Re: CA-DISK QUESTION
Flag1 = 08 for a backup, A8 for an archive. I've always had to list FLAG1 out in its binary format (FIELDS=FLAG1B) to know if files are backups or archives as I have other odd ball combinations of the bit math which are possible. From the manual... Byte # Binary Hex Meaning First 1000 80 Data set was scratched at time of archival. 0100 40 Data set was uncataloged at time of archival. 0010 20 Data set was recataloged to CA Disk pseudovolume. 0001 10 Archived due to EXPLICIT request. Note: If this bit is off, Archived by RETAIN 1000 08 Data set was archived via EXCP support. 0100 04 Archived with Incremental Backup 0010 02 Data set is DSORG=DA RECFM=U/V, or is DSORG=PS RECFM=U/V and was backed up as DA. 0001 01 Data set resided on Virtual Volume As for listing what is backup vs what is archive, good old sort works for that. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-DISK QUESTION
Usually gets me what I need... //LISTDEXEC LISTD //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD * LISTD DUPLICATES,FIELDS=(DSNAM,VOLNO,ARCDT,ATIME,EXPDT,ARKEY) Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Geographic separation of primary and backup/DR sites
Also remember if DR is fairly close to base make sure they are on separate power grids or at least have generators. That is such a nebulous term, power grid. Anyone have more definite references for what that should mean? Does it just mean separate power substations? That the ultimate feed comes from completely different generating plants? Of different types? (Nuke vs Coal?) And how exactly do you find out information like that? And can't the power down the last mile be coming from one place today and other tomorrow depending on how the power company manages it? While I'm sure this is not comprehensive, this Blackout Tracker website gives some interesting insight into power outages... http://powerquality.eaton.com/blackouttracker/default.asp Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Centralized Log Management?
Anybody out there have an enterprise wide centralized log management tool (sometimes called SIEM tool) which they are feeding mainframe logs to? I'd be interested in hearing stories. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Calculating the pipe size for DASD mirroring
Not sure how this works on HDS disk, but with our V2X disk, we would take a snapshot and let it sit for a day. Then, after 24 hours, run the storage utilization report which would tell you how far apart the primary and secondary volumes were. Approximate amount of data changed in 24 hours - it would be a little low since you could have the same byte changed multiple times (which could be replicated) but only reported changed once when comparing old to new. It was close enough with a little fudge factor built in to calculate the pipe size for our mirror since our replication was not always on, but a scheduled push a few times a day. Target busiest days. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens From: Starr, Alan alan_st...@calpers.ca.gov To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 05/25/2010 05:02 PM Subject:Calculating the pipe size for DASD mirroring Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Hello List, I was just asked to come up with statistics that describe the rate of DASD data changed (during some yet-to-be-determined period) so that we can calculate the bandwidth required to transmit the necessary (mirrored) data. The DASD hardware is HDS. I suppose that it's not necessary to pinpoint the changes down to the dataset or volume; if I can just get a number of bytes changed per period of time per subsystem, that should do. I've just started to peruse IBM manuals and redbooks but I'm wondering if any of you could point me to helpful tools. Thanks, Alan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Benchmarking the IPL
Tom - General numbers here, but our 449 MIP z9 2096-S02 IPLs in about 5 minutes and the new z10 CBU machine we have at 26 mips, a 2098-A01 when its not turned up, manages to still IPL the same processes in 15 minutes or so. Hope that helps. Say.. if you have a second... can you share where your data centers are? I'm debating with management right now on the distance between our data centers being too close and I'm collecting information from anyone I can talk to about how far apart others have their's. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens Kelman, Tom thomas.kel...@co MMERCEBANK.COMTo Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mainframe cc Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Benchmarking the IPL 05/14/2010 09:13 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua .edu My management wants to benchmark the IPL process to see how long it will take at various levels of MIPS, MSUs, or whatever measurement criteria can be used. The purpose of this is to determine what the smallest z10 is we can contract for our DR site that will IPL in a reasonable time frame. The plans are to contract for the smallest system possible with the provisions of being able to bump it up during the few times each year we do a full blown DR test or in the event the is an actual disaster situation. So we might contract for a 2098-A03 and the bump it all the way to a 2098-Z03 when needed. Has anyone ever done something similar to this? Is there any way to set a cap on the system that will take affect immediately and be active during the IPL process? I know that the standard softcap won't work since that doesn't take affect until the MSU four hour rolling average hits the cap, which wouldn't happen during an IPL. What I know as a hard cap involves restricting the LPAR to its weight, so I don't think that would work either. Is there any other way to cap a system? Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 * If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. * -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe
Re: Benchmarking the IPL
Obviously, that was an email forwarding mistake. I'm NOT looking for a mass response on data center distances. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens Jeffrey Deaver jeffrey.dea...@s ECURIAN.COM To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mainframe cc Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Re: Benchmarking the IPL 05/14/2010 10:10 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua .edu Tom - General numbers here, but our 449 MIP z9 2096-S02 IPLs in about 5 minutes and the new z10 CBU machine we have at 26 mips, a 2098-A01 when its not turned up, manages to still IPL the same processes in 15 minutes or so. Hope that helps. Say.. if you have a second... can you share where your data centers are? I'm debating with management right now on the distance between our data centers being too close and I'm collecting information from anyone I can talk to about how far apart others have their's. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens Kelman, Tom thomas.kel...@co MMERCEBANK.COMTo Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mainframe cc Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Benchmarking the IPL 05/14/2010 09:13 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua .edu My management wants to benchmark the IPL process to see how long it will take at various levels of MIPS, MSUs, or whatever measurement criteria can be used. The purpose of this is to determine what the smallest z10 is we can contract for our DR site that will IPL in a reasonable time frame. The plans are to contract for the smallest system possible with the provisions of being able to bump it up during the few times each year we do a full blown DR test or in the event the is an actual disaster situation. So we might contract for a 2098-A03 and the bump it all the way to a 2098-Z03 when needed. Has anyone ever done something similar to this? Is there any way to set a cap on the system that will take affect immediately and be active during the IPL process? I know that the standard softcap won't work since that doesn't take affect until the MSU four hour rolling average hits the cap, which wouldn't happen during an IPL. What I know as a hard cap involves restricting the LPAR to its weight, so I don't think that would work either. Is there any other way to cap a system? Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 * If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively
Re: Getmain Freemain?
Wanted to thank you all for the assistance on my storage issue last week
and give you an update on the solution...
The issue was with VTOCLIST, CBT file 343, and the particular way I was
executing it in my new z/OS 1.10 environment. I have the routine wrapped
in a REXX script which calls it once for each volume in my shop using a
DCOLLECT report as the volume list driver. This process was working fine
in my 1.9 environment - it seems to have been releasing the storage it
obtained in between calls as the SP0 usage never climbed above 376K as the
script was running. However, in my new 1.10 environment it just kept
grabbing storage in SP0 below the line until it abended.
John Kalinich assisted with some properly placed FREEMAIN code expecting it
to help, but that was not quite all that was needed, as in 1.10 it was
still abending. The addition of some well placed FREEPOOL macros finally
did the trick. It should also be noted that we have a new 1.10 parm,
SEZOSV1R9RULES(YES), set to YES - so its suppose to be using the old 1.9
rules for obtaining storage - but obviously something changed.
So, thank you John for your coding assistance and fix. Also thank you Mark
Zelden for testing assistance.
John said he will update CBT 343, VTOCLIST, soon with the new code. Will
be available on www.cbttape.org.
In case you interested, here was the REXX script execution.
