Re: Remote API to z/OS?

I should make a few more points about z/OSMF release levels and prerequisites. The z/OS Management Facility is (or was) available separately at no additional charge for z/OS 2.1 and prior releases of z/OS, as far back as z/OS 1.10. Starting with z/OS 2.2 the z/OS Management Facility is included

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote: > > Times have changed. > > Just ask the auditors if they have VPN access to their files so that they can > work from home. If they say yes, then you should be able to have VPN consoles > too. > > Or, just set it up and

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:12 AM, John Mattson wrote: > >Fascinating subject for most of us, just look at all the replies. > Makes me sorry that I am close to retirement when things keep getting more > interesting. >Many years ago that I started doing all of the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Jerry Whitteridge > wrote: > > I take some umbrage if you are implying my sites are not "true production" - > My outages are as costly to our business as any could be. > The fact your sites have trust issues as well as training

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.ibm-main/C-DlJ8_YVFY Any CA past the HI-USED-RBA when you turn on CA-RECLAIM can be recycled in the future. CAs below the HI-USED-RBA when you turn it on will not be recycle. Repro / delete / define / repro or export / import will be a new

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

Hi Skip, I found this blurb about RECLAIMCA in the DFSMS book "AMS for catalogs" at the 1.13 level under the ALTER section: RECLAIMCA|NORECLAIMCA Specifies the CA reclaim attribute of a key-sequence data set (KSDS). RECLAIMCA Specifies that the DASD space for empty control areas (CAs)

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

Ah, that's a point I'm still fuzzy on. When you say 'Control Areas first used after CA-Reclaim is turned on', does that mean that reclaim will not affect an old cluster until it has been (re)created? That makes a difference in how to roll it out. Application clusters tend to get rebuilt

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

We turned it on by default about 6 months after release. Works for Control Areas first used after CA-Reclaim is turned on for the dataset / system. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > Thanks. Spent some time this morning wading through the doc.

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

Correcting ALTER syntax. -Original Message- From: Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 1:59 PM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM Thanks. Spent some time this morning wading through the doc. Here's a

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

Thanks. Spent some time this morning wading through the doc. Here's a thumbnail version of my understanding. -- CA reclaim must be 'turned on' at the system level in PARMLIB IGDSMSxx. Default value is 'off'. -- It can also be turned on or off for a system with a SETSMS command. -- Once turned

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Probably the high CPs share cache. Going to a middle or low CP probably would required invalidating some cache and loading cache on the new CP. Would be slower than waiting for the CP in a few cycles. With the MSU capping, it can run more CPs slower, and the waits don't count toward usage. On

Re: Question on z/EDC - reading it compressed

Interesting question! My first thought would be to do a DFDSS logical dump of it. You would probably then need to terse it if you want to send via FTP. Would be interested in the results. On 29 September 2016 at 14:09, Mauri Kanter wrote: > Hi: > > My understanding is

Re: AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Something to be aware of when looking at CPU delays being reported by RMFIII, is that in multi-tasked asids, if ANY of the subtasks is found to be in CPU wait when RMFII does it sampling sweep (once per second), then that sampled second will have a 'CPU wait' associated with it, applying to that

Re: VSAM CA reclaim for RMM

We had some user catalogs needing annual reorgs. Control Area Reclaim eliminated this. Helped with SMS control data sets and ML1 Small Data Set. Don't know about user datasets. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > (In honor of today's post from

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Works now finally. How magical!! John T. Abell Tel:800-295-7608Option 4 President International: 1-416-593-5578 Option 4 E-mail: john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com Fax:800-295-7609 International: 1-416-593-5579 International Software Products www.ispinfo.com

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Handy site! It now says "It's just you. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com is up." The Redbooks team had told me that they were working a network problem, so it's apparently now completely fixed. On 09/29/16 12:37 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: Remember you can check a site with this URL

Re: Service Orders and Redbooks

And I was having a problem getting to the Knowledgecentre. On seeing your last, I checked again, and it is working :-) Message was "Service Temporarily Unavailable". I should have taken it more literally. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Service Orders and Redbooks

Timing is everything. Instantly after hitting Send, I switched to my e-mail client, only to find a note saying the problem with service (PTFs, HOLDDATA) is fixed. Redbooks appear to be up again, too. John Eells wrote: John Abell wrote: Still not working here. I am told there is a

Re: Service Orders and Redbooks

I have found it to be working now, as I have downloaded the Hold Data and the new RSU service levels from those two sites. Maybe the rest of the sites will be back soon. Claude Richbourg -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf

Service Orders and Redbooks

John Abell wrote: Still not working here. I am told there is a widespread network problem, the source of which is being sought. I do not have a full list of impacted applications, and I will not jog the elbows of those trying to cope to confirm that the problem is also the source of the

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

Tom Marchant wrote: > ​So, in like manner, are you in the COBOL side of the programming paradigm > or the FORTRAN side (I don't want to do analytics in COBOL or payroll in > FORTRAN)? Mmm…point taken but I think you know what I mean. I’m a big fan of USS, not slamming it; some things just don’t

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

"amazing how many of us are also musicians" In 1971-2, State Farm hired 1500 would-be coders and send them thru 9 weeks to learn to code in PL/1, and they had a job at the end if they had learned to code. The three largest groups of successful coders, in about equal count, were those that played

AW: Re: AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

>You have to dig into queuing theory, arrival rate, arrival pattern, and service duration of the work to understand why RMF is reporting CPU delay samples yet WLM does not unpark processors to run it. I think I have an idea of this even without knowing the theories. >HiperDispatch is a

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Still not working here. John T. Abell Tel:800-295-7608Option 4 President International: 1-416-593-5578 Option 4 E-mail: john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com Fax:800-295-7609 International: 1-416-593-5579 International Software Products www.ispinfo.com This

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

edgould1...@comcast.net (Edward Gould) writes: > Brian: > One of there specific episodes we had was that the master console was > the only one that was “talking”. As to other options you listed the > auditors cut them off years ago and no use arguing with them (BTDT). > As for HMC remote access

AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

>>Is so, the job would not be able to run more CPs in parallel at any point in >>time than there are LCPs in the node (highds, mediums, and unparked lows), >>right? >I am confused by this question. Of course, regardless of the other conditions >that you've asked about, a job can never run more

Re: Help with MQ and MA10: MQ Series for MVS/ESA ISPF Utilities

Sorry for the delay. These are SupportPacs for MQ V8. Not sure how much what version you are on means. Like CSQ4TVH1 is supplied, listed as a Sample to play with, and offered standalone in MA17. I have an open question with IBM about which CSQ4TVH1 to use. I get 24/32 bit HCONN errors.

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Remember you can check a site with this URL http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ It works well. I just entered www.redbooks.ibm.com and it returned It's not just you! http://www.redbooks.ibm.com looks down from here. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Times have changed. Just ask the auditors if they have VPN access to their files so that they can work from home. If they say yes, then you should be able to have VPN consoles too. Or, just set it up and don't tell them. If they ever figure it out, just say that 'Joe' (some retired auditor)

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Susan. Still can't getbthere. This site can’t be reached *www.redbooks.ibm.com * took too long to respond. John Clifford On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Susan Shumway wrote: > The link works for me, so perhaps it's a stepped solution

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

This is a great post! Quite some years ago a local YMCA activities director acquired a pager. People thought she was burdening herself with an electronic tether. Quite the opposite, she argued. She trusted her staff for most problems, but if she was needed, she could respond immediately--from

Re: IBM web site for service delivery and hold data.

Not connecting for me, either. David On Thursday, September 29, 2016 Richbourg, Claude wrote: Good morning all, I am having trouble getting to the IBM sites for Hold Data and service today: service.boulder.ibm.com deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com I keep

Re: AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

On 9/29/2016 10:17 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: So there should be enough spare capacity for the system (LPAR) to to use. But it does not. The 7 vertical low CPs are mostly parked or unparked for only a few percent. I wonder why MVS is not using more CPs and more Capacity for that job. You

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Fascinating subject for most of us, just look at all the replies. Makes me sorry that I am close to retirement when things keep getting more interesting. Many years ago that I started doing all of the zOS maintenance because the rest of the group was eliminated or switched to Unix/Win.

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

The link works for me, so perhaps it's a stepped solution to an outage. I'll forward this to the Redbooks team just so they know that some folks are still having access problems. On 09/29/16 9:57 AM, George Rodriguez wrote: It still doesn't work for me either.​ *George Rodriguez*

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

You're welcome, Bob! I'm glad to hear that my involvement helps. =) On 09/28/16 5:18 PM, Lester, Bob wrote: Hi Susan, Thank you! It may not be said often enough, but I appreciate that someone from IBM is following this thread. BobL -- Sue Shumway z/OS Product Documentation Lead IBM

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Thanks, Tom. I put a discussion about this on our build team agenda and added your comments. I suspect that we're somewhat restricted by tooling and repository rules, but we'll see what we can do. On 09/29/16 10:34 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:17:04 -0400, Susan Shumway

