Re: What address space is using AUX slots?

2014-10-24 Thread Mike Schwab
As long as he doesn't exceed 30% usage, he should be fine. Maybe automatically issue the command hourly to find the peak? On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: > Just because you are not paging due to lots of real/flash isn't a reason to > not have sufficient page datasets in cas

Re: [ANN] Lua4z: the Lua programming language on z/OS, with batteries

2014-10-24 Thread Mike Schwab
Might I suggest changing the variable name from A to SQ? Then you have the calculation of SQ[i] = i * i. On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:32 PM, David Crayford wrote: > On 25/10/2014 3:35 AM, Bob Rutledge wrote: >> >> I would guess that, as previously suggested, >> >> for i = 1, count do a[i] = a[i] *

Re: Abend s0077

2014-10-25 Thread Mike Schwab
System abends are usually 3 digits hex 000-FFF. User abends are usually 4 digits decimal -4095. You probably have a user abend and you need to consult the product manual to determine the cause. If it is a user written program you will need to consult any error messages in sysout files and or t

Re: What address space is using AUX slots?

2014-10-27 Thread Mike Schwab
If you need to take a system dump, you need to copy the existing frames in core and on disk for the dump. And yes, they have dropped the continuous slot algorithm. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > If we toss the ROT 30%, what would be the new ROT? > > Is there any amount

Re: Configuring Swabar options programmatically

2014-10-29 Thread Mike Schwab
I use an IMACRO clist to set editing options for a member. 2014-10-29 7:31 GMT-05:00 גדי בן אבי : > Hi, > > Is it possible to configure the swapbar options in z/OS v2.1 programmatically > in REXX? > > I would like to write a program that will set standard initial options. > > Thanks > > Gadi > >

Re: QUESTION ABOUT VSAM / VSAM EXTENDED - IAMPRINT OUTPUT

2014-10-29 Thread Mike Schwab
Extended VSAM can be released. Standard VSAM cannot be released. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idad400/defks.htm On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Willie Bunter <001409bd2345-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I defined the dsn as VSAM EXTEND

Re: QUESTION ABOUT VSAM / VSAM EXTENDED - IAMPRINT OUTPUT

2014-10-30 Thread Mike Schwab
Release applies to ALL extended format. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Willie Bunter <001409bd2345-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks for the info. Would you know if the RELEASE is by default? > > -- >

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - EXPIRATION OF DSN

2014-10-30 Thread Mike Schwab
We put unused volsers into SMS Storage groups then init actual volumes when more space is needed. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > I don't think so. > Or if you are right then there are some big issues in the next few years > that IBM's own products won't be able to support. As

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - EXPIRATION OF DSN

2014-10-30 Thread Mike Schwab
balanced. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > On Oct 30, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > >> We put unused volsers into SMS Storage groups then init actual volumes >> when more space is needed. > > > --SNIP-

Re: Price increase on Resolve for zSeries

2014-10-30 Thread Mike Schwab
Its not Nov 2014 yet, so this might be the latest price increase. http://www-935.ibm.com/services/multimedia/Announcement_Letter_Number_313-114.pdf On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: > Obviously I missed the announcement. Can anyone provide me a link to IBM > telling us this w

Re: IOS000I CMD REJ E7

2014-10-31 Thread Mike Schwab
Not all software can run with zHPF on the Symmetrix V-Max Enabled. To see if this is the cause, disable it and run the job again. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Veryl Ellis wrote: > *Problem description * > > I'm not sure if this should be di

Re: Delete Orphan Enty VSAM

2014-10-31 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3S1000618 VVDS FIX I would open a PMR with IBM so they can verify the exact action to clean up the catalog. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Jake anderson wrote: > Hi Group, > > I have a challenge in deleting the orphan VSAM entry from the catalog,

