Dougherty, Margaret is out of the office.

2009-03-19 Thread Margaret Dougherty
I will be out of the office starting 03/19/2009 and will not return until 03/23/2009. I will respond to your message when I return. *** IMPORTANT NOTE* The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and n

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Marcy Cortes
Now that's a novel concept; I suppose there exist business lines that don't require vendor support. Obviously not here. Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, co

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 11:52 EDT, Marcy Cortes wrote: > I'd open a PMR with IBM. > You paid for support with that product. ...if you also purchase S&S. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Marcy Cortes
I'd open a PMR with IBM. You paid for support with that product. Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread r.stricklin
On Mar 19, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Scott Rohling wrote: dirm directory ? DVHXMT1191I Your DIRECTORY request has been sent for processing. Ready; T=0.05/0.05 21:31:55 That's what we would've expected, but were unable to get. What userid are you doing this from, and is it fully authorized to do DIR

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Rohling
I'm apolitical.. and not sure how politics came into it for you.. anyway: Here's what I get: dirm directory ? DVHXMT1191I Your DIRECTORY request has been sent for processing. Ready; T=0.05/0.05 21:31:55 DVHREQ2288I Your DIRECTORY request for ROHLING at * has been accepted. DVHDRY3386I The fol

Re: SHUTDOWN REIPL

2009-03-19 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
Mike, Your suggestion won't work. You included the reason in the text that you quoted from the manual: The PROMPT parameter is only valid for the SAPL screen. This parameter is not acknowledged during CP bounce processing (SHUTDOWN REIPL or restarting after an abend). SHUTDOWN REIPL IPLP

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
Fortunately, I haven't used DIRMAINT for several years. The first possibility that comes to mind is that the userid you're issuing DIRM DIRECTORY from isn't authorized to issue the command. If that's not it, my only other piece of advice is to shut DIRMAINT down, edit the DIRECT record manually,

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Stricklin, Raymond J
We know VMSECURE and the rest is big-company politics. DIRMAINT doesn't need defending. We just need to know how to work with an existing DIRMAINT installation until we can get the politics straightened out. I was able to change the directory by putting a USER INPUT file on DIRMAINT 1DF and erasi

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Rohling
I just gave the procedure to do just that a few posts ago... Rather than me defend DIRMAINT, maybe you could explain what you don't understand first...? Scott On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Doug Shupe wrote: > I never understood why anyone would use dirmaint to begin with. > > Can you make

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Rich Smrcina
Yes, DIRM USER WITHPASS will retrieve the directory with all of the passwords.   You may want to determine where the implementation went south so that it doesn't happen again. Doug Shupe wrote: I never understood why anyone would use dirmaint to begin with.   Can you make dirma

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Doug Shupe
I never understood why anyone would use dirmaint to begin with. Can you make dirmaint produce a standard directory and start over? - Original Message - From: Stricklin, Raymond J To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 18:58 Subject: Re: DIRMAINT We've

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Stricklin, Raymond J
We've been trying that all day, it doesn't work. Why? dirm directory ? DVHADZ1252E An invalid keyword or value has been encountered. Please DVHADZ1252E check the command syntax. DVHADZ1270E DIRMaint >>> directory <<< ? Ready(01252); T=0.08/0.09 17:56:06

Re: SHUTDOWN REIPL

2009-03-19 Thread Mike Walter
If I understand the requirement, you're asking for AUTO_IPL_WARM to be the default (no operator intervention at IPL time - it just comes up with them pressing CLEAR every so often, and even that cam be bypassed if the statement "COMMAND TERMINAL MORE 0 0 HOLD OFF" is in the directory entry for

Re: SHUTDOWN REIPL

2009-03-19 Thread Marcy Cortes
Do you have a "local" address for yourself via OSA-ICC,9074, or something else? We have been known to deal with the long distance and busy ops this way: "shutdown reipl iplparms cons=0315"where 315 is my "local" session and then once you get the sapl screen put prompt cons=0315 So you h

Re: Deeper and deeper into the REXX rabbit hole - Signal on ERROR messages

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Ackerman
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:53:13 -0400, Alan Altmark wrote: >InXEDIT: > call CSL "DMSINXED csl_rc csl_reason in_xedit" > if csl_rc = 0 & in_xedit = 0 then return 1 > return 0 > >Alan Altmark >z/VM Development >IBM Endicott > = ==