//STEP1EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,PARM='VLIST'
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPROC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SE.REXX.LIBRARY
//SYSPRINT DD DISP=(MOD,CATLG),DSN=ISPC.VTOC.OUTPUT(+1),
//DCB=(RECFM=FBA,BLKSIZE=0,LRECL=133,DSORG=PS),
//UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(55,5))
//SYSTSIN DD DUMMY
//DCOLLDD DISP=SHR,DSN=SE.DCOLLECT.INPUT
The REXX itself
/* REXX */
SIGNAL ON ERROR
EXCLUDELIST = RESCUE SYST01
EXECIO * DISKR DCOLL(STEM VOLS. FINIS
DO I = 1 TO VOLS.0
/* CALL THE VTOCLIST PROGRAM FOR EACH ENTRY IN */
/* THE DCOLLECT DATASET */
PARSE VAR VOLS.I 25 31 . 77 U1 78 U2 79 .
IF POS(,EXCLUDELIST) 0 THEN ITERATE
PRE = SUBSTR(,1,2)
IF PRE = M9 | PRE = M3 THEN ITERATE
ALLOC F(SYSUT1) UNIT(DISK) VOLUME() SHR ,
DSNAME('SYS1.VTOCIX.')
IF RC 0 THEN ITERATE
CALL 'SYS2.ISS.LOADLIB(VTOCLIST)'
FREE F(SYSUT1)
END
EXIT
ERROR:
RCSAVE = RC
SAY --ENTERING ERROR ROUTINE
SAY --RC = FINALCODE FOR LINE SIGL
SAY SOURCELINE(SIGL)
SAY --
EXIT RCSAVE
RETURN
And the DCOLLECT looks like this, of course
//LISTCEXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//OUTDSDD DISP=OLD,DSN=SE.PADMIN.BATCH.PRDRGENR.DCOLL
//SYSINDD *
DCOLLECT -
OFILE(OUTDS) -
NODATAINFO -
VOLUME(**)
and VTOCLIST list came from CBT343, which can be found at
www.cbttape.org.
Thanks.
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Getmain Freemain?
I have an old assembler program which we call numerous times from a rexx script. There seems to be an issue introduced with our z/OS 1.10 upgrade which did not previously exist... the memory usage builds up and eventually abends. There is no freemain in the program, so I'm thinking adding one at exit will fix the issue. Worth a test, anyway. My question is about the format of the freemain statement. This is the getmain GETMAIN EC,LV=(5),A=TABLADDR TABLADDR DCA(0) And I was thinking that the freemain would just be FREEMAIN R,LV=(0),A=TABLADDR But that results in: IEA705I ERROR DURING FREEMAIN SYS CODE = 30A-1C I'm still reading up on options, but thought someone here might know the appropriate freemain statement off the top of their head? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Getmain Freemain?
STR5,SAVER5 GETMAIN EC,LV=(5),A=TABLADDR,SP=2 L R5,SAVER5 FREEMAIN R,LV=(5),A=TABLADDR,SP=2 SAVER5 DCF'0' So I think I have the form right, its not complaining about the FREEMAIN being invalid anymore, but its also not working as I would expect it. Initially, it was complaining because I did not have a subpool specified, and SP0 was being used, and my program can not free subpool 0 space. Watching the job execute in the landmark activity monitor, the storage being consumed is still from SP0 and the freemain is obviously not doing what its suppose to. I know I get to the statement, because if I screw up the form, it complains when it is executed, but the storage in SP0 keeps heading up. So - any ideas why it isn't grabbing storage from SP2, and why the FREEMAIN isn't working? M. On the flip side. I was thinking there might be a way in the REXX script that calls this thing in a loop to 'reset' itself each time - like its a step end, but not really since I can't lose the other REXX variables I'm using in there. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
IODF Change...
I have an IODF which has a mistake in it in regards to some new storage we've attached... CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=5000,PATH=((CSS(0),B3,B2,82,83,40,41,D0,D1)),* UNITADD=((00,256)),CUADD=0,UNIT=2107 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(5000,228),CUNUMBR=(5000),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390B IODEVICE ADDRESS=(50E4,028),CUNUMBR=(5000),STADET=Y,UNIT=3390A The CUADD statements have the wrong value. They should be CUADD=50 etc instead of CUADD=0 etc. I altered the IODF and IPL'ed my test system, but the change has not taken. In other words, I still can't access the storage From an init job... ICK30713I UNABLE TO ALLOCATE UCB, RC=0008, RSN=0004 FROM IOSODS ICK31024I UNABLE TO OPEN VOLUME. ICK30003I FUNCTION TERMINATED. CONDITION CODE IS 12 12:26:0010/13/09 I can't vary the paths online... IEE386I PATH(5001,40) NOT BROUGHT ONLINE IEE763I NAME= IECVIOPM CODE= 0004 IOS552I PATH NOT PHYSICALLY AVAILABLE IEE764I END OF IEE386IRELATED MESSAGES Assuming I'm not missing some other configuration issue, I should be able to change the IODF, IPL that LPAR and have the change take effect, right? No POR necessary, right? What am I missing? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IODF Change...
I have an IODF which has a mistake in it in regards to some new storage we've attached... Assuming I'm not missing some other configuration issue, I should be able to change the IODF, IPL that LPAR and have the change take effect, right? No POR necessary, right? What am I missing? See, as soon as I send the question, I find what I need. This article seems to explain it quite well... http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=articleaid=375# ... and points out a few things I'm missing. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Friday question: empty data set allocation
Will allocation with SPACE=(CYL,0),UNIT= succeed if... Worked for me. Volume absolutely full, and file still allocated. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: cbttape #737
Clicked on it and it downloaded a .XMI file and now I can't open it. Anne - Start here http://www.cbttape.org/downloadtrouble.htm Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Converting CPU Time to MIPS
Cost Avoidance Committee What is the ultimate goal of the committee? Are you attempting to stave off a CPU upgrade? Are you looking to actually decrease the size of your current configuration? You're most likely locked into a lease or own your mainframe, so you've already sunk the money for the CPU cycles available - how is examining how those cycles are being used going to avoid cost? Do you do sub capacity charge on the z/OS software? Or is this an internal chargeback thing? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
z Power (was Re: Another one bites the dust)
You can find them if you go to http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/ Select product details for each and download the data sheet. z9 BC 5.4 KW z10 BC 3.7-7.35 KW z9 EC 6.3-18.3 KW z10 EC 9.7-27.5 KW Interesting, the data for the z10BC shows four actual power ratings, not the scale as you note... 3.7, 4.3, 6.2, 7.35 KW and the footnote mentions the number of I/O drawers. Scanning the white paper link Energy Management and Performance Analysis on the IBM System z10 BC, it looks like there are actually 8 power levels which depend on the number of drawers and the temperature in the room being either above or below 82F. I thought it was more variable than that and went up and down with workload, even? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Determine who's PPRC'd
You could write an ASM program
The ISMF thing doesn't work for us as we snapshot our production volumes to
an offline set of volumes which are in the PPRC relationship. We wrote a
little script that issues and then parses the CQUERY UNFORMAT information
for those volumes to get us the info when we need it. Uses a DCOLLECT
report to drive the addresses needed for the CQUERYs as those snapshot
target addresses are all the production addresses + x'80'.
The DCOLLECT report generated in a job that runs once a day to get a list
of production volumes
//LISTCEXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//OUTDSDD DISP=OLD,DSN=SE.PADMIN.BATCH.PRDRGENR.DCOLL
//SYSINDD *
DCOLLECT -
OFILE(OUTDS) -
NODATAINFO -
VOLUME(**)
//*
The script we run to get the info we want on the snapshot targets in the
PPRC relationship. You could expand it to parse the primary/secondary info
you're looking for
/* REXX
SSID.1 = 9080
SSID.2 = 9180
SSID.3 = 9280
SSID.4 = 9380
SSID.5 = 9480
SSID.6 = 9580
SSID.7 = 9680
SSID.8 = 9780
SSID.9 = 9880
SSID.10 = 9980
SSID.11 = 9A80
SSID.12 = 9B80
SSID.13 = 9C80
SSID.14 = 9D80
SSID.15 = 9E80
SSID.16 = 9F80
SSID.0 = 16
ALLOC DA('SE.PADMIN.BATCH.PRDRGENR.DCOLL') F(INFILE) SHR
EXECIO * DISKR INFILE(STEM VOLS. FINIS
FREE F(INFILE)
VOLSER. = UNDEFD
DO I = 1 TO VOLS.0
PARSE VAR VOLS.I 25 31 . 77 U1 78 U2 79 .