Re: QUESTION ABOUT VSAM / VSAM EXTENDED - IAMPRINT OUTPUT

2014-10-31 Thread Mike Schwab
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Willie Bunter <001409bd2345-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Lizette, > 0IAM100 IAM FILE ANALYSIS - DSN=SYS2.AT35.LAIM.ARPOST http://www.fdr.com/fdrmsgs/msgpop.cfm?msgID=IAM100 IAM100 is an INFORMATIONAL message issued by IAM V9.0 IAM100 IAM FILE ANAL

Re: Help understanding a zFS error

2014-11-06 Thread Mike Schwab
> Errno=84x ENOMEM: Not enough space is available. Reason=EFE1670Ax > Description: Internal failure obtaining MEMORY for operation. Press > Enter to continue. What is your current region for your userid? On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > We are z/OS V1.12 heading to V2.1

Re: TS3584 and TS1120 encryption

2014-11-14 Thread Mike Schwab
> SECONDARY HOSTNAME=NONE I would think this has to be filled in to proceed. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for that verification - about the key management running over the > channel. Here's my output from the D IOS command: > > From the LPAR I'm tryi

Re: STGINDEX definition (UNCLASSIFIED)

2014-11-18 Thread Mike Schwab
Paging datasets for Common and LPA are now optional with z/OS 2.1 (or maybe 1.13?). ISAM LPA was dropped with z/OS 1.6. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Don Imbriale wrote: > As far as I know, there is no current manual. The most recent I was able > to find is for z/OS 1.1 > http://www-05.ibm.c

Re: HSM ML2 on disk

2014-11-18 Thread Mike Schwab
What you can do is adjust your ML1 / ML2 threshold size and Small Dataset Set Packing size. Increase them and more datasets go to ML1. Decrease them and they go to ML2. Adjust number of ML1 volumes as needed and you have the capacity for. When we got out VTAPE system, the ML2 recalls were faster

Re: Page Data Set Sizes and Volume Types

2014-11-19 Thread Mike Schwab
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r13/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r13.ieae100%2Fpagdss.htm > A 3390 device with 65,520 cylinders contains 11,793,600 slots. That is 180 4KB slots or 720KB per cylinder. Page data sets cannot extend past Cylinder 65520 or onto another volume. > Local page d

Re: Box size comparisons

2014-11-24 Thread Mike Schwab
Current mainframe are usually about 1 refrigerator sized box. Past mainframes were often several connected boxes of this size. http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_album.html On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > I am not sure what you are asking

Re: PC Wylbur

2014-11-25 Thread Mike Schwab
Turnkey / Hercules / MVS 3.8 ? On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:02 PM, John McKown wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > >> Looks like the (open) source for z/OS ("MVS") is available at Stanford.edu. >> >> Sounds like a porting project to me. LOL >> >> Charles >> >> > I found

Re: IBM 1751

2014-11-25 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibmmodel.txt 1715 -IBM Digital Display Unit On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:46 PM, William Donzelli wrote: > Perhaps this might ring a bell in someones head. > > Does anyone know what an IBM 1751 Control and Switching Unit is, and > what is was used

Re: IBM 1751

2014-11-25 Thread Mike Schwab
I swear, as much as I switch numbers around, I must have something like dyslexia. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibmmodel.txt > > 1715 -IBM Digital Display Unit > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:46

Eniac on display

2014-11-26 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.wired.com/2014/11/eniac-unearthed/ -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@lis

Re: SMP/E and IDR (was: Binder SETSSI ...?)

2014-11-30 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.gim1000/lmodacc.htm?lang=en On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > Paul: > > I am not going to do your homework. > IDENTIFY is a valid binder control statement so it must work in SMPE. > > > Ed > > > On Nov

Re: SyzMAIL/z new features

2014-11-30 Thread Mike Schwab
I would say if they want more than the three system files you just send them the whole job. On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Brian Westerman wrote: > Hi, > > We had several user requests (at least 200) for the automatic StepCC/MaxCC > eMail/SMS text product to allow the JES system datasets to be

Re: zNALC Reporting Requirements

2014-12-01 Thread Mike Schwab
If you have any mobile device transactions, you can work with your IBM account representative to get a discount for these transactions. On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Mark Jacobs wrote: > We've been approved for zOS zNALC licensing on some of our lpars, and I was > asked to research the reportin

