Re: SORTTRAK usage on z/OS 2.4

okay...Let me try that and see how it goes Regards, Robert -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: SORTTRAK usage on z/OS 2.4

Thanks for your inputs . We are doing this on a test system at this time and I couldnt find any date /time conversion subroutines over there Could you please provide me a sample of SUDATE , SUTIME and SUYYDDDF which I can use for this purpose ? Regards, Robert

SORTTRAK usage on z/OS 2.4

Greetings , I downloaded SORTTRAK from CBT tape and compiled it on my 2.4 system to pull out DFSORT usage stats . However , it failed with OC1 reason code 1 IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP OUTPUT 670 SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C1 REASON CODE=0001 TIME=09.35.45 SE

SORTWK allocations for DFSORT vs Syncsort

ll of them ahead according to the value specified in DYNALOC ICEOPTS . Any suggestions on how to fine tune DFSORT dynamic SORTWK allocations ? Regards, Robert Hahne -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

No file permissions or super user authority for executing a shell script

Greetings , Is there a way a user can be allowed to execute a unix shell script in batch without changing the file permission bits or granting SUPERUSER authority ? Currently the file has got 700 and the user is not the owner of the file . Any suggestions would be great Regards, Robert Hahne

Re: Implementation of ICA on Z13

Well, it is more or less similar. The main advantage over "legacy" links is CHPID virtualization, that means you may have several CHPIDs assigned to one physical link. What is your problem? Do you have the fanout card installed? Is it cable plugged? How many sysplexes do you wan to connect? Th

Implementation of ICA on Z13

Greetings , Can someone direct me to a documentation for implementing ICA links on Z13 ? . I was able to find a fantastic manual for implementing InfiniBand on system Z , but nothing similar to that for ICA . Are they similar in coding from an HCD standpoint ? Regards, Robert --

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

Thank you all . It looks like security policies will have to be revisited . I'll go back to the management and see if they are okay to get rid off this requirement . As others have pointed out , JESJOBS and OPERCMDS would be the way to go if they insist on keeping these rules . I am also gonna

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

Hi Lizette, But , the JOBCLASS profiles looks to be protecting only the class parameter within the JCL . We are looking for something that enforce the jobname to start with their userid Regards, Robert -- For IBM-MAIN subscr

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

? Do you have z/OSEM? Any tools? Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Robert Hahne Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: TSO/E SUBMIT exit Hello listers , I understand this is a RACF question . But thought

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

Hi Lizette , Yes . We run JES2 and SDSF both Regards, Robert -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

I agree ..It is a pretty old system and these exits have been out there for very long and we might get rid off that restriction some time soon . But , I wanted to eliminate this exit first and was wondering if RACF can do that . --

TSO/E SUBMIT exit

Hello listers , I understand this is a RACF question . But thought someone can help me here . We have a requirement where TSO submit exit IKJEFF10 needs to be eliminated . Currently it is written to ensure only those users with TSOAUTH(OPER) are allowed to submit jobs with any name . Rest of t

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

Thank you Peter for the clarification . We will be moving to distributed mode hopefully by end of this month . Bob Hahne -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

Yes . But i was wondering if there is any restriction that IEARELCN needs to run on the same LPAR where the console is originally defined . In other words , how to remove a console definition that shows in the D C,N output as *NONE ? Bob Hahne ---

IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

Greetings , We were supposed to remove a few inactive MCS definitions from our sysplex . The LPAR where it originally had its definition is IPL'ed after removing the entries from CONSOLxx . But forgot to run IEARELCN to remove it from the plex . Now when i do a display D C,N on all LPARS, it s

Re: MCS console sharing in a sysplex

(UCW) representing the device at POR time. It indicates the relative position of the UCW in the UCW table. The subchannel number was designed to speed up the search of a UCW during SSCH processing. Robert Hahne -- For IBM-M

Re: Outsourcing Stories Good or Bad!

based on skill . Interviews should happen at manager level so the practice of illiterate guys managing technical teams would stop . But then , how many companies are willing to do this ? Robert Hahne > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:22:37 -0500 > From: idfzos...@gmail.com > Subject: Re

Re: Prefix save area - confused

. Because each processor's prefix register contains a different address, each processor can address locations 0 to 4095 and reference its own data. In Z/architecture , it used to fix the first 2 pages unlike MVS/XA and the concept did not change AFAIK ... Robert Hahne > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 20

Re: DASD device not going offline

CSV540E simply means that dynamic activation with COPYFROM=CURRENT is no longer going to work . Peter has already explained why this happens and what needs to be done . Why is OP still beating around the bush ? > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:44:43 -0500 > From: deerh...@ix.netcom.com > Subject: R

Re: Logger Space

Mark , Since you are looking at deleting orphaned logstream datasets , neither TSO delete or deleting the logstream is going to work Ane excerpt from MVS setting up a sysplex - Finding and deleting orphaned log data sets says , The orphaned data sets should be deleted using the IDCAMS delete

Re: LACTMSU - RMF Overview reports

> Perhaps you should repost your request next month / next monday because it > seemed to me all gurus are on one or another holiday yesterday and today... Thank you Elardus for making that point . I will surely re-post it next week and even i felt that IBM Main was silent for past 2 days :) -

Re: LACTMSU - RMF Overview reports

Right . Thats what i thought too . But just wanted to make sure if there are any better methods for reporting MSU consumption -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.e

