Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread James C.
Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance but I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time doing this there were 118 paths to update so not entirely trivial. -- For I

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote: >Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance but >I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time >doing this there were 118 paths to update so not entirely trivial. > No need to do it

Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Mark Jacobs
Today is my last day working for ASG Technologies/Rocket Software. On Monday I commence my next adventure with Allstate Insurance. What a long strange trip it's been. Mark Jacobs Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonma

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:22:33 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: >On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote: > >>Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance >>but I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time >>doing this there were 118

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Peter Relson
The specific purpose of the REUS binder option is to tell the system (that being program fetch) that this module is to be considered serially reusable. Serially reusable is different than reentrant. Serially reusable is considerably "weaker" than reentrant. But it is "stronger" than not reusabl

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Bill Johnson
I worked for Allstate once. For a short stint a long time ago. HQ still in Northbrook, Ill? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, November 12, 2021, 8:28 AM, Mark Jacobs <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Today is my last day working for ASG Technologies/Rocket Soft

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Mark Jacobs
I guess. I'll be working remotely. 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 Friday, November 12th, 2021 at 9:07 AM, Bill Johnson <004754

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
A secondary use of REUS is serialization. I wouldf argue that it's better to use ENQ for the purposes, but it is documented, and if an application depends on it then even if the code is reentrant, rebinding the module as RENT may break the caller. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.e

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Rob Schramm
Best wishes for the new job. Rob On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 9:16 AM Mark Jacobs < 0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I guess. I'll be working remotely. > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/l

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Robert Shimizu
Hi Mark: Best of luck in the new position, sir. Sincerely, Bob S. On 11/12/21 6:28 AM, Mark Jacobs wrote: Today is my last day working for ASG Technologies/Rocket Software. On Monday I commence my next adventure with Allstate Insurance. What a long strange trip it's been. Mark Jacobs Sent

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Thanks for the reminder of REUS. If I may test my memory here, the difference between REUS and RENT is declaring to system that the program does not modify any local storage at all, (obtaining any storage needed at run time), and if it is loaded from an APF-authorised library it should be loaded in

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Bob Bridges
I did a few months for them, but I thought they were in Bloomington. Wait, maybe that's State Farm? I get them confused. I didn't care so much for the work I did for them, but the town suited me right to the ground. Just the right size, and only a few miles in any direction was cornfield and

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Warren Brown
I hope you enjoy retirement On Friday, November 12, 2021, 09:42:39 AM EST, Bob Bridges wrote: I did a few months for them, but I thought they were in Bloomington.  Wait, maybe that's State Farm?  I get them confused. I didn't care so much for the work I did for them, but the town suit

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:22:33 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: >On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote: > >>Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance >>but I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time >>doing this there were 118 p

IEFUSO - smf common area

2021-11-12 Thread Rob Schramm
Hello all! I am wondering if we can use the smfucom to store a status of how many times we have increased the output limit. I suspect the answer is no, but I cannot find anything describing what it is used for. Thanks Rob Schramm

Re: Orphaned SYSDSN Enqueue

2021-11-12 Thread Rob Schramm
This sounds like a bug in RTM where the percolation was interrupted from RTM2 to RTM1 (order?) and the ECB post never occurred. This was in the z/OS 1.4 / 1.7 time frame. There was no way to force it from the system other than to either IPL or for the ECB post to occur (with something like an MVS

Re: Goodbye, Hello

2021-11-12 Thread Mike Schwab
State Farm has a Borg (black) Cube building. Country Companies is south a couple of miles. On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 2:42 PM Bob Bridges wrote: > > I did a few months for them, but I thought they were in Bloomington. Wait, > maybe that's State Farm? I get them confused. > > I didn't care so muc

Re: IEFUSO - smf common area

2021-11-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
There is a user field (in the JMR?) that you can fill in with whatever you want. I normally don't use such fields directly, but plug in the address of an installation-specific control block so that I can go beyond 32 bits. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 __

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
While it is bad form, a RENT module may modify itself. There are circumstances in which some or all of a RENT modules may be protected, so the devil is in the details. Back in OS/VS2 3.8, the only exception was loading from an APF concatenation, which put it in SP252, key 0. A key 0 task could

Re: IEFUSO - smf common area

2021-11-12 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: Confidential If they are creating that much data, set the "correct" limit for the system as a default. Any production job that exceeds that limit, can have an individual limit set in excess of the default. Let everything else abend. True story. Got an o dart thirty call, spool

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
It is many years ago since I was involved in IMS, but I seem to remember that IMS used serially reusable modules for its transactions. Maybe that has changed now. I am thinking back to the 1980s. Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com 'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.'

Re: specific purpose for the REUS parameter in a binder operation

2021-11-12 Thread Attila Fogarasi
Remember that the LE terminology of REUS is somewhat unrelated to the load module REUS attribute or how z/OS manages load modules. What LE is talking about is the LE reusability environment, which has to do with LE enclaves. This affects the behaviour of the Cobol STOP RUN statement, for example,

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread James Cradesh
Thanks Dave. You saved me lots of work. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN