Re: Moving On

2011-07-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
In just a few minutes, I will be checking out of the Visa hotel (or perhaps asylum - they put up with me for 13+ years). I want to thank everyone who sent their congratulations and well wishes, and to reiterate my thanks to the everyone on who has helped me over the years (going back to the pre-

Re: SFS Catalog Storage Pool

2011-07-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
day, July 07, 2011 10:19 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: SFS Catalog Storage Pool > > On Thursday, 07/07/2011 at 12:35 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" > > wrote: > > Something ought to be done about the instructions regarding > MAXUSERS. > > A &

Re: SFS Catalog Storage Pool

2011-07-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
Something ought to be done about the instructions regarding MAXUSERS. A few years ago, I had a small system that only had 64 users in the directory. It had performance problems (a complete freeze of any user that tried to use SFS) with MU of 100, 200, or 300. Upping it to 1000 fixed the problem.

Re: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/VM Announcement - End of Service - 12/31/2012

2011-07-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
Yeah, then there was that other nut-case who predicted EoW for May 21 of this year. He didn't admit that he had made a mistake until well after that day. However, the Mayan calendar may be a better model. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: SHUTTRAP

2011-07-05 Thread Schuh, Richard
BTW, CP seems to accept any virtual system reset or disabled wait as a signal to remove a userid from the list of users in the SHUTDOWN Pending list. That is as I expected. I presume that cancellation is also accepted. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The

Re: SHUTTRAP

2011-06-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
EMC² > where information lives > > Phone: (508) 249-4076 > Ext: 44076 > > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 6:22 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTS

Re: SHUTTRAP

2011-06-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:56 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: SHUTTRAP > > On Tuesday, 06/28/2011 at 03:10 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" > > wrote: > > No only is it

Re: SHUTTRAP

2011-06-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
code to load, my guess is in the z Series Principles of Operations (the shutdown signal is not a z/VM invention, but a z HW feature that z/VM also virtualizes). 2011/6/28 Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> No only is it not obvious, so far I have been unable to find it in the documen

Re: SHUTTRAP

2011-06-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
#x27;Q DISK' and it worked with no error message. Hope this helps. Raymond E. Noal EMC² where information lives Phone: (508) 249-4076 Ext: 44076 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>] On Behalf Of Schuh, R

SHUTTRAP

2011-06-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
I just retrieved SHUTTRAP from the download page and tried it. In my first simpleminded try, the results were mixed. The signal shutdown did indeed trigger the command included with the shuttrap command. Then I got this: SHUTTRAP: Shutdown in 900 seconds DMSITP143T Addressing exception occurred

Re: RMSMASTR and shutdowns

2011-06-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
Is there something in RMSMASTR that requires a R/W 191? There does not appear to be on our system. The most recently written file on the disk is dated 12 Nov 2010. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU]

Re: Moving on

2011-06-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
We have 6 LPARs running z/VM 6.1.0 and only one of them does TPF hosting. While TPF hosting is the biggest expenditure of resources in that LPAR, it also has other critical applications. We never have gotten all the way down to just TPF hosting. If you count the several Linux guests that support

Re: Moving on

2011-06-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
I made it official today. July 8 will be my last day of gainful employment. I'll try not to be too tough on you between now and then :-) Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of John Franciscov

Re: Moving on

2011-06-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
Thanks for the kind words. I know that I got at least as much, undoubtedly way, way more, from the group than I contributed. My main regret is that I never had an employer who could be convinced that active participation in projects and committees would be beneficial. Regards, Richard Schuh

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
sting road since then. I have one observation on retirement for you. Parkinson's Law is true. Work *does* expand to fill the time allotted to it. :-) Best of luck. It's been a real pleasure. Marty On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Schuh,

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
Which two (that was a plural) were useful? :-) Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:56 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Moving o

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
d you a VM session to keep your hand in. n Db n From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:51 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Moving on After 48 years in the industry, involved with VM for the la