Purging output

2014-12-10 Thread Mike Schwab
I am wanting to purge output from our defrag jobs. Viewing http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.hasa200/sout.htm I would like to use $PO J'IDCDEFR*',ALL,CC=(4), where the * would have any character. Test results: $POJ*,JM=IDC1031*,ALL,CC=(4) $HASP003 RC=(8

Re: Purging output

2014-12-11 Thread Mike Schwab
$PO JQ,JM=IDCDEFR*,ALL,CC=(4) $HASP003 RC=(82),PO JQ CC 4 - INVALID FILTER KEYWORD $PO JQ,JM=IDCDEFR*,CC=4 $HASP003 RC=(82),PO JQ CC 4 - INVALID FILTER KEYWORD $PO JQ,JM=IDCDEFR*,ALL $HASP686 OUTPUT(IDCDEFR5) OUTGRP=1.1.1 CANCELLED $HASP686 OUTPUT(IDCDEFR5) OUTGRP=1.1.1 CANCELLED $HASP686 OUT

Re: Dataset alias advice

2014-12-11 Thread Mike Schwab
There might be a difference between the z/OS and Linux in processing updates to an aliased file. On Linux, if you update any of the file names, the new copy gets a new storage location. The old location goes away when all pointers to it have been updated to new locations. On z/OS, any update gets

Re: RECFM=VBS,LRECL=32767?

2014-12-16 Thread Mike Schwab
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:11 PM, John McKown wrote: > I _think_ that I figured out where the 32760 came from. 32760 == 0x7FF8. > It is the largest multiple of 8 which can be kept in a signed half-word. > OS/360 used signed half-words to avoid sign extension > > when using the LH instruction. The o

Re: ISPF problem with userid.ISRnnnn.BACKUP

2014-12-23 Thread Mike Schwab
I browsed a backup dataset. Record 1 Column 90 has the dataset name it applies to. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Steve Thompson wrote: > On 12/23/2014 01:24 PM, Walt Farrell wrote: >> >> This also may not be your problem, but I notice in the ISPF documentation >> for the EDIT RECOVERY command

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-26 Thread Mike Schwab
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <3088409759181678.wa.mutazilahgmail@listserv.ua.edu>, on > 12/15/2014 >at 10:04 PM, Paul Edwards said: > >>There is a TRANSMIT-equivalent called XMIT370, > > Windoze only, or also Linux? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J

Re: Dataset PACK profile

2014-12-29 Thread Mike Schwab
If the PACK is on, you can only read it with ISPF. It can't be read by any other process. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:50 AM, mf db wrote: > What happens internally when this feature is ON ? Instructions wise any > change happens internally ? > On 29 Dec 2014 12:10, "nitz-...@gmx.net" wrote: > >>

Re: How to relate EMC VMAX 40K storage to what is used on MF

2014-12-30 Thread Mike Schwab
What does TSO ISPF ISMF 2 (volumes) 1 (DASD) show? 95TB of volumes and an average of 50% used? Or a quickref space list giving the above values? Perhaps set some low utilized SMS volumes to Q,N then D,N and migrate the datasets on the volumes until empty so you have more spare? Perhaps consolidat

Re: CANCEL TSO Logon?

2015-01-05 Thread Mike Schwab
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: > What is the point in trying to find a valid userid, if the userid will be > suspended after trying 3 invalid passwords (in our situation)? > > Kees. > But not if you keep rotating IDs. It is three in a row for the same ID. --

Re: IBM z Systems: The Movie

2015-01-06 Thread Mike Schwab
Click on a link in the description. Register to watch a movie of customer experience and the new z13 processor. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I just stumbled upon this. Pretty cool. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9uB74

Re: IBM z Systems: The Movie

2015-01-06 Thread Mike Schwab
https://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=556&seid=76377 Jan 14 2:00-4:30pm EST 1900-2130 Z. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > Click on a link in the description. Register to watch a movie of > customer experience and the new z13 processor. > > On Tue, Jan 6,

Re: Compile COBOL Programs In 64 Bit.

