Hello all,
The conversation on this topic is very interesting. As an ISV licensed for the
zIIP API, we have played around with all sorts of possibilities. While our
LEASM and C/C++ code runs on zIIP (and even inside CICS), earlier this year I
was intrigued with COBOL. While we don't have muc
At 17:17 -0800 on 12/11/2013, Charles Mills wrote about Re: SMF DUMP
SB37 - what am I doing wrong?:
SB37 was due to 16 extents I think
Which, as I suggested up-thread, could be the result of that RLSE
forcing each new run to need another extent.
At 07:36 -0600 on 12/12/2013, Peter Fatzinger wrote about Re: VARY
OFFLINE fat finger:
There have been requests for IBM to provide a confirmation prompt or
a limit on the range, but they've always been rejected because, as
several have indicated, an exit can be written to meet the
installatio
I agree with Charles...
Scott ford
www.identityforge.com
from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means'
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Charles Mills wrote:
>
> Why don't you start with a "Hello, world" compile and link that is known to
> work and work the other direction from there.
>
Why don't you start with a "Hello, world" compile and link that is known to
work and work the other direction from there.
Charles
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Henrique Seganfredo
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2
>Coincidentally, today I'm working on a VISTA macro to make this cursor point
>and shootable
>Dana
Here's the one I'm using:
**
* LookAt Macro - Bound to ALT+RMB
**
zMan,
Does mean the prices are better?
Scott ford
www.identityforge.com
from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means'
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 5:51 PM, zMan wrote:
>
> Clark lives in the Maritimes, remember...a lot further from China where the
> USB drives are made :-)
>
> (But he can
Clark lives in the Maritimes, remember...a lot further from China where the
USB drives are made :-)
(But he can get good, fresh fish a lot cheaper than most of us!)
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Gord Tomlin <
gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-12 13:57, Clark Morris wrote:
I am hoping someone can just give a couple of examples that will help me
determine if I have done this correctly.
We are z/OS V1.12 and going to an EMC DLm device for virtual tape.
I have not setup tape hardware inside ISMF before, and the manuals do not
have enough pictures for me to see w
Henri..
Can we see the execution JCL pls ?
Scott ford
www.identityforge.com
from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means'
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Henrique Seganfredo
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After compile/prelink/link with success I cannot run a single hello world
> from the co
Hi,
After compile/prelink/link with success I cannot run a single hello world from
the code. I have stripped all ldap function calls and now only there is a
printf().
But if a do link with a DD card pointing to SYS1.SIEALNKE(GLDCLDAP), the module
(actualy program object, inside of a PDSE) fai
On 2013-12-12 13:57, Clark Morris wrote:
I can get a 32 GB flash drive for under 50 Canadian dollars if I watch
for a sale and I have seen 64 GB drives advertised.
Apparently you are missing the good sales! I bought 32 GB USB 3.0 sticks
for about CAD $16.
--
Regards, Gord Tomlin
Action Soft
Caveat: I get the daily digest so am always behind the curve in message
traffic.
Charles (& others): this is not an SMF problem but a basic Dataset issue. I
have encountered it here and the conflict is DISP=MOD vs RLSE [1] with multiple
runs. This can easily give rise to 16 extents after 16
Clark,
Thank you , I have never heard of the Cobol SRB and zIIP
Scott ford
www.identityforge.com
from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means'
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Clark Morris wrote:
>
> On 12 Dec 2013 04:40:14 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>
>>> It also look
It is possible that the driving system had a different TSO logon proc that
allowed you to access the ServerPac resources. The same may be true for
either the master or user catalog.
:>: -Original Message-
:>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
:>: Beh
The explanation for message IKJ56584I is:
"A CLIST or REXX exec to be implicitly executed could not be found because the
ddname was not allocated, although the ALTLIB level that corresponds to this
ddname is still active."
I don't believe the CPP0628001S message is relevant to your problem.