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
e IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:51 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Moving on After 48 years in the industry, involved with VM for the last 38 of them, I will be retiring early next month. I don'

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: After 48 years in the industry, involved with VM for the last 38 of them, I will be retiring early next month. I don't think it is possible to find a better group of people than the VM List. The professionalism, the

Re: Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
VM Workshop http://www.VMWorkshop.org/<http://www.vmworkshop.org/> President - MVMUA http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/ LVM Program Officer - SHARE http://www.linkedin.com/in/BillMunson From: "Schuh, Richard" To:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date:06/22/2

Moving on

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
After 48 years in the industry, involved with VM for the last 38 of them, I will be retiring early next month. I don't think it is possible to find a better group of people than the VM List. The professionalism, the willingness, even eagerness, to help others is outstanding. You have made my job

Re: Problems at DR test

2011-06-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
Have you submitted requirements? :-) Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:25 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Problems at DR te

7720 Support

2011-06-16 Thread Schuh, Richard
Is the 7720 configured without tapes supported for normal CMS use in 6/1? Currently, we have VM:Tape and a TMC shared with MVS. Regards, Richard Schuh

Re: REXXCPS EXEC

2011-06-14 Thread Schuh, Richard
Running a compiled REXXCPS, I get these results: Run 1. Performance: 6587190 REXX clauses per second Run 2. Performance: 7755269 REXX clauses per second Run 3. Performance: 7560471 REXX clauses per second This is on a lightly loaded z10 (Real CPU ID = 000s20978000). The numbers appear

Re: z/VM page space

2011-06-14 Thread Schuh, Richard
A good decision, probably not a difficult one, by Mr. Holder and friends. Untangling that can of worms should not be a high priority use of development $$. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behal

Re: z/VM page space

2011-06-14 Thread Schuh, Richard
An absolute prereq, not just a safety one. If it is not already draining, then there would be nothing to prevent new pages from being written on the device. It will still be somewhat tricky because the page may already be in storage, in use by a virtual machine. Also, it may be part of a DCSS,

Re: REXXDATE MODULE

2011-06-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
The start is the same. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Walter Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:42 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: REXXDATE MODULE As did Russ, I also ha

Re: REXXDATE MODULE

2011-06-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
Russ, Thanks. Do you also have TOD EXEC? It appears that it is what has been calling REXXDATE. I would like to bring them into the 21st century. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of R

Re: REXXDATE MODULE

2011-06-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
bt is supported). Scott Rohling On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: We have a legacy (pejorative intended) program named REXXDATE MODULE for which we have no source. It is dated 8/3/1994, which predates my arrival at Visa. Does anyone know if this

REXXDATE MODULE

2011-06-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
We have a legacy (pejorative intended) program named REXXDATE MODULE for which we have no source. It is dated 8/3/1994, which predates my arrival at Visa. Does anyone know if this is something that was made generally available to the VM community and, if so, is the source available? I has sudden

Re: service all status ptf

2011-05-26 Thread Schuh, Richard
I empathize with you on this one, Mike. Whenever I am asked a question that is answered in the HELP files, my usual answer is the HELP command to enter. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf

Re: Sort IP addresses

2011-05-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
Or, if you are sorting in a pipe, create a separate sort key and retain the original unmolested addresses. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:

Re: Sort IP addresses

2011-05-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
Here is something I wrote years ago to verify the format of an IP address. It was written to verify a single IP address per call. You might be able to use it as a starting point. 'PIPE (end \ name VeriftIPA)', '\ var ipa', '| v: verify /.0123456789/', '| deblock

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

2011-05-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
VMBearDad (AIM), mbhcpcvt (Y!) The IBM z/VM Operating System wrote on 05/20/2011 11:56:14 AM: > From: "Schuh, Richard" > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Date: 05/20/2011 11:56 AM > Subject: Re: DASD HA & R0 ? > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > Must hav

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

2011-05-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:45 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: DASD HA & R0 ? > > On Friday, 05/

Re: DASD HA & R0 ?

