Re: Any way to create a PDS using FTP?

2007-12-11 Thread John Kington
> > It seems that a PDS is recognized as a "directory", but there > doesn't seem to be a way to create one. > > How about a PDSE? > Is that possible? The only way I can see is to setup a dataclass with dataset name type of library and then you can use the site command to ask for that dataclas. Rega

Re: Any way to create a PDS using FTP?

2007-12-11 Thread John Kington
> I can't seem to figure out how to allocate a new partitioned dataset on z/OS > using FTP. > It seems that a PDS is recognized as a "directory", but there doesn't seem > to be a way to create one. > > Am I missing some trick, other than submitting a job? > Kirk, Use the site command to set the num

Re: ISMF Question

2007-11-29 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 11/27/2007 03:19:34 AM: > "John Kington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] > rgys.com>... > > > > > I have an (awfully) basic question about ISMF: when defining SMS > > >

Re: ISMF Question

2007-11-29 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 11/27/2007 03:19:34 AM: > "John Kington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] > rgys.com>... > > > > > I have an (awfully) basic question about ISMF: when defining SMS > > >

Re: ISMF Question

2007-11-26 Thread John Kington
> > > I have an (awfully) basic question about ISMF: when defining SMS > > > constructs (e.g. mgntclas) I can enter numbers of a "blank". I > cannot > > > find anywhere what the meaning of the blank value is. > > > > > > > > > > > > Where can I find what the system does, when I leave blank fields >

Re: ISMF Question

2007-11-26 Thread John Kington
Kees, > I have an (awfully) basic question about ISMF: when defining SMS > constructs (e.g. mgntclas) I can enter numbers of a "blank". I cannot > find anywhere what the meaning of the blank value is. > > > > Where can I find what the system does, when I leave blank fields like: > I usually place

Re: SMS Advanced Feature

2007-11-14 Thread John Kington
Jason, > We are planning to implement SMS data compression. I've read that we > cannot implement compression on VSAM file that is open for update. Is > this true? Aside from this, any other considerations? > Compression will not take place until you recreate the vsam dataset. The danger with updati

Re: EDTINFO DEVSTAT ?

2007-10-25 Thread John Kington
Paul, You could use IDCAMS DCOLLECT to extract the volume information (V record) for all online devices. It should have everything you would want or care to know. The record layout is documented in the Access Method Services for Catalogs in Appendix F (z/OS 1.7). Regards, John IBM Mainframe Discus

Re: SMS Question - Rename STORAGE CLASS

2007-10-25 Thread John Kington
John, > Barry, > > The problem occurred overnight. Seems that user wanted to use the > same STORAGE CLASS name which exists in another partition - B. > (Both partitions A & B are independent of each other. They do not > share dasd, catalogs etc.) > > This way he wouldn't have to change his

Re: SMS Question - Rename STORAGE CLASS

2007-10-22 Thread John Kington
John, > I am in a bind, can I rename a storage class? I am hesitant to try > it out because I don't have a test system. If it is possible, > could there be problems? I assume that I will need to do the > translate, validate and activate. > If you have never assigned the storage class, it is no

Re: CA:Allocate

2007-10-04 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 10/04/2007 12:14:02 PM: > I'd appreciate that. We did not install it yet, but I expect to receive the > software sometime this week. We use DFSMS also, but I don't want to use > CA-Allocate the replace it. I wonder if that can just be turned > off??? I ma

Re: FTP of fixed file off the mainframe

2007-10-03 Thread John Kington
Howard, Do you have trailingblanks specified? If the mainframe is the client, set it with locsite trailingblanks If the mainframe is the server set it with quote site trailingblanks Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

Re: VSAM Extended Format and DFSMS

2007-10-03 Thread John Kington
Lizette > I am just starting to have to added support for VSAM EF in our > environment. I was wondering if there was any consensus as to what > to do with them. > > Do you have them in their own pool? > Do you combine them in a common pool? > I never saw any reason to treat them differently than

Re: Using SMS to get rid of StopX37

2007-10-02 Thread John Kington
> We mainly use StopX37 for the SPACVOLA feature. How do you handle this > with SCR? > Use a dataclass that has a value in Additional Volume Amount that is the same as the limit you have in SPACVOLA. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: StopX37 to CA-Allocate

