z/OS V1R4 SEND command to operator console

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Ip
Hi all, I'd like to use MVS SEND command to send 'highlighted' messages to operator console with message level = 'I' [Immediate action messages (descriptor codes 1 and 2) are to appear] to alert operators at the last step of a batch job (probably use PGM=IKJEFT01) I've checked command manual

Re: z/OS V1R4 SEND command to operator console

2006-05-24 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 24 May 2006 01:22:50 -0500 Paul Ip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I'd like to use MVS SEND command to send 'highlighted' messages to operator :console with message level = 'I' [Immediate action messages (descriptor :codes 1 and 2) are to appear] to alert operators at the last step of a batch

Re: GRS and Ficon CTC

2006-05-24 Thread R.S.
Marian Gasparovic wrote: z900 was the last one which supports parallel channel, maybe that confused you. ...but you can still use old stinkin' BusTag devices on z9. Using ESCON converters. Works like a charm. BTW: If you don't order ESCON channels, there won't be them in your box. Minimal

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
With SMS, RLSE, (Yes, Immediate) at least I think I've seen it, happens at step end. You're correct for non-SMS datasets. You don't think about partial release of the space management function activated via management class, do you? A data set might loose its allocated space during space

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
LE has nothing whatsoever to do with it. A dataset is a dataset is a dataset. Well, there are those who get an EOF written at allocation time and those that don't. Can't remember if having SMS active is sufficient of if the data set needs to be managed to get the EOF written. Peter

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread R.S.
John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: It also says: 3. If the BLKSIZE value is omitted or invalid, SMP/E uses a default of 3200. So I would assume that it is looking at the blocksize prior to open time to verify that it is a valid size. Since 0 is sort of not really valid, it should default to

Re: Password Complexity

2006-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
try to convince management to have separate or just external auditor, usually with poor effects. In North America, that would be classified as a: Regulatory Deficiency. - -teD 300,000 Kilometres per Second Not only is it a good idea! It's the LAW!!!

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread Mike Wood
Radoslaw, At long last it really has been changed ! APAR OA13742 for dss added the LBI support we all wanted. Also APAR OA13199 for rmm added some assumptions about existing blksize values of 0 being 64K when producing the extract records. Mike Wood RMM Development On Wed, 24 May 2006

Re: z/OS V1R4 SEND command to operator console

2006-05-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Ip wrote: however, it just issued a message to console but it was *not* 'highlighted'... did I miss something or it is also related to the console setting? (the operator console has 'ROUTCDE=ALL') You will need to write a small assembler language program that issues a WTO with the

'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Hi, We pre-allocate a dataset *without* EXPDT (trust me there are good reasons why we don't set a EXPDT hic et nunc at pre-allocation time, which I'm not going to elaborate upon). Looking into SMS confirms: Expiration date . . : ***None*** In a next SyncSort step we use that dataset as

FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread willie bunter
A incremental backup job failed with message FDR998 FDRABR COMPLETED WITH ERRORS. I checked the whole output from top to bottom but I couldn't find the source of the problem. I didn't find even a FDRxxxE message. The summary shows the completion code of all the volumes with a return code of

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread R.S.
Jan Vanbrabant wrote: Hi, We pre-allocate a dataset *without* EXPDT (trust me there are good reasons why we don't set a EXPDT hic et nunc at pre-allocation time, which I'm not going to elaborate upon). Jan, Just curious: why do you use EXPDT at all ? Wouldn't it be simpler to use MC ? --

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread R.S.
Mike Wood wrote: Radoslaw, At long last it really has been changed ! APAR OA13742 for dss added the LBI support we all wanted. Also APAR OA13199 for rmm added some assumptions about existing blksize values of 0 being 64K when producing the extract records. How long ? My z/OS 1.4

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
This EXPDT setting is *NOT* honoured. Is this WAD (Working As Designed) with SyncSort? This is not SYNCSORT. MVS allocation does not put the EXPDT in until you close the file. It doesn't make sense to do it at open time. Then, you wouldn't be able to do anything with the file. To me, what you're

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
I did a simple test with a non-specific internal application and there no expdt is assigned either. Apparently this parameter only works at dataset creation time. Kees. Jan Vanbrabant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, We pre-allocate a dataset *without* EXPDT

