AW: Re: z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

2016-07-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
chines I work on anyway. Too impatient to wait for the internet. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Short description of system address spaces

2016-07-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
A bit too brief -- Peter Hunkeler Von: Mike Schwab An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Short description of system address spaces Datum: 01.07.16, 15:41 JOBNAME *MASTER* ALLOCAS ANTAS000 ANTMAIN APPC ASCH ASCHINT AUTOTSO AUTOVIEW AUTOVSSI AXR BPXAS

Short description of system address spaces

2016-07-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
s and features. There is a manual providing this list. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

z/OS V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals missing in the Knowledge Center

2016-07-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Would anyone of the IBMers watching the forum know whom to contact to tell them that the zOS/ V2.1 MVS Data Area manuals are missing in the new Knowledge Center? The feedback link on the page seems to be just general feedback about IBM. -- Peter Hunkeler

AW: Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ay I save the link to the z/OS V2.1 bookshelf part: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0 Just don't try to use it with IE (up to IE11), use Firefox, Chrome or whatever, just not IE. -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Minimum Volume Sizes in the Wild

2016-06-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
er if this matters for your query. --Peter Hunkeler >What is the *smallest* volume size everyone sees in general use? > >For example, will we create any problems if we assume that "everyone" >has or can define at least a 3390-9 size volume these days?

AW: Re: [Bulk] Re: [IBM-MAIN] Minimum Volume Sizes in the Wild

2016-06-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
wever if this matters for your query. --Peter Hunkeler -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Minimum Volume Sizes in the Wild What i

Aw: AW: OT: Test regarding ReplyTo - Please ignore

2016-06-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Relaying from GMX Webmail -- Peter Hunkeler > Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Juni 2016 um 12:29 Uhr > Von: "Peter Hunkeler" > An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Betreff: AW: OT: Test regarding ReplyTo - Please ignore > > Replying from AltaMail. > > > -- > Pe

AW: OT: Test regarding ReplyTo - Please ignore

2016-06-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Replying from AltaMail. -- Peter Hunkeler Von: Peter Hunkeler An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: OT: Test regarding ReplyTo - Please ignore Datum: 24.06.16, 12:28 Havong some troubles with Reply-To. Please ignore this message. -- Peter Hunkeler

OT: Test regarding ReplyTo - Please ignore

2016-06-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Havong some troubles with Reply-To. Please ignore this message. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: TIOT exceeded

2016-06-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
entries. A step level switch, i.e. EXEC parameter, would make sense for exactly this reason, I guess. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: TIOT exceeded

2016-06-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ete all generation data sets (GDS) currently associated with the GDG. Questions would be how to handle newly created, but not yet rolled-in GDSs (jobs running in parallel). And what about new GDS created in step n of a job running in parallel, and step n+m referring to that GDS? There are pr

Re: TIOT exceeded

2016-06-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
x27;t it? -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: From when I didn't have gray hair nor needed glasses

2016-06-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7139 I guess you can't make this availble to bitsavers, can you? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: TIOT exceeded

2016-06-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ng a data set still adds an entry to the TIOT? Only authorized code is allowed to as for the entry to be added to the XTIOT. I guess IDCAMS is using the XTIOT, but user programs, including TSO and ISPF do not. OTOH, why not deleting the GDSs with IDCAMS "DELETE your.gdg.base.* MASK&q

AW: Display in ULOG of SDSF

2016-06-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ssions? Did you go into ULOG on both? If so, messages will only show up on the session where you entered ULOG first. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@

AW: WAIT >1 (Friday type question, a day late)

2016-06-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ity that waits for either an MVS STOP command or until a specified time interval has expired. It sets up the timer and the CIB, then WAITs for one of the two events to happen. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

AW: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented?

2016-06-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
C's AS or again in a UNIX initiator AS, but the jobid will be Snnn in both cases. But even standard MVS services might be run as STC or as batch job. Some run CICS or IMS as STC, some as batch job. So, CICS/IMS will show up as either Snnn or Jn

AW: Re: Highest address "below the bar"

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
S. That makes the highest numbered, accessible byte to be at address x'7FFFEFFF' -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented?

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>... OTOH: It might run under Master Scheduler not JES. Makes perfect sense to me. Firstly MOUNT is an MVS command, and secondly, one would not be (or have been) able to MOUNT a volume when JESx was down. -- Peter Hunke

AW: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented?

