Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: Dataclass question

Radoslaw, You mean VSAM extent consolidation. The extent counter does not increment when a new extent abuts the previous one. Net-net it achieves a similar thing. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent:

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish

Newsweek? haha Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services Humana Inc. 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 476-2538 or 407-7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish

That is a crying, damn shame. Inherently foolish and willfully ignorant, and I imagine subject to the supposition that they cannot find resources to support it in the future. Good luck to you, Mark. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

So long and thanks for all the fish

Sometime this year all existing mainframe processes will be moved to another fulfillment house(non-mainframe) for Time Inc (now Meredith Corporation) and Time Customer Service will be shut down. It's been a great 22.5 years here for me, I might make it to 23 in August before I'm terminated.

Re: codepages

On 6 February 2018 at 14:17, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >> Isn't this what DIV is for? > > DIV works with VSAM linear data sets. How would it help here? The discussion has been (mostly) about loading an entire dataset into virtual storage (as ISPF Edit does) vs windowing techniques that

Fwd: Why Mainframes Are Still Part of IBM's Backbone

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/why-mainframes-arent-going-away-any-time-soon -- Regards, Mark T. Regan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Setting up a new parallel sysplex

I know this is not OP's first bronco ride in a sysplex rodeo, but I have a few more suggestions. -- Create a new unique name for the combined sysplex. -- Pick one (least critical) system and start there as the first member of the new sysplex. -- Once the new sysplex is running with this

Re: CGIs and HTML FORMs

Hello Don - I just posted my 'thank you' to the wrong person! So, here it is again. Thanks!!! Mary Kay -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: AW: CGIs and HTML FORMs

Hi Mike, When I read your post a few days ago, you suggested I use 'hidden' fields in my cgi and write the form using 'says' . But I can't see that post now. However, I want to thank you. Works like a charm! I wrote two cgis - one to do the form and one to do the processing. I wrote two

Re: TSO Data Areas?

Well duh, how did I miss that? I guess I was scanning for "Data" and missed "System Diagnosis: Data." Thanks, Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Massimo Biancucci Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 9:45 AM To:

Re: TSO Data Areas?

Charles, look at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ikj/ikj.htm it seems there's something related into Diagnosis Guide. Most of the block are "Programming Interface". Good luck. Massimo 2018-02-07 18:35 GMT+01:00 Charles Mills : >

Re: FICON PTP CTC & GDPS

I can't imagine running without FICON directors--or ESCON directors before them--but your configuration may not require them if they're used *only* for CTC. Before even touching hardware, I suggest that you cook up an IODF with no directors and ACTIVATE it. If things fall apart, you can put the

TSO Data Areas?

Is there a "TSO Data Areas" manual? Am I just not finding it or is there no such thing? Seems odd, as TSO has been pretty stable since somewhere around when the OCO era began. Charles -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Let's Encrypt and Z

X-posted IBM-MAIN, IBMVM and RACF-L Several of us are working on a series of certificate presentations for SHARE Sacramento. I was wondering if anyone has tried - successfully or unsuccessfully - to use a Let's Encrypt certificate with a Z platform. Let's Encrypt is a *free* source of SSL/TLS

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER Question

After the introduction of multiple PTSx, it took me quite a while to learn that the message '@@# resides in xxx.SMPE.SMPPTS' is generated dynamically for each sysmod query. PTSx location is not stored anywhere, so you don't have to worry about reordering PTSx data sets or about moving a

Re: IBM Hardware Lifecycle list?

On 2/7/2018 1:11 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: Or IBM-MAIN members asking for help on something which is really out of support, something like this familiar plea for help "Please help me with an abend in program X in language Y in MVS or OS/390 or z/OS " ;-) ... which reminds me that I

Re: Creating IPCS format models with flag byte interpretation

Another example could be from the IMS source code. One such example would be SDFSMAC(LCDSECT) and look for field LDSFLAG1. - Adam Johanson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Question for COBOL users

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:42:54 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>I see no mention there of a "255 character limit". Am I looking in the wrong >>place? > > The limit on PARM is 100 characters, as

Re: Question for COBOL users

On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:42:54 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I see no mention there of a "255 character limit". Am I looking in the wrong >place? The limit on PARM is 100 characters, as you noted in an earlier append. Tom made a mistake. >Why not simply relax the 100 (255?) character limit on

Re: IBM Hardware Lifecycle list?

Used mainframes are usually available for about another decade, just can't upgrade the LIC. And z13 will still run 31 bit operating systems. On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:47 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Sri h Kolusu wrote: >

Decimal values in EGL was Re: Is there a manual online for EGL?

[Default] On 26 Oct 2017 18:25:33 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main dcrayf...@gmail.com (David Crayford) wrote: Reentering my nagging on zones created by EGL and predecessors Visual Age Gen and CSP. I was cleaning up my mailbox and found this from last year so went to the link and found the

TS3500 Operator Panel Question

Our IBM TS3500 tape library operator panel is displaying an Action Msg "Library Full" . However, it isn't full and has several hundred free slots. I've ready the lovely Operations manual and cannot find a way to acknowledge/clear the message. Anyone else seen this before? Ben Alford IT

There is not a put1801.txt so far ...

Have I missed something? There does not seem to be a put1801.txt file in the /s390/assigns directory on ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com so far. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: FICON PTP CTC & GDPS

Thanks. I'd like to turn that AFAIK to a definite yes! I'm now told all XCF traffic is on CF's. Thanks for the other info. They already use EE, and I've suggested that for cross-domain traffic, but they want to stay away from the corporate network, so I think PTP CTC may be my only option,

Re: FICON PTP CTC & GDPS

AFAIK you can use TPT CTCs. Usually SAN switches are used to connect datacenters, but basically they are also FICON connections. You can eliminate XCF CTC connections by using Signalling Paths through CFs. This applies to all applications/connections using XCF Signalling as a communication

FICON PTP CTC & GDPS

Good morning all. The company I'm currently working for have a GDPS, and are using FICON directors inbetween the CEC's. These directors are out of support, and the company wants to get rid of them. They currently use FICON CTC's between the LPARs in the PLEX. My question is, can we go to

WLM service unit

> > Hi all, What found a huge CPU utilize if ABSRPTN is high, almost 48M and pagein shared reached 500, is that means most transaction resident in central storage and keep burn CPU? Add real memory can solve this problem? Thanks for help

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER Question

Sorry wrong paste in previous post. * Top of Dat Before DDDEF - Enter "/" to select actionTracks %Used

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER Question

LS; Concerning the PTS question. You can simply rename the PTS datasets to get theme in order from empty to full. Example: Before DDDEF - Enter "/" to select actionTracks %Used

Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: Dataclass question

W dniu 2018-01-30 o 20:48, Ron hawkins pisze: Peter, Start using PDS-E  I used to like to have maxextents set to 8. That worked for all but the most pathological of PDSs with many members updated per day. PDS-E ended up resolving that (but Lizette has some horror stories about large PDS-E).

Re: IBM Hardware Lifecycle list?

IBM Tech Doc # TD105503 is really quite excellent. I'd like to point out that there are other possible definitions of "lifecycle" that are situational and also quite important. Here are some notable examples: * design resiliency * economic * security * regulatory * software/operating system

Re: IBM Hardware Lifecycle list?

Jack J. Woehr wrote: >> "Historically each mainframe generation has had a long life from general >> availability to service discontinuance, averaging over 11 years." >Historically, each mainframe generation has had a long life: from general >availability, to service discontinuance, to people