UU=RIGHT(D2X(C2D(U1)),2,'0')||RIGHT(D2X(C2D(U2)),2,'0')
T2 = RIGHT(D2X(X2D(UU)+128),4,'0') /* ADD HEX80 */
VOLSER.T2 =
END
X = OUTTRAP( REP.)
PENDING = 0
DUPLEXD = 0
DO J = 1 TO SSID.0
PRIM = SSID.J
DO I=0 TO 57
DEVN=D2X(X2D(PRIM)+I)
CQUERY DEVN(X'DEVN') UNFORMAT
END
END
X = OUTTRAP(OFF)
ALLOC DA(VCU) F(OUTFILE) NEW CATALOG DELETE DATACLAS(STD80PS)
DO I = 1 TO REP.0 BY 7
P3 = I + 2
P6 = I + 5
PARSE VAR REP.P3 UNIT,PORS,DUPORPEND,.
PARSE VAR REP.P6 .,.,PERCENT,.
IF DUPORPEND = PENDING THEN
PENDING = PENDING + 1
IF DUPORPEND = DUPLEX THEN
DUPLEXD = DUPLEXD + 1
IF PERCENT = THEN
QUEUE VOLSER.UNIT UNIT DUPORPEND
ELSE
QUEUE VOLSER.UNIT UNIT DUPORPEND PERCENT %
EXECIO 1 DISKW OUTFILE
END
SAY NUMBER OF PENDING VOLUMES IS PENDING
PDUPLEX = DUPLEXD / 924
SAY NUMBER OF DUPLEXD VOLUMES IS DUPLEXD
SAY PERCNT OF DUPLEXD VOLUMES IS PDUPLEX
EXECIO 1 DISKW OUTFILE(FINIS
ISPEXEC EDIT DATASET(VCU)
FREE F(OUTFILE)
The result, for us, is a report that looks like this
NUMBER OF PENDING VOLUMES IS 0
***
01 MAGIC1 9080 DUPLEX
02 M99001 9081 DUPLEX
03 M99002 9082 DUPLEX
04 LRK108 9083 DUPLEX
05 LRK124 9084 DUPLEX
06 LRK140 9085 DUPLEX
07 LRK156 9086 DUPLEX
etc.
if the volume is not DUPLEX then it says what percentage is pending.
The UNFORMAT format layout is for message ANTP0091I and can be found in the
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Re: Anyone Know of a Good Pocket Calculator Like HP with Hex capabilities
Anyone Know of a Good Pocket Calculator Like HP with Hex capabilities Could probably spend the money on a blackberry or iphone and get the right app for a good calculator and then have all the other functions as well. For instance http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/calculator.html Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SHARE v zExpo
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Jeffrey Deaver jeffrey.dea...@securian.com wrote: Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to SHARE or the Expo this year. I've only ever been to SHARE. Thanks. Thanks for the responses. I have what I need now. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SHARE v zExpo
Anybody know where I can find a list of the sessions held at the 2008 System z Expo? All the old links seem to point to the generic 2009 page now. I'm trying to decide if my new Sys. Prog should head to SHARE or the Expo this year. I've only ever been to SHARE. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering jeffrey.dea...@securian.com 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Online volume mystery
We have a set of volumes we snapshot our production data to each day so PPRC can replicate it offsite. Those target volumes stay offline, but yesterday, one of them managed to get into this state UNIT TYPE STATUS 9090 3390 O-RAL RAL, as it turns out, means 'restricted to allocation', which I've never seen before. I'm still looking, but currently stumped as to how it managed to get into this state. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Little OT but its worth the 20+ minutes to watch it
I was astounded to see that Google now claims to sort 6 petabytes in a few hours. It is not clear exactly what they are sorting unfortunately but if it is even half true the sort on the mainframe may be passed its prime and showing its age. What they are sorting is described here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/sorting-1pb-with-mapreduce.html ... IMHO its impossible for any single computing platform, including the mainframe, to keep up with these massive grid computing applications from a pure performance perspective. Of course, maintaining the 4,000 computers and 48,000 HDDs they mention is another story Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
New Blog MainframeZone
New blog to check out. Of course, letting you know is going to wreck my chances for the trivia t-shirt. Oh well http://www.mainframezone.com/bobthomas/2008/11/06/inauguaral-mainframezone/ Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Vetting the Archives (Was: SMS - Delete)
One of the problems with the IBM-MAIN archives is the relative abundance of flat-out wrong information and bad advice. Sometimes posts with wrong/bad information outnumber those with correct/good information. A person researching a topic must carefully read all posts to ensure only correct information is used. Suppose there was a way to delete posts with wrong/bad information from the archives. Then, only correct/good information would remain -- increasing its value for research purposes. When I go searching for information, I like to see conversations with the good, the bad, and the ugly. It lets me know the conversation was thought out and meaningful hopefully leading to a 'vetted' conclusion. Without seeing that conversational thought process, I would have to take a bigger leap of faith than I already do when assuming the information is good. Ultimately, the onus is always on me to assign a trust level to the information I get from any source. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Large DASD Farms
Define 'DASD unit', please. Is that a volume? You only counting volumes physically online or do I get to count BCP copy volumes as well? How about PAV volumes? How about mirrored volumes in the 2nd data center? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
4. For this one you need to leave the ver… as is. //SYSINDD * ZAP BCS(USERCAT.NAME) - DELETE(KEY(DATASET.NAME) - VER(04,C'A')) Well, I'd love to try the zap, but I don't have CatalogRecovery +. Bummer. Nothing else is working. Thanks for all the tips so far, I'll keep trying stuff and let you know what becomes of this. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
I've had good luck with IBM's unsupported VVDSFIX tool, to delete an otherwise un-delete-able data set. The VVDSFIX tool's DELBCSR command did the trick for me. SHAZAM! It worked. Thanks! Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
I can't delete a dataset which is cataloged, but no longer physically exists. I've tried every trick I can think of to delete the catalog entry, nothing is working. Ideas? Ran a Diag on the catalog, got this... IDC21364I ERROR DETECTED BY DIAGNOSE: ICFCAT ENTRY: GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 (A) RECORD: GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 /00 OFFSET: X'0063' REASON: 51 - VVDS ENTRY NOT FOUND. SCAN VVDS FAILED. IDC21365I ICFCAT RECORD DISPLAY: RECORD: GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 /00 00 007D004D C101 2DC7D9D6 E4D74BD7 C3D3C1C9 D4E24BD3 D6C14BE3 D1D1F4F9 *.'.(AGROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49* 20 D4C9C74B C4F2F0F0 F2F2F6F2 4BE3F1F4 F3F9F2F5 F519 2607 D7D9C9D4 *MIG.D2002262.T1439255...PRIM* 40 C1D9E800 08E2 E3C1D5C4 C1D9C400 1401 0890 243F *ARYSTANDARD.* 60 0C00 1A0480D7 D9D2F0F0 F1301020 0F880001 0020 00 *...PRK001 * Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
Have you tried delete noscratch. Yep. Got this... IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 15 DELETE - GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 - PURGE - NOSCRATCH IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 90 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLFO-54 IDC0551I ** ENTRY GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 NOT IDC0551I DELETED IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 8 IDC0002I IDCAMS PROCESSING COMPLETE. MAXIMUM CONDITION CODE WAS 8 Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
Had to go to 1.9 manual to find 90-54. Does this make any sense to you? | 54 Explanation: DELETE failed because the data set is being renamed but it has not completed. | Programmer Response: Rename the data set with the | IDCAMS ALTER command and then delete it. Sort of. The name tells me that this file is probably left over from a simple process we have which automates the reallocation of files. People use it to expand/change the allocation. File is temp copied to the file in question, original file is deleted and reallocated, temp copy is copied back and then (suppose to be) deleted. Problem with the instruction set above - rename it to what? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
How can you PURGE a non-existant dataset? Tried it both ways. I get the same result without the PURGE. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Catalog Error - Can't delete dataset
Problem with the instruction set above - rename it to what? So just to try renaming it to something... Seems like everything I try really wants the physical file there - which doesn't make sense since I've run into rouge catalog entries before and not had trouble cleaning them up. This one is being stubborn. ALTER GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.TJJ49MIG.D2002262.T1439255 - NEWNAME(GROUP.PCLAIMS.LOA.JUNK) - CAT(ISV.SICF.USERCAT.VSYSP35) IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 94 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLRN-8 8 Explanation: OBTAIN did not find requested format-1 DSCB on specified volume. Programmer Response: Ensure that the correct volume is mounted Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving 3390-3 to 3390-9
It moves data sets while applications have them OPEN? Yes and No is my understanding.It moves the data so I/O is directed to the new location, but the move isn't committed until the ENQ is released. FDRMOVE, which we've used, works the same way. From the LDMF manual... 7. Completion phase Although the metadata has been modified, applications that were active before diversion will have their I/O redirected to the target location until they de-allocate the data set. For applications that continue to have the original source file allocation, a scheduled bounce will be required in order to free the original space Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
European BCP Regulations?
In a SHARE presentation I was at last year concerning data replication, someone mentioned that there were certain European countries with regulations that stated certain companies (financial?) had to test their BCP plans by actually failing over to their secondary data centers and running production there for awhile. Does anyone have any additional information on this? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving DASD Volumes from Mod3 to Mod9
Have used FDRPAS for straight volume to volume migrations, including mod3 to mod9. Have used FDRMOVE to do volume consolidations, so 3 mod3 to 1 mod9. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) IS - Creating competitive advantage with technology. Providing service that excels. OSS - Where Innovation Happens -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?
OK... with or without the PRIVAT in the ALLOC command and in a TSO sesson or in batch, we get the same message. IKJ56221I DATA SET TSS05.DAVE NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+ IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY TO SATISFY YOUR REQUEST NOT ON SYSTEM, AND CANNOT B E MOUNTED How do I verify the MOUNT authority you are all talking about. Is that a facility profile in RACF? I'm looking, but I can't find it Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Dynamic tape in Rexx?
BINGO!Needed to add the ID to the TSOAUTH MOUNT profile. Works great now. Thanks all for the input. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Dynamic tape in Rexx?
We would like to dynamically copy a file to tape inside a Rexx routine.
But we're having trouble getting the new tape allocate to work in Rexx...
ALLOC DA('DSN') F(SYSUT2) NEW KEEP UNIT(TAPE) PRIVATE
This doesn't work as the volser PRIVATE, which would we typically use in
JCL, is not accepted. Anyone know how I can do this?
Thanks.
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Re: RMM export import?
I've started working on exactly the Rexx process you describe... listing the information on one LPAR and performing an ADDVOLUME on the other LPAR to 'move' the RMM entry. I'm not too far yet, however, so if you or anyone would happen to be able to share such a routine, it should would be appreciated. I looked around in the CBT tape and didn't see anything, but maybe I missed it? Thanks! Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) Mike Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] M.COM To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Mainframe cc Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: RMM export import? 01/14/2008 11:50 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Jeffrey, If you really are wanting to move the volume from one rmm to another, rather than simply be able to read the data from production, we document a split/merge process for the CDS in the DFSMSrmm Primer redbook. As an alternative, I know of some installations that use a Rexx procedure to list the volume to be moved, and use the results to create ADDVOLUME and ADDDATASET commands which are used to define the volume in the target system. Be careful not to keep multiple RMM plexes with the same volume defined as this could result in problems with volume status and retention. Mike WoodRMM Development On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:04:44 -0600, Jeffrey Deaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all - We have two LPARS which can both see a virtual tape device.We have a need to be able to create virtual tapes on the Test LPAR and then 'migrate' them to the Production LPAR. In other words, I need to be able to export the RMM information that was created on Test and import it into RMM on Production. The virtual tape itself will not move. This is not a VTS that exports logical tapes to stacked physical tapes... there are only the logical (virtual) tapes. Has anyone done anything like this? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
RMM export import?
Hello all - We have two LPARS which can both see a virtual tape device.We have a need to be able to create virtual tapes on the Test LPAR and then 'migrate' them to the Production LPAR. In other words, I need to be able to export the RMM information that was created on Test and import it into RMM on Production. The virtual tape itself will not move. This is not a VTS that exports logical tapes to stacked physical tapes... there are only the logical (virtual) tapes. Has anyone done anything like this? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
2007 Book Suggestions?
I have some money left in my book budget for the year. Anyone have any suggestions on good books (in the IT topic realm, of course) they have seen or heard of? I'm thinking of these: Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder (Hardcover) http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=yEAN=9780805080438itm=1 Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=yEAN=9781591841388itm=1 Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: RMM Scratch list short
RMM SV OWNER(*) VOLUME(V*) STATUS(SCRATCH) LIMIT(*) But it will only list the scratch volumes to V0. I have volumes defined out to V4. Stupid mistake on my part. The query works fine. The final tape list I was reviewing was created downstream in a job which contained additional sorts to format the output. Turns out one of them was filtering on 'V0'. Should have starred at it longer. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
RMM Scratch list short
I'm trying to get RMM to list all the scratch tapes it knows about which start with the letter 'V'. Here is the command I'm using... RMM SV OWNER(*) VOLUME(V*) STATUS(SCRATCH) LIMIT(*) But it will only list the scratch volumes to V0.I have volumes defined out to V4. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
z/OS 1.8 Book Collection online?
So we just got the z/OS 1.8 Online Library collection on CD with our software distribution. My engineer wants to store all the PDF out on a documentation share we have, but I was telling him they should all be online at the IBM Book Server library and why keep another copy. He was thinking that certain of the documents were only available as license holders of certain product features and therefore would not be on the book server. Anyone know which of us is right? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Wikipedia?
Does anyone else following this list contribute to the mainframe-related pages on Wikipedia? Opinions? Wikipedia is an absolutely AMAZING knowledge base. I love the way it works. I realize there will be nay-sayers that will mention its not always accurate, but ultimately, its self-healing. That's the beauty of it - its just like we are - full of knowledge, some accurate, some not, but always striving to become so. I have not contributed to mainframe related topics, mainly because I never feel like I know enough to do so, but I have to others. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-DISK QUESITON
Does CA-DISK provide some utility to inquire about dsns which have been archived. I checked the doc but I did not find much info. Look at the LISTD utility. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
FICON tape drive?
