events in the New York area

Hi, Does anyone know of any mainframe related events in the New York are between now and August 9th? Thanks לתשומת ליבך, בהתאם לנהלי חברת מלם מערכות בע"מ ו/או כל חברת בת ו/או חברה קשורה שלה (להלן : "החברה") וזכויות החתימה בהן, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על י

Re: z14 and z/OS 2.3 Blog Post

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > John McKown wrote: > >​There are _NO_ connections to z/OS even from internal boxes. When files > >need to be transferred, they are written from z/OS to the appropriate, > >internal, FTP server. > > So there are no connections, but there a

Re: events in the New York area

גדי בן אבי wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any mainframe related events in the New York are between now and August 9th? A few hours away by car will be the SHARE conference in Providence Rhode Island. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com ---

Re: JCL Convertor

On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 08:21:53 +0300, ITschak Mugzach wrote: > >I took your advice so i placed the IF after a iefbr14 stwp with a fack >label i can recognize. >If no jcl error, the job is placed in the input queue and only JESJCLIN is >listed in the dataset. Stem variable. So the purpose of the jcl er

APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

from IBM XCF: "APAR OA53531 is now open to address this condition. Our change will likely to cause the pending policy to be activated upon the next ipl rather than waiting till the last failed-persisten str to be deleted from the to-be-deleted CF as encountered by this custome

Re: JCL Convertor

You are right, but i then the chwcker will depend on initiator availability, something i can't asure and the end user can't afford. So i forced the converter to fail. I do understand that thia is not yet a complete job interpetation, but this ia something i can change and think of later. I went dir

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

After reading this several times, I wonder what the likely solution will solve: - It will bring the activation of the new structure forward to the first subsequent IPL i.s.o. an unpredictable IPL in the further away future. Depending on IPL frequencies, this event might be several weeks/months i

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

Agree, I see possibly a new IXC message, WTOR for the operator to respond to Verify automatic activation of CFRM policy CFMRPOLN Reply "U" or 'N' to keep CFRMPOLO as the active policy - Original Message - From: "Kees Vernooij (ITOPT1) - KLM" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesd

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

Agree with all your comments. I have asked for an operator command that shows exactly what/why there is a pending condition. And especially a message at IPL time that something is wrong or there are inconsistencies -- what do you want to do now ? ---

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Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

Why not a Healthcheck that would report on a pending policy? Bart -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of J Ellis Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 12:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

I run the health checker in my test LPAR, last 2 companies I worked withdon't want it didn't like it...don't run it. I like the idea and have used the checks. but that's not a big enough hammer for most sites. my 2 cents Carmen - Original Message - From: "Bart van der Grijn (

Re: Question about VSMLIST and LSQA

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:52:15 -0400 Peter Relson wrote: :>>>Since LSQA is System Private Storage how come there isn't a TCB :>associated :>>>with it :>>Who said there isn't? :>VSM said so. Because VSMLIST is not examining the correct control blocks, As Jim Mulder stated, " AEs are not process

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

I don't want to turn this into a HealthChecker thread, but I believe the hammer is as big as you make it. When a check trips it generates a console/syslog message. I assume most sites have some sort of method to escalate key messages. Same framework can be used for the Healthchecker messages you

Re: REGION=0M leads to CPU through the roof

Agree. Even RMF II is going to tell you more than you can see from step end messages. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 2:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN]

JCL to get a report of large datasets

Hi . Is there using utility job where i can use it pull all datasets that occupy huge space . Let me know how i can go ahead and do it .? Regards Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send em

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

If you have any CA products, CA1, CA JCLCHECK, CA TLMS, etc You can download and install CA GMI (Graphically Manager Interface) It will give you everything you want an more. Other wise the DFSMS function ISMF will do what you want as well. Lizette -Original Message- >From: Ron Tho

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

You can use DSS in test mode to list the names of datasets using the BY operand to filter of FSIZE. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Ron Thomas > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 1:55 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.ED

Re: Sort

Let me reword this. Does anyone have any experience with CA-Sort? How do you like working with the product? Easy to use? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Sort

Many years ago. (about 25). Since then we converted to Syncsort (it was almost PL/Sort, but Syncsort ended up in the mix.) Then we converted to IBM Sort All of the conversions were fairly effortless and didn’t' run into any issues. I think it depends on how many sort related reports you have.

Java follow-on to Personal Communications for the 3270?

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Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

Can i get a sample job or so to pull the information based on the high-level qualifier of dataset ? Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the messag

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

Keeping it simple solution 1. OPTION 3.4 2. HLQ.* ( Make sure you have / Include Additional Qualifiers) 3. Type SAVE and hit Enter 4. The list will be saved as HLQ.anyname 5. View/Edit list dataset HLQ.anyname 6. Issue the command SORT 75 87 D 7. You got the DSNAME and the tracks. Note : Th

Re: Java follow-on to Personal Communications for the 3270?

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Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

I would write an REXX. You could then specify the HLQ. And then use LISTC lvl("hlq") all Run through the output finding the full DSN. Then use the LISTDSI to see the size of the file. If it matches your requirements, you can SAY the data. This can be in a Batch TSO Step. Or go to the CBTTAP

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

A good suggestion was using DFDSS https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.adru000/by.htm You can filter by FSIZE Number of allocated or used tracks for the entire data set on all the volumes on which it resides (data set size) Remember to use PARM='TY

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

Another one is processing the DCOLLECT data with your SORT product, or MXG/SAS if you have it. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 4:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.ED

Re: APAR'd Re: What casues IPL/XCF to read the CFRM data set for the policy ?

I'm troubled by the suggestion that *anything* can be done at IPL time if a policy to be force-activated has incorrect serial and or partition number. If so, that policy is useless. If a workable policy was previously overlaid ('replaced') by a different policy of the *same name*, then it's bric

Re: JCL to get a report of large datasets

Ron Thomas wrote: Hi . Is there using utility job where i can use it pull all datasets that occupy huge space . Let me know how i can go ahead and do it .? Regards Ron T Run ISMF (Naviquest) in ISPF batch mode. In the same step, run ACBQBAI2 to gather data and then ACBQBAR1 to create a

Tools, tips, ideas to produce visuals of your z/OS network topology

How do you discover, record, document, maintain, and display z/OS network topology. We've got LPARs, SNA, and TCPIP, OSAs & HiperSockets, IP/DNS, Static and Dynamic routing, Sysplexes, DVIPA, EE, Coupling Facilities, Network switches, multiple CECs, zOS, zVM, Linux on z, and a Disaster Recovery

Re: Tools, tips, ideas to produce visuals of your z/OS network topology

Lionel just went thru a brief exercise with HCD and the graphics choices in the last week. Several years back we converted to AutoCad. IBM Environmental will produce a power and BTU layer of you main floor and equipment. We use that as a layer and add an output from HCD as a layer. Throw in

Re: Sort

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 4:17 PM, gsg > <0053fe88ed35-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Let me reword this. Does anyone have any experience with CA-Sort? How do > you like working with the product? Easy to use? The second question you should always ask is always about support. I won’

Re: Tools, tips, ideas to produce visuals of your z/OS network topology

I use Visio to map all of the networks I use, (our internal one(s) and the client networks as well). I start with a basic map of Everything I can find and then keep overlaying things on top of that. Eventually you get something that looks very convoluted, but since it's in layers you can pull