On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:53:12 +, d...@bkassociates.net wrote:
>...
>We recently used software from a company called IO Concepts to
>virtualize our consoles. I can't give all the specifics, but it seems
>to be working very well for Operations and the vendor was extremely
>helpful.
>...
We, too
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:06:41 -0500, John Eells
wrote:
>... From the very name of HZSAIEOF, and the penchant of good
>programmers to pick meaningful names when possible, ...
>(Oh, no! Now I've done it. Next time they name a program like this,
>they'll probably use a random character generator
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:22:32 -0500, Peter Relson
wrote:
>...
>A: Are you opposed for some reason to following instructions?
>Please use what is provided. ...
I find this a distrubing statement. How many thousands of datasets
would have blocksizes of 3120, 6144, or 8800 if obviously suspect
d
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:49:19 -0500, Jim Mulder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>...we consider those to be production systems,
>and the systems programming and operations is contracted out to
>IBM Global Services, and so we don't activate the traps on those
>systems.
While not stated, I suspect
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 20:13:19 -0600, Tony Harminc
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>It seems odd to me to go down the path of ill-tested SNMP or
>emails from the service processor, when there is a much more
>robust and *architected* mechanism already there. ...
>...
I couldn't agree more. I'm in
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:43:52 -0600, John McKown
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>... I bet not too
>>many shops are set up to receive (and do something with) traps
>>from mainframes or their associated hardware. ...
>...
>If nothing else, it should be possible to route the SNMP trap message
>back t
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:21:23 -0600, John McKown
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Isn't there some way for the HMC to send an SNMP trap? I vaguely
remember
>such a thing.
>...
If there is no way, there should be. I looked through a list of IBM's
"Enterprise MIB" traps and saw nothing relating to the
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:31:27 -0500, Jim Mulder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
> FORCE ARM is just a way to CANCEL a non-cancellable job. Other
>than using the FORCE completion code (A22) instead of the
>CANCEL completion code (222), I am not aware of any differences
>between the result of a CANC
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:51:33 -0500, William Bishop
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... automation to escalate a P TCAS to a FORCE TCAS ...
Whoo boy! I would NEVER want to see automation of a FORCE
(other than maybe a FORCE ARM. Maybe.).
Ok. I'm way out of my area of expertise, but paranoia o
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:07:12 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>...a production job that ran close to 24 hours CPU time...
>...
>he moved one statement and got the CPU time down to 2 minutes.
>...
And somehow I doubt he needed accurate instruction timings
to figure out wh
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:23:36 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I'd call fork() standard and spawn() idiosyncratic.
>...
Actually, the OP didn't even mention a Unix environment. He just asked
about TCBs. Fork() and spawn() might not be involved at all.
Pat O'Keefe
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:36:45 -0500, Michael Schmutzok
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... A subagent can use DPI to generate a trap.
>
>Isn't that what the OP was asking how to do? Yes, this requires
>the standard MVS SNMP agent to be up and running.
My hesitation was over the word "subagent".
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:45:37 -0600, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:34:41 -0600, John McKown wrote:
>>
>>Quite often, in the UNIX world, what is done is that the main process
>>(task) will do all of this. It will then fork() or spawn() another process
>>and give
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:01:03 -0600, Chris Mason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>...
>>>an improved implementation of the SNMP manager function in
>>>NetView has been mentioned. ...
>>...
>>I would call it "different" rather than "improved", though. ...
>...
>Regarding "improved": it seems I made t
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:36:43 -0600, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I was beginning to warm to the idea that the traditional, V1, SNMP
>structure >had been extended to allow traps, sorry, notifications,
>to flow in a peer-to-peer manner between daemons which otherwise >performed
the
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:40:47 -0800, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I *did* pick a book -- ...
>...
>None of the back sections of the book had this information. ...
This is unfortunately fairly common now. Some manuals give no hint
that there is such a thing as a Reader's Comment
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:34:19 -0500, Imbriale, Donald
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>MidHusonValleyReaderCommentFormS
>
>I guess John is just human and makes a very rare mistake every now
and
>then :)
>...
