Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
being dropped through the cracks, Also the size of a single, comprehensive summary might force the issue to become clear enough to merit swift action! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies

Re: Logoff force pending

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
DASD/MDISKS as the NEW userid? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. In reply to post: --- Mike: In the past, when the hung user is an operating system (VSE

Re: Logoff force pending

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
remember all the techniques to diagnose it from memory). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Shimon Lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
to such a piece of the system. 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 01/04/2007 12:33 PM

OT: McCall's fan club. Was: IBM ServiceLink greenscreen to be discontinued March 31, 2007

2007-01-04 Thread Mike Walter
In the interests of staying on-topic (yeah, a lot to ask of a bunch of caffiene-hyped A.D.D. sufferers), can we post further discussion of great country music/trucking songs and singers to this thread - keeping the original thread easier to follow? Thanks! Elvis has left the listserve. Mike

Re: OK Pipers, a new challenge

2007-01-02 Thread Mike Walter
(NAME Erase332Stats)' , '| COMMAND LISTFILE * 332STATS A (TODAY NOHEADER', '| SORT 1-8 DESCENDING', '| DROP FIRST 1', '| SPECS /ERASE/ 1 W1-3 NW', '| CONSOLE', '| COMMAND' RETURN Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: Backup of z/VM and z/VSE

2006-12-28 Thread Mike Walter
. Unless the systems shutdown are SPOOL systems generally require system-specific utility commands/programs. H backup alternatives, their pros and cons would make a pretty good session at SHARE and other user group meetings, no? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, January 25, 2007

2006-12-27 Thread Mike Walter
I hope the afternoon sessions remain the same even if the speaker changes... good and little-known subject! Mike The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the

Re: Huge LASTING GLOBALV file for DB/2 servers

2006-12-21 Thread Mike Walter
by installing a local PROFCMS EXEC, which is called from all our supported (i.e.: remove it an you are unsupported here) user's PROFILE EXECs. That keep most of our local requirements out of SYSPROF EXEC, where changes at release boundaries have sometimes proved to be challenging. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: COMMAND vs. CMS

2006-12-15 Thread Mike Walter
. Good Hunting! 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 12/15/2006 12:07 PM

Re: COMMAND vs. CMS

2006-12-14 Thread Mike Walter
is buffered until the command ends and is then written to the primary output stream.command does not intercept CP-generated terminal output. ---snip--- Note the last sentence. Shot_in_the_dark: OFF Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do

Re: Sysprof Exec in z/vm 4.4

2006-12-13 Thread Mike Walter
. * then re-save the INSTSEG NSS, e.g. * CP IPL 190 CLEAR PARM NOSPROF INSTSEG NO MTSEG NO * VMFBLD PPF SEGBLD ESASEGS SEGBLIST INSTSEG ( ALL * * * End of File * * * Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions

Re: z/VM 5.2 CP INDICATE LOAD missing STORAGE utilization output

2006-12-13 Thread Mike Walter
and PDEM from http://vm.marist.edu/~pipeline/ PIPEDEMO makes it really easy to find this type of thing. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Craig Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Friday thought

2006-12-08 Thread Mike Walter
Friday ... already!? And I've been having just sooo much fun this week! :-( It's also a sign if you cannot type maint... damn... MAIN! without always ending those four characters with a 't'. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: Friday thought

2006-12-08 Thread Mike Walter
I treasure a green badge-a-minute button, created by a witty colleague when working at Kraft Foods, which reads: AMERICA SPELLS CHEESE D2,D9,C1C6,E3 Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: How to find tag info for a spool file not your own

2006-12-08 Thread Mike Walter
Without sample RSCS and CP QUERY command output... Try: CP SMSG RSCS CHANGE linkid sfid NOHOLD No transfers required. Try also: HELP RSCS MENU Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt

Re: IBM Director

2006-12-06 Thread Mike Walter
of Hewitt Associates.. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Tom Duerbusch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 12/06/2006 12:53 PM

Re: CMSCALL return code

2006-12-04 Thread Mike Walter
was different based more on specific processor models that anything else. 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

Re: CMSCALL return code

2006-12-04 Thread Mike Walter
Ha!! We only *WISH* we were based on a 30-year old machine design! ;-) Reminds me of a joke: last night I was out with ... oh, let's not go there. Is it really only Monday? Mike Walter Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 12/04

Re: writing color enhanced messes from rexx execs

2006-11-29 Thread Mike Walter
never fully researched/understood. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/29

Looking for a better world?

