Re: DETERSE

2008-04-10 Thread Mike Walter
, and then all the HIPER PTFs as well. All were downloaded using the CMS FTP command from the IBM site in Boulder. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained

Re: DETERSE

2008-04-10 Thread Mike Walter
and, as a bonus, less error prone. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DETERSE Asked innocently

Re: CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2008

2008-04-10 Thread Mike Walter
). But once it's up and running, it's not a huge amount of work. I can vouch for that personally having lead CAVMEN for 6.5 years. Consider establishing a local VM (and Linux!) user group on your own - it looks really nice on your resume! Bill Munson provided some great places to get started. Mike

Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems Programmer

2008-04-09 Thread Mike Walter
sysprog does it all. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 04/09/2008 03:42 PM

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

2008-04-07 Thread Mike Walter
without it. It should be in every serious z/VM System Programmer's tool box. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

2008-04-07 Thread Mike Walter
on the 191 disk beside the PROFILE EXEC? Does the PRGRAMLY in the LOGONBY look familiar? Are there directory entries for VAUTOLG1, VOP1, or VMAINT? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: newbie question - SERVICE machine

2008-04-07 Thread Mike Walter
Decommissioning is entirely between your CE and your site. Ask your CE if he/she has other ways to obtain hardware error information instead of this old application. If so (and probably) then he/she will probably not care. And you'll save a little electrical power, too! Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: VTAM R.I.P.

2008-04-02 Thread Mike Walter
VM/VTAM was an MVS product shoe-horned (with some pretty clever work) into VM. Wouldn't the appropriate VM and MVS-ish command be: Z NET,EOD Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: DR refresh of active SFS

2008-03-30 Thread Mike Walter
since good 'ole VMBSAR (which we used to rely on) does not support 3590 tape restores. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z

Re: Mime attachments

2008-03-27 Thread Mike Walter
with email processed by PROFS, and I'm told, OV/VM), it could be a source of inspiration for your own perspiration. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. A. Harry Williams

Re: MONWRITE files

2008-03-26 Thread Mike Walter
where they came. Often they require LRECL 80 RECFM F, sometimes LRECL 1024 RECFM F, and other times whatever the author specified when they packed them with VMARC. It depends... :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: Number of IFLs to zLinux guests

2008-03-20 Thread Mike Walter
of the current workload being considered for consolidation onto System z hardware. IBM has some very comprehensive TCO analysis tools, and appears to very much enjoy running them. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: vmarc unpk to SFS

2008-03-20 Thread Mike Walter
One accesses a file directory with a filemode, even though there's no filename and filetype. E.g. ACCESS filepool:directory.subdir O (FORCERW It's the O in the above example which is the filemode. Use that in your: vmarc unpk cmsddr vmarc b * * O Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: MONWRITE files (PROFS)

2008-03-14 Thread Mike Walter
and whistles, **properly used**, can significantly enhance the message. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Marcy Cortes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: MONWRITE files

2008-03-13 Thread Mike Walter
an upcoming change or outage will affect all users of the system What upcoming change!? What outage!? Why weren't we told earlier so that we could properly prepare!? Will it affect me? Is it Friday yet? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do

Re: Re-Use DASD

2008-03-13 Thread Mike Walter
remain the same forever (and perhaps be the same for every guest so there are fewer differences?). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. On 3/13/08 2:20 PM, McKown, John [EMAIL

Re: MONWRITE files

2008-03-13 Thread Mike Walter
that it handles attachments from our main e-mail system: Lotus Notes. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. David Kreuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: Disaster Recovery Scenarios

2008-03-12 Thread Mike Walter
device addresses between your production and D.R. locations, the service machines that need specific device addresses can adjust themselves when they start up so that you can bring up your restored production system 1st level at your D.R. location. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: listing active user directory

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Walter
for a test, of course) because then you have the opportunity to figure out which is the real USER DIRECT, or worse - which has some of the real entries and which has the rest of the real entries. A good PROFILE EXEC could easily check for such duplicate errors. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: Disaster Recovery question

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Walter
this for on-site D.R. */ ?disaster=(ConfigSysId='DISASTER') /* This for off-site D.R. */ can be used by various service machines (maybe AUTOLOG1?) to decide what should be done automatically based on where they are being started. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: I just wiped out my 49E disk (LE) by accident.

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Walter
And if the various recent posts to the list about wiped out files and mdisks has not convinced your management to take regular backups, now is the time to point out the follies of not doing so and get them scheduled. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: VM source code

2008-03-03 Thread Mike Walter
of OCO. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Leland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 03/03/2008 02:50 PM Please respond

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2008-02-29 Thread Mike Walter
. To avoid this requirement and make the changes without shutting down the product server, we have provided a test field update. More details at: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpdocs?filePath=0/185/185_techdocindex.html Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The information contained

Re: Interface control checks

2008-02-27 Thread Mike Walter
with your operators. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Marcy Cortes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 02/27/2008 11:39

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
with a simple toggle left/right PFkey press so that they don't have to call you for support when they inevitably change their minds. So... the real answer can probably be summed up as: place it where ever it makes YOU the most productive; and remember that you can change you mind any time. Mike

Re: Article: In Search of Mainframe Engineers

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
Or... print the article. It worked for me the same day it was mentioned on the list. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
I have the unsubstantiated general impression that people from blue states seemed to want it on the right, and people from red states seem to want it on the left. If that is correct, the universe shall come to an end soon. Where's the restaurant, and my blanket? Mike Walter

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
Let them eat cake. Oh, wait... Miguel said that the cake is a LIE!. Let them eat cupcakes? I had to google the cake is a lie to understand that. Miguel is a zNetGener, while I'm zAnachronism Mike Duane Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Walter
'COMMAND SET PREFIX OFF' End Otherwise Do 'COMMAND SET VERIFY 1' min(lrecl.1,lscreen.6-7) 'COMMAND SET PREFIX ON LEFT' End End /* Select */ Return ... At the press one PFkey and cycle through LEFT, RIGHT, and OFF. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: Backing up and restoring zVM 5.2 using IBM's DSS backup utility under zOS 1.7/1.9

2008-02-19 Thread Mike Walter
of these limitations, or use backup tools at rely on a client running on the system being backed up to get a stable, reliable, and _restorable_ backup. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates

Re: Backing up and restoring zVM 5.2 using IBM's DSS backup utility under zOS 1.7/1.9

2008-02-19 Thread Mike Walter
the system was last running). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Hamilton, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 02/19/2008

Re: VM/370 Release 6 Waterloo tape (CIA MODS)

2008-02-15 Thread Mike Walter
showed: ---snip--- PROGRAM: TAPEMON FUNCTION: TAPEMON RUNS IN A DVM AND RECEIVES SMSG COMMANDS FROM USERS TO MOUNT TAPE VOLUMES AND MANAGE A LIBRARY. AUTHOR: DON JOHNSON, STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ---snip--- Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: PUT2PROD Error

2008-02-14 Thread Mike Walter
I would ask IBM to not close the PMR until there is a better error msg than just a return code. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: Jerry Whitteridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02/14/2008 06:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: PUT2PROD Error Turns out

Re: Backup CMS files

2008-02-13 Thread Mike Walter
Oops, Richard's correct. Change my mention of CA's Syback (an ancient name) to CA's HiDRO. Something was nagging me when I wrote that, Richard provided the confirmation why. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: Backup CMS files

2008-02-13 Thread Mike Walter
not something anyone wants to do when considering a long-term career. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Brent Litster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Any Rumors?

2008-02-13 Thread Mike Walter
. The sales team also sent a Mainframe Roadshow March 2008.pdf document that points to the link above. Attachments are stripped by the listserver, so you'll have to ask your IBM rep for a copy. It's worthwhile poking about that pdf file. That's all I can say about the rumors. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

2008-02-12 Thread Mike Walter
And why, pray tell, do we really need sequence numbers on the records any more? Is someone afraid that they are going to drop the virtual card deck on the real raised data center floor? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

2008-02-12 Thread Mike Walter
; IBM sells disk, too! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 02/11/2008 08:30 PM

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

2008-02-11 Thread Mike Walter
, but XEDIT's SET VERIFY 1 * takes care of that pretty easily. Removing the 80-byte card restriction (antiquated given that very few sites have in-use physical card punches or readers any more) sets the stage for many other future directory statement improvements and extensions. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

2008-02-08 Thread Mike Walter
for an '*' (a common leading comment character), or TCPIP's leading ';' but without requiring an adjacent trailing blank (something that has bitten me repeatedly in TCPIP config files). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: Abend PGT003

2008-02-02 Thread Mike Walter
a PMR? Get your money's worth from your support contract! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Alain Benveniste [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: Moving On...

2008-01-31 Thread Mike Walter
Chris, What a coincidence: tonight Lost returns to TV, and tonight you leave *us* lost with news of your retirement. May you never have to work on a CritSit in retirement. Now every day is Casual Friday! Best wishes, Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: Booting of a different parm disk....

2008-01-29 Thread Mike Walter
so that most recent backup is always -1, then -2, etc. Anyone is welcome to ask for a copy of CPCONFIG EXEC. But it flies in the face of IBM's use of the CF1/2/3 disks (think: VMSES/E's SERVICE EXEC and PUT2PROD EXEC). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: CMS Programming: How to sort files entries retrieved by DMSGETDF

2008-01-27 Thread Mike Walter
The CMS command ACCESS re-sorts the active file table. Try issuing, that then running your program. If that works, you could just issue the ACCESS command from inside your program via a CMSCALL (?). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying

Re: CMS Programming: How to sort files entries retrieved by DMSGETDF

2008-01-27 Thread Mike Walter
provide what you need. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: Fox Blue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01/27/2008 11:45 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: CMS Programming: How to sort files entries retrieved by DMSGETDF On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:42:57 -0600, Mike Walter

Re: IBM support

2008-01-23 Thread Mike Walter
(no spool, etc defined so the full IPL would be fruitless). Note that it would not work the other way around... z/VM 5.anything requires zArchitecture hardware, which VM/ESA cannot virtualize. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: RECEIVE question

2008-01-22 Thread Mike Walter
what Dave is seeing, assuming that the system sending the files to his reader is using SENDFILE. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Fran Hensler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: can't get VSE stack reconnected thru VM

2008-01-14 Thread Mike Walter
-feeding it to poor Alan. Happy New Year, indeed! ;-) Mike Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/14/2008 02:31 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: can't get

Re: z/VM 5.2 Absurd System shutdown - PJBR

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Walter
a problem, right? No, I didn't think so.:-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: AW: z/VM 5.2 Absurd System shutdown - PJBR

2008-01-07 Thread Mike Walter
Guide, right? Probably the person who asked the question: When did it first appear? ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Mike Walter z/VM Systems Manager Information

Re: CMS/MVS Toolkit

2008-01-02 Thread Mike Walter
, but like to keep a fairly accurate favorites folder of good ISV products. Do you have a current web page for them? Thanks! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Edward M

Re: CMS TSM admin client

2008-01-02 Thread Mike Walter
. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and in this post certainly do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 01/02/2008 04:36

Re: i want to go out from the list thanks

2007-12-31 Thread Mike Walter
Yorama, To direct the listserve software for this list to do something, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more details, you could send: HELP IBMVM But to just signoff and not receive any more posts from IBMVM, in the body of the note include ONLY the text: SIGNOFF IBMVM The

Re: console output to OPERATOR

2007-12-27 Thread Mike Walter
it is closed. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 12/27/2007 01:09 PM Please respond

Re: HCP743E from DIAL command on Integrated 3270 Console

2007-12-24 Thread Mike Walter
Our point in using DIAL OPERATOR is partly to avoid having operaors need to logon to a VM ID, and manage that ID's security as operators change roles. If they were going to logon, they could just use VM:Operator's magic VMYIAMOP to acess the console. Interesting idea, though. Mike Walter

Re: FTP to VM/CMS virtual Reader

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
a :vmlink example. Maybe something like (without including changeable pubs numbers): /* See the z/VM TCP/IP Planning and Customization manual for details about using the SYSTEM DTCPARMS file. */ Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

HCP743E from DIAL command on Integrated 3270 Console

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
Console with message: HCPDIA743I DIAL function not available I could easily modify HCPDIA to get around this, but before doing so would like to understand the rationale which led IBM to prevent DIAL from an Integrated 3270 Console. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

10 years without an unscheduled VM system outage!

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
** Happy New Year to all of you, too! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information

Re: HCP743E from DIAL command on Integrated 3270 Console

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
have better control with DIAL OPERATOR (even though all the authorized DIAL users need to use the same model terminal when dialing - we prefer Mod 4's). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: HCP743E from DIAL command on Integrated 3270 Console

2007-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
) before opening a PMR. But I will do that Monday morning if not sooner. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: Stephen Frazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/21/2007 05:28 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: HCP743E from DIAL command on Integrated 3270 Console But Alan

Re: z/VM 5.3 FLIST

2007-12-17 Thread Mike Walter
to permit fill-in-the-blank as well as the standard Models 2/3/4/5. Or maybe that was an OS/2 thing (talk about distant past!). I'll have to set up a separate .ws file for Model 5+ (133 across, 42 down)! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do

Re: FTP Append (Update)

2007-12-13 Thread Mike Walter
information. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 12/13/2007 11:33 AM Please

Re: How to create a CP Disabled Wait State?

2007-12-06 Thread Mike Walter
DMSDIE3550I All APPC/VM and IUCV paths have been severed. ... ---snip--- Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: FTP Append

2007-12-06 Thread Mike Walter
to maintain some privacy around what's being done, sometimes the posts have sometimes been difficult to interpret. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Schuh, Richard [EMAIL

Re: How to create a CP Disabled Wait State?