Anybody ever seen a stand alone FICON attached 3490 capable tape drive? Yes, I know it sounds crazy. I'm fairly certain they don't exist, but I need to know. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SHARE Hotel Transport
It says this... *The Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel Express Shuttle is available with reservations. To utilize this service, please call 800.900.7433. On the SHARE website and in some emails I've received, but I've called and they assured me no reservations are necessary. FYI Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Poll - Distance between Data Center and DR
But I cannot convince management to go 10, 20, 50 miles, just because it feels right. They want hard facts. You need a BIA - Business Impact Analysis - to show how much it costs your business to be down. That then gets weighed against the cost of providing protection for certain disasters and that weighed against the possibility of any particular disaster happening in your area. Sounds simple, doesn't it. Its not. Its a HUGE undertaking that involves people who do this for a living and know how the risk analysis math works = actuaries.When I was getting into this and started talking to the risk managment folks we have I was amazed at how many aspects of it I had not thought of - I was concentrating on the IT recovery part of it, but there is a lot more that they have to consider. Start here - http://www.drj.com/ to find consultants that could help. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Spam from SHARE
They just don't get it. Does SHARE get monies from the vendors for the mailing lists? Or for other participation opportunities? Is it possible that vendor advertising is necessary in order to be able to continue SHARE and keep the costs to the attendees reasonable? I can see this being the case. If so, they should just tell people that. Its the way of the world these days. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-DISK
Are there any other OEM products that preform similar functions as CA-Disk ? Innovation's FDR product(s). Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Share z/OS Mastery Test
I was taught not to memorize the information because it changes. Instead, learn where to look. Wow! I have rarely found people (persons) with that viewpoint. I could find an answer faster by looking it up, than trying to recall it. I have traditionally agreed with this viewpoint as well. There is simply too much information to be able to memorize it all accurately. The ability to research, find information, draw conclusions, etc is much more important in the long run than being able to memorize. Testing situations automatically make me feel this way since there is usually nothing more riding on it than proving I've read the material. Not understand it mind you, since I feel like there are very few good written tests out there that answer that question. That said, however, I do continually try to find ways to improve my memory and recall abilities since I find it extremely useful for meeting type settings. I can hardly run to my desk everytime a question is asked in a meeting. And while I can, and quite often do, simply make a note and tell them I will find the answer, its nice to be able to just answer the question as it usually feeds into and keeps the conversation going to its logical conclusion, which is quite often a decision, based on, of course, the information you were just able to recall. And then there are those tests Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Share z/OS Mastery Test
Just Curious - anyone planning on taking the z/OS System Programmer Mastery Test being offered at SHARE? I'm guessing quite a few of you could take it without even picking up the redbook: knowledge contained in the IBM Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics textbook. This textbook is available through the IBM Academic Initiative System z program and is also available for download at: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html ... but I was curious to know how many of you think its valuable to your careers to have. Or not. In my particular case, certifications are smiled at around my shop, and since this one is of particular interest to me, and being offered free of charge in San Diego, I'm taking the test. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SHARE meeting
Funny you should say that. When I started to reply I originally wrote but don't confuse me with Barry Merrill :-) . But then erased it. I of course don't look anything like him. A little less gray too. :-) I've been told the half faced silhouette of Berry Merrill that's on the front of his books (and front page of mxg.com) actually does resemble me. Of course, maybe a half faced silhouette looks like a lot of people. ;-) Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PL/I will rule the world ... not
when I was a freshman at (The) Ohio State University wy back in 1975, I took a PL/I class Had PL/I at the University of South Dakota in 1987. I think '89 was the last year they taught it there. PL/I still survives in my current shop - in maintenance mode, anyway. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SHARE meeting
So SHARE is only 5.714 weeks away now, so I need to start planning. Main question for this group - How do I go about meeting some of you while I'm there? While I attended the 2001Minneapolis meeting, it was in a limited fashion, and I was not following IBM-Main back then. Now I'd like to meet as many of you as possible while I'm there. I seem to remember receptions in the evening where the tables had certain themes? Is there an IBM-Main table? Or should I just wear a t-shirt that says IBM-Main Groupie - Say Hi To Me. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Mainframe Datacenter Migration
And the list goes on. I would think one of the first questions would be how long of an outage can you take to make the move? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Virtual tape cost question
Since we have the capacity on our DASD to provide a disk buffer for the sequential datasets we currently create on tape it's hard to see the benefit of going to a virtual tape rather than just a sequential dataset on disk. Is your 'disk buffer' on your enterprise disk? If so, how much does that cost you? You may have it available now, but there is still a cost there. Does it force you to buy more enterprise disk sooner than you would have? Is it mirrored? Do you chargeback for your disk usage? Things to think about.Good luck. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
PDSe Program Objects vs PDS Load Modules
OK. So I've recently been introduced to the fact that when you copy a load module from a PDS to a PDSe with IEBCOPY, it magically becomes a Project Object. I've been reading what I can find and it seems that operation is ok, but that moving the other way... PDSe PO to a PDS LM is a no no since their may be 'features used in the Project Object which are not available to the Load Module'. I then read, however, that the same binder creates the PO or LM based on the library its headed to. Huh? So my questions are this: 1) Did I get that right? 2) Where is the document that describes the features available to Project Objects which are not available to Load Modules? I've got a developer group that recently 'discovered' that their test libraries are PDSes and their production libraries are PDSs. They saw the difference in the look of the load modules and got to asking questions. They have had no trouble with this operation - just curious at this point. Thanks! Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PDSe Program Objects vs PDS Load Modules
Doh! Read PROGRAM Object where it says Project Object. jeez... Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Technical Support magazine
I agree, the website it extremely difficult to navigate. When did they change it from the classic 'red' web pages. I found the pubs at the following URLs once I was logged on... http://www.technicalsupport-digital.com/technicalsupport/200704/ http://www.technicalsupport-digital.com/technicalsupport/200703/ etc... Once in their magazine navigator, the archive button gets you links to the other electronic copies. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Enterprise Class? (Was Virtual tape limits)
This is an enterprise class rack-mount controller What the heck does enterprise class mean nowadays, anyway? As I'm looking at virtual tape solutions that involve SATA disk for a MF solution, I'm being told by certain folks that its not enterprise class. Why? Everything in the box is redundant. Its running RAID 5 or 6. Its got hot spares and does auto rebuilds - some will even do predictive failures. Sounds pretty robust to me. Is it just because the drives -might- fail more often and have to be replaced more often? Heck, I have a spindle in my 'enterprise class' MF attached array fail every few months that has to be replaced. Whats the difference? Is it because its smaller? Its still my most important data, my 'enterprise' data. Is it because its cheaper? So what is the definitive definition of enterprise class? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Virtual tape limits (Was: OEM software electronic download report card)
It's one reason to try to keep all your tapes virtual. It's a small trade off for simplifying the management of the environment (which is very large) and guaranteeing to the business that we will have all the tape data in a disaster. Well, it's safe, convenient, error-proof, but EXPENSIVE. It doesn't have to be expensive. Seen this? http://www.luminex.com/products/channel_gateway/firex4500.htm Or this? http://www.bustech.com/products/mainframe-data-library.asp Both will mirror the data on the back end for BCP purposes. Why even keep the RTDs? This stuff is inexpensive enough to keep all the tape data on spinning disk and fully mirrored. We're seriously thinking about it. Probably works for us better than most, however, since we made a concerted effort over the last decade to keep people from using tape. So its mainly just HSM and DB images at this point and its under 25TB of data. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Virtual tape limits (Was: OEM software electronic download report card)
This customer has around 5 Petabytes of tape data. Yeah - That would be 320 of the Thumper devices just to house the primary copy. So the scale is good for little old us, but certainly not everyone. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: The Death of the Mainframe (?)
She will be giving a talk on the subject one week from today, Any chance the session will get video taped and shared publicly? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CPU capping
within the Trybuy agreement with IBM, we temporarily enhanced our z890 from capacity setting 230 to 470. Needless to say that everybody within our organization and the customers, too, were impressed by the improved response time. Walter - I'm guessing its not too much of a stretch to think the IBM marketing guys would say your missing the point - Its a Try BUY agreement. Don't turn it off - just buy it! ;-) I don't like the gradual idea... just extends the pain... like slowly turning the screws on the rack. If you have to turn it off, just chop away and make sure the management fellow who signed the agreement sends the change notification out. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: What's a CPU second?