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
am from dynamically allocating a SYSOUT file? If not, JESx must know about that address space and thus the Annn number would be managed by JESx the same way JESx is managing the number for TSU, STC, and batch jobs. -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented?

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>>I guess IBM's thinking is that we should just treat it as a magic cookie. It >>is guaranteed to be 8 EBCDIC characters that will identify a job or the like. >>End of story. >> >Used to be 7, IIRC. Don't you mix that up with TSO Userids which are re

AW: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented?

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
h OS/390 V1.3 (I seem to remember). Before that, APPC initiators were used to provide a home for non-local child processes. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

AW: Re: Displaying Users and Processes for UNIX z/OS Functions

2016-06-13 Thread Peter Hunkeler
d. "ls" will not show this file. "fsinuse" will show processes that use files in a specific directoy, but /tmp might be used by many. So, how do you indentify the one eating up all space? -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: Questions on DPMOD

2016-05-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ause > that order is selected on the basis of address space dispatching priority. > Once the control program selects an address space for dispatching, it selects > from within the address space the highest priority task awaiting execution. > Thus, task priori

AW: Re: TSO receive on MultiVolume PS error

2016-05-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
block sizes. I never cared to look at what TRANSMIT allocated. I just tried and found that TRANSMIT overrides the block size with 3120, when the data set already existed (and uses this when it allocates the data set). --

AW: Re: TSO receive on MultiVolume PS error

2016-05-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> However, I don't think that is your problem. The XMIT dataset should be FB 80 3120. Just for the records: The XMIT data set *must* be RECFM=FB, LRECL=80. The blocksize should be as large as possible to minimize the number of I/O operations to be run. 27920 is optimal. -- Peter

AW: Re: Questions on DPMOD

2016-05-26 Thread Peter Hunkeler
WEBs which have that Service Class assigned will get the new dispatching priority at time. And this may change the order of WEBs already on the WUQ. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: CREATED date for migrated data sets?

2016-05-26 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Alas, ISPF DSLIST does not show created date for migrated data sets. Those dates are in the data set's DSCB. There is none for migrated ones. So for once, ISPF is not guilty. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN s

AW: Re: ADRDSSU PRINT function not listing KEY (of CKD) as separate item?

2016-05-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
to printed separately from the data field as well. But I'm fine with this. Just wanted to make sure I'm not misinterpreting anything. Thanks Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access in

ADRDSSU PRINT function not listing KEY (of CKD) as separate item?

2016-05-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
s the when printing. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: ADRDSSU message Keywords Clarification

2016-05-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>There are manuals for DFSMSdss that should be helpful on the ibm website. ADR and ADRY messages are documented "z/OS MVS System Messages Volume 1 (ABA - AOM). As obvious as can be, isn't it? -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Suggestion for conditioning step on symbols

2016-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
h or cry. DFSort is a great tool, no doubt; it's control statements (I intentionally don't called it "language") are a nightmare, no doubt. Hopefully noone will ever consider the above as something suitable for production. Overkill; not maintainable. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: EAV bug or feature?

2016-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>So if you want to use EAV's, make them SMS. ... ... and be prepared to have to deal with strange errors with software which is not EAV-savvy, i.e. which show strange behaviour with cylinder managed block addresses. E.g. code written with SAS-C may not like them. -- Peter

AW: Re: Whither VIO?

2016-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ings (or things to come) just as Expanded Storage was. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Another WLM question

2016-05-15 Thread Peter Hunkeler
RG has *no* upper limit specified. So, when we run with the base policy, nothing is limited via RG, because there are no limits set. When need arises, we simply switch to another policy, based on what limit we want to set. We're

AW: Re: High number of samples seen in IEAVEPS1. What does this tell me?

2016-05-04 Thread Peter Hunkeler
E processing takes so long. I thought PAUSE / RESUME is a slim process. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: High number of samples seen in IEAVEPS1. What does this tell me?

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the question marks disappear. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: High number of samples seen in IEAVEPS1. What does this tell me?

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
nd looks at the OPSW in the RB, which points to PAUSE. Anyway, I still am interested to learn how the flow from the application TCB/RB to DBM1, its SRB and back are working. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscrib

AW: Re: High number of samples seen in IEAVEPS1. What does this tell me?

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
r, when finished, the SRB cross-memory posts the TCB/RB. Is this roughly right? I'm just curious. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua

High number of samples seen in IEAVEPS1. What does this tell me?

2016-05-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
couple of IEAVEPS1 entries in a row? Of yourse 1/100s is a long time so other things may have happened inbetween, not being caught ba MA-Tune's sampling. I wonder, however, if and what could case this to take longer that what I would expect. Any clue? --

AW: Re: Following IBM-MAIN on iOS (or Android, for that matter)

2016-04-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Thunderbird on my PC is the one that gets the mail from there via POP and DELETE. Apple's mail client is only configured to be able to send out, because I consider this app less than basic in functionality. -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: An explanation for branch performance?

2016-04-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Uhm... I don't see any conditional branch at the start of the loop that > branches or falls through? I'm with Fred here. Out of curiosity, the code you posted seems to be incomplete. Is it? -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: 64-bit caller and VL-bit

2016-04-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
be able to determine how many parameters were passed. That separate parameter could be within the parameter list (for example, the first parameter list slot) or could be in register 0." So, no, you don't miss anything. -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: JES3 SDSF 'LOG' command very slow response

2016-04-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
delete them via JES3 command or using SDSF or (E)JES, I would say (can't try myself). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

2016-04-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
table, but $PWD changes with every "cd" command. When you change the quotes to double quotes, PS1 will contian the current working directory at login time, and this will not follow you "cd"s. -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: Changing OMVS prompt to indicate SuperUser state?

2016-04-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
So this: UID=`id -u ` if [ "$UID" = "0" ] then... becomes this: if test $(id -u) = 0 then... And there are other characters like the pipe symbol which can cause troubles. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MA

AW: Re: RLSE does not work with PGM=FTP

2016-04-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
s released. I could not build a case where space was actually release after being allocated via IEFBR14 step, neither with SMS-managed nor with non-SMS managed data sets. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

WLM Resource Group Capping: Dispatching and un-dispatching

2016-03-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
hey work" from Laura Blodgett / Dieter Wellerdiek. But this aspect is not discussed there. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists.

AW: Re: WLM Resource Group Capping: Dispatching and un-dispatching

2016-03-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
me to think about non-dispatachle flags, and the idea that only dispatchable work units (WU) may sit on the work unit queue (WUQ). The possibility of allowing WUs to sit on the WUQ while not being allowed to be dispatched just didn't occur to me. Ni

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Pity. I can hope that the new emulation they want to use can handle it. > (Saying in German: Hope dies last - die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt). We're using Reflection from Attachmate (if I'm not totally wrong). This handles any screen dimensions I wanted to use so far. -

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Can anyone tell me where this is? Don't see it under Options, 6. Set screen characteristics... When writing ISPF Settings I meant ISPF option 0 -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>It wasn't private. Yep, and when I finished reading I wondered what secrects he wanted to keep. Nothing dramatic was unveiled. IMHO. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
quot; monitor allows for a reasonable font size, provided it's a business montor and not a movie viewer monitor. I mean to say it should have a vertical resolution of 1080 or more (which is hard to find, unfortunately). -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
you can use any number of rows but only 80 or 132 columns. The products still don't user more than 24 (or is it 27) rows but at least they don't abend anymore. Yeahhh... :-) -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN sub

AW: Re: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Settings" wiht options STD, DATA, MAX which has great influence on how ISPF behaves (it is called "screen size" or something the like). Have you set this to either DATA, or my preferred setting MAX. (I don't like the constant resizing

AW: [SURVEY] What ISPF terminal model do you use

2016-03-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
white or light grey background on office and other workstation programs. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: When is message IRR010I USERID .... ASSIGNED ... written?

2016-03-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
g written during input phase as part of READER processing. In the case of a TSO user submitting a job, this processing mostly occurs as part of the submit, so within the user's TSO address space. -- Peter Hunkeler -

When is message IRR010I USERID .... ASSIGNED ... written?

2016-03-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ing could write the date message, since that is independent of any JCL or JECL statement content. Some insight anyone? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@

Re: IBM-MAIN and what it is for

2016-02-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
To ibmmain.10.ats...@xoxy.net, and other anonymous posters One of the unwritten rules, at least in my understanding: Tell who you are! Two ways to do this: Use an email address that shows your name, or, preferably, sign your post with your name, first name at least. -- Peter Hunkeler

AW: Re: Prefix save area - confused

2016-02-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t of the hardware needs to translate "absolute 0 of this LPAR" to a *physical* memory address (how this works in detail is far beyond my knowledge). -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

AW: Re: Prefix save area - confused

2016-02-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
wine accompanying my diner, but you've lost me.... Anyway, it made my day, thanks :-) -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: System Identifier in low level qualifier of name of temporary data set

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
king about an RCF or PMR to get a autoritative answer. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: System Identifier in low level qualifier of name of temporary data set

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
06 are no longer around. Again there once were more members in the plex, but where would I find that number? D XCF tells me the names of the systems, only. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

AW: Re: System Identifier in low level qualifier of name of temporary data set

2016-02-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'd have been surprised when the JES2 MAS member number would be queried by dynamic alloction (the second case). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

AW: Re: ASCII vs. EBCDIC (was Re: On sort options ...)

2016-02-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> That would be "F" for EBCDIC, IIRC '5' for ASCII. ASCII digits are x'30' to x'39' so the zone part is '3' -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

AW: Which CP is used when ...

2016-02-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
red. Just an example from my environment: o transferring some 1200 bytes, ftp tells me the transfer rate is 245 KB/s o transferring some 2.3MB, ftp tells me the transder rate is 12'000KB/s This is a nearly 50 fold difference. Only compare transfer rates when the file size is similar.

AW: Which CP is used when ...

2016-02-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
P code will hand over data to TCP/IP which eventually will start an I/O operation to transmit the data over the channel. All this runs on a CP until TCP/IP (actually VTAM, I think) does a SSCH to start the I/O, gain handing over to the SAP. I this what you've been asking for? -- Pet

AW: Re: System Identifier in low level qualifier of name of temporary data set

2016-02-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
uely identify a system in the plex. >I also think it is something with SMS routines and the ALLOCxx member. I >searched the MVS Authorized >Assembler Services Refs, but found nothing. Yep, me too. But as I said, I could not find it described somewhere. -- Peter Hunkeler --

System Identifier in low level qualifier of name of temporary data set

2016-02-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ecuting the job (for dynallocs). On our four-way sysplex, I just saw values 02 an 07, which puzzles me. I could not find where the two digit *system identifier* is coming from. Any idea? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
fore the rexx step or may be allocated within the rexx. In both cases HSM would not care, because HSM is allocating and writing to DSN=A, freeing its allocation on it when the command has finished. Initiator will find DSN=B when it does step allocstion. This has nothing to do with the enqueue be

AW: Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t the end of the last step allocating the data set with DISP=NEW, OLD, or MOD (if there are allocations in later steps with DISP=SHR). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send em

AW: Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
RT step you could rename the data set in the first step, so that the name HSM and the SORTIN DD are referring to do not match. //SYSTSIN DD * HSEND. RENAME 'MAINT.TEMP.LIST' 'MAINT.TEMP.SORTIN' and change the DSN on the SO

AW: Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>> LA R15,0 >> BR 14 >> >> It is a 2 instruction program that is as simple as it gets > > I think that LA is actually a XR 15,15 or a SR 15,15. The latter. -- Peter Hunkel

AW: Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
obviously. In German we say "das ging in die Hosen, aber gründlich". Not sure what an English idiom would be. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@

AW: Re: Active versus archive log data sets in DB2

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> You could join, if you have not done so, the DB2 List for a more focused > group discussing DB2. >To join, it is free, go to idug.org Haven't I said in my post that I do not want to subscribe? -- Peter Hunkeler

AW: Re: Active versus archive log data sets in DB2

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
is link. The rest of your answer describes how log data makes its way from memory to archive logs, but it says nothing about reading back from active logs ds when the data has been offloaded already. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For

AW: Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> IEFBR14 is not a TSO command. Really? I learn something new every day, that's great :-) -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.

AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> ?That doesn?t apply to ?true?, though, right?? > ?Of course not, use some common sense.? That would require the knowledge of /bin/true to be common sense, which I doubt. I like the idea of help being available even for what might look like an obvious command to some. -- Peter Hu

AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> But does IEFBR14 do this? :-) > > // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='--help' Of course not. On z/OS help is available with "TSO HELP xyz". So I tried "TSO HELP IEFBR14" and got: HELP NOT AVAILABLE+ COMMAND IEFBR14 NOT FOUND, FOR MORE HELP

AW: Re: Active versus archive log data sets in DB2

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
hich are formatted as VSAM control intervals (CIs) [snip] 4. The CIs are written to a set of predefined disk active log data sets, which are used sequentially and recycled. 5. As each active log data set becomes full, its contents are automatically offloaded to a new archive log data set.

Active versus archive log data sets in DB2

2016-02-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ght FM would be nice, too. May need to be able to point someone to a FM so he can read hinself. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@li

AW: Re: Unix support of symbols in .profile

2016-02-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ell code page matches theTN3270 code page (run chcp in /etc/profile or ~/.profile) Take care of config files which must be in CP1047. My .profile allows me to choose the CP at login. Alternatively, use iconv. -- Peter Hunke

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

2016-01-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
is has been discussed here (or on some other forum I'm subscribed), but a quick search on IBM-MAIN's as well as MVS-OE's archives has not returned anything. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

AW: Re: Experience with ADRDSSU patch X'54' to enable usage of Catalog Search INterface (CSI)

2015-12-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
w function (CSI) can tell. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Experience with ADRDSSU patch X'54' to enable usage of Catalog Search INterface (CSI)

2015-12-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
talog Search Interface (CSI) instead of Generic Catalog Locates to search for data set matching the INCLUDE mask. The new function is enabled via PATCH area, offset X'54'. Has anyone enabled the CSI interface by patching ADRDSSU? Any expecience you're willing to share?

AW: Re: BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
since I don't have access to any. Would appreciate if someone with su authority would test as follows a) logon to TSO b) TSO OMVS c) su d) oedit anynewfile e) enter some text and save and exit f) ls -l anynewfile I'd expect anynewfile to be owned by uid=0. I also vaguely remember that whi

AW: Re: BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ch_exec, I believe), i.e. the shell runs in the TSO address space. You can override this with TSO OMVS NOSHAREAS. So the default behaviour is more like a local spawn() than a fork(). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscri

AW: Re: BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does (was: rsync anyone?)

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
gt;Did this work for you on z/OS? Looking for alternatives on a Linux system >(I haven't su on z/OS): Yes, it does indeed. I don't have su right neither but I asked a colleage who has to verify for me (on z/OS V2.1) -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does (was: rsync anyone?)

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>does not do what you think it does ... > >or, in the words of Inigo Montoya .. > >you keep using that command. I do not think it means what you think it means >... I don't get your point, I'm

AW: Re: BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does (was: rsync anyone?)

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I know there are other ways. And there is sudo, but that is an add-on.My intention was not to list all possible ways, but to point out that "...; su ; othercmd..." will *not* run "othercmd" under uid=0. It seems to be a not so uncommon missunderstanding.

BPXBATCH "SH ...; su; pax ..." does not do what you think it does (was: rsync anyone?)

2015-12-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
id=0, because it is the sub shell (uid=0), which is reading from /tmp/sucommandfile as if it was stdin, and execute the commands found therein. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: What CPU capacity does WLM look at when deciding to start more batch initiators?

2015-12-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Thanks, Kees I've had a look at a couple of presentaions already, but not this one. Thanks for the pointer. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

AW: Re: TAR Files:" Extracting" on a IBM Mainframe

2015-12-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
P/IP when the UNIX kernel (STC OMVS) is not up. TCP/IP will tell you it is waiting form OMVS to initialize. No offence intended. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

AW: Re: Delete part of spool for active job

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
cancel the job or allocate new spool space and let the job continue (E jobname,RESET), or whatever suits your needs. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

AW: Re: What CPU capacity does WLM look at when deciding to start more batch initiators?

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
er. I'll read that document, too. >From this I think I've got a good understanding how this works, except from >the point about the free capacity of the system when WLM has do decide to >start or not to start more init

AW: Re: What CPU capacity does WLM look at when deciding to start more batch initiators?

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t on the other hand, WLM must have some figures to calculate with and GC seems to be one. But what happens at times when the system is capped because the group has been exceeded? calculating with the GC in this case would yield false results for sur

Relationship between WLM and wlm-managed Initiators

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
queue. Silence is ambiguous for me. It could mean nobody knows the truth, or it could mean this is the truth :-) So, I'd very much appreciate a confirmation if my understanding is correct. And, of course, please let me know where I

AW: Re: S00C Slip trap for any Stc

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ssing elsewhere in the system and trigger too many times. Make sure you always add MATCHLIM=1 -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the me

AW: What CPU capacity does WLM look at when deciding to start more batch initiators?

2015-12-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Forgot to mention that the LPAR is member of a capacity group, so the group capacity might be another factor. -- Peter Hunkeler Von: Peter Hunkeler An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: What CPU capacity does WLM look at when deciding to start more batch initiators

<    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >