Re: FW: Concurrent Server Task Dispatch issue multitasking issue

2019-01-03 Thread Brian Westerman
One way to do it is when you set up your console interface and do the extract, you need to save the comm ECB address into a register and then save it into the ECB list (when you wait, i.e. WAIT 1,ECBLIST=youECBlistname,LONG=YES) you are using for your other waits (your normal timer ones). You

Re: Crosshair cursor

2019-01-03 Thread David Crayford
On 3/01/2019 1:58 am, Seymour J Metz wrote: Bah! I did 62x160 on a 17" plasma screen. Of course, these day I would not consider buying 17", 23" or even the larger screen I have now; I'd go for the biggest screen that had a reasonable price. 39" 4K TVs are cheap as chips these days. The

Re: Crosshair cursor

2019-01-03 Thread Roger Bolan
I almost never use it, but it's not a big deal. On my emulator (PCOMM) it's mapped to the ctrl-home key which toggles it on or off instantly as needed. On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:15 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > What do you do when you can't see where the cursor is in order to move it > where want

Re: The Yoda of Silicon Valley - The New York Times

2019-01-03 Thread Tony Harminc
On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 09:47, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > And he has some unusual hobbies not mentioned in the NYT article: How > many people do you know that have a pipe organ designed for and built in > their home? https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html I seem vaguely to remember

Re: Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
marktre...@gmail.com (Mark Regan) writes: > For those of you who find yourselves in this type of working environment. > > https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html > > Mark T. Regan, K8MTR > CTO1, USNR-Retired > 1969-1991

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:02:32 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >You haven't lived until you have to talk to a vendor on the telephone while >surrounded by other conversations. To be fair, they don't appreciate your >reading out loud from the dump any more then you enjoy their chatter - which >might

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Phil Smith III
To their credit, my management also has cubicles. And hates them as much as we do, but our Corporate Overlords are in control of that. We also have "Focus rooms": a bunch of small rooms of varying sizes where you can go to be alone or meet in small groups. They're theoretically time-limited,

Re: Crosshair cursor

2019-01-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
What do you do when you can't see where the cursor is in order to move it where want it? Hitting home and then moving it back near where it was isn't nearly as nice as having the crosshairs. To say nothing of lining up text. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Lester, Bob
Greetings, BTDT. I'm old enough to need a bit of QUIET when trying to read a dump - nervermind having to do that while on the phone with a vendor. Might be applicable in a DevOps environment - which we do here - but it's nevertheless a distraction since I'm right next door...  BobL

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Schuffenhauer, Mark
>From working 30 years on systems to development projects and just about >anything that needed to be done, I can see when open office can work. I can >see when it would have helped with productivity. Usually projects doing >something new and quite fast. The caveat is, with the right people

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
You haven't lived until you have to talk to a vendor on the telephone while surrounded by other conversations. To be fair, they don't appreciate your reading out loud from the dump any more then you enjoy their chatter - which might also be with vendor support groups. Dumbest of all time? I'm

Re: HSM and empty files

2019-01-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 10:52:41 -0600, Glenn Wilcock wrote: > >I looked and didn't see any Patches for skipping empty data sets. > >HSM treats these as normal since both migration and expiration can depend on >the existence of a valid backup copy. For this reason, HSM recently added >support for

Re: Exit Calls or Using

2019-01-03 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 08:25:24 +0400 Peter wrote: :>Is there a way to determine if an EXIT is being used by anyone ? Like to :>know the number of times it is called for performing any functions or if it :>is invoked ? Two issues: 1) Is the exit taken? Of course, when documented. Obviously CICS

Fwd: How Ancient Religious Texts Went Digital (with IBM's help)

2019-01-03 Thread Mark Regan
https://gizmodo.com/how-ancient-religious-texts-went-digital-1831241832 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: HSM and empty files

2019-01-03 Thread Glenn Wilcock
Hi, I looked and didn't see any Patches for skipping empty data sets. HSM treats these as normal since both migration and expiration can depend on the existence of a valid backup copy. For this reason, HSM recently added support for data sets with an undefined data set org (OA52304), since

FW: Concurrent Server Task Dispatch issue multitasking issue

2019-01-03 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi I posted this yesterday on the TCP/IP listserv but in reality its more of z/os multitasking issue thanks From: Joseph Reichman Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 3:21 PM To: 'IBM TCP/IP List' Subject: Concurrent Server Task Dispatch issue Hi I have a concurrent server with