2011-05-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
I think I remember R0 being referred to as the Track Capacity record. It was not a constant, but held the remaining capacity after the last formatting write. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Beha

Re: zvm directions

2011-05-18 Thread Schuh, Richard
Too bad it will not work for geographically dispersed LPARS :-( Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:28 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Sub

Re: Nothing today?

2011-05-17 Thread Schuh, Richard
None from me. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank M. Ramaekers Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:10 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Nothing today? No posts today? Frank M. Ram

Re: Pipe, sort and coherence...

2011-05-16 Thread Schuh, Richard
Would you not want all of the passwords to survive in that instance? Regards, Richard Schuh (for crucial minidisks I let the ALL read password survive, just for the case I'd be forced to IPL without RACF)

Re: 3590 assign problem

2011-04-28 Thread Schuh, Richard
You can specify NOASSIGN on the ATTACH command. If it still fails after that, it may be that it is shared with z/OS and has not been properly taken offline there. It must be made OFFLINE to JES and, if present, MIM. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM O

Re: 391 391 RR?RE: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

2011-04-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:14 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: 391 391 RR?RE: password_on_cmds feature > statement in CONFIG > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Schuh, Richard > wrote: > > Might I ask a du

391 391 RR?RE: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

2011-04-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
Might I ask a dumb question? If it is in the PROFILE EXEC, why not put it in the directory entry? If it is there and is detached, it can be reacquired by the command, "CP LINK * 391 391 RR" without having to enter a password. And without ever having to know that it is a disk defined in the MAIN

Re: password_on_cmds feature statement in CONFIG

2011-04-22 Thread Schuh, Richard
Shouldn't that be "ADDRESS COMMAND 'CP LINK...'"? Regards, Richard Schuh > > In a fully secured VM system (i.e. with an ESM), the only > command that requires a password is LOGON. All other actions > (LINK, XAUTOLOG) are (should be) managed by the ESM without a > dependency on password

Re: Tapeless segment tranfser between LPARs?

2011-04-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
But that only works for DCSSs, not NSSs. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:59 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Tapeless

Re: SFS problem

2011-04-20 Thread Schuh, Richard
g all of this correctly) John -- John Hall Safe Software, Inc. 727-608-8799 johnh...@safesoftware.com<mailto:johnh...@safesoftware.com> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: Isn't that DIAG 88, instead of SECUSER? Regards, Richard S

Re: SFS problem

2011-04-19 Thread Schuh, Richard
Isn't that DIAG 88, instead of SECUSER? Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of John Hall Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 6:41 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: SFS problem Nora, Batch

Re: Sevice level

2011-04-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
That would be nice. It ought to also have a way to answer Marcy's question, "Has PTF xxx been applied to the system (or, perhaps, to a specified module)?" without having to wade through a list of the universe of PTFs. As long as we are dreaming, it would be nice to have a defined interface so th

Re: Something wrong with my USERID

2011-04-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
Since the error message is from CP, the #cp is probably redundant. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:23 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sub

Re: z/VM & z/OS sharing same DASD

2011-04-05 Thread Schuh, Richard
Having been in the same situation, my advice is that it is better to be safe than sorry. We had one individual who, on more than one occasion, formatted MVS volumes for use by TPF test systems. Needles to say, the MVS folks were not happy. I took the power away from him on two fronts when I was

Re: SFS management question

2011-03-31 Thread Schuh, Richard
Are you running the CRR server? I seem to remember that, even though you do not need it for its stated purpose, it is needed for performance reasons. Another p[possibility is that the log m-disks might be filling up. The control data backup is initiated at 80% full, a non-configurable but arbitr

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
high speed rewind. I guess maybe byte counts were more important back then.. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: Round tape reels! Now, that is old. Since I remember them too, we are both showing our age. Do you remember when the 200 bpi density

