Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 21 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012 (#2012-204)

2012-07-23 Thread David Boyes
From:Mary Anne Matyaz maryanne4...@gmail.com [snip] David, the best way to submit a requirement is through Share. Anyone can submit a requirement. Share has a new website that you'll need to sign up for, but you don't have to be a Share member. http://reqs4.share.org/Reqs4Who.jsp is

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 21 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012 (#2012-204)

2012-07-23 Thread David Boyes
From:Phil Smith p...@voltage.com Couldn't CP PVMSG send something that automation could pick up? I realize it's a bit of a kludge, but it could do it: your z/VM automation would listen for SIGNAL SHUTDOWN and then signal the z/OS guest(s) using PVMSG. I can see how that could work,

Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Francisco H.
Hello I tried to access the web Cbttape: www.cbttape.org, and is not available: You see this page because there is no Web site available at this address: http://www.cbttape.org . Someone knows because not available ? Thank you very much. Francisco

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Victor Zhang
Hi, Already got to know how to retrieve DEVTYP using IGGCSI interface. Another question is: Is it possible to retrieve information regarding non-vsam dataset size, vsam dataset size? I found following records for non-vsam dataset: NOBYTAU Bytes/allocation unit NOBYTTRK Bytes/track NOEXTNT

Re: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread John P Kalinich
It is available now. Regards, John K Francisco H. of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 07/23/2012 02:28:11 AM: I tried to access the web Cbttape: www.cbttape.org, and is not available: You see this page because there is no Web site available at this address:

SV: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing

2012-07-23 Thread Thomas Berg
Maybe this posting is superfluous, but I feel there is an underlying misunderstanding regarding this problem with ampersands. At least this ongoing discussion hints at that. 1. REXX does *nothing* special with ampersands (it treats it as any other character - in data it is.). 2. ISPF as such

AW: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread David Stokes
Could someone post the IP, the problem still seems to exist for some of us. Maybe DNS corruption. Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. C:\Users\DStokesping -a http://www.cbttape.org/ Ping-Anforderung konnte Host

Re: AW: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Mark Jacobs
PING cbttape.org (216.194.248.70): 56 data bytes Mark Jacobs On 07/23/12 07:33, David Stokes wrote: Could someone post the IP, the problem still seems to exist for some of us. Maybe DNS corruption. Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte

AW: AW: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread David Stokes
This is pretty weird, it returns the same website not available page from some Parallels Plesk Control Panel Welcome You see this page because there is no Web site available at this address: http://216.194.248.70 . If you think you are seing this page by mistake, please contact HIS to report

Re: AW: AW: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Peter Sylvester
On 07/23/2012 01:43 PM, David Stokes wrote: This is pretty weird, it returns the same website not available page from some Parallels Plesk Control Panel This is a typical web hoster with multiple names for the same IP address. The web server needs a correct Host: parameter in the http

Re: re-entrant modules and the binder

2012-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAE1XxDE+7LU3kKQt2pEgJVyNR2U7-=st1ejzi9abaxyuavr...@mail.gmail.com, on 07/22/2012 at 09:12 AM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com said: Specifying the RENT option when you assemble your HLASM subroutines instructs the HLASM to check your code for non-reentrant constructs, and it finds many but

Re: COBOL packed decimal

2012-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In f031d213-4695-4551-bd15-96e97b8d8...@yahoo.com, on 07/22/2012 at 11:29 AM, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com said: I was aware of the hardware on the machines, since my late father was a FE on them. Didn't really know anything about the opsys or programming languages. There were two OS's;

Re: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Staller, Allan
Working now. 07:45 Central time Al Staller | Z Systems Programmer | KBM Group | (Tel) 972 664-3565 | allan.stal...@kbmg.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Francisco H. Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 2:28 AM To:

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Staller, Allan
Short answer is NO. CSI in IGGCSI stands for catalog search interface. If the information is not in the catalog, it cannot be retrieved. VSAM allocation information is available in the catalog. This information is not available for non-VSAM. For what you appear to be trying to accomplish,

Re: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread David Stokes
You could well be right. Putting the address in hosts doesn't succeed either. Just returns generic web site not available. I am not alone in having the problem, I just checked after the post by Francisco some time back. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Peter Sylvester

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 21 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012 (#2012-204)

2012-07-23 Thread McKown, John
Hum, I don't have z/VM, so I can't do anything. But I would think that if this is considered worthy (aka profitable), then an OEM vendor could set up an STC which is APF authorized. If necessary, hook the external interrupt FLIH to generate something some signal that the STC could then process

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Victor Zhang
Can I interpret this to get non-vsam used or allocated size? DSCBTTR TTR of format-1 DSCB for non-VSAM data set Regards Victor -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Knutson, Sam
The servers were updated over the weekend in the 0300 time frame with required security patches by our ISP. They are to the best of my knowledge working without any problems since later that morning and errors are most likely due to stale DNS or browser cache entries on your PC. In the

Re: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Kenneth Fitzgerald
On Monday, July 23, 2012 6:22:05 AM UTC-7, David Stokes wrote: You could well be right. Putting the address in hosts doesn#39;t succeed either. Just returns generic web site not available. I am not alone in having the problem, I just checked after the post by Francisco some time back.

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Lizette Koehler
Can I interpret this to get non-vsam used or allocated size? DSCBTTR TTR of format-1 DSCB for non-VSAM data set For NONVSAM you may wish to look at DCOLLECT processing. But that is only good for DASD type datasets. For Tape you should get the info from your tape management system (TLMS,

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 21 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012 (#2012-204)

2012-07-23 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 07/23/2012 12:58 AM, David Boyes wrote: From:Mary Anne Matyaz maryanne4...@gmail.com [snip] David, the best way to submit a requirement is through Share. Anyone can submit a requirement. Share has a new website that you'll need to sign up for, but you don't have to be a Share member.

Re: healthCheck search

2012-07-23 Thread Marna WALLE
Hello All, If you want the definitive way to see every IBM Health Check for z/OS health check that has been put into the service stream, you'll need to use the SMP/E FIXCAT IBM.Function.HealthChecker. Of course, those that are introduced in a product's release will not have this FIXCAT, but

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Joel C. Ewing
The orderly shutdown of z/OS address spaces requires not just telling each address space it needs to terminate, but to shut down address spaces in an order that is heavily installation-dependent. In general a server address space (like HSM, DB2, Tape Management, Job management, TCP/IP, Vtape,

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Peter Relson
SIGNAL SHUTDOWN is, I believe, a VM construct. It is not a machine construct. fully-architected hardware external interrupt (in the PoPs) that indicates that the LPAR is being shut down. FWIW, there is no such external interrupt. There is a service signal interrupt and z/OS does receive

Re: healthCheck search

2012-07-23 Thread Bonno, Tuco
I'm the OP who started this thread, and I'd like to thank you, ms Walle for your contribution. thank you. /s/ tuco bonno; Graduate, College of Conflict Management; University of SouthEast Asia; I partied on the Ho Chi Minh Trail - tiến lên !! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: re-entrant modules and the binder

2012-07-23 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Hi John, To make my desire clearer, I'm going to slightly simplify my goal.  I want to be able to bind as re-entrant any COBOL program that does NOT call an assembler subroutine that is not re-entrant. If I add only REUS=RENT to by COBOL program binder JCL I get the following if the COBOL

LU Lookup failed - sense 00003003

2012-07-23 Thread Greg Shirey
Hello all, I'm trying to assign an LU to a device with a static IP address. It successfully connects and receives the USS screen, but when the user presses enter to connect to CICS, he receives message unable to establish connection - LU lookup failed with sense 3003. If I'm finding the

Re: re-entrant modules and the binder

2012-07-23 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I assume your query is directed to me, the original poster. The assembler subroutines are being used for some fairly basic processing that simply isn't available in COBOL (or wasn't at the time the assembler routines were written): - calling of a few basic macros (POST, STIMER [STIMER not used

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Don't know if z/OS itself is part of this, but have you looked at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/? From: David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:17 PM Subject: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at

Re: healthCheck search

2012-07-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:31:20 -0500, Marna WALLE mwa...@us.ibm.com wrote: I did just want to expand a little on Mark's sample SMP/E statements for using REPORT MISSINGFIX for verification of both coexistence and target system requirements...I suggest also adding IBM.Function.HealthChecker to

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Mike Schwab
It would be nice if an JES INIT could be set to abend a job at the end of a step to allow faster shutdown, cleaner restart. I.E. a status of draining-step would continue to run, but when the step ends .the job is cancelled. You would not want to apply this to some inits, because a STC or online

Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB187239639064304577539063008406518.html WSJ mangles history to argue government didn't launch the Internet

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Scott Ford
I guess I don't understand what David is asking..I thought that the z/Pdt cmd 'oprmsg ' routes a message or command to z/os from Linux ... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Frank Swarbrick frank.swarbr...@yahoo.com wrote: Don't know if z/OS itself is part of

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread John Eells
Mike Schwab wrote: It would be nice if an JES INIT could be set to abend a job at the end of a step to allow faster shutdown, cleaner restart. I.E. a status of draining-step would continue to run, but when the step ends .the job is cancelled. You would not want to apply this to some inits,

Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Mitch
you mean it wasn't Al Gore? Mitch -Original Message- From: Anne Lynn Wheeler l...@garlic.com To: IBM-MAIN IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 12:47 pm Subject: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:41:57 -0500, Victor Zhang victor_wor...@yahoo.com.cn wrote: Can I interpret this to get non-vsam used or allocated size? DSCBTTR TTR of format-1 DSCB for non-VSAM data set No. IGGCSI00 simply returns information from the catalog. DSCBs are in the VTOC, not the catalog.

Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Ed Finnell
_http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18928858_ (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18928858) In a message dated 7/23/2012 2:47:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, l...@garlic.com writes: WSJ mangles history to argue government didn't launch the Internet

Re: AW: Cbttape Freeware isn't available

2012-07-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:50:35 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: Could someone post the IP, the problem still seems to exist for some of us. Maybe DNS corruption. I'd guess a firewall issue. Does yours allow ICMP packets through? Have you tried a tracerte[1] for the same sites? [1] The name

Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Steve Bireley
About 10 years ago I was in a meeting with Vint Cerf and couple of others executive from Worldcom. One of our sales guys made a joke about Al Gore inventing the Internet. Instead of starting the meeting, Vint invited us to his office to show us pictures of him with Al Gore (and a bunch of

Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:57:16 -0400, Mitch wrote: you mean it wasn't Al Gore? No, he just eponymously supplied some of the algorithms. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: re-entrant modules and the binder

2012-07-23 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Interesting.  Looks like I can use COMPAT(LKED) and still create program objects (both format 2 and format 3).  I guess maybe it's that one simply cannot explicitly request a PM level of higher than the program requires if you specify COMPAT(LKED).  But (apparently) it behaves like COMPAT(MIN)

Re: re-entrant modules and the binder

2012-07-23 Thread John Gilmore
Tony Harminc wrote: begin extract It is, rather, a matter of discipline in managing assembler object output, and this can be helped by processing these outputs one at a time with the Binder, storing them as stub load modules or Program Objects, and marking them appropriately at that first partial

CBT site issues?

2012-07-23 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
Hello, I tried to access http://www.cbttape.org/ and I receive the following You see this page because there is no Web site available at this address: http://www.cbttape.org . Is anyone else experiencing this? kenneth_kri...@att.net

Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet?

2012-07-23 Thread Joel C. Ewing
How many of the web sites you visit on a daily basis are something other than a university or a government research facility? How many of the people that you regularly communicate with on the Internet are not at one of those facilities, and for that matter, are you in the set of people not at

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Clark Morris
On 23 Jul 2012 12:49:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: Mike Schwab wrote: It would be nice if an JES INIT could be set to abend a job at the end of a step to allow faster shutdown, cleaner restart. I.E. a status of draining-step would continue to run, but when the step ends .the

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In b870629719727b4ba82a6c06a31c29123249662...@hqmailsvr01.voltage.com, on 07/22/2012 at 07:26 PM, Phil Smith p...@voltage.com said: Couldn't CP PVMSG send something that automation could pick up? What if you're not running z/VM? Does the CP in PR/SM support PVMSG? -- Shmuel (Seymour

Re: IGGCSI to retrieve tape volume serial

2012-07-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 3222468561495810.wa.victorworkcnyahoo.com...@listserv.ua.edu, on 07/23/2012 at 04:41 AM, Victor Zhang victor_wor...@yahoo.com.cn said: But I can't find how to locate number of extents for a non-vsam dataset. The data are not in the catalog; use OBTAIN. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

2012-07-23 Thread Phil Smith
Metz wrote: What if you're not running z/VM? Does the CP in PR/SM support PVMSG? No. But if you have access to the HMC, you should be able to get to the console. The thing with z/VM is that you might have a ton of guests and you're IPLing z/VM. If you're taking the CEC down, well...that's

Re: Authorized Rexx Assembler Function

2012-07-23 Thread Garry G. Green
I first came across the original Magic SVC in the SPF Customization Manual Yep, IBM wrote it and provided it to us. If there are any youngsters here, SPF was the predecessor to ISPF. Now some needed background: each TCB (- or @) a JSCB (Job Step Control Block). In the JSCB is the

Re: CBT site issues?

2012-07-23 Thread Micheal Butz
Kenneth, I received a conditional offer from the IRS Richard tells me it could take up to 3 months to go through the paper work And get a Firm offer Thanks -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kenneth J. Kripke Sent:

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 21 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012 (#2012-204)

2012-07-23 Thread Phil Smith
Shmuel Metz wrote: PR/SM is CP under the covers; I don't know whether it just passes on the external interrupt or gets some other sort of indication and translates it into an external interrupt. PR/SM *was* CP under the covers. I'm told that it's not any more-they've diverged quite dramatically.

Re: LU Lookup failed - sense 00003003

2012-07-23 Thread Scott Ford
Chris, My VTAM is old but I seem to Remember that CICS, aka kicks, was the Plu Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jul 23, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Chris Mason chrisma...@belgacom.net wrote: Greg You still need a pool even if it has only one entry. I checked the IP and SNA Codes manual and it

Re: Authorized Rexx Assembler Function

2012-07-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:35:04 -0700, Garry G. Green wrote: Also TSO has an APF list. When you request invocation of a program that is on the APF list (today this is in Parmlib IKJTSO; in the SPF days it was a zap to IKJEFTE2/8) - instead of running the program, IKJEFT02 posts IKJEFT01