Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-02 Thread Donald Likens
There is a product called MEAS that can do this. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread John McKown
Oh, I forgot to mention that the "far end" should find the "diff" output file, rename it to something totally different, process it, then delete it. There could be a race condition if the "far end" tries to do the rename while the local system is appending to it. I don't know a way around this, off

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread John McKown
NOTICE!! This is NOT really a solution to the OP's problem. But I got to wondering. So I did something "weird and wonderful" (OK, maybe not the latter). In z/OS UNIX, the following could be done, if Dovetail Technologies' Data Set Pipes is installed lsjes -s a -o \* -t -p SYSLOG |\ while read stc

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Tsai Laurence
Pals , As infact , I am trying to assess following alternative to have MVS console message monitored from window / wintel linux ( I prefer linux). my idea : Direct all MVS Console msg (syslog hardcopy) onto the mvs dataset or USS file --> Have NFS export it onto wintel linux --> have TWS event en

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Charles Mills
ion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ? On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > Well, you'd *f

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread zMan
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > Well, you'd *filter* those, eh? > > My feeling was that unstructured "human readable" messages -- many of them > historical "junk" such as I quoted* -- were not the best starting point > (although others might argue that point). > > I star

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Charles Mills
.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ? On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > IMHO z/OS console messages are not the best source of

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread John McKown
n List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Tsai Laurence > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 8:08 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or > wintel linux) ? > > Dear listers, > Questions as as the s

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tsai Laurence Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 8:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ? Dear listers, Questions as as the subject, trying to have some Wintel base monitoring tool to monit

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread John McKown
z/OS console messages do not go to the z/OS UNIX syslog daemon. They go to consoles and hardcopy (SYSLOG and/or OPERLOG). On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Len Rugen wrote: > If you could feed logstash http://logstash.net/ in some way, once you get > the syslog message on sent, the other end is ava

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread zMan
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > IMHO z/OS console messages are not the best source of z/OS "events." Too > many "NOW CLOSING OUTPUT FILES" messages in my experience. > > You could take a look at my SHARE presentation > https://share.confex.com/share/118/webprogram/Session1

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Charles Mills
t: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ? Dear listers, Questions as as the subject, trying to have some Wintel base monitoring tool to monitor the mvs console message , so I plan to have the MVS Console on P-comm directing to the log file. Any alternative ?

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Len Rugen
t; From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf > > Of Tsai Laurence > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:08 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or > wintel > >

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>At one shop we had a Screen Scrapper on a PC that had SDSF up to capture >messages. Did it fight? Or, merely get screens ready for the trash? (8-{]} Scrap(p)er - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
ussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf > Of Tsai Laurence > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:08 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel > linux) ? > > Dear listers, > Questions as

Re: How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread John McKown
I don't know of a way which comes built in to z/OS. Or is free. If you have a z/OS automated operator, you could possibly use that. We do. We have some messages which invoke a CA-OPS/MVS rule. This rule reformats the message and sends it to a monitor via an SNMP trap (message sent to server via a

How to direct MVS CONSOLE message onto a log file (on windows or wintel linux) ?

2013-02-01 Thread Tsai Laurence
Dear listers, Questions as as the subject, trying to have some Wintel base monitoring tool to monitor the mvs console message , so I plan to have the MVS Console on P-comm directing to the log file. Any alternative ? Regards, Laurence -