Re: StorageTek VSM Roadmap?

2019-04-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-04-16 o 19:44, Michael Pantoja pisze: Anybody heard anything about Oracle's future plans for the VSM? VSM 7 came out in 2016 and there's been plenty of RIFs since then as they continue their focus on "Cloud". My personal opinion: it's moribound. Still under sales, but no plans

7340 Hypertape

2019-04-11 Thread R.S.
I'm looking for IBM 7340 photographs. Both drive and media (casette). I visitet IBM site and found few images. Any clue? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: - powiadom nas o tym

Re: AMODE 32

2019-04-08 Thread R.S.
What about 33-bit and 25-bit addressing modes? Can we discuss it? (I couldn't resist) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), -

Re: Extended format datasets

2019-04-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-04-03 o 14:49, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw pisze: Can anyone point me to documentation showing the internal differences between basic format and extended format datasets? It is undocumented (in publicly available documentation). All we know is: EF must be SMS-managed EF must be

Re: Pervasive encryption and batch temporary datasets

2019-04-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-04-02 o 14:59, Allan Staller pisze: Let me try it this way. Is df/SMS encryption a pre-requisite to the z/14 "PERVASIVE ENCRYPTION"? DFSMS encryption is technical feature, which apply to selected kinds of datasets. Pervasive Encryption is a buzzword which means nothing special

Re: Pervasive encryption and batch temporary datasets

2019-03-31 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-31 o 03:30, Mark Jacobs pisze: As far as I remember, Spool Datasets can't be defined as extended format, only largeds. Since pervasive encryption is only for extended format datasets, then I believe the answer is no, JES2 Spool datasets can't be encrypted. Yes, however...

Re: Remote access to Z14 ZR1 Support Element via HMC question

2019-03-28 Thread R.S.
Configuring from scratch could mean from text file. However the text file can be generated from old machine. BTW: I'm pretty sure I configured ICC using text file and the text file was sligthly modified version of exported one from older machine. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu

Re: z/OS Management Facility

2019-03-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-21 o 18:50, Bill Giannelli pisze: What does it take to implement "z/OS Management Facility"? thanks Usually zOSMF installation is part of ServerPac installation process. There are two horrible (I mean it) jobs with (improper) RACF definitions, there are a lot of definitions in

Re: CPC doubt

2019-03-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-21 o 15:25, johnnydeep san pisze: Hello all, Just small question , I would like to know how many CPC can add in single mainframe hardware box?. One -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś

Re: Root file unzip error serverpac

2019-03-17 Thread R.S.
Take care about TMP directory. You need to have sufficient space for unzipped file and temporary directory as well. AFAIK there is some ServerPac dialog setting to point proper directory, not system default. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-03-17 o 10:55, Peter pisze: I

Re: OpenSSH / Ported Tools / Co:Z

2019-03-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-12 o 20:14, David Magee pisze: ...phrase. OK, who start "USS is not Unix System Services" war? Don't forget about "it's UNIX, not Unix" and "official acronym". Of course all the typos will be punished seriously. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: VCHID for Hipersocket

2019-03-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-15 o 18:11, Gilson Cesar de Oliveira pisze: We are upgrading our boxes from zEC12 to z13. One of the interfaces we have been using is Hipersocket and for z/13, manuals say that for Hipersocket, the VCHID (Virtual Channel Id) should be at the range of 7E0-7FF. We have used CHPID

Re: Software volume category

2019-03-15 Thread R.S.
--Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: 14 March, 2019 18:37 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Software volume category I mean SMS-managed tapes, and possible entries in DEVSUPxx member, for example default MED

Re: z/OS build clarification

2019-03-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-14 o 18:53, Peter pisze: Hello All Right now I am running serverpac for zOS 2.3 from the driving system LPAR LOPB on z14 hardware. The target system name is also LOPB and I will be IPLING from z114. This is for just test purpose I am doing as recently we moved from z114 to z14.

Software volume category

2019-03-14 Thread R.S.
I mean SMS-managed tapes, and possible entries in DEVSUPxx member, for example default MEDIA11 =000B (this is default for JC media, also called EATC) Question: where the category is recorded? AFAIR it is recorde in the ATL, that means Library Manager (PC inside the library). However is it

Re: Disturbing news in the z/OS 2.4 announcement letter

2019-03-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-13 o 20:09, Don Leahy pisze: "Withdrawal of ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA) z/OS V2.4 is planned to be the last release to support the ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA), also known as the ISPF Client/Server Component. WSA is an application that runs on your local workstation and

Re: z/os Access Windows SMB ?

