Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Cheers. "Not really, both Lou and myself referred you to v2.3, your book is v2.1." Hold on there, let me put on my nerd glasses 😊 – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: 28 November 2018 06:51 To:

Re: IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >Elardus, I was looking at >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icha300/dbutypes.htm >Heh, looks like the answer is within the same book... Not really, both Lou and myself referred you to v2.3, your book is v2.1. Anyways

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Thanks Lou. Elardus, I was looking at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icha300/dbutypes.htm Heh, looks like the answer is within the same book... – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Be

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Re: So much for THAT excuse | Computerworld SHARK TANK

2018-11-27 Thread Mike Schwab
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Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Phil Smith III
That link doesn't tell me anything about the name that I can see. Somewhere I think I still have a copy of the one and only manual that documents the protocol. It was part of some early version of PCOMM, IIRC, and is very rare. Still doesn't explain the name. Charles' explanation might be

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2018-11-27 Thread Phil Smith III
Tony Harminc wrote, in part: >These days it's almost impossible to get any mainstream search engine to do >exactly what you want. Though Google Verbatim mode is pretty close. I laughed a few years ago when there was a story about some poor guy who sat in a defective chair that crushed his

Re: Highlighting of member names in PDS member list

2018-11-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:22:04 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: >What ought to be an RFE or RCF is for ISPF to show real record counts up to >999,999 on all its relevant panels. > >I have wondered why the highlighting? It just seems incongruous. But my >biggest wonder is why "extended stats" are consider

Re: Highlighting of member names in PDS member list

2018-11-27 Thread Steve Smith
What ought to be an RFE or RCF is for ISPF to show real record counts up to 999,999 on all its relevant panels. I have wondered why the highlighting? It just seems incongruous. But my biggest wonder is why "extended stats" are considered so dangerous they have to be specially enabled; something

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Tom Conley
On 11/27/2018 4:58 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/IND$FILE.html On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 3:48 PM Charles Mills wrote: Even after his passing, Gilbert continues to contribute. RIP, notre ami. Regards, Tom Conley ---

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Mike Hochee
Makes sense. One would expect anything in d' money file to be marked 'Corporate Confidential' I know, pretty bad. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Edward Finnell <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Mike Schwab
http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/IND$FILE.html On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 3:48 PM Charles Mills wrote: > > Is IND the component prefix for PCOMM? So IND$FILE's name is kind of like > IEBCOPY's name? Prefix + function? > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ma

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Edward Finnell
It's been marked 'Corporate Confidential' for years. In a message dated 11/27/2018 2:33:46 PM Central Standard Time, li...@akphs.com writes: IND$FILE got its name? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruction

Re: OS64_NOSTACK

2018-11-27 Thread Sri h Kolusu
> So IBM mentions OS64_NOSTACK and so does my boss but I can't find doc on it. > Can someone help me ? Pierre, Check this https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.cbclx01/zos_pragma_linkage.htm Kolusu

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Charles Mills
Is IND the component prefix for PCOMM? So IND$FILE's name is kind of like IEBCOPY's name? Prefix + function? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 3:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@

OS64_NOSTACK

2018-11-27 Thread Pierre Fichaud
My boss mentioned this to me regarding C/C++ code and 64-bit mode. I tried finding this in the C/C++ and LE bookshelves (zOS 2.2). No luck. I searched the net and found 1 hit. PI96691: 1-BYTE ENUM SAVED IN INCORRECT OS64_NOSTACK LINKAGE PARAMETER LIST POSITION AFTER OPTIMIZATION It's an APAR.

Re: Highlighting of member names in PDS member list

2018-11-27 Thread Sri h Kolusu
> On z/OS v2.2, I see that some members in PDS and PDS-E are high-lighted. Elardus, It is documented in z/OS ISPF User's Guide Vol I. In the PDF document it is on page 134.(For V2R3) Members that have extended statistics appear highlighted in the member list when highlighting is available. The l

IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

2018-11-27 Thread Phil Smith III
Anyone know how IND$FILE got its name? Just randomly wondered today. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Compute the maximum return code of all steps (so far)

2018-11-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
I certainly don't advocate a bureaucratic rule like "put a comment on every line", but that code really needs more comments. Variable names like P1, P2, P3 don't help either. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe D