2015-01-10 Thread Mike Schwab
z/OS 2.1 Cobol 5.1 still limited to 31 bit mode. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.0.1/com.ibm.ent.cbl.zos.doc/migrate/igymsoacb51.html?lang=en On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Mehrshad Manshadi <0056e0e17177-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi,I am looking for COBO

Re: Boston - what a place

2015-01-12 Thread Mike Schwab
In Illinois, we get 0F every winter and 100F most summers. -20F a few times, I don't think I've experienced 110F. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Bob Shannon wrote: >> When I was in Boston in August and walked up to Fenway, it was bloody hot. I >> mean seriously hot. And the footy was just pla

Re: Webcasts - New Technology for System z

2015-01-13 Thread Mike Schwab
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <00f501d02e86$c4fb18f0$4ef14ad0$@newera.com>, on 01/12/2015 >at 10:42 AM, Jerry said: > >>Yes, hyperthreading is Intel's name for SMT. It was first introduced >>in 2002 in Pentium 4. > > I might be willing to beleive 1957.

IBM United States Announcement Letters

2015-01-14 Thread Mike Schwab
Below is the plain text announcement letter I received for the categories I subscribed to. Some repeat others postings, some haven't been posted. Notes: The max number of physical cores goes from 101 to 141. IBM z13 Models N30, N63, N96, NC9 (129), and NE1 (141). Max throughput is rated at 40% inc

Re: IBM United States Announcement Letters

2015-01-14 Thread Mike Schwab
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Bob Shannon wrote: >> With SMT (Hyperthreading) the logical number of cores is double the physical >> cores. >>(So it looks like any individual task that is CPU bound and limited to one >>core will take twice as long.) > > SMT is only implemented on zIFL and zIIP

Device to capture keystrokes from wireless keyboards

2015-01-15 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.businessinsider.com/samy-kamkar-microsoft-keyboard-keylogger-vulnerability-2015-1 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: z13 unanswered question.

2015-01-15 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg248251.pdf PDF page 426 shows 36KW capacity and 13KW actual use. Configuration size and load not shown. Have you tried running a bitcoin app on a z/System? Perhaps z/Linux on Hercules? On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:40 AM, John McKown wrote: > I have real

Re: z13 unanswered question.

2015-01-15 Thread Mike Schwab
Most bitcoin earning sites require user interaction. http://www.bitcoinplus.com/howbitcoinworks This sites (and others) supply you with an application that you run. When a problem is solved, you get a payment in bitcoins. Since it takes a lot of computing time to solve one problem, the problem is

Re: HLASM provides support for z13

2015-01-19 Thread Mike Schwab
With IBM software using them, less likely to go away. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Don Poitras wrote: > Jeremy, > Thanks. I was able to see the page Friday afternoon. It's funny to > see all the vector instructions back again. Now we have to decide if > it's worth resurrecting the code that

Re: HELP - Can I IPL zVM 5.4 from a Remote HMC without the Integrated 3270 Console

2015-01-21 Thread Mike Schwab
In Windows, click on Start, Control Panel, Add programs or Programs and Features, what Java versions are installed? On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Mike Myers wrote: > Elardus: > > Thanks for the reply. Ed elaborated on your fixing firefox information and I > got that done, but still no joy. I'm

Re: DASD Model-27 & 54 implementation

2015-01-21 Thread Mike Schwab
IBM DS* imposed this. It divides the space into Mod 1 chunks, then each volume uses one or more chunks for its space, and you can add a Mod 1 chunk to a volume. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:11:13 +0

Re: OT: Friday joke :-)

2015-01-25 Thread Mike Schwab
Only billions of dollars invested. Stadiums are approaching or exceeding $1B. On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Sam Siegel wrote: > On Jan 25, 2015 3:27 AM, "Aled Hughes" < > 0050619ca8df-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> Oh come on everybody. Lighten up - it's only a game after > >

Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely

2015-01-26 Thread Mike Schwab
“IBM does not comment on rumors, even ridiculous or baseless ones,” the spokesman said. “If anyone had checked information readily available from our public earnings statements, or had simply asked us, they would know that IBM has already announced the company has just taken a $600 million charge

Re: Strange comment in PTF.