2006-11-28 Thread Mike Walter
to those programs whose charges become due on or after November 28, 2006. Good news indeed for those planning to program their own worlds! I wonder what the budget is for such a project? Certainly Chuckie must have a license for **this** product. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions

Re: MORE... time during IPL

2006-11-22 Thread Mike Walter
that missing devices error messages and such at logon and such could be logged. Maybe IBM could deliver such a present (going back to VMSHARE's NOTE XMASGIFT) in a future z/VM release? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: runaway exec

2006-11-07 Thread Mike Walter
continue to run, but good to use if you really want the screen cleared automatically. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Bob

Re: Automatic ReIPL

2006-11-07 Thread Mike Walter
*before* VM:Secure was installed as something like: -CPNOVMX MODULE. There have been a few times where I walked operations through a SALIPL, picking a previous -1CPLOAD MODULE to get the system up without my having to drive in. Still got the system back up within the SLAs. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: Any way to stop PROP from logging 'select messages'?

2006-11-03 Thread Mike Walter
audit. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Huegel, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 11/03/2006 02:43 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: Any way to stop PROP

Re: Corrupted IPL Record

2006-10-31 Thread Mike Walter
that understand binary and those that don't. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 13:02 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Corrupted IPL Record Were you running VM:Secure on that system? Are the DRCT cylinders

Re: Feedback requested on proposed DDR requirements

2006-10-30 Thread Mike Walter
! :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed

Re: Sharing unassigned tape

2006-10-17 Thread Mike Walter
Shimon, I'm guessing that the z/VM 520 ATTACH command is causing an unload. Perhaps try attaching the drive on both systems with NOASSIGN, then mount it on 4.4 and try using it on 5.2. That may prevent the unload from the ATTACH on 520, it having been done before the tape was mounted. Mike

Re: Sharing unassigned tape

2006-10-17 Thread Mike Walter
, but a different CEC), the interrupt cause VM:Tape to see the tape and we're off to the races. One day when we get it all working very cleanly, we'll document how we did this using VM:Tape. VM:Operator, and RSCS on VM, and IBM's automation product and Sun/STK's HSC (?) product on z/OS. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: VTAM Cross Domain problem/question

2006-10-10 Thread Mike Walter
it from VM/ESA 240 or convert it to a CP Exit (probably Exit 1200), but it should not be hard. I can supply the outdated but nicely commented (so we knew where it belonged logically instead of just by source line numbers) source to anyone interested. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: I know it's dumb, but.......

2006-10-05 Thread Mike Walter
You can probably pronounce Ekabytes in whatever way VM Development wants it pronounced (ask Chuckie). :-) After a very brief search it seems that the non-VM world (you know: the great unwashed) uses the term Exabytes rather than Ekabytes. I'll be delighted to be proven wrong. Mike Walter

Re: I know it's dumb, but.......

2006-10-05 Thread Mike Walter
://204.146.134.18/pubs/cp510/ASCBK.HTML http://www.vm.ibm.com/pubs/cp31064/ASCBK.HTML How one pronounces those URLs is left as an exercise for the reader (and the speaker's tongue). ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent

Re: z/VM 5.2 install from tape

2006-10-01 Thread Mike Walter
for the installation. Is that the case? If so, was there ANY other error before this one? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Caleb Ong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: Question on Infoprint

2006-09-29 Thread Mike Walter
Nah, you have to put the paper in the printer sideways. Sorry... should have resisted that, but failed. It's Friday, folks! :-) Mike Walter Rick Stetser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/25/2006 11:11 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM

Re: Running z/OS with disconnected console

2006-09-29 Thread Mike Walter
up every week without any problems. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Tom Pajak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: VM63952 / UM31784 - z/VM v5.2 New Function PTF

2006-09-27 Thread Mike Walter
install VM64075/UM31868. It's another PAV-related PTF without which CP can ABEND. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Dennis Schaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM

Re: SENDFILE to MVS

2006-09-27 Thread Mike Walter
that for large files -- on both sides of the transmission (whether they are both VM, TSO, or a mix). Consider whether FTP might be a better alternative (especially if using the scripting VMFTP package). Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily

Re: TAPEMAP source?

2006-09-27 Thread Mike Walter
the VM Workshop pages http://www2.marist.edu/~workshop/ But that's just me. :-) 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

Re: Uncatalog Files in VM:Backup

2006-09-22 Thread Mike Walter
exit if you want it. 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 09/22/2006 10:54 AM

Re: Changing system name - does it affect anything?

2006-09-22 Thread Mike Walter
in the reply from 'CP QUERY USERID' - a fact that can, if desired, be used to change the way things get started up within the PROFILE EXEC or elsewhere. We use it to affect how things get done after IPL for disaster recovery. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine

Re: Dynamic i/o

2006-09-19 Thread Mike Walter
magic. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 09/19/2006 02:15 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Monitoring use of a saved segment

2006-09-15 Thread Mike Walter
costs for little-used products that you can eliminate. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Colin Allinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: transfer reader item to another NJE node

2006-09-14 Thread Mike Walter
the same arguments with your TAG command - ERASE SENDFILE EXEC A Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Tony Thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System

Re: mdisk/extension search order question

2006-09-13 Thread Mike Walter
with at the same time). :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z

Re: z/VM 5.1 Paging

2006-09-11 Thread Mike Walter
HALINVA1; T=0.01/0.01 11:21:14 Obviously, we have a few more full-pack 3390-3 DASD dedicated to paging. Even so, the total PAGES IN USE are remarkable similar. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: z/VM 5.1 Paging

2006-09-11 Thread Mike Walter
reserve cylinder 0 on every DASD as PERM space and specifically do not allocate any MDISKs, CP area, etc. thereon. One cylinder per disk is really inexpensive compared to a (very unlikely, but 100% avoidable) system outage. Wearing both belts and suspenders in this case, Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: z/VM 5.1 Paging

2006-09-11 Thread Mike Walter
on both the 1st and 2nd level systems. Thanks. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Rob van der Heij [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Delimiters, delimiters everywhere, and not a parm to keep.

2006-08-31 Thread Mike Walter
a more elegant solution? Obviously, a vertical bar (Pipe's default stage separator) is a nonstarter. TIA, Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies

Re: Mark Ritter, Mr. Dirmaint, passes away

2006-08-25 Thread Mike Walter
I don't know if I've ever spoken to Mark -- but it is always sad to lose a member of the tight-knit VM Community. Please extend a VM Community condolence from all of us. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: Downloading Track Info

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Walter
it would need to be COPYFILE (UNPACKed. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. Kreiter, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: CP Privilege classes

2006-08-22 Thread Mike Walter
be of use. It sure helped us find a command override that kept getting changed at IPL time (it as defined twice in SYSTEM CONFIG, the second specification override the first). And it's a handy addition to the Sysprog Toolbox! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: FPLINX086I

2006-08-09 Thread Mike Walter
Alan, You are not the only one who doesn't understand that line of code! Don't most women complains to men: What part of if no eq no don't you understand? Is it getting close to Friday yet? :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do

Re: Signal support

2006-08-09 Thread Mike Walter
Perhaps one might want to hold off a shutdown while an existing FTP session completes? Esp. considering the recent thread on Ftp'ing large dumps to vendors. One can always override the shutdown more emphatically if the FTP is getting in the way of an urgently needed shutdown. Mike Walter

Re: Signal support

2006-08-09 Thread Mike Walter
the old laptop. 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 08/09/2006 05:56 AM Please

Re: Signal support

2006-08-09 Thread Mike Walter
I'm typing the following in my best Southern accent... All y'all type faster then I ken read! :-) It's been a fascinating discussion and a credit to the members of the list that such discussions can be had without a single flame or negative personal comment. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: Stand Alone Dump to Disk

2006-08-08 Thread Mike Walter
. It is supplied with the usual warranties, expressed or implied: none Anyone wanting to use it will obviously need to change it for their site(s), but it's a good starting point and may even help provide the leg up when you need it. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein

Re: Length of Loadparm field on z/890 HMC Console

2006-08-08 Thread Mike Walter
Fred, It sounds as though you may be slightly (and understandably) confused about the LOADPARMs required by z/VM. Try omitting the leading CONS from your LOADPARMs, e.g. just enter: SYSG, or 0040. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Fred Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM

Re: Updated Community VM Redbook outline posted

2006-08-04 Thread Mike Walter
fine. Thought you might want to know in case this is more widespread and preventing more discussion. 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

Re: Signal support

2006-08-03 Thread Mike Walter
, but nothing for the z/OS 1.7 guests. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The comments expressed herein at mine alone, not those of my employer. Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 08/03/2006 10:28 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Draft outline for z/VM New Parents Guide posted

2006-08-02 Thread Mike Walter
many pages of e-mails. Obviously, any such session would also be a contributor for discussions on the list, not the ultimate dictator. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The thoughts herein are mine alone, not those of my employer. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying

Re: DTCPKT049I

2006-08-02 Thread Mike Walter
Neale, Haven't you been paying attention all these years to Chuckie!? All TCP/IP messages are self-explanatory and self-documenting. That's why you cannot find it in the manuals. Yes, Chuckie, we already know... what do you want, useful messages are new features? ;-) Beats me. Mike Walter

Re: New mainframe redbook

2006-08-01 Thread Mike Walter
Was that volumes 2 and 3 **through** 8!? %-)~ Mike Walter Hewitt Associates David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 08/01/2006 02:00 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM

Re: Shop Z/Series as replacement to IBMLink?