--
On 11 Dec 2013 21:49:20 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>We do a flash drive, but probably not enough capacity for all the
>manuals you want.
I can get a 32 GB flash drive for under 50 Canadian dollars if I watch
for a sale and I have seen 64 GB drives advertised.
Clark Morris
>
>On
Reading Install Guide wouldn't hurt either. Think there's an ISPPDF clist
in CPP that gets tailored during install process.
In a message dated 12/12/2013 12:35:42 P.M. Central Standard Time,
gib...@wsu.edu writes:
There are possibly differences in your catalogs compared to the driving
s
On 12 Dec 2013 04:40:14 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>>It also looks like ziip and zaap usage
>>may introduce security exposures
>
>Usage of a zAAP or zIIP processor cannot conceivably introduce security
>exposures.
>
>Changing code that was written unauthorized now to run in an au
There are possibly differences in your catalogs compared to the driving system.
Use DDLIST to see what's allocated before/after failure.
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of venkat kulkarni
> Sent: Thursday, December 12
Charles,
Thank you. First time I have run across comments about SRBs and zIIP ...man , I
must lead a sheltered life
Scott J Ford
Software Engineer
http://www.identityforge.com/
On Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:46 PM, Scott Ford
wrote:
Peter,
I wasn't aware of Cobol SRBs violated IBM
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:28 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: GUI vs 3270 Re: MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT
>
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:3
Yes. But I am still not able to find that, why the CPPCSAMP is not able to
find the library where the LMODs are located.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Lizette Koehler
wrote:
> I think the recommendation to contact IBM may be the right way to go next.
>
> Lizette
>
>
> > -Original Messa
I think the recommendation to contact IBM may be the right way to go next.
Lizette
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of venkat kulkarni
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:24 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Sub
thomas.b...@swedbank.se (Thomas Berg) writes:
> Not I. If I compare a typical 3270-interface and a typical
> PC/WEB-interface I generally can observe that the response times is
> about 50 times better in the 3270-interface. It's also generally less
> "cluttered" and easier to handle.
> OTOH a typ
Folks,
You may also want to consider iSolve from Softlib Software. I have had great
experiences with it, it is easy to use and it has access to a plethora of IBM
and vendor manuals and product information.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan,
Lebacy Modernization Consultant
www.lcmg.us
-Original M
Any more clue. I never faced this kind of issue and not getting solution on
google/manual as well.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:05 PM, venkat kulkarni wrote:
> Hello,
>Thanks for response. I am not sure, where you want me to
> add in STEPLIB/LIBDEF/LINKLST . Also I tried followin
Sorry, you are right... :-(
ITschak
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:58 PM, DASDBILL2 wrote:
> That should be New Era and not NEWARE.
>
> Bill Fairchild
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Itschak Mugzach"
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:00:15 AM
> Subjec
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:42:46 -0600, John McKown
wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, David Crayford wrote:
>
>> On 12/12/2013 9:05 PM, John McKown wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Refer
Hello,
Thanks for response. I am not sure, where you want me to add
in STEPLIB/LIBDEF/LINKLST . Also I tried following customization guide but
I couldnt find any solution for this issue. In driving system also I didnt
add CPPCENU or SCPPLOAD dataset anywhere in STEPLIB/LIBDEF/LINKLST
DASDBILL2 wrote:
Is this real or is it a Friday post a day early? Someone whose surname is Fatzinger
posting on the topic of a "Fat finger"?
I can assure you that it's really Peter's last name.
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
ee...@us.ibm.com
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:38:10 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote:
>>
>> I wonder how many mainframers would stick to what they're comfortable
>> with even if a GUI interface came along that totally nuked the old
>> school UI.
>
>Not I. If I compare a typical 3270-interface and a typical PC/WEB-interface I
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:24:58 -0600, Jantje. wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:11:14 -0500, Dave Salt wrote:
>
>>I've never used Lookat as I've always found it very fast and easy to access
>>BookManager on the mainframe using the SimpList interface. For example, let's
>>say I'm in the middle of writ
Thank you very much for the answers.
