I see your point, but this is unachievable. We have thousands of SAS jobs, lots
of them existing of complex SAS programs, doing multiple PROC SORTs, sorting
data that varies in size over the jobs and days depending on how much data must
be processed.
One central setting to help DFSORT recover f
The problem is not that SAS does not provide DFSORT with info about the data to
be sorted, it provides DFSORT with incorrect info.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Bill Woodger
Sent: 26 July, 2016 11:10
To: IBM-M
email: bet...@us.ibm.com
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on
07/25/2016 04:30:16 AM:
> From: "Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM"
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: 07/25/2016 04:31 AM
> Subject: DFSORT DYNALLOC/DYNAPCT question
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Hello DFSORT experts,
The DYNALLOC description says that the default number of SORTWKs is 4 and not
to specify an unnecessary high number.
The DYNAPCT parameter allocates an extra number of SORTWKs to be used in case
the DYNALLOC number of SORTWKs appears to be not enough.
I can:
a. rais
Don't you have the 0C4 on the L instruction? Is the storage at x'90'(,7)
available?
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter Hunkeler
Sent: 22 July, 2016 15:51
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: S0C4-11 abend ca
No? What does a wild branch to unavailable storage do then?
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Charles Mills
Sent: 22 July, 2016 16:02
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: S0C4-11 abend caused by BASSM to addre
Sure, if you want to avoid capping, RG's are the method to limit hungry
workloads.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter Hunkeler
Sent: 22 July, 2016 9:51
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: AW: Re: Resource G
I am not quite sure what you are aiming at.
You say the system hits its defined capacity, so the costs are fully under
control by the DC, aren't they?
If you want to lower costs, the way is to lower the DC. If you expect
performance problems, you can set different goals for different batch: gi
Overloading zIIPs consists of 2 phases.
1. work is getting queued for the zIIP, delaying the work.
2. when queuing is getting to large, the CPs are asked to assist in processing
zIIP work (if allowed by IEAOPT parameters)
The first phase is not reported externally.
The second phase is visible, b
The largest benefit is a financial one: you don't pay the zIIP MSUs.
A performance benefit can come from the fact that the zIIP is always running at
full speed, while your CP's can run at lower speeds.
Kees.
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Cumulative RDW's+4 (first beginners error).
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Reichman Joseph
Sent: 19 July, 2016 16:33
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Bsam VS Qsam for VB records
As Far as I can see all
I wonder what application it is that justifies considering this. It is not the
80's anymore. And even with QSAM you have the BUFNO parameter.
If you really want to go down to the details, consider EXCP (I did, 35 years
ago).
Kees.
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If a user logs on, it is JES2 that reads the logonproc from PROCLIB, which it
already has allocated (as you mentioned). Kind of a chicken and egg problem:
how can a user logon without having read the logonproc?
Kees.
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There is a big difference between a job allocating a proclib with DISP=OLD and
a user editing a logonproc with ISPF.
The job with DISP=OLD blocks the entire proclib.
ISPF issues an ENQ with DISP=SHR on the proclib and issues its own ENQ on
the member with DISP=OLD. This way the library is
The gotcha with the z9 is, that it out of support and you can't have anything
modified or built into the machine anymore. Even converting a built-in
processor into a zIIP is 'buying new hardware' which is not possible anymore.
Anyway not by IBM.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainf
What is "surrogate Batch Id"?
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Munif Sadek
Sent: 12 July, 2016 6:42
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: issue WTOR if surrogat ID submits a job
Hi
We are JES2, z/OS 2.1 and wo
Google will answer anything. I found a tablet hat does not have a description
for MVS, but for CMS (DOS ON) it says: LIOCS DIAG.
Another article https://www.mail-archive.com/ibm-main@bama.ua.edu/msg92290.html
calls it the NOP SVC in S/360.
Intersting stuff.
Kees.
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Fro
Technical detail: ISPF does not write SMF14, CLOSE does. To have CLOSE record
the aliasname, ISPF should be enhanced to OPEN the aliasname directly, i.s.o.
discover and OPEN the real name. I suppose the ISPF technicians will recognize
this.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe
The more important detractor is that CPU processing to send data via
hipersockets is consumed on CPs, while CPU to send data via OAS cards is
consumed on the OSA card processors, which is free of license E/$s.