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
Round tape reels! Now, that is old. Since I remember them too, we are both showing our age. Do you remember when the 200 bpi density? Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Huegel Sent: W

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
, 2011 11:37 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DDR Question That doesn't show the compressed byte count is (would be). The goal here is to be able to predict how many tapes I will need to do backups. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> w

Re: DDR Question

2011-03-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
There is a COUNT option on the PRINT or TYPE command that will display only the COUNT fields, but that doesn't appear to be what you want. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Huegel Se

Re: SFPURGER problem

2011-03-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
It probably ought to close console files only lest it mess up some application. Even then, it should probably restrict the machines whose consoles it closes to a list of known servers for the same reason. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: SFS question

2011-03-10 Thread Schuh, Richard
Yes. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:33 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: SFS question I'm getting the following error on a DMSCL

Re: Sending files to JES

2011-03-08 Thread Schuh, Richard
Also, Active means that the link has been started but the sign-on process has not been completed. The status must be Connect before a file can be transferred. Either JES has not started the link or there is a problem in the definition on either or both ends. Regards, Richard Schuh ___

Re: CMS SFS Question

2011-03-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
sible for one user to grant access to other users > >>>> who are not enrolled. DELETE USER does not clean up > these >>>> permissions. > > I don't see *any* indication that would trigger a DELETE USER > Les (using your scenario, which was reversed fr

Re: CMS SFS Question

2011-03-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
#x27;t get. > Scenario, from your note: > > Your task is to delete LES, who is enrolled, from the SFS > system LES has granted rights to RICHARD but RICHARD is not enrolled > > How does enrolling LES for 0 blocks do anything about the > granted rights that RICHARD has? >

Re: CMS SFS Question

2011-03-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
but granted rights to the target user to be deleted? > > Les > > Schuh, Richard wrote: > > The Pipe is the easiest. > > > > PIPE < user list | spec /delete user/ 1 w1 nw | cms | > delete log a > > > > Note, however, that if you have an SFS that has

Re: CMS SFS Question

2011-03-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
The Pipe is the easiest. PIPE < user list | spec /delete user/ 1 w1 nw | cms | > delete log a Note, however, that if you have an SFS that has a lot of files and permissions, each DELETE USER can take a long time, so you do not want to do this on an id that you might need soon after you enter t

Re: XEDIT to display Euro

2011-02-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
CRS? I don't remember what that stands for. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Les Koehler > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:32 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: XEDIT t

Re: DEVICES stmt in SYSTEM CONFIG

2011-02-17 Thread Schuh, Richard
You specify the filename of the desired CONFIG file in a provided space. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Perez, Steve S Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:14 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UAR

Re: DEVICES stmt in SYSTEM CONFIG

2011-02-17 Thread Schuh, Richard
You could also have a second config file that includes the devices in the online_at_ipl list. When you ipl, put a console address in the LOADPARMS area (or as the LOADPARM parameter if you are ipling 2nd level) and specify the alternate config file name in the SALIPL screen. If the devices are c

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Schuh, Richard
That would require predicting which voice to use. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Huegel Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:33 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson My

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Schuh, Richard
In the form of a file that is sent at the time the buzzers are unlocked. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Jones > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:26 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.

Re: z/VM 6.2 release date?

2011-02-15 Thread Schuh, Richard
Aha, Chuckie lives. We haven't heard from him for quite awhile. Regards, Richard Schuh > > Folks who attend John Franciscovich's presentation on SSI/LGR > at SHARE can try to make him reveal what he knows. Just > surround him and poke him with sharp sticks. See if he'll > squeal. ;-)

Re: Closing console (and other o/p UR devices) at midnight or other times.

2011-02-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
Those of us who already have ways to do it would need to convert :-( Actually, having a built-in way to do it would relieve us of the kludges that we have had to construct and would be one less item that new employees would have to learn or relearn. It is something that has been missing since th

Re: Who is accessing DASD

2011-02-10 Thread Schuh, Richard
Q SYSTEM 6F8 Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank M. Ramaekers Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Who is accessing DASD Isn't there a comm

Recall: A little pipe question.

2011-02-08 Thread Schuh, Richard
Schuh, Richard would like to recall the message, "A little pipe question.".

Re: A little pipe question.

2011-02-08 Thread Schuh, Richard
Tom, Here is a pipe that I have extracted from an EXEC that we have been using for several years that does the type of thing you appear to be attempting. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mail

Re: z10 capacity number?

2011-01-31 Thread Schuh, Richard
3 quarts? Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Martha McConaghy > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:46 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: z10 capacity number? > > We just moved our

Re: Forced logoff by SYSTEM?

2011-01-25 Thread Schuh, Richard
Are you sure about that? Any posted read that is not responded to will get a disconnected machine forced regardless of whether it is VM or CP read. The forced disconnect is in response to terminal errors during I/O and is relevant to this discussion only if a read is posted while disconnected. I

Re: IO configuration question?

2011-01-11 Thread Schuh, Richard
If they are NOTACCEPTED, as Gregg Reed suggests, they are covered both when they are added dynamically and when VM is subsequently ipled. You can use commands to add them to your configuration as needed. Just remember to take them out of the NOTACCEPTED list so that they will be part of your sy

Re: How can get the Week day ?

2011-01-04 Thread Schuh, Richard
It is right with the DATE(B) function - 01/01/1001. All the technicalities aside, forget about the word "Century" and view the letter "C" as an abstraction for the described function. Then, everything is consistent, even if technically incorrect. Regards, Richard Schuh ___

Re: VTAM logmodes

2011-01-04 Thread Schuh, Richard
Good is a relative term when discussing VTAM :-) Regards, Richard Schuh > It wouldn't > be the first time that VM accidentally got Good Stuff that > MVS didn't. >

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2011-01-03 Thread Schuh, Richard
30, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: Mystery solved. There was an incomplete conversion to SFS. Converting the B machine to actually look like A solved the problem. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
Write must be avoided in CMS. If A Xautolog B, is possible that the altered FST was not saved yet. When A change something, try "CMS RELEASE A", before "CP XAUTOLOG B"... Only a idea... _________ Clovis From: "Schuh, Richard" mai

Re: Accounting Records

2010-12-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
For the formats, try the ACOBK in CP Data Areas and Control Blocks. We do not use them for accounting purposes, but they are saved for ad hoc reports. We do a daily ACNT ALL just before midnight. The files are saved as ACCOUNT mmdd. Regards, Richard Schuh __

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
enveniste > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:48 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Configuration Puzzler > > Richard > > Did you check if you didn't have a mdisk overlap for those users ? > > Alain > > Envoyé de mon iPhone > > Le 30 déc

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
Behalf Of Rich Greenberg > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 4:03 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Configuration Puzzler > > On: Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 02:11:58PM -0800,Schuh, Richard Wrote: > > } We have two service machines, I will call them A and B for > this

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
ystem wrote on 12/29/2010 03:17:53 PM: > From: "Schuh, Richard" > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Date: 12/29/2010 03:18 PM > Subject: Re: Configuration Puzzler > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > As stated, one has it R/W the other R/O. Someone has to log on

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
isk can be backlevel. 2010/12/29 Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> We have two service machines, I will call them A and B for this discussion. These machines share a 191 disk. When A is xautologged, it initializes itself and then xautologs B. I logged both machines off and adde

Re: Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
Puzzler You have to reaccess RO disks to see changes. Doesn't sound like you did. Scott Rohling Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2010, at 1:42 PM, "Schuh, Richard" mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: We have two service machines, I will call them A and B for this discussion. These

Configuration Puzzler

2010-12-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
We have two service machines, I will call them A and B for this discussion. These machines share a 191 disk. When A is xautologged, it initializes itself and then xautologs B. I logged both machines off and added two new ACCESS commands to the PROFILE EXEC. I then logged A on and checked its con

