Re: Sorting output from PIPE REXXVARS TOLOAD for dumping a stem variable

2008-05-06 Thread Fred Schmidt
On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:54:23 -0700, Rob van der Heij wrote: What you do is you add an extra field to the record to sort them on, and then drop that extra field again. Like this: spec ws = fs . substr f2 of w1 1.10 r 1-* n | sort 1.10 | substr 11-* Thanks Rob, Is SUBSTR something I need to get

Re: Sorting output from PIPE REXXVARS TOLOAD for dumping a stem variable

2008-05-06 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Fred Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, I got it to work by changing... spec ws = fs . substr f2 of w1 1.10 r 1-* n | sort 1.10 | substr 11-* Right. The substr stage is fairly new. It's a bit cheaper than a full spec stage. A popular alternative in this case

Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet

2008-05-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 05/05/2008 at 10:35 EDT, Tim Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I to infer from this that Secure telnet is not available with our current 5.2 release level? Is anyone using secure telnet out there that can point me in the right direction? In z/VM 5.2 you can use SSL with FTP

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Rich Smrcina
Congratulations on an amazing career Fran. Fran Hensler wrote: This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the Data Processing Center at the then Slippery Rock State College. The center

Re: SFS

2008-05-06 Thread David Boyes
Routing DFSMS to some other filepool that VMSYS is very very easy: If you know how, or why it should be this way. I do, you do -- most people haven't got any idea to even think of trying this. Lying to APPC to work around a hardcoded file reference like this is just ugly. I also don't

Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet

2008-05-06 Thread Mrohs, Ray
If your site runs port scans against your z/VM 5.2 SSLSERV, you might get notes from the network people saying you are running an old 2.0 version of SSL. Ray Mrohs -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday,

Re: SFS

2008-05-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 05/06/2008 at 08:01 EDT, David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Routing DFSMS to some other filepool that VMSYS is very very easy: If you know how, or why it should be this way. I do, you do -- most people haven't got any idea to even think of trying this. Lying to APPC to work

Re: HELP ME VMSES

2008-05-06 Thread Bill Munson
I might add a quick addition to Mike's good suggestion Service works if you use SERVICE and PUT2PROD if you do service the old fashioned way it does not. service cp status VMFSRV2760I SERVICE processing started VMFSRV1225I CP (5VMCPR20%CP) is at service level RSU-0701 VMFSRV2760I SERVICE

Re: whitehouse email

2008-05-06 Thread Don Vining
I heard it was email that brought North down. He thought he had deleted i t but, of course, he couldn't delete it from the backup tapes created by VMBACKUP. After this affair apparently several VMBACKUP customers request ed information on how to selectively delete files from backup tapes.

Re: Software on tape

2008-05-06 Thread Graves Nora E
Another consideration is DB2, if you run DB2 for VM/VSE. We have successfully written log archive files to disk, but for the full archives apparently tape is the only thing it will accept. Product documentation indicates that tape is required for log archives as well, unless running a

Re: SFS Locked Directory - Fixed!!!

2008-05-06 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
No. I even tried logging on and off in an attempt to clear the lock. Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wakser, David Sent: Tuesday, May

Re: whitehouse email

2008-05-06 Thread Mike Walter
And ... as of this time, to the best of my knowledge, there is STILL no way to selectively delete data from VM:Backup tapes (and... including the VMBACKUP catalog). VM:Archiver gets it right, but not VM:Backup. To circumvent that I created home-grown VMBEXIT6 which prevents general users

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Dave Jones
WOWthat's quite an achievement, Fran, congratulations! Interesting history of computing at Slippery Rock as well. Fran Hensler wrote: This is cross-posted to VSE-L and IBMVM-L. Today is my 45th anniversary in data processing at Slippery Rock University of PA. On May 6, 1963 I founded the

Re: SFS

2008-05-06 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Prior to SFS IBM sold something called File Sharinge Facility (FSF). If anyone has complaints about SFS they should have tried FSF at some time in their lives. My memory is vague (we always try to forget pain) but I remember spending about two years trying to get that monster to live nicely. The

Re: HELP ME VMSES

2008-05-06 Thread Mike Walter
Thanks for sharing, Bill! VMFSIM with all it's VMSES/E intricacies is exactly the sort of command to which I was referring in There are of course, arcane commands to supply this information I've updated my copy of VMSES HELPME with your examples. Real-life examples are a (to steal from

Re: HELP ME VMSES

2008-05-06 Thread Bill Munson
Mike, I prefer to refer to myself as old fashioned not arcane ;-) munson *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co.,

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Jack Woehr
Fran Hensler wrote: I would like to hear from anyone who has had a career with a single employer running more than 45 years. The mind boggles. Longest I ever held a job (embedded programming) was 5 yrs. What are your plans for the next 45 years? -- Jack J. Woehr# Hipsters

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Fran Hensler
On Tue, 6 May 2008 08:33:14 -0600 Jack Woehr said: The mind boggles. Longest I ever held a job (embedded programming) was 5 yrs. What are your plans for the next 45 years? I brought in the first mainframe in 1968 and our current mainframe will be decommissioned in a few years. I plan to got out

Re: RSCS question

2008-05-06 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Fri, 2 May 2008 16:37:19 -0700, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian, would you be good enough to share the code for the process you mention below? On Thu, 1 May 2008 15:20:04 -0500, Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently setup an automated process to FTP to z/OS data