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
I assume you mean MgtClass by MC, Radoslaw? We do use MgtClass indeed. And in the SORTOUT we overwrite EXPDT (or at least try to ;-) ). Anyway, would that make any difference? Jan We pre-allocate a dataset *without* EXPDT (trust me there are good reasons why we don't set a EXPDT hic et

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Jan Vanbrabant wrote: Hi, We pre-allocate a dataset *without* EXPDT (trust me there are good reasons why we don't set a EXPDT hic et nunc at pre-allocation time, which I'm not going to elaborate upon). Looking into SMS confirms: Expiration date . . : ***None*** In a next SyncSort step we use

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread john gilmore
For SMS-managed datasets DataClass (not, directly, MgtClass, which can be used only to specify a maximal value) determines the default expiration date; and an explicit DD-statement EXPDT= [sub]parameter should be coded only to override this default value. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817

Re: the Java strangeness

2006-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 10:39 AM, O'Mara, Kevin, ITD [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can't say where the translation is setup wrong, but I can almost say what is happening. Your utf8 output strings are being translated as EBCDIC, they are then being displayed as ANSI cp1252 ANSI?

Re: sysmod receive but can't be found

2006-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 09:33 AM, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Of interest is the fact that the volume for the first SMPPTS can't be found anywhere in the system yet the sysmod shows up as received. Maybe SMP/E doesn't support extended catalog entries. What are the

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 12:05 PM, David Speake [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The group in my shop responsible for care and feeding of this product contend that the vendor has told them that Since the product is LE compliant, it cannot write into a dataset that has been generated by

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 10:52 AM, Gibney, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: RLSE happens at the end of the BR14 step. If your DATACLAS or space allocations don't have sufficient secondary and you specify RLSE via JCL or SMS, you can be burnt with x37 abends. Which has nothing to

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread John Dawes
Hi Rex, I tried your suggestion and received an error. Below is the Jcl and error message I received. Can you please spot my error. This is driving me mad, and I cannot seem to find this simple error. Maybe a fresh pair of eyes will spot my mistake. Thanks for your help. JCL:

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread J R
The FM says, Use the EXPDT parameter to specify the expiration date for a *new* data set. From: Jan Vanbrabant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT Date: Wed, 24 May 2006

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 12:05 PM, David Speake [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The group in my shop responsible for care and feeding of this product contend that the vendor has told them that Since the product is LE compliant, it cannot write into a dataset that has been

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Hi jayare, What is FM? A SyncSort manual? Jan The FM says, Use the EXPDT parameter to specify the expiration date for a *new* data set. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Well EXPDT enthousiasts, we did this test with another pgm (something of Pro/JCL) and here the EXPDT *gets* honoured (as wl for TEST1 as for TEST2). So different behaviour as with SyncSort. Ed, so the application seems to be involved one way or another.

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread J R
The Fine Manual is SA22-7597-08 z/OS MVS JCL Reference. From: Jan Vanbrabant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:11:05 + Hi jayare, What

Re: DSS blksize (Was: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB)

2006-05-24 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Wed, 24 May 2006 13:23:41 +0200, R.S. wrote: Mike Wood wrote: Radoslaw, At long last it really has been changed ! APAR OA13742 for dss added the LBI support we all wanted. Also APAR OA13199 for rmm added some assumptions about existing blksize values of 0 being 64K when producing the

Re: fewer/faster vs more/slower in same plex

2006-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 23 May 2006 16:04:10 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would add, use response time goals for everything you can. Yes, in general that is the right answer because the target unit (time) is invariant with respect to platform. Velocity was a bad idea. Importance alone

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Found it! We were still 1 right paren short. Replace the BY line with the following: BY((CREDT LT (*,-1)) (DSORG NE VSAM))) - Also, when I discovered the problem, my test then complained about having DASD concatenated. You will need to either put separate DD statements in for each

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi John, I saw your posts yesterday but believed it would be resolved before I could respond. I played about with your command input and changed from this: //SYSINDD * DUMP DATASET(INCLUDE(IST*.**-

Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering

2006-05-24 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering I swear I could

Re: DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok)

2006-05-24 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould On May 23, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Frank Yaeger wrote: Matthew Stitt wrote on 05/23/2006 08:50:50 AM: This thread has me doing some RTFM as I am interested in this area also. Did you change all the

Using PuTTY with otelnetd

2006-05-24 Thread Art Celestini
I realize this might better be asked on the OMVS list, but I'm not a subscriber there. I cannot seem to find the right combination of PuTTY options and terminal emulation type to get the recall function to work. For telnetd on Lintel systems, this is the up-arrow. The IBM Communications