2007-10-02 Thread John Kington
Ed, > On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:25 AM, John Kington wrote: > > > Ed, > > > >> On Oct 2, 200 > > If you try to create a dataset with DISP=(NEW,CATLG) and it is already > > cataloged, you usually get a not cataloged 2 message in your job if > > the dataset i

Re: StopX37 to CA-Allocate

2007-10-02 Thread John Kington
Ed, > On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:33 AM, John Kington wrote: > > >> > > We converted many years ago before SMS provided Storage Constraint > > Relief. We use CA-Vantage along with CA-Disk so CA-Allocate was a > > better > > fit. If you are not dependent on notc

Re: StopX37 to CA-Allocate

2007-10-02 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 10/01/2007 07:35:16 PM: > Our shop uses SMS for allocation and StopX37, but we are looking at replacing > StopX37 with CA-Allocate. Does anyone have any experience coverting from > StopX37 to CA-Allocate or converting off of CA-Allocate. I'd appreciate an

Re: CA-DISK QUESITON

2007-09-27 Thread John Kington
Willie, > DSNAME = O00130./ > > The command I tried is : LISTDMS ARC. You can try LISTD DSNAME=(/) to see if you can find any datasets. You need to point to the correct files dataset if you have more than one. Regards, John --

Re: SMS vs. GDG Model DSCB

2007-09-11 Thread John Kington
Len, > We have had selective TMM implemented for a few years, now I've ran into > a job where I can't seem to get the datasets redirected away from tape > to the TMM pool. The error is the infamous IEF344I / IGD17045I space > not specified. The ACS test works, but one thing is bugging me, I can'

Re: SMS Question

2007-08-30 Thread John Kington
Willie, > Good Morning, > > I am trying to allocate a VSAM dsn on 3 volumes which are not SMS > managed. However, SMS tries to allocate the dsn in a SMS storage > pool. How can I bypass SMS so as that I can allocate the dsn on > these 3 vols. Below is my jcl and the error message. > You will

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-22 Thread John Kington
> Yes it did. When I removed those parms from IDCAMS and ran the define w/ > '' in the filterlist for DASD units the define worked and the > appropriate storclas & dataclas were assigned. Dean, Great to hear that you have it working. I still suspect IBM means nulls or binary zeros when they say the

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-22 Thread John Kington
> > WHEN (&DATACLAS EQ &DATA_CLASS && >&UNIT EQ &DASD_UNIT) /* ALLOW USERS TO SPECIFY */ >DO /* DATA CLASS FOR ANY */ > SET &DATACLAS =3D &DATACLAS /* DASD_UNIT ALLOCATION*/ > EXIT >END > Until the OP fix

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-21 Thread John Kington
Dean, > I didn't forget about all of you who helped me. Thank you for the > suggestions. I opened a PMR with IBM, it appears that the unit being > passed to SMS is zeros. I am waiting for a slip from them. We did change Do you mean nulls instead of zeros? > the freespace and the file shrunk by 15%.

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, > VVDS's are defined. Did the sprinkle. In 3.2 I can allocate, batch > is where I have the issue. They both go down the same path, right ? > You could add a WRITE statement to show what the &UNIT variable contains. Regards, John --

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Bob, > Question: I'm not an SMS expert but is this necessary: WRITE '&DATACLAS > SPECIFIED (' &DATACLAS ')' > > Dean is trying to leave bread crumbs so that he can see where the path he is taking. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, >FILTLIST DASD_UNITS INCLUDE('3390','SYSDA','SYSALLDA') Add '' to your DASD_UNITS filter list. This will cover the case when no unit= value or null is being passed into your ACS routines. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subsc

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, > > FILTLIST PRODVSAM INCLUDE(REFPROD.REF.DNO.**) also tried > ('REFPROD.REF.DNO') > > > > WHEN ((&DSN EQ &PRODVSAM) AND > > (&UNIT EQ &DASD_UNITS)) > > DO > > SET &STORCLAS EQ 'PRODVSAM' > > WRITE '&STORCLAS SPECIFIED (' &STORCLAS ')' > > EXIT > > END > > Can you pos

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, > OK. I'm still having problems. I created a new DC, SC, and SG on my > sandbox. Defined volumes with the SG parm from DSF. Updated the ACS > routines to point to a test file. Translated & validated them. They > activated successfully. I tried to IDCAMS the test VSAM file (KSDS) > with no

