IBMLink screens screwed up again

2017-11-23 Thread Dan Little
Broken again. Anyone else seeing it? > FO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

IBMLink and Knowledge Centre not working

2018-01-08 Thread Dan Little
Was working fine earlier this morning but screens all screwed up now. Dan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: APF problem

2018-02-17 Thread Dan Little
I think the key is the “and” between supervisor state and psw key 0-7. Try MODESET KEY=ZERO,MODE=SUP DAN On Feb 17, 2018, 22:45 -0500, Jesse 1 Robinson , wrote: > I've been doing this for so many years that I thought I could not be stumped > by an APF problem. I get a SD22-20, which I had to lo

Re: SMP/E theology question

2016-12-20 Thread Dan Little
The z/OS Packaging Rules publication for SMP/E lays out a naming standard. 10.2 SYSMOD IDs The SYSMOD ID of a function is called the function modification identifier (FMID). The FMID is a 7 character identifier that needs to be unique to distinguish one product from another. One way to help ensu

Re: Extended ZFS

2017-02-22 Thread Dan Little
You must create a new ZFS with extended addressability and copy old to new. /samples/copytree is a pretty slick command to do the copy. DAN On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 16:47 Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > Hope this does not smack of too lazy to wade through doc. We have a ZFS > that has hit the 4GB l

Re: Extended GDG question.

2017-02-23 Thread Dan Little
Yes unfortunately there is no way to "convert" to extended GDG. On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 08:04 Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM < kees.verno...@klm.com> wrote: > Hello group, > > We like to start using Extended GDGs for the nice LIMIT(999) feature. > I found that I can ALTER a GDG to a LIMIT > 255,

Re: Can you use IDCAMS REPRO on zFS files

2017-03-05 Thread Dan Little
If I do it this way though I won't reclaim any space like I would if I create a new zFS and copy using pax or copytree. On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 07:38 Peter Hunkeler wrote: > >I have someone telling me that I can use a simple IDCAMS ZFS > [snip] > > >Is it possible to use IDCAMS to copy a zFS fi

Re: FTP Client for Mac OS

2017-03-10 Thread Dan Little
I am told that FileZilla is mainframe-friendly. I don't have first hand experience. Dan On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 05:19 Martin Packer wrote: > Some of you must be using Macs to access z/OS data sets. > > I'm looking for a good Mac OS FTP client that can handle PDS members - > including ASCII/EB

Re: Can SMPPTS datasets be consolidated?

2017-03-16 Thread Dan Little
I thought the SMMPTSx DDDEF was recorded in the global zone and that consolidating could not easily be done. Dan On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 19:26 Gibney, Dave wrote: > Has this always been so. Sometime ago (1.7, 1.9) I had ACCEPT fail because > I had compressed and moved members into lower seque

Re: Migrating Cobol

2017-03-26 Thread Dan Little
I don't think you can order 5.2 any more. I recommend 6.1 especially if you have large programs as the compiler is 64-bit and can compile much larger programs. Dan On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 08:28 Charles Mills wrote: > My *impression* is that many are skipping 5 and going straight to 6.1. > >

Re: RACF TEMPDSN improvement with the zOS 1.13

2017-04-19 Thread Dan Little
It's not really described as an improvement anywhere for z/OS 1.13 but the documentation at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icha700/tempdsn.htm does reference sharing disk with V1.12 or earlier which kind of implies that V1.13 had the change. Dan O

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

2017-04-26 Thread Dan Little
Ideally I would like to have keys for DR on an ongoing basis to avoid the delays that Lionel mentions. Dan > On Apr 26, 2017, at 05:30, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Lionel Dyck wrote: >> I've been working on DR planning for one of our locations and out >> of 15 non-IBM products, ONLY 3 will con

Re: AW: Re: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library: z/OS V2R2 Collection, March 2017

2017-04-27 Thread Dan Little
I totally agree we need to be able to do bulk downloads of PDF bundles. I also completely agree that some of the simple tools like tso bookmanager were far more reliable and in many cases much easier to use than searching and getting hundreds of hits unrelated to what I am looking for. > On

Re: ICSF Again

2017-05-10 Thread Dan Little
Can you show the job output?    And are you able to get into ICSF panels? What are your installation options? Dan -- On May 10, 2017, 12:51 PM -0400, Steely.Mark , wrote: > I was trying to rename a key in the CKDS. I was using > PGM=CSFKGUP,PARM

Connect Direct File Agent on z/OS

2017-06-07 Thread Dan Little
Hi I am curious if anyone is using this agent that comes with IBM Sterling Connect Direct? It is a separate downloaded Java jar file to run on Z/OS or other OSes. We are having issues getting it working despite a ticket open with IBM so I am curious if anyone is using it on z/OS? Thanks Dan

Re: APF authorization and AC(00)

2017-06-09 Thread Dan Little
I think you need RENT on your PL/1 compile because otherwise there is no guaranteed the generated code will be re-entrant. General rule is if RENT on bind/LinkedIn then you must have RENT on high level language compile. Dan On Jun 9, 2017, 16:26 -0400, Leonardo Vaz , wrote: > Ow, I missed the

Re: Notify Type in Apar

2017-06-13 Thread Dan Little
I believe it means the Hiper flag is being removed from the APAR for some reason. Perhaps there is a different root cause than originally thought or something like that. Thanks. Dan On Jun 13, 2017, 12:35 PM -0400, Gilson Cesar de Oliveira , wrote: > > > > > Dear list: > Does anyone know the m

Re: PDSE dataset rename issue

2017-06-17 Thread Dan Little
Do you mean SYS1.SIEALNKE? The return code you are getting means it is enqueued. Validate DADSM RENAME request; enqueue on SYSDSN failed. On Jun 17, 2017, 09:29 -0400, Lizette Koehler , wrote: > A thought or two > > 1) Is the SYS1.SIEKLNKE currently in the LINKLST? If so, are you just > refreshi

Re: What to do with PTF dogies?

2017-07-19 Thread Dan Little
I put them all on unless they are PE. I don't agree with the picking and choosing that RSU does and if I get hit in production by some old PTF that was not in an RSU for whatever reason my management is going to be very unhappy. Been there before and don't want to repeat. The other issue is tha

Re: Enterprise COBOL V6.2

2017-07-20 Thread Dan Little
Don't need a compiler for that! On Jul 20, 2017, 8:33 AM -0400, Tim Deller , wrote: > "Conditional complication"? > Sounds about right... > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lis

Re: IBM support portal Broken?

2017-08-30 Thread Dan Little
IE11 here too and people are having to use Chrome. On Aug 30, 2017, 1:01 PM -0400, Turner Cheryl L , wrote: > Some of us don't have the leisure of changing our browser option or version, > so I certainly hope that's not the fix. > > Right now IBMLINK prompts for userid/password but after supplyi

Re: z/OS Data Set Encryption Now Generally Available

2017-09-11 Thread Dan Little
There is a key for the dataset and it is stored in ICSF. Nothing magically gets encrypted although some articles and promos seem to imply if buy a z14 everything will magically be encrypted which is not true. There is key management to plan. There is the decision on how datasets get assigned a

Re: PROCUSERMAX in OMVS Segment

2017-10-05 Thread Dan Little
Yes it does On Oct 5, 2017, 08:37 -0400, Mark Jacobs - Listserv , wrote: > This question might be better asked in the RACF or OMVS mailing lists, > but I'm starting here. > > Does a value set in the OMVS segment for PROCUSERMAX override the > setting of MAXPROCUSER in BPXPRMxx? It's documented th

Re: RLS implementation for CDS's in DFHSM

2015-12-08 Thread Dan Little
Fingers crossed but we have been using it for quite a while with no issues. Dan On Tuesday, 8 December 2015, Kenneth J. Kripke wrote: > This is an inquiry to see if there are shops that have implemented Record > Level Sharing for their CDS's in DFHSM. > > 1. Concerns are how frequent have

Re: OMVS file changes for z/OS 1.13 -> z/OS 2.1

2016-01-26 Thread Dan Little
Z/OSMF Perl PHP Perl and PHP must now be obtained from Rocket Software but that is with 2.2 not 2.1. Did you order Ported Tools with z/OS 2.1? On Tuesday, 26 January 2016, Gibney, David Allen,Jr wrote: > Reviewing, developing the Unix files portion of my BPXPRMxx for my new > z/OS 2.1 target s

Re: Deleting a dataset that GRS has enqueued.

2016-01-27 Thread Dan Little
If it is SYS1 there is a FACILITY class STGADMIN profile that will allow you to bypass the enqueue in 3.4 for rename only if you have access to the profile. On Wednesday, 27 January 2016, Peter Ten Eyck wrote: > Yes. The owner (in use) of the dataset is known. GRS has an enq on that > dataset na

Re: Connect/Direct 5.2

2016-02-10 Thread Dan Little
We are running 5.2 across the board. We have zIIPs turned on as well. No encryption as we don't have Secure+. Combination of SNA and TCP/IP connections. On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Lester, Bob wrote: > Hi Sharon, > > We're on 4.8.03 in production right now. > > I just installed

Re: COBOL 5.2 Programs too large to compile?

2016-03-31 Thread Dan Little
Cobol 6.1 has some improvements for compiling large programs. Dan On Thursday, 31 March 2016, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Cameron Conacher wrote: > > >We are underway to upgrade to COBOL 5.2, and we have run into a situation > where at least one program appears

Re: DFSORT course / Trainning materials?

2016-05-23 Thread Dan Little
Check out... http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort And the downloads... On Sunday, 22 May 2016, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > I am looking for DFSORT course (can be a vendor course), or free course > materials including excessive. Hope you can point me to... > > Best, > ITschak > > > > *| **Itschak Mu

Re: z/OSMF

2016-05-24 Thread Dan Little
Ditto On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Leonardo Vaz wrote: > Ditto. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 12:18 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z/OSMF > > Hav

Re: Delaying response to a message

2016-06-05 Thread Dan Little
I am away for 3 weeks so cannot try till I am home. On Saturday, 4 June 2016, Edward Gould wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2016, at 1:53 PM, Zahir Hemini > wrote: > > > >> We had jobs with an outstanding WTOR that would last for 2 or so weeks. > Never an issue. > >> > >> Ed > > > > Did you allow them to s

Re: Private storage

2016-08-14 Thread Dan Little
Most likely adjust CSA to make up for the growth. On Sunday, 14 August 2016, Lopez, Sharon wrote: > We migrated 4 production lpars from z/OS 1.13 to z/OS 2.1 and didn't > notice a change in Private storage. Today, we migrated our last production > lpar and noticed that we lost about 1M private.

Re: IBMLINK SR Application Unusble

2016-08-25 Thread Dan Little
I am really finding it annoying and lots of my screen is chewed up by info and links I don't need. The font for Service Requests is now much smaller as well at least on my screen. I really don't like it. Dan On Thursday, 25 August 2016, Doug Henry < 012e22efeed4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: Secure FTP to IBM ?

2016-09-08 Thread Dan Little
Yes. I use it all the time. On Thursday, 8 September 2016, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > Perfect - Thank you > > > -- > Lionel B. Dyck (TRA Contractor) > Mainframe Systems Programmer > Enterprise Infrastructure Support (St

Re: IBM Education Assistance for z/OS - Useful??

2016-10-13 Thread Dan Little
Yes it is good but little known. Publicize it and keep it up. On Thursday, 13 October 2016, Mike Wawiorko wrote: > Marna, > > I've had a look at this and so have a couple of my colleagues who support > z/OS Communications Server and related software. > > 1) is this is still a good way to provi

Re: IBM doc page - down or dead?

2016-11-29 Thread Dan Little
Me too. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:41 Gord Tomlin wrote: > On 2016-11-28 17:23, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > > Gord, > > > > The correct link is > > > > http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/ > > > > You are missing the library before bkserv > > > > Kolusu > > Thanks, Kolusu, that worked.

Re: IDCAMS

2014-12-30 Thread Dan Little
Should be able to if you allocate to the dataset with disp=mod. On Tuesday, December 30, 2014, Micheal Butz wrote: > Hi > > Can IDCAMS repro > > Append records to the end of a sequential data set > The repro command is in a clist > And it's whitin a loop > > Seems repro replaces existing records

Re: Curiosity: IEAAPFxx and LNKLSTxx

2015-02-05 Thread Dan Little
Nope On Thursday, February 5, 2015, Ed Gould wrote: > I do: > > Ed > > On Feb 5, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Gord Tomlin wrote: > >> It's been many years now since IBM introduced the ability to define lnklst and APF list via PROGxx. >> >> Just curious: is anyone out there still using IEAAPFxx and LNKLSTxx

Re: Strange LE / link list behaviour

2015-02-28 Thread Dan Little
Are they concatenation with non-apf Libs in the step lib? On Friday, February 27, 2015, Ken MacKenzie wrote: > Hi all, > > We're in the process of upgrading to Enterprise COBOL 5.1 and one of our > development groups has decided to re-compile all their COBOL modules even > though it is not deeme

Re: Knowledgecentre versus the library server

2015-03-11 Thread Dan Little
Bookmanager Read TSO is still my favorite , quirks and all. No waiting. No fishing around for what website might have some doc. I am on TSO and my problem is on the mainframe so I look up what I need in seconds...one copy for everyone! On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f0

Re: Corrupt PDSE - IGW699I PDSE Directory Validation Unsuccessful

2015-05-25 Thread Dan Little
Sounds like oa45027. On Monday, May 25, 2015, Thomas Berg wrote: > I checked the restored one. It was ok. > > I'm currently running IEBPDSE against the failing version, this time in > the prod system (where I was just "hanging" when trying to browse it). > When running the same job in the DEV s

Re: Corrupt PDSE - IGW699I PDSE Directory Validation Unsuccessful

2015-05-25 Thread Dan Little
frame Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > ] On Behalf Of Dan > > Little > > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 4:40 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Corrupt PDSE - IGW699I PDSE Directory Validation > Unsuccessful > > > > Sounds like

Re: Catalog entry not visible

2015-08-26 Thread Dan Little
Yes it is. On Wednesday, August 26, 2015, michelbutz wrote: > Is IKJ tso ? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Lizette Koehler > wrote: > > > > Can you do 3.4 on the dataset? If so, when you press PF11 - does it > show any details? > > > > Is there more than one LPAR inv

Re: Testing with dates in the future

2015-09-23 Thread Dan Little
IBM no longer markets nor supports ATF.Customers of ATF have to buy Tictoc from Can-do Systems or go to IBM Hourglass or something else. On Wednesday, 23 September 2015, Linda wrote: > Hi Markus, > > We got a product called TICTOC for Y2K testing. It worked great for that > and we kept it fo