2019-03-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-13 o 17:17, Longnecker, Dennis pisze: I've seen the information on how to get z/os data available via SMB to a Windows machine, but haven't seen anything on how to get the z/os side to send a file to a windows SMB. Trying to get a bunch of mainframe files over to a Windows

Re: SMF/RMF records for 4hr rolling average MSU?

2019-03-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-11 o 15:12, John McKown pisze: On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 8:57 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 2019-03-11 o 13:37, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: John McKown wrote: What would you do if they insist to use database without paying for database license? The database in question has

Re: SMF/RMF records for 4hr rolling average MSU?

2019-03-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-11 o 13:37, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: John McKown wrote: What would you do if they insist to use database without paying for database license? The database in question has a permanent license, so that it not a problem. Excellent. Do you need to pay the vendor every x period?

Re: SMF/RMF records for 4hr rolling average MSU?

2019-03-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-06 o 13:29, John McKown pisze: On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 5:31 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 2019-03-05 o 21:37, John McKown pisze: On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 2:34 PM Carmen Vitullo wrote: Great product, EasySMF ! blackhillsoftware.com Forgot to mention: "The mainframe is going

Re: How many asterisks to change a lightbulb?

2019-03-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-09 o 17:05, Barry Merrill pisze: Construction sites in Ireland can not use the standard 220v tools, they had to set up a 110 converter and network. Battery powered hand tools have reduced that need somewhat. Really? 110V? Many places, including construction sites have a

Re: SMF/RMF records for 4hr rolling average MSU?

2019-03-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-05 o 21:37, John McKown pisze: On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 2:34 PM Carmen Vitullo wrote: Great product, EasySMF ! blackhillsoftware.com Forgot to mention: "The mainframe is going away. There is no need to buy any new software. Make due with what you have, write it yourself, or do

Re: How many asterisks to change a lightbulb?

2019-03-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-04 o 17:53, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: On two different RACF plexes, we have these two profiles in the SDSF class: ISFCMD.ODSP.* (G) ISFCMD.ODSP.** (G) I'm confounded to explain the difference between one or two asterisks. Help? (I know this should go to the RACF List, but that

Re: [EXTERNAL] How many asterisks to change a lightbulb?

2019-03-06 Thread R.S.
No, " how RACF is configured" regards only DATASET class, not general resources. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-03-04 o 18:06, Seymour J Metz pisze: The meaning of wildcards depends on how you have RACF configured. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: CPU time and zIIP

2019-03-04 Thread R.S.
Dummy LPAR or milicode waste the cycles - nevermind. My point was there are some cycles lost, not longer (slower) cycles. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-03-04 o 16:39, Jim Mulder pisze: There is no "dummy LPAR". Millicode periodically executes a loop to waste

Re: CPU time and zIIP

2019-03-04 Thread R.S.
developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA

Re: CPU time and zIIP

2019-03-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-03-03 o 17:07, Christopher Y. Blaicher pisze: ZIIP and ZAAP processors always run at full speed, even when running on a sub-capacity box. One thing, among many, I don't know is how IBM implements sub-capacity. Slow the clock speed? Skip cycles? All processors, including

Re: New look and linking for V2.3 product documentation PDFs

2019-03-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-28 o 04:00, Susan Shumway pisze: Hi all, I want to make you aware that every PDF in the z/OS V2.3 library was just refreshed to update the visual style and link coding. Because of the link coding changes, clicking on a link in an old-style PDF to a new style PDF will not work,

Re: IODF batch migration question

2019-03-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-28 o 16:28, Tony Thigpen pisze: When using the IODF batch migration program: //MIGR5    EXEC PGM=CBDMGHCP,REGION=4096K, // PARM=('MIGR,B,RESCUE,MVS,PROZZ10,2096,LPAR'), Why must the input include an IOCONFIG statement in the source when it's just going to be ignored

Re: z/OS V2R5 Will be the Last Release to Include JES3

2019-02-27 Thread R.S.
Well, I was informed 20 years ago JES2 is future for JES and JES3 is not. End of JES3 cannot be called "unexpected". -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-02-27 o 16:54, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 2/27/2019 6:44 AM, Roach, Dennis wrote: Is the last release planned to be 2.3 or 2.5?