Note that the message you got states
> > MESSAGE EXPLANATION
> > The dialog could not access the master SCPPLOAD data set dataset-name.
That suggests to me you need to add it to a STEPLIB/LIBDEF/LINKLST or
possibly the customization documentation could shed so
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of John McKown
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:47 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: GUI vs 3270 Re: MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:3
That should be New Era and not NEWARE.
Bill Fairchild
- Original Message -
From: "Itschak Mugzach"
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:00:15 AM
Subject: Re: Invalid Parmlib member Scan
There is a tool that verifies your parmlib. have a look at NEWARE
W dniu 2013-12-12 15:24, Charles Mills pisze:
Yes, all resolved.
I now see a total of 92 records in the dataset. The dataset is 100 tracks,
3% utilized.
Eight of the records are SMF Type 2, so I would conclude that IFASMFDP has
run eight times.
The remainder appear to be Type 89 as desired, bu
IBM (I mean corporate legal, I don't mean "z/OS technology") is very fussy
not about not what can and cannot run as an SRB, but about what can and
cannot run on a zIIP processor. (Running as an SRB is just one prerequisite
for running on a zIIP.) A company named Neon brought out a product that
woul
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Scott Ford wrote:
> Peter,
> I wasn't aware of Cobol SRBs violated IBM licensing. I don't mean to be
> ignorant, by why ?
> Is it a security exposure as you explained or more? Sorry in advance
>
I think the licensing violation would be if you could cause a "gener
I also meant and mean no disrespect to Peter Fatzinger. Which is why I said
that the combination of his name and the topic is a humorous COINCIDENCE and
did not say the combination is humorous. Perhaps I should have said "wry" or
some other synonym with less baggage. I did not first consult
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Thomas Berg wrote:
> > -Original Message-
>
> Not I. If I compare a typical 3270-interface and a typical
> PC/WEB-interface I generally can observe that the response times is about
> 50 times better in the 3270-interface. It's also generally less
> "clu
Peter,
I wasn't aware of Cobol SRBs violated IBM licensing. I don't mean to be
ignorant, by why ?
Is it a security exposure as you explained or more? Sorry in advance
Scott ford
www.identityforge.com
from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means'
On Dec 12, 2013, at 7:40 AM, Peter Relso
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of David Crayford
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:10 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: GUI vs 3270 Re: MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT
>
> On 12/12/2013 9:05 PM, John
Answers for below questions are
1) When did you last successfully use this process?
Ans: I was able to use this panel from driving system. But when I
cataloged this Custom pac panel dataset in target system and tried to use
it but it didnt worked.
2) Have you downloaded a new version of the C
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:19 AM, DASDBILL2 wrote:
> Is this real or is it a Friday post a day early? Someone whose surname is
> Fatzinger posting on the topic of a "Fat finger"?
>
> Just a humorous coincidence.
>
> Bill Fairchild
>
> Franklin, TN
>
>
>
I should stay quiet. But cannot. You thin
Yes, all resolved.
I now see a total of 92 records in the dataset. The dataset is 100 tracks,
3% utilized.
Eight of the records are SMF Type 2, so I would conclude that IFASMFDP has
run eight times.
The remainder appear to be Type 89 as desired, but I have not totally
confirmed that.
Thank you
Terry Sambrooks wrote:
>Irrespective of what Userid was used or not perhaps we could agree that the
>system 'hacked' was not a typical z/OS System but one provided by IBM for
>bone fide developers.
>The Userid ADCDMST may not have been used to gain access but if it is the
>owner of the file, which
Is this real or is it a Friday post a day early? Someone whose surname is
Fatzinger posting on the topic of a "Fat finger"?
Just a humorous coincidence.
