Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread Farley, Peter
David, I will have to complain that your python benchmark is not a fair comparison. Your python script uses a module named pyzfile to access z/OS files (which I see from PYPI is authored by you but for which you have published no source yet). A fairer comparison would be a python script that

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
On 28/2/23 13:47, David Crayford wrote: On 25/2/23 01:23, Farley, Peter wrote: Python on the mainframe is pretty good, but still can't beat out Rexx in performance even when the Rex script needs to use BPXWUNIX and friends to access z/OS Unix file systems, I have conducted a series of

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
On 28/2/23 13:55, Gibney, Dave wrote: LIKE=a good representative existing library. How about: Don't bother kid, use the z/OS UNIX file system instead? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 9:53 PM To:

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread Gibney, Dave
LIKE=a good representative existing library. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 9:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
On 28/2/23 13:41, Gibney, Dave wrote: How many decades have we had System Determined Blocksize, and other artifacts of SMS. These details are surely not anything than new folks need to deal with at the outset. If a young programmer came to you and asked "what is the best DCB for a C++

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
On 25/2/23 01:23, Farley, Peter wrote: Python on the mainframe is pretty good, but still can't beat out Rexx in performance even when the Rex script needs to use BPXWUNIX and friends to access z/OS Unix file systems, I have conducted a series of benchtests, and the results suggest that

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread Gibney, Dave
How many decades have we had System Determined Blocksize, and other artifacts of SMS. These details are surely not anything than new folks need to deal with at the outset. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Monday, February

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
While I understand that it may be an unpopular opinion on this forum, I personally believe that the ISPF editor is outdated relic. As Peter mentioned, VS Code is a fantastic alternative. Additionally, Microsoft's GitHub offers the Copilot plugin, which functions as an AI programming assistant.

Re: zOSMF and zOWE for non-mainframers

2023-02-27 Thread David Crayford
On 27/2/23 06:46, Andrew Rowley wrote: On 25/02/2023 8:03 am, Bob Bridges wrote: Oh, I was going to mention that surely allocating datasets, either in batch or TSO, has got to seem like one of the dumbest and most incomprehensible things we do on the mainframe, to a foreigner. Allocating

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Michael Babcock
We have been using plain old FTP to IBM (downloading enhanced hold data) for quite a while now and in the last week or so, we had to convert to using FTPS (TLS 1.2). So to me, it appears IBM made a change and now requires a secure connection. Yes, I know we can use SMPE RECEIVE ORDER, and we

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Charles Mills
FWIW what you show is in conflict with what Paul Gorlinsky wrote: that IBM did not support FTPS. (I'm not trying to pick a fight. I have reasons for wanting to get FTPS to work.) I see that you are using AT-TLS and that is goodness of course but it should not make a huge difference bottom

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:58:25 +, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: >On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, at 23:09, Pommier, Rex wrote: >> We have COMMAND=EXECUTE on a couple job classes. > >Do you limit who can use those classes? > >Does anything (RACF or whatever) limit which commands can >be executed? > If a command is

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, at 23:09, Pommier, Rex wrote: > We have COMMAND=EXECUTE on a couple job classes. Do you limit who can use those classes? Does anything (RACF or whatever) limit which commands can be executed? -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
We have COMMAND=EXECUTE on a couple job classes. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jeremy Nicoll Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 5:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, at 22:48, Steve Smith

Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, at 22:48, Steve Smith wrote: > JES2 ignores command statements imbedded in a job anyway. Doesn't that depend on the COMMAND= parm in the JES2 jobclass that the job is running in, in theory? Or has that parameter option been removed? I suppose some sites might allow it ...