Re: z/OS 2.3 Memory Requirements on z14

2019-02-26 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-26 o 00:16, Mike Smith pisze: Not quite. The minimum amount of memory on a z14 ZR1 is 64GB (256GB on the larger z14). At first, 64GB sounds like "plenty." But if you are supporting a number of LPARs with small memory allocations, you can use of the 64GB pretty quickly.

Re: z/OS 2.3 Memory Requirements on z14

2019-02-25 Thread R.S.
IMHO it is not worth testing time. Yes, the system itselft can work with less than 8GB (see z/VM or z/PDT), but the system with subsystems started may not perform well. In my shop 16GB is minimal amount of memory assigned to LPAR. It can be doubled, tripled, etc. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,

Re: General question about toleration maintenance

2019-02-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-08 o 02:01, Jake Anderson pisze: Hi, When a toleration maintenance(PTF) is made for a product to support new z/OS release. Is it always we need the z/OS new release library to be present or to be updated in products DDDEF while apply toleration PTF ? Or else vendor would have

Re: FTP/Server backup for CEC critical data

2019-02-06 Thread R.S.
I used Windows PC with Filezilla server (FTP and FTPS options). The size is AFAIR ~1GB for HMC and ~4GB for CPC. It does not grow, new versions replace old ones. So, assign 8GB and forget. BTW: using z/OS for that should be re-thought. Reason: you create backup of critical data on system

Re: A new LPAR entry in a existing IODF

2019-02-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-05 o 10:48, Peter pisze: Thanks I would like to change the CHPID for a series of UCBs. Do I need to recable it or using the same port I can assign a different CHPID ? You can do the following: a) change cabling to CUs (not devices) - but why? b) change PCHID/CHPID numbering -

CryptoExpress zeroize domain

2019-02-04 Thread R.S.
AFAIK there are ways to zeroize CryptoExpress engines using HMC/SE facilities, but this is to zeroize whole card - all domains. Is there any method to zeroize CryptoExpress master keys from ICSF? I would like to "clean up" the domain after myself. I'm aware there's an option to simply enter new

Re: renames

2019-02-04 Thread R.S.
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Nai, Dean Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 9:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: renames Hi, I have almost 1000 datasets I need to rename from say xxx.xxx.xxx to yyy.xxx.xxx.xxx where yyy would always be the

Re: IPL wait state clarification

2019-02-04 Thread R.S.
There is no reason to discuss with wait state explanation. ;-) Maybe you also have SYS1.IPLPARM on this volume? Note: LOADxx library is not searched via catalog. The MCAT name is inside of LOADxx. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-02-04 o 10:36, Peter pisze: Hi Mike It's a

Re: [SPAM] Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-04 Thread R.S.
HMC! בתאריך שבת, 2 בפבר׳ 2019, 13:16, מאת R.S. : W dniu 2019-02-02 o 12:05, Mike Schwab pisze: Well, the IBM S/360 and earlier had control panels. This IBM S/370 is still running a 3277 operator console. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETSEyIPuv0 Yes, control panels, but not HMC. Not

Re: [SPAM] Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-02 o 12:05, Mike Schwab pisze: Well, the IBM S/360 and earlier had control panels. This IBM S/370 is still running a 3277 operator console. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETSEyIPuv0 Yes, control panels, but not HMC. Note, the control panel is rather SE, not HMC. Not to mention

Re: [SPAM] Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-02 o 01:42, Tony Harminc pisze: On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 09:29, R.S. wrote: IMHO the topic is HMC for zPDT. Unfortunately zPDT does not have HMC in any form, real or emulated. It's not mainframe, it's only emulation. No, zPDT *is* a mainframe. It implements a permitted subset

Re: Newbie SMP/E questions

2019-02-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-01 o 19:50, Tom Conley pisze: On 2/1/2019 12:22 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: I'd like to explore this teaser post. I was (I think also) dubious about the original comment in that it seems to disparage--or at least discourage--mass service like RSU, which I view as a major advance

Re: [SPAM] Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-01 Thread R.S.
to develop an agent for our stig compliance automation product IronSphere, but zpdt (our mainframe) doean't have or support this facility. ITschak בתאריך יום ו׳, 1 בפבר׳ 2019, 12:01, מאת R.S. < r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl : W dniu 2019-01-31 o 17:02, ITschak Mugzach pisze: I know po

Re: Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-02-01 o 10:27, ITschak Mugzach pisze: Thimoty, I need the hmc itself, not the interface / web app. What do you need? Do you have mainframe without HMC? AFAIK it is possible only when mainframe bought from second hand, because IBM always deliver HMC. However in that case you can

Re: [SPAM] Hmc for z as a virtual appliance?

2019-02-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-31 o 17:02, ITschak Mugzach pisze: I know power systems has one. Dies system z has such product? No. Both HMC and SE are physical machines. PC vel x64. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś

Re: ISPCFIGU not being used.

2019-01-31 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-31 o 19:18, Shaffer, Terri pisze: Hi, So I know I am missing something here as my predecessors did things uniquely. So here my dilemma... I generated a new ISPCFIGU module and put it into my linklst, did the refresh, etc and its not being picked up. If I add the ISPCFIGU

Re: zOSMF - how to enable plugins?

2019-01-31 Thread R.S.
RACF ZMFAPLA resources, which I'm going to fix. Another question: is it possible to enable such plugins without zOSMF recycle? I'm curious about Import Manager features. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-31 o 16:27, R.S. pisze: I just started (first time) zOSMF. I want to use

zOSMF - how to enable plugins?

2019-01-31 Thread R.S.
I just started (first time) zOSMF. I want to use Network Configuration Assistant, however the icon is gray and plugin unavailable. Uninstalled task - IUZG437I. I tried to use Import Manager to import this plugin. It ask me about property file. I have no idea what to provide. Neither online

Re: Suggestions on SMS options for DB2 VSAM Datasets

2019-01-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-29 o 16:23, Lizette Koehler pisze: Cross posting to IBMMAIN and DB2-L Just looking to see if there are any suggestions on how to set up a Dataclas in ISMF for DB2 tables? With V2.2 or V2.3 the following entries are new or some or older and maybe need adjustments. Space

Re: A new LPAR entry in a existing IODF

2019-01-30 Thread R.S.
Simply run HCD and play. You cannot destroy prod data (it will be WORK IODF), so feel safe playing - yes, just playing with various options. Your task is really simple, unless you have very specific requirements (not presented here) or your IODF is very complex. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,

Re: Tape Mount Mangement

2019-01-30 Thread R.S.
My impression is to keep all the data on DASD except HSM data (backup, ML2) and very few ad-hoc backups. I ve got the impression many years ago and still see no good reason to change it. My other impression is it's simpler to change gazillion (usually less) of JCL jobs to explicitly point

Re: IZUSVR1 failed after new PTFs applied

2019-01-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-30 o 16:22, R.S. pisze: For the record purposes: it was fixed. I've got off-list suggestion regarding UI57089 and PH06657, however it was fixed by fixing TCPIP configuration - HOMETEST showed NODENAME instead of MVS1. Last but not least: THANK EVERYBODY WHO HELPED

Re: IZUSVR1 failed after new PTFs applied

2019-01-30 Thread R.S.
For the record purposes: it was fixed. I've got off-list suggestion regarding UI57089 and PH06657, however it was fixed by fixing TCPIP configuration - HOMETEST showed NODENAME instead of MVS1. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-27 o 00:46, R.S. pisze: The following

Re: Internal Coupling Channel on z13

2019-01-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-29 o 07:23, Brian Westerman pisze: Hi, Has anyone had any experience with using the internal coupling channels on a z13. "supposedly" IBM has removed the active wait problems (where the CF lpar would try to use 100% of whatever it gets from PR/SM), but I was wondering if it's

Re: IZUSVR1 failed after new PTFs applied

2019-01-28 Thread R.S.
. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 "I no longer wish to belong to the kind of club that accepts people like me as members." - Groucho Marx On Jan 26, 2019, at 8:01 PM, R.S. wrote: To complement myself: IZUSVR

Re: IZUSVR1 failed after new PTFs applied

2019-01-26 Thread R.S.
, so I still have no clue what's wrong. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-27 o 00:46, R.S. pisze: The following scenario: z/OS 2.3 (RSU1810) installed. IZUSVR1 was starting automatically during IPL. After some PTFs applied (PUT1812) the IZUSVR1 fails during startup

IZUSVR1 failed after new PTFs applied

2019-01-26 Thread R.S.
The following scenario: z/OS 2.3 (RSU1810) installed. IZUSVR1 was starting automatically during IPL. After some PTFs applied (PUT1812) the IZUSVR1 fails during startup, probably because of JAVA problems. Unfortunately there is a lot of huge dump, jitdump, Snap, javacore files, etc. To much

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-26 Thread R.S.
OK, I know what BS means, and obviously know what means full form ;-) BTW: I heard that Betasystems products tend to have problems in US because of their names (BETA88, BETA42, BETA85...). No one wanted to have BETA versions. Obiously the products are/were quite OK. BTW2: I saw a

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-26 Thread R.S.
OK, Enlight me, what is BS? Why it's funny? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-26 o 10:01, Bernd Oppolzer pisze: Outside USA, the two-letter acronym BS would probably not trigger automatically the same reflex. At least it took me some seconds yesterday to understand why the

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
IMHO 99% of people have no idea there is difference between Linux FOR System z and Linux ON system z. It would be ridiculous to expect people to distinguish so similar names. Not to mention 31-bit versions are quite obsolete nowadays. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-24

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-24 o 15:51, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh pisze: Oh how about zAWARE ?? zAWARE is an appliance - some dedicated application running under Linux in dedicated LPAR. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-24 o 14:44, Parwez Hamid pisze: All depends whether you are asking about 'current' Z systems or the older ones. You can add the following: KVM Hitachi’s operating system, VOS Well, IT DEPENDS. KVM is Linux based hypervisor. Is it OS? Maybe, like z/VM. Is it Linux? Maybe, but

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-24 o 17:48, Kevin Mckenzie pisze: Strictly speaking, you could include Stand-alone Dump and ADRDSSU. OK, let's add other stand-alone programs: ICKDSF, ZZSA, FDR utilities... -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: how many OSes run on IBMz

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-24 o 13:17, John McKown pisze: This is mainly a curiosity question. I know of: z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, and z/Linux. Are there any others? OK, the real reason I'm asking is to be a bit weird in a game that I play. It is "No Man's Sky",which is a space exploration game. When you

Re: Connect:Direct and ICSF (was ICSF and z/OS 2.3)

2019-01-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-23 o 17:57, Todd Arnold pisze: In particular, you don't get any of the financial crypto verbs without a Crypto Express. The standards do not allow banks to perform functions like those unless they are executed in a physically and logically secure crypto device. Yes, but

Re: ICSF PPKEYS-like utility

2019-01-23 Thread R.S.
using Passphrase? That's not very secure for a production environment. Greg Boyd Mainframe Crypto www.mainframecrypto.com On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:59:51 +0100, R.S. wrote: There is (was in HCR77D0) an utility which show master keys from provided passphrase. However this utility works for CCF

ICSF PPKEYS-like utility

2019-01-22 Thread R.S.
There is (was in HCR77D0) an utility which show master keys from provided passphrase. However this utility works for CCF, which is ancient and unsupported for years. Is there similar utility for current crypto hardware? I vaguely remember some add-on tool, but I'm not sure. Any clue? --

Re: Connect:Direct and ICSF (was ICSF and z/OS 2.3)

2019-01-22 Thread R.S.
IMHO there are very few products that require ICSF as mandatory prerequisite for any operations. It's rather requirement for some product options. Note: ICSF can work with or without cryptoexpress cards. Without CryptoExpress secure and protected key mode are unavailable. You still need CPAC

Re: ICSF and z/OS 2.3

2019-01-18 Thread R.S.
, Allan Staller pisze: Yes. For certain fuinctions. Found out the hard way during 1 DR exercise. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ICSF and z/OS 2.3 W dniu 2019-01-18 o

Re: ICSF and z/OS 2.3

2019-01-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-18 o 19:21, Allan Staller pisze: AFAIK, no. However, ICSF is a pre-req for several other tasks (e.g. dfhsm) I believe it is in your best interest to install ICSF on all connected LPARs Is ICSF realy required by DFSMShsm? It's been very long time since I have ICSF up and