Re: the Java strangeness

2006-05-24 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Java strangeness In [EMAIL PROTECTED] .acgov.org, on 05/23/2006 at 10:39

Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering

2006-05-24 Thread Steve Comstock
McKown, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering I

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) said: Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:08:43 EDT In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2006 at 12:05 PM, David Speake [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The group in my shop responsible for care and feeding of this product contend that the vendor has

Re: fewer/faster vs more/slower in same plex

2006-05-24 Thread Shane
Seems to me most of the advice being offered is predicated on being able to separate workload(s) to specific LPARs (CECs). If you have a requirement to use service classes across disproportionate CECs (say prod on both/all), then WLM is deficient. Borked. Broken As Designed. Velocity, r/t,

FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread willie bunter
I found the problem. It was tucked away in the output listing: FDR309** DDNAME=DISKONL2,VOL=SER=INST54 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AUTO BACKUP Is there a way of posting an error message i.e. FDRxxxE instead? I was able to find the problem only by looking at the EXCP counts for all the

Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering

2006-05-24 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering snip shell should NOT even

Re: Using PuTTY with otelnetd

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Art Celestini said: Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:10:17 -0400 I cannot seem to find the right combination of PuTTY options and terminal emulation type to get the recall function to work. For telnetd on Lintel systems, this is the up-arrow. The IBM Communications

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS
Willie, For the future is there an easier way to find the error instead of looking EXCP counts? Don't print, leave in Q or save to a file. Do a search on FDR toy will get every FDR messages that was produced in your listing. After all It was tucked away in the output listing: the above will

Re: IEFSCHAS increases mips consumption

2006-05-24 Thread Bill Neiman
On Tue, 23 May 2006 04:11:54 -0500, Christian Blesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: last thursday I have detected an increase in mips consumption by IEFSCHAS, XCFAS and GRS. I have revised all system changes and any seems to be relationated with this strange behaviour. Who could be the bad boy?

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Thomas Berg said: Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:51:41 +0200 == Kirk Talman == wrote2006-05-24 01:40: Call it a design issue. There is no flag in the VTOC that says if the file has data in it. Well, even an empty can has a bottom, so why can't a

Re: Using PuTTY with otelnetd

2006-05-24 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Paul Gilmartin wrote: In a recent note, Art Celestini said: Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:10:17 -0400 I cannot seem to find the right combination of PuTTY options and terminal emulation type to get the recall function to work. For telnetd on Lintel systems, this is the up-arrow. The

Re: A little more insight on the Java strangeness I'm encountering

2006-05-24 Thread Steve Comstock
McKown, John wrote: snip shell should NOT even attempt to run the file, what is with that? That is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! No, it's RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT! I guess that I was not plain. The standard shell, sh, should not have even attempted to execute a file that does not have the execute

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread John Dawes
Rex, EUREKA !!! It worked. Thanks to you and all who have helped me. As they say in the U.K. the problem was a sticky wicket Thanks to IBM-Main audience. Pommier, Rex R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found it! We were still 1 right paren short. Replace the BY line with the

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Art Celestini said: Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:18:02 -0400 If I am not mistaken, if you allocate on an SMS-managed volume and specify enough DCB attributes so that SMS knows that it is intended to be a SAM data set, SMS will write an EOF at the beginning of the

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread John Dawes
Terry, I have kept your jcl handy. Thanks for your suggestion. I will try it out as well. Terry Sambrooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, I saw your posts yesterday but believed it would be resolved before I could respond. I played about with your command input and changed from

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread willie bunter
Kevin, I had the listing in the queue. I did the find FDR, since the job was backing up 130 volumes my search found lots of FDR. Hopefully Bruce and his FDR team could suggest something. Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Willie, For the future is

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread willie bunter
Hopefully Bruce and his team can suggest something. For now, I have made a note to search for NOT and * * as well as FDR309 Richard Pinion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be nice, I've encounted similar situations. Our joblogs go to CA-Dispatach which slows down the process even more.

Re: Using PuTTY with otelnetd

2006-05-24 Thread Art Celestini
Thanks guys. It didn't dawn on me that it could be a shell issue. Both methods work for me now. I'll have to read up on the set command to learn more about it. Art At 09:43 AM 5/24/2006, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: Paul Gilmartin wrote: In a recent note, Art Celestini said: Date:

Re: fewer/faster vs more/slower in same plex

2006-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I can construct WLM goals to achieve the results I want *MUCH* better on a ring of monoplexes than I can on a (non-homogeneous) parallel sysplex. I've been using WLM since January 1999, and I have never had a homogeneous plex. Nor, have I had all the problems that everybody is talking about.

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, John S. Giltner, Jr. said: Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 23:26:58 -0400 It also says: 3. If the BLKSIZE value is omitted or invalid, SMP/E uses a default of 3200. I omitted that bullet deliberately. I believe IBM has been known to accept APARs on other products that

SV: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Paul Gilmartin Skickat: den 24 maj 2006 15:43 Till: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Ämne: Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3 In a recent note, Thomas Berg said: Date:

Re: DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok)

2006-05-24 Thread Frank Yaeger
John Chase wrote on 05/24/2006 06:06:19 AM: We combine all four environments for DFSORT into a single USERMOD now. No problems. We don't yet make enough use of ICETOOL to change any of the delivered defaults, but when that time comes I expect we'll code just one USERMOD for its four

Re: JES2 Exit 52 woes in z/OS 1.7

2006-05-24 Thread Karl Grombach
I had this problem too. As a bypass, until OA14774 is closed, I used the macro $RMSGQUE to put an error message into the joblog. It's also used in the sample exit HASX54A in SHASSAMP. Karl Grombach -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok)

2006-05-24 Thread Frank Yaeger
Christian Blesa wrote on 05/22/2006 07:14:28 AM: I'm revising DFSORT and I have had a look to SMF16 records and only shows statistics of executed jobs but it not shows statistics DFSORT use by Started Tasks. I have revised ICEIEXIT/ICETEXIT and I don't see anything. Could you help me?

Re: ADR120E - DFDSS Error

2006-05-24 Thread Stephen M. Wiegand
At 01:32 PM 05/23/2006, John Dawes wrote: I am attempting to back up some files using DFDSS. I receve the error ADR120E because of TOO MANY POSITIONAL PARAMETERS AFTER '-1' Can you suggest a correction. What I am attempting to do is backup files from certain volumes. However, I want only to

Re: 'Problem' with EXPDT on SynchSort SORTOUT

2006-05-24 Thread Frank Yaeger
Jan Vanbrabant wrote on 05/24/2006 05:10:16 AM: Frank (Yaeger), Any idea how the IBM DFSORT handles this? Jan, I ran the following job with DFSORT which I think is equivalent to what you're doing. The expiration date was shown for the TEST2 data set, but not for the TEST1 data set. //S0010

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Bruce Black
If I am not mistaken, if you allocate on an SMS-managed volume and specify enough DCB attributes so that SMS knows that it is intended to be a SAM data set, SMS will write an EOF at the beginning of the first track and correspondingly set DS1LSTAR. I seem to recall this as one of the features

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread Bruce Black
Willie, most FDR error messages have the double asterisk after them, e.g., FDR309**, as you saw. This is documented in the start of sec 100 (messages) of the manual In ISPF browse and edit, you can use this to search for error messages FIND P'FDR###**' Try it -- Bruce Black Senior

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread Richard Pinion
Dang, learn something new everyday! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/24/2006 11:13:41 AM Willie, most FDR error messages have the double asterisk after them, e.g., FDR309**, as you saw. This is documented in the start of sec 100 (messages) of the manual In ISPF browse and edit, you can use this to

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread Ed Gould
On May 23, 2006, at 9:53 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: I read: #4.41 SMP/E V3R4.0 Reference ___ 4.41 SMPWRK1 Notes: 2. Do not specify BLKSIZE=0. SMP/E does not support system- determined block size (SDB)

Re: FDR MESSAGE - FDR998

2006-05-24 Thread willie bunter
Thanks Bruce. I will try it out. Can the FDR group come up with another section where the failed volume will be flagged? This way it could be easier to zero in on the problem. Now, only a list of the successful volumes that have been backed up appear on the list. Bruce Black [EMAIL

JES Control Blocks

2006-05-24 Thread Smith, Sean M
I am working on copying and modifying some of our JES exits to operate in the new exits with z/OS 1.7. The problem that I am running into is that the current exits refer to control blocks that I believe I do not have access to from the user address space (for example the PCE). However, I have not

Re: JES Control Blocks

2006-05-24 Thread Rob Scott
I would advise the use of the JES2 Data Areas books - all the needed info is in there Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rs.com/portfolio/mxi/ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: JES2 Exit 52 woes in z/OS 1.7

2006-05-24 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
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Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread Ray Mullins
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday May 24 2006 00:10 I think it's typical for IBM. Examples: snip 2. DB2 doesn't (wasn't) check RACF profile when started/closed. Effect: everybody (who can issue

cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread McKown, John
We have a z890 (2086 capacity 250). We also have an IFL on this box. We are not using the IFL (don't ask, I'll whine). I would like to convert the IFL to a zAAP. I cannot see if this is possible, or how much it may cost. Anybody know how I can find this information, WITHOUT TALKING TO IBM SALES.