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, > Thanks for the input. > > The file is non-SMS right now. It is reaching the 4gb limit. I am > creating a new pool for this and other VSAM datasets. We're small so > there aren't that many and they all all non-SMS right now. I plan on > moving them over to this pool. The compression sounds

Re: SMS Question - Urgent

2007-08-17 Thread John Kington
Dean, IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 08/17/2007 08:09:57 AM: > Hi, > > I have a CICS VSAM file that is reaching it's 4gb limit. I want to > create an SMS pool for it. Can I define all the constructs and > activate the new rules while the region is up and using this file ? > Will they tak

Re: Split a large file into two parts

2007-08-06 Thread John Kington
Dave, > I have a 500,000 record text file with a record length of 150 bytes.I'm tring > to find some way of splitting it in two. Because of the record > lenght, I'm not > able to use the tso edit function. I'm sure I have the solution somewhere. > > Thanks, > Dave > I would use IDCAMS repro. r

Re: Regarding SDSF pgm

2007-07-20 Thread John Kington
Ed, > > In COBOL? Someone else showed an example of the offsets and it > wasn't simple either. I am not suggesting its impossible just a > little more than simple it isn't. IIRC it was not possible in > EASYTREV at least the version I had. SAS I know it can be done It is dirt simple in Easytriev

Re: Broken GDG Chain

2007-05-31 Thread John Kington
Daniel, > This group is invaluable... > > Q. HSM ML1 problems, now we're recovering data. SA recalled 3 versions of a > GDG and they show up in 3.4. However, when the GDG base is expanded, they > no long show in its chain. Does anyone have a magic command to repair that? What is the status in t

Re: FTP space error

2007-05-15 Thread John Kington
Mark, > I'm trying to FTP a really large file from a Linux FTP server to zOS. > I keep ending with a B37-04 end of volume. > > It appears to me that FTP will not go to a secondary volume. It takes > secondary allocations on the one volume and then ends when it fills the > volume. The file would

Re: SMS Question

2007-05-10 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/10/2007 06:03:57 PM: > Bruce Black wrote: > > I think that SMS requires that a SCDS be validated before it can be > > activated. Edward E Jaffe wrote: > > If such an option exists, it's not enabled in my environment. > > -- It is option 7.3 in ISMF. If yo

Re: SFTP Client for z/OS

2007-05-03 Thread John Kington
Norbert, > Have a look at http://www.dovetail.com/products/dspipes.html and > http://www.dovetail.com/docs/dspipes/cookbook.html#3_13 > Thanks for the pointer. I gave in for now and we will duplicate the data to hfs. Regards, John --

Re: SFTP Client for z/OS

2007-05-02 Thread John Kington
Ulrich, John, Seymour and Jack, Thanks for the replies. It looks like the least painful way is to copy the data from mvs dataset(s) to hfs file(s) so that the OpenSSH port client can read them. I was just hoping there were no walls between Unix System Services and z/OS. Regards, John -

Re: SFTP Client for z/OS

2007-05-02 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/02/2007 11:11:16 AM: > In > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > on 05/02/2007 > at 07:27 AM, John Kington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >Is there a SFTP client that can run on z/OS 1.7 without needing Unix > >System Service

Re: SFTP Client for z/OS

2007-05-02 Thread John Kington
Ulrich, > Typically, the only type of files that sftp can transfer is HFS files. >Why do you want to avoid UNIX System Services? What do you want to use >sftp for? The datasets are z/os (mvs)and I was trying to see if we could use sftp without copying the data to HFS file(s). Regards, John

SFTP Client for z/OS

2007-05-02 Thread John Kington
Is there a SFTP client that can run on z/OS 1.7 without needing Unix System Services? TIA John -- "NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by Convergys Corporation for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain infor

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2007-04-23 Thread John Kington
Issue command D SMS,VOL(volser) on your console. If it comes back with CBR1064I Command rejected. Volume serial number volser undefined. You need to validate and activate the updated sms configuration. You don't need to translate the ACS routine(s) unless you made a change to them. Regards, John

Re: DFSMSDSS-ADRDSSU

2007-04-11 Thread John Kington
Amlan > Hi, > > I am using ADRDSSU to unload a old backup dataset. Since the backup was > taken long back all the datasets inside have a very old creation date. When > this dump is unloaded, the created datasets also gets the same old creation > date. This is causing problem because they get delet