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Joseph Reichman
I asked once a while ago whether I would get a break because not only am I Zpdt user I’m not a company even though I can LLC My income comes from working in IT And don’t remember when exactly but was a few years back but was told I would have to pay the going rate I’m not exactly sure

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
We have no exits in place looking for anything like this. Methinks it's a waste of a line of JCL. Thanks, Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Thompson Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 4:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL]

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
That's what I was thinking. We have no exits looking for it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 4:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question Looks to me as useless as the

Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Steve Smith
Looks to me as useless as the trailing /*. It may be interpreted as another useless /*. JES2 ignores command statements imbedded in a job anyway. sas -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Steve Thompson
/*$ may be used as a JES2 command.  Now, do you have an exit that looks for this and takes some action? I was studying the JCL REF after not having really read one for 5 or so years, to find new stuff done to/with/for JCL|JECL. Steve Thompson On 2/27/2023 5:19 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: Hi

Silly JES2 question

2023-02-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi all, I have a silly question that I'm pretty sure I know the answer to but want verification in case there's some obscure reason for having this. We have multiple batch job steps that close and open CICS files within the JCL. They look similar to this: //STEP010 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER

Re: SCRT and not operating LPAR

2023-02-27 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
The issue with checksums and explanations was clearly explained by Edward King (thank you!). Of course this is rather minor issue, because besides source file editing there is possibility to add explanations to just submitted file. However the problem of dummy LPAR causing explanation

Re: How long for an experiened z/OS sysprog to come up to speed on a new environment?

2023-02-27 Thread Grant Taylor
On 2/26/23 7:59 PM, Leonard D Woren wrote: What those panels should do, but I don't know whether they do this or not, is display the line command as it's executed. SMIT(TY) in AIX does something like this. I really like it. I think it's great for new operators to use the forms to answer

Re: SCRT and not operating LPAR

2023-02-27 Thread Martin Packer
Hi Al! Re “ I don't recall how a CF LPAR using GCPs showed up.” It shows up with logical processors in Pool 1 (GCP Pool). It’s discernable as a CF LPAR using SMF 74-4 which contains Serial and LPAR Number, amongst other identifying things. It’s rare I see it but I DO see it. Cheers, Martin

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/27/2023 9:32 AM, Charles Mills wrote: Starting I think with V2R5 you need AT-TLS for the FTP server, and for TLS 1.3 (only) on the client. Don't know about TLS 1.3 (we don't use that yet), but it clearly still supports TLS 1.2. See below: EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V2R5 EZA1466I FTP: using

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Keith Gooding
The download server supports FTP over SSL (FTPS) and HTTPS. See SMP/E User guide Zos 2.5 section “Preparing for secure Internet delivery”. That document states that you need at-tls because Tls 1.2 is used. This would be for pts ordering and download via SMP/E. When I have ordered PTFs outside

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: SCRT and not operating LPAR

2023-02-27 Thread Al Sherkow
Interesting thread. I thought I would add a few points. REGARDING the checksum: Of course we don't know exactly what the checksum is checking, but it is reasonable to assume it is the billable MSUs, CPU consumption that SCRT calculates. That would be: E5 section in machine level MSU reports,

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:54:33 -0600, Charles Mills wrote: >Just to confirm, by that you mean "SSH FTP" only, and that "FTP over TLS" is >not supported. > FWIW, from a desktop system: 1029 $ sftp public.dhe.ibm.com The authenticity of host 'public.dhe.ibm.com (170.225.126.18)' can't be

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Charles Mills
> What release of z/OS are you using? Tried on both V2R4 and V2R5 with identical (at least superficially) results. > ISTR starting with z/OS 2.4 you must use AT-TLS for secure FTP. Starting I think with V2R5 you need AT-TLS for the FTP server, and for TLS 1.3 (only) on the client.

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/27/2023 4:51 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: I just wonder if anyone who have the Zpdt personal edition is running XDC ISTR Cole Software is also a zPDT customer, so they are most-likely sensitive to your price concerns... -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/27/2023 7:16 AM, Charles Mills wrote: I am trying to connect to public.dhe.ibm.com using z/OS FTP. No matter what I do, the session fails with FC1108 authServer: secure_socket_init failed with rc = 410 (SSL message format is incorrect) What release of z/OS are you using? ISTR starting

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Charles Mills
Just to confirm, by that you mean "SSH FTP" only, and that "FTP over TLS" is not supported. (The confusingly similar acronyms SFTP and FTPS are unfortunate.) Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gorlinsky

