Re: CMS module from assembler

2009-10-15 Thread Ray Mansell
You didn't mention how you generated your new module, but if it needs to run as a nucleus extension then you at least need to use the RLD option on the LOAD command: load rxtpcf ( rld genmod rxtpcf Ray Mansell Rothman, Peter wrote: What is the 'special' way of genning the module?

Re: mixed case messages

2008-05-19 Thread Ray Mansell
Shimon Lebowitz wrote: CP MSG target variable_with_mixedcase_text What have I missed? Thanks! Shimon Try this: Address command CP MSG target variable_with_mixedcase_text Ray

Re: Impromptu XEDIT Survey

2008-02-21 Thread Ray Mansell
Right is right. Huegel, Thomas wrote: Where does the prefix field belong? On the left? or On the right?

Re: Sanity check?

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Mansell
the maximum supported for your machine? (Or maybe there's some way I'm not aware of to bypass this limit.) Of course, even if CP did constrain you to the maximum supported, you'd still be in trouble! I'm just curious concerning the actual numbers quoted. Ray Mansell P.s. Constrained to 1TB

Re: Sanity check?

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Mansell
Marcy Cortes wrote: When I did an IND USER on him, it did say 1TB - must have taken him lower at logon time. It happily let me put 1500GB in the directory. Ah yes... that explains it. When you used the word define, I thought you meant the DEFINE command. And yes, you can put any

Re: z/VM COBOL compiler

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Mansell
Julie Erickson wrote: Is there a supported COBOL compiler on z/VM 5.2? Is COBOL for OS/390 and VM (product code 5648-A25) still supported and available? I found a posting from 2001 mentioning the above compiler. It seems pretty old. I'd appreciate any information. I have some COBOL code

Re: z/VM COBOL compiler

2007-10-12 Thread Ray Mansell
Ron Schmiedge wrote: I believe it was withdrawn for MVS only, it is still available and orderable for z/VM (at least it was when we ordered z/VM 5.2 last year). It did take some coaxing and pointing to the right announcement letter paragraphs to convince IBM of this, if I recall correctly. Ron

Re: z/vm security advise requested

2007-09-26 Thread Ray Mansell
system extremely secure. Of course, it would also render it totally useless :-) Ray Mansell

Re: Guest in 31 or 64 bit?

2007-08-11 Thread Ray Mansell
Lee Stewart wrote: Is there a way to tell from a CP command if a guest is running in 31 bit or 64 bit mode? Thanks Lee Not directly, but you could issue the DISPLAY PSW command on behalf of the target user (using the FOR command in z/VM 5.3, or via SCIF for earlier releases) and interpret the

Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community

2007-08-01 Thread Ray Mansell
Dave Jones wrote: And I suspect that these Linux servers will be hosted on z/VM.. This was just circulated internally, too, and I was extremely annoyed that z/VM wasn't mentioned (although I note that LPAR was touted as being IBM's premier virtualisation product - not that I have anything

Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community

2007-08-01 Thread Ray Mansell
Macioce, Larry wrote: But isn't lparing a VM technology?? Larry Yes - LPAR and z/VM share a common ancestor, and there's still some of my own code in LPAR from wy back, but these days they are very different beasts. Ray M

Re: Possible Causes of HCPMFS057I

2007-07-31 Thread Ray Mansell
to or from the system operator are not subject to authorization checking by the ESM. For additional information, contact your security administrator. I hope this is sufficient for you to determine where the problem is. Ray

Re: Possible Causes of HCPMFS057I

2007-07-31 Thread Ray Mansell
going on there. Good luck! Ray Mansell

Re: HELP on z/vm 5.3 install!

2007-07-25 Thread Ray Mansell
For an FTP server (and I assume you are talking about a Windows PC - I know, big assumption), you can't go wrong with FileZilla. Ray Anne Crabtree wrote: Well, it just so happenend, not sure how, that my VM session went from running to vm read and then the ftp server timed out. I don't know

Re: HELP on z/vm 5.3 install!

