FYI,
Our long national nightmare is over. You can now go back to using
www.ibmlink.ibm.com. Not sure when the hostage crisis ended, but it
works again.
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FYI,
I am pleased to announce the V1.2 release of the CBT Usermods Collection
for ISPF (CUCI). File 967 at http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm was
created to deliver as many RFE's for ISPF as possible, given IBM's
dwindling development resources for ISPF. CUCI release V1.2 delivers
the follo
Fellow IBM-MAINiacs,
I submitted a SHARE requirement a long time ago for LE to generate the
STORAGE and OPTIONS reports when an LE program abends. In the event of
storage abends like 878, 80A, etc, the STORAGE report should still be
produced by LE, since the report itself could be invaluable
Thought ShopZ was supposed to be available 24/7, but it appears to be
taking the weekend off. Been trying to get 3 PTF's for over an hour
now. Not like anybody would apply maintenance on a weekend or anything
Regards,
Tom Conley
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I have had it with these MF 500's in MF ServiceLink! It's time to mail
bomb the IBMLink Helpless Desk. ServiceLink is basically unusable for me
because of these Server Error 500's. Chrome, FF, IE, it doesn't matter
which browser I use. If you're getting these errors, please open a Sev 1
ticke
All of our RECEIVE ORDERs are getting GIM37150S THE
KEYWORD IS MISSING OR INVALID. I've opened a Sev 1 PMR with IBM.
Anybody else seen this and know how to fix it?
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Tom Conley
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I'm working on a JES2 system that still has NJE nodes defined for
MVSPS1, USMHSE2C, and IBMMAIL. I haven't seen these used in years.
Does anyone else use them? I'd like to delete them based on the responses.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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Trying to download FULL.BIN, and I keep getting Network Error. Anybody
else having problems with
http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html?
Regards,
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Gone are the halcyon days when we could run an LPAR with three mod-3's
as the local paging subsystem. With today's large memory sizes, I'm
faced with having to completely rethink my paging subsystems. I've
currently got a 133GB LPAR with 18 mod-9 locals at 44%. I'm going to
add 22 more mod-9
For those of you who always laughed when I said read your HOLD(DOC) for
buried HOLD(ACTION) items. Here it is kids, so for those of you who
still ignore HOLD(DOC), keep telling yourselves that you're saving time
and I'm crazy for looking at HOLD(DOC).
++HOLD(UI43841) SYSTEM FMID(HSMA21A) REAS
Just a PSA to the group that if you modify an LPAR icon in Tree View, it
DOES NOT UPDATE THE ICON IN CLASSIC VIEW! I was trying to save time on
an IPL by modifying the activate profiles from Tree View, but when the
operator, who was using Classic View, kept IPLing with the old profile
and the
I keep timing out trying to get a data connection to
testcase.boulder.ibm.com. Anybody else?
Regards,
Tom Conley
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I'm trying to use the new Java-less Operating System Messages console on
the HMC. My version is Blippy McBlipperson, which makes it extremely
difficult to use, because you can't watch it. As new messages are sent
to the console, the display collapses and expands at least 10x/sec.
Anybody els
I'm looking at the HOLDDATA for OA49446. RACF was changed to do
authorization checks against ALIAS, PATH, and AIX names instead of the
base names. There was no migration path specified to get to this new
RACF state, except for a chicken switch
STGADMIN.IGG.CATALOG.SECURITY.CHANGE. If you hav
IBM's technical website links still not working after 7 days. Google
searches point to z/OS V2R1 doc links that no longer exist. How long,
how long must we sing this song?
Regards,
Tom Conley
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While IBM supposably restored all their web links, the ones to TASID are
still broken. Anybody know where IBM hid TASID?
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Tom Conley
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Just sayin'. If Zowe was built on Java, I think it could be
successful. Remains to be seen if companies will pony up for node.js on
z/OS. At SHARE, node.js licensing was not discussed in any of the Zowe
sessions I went to.
Regards,
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Anybody else enjoy logging on to IBMLink, hitting the SR link, then
being presented a sign-in button that only requires you to press it, but
doesn't prompt you again for sign-on credentials? Maybe IBM
forcin...er...encouraging us to go to Salesforce?
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On 12/16/2015 7:41 PM, Leonard Sasso wrote:
Hello !
Anyone know of a product (besides Data21's ZIP/390 Product), that can
"extract" a file(s) from a TAR file on a IBM Mainframe - z/OS 2.1 ?
Thank You In Advance for your Help, it is appreciated.
Len Sasso
RDC Applications Management - Profe
On 12/23/2015 8:50 AM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote:
Is a return code of 4 more appropriate for PTFs not applied because of
error hold?
This is an interesting idea, which I'm curious to hear opinions on. If
doing a mass APPLY (not using the SELECT operand), and PTFs are stopped
because of a PE (ERRO
On 12/23/2015 2:53 PM, Tom Brennan wrote:
I'm somewhat involved in a distance test scheduled for next month, and I
believe it will be using the "Fiber Lab Flex" box on this page:
http://www.m2optics.com/fiber-test-boxes/multi-spool-enclosures
The main plan is to check 20km+ between two machines
On 12/31/2015 9:47 AM, Shane Ginnane wrote:
Shane ...
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On 1/19/2016 10:23 AM, Ron Thomas wrote:
Hello
We are trying to compile a very old cobol/db2 program and getting the below
error . Could someone let me know how to get this fixed ?
00210 77 SQL-TEMP PIC X(128).
00211 77 DSN-TEMP PIC S9(9) COMP-4.
00212
On 1/19/2016 1:58 PM, Ron Thomas wrote:
I looked at the endevor processor group setting and it is showing the program
that is used is PGM=IKFCBL00. is this won't work ? Thanks!
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On 2/15/2016 11:52 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
I have an issue where an STC holds a VSAM Dataset. The STC is a scheduling
software that writes all of the info on jobs running/completed/failed and so
forth, to this file.
Once per day we close and free the VSAM file from the STC, run an archive
pr
On 2/24/2016 6:52 AM, mansh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 6:20:06 PM UTC+3:30, Kurt Quackenbush wrote:
I am trying to apply UI15763 PTF on DB2 10 ( z/OS 1.12 ).
The following error is appeared :
GIM23901E ** LINK-EDIT PROCESSING FOR SYSMOD UI12617 FAILED FOR MODULE DSNHAP
On 3/2/2016 6:19 PM, Anthony Fletcher wrote:
We are using a VTS with the virtual tapes defined as 3490s, and we are using
the recommended 'Mark TAPE Full' option. That's all well and good.
It does, however, mean that there are a lot of 'tapes' and many of those may
have a mixture of valid and n
On 3/3/2016 1:10 AM, Jack J. Woehr wrote:
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
But then big blue is still recruiting "... currently has more than
25,000 open positions."
The impression I got when contracting at IBM for 4 years was that IBM is
sort of like an independent city-state, a
transnational entity
On 3/8/2016 3:54 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
I'm finally in a position to explore SMP/E split screen in z/OS 2.1. 'Forever'
I've had an exec that allocates SMP/E libraries, does LIBDEFs, ALTLIB, etc.,
then undoes all that on the way out. The same initialization exec won't work in
split screen
On 3/10/2016 1:19 PM, Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote:
Tried restore from backup but there isn't one current enough that isn't
corrupted.
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Enterprise Infrastructure Su
On 3/19/2016 11:05 AM, Frank Clarke wrote:
On 30 Dec 2015 14:26:08 -0800,
004b34e7c98a-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Ze'ev Atlas) wrote:
Hi AllI have a Rexx program and here is the relevant snippet:
THEMEMBER = THEPDS || "(" || MEMBER || ")" /*say themember */
On 3/21/2016 8:55 AM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote:
I am trying to understand on why I am receiving the below warning message
while accepting. Could this be a reason the packaging ? or the SMP/e are
not able to call those PARAMETER during Link-edit step ?
GIM24701WSMP/E COULD NOT OBTAIN LINK-EDIT
On 3/23/2016 5:36 AM, David Crayford wrote:
On 23/03/2016 5:41 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
There is a compiler for Rexx but its performance improvement is moderate.
It depends on what the REXX is doing. We compiled the ISPF DTL compiler
and saw a significant performance improvement.
IIRC, automa
On 3/28/2016 7:02 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:
I have a TSO Rexx program; let's call it CALLER. I want to call another;
let's call it SECOND. This doesn't work:
address tso 'EXEC SECOND'
I can see that I can do a PARSE SOURCE and build the full library name,
e.g., 'EXEC SOME.LIBRARY(SECOND', b
On 4/1/2016 7:07 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote:
Seeking advice on how to configure the system to allow GRS to manage all of our
environment.
Current config:
4 lpars
2 in prod sysplex
2 in test sysplex
All dasd is shared
Each currently has its own grs environment.
I asked ibm l2 and was tol
On 4/14/2016 6:44 AM, willie bunter wrote:
Good Day To All,
I have a question about CA-ViewDirect. Is there a utility that I could use
that could tell me all the job outputs contained on a tape? For example,
DFHSM has the TTOC or FIXCDS A.
Each tape is cataloged and contains multi-file. T
On 4/14/2016 12:45 AM, Werner Zieleznik wrote:
Hi,
has anyone ever moved a sysplex out of z/VM to the native CEC? It seems to me
that I cant define coupling link's form the native CEC into VM. So, if I
activate a policy with new CF's on the native CEC the changes are pending and
it would not w
On 4/14/2016 9:15 AM, Werner Zieleznik wrote:
Hi,
what you're describing is exactly what I tried. It's failing because HCD will
not allow to define a coupling link from the native CF on the CEC to the z/VM
LPAR. So the sysplex will not find the path form the old sysplex under z/VM to
the CF o
On 4/18/2016 2:30 PM, Robert Prins wrote:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=87048
You need an IBM ID to vote for it. :(
Just sign up for one, anyone can do it.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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On 4/25/2016 10:32 AM, John Dawes wrote:
G'Day,
I am trying to read a virtual tape that went into scratch status. The
tape has not been reused since it went scratch. The job abends with a
IEC145I 413-08. I had the tape analyzed and it shows the following:
On 4/25/2016 2:13 PM, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:09:10 -0500, John McKown
wrote:
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Is there a way for a program to check the capacity setting for a
processor? For instance, are we running on a A01 or a w04, etc. processor?
On 4/25/2016 3:37 PM, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:19:10 -0400, Pinnacle wrote:
On 4/25/2016 2:13 PM, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:09:10 -0500, John McKown
wrote:
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Is there a way for a program to check the
On 4/27/2016 6:16 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
No machines are as customizable as mainframes, especially ones that have been running for
decades. Sometimes things are hard to figure out, especially if the machine goes from
the owner to outsourced or whatever, and all that, then people are "let go
On 4/28/2016 1:41 PM, Tom Marchant wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:28:58 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote:
I would think this would apply to a discrete authorization, without an
ending .**.
I. E. authorize DATA.SET.NAME instead of DATA.SET.NAME.**
Define DS(DATA.SET.NAME) would fail because of no authori
FYI,
I got the following job description in my Email today (heavily edited to
protect the guilty):
Description
Looking for z/OS Sysprog to assist in Mainframe decommission
The Sysprog will work with management, applications, and systems areas
to complete decommission
This is a contract yo
On 5/2/2016 10:28 AM, Roach, Dennis wrote:
It can go both ways. I did a decommission gig where my job was to keep an
unsupported z/OS 1.7 system up and running, assist with transition, and provide
reporting of what was still running. The main reason I was brought in was to
allow the existing s
FYI,
I allocated a non-SMS EAV on my system with 111300 cylinders. I try to
run three jobs with SPACE=(CYL,(1,5000),RLSE),DSNTYPE=LARGE. The
first job runs, the other two fail with IEF257I SPACE REQUESTED NOT
AVAILABLE, on the EAV when it has 9 CYLS avail. The allocation
message in
Is there any way for me to get a bit bucket sysout class for BPXAS? My
STCCLASS parm in JES2 is set to a regular output class and it looks like
BPXAS uses that. I need something that will definitely work, since
change BPXAS can put you in the pain cave.
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Tom Conley
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IBMLink appears to be down. Not sure if it is IBMLink or the auth
server yet. Guy on the line told me to try later, but I got a SEV 1 HEAH!!
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To those who have advocated sending DFDSS dumps in FTP with block mode
and EBCDIC, it works great, except when it doesn't. Got an I/O error
today during a restore. DFDSS level 2 said to terse it first, and
viola! It worked. So I'm done with block mode FTP for DFDSS dump
files. Keep using i
I've been remiss in not posting this sooner on IBM-Main. I recently
purchased Rational Development & Test (RD&T) from IBM, a product which
allows anyone to run z/OS on Intel hardware. That's right, anyone. You
do not have to own any big iron. Any high-schooler, college kid, z/OS
professiona
I just posted this to the SHARE requirements discussion database for the
requirement on extended statistics design. As a quick recap, the
current design is flawed because a user has to enter the STATS EXT
command for each member in order to get extended statistics.
After SHARE in Pittsburgh,
I have a dataset FIRST.SECOND.THIRD, and I want to get SECOND.THIRD.
Normally I would loop to one character at a time to get to the '.', but
I need performance here. I sure some of you assembler gurus could give
me some inscrutable assembler to get there in like one or two
instructions. Than
I fat fingered a VARY OFFLINE command and took out half our DASD farm.
I thought z/OS had a switch or a throttle to limit the damage, but
darned if I can find it. Any help gets you a beer at SCIDS.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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I'm interested in hearing from everyone about the extended statistics
behavior I just encountered in ISPF. It seems counter-intuitive and
counter-productive to me, but I'd like to know what others think before
I submit a requirement to change it.
I enabled extended statistics a while back, ex
Here is a link to the index for SHARE in Seattle:
https://share.confex.com/share/124/webprogram/start.html
Regards,
Tom Conley
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On 2/17/2021 2:20 PM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
Actually Tom that's what we are currently doing via a VB macro - it currently works
with reflections, our fear is in the very near future we will be forced to use a thin
client like flynet and that VB macro will no longer work. > >
Hit the PrtScr ke
FYI,
I'm pleased to announce the latest V1R5 release of the CBT Usermod
Collection for ISPF (CUCI), available at
http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/updates/CBT967.zip. V1R5 now satisfies 33
RFE's, after adding the following:
RFE 148758 - ISPF Edit highlighting for Kotlin
RFE 148595 - ISPF Edit high
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