Re: 5 Byte Device Addresses?

2012-03-03 Thread Myname Is
pardon the language, sir, but did u know that the jcl keyword UNIT=[/]n would create an internal text specification that would require internal testing of either 3 4 OR now 5 characther length, this would be simliar to the-svc 99- checking of the length field as well, since u can't see beyo

Re: 5 Byte Device Addresses?

2012-02-29 Thread Myname Is
check the iocp manual - it's the CSS-ID (the logical channel subsystem id). http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2de3388ad7e19bffc85257768003f170e&aid=1 page 68 and of course page "303", which says the 2817 has max of 3 for css-id, and a max of 2 for subchanel set id. p.s. i loved

Re: Finding 'empty' GDG's

2012-02-26 Thread Myname Is
I remember that the CSI had this capability. it was fast (probably still is fater than the listxx idcams commands), and gave u the capability to create output file u could feed back into idcams to " DELETE entryname (purge, whatever)" from your little csi program, I am retired now, but if u r

Re: 'SYS1.PARMLIB(ALLOCxx)'

2012-02-26 Thread Myname Is
if the response is that showmvs can do it, then it's likely its like this, in an IPL control block, that lists all the IPL parms of interest, u might find it there. i am retired now and have no access but ...IHAIPA has stuff , ECVTIPA points to it. maybe allocxx member "data" is there. -