Kees.
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You did not mention that the 5 lpars in your sysplex were situated in only 1
machine.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter
Sent: 06 July, 2016 8:46
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Real purpose of hipe
You could set up an SMF exit to check for the suspicious record and check who
is writing it.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Charles Mills
Sent: 05 July, 2016 17:43
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Help ide
We create as much 3390-54's as possible.
We have some smaller volumes only because they were converted as is from ESS's.
And we have some 3390-3 and 3390-1 for JES checkpoint and catalogs, but with
the current GDPS requirement to eliminate all Reserves, I think it would not be
a problem to comb
That is the clue:
SMF30JNM is described as:
JES job identifier. Jobs scheduled by the APPC/MVS transaction scheduler (ASCH)
start with an “A” followed by a seven-digit number.
Ann jobs are no JES2 jobs, but ASCH jobs and do not follow JES2 rules, but
follow APPC rules.
Kees.
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Out of interest, I did some research.
The $JBIDBLD macro documents:
JOBTYPE=Specifies a label, or a register that contains the address, of the job
type flag byte (JOB, STC, TSU) used to construct the job ID. The job type flag
byte must be defined.
Valid job types, and the bit settings for each
If you have SAS, you can use PROC SOURCE to unload a PDS to a PS dataset with
separators between members specifying the membername.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter Ten Eyck
Sent: 14 June, 2016 19:31
To: IB
Don't know.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: 07 June, 2016 16:36
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Determine the PDS a job was submitted from?
On 2016-06-07, at 08:18, Vernooi
With IOF you can select a job that has run, edit the input JCL and submit it
again. This job is exactly the job from your production JCL library, but
doesn't come from there.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Pau
No system escapes from the System Reset button on the HMC. This is how we
tested our CF failure procedures.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Rob Schramm
Sent: 07 June, 2016 2:42
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subje
We discussed this a few months ago. General answer: no.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter Ten Eyck
Sent: 06 June, 2016 21:09
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Determine the PDS a job was submitted from?
SDSF or D R,L
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Zahir Hemini
Sent: 02 June, 2016 20:54
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Delaying response to a message
>We had jobs with an outstanding WTOR that would las
A perpetual outstanding WTOR is one way of enabling communication with an
application, another one is MODIFY. It is just how the application has been
designed.
IMS has a WTOR outstanding for that reason, so if you have many IMSs in a
Sysplex, you have as many outstanding WTORs. Add up some other
Did you ever have a Sock4?
Yes, you did, but you will know it as a SOC4 abend.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Lucas Rosalen
Sent: 27 May, 2016 16:15
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Video that might gi
Much worse: the American army uses a IBM Series/1-pc from 1976, using 8 inch
floppies. And even more horrifying: the programs have been written in 'assembly
language' (how did they ever dare to). No update is planned for this system
however.
Google will probably provide a correct translation:
h
Backup Dasd via your laptop to an USB stick? Your company differs a lot from
mine.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Jack J. Woehr
Sent: 19 May, 2016 16:14
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Mirror/back up
CA-1 can keep the tape longer, but cannot prevent it from rolling off the GDG.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Brian Fraser
Sent: 19 May, 2016 15:49
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: GDG retention
Depends
re defined with No days Parmeter, So i assume this can be
deleted can be anytime. Is there a way to determine the retentions of this
GDG ? I hope My storage administrators can answer ?
Any suggestions ?
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM <
kees.verno...@klm.com>
No, 14 versions/members. When G0015v00 is created, G0001V00 is deleted.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Nathan Astle
Sent: 19 May, 2016 11:33
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: GDG retention
Hello,
We have s
You have a waitstate 064 with reason code 009, which is:
009A program check occurred. Accompanying message IEA304W further explains this
wait state and entry code. If the message does not appear on the console, you
can find the message in the wait state message area (WSMA). The WSMA is
describe
You were just ahead of me.
Man, Peter has some cleanup to do:
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In addition, effective
September 23, 1994 program services will be discontinued.
Program Number Program Name Version
-- ---
5706-110 IBM OfficeVision/2 1
I am quite sure, at least for the z196, that you can online config CPs online,
if they have been defined as Reserved. To do so, you must change the LPAR
profile and de/reactivate the LPAR. So dynamically, in a running z/OS: no.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Lis
I heard rumors that VIO is that CPU expensive and that I/O is that fast
nowadays, that it is VIO is not worth the extra CPU anymore.