LACTMSU - RMF Overview reports

Hi Listers , I have a question on RMF Overview reports . We have 6 LPARS on ZEC12 mainframe running z/os 1.13 . These six LPARS form a part of 3 different sysplexes . We are trying to extract daily MSU utilization for each LPAR using RMF Overview reports DATE(14330,14330) ETOD(,2400) STOD

Re: Security definitions for OAM started task

OAM PISA Guide for Objects do have RACF profiles info , but thats not the case with OAM PISA guide for tape libraries . IBM should have updated it for tape library documentation as well . > > Correct . But they don't have any reference to the security profiles needed > for OAM started task

Re: To restore Purged STC output

Are you asking how to restore a purged output from Archival tools like CA View or $AVRS ? > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:31:11 +0530 > From: dbajava...@gmail.com > Subject: To restore Purged STC output > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Hello Group, > > Is there a possibility of recovering a pa

Re: CA Top secret to RACF conversion

Greetings , Thank you everyone for your valuable suggestions . We are still discussing with our customer on the possibilities of getting a consultant for this migration . Thanks a lot ! ---

Re: APF authorization and JOBLIB DD card

Hello Chris , This is a very good explanation . But that still leaves OP's last question "If IDCAMS requires APF authorization for called modules, why does IDCAMS work when the JOBLIB is supposedly not authorized by introducing a non-authorized library to the JOBLIB? " I assume OP ran the jo

CA Top secret to RACF conversion

Hello all , We are planning on a Top secret conversion project where CA top secret needs to be replaced with RACF . We are on Z/os 1.11 .Can someone direct me towards some good documentation or manuals to start with ? Best Regards, Bob --

Re: Issue with the REORG of BDAM datasets

> > Greetings , > >Recently , we had a problem during the REORG of SAR index file . It was > observed that the index file utilization increases abnormally while the REORG > job runs and comes down once the job completes. In the mean while , if the > utilization crosses 100 % , the job fai

Re: IBM now employs more workers in India than US

> If India was very poor in terms of economy, There are many others poorer > than we think, why dont IBM think of it then? B-) IBM is not doing business to raise the economy of poor countries . But they should also know that , they get only what they pay for . You make more profit by paying less

Re: NO COMMUNICATIONS DATA SET - IGD002I

> > >I guess , Mark is asking whether the SYSNAME is defined in SCDS . I believe ,there should be a SYSNAME already defined . If not , you would have seen a message as given below IGD081I COMMDS dsname DOES NOT HAVE SYSTEM sysname OR SYSPLEX sysplex DEFINED

Re: Multiple datasets with same name on APF list !

<<<>>> Its NOT Correct ! First of all , alias has nothing to do here .Irrespective of whether dataset has an alias or not , as long as the original dataset is out there in APF list it gets authorized . You specify either VOLUME=XX or SMS and it works either way ! For the OP , the an

Re: U4093 abend after IPL

Hello Mark , Sure . I am gonna try that . Thank you very much for your suggestions ! Regards, Bob > > Even though TCP/IP is fully initialized at EZB6473I according to the FM (which > comes out right before EZAIN11I), for 2 seconds I probably wouldn't spend > my time looking into this even on a

Re: U4093 abend after IPL

Hello Mark , That's exactly what's happening in my system . I checked the logs for several IPL's in the past and it looks like GPMSERVE is always started in that 2 second window (even my system shows a delay of 2 seconds between EZAIN11I and EZD1176I) . After EZD1176I , GPMSERVE starts w/o an

Re: U4093 abend after IPL

Hello Mark , Thanks for the response ! Sorry , i was wrong . OMVS was fully functional , but EZD1176I message hadn't come out while GPMSERVE was abending. EZD1176I TCPIP HAS SUCCESSFULLY JOINED THE TCP/IP SYSPLEX GROUP EZBTCPCS Everytime ,after this message comes out , GPMSERVE seems to be

U4093 abend after IPL

Hi , We have a problem in our Z/os 1.11 system where GPMSERVE started task continuosly abends after IPL with the below message and then starts fine later on when start command is issued manually . The message is given below . TCPIP is already initialized before this happens . Any thoughts ?

Re: MAXSPACE and central storage

think so . During our DB2 v10 upgrade, we had to increase maxspace > to 16000 M ,then we added only the local page datasets . > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Robert Hahne > wrote: > > > Greetings , > > > > We have a requirement in our shop to change

MAXSPACE and central storage

Greetings , We have a requirement in our shop to change the MAXSPACE value from 2000M to 8000M . IBM says there should be a 1:3 ratio between maxspace and auxiliary storage . that means , my total auxiliary storage needs to be increased by 3 times which is 24000 M (to satisfy 1:3 ratio) . I

Re: SRCHFOR command

Hello , I just did a TSO ISRDDN and tried to locate SRCHFOR member , even for me it says member not found . But in my system , srchfor works as normal . So , i guess the invocation happens in a different way . BTW , which release of z/os are you using ? Regards, Bob > Date: Fri, 12 Jul

Re: LLA refreshed automatically with SETPROG ACTIVATE command

Yes . When you activate a new LNKLST , LLA gets refreshed automatically . https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&ved=0CF8QFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fschunk-it.com%2FPresentations%2FShare095%2Fs2855ssa.pdf&ei=ntXdUcDvK8r5rAenkoHwBw&usg=AFQjCNGmcl7LdMqRb9Y5_671PSn2_9IE4w

Re: PDSE Issue

There is a share presentation out there for PDSE best practices https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CD8QFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fshare.confex.com%2Fshare%2F120%2Fwebprogram%2FHandout%2FSession12981%2FSHARE%2520PDSE%2520Best%2520Practices.pdf&ei=YtzVUc2_N4j