Re: Inexplicable 0C4!

never mind, more coffee On 4/27/2023 9:12 AM, Clifford McNeill wrote: should this load  L   R3,=X'7FFF'    string maximum length be a load address?  LA  R3,=X'7FFF' On 4/27/2023 8:52 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: Which flavor of 0C4? If PIC-10/11, the address is reported

Re: Inexplicable 0C4!

should this load L R3,=X'7FFF'string maximum length be a load address? LA R3,=X'7FFF' On 4/27/2023 8:52 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: Which flavor of 0C4? If PIC-10/11, the address is reported. On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:58:23 +0700 Robin Atwood wrote: :>I have had two

Re: Weird TAPE MOUNT behavior

19.12.37 J1234567 -DB2PRJ1O PRDB2PRC04 18349K 108.19 2.91 818.20 858556 0472 0 0 0 1 On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 14:32, Clifford McNeill wrote: Did you run out of tape drives? Can you show the IEF455D msg? On 7/11/2022 8:23 AM, Jack Zukt wrote: RESPOND

Re: Weird TAPE MOUNT behavior

Did you run out of tape drives?  Can you show the IEF455D msg? On 7/11/2022 8:23 AM, Jack Zukt wrote: RESPOND TO IEF455D MESSAGE -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Some questions on SYSCALL

I cant remember if they are required or not but do you have SYS1.SBPXEXEC and cohorts allocated?     Cliff McNeill On 6/28/2022 3:22 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:44:51 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: I was not super clear, was I?

Re: BPXBATCH and PGM invocation

I suspect the Dir not found was the output of the bpxmtext command.     Cliff McNeill On 6/23/2022 1:01 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: I suspect that the not found directory was ' (apostrophe). -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

Now you need a de-collator. On 6/8/2022 1:09 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: GIYF or duck duck go or whatever your search engine of choice. Not only is greenbar paper still available (Staples, anyone?) but you can even still get it in carbon paper (shudder).

Re: HSM backups and CICS VSAM files,

There was a CICS FCT/File definition attribute known as Backup While Open (BWO).  I've forgotten the details but you may want to investigate it.  I think it will allow what you are trying to do. As far as the HSM failures to backup the file, there is probably something (messages) in the HSM

Re: z/OS Data Set File System (DSFS) Now Available

IBM's Native American name shall be Broken-Link. Cliff It seems pretty obvious in context that there’s an inadvertent, stray line break that renders the URL unclickable/untappable as-is. If you concatenate the two lines and remove any spaces you get this

Re: even an old mainframer can do it

I miss socializing in the line to use the keypunch. Compiles were fill-in type work that involved operators reading in the card deck, so very controlled and very occasional. Desk checking was required. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

This because IBM no longer leads, but follows! Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of kekronbekron <02dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM snew

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

No troubles here. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Richards, Robert B. (CTR) <01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RED Alert Today

Re: "Wrong" Size Allocation with AVGREC?

This smells like the default geometry in DFSMS is set to a 3380 instead of a 3390. Option 8 in ISMF will allow display of the CDS Base which will show the defaults being used. Ensure Bytes/track is 56664 (3390 track size). Cliff McNeill W dniu 23.03.2021 o

Re: TSO timeout S622

0090 IKT100I USERID SYSxxxCANCELED DUE TO UNCONDITIONAL LOGOFF 0090 EZZ6034I TN3270 CONN 0010269E LU TCP00059 CONN DROP INACT-S 894 Looks like a telnet timeout. Try checking TCPIP settings for TELNETPARMS TIMEMARK and INACTIVE. Cliff McNeill

Re: PF key - one PF key - not responding

If a VTAM session monitor is between the PC and TSO, it could have PF21 assigned to some purpose and not passing it on. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP

try MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Thomas David Rivers Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Description of the format of a SYSUDUMP Paul Gilmartin

Re: IGD17272I but lots of space in storgrp

The error is 550-SVC99 RETURN CODE=4 S99INFO=0 S99ERROR=38668 HEX=970C S99ERSN code X'012C'. 550 Unable to create data set OY72364.APTAR.L1.AIBILL.EXT for APPE command. It seems like SMS is not trying every volume in the storage group. --- Based on the error

Re: Using FDR

What happens if you mount one of the files, list contents with ls command, and then unmount it. Can you then dump it? The mount/unmount could be to any mountpoint, it doesn't have to be the exact one in BPXPRMxx. I'm suspecting zfs wasn't unmounted correctly and re-mount (anywhere) will fix

