Re: Meta languages [was: RE: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers]

2021-04-06 Thread Peter Sylvester
hi, m4 is text substitution. 25 years ago we used it to create web pages. The same text to create the web and a a paper version. when you give some company "flyer" (5 pages) to clients, you may be interested to have semantically very similar info in the web, don't you. m4 was also used in the

Re: Meta languages [was: RE: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers]

2021-04-06 Thread David Crayford
On 6/04/2021 1:23 am, Charles Mills wrote: But IMHO none easy to learn or use. I am generally not a fan of meta languages at all. I think writing programs is hard enough, without having to write two effective programs: one that runs at compile time and one that runs at run time. In my C++, wh

Re: Debugging "A high error rate was detected on the Optical Link network." HMC alert

2021-04-06 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
You can disable that using HMC features (it is called Optical Network Errors or similar). However DON'T DO IT. This is symptom of some problem. It can be pinched FO cable, dirty connector or failing SFP module. Unfortunately it is almost good, so there is no simple way to know whether cable cha

Re: z/OS lifecycle

2021-04-06 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
This page provides the life cycle dates for all z/OS V2 releases. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=sm&appname=ShopzSeries&htmlfid=897/ENUS5650-ZOS Likewise this page for the z/OS V1 releases: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subt

Re: Meta languages [was: RE: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers]

2021-04-06 Thread Charles Mills
> You don't use templates I certainly do use templates. Not sure how you get "don't use templates" from what I wrote. Heck, I *over* used templates in the first large C++ project I ever did, and boy, does that make a mess! Now I think I am down to a happy medium. I don't see them as "competitiv

Re: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers

2021-04-06 Thread Pew, Curtis G
On Apr 5, 2021, at 8:40 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > Actually, the lack of a metalanguage is the norm except for assemblers; PL/I > is an exception in that regard. Ada, Go, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Raku (Perl > 6), Rust, etc., lack metalanguages. One might argue that Python and Ruby (at leas

Re: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers

2021-04-06 Thread Seymour J Metz
They have introspection but not a macro language; macro languages have been written using introspection. I believe that LISP was the first to have introspection. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Lis

Re: z/OS lifecycle

2021-04-06 Thread Seymour J Metz
I don't know about the OP, but I'd love to have something going back to IBSYS/IBJOB that I could cite in wikipedia articles. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf

Re: z/OS lifecycle

2021-04-06 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 06.04.2021 o 15:45, Kurt Quackenbush pisze: This page provides the life cycle dates for all z/OS V2 releases. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=sm&appname=ShopzSeries&htmlfid=897/ENUS5650-ZOS Likewise this page for the z/OS V1 releases: https://www-

OMVS

2021-04-06 Thread Steve Beaver
Would someone please provide me with the BPX "stuff" to auto-magically allocate a ZFS for a user when they first go into ISH? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to l

STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
On one system (different JES2 MAS), our STCs while executing only show this line in SDSF. STMT NO. MESSAGE 2 IEFC001I PROCEDURE XX WAS EXPANDED USING SYSTEM LIBRARY .. But on other systems it's showing much more. STMT NO. MESSAGE 2 IEFC001I PROCEDURE X WAS EXPANDED USING SYS

Re: OMVS

2021-04-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
in /etc/u.map name * type ZFS filesystem omvs.u.sysplexname./ZFS  < site specific mode RDWR parm rwshare,converttyov5 <- that's me duration 1 delay 10 allocany space(10,5) cyl setuid  no security yes     I think that's all then run the automount command pointing to auto.master

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Mark what OS release is the first example? IIRC the message was expanded with JES2 z/os 2.3   Carmen Vitullo -Original Message- From: Mark <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2021 2:34 PM CDT Subject: STC JESYSMSG Quandry On one

Re: OMVS

2021-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 14:24:43 -0500, Steve Beaver wrote: >Would someone please provide me with the BPX "stuff" to auto-magically >allocate a > >ZFS for a user when they first go into ISH? > See also: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=unix-enabling-automatic-assignment-unique-identiti

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
responding to myself, the IEFA111I message is stating either the ALLOCxx member settings or system defaults for ALLOCxx   Carmen Vitullo -Original Message- From: Carmen To: IBM-MAIN Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2021 3:04 PM CDT Subject: Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry Mark what OS release

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
Both systems are z/OS 2.4. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 at 4:03 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > Mark what

Re: Debugging "A high error rate was detected on the Optical Link network." HMC alert

2021-04-06 Thread Christian Svensson
Hello, I understand that ideally I would find the error - but all the values seem correct in my eyes. The optical values are fine, no errors shown on the interfaces, etc. This bugs me a bit. I did not have this issue when it was connected to another mainframe, but it has it now... Regards, On T

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
that blows my theory - I only have one JES2 MAS and first saw these messages with z/OS 2.3, in SDSF maybe INPUT ON Vs. INPUT OFF ?     Carmen Vitullo -Original Message- From: Mark <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2021 3:12 P

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
Input on; DDNAME StepName ProcStep DsID JESJCLIN 1 JESMSGLG JES2CI01 2 JESJCL JES2CI01 3 JESYSMSG JES2CI01 4 $INTTEXT JES2CI01 5 $SWABLKS JES2CI01 7 EVENTLOG JES2CI01 8 Input off DDNAME StepName Pr

Re: Debugging "A high error rate was detected on the Optical Link network." HMC alert

2021-04-06 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
We've got it! "when it was connected to another mainframe, but it has it now" So something has changed. This is the most likely moment for error. Now it's time for investigation - what cable is new, what is old, what plug was inserted, etc. -- Radoslaw Skorupka (looking for new job) Lodz, Polan

Re: OMVS

2021-04-06 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/6/21 2:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Bur if you have a mixture of OMVS and other UNIX, try to make the UID/GID agree across systems. I absolutely agree that consistent UID & GID are a Good Thing™. But, sometimes that's no small task. I've seen Unix shops spend a LOT of time, effort, and

Re: Debugging "A high error rate was detected on the Optical Link network." HMC alert

2021-04-06 Thread Chris Hoelscher
The Marriage of Two Mainframes via Optical link ... Something old Something new Something borrowed? Something BIG BLUE Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussio

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Mike Schwab
Is the default MSGLEVEL different? https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=mp-subparameter-definition-6 JOB statement MSGLEVEL=(1,1) should print everything. On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 2:34 PM Mark Jacobs <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On one system (different JES2 MA

Re: [External] Re: Debugging "A high error rate was detected on the Optical Link network." HMC alert

2021-04-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
Cables dirty - have you cleaned the ends of the cables and the FSPs? I see you have the Brocade negotiating down to 2 Gb to talk to the 6800. Can you try forcing the Brocade port to 2 Gb instead of using autonegotiate? I seem to recall eons ago having an issue on some HP equipment where we n

Re: STC JESYSMSG Quandry

2021-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
The system that is showing the output. $DSTCCLASS,LONG $HASP837 STCCLASS $HASP837 STCCLASS AUTH=(ALL),BLP=YES,COMMAND=EXECUTE, $HASP837 CONDPURG=NO,DSENQSHR=ALLOW,IEFUJP=YES, $HASP837 IEFUSO=YES,JESLOG=(NOSPIN),LOG=YES, $HASP837 MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=A,OUTDISP=(HOL

WAS v9 EAR Auto Deployment

2021-04-06 Thread saurabh khandelwal
Dear Kumar, We are in the process to implement automation in WAS v9 to deploy EAR file without any manual intervention. For this, we created monitored directory and enabled Global deployment option using WAS console. Now, we have couple of issues to be addressed. 1 ) How to update any a