2007-07-24 Thread Ray Mansell
Hmmm... I can't help, though I suspect a simple HX would do the trick. However, you might want to do some investigation, since I also did an FTP install last week, and it took less than an hour. Or, just leave it running overnight. Is there any reason you can't do that? Ray Mansell Anne

Re: FW: PIPEDDR TERSE and other stuff

2007-07-12 Thread Ray Mansell
Kris Buelens wrote: COPYFILE (PACK is very simple, I never looked in the actual details but it replaces multiple occurances of the same character, inexpensive but not lots of gains. TERSE is much like ZIP and VMARC. The FCOPY tool on the download lib has a PACK option too, but that works

Re: ACCESS /extension

2007-06-28 Thread Ray Mansell
When CMS is searching for something executable, it does not search extensions before intervening disks. However, you could EXECLOAD your exec - that will find it according to the extension rules. Not maximally convenient, I know... Ray Mansell Ian S. Worthington wrote: Hmmm. That's what

Re: set run on

2007-05-22 Thread Ray Mansell
likely to be autologged, you'll probably want to include SET AUTOREAD OFF in its profile exec. Ray Mansell

Re: FW: IOS3270 Manual or documentation

2007-05-16 Thread Ray Mansell
Rob van der Heij wrote: Yeah, was written way back... ;-) I recall the Y2K version of VMARC never was picked up for the IBM internal systems. That bit me a few times as well. Rob Since 1907 appears on the formatted front page, I assume it is SCRIPT that is getting confused. In the version I

Re: REXX370 4.02 01 Dec 1998 - why is Rexx so old?

2007-04-17 Thread Ray Mansell
Jim Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing that might be nice is to have his later ObjectREXX on z/VM That would be Simon Nash's Object REXX (just to get the attribution where it belongs :-)) Ray Mansell

Re: Maximum virtual storage

2007-02-03 Thread Ray Mansell
to maximum allowed. STORAGE = 256G Storage cleared - system reset. Ray Mansell Phil Smith III wrote: So if I had 1G before, I get to reIPL? That's a change in behavior, and makes the issue a ridiculous size to see what my max is unworkable! Or am I misreading what

Re: z/vm 4.4

2006-12-06 Thread Ray Mansell
Alan Altmark wrote: 2064 - z900 2066 - z800 2084 - z990 2086 - z890 2094 - z9 EC 2096 - z9 BC A pattern emerges. ;-) Aha! So this little, rack-mounted 2074 we have in the lab must have some additional capabilities I had never suspected before! I'll go and check it out right now...

Re: IBM sues PSI

2006-12-05 Thread Ray Mansell
Schuh, Richard wrote: Dave, The URL is Non-working, even if resolve the issue of it being split into 2 pieces. Hmmm... it worked for me, and it wasn't split, either Ray Mansell

Re: writing color enhanced messes from rexx execs

2006-11-30 Thread Ray Mansell
attribute codes involved. Ray Mansell... Fran Hensler wrote: I found the codes for hilite and normal in an EXEC that I did not write. I have tried codes like these to do color but I was not successful.

Re: writing color enhanced messes from rexx execs

2006-11-29 Thread Ray Mansell
Gonen Shoham wrote: So where is this Assemble pgm It's on my A-disk, of course. I guess I should bundle it up and make it available as-is...

Re: writing color enhanced messes from rexx execs

2006-11-28 Thread Ray Mansell
, and 'there' is blue. Ray Mansell IBM Hawthorne

Re: Extended storage question.

2006-10-24 Thread Ray Mansell
us know, since it definitely needs to be fixed. Thank you, Ray Mansell Steve Gentry wrote: Respectfully, Richard, I ran across some doc somewhere that recommended that the MACHINE TYPE for VMSERx (U and S) machines be set to XC so that they can use XSTORE. Whether VMSERx actually uses x

Re: Diag A8 R15 RC of 3

2006-09-26 Thread Ray Mansell
Ken, Can you tell us the level of CP where this happens, and the associated condition code? I've just spent an hour or so poring over the 5.2 source code for diag A8, and I can't see any way return code 3 can happen. Ray Mansell Ken Vance wrote: Hi, We are using DIAG A8, and we

Re: Inconsistent XEDIT Logical Not

2006-07-07 Thread Ray Mansell
This annoys me, too. There are a couple of ways around it: (i) use keyboard mapping so that some key appears to the host as 0x5F, or (ii) use the regular ALL command, followed by the DISP 0 0 command (to show the excluded lines). Ray Mansell Don W. wrote: I'm not sure how to use in XEDIT

Re: Draft Command Script Processing Manual

2006-06-25 Thread Ray Mansell
Lynn, I can report that Parasite and Story are alive and well. I still have the source, have been maintaining it, and still use both programs on a daily basis... Ray Mansell IBM Research (ex-IBM Hursley) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: parasite did 3270 terminal emulation. it was less than 8k