2006-07-27 Thread Mike Walter
not digress into a discussion of PC games here -- been there, done that. Adventure was only mentioned for illustrative porpoises. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The ideas herein are my own, not those of my employer. Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: z/VM paging problem

2006-07-26 Thread Mike Walter
yield valuable info, too. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/26/2006 08:26 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: z/VM

Re: z/VM paging problem further information

2006-07-26 Thread Mike Walter
). And also try from a V=V vm. See: z/VM Programming Services for doc on Diag 64. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/26/2006 12:30 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: z/VM paging problem

2006-07-25 Thread Mike Walter
moving page and spool volumes, there would be a step-by-step document showing how to do it for a single volume (and as an example for all volumes). Mike Walter Information Technology Services Hewitt Associates The words herein are mine, not those of my employer. Edward M. Martin [EMAIL

Re: Menuexec - Where search for?

2006-07-24 Thread Mike Walter
Corp, and then sold by the VM Systems Group. Both companies are defunct. Unless you have a specific reason to use XMENU, you're probably better off using a different CMS menuing system. Perhaps IOS3270 from the VM Download page, or DMSCMS (not sure if DMSCMS is free now). Mike Walter Information

Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape

2006-07-21 Thread Mike Walter
as PERM 257 390 430W03 as PERM 1802 1901 5- Schedule a SHUTDOWN REIPL After the IPL you *may* want to CPFMTXA the old page cylinders on 430RES and 430W01 just to see if that causes I/O errors. If so, you know who to contact. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Edward M. Martin [EMAIL

Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape

2006-07-21 Thread Mike Walter
volumes: 510SPL and 510PAG. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/21/2006 12:51 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re

Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape

2006-07-20 Thread Mike Walter
I've seen similar results when IPLing a 2nd level z/VM system and the page packs were linked R/O. Sure you have them R/W? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Edward M. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07/20/2006 02:06 PM Please respond

Re: Ancient History question: 5668903A IAD20

2006-07-17 Thread Mike Walter
personal PUT application aging standard of letting it age forty days and forty nights.;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed above are mine alone, not those of my employer. David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 07

Re: A PIPE structure question

2006-07-13 Thread Mike Walter
' is that none of them are distributed with z/VM as a matter of course. (I don't even want to head it, don't start, Chuckie!) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions herein are mine, not those of my employer. Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: a really little pipe question

2006-07-12 Thread Mike Walter
getting up close and personal with DMSARE ASSEMBLE to build and implement a local modification. He'd get what he'd like, and have a chance to learn a lot about VMSES/E in the process. Respectfully, Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not those of my employer

Re: Paging Space Question

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Walter
as an exercise for the reader) you could check all open SPOOL files a few times to determine which one (or more) is guilty of rapid output and take appropriate action (perhaps: CP SEND CP guiltyID NOTREADY vdev) -- left as another exercise for the reader. :-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: a really little pipe question

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Walter
). :-) Here an alternate using parse: parse value diag(08,'QUERY SET') with . 'IMSG' Imsg_set . 'CP SET IMSG OFF' 'RELEASE X (DET' /* --- Performance, personal, clarity preference to always enter FULL commands in EXECs */ 'CP SET IMSG' Imsg_set All back to normal Mike Walter Hewitt Associates

Re: duplicate dasd volume serial numbers

2006-06-29 Thread Mike Walter
for everything to be `attached to SYSTEM. ` `Advice about OFFLINE_AT_IPL is also good to remember. Richard Corak ---snip--- Pay particular attention to the penultimate paragraph, which in my view pretty much states: when using duplicate volsers, you pay you money and take your chances. Mike Walter Hewitt

Re: Encryption Pipe stage

2006-06-28 Thread Mike Walter
a pipes solution that provided access the latest crypto hardware on the z9 boxes might be interesting. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 06

Re: OT: Acronym Silliness

2006-06-27 Thread Mike Walter
One would sort of expect that the first customer to use these facilities would be good old McDonald's, right? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

Re: IOCP for MP2003-204

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Walter
emulator console (with a very frustrating and weirdly customizable) keyboard. Of the two, I'd choose SYSG every time. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Steve Gentry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM

How can we quickly determine the number of output blocks a file will need on a CMS disk?

2006-06-19 Thread Mike Walter
(in agreement with LISTFILE) and 8 system (pointer) blocks. Did something change in CMS since the 20030724 date on my trusty old DISKSIZE EXEC? Thanks in advance. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. The information contained in this e-mail

Re: OT: Cursed Scroll Lock key vs 3270 emulators

2006-06-16 Thread Mike Walter
phsiii wrote: Mike Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] went on at length about the Scroll Lock key: Who, me? At length? Hah! That was significantly edited down from the emotional content that is deserves! But you pretty well summed it up yourself! Oh, and thanks for unmasking my e-mail address

Re: Cursed Scroll Lock key vs 3270 emulators

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Walter
thoughts! Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 06/15/2006 10:43 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU

Re: OT: Cursed Scroll Lock key vs 3270 emulators

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Walter
a mighty tiny key. Since it was just Scroll Lock and Num Lock for a pretty brain-dead numeric keypad overlay I just removed the key. If that fails to work, maybe a lit match *will* do the trick. ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's

Re: FTP'ing to boulder

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Walter
Hmmm... Jim, did you order the PTF via the good old, reliable, green-screen 3270 IBMLink interface, or via that new-fangled web-stuff interface? Maybe that's what causes the difference? Somehow I suspect you're using the 3270 interface, too. :-) Just a stab in the etherdark. Mike Walter

Re: DDR to standard labeled tapes

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Walter
! 5,081 cards in your pocket!? Must be really small cards or really big pockets! Talk about playing with a full deck! :-) Ah, it's Friday, isn't it? Mike Walter Jim Bohnsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 06/09/2006 01:45 PM Please respond

Re: 5081

2006-06-09 Thread Mike Walter
to skydive more than once. :-) Mike Walter Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 06/09/2006 03:20 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: 5081 I

Re: VMFTP

2006-05-31 Thread Mike Walter
Obviously, that list READ: statement should have been... READ: VMFTP MASKPW Z1 Mike The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this

Re: VM for DB2 Backups

2006-05-31 Thread Mike Walter
directly issues the SMSG's to the IP talking service machine. It was just too simple to not to use the extra PROP server. Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support Mike Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 2006-05-31 20:08 Please respond

Re: VM for DB2 Backups

2006-05-31 Thread Mike Walter
not quite said that yet -- we'll try to work with you on this is more along the lines of what I've heard so far from the local Sun/STK folks. Again, we'll see how this all plays out. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Kris Buelens [EMAIL

Re: z/VM 5.2 and the S disk

2006-05-26 Thread Mike Walter
applications. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. In reply to: From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Gentry Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:10 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: z/VM 5.2 and the S disk

Re: Moving a guest to new DASD

2006-05-23 Thread Mike Walter
the MDISK before giving it to Linux for a dasdfmt? It may explain Loren's problem, too. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Loren Charnley, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/23/2006 10

Re: Moving a guest to new DASD

2006-05-23 Thread Mike Walter
of each new Linux guest MDISK to get a label or VTOC written. Or, maybe we just need to add another parameter to the dasdfmt command to get such written so we can skip the CMS format? Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Kim Goldenberg

Re: Protection Level 2 RACF on VM/ESA

2006-05-10 Thread Mike Walter
out of support, VM/ESA 230 would be far more stable than a current Windows XP! Mike Walter Work: 847.771.9233 Home: 847.949.4914 Karl Severson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 05/10/2006 02:44 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Requirements for encrypting tape drives for z/VM

2006-05-04 Thread Mike Walter
Ferdinand, I do admit to being suspicious that some recent posts have not made it through our spam filters, but for this topic I even logged onto the IBMVM listserv and cannot find the topic in May or even April, 2006. Still not trusting our spam filters, to what were you responding? Mike

Re: New z9 models

2006-05-01 Thread Mike Walter
And then there's the latest name of the ISV providing Nomad2... Select Business Solutions. Now I ask you, who wouldn't want to work with Select BS? And the (good) people I speak to there seem to enjoy the double entendre. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone

Re: Update on z/VM 5.2.0 problem

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Walter
Yes, there are a *few* sites that are having stability problems, Uh huh. And they're the whiney sites. That's right -- you know who you are!! :-) Mike (having a Chuckie moment) Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. The IBM z/VM Operating

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