New z Systems Workload Pricing for Cloud (IBM zWPC)

Late last month, IBM announced some new, cloud-oriented software pricing. Here's the announcement letter: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS216-319/ENUS216-319.PDF This announcement is what I'd describe as an evolution, or extension, of the previously announced (2014) Mobile

Re: Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 00:02:28 +0300, Itschak Mugzach wrote: >Yes. But this is a defalt exit we use on ower zpdt box. Almost 100% vanila. Does the exit by any chance reference SWA control blocks without using SWAREQ? Just a wild guess... -- Tom Marchant

Re: IPLing z/OS 2.1+ with no NIP console

Might want to peruse EREP during the time frame just to rule out the ever lurking Murphy. In a message dated 8/2/2016 7:50:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jesse1.robin...@sce.com writes: It's possible that severely elongated IPL had nothing at all to do with console status. Sort of good

Re: IPLing z/OS 2.1+ with no NIP console

IBM Support was very responsive. Gave us instructions for gathering doc. Then we could not recreate the problem with any combination of tape and console chpids on or offline. It's now working as expected. With console chpids offline, NIP goes to HMC as desired. It's possible that severely

Re: HISreport on z/OS 2.2

The format did change in z/OS 2.1. I am told that the HISreport tool was provided for demonstration purposes, to encourage customers to build their own tools. The old version was removed at some point after it no longer worked. Your most viable choices are between updating yourself and using an

Re: COBOL 2014 dynamic capacity tables

You got my vote! Fred! ATTENTION: The information in this e-mail is confidential and only meant for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, don't use or disclose it in any way. Please let the sender know

PDSEGEN 3.7 Posted

Check out the latest version of PDSEGEN which you can download from www.lbdsoftware.com This tool is getting great feedback as a tool that makes PDSE Member Generations accessible and usable. Try it - You'll Like It :) The updates are: Version

COBOL 2014 dynamic capacity tables

Last year I submitted an RFE (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=73693) that Enterprise COBOL be enhanced to support dynamic capacity tables as defined in the COBOL 2014 ISO standard. It was declined: "Thank you for bringing this RFE to our attention. But we

Re: Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

So were there any changes to IEFACTRT? I would need to know how the data for the two steps are for. A quick search for 7BAD came up with three hits. This may be a likely hit Table 5. Constants for ASMVTLen Type ValueName Description Health checker entry

Re: Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

Yes. But this is a defalt exit we use on ower zpdt box. Almost 100% vanila. Best ITschak בתאריך 2 באוג 2016 23:27,‏ "Tom Marchant" < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> כתב: > On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:48:02 +0300, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > > >​I am running a job with two steps: COMPILE

Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

Something that spells a word, especially a word like BAD, which appears where a "hex" value should not, is deliberate. Something BAD happened and this is how that badness is shown to you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:48:02 +0300, Itschak Mugzach wrote: >​I am running a job with two steps: COMPILE and LINKEDIT. step-names are >not displayed correctly, both has a value of x'7bad'. the jobs are >doing what they were expected to do. Any idea why step-names are corrupted? Is this the

Step-name not displayed correctly (z/os 2.2)

​I am running a job with two steps: COMPILE and LINKEDIT. step-names are not displayed correctly, both has a value of x'7bad'. the jobs are doing what they were expected to do. Any idea why step-names are corrupted? Best, ITschak 4.08.47 JOB00050 -S01HTTPS " [ 00254

Re: JES2 can't find customised start-up parameters

The sample JES2 Start up proc contains a HASPPARM DD Statement. I do not see one in your expanded JCL. //JES2 PROC N=SYS1,L=SHASLNKE, // M=JES2PARM,PN=SYS1,PL=PARMLIB,U= // PROC00='SYS1.PROCLIB',PROC01='SYS1.PROCLIB' //IEFPROC EXEC

Re: JES2 can't find customised start-up parameters

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 09:46:19 -0500, Vince Getgood wrote: [snip] > >In the SYSLOG, for my failed start of JES, I can see the following: - > >S JES2,SUB=MSTR,M=JES2PRSP,START=(COLD,FORMAT,NOREQ) >IEF196I 1 //JES2 JOB MSGLEVEL=1

AW: Re: Follow-on: S0C4-11 abend caused by BASSM to address with all X'00' bytes

>When a WTO message ID matches a SLIP MSGID, we issue a 06F-8 abend >to get into an RTM1 environment (for branch entry WTO) or RTM2 >environment (for SVC entry WTO). This allowed us to avoid the >development cost of creating a new SLIP environment. We retry >from the 06F-8 abend without

Re: JES2 can't find customised start-up parameters

Do you have a HASPPARM coded in your currently JES2 Startup JCL? IEC130I HASPPARM DD STATEMENT MISSING Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/OCIO/ITSO)

Re: Black duck

Granted. I meant load module in a very generic sense. I should have said "mainframe executable formats." There are several of them of course. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Black duck

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:33:44 -0400, Charles Mills wrote: >It is common in the 'nix world and it either works or they have a lot of smart >people fooled. I don't know whether they support the z instruction set and the >load module format. ... > Program objects might present additional challenges.

Re: Black duck

It is common in the 'nix world and it either works or they have a lot of smart people fooled. I don't know whether they support the z instruction set and the load module format. Should be an easy question to ask them. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: z/OS XL C/C++ SR?

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 05:42:17 -0400, Don Poitras wrote: >In article ... you wrote: >> How can I create an SR against z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library? >> I can't get past the search query on >> https://www-947.ibm.com/support/servicerequest/icnCheck.action > >Try "Language Environment" as the search

Re: Follow-on: S0C4-11 abend caused by BASSM to address with all X'00' bytes

> >SLIP gets control in 4 environments: > >-- PER > >-- RTM1 (think "FRR") > >-- RTM2 (think "ESTAE") > >-- MEMTERM > > How about SLIPs with keyword MSGID=. We've been asked by IBM support > in response to a PMR to set a such SLIP to get a dump when a > specific message was issues. This is

Re: JES2 can't find customised start-up parameters

It is acting like it is not using the MEMBER parm - and falling down to through the default list? Here's the order: MEMBER= if specified HASPPARM= if specified default HASPPARM=HASPPARM if DD can be opened default MEMBER=HASjesx member of the default PARMLIB concatenation So

Re: Black duck

yes but what does it actually can for? How can it find what it is looking for in a load module? Has anyone ever found anything? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Black duck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Duck_Software Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerry Anstey Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 10:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Black duck thanks for taking

Re: Black duck

https://www.blackducksoftware.com/ Well-known tool for scanning code for improperly-included open source software. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 10:36 AM To:

JES2 can't find customised start-up parameters

Hi all, I've hit an issue with our one-pack rescue system that has me really puzzled. I should say in advance that we've re-built and re-ipl'd this system many times this year, all without issue, and apologise for any layout issues. I re-built the one-pack today. We use the same JCL to build

Re: Black duck

thanks for taking the time to reply but if you have not encountered this then you are indeed fortunate. Basically it's supposed to be a system for ensuring that production code does not invoke open source among other things. The BD site is just a pile of sales garbage with no substance, I was

Re: Black duck

Perhaps you could provide a little more detail, it would help Is there a vendor? If so, who is it? What is the process supposed to do for your shop? Monitor, report, etc... Black Duck sounds like someone over cooked the duck. Thanks Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe

Black duck

Can anyone explain what this black duck thing actually scans for? I cannot get any sense out of our risk mon who impose this on us. They talk about open source etc then scan load modules. I then wonder what they could possible be looking for. They never seem able to give examples. So does

Re: SMP/E query resolver?

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 22:14:42 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >IR46970 That's pretty old. PTF released in 2001, with a correcting PTF in 2002. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: SMP/E query resolver?

>Are you confusing an APAR fix ( a ++APAR) with a PTF >that fixes an APAR? Quite possibly. I was likely thinking "PTF" even though the word "APAR" was used. You're right: we don't (as far as I recall seeing) PRE an APAR fix. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design

Re: z/OS XL C/C++ SR?

In article <3299044652342466.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu> you wrote: > How can I create an SR against z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library? > I can't get past the search query on > https://www-947.ibm.com/support/servicerequest/icnCheck.action > Thanks, > gil Try "Language Environment" as

Re: Follow-on: S0C4-11 abend caused by BASSM to address with all X'00' bytes

-- Peter Hunkeler >SLIP gets control in 4 environments: >-- PER >-- RTM1 (think "FRR") >-- RTM2 (think "ESTAE") >-- MEMTERM How about SLIPs with keyword MSGID=. We've been asked by IBM support in response to a PMR to set a such SLIP to get a dump when a specific message was issues. This is

Re: IPLing z/OS 2.1+ with no NIP console

Hello Skip , Were you able to find out what was causing this problem ? Regards, Linda On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:10 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > Well, this is at once suddenly simpler and more complicated. First off, > PARMLIB content cannot matter because we're