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Rohling
And manually: DIRM USER BACKUP DIRM SHUTDOWN VMLINK DIRMAINT 1DB XEDIT USER BACKUP (change the DIRECT statement) FILE USER INPUT A VMLINK DIRMAINT 1DF (WRITE (let's say it's disk X) ERASE USER DIRECT X (or rename it if you're chicken ;-) COPY USER INPUT A = = X REL X (DET XA

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Rohling
DIRM HELP DIRECTORY .. DIRM DIRECTORY CHANGE 0123 etc etcshould do ya.. Scott On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Stricklin, Raymond J < raymond.j.strick...@boeing.com> wrote: > Lance means --- using DIRMAINT, how do we do this? > > thanks, guys. (@: > > ok > r. > > > -Original Messag

SHUTDOWN REIPL

2009-03-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
Is there any way short of updating SYSTEM CONFIG and reordering the page volumes to coax SHUTDOWN REIPL to not automatically perform a warm start. Having to involve operators who are 3000 miles away, and normally very busy, in the process is sometimes difficult (paperwork) and time consuming. Havin

Re: DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Stricklin, Raymond J
Lance means --- using DIRMAINT, how do we do this? thanks, guys. (@: ok r. > -Original Message- > From: Preuett, Lance M > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:09 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: DIRMAINT > > > need help > > How do you change the direct record in the direct

DIRMAINT

2009-03-19 Thread Preuett, Lance M
need help > How do you change the direct record in the directory > > DIRECT 0123 3390 VFARES 223 *A59FF-2086 > > I need to change it to > > DIRECT 0123 3390 VFARES 223 *A59FF-2066 > > > Lance Preuett > Enterprise Storage and Servers Delivery Systems > M/S 7M-RE > PO Box 3707 > Seattl

Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 04:43 EDT, Rob van der Heij wrote: > Do we need a SHARE requirement raised for this to happen? I'm sorry I wasn't clear. The samples we provide are still part of the product, even though they don't have any formal support. The Pipelines RTL is not part of z/VM and

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Raymond Noal
Don't bother with the TCPRUNXT SAMPEXEC on the 591 disk - it's probably compiled REXX anyway!! :-) (sorry Chuckie, I couldn't pass up the opportunity) HITACHI  DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Oper

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 04:23 EDT, "O'Brien, Dennis L" wrote: > Mark C, > Thanks. I implemented your suggestion, and it works fine. Am I correct > that whatever file I end up putting the :parms. tag in, I need to put > all the parameters of :parms. there? We have about 20 systems to > suppo

Re: HMC access for only 1 LPAR

2009-03-19 Thread Kris Buelens
Thanks, good news that is. 2009/3/19 Alan Altmark : > On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 03:53 EDT, "Romanowski, John (OFT)" > wrote: >> haven't tried that but I've used the security tailoring functions (HMC > userid >> ADMIN i think) to customize the views a HMC userid could see. I 'm > pretty sure >> y

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Ivan Warren
Nick Laflamme wrote: Given how many of us know Neale personally from venues such as SHARE, some of us might do a few things for him that we wouldn't do for some brash newbie no one had heard of until a couple of weeks ago. Says me, anyway Point taken.. I didn't look *who* asked ! just

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
No, because the following code handles all prefix entries, including ones that it doesn't like, and then does a QQUIT. This is for a very simple and limited application. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Schuh, Richard wrote: > That gives a list of line numbers and prefix areas for the changed lines. But only for the ones that don't have a meaning or are not complete yet, right? So using an "i" in the prefix area would be executed and not returned to you as a pen

Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0

2009-03-19 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > We use filetype SAMP to indicate that the item is not a > supported/documented part of the product, but is something we provide for > you to use.  Sometimes the point is the source, demonstrating how to do > something, and other times it

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
>Sorry.. >But to me it's still akin to asking on a XEN/VMWare/HyperV list how to >recover a lost Windows Administrator password ! (although the latter >would actually qualify !). >--Ivan If it's documented in a manual, it's hardly a secret.

Re: SHARE

2009-03-19 Thread Jim Bohnsack
I remember attending a GUIDE conference in Chicago in about 1968 when I was a Jr. Ass't Probationary Trainee System's Engineer in an IBM branch office. I did not go as an attendee. I sort of gave directions to people wanting to know where the rest rooms were and how to find SCIDS or whatever

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
Mark C, Thanks. I implemented your suggestion, and it works fine. Am I correct that whatever file I end up putting the :parms. tag in, I need to put all the parameters of :parms. there? We have about 20 systems to support. Ideally, I'd like to specify the EXEMPT parameter in SYSTEM DTCPARMS, w