Send him an RCF referring to his posting.
Pat O'Keefe
-
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:23:10 -0500, Don Poitras
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>If you're willing to write some code, you can use DPI to issue the
>traps. See:
>
>http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-
bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ezap4002/5.0
>...
I hadn't looked at DPI for several years so I had to r
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:04:10 -0600, Chris Mason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Pat is stating that the SNMP command may also be used for
>sending TRAPs. My experience with the SNMP command - from
>about 15 years ago - regarding TRAPs is distilled into my
>presentation material under the tit
On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:09:47 -0600, Henrique Seganfredo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello folks,
>...
>Surprisingly, the command line tool (/bin/snmp) that interfaces with
>the snmp agent task only gives me the opportunity to RECEIVE
>TRAPS and not to SEND THEM. ...
It looks like a reply I ga
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:44:07 -0400, Clark Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>While at a Year 2000 session, I raised the question of having the
>programs able to read archived data. ...
> How many of your organizations
>keep old record layouts / data base descriptions to match archived
>tape
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:05 -0500, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>I have _no_ idea where these rumors come from!
>
>668 of the 894 instructions on the z10 EC (about 75%) are
implemented
>entirely in hardware. I don't know about anyone else, but I would not
>exactly call 668 hardwa
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:35:42 -0600, Brian Peterson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From the IBMLink "Help" function:
>
>https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/sis/helpFunctions.wss?lc=en&cc=US
>...
I though HICPU was one but I don't see it on the list.
There are a few others, too, but I've forgotten them.
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:42:02 -0600, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Wouldn't it be a great enhancement if the TMP supported inline
>Rexx code, a suitably bracketed here-document, in SYSTSIN?
>...
Yes!
Pat O'Keefe
-
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:46:05 +1100, Graeme Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Is it only me.. or do those all seem to be far too underwhelmingly
>weak, pathetically scripted and produced and downright boring to be
>effective "hooks" for catching the attention of anyone other than we
>rusted-o
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 18:43:04 -0500, Howard Rifkind
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You definitely need to come up with better subject lines.
>...
>I'm missing a load module from a loadlib.
>
>I found it in another loadlib and I'd like to know if there would be
>any sort of issues just copying to the
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:00:03 -0500, Gabe Goldberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I probably should respond off-list, but I'm goig to do it here.
>...
>Do people plan to work as long as they're able? Because of enjoyable
>jobs? From necessity? For other reasons? ...
How painfully timely.
Working
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:12:33 -0400, Bob Shannon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>You can force it down
>
>No. Do this first:
>
>1. FORCE ARM
>2. CANCEL
>3. If it still isn't down now do the FORCE
>...
Doing the C via SDSF issues a JES cancel. What happens if you use
an MVS cancel?
In fact the desc
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:33:27 -0800, gah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>It seems that the Principles of Operation manuals are
>still much more expensive than before. They used to
>be somewhat more reasonably priced than many of the
>software manuals.
>...
Documenting new instructions is reall
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:11:23 -0400, Knutson, Sam
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>IBM has provided a very nice Halloween treat!
>
>z/OS Problem Documentation Upload Utility now available
>
>ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/s390/mvs/tools/mtftp/
>
>* a single tool to provide all the function required to send
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:08:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Kripke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or
Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to
>write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and
process commands. This m
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>>>I thought 31-bit was for compatibility with existing exploitation
>>>of the sign bit; ...
>>
>>Nope, it was the use of a X'80' in the high-order byte of a fullword to
>>terminate a variable-length parameter list
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:23:51 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Alas, no. They give you could that, with luck, will compile into the same
>object code, but it is *not* the source code, and you will have lost the
>labels, variable names and comments. ...
And I would
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:24:14 -0400, Scott Ford
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Patrick,
>
>I have been updating in place with Execio in Rexx. ...
I didn't mean to imply you couldn't update in place. That's a lot
different than inserting.