2007-12-05 Thread Mike Walter
Uh, so that the Wait State could get a parking space closer to the door? Is it Friday yet? Mike Walter - Original Message - From: Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/05/2007 01:02 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: How to create a CP Disabled Wait State? In glancing

Re: Formatter for/Linux Minidisk from CMS

2007-11-30 Thread Mike Walter
. Maybe Linux used to need to see the disk label (volser) on cyl 0 (rec 3 ? w/o looking) of the MDISK. I'll let you know when we've tested again. Thanks for the tips. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions

Re: Formatter for/Linux Minidisk from CMS

2007-11-30 Thread Mike Walter
dasdfmt just format what it's given without CMS having to prep it? What would it take to change dasdfmt to do so? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Stracka, James (GTI) [EMAIL

Re: Looking for an EXEC to Automate the cleanup of old RDR,PRT and PUN files.... x days...

2007-11-30 Thread Mike Walter
Well-stated need! Look up SFPURGER. It's already on your system. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: Hamilton, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/29/2007 09:29 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Looking for an EXEC to Automate the cleanup of old RDR,PRT and PUN

Re: DS6000 Customer Information Center

2007-11-26 Thread Mike Walter
. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/26/2007 01:10 PM Please respond

Re: Trying to build CMSBAM segment

2007-11-21 Thread Mike Walter
). :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/21/2007 01:06 PM Please respond

Re: Have no TDSK defined on our system, can I define it and use it without performing an IPL?

2007-11-04 Thread Mike Walter
one you may decide that 100 cylinders of real disk for TDISK is not worth the effort. (We have 2 full 3390-3 for TDISK, but they only get used if there's not enough real storage for a VDISK). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: Hamilton, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: Is HiperSwap Supported under z/VM?

2007-10-18 Thread Mike Walter
Supported in what way for what need? Maybe check: http://www.ibm.com/search/?en=utfv=14lang=encc=uslv=wq=hyperswap+vm+linux Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Stracka, James (GTI) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 10/18/2007 10:12 AM Please

Re: Sanity check?

2007-10-11 Thread Mike Walter
was displayed on the console? And... yes. To me your suggestion makes eminent sense - particularly given that IBM does not ship z's with 16E of real storage, nor would z/VM support that much. I do wonder how much physical space 16E of z storage would take. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: D/R Code

2007-10-05 Thread Mike Walter
on CPUID via SYSTEM_IDENTIFIER) - Permit it to be set by SALIPL screen - Permit it to be set by as a LOADPARM from the CP IPL command - Permit it to be set as a LOADPARM by CP SHUTDOWN REIPL Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: D/R Code

2007-10-03 Thread Mike Walter
in the SYSTEM CONFIG file and this is value displayed in the lower-right hand corner of your terminal, whereas the CMS command IDENTIFY returns the node ID from the matching CPUID in the SYSTEM NETID S file. That's a small, but important distinction when attempting to automate server startup. Mike

Re: Extending the 5.3 install page and spool

2007-09-19 Thread Mike Walter
True... But I was hoping to get a Yes, this will work. or No this will fail. OK, I can help... Yes, this will work. or No this will fail. Hope that helps. It's the least I could do. I always try to do the least I can do. :-) Is it Friday yet? (I need a better challenge than that!) Mike

Re: ACCESS empty RR disk fails

2007-09-18 Thread Mike Walter
), then it's working as designed. As stated earlier, just adding a Dummy File is a simple action. But without knowing that you are really trying to do, we can't provide a correct answer. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: IBMLink 3270 (VM, greenscreen, aka: productive) - VM Registration Tool sunset.

2007-09-13 Thread Mike Walter
link in the chain that can fail. I'll continue to choose the right tool for the job. Just because you have a spider, not everything is a web. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: z/VM and Linux in the news....

2007-09-13 Thread Mike Walter
access. IBM might be wise to do that anyway, so that sysprogs can print them off to hand to their own management - particularly for customer sites where the invitees cannot or will not attend. Often, insurrections start from the bottom anyway. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

IBMLink 3270 (VM, greenscreen, aka: productive) - VM Registration Tool sunset.

2007-09-12 Thread Mike Walter
with had a heavy Indian accept and asked multiple unrelated questions, but as best I could tell users will still be able to change their own passwords. I won't be too surprised if his reply and reality don't mesh after October 31. Time will tell... Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: z/VM and Linux in the news....

2007-09-12 Thread Mike Walter
, the GameFrame where Hoplon has integrated the IBM Cell with Linux for System z to produce an Internet gaming environment. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Bill Munson [EMAIL

Re: Ghost users on z/VM 5.2

2007-09-10 Thread Mike Walter
some users! ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. READ: HUNGUSER HELPME When a userid becomes hung in a LOGOFF/FORCE PENDING state, the following alternatives may

Re: no xautolog

2007-09-06 Thread Mike Walter
. Does it use ACCESSM0 ON and then ACCESS vdev fm/fm (MODE0 the DEFINEd MDISK to keep the user from accidentally writing on the DEFINEd MDISK but still see filemode 0 (zero) files? Thanks! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: RSU for z/VM 5.3

2007-09-06 Thread Mike Walter
easy to find the next time I can't remember by (from MAINT) entering: FL *RSU* EXEC * Currently, UM97530 leads to: APAR Identifier .. VM64232 Which in turn, states: 5301RSU AVAILABLE, ORDER UM97530 You should be good to go. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: Augh

2007-08-29 Thread Mike Walter
situation. In my best Gilda Radner voice: never mind Any other messages on the FTPSERVE console? (Yeah, I know you already checked, but it obviously never hurts to ask for other evidence) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: OPERATOR Consoles

2007-08-29 Thread Mike Walter
VM:Operator? Yep. I've never used it, but there's a provision for Host/Node interface. See: Chapter 10. Setting Up the Host/Node Interface There's a lot of good stuff in VM:Operator that most people (mea culpa) don't use or are not aware of. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: OPERATOR Consoles

2007-08-29 Thread Mike Walter
Yep, again. See Chapter 10. Mike Walter - Original Message - From: Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08/29/2007 04:30 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: OPERATOR Consoles I was thinking more along the lines of operating all systems from one terminal. Regards

Re: TCPIP restarting server too soon

2007-08-29 Thread Mike Walter
, the problem is solved. No need to even tell the stack I'm all done now, start normal monitoring. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: Ops privs

2007-08-28 Thread Mike Walter
: making it easier to manage userids that you have access to logon anyway. But as the short guy with the big ears (no not Mickey Mouse or George W Bush; Ross Perot) once said: The devil's in the details. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do

Re: Augh

2007-08-28 Thread Mike Walter
the guilty party) - nothing leftover lying around? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: FTP

2007-08-24 Thread Mike Walter
Or better yet, google VMFTP (written by Romney White), download it, and you can write rexx scripts that test for reply msgs and return codes. Very powerful, not too difficult. Mike Walter Hewitt Associatea - Original Message - From: John Hanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08/24/2007 11:54

Re: 2007 Order of the Knights of VM

2007-08-15 Thread Mike Walter
Congratulations to all the new Knights of the Order of VM. Your earnest contributions to the VM Community have served you well. Best regards, Mike Walter Sir Mike the Prestidigitator The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information

Tux as you've never seen him before

2007-08-08 Thread Mike Walter
by an unknown artist. Would make nice posters. http://www.100mb.nl/ Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying

Re: RSCS

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Walter
Could you: CP TRANSFER RSCS sfid other_ID RDR (preferably other_ID = the origin ID) Then start the link, RSCS REORDER, then start the trace and TRANSFER the reader file back to RSCS's RDR? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: DFSMS/VM

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Walter
be to stick with minidisks until you have a chance to experiment with SFS. It's a steep learning curve to get to reach the shining light at the top. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: VM's 35 Birthday Celebration and 2007 Knights of VM

2007-08-03 Thread Mike Walter
within the required time, cheaply, with few people, and work well! ;-) Mike Walter David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 08/03/2007 10:25 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM

Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux...

2007-08-01 Thread Mike Walter
I wonder what system(s) host the gateway servers? :-) Regardless, it's GREAT news to hear of such strong interest. Now if our (using the royal our) most senior management can just hear about it, too! If that attempt is made, be sure to use simple words and ideas. ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: Synchronize HMC's TOD clock to MF TOD clock

2007-08-01 Thread Mike Walter
, but not z/VM. No doubt someone from IBM will chime in with upcoming z/VM plans (if they haven't already as I send this) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates - Original Message - From: McBride, Catherine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08/01/2007 02:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject

Re: Possible Causes of HCPMFS057I

2007-07-31 Thread Mike Walter
target ID; what is the response to: CP Query SET 4- In the directory entry for that userid and the target userid, what are the OPTION record settings? 5- Can anyone else issue the same commands/run the same product/app? 6- Has this every worked before? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: Possible Causes of HCPMFS057I

2007-07-31 Thread Mike Walter
. BTW, there are some very good VM support folks working for CA in Herndon, VA. If the code is sensitive, you might want to lean on them for help. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

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