CA Unicenter Solve Operation and zOS 1.7

2006-05-24 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
Hi all, I would like to know if any of you who have migrated to zOS 1.7 is using CA Unicenter Solve Operation 5.0. We are having a problem with this software and want to know if it happens only here or this is a general situation. Our problem does not occur everytime and is related to NETMAGDB

Re: fewer/faster vs more/slower in same plex

2006-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can construct WLM goals to achieve the results I want *MUCH* better on a ring of monoplexes than I can on a (non-homogeneous) parallel sysplex. I've been using WLM since January 1999, and I have never had a homogeneous

Re: PTF 24187 IS NOW AVAILABLE -PE- - -

2006-05-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
While I am not sure exactly what the AI refers to, when I looked up that particular PTF, I noticed that it has been changed to PTF 97084 IS NOW AVAILABLE - - -SUP-UY99455-F310 Which indicates that the PTF has been superceded by a subsequent fix to one or more of the MODULES/MACROS that are

Re: JES Control Blocks

2006-05-24 Thread Smith, Sean M
Thanks for the tip. I was looking in the z/OS 1.7 Library Center under JES2 and the manuals are not there (they are in the z/OS 1.5 Library Center), nor were they delivered on the CD. Have the manuals moved or does IBM need to follow-up and put these online for z/OS 1.7? Sean -Original

Re: SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB

2006-05-24 Thread R.S.
Ray Mullins wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday May 24 2006 00:10 I think it's typical for IBM. Examples: snip 2. DB2 doesn't (wasn't) check RACF profile when started/closed. Effect: everybody

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Ruegsegger, Jeff
John, My understanding is ZAAP's are only available on Z9's Jeff Ruegsegger Avnet Inc. Sr. Systems Programmer 30 S. Mckemy Ave Chandler, AZ 85226 (480) 961-6476 - Office (602) 321-3325 - Mobile (480) 794-9721 - Fax -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Tom Harper
Jeff, We have an IFL and a zAAP processor, and we are running a z/890. Tom Harper -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruegsegger, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: cost of a CPU

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Doug Henry
Bruce, Here are the places where SMS writing an EOF is documented. z/OS V1R7.0 DFSMS Using Data Sets When the system allocates a new SMS data set with DSORG=PS or no DSORG, the access methods treat the data set as being null, that is, having no data. A program can safely read the data set

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/24/2006 at 07:50 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Underreaching. Why the restriction to SAM? Allocation ought to write EOF whenever a NEW primary extent is allocated, regardless of known or unknown DSORG. VSAM? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Knutson, Sam
zAAPs are available on z9, z990, and z890. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 COBOL can be cured if its caught soon enough.

Re: DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok)

2006-05-24 Thread Christian Blesa
Hello Thank you very much for your help. Our DBA colleagues will change this option next days and we will revise SMF16 again. Regards Chr. Blesa -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: IGGPRE00

2006-05-24 Thread Jeff Ruegsegger
Sam, Thanks for th pointer! However like I said I am in fact MLPAing the module in but when I run an ISRFIND I find it in PLPA only not MLPA and the one in PLPA is the dummy module(length 8). ISRFIND doesn't find one in MLPA and when I scan MLPA (E-MLPA and MLPA) I cant seem to find my

Re: JES Control Blocks

2006-05-24 Thread Rob Scott
I must admit that the ones I have on the LAN are the z/OS 1.5 ones I haven't researched getting more up to date ones. If all else fails - there is your SHASMAC dataset ! Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Ruegsegger, Jeff
I stand corrected. Thanks Jeff Ruegsegger Avnet Inc. Sr. Systems Programmer 30 S. Mckemy Ave Chandler, AZ 85226 (480) 961-6476 - Office (602) 321-3325 - Mobile (480) 794-9721 - Fax -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: IGGPRE00