Re: Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Paul Gorlinsky
Presently IBM only allows SFTP, secure FTP transmissions. This was documented some time ago ... FTP will be rejected -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Mike Shaw
Joseph, Yes, but we develop on a zPDT box also. Colesoft is good about negotiating pricing on z/XDC for small shops. The drastic productivity improvement that occurs when debugging with z/XDC makes the license fee worthwhile. I used TSO TEST to debug for over 12 years, then switched to z/XDC for

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Joseph Reichman
Rob Dave Cole gets emails from IBMMAIN My suggestion was discounted pricing for Zpdt users There are 2 groups of people One who would never pay and IBM recognized that with the learners edition And the other ( which I include myself in ) Who have the personal edition and would pay a

Re: Load module/program object

2023-02-27 Thread Binyamin Dissen
AMBLIST. On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:57:06 + rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>Is it possible to list the SSI's of load modules/program objects with a utility? :> :>In other words, give the load library/program object library name to the :>utility, and dump the

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/27/2023 2:07 AM, Rob Scott wrote: As others might have suggested, if you are even semi-serious about writing authorized code then I think it would be worth your time talking to Cole Software about getting z/XDC. We are happy z/XDC users, but we also rely heavily on the z/VM TRACE

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Rob Scott
Joseph >> I have gotten to a point where in my code I have written a number of SRB’s >> and other types of code that run in Supervisor state and / or key 0 >>To protect my control blocks I wanted to put them in key 4 so that >>inadvertent access would get a s0c4 pic 4 My gut feeling here is

Can you connect to the PTF download site with z/OS FTP?

2023-02-27 Thread Charles Mills
I am trying to connect to public.dhe.ibm.com using z/OS FTP. No matter what I do, the session fails with FC1108 authServer: secure_socket_init failed with rc = 410 (SSL message format is incorrect) If I run a trace I can see what is happening. The client sends "AUTH TLS" which is accepted

Load module/program object

2023-02-27 Thread rpinion865
Is it possible to list the SSI's of load modules/program objects with a utility? In other words, give the load library/program object library name to the utility, and dump the module names and SSI's for each module. Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email.

Re: How long for an experiened z/OS sysprog to come up to speed on a new environment?

2023-02-27 Thread Bob Bridges
Right. I don't at all object to the admins using the panels if they like them, nor creating supplemental panels for homegrown tools. But yeah, I'm mostly for the native commands myself, or REXX shortcuts. (I was the same way in DOS, more interested in the typed commands than in the various menu

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Joseph Reichman
When you say we you are referring to your company Not you yourself correct ? > On Feb 27, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Mike Shaw wrote: > > +1 > > We have been licensees of z/XDC for over 25 years. It has saved us > immeasurable amounts of man-hours. > > Mike Shaw > MVS/QuickRef Support Group >

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Mike Shaw
+1 We have been licensees of z/XDC for over 25 years. It has saved us immeasurable amounts of man-hours. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 5:07 AM Rob Scott wrote: > Joseph > > As others might have suggested, if you are even semi-serious about

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Joseph Reichman
Rob I have Zpdt personal edition I have gotten to a point where in my code I have written a number of SRB’s and other types of code that run in Supervisor state and / or key 0 To protect my control blocks I wanted to put them in key 4 so that inadvertent access would get a s0c4 pic 4 I

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
To expand on that, never throw out debug scaffolding after you go production; keep the test cases and AIF out anything that you want to disable rather than deleting it. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Cant SPKA to PSW Key 4

2023-02-27 Thread Rob Scott
Joseph As others might have suggested, if you are even semi-serious about writing authorized code then I think it would be worth your time talking to Cole Software about getting z/XDC. Independently of that discussion, it might be a good idea to take stock of your current software’s own trace

Re: How long for an experiened z/OS sysprog to come up to speed on a new environment?

2023-02-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
I am a strong GUI and panel advocate WHEN THEY SAVE TIME, and that includes the RACF panels. In some contexts the RACF panels that IBM provides are useful and save the time needed to write your own. For a lot of tasks they are not appropriate, and that's fine. You have to carve the bird at the