Re: I tend to skip over the subject of emails

2021-11-05 Thread kekronbekron
Markdown support in the MS Office suite and SMTP clients would be gold. MD supports check boxes, collapsible blocks of text, code formatting, etc. - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, November 5th, 2021 at 10:21 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: > One thing (perhaps the only thing) that I

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread kekronbekron
"But that's what KC4z is for", you will hear... - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, November 5th, 2021 at 7:39 PM, Michael Watkins <032966e74d0f-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Yes, PDFs, not webpages. > > Sometimes the network on my end is a little shaky. This might

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Tom Brennan
Wow. That was apparently a close call. On 11/5/2021 1:53 PM, Pew, Curtis G wrote: For what it’s worth: https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/05/ibm_redbooks/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Pew, Curtis G
On Nov 5, 2021, at 6:10 AM, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) <01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > This was posted by Bill Bitner (bitn...@us.ibm.com on LINUX-390 a week ago: > > "I do my best to stay out of the rumor business. Chris Konarski just tweeted > that it is a

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-05 Thread Glenn Wilcock
Dave, HSM has 2 methods to dynamically address volumes going over threshold: Interval Migration and On Demand Migration. Interval Migration runs hourly and processes volumes that went over threshold during the previous hour. The preferred method is the On Demand Migration technique. With

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:57:17 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit presentation and >found the following link: >http://home.roadrunner.com/~pinncons/TSO LOGON with the Same Userid on >Multiple LPARs in a Sysplex.pdf > >However the link is dead. >Does

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Carmen Vitullo
IIRC that's correct, there's also a GRSRNL update required to not enq on the major name remove qname(SYSIKJUA) from GRS or MIM Carmen On 11/5/2021 2:44 PM, Dave Jousma wrote: On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:57:17 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:57:17 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit presentation and >found the following link: >http://home.roadrunner.com/~pinncons/TSO LOGON with the Same Userid on >Multiple LPARs in a Sysplex.pdf > >However the link is dead. >Does

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I can, just shoot me an email @ cvitu...@hughes.net Carmen On 11/5/2021 2:30 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: On 11/5/21 12:58 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote: I do have a DOC for z/os 1.12 if you want I can provide, this was from an IBM presentation I would be interested in a copy of the document if you

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
This article from awhile ago may be helpful - not sure http://www.lbdsoftware.com/Logging_OnTo_Multiple_LPARS.pdf Lionel B Dyck < Sent from my iPad Pro 10.5 Website: www.lbdsoftware.com "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Grant Taylor
On 11/5/21 12:58 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote: I do have a DOC for z/os 1.12 if you want I can provide, this was from an IBM presentation I would be interested in a copy of the document if you are emailing it to people. Please and thank you. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I do have a DOC for z/os 1.12 if you want I can provide, this was from an IBM presentation On 11/5/2021 10:57 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit presentation and found the following link: http://home.roadrunner.com/~pinncons/TSO LOGON with the Same

Join the z/OSMF Community Guild

2021-11-05 Thread Marna WALLE
Hello all, I would like to invite you and your colleagues to our z/OSMF Community Guild, which will be held on the third Wednesday of the month, starting this November 17, 2021 from 10:00am to 11:00am est. The z/OSMF team will hold regularly scheduled meetings with z/OSMF users to discuss deep

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 12:44:59 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism? Some months ago, or maybe a year, I >found I was no longer able to access the on-line HTMLs; > In recent weeks, less than that year, I've found access to on-line HTMLs much improved. A Google search

Re: I tend to skip over the subject of emails

2021-11-05 Thread Bob Bridges
One thing (perhaps the only thing) that I like about Lotus Notes over MS Outlook -- and those are the only two ever available at a client site -- is its ability to create "expandable" paragraphs. When I want to pack a lot of information into a single email, I can create "optional" paragraphs

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Bob Bridges
I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism? Some months ago, or maybe a year, I found I was no longer able to access the on-line HTMLs; I had to content myself with downloaded PDFs (and hope that I'd remember to download the updates as often as necessary). It is nice, I agree, to know that the

Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit presentation and found the following link: http://home.roadrunner.com/~pinncons/TSO LOGON with the Same Userid on Multiple LPARs in a Sysplex.pdf However the link is dead. Does anyone have the presentation? Or any other presentation on the

Re: Volume allocated to *MASTER*

2021-11-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
IMHO a master catalog requirement is a show stopper. To me that says that LNKLSTxx is not a viable option. FWIW, I wouldn't have spent the resources to enhance LNKLSTxx either. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Radoslaw Skorupka Sent:

Re: I tend to skip over the subject of emails

2021-11-05 Thread Tom Brennan
I do that sometimes with multiple items, or at least put each item on a single line. I remember one time where (yes I was being a jerk) I had so much trouble with a particular person I emailed them a URL to a quick web page I made with check boxes and input fields. I was surprised it worked!

