Re: Old PROGxx recommendations

2010-03-26 Thread Luis Andrade
>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: Old PROGxx recommendations >> >> Luis Andrade wrote: >> > IEFXB603 is an alias of IEFIB600 loaded in LPA to run below >> the line for >> > performance reasons, usually on systems with Unix System Services. &

Re: Old PROGxx recommendations

2010-03-26 Thread Luis Andrade
Maybe this can help you a bit more... http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r11/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r11.bpxb200/c89lpa.htm On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:47:04 -0400, Mark Jacobs wrote: >During my review of parmlib for our planned zOS 1.9 -> 1.11 migration I >found this progxx member

Re: Old PROGxx recommendations

2010-03-26 Thread Luis Andrade
IEFXB603 is an alias of IEFIB600 loaded in LPA to run below the line for performance reasons, usually on systems with Unix System Services. Hope this can clarify. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: WEB based Host explorer products

2010-03-26 Thread Luis Andrade
Take a look here and see if it could fit your needs http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-zosbatchjavav/index.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.e

Re: WEB based Host explorer products

2010-03-25 Thread Luis Andrade
Can you be a little bit more specific ? What do you intend to do ? Publish existing application via WEB or develop WEB applications to access z data ? Wouldn't Host Publisher fit your needs ? http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/hostpublisher/library/publications/guide40/guide03.htm

Re: Add column values with SORT

2010-03-25 Thread Luis Andrade
The SUM control statement will do the job. Please take a look at DFSORT Application Programming Guide for further options. I might recommend you to take a look at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=114&uid=isg3T794 In the document there you may find useful tips and tricks for using

Re: SQL Server replacement

2010-03-25 Thread Luis Andrade
DB2 UDB will fit most of the requirements on a z/OS or z/Linux LPAR. IBM will tell you how to convert http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246672.html You can always use an automation tool. See Ispire SQLways or SwissSQL -- F

Re: Crazy idea for a "desktop integration with z/OS" project?

2010-03-19 Thread Luis Andrade
Oldie but Goldie, maybe this could be a good start point: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-zosbatchjavav/index.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bam

Re: Dataset in use help

2010-03-19 Thread Luis Andrade
PF1 followed by PF1 will give you a list of users and/or jobs using the dataset -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the a

Re: Any tools for managing z/OS system software products inventory?

2010-03-18 Thread Luis Andrade
Isn't your homegrown application portable to z/OS ? Anyway, take a look at Tivoli Asset discovery: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/asset-discovery-zos/index.html You can also include your "penguin" machines and manage them with Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed.

Re: Notify a user if a job ends with non zero RC

2010-03-18 Thread Luis Andrade
By the way... If you in z/OS 1.9 or above; If you like programming with REXX; Take a look at the new SDSF interface with REXX... You can, for instance, check your job output hourly, as you would do with SDSF panels and check for results... then inform your users if anything goes wrong... even wi

Re: Notify a user if a job ends with non zero RC

2010-03-18 Thread Luis Andrade
Nevertheless, as XMITIP is written in REXX you can always enhance the notication with your own code, or include a step to test the completion codes of each step in a job and send different messages to different users depending on the results. see: http://www.mail-archive.com/ibm-main@bama.ua.edu/m

Re: SMP/E datasets question

2010-03-18 Thread Luis Andrade
Thank you for your remarks Joel. That's what I was trying to state. The SMP environment is permissive enough to meet all needs, but each one must be aware of possible consequences. Although we must always follow IBM recommendations, it is better to have small deviations than try to rebuild the wh

Re: SMP/E datasets question

2010-03-16 Thread Luis Andrade
Although IBM has some recommendations on it, the SMP/E environment is flexible and allows each one to have it defined as you see more convenient. We can have at least three possible scenarios for it: * Single-CSI structure * Multiple-CSI structure * consolidate previous with a Master CSI Anyway

Re: Real CPU Id

2010-03-12 Thread Luis Andrade
Maybe it's worth to take a look at Mark Zelden IPLINFO -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua

Re: electronic resources and books for learning Assembler?

2010-03-11 Thread Luis Andrade
Maybe this could be a good start http://www.billqualls.com/assembler/index.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the a

Re: Concatenating SORTIN short LRECL DSN's with DD * input?

2010-03-11 Thread Luis Andrade
Hi Peter. It should work, even with empty files, but as stated in the DFSORT book "...be sure to supply RECFM, LRECL and BLKSIZE)..." Hope this can help you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: SMF74PSM - PAV Samples

2010-03-10 Thread Luis Andrade
Hello Chris. I'm nor sure about what kind of information you need. Anyhow RMF info is a result of the SMF records gathered or collected during the defined interval, either if you are using WDM or post-processing. Maybe you need some information on I/O response time. About PAV we must remember th