Re: z/VM user group in RTP, NC?

2011-04-14 Thread zMan
a link to User Groups). User Groups list: http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/usergrps.html So far, nothing in RTP/RDU that i know about.  If you find something let me know so we can add to the list. Thanks. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Backula on Linux

2011-01-20 Thread zMan
can point my guy to for 'VM' tricks? He can't seem to get backula to 'append' correctly to a 3590 tape volume. Brian -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: August SHARE location?

2011-01-10 Thread zMan
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Hodge, Robert L robert.l.ho...@lmco.com wrote: Second paragraph at www.share.org February 27 = very, VERY early August -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
, in some sort of internal networkbut.. Did I miss something? ISTR that the Power blades supported AIX but not iOS. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:05 PM, McBride, Catherine cmcbr...@kable.com wrote: Power Blades support IOS But do they on a zBX? I don't see that in the docs I'm looking at (of course, it may have changed, too). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: IBM z/196 and AS/400

2010-11-24 Thread zMan
, it's just a blade, not something usable. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Attachment to acquire Novell....

2010-11-22 Thread zMan
, and buggy as heck. I'd be afraid to see what they'd do to a Linux product... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Highlighting in Rexx

2010-10-12 Thread zMan
datastreams, how is it a 3270 emulator -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Strange performance problem

2010-10-06 Thread zMan
that in...that would be a bug. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Moving On

2010-09-07 Thread zMan
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, peter.w...@ttc.ca wrote: Irish Georgian Society? Ibm Global Services. Or whatever it's called this week. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: z196 = z10?

2010-08-24 Thread zMan
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Jim Elliott jelli...@gdlvm7.vnet.ibm.com wrote: Close. The z stands for near-zero downtime. Shouldn't that by System 9, then? or System 0.01? :-) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Trying to Learn z/Linux ISHELL Scripting

2010-08-18 Thread zMan
often the wrong person to be documenting the beast -- (s)he *knows* it inside and out, makes too many assumptions, and may or may not be a capable writer. There's a reason that technical writers exist, and it isn't because developers are lazy... -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid

Re: rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread zMan
pass meaning what? Insert it into the file? On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm having writers (programmers) block today. Is there a way to pass a REXX stem to XEDIT? -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: rexx stem

2010-07-29 Thread zMan
to present a menu using the data from that stem. On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com wrote: pass meaning what? Insert it into the file? On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.comwrote: I'm having writers (programmers) block today

Re: Artical should be read 'zNEXT'

2010-07-08 Thread zMan
their lawyers? Note that this article is from Maureen O'Gara, who bears the same resemblance to a journalist that an 8086 does to a z10. She's consistently snide for no reason, and makes things up as she goes along when she doesn't have the facts. Really not worth wasting time reading. -- zMan

Re: DMS/CMS.

2010-07-08 Thread zMan
good way, other than making it unavailable, that I can tell if anyone is using DMS/CMS? It is another legacy product that I suspect is no longer in use here. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: RFEX EXEC Question

2010-07-07 Thread zMan
. Thank you. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: can you make the CP ignore the # symbol?

2010-06-30 Thread zMan
that symbol and print it to the guest through a 3270 client. I am a z/VM beginner, so forgive me if this is something insanely simple. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: what is a 'full pack' minidisk?

2010-06-18 Thread zMan
to mumble.. ;-) Care for my pseudo full-pack terminology maybe? (sounds more official than almost full-pack) -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Query parent z/VM commands?

2010-05-30 Thread zMan
name. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Query parent z/VM commands?

2010-05-30 Thread zMan
) hardware instruction. It produces a level-by-level description of the hardware environment, just not as nicely formatted as what proc/sysinfo gives you. Marty On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Michael MacIsaac mike...@us.ibm.comwrote: zMAN, ISTR

Re: Hillgang reminder

2010-03-25 Thread zMan
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Daniel P. Martin dmar...@gizmoworks.comwrote: See, kids, this is what happens when you try to handle correspondence under the influence of cold medicine... Nothing going on in here. Please move along. *sigh* I was going to say, FSVO 'directly'.

Re: z/VM/ Linux Systems Programmer Opportunity with Compuware Corporation top Mainframe z/VM Systems Programmer

2010-03-24 Thread zMan
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Gabe Goldberg g...@gabegold.com wrote: Should everyone be precluded from seeing help wanted ads here because of some (a few, I hope) companies' (silly, IMHO) policies? Do those companies also forbid their employees from reading newspaper classified sections or

Re: Check for User...

2010-03-15 Thread zMan
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.comwrote: What’s the best way to check: 1) UserID is valid (a user on this system) 2) UserID is logged on (or not) 1) LINK user (with no other operands) 2) QUERY USER user

Re: Zombie RDR file

2010-03-10 Thread zMan
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:09 PM, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: Check the directory entry for MUCOPER and if the CONSOLE statement has the word MUCOPER on the end of it, remove it and log MUCOPER off and on. It will stop spooling it's console, and that file will go away and never

Re: Checking if a CMS disk has changed

2010-03-09 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Horlick, Michael michael.horl...@cgi.comwrote: I would like to know if there is a CMS command/program out there that can quickly determine if a CMS disk has been changed? A program could look at the timestamp in the ADT (ADTTS).

Re: Checking if a CMS disk has changed

2010-03-09 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote: If id did not re-access the disk, it would see the old FST which would not have any new timestamps. Good point, it would actually have to read blocks 3-5 of the disk. 16 bytes into block 3 is the number 4 or 5, indicating

Re: Checking if a CMS disk has changed

2010-03-09 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Bruce Hayden bjhay...@gmail.com wrote: It worked OK for me in my testing. Here is a REACC EXEC I have that makes mode 0 work: With the caveat, of course, that if the disk just happened not to have any mode 0 files on it BEFORE but *was* accessed (MODE0, and

Re: Question about VSE List

2010-03-09 Thread zMan
2010/3/9 Sergio Lima sergiovm...@hotmail.com Hello List. Someone know, the address (if still exist) from VSE ? I don't think I've seen any traffic in months.

Re: Question about machine type and model

2010-03-05 Thread zMan
? Don't recall ever caring, but if anything would tell you, I'd think DIAG 0 would. BTW, that's CP QUERY CPUID, not Q CPU (not that Q CPU won't work, but for completeness). -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Trapping output right after LOGON

2010-03-02 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: So that you get the equivalent of SET OBSERVER instead of SET SECUSER. I think he meant, What use is it? The answer is that it's (sort of) a R/O SECUSER: you see the output but you can't do a CP SEND back. And OBSERVER

Re: Trapping output right after LOGON

2010-03-02 Thread zMan
a R/O SECUSER. It's a nice facility. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

Re: Trapping output right after LOGON

2010-03-02 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Horlick, Michael michael.horl...@cgi.comwrote: Well , I told me my automation guy to use VMOPER to trap messages starting with ‘HCP’ and ending with an ‘E’ and I got an unexpected side effect. After XAUTOLOGing the user, It did trap the HCPLNM108E message

Re: Trapping output right after LOGON

2010-03-02 Thread zMan
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Horlick, Michael michael.horl...@cgi.comwrote: The user I played with was user VSEMAINT. I changed the CONSOLE statement to CONSOLE 0009 3215 T VMOPER and then I XAUTOLOGED user VSEMAINT on. I chose this user because all the VSEs have a R/O LINK to its 191

Re: cp display command

2010-03-01 Thread zMan
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Westlund, Mats (Mainframe servers) mats.westl...@hp.com wrote: how can I rewrite this display command d t0.50;base00 so it uses the content of register 0 as a pointer. You can't. The DISPLAY command faithfully follows the architecture -- to the detriment of

Re: how to determine which vm holds link

2010-02-19 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Hines, Bernard (MSFC-IS70)[UNITeS] bernard.hi...@nasa.gov wrote: Old system programmer taught me to link userid devddd devadd rr link dasdmgr a350 ab50 rr system responds DASD AB50 LINKED R/O; R/W BY 3 USERS Then issue Q link devadd q link

Re: VM support and 9672

2010-02-18 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Wayne Bickerdike wayn...@gmail.com wrote: The absurdities of IBM's tactics to force hardware upgrades. Performance is relative. At my age, I don't perform as well as in my 20's. In my 20's mainframes didn't perform as well as a 9672 running Linux with an

Re: ZVM console messages

2010-02-18 Thread zMan
What's the actual problem you're trying to solve? If this means you're working using OPERATOR, don't do that -- use another ID. OPERATOR is too powerful and too noisy (as you've noticed) due to other system messages.

Re: ZVM console messages

2010-02-18 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM, ASIFF AMAHED asiff...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for your answers, but the only thing i want suppress is the messages when users logoff or logon from vterm , fills up the screen and sits there until the operator clears them up. i think CP TERM MORE 0 0 will do

Re: Number of MOD-27 Cylinders for a z/Linux guest

2010-02-10 Thread zMan
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.comwrote: No - that's not true... Linux doesn't care about 3390 model numbers -- it takes the cylinders it's given and is happy. The reason that I would define Mod27's as 30050 cylinders (actually 30049) Is so that 3

Re: Number of MOD-27 Cylinders for a z/Linux guest

2010-02-10 Thread zMan
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Rob van der Heij rvdh...@gmail.com wrote: Who's confused? A 3390-3 at 3339 cylinders, one for CP and an almost full pack mini disk is 3338 cylinders. So 3390-27 is 30051 cylinders. If you give the guest a pseudo full pack, that's minus one for CP, so 30050

Re: Number of MOD-27 Cylinders for a z/Linux guest

2010-02-10 Thread zMan
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Brian Nielsen bniel...@sco.idaho.govwrote: To quote the DS8000 Architecture and Implementation Redbook (SG24-6786, pg 101): If the number of cylinders specified is not an integral multiple of 1113 cylinders, then some space in the last allocated extent is

Re: Number of MOD-27 Cylinders for a z/Linux guest

2010-02-10 Thread zMan
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Tom Rae tom_...@shaw.ca wrote: Not quite. Sounds like the DS8000 architecture allocates DASD in 3390 mod1-sized extents, so requesting a 1114 cylinder DASD results in the allocation of two 1113 cylinder extents. The first extent is fully utilized as the first

Re: DB2 Server for VM with VMDSS enabled

2010-02-09 Thread zMan
Hmm, gotta point out that The abends can be avoided by changing the workload. sounds a lot like, Doc, it hurts when I do this! Then don't do that...

Re: Query CPOWNED

2010-02-07 Thread zMan
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Graeme Moss ib...@mossaustralia.com wrote: For z/VM 5.4, in manual CP Commands and Utilities, and in online help, the details of QUERY CPOWNED list 5 types of status Online and attached Reserved Online Online and not attached Offine My question is What

Re: Hi everybody

2010-02-04 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: Mario, that's an old version of VM you have running there now (as I am sure you already know...). I don't think it supports the CP SEND CP FTPGEST0 CLOSE CONS command that Scott has suggested. It does, but it may not

Re: Hi everybody

2010-02-04 Thread zMan
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote: It isn't a matter of trust, it is a matter of minimizing the risk of an accidental SHUTDOWN. Here MAINT does not have class A; however it does have class C. That allows it to use the SET PRIV * +A in order to issue class A

Re: mixed text in CP SMSG

2010-02-03 Thread zMan
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Aisik Chang a829...@gmail.com wrote: It still does not come out with the mixed case: - 10:11:42 8 *-* address command 'CP SMSG ESATCP ALERT zVM-SEV3:' cpline