2015-01-27 Thread Mike Schwab
BPX: OpenMVS: Open Software. GPL License. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Spotted in /bin/bpxtrace: > > /* $P2=ME13724 HBB7760, 081005, PD2R: Remove "(C)" from copyright */ > > Why? Lawyers? > > -- gil > >

Re: Softcopy reader Shelf Organizer hangs while starting up

2015-01-29 Thread Mike Schwab
Some software doesn't work with blanks in the path. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Jantje. wrote: > OK... Sigh... > > > R-R-R (Retry, reboot, re-install) > > 't Was the third R that did it. Note that I had to manually delete the > complete installation directory first. And that I had to instal

Re: Where is the z/OS java Book?

2015-01-30 Thread Mike Schwab
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Even worse, it's always implicitly *first* in the search order, not merely > by default, but there's *no* way to override that. That's an Extremely > Bad Idea; I don't know why Windows design

Re: Anthem Healthcare Hacked

2015-02-06 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/world/asia/nsa-tapped-into-north-korean-networks-before-sony-attack-officials-say.html?_r=0 On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 8:32 AM, David Cole wrote: > FWIW I tend to be skeptical of FBI claims that "the Chinese did it" or "the > North Koreans did it", especially when th

Re: IGW01595E message during PDS to PDSE copy

2015-02-15 Thread Mike Schwab
I thought you had to use binder to create a program object from a load module. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:36:07 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >> on 02/13/2015 at 02:47 PM, Paul Gilmarti

Re: OT: Sorry, but just too good.

2015-02-18 Thread Mike Schwab
#24 looks like a wire programmed punched card unit of some sort. #25 a basic card punch or card printer. #31 steam punk galore. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:13 AM, John McKown wrote: > This is more in the way of a "Friday" post. But this collection of computer > desk setups was, IMO, just too good

Re: Check out BBC News - Is your toaster a silent recruit in a 'thingbot' army?

2015-02-19 Thread Mike Schwab
Printing on bread. http://dornob.com/serial-toasters-and-creative-toast-printing-gadgets/ On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Ed Finnell wrote: > >>>_BBC News - Is your toaster a silent recruit in a 'thingbot' army?_ >>>(http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31157975) > > I

ALL your SIM card encryption keys are belonging to NSA

2015-02-19 Thread Mike Schwab
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/ -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

Re: Check out BBC News - Battery power alone can be used to track Android phones

2015-02-24 Thread Mike Schwab
That is so 2004. http://news.cnet.com/FBI-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdropping-tool/2100-1029_3-6140191.html On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote: > "We are approaching the point where the only safe way to use your phone is to > pull the battery out" > > Let's hope they are bette

Re: [MVS-OE] Mount path more than 72 characters - error

2015-02-24 Thread Mike Schwab
> MOUNT FILESYSTEM('MMWSSS.ZSPP.EEM40.QA.AEZMZFS') > MISSING MOUNT POINT+ > MISSING PATH NAME OF THE MOUNT POINT IN QUOTES > RETURN CODE 0004 RECEIVED DURING PARSING OF THE COMMAND. > READY is command ONE. > MOUNTPOINT('/u/users/ewkk/mmmsmc/mmmsinsz/zhrr040/qa/rolls/securi > INVALID CO

Re: O/T Assemblers were once people: My aunt did it for NASA

2015-02-27 Thread Mike Schwab
The author assumed the 1960s, he didn't quote a date from his aunt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury They started designing a human capsule under NACA BEFORE it became NASA on October 1, 1958. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Joel Ewing wrote: > On 02/27/2015 12:04 AM, Elardus Enge