===snip=== Isn't the CPU time the amount of time that the CPU(s) spent doing the work? (All TCB's and all CPU's together) So if I have a job that uses 10 CPU seconds on a 500 MIPS machine and I upgrade to 1000 MIPS it may only take 4 CPU seconds, no? That's what I _think_ I've seen when a machine got upgraded, but after reading this thread I've read what I thought was that the CPU time might go up a bit after such an upgrade. Or was it an upgrade of adding additional CPU's that was in question? ===snip=== Let me try an analogy - will help me to understand it better if I get it right - you'll be sure to let me know - You have two cars (the CPs/engines/CPUs, whatever) that can move 4 people (the computing tasks) each at 60mph (the speed of the processors). To get a standard distance of 60 miles, it takes each person 1 hour. In each hour, then, you can move 8 people, so your system has 8 PMPH (people moved per hour - akin to (not the same as) MIPS or MSUs). Now upgrade your system. You now have 4 cars, each of which still move 4 people and still move at 60mph. Your PMPH is now 16. (increased MIPS) However, it still takes each person 1 hour to make the trip. But you can move more people. If you need to move an individual person faster, then you need faster cars. So we could upgrade the car engines instead of buying more cars - 2 cars, 120mph, 4 people each gets us 16 PMPH again, but this time each person is going to be moved in 30 minutes instead of an hour. Its hard to stick the MP effect into this analogy. Something about the fact that if you have more cars sharing the road, they have to move just a little bit slower or something - maybe 55mph instead of 60mph. I think, however, the MP effect is generally outweighed by the increase in engine speed, since often times upgrades will involve both an increase in the number of cars and an increase in engine speed. So in the 120mph example, it might be only 110mph because of the shared road, but the net effect over the old 60mph car is still that its faster. I suppose the multi-thread thing would be akin to being able to pack more than 4 people in a car? Analogy breaks down too much further than this ;-) Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: What's a CPU second?
===snip=== (ignoring the return trip time in the one-car case, which I will assume is instantaneous to make this work right) ===snip=== No return trip - the path is circular! Point A and point B are the same - but we learn things on the trip - the people come back smarter. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
IEHLIST Error?
I'm wondering if this is just the way its suppose to be, or an error?We
just upgraded to z/OS 1.7, and I don't remember how this used to work
(rarely used).
//STEP1EXEC PGM=IEHLIST
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//VOLDDDD UNIT=DISK,VOL=SER=PRK027,DISP=OLD
//SYSINDD *
LISTVTOC FORMAT,VOL=DISK=PRK027,X
DSNAME=('ADC.PSWMGTA.WRKFILE.PM.IEBPTPCH.JCL')
+1+2+3+4+5+6+7--
/*
//
The X is in column 72 - but the continuation line actually starts in column
17 - not 16 like the book says it should.Now I believe the first
character of the first line is reserved for a label, but is that also true
for the continuation line? The way it should be, or a glitch?
Also - that request still lists ALL the VTOC information for all the
datasets on the volume. The way it should be, or a glitch? This one I
seem to remember did only list the one dataset.
Thanks.
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Systems Engineering
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Re: IEHLIST Error?
Doh! Just when you think you've tried everything and after you've decided to send an email to IBM-Main - that's when you figure out your mistake. It was the damn quotes. Jeez.It does work in column 16 - lists only the one dataset. It must just ignore the second line if it starts past column 16. LISTVTOC FORMAT,VOL=DISK=PRK027,X DSNAME=(ADC.PSWMGTA.WRKFILE.PM.IEBPTPCH.JCL) +1+2+3+4+5+6+7-- Works fine. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: ADRDSSU
The temporary system has data that I cloned from the main system. select only datasets with the changed flag set Depending on the type of clone your temporary system was created with, you may find that some of the data was already marked 'changed' from the main system. And you'll be copying that data back even though it didn't change while it was on the temporary system. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA and zIIPs
If IBM had wanted the zIIP's to only be for DB2, they probably would not have allowed the interface to leave IBM. So how does that work? Can anyone get the zIIP interface code and use it without having to pay a license fee to IBM? Or is CA paying IBM for access to the ZIIP and that cost will eventually get passed on in their software cost? Just seems like both CA and IBM are giving up money for nothing since so many of their products are MIPS or MSU based and off-loading cycles to zIIP processors will have us staying on 'smaller' machines longer. Or are they just starting to realize a new cost model? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA and zIIPs
zIIP and chargeback. So what are people doing with their internal chargeback models and the cycles that get moved to these speciality engines? Charging the same as CP cycles? Some reduced amount? Free? Seems like they ought to perhaps still get charged something, but that it would perhaps be quite a bit less since it seems that quite a bit of capacity drivers are based on CP MIPS and their ripple effects on other charges. But how much? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
LPAR Org Security
The question I'll get to: How are your shops organized when it comes to LPAR organization, access and security? To explain where I'm coming from: 1) LPARS We have two. PROD supports everything from TSO users and program development to multiple instances of IMS and DB2 and batch processes. TEST2 is an exact image of PROD created with volume level snapshots and is used for testing upgrades and troubleshooting issues. 2) Networks We have two. Production, of course, has most things connected to it, including the PROD LPAR, and all the other production servers in the company. It also has a ton of development and QA servers connected to it, along with the TEST2 LPAR when we want it there. The other network is called NEQAL, and is our separate testing network. We dynamically build pieces of our production environment there when we want to test upgrades and changes before we do it on the production network. The TEST2 LPAR is sometimes connected to this network when the testing there needs to involved the mainframe. With that explained, we've recently had a security question come up. Should the TEST2 LPAR only be connected to the NEQAL network? You see, this would then force a user to use a workstation in a separate location, not at their desktop, in order to perform work on TEST2. In this way, then, the possibility of someone becoming confused about which LPAR they are looking at on their desktop is minimized. In other words, I, systems engineer, would be less likely, as an example, to stop TCPIP accidentally on the PROD LPAR because if I'm sitting at my desk, I know its the PROD LPAR, and if I'm in the NEQAL lab, I know its TEST2. Right now, I can swap from PROD to TEST2 at my workstation. We systems engineers are, of course, arguing that we need that access as a matter of productivity. It really opens a can of worms, since if they were to dictate that, we would soon be arguing that all the development and test servers should also only be on the NEQAL network. And then we get into the arguments about where the production instances of DB2 verses the 3 test instances should be running. Separate LPARS? Ug. So the main question I want to ask you all is this: How are your shops organized when it comes to LPAR organization, access and security? Most of us have only worked in our own shop, and so learning what others do will help us decided which course of action is best - and convince management of it! THANKS! Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Decoding the encryption puzzle
So what happens when that disgruntled employee decrypts a tape and downloads it to a USB memory stick and walks out the door with that ??? Data loss (theft) and need to notify - if you even know about it. There are products available for PCs/laptops that will stop data copies to removable media unless its encrypted - but then what about email? This really gets to the point that if you want to protect sensitive data, it has to be encrypted from time of creation - otherwise there is always an opportunity for a copy of it to move somewhere. Heck - even if its encrypted from creation - the 'analog hole' will still be an opportunity for data leaks as account reps or the like talk with customers and have access to view that sensitive information on their monitors. But the point there is that its a smaller amount of data - one customer at a time. The amount of damage that can be done is limited. While the back-end stores of data that provide the opportunity for leaks thousands of times bigger is protected all the time. At some point, you've got to evaluate the situation for reasonableness and call it good enough. I don't get to define reasonable. Prosecute relentlessly or it will only get worse. Agreed. But again, not my department. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Tape Encryption Products List - Version 3.0
if someone has done homework on that. (Some on this list do.) 9. Many organizations are attempting to shift certain tape exchanges toward secured network exchanges. That shift may be viable in many situations, and z/OS already has ample support for network-related encryption, such as SFTP and SSH. But please note that FTP, despite its popularity, has some quality of service weaknesses. For example, unless FTP'ing between two very recent z/OS releases (where there's some special handshaking), there's no guarantee an entire file will arrive. (FTP has some problems signaling end of file.) You should run an independent after-verification of some sort to make sure a file arrives complete and intact. Also, FTP is NOT a good way to integrate applications (again, despite its popularity in that role). Sit down with a zSeries software architect if you're in that situation to do some good planning. 10. Organizations will need to consider whether data recentralization makes sense -- that is, not to copy whole files/datasets in the first place. In pure statistical terms, the more copies of data out there, the more likely data privacy will be compromised. It is simply more difficult to assure that every copy has appropriate authorization/access controls in force when there are many copies. 11. IBM DB2 UDB V8 for z/OS and IBMs Data Encryption Tool for IMS and DB2 may have some relevance to tape encryption for those products (DB2 and IMS). For more information, see the article in the August, 2005, z/OS Hot Topics newsletter: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/hot_topics.html Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Decoding the encryption puzzle
I wouldn't encrypt data within a datacenter. The only data that gets encrypted around here is data that goes out the door. Internal tapes are not encrypted. If one level of backup are in your automated tape library, in a data center with card-key access in a building with armed guards on all entrances who inspect packages coming in AND going out, then I don't think you need to encrypt that data. Its too easy for one of those 'secure' tapes to walk out the door with a disgruntled employee. And when the audit turns up a tape missing - its not going to care how or where it went - only that its missing and not encrypted. More than once I've read notices from companies announcing breaches where they state that they are '99% sure its in a landfill, but...'. And while that may be true and the data is more than likely safe, the damage to the reputation is already done, and the cost to notify is real. For my money, if it can be carried out, its going to be encrypted. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Decoding the encryption puzzle
If one of your tapes walks out the door with a disgruntled employee, then you have the wrong guards on the door. They are not just supposed to be there for decoration. No one person or organization can be responsible for the security of EVERYTHING. So make sure your guards do their job and you handle encrypting the external tapes. One system's programmer cannot do it all, nor can they convince management to buy it all to do it all. I can not imagine working in an environment where my (and the other 3000 employees') bags are searched as we go in and out of the office. It would take hundreds of guards and would have to involve some form of strip searching. I'm sure this happens in certain forums - I just can't imagine it when there is an alternative to prevent the need in the first place. Another example to argue for all tapes encrypted What happens to tapes when they break in your shop? In a perfect world the process should perhaps be ... 1) Change logged in change management system to note what is about to happen. 2) logically remove tape from tape management system 3) Degauss tape with coworker watching 4) Toss tape in locked bin headed for the crusher with coworker watching 5) Record completed event in change management system with names of employees that confirmed activity. HOWEVER... what happens if Mr. new operator simply tosses it in the trash. A few months later the audit turns up a missing tape. You can't find it, and there is no trail to tell you where it went. It is lost and under the breach notification laws as I understand them, that is a notifiable event - even though your employee tells you they threw it in the trash. Thus the notices that say we're 99% sure its in a landfill. Right or wrong, given our society, I firmly believe that all data will be encrypted everywhere all the time at some point in the not too distant future. But for now, if the media moves, encrypt it. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
CPACF Metrics?
I've been told that IBM publishes some numbers that show CPACF overhead metrics somewhere? Anyone know where? I'm basically interested in confirming something a vendor told me about an encryption product - so many MBs encrypted for so many CPU seconds. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)
What is a V2X2? V2X2 is StorageTek (now Sun-Storagetek) disk array. General reference name is SVA (Shared Virtual Array) and the various models over the years have been: IceBerg 9393 9500 V960 V2X V2X2 V2X4 (and V2X4f for FICON attached) We've gone through every model except the V960 at some point over the last seven years. I think STK calls it: Log Structured Array. To me, its description sounded like 'virtual DASD'. I believe they (the WinTel world folks) call it thin provisioning these days. Works great. I have only 2.8TB of physical raw disk in my V2X4f, yet I present 23.1 TB of usable space. Split three ways, I've got 7.7 TB presented to my production LPAR, another 7.7 TB for BCP snapshot copies, and another 7.7TB that is snapshot copied daily and used as a sandbox LPAR. If I was to go and buy disk from some other vendors and duplicate the functionality I have today, I would have to be asking for that 23.1 TB of actual physical disk. It's very important to keep the time window when the volumes are actually copied as small as possible. I snap 926 volumes (almost all 3390-9) in about 1.4 minutes. We dynamically create the snap JCL each morning right before our syncpoint with a rexx routine wrapped around a dcollect report. This way name and allocation changes are automatically picked up (one less possible human error potential). With the automated IMS/DB2/TSO/etc down and up processes, the whole syncpoint runs about 2.5 minutes. PPRC or XRC are not options due to cost PPRC need not to be expensive. Obviously it requires two dasd boxes and link, but gives you much better RTO and RPO. We just replaced our tape based backups (which were taking about 3.5-4.5 hours with 9840's, HSDM, and ExHPDM) with a PPRC solution. HUGE reduction in RTO as the 1-2 days it was going to take to ship the tapes to the hot site was simply eliminated. The 4-5 hour restore from tape time was also eliminated as the data is sitting on another V2X4f at the hotsite ready to go. Last DR test we were IPL'ed in under an hour after arriving at the local recovery center. The RPO only lost a few hours (the difference between the time it took to create the tapes verses push the data across the PPRC link) and is still about 24 hours since we only take one syncpoint a day (after batch), but we are looking at adding another in the pre-batch lull time. We'll probably take a hard look (I'm hoping) at a GDPS solution as well since it would be the next logical step.. but I fear the costs may simply be too high for management to bear - even with the promise of zero down time. Most expensive ongoing cost of the PPRC solution was the link cost. But we manage to do it with a tiny DS3 by snapping the BCP sets throughout the day and sending changes across the link. That way, when it comes to syncpoint time, the amount of change data is very small and the DR set at the remote site is set and stable and ready for recovery just 10-15 minutes after the snaps (keeping the RPO close to that 24 hours) Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data replication at a remote site - elementary doubt
When you implement synchronuous (or asynchronuous) copy of your DASD data to a remote site, is it necessary for the remote site to have a z/OS system active? No. We (async) mirror between two STK V2X4f arrays and there is no host attached at the hot site until we want to use the data there (either for a test or a DR situation) and until you issue commands that stop the mirroring (depending on how implemented), the remote site can't have anything but read access to the data, if at all. Actually, because we use remote snapshot on our remote disk, we can continue with production async mirror process and IPL to a copy of the data on the remote disk with the hot site's MF hardware. We do this every time we have a DR exercise. We have three copies of the data on the remote disk... 1) The staging copy where the async mirror data is written 2) Copy 1 which is remote snapped every other day 3) Copy 2 which is remote snapped every other day opposite copy 1 So for a DR test we might plan on IPLing Copy1, knowing that the async data will continue to be written to the staging area, and then to Copy 2 for the daily 'synchpoint'. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Negative Add Sort Help
Help. I have two files in the same format... ADC.DPGMDEV.TWORK.HDBSPB.IT010 2006-08-31...Â. CCC4CDCDCCE4EEDDD4CCCEDC4CEFFF446FF6FF00160 143B4774455B36692B842272B930100020060080310072C ... That's the text with the hex turned on below it. Both files contain fields 1)filename 2)date, and 3)positive packed decimal number. I need to subtract file 2 from file 1 where the file names are the same, but I need the currently positive numbers in file2 to be subtracted from file1. If the numbers in file 2 were negative, it would be an easy sort, but I'm brain freezing on how to turn them negative first. There should always be a match for a file 2 dataset name in file 1, but there might not be a match the other way. I'm heading to the sort manual now, but in a time crunch and so thought someone here might know quick. Suggestions? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Fw: Negative Add Sort Help