Re: how to catalog page dataset to new MCAT

johnny, I'm going on the assumption that PAGE.PLPA.PAGE doesn't exist and copying a non-existent catalog entry isn't going to work. Skip gave sample IDCAMS statement to define a PAGESPACE, so use it to define your PLPA, COMMON, and PAGE datasets - use different names than the system on which

Re: Overrides (was: REXX as JCL replacement)

The syntax using stepname (not procstep name) is used because there is no nested procedure in that refer back. By that I mean, the reference is not to a DD within a proc invoked by the procedure. That is how I've always viewed it. I reread the JCL manual concerning backward references and it

Re: Overrides (was: REXX as JCL replacement)

The proc author probably wouldn't do in that manner. Look at excerpt below, notice how LKED SYSLIN is referencing a dsn from a previous step? SYS1.PROCLIB(IBMZCPLG) - 01.01 Columns ===>

Re: Codepage

Scott, I found this document http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21256665=1 which is some version of the source to EZACICTR. In there I see that mode=single and mode=multiple have a different number of parameters. Your call (as below) are for mode=multiple, hence the parameter

Re: SMP HELP

Just a guess, not closing bracket on ARCHDEF. -- -- GIM20313S ** THERE IS A SYNTAX ERROR IN THE CONTROL STATEMENT FROM DD STATEMENT -- GIM20313S ** THERE IS A SYNTAX ERROR IN THE CONTROL STATEMENT FROM DD STATEMENT -- GIM46700IGIMUNZIP PACKAGE CONTROL

Re: Started task userid

We use Top Secret and the method used is to enter a command to update something called the STC table dynamically with the stc procname and userid/acid to be associated with it. The command looks like TSS add(STC) proc(xx) acid(uu) Cliff McNeill

Re: Read a PDS (all members) like PS dataset

You could try to open, write, and close the PDS with the original LRECL and BLKSIZE, IEBGENER will do fine. Then you should be able to recover the previous members. Of course, get a backup first. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Stand-Alone DSS RESTORE with 3584 Library - How??

Also don't forget the stand alone ICKDSF IPL tape to init the disk drives before a stand alone DFDSS IPL to restore the tapes. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Skip Robinson

Re: PTF error clarification

PE Error RC8 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 7:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PTF error clarification > Is a return

Re: JCL QUESTION :IGD17045I SPACE NOT SPECIFIED FOR ALLOCATION OF DATA SET

John, I'm using SMS managed tape libraries with multi-DSN output files (UNIT=AFF) and I have code in our ACS dataclass routine that looks like this: IF = 'REF=ST' OR = 'AFF=SMST' THEN DO SET = EXIT END As I recall, both the ANYVOL and UNIT were necessary to catch all cases.

Re: Smaller Private Area in DR

I've seen this happen when adding a module to CSA and it causes CSA to cross a 1-meg boundary. CSA expands in 1meg increments. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of Phil philyo...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: CLEAN cart and Jaguar generations

As far as I know, that is true. The various cartridges are just different sizings and worm type, the cartridge form factor remains the same. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of R.S.

Re: EMC DLM

I know very little about EMC DLM but I do know it uses a lock directory that you need read/write access to. The lock directory is specified on the Storage tab of the administrator's web interface. Cliff McNeill We have an EMC DLM in production replicating to one for DR. We are unable

Re: Console access to an LPAR

Skip, It could be part of the OS definitions in HCD panels CBDPDVOS (Define Device to Operating System Configuration) and CBDPDV13 (Define Device Parameters / Features)? There you can define the device as initially offline. Or it could be part of the ICC/OSC definition that is accessed

Re: Purging output

Mike,I've never done it before but my reading of the manual suggests $POJ,JM=IDC1031*,ALL,CC=(4) might workCliff McNeill Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:53:44 -0600 From: mike.a.sch...@gmail.com Subject: Purging output To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU I am wanting to purge output from our

Re: ECSA Survey

We are a small shop with 150MB of ECSA that is 50% allocated. We have roughly 200 asids. From my experience any one asid using more than 5MB is highly suspect. That is a big block of memory, if you can't do it with that then you're probably doing it incorrectly. I'm not sure that pageable

Re: Tape Label Question

'We append 5 extra datasets to the end of this tape, some using FDR and some as an IEBCOPY.' Can you put those 5 or so datasets on the front of the tape and put pack backups at the end? Cliff McNeill

Re: Friday Puzzler

My guess is, if the dataset isn't cataloged, then you must specify a volser and unit to find the dataset, because it isn't a temp dataset. Cliff McNeill I have an end user job that is getting a JCL error and I know how to fix it but I can't explain exactly why it's failing. I can recreate