Re: Data formatting

2015-03-03 Thread Mike Schwab
Have you browsed the dataset? Does the start of the record keep jumping over 2 bytes in each record? Try IEBGENER, and on the SYSUT1 add LRECL=corrected record length. Hope it doesn't blow up with BLKSIZE not a multiple of the LRECL. On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > Ron, > >

Re: Municipal mainframe practicality

2015-03-04 Thread Mike Schwab
For a demonstration project, you might try migrating their existing software to z/Linux on Hercules on a Laptop. You should be able to get about 50 MIPS per core, define 1 core per hyperthread (leave 1 for I/O) on recent hardware. For real z servers they were suggesting 7 moderate load servers per

Re: SHARE Video

2015-03-10 Thread Mike Schwab
Rebbeca Black's family paid $4,000 (of $8-10,000 cost) for the video for the song Friday, and that is professionals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_(Rebecca_Black_song) On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 2

Re: Time change effect on JES2 AUTO commands

2015-03-10 Thread Mike Schwab
I would say it ran at 0145 xST. At 0301 xDT, the 1 hour had elapsed, so it ran it immediately. On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:51 PM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > I'm 90% sure of the answer but would like confirmation. We have a JES2 > automatic command that's executes once an hour (T=3600) with no spe

Migration to IBM System z server

2015-03-10 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-NpLu2xC38 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@list

Re: accounting packages

2015-03-13 Thread Mike Schwab
How about for a larger business? If you need several people entering transactions into the same set of books? On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Benjamin Huntsman wrote: >>Is there a reason that it needs to be on the mainframe? If it's a small >>business, there are plenty of suitable accounting pa

Re: Need assembler trick to quickly get second and third DS qualifiers

2015-03-13 Thread Mike Schwab
Maybe the z13 will execute multiple bytes in parallel? One byte being looked up per core. Then a cycle to check the condition codes and how many to accept. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 3/13/2015 11:51 AM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: >> >> SRST looks very cool. Thanks for t

Re: APF-authorized calling non-authorized

2015-03-16 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0zm100/dfpcopy.htm DFSMSdfp: Do not use IEBCOPYO Description: In z/OS V1R13, the IEBCOPY utility was enhanced, and one of the enhancements was that the utility was no longer APF-authorized. For users who needed to fallba

Re: SMS ACS and TEMP DSN Parsing

2015-03-17 Thread Mike Schwab
At our site we use DATACLAS=special to direct a dataset to a specific storage group. On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Graham Harris wrote: > Would checking the DDNAME and/or PROGRAM help? > > On 17 March 2015 at 15:10, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM < > kees.verno...@klm.com> wrote: > >> Well, the t

Re: Comic cells about computer languages.

2015-03-18 Thread Mike Schwab
http://planetmvs.com/humor/index.html has links to several joke pages. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:14:56 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >>One cell per language. Somewhat amusing. >> >>https://plus.goo

Re: Comic cells about computer languages.

2015-03-18 Thread Mike Schwab
One among many sites: http://www.webaugur.com/bazaar/53-what-if-operating-systems-were-airlines.html On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Grinsell, Don wrote: > There was once a bit about "If Operating Systems Were Airlines" that I always > found amusing. I believe OS/2 was still a contender back

Document retention

2015-03-21 Thread Mike Schwab
https://roadtrippers.com/blog/mount-rushmore-secret-room Sixteen porcelain enamel panels containing the text from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, along with a biography of Borglum, and the story of the presidents, were sealed in a teakwood box, then place

Re: Intermittent, not consistently reproducible problems with PDSEs on z/OS V2R1 (incl. infrequent S0F4-20 RSN 1C0752EE ABENDs)

2015-03-23 Thread Mike Schwab
http://controlgeek.net/blog/2009/3/30/why-the-samsung-extreme-sheep-led-art-video-is-fake.html On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Ambros, Thomas wrote: > Sorry for the OT, but that response somehow made me think of this: > > An astronomer, a physicist and a mathematician are on a train in Scotlan

Re: Retrieve unallocated space numbers?