Re: Copy file(s) from one lpar to another

2007-03-16 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 03/16/2007 03:18:36 PM: > I want to copy file(s) from our production lpar to our Test lpar. Many > of the files are sms managed. What I would like to do is copy any file; > regardless of its manageclass,etc and just put it to a volume on our > test lpar

Re: How does DFSMS ACS TEST function Work

2007-03-05 Thread John Kington
Lizette, > We are now looking at maybe FTP might be imbedded in the ACS > routines somewhere making our lives interesting. > Job name is one of the parameters you can use in the test case. Did you ever test the same case(s) against cds 'ACTIVE' as well as your source cds? Regards, John

Re: How does DFSMS ACS TEST function Work

2007-03-02 Thread John Kington
Lizzette, If you change the CDS name to 'ACTIVE', your test case will be run against what is actually in use. If you have different results, you should check out the date and time each routine was last translated between the source CDS and the active CDS on ISMF panel 7 | 5 (Display). Regards, John

Re: SMS / ISMF

2007-02-27 Thread John Kington
Bob, I shot from the hip with my answer. If you set PLSOPT10 to Y in your parms, CA-Allocate will see the sms managed allocation. If you set it to N or allow it to default to N, your ASR will not see the allocation. Sorry for the wrong answer. Regards, John ---

Re: SMS / ISMF

2007-02-27 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 02/27/2007 10:33:09 AM: > > > Here's the question: Assuming no userid match above, will the ACS > exit and pass control back to CA-Allocate? > CA-Allocate will always see the allocation. You should check the &STORCLAS or &STORGRP variable. If it is null,

Re: 2007 daylight savings

2007-02-16 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 02/16/2007 10:54:10 AM: > Is there a single apar/document that describes the changes required for the > above for z/OS and all associated software. > > Jim McAlpine Jim, http://www.ibm.com/support/alerts/us/en/daylightsavingstimealert.html Regards, John ---

Re: ftping of DFDSS logical dataset dumps

2007-02-02 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 02/02/2007 01:00:39 PM: > Greetings. Has anyone played with taking the output of DFDSS logical > dataset backups and FTP'ed them off the mainframe and onto a network lan > location. We have an application that wants to take several backups Michael, I *str

Re: [SPAM] DSCBS

2007-02-01 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 02/01/2007 07:57:26 AM: > Hallo To All, > > 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

Re: DADSM allocation for non-SMS files

2007-01-31 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/31/2007 10:50:23 AM: > The non-SMS volumes for the esoteric in question > are all mounted STORAGE (all 35 of them). > > We do not have any program products installed that > are intercepting (x37). > > The abend I am most familiar with did not involve > pr

Re: DADSM allocation for non-SMS files

2007-01-31 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/31/2007 09:52:57 AM: > If it is a non-sms file then you need to define a volume list. Simply > adding a volume count doesn't work unless these are volumes are mounted > as storage or public. Private volumes will require a > vol=ser=(vol1,vol2,etc) > You o

Re: DADSM allocation for non-SMS files

2007-01-31 Thread John Kington
> For example, for a Physical Sequential file with > UNIT=(esoteric,6) > SPACE=(CYL,(1000,500)) > and 3390 geometry (3339 cylinders) > > we have observed DADSM pass over volumes with > plenty of space and instead allocate 3 volumes > that had preexisting files with 3000 cylinders. > > In other word

Re: Scratch orphaned PS files

2007-01-29 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/29/2007 03:52:41 PM: > Hi; > I have a couple of orphaned PS files kicking arround > my Z/OS system. I have tried to get rid of them with > > DELETE VVR No Luck > IEHPROGM SCRATCH No Luck > > All ideas appreciated > > Carl, You should be using NVR

Re: CONVERTV

2007-01-25 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/25/2007 11:09:23 AM: > Hi All, > > > >I'm running CONVERTV TEST on a VAM (CA-DISK) pool of DASD in > preparation for a move-in-place conversion to an SMS pool. We're z/OS > 1.7. > Bob, I recommend you check out Naviquest which is documented in the D

Re: SYSPLEX for PDS-E Sharing

2007-01-17 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/17/2007 05:35:15 PM for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:56:56 -0600, Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > >It is NOT safe to share a PDSE outside of a SYSPLEX. This has been > >discussed several times here. When you search the

Re: How to Write SAS Output to MVS external file?