Pat O'Keefe
-
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:53:47 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I have a requirement to insert some records in the beginning of a file
>>where already some lines are existing . i tried using DISKW using
MOD,
>>but they are appending to the end. How do we insert in the
b
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:00:34 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>... the disassembled code was unreadable to them.
>
>Which means that they are claiming to also be unable to read/use a
>Cobol created PMAP (a task which I would expect that a Cobol
>PROGRAMMER [as opposed to a COD
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:13:01 -0500, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>x3270 http://x3270.bgp.nu/
>It runs on all platforms and is opensource and free.
>...
If I understand the original poster, he wants a mainframe emulator,
not a 3270 emulator. You're giving him the wrong end of the
connection.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:49:09 -0400, Jack Kelly
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
..."If a SAF solution isn't available to the originator" means that the
>user can not get a SAF profile for his DSN
>...
Something doesn't make sense to me here. If "a SAF solution isn't
available" means a SAF product isn'
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:25:36 -0500, Bohn, Dale
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...if you are the orginal submitter of a problem that
>causes an APAR to be opened and IBM supplies APAR fix test code.
>If you do not apply and test the APAR, and supply IBM with good
>feedback. The APAR can get be close
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:16:53 -0500, Hal Merritt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We are looking to deploy a number of 'information only' consoles using
>PC's and suitable TN3270 client software and the ICC. Of course, PC's
>fail and just disappear. With full function consoles on a 2074 or Visara
>contr
Every time I announce that I've added something to NetView's HELP
function our QuickRef guru asks why I didn't put it in QuickRef. And
every time I respond that it makes no sense to add it to QuickRef if
QuickRef can't be accessed from NetView.
I've never been definitely told that QuickRef cannot
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:06:48 +0200, Miguel Villar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Because of Security Rules and Policy Agent I have used a certain
portrange
>
>on FTP's going thru de Policy Agent Security Rules.
>
>I have tried many things with none of them working.
>I have setup FTP to use PASSIVE
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:25:45 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Arthur Gutowski wrote:
>Arthur Gutowski wrote:
>> I vaguely remember when IEBCOPY was comprised of more than
>>one load module, and compressing the live LINKLIB was not a
>>good thing... somehow,
>> this smells
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:45:20 -0500, Stephen Wolf
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>We just started bringing up z/OS 1.8 in our test LPAR. We discovered
our
>Netview version (3.1 - 5655-007) can no longer issue system
commands
>(message CNZ005I). ...
I cannot find reference to a message CNZ005
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:48:16 -0400, Rob Scott
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Is there a need outside of debugging - maybe not - but does that
invalidate the requirement? Funnily enough I considered raising a
requirement for this very thing a few years back as I hate having to
use reverse-eng
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:28:24 -0400, Peter Relson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I don't disagree that it is desirable to have a "list" service for
>name/tokens. What I question is the need.
>Since a list service does not exist, it seems pretty clear to me that you
>should not take an approach t
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:21:58 +, Ted MacNEIL
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>That's a specious argument,
>
>>No, you just don't understand it.
>
>I don't know why I occasionally bother with you and your insults.
>But, you're wrong!
>
>>>because my e-mail client (and many oithers) can be set to r
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:06:06 -0500, Martin Kline
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>D4C32XX3, which is located in the default logmode table on both
lpars.
>...
That is an IBM-supplied logmode. Unless it has been modified at
you shop it specifies APPNCOS=#CONNECT.
>...
>ALTMOD45, which is located
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:27:40 -0500, Chris Mason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think this thread should probably be under a new subject unless
ir somehow relates back to the TGN=21 issue (whch we have been
told to forget :-) ). But in case it DOES relate to TGN=21 I haven't
changed it.
>...
>If
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:17:06 +0300, גדי בן
אבי <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We would like to add more traffic to our OSA card, so we would like to know
if the current card can handle the extra traffic, or if adding another card
is the way to go.
>
>To me it seems that RMF would be the way to
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:15:32 -0500, McKown, John
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This just happened here. We dynamically create the terminal names in
>TN3270. Well, today a generate name was D08VF-CK (you know what the -
>is). The end user opened a ticket to complain about this obscene name. ...