2006-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 24 May 2006 11:41:30 -0500, Jeff Ruegsegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sam, Thanks for th pointer! However like I said I am in fact MLPAing the module in but when I run an ISRFIND I find it in PLPA only not MLPA and the one in PLPA is the dummy module(length 8). ISRFIND doesn't find one

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Kittendorf, Craig
zAAPs are available on z890 and z990. I believe it is zIIPs that are only available on z9. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruegsegger, Jeff Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: cost of a

Re: IGGPRE00

2006-05-24 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, CBT File 311 from Dave Alcock has FINDMOD which is my favorite load module search tool. http://www.cbttape.org/ http://www.planetmvs.com/ Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL

Re: cost of a CPU side-grade

2006-05-24 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Correct. It is easy to remember, each 'line' brought new type of processor during time IFL - z900+ zAAP - z990+ zIIP - z9+ On 5/24/06, Kittendorf, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zAAPs are available on z890 and z990. I believe it is zIIPs that are only available on z9.

Re: IGGPRE00

2006-05-24 Thread Ruegsegger, Jeff
Hi Mark, ISRFIND shows -PLPA- IGGPRE00 LOC=04310EF8 LEN=0008 EP=84310EF8 MLPDE= LPALST SYS1.LPALIB IGGPRE00

Stopping DB2 (was SMP/E SMPWRK* vs. SDB)

2006-05-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Radoslaw, There is a simple solution to resolving the -stop db2 issue. Don't allow people who have no business accessing a console, be it via a real console, an EMCS console (including SDSF) or any other approach. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly

DFSORT NULLOUT default (was DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok))

2006-05-24 Thread Greg Shirey
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frank Yaeger ICETOOL doesn't have separate environments. JCL covers direct invocation of DFSORT (e.g. PGM=ICEMAN). INV covers program invocation of DFSORT. TSO and TSOINV cover TSO. ICETOOL's

Re: PTF 24187 IS NOW AVAILABLE -PE- - -

2006-05-24 Thread Mark Thomen
Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Wayn, can you help with with this one also. I just came across it. PTF 97084 IS NOW AVAILABLE - -AI- - What would be the meaning of the AI. Additional Information Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM

Re: DFSORT NULLOUT default (was DFSORT: SMF16 (jobs ok, stcs nok))

2006-05-24 Thread Frank Yaeger
Greg Shirey wrote on 05/24/2006 10:27:14 AM: Since my shop doesn't modify the DFSORT defaults, I hadn't realized what INV meant. Frank's explanation raises a question for me about the new parm NULLOUT. The fine manual states that NULLOUT can specify the return code and the action to be

SAP on The Mainframe

2006-05-24 Thread Jeff Ruegsegger
We are a fairly large IMS shop and my company is investigating moving to SAP. Looks like the move may be to UNIXAnyone running SAP DB2 on zos and SAP A/S on Linux on an IFL? If so what were the key decision points. RAS or simply $$$?

Output class of current running SYSLOG

2006-05-24 Thread Duane Weaver
IS it possible to change the output class of the current open syslog without an IPL? duane -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Need Suggestions - Best Way To Ship Secure Reports from Mainframe to Users

2006-05-24 Thread Robert Pelletier
Hi All. I have been asked by the user to come up with a way to SECURELY ship reports from the frame to the users. Right now we use XMITIP unsecured or unsecured FTP to ship them. The user stated: 1. If possible NO changes to their PCs / use of keys if possible. 2. User doesn't care if reports go

Re: Output class of current running SYSLOG

2006-05-24 Thread Knutson, Sam
Yes it is possible but not using a supported interface. A couple folks on the list pointed me to the right control blocks last year.Here is what I provided as instruction to a fellow systems programmer to do the change dynamically. You should of course use caution when zapping storage so be

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 24 May 2006 07:50:12 -0600, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Underreaching. Why the restriction to SAM? Allocation ought to write EOF whenever a NEW primary extent is allocated, regardless of known or unknown DSORG. ... ??? Where (or perhaps, what) is EOF for a

Re: Write to BR14 allocated PSDS - Unitech ACR 3.3

2006-05-24 Thread J R
The problem here is one of imprecise communication. IEFBR14 does not create datasets. IEFBR14 does not allocate datasets. IEFBR14 does not initialize datasets. I suspect we all knew what the gist of the vendor's recommendation was but, as written in the OP's post, one had to wonder. What we

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