Re: Building Second Level VM System For Maintenance

2010-02-12 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Mr McDonough, The z/VM second level system is the last bastion of WildWestSystemProgramming, you can do anything you want, any way you want . ( as long as it doesn't crash your first-level, of course ). You have two approaches, really, if you have an LPAR environment availabl e. Approach 1 is

Re: DB2 Server for VM with VMDSS enabled

2010-02-11 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Steve, they're obtainable from ShopZSeries. Is your ShopZSeries customer record correct? I.e., does it show you have a valid licence for DB2/VM 7.5? If so, just follow the Yellow Brick ShopZSeries Road down the Primrose Path, I think the sequence is something like create new softwar e

Re: DB2 Server for VM with VMDSS enabled

2010-02-11 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Congrats, Roland! You DB2/VM'ers and the z/VM folks in Endicott put a lo t of hard work into chasing this one down, obscure as it was, and now apparently nailing it. It won't be the Titanic if the iceberg isn't there, any more. On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:53:58 -0800, Roland P. Chung

Invoking the VMFMKOVR panels stand-alone

2010-02-11 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Does anyone know a way to invoke the Make Override panels in a sort of stand-alone manner? Without invoking VMFINS ? It may be my imagination, but I seem to recall a way to do so in some earlier release of z/VM, or maybe it was even back in the VM/ESA days. I've tried various combinations of

Re: Invoking the VMFMKOVR panels stand-alone

2010-02-11 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Works splendidly! Thank you, Mr. Donovan. On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:53:20 -0500, Michael Donovan dono...@us.ibm.com wrote: The following little exec is a quick and dirty form of getting VMFMKOVR working. This does assume as input a product id (prodid) and a component id (compid) where the

Re: XEDIT SET CASE default setting - is it the best?

2010-01-29 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Typing is good for my arthritis; it saves me a fortune at the pharmacy. On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:55:57 -0500, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Using WORDPOS() would be a *lot* more efficient and easier to type! Les

Re: XEDIT SET CASE default setting - is it the best?

2010-01-28 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
You can test the FILETYPE ( or FILENAME or FILEMODE ) within PROFILE XEDI T and set your CASE to whatever you want based on what the variable extract s for you. Sample: /*PROFILE changed to REXX */ trace off 'extract /FT/' if ftype.1 = 'EXEC' |, ftype.1 = 'REXX' |, ftype.1

Re: mdcache

2010-01-27 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Page 618 of the Planning/Admin manual has a section that discusses What Devices Can Be Cached with a sub-section of 'does not apply'. DDR, bein g the animal that it is, may not even want to get involved with anything resembling caching activity. On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:02:40 -0600, Phil

Re: CP FLASHCOPY command fails to work on z/VM 5.4

2010-01-26 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Yes, I just went live with z/VM 5.4 at RSU 901 and I'm experiencing the exact same problem. There's no Command started message, there IS a Command completed message, and the FLASHCOPY doesn't run, it can't be seen with a Q FLASHCO PY and it can't be seen in the Copy Services GUI of the

Re: CP FLASHCOPY command fails to work on z/VM 5.4

2010-01-26 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
...@gmail.co m wrote: You might look at UM32894, in the PSP bucket for RSU903. It was the only thing that came up (resolves two APARs) when I searched IBMLink for flashcopy z/VM 5.4 Ron On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 1:51 PM, C. Lawrence Perkins vmwiz...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Yes, I just went live with z

Re: Updating z/VM

2009-07-13 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Rats; and I was hoping I could swear off swearing :-) On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:21:29 -0400, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: Installation of z/VM 6.1 will be just like installation of prior release s. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott

Re: Postscript printing with RSCS and TCPIP

2009-06-25 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Mr Vandersluiszen, Here's an RSCS definition I'm using right now to print PostScript files t o an IBM InfoPrint 2090E over TCP/IP: LINKDEFINE US177 TYPE LPR QUEUE FIFO FORM * AST PARM US177 EXIT=LPRXONE TCPID=TCPIP163 # HOST=2xx.1x.2xx.177 EPARM='C=LPR S=N FF=N' PRINTER=

Re: Control Data Backups

2009-06-16 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 6:39 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Control Data Backups On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:52:40 -0700, Schuh, Richard rsc

Re: Control Data Backups

2009-06-12 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:52:40 -0700, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrot e: Suppose I have two filepools called SFS1 and SFS2. Would having each do control data backups to the other cause problems. For purposes of this discussion, assume that they would not do the backups concurrently and th

Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation

2009-05-05 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
ISPF for VM is one of those semi-VMSES/E products. It's so old it predates the rigourous methodology of VMSES/E and had its own install method based on an install tool EXEC from earlier versions of VM. The z/VM 5.4 SDO Directory http://www.vm.ibm.com/sdo/sdozv54.pdf has a section on

Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation

2009-05-05 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
have is the z/VM 5.4 SDO media. If I need an additional ISPF product tape, I will need to order it. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:17 PM To: IBMVM

Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation

2009-05-05 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of C. Lawrence Perkins Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Post-z/VM Installation ISPF for VM is one of those semi-VMSES/E products. It's so old it predates the rigourous methodology of VMSES/E

Re: local filepools

2009-05-05 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Be sure to also check the DMSPARMS files for the filepools and pull any REMOTE statement that might be in them. On Tue, 5 May 2009 13:20:46 -0700, Stricklin, Raymond J raymond.j.strick...@boeing.com wrote: Folks; I would like to join three VM nodes to an existing ISFC collection, with

Re: IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-15 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Hello Mr. Jones, I think I may already be running that later version, I believe I got it from your site, but I'll D/L it again and give it a try. Thanks! CLP On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:29:06 -0600, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: Hi, Lawrence You might try running a later version

Re: IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-14 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Thank you, Ivica, but MAXCONN isn't the problem; the CSISQL02 server doesn't have any other CONNECT'ed users when I try this from the remote system via IPGATE. Under normal use, I've had as many as 20 users CONNECT'ed to CSISQL02 from the host and/or another system via an ISFC li nk. I

Re: IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-14 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
) IPGATEI19 ended. Any suggestions for what I could trace on the target IPGATE that might sh ed some more clues ? Thanks! On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:04:54 +0100, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:37 PM, C. Lawrence Perkins vmwiz...@ix.netcom.com wrote

Re: IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-14 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Hello Kris, Well, I have now. And the SENDCNF macro IPCODE discussion sends me to another section of the CP PrgSvcs manual where X'0201' says... X'0210' DEALLOCATE_ABEND_PROG Ok. Something's ABEND'ing it's not my DB2/VM server... it's not IPGA TE on my target system. Guess it's time

IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-13 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Hello, I hope someone can help or point me in the right direction to a solution. I am trying to use the IPGATE product to allow a DB2/VM requester client on z/VM System A ( using ISQL, in this case ) to CONNECT to a DB2/VM serve r on z/VM System B. I only have TCP/IP communication between

Re: IPGATE not creating CONNECTion to a DB2/VM server

2008-12-13 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
might be. I'll try that CMECT call and see if it yields any new clues. Thanks! On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:04:54 +0100, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:37 PM, C. Lawrence Perkins vmwiz...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I have IPGATE working just fine to access

Re: z/VM SVC's documented anywhere ?

2006-06-07 Thread C. Lawrence Perkins
Thanks to all who responded. We found a solution, buried in NUCON is a b it that tells CMS if it's to use OS-style or VSE-style SVC's and by finaglin g that bit at just the right time going in and out of our routines, we have tricked everybody involved - RPG, ISPF, DB2/UDB and DB2/VM - into