Re: Security definitions for OAM started task

Be sure you are using the OAM PISA Guide for Tape Libraries. Here is a checklist from that manual. http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.idao300%2Fo3010.htm Cliff McNeill Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:09:14 +0530 From: baby.ekla...@gmail.com

Re: USSTAB Refresh

For TN3270 the table is not in VTAM. I put the USS table in linklst and do a v tcpip,tn3270,obeyfile command and , if necessary, an LLA update/refresh command to change it. Cliff McNeill List; I compiled a new USSTAB for use with TN3270. I am attempting to refresh VTAM/TN3270

Re: Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

I'd be interested if this fixes the problem. I looked up the CSVDYNEX RC 8 and RSN 827 and it says a AMODE=31 exit routine is being added to an exit that requires its routines to be AMODE=24. Cliff McNeill Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 17:08:08 + From: rsc...@rocketsoftware.com Subject:

Re: Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

catch instruction and was not greater than x'7Fxx' - for example x'47F0', CSVDYNEX thought that the caller had passed a 24bit address instead of the required 31bit. On 8 Jan 2014, at 18:38, Clifford McNeill sy...@hotmail.com wrote: I'd be interested if this fixes the problem

Re: How diagnose potential memory leaks with LE?

My preferred term is 'programming error' Cliff McNeill Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:33:04 -0400 From: zedgarhoo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: How diagnose potential memory leaks with LE? To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Ditto. I think they like 'leak' because they have no decent tools (in too

Re: NO COMMUNICATIONS DATA SET - IGD002I

I did for SETSMS for COMMDS there was no response at all, but for SCDS and ACDS i got the below : setsms acds(system.zt01.acds) IGD068I ACDS SYSTEM.ZT01.ACDS SPECIFIED IS THE SAME AS THE ACTIVE ACDS - COMMAND IS REJECTED setsms scds(system.zt01.scds) IGD056I ACDS SYSTEM.ZT01.ACDS NOT

Re: STP Dialout Failure

Thank you for that information, John. I will continue to investigate our failure. Cliff McNeill IBM Product Engineering tested NIST ACTS, and I'm told they verified in the lab that the NIST dial-up time server is still operating correctly and available to provide time through an HMC

STP Dialout Failure

Anybody else experiencing failures with STP/ETR dialout to NIST ACTS? http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/acts.cfm Cliff McNeill -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Deleting Alias

This problem seems unclear because of the two catalog ALIAS uses. One for the HLQ that probably points to a user catlg and another for the DSN alias pointing to a user catlg. Ensure that both are pointing to the same catalog. Is there an ALIAS entry for the HLQ? Cliff McNeill I was

Re: Enqueue during VSAM REPRO - Who is the culprit

Are you really copying new to current or this that a typo? Cliff McNeill Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:20:07 -0700 From: stars...@mindspring.com Subject: Enqueue during VSAM REPRO - Who is the culprit To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Esteem Listers - I have a simple issue, but I am unable to

Re: SMF LOGGER Questions

Gary, I think you should the messages Skip has seen in syslog when a new logger dataset is created. However, some of the updates are not applied until the logstream is closed and reopened. Excerpt from 'Setting Up a Sysplex' Chapter 9.7 Updating a log stream's attributes: Pending updates

Re: Security vulnerability in IBM HTTP Server for z/OS Version 5.3 (PM79239)

I received a phone call from my sales rep (at IBM's insistence) stressing the severity of this and 2 other APARs. I suspect that others have received similar phone calls. I am not registered (yet) for the 'System z Security Portal' but I suspect the APAR's details are in there. Cliff McNeill

Re: Security vulnerability in IBM HTTP Server for z/OS Version 5.3 (PM79239)

the day after xmas, the PTF's did NOT exist at the www.ibm.com/support site. I have not looked since as we do not run either of those components but found it strange I could not successfully search for the PTF's. From the limited viewing of the Security portal, I did not see much in

Re: Urgent help needed - Message ISN000E

ISN000E The service processor has failed. Some critical system functions are inoperative. Service Processor is also known as the SE or Support Element. Further investigation would need to be done by your hardware support team. Have you tried to reboot the support Element? There

Re: Urgent help needed - Message ISN000E

Forgot to mention that the Service Elements are the laptop computers inside the covers of the z900. Cliff McNeill Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:07:50 -0500 From: sy...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Urgent help needed - Message ISN000E To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU ISN000E The service processor

Re: Unable to Delete Orphaned VSAM Data Components

Ken, Have you tried IDCAMS DELETE TRUENAME? //DELET12JOB ... //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DDSYSOUT=A //SYSIN DD* DELETE - K101.AIX.DATA TRUENAME - CATALOG(USERCAT4) /* Cliff McNeill 1) Orphaned DATA component entry exists