Re: Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 09:27:48 -0500, Mark Regan wrote: >For those of you who find yourselves in this type of working environment. > >https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html "As a general rule, bosses don't react well when

Re: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Chuck Kreiter
Last office I worked in did this. Everyone said it would kill productivity but we were told we were wrong. I now work from home and get more done than I ever have in my career. This is the key paragraph in this article: "What if you're just a worker-bee? Well, tread lightly. As a general

Fwd: It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time | Inc.com

2019-01-03 Thread Mark Regan
For those of you who find yourselves in this type of working environment. https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/its-official-open-plan-offices-are-now-dumbest-management-fad-of-all-time.html Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991

Re: Exit Calls or Using

2019-01-03 Thread Jousma, David
Identifying obsolete exits or exit functionality that needs to be retired is something I've been doing here for the last 10+ years. You really have to review and try to fully understand the exit function to then determine if/why it is still needed or not.

Re: Exit Calls or Using

2019-01-03 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
For some exits, it is clear by definition: SMF exits are taken as specified in SMFPRMxx, IEFUSO and IEFUJP as specified in JES2PARM. JES2 exits are taken as defined in JES2PARM or by commands. Which exits are unclear to you? Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: EXTERNAL: Exit Calls or Using

2019-01-03 Thread Crawford, Robert C.
Instruction fetch SLIP trap that creates a trace record every time the exit is or is not entered? Unfortunately, negatives like this are very hard to prove. Robert Crawford Mainframe Management United Services Automobile Association (210) 913-3822 Manchmal ist das Denken lästig. - Albert

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Thanks Kurt -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 3:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4 On 1/3/2019 3:30 AM, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: > Hi, > We need to

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 1/3/2019 3:30 AM, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: Hi, We need to implement Web Services Security in CICS v5.4 The CICS manual says we need APAR OA14956 for ICSF. I tried looking up the PTF for this APAR, but I can't find it. Does anyone know what the PTF is for z/OS v2.2? That APAR closed in I think

Re: Crosshair cursor

2019-01-03 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public On 02-01-2019 at 16:51, Robert Prins wrote: >> On 2019-01-02 08:26, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: >> 62 x 160 eh? Still using a small screen then? :-) > Only 23" full HD, and pretty bad eyesight, myopic (-6.5) and problems using > multifocal glasses.

Re: Crosshair cursor

2019-01-03 Thread Chambers, David W.
"Yes," he said sheepishly, "it's an age thing." -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 12:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Crosshair cursor Does anybody here

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Maybe because z/OS v2.4 is not available yet :-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Blake, Daniel J [CTR] Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 2:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4 Chances are

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
The APAR mentioned in the documentation was for ICSF, which is part of z/OS, so I checked against the z/OS CSI. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Roger Lowe Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 2:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Implementign

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Roger Lowe
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:14:09 +, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: >I ran the command against the z/OS CSI. >No PTFs are missing. > >Gadi CICS should have an SREL of C150 whilst zOS is Z038 - are you sure you are running the command against the correct zone? Roger

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Blake, Daniel J [CTR]
Chances are OA14956 was sup'd and you are good. But, there is this FIXCAT(IBM.Coexistence.ICSF.z/OS_V2R2-V2R3-HCR77D0). I couldn't find one for V2R4. ;-D an -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2019 7:14 AM To:

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
I ran the command against the z/OS CSI. No PTFs are missing. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Blake, Daniel J [CTR] Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 1:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

Re: Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Blake, Daniel J [CTR]
Gadi, Run a SMPE report using either FIXCAT(IBM.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R4) or if you like some extra reading FIXCAT(*). ;-D an -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2019 3:30 AM To:

DSCHA and RESET

2019-01-03 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Hello list! Let's say I run a backup job on Sundays without DSCHA, i.e., backup everything under A.* Mon-Sat, I want to backup only files that were changes or are new. I thought DSCHA EQ 1 will do this, but apparently, a lot more datasets are being picked than were created anew or changed

Implementign Web Services Security in CICS v5.4

2019-01-03 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Hi, We need to implement Web Services Security in CICS v5.4 The CICS manual says we need APAR OA14956 for ICSF. I tried looking up the PTF for this APAR, but I can't find it. Does anyone know what the PTF is for z/OS v2.2? Thanks Gadi ? ?? ? ?? ??? ??? ??

Re: Clarification on using a hardware

2019-01-03 Thread Parwez
 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of R.S. Sent: 02 January 2019 23:39 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Clarification on using a hardware Of course you have meant z/OS 1.13, not 1.3 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu