Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

Wrong end, Passing gas occurs at a different orifice. Michael At 08:40 AM 12/21/2022, Paul Gorlinsky wrote: Burping ... because we are removing the gas trapped above in a PDS -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac

Re: Can I get the true jobname in JCL

Just remember to add it to MSTRJCL asIEFJOBS. Michael At 10:39 AM 12/16/2022, Carmen Vitullo wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I'm not sure this was a question or a statement but yes, I use SYS1.STCJOBS and place jobcards for STC's I want to add, accounting info or change the msgclass

Re: Split JES2 MAS

Food for thought - separate MAS for each environment, but same SYSPLEX. Though better to have each environment in separate SYSPLEX and MAS. (That also allows better separation for implementing changes to each environment. Michael) At 01:16 PM 12/8/2022, Michael Babcock wrote: Content-Trans

Re: Bytes in a 3390 track

Actually, if you are doing sequential processing, zEDC is perhaps the best as it "write"s full-tracks, regardless of the BLKSIZE specified. With zEDC, the BLKSIZE is just the size of data passed to/from the application and no longer the physical data "written" to disk. Michael At 12:14 PM 11

Re: TNZ 3270 Emulator: Any Experiences?

Object Code Only. I.e. executables only with no source code. Michael At 09:33 AM 11/18/2022, kekronbekron wrote: Hi Paul, What's OCO? - KB --- Original Message --- On Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 7:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

Re: CRTIME Field on $DJ(xxxxx),LONG command output

Careful, In a SYSPLEX with multiple local time zones, use of local time zone in a message can be confusing. Michael At 04:22 PM 9/21/2022, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:40:01 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Why not a settable option to use local, UTC or both? > Of course! That

Re: Real fun for companies on older machines & SCRT

celink/svc00100.nsf/pages/SCRTsc236845/$file/e0z3s127.pdf Michael At 12:50 PM 9/10/2022, John McKown wrote: Not too sure the form the SMF data would need to be in. And I thought to he Linux version was only for z/Linux. But it's something to look into. On Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 11:56 Michael Ouj

Re: Real fun for companies on older machines & SCRT

It has been a while since I worked with SCRT, but thought it also ran on Linux and Windows. Michael At 08:20 AM 9/9/2022, John McKown wrote: I just found out that IBM will be releasing version 29 of the SCRT program on 15Oct2022. Version 28 reports will be accepted only up to the Nov2022 repo

Re: SMF type 76 records - RMF trace activity

Depends on what level of zOS you are at, RMF has been recently been split into the Data Gatherer and RMF components. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=zos-rmf https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=zos-data-gatherer Michael At 12:53 PM 9/8/2022, Pierre Fichaud wrote: Where do I

Re: SMF type 76 records - RMF trace activity

CE 'CPU USAGE*16' */ TRACE(RCVPTR,END) /* TRACE 'PAGING RATE' */ Michael At 10:36 AM 9/8/2022, Michael Oujesky wrote: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=rmf-zos-programmers-guide See the sections on tracing. Michael ee

Re: SMF type 76 records - RMF trace activity

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=rmf-zos-programmers-guide See the sections on tracing. Michael ee the section on At 09:23 AM 9/8/2022, Pierre Fichaud wrote: In the RMF manuals, there is no mention of this SMF type. How can I get these generated? Thanks in advance, Pierre. -

Re: SDSF record and request types [EXTERNAL]

Just an FYI, but SYS1.SAMPLIB(IEAMDBLG) can be modifies to increase the record length of the SYSLOG formatted extract of OPERLOG from 132 to 255 and thereby eliminate split ("s") records. Michael At 09:21 AM 8/6/2022, Feller, Paul wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64This is from the z/OS

Re: Logstreams

Long ago (2005) we had one of the largest generators of SMF data on record and continued to use MAN datasets using a couple of techniques to carry the load. Environment: four CECS, all in the same SYSPLEX. four on UK time, ten on US time. Extensive use of CICSPLEX and transaction routine wi

Re: Logstreams

You might consider splitting the data into multiple logstreams. Michael At 12:41 PM 8/2/2022, Steve Beaver wrote: Has anyone ever created a LOGSTREAM on an M54 of 65000 cylinders. I have a very, very busy CICS and DB2 on the same LPAR Thanks

Re: Mainframe outage affecting W.Va. state agencies could take 48, 72 hours to resolve

Depending on whether or not the individual is subject to FINRA restrictions. Michael At 05:04 PM 7/27/2022, Mike Schwab wrote: Yep. Banking standards require everyone to take 1 or 2 weeks off with no work contact. On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 9:36 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > > Absolutely right. I

Re: Finding uncatalogued datasets

Sorry, meant to say DcOLLECT and LISTCATs merged to determine those not cataloged? At 12:21 PM 7/22/2022, Michael Oujesky wrote: Have you had a look at DCOLLECT data? Michael At 09:00 AM 7/22/2022, Jack Zukt wrote: Hi all, As a byproduct of what I am working now, I have found out a few

Re: Finding uncatalogued datasets

Have you had a look at DCOLLECT data? Michael At 09:00 AM 7/22/2022, Jack Zukt wrote: Hi all, As a byproduct of what I am working now, I have found out a few uncatalogued datasets. Now I would like to find out all the uncatalogued datasets that are forgotten on the hundred of volumes that are

Re: SMF Record types to capture

combinations could be as great at 1,073,741,824 if my match is correct. Michael At 11:50 AM 7/4/2022, Michael Oujesky wrote: Record type 125 is the new extended SMF record that provide for the double-byte record ID's. Probably the most concise collection of information is in Cheryl Wat

Re: SMF Record types to capture

--- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Michael Oujesky Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2022 13:51 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMF Record types to capture The standard header is still a one byte field, so 0:255 captures them all. At each dump/off-load, I segmented our SMF records by

Re: SMF Record types to capture

The standard header is still a one byte field, so 0:255 captures them all. At each dump/off-load, I segmented our SMF records by category/interest-group and anticipated retention period to reduce the processing resources and time by not having to process record types that ere superfluous. As

Re: SFTP JOB Data parameter

One way, presuming the job runs once per day: //SFTPB24E JOB (7330),MSGCLASS=X,CLASS=P,NOTIFY=&SYSUID,USER=STCSYS //GETYEST EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=0M //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.SBPXEXEC //OUTPUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD DISP=OLD,DSN=MYHLQ.YESTFILE.CMD //*/\/\/\/\/

Re: SFTP JOB Data parameter

Might you have the job log from one that had yesterday's data? In processes I have built, I did the job build "today", but submitted the job stream "tomorrow" or used a timer facility to delay start of execution until "tomorrow" (or days/weeks later). Michael At 08:00 AM 6/22/2022, saurabh

Re: Debit vs Credit card for cash at ATM? [was: RE: Modernize Mainframe Applications for Hybrid Cloud with IBM and AWS]

ATM is just the teller (i.e. Automated Teller Machine), but there are only two kinds of accounts - debit (deposit) or credit (loan). Most ATMs accept either kind off account, though some are limited as to what banking network they accept. BTW, for BOA, the card number is just that - the numb

Re: SFTP JOB Data parameter

My guess is that resolution of dynamic symbols can differ each time they are interpreted, In my JCL coding, I use refer-backs so that that any dataset is evaluated only once in the JCL. Further references to that dataset do not use the dynamic symbol. Michael At 12:26 PM 6/15/2022, Farley,

Re: SFTP JOB Data parameter

As a starting point: //SFTPSEBC JOB (7330),MSGCLASS=X,CLASS=P,NOTIFY=&SYSUID //TAILOR EXEC PGM=PGM=EZACFSM1 //SYSOUT DD DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),DSN=&CMDS, // UNIT=VIO,SPACE=(TRK,(1)), // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSZE=800 //SYSINDD * OSHELL { echo 'lcd /u/op117/'; echo '

Re: ISPF WSA and ISPF Plugin for z/OSMF

gin, but it may > hopefully improve. One thing that is really good is tabbed screens. > Instead of 'SPLIT' (which is still there), you can enter 'START' to get a > new tabbed screen. > > sas > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 12:40 AM Michael Oujesky > w

Re: FTP Software for Mainframe to PC

Ditto At 05:09 PM 6/10/2022, Don Leahy wrote: I am still in mourning about the prospect of losing WSA. I built several tools around it. :-( On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 12:21 Michael Oujesky wrote: > While not FTP, if you still have it, ISPF WSA does transfers to/from > non-MVS pla

Re: dfsort -TASK I/O TABLE EXCEEDS TIOT LIMIT OF 0064K

Failing in allocation. Going to have to use fewer output files in a single step. Michael At 11:14 PM 6/10/2022, Ron Thomas wrote: Hello - We are splitting a very large files in to 750 files dynamically based on key , which means if the key changes the file is moved to the respective ones

Re: FTP Software for Mainframe to PC

While not FTP, if you still have it, ISPF WSA does transfers to/from non-MVS platforms. Gone with z/OS 2.5. Michael At 07:48 AM 6/10/2022, Lizette Koehler wrote: Just looking to create a list of software that does FTP from the mainframe to the PC I know IND$FILE FILEZILLA Are the

Re: Thunderbird?

Might want to also have a look at Pandora Michael At 03:04 PM 6/6/2022, Carmen Vitullo wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm using Thunderbird + FireFox now after tons of issues with my ISP's email service using outlook, outlook express, I have my ISP email account and my gmail account

Re: System Logstreams

Food for thought: * when splitting out CICS 110, consider splitting out 110.1.3 (transaction detail) and all other. Depending on how you process the transaction detail, you might also want to separate out the 110.1.1 dictionary records. * Also consider splitting out TYPE74 from the rest

Re: OMVS trace buffer mapping

Due to the complexity of the analysis, why would not IPCS formatting meet your needs? Michael At 08:38 AM 5/24/2022, Pierre Fichaud wrote: I've seen the first 2 already. I looked at the last link. I would like a macro or DSECT(s) that map the OMVS trace buffer. Regards, Pierre.

Re: OMVS trace buffer mapping

Have you reviewed: * SYSOMVS component trace - IBM Documentation *

Re: IBM BLSR subsystem

Regarding SAS, tape format does support extended format. At 09:56 AM 5/19/2022, Michael Watkins wrote: For the past few years, I've been looking at re-writing the ACS routines with an eye toward making extended format datasets the default, ferreting out datasets that cannot tolerate extended fo

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM BLSR subsystem

ut half the savings but DEFERW did the rest. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Michael Oujesky Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM BLSR subsystem AMP will be fine for setting BUFNI or

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM BLSR subsystem

994 document, I couldn't find anything that actually explained it. That's where I was getting confused. I'll also need to check the AMP parm to see if that does the same thing. The DEFERW=YES option looks interesting (again). Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainfram

Re: IBM BLSR subsystem

I should have mentioned that (as I recall) BLSR allows forcing pool sharing so that if multiple VSAM files are being randomly processed, there might be memory savings from forcing some to share the same LSR pool. Michael At 02:23 PM 5/16/2022, Michael Oujesky wrote: PDF - http

Re: IBM BLSR subsystem

PDF - http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iea5j600.pdf BLSR will help principally if the access is random and the locality of reference of the data component is good. Otherwise, just increasing the BUFNI and/or BUFND will suffice. Note that for sequential access a BUFND of twice the CIs

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Potential Resource Savings Techniques

Model DSCB no longer required for SMS managed. Michael At 04:59 PM 5/11/2022, Gibney, Dave wrote: Creation of new GDSs also needed a model DSCB. Well before I started working here (41 years come August), the Sysprogs of the time wrote PGM=OPENCLSE. Which scanned the TIOT for =C'DD', op

Re: Potential Resource Savings Techniques

And would also be for IEFBR14. At 03:12 PM 5/11/2022, Michael Oujesky wrote: SDB is done in two phases - allocation and open. so, here, SDB is active. michael At 02:36 PM 5/11/2022, wrote: I apologize to all. The Correct JCL is below. It must use INFILE of DD DUMMY. IDCAMS TO

Re: Potential Resource Savings Techniques

SDB is done in two phases - allocation and open. so, here, SDB is active. michael At 02:36 PM 5/11/2022, wrote: I apologize to all. The Correct JCL is below. It must use INFILE of DD DUMMY. IDCAMS TO ALLOCATE EMPTY FILE VS USING IEFBR14 AS BR14 DOES NOT USE SDB or RLSE SPACE //STEP010

Re: Trying to understand SMF30_RAXFLAGS

My reading of Principals of Operation indicates register documentation has bit 0 as the high order bit, not lower order bit. Michael At 11:20 AM 4/18/2022, Charles Mills wrote: Sorry. Bit 0 is usually the X'01' bit in mainframe doc (other than UNIX). So is my interpretation correct? SMF30_US

Re: Sftp Vs connect direct

Due to the capabilities for check-pointing and automatic recovery, I would suggest C:D for large file transfers. Though the transferred file has to be fully landed before processing of the data can begin, whereas FTP protocols do allow processing of the data as it is received. If you are doi

Re: SMF data - Writing

IFASMFD? should tell you which records are the greatest volume. Alternatively MXG or MICS daily processing times will also indicate the source of the increase My first guess would be that the DB2 folks have turned on some additional tracing. Next best guess is CICS or MQ activity change.

Re: JES2 DUPL_JOB parameter

Just remember that in a multi-system MAS, the default is for converter/interpreter processing can occur on any member of the MAS. So there is always the possibility that jobs submitted at the same time could have a C/I processing delay such that a later job actually get accepted for execution

Re: Systems Programming / Operations support services in USA/Canada

Do or did? Years ago JTA (Just Technical Associates) and LRI (Logical Resources, Inc) (both of Dallas) did MVS contract Systems Programming services. I was on the ENRON account during their data center consolidation and out-sourcing transition. At 12:08 PM 2/1/2022, Jim Elliott wrote: I

Re: RMF III hourly snap shot

food for thought: while the RMF III data stores are internally compressed, there appears to be some opportunity for reducing the archived data set's physical size. In testing a sample data store, REPRO of it to a SMS generic compression file saw a reduction of 38% and tailored compression saw

Re: RMF III hourly snap shot

RMF III SMF or VSAM data store? for the VSAM data store, the ISPF diaglog ought to be available. At 12:29 PM 1/2/2022, Jake Anderson wrote: Hello Is it possible to take RMF III - options on hourly snapshot to a PS file or GDG ? Reason why I want is that recently we had an outage due to memor

Re: Mainframe Modernization

AKA z/OS wake? At 05:50 PM 10/20/2021, David Elliot wrote: Does anyone out there know what is meant by the expression "Mainframe Modernization' '? It seems to be catching on with the Bobs but when you ask exactly how they propose to modernize their systems all you get is silence. As in

Re: Passing user/pw in to BPXBATCH SFTP

Must be quite a set of parameters to bust 32K, At 05:15 PM 10/8/2021, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 16:19:56 -0500, Michael Oujesky wrote: >If I recollect correctly, we had both the userid and password in an >encrypted file that duirng the file transfer job was decrypted to

Re: Passing user/pw in to BPXBATCH SFTP

If I recollect correctly, we had both the userid and password in an encrypted file that duirng the file transfer job was decrypted to a VIO dataset that was used as the input to the data transfer facility. What Line limit are you dealing with? 72 or larger? At 03:19 PM 10/8/2021, Billy Ashton

Re: RMF SMF "broken" records

Might these be not "broken", but continuation records? For example. when TYPE30 records have more DD segments than will fit in a record, continuation records are written with some sections of the TYPE30 omitted in the continuation records. However, the identification section is present in the

Re: RMF SMF "broken" records

Might you have a hex dump of the "broken" records? What is the physical block length of the file that contains these records and what are you using to read them? Thanks Michael At 11:28 AM 9/14/2021, Pierre Fichaud wrote: To All, For SMF types 70-79 (RMF), RMF may create broken records

Re: Log of CICS transactions

As I recall, there was an ISPF tool (Review?) that would format the headers and a portion of the remainder of SMF records in VBS files. At 03:03 PM 8/2/2021, you wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Not a real answer - but more of a side question for others. Whenever I wanted a quick look

Re: Log of CICS transactions

CICS has native support (CMF - CICS Monitoring Facility) for generating SMF records documenting errors, transaction detail (performance class), and region interval activity. These can (and usually do) go to SMF, but can go to other log files. Other monitors have that capability of capturing t

Re: zEDC compression on z13 and z15

Might you have a LISTCAT ALL for these two files? I't would be good to get more detailed information on the compression. Rather looks like zEDC did not get used on both of these. At 03:40 PM 7/22/2021, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: z13 created dataset LISTC & DCB, STATISTICS USER-DATA-SIZE

Re: EXTERNAL: Coding for the future

Wouldn't 6 (six) be better in R&? Five (5) seems pretty small. Michael At 11:48 AM 6/16/2021, Savor, Thomas wrote: ==>LAR7,5 Put 5 in register 7 It depends on the intended target audience. Now I and you know that a 5 is put in Register 7, but many shops have on

Re: DFSORT and SMF date selection

Why not just use IFASMFDP? Michael At 02:32 PM 6/14/2021, Tim Hare wrote: The brain is just not working today I guess. I want to use DFSORT to select some SMF records for a week; I'm getting myself confused in the DFSORT application programming guide Do I want to use INCLUDE COND=(11,4,

Re: Changing the way how ISPF recovery datasets are allocated

ACS rule dataset masking. My ROT is to have each special case in it's own DATACLAS identifying why it is an exception. BTW, we also had this happen to us while attempting to get to extended-format as the shop standard. At 03:29 AM 10/8/2018, you wrote: Good day to all, I see these restrict

Re: OT: Rap music (was Re: opinion: multi-platform program design)

IMHO, rap "music" is _NOT_ music. But highly indicative of what the coming generations will be like. On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > It's amost Friday, right. At least here in Zurich > >Rap music is performed by those that can not sing so others can not think. > > > ra

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