Re: Hex error code interpreter?

2024-04-28 Thread Ramsey Hallman
ile access. Collect a System SSL trace and verify the ICSF return code and reason code relating to the error. See z/OS Cryptographic Services ICSF Application Programmer's Guide for more information about ICSF return and reason codes. If the problem persists contact your service representative

Re: ./ ADD - which utility?

2024-04-13 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Not to be confused with I-E-B-pitty-patch (IEBPTPCH). rh On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM Rupert Reynolds wrote: > Affectionately known in UK as I-E-B-up-ditty :-) > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2024, 15:39 ITschak Mugzach, < > 05a7ced721d8-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > IEBUPDTE. JCL can

Re: z/osmf error

2024-01-24 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Hi, Sheila. I cannot help specifically, however, if you do not have the complete error message I am including it below. The message says the reason for the failure is noted in the error. You might consider posting the ENTIRE error message to the group. IZUR400E The request could not be

Re: Z skills training

2023-09-26 Thread Ramsey Hallman
). Ramsey Hallman MVS/Quickref Chicago-Soft, Ltd On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 2:42 PM Ross Vaughn wrote: > Our shop is looking for some Z skills training specifically around storage > and SMS. We are having difficulty finding companies who can offer the > training. I’ve inquired with ProTech a

Re: Serena Changeman

2023-07-28 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Steve, if your shop happens to have MVS/Quickref, we have the Serena content in our database. Ramsey Hallman MVS/Quickref Support On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:45 AM Steve Beaver wrote: > I'm at a shop that uses Serena Changeman and have NON of the PDF's. > > > > Would someo

Re: Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives

2023-07-24 Thread Ramsey Hallman
In the two most recent shops I've worked in (prior to my current gig), the Windows and Unix support staff was two times more than the mainframe staff. Operations, help desk, security worked with all groups combined. We had 7 sysprogs, 16 Windows admins, and 14 Unix admins (sysprog staff maintained

Re: Are you serious about wanting a better IBM doc RCF-type process?

2023-05-22 Thread Ramsey Hallman
+1 I agree whole-heartedly with Mike and Charles. Ramsey Hallman MVS/Quickref Support Group Chicago-Soft, LTD. On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:34 PM Mike Shaw wrote: > +1 > > I have been working with IBM z/OS documentation for over 40 years and have > submitted many reader c

Re: RACF - SDSF question

2023-02-07 Thread Ramsey Hallman
I don't know about others, but I would love to see the slide deck. Ramsey On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 2:53 PM Rob Scott wrote: > Note that there is no jobname qualifier on the JES2.CANCEL.BAT profile. > This is why SDSF has the extra JESSPOOL profile check that goes beyond > vanilla JES2 cancel

Re: TNZ 3270 Emulator: Any Experiences?

2022-11-17 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Unless Passport TN3270 has been renamed, Rocket Software has (also has) BlueZone, which is an excellent 3270 emulator. It was the company-wide emulator at my last corporate position. Individuals can purchase it (I did), though I don't recall the price. Ramsey On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 10:37 AM

Re: possible RFE for V64WAENTRY

2022-10-24 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Go to share.org for all sorts of info 2023 SHARE Events*SHARE Atlanta | March 5-8**SHARE New Orleans | August 13-18* Ramsey On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 12:17 PM Joseph Reichman wrote: > Thanks BTW > > When is the next share what are the perquisites to attend > > > On Oct 24, 2022, at 12:49 PM,

Re: IBM Mainframe - what is it future in the era of digital transformation

2022-08-27 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Larry, I'll let others provide summaries and links, however, I'd say mainframes are definitely here to stay. IBM and its operating systems may have been around for many years, but IBM has done an excellent job of modernizing both hardware and software. When you invoke some software, whether by

Re: Comparing two PS - Source codes

2022-03-24 Thread Ramsey Hallman
You might try WinMerge. Open source, free download. Does a great job of comparing files and can produce an output file. Not sure about removing dups - never had a reason to do that. ramsey On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 7:12 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

Re: AMASPZAP DUMPT and program objects

2022-02-12 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Mario, where does the "MYMODULE" come from in your DUMPT command??? I don't see anything named that in your module map. According to your module map, your CSECT name is $PRIV10. If you DUMPT $PRIV10 $PRIV10 what happens? And in your AMBLIST what is your #1 CESD? Ramsey On Sat, Feb

Re: Debug tool not stopping at initial breakpoint

2022-01-28 Thread Ramsey Hallman
I've never used CEETEST, instead doing all of my debugging with z/XDC, an outstanding product from ColeSoft, but let me ask a question based on my experience. Are you sure you use the line number in the PDS in the AT? Unless you also define the ds and member somewhere, the loadmod has no

Re: IBM Knowledge Center down?