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil Smith wrote: > Tom Marchant wrote: > > "MVS side" and "USS side" are myths that refuse to die. > > USS is tightly integrated with the rest of MVS, and has been for a long > time. > > But they aren't identical, and there are things that are

COBOL CICS co-processor listing RFEs

These look like useful suggestions. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=93730 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=95165 Remember you need to be logged-in with IBM ID before attempting to use the RFE site. If you don't have one

Re: Detect Tape Volume Switch

Its been a while since the question was asked, but here is a definitive answer. Over z/OS R11, 12 and 13 new function was added in OPEN to improve recovery from incorrect multi-volume processing. RMM added support to exploit the new capabilities. OPTCODE=B is a user way to control what happens. A

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

Tom Marchant wrote: > "MVS side" and "USS side" are myths that refuse to die. > USS is tightly integrated with the rest of MVS, and has been for a long time. But they aren't identical, and there are things that are impossible or at least difficult from one that are easy in the other.

IBM web site for service delivery and hold data.

Good morning all, I am having trouble getting to the IBM sites for Hold Data and service today: service.boulder.ibm.com deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com I keep getting the 1808 and time out messages. Does anyone know if they are having an issue with those sites now? Thanks up front. Regards,

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

John McKown wrote: Perhaps the ultimate "illegitimate offspring" would be for IBM to come up with a UNIX shell which also has all the TSO APIs integrated into it. It's almost like that already. Maybe the next marketing ploy will be to rebrand the system zOSnix :) -- Jack J. Woehr #

AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

>Cheryl's tuning letter fall 2015 described a case where they implemented MSU capping ... [snip] Ooops, I just saw the some text vanished from my mail... sorry for the incpmpleted data.. I wanted to add that the CPU Activity Report shows the system (LPAR) being busy between ~30% and ~50%

AW: Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

>For more on these issues, you can see our presentations from the last SHARE on >our website at http://watsonwalker.com/publications/presentations/. And if >you're a Tuning Letter subscriber, look at our 2015 No 4 issue for both the >article that Mike mentioned and another article on how

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Oops - missed one point. We DON'T have OSA-ICC but have equivalent capabilities via our Visara console controllers. Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough.

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Exactly ! Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I take some umbrage if you are implying my sites are not "true production" - My outages are as costly to our business as any could be. The fact your sites have trust issues as well as training issues does not make other approaches "non-production". We've seen many on here describe similar

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:29:33 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >Is so, the job would not be able to run more CPs in parallel at any point in >time than there are LCPs in the node (highds, mediums, and unparked lows), >right? I am confused by this question. Of course, regardless of the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I also started in 1976. Time sure seems to have flown by. I started with 2 360/40's with 128K each. I never imagined I would see the day when you could address Terabytes of memory. :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:23:45 -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: > > >Is there a generalized remote API to the MVS side of z/OS? > >Or if one wants to remote control MVS does one merely use ssh to the

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

Tom Marchant wrote: "MVS side" and "USS side" are myths that refuse to die. USS is tightly integrated with the rest of MVS, and has been for a long time. Well, yes. I've been fiddling with USS since the 1990's. And IBM i 7 OS + QSH /QP2. And z/VM + OVM. You might say I'm specialized that

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Can we trust DB2 to determine the most efficient number of parallel processes in the configuration it runs in? My DB2 colleagues claim so. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Greg Dyck Sent: 29 September, 2016

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:23:45 -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: >Is there a generalized remote API to the MVS side of z/OS? >Or if one wants to remote control MVS does one merely use ssh to the USS side "MVS side" and "USS side" are myths that refuse to die. USS is tightly integrated with the rest of

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:46:24 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >I guess I will work on duplicating the problem with the LE dump disabled in >favor of SYSUDUMP. If you are going to go that way, make it SYSMDUMP. A SLIP trap and an SVC dump would be better. -- Tom Marchant

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

On 9/28/2016 11:29 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: Job in question is DB2 reorg utlility job which runs some 30 subtasks in parallel runs for 2 hours. RMF III (60s intervals) shows that the job mostly has a good workflow (80%+), is heavily using CP (often 80%-90%) and at the same time is heavily

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:17:04 -0400, Susan Shumway wrote: >What benefits do you see with SK4T-4949 that you don't with SC27-8430? index.htm. It gives me a list of book shelves and makes it easy to find the manual that I want. If I want to look up something in the MVS Initialization and Tuning

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

It still doesn't work for me either.​ *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869*