2015-03-24 Thread Mike Schwab
IDCAMS DCOLLECT by volume into a file. LSPACE Macro for in program use. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idas300/s3041.htm?lang=en On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > Is there a DFSMS macro or callable service that returns the amoun

Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe - Forbes

2015-03-26 Thread Mike Schwab
S/360. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:38 AM, John McKown wrote: > Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z13"? I'll grant > that the old machines really did look a lot more "computer-ish" than > today's "pizza box" and "refridgerator" forms. Oh, for the days of > spinning tapes and card

Re: OT: Digital? Cloud? Modern And Cost-Effective? Surprise! It's The Mainframe - Forbes

2015-03-26 Thread Mike Schwab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360#/media/File:IBM_System_360-30_front_panel.agr.jpg On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: > S/360. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:38 AM, John McKown > wrote: >> Why did they put in a picture of "an ancestor of the z

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : ARC0036E I/O INHIBITED FOR DFSMSHSM PROBLEM

2015-03-30 Thread Mike Schwab
Our site have been running into this problem for months. You can only have 2 *.HSMPDO* datasets on one volume. When one fills ups, HSM switches datasets (via a rename) and a task is submitted to write out the full one to *.PDA GDG PS dataset. If one dataset fills up before the other one is empti

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : ARC0036E I/O INHIBITED FOR DFSMSHSM PROBLEM

2015-03-30 Thread Mike Schwab
Just for completeness, here is the technote. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012687 On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:15 AM, willie bunter <001409bd2345-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hallo All, > > I noticed in the HSM startup the following error messages: > > ARC003

Re: Why is the boundary between TRK- and CYL managed space at cylinder 65519/20?

2015-04-01 Thread Mike Schwab
Also, the DS8* hardware assigns space by Mod 1 groups, 1113 cylinders, or 53 groups of 21 cylinders. On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > I wonder why the boundary between track managed and cylinder mamanged space > is between cylinders 65519 snd 65520. And why is the space un

Re: migrating compiler versions

2015-04-01 Thread Mike Schwab
On the input DD statement put a LRECL lower than the largest actual record? On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Frank Swarbrick <002782105f5c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I am trying to create a test case that gets the '00' when compiled with V4 > and gets the '04' when compiled with V

R.I.P. Cobol

2015-04-01 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rip-cobol-melissa-burns -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to li

Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?

2015-04-03 Thread Mike Schwab
I know a construction firm in Springfield, IL. They have jobs waiting to be worked on. They hire almost everyone who applies, which isn't many. Most quit withing a few days. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In > <3910647452015251.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co..

Long life media

2015-04-15 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.zdnet.com/article/torture-testing-the-1000-year-dvd/ -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

Re: FORTRAN reverse engineering

2015-04-18 Thread Mike Schwab
1. What does each program use for input? Sample file, file layout. 2. What does each program use for output? Sample report, file layout. 3. What actions is each program supposed to do? Program description. On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > I > have three (quit complex)

Re: COBOL 4.2 support

2015-04-22 Thread Mike Schwab
You can run COBOL 4 and COBOL 5 compilers for 1 year after licensing COBOL 5. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.ibm-main/JpGuXqwBemI Be aware that due to IBM's (new) licensing policy, you will only be allowed to use COBOL 4 and COBOL 5 concurrently for one year, and again, no m

Re: Outsourcing Experiences

2015-04-22 Thread Mike Schwab
Anything that goes over the internet you have to assume the NSA can read. And if they can't, they order you to give them your keys. At least two large sites have shut down rather than give out their keys. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Clark Morris wrote: > On 22 Apr 2015 08:34:49 -0700, in bi

Re: New zPDT redbook

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Schwab
http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/blog/my-raspberry-pi-thinks-it-s-a-mainframe http://austinrobertson.com/blog/2013/01/21/compile-hercules-4-0-on-a-raspberry-pi/ http://mainframed767.tumblr.com/post/41201454530/a-mainframe-on-your-raspberry-pi http://www.rpural.net/hercules_vm370