2007-01-17 Thread John Kington
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/17/2007 03:01:21 PM: on behalf of Carol Srna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello All. > > How do I write the output of my SAS file to an external file? > > //S010EXEC SAS > //RMMSUM DD DSN=PRMAS.RMM.MASTER,DISP=SHR > //MYOUTPUT DD DSN=CAS.SAS.OUTPUT,DISP=SH

Re: CATALOG ERROR

2007-01-17 Thread John Kington
wrote: > The dsn is created on dasd and SMS managed. I checked the disk > status and it is always online. The job creates the dsn in the SMS > pool which has 23 dasds in that storage pool. > > John Kington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Keeping with top posting: > Esmie, >

Re: CATALOG ERROR

2007-01-16 Thread John Kington
>Do you have noscratch specified in the GDG define? It should be scratch to have the oldest gdg automatically roll off to allow the next generation to be catalogued. The listcat should look as follows: ATTRIBUTES LIMIT-10 SCRATCH NOEMPTY David, He must have had scr

Re: CATALOG ERROR

2007-01-16 Thread John Kington
the catalog entry was present. I then scratched the entry (del noscr). But I >cannot understand why this happened. I checked the syslog but found nothing that would indicate any type of a >problem. Any other suggestions? >>John Kington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My job put

Re: CATALOG ERROR

2007-01-15 Thread John Kington
>My job put out the following error: IEC331I 042-006(04280039),JS3BATCH,SOFVMA05,SCRT,IGG0CLH0 IEC331I VOL,INST49,NAME,DATAALL.REND.PC5.PROD.VMAXTD.G0553V00 IEC331I 050-092(0484,INST49),SOFVMA05,XTRACT,VALO,IGG0CLE3 IGD07001I GDG ROLL IN ERROR - RETURN CODE 50 REASON CODE 0 MODULE IGD10

Re: SMS Question - Deleting a Storage Group.

2006-12-07 Thread John Kington
Esmmie, >I have one small problem : I have to use the same volsers in the CICS storage group. Would there be a problem when I delete them from STORAGE GROUP A and add them to STORAGE GROUP CICS? Can I add the vols first in the CICS storage group and then delete them from the defunct storage group

Re: Disabled VTOCIX

2006-11-30 Thread John Kington
Joe, You can convert (or rebuild) the index vtoc while the volume is online to multiple systems provided that you are ICKDSF V17 with apars OW53053 and OW52855 applied and are propagating the SYSZBNDX qname across the systems. Regards, John -

Re: IDCAMS lies.

2006-11-17 Thread John Kington
>We created an Extended Format VSAM file. The CI size is 8192 (0x2000). A >LISTCAT of the dataset says that the PHYREC-SIZE is 8192 as well. WRONG! >The physical record size is 8224 (0x2020), due to the 32 (0x20) byte >overhead that is not part of the logical CI. I know because I physically >printe

Re: SMF UPDATE RECORD

2006-11-17 Thread John Kington
Judy, >Does anyone know if SMF has an SMF UPDATE record? I need to find out when >and who updated a VSAM file. Also if you have the JCL to do that with, that >would help. or point me to the JCL. SMF type 64 record is what you need. Since you are starting from scratch, I believe you should get DAF

Re: Dynamically obtaining allocated space characteristics

2006-11-15 Thread John Kington
Dave, >I want to run in a batch Assembler program. Possibly provide a DSN as input and return information as close to as possible that is returned from ISPF's Dataset Information screen. I think Charles (Mills) offered some sample code that may help you (already deleted the article). >I had been

Re: Dynamically obtaining allocated space characteristics

2006-11-15 Thread John Kington
You can tell the secondary allocation amount from the DSCB but the primary is not kept in the DSCB for nonvsam datasets. Only the size of the first extent is kept. If you have the SMF type 15 record, a portion of the JFCB is imbedded in the record. Somewhere around offset 220 is the primary amount

Re: smf question

2006-11-14 Thread John Kington
>Is there an smf record to track when a catalog was changed/updated or when a dataset was uncataloged? We have a mystery as to how several datasets were deleted in the mvs catalog then scratched by the tape management system. Thanks I recommend you get DAF (Dataset Audit Facility) here: http://www