2022-01-21 Thread Ramsey Hallman
physical manuals up to date as quickly as software changes. Ramsey Hallman MVS/QuickRef Development Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:48 AM René Jansen wrote: > Yes, that is a very good idea. It would follow the general route in which > progress is made, then undone, and then

Re: Is anyone using SPFLite?

2021-12-21 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Mark, I've used SPFLite for several years now. I've never had an issue with it and it works great. Ramsey On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 5:22 AM Mark Regan wrote: > https://spflite.com/Home.html > I've used it off and on, on Win10 and was wondering what others think about > the product, as it is

Re: IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, Version 11 is now available!

2021-11-19 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Second paragraph, second sentence: It contains a new OpenJCEPlus security provider offering optimized performance through exploitation of cryptographic hardware on IBM Z and enabling the cryptographic algorithms required for TLS V1.3 support in the OpenJCEPlus provider. On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at

Re: FTP Switch between users not accepted as anonymouslevel = 3

2021-11-17 Thread Ramsey Hallman
I agree with Charles. This is probably a firewall issue on the client side. Have their network guys check the logs to see what's going on. If it works for you, it should also work for the client. When I've seen these before, and we see a lot of this, 99 times out of 100, it's the client's

Re: Fall back STP Adjustments

2021-11-01 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Central Daylight Time is 5 hours BEHIND UTC. As I write this, it's about 13:00 CDT. That's 18:00 UTC. Are you sure about the 7 *PM* time 7AM UTC would be 2AM CDT. Ramsey On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:47 PM Carmen Vitullo wrote: > I hate to beat a dead horse as it relates to time change,

Re: Is there a CL/SuperSession (CLSS) user's group?

2021-10-21 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Mark, Most of the CL/Supersession documentation appears to be available online. Search "IBM CL/Supersession V3". I found multiple PDF's - Basic Config Guide, Customization Guide, Problem Determination Guide, etc. Ramsey On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:25 PM Gilson Cesar de Oliveira wrote: > Mark:

Re: at what point does CICS signal Db2 that the thread is to be closed. Db2 will close the thread and write the accounting record.

2021-09-23 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Bill, DB2 will hold the thread open for a short time waiting to see if it can be reused. It's expensive to create/destroy threads. Do you have Omegamon, or CICS/Mon, or some other monitoring tool, mostly for CiCS? If so, take a look at those transactions and I think you'll see the DB2 time is

Re: How companies are moving on from Cobol?

2021-05-11 Thread Ramsey Hallman
About 10 years ago I was working at a firm in Southern California. They hired a new VP over the technology area. His goal in life was to get off the mainframe. He convinced the powers above that he could run the entire workload currently on a S/390 on a quad processor running Windows, saving

Re: FTP-Links in IBM Websites and PTFs

2021-04-15 Thread Ramsey Hallman
I truly hesitate to offer replies like this, but occasionally it seems appropriate to potentially resolve an issue. There is a company, Chicago-Soft, Ltd, for which I work, who offers a product MVS/QuickRef. QuickRef, among other things (and there are many more), contains tons of documentation

Re: Assembler Language Programming for IBM System z Servers

2021-04-05 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Warren, that depends slightly. Put a member in some MACLIB. If it is truly a copybook, then COPY member (not in column 1, I usually put COPY in 10 and member in 16). If it is truly a macro, then just specify the name, like IHAPSA DSECT=YES and it will expand (again not in column 1). Ramsey

Re: getting a report from JES2 to my pc without TCP/IP or NJE.

2021-03-02 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Tony, I assume when you say "mini z/OS V2R1 system" that includes SDSF. If yes, allocate a sysout type dataset. Mine is userid.print.out (org=po, recfm-fb, lrecl 133, blksize-13300 (or 26600, or ...)). Select your job in JES, either an individual output segment or the entire job. On the

Re: Assembler - Authorized program debug

2021-02-26 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Sorry for the "fat fingers", Seymour. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:02 PM Ramsey Hallman wrote: > I agree with Syrmour's method. When I am stumped, I'll start an email to > my boss (the best assembler coder I know) asking what I've done wrong. > While putting as much informa

Re: Assembler - Authorized program debug

2021-02-26 Thread Ramsey Hallman
I agree with Syrmour's method. When I am stumped, I'll start an email to my boss (the best assembler coder I know) asking what I've done wrong. While putting as much information into the email as possible, so he doesn't think I'm taking the easy way out, 99 times out of 100 I'll find my issue.

Re: Thank you to LRS and to BIS

2021-02-01 Thread Ramsey Hallman
Dave, I regret to hear of another mainframe shutting down. It's a shame many companies do not realize exactly what they are doing until it is too late. I don't know about WSU, but the companies I've been involved with who migrated off of IBM mainframes were surprised to find how much it cost to

Re: AOPSTART error

2020-12-02 Thread Ramsey Hallman
You should be running QuickRef - * Text Below Copyright (c) 2020, IBM * *AOP047Eexception-information * Explanation: This message is displayed with message AOP004E and contains diagnostic information that might be helpful in solving the