Bill Fairchild
Franklin, TN
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Fatzinger"
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Thursday, Dece
I back Peter's argument here: what should the parmlib cover? Potentially
hundreds of console commands, all with their own parameter parsing and
threshold processing. What does this cost IBM? For whom do they do this? What
is the added value, given the fact the functionality is available with an
Peter Fatzinger wrote:
>There have been requests for IBM to provide a confirmation prompt or a limit
>on the range, but they've always been rejected because, as several have
>indicated, an exit can be written to meet the installation's specific
>requirements. Given that alternative we haven't
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, David Crayford wrote:
> On 12/12/2013 9:05 PM, John McKown wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from
>>> Chicago Soft installed.
>>> At my former assignment
There have been requests for IBM to provide a confirmation prompt or a limit on
the range, but they've always been rejected because, as several have indicated,
an exit can be written to meet the installation's specific requirements. Given
that alternative we haven't been able to justify the cos
>I wonder how many mainframers would stick to what they're comfortable
>with even if a GUI interface came along that totally nuked the old
>school UI.
At least for me this is not about sticking to the known as opposed to embracing
the new. But to embrace the new it must at least be as fast, sim
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:55 AM, mf db wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Are there any way to track the invalid parmlib member. IEASYS00 can point
> me to the genuine members but I am just interested to know if any tools
> that can help me to track down the invalid or unused parmlib members ?
>
> Any sugge
On 12/12/2013 9:05 PM, John McKown wrote:
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl wrote:
I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from
Chicago Soft installed.
At my former assignment we had it and used it extensively. MVSQR is much
more powerful than Lookat and
Jantje. wrote:
>Only one snag: IBM in all its wisdom has decided to kill BookManager. :-(
And we used that nice toy written by Paul Dorn, IBM WSC, which are useful to
locate messages explanations in SDSF. You just place a cursor on a message
prefix in say SYSLOG and then press say PF13. The cor
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl wrote:
> I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from
> Chicago Soft installed.
> At my former assignment we had it and used it extensively. MVSQR is much
> more powerful than Lookat and it provides a comfortable UI.
>
> No
>It also looks like ziip and zaap usage
>may introduce security exposures
Usage of a zAAP or zIIP processor cannot conceivably introduce security
exposures.
Changing code that was written unauthorized now to run in an authorized
environment can. Such a change is not limited to conforming to zI
There is a tool that verifies your parmlib. have a look at NEWARE website.
IBM supplies some checks, for example for the LOADxx member. See
sys1.samplib(SPPINST).
ITschak
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:25:34 +0530 mf db wrote:
>
> :>Are there
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:25:34 +0530 mf db wrote:
:>Are there any way to track the invalid parmlib member. IEASYS00 can point
:>me to the genuine members but I am just interested to know if any tools
:>that can help me to track down the invalid or unused parmlib members ?
A member need not be in I
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:11:14 -0500, Dave Salt wrote:
>I've never used Lookat as I've always found it very fast and easy to access
>BookManager on the mainframe using the SimpList interface. For example, let's
>say I'm in the middle of writing a DB2/COBOL program and I want to know the
>syntax
Hi Peter/Wayne
Irrespective of what Userid was used or not perhaps we could agree that the
system 'hacked' was not a typical z/OS System but one provided by IBM for
bone fide developers.
The Userid ADCDMST may not have been used to gain access but if it is the
owner of the file, which seems likel
I have had the luxury of QuickRef at most companies I have worked for, this one
included.
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Arthur Fichtl
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:25 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: MV
Hello All,
Are there any way to track the invalid parmlib member. IEASYS00 can point
me to the genuine members but I am just interested to know if any tools
that can help me to track down the invalid or unused parmlib members ?
Any suggestions or advise are much appreciated.
Peter
-
We have it. And are happy with that. :)
Best Regards
Thomas Berg
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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSE
Yes, we have it. And we install it during DR exercises.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl wrote:
> I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from
> Chicago Soft installed.
> At my former assignment we had it and used it extensively. MVSQR is much
> more pow
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