Re: Highlighting of member names in PDS member list

2018-11-27 Thread Tom Conley
On 11/27/2018 3:09 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: Good day to all, On z/OS v2.2, I see that some members in PDS and PDS-E are high-lighted. I see (or think) this is because extended information are stored for such members. Apparently this is because bit 2 in 'Directory flag byte' are set? Ok,

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2018-11-27 Thread Tony Harminc
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Re: SMS ALLOCATION OF VSAM DSN [EXTERNAL]

2018-11-27 Thread John Dawes
Paul, Thanks for reviewing the define cluster.  I checked, there is about 7,000 cylinders on the volume.  Many thanks. On Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 11:22:16 am GMT-5, Feller, Paul wrote: John, your definition should work just fine.  It has been a while that I looked at HSM control fi

Re: SMS ALLOCATION OF VSAM DSN [EXTERNAL]

2018-11-27 Thread Feller, Paul
John, your definition should work just fine. It has been a while that I looked at HSM control files so I did a little testing. Depending on how much space you have on your HSM002 volume you could go as high as 5,800 cyls. With that size you would get a HI-A-RBA of 4262952960. Depending on ho

Re: SMS ALLOCATION OF VSAM DSN [EXTERNAL]

2018-11-27 Thread John Dawes
Paul, Thanks for the info.  I am trying to define the HSM MCDS at a maximum number of cylinders.  Below is the DEFINE CLUSTER: DEFINECLUSTER -                                         (NAME(PROD..HSM.MCDS) VOLUME(HSM002) -     CYLINDER(4300 0)  -       RECORDSIZE(

Re: IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >Can you please point me to a link for the format of the different record types >in IRRDBU00. >From what I see, I could find only some pictures for some parts of some record >types. From where? Please post the source of 'pictures for some parts of some record t

Re: Compute the maximum return code of all steps (so far)

2018-11-27 Thread Charles Mills
Without beating a dead horse, yes that is too simple a formulation. Much of the point of copyright is protecting the author's rights in things that have been published -- made widely available. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Lou Losee
Chapter 9 in this book: https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3sa232288/$file/icha300_v2r3.pdf RACF MAcros and Interfaces Lou -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity - Unknown On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 7:21 AM Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh < vigne

IRRDBU00 format

2018-11-27 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Hello List, Can you please point me to a link for the format of the different record types in IRRDBU00. >From what I see, I could find only some pictures for some parts of some record >types. Thanks in advance. - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure MARKSANDSPENCER.COM __

Re: end-to-end visibility of mainframe performance

2018-11-27 Thread Jantje.
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 06:47:26 -0600, Munif Sadek wrote: >Dear listers > >I am looking for MVP (minimum Viable Product) to provide End-to-End >visibility of Business Applications where back-end is Mainframe - CICS >(Inbound services via CICS Listener, Liberty, Outbound via CICS Web Services) >

Re: Compute the maximum return code of all steps (so far)

2018-11-27 Thread Robert Prins
Another one, in your favourite language, originally written by Simon Brown of Willis sometime in 1992: *process macro langlvl(os,sprog) test(all,sym); *process rules(laxif); -steps: proc(param) options(main) reorder; -dcl param char(100) var; - -/*

Re: TS7700 Replication status

2018-11-27 Thread Brian Fraser
Under the Virtual Volume tab, you can display Incoming Copy Queue. Brian On Tue, 27 Nov. 2018, 16:07 Jake Anderson, wrote: > Hi All, > > I am going through the ts7700 logon interface but I don't see any tab or > place which says about the status of TS7700 replication. > > The replication is happ

Highlighting of member names in PDS member list

2018-11-27 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Good day to all, On z/OS v2.2, I see that some members in PDS and PDS-E are high-lighted. I see (or think) this is because extended information are stored for such members. Apparently this is because bit 2 in 'Directory flag byte' are set? Ok, exactly where is that change (Directory flag byte a

TS7700 Replication status

2018-11-27 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi All, I am going through the ts7700 logon interface but I don't see any tab or place which says about the status of TS7700 replication. The replication is happening over IP but is is there a way to tell the percentage of completion like that ? Jake. ---