Re: HMC Integrated console and JAVA

2015-04-06 Thread Alan Field
An update, and more weirdness. Alan Altmark posted an update to create a .java.policy that didn't appear to work for me. I had our CE upgrade the HMC microcode to Driver 22 and I still couldn't access the integrated console or operating system messages. One of our sysprogs who works remotel

Re: HMC Integrated console and JAVA

2015-03-17 Thread Alan Field
Thanks to those who suggested checking for pop-ups etc. None of that worked. After seeing the post about an open PMR where IBM acknowledged problems with JAVA 8 I uninstalled it and went back to JAVA7_21. Now my integrated console and operating system messages are available again. Alan -

Re: LPAR loaded but no response

2014-10-12 Thread Alan Field
Did you POR with the correct IOCDS? - Original Message - From: "mf db" [dbajava...@gmail.com] Sent: 10/12/2014 06:26 PM ZE5B To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LPAR loaded but no response Corrective action : Verify that the device exists for the logical partition in the IOCDS. I

Re: Command Prefixes

2014-09-05 Thread Alan Field
D OPDATA? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Skip Robinson" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 09/05/2014 15:34 Subject:Command Prefixes Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List So

Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Alan Field
Rex, I think the Softcopy Librarian http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24000640 will solve your dilema. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Pommier, Rex" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU,

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - FIXCDS - PARSE ERROR

2014-07-23 Thread Alan Field
more likely this is not correct : PATCH(X'0088' '0002') Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP]" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/23/2014 1

Re: "Secret" Machine Instruction?

2014-07-16 Thread Alan Field
0STM R14,R12,12(R13) +4LR R8,R13 +6LLGTR13,540 +CBCR 15,R14 Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Chase, John" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date:

Re: TSO 3270 Data Stream question

2014-05-15 Thread Alan Field
d(b2x(substr(sba,11,6)))+1 sba1 = word(codes,sba1) sba2 = word(codes,sba2) say "DCX'11,"sba1","sba2"'" Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Micheal Butz" To: IBM-MA

Re: Program PUAUXMON

2014-05-05 Thread Alan Field
. +PUAUXMON AdSpace TIVI5 1 %206 Megs. +PUAUXMON Occupied Aux.Storage 7743 Megs. +PUAUXMON Occupied Aux.Storage 42 %. ASCBSLOT does PUTs to SYSPRINT so you can run it on TSO or in batch. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546

Re: Help with IEBCOPY?

2014-03-19 Thread Alan Field
Dave, Are the members card image or something else? The only sequential dataset IEBCOPY works with is one that it created by unloading a PDS. I think you want IEBGENER //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=seqdataset //SYSUT2 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=aaa(DRSSKEY) Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS

Re: HCD Question regarding the "deletion" of LPARs

2014-03-11 Thread Alan Field
Do these lpars have image profiles defined? Do you need to go into the HMC and config the channels offline to the offending lpars before trying to do the activate? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Dick Bond

Re: IOCDS Write Protected

2014-02-21 Thread Alan Field
In the HCD diaslogs, select 2, then 11 then S and then put a / against the A0. It will give you choices. I forget which one E or W I think will remove the write protect. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Dazzo,

Re: WER027A control field beyond record

2014-02-13 Thread Alan Field
Isn't there a VLSHORT keyword you can specify that will prevent this error? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Micheal Butz" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/13/2014 18:46 Subject:

Re: DELETE CLUSTER fails (IKJ56882I / IEF195I)

2014-02-12 Thread Alan Field
Could you move the index so that is is on one or more of the same volumes as the data, thereby getting below the 59 volume limit? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Guy Eshel" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
Thank you Peter. The piece I was missing I think was the ZVERMOD setting. After reading up on it and incrementing it I can now scroll > Problem resolved. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Peter X. De

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
No. ZXSMAX wasn't in the list. I added it with a value of 9. Logged off/on. It didn't make a difference. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Peter X. DeFabritus" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
Yes. I was shipped in applied and accepted status with my z/OS 2.1 order. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Peter X. DeFabritus" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/10/2014 13:28 Subject:

ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
ISPF in z/SO 2.1 allows scroll amounts > . Not on my 2.1 system :) I've read documents from Marna Walle and Pete vanDyke. I increased the SCROLL_MAX value in ISPCFIGU. I set RESET_SCROLL_VALUE to YES and still I can't scroll greater than . So what have I missed?

