Re: Logging software alternatives

2010-11-23 Thread Jim Heifetz
A requirement that the data be in a network directory is not the same as a requirement that the data end up on a PC. You can write your data to a z/OS Unix file in a directory that is part of a LAN share using the DFS component of z/OS. You can also share MVS data sets, but with HFS or ZFS files

Logging software alternatives

2010-11-19 Thread Dana Mitchell
We are using this current setup: Application (ALCS) writes log data to a non- sna printer LU in a real 3174. This port is plugged into an IrmaPrint box (yes really!) that converts the stream to serial RS232. That in turn is plugged into a PC running 'Advanced Serial Data Logger' software

Re: Logging software alternatives

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Harminc
On 19 November 2010 12:12, Dana Mitchell mitchd...@gmail.com wrote: We are using this current setup:   Application (ALCS)  writes log data to a non- sna printer LU in a real 3174.  This port is plugged into an IrmaPrint box (yes really!)  that converts the stream to serial RS232.  That in

Re: Logging software alternatives

2010-11-19 Thread Dana Mitchell
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:56:23 -0500, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: Wow! How 1980s. Unfortunately yes... Is it a requirement that the data end up on this PC? Yes, a network directory. we could send the files there via other means but some users need to look at the current file

Re: Logging software alternatives

2010-11-19 Thread Kirk Wolf
I suspect that this log printer is similar to what IMS used to require, which was considered important for purposes of operation and recovery. (As I recall it, IMS wouldn't even shut down properly unless it could write (and get an ACK) that its final shutdown/checkpoint message was written to