Re: TS1160 parameters

2019-01-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-17 o 20:48, Mike Schwab pisze: https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/ts1160/specifications Unfortunately, this page does no contain information I asked about. I mean tape length, number of tracks, and number of heads (I bet it is 32). Additionally I like to know how many speeds

Re: The WHY of the POR

2019-01-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-17 o 17:07, Tom Brennan pisze: Last year I was watching the install of a new z14-ZR1 and the CE couldn't get the ICC consoles to work until he did a POR *after* the IP/LU settings were in place.  I thought this was rather odd. Most likely there were dynamic ways around the

Re: Where's the fire? | Computerworld Shark Tank

2019-01-17 Thread R.S.
1 MB in 1987? Good for PC, but not for mainframe IMHO ;-) BTW: the machine model and amount of RAM are completely irrelevant in the story. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-17 o 02:51, Wayne Bickerdike pisze: Many a machine running DOS and later VSE had 1 Meg memory. In

Re: FW: Where's the fire? | Computerworld Shark Tank

2019-01-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-16 o 16:41, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 07:43:36 -0500, Mark Regan wrote: https://www.computerworld.com/article/601/data-center/wheres-the-fire.ht ml Broken URL. Fix your mailer. Or throw it away and get one that works. Or post via the web interface.

Re: The WHY of the POR

2019-01-17 Thread R.S.
Personally I can't remember when I *had* to perform POR. Yes, sometimes OSA or Crypto card need to be offlined/onlined which also can be done vie POR, but this is not a requirement, since can be done without it (even without IPL). -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

TS1160 parameters

2019-01-17 Thread R.S.
Recently IBM announced new tape drive - TS1160 and new tape media Advanced Type E family (JE, JV, JM - Data, WORM, Economy). I cannot find technical parameters like number of tracks, number of heads, tape length, etc. Any clue? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: HCD question

2019-01-14 Thread R.S.
, Poland W dniu 2019-01-14 o 17:05, scott Ford pisze: Guys: I want to build a three pack rescue system , where do i find the 'how to ' ...?? Scott On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:51 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 2019-01-14 o 13:16, Tony Thigpen pisze: We have a 3-pack rescue system that was built

Re: HCD question

2019-01-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-14 o 13:16, Tony Thigpen pisze: We have a 3-pack rescue system that was built by a person long-gone. On the 3-pack system, there are several IODF files. I need to update the current IODF file. But, the IODF files on the rescue packs are not cataloged to the production z/OS.

Re: RACF SERVER Class Activation

2019-01-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-09 o 20:21, Juan Mautalen pisze: Hi: Wecurrently have the RACF SERVER class INACTIVE (I am completely unfamiliar withit, by the way). I was askedto set up security for CICS LIBERTY, and according to the documentation I mustdefine some profiles in the SERVER class.

Re: HSM management

2019-01-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-08 o 14:31, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, I am looking for recommendations for a product that is a front end to HSM. The product should: Show a list of all backup for a dataset and give the user the option to restore a specific version. Show full volume dumps and when the will expire.

Re: Defining a new TS7760

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 12:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Defining a new TS7760 I think it is documented in a Redbook, but the part you called easy can be tricky. For tape devices you

Re: How to delay a healthcheck? [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 4:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to delay a healthcheck? [EXTERNAL] Kevin, It is z13, so HIPERDISPATCH=

Re: z/OS 1.12 question

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
--- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 8:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.12 question IMHO the COD has nothing to do here. Jerry wrote about mahcine change (upgrade) , not OS upgrade. Jerry, Your s

Re: z/OS 1.12 question

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
rade to current." -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, January 07, 2019 8:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.12 question IMHO the COD has nothing to do here. Jerry wrote about mahcine chang

Re: z/OS 1.12 question

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
IMHO the COD has nothing to do here. Jerry wrote about mahcine change (upgrade) , not OS upgrade. Jerry, Your system is out of service. That means you won't be able to get *for free* any PTFs released after EOS date. That means your system may not recognize z14 correctly. It does NOT mean it

Re: USS10MSG source

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
What DDDEF query can help user to find source for USS10MSG? Excuse me, but there are very few VTAM libraries in the system (and many elements in shared libraries). A source of USS10MSG or any other thing may be found in one of VTAM libraries, in a SAMPLIB or maybe other library I'm not aware