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Still doesn't work for me so maybe some DNS Servers are down in the nether land somewhere. John T. Abell Tel:800-295-7608Option 4 President International: 1-416-593-5578 Option 4 E-mail: john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com Fax:800-295-7609 International:

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

>Brian: >One of there specific episodes we had was that the master console was the only >one that was “talking”. As to other options you listed the auditors cut them >>off years ago and no use arguing with them (BTDT). >As for HMC remote access again the auditors wouldn’t allow it no matter how

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Its OK for me. No problem accessing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

@Jim and @Chris, I think you have it. Thanks! Yes, the task has an STIMERM exit that POSTs one of the ECBs and there is some evidence to indicate that the ABEND is at least approximately when the timer should have popped. SRBs and termination do not seem to be likely participants. The

Question on z/EDC - reading it compressed

Hi: My understanding is that one a file was compressed with z/EDC is it is like a .zip file and reading it unzips it. Is the above is wrong, please correct me. If no, let's continue Suppose I do have a huge file which I will compress with z/EDC on my disk and I want to FTP it to another

Re: Interpreting an S202-000

@Peter, thanks. > the ECB storage might not have been initialized It typically occurs after the program has been running for some time and been through several WAIT/POST cycles. > being reported on the WAIT, not the POST. > Wanna bet? FSVO "reported" . I will bet you my own z/OS license that

Re: Remote API to z/OS?

Timothy Sipples wrote: You've got choices (plural), but I'd look first at the z/OSMF REST APIs. Refer to the IBM z/OS Management Facility Programming Guide, Publication No. SC27-8420. For z/OS 2.2 that publication is available here: Thanks, Tim, for pointing out this facility and the document.

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Thanks!​ *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban

Re: [EXTERNAL] Can Someone Check Redbooks?

It fails horribly for me as well. John T. Abell Tel:800-295-7608Option 4 President International: 1-416-593-5578 Option 4 E-mail: john.ab...@intnlsoftwareproducts.com Fax:800-295-7609 International: 1-416-593-5579 International Software Products www.ispinfo.com

Re: [EXTERNAL] Can Someone Check Redbooks?

It would appear to be for me as well. -- Lionel B. Dyck (TRA Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) VA OI Service Delivery & Engineering -Original

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Looks like it. Len Rugen University of Missouri Division of Information Technology Systems & Operations - Metrics & Automation Team From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of George Rodriguez

Re: Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Looks like it for me too. George Rodriguez September 29, 2016 at 7:49 AM Is the http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ site down? *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954)

Can Someone Check Redbooks?

Is the http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ site down? *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL.

Re: Interpreting an S202-000

>The program receives an S202- ABEND. Did you consider the possibility that the ECB storage might not have been initialized to 0's prior to the wait (and prior to the potential post)? And perhaps the post happened before the wait. Imagine if the ECB storage is initialized by "dirty

Re: HV Common in SMF71.

Good find, they have blue indicators in the 2.2 manual, so they probably are new. The same new values are for shared high virtual. I can check that on 2.2 in a month or so. This will enable normal monitoring to predict and avoid problems. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: HV Common in SMF71.

These sound promising... SMF71C1A "Average total number of high virtual common memory pages (in units of 4 KB)." SMF71CPA "Average number of high virtual common pages in-use" The latter is apparently new in z/OS 2.2. Min and max fields available too. Scott On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:31:03

Re: IEFUJI and REGION LIMIT - S878 abends in JES2

Linda Golding wrote: >On one of our systems running in z/os 1.13 , we saw S878 abends with JES2 >during initialization . After we made SYSSTC.IEFUJI inactive , JES2 came up >without issues . I've always thought that it is IEFUSI that sets the REGION >LIMIT . Can some one tell me if IEFUJI is

IEFUJI and REGION LIMIT - S878 abends in JES2

Greetings , On one of our systems running in z/os 1.13 , we saw S878 abends with JES2 during initialization . After we made SYSSTC.IEFUJI inactive , JES2 came up without issues . I've always thought that it is IEFUSI that sets the REGION LIMIT . Can some one tell me if IEFUJI is capable of

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 28, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Brian Westerman > wrote: > > Now that most mainframes (at least for the past several years) have > OSA-ICC's, there is no reason to worry about not having a console connection > remotely. We routinely define 16 consoles and 16

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

That's a good guess. I think by the time LE's ESTAE gets control, the timer exit IRB would be gone. LE might be going back two RBs (skipping over the RTM2 SVRB) to fetch the PSW it is displaying, Other possibilities would be that an ancestor TCB got the 202 abend and is terminating, and