04:43 PM 4/6/2007, Ted MacNEIL said: But, the 230,000 Oracle licences tell a story all by themselves. The diffe

Re: Correct HR for MQ Series...?

2007-03-26 Thread jim harrison
Didn't see an answer to this one - the MQ list is MQSERIES@LISTSERV.MEDUNIWIEN.AC.AT Subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive/web access: http://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html - Original Message - From: "Gary Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-

Re: SHARE/IBM Conspiracy Theory (Was: Macro List/Execute Forms)

2007-03-23 Thread Jim Harrison
What I want to know is: How did he hear this from high ranking SHARE ribbon holders if they were busy snubbing him? At 01:53 PM 3/23/2007, Edward Jaffe said: Oh pleease ... A SHARE/IBM conspiracy theory??! Some "people" believe the lunar landings were filmed on a sound stage, ExxonM

Re: DB2 V9 z/OS GA (Was: What to do with extra storage on new z9)

2007-03-15 Thread jim harrison
I met with some IBM DB2 folks this week and they claim performance was a big aim of V9 and that it buys back a lot of the CPU lost to V8. Not sure about the memory, but with 64 bit addressing, I can't see it going down. - Original Message - From: "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups

Re: still hunting zOS opportunities PA-MD

2007-03-01 Thread jim harrison
Still is - Known as Highmark BC/BS. They've been holding the DB2 user group meetings there for years. Closer to Baltimore/DC - yeah I know the OP didn't want to go there, but these are outside the beltway: Social Security Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, both bi

Re: Smartbatch for OS/390 vs Batchpipes OS/390

2007-02-01 Thread jim harrison
Interesting... after a few false starts I actually got this working. Had to change ICEGENER to IEBGENER (ICEGENER was getting a RC=12) and use a different PATH, but it works as advertised.But does this buy you anything? Looks like it's just routing the data through a USS file although I s

Re: Mainframe vs. "Server" (Was Just another example of mainframe

2007-01-17 Thread jim harrison
Are you on dialup or broadband? I had the same experience with dialup - probes every couple of minutes. Zone Alarm was a real lifesaver. Now with DSL and a wireless router, I get nothing coming in to my PC Everything is stopped at the routers firewall. "Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: Interrupting DSLIST [resent with the correct Reply To]

2007-01-12 Thread Jim Harrison
I use SysRq to logoff when Attn doesn't work. Works most of the time, but occasionally I need to get an operator to cancel my session. At 10:28 AM 1/12/2007, Howard Brazee said: Of course most TSO users now have keyboards with SysRq, Scroll Lock, and Pause/Break keys wasting space on their

Re: Forbidding Special characters in passwords

2007-01-10 Thread jim harrison
Please tell that to the automobile insurance companies. Last time I looked, they were still using their indecipherable coverage codes to report policy options (well, Geico was at least). Usually something along the lines of AX4T90F1PE with 5 pages explaining what each character and position r

Re: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC TO LOWER CASE?

2006-08-04 Thread Jim Harrison
Simple is better, believe me. If any of you have worked with MQ Series which allows mixed case in MQ object names, you know what I mean. Even though we've standardized on all uppercase names, it's still a pain - I find myself constantly hitting the caps-lock key when I have to switch between

Re: Track capacity?

2006-06-16 Thread Jim Harrison
First hit on Google http://sdisw.com/vm/dasd_capacity.html I've used this page in the past. Just eyeballing it, it appears to be accurate. (It's even got numbers for a 2314) At 01:13 PM 6/16/2006, Charles Mills said: Where can I find 3390 track capacity tables or formulas? I haven't done t

Re: Google Architecture

2006-06-07 Thread jim harrison
I doubt it. All the major players in the webmail market have expanded their storage to match Gmail's. And Yahoo just blew the doors off nearly everyone with their new beta web client. It looks like Outlook webmail, but it's better and faster. The best web app I've ever used, and I"ve hated p

FW: COBOL Samples

2006-04-26 Thread jim harrison
I think the poster is our old DMV hacker guy who was visiting the list a few months ago. He should just Google his subject line and he'll get a perfect sample on his first try.Hint: It doesn't matter if it's DMV, FBI or your local insurance company - it all looks the same, more or less. B

Re: IBM-MAIN's 20th Birthday

2006-02-23 Thread jim harrison
Unless Darren has a backup tape stashed in a closet somewhere, I think it might be gone. The UA listserv archive appears to only go back to 1/1/1995. First date I can find in Google groups is 3-20-1997. Trivia time: Who is this month's top poster on IBM-Main and who is the all time top-poster?

Re: Wash DC Job Opening

2006-01-30 Thread jim harrison
SF-50 is a an internal personnel document that applies only to current or previous gov't employees. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/25/2006 at 07:31 AM, Jim Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Look out on www.usajobs.opm.gov The site says that I need to provide an SF-50 but I could find neith

Re: [Rexx on z/Os]Point to particular member of PDS

2006-01-18 Thread jim harrison
If you specify the dataset name in your JCL and you know the DDNAME, you can use the LM (Library Access) functions of ISPF to dynamically retrieve member names The sequence would be something like LMINIT, LMOPEN, LMFIND or LMMLIST and LMFREE "Marco Gianfranco Indaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote i

Re: How Was Share?

2005-08-28 Thread Jim Harrison
10+ years ago when I was more inclined (able?) to go bar hopping downtown, we would routinely leave the inner harbor for Fells Point and other areas. Now I think there are lots more options for roaming that are closer to the inner harbor, but most of downtown is pretty cool at night. I hope

Amdahl Training (was Some SMP Receive Help Needed)

2005-08-05 Thread Jim Harrison
It is now New Horizons (Labeled TechKnowledge locally in Columbia, MD) Looks like they still have a decent lineup of mainframe training http://www.tyb.com/newhorizons/courses/ At 12:11 PM 8/5/2005, Eric Bielefeld said: I went to 2 classes around 1982. One was a 2 week MVS internals class. I

Re: My zos v1r3 ADCD has no OEDIT, how to install it?

2005-05-25 Thread Jim Harrison
Isn't that the responsibility of Listserv? I've never changed my REPLY-TO option to post on IBM-Main. However, I have noticed on occasion, that certain people retain their original REPLY-TO headers and escape my filters. At 01:33 PM 5/25/2005 Steve Comstock said: Bo Xie wrote: First thin