Re: New zPDT redbook

2015-04-23 Thread Mike Schwab
more recent compiler to use under MVS Turnkey 4 Upd 7. > > Now the next trick and no I don't know how is to migrate GNU Cobol v2.n (was > Open Cobol) over to it which has a few functions over the current IBM > offerings. > > OK, may be not in my lifetime. > > > On

Re: New zPDT redbook

2015-04-24 Thread Mike Schwab
http://gccmvs.sourceforge.net/ On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > GCC370 and GCC (380) are available to compile it. > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Vince Coen wrote: >> Exactly, although I run it on a AMD FX8350 along with a BBS, web and ftp >> se

Re: New zPDT redbook

2015-04-24 Thread Mike Schwab
> the mainframe - in the 60's. Crap am I that old, nuts. > > Must have forgotten a few > > Vince > > > On 24/04/15 01:17, Mike Schwab wrote: >> >> GCC370 and GCC (380) are available to compile it. >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Vince Coen

Re: JES2 as primary with JES3 as a secondary

2015-04-26 Thread Mike Schwab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attached_Support_Processor I thought JES3 can still spread workload over multiple LPARs? On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <6kjpja91t3suoq1kjpghelh2pbbj13t...@4ax.com>, on 04/26/2015 >at 08:40 AM, Clark Morris said: > >>What wa

Re: New zPDT redbook

2015-04-26 Thread Mike Schwab
The last one would be included in Hercules Turnkey 3 or 4-. On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Vince Coen wrote: > Please advise what else is available and how to do so. > > You can reach via vbcoen at gmail . com if needed. > > > > On 26/04/15 03:41, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >> >> In <553

Re: IEFBR14 question

2015-05-04 Thread Mike Schwab
http://alt.folklore.computers.narkive.com/eTVTCQGk/iefbr14-problems On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 1:47 PM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > You might wonder what could go wrong in such a simple program. I never saw > it, but heard tell that the earliest version of IEFBR14 went PE because it > contained only

Re: 'Hacking The Mainframe': What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Its Favorite Tech ...

2013-04-12 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk 1961 IBM 7094 sings Daisy. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Phil Smith wrote: > Steve Marak wrote: >>It would all be a lot funnier to me if I didn't frequently run into people >>who *believe* Hollywood's conception of computers, computer security, >>h

Re: LOOKING FOR EXAMPLE - ABARS BACKUP TO DISK : RE-POST

2013-04-12 Thread Mike Schwab
That is an odd combination. Some programs use an equal sign before a value and after the variable, others have parenthesis around the value after the variable. I can't recall anything that mixed the convention. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Linda wrote: > Hi John, > > If your sample is what

Re: 3494 Utilization

2013-04-15 Thread Mike Schwab
TMS has a block size and block count for each file. Multiply this and you have the number of bytes in each file (less short blocks). On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:23 AM, saurabh khandelwal wrote: > Hello Group, > > We are using IBM 3494 ATL currently for backup purpose along with DFHSM. > > Now we

Re: Dasd - Converting from Mod-9 to Mod-27

2013-04-15 Thread Mike Schwab
True for ESCON, which is synchronous (send command, wait for response). Not true for FICON, which is asynchronous (send command, release, receive response, release). On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Staller, Allan wrote: > > IO is queued on the UCB. If the OS thinks the volume is busy, the IO is

Re: DFDSS PUZZLE - FILTERDD

2013-04-17 Thread Mike Schwab
Looking at the syntax diagram on http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r12/topic/com.ibm.zos.r12.adru000/r2295.htm#r2295 , it looks like order might be important. DUMP DATASET(FILTERDD(ddname)) options OUTDD(ddname,ddname2) On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:52 AM, esmie moo wrote: > Good Morni

Re: DFDSS PUZZLE - FILTERDD - RESEND-IBM MAIN DOWN?

2013-04-17 Thread Mike Schwab
Some Yahoo recipients are not receiving messages. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:43 AM, esmie moo wrote: > Darren, > > I noticed that I haven't received any postings since April 08. I posted a > question at 7:52. (NY time) but it doesn't show. Any problems with IBM-MAIN? > -- Mike A Schwab, Spring

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