Re: switch user without logoff

2007-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 1/3/07, Zoltan Balogh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll read all post after my previous, but first of all.. telnet cant be a good way for me because i can login only with logon by, and help telnet dont tell me any possibility for VM like logonby connection... Oh yes. If you TELNET you get to

Re: switch user without logoff

2007-01-03 Thread Zoltan Balogh
Always give hard problems to the laziest man you know. They'll find the least difficult way to solve the problem. I think it would be more lazier if i just do all the thing how i learned, without thinking how can i make things better, easier and safer. I admit it is just a simple, not so

Re: switch user without logoff

2007-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 1/3/07, Zoltan Balogh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I admit it is just a simple, not so important thing in my life now, but who knows perhaps when things go harder maybe i can use this knowledge in future too. And i think these kind of lazy things can make good results. Much of what you see in

Re: Remote Tape drives

2007-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 12/29/06, Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on ways we could have a tape drive 3490 in a remote location attached to our mainframe. We are talking about 1 thousand of miles. Speed is not important Also makes a difference what you want to do with it (yeah, know it

Re: Nobiity and not-quite-so-nobility

2007-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 1/2/07, Tony Thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that's YOUR story and you're sticking with it. :-) Some say WAVV is also close to what the VM Workshop was then...

Re: CP VMDUMP for a mega server

2007-01-03 Thread Rob van der Heij
On 1/2/07, Jim Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this to be expected? Are we to expect VMDUMP to take that long for these larger guests or do we have a situation we need to dig into? If you have detailed performance data from the event (or can afford to try again) it would be my pleasure

Re: switch user without logoff

2007-01-03 Thread Kris Buelens
On 1/3/07, Zoltan Balogh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I admit it is just a simple, not so important thing in my life now, but who knows perhaps when things go harder maybe i can use this knowledgein future too. And i think these kind of lazy things can make good results. Much of what you

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2007-01-03 Thread Jim Bohnsack
A gotcha with z/OS DFDSS is that you cannot use the stand alone DFDSS to restore CPVOL initialized dasd. In a D/R situation, you have to have z/OS restored enough to be able to run DFDSS under it to bring back the VM system. This may be what Doug was meant when he referred to the restore

Re: OK Pipers, a new challenge

2007-01-03 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Tom, Here's an example I use to delete files: 'PIPE Command LISTFILE * * X (NOH', '| sort 1.8 D', '| drop 35', '| Specs /ERASE/ 1 w1-3 nw /(TYPE/ nw',

Re: Remote Tape drives

2007-01-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Sorry James but a word or words appear to be missing from you message 'and the for this' ? Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293

Re: Remote Tape drives

2007-01-03 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Crispin, My mind and fingers were running in different directions at different speeds. We used an outside vendor for our remote tape drives. Make sure you pay attention to the MITIME setting for drives and your telecommunications group to the lines to make sure that they are running and at

Re: Remote Tape drives

2007-01-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks James Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 This message contains confidential information

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Another good VM application replaced by junk. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:50 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: IBM ServiceLink

FTP to tape

2007-01-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
I can FTP to Tape in z/OS and VSE. Can I do the same in VM ?. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS This email has

Re: switch user without logoff

2007-01-03 Thread David Boyes
It works just fine with telnet. It's just a connection method; the login command syntax is the same. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Balogh Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:01 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

OK Pipers, a new challenge

2007-01-03 Thread Richard Corak
009 FILES PURGED Where is this coming from? Looks like CP output, not CMS. Richard Corak

MVMRUG Winter Meeting Announcement Correction

2007-01-03 Thread Moore, Terry A.
Sorry, I transposed a couple of letters in the url for the MVMRUG meeting info. The correct url is http://www.mvmrug.org/nextmtg.html. Terry Ready; - This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not

Re: Nobiity and not-quite-so-nobility

2007-01-03 Thread David Boyes
On 1/2/07, Tony Thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that's YOUR story and you're sticking with it. :-) Some say WAVV is also close to what the VM Workshop was then... And they'd be right, IMHO.

LOGON BY who?