A small almost got-me... more than one representation for positive in that last nibble... C, along with F, and I see from my lookup that it could have also been A or E. Anyone know why there is a difference? I'm switching them all to D for my subtraction. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Fw: Negative Add Sort Help
Crude, but I decided to simply edit my file2 and change x'0c' to x'0d' for 0-9 in the sign column. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Negative Add Sort Help
You can turn the positive values negative by multiplying them by -1 DOH!! Major Homer Simpson moment - with the hand print on the forehead to prove it. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Dataset Name Report
I have a need to create a report of all catalogued datasets and to produce totals by high level qualifiers (at different levels) of space allocated and used, etc. If there is a public utility can you please point me to the site that I may donwload it. With a DCollect as input for a list of volumes, I use a REXX routine wrapped around the VTOC reporter in CBT-Tape file 343 to report on disk space usage. Sorts on the output result in various file reports and the file that heads off to the corporate chargeback system. CBT-tape is at http://www.cbttape.org/cbtdowns.htm And I agree, this is a wonderful site. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: delete noscratch performance at DR
We basically uncatalog all of our disk datasets leaving just the tape datasets in the catalogs. The catalogs are restored along with full pack restores of certain volumes. Can you isolate the usercatalogs with disk entries on seperate volumes from the user catalogs with tape entries and then only do the full volume restore for the tape entry catalog? Then simply define empty user catalogs for the missing disk ones? Eliminate the need to do the delete work. Another thought - would it be simplier (and perhaps quicker) to do full volume restores for all your data instead of selectively restoring only certain datasets? Can the data be organized in a manner that would allow this to happen this way? Test data vs Production data on different volumes, perhaps? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Z/Os Storage Mgmt products
the list goes on. A very powerful product. I had CA-Vantage once. It was a powerful tool. And like any powerful tool, it sucked resources. We obtained it at first as a 'free' add-on with a clump of other products we had purchased (foot in the door), and then later had to start paying for it.This was both for license costs and CPU costs. I enjoyed setting up all the automation features and letting it trend everything under the sun. The problem was that I really didn't need everything under the sun. I was micromanaging my storage because I had the tool to let me do it, but that was the only reason. Years later now I've no SRM type product on the mainframe and I'm happy. Almost all my management processes have been automated with various tools like dcollects and sorts and CA-Disk working with SMS. That said... I've now been tasked with finding an SRM for the SAN management team - of which I'm not really a part, but playing a project management role. You see? The mainframe storage environment is so stable that my time is shifting to help the growing and sometimes hubris SAN folks out. Interesting. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Tape Retention - Permanent
I would like to keep some tapes for ever - permanently. Prior to the Y2K era, I used the parm :RETPD=99365. Is this still applicable? RETPD=99365 sounds like a CA-Disk parameter, is that what you are using to backup the data? Otherwise, what utility are you using to create the data? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
re : offsite data encryption
To encrypt or not to encrypt, that is the quandary! Encrypt. Too many stories here - http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm As for the some or all question, I choose all. A 'firewall', of sorts, so that I know all data on removable media is encrypted and protected. This includes tape heading offsite, but also tape created for on-site storage as well since a missing tape is a missing tape and as I understand it, the breach criteria does not care that it was here or there. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: HyperPAV
HyperPAV allows an alias address to be used to access any base on the same control unit image per I/O base. So does that takes the dynamic alias assignments by WLM out of the picture? Are the alias to base assignments (if that is still a valid relationship description) really just one to many at this point then? No 'switching' required? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: acronym dictionary (was What's Project ECL ipz?)
Oooo! I know this one! Or should I say... IK. (Well, ok, I looked it up.) PKB = Pot calling the Kettle Black. There are quite a few dictionaries on the net for this new language... one example... http://www.acronymdictionary.co.uk/acronympt.html Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: EXHPDM - QUESTION
The specified connection is waiting for a stream task to become available because the connection has WAIT(YES) specified (or defaulted) and no stream task is currently able to process the connection. Was something else running that was using one of the tape drives you normally use? The wait is basically saying that you exceeded the number of connections specified in the exhpdm parms. (CONNECTIONS x DEVICELIMIT) where connections is the number of conncurrent dumps per drive and devicelimit is the max number of drives, although this can also be limited by availability - thus the first question. How are you controlling the number of dumps that are executing concurrently? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: EXHPDM - QUESTION
We run 1 job at a time which allocates 24 tape drives. Can you expand on that? For instance, we would run one volume dump job for each volume. Then I had 6 drives available and set as the DeviceLimit. Then I allowed 7 connections per drive. So Exhpdm would support a total of 6x7=42 connections.Then I would normally run these jobs in a JES class set aside just for this process which had 42 open initiators. So, if any one of those changes I can get varied results More inits open would have Exhpdm issue wait messages (but should not slow down the process) Less inits open would mean I'm not maximizing my thruput. No messages, but it would run slower. More drives would simply be ignored. Less drives would lessen my thruput and cause wait messages since I'd still have 42 jobs that want to connect. There is also the issue of how fast the disk can serve up the data - although this is outside the control of your Exhpdm processes. Were there disk channels unavailable during the process? Do you normally get the wait messages? If not, then is has to be something in the setup as I've described above.I found it useful to set the processes up so I did not normally get the wait message - then they become an indicator that something changed. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Moving data from old cartridges (3490) to new ones (3590)
Now we are moving data from 3490 to 3590 cartridges in one to one bases, but a problem arrised: You might want to take a look at Tape/Copy from OpenTech as an option. http://www.opentechsystems.com/tape-copy.php Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Maximum VOLUMES in STORAGE GROUP
Is there a maximum number of volumes that can belong to a storage group? I didn't find an answer, but I did take a storage group definition to 2200 volume before getting tired of adding 100 at a time - an ISMF panel limitation. The suffix field in the panels is 6 digits, so perhaps the limit is simply the system limit of 65536 devices? Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
WLC low reporting percent
I'm trying to submit our monthly WLC report to IBM. Unfortunately, the percent data collected is very low - below their threshold for reporting without an explanation. We upgraded our mainframe hardware in the middle of August, and I'm wondering if the reporting mechanism needed to be updated somewhere to reflect the new hardware. The engineer that normally does this is, of course, on vacation until -after- the 9th, so its on me. I'm continuing to dig, but thought one of you might be able to point me in the right direction for where to look and what to fix. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Senior Analyst, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: WLC low reporting percent
I'm trying to submit our monthly WLC report to IBM. As is the way of things, I think I'm stumped... I ask the question... and then I find the answer. The WLC reporter (we are at 12.1, by the way) automatically generated two reports, one for each processor (a 2064 and a 2096, by the way). So our normal procedure was looking at just the report for the old processor. Now that I know its there, I'll just be sending both reports to IBM with the explanation. Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Senior Analyst, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: really stupid question - z/OS 1.6 and CSTOR 2Gb
Now that I'm on z/OS 1.6 and fairly current with maintenance, is there any known gotchas with CSTOR 2Gig? We were running 6GB on 1.4 up until March, then running 6GB on 1.6 until last week when we upgraded our MF hardware and are now running 12GB Central on z/OS 1.6. None of the IBM or MSI guys mentioned any gotchas. Working fine.Its a shiny new z/9 2096, by the way. ;-) Very pretty. Jeffrey Deaver, Senior Analyst, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Looking for 10 Tips Article
I've been search high and low for an article I could have sworn I've seen in the last year concerning 10 tips for new mainframe storage administrators. I simply can't find it. Ring any bells with anyone here? Thanks. Jeffrey Deaver, Senior Analyst, Systems Engineering 651-665-4231 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
