Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Even better for that particular situation: add a JCL variable somewhere at the top of the JCL and use that variable wherever the value is required: //* // SET DSN=THIS.IS.THE.DATASET<= Dataset to print //* : : : //SYSUT1 DD DSN=, //DISP=SHR : : : //DD1 DD DSN=,

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

I don't get it, JED is not an IBM product. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: DFDSS Restore IGD306I problem

Hi -san, You can find the reason code 1013 in DFSMSdfp Diagnosis as follows. 1013 (X'03F5') No storage group was assigned by the storage group routine. IGD306I message manual directs you to check the above manual. Also you can find the following messages in your joblog. 0ADR709E (001)-VDSS

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

D OMVS,F for mounted filesystems. Here is what I am using to identify HFS datasets using DCOLLECT:- //DCOLLECT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSINDD * DCOLLECT OFILE(OUTDS) -

DFDSS Restore IGD306I problem

Hello, I was restoring multiple dumps but ran into an issue where only one dump could not be restored due to IGD306I error. The dumped and restored environments are different. I could not find any details of the REASON CODE 1013 and issued messages (IGD1 and IGD2). Is there a cause and

Re: VOLCAT RACF protection

Juan, I agree with your guess that "authorized system users" would indicate OAM. However, DFSMSrmm probably does not update the VOLCAT/TCDB directly; just like my own CA 1 does not update the VOLCAT/TCDB directly. Using LCS services; we instruct OAM to change the status of a volume (SCRATCH

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W dniu 05.10.2021 o 15:24, Tommy Tsui pisze: Hi Any shop implement mainframe ransomware solution can share? IBM seems has cyber vault to handle this. Is there any other solution available ? Thanks for sharing Yes, we have such solution. This is combination of the following products: 1.

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

W dniu 06.10.2021 o 16:44, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 10/6/2021 7:11 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: z/OS 2.4 is the last release of the operating system to support the HFS (Hierarchical File System) data structure used by the z/OS UNIX environment. IBM has provided equivalent if not superior functionality

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

I get that that makes it easier to make changes. But I value screen space too much to go for that; I want each DD to take up one or three rows, no more whenever possible. It's not always possible, of course, but when I can. I know I'm in the minority, but I do the same thing when coding. If

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Cross posted to IBM-MAIN and CMSTSO-Pipelines lists. Overview: 1. An ALU (Arithmetic Logical Unit) load estimation shows CMS/TSO Pipelines is orders of magnitude more ALU efficient than UNIX piping. 2. UNIX piping is significantly better than JCL step-to-step data passing and,

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Environment is z/OS 2.4 Question: Is there a way to positively verify reachability to a foreign ip address and port ? I have used telnet as well as tracerte ip address (PORT but I cannot confirm..It goes through atleast 3 hops and then continues onward with * * * until the 30 hop limit

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

My favorite layout is this: //ddname DD DISP=xxx, // DSN=dsname This allows maximum flexibility in editing or otherwise altering JCL text. On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 10:13 AM Charles Mills wrote: > I am a fan of DSN last, or at least last on a line, because it is the one >

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:12:53 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >I am a fan of DSN last, or at least last on a line, because it is the one >thing that seems to change the most, or change when you clone a job, and when >it changes, the length of the operand often changes. > Changing operand lengths

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

I am a fan of DSN last, or at least last on a line, because it is the one thing that seems to change the most, or change when you clone a job, and when it changes, the length of the operand often changes. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:45:25 +0100, Rupert Reynolds wrote: > >Out of date, I'm guessing there are handy routines to read PDS directories >for us these days, and PDSE too? (Newer than ISPF LM*, I mean). > PDSE directoeies can be read with LRECL=256. I suspect it's compatibility magic. I don't

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

>From memory, I'm pretty sure I've done the same thing (LRECL and BKSIZE 256) in compiled code, allocated both via JCL and via SVC 99. Out of date, I'm guessing there are handy routines to read PDS directories for us these days, and PDSE too? (Newer than ISPF LM*, I mean). Roops On Wed., Oct.

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

Processing DCOLLECT data should be able to it. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 at 11:40 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote:

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

On 10/6/2021 7:55 AM, James Crudele wrote: There is a health check for it. I just looked at that. It only identifies *MOUNTED* HFS file systems. In our shop, we use AUTOMNT to mount user home directories on-demand as needed. I suspect that's a fairly common setup. So allow me to re-state

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

I generally put each parameter on a separate line, for ease in editing. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Pommier, Rex Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:13 AM To:

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Hi Gil, That's why I said "usually". Another is a Model DSCB (usually required for GDG Bases). Regards, David On 2021-10-06 11:19, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:33:14 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: ... Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well. Perhaps useless

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

How is zFS not a POSIX-style system? Also, while HFS is a hierarchical file system, so is zFS. In retrospect, IBM's choice of names is unfortunate. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

Gil, Why does this contradict Marna? The comm server doc is 2.5 which is where HFS goes away. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re:

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:33:14 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >... >Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well. > Perhaps useless in JCL. In Rexx I've needed to code DSORG(PS) to read a PDS directory. -- gil --