Re: How to delay a healthcheck? [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
ak On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:21 PM R.S. wrote: The following scenario: During IPL a HealtChecker is started automatically. One of the check , SUP_HIPERDISPATCH claims exception because HIPERDISPATCH=NO is in effect. However IEAOPTxx specifies HIPERDUSPATCH=YES and this value is set, *bu

Re: Defining a new TS7760

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
I think it is documented in a Redbook, but the part you called easy can be tricky. For tape devices  you should provide LIBPORT ID and LIBRARY ID. LIBRARY ID is defined by CE, but it can be also "composite ID" for grid configurations. LIBPORT ID is taken from the table. Finally you add the

Re: USS10MSG source

2019-01-07 Thread R.S.
About what? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-06 o 20:37, Edward Finnell pisze: Or ask SMP/E? In a message dated 1/6/2019 1:35:46 PM Central Standard Time, r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl writes: Maybe you mean SYS1.SISTMAC1.

Re: USS10MSG source

2019-01-06 Thread R.S.
...VTAMLS.TSOURCE? Maybe you mean SYS1.SISTMAC1. HTH -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-06 o 18:16, scott Ford pisze: Peter, There is a USSMSG10 table source that ships in ...vtamlst.source...depending on what your base system HLQ is.. Scott On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:17

How to delay a healthcheck?

2019-01-06 Thread R.S.
The following scenario: During IPL a HealtChecker is started automatically. One of the check , SUP_HIPERDISPATCH claims exception because HIPERDISPATCH=NO is in effect. However IEAOPTxx specifies HIPERDUSPATCH=YES and this value is set, *but later*, after the check is run. The check is

Re: Zowe?

2019-01-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2019-01-04 o 18:31, Phil Smith III pisze: A colleague asked me, "WTF really *is* Zowe?" and the only answer I had was that I thought it was like z/OSMF, only more so (and ISTR that it's even built on top of z/OSMF), and open source. [...] That remains me my troubles when I teach

Re: Clarification on using a hardware

2019-01-02 Thread R.S.
Of course you have meant z/OS 1.13, not 1.3 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2019-01-01 o 16:01, Parwez Hamid pisze: As I can't attach nice charts, will try and type the info for supported z/OS levels on different systems (these include systems and z/OS levels withdrawn from

Re: Clarification on using a hardware

2018-12-31 Thread R.S.
t the hardware. Some hardware will not support the OS;es. E.G. z/OS 2.3 is not supported on z9 (I doubt it would work). z/VM is your friend. You can mimic older hardware. HTH, -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018

Re: Clarification on using a hardware

2018-12-31 Thread R.S.
It is possible, despite what you mean exactly. It is possible to set up some LPAR on EC12 and start here any z/OS (or other OS) currently working on z14. It is possible to start vanilla new OS on the EC12.LPAR. Caution: possible does not mean legal. In theory starting licensed software on

Re: Dummy query on processor failover

2018-12-20 Thread R.S.
Excellent answer. 100% correct. 0% usable. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2018-12-18 o 19:18, Seymour J Metz pisze: Like many other questions, the answer depends on which processor you're asking about and what options have been set. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: Dummy query on processor failover

2018-12-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2018-12-18 o 13:03, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Except ...it doesn't answer the question: HOW CPU RECOGNIZE ITS OWN FAILURE? I don't have the original documents (Redbooks/Share presentations/KC/etc.) from IBM, but in short this is what happens (from my

Re: Dummy query on processor failover

2018-12-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2018-12-18 o 09:43, Timothy Sipples pisze: Radoslaw Skorupka: Let's say a CPU returns false results like 2x2=5. How to recognize the result is false? The IBM Z (and LinuxONE) system handles all that for you, and without operating system involvement. Nowadays, thanks to the wonders of

Re: Dummy query on processor failover

2018-12-17 Thread R.S.
Another question: how to recognize processor failure? Let's say a CPU returns false results like 2x2=5. How to recognize the result is false? I heard there are always two CPUs with hardware comparator. When the bits on output are the same it is OK, othwerwise the pair is marked as failing.

Re: SMP/E question

2018-12-14 Thread R.S.
It is quite typical that new version replaces (deletes) the old one. Usually SMP/E APPLY can be reverted by SMP/E, but ...I wouldn't rely on that. Even regular PTF with DELETE cannot be reverted. What to do? make copy of CSF.** datasets. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu

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