Therefor I have been thinking about abandoning VIO, but I can't make a good
calculation. I could make the calculation for the SAS WORK file, which can be
in VIO
COPYINDD=INPDS,OUTDD=OUTPDS
SELECT M=((membername,newname,R))
INPDS membername is copied to OUTPDS as newname and Replaces newname if it
exists.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Peter
Sent: 11 May,
I wonder if it is really a 'problem'. What kind of mormal program does this
amount of branches back to where it just came from, messing up the entire
pipeline. Is it efficient to optimize a z13 for this kind of programs? Isn't it
better to optimize for the millions of other programs who are exec
My experience is that CICS will suffer if the LPAR is being soft capped, no
matter what you try to do to this situation.
So I think the best and only solution is to avoid that the LPAR becomes capped
by keeping the batch consumption under control. Not with a limited number of
initiators, becau
If the library is frequently updated, LLA is indeed no choice.
LLA freezes the directory in storage until it is refreshed. This means that
every update will be invisible until LLA (or all LLAs sharing the library) has
been refreshed. A truly unworkable situation, I suppose.
Kees.
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VLF doesn't do anything by itself. It will cache objects handed to it by the
managers of those objects, like LLA, TSO CLIST processor, CAS address space
etc. Which VLFCLASS should I specify for this case?
LLA can cache the directory of non-Loadmodule PDSes, this could help, like
PDSEs directory
It is a parmlib, I don't think the members will be staged to VLF (who would
stage them)?
Considering the I/O times and the size of the directory, I suppose the
directory is the problem. Maybe LLA member caching might help if a BLDL is done
to locate a member. Otherwise converting it to PDSE woul
John,
You said the tape went to scratch, but it was P in SMS. Has it been returned
from scratch to private in SMS?
If it has been scratch, check out the scratch category it was in then (in
DEVSUPxx) and check in the VTS GUI if this category was a fast ready category
and if that category has an
Some questions:
What VTS are you using? I can answer for the IBM TS7700.
How did you manage to mount the tape? SMS disallows a specific mount for a
scratch tape.
Was the scratch tape in a fast-ready-category? This means that a new, empty
tape will be presented when the volume is requested, to av
If you have CA-DISK, the COMPRESS function lets you specify all parameters of
the new data set.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of gsg
Sent: 18 April, 2016 22:56
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Resize PDS/PDS
ardus Engelbrecht wrote:
>Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>
>>I was actually referring to Columbus, sailing to the west in order to find a
>>shorter way to the Indies, in spite of the 'rule' that he would reach the end
>>of earth and fall off.
>
That "ru
I was actually referring to Columbus, sailing to the west in order to find a
shorter way to the Indies, in spite of the 'rule' that he would reach the end
of earth and fall off.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of
If it is not explicitly forbidden (and even then still) there will always be
people that try it.
Well anyway, this is why we discovered America though.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Elardus Engelbrecht
Sent: 1
You should not have to worry about that. If IBM supports running 2.1 and 2.2,
the scrt reporting should also support this.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of K
Sent: 12 April, 2016 9:58
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
At first glance, there are 2 reasons why I dislike the idea:
1. what is the difference between multiple exits checking if they are
interested in the record and one router checking if multiple subscribers are
interested in the record?
2. the way you describe how the feature could work after "or pe
FEOV!
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Elardus Engelbrecht
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 5:46 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: How force dataset non-SMS?
Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>Why is ever
Why is everybody so much trying to avoid the rules, which must be there for
some reason? All answers deliver a partially non-SMS managed dataset at most.
Just ask your SMS guys, if you are not one of them. Why do you need a
non-managed dataset? Probably for some storage technical reason, in whic
By DDNAME: only if the ACS routines allow it and you have to know what to
specify for them to let you do it.
Utilities, like DSS, have parameters to force this, but you must be authorized
to use them.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV
Maybe the confusion comes from the (mis)assumption that PDSESSHRING(EXTENDED)
needs a CF.
It needs XCF and GRS and both XCF and GRS don't need a CF, they are equally
happy with CTC connectivity.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.E
I am not sure you know you also have a serious alternative: do not share the
DASD between the sysplexes, but keep the needed datasets (also PDSE's) in sync
by synchronizing them periodically.