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

You will not be able to specify a filesystype of HFS in the OMVS BPXPRMxx parameters at the z/OS V2R5 level. At the previous z/OS levels you can remove the specification to disable the HFS file system capability. This will take a restart of OMVS to be effective. The HFS file systems can be

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

For mounted filesystems, SDSF FS command shows what the type is. I can assure you that on z/OS 2.5, you will not see a type HFS mounted. Various utilities that list catalog entries could be used to look for DSNTYPE HFS. The dataset type code (NVSMATTR) is 'P' from IGGCSI00 if you have something

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:25:58 +, Mike Wawiorko wrote: >Found this in the 2.5 Comms Server manual > >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=server-zos-communications-new-function-summary > >z/OS no longer supports mounting HFS data sets (The POSIX style file system). > That appears to

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

AFAIK the healthcheck only identifies mounted HFS file systems. If there's an unmounted HFS, maybe migrated to ML2 and if it's ever needed again you won't be able to mount it on a 2.5 or later system. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

operator command D OMVS,F gives ZFS40 ACTIVE READ NAME=ZWE100.ZFS PATH=/Z24C/usr/lpp/zowe On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 15:44, Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 10/6/2021 7:11 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > z/OS 2.4 is the last release of the operating system to support the HFS >

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

I think there's a healthcheck > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Ed Jaffe > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2021 7:44 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems. > > On 10/6/2021 7:11 AM, Pommier, Rex

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

There is a health check for it. > On Oct 6, 2021, at 10:44, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > On 10/6/2021 7:11 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: >> z/OS 2.4 is the last release of the operating system to support the HFS >> (Hierarchical File System) data structure used by the z/OS UNIX environment. >> IBM has

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:13:18 +, Pommier, Rex wrote: >Hi Bob, >I'm in your boat but trying to transition to Gil's. :-) Much easier to >change DSN if it's the last parameter on the line. > ... Or on a separate continuation line, which I sometimes prefer. And I've wished for a JCL NULL

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

On 10/6/2021 7:11 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: z/OS 2.4 is the last release of the operating system to support the HFS (Hierarchical File System) data structure used by the z/OS UNIX environment. IBM has provided equivalent if not superior functionality with the z/OS File System (zFS). Customers

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Looks like JED On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 15:32, Farley, Peter x23353 < 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Note the link to the "Solution web page" web site on that page: > > www.dcmsi.com > > We use products from this vendor. Very useful

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Hi Bob, I learned JCL in the mid '70s (45 years ago). Placing DISP first makes the JCL line up a lot more than placing DSN first. Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well. Regards, David On 2021-10-06 09:57, Bob Bridges wrote: Just a side comment, you may be in the minority

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Note the link to the "Solution web page" web site on that page: www.dcmsi.com We use products from this vendor. Very useful products, very responsive support, priced right. Recommended. Their JED product is not one we use at the moment, but given the quality of their other products I would

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

Found this in the 2.5 Comms Server manual https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=server-zos-communications-new-function-summary z/OS no longer supports mounting HFS data sets (The POSIX style file system). Instead, a z/OS File System (ZFS) can be implemented. The term hierarchical file

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Maybe this is aimed at the z newbie,who does not have a store of canned JCL. I sometimes have to code DCB(LRECL=133) for some spool output to prevent it wrapping On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 14:47, kekronbekron < 02dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > That'll be fun... auto-converting

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Hi Bob, I'm in your boat but trying to transition to Gil's. :-) Much easier to change DSN if it's the last parameter on the line. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 8:57 AM To:

Re: Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

Claude, In Marna Walle's 2.5 presentation she stated that 2.4 is the last level to support HFS. Here's the text accompanying the slide deck of her presentation. z/OS 2.4 is the last release of the operating system to support the HFS (Hierarchical File System) data structure used by the z/OS

Question on z/OS 2.5 and HFS file systems.

All, I remember reading somewhere that IBM is doing away with HFS support and for some reason I thought this was AFTER z/OS 2.5. However, a co-worker has found a small sentence that stated z/OS 2.5 will NOT support HFS file systems. We have converted most of our HFS to ZFS, so we are on the

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Just a side comment, you may be in the minority putting DISP first, but the minority isn't tiny; my observation is that a lot of folks do it. I sometimes do myself -- I like making parms line up, it often makes them easier to read -- but alas, my habit is still to put it after the DSN. Always

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

That'll be fun... auto-converting to standards. Developers will start a ruckus, I'm guessing. Recently learnt about another product that does this for SMS allocations (interactive and batch)... pretty neat. These things align ducks better than requesting teams to follow a document, which

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

Gil, I took the "JCL standards" as being site specific. To use your example, if the site has a standard of DISP= being the first parameter on a DD statement, this could enforce that. Placing every parameter on a separate line or making sure all the parameters are in the same relative

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 06:58:56 +0100, Mike Schwab wrote: > > "www-356.ibm.com"!? JED provides complete JCL validation, reformatting and enforcement of JCL standards. ... What's a "standard" Suppose a

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/872/ENUSAP21-0338/index.html=en_locale=en On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 16:59, Mike Schwab wrote: > > https://www-356.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?solution=37147=true=en > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 6:25 AM Brian