Re: Duplicate VOLSERs at IPL

2010-12-27 Thread Schuh, Richard
Which begs the question, what are the criteria for determining the level of a message? I would think that something that could cause potentially serious system problems, like getting an incorrect CP OWNED volume, would warrant an E. On the other hand, if the duplicated volser is for a volume

Re: ISFC connection between LPARs

2010-12-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
. 2010/12/21 Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> A long time ago, Alan (or was it Chuckie? I sometimes can't tell them apart.) thought that ISFC over IP was a neat idea when I suggested it. Maybe a requirement is in order. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message--

Re: ISFC connection between LPARs

2010-12-21 Thread Schuh, Richard
A long time ago, Alan (or was it Chuckie? I sometimes can't tell them apart.) thought that ISFC over IP was a neat idea when I suggested it. Maybe a requirement is in order. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.

Re: Mandatory ESMs?

2010-12-16 Thread Schuh, Richard
Did anyone build a legitimate business case for CP-40 before it was built? Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:37 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.

Re: Vswitch Grant as a CMD in User's Directory?

2010-12-09 Thread Schuh, Richard
nyway. Don't you just love the airport scanners and patdowns? On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Schuh, Richard mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> wrote: Not necessarily, there is LOGONBY. They need only know their own passwords. Should anyone have full authority including all the passwords? If s

Re: Vswitch Grant as a CMD in User's Directory?

2010-12-09 Thread Schuh, Richard
Not necessarily, there is LOGONBY. They need only know their own passwords. Should anyone have full authority including all the passwords? If so, who? Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of A

Re: FTP within REXX EXEC

2010-12-08 Thread Schuh, Richard
Try Fran Hensler's site http://zvm.sru.edu/~DOWNLOAD/ Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Perez, Steve S > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:37 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subje

Re: z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question

2010-12-02 Thread Schuh, Richard
v.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:11 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question > > On Wednesday, 12/01/2010 at 11:43 EST, "Schuh, Richard" > > wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, Alan.

Re: DEV vs. DASD

2010-12-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
The table modifications that HDS needed were indeed included in z/VM 6.1. I do not know about other vendors. I do know that when our TPF systems were on EMC a few years ago, there were code modifications that we needed in addition to the table changes. I don't know if those updates are still nee

Re: z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question

2010-12-01 Thread Schuh, Richard
mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 6:53 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question > > On Tuesday, 11/30/2010 at 06:39 EST, "Schuh, Richard" > > wrote: > > > We have

z/VM 6.1, SSLSERV Question

2010-11-30 Thread Schuh, Richard
We have a person who is trying to get a secure end-to-end transaction between a CMS client and a TPF host. RXSOCKET is being used by the CMS client. The port specified is 51105, which has been designated as a secure port. He has traced the SSLSERV and sees no traffic going through it; however,

Re: Backups on Magentic Tapes

2010-11-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
What are you using for the backup? If it is DDR, you would have to construct a command file that looks something like: PROMPTS OFF SYSPRINT CONS OUTPUT vaddr 3590 other parms (LEAVE INPUT vaddr 3390 volser DUMP ALL Repeat the INPUT and DUMP commands for each volume to dump. If the above file

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
about what they manage. Are they more > productive maybe, are they dangerous, I leave that to you > Think of this, what happens to those admins if their gui > breaks and all they have is command line. > > > William 'Doug' Carroll > > > -Original

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-24 Thread Schuh, Richard
That is an assumption or opinion, not necessarily a fact. For example, my wife may not know the operating system line mode commands, but she certainly knows the accounting systems that she uses via a GUI interface. In fact, the GUI represents an increase in productivity. I would suggest that i

Re: The old VM/ESA CMS GUI - Does it still live?

2010-11-23 Thread Schuh, Richard
Regards, Richard Schuh > Advanced sysprogs may or may not appreciate this, but novices > will certainly benefit from such advances in these user interfaces. As can those who are keyboard challenged, regardless of their experience level.

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