We to this. Once a day, a number of PDSs, PDSE's and other datasets are
unloaded at sysplex1, FTPed to
RLSE is done during CLOSE of a dataset. IEFBR14 doesn't OPEN/CLOSE datasets.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Charles Mills
Sent: 04 April, 2016 13:54
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: RLSE does not work w
That SPIN? I don't believe it.
" the FTP job but it went to SPIN status and now it is in same from last 24hr"
this must be something else.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Staller, Allan
Sent: 01 April, 2016 16:
So then the problem is solved, you do something that definitely causes errors
and you ask us how to avoid the unavoidable. We can't.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
Sent: 01 April, 2016 16:
What is the SPIN status? I never saw this.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of linda golding
Sent: 01 April, 2016 16:01
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cancelling a Job in SPIN status
"I tried cancelling t
Apart from sharing or non-sharing of normal datasets, PDSE's must never be
shared across sysplexes.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
Sent: 01 April, 2016 15:34
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
S
I still wonder why you need such a complex construction of dataclasses, if all
differences seem to be in the space. Can't you create a common space value,
that is adequate for the smaller datasets and supplies enough growth with
secondary extents and multivolume allocations for the larger ones?
What is the purpose of the 9 groups, what is the difference between them, do
you still need the 9 groups these days?
Can you change the allocation routine (JCL, CLIST, REXX) to request the
Dataclas? Then you can redirect the datasets without Datclass or even refuse
them.
@Elardus: the DATACLAS
In fact, I use LLA exit1, not exit2, because exit1 has the details of each
fetch.
Kees.
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From: Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: 24 March, 2016 8:23
To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
Subject: RE: CSVFETCH exit
Leo,
We move the modules to a LNKLST library, so we
You have the same situation, when IBM installs microcode updates. Both HMCs are
locked so you can't IPL or do any other things. Also the BCPII interface is
blocked.
IBM don't tell you with that many words, but by strongly pulling out the
consequences of an upgrade action few years ago, we final
: CSVFETCH exit
Still, you wouldn't know if the old module is still being used from a (non-LLA)
steplib, right? Am I missing something?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: Thursday,
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:36 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: CSVFETCH exit
To determine if certain loadmodules are still being used, we use LLA EXIT2
since decades.
We m
To determine if certain loadmodules are still being used, we use LLA EXIT2
since decades.
We move the modules to a special LNKLST library, monitor with LLA EXIT2 fetches
from this library and write an SMF record for the event.
CSVFETCH apparently is able to catch more loads, provide more info, bu
'Never asked for it' only could mean we didn't know what to ask for.
Trimming numbers by themselves do not indicate much, as we all know and always
were told by IBM. Trimming large amounts of IGGCAS entries, that have not been
used for 24 hours is no problem, 24 seconds is a problem. This value w
I agree that the main object of the HC was to alert for an over-threshold
situation.
But 'logging' in HC by VERBOSE YES is not an elegant way. That is what SMF was
invented for: log information for the sake of logging it, just because it might
be needed (weeks/months) later.
I will wait what t
I'd vote, if I also get PDF, JPG and XLSx.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Robert Prins
Sent: 18 March, 2016 13:53
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Friday, but not funny at all...
Totaal van de wilde boskon
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Of Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: 16 March, 2016 14:43
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE
I agree that the main object of the HC was to alert for an over-threshold
situation.
But 'logging' in HC by VERBOSE YES is not an elega
:37
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE
Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>Yes, I understood that and meant 'its HC routine'.
I wanted to jump in, but ...
Question - at what z/OS level do you want that SMF 41-3 record changed? Just
curious if y
ue, 15 Mar 2016 15:16:21 +, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>I meant, VLF knows the current youngest age and makes it available to
>the HC routine at each HC interva...
ITYM "VLF knows the current youngest age and uses it in *its* health chec
, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>I already guessed HC got the value from VLF internals,
Well, not exactly. Health Checker establishes the infrastructure for doing
health
checks. System components then register their health check with HC, which
invokes the routine that the compon
Peter,
Thanks for the info.
I already guessed HC got the value from VLF internals, so my immediate reaction
was: why tell HC and not me?
