Re: Question on how RSU maintenance is being handled with DIRMAINT and RACF in the picture

2008-07-14 Thread Feller, Paul
Interesting.. Our "second" level system is actually an lpar. I should have mentioned that we did apply the RSU to that lpar first. We went through the same steps on that lpar. I was just trying to see how other people handle the maintenance process with RACF and DIRMAINT. Paul Feller AIT Main

Re: Question on how RSU maintenance is being handled with DIRMAINT and RACF in the picture

2008-07-14 Thread Jim Bohnsack
Paul--I take a little more cautious approach to maintenance than you do. I **DO NOT-EVER* *put RSU or any kind of maintenance on a production system or on a "test" system, that being defined as not really a production system but one that users can get access to in order to test new or changed

Re: LOGONBY and FTP clients

2008-07-14 Thread Steve Bireley
The latest BlueZone Secure FTP 5.0 (still free) has a FTP command record/playback feature call Transfer Lists. Enable it to record and save any series of FTP commands, then play them back over and over. The file is ASCII, so you can create them manually or edit them with Notepad. They can be in

Question on how RSU maintenance is being handled with DIRMAINT and RACF in the picture

2008-07-14 Thread Feller, Paul
We have been a z/VM shop for about three years and have applied RSU maintenance during those three years. We currently are running z/VM 5.3 and are working on applying RSU0801. This is the first time we have done an RSU with DIRMAINT and RACF in the picture. We are wondering how other people ha

Re: HiperSockets and Linux General question

2008-07-14 Thread Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
Thanks Alan. I understand. I will be able to figure out what I need from here! Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning Cell - 443 632-4191 Work - 410 786-0386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Ope

Re: code maint [was: Re: REXX coding question.]

2008-07-14 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 07/13/2008 at 11:47 EDT, Chip Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with Rexx code is that it is, in general, so transparently clear > that one rarely encounters more than the most desultory commentary. For this > reason, clean logic, descriptive variable and routine names,

Re: Bad record on Cyl 0 H0 R2 - How to correct?

2008-07-14 Thread Colin Allinson
Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:- >> If you just want to copy track 1 from a good volume, then that is even easier: >> trackread cuux 0 1 1 | trackwrite cuuy volser 0 0 Thanks for your help, Rob. That was perfect. It was actually Cy 0 Tr 0 that I needed to fix so I just copied 0

Re: Bad record on Cyl 0 H0 R2 - How to correct?

2008-07-14 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Colin Allinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have a 3390 volume (normally used by TPF) that needs special formatting > on Cyl 0 > > We have a volume where this special formatting is not correct on Cyl 0 H 0 > R2 - but CP has no problem with the volume. > > I can'

Re: Bad record on Cyl 0 H0 R2 - How to correct?

2008-07-14 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Colin Allinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ideally, what I need is a function to copy the one bad record from another > good volume but I am not sure how. I have looked at Ditto but, as far as I > can see, all I could do is use Disk update and do cut/paste from an

Bad record on Cyl 0 H0 R2 - How to correct?

2008-07-14 Thread Colin Allinson
We have a 3390 volume (normally used by TPF) that needs special formatting on Cyl 0 We have a volume where this special formatting is not correct on Cyl 0 H 0 R2 - but CP has no problem with the volume. I can't walk all over Cyl 0 because there is valid data at Cyl 0 H1 Ideally, what I need

Re: RACF disable EXEC

2008-07-14 Thread Colin Allinson
Rich Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :- > Forget about this exec, not needed when RACF has a SET RACF INACTICE > command There is one place where we use this EXEC and it is invaluable. Most of our systems are RACF protected but we have a couple of 2nd level & internal systems where RACF is

Re: RACF and protecting against the unknown

2008-07-14 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Read the RACF Program Directory. By default, RACFVM and RACMAINT can > logon if RACF is down. You must know their CP directory passwords. (When > RACF is up, those passwords have no effect.) And practice on a little tes