Re: OT: Entry Level System Programmer Job Description

2014-01-30 Thread Alan Field
I didn't go to college. Straight into System Programming from High School. Spent my first week on the job in the punch pool learning how to work an 029. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 I think it is well establ

Re: z/OS 1.13 PTF apply Issue

2014-01-11 Thread Alan Field
Are you applying maintenance to your active system? It looks like you might have. Try compressing SYS1.LINKLIB using a batch on then do an LLA refresh. If your linklist datset(s) have gone into extents an ipl will be needed to recover. - Original Message - From: "venkat kulkarni" [venka

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-08 Thread Alan Field
This happens to me all the time. After applying maintenance to SMP/E you've updated the SMPCPATH dataset which has now got out of synch with the rest of SMPE. Quickest resolution is to steplib to the SYS1.MIGLIB that also got updated by the same APPLY. Alan Field Technical Engineer Prin

Re: TRSMAIN - Influencing the temporary dataset allocation

2013-12-13 Thread Alan Field
//TMPSPACE DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(4369,1),RLSE) Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Jake anderson" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 12/13/2013 04:57 Subject:TRSMAIN - Influencing t

Re: CoD On/Off (capacity on demand) question

2013-12-05 Thread Alan Field
Yes. When you request to add capacity on the HMC you are presented with a list of all increments from your base up to the maximum CoD. Last year we made our 509 a 510, then a 512 and back to a 511. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile

Re: Has anyone measured CPU savings using external SORT's vs internal (COBOL) SORT's?

2013-11-25 Thread Alan Field
Peter, Review/research the COBOL compiler FASTSRT option. If you are using it what you suggest will possibly make things worse. If you aren't using it, it may be a cleaner solution that recoding JCL. to achieve the desired savings. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minn

Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-06 Thread Alan Field
Simply from option 6 I entered SMCOPY Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Steve Comstock" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 11/06/2013 08:58 Subject:Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farme

Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-06 Thread Alan Field
Possibly because many of us don't run Session manager. Here's what I get: SESSION MANAGER NOT ACTIVE - SMCOPY IGNORED in response to the SMCOPY command. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Steve Comstoc

Re: Assembling SHOWMVS errors

2013-10-31 Thread Alan Field
You need the MACLIB that is distributed with SHOWZOS. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "John Norgauer" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 10/31/2013 16:19 Subject:Assembling SHOWMVS erro

Red Books

2013-09-27 Thread Alan Field
I was talking to a friend who had heard there were discussions within IBM about discontinuing Red Books and/or discontinuing the Red Book residencies. I find the red books extremely useful and would be disappointed if this happens. Has anyone else heard of this change of direction? Alan

Re: Looking for COBOL V5R1 Softcopy Librarian docs

2013-09-17 Thread Alan Field
Planned availability June 21 2013. - Original Message - From: "Mike Schwab" [mike.a.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: 09/17/2013 08:21 PM EST To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Looking for COBOL V5R1 Softcopy Librarian docs Since Cobol 5.1 and z/OS 2.1 haven't been released yet, I would w

Re: IEE313I when varying a console online

2013-09-11 Thread Alan Field
Have you IPL'd the system since it was added to the CONSOLxx member? There is no way (until z/OS 2.1) to dynamically add a console. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "גדי בן אבי" To: IBM-MAIN@

Re: IEE313I when varying a console online

2013-09-11 Thread Alan Field
Is device xxx defined in the IOCDS. Is xxx defined in the CONSOLxx member. - Original Message - From: "גדי בן אבי" [gad...@malam.com] Sent: 09/11/2013 06:35 PM ZE3 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IEE313I when varying a console online Hi, I am in the process of installing a 2074

Re: NFS automount help requested

2013-07-23 Thread Alan Field
at will let you reference the path /u/cics/wsbinds and be redirected to /u/wsbinds automatically." From: "Alan Field" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/19/2013 14:10 Subject:NFS automount help requested Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List I h

NFS automount help requested

2013-07-19 Thread Alan Field
resulted in anything useful. TIA Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Vintage IBM Manuals

2013-06-17 Thread Alan Field
Wouldn't open with IE on WINdows 7. Says I need to download java. Worked fine in Firefox. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Norman.Hollander" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 06/17/201

Re: Batch TSO COPY?