Re: HMC access for only 1 LPAR

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 03:53 EDT, "Romanowski, John (OFT)" wrote: > haven't tried that but I've used the security tailoring functions (HMC userid > ADMIN i think) to customize the views a HMC userid could see. I 'm pretty sure > you can mask out CECs and/or LPARs from a HMC userid's 'view

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Nick Laflamme
On 3/19/2009 3:04 PM, Ivan Warren wrote: Sorry.. But to me it's still akin to asking on a XEN/VMWare/HyperV list how to recover a lost Windows Administrator password ! (although the latter would actually qualify !). --Ivan Given how many of us know Neale personally from venues such as SHAR

SHARE

2009-03-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
It seems that conferences are now deemed a nice luxury. Attending classes is acceptable, though. I guess that is bye-bye to SHARE for me, at least for now. It has been a good 20+ years, 30+ if I take it back to the days when I was sent to GUIDE because, "SHARE is just a bunch of hippies." Regard

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Ivan Warren
Fred Hoffman wrote: I think it's either sys1 or ibmuser. Fred Sorry.. But to me it's still akin to asking on a XEN/VMWare/HyperV list how to recover a lost Windows Administrator password ! (although the latter would actually qualify !). --Ivan

CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, April 23, 2009

2009-03-19 Thread Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts
The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009. -- Meeting Location: This quarter's meeting will be held at the Hewitt Associates 'East Campus' located at 100 Half Day Road, in Lincolnshire, IL. We will meet in the

Re: HMC access for only 1 LPAR

2009-03-19 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
haven't tried that but I've used the security tailoring functions (HMC userid ADMIN i think) to customize the views a HMC userid could see. I 'm pretty sure you can mask out CECs and/or LPARs from a HMC userid's 'view' > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Fred Hoffman
I think it's either sys1 or ibmuser. Fred -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu]on Behalf Of Gillis, Mark Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:11 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD SYS1? -Original Message- From:

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Peter . Webb
SKIPPY? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: March 19, 2009 15:23 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD Thanks to all. I found that I had in fact changed the password at an earlier time b

HMC access for only 1 LPAR

2009-03-19 Thread Kris Buelens
We may have a need to share a z/890 between two customers, two LPARs, one z/OS and one z/VM LPARs. Is it possible to setup a remote HMC that allows to manage just one LPAR and not the other one ? -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Neale Ferguson
Thanks to all. I found that I had in fact changed the password at an earlier time but enough brain cells were left (after repeated attempts to drown them) to recall what I changed it to.

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Macioce, Larry
Ibmuser?? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gillis, Mark Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:11 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD SYS1? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Tyler Koyl
I have tested the following with Telnet TLS and z/VM on 5.4. c3270 - Curses based x3270. Basically shell 3270. tn3270 - Version 3.2.2 with the additional SSL / SSH license. Seems to work good. I am a little concerned about the SSLSERVE overhead but no way to really tell at this point as z/vm 5.4

Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0

2009-03-19 Thread Raymond Noal
Alan, Yes, I know it has been a loong time since IBM shipped all the source for a given product. This is when OCO started. So, be it. The 'inconsistency' is that historically and traditionally anything that IBM provided as a 'SAMPLE' was distributed as source code, be it assembler, rexx or

Re: z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Gillis, Mark
SYS1? -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Friday, 20 March 2009 5:44 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: z/OS 1.9 ADCD Excuse the (slightly) off-topic subject but since we¹re running z/OS under z/VM

z/OS 1.9 ADCD

2009-03-19 Thread Neale Ferguson
Excuse the (slightly) off-topic subject but since we¹re running z/OS under z/VM I am taking the liberty of posting. I have forgotten the password of the TSO user IBMUSER. I don't believe I changed it from when it was installed but I can't locate the ADCD documentation that would tell me. Neale

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
That will cost extra. rest.0 = 0 line = 0 do until pending.0 = 0 'EXTRACT /PENDING R :'line+1'/' if pending.0 ¬= 0 then do i = rest.0 + 1 rest.i = translate(strip(pending.1 pending.2)) rest.0 = i end l

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Nick Laflamme
On 3/19/2009 12:54 PM, Schuh, Richard wrote: Problem solved. Thanks to all who replied. You think you're going to get off that easy? A few of us are curious about what worked or what had to change for anything to work. After all, you were rather detailed about what didn't work, we can't help bu

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
Problem solved. Thanks to all who replied. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Romanowski, John (OFT) Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:37 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Mark Bodenstein
We have successfully tested Hummingbird HostExplorer with the old z/VM SSL, the new z/VM SSL, and z/OS SSL. Mark Bodenstein (m...@cornell.edu) Cornell University At 09:57 AM 3/19/2009, you wrote: On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 08:39 EDT, "Mrohs, Ray" wrote: > Thanks Alan. Unfortunately our site

vmnfs and windows

2009-03-19 Thread Gentry, Stephen
I'm trying to get Windows XP (w/unix services installed) to connect to a share defined in VMNFS. There are already files on the share I want to access, the files were put there by another application. I can get Windows to connect to the share but it takes forever (around 5 minutes). Once it's con

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Marcy Cortes
I haven't personally done it, but others in our organization are using Attachmate Extreme Rel 9.0 Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take

UK and Ireland VM and Linux User Group

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
Posted on behalf of Henry Orton, IBM UK. --- Henry Orton in the UK is trying to resurrect the UK and Ireland VM (and Linux) User Group. Please see the statement below. Its in its early stages yet - still looking for a date and funding from IBM to host. Anyone interested, pleas

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Adam Thornton
On Mar 19, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Alan Altmark wrote: On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 08:39 EDT, "Mrohs, Ray" > wrote: Thanks Alan. Unfortunately our site is standardized on the Rumba client, and the centrally managed upgrades happen once a blue moon. It looks like it might be a while before we can ut

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Romanowski, John (OFT)
the "XEDIT User's Guide" might help you; it has examples and guidance on writing prefix macros and using READ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:45 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: XEDIT Macro

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Phil Smith III
Rob van der Heij wrote: >When you issue the READ you get control back when the user hits an AID >key. At that point there's one line stacked for each change on the >screen. You can decide whether XEDIT should update the file being >edited or not. When you have processed the stacked lines, you issue

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Brian Nielsen
The sample I previously sent demonstratng the use of EXTRACT PENDING is the way to go. Brian Nielsen On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:10:18 -0700, Schuh, Richard wrot e: >Do not assume that normal defaults are in effect. I am an abnormal sort. >This is not a normal XEDIT session. Items are being disp

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Jim Bohnsack
On my 2nd lvl 5.4 system the Vista emulator 1.26, dated Aug. 20, 2008 works.  Having problems on my production 5.4 systems but that is an SSL installation problem and will be the subject of another posting. Jim Alan Altmark wrote: On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 08:39 EDT, "Mrohs, Ray" wrote

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thursday, 03/19/2009 at 08:39 EDT, "Mrohs, Ray" wrote: > Thanks Alan. Unfortunately our site is standardized on the Rumba client, > and the centrally managed upgrades happen once a blue moon. It looks > like it might be a while before we can utilize the new SSLSERV, even > under the best circu

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Malcolm Beattie
Mrohs, Ray writes: > Thanks Alan. Unfortunately our site is standardized on the Rumba client, > and the centrally managed upgrades happen once a blue moon. It looks > like it might be a while before we can utilize the new SSLSERV, even > under the best circumstances. > Is there a list of clients t

Re: New CMS based SSLSERV problem... DTCSSL300E

2009-03-19 Thread Mrohs, Ray
Thanks Alan. Unfortunately our site is standardized on the Rumba client, and the centrally managed upgrades happen once a blue moon. It looks like it might be a while before we can utilize the new SSLSERV, even under the best circumstances. Is there a list of clients that have been tested and work

Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 03/18/2009 at 07:15 EDT, Scott Rohling wrote: > That does seem odd.. I would think it would be supplied named as EXEC in that > case.. I agree it implies a 'sample' when named SAMPEXEC .. which is only > useful when the 'sample' is human readable so you can see what a good

Re: VSWITCH not working with VLANs

2009-03-19 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 03/18/2009 at 09:21 EDT, Jan de Wet - Business Connexion wrote: > I have been called back to VM to help with a problem VLANs and VSWITCH > > we have a z/VM 5.4 system with a VSWITCH through which VM and a some Linux > systems talk > The OSA card is connected to a Cisco 2950 >

CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, April 23, 2009

2009-03-19 Thread Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts
The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009. -- Meeting Location: This quarter's meeting will be held at the Hewitt Associates 'East Campus' located at 100 Half Day Road, in Lincolnshire, IL. We will meet in the L

Re: XEDIT Macro

2009-03-19 Thread Kris Buelens
I think it would stil be wise to precede a READ by address command 'CONWAIT'; address command 'DESBUF' This assures that the terminal input buffer is emptied, with PARSE PULL one only empties the program stack. Alternatively: codedo queued()+externals() ; parse pull ; end 2009/3/19 R