Re: Enhancing our DR configuration

2021-02-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: >What we want to do: >Allow the computers in the production site to use the DS8884 >in the DR site. This is to allow us to continue working at the >production site if there is a catastrophic problem with the >DS8884 in the production site. When I spoke to our Storage >salesp

Re: Help with Connect Direct Message

2021-02-10 Thread Bob Bridges
I may be wasting your time, Lizette, but one day during the runup to Y2K I lost a lot of hours over a message claiming that a file was in use. A coworker eventually guessed (correctly) that it may have been referring not to the dataset but to the DD. My memory claims this message was issued by TS

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Pew, Curtis G
On Feb 10, 2021, at 3:27 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > I guess blanks are legal in a MODIFY command operand. I see an example in the > manual: F AXR,SYSREXX STATUS > > I did not know that. > I believe that the console address space handles modify commands by sticking everything after the com

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Charles Mills
I guess blanks are legal in a MODIFY command operand. I see an example in the manual: F AXR,SYSREXX STATUS I did not know that. I agree with Steve Smith. I think you have a reportable bug in RMF. Worst case IBM says "future doc will clarify no hyphens allowed" but at least then you have an an

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks Charles, message: " ERB206I RMF: INVALID SESSION COMMAND,'f " -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Datasets with - in HLQ This message was sent fro

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Charles Mills
Are blanks legal in a MODIFY operand? I guess perhaps they are but I do not recall ever using them. Did you try F RMF,'F III,VSAMRLS(ADD(XXX-LQAV.CONTROL.MASTER))' Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Edgington,

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Steve Smith
It looks like an RMF bug to me. The error message doesn't say "dataset not found", it says "syntax error". Ask IBM why RMF can't handle some valid dataset names. sas On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:09 PM Edgington, Jerry < jerry.edging...@westernsouthernlife.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone, but this i

Re: Help with Connect Direct Message

2021-02-10 Thread Matthew Vigue
This can happen if the current generation is in DEFERRED status. Do a LISTCAT to find out. If it is, either delete the generation, or do an IDCAMS ALTER ROLLIN against it. On Wed, Feb 10, 2021, 12:36 PM D alta < 03719b4e1fc7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Also, if you have access

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:07:01 +, Chen, Ya-Fang wrote: > >This is the procedure I used: > >1). Allocate RMF VSAM dataset > >a. Use RMF utility >erbvsdef 'VDVCC.RMFMON3.DV1.DS2' TRACKS(750) > >2). Add the dataset to RMF MON III > >a. Dynamically using the command >MODIFY RMF,MODIFY III

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks, RMF to the \ as a blank character. :( -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of D alta Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 2:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Datasets with - in HLQ This message was sent from an external source outside of W

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks Gord, it was a typo on my part to mask the dataset names. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gord Tomlin Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 2:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Datasets with - in HLQ This message was sent from an exte

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread D alta
One more thing to try:  Add a \ in front of the - to see if that makes any difference.  Perhaps the - may be considered pattern masking RMF? (ADD(XXX\-LQAV.CONTROL.MASTER)) On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 02:09:00 PM EST, Edgington, Jerry wrote: Thanks everyone, but this is trying to

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2021-02-10 13:00 PM, Edgington, Jerry wrote: I am trying to add VSAM datasets to RMFGAT for monitoring, but RMF doesn't like the - in HLQ, which is valid. Does anyone know what the syntax should be to add this type of dataset? F RMF,F III,VSAMRLS(ADD(XXX-LQAV.CONTROL.MASTER)) I get this er

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks everyone, but this is trying to add a VSAM with dash in the HLQ to the VSAMRLS definition for RMFGAT to monitor at the VSAM dataset level. I have tried the "normal" things like single quotes, but RMF still fails on the dash. Jerry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussi

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Chen, Ya-Fang
Jerry, This is the procedure I used: 1). Allocate RMF VSAM dataset a. Use RMF utility erbvsdef 'VDVCC.RMFMON3.DV1.DS2' TRACKS(750) 2). Add the dataset to RMF MON III a. Dynamically using the command MODIFY RMF,MODIFY III,DS(ADD(VDVCC.RMFMON3.DV1.DS2)) b. Change RMF PA

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread D alta
Is the VSAMRLS option specified in the RMF options member?  Did you try this syntax? f rmf,f iii,dataset(add(SYS1.&SYSNAME..DATA)) F RMF,F III,VSAMRLS(ADD(XXX-LQAV.CONTROL.MASTER)) On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 01:46:42 PM EST, Carmen Vitullo wrote: Got Ya Jerry,  did you try putti

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks. I did try single quotes. No joy. :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 1:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Datasets with - in HLQ This message was sent from an external source outsi

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Got Ya Jerry,  did you try putting the dataset in single quotes maybe ?     Carmen Vitullo -Original Message- From: Jerry To: IBM-MAIN Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:37 PM CST Subject: Re: Datasets with - in HLQ Thanks Carmen. Yes, the datasets exists and I am able to ad

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Charles Mills
Don't *know*, but would quoting help? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Edgington, Jerry Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Datasets with - in HLQ I am trying to ad

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Thanks Carmen. Yes, the datasets exists and I am able to add datasets without the "dashes". z/OS allows for the DASH, but I just can't find the proper syntax to get them added, either with the add command or update the PARMLIB member. Jerry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discu

Re: Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I've never added monitoring datasets via the modify command, does the dataset exist? I use the rexx or clist RMF provides to define the monitor DS's     Carmen Vitullo -Original Message- From: Jerry To: IBM-MAIN Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 12:01 PM CST Subject: Datasets

Datasets with - in HLQ

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
I am trying to add VSAM datasets to RMFGAT for monitoring, but RMF doesn't like the - in HLQ, which is valid. Does anyone know what the syntax should be to add this type of dataset? F RMF,F III,VSAMRLS(ADD(XXX-LQAV.CONTROL.MASTER)) I get this error, when trying to add the dataset: ERB300I III:

Re: Help with Connect Direct Message

2021-02-10 Thread D alta
Also,  if you  have access to PLEXB, look at the C:D log and see if there are SDBA005I messages associated with your process.If it says the destination file is in use by another process - there are multiple processes trying to create the same +1 GDG? On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 11:24:0

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Mark Jacobs
Here's a RedBook that might help you set it up. It's a little easier on a z15 (might also be true on a z14 too), since the hardware is incorporated on the processor itself and not as a separate PCIe processor card. It still is a price z/OS feature though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Horne, Jim
Thanks for that. And if you have not yet set up zEDC compression, where is a good place to start? Jim Horne NOTICE: All information in and attached to the e-mails below may be proprietary, confidential, privileged and otherwise protected from improper or errone

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Mark Jacobs
If you've already setup zEDC compression on the LPAR, it's as easy as this; DEFAULTLSNAME(IFASMF.&SYSPLEX..DEFAULT,COMPRESS) Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐ Ori

SLES15 SP2 Quarterly Update (QU2) released

2021-02-10 Thread Mark Post
Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM, and IBM-Main All, SUSE has announced the release of the second quarterly update (QU2) images of SLES15 SP2. Quarterly Updates are refreshed ISOs based on GA and contain the last released updates. These updated ISOs are released every 3 months. While s390x is mo

Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Pierre Fichaud
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Re: Help with Connect Direct Message

2021-02-10 Thread Edgington, Jerry
Lizette, Look at any jobs using the GDG base, even (0). If another job is trying to allocate the same DSN, even with DISP=SHR, then the GDG base is probably unavailable to Connect Direct. Jerry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent

Help with Connect Direct Message

2021-02-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
List I am getting an error in Connect Direct The Destination file is already open for output and in use by another C : D Process My file is being transferred with CD from PLEXA to PLEXB as a GDG to +1GDG on the receiving Plex I am struggling to figure out where to look. My proc

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Horne, Jim
Can you point to documentation on how to set up zEDC compression, especially for SMF logstreams? Jim Horne NOTICE: All information in and attached to the e-mails below may be proprietary, confidential, privileged and otherwise protected from improper or erroneou

Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Mark Jacobs
If you have zEDC compression available it's very worthwhile to compress the SMF data before writing it to the logstream/staging datasets. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com

Re: zero-length PC section, the binder, and resulting AMODE/RMODE

2021-02-10 Thread Barry Lichtenstein
Thanks for catching that omission Peter. I wish I could edit my post... instead I'll just reposting that paragraph in hopes it's less confusing for anyone looking at the archives: The binder will simply discard the "private code" (unnamed) CSECT (section), if it has no text. It never gets incor

Re: [EXTERNAL] Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Colin Paice
An advantage of log streams is that you can set up a log stream so type1 goes to one log stream and type2 goes to another log stream. If type1 produces too much data type2 is not affected. If you log to disk you process the data set to extract/process the type1 and type2 records. If type1 produce

Re: [EXTERNAL] Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Ron Burg
Thank you Gadi and Jim, For us, using DASD-only logstream is the preferred way and I already set it up on a test system and played with it a little bit. I set up a RETPD of 10 days. this works fine and I understand that this is the prefered way and not period of years, I just wanted to check the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Horne, Jim
Ron, You definitely want to go to logstreams. We went to CF logstreams 10 years ago and have never regretted it. And that is the first question you need to answer: coupling facility, which is sysplex-wide, or DASD-only? That will affect all your other decisions. The next thing you need to d

Re: VSAM write error: file status = 24

2021-02-10 Thread Mike Kerford-Byrnes
I have encountered the following. A VSAM KSDS is defined with, say, 200 cylinders and then loaded with some data. This data occupies the first 150 cylinders, so the Highest CA is at the 75% mark, as is the HARBA. Both CI and CA Freespace are non-zero. When SHR is NOT 4, CI and CA splits c

Re: Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Hi, We write SMF to logstreams. Every day at midnight we copy the data for the previous day to dasd. Every week we create a weekly smf dataset from the previous weeks daily datasets. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ron Burg Sent: Wednesday, Febr

Collecting SMF data with Logstreams

2021-02-10 Thread Ron Burg
Hello, I'm trying to figure out the best-practice for collecting SMF data with Logstream instead of MAN datasets. There are few points I seem to miss and I hope to get some advice from those who used it for a while. I can see the benefits in storing the SMF on logstream only, for example I can use

Re: Enhancing our DR configuration

2021-02-10 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 10.02.2021 o 11:00, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, Our current configuration consists of: Production site: A z15-t02 running z/OS v2.3 and a z13s running z/OS 2.4 Each computer runs a different application and there is no communication between the two systems. Both systems connect to the same DS

Enhancing our DR configuration

2021-02-10 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
Hi, Our current configuration consists of: Production site: A z15-t02 running z/OS v2.3 and a z13s running z/OS 2.4 Each computer runs a different application and there is no communication between the two systems. Both systems connect to the same DS8884 using 4 FICON channels each. The DS8884 has

Re: Help please - SSIBJBID aka Job Identifier

2021-02-10 Thread Mario Bezzi
Thank you Greg and Rob! Appreciated, mario On 2/10/21 10:06 AM, Rob Scott wrote: You need something like : LLGT R5,PSAAOLD IAZXJSAB READ,ASCB=(R5),JOBID=WA_JOBID .. .. WA_JOBIDDSCL8 Rob Scott Rocket Software -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of

Re: Help please - SSIBJBID aka Job Identifier

2021-02-10 Thread Rob Scott
You need something like : LLGT R5,PSAAOLD IAZXJSAB READ,ASCB=(R5),JOBID=WA_JOBID .. .. WA_JOBIDDSCL8 Rob Scott Rocket Software -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Greg Price Sent: 10 February 2021 06:22 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: H