>...
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:48:01 -0700, Ron Hawkins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Patrick,
>
>From past experience with Stop-X37 and ACC/SRS, it is not actually in a
>loop. The rule is doing exactly what it has been instructed to do, which is
>to reduce the size of the Primary Extent and then redrive al
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:27:48 +0800, Tommy Tsui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Our shop didn't allow use the FTP protocol becuase of the security issued.
>...
That protocol is TCP/IP.
They disallowed FTP but allowed AFTP?
Or just didn't know about AFTP?
I'm not sure the rule setters would appreci
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:21 -0400, Jerry Fuchs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I found that if the PDS had a member $$$COIBM IPOUPDTE would
work. No zap
>required.
>...
In a couple shops I worked in about 20 years ago, those that
were there after me may have wondered at all the datasets that
my
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:09:27 +0800, Tommy Tsui
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all,
>Assume the TCPIP FTP PORT is not open yet and only SNA
transmission is
>avaiable for mainframe. any other tools that can replace the APPC
suite?
>...
I doubt I'm going to say anything Chris did not already say
Is RMF's graphic display widely used? Is is generally considered a
useful tool? If so, is it used more as a diagnostic tool? A capacity
planning tool? Both?
We've finally cranked up GPMSERVE. (Hey, it's been out only 3 or so
years. That's practically bleeding edge for us.) I downloaded an
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:46:39 -0600, Howard Brazee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've been running our system's FTP, but with a new file I get:
>
>SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C9 REASON CODE=0009
>
>I think this may be CA's FTP. ...
>What should I look for? I use the same proc all the time with
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:47:38 -0700, Schwarz, Barry A
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You specified (SYSDA,10) in your allocation. This means up to 4000
>cylinders on the first volume and up to 1600 cylinders on each of up to
>9 additional volumes.
>...
Well, William shouldn't feel alone in this. I
On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:24:14 -0500, Paul Peplinski
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>ascii option did the trick and the data in question was periods, not
>non-displayable data, as in the following. Hard to see with this
formatting
>but the periods right before REILY are stripped out and REILLY go
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:37:12 -0500, Paul Peplinski
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... The data contains a .. (two periods), which seems to be treated on
>the receiving end as a CRLF (they are stripped out and the following
>characters are on a new line justified left). ...
A little more info would
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:41:29 -0700, Jeff Beech-Garwood
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>We need to point to a new DNS server. Can this be done
>>without stopping >TCPIP? Maybe through a modify command?
>You can change/add the NSINTERADDR in your TCPIP.DATA file and
>issue F RESOLVER,REFRESH.
>...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:12:57 +0200, Dr. Stephen Fedtke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>we are specialized in runtime-related z/OS malicious code detection,
and
>programcode scan for virus/malicious code on load module level
...
Interesting. Your system can determine intent just by reading loa
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:19:07 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>>The email program (IKJEFT1A)
>
>IKJEFT1A is not an e-mail program.
>...
To flesh that out a bit, it looks like you are executing something
under TSO that is your e-mail program. What is that "somethin
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:05:24 -0400, Jim Harrison
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This has got to be at least the 3rd time we've had the IEFBR14 bug
>discussion since I joined this list. ;-)
>...
Oh. A newby. Welcome! :-)
Stick around.; you'll see it again.
But don't expect it to catch up with
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:41:33 -0400, Knutson, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Contact BMC for assistance. If you are willing to forego STOPX37
>assistance entirely in CONNECT:Direct add this DD to whatever address
>space is doing the allocation.
>
>//X37IGNDD DUMMY THIS TURNS OFF STOP X-37
>.
Has anybody using STOPX37 seen a problem where it gets in a loop
fighting with SMS over an insufficient space condition? Anybody
have suggestions on how to avoid it?
Details:
A process is submitted via CONNECT:Direct (aka NDM) specifying SMS
STORCLAS, MGMTCLAS, and DATACLAS that result in sele
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:47:58 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Edward Jaffe wrote:
>
>According to CERT, IBM mainframes are still listed as "unknown":
>...
For what it's worth, an MVS name server configured as a caching /
forwarding name server can be protected from a direct attack
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:30:47 EDT, Ed Finnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>>Recursion is the norm for DNS. I've never seen a DNS set up any
>>other way.
>...
>But isn't that out of ignorance or pre-exploitation? ...
I don't think it's "out of ignorance" at al
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:56:24 -0500, Kelman, Tom
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>Hmmm, did anyone notice that they claim their web site is the world's
>most popular IBM Mainframe site with 65,000 members? ...
I know not all IBM mainframe shops participate in IBM-Main, but
flat out don't believe t
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:40:27 -0500, Jim Marshall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>4. how to provide PCI compliance with TN3270
>...
I'm going to really date myself with this comment (and that is a
seriously boring date if I've ever heard of one), but my first thought
was "Make sure it doesn't
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:40:47 -0500, Chase, John
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... I doubt the listserv ever sees them. ...
At least some of them appear in the Listserver's web archive. They
wouldn't have gotten there if the Listserver didn't see them.
Pat O'Keefe
--
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:22:50 -0500, Miller, Pat
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There used to always be an IBM-MAIN table at SCIDS. I think it had
disappeared last time I was there.
>...
I heard SHARE requested it be disbanded because only SHARE
projects or programs were allowed official tables.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:08:28 -0500, Mansell, George R.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think I read too much into Rick's post. Why do they enable it in base
>1.9 when it's broke?
There are multiple "they" involved here. The bug was in microcode
and/or hardware. The enablement code is in z/OS and
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:08:55 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>As I recall, there was an Alt key but not all displayable characters
could
>be entered from the keyboard. ...
It's been over 20 years since I saw one but as I recall it was a rocker
switch. In any ca
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:04 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>> The square brackets that display correctly are x'AD' and x'BD'.
...
>They're both wrong Mine are x'BA' and x'BB', and they work
>wonderfully.
>...
Use of characters in a codepage work wonderfully within
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:51:00 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>Ummm The default United States keyboard mapping in PCOMM
does not
>define square brackets ...
>...
>You must have defined them yourself -- to the wrong values!
>...
While that is a reasonable assumption, I thi
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:32:39 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I sympathize, having just worked through some bracket
>incompatibilities with special software, but what would the
>keyboard look like? Eight shift keys or worse ?
>...
Speaking of bracket incompatabilites,
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:51:28 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ... You certainly will find no sarcasm on IBM-Main execpt
>> that aimed at IBMLink.
>>
>
>It would appear that the use of CAPS and sarcasm in IBM-MAIN
>postings is proportional to the magnitude of the debacle being d
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:45:58 -0400, Jim Mulder
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
> The data collection for IPLDATA STATUS was just a little thing
>I hacked together in OS/390 1.3 to help me find a starting point of
>where to look when I got asked to help diagnose "why did that IPL
>take so long?"
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:12:21 -0400, Mark Pace
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I don't see ALL CAPS and extreme sarcasm for any other product.
>...
I don't kow about the ALL CAPS part, but you're right about the
sarcasm. You certainly will find no sarcasm on IBM-Main execpt
that aimed at IBMLi
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:55:10 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>o Duplicate DDNAMEs within a step should be treated as a JCL error.
> (I understand JES3 already does this.) This itself would have
> blocked the pitfall described in this thread.
>...
I've seen jobs that actu
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:33:44 -0500, Stephen Wolf
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>...
>This weekend I activated a new IODF on the 1.4 system using the
HCD dialogs
>which completed successfully. I did not do an activate on the 1.7 We
then
>IPLed the 1.4 system and it just waited. The NIP console wa
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:35:02 -0500, Rajeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>...
>//FTPSTEP2 EXEC PGM=SORT,COND=(0,EQ,FTPSTEP1)
>//SORTLIB DD DSN=SORT.SORTLIB,DISP=SHR
>//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
>//SORTWK01 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(7,2))
>//SORTWK02 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(7,2))
>//SORTWK03 DD UNIT=SY
I had to include "mainframe" in the subject to keep this On Topic. :-)
IBM has a bunch of newsgroups at news://news.software.ibm.com.
Some of them (like the CommServer groups) have no other similar
fora (listservers, etc.) My employer blocks NNTP connections so
I have to use newsreader-to-htt
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:02:16 -0500, Pommier, Rex R.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...They switched from the plates going with the vehicle
>to the plates staying with the seller. ...
Way off topic, but I've had some cars with the bolts so rusted I'd
never get the plates off. I guess I'd have to k
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:32:54 -0400, Jerry Fuchs
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>If the HLQ is not defined the data set will be cataloged in the master
>catalog.
>
>Your ID is not authorized to update the master catalog.
>...
I could possibly be way off base, but I really don't think he needs
an expla
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:31:01 -0700, Edward Jaffe
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>...
>It means 3278 with a TEXT keyboard. These pre-3270 emulation
subtleties,
>nuances, and idiosyncrasies have mostly faded into history by now. I
>know how it differs from the APL keyboard. But, I'm not sure how it
>di
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:07:04 -0600, Steve Comstock
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>...
>Not the way it works. If I do a test and find it works
>differently than expected, I don't report a defect but
>simply tell the student how it works in the real world.
Really? That seems a bit unfair to the rest
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:53:51 -0500, Wayne Driscoll
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>..."Common" could imply that it could be used in a common fashion by
>anyone (or any authorized someone).
>...
Nah. It just means that this initial implementation will adapt only
the most common events. Uncommon ev
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:49:39 +, Ted MacNEIL
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>...it is insensitive/insensitivity not nonsensitive/nonsensitivity or
>>nonsensible/nonsensibility.
>
>What are you talking about?
>What current thread?
>You didn't include even a piece of another post!
>...
He was refe
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:30:58 -0400, Thompson, Steve
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...
>No, the writer is quite technically astute and meant that the vacuum
>tube circuits with their chokes, coils, etc. were ELECTRICALLY noisy.
>...
You may be right. You are definitely giving the author more credit
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:43:08 +0200, Thomas Berg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008023617_camin
erobit29.html)
>...
Certainly no reflection on Mr. Camimer but that Seattle Times article
would have been a bit better if it had not said:
" ...dev
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:19:19 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... one of its five exit addresses set to X'8000'. ...
>... The high-order bit is interpreted for setting the
>addressing mode by the component that calls the exit routine, and if
>the exit address
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:03:20 +0900, Timothy Sipples
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>So if you improve the SLA for one class of applications, you're probably
>also improving it for others, and the others get the improvements
>essentially for free. ... Then it becomes tough for any
>business to ju
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:04:07 -0700, Gibney, Dave
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I'm already TLS from my workstation to the original logon of
>TSO, and then I at least am so far always using the Hipersocket
>connection, so I see no security lapse. I don't have any good reason
to
>check it ou
>...
>>Back in the day, Tandem was the dominant fault-tolerant platform.
>>However, for almost two decades, sysplex technology has given
>>mainframes fault tolerance that Tandem can only dream of.
>>So, it's not that Tandem's front end value is lessening but that
>>they are no longer the only game
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:17:25 +0900, Timothy Sipples
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I agree with Chris. In my (more limited) experience, if HP NonStops are
>used they're mainly as front-end switches at card network member
>banks. And their use in this niche role is fading, ...
I don't know the
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:06:40 -0500, Natasa Savinc
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
> I noticed in display flag "I" what indicates that
>the data path to the target stack is inactive.
>How can I reactivate data path ?
>...
That "I" does *not* mean "inactive". I think it means "internal"
or some s
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:14:52 -0400, François Paré
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>...
>I'm running a batch job that does a FTP transfer from a z/OS mainframe to a
LINUX server and the transfer rate is about 20K/sec. If I do the same
>...
I thought I had responded to this but I guess it went into the
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:38:36 -0500, Bobbie Justice
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>maybe he read a book and declared himself an expert.
Or perhaps his management said "Be an expert!" so he found
a book.
>...
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