Re: Zip problems

2006-11-03 Thread John Kington
Howard, We use infozip for this kind of thing. It will convert the data to ascii and write out a fixed length dataset. We then ftp using binary (image) mode to whereever. The install file is xmit format. I just ftp'ed it to my system, did a receive and away we went. Regards, John -

Re: Question on SAR

2006-11-02 Thread John Kington
> I tried the "p" option. I got the message on the top of the screen to say that the report was printed. I hit pf3 till I exited out of SAR, however, I found nothing. In my shop, I get another panel which allows me to specify sysout type options. My msgclass value for my tso session points to a

Re: Question on SAR

2006-11-02 Thread John Kington
> Is there a way of saving a SAR listing to disk? For example SDSF allows me to do so with the XDC command. Is there anything similar to that? John, If you want to put the output back into SDSF, you can use either the P command to write the output back under your tso userid or the J command to

Re: DASD STATUS - F-NRD

2006-10-27 Thread John Kington
John, David is correct. You can initialize the volume. The F-NRD is the status that I normally see. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: Question On Filter Lists

2006-10-17 Thread John Kington
John Dawes wrote: >Can anybody tell me how SMS differentiates between a filter list for DASD and a filter list for datasets? For >example, in the following code how does SMS know that it is a filter for dasd: > > FILTLIST VOL_BANC INCLUDE(APPG*,PROM*) A filter list is just a list of possible v

Re: System LOGR files and SMS

2006-10-06 Thread John Kington
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Either set up a storage class strictly for the LOGR files (based on HLQ) >>and use that in the STORGRUP ACS routine to direct it to a storage group >>which has the volume(s) you want the LOGR files on. This is what we do. >Tom Marchant wrote: >I don't get why peopl

Re: ICKDSF INSTALL -- What's the point?

2006-09-28 Thread John Kington
Jon, >My question is, "So INSTALL writes the home address and record 0. So what?" What is the benefit of doing INSTALL and INIT vs just the INIT? (All of our DASD is on virtual arrays, in case that makes a difference.) I have never bothered with the INSTALL before; is there a reason I should? T

Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

2006-09-23 Thread John Kington
>So the solution would be... if you want the dataset in 1 extent restore the dataset to an empty volume. You might be able to get DSS to restore to a single extent if you preallocate the dataset and use the REPLACE parameter during the restore. Regards, John -

Re: Generate JCL through ISMF (??)

2006-09-21 Thread John Kington
Carol, >I have a list of datasets that I want to delete. I thought that one could go through the ISMF PANELS, generate the list and then somehow, magic, wishful thinking..., generate jcl. (??) You can issue the DUMP command at the command line level to build a DSS job. That is how I delete a lis

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread John Kington
John, >Would SMS for lpar-P get confused if SMS for lpar-D was allocating a file on those dasd at the same time she was? Does SMS from one lpar need to know what SMS from the other lpar is doing? I don't know if this has changed but SMS tracks space allocations (tables it somewhere) for use in d

Re: RULE OF THUMB ?

2006-09-19 Thread John Kington
John, I now place the vtoc, vtoc index and vvds at the beginning of the logical volume. I size the vtoc and vvds based on the expected number of datasets that will be allocated to the volume. The size of the index is based on the size of the vtoc. The only reason that I place all together at the b

Re: EBCDIC to ASCII OPTCD=Q? (JCL)

2006-09-19 Thread John Kington
Howard, Try adding LABEL=(1,AL) or LABEL=(1,NL). I think you are getting the default of 1,SL which does not work with OPTCD=Q. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: SMS Question : Remove Lone Volume from SMS

2006-09-15 Thread John Kington
John, >Can I initialize it as the same volser? You can use the same volser but you must drop it from SMS configuration before you try to allocate a dataset on it. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: SMS Question : Remove Lone Volume from SMS

2006-09-15 Thread John Kington
John, > I too cannot understand why the request was to put the vol. under CA-Allocate. Just to clarify one of your >recommendations to "DFSMSdss CONVERTV NONSMS to make it a non-SMS volume" I read up on the section in the DFSMSdss >user guide but it did not provide me with an example. Can you pl

Re: GRS ENQ for PDSE dataset

2006-09-15 Thread John Kington
Tommy, >How can I edit the PDSE in multiple LPARs. I don't think you can unless you implement PDSESHARING(ENHANCED) on all LPARS (must be in same sysplex). Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruc

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-07 Thread John Kington
Bob, You're welcome. Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-07 Thread John Kington
Robert, I already deleted the previous email but does the dataset name SERVP.JM064RAM.SLFVNTE match your filtlist? Message IEC614I CREATE FAILED - RC 192, DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS (040343C9) indicates that you tried to allocate the dataset on a SMS managed volume but your dataset is not SMS manage

Re: DEFINE NONVSAM DSN

2006-09-06 Thread John Kington
Willie, If the DSORG value is obtained from the model dataset and passed into CA-Allocate in the ALLOC environment, you could check for DSORG='PO' and DIRBLOCKS=0. If this works, you should be able to set the DIRBLOCKS to whatever value you want. Regards, John -

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-06 Thread John Kington
Greg, No offense taken. I was agreeing that your terminology was clearer. Bob's last note explained most things. There should be a universal rule that managers not have access to technical (aka sharp) objects. Regards, John -- For

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Greg, >It may have been updated, but it certainly hasn't been translated since >then. Absolutely what I meant. I actually updated my test lpar with code similar with his snippets and could not make it fail. A real puzzler. Good catch having him display the ACDS. Regards, John -

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Bob, > STORCLAS CPAC.ACS.ROUTINES.CNTL STORCLAS TRLP1 2005/11/29 12:08 Looks like the storage class routine has not been updated since November of 2005 Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: DEFINE NONVSAM DSN

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Hi, > I am using the DEFINE command because when I use the LIKE parm the dataset which is allocated has 0 directory >blocks. I was told that there is a bug with CA-DISK which does this. As John stated before, you need to use the ALLOCATE command. The DEFINE NVSAM() will only create a catalog entr

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Bob, >IEC614I CREATE FAILED - RC 192, DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS (040343C9) , STEP01,SMSVL8,SERVP.JM064050.SLFVNTE.DATA The RC192 from CREATE indicates "Requested data set creation not allowed by SMS." The x'0403' feedback code indicates that the last two bytes contain the error code. The x'43C9

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, Is there any selection logic in the storage class routine before the snippet that you posted? I can't see anything wrong with what you have provided. Are you able to allocate the other two datasets in the filter list correctly? Regards, John

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, The absence of IDC0181I messages means that your ACS routines did not assign a storage class nor a data class to your vsam dataset. You need to look through your storage class ACS routine to see why no storage class was assigned. The DFSMSdfp Storage Administration Reference documents the A

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, Did you get any messages in the IDCAMS output like: IDC0181I STORAGECLASS USED IS ABCDEF IDC0181I MANAGEMENTCLASS USED IS ABCDEF IDC0181I DATACLASS USED IS ABCDEF You can also try adding to the cluster definition: VOLUMES(*) - I doubt that it will help because the real problem is that th

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, I really goofed that one! It should have been: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD * CONVERT - DYNAM( - (SMSVL8) - )- SMS CONVERT - DYNAM( - (SMSVL9) - )- SMS /* I am

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, > SMSVL8 SIMPLEX 00F1 NONSMSCSLFGRP2 > SMSVL9 SIMPLEX 00F1 NONSMSCSLFGRP2 Volumes SMSVL8 and SMSVL9 are not marked as SMS-managed in the vtoc. You should be able to run DSS job to do CONVERTV. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=DFDSS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, I figured out that you went through panel 6 (storage group) and then option 4 (volume) and then option 1 (display). When you enter panel 6 (storage group), change the CDS Name from 'TECH.SMS.SCDS' to 'ACTIVE'. Then go to option 4 (volume) and then option 1 (display). The thing you want to s

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, >What panel would I use I am not sure. What panel were you in for the volume display? Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET I

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, > CDS Name . . . . . . . : TECH.SMS.SCDS > Storage Group Name . . : CSLFGRP2 > Volume Serial Number . : SMSVL9 Can you post the same thing with the CDS Name 'ACTIVE'? Regards, John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: unable to Allocate Space on User Volume

2006-09-05 Thread John Kington
Robert, On Sep 1, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Robert Pelletier wrote: > Once again I come to the group for help. I have no cut and paste so I > will briefly describe what I did 1. Iinitiallzyed two new volumes with > STGR on it. > 2. I did a delete and define and always get create failed RC92 - > iec614i

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