Re: VM TCP/IP Secure Telnet

2008-05-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 05/06/2008 at 08:27 EDT, Mrohs, Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your site runs port scans against your z/VM 5.2 SSLSERV, you might get notes from the network people saying you are running an old 2.0 version of SSL. LOL. Actually, you're running a new SSLv3/TLSv1 server that

Re: PROP restart of OSA

2008-05-06 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
No, it is not in the current definitions. Can AUTORESTART be added to a device without bouncing the stack? (it is a production system...) Shimon Original message Date:   Mon, 5 May 2008 18:20:18 -0400 From:   Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:   Re: PROP restart of OSA To:  

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Bob Shair
Congratulations, Fran, on an amazing attainment! Those machines bring back memories. Listening to the 402-50 take an extra cycle between printing lines JUST to slow the machine down so we could charge less for it. The amazing speed of the 604 (and the amazing heat output). The Waterloo

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Mike Rydberg
Congrats Fran, that's quite a record for being at a single employer. I recently subscribed to this list after being away since the McGill VMSHARE days and I'm surprised at all the familiar names still actively involved with VM. In the 16.5 years since leaving VM/CMS Unlimited, I have been with 5

Re: Reading/Writing To Remote Network File Shares (Samba?)

2008-05-06 Thread Mary Ellen Carollo
This web page contains some information to help you get started using the CMS NFS Client. http://www.vm.ibm.com/NFS/nfscz31.html Mary Ellen Carollo z/VM Development

Re: PROP restart of OSA

2008-05-06 Thread Mary Ellen Carollo
I think Alan is correct. (Of course, I've been trained to believe that is always the case.) Mary Ellen Carollo z/VM Development

Re: HELP ME VMSES

2008-05-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
You would rather be old than mysterious? You can be both, you know. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Munson Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:22 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
Fran, Congratulations on an almost unheard of accomplishment in this day and age. My own career dates back that far, however, there have been several changes of jobs, some voluntary, others not (I have been drafted, laid off, and outsourced), during that period. The longest I have managed to stay

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Jim Bohnsack
Fran--As others have said, that's quite a career, especially with one employer. I started with IBM on Mar. 6, 1967 as a Junior Assistant Probationary Trainee Systems Engineer and after the first 3 month class, worked with S/360 mod 30 customers. In 1970, I installed a mod 40 and the

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread P L Lovely
DITTO :) !!! Psst: I've been with my current employer for around 26 years. -Original Message- Schuh, Richard Wrote: Fran, Congratulations. You have been able to achieve something that most of us have not even been able to imagine. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM

Re: HELP ME VMSES

2008-05-06 Thread Bill Munson
cool Bill Munson VM System Programmer 201-418-7588 Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 12:53 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: HELP ME

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Fran Hensler
Hi Mike - We bought the Blueline Vitals Signs/VM and have kept with it through all the companies that owned it. It is now owned by Diversified Software Services. http://sdsusa.com/index.htm I don't think that there is any ongoing development but we are stuck at z/VM 3.1 because we are on a

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Moore, Terry A.
Kudos, Fran. Sometimes I have envied colleagues who have moved about and gained many different experiences, but in the end, I am glad to have been with my current employer for just over 37 years now -- especially as I think about what it has done for the value of that pension payment that I

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Fran Hensler
Thank you Richard. My first job was running a check sorter at a small bank in 1962. The bank was absorbed by a larger bank and I lost my job. I was devistated. So I have an idea of what you went through. But in my case it lead to a better career. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Fran Hensler
You are corrrect John. FASTER was nothing like CICS. Our programmers were having problems learning all of the ins and outs of FASTER coding so I wrote a big macro called GENTX (Generate Transaction) that contained little subroutines for all of the feature of FASTER. When we wrote a transaction

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
My first job was as a part time operator of the 7080 and 7094 at Boeing's Wichita Division in 1983. I guess that I impressed the boss because after 4 months he told me that they were switching me to full time and my first assignment was to attend a 3 week programming class where the 7080

Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU

2008-05-06 Thread Stephen Buckles
Kudos, Fran. Those 403s and 407s were fairly easy to wire but those damnable collating machines were a different story. Moore, Terry A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/06/2008 01:22 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System

VM-VSE Interface

2008-05-06 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE Interface for z/OS? On VSE I can enter and capture the output to a simple VM command such as * CP Q U VMUTIL. Is there a way to do the same on an MVS system? Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing, a WIPRO Company 11707

Re: VM-VSE Interface

2008-05-06 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Scott. If you mean, is there a way for an MVS guest (running under VM) to issue CP commands and get the response back, then the answer is yes. Check out the CPHOST package here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ Wandschneider, Scott wrote: Is there an equivalent to the VM-VSE

Re: VM-VSE Interface

2008-05-06 Thread Wandschneider, Scott
Dave - That is exactly what I need. I will download and examine. Thank you, Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer Infocrossing Office 402.963.8905 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 06,

Re: VM-VSE Interface

2008-05-06 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Scott, Actually, the CPHOST package is designed to run on a VM guest. You would need the MVS version of such a command. It can be found in http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/JELLIOTT/mvscpcmd.html. This is an assemble source that will do the trick for an MVS guest. Regards, Berry.

Re: SFS

2008-05-06 Thread Les Geer (607-429-3580)
Now, the DFSMS situation is a little different since I don't think you can choose the filepool name at install, or easily change it later. The fully-qualified name of the config file should be specifiable in some way. The DFSMS control file must reside in VMSYS:DFSMS. unless you use the trick