2007-01-03 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Anyone know any easy way to get the BY userid of a logon to a shared userid? Preferably from REXX, given a choice. Ian Worthington

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2007-01-03 Thread Schuh, Richard
There may be another gotcha. A year ago last June, our shop was in the middle of a migration to a new datacenter. The concept was simple: - Copy disks that were to be migrated into a bunker box - a SHARK facility equipped to synchronize data between the two centers. - Dress rehearsals to discover

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2007-01-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:46 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE There may be another gotcha. A year ago last June, our shop

Re: LOGON BY who?

2007-01-03 Thread Gregg Reed
CP Query BYUSER userid? Gregg No plan survives execution

Re: LOGON BY who?

2007-01-03 Thread Harding, Mike
Query byuser For example: byuser=word(diag(8,'Q BYUSER *'),6) if byuser = 'for' then byuser = 'none' Mike Harding EDS VM National Capability 134 El Portal Place Clayton, Ca. USA 94517-1742 * phone: +01-925-672-4403 * Fax: +01-925-672-4403 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * mailto:[EMAIL

Userid Hung using VTAPE from VSSI

2007-01-03 Thread Hans Rempel
I just started to use VTAPE from VSSI for one of my clients. My CMS test worked fine. I tried it for a vseguest and when I detached the drive with a scratch tape mounted the userid hung. CP messages are just be queued. I used the VTQ command and noticed that the scratch tape was still mounted

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2007-01-03 Thread Jim Bohnsack
That is strange, because I've used DFDSS to restore z/VM dasd. That was where I discovered the sentence in the DFDSS manual that says that you can't use the S/A version. Our D/R backups here are done with Shark flashcopy and then ADRDSSU to dump from the flashed target to tape. I have

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2007-01-03 Thread Schuh, Richard
It may be a failure in the disk to disk path. Also, our dasd farm has been growing around us for years, some 15 years before I arrived on the scene and nearly another nine since. There is no telling how some of the disks may have been initialized. I am sure that some were inherited from our other

Re: LOGON BY who?

2007-01-03 Thread Don Russell
Ian S. Worthington wrote: Anyone know any easy way to get the BY userid of a logon to a shared userid? Preferably from REXX, given a choice. Ian Worthington address command 'PIPE', 'CP QUERY BYUSER|', 'SPECS W-1|', 'VAR BYUSER' The CP QUERY BYUSER command response conveniently

Userid Hung using VTAPE from VSSI

2007-01-03 Thread Hans Rempel
Not sure if this went out the first time I just started to use VTAPE from VSSI for one of my clients. My CMS test worked fine. I tried it for a vseguest and when I detached the drive with a scratch tape mounted the userid hung. CP messages are just be queued when I reconnect to the userid. I

Re: Userid Hung using VTAPE from VSSI

2007-01-03 Thread Imler, Steven J
You might try issuing a CP HALT to the real device address, but I don't know if that is a viable option when using VTAPE? JR JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Feller, Paul
Up to now I have been using the old 3270 access. It always work fine for me. I have talked to other staff members who are using the web access. They all say the same thing. They have a problem with the search function in Service Information Search (SIS). Sometimes new is not always better.

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Stracka, James (GTI)
Yes, and when doing a search for fixes (5735FAL00 r520 1000) I cannot get the output to go to a file as with 3270. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:47 PM

Re: LOGON BY who?

2007-01-03 Thread Ian S. Worthington
Thanks all. ian ... Ian S Worthington ... Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimus pro patria biber. Ergo, bibiamo pro salute patriae.

Updated Vsoft web site

2007-01-03 Thread Dave Jones
A Happy 2007 to all. Over the holidays, we've updated the V/Soft web site to make it easier to navigate and a bit more attractive (we hope). We've added some new pages that might be of interest to some of you, including a new downloads page that has some useful z/VM utilities and

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Rick Troth
What is your problem, Mike? Why do you hang on to these antiquated things? Get over it ... move on. How else can we keep our web presence fresh and new and certain development teams in cash flow? Your expectations of usability and reliability are just WAY TOO HIGH. You need to clean-up your