Re: AW: How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-28 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Peter Hunkeler wrote: > I feel that our system trace is a bit small, especially since we moved to > z13. We currently have set them to 15M (per processor). What do others use? Like Barbara, we are also at 999K (Actually documentation says, it will be translated to 1M). John Eells wrote: >We

AW: Re: AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> >The exit 6 that I modified from the version done by Glenn Harper at >[snip] Exit 6 is JES2 Exit 6, I assume, and this is run in a JES2 context, so it has access to JES2 "data", such as the JESYSMSG ACB. I doubt SMS has access to that information when writing IGD* message upon data set alloca

AW: How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> The minimum and default (since z/OS 1.10) of 1M per CPU for system trace is often adequate, and that is what is used in many of the dumps I see. As said, we currently have 15MB per processor, which seems to be luxurious I conclulde from the responses I got. >The larger the trace, the more CP

rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello, Does anyone has a REXX exec that can read the current CFRM structure and construct the JCL ? Regards, Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

LPAR is 100% capped but MVS is busy only 60%. Not too bad, right?

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'm still a bit uncertain sometimes with that performance stuff, so please bear with me. When an LPAR is capped due to the R4HA being exceeded, RMF 3 CPC report shows this as "WLM Capping %:" being greater that zero. But this alone is not an indication if the capping really hurts. If MVS busy

Re: z/OS v2.2 upgrade issues

2016-10-28 Thread Jousma, David
Thanks for the heads up Jerry. We've been 2.2 since spring, and haven't had any of these issues, but was gearing up to start using GDGE. I'll leave it enabled, but we won't be pushing its use until OA50703 is closed. As for the JES2 APAR, we don't use PRYORATE, and we are z22 everywhere now,

Re: SMP/E and RFPREFIX

2016-10-28 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 10/27/2016 5:36 PM, R.S. wrote: However DSPREFIX from SMPTLIB replace HLQ specified in RDSNPFX(HLQ), doesn't it? That is correct. RFPREFIX is used to build the name of the RELFILE data sets, the input. DSPREFIX is used to build the name of the SMPTLIB data sets, the output. They are se

SMPE and history cut-off

2016-10-28 Thread R.S.
ServerPac-delivered SMP/E database (for z/OS and other products) usually has some entries older than product release. For example AA12143 is replaced (SUPBY) by HKCI310 or HADLA10 and HADL910 are replaced by HADLD10, etc. That's good, a prodcut which require for example CICS TS 2.3 is satisfie

Re: SMP/E and RFPREFIX

2016-10-28 Thread Phil Smith
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Why not? Is it because the substitutions must be made both in >JCL statements and in SYSIN lines? Would SYSIN SYMBOLS= be an >answer? (But can you rely on all users having a suitably recent >z/OS?) Right, no, I can't. >Or supply an Edit macro or a Tailoring script to a

Re: SMP/E and RFPREFIX

2016-10-28 Thread Phil Smith
Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >>On 10/27/2016 5:36 PM, R.S. wrote: >>However DSPREFIX from SMPTLIB replace HLQ specified in RDSNPFX(HLQ), >>doesn't it? >That is correct. RFPREFIX is used to build the name of the RELFILE data sets, >the input. DSPREFIX is used to build the name of the SMPTLIB data set

AW: Round 2 of LCU DASD Configurations with EAV Volumes

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Anyone have any this large and if so any problems? At my previous employer, in 2014, we had EAVs (the smaller ones), and we had some troubles with some software products. Not because of the size but because of the fact they had to deal with data ser on EAV volumes. The error did not at all po

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jake Anderson wrote: >Does anyone has a REXX exec that can read the current CFRM structure and >construct the JCL ? What are you trying to solve? It also depends on what you will use as source of the CFRM structure. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread van der Grijn, Bart (B)
Jake, we do. It creates a batch job to recreate the CFRM policy based on the IXCMIAPU output. Let me know if that matches what you need and I can send you a copy. Bart -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jake Anderson S

Re: AW: How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-28 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2016-10-27 15:01, Jim Mulder wrote: For master trace, I prefer something like 500K or 999K. Even the maximum of 999K is a pretty small amount of storage at today's prices, and a larger MTRACE provides the convenience of sometimes not needing to figure out where the syslog is archived. And f

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread Lucas Rosalen
Hello Bart, If not too much trouble, could you send me a copy also? :) Currently, I'm not trying to resolve any issue, but who knows what challenges the future might bring... Thanks in advance, ---

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread Martin Packer
I'd been meaning to start asking people for their CFRM policies - when they send their SMF in. This thread leads me to ask "what form should I ask for it in?" My inclination is the source deck but now I'm not so sure. Opinions? Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwid

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread van der Grijn, Bart (B)
Martin, the rexx in question doesn't do much more than take the output of the IXCMIAPU utility, filter out unneeded lines and wrap it in some JCL. I would think that either a source deck or a IXCMIAPU output would give you the same thing. Bart -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Di

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-28 Thread Tony Harminc
On 21 October 2016 at 08:11, R.S. wrote: > 1. Chinese algorithm > Is is some new algorithm or just device with backdoor for Chinesese Three > Letter Agency? > What's so REGIONAL in the algorithm or crypto device? Why there are no > REGIONAL disks, CPUs, RAM DIMMs, etc? :-))) I take your point,

Re: rexx to fetch CFRM

2016-10-28 Thread Martin Packer
Thanks Bart! I also think the source deck is less trouble for a customer to send to me. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Bl

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-28 Thread Kirk Wolf
For a long time, you would have been well advised to start ICSF with CPACF in order to get a working /dev/random device on z/OS. Many years ago you had to have a card to get /dev/random, but thankfully this was fixed and z/OS has a great secure random number facility (if you start ICSF with CPACF

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-28 Thread Kirk Wolf
Gil, ssh-rand-helper is no longer supported as of P.T. OpenSSH 1.3, or z/OS OpenSSH 2.2. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:20:16 -0500, Kirk Wol

Re: Rexx and hex data strings

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Prins
On 2016-10-27 15:46, Itschak Mugzach wrote: Walt, As the information is in machine readable (hex data) it can't be rapped with an apostrophe because the data may include apostrophe. I thought marking a block of data as comment and access it some how. May be a function like source,in May do it. W

Re: Rexx and hex data strings

2016-10-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:18:46 +, Robert Prins wrote: >On 2016-10-27 15:46, Itschak Mugzach wrote: >> >> As the information is in machine readable ([binary] data) it can't be rapped >> with >> an apostrophe because the data may include apostrophe. ... >> Yes, what he said. > >Have been doing

Re: Rexx and hex data strings

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Prins
On 2016-10-28 17:40, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:18:46 +, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-27 15:46, Itschak Mugzach wrote: As the information is in machine readable ([binary] data) it can't be rapped with an apostrophe because the data may include apostrophe. ... Yes,

Re: Rexx and hex data strings

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Prins
On 2016-10-28 18:09, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-28 17:40, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:18:46 +, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-27 15:46, Itschak Mugzach wrote: As the information is in machine readable ([binary] data) it can't be rapped with an apostrophe because the

Re: Rexx and hex data strings

2016-10-28 Thread Robert Prins
On 2016-10-28 18:15, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-28 18:09, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-28 17:40, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:18:46 +, Robert Prins wrote: On 2016-10-27 15:46, Itschak Mugzach wrote: As the information is in machine readable ([binary] data) it can'

Re: LPAR is 100% capped but MVS is busy only 60%. Not too bad, right?

2016-10-28 Thread Horst Sinram
Peter, > When an LPAR is capped due to the R4HA being exceeded, RMF 3 CPC report shows > this as "WLM Capping %:" being greater that zero. But this alone is > not an indication if the capping really hurts. If MVS busy (RMF 3 SI report) > is nowhere near 100%, then the situation is not really bad

SQLCODE=-904 during RUN

2016-10-28 Thread Janet Graff
I have written a simple DB2 program that I'd like to run from Batch. I'm on IBM's Dallas service so I have a limited access to certain datasets. I have the program pre-compile, compile, pre-linking, linking and binding all with return code zeros. But when I try to RUN I get a -904 indicating th

TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tom Brennan
News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to comment on airplane accidents, and he always catches my attention because his name is Les Abend. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructi

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
Any relation to Les Nessman? (He was at a radio station in Cincinnati late 70's, early 80's.) :-) Tony Thigpen Tom Brennan wrote on 10/28/2016 07:47 PM: News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to comment on airplane accidents, and he always catches my attention becaus

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Vince Coen
Does he work in mainframes ? Still it could have been worse :) On 29/10/16 00:47, Tom Brennan wrote: News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to comment on airplane accidents, and he always catches my attention because his name is Les Abend. --

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Edward Finnell
I was watching Bloomberg and they had a Cyber source from Red Balloon and she said the DDOS attacks from last week were from 'imbedded devices' not protected and not secured. Things like cameras, baby monitors, security cameras and the like. The scarfing .bots just troll around looking for th

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Edward Finnell
"Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?" In a message dated 10/28/2016 6:52:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, t...@vse2pdf.com writes: Any relation to Les Nessman? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, s

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tom Brennan
WKRP - I listened every week! Tony Thigpen wrote: Any relation to Les Nessman? (He was at a radio station in Cincinnati late 70's, early 80's.) :-) Tony Thigpen Tom Brennan wrote on 10/28/2016 07:47 PM: News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to comment on airplane

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
Did you see this: The FAA just officially approved turkey drops. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Approves-Turkey-Drop-227176-1.html Tony Thigpen Edward Finnell wrote on 10/28/2016 07:58 PM: "Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?" In a message dated 10/28/2016 6:52:36 P.M. Central Daylight

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread John McKown
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Edward Finnell < 000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > "Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?" > ​The exact quote is "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."​ -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <

curl is Rocket science.

2016-10-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
Trying to use curl: user@OS/390.25.00: ls -lTHE /team/rocket/cURL/bin/curl - untaggedT=off -rwxr-xr-x --s- 1 OMVSKERN SYS1 17735680 Feb 11 2016 /team/rocket/cURL/bin/curl user@OS/390.25.00: /team/rocket/cURL/bin

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:55:52 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Edward Finnell wrote: >> "Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?" >> >​The exact quote is "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."​ > I'd bet on wild turkeys. But then they'd be hard to catch. https:/

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:55:52 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >​The exact quote is "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."​ > Sometimes the birds win. Sort of: http://mg.co.za/article/1997-12-05-the-great-namibian-ostrich-scam (Birds 34; pilot 0.) -- gil

Re: curl is Rocket science.

2016-10-28 Thread Alan Young
Well, on linux/unix a command line of curl -O downloads a file or page in binary mode. What curl command line are you issuing? -Original Message- >From: Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> >Sent: Oct 28, 2016 6:05 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: cu