I already opened a PMR for adding the info to SMF 41-3.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
Hello,
Healthcheck VLF_MAXVIRT is informing us, that the VLF has trimmed objects
younger than ALERTAGE specified in COFVLFxx.
It also display the age of the youngest trimmed object.
Where does HC get this info from?
This is useful information for adjusting the size of the VLF cache, but why is
The basic principle of WLM managed Initiators is to achieve the Goals you have
set.
If WLM decides to have a certain number of jobs active at a time, then this
will be enough to honor the Goals. If you think WLM does not do it right,
change the Goals.
For WLM it does not matter where the job re
This reminds me of an ISMF problem I has last year: did you do some updates to
the dataclass definitions.
Search the archives for: Heads up: ISMF error using the EOF key.
It was solved by PTF UA77758, available in aug 2015.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mai
storage .
This is what i get confused always - as the PSA is no longer the same ....
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM <
kees.verno...@klm.com> wrote:
> There is one for each processor, so all address spaces dispatched on the
> same processor will acc
There is one for each processor, so all address spaces dispatched on the same
processor will access the same PSA. In that way each PSA is common for all
address spaces.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of baby ekla
Sorry, this is not correct.
D U,,ALLOC,376B,1 gives the first allocated device, from 376B. In this case
376B is nog allocated.
D U,,,376B,1 gives you the status of the first available device, from 37b6. In
this case 376B does not exist.
Kees.
-Original Message-
From: Vernooij, CP
You probably asked: d u,,,376b,1
Check the defaults for the parameters between the commma's, you asked for the
first online device, starting with 376B.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Walter Marguccio
Sent: 23
Given the fact that conversion is a JES2 issue, can it be the ID of the JES2
MAS member that did the conversion?
See output from $DMEMBER
Kees.
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Of van der Grijn, Bart (B)
Sent: 22 February
Included in "these parameters" should be the eventual DCB that was or was not
specified at the time of LOAD. So again, you miss information from the original
LOAD to be accurate.
Kees.
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Check the SAVE command in 3.4. This will save the full list to a data set, then
you can do what you want with the list.
Kees.
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Of John Dawes
Sent: 29 January, 2016 15:31
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What is wrong with this solution, it is the easiest in my opinion: update
parmlib- set grs - delete.
You can tell GRS to keep the ENQ for that DSNAME local in the GRSRNLxx parmlib
member. In that case the name must be available only in the LPAR where you do
the delete.
Example:
RNLDEF RNL(EXCL
You can tell GRS to keep the ENQ for that DSNAME local in the GRSRNLxx parmlib
member. In that case the name must be available only in the LPAR where you do
the delete.
Example:
RNLDEF RNL(EXCL) TYPE(SPECIFIC)
QNAME(SYSDSN)
RNAME(SYS1.DAE)
Kees.
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If all elses fail, you could open a PMR to explain your message more clearly,
including the error codes.
Kees.
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Of R.S.
Sent: 22 January, 2016 17:02
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re
I think you can use the SMF exits IEFU83/84/85. They run in the address space
of the record producer and can log/display the information in some way.
Kees.
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Of Field, Alan
Sent: 22 January,
her sources with no effect.
I believe it is documented, but where???
Regards
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 2016-01-22 o 15:51, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM pisze:
> No messges id?
> POP has some information about machine-checks and check-stop conditions, but
>
No messges id?
POP has some information about machine-checks and check-stop conditions, but I
couldn't find a 0C quickly.
Kees.
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Of R.S.
Sent: 22 January, 2016 15:35
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.
on. I agree with you, but wanted to see if
there's any additional risk to our environment in this configuration.
Mark Jacobs
Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
> The main reason of STP is to coordinate time between the CECs. When you have
> only one, there is nothing to coordinate a
The main reason of STP is to coordinate time between the CECs. When you have
only one, there is nothing to coordinate anymore.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Mark Jacobs - Listserv
Sent: 19 January, 2016 21:06
Could you post the text here? I am curious about you want, that is not
available now.
Kees.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Charles Mills
Sent: 18 January, 2016 16:34
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: A useful
That is the only technically correct answer.
For that reason I have macro button in my terminal emulator that does:
=x;=x;=x;=x;=x;=x;=x;=x; to get back home from wherever you are.
Further, we have a lot of handy commands to go directly to useful functions.
From any panel I can enter: DSL to invo
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