2013-06-17 Thread Alan Field
Dave, A long long time ago there was a package called TSO Utilities from IBM. It had COPY, LIST, FORMAT and MERGE commands. I found COPY in one of our LINKLIBs that would appear to be from this package. We even appear to have the HELP for it. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS

Re: XMIT Manager

2013-05-17 Thread Alan Field
To make it clear, the installer won't run on Windows 7 but the XMITMGR program runs just fine. So as others have suggested copy XMITMGR.EXE from an XP system and store it in Program Field (x86) on the Windows 7 machine and you should be fine. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal

HCD Activate help

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Field
can't do a software activate to get back in sync. Is a POR still the only way to straighten out this mess? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 -- For IBM

ShopZ

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Field
Any one else having problems with https://eccgw01.boulder.ibm.com/services/projects/ecc/ws/. For three days I've been trying to download holddata and both Boulder and Rochester fail after waiting for 120 minutes. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662

Re: Renaming an LPAR dynamically

2013-05-10 Thread Alan Field
Skip, I recall trying this once. When I converted the name to * it lost all the chpid/device info. I decided that the function was pretty useless (as far as renaming an lpar) is concerned. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826

Re: Return codes

2013-05-08 Thread Alan Field
I suspect they derive from assembler coding that looks like this (R15 needs to contain a value that is a multiple of 4): B BRTABLE(R15) BRTABLE B CODE00 B CODE04 B CODE08 B CODE0C B CODE10 Alan Field Technical

Re: CFRM Policy with new CPU

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Field
runs in lpar CF1 etc. I'm thinking at some point I'll change the CFRM policy back to CF1 and CF2 to match the LPAR names. Yes - you need to make this change on your running system before you IPL the new system. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 65

Re: CFRM Policy with new CPU

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Field
. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota From: "Mohamed Juma" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 05/02/2013 14:06 Subject:CFRM Policy with new CPU Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List Hi We are in migration stage from old Z9 to zEC

Re: TPI and CPENABLE

2013-01-30 Thread Alan Field
As well as WLMTOOL there's a hidden gem in RMF II to display these values. I forget exactly where and can't look it up right now. - Original Message - From: "Mark Zelden" [m...@mzelden.com] Sent: 01/30/2013 01:50 PM CST To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TPI and CPENABLE On Wed

Re: Varying off path while it is in use

2013-01-24 Thread Alan Field
I seem to recall a S DEALLOC command issued from the console (console being a modified SELECTRIC typewriter) and //DEALLOC PROC //S1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Elardus Engelbrecht

OOCoD Question

2012-12-12 Thread Alan Field
If I turn on Capacity on Demand (i.e. make our 507 look like a 509 say) will our software that looks at CPU model recognise the change? I seem to recall that in a past life it didn't, unless you IPL while CoD is turned on. Thanks Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota

Re: SDSF DA command

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Field
Lizette - thanks for the pointer. I found that currently in the parms we have DADFLT(IN,OUT,TRANS,JOB), and what I want is DADFLT(IN,OUT,TRANS,STC,JOB), Having made the change I now get the results I wanted. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile

Re: SDSF DA command

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Field
SDSF Server Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: "Lizette Koehler" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 11/15/2012 07:50 Subject:Re: SDSF DA command Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List

SDSF DA command

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Field
At a previous job when I did a DA the results were equivalent to a DA OSTC. Now when I do a DA it is equivalent to DA OJOB. I'm at a class this week where DA is equivalent to DA OSTC. How do I set DA to default to OSTC. Google and the SDF manual haven't been much help. Thanks

Re: need 2006 NaSPA articles and downloads

2012-10-20 Thread Alan Field
Get the xmitmgr. Software off cbt too. You can at least get your source code out. - Original Message - From: "Richard Tsujimoto" [rtsujim...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: 10/20/2012 03:56 PM AST To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: need 2006 NaSPA articles and downloads Lizette, Thanks! I

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-20 Thread Alan Field
There is. It's called GOOGLE :) I just tried IBM JARGON FILE as search arguments. From: zMan To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 08/20/2012 11:07 Subject:Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!) Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: SHOWZOS

2012-06-18 Thread Alan Field
The assembly uses the BATCH option. There are multiple assembly steps and the RETURN CODE you are quoting is from the LAST batched assemble. If you search through the listing you'll find the non-zero return code. I am in the process of installing SHOWZOS myself right now. Alan From: Ger