Re: Volume allocated to *MASTER*

2021-11-05 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
Last 20+ years LNKLST can be defined using PROGxx members. Old documentation say " Instead of using LNKLSTxx to specify the LNKLST concatenation, consider using PROGxx. " - that's what I read in 1999 (in the times of OS/390). And some PDSE libraries on the LNKLST are really obvious, example:

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Michael Watkins
Yes, PDFs, not webpages. Sometimes the network on my end is a little shaky. This might especially be the case in a disaster situation. Having the documentation in PDF form and downloaded onto the C: drive of my laptop gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Colin Paice
I used to think that Redbooks were an admission that product documentation was not very good. I explained to someone; the product documentation tells you how to adjust your tappets. What red books did was to say this is how you unlock the car, put the seat belt on (not always obvious), and tell

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
Some of the OS/360 documentation was excellent. Of course, some was appalling. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Lionel B. Dyck [lbd...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: Volume allocated to *MASTER*

2021-11-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
Are you saying that LNKLSTxx can now specify a PDSE? If so, in which release was that added? Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Peter Relson

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread kekronbekron
In loathing IBM, Apple became it. Now it's time for IBM to become Apple by enriching their walled garden, and let only 'Kyndrd' souls tend to the zOS garden. Hoover up all docos, talk to our salesman instead. - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, November 5th, 2021 at 7:01 PM,

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Michael Watkins
"if IBM is going to transition the Redbooks into something better"? It looks like IBM is transitioning to ibm.com/docs, where an isolated piece of documentation is given to you without any of the surrounding related information. This is hardly better. The most expensive part of z/OS TOC is

Re: I tend to skip over the subject of emails

2021-11-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 05:24:17 +, kekronbekron wrote: >On covering multiple things in a mail, I often find that listing numbered >things help. >Even if something is missed, you can just ask, what about #2, for example. > I prefer to insert each answer in conversational order, *after* the

Re: ADRDSSU and encrypted files

2021-11-05 Thread John McKown
Excellent! That's the only secure way to do it. Be sure to erase the keys ASAP. On Friday, November 5, 2021, Cameron Conacher < 03cfc59146bb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hello there, > We decided to encourage our security folks to install the encryption > master keys in the new

Re: Volume allocated to *MASTER*

2021-11-05 Thread Peter Relson
>I thought that you could only have a PDSE after MSI. Nope. You can have PDSEs in the LNKLST. Modules in any data set in the LNKLST can be used whenever the LNKLST is available. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design --

Re: ADRDSSU and encrypted files

2021-11-05 Thread Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
Good. The best (most secure) solution. Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: 05 November 2021 12:40 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: ADRDSSU and encrypted files

2021-11-05 Thread Cameron Conacher
Hello there, We decided to encourage our security folks to install the encryption master keys in the new environment and proceed from there. Thanks to everyone who responded. …….Cameron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ron Hawkins Sent: Friday,

Re: AutoIPL Failure, just curious

2021-11-05 Thread Mark Jacobs
We had a 084 RC 0C wait state on that lpar, and no I didn't take a SAD. I can fully grok that one of our developers overlayed storage. Thanks for the information. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
Robert - thank you - good to know. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -Original

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
This was posted by Bill Bitner (bitn...@us.ibm.com on LINUX-390 a week ago: "I do my best to stay out of the rumor business. Chris Konarski just tweeted that it is a misunderstanding" https://twitter.com/ChrisKonarski/status/1454110707096637442 Chris is the IBM VP WW Technical Sales and Lab

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-05 Thread Lionel B. Dyck
I agree with Cheryl that Redbooks have been some of the BEST documentation available from IBM. What I am curious about is if IBM is going to transition the Redbooks into something better. With the web there are many more opportunities to provide documentation that contains the Redbook content

Re: ADRDSSU and encrypted files

2021-11-05 Thread Ron Hawkins
Cameron, I have forgotten more than I knew, and searching manuals no longer comes easy. Someone earlier mentioned using REPRO to decrypt the file as you back it up. DF/dss will use REPRO for a logical backup, and the backup file is not encrypted. The question then is, "When restoring, does