Hello all,
Supposing I do the following test:
1 define SYS1.TCPPARMS on a free volume ESBF0A.
2 offline ESBF0A
3 restart RESOLVER
And if I submit a batch ping job or ftp job without defining SYSTCPD
in JCL,will the job hang there?
Is this the problem of TCPIP?
Regards
Victor
I'm conducting a straw poll trying to establish how many people in the real
world actually use the Workstation Agent part of ISPF and on what
platforms.
I'd appreciate any feedback from subscribers to this list. I'm only really
interested in whether you run it and the platforms on which you run
Ward, Mike S wrote:
Hello all, I have a small problem and I don't know how to handle it at
this point. I initialized a CKDS and a PKDS on our old z800 using the
pass phrase method. The z800 had ccf processors. I want to bring these
datasets into our z890 environment, but I don't exactly know
Clark, Maurice wrote:
G'day Bruce,
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EMC does with recent microcode changes (not sure if it is limited to the
DMX boxes). I haven't yet heard about MIDAW on HDS or STK
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The HP RAID500 boxes (XP12000/XP1000) have MIDAW support built into the
50-07-51-00/00 microcode. Same for
Hi,
The last IBM RedBooks newsletter included this one.
Data Integrity with DB2 for z/OS
Published: July 10, 2006 ISBN: 0738495547 272 pages
Explore the book online at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247111.html
The book has some good information on platform data Integrity
I always get blank looks when I ask what would happen if someone
actually tried to exploit 64bit addressing to the fullest. How do we
provide page space to back these requests?
As someone responsible for keeping our mainframes up and running, it
worries me that application type people have the
That is the reason that IBM allows installations to set the MEMLIMIT. While
it is true that even a reasonable limit can be abused by multiple jobs, you
would have the same exposure in a 31 bit world if you allow jobs to use
REGION=0M.
Wayne Driscoll
Product Developer
JME Software LLC
NOTE: All
I believe RESOLVER will not re-initialize. I know when the dataset is not a
legit cataloged DSN it does fail when initializing.
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I would like to know if there is a way to access a VSAM dataset in a z/OS
system from another z/OS system in these situation:
- The Vsam Dataset is catalogued in the first system in the mastercatalog
which is connencted to the mastercatalog of the system I want to access
from.
- STEPCAT is
I'm conducting a straw poll trying to establish how many people in the
real world actually use the Workstation Agent part of ISPF and on what
platforms.
If you don't use it at all, you can also let me know that.
I don't use it at all. For the first few years I would periodically try
to get
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:36:34 +0800, Allan Chandler
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I'm conducting a straw poll trying to establish how many people in the real
world actually use the Workstation Agent part of ISPF and on what
platforms.
I use it, primarily for file transfer to windoze.
Tom Marchant
Radoslaw,
That's right. Only the vendor name changes in the node name or SCSI query
between HP (HPQ) and all the rest(HTC).
We haven't released that code level as GA yet.
Ron
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SETFRR for AMODE(64)
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In other words,
We would like to activate OAM and its entry in the subsystem name table
without having to IPL. I'm off in search of documentation, but would very
much appreciate an affirmation that it can be done or an absolute no way to
save some time.
TIA
What's the point if you don't have that much memory and can't back it on
DASD? It's just an exercise with no practical value until you can back
it.
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I assume, you have your pass phrase recorded (you remember it).
Just repeat the initialization process on z/890 using same method, same
pass phrase but different (blank new) KDS datasets. Then you can stop
ICSF and replace the
SETSSI command -
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What's the point
Hi All,
Our setup has a CT Gateway (Channel Transfer, this simulates a cluster
controller) on one side and IBM S/390 (3006-B01) Server on the other side.
The IBM server uses IBM ARTIC960 channel card for connecting to channel
devices.
We are unable to make this channel card detect the CT
Sparse? Ah, the final frontier
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Allan Chandler wrote:
I'm conducting a straw poll trying to establish how many people in the real
world actually use the Workstation Agent part of ISPF and on what
platforms.
I'd appreciate any feedback from subscribers to this list. I'm only really
interested in whether you run it and the
Brian Westerman wrote:
The emulated DASD has a BASE dasd image, and can have one or
more SHADOW images of the same volumes. All changes made to the dasd
occur in the shadow image, thus leaving the base dasd unchanged. You can
select to merge the shadow image into the base, (thus making a new
Thanks for all the reply's. I'll try the method below and let you know
what happens.
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I have used WSA on occasion for file transfer but I usually don't think
to start it. Win/XP.
David W Neylon, Sr
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Ron,
I have an XP512 box and HP has told me that they have made a bunch of
microcode changes so the XP boxes (at least the XP512) aren't the same
as the HDS any more. I know the hardware is the same. How about the
software running on the box, are they different or the same from that
level?
From: Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Allan, You might want to ensure you create a clear distinction here between
the WSA and the ISPGUI. There's a lot of ignorance and confusion about
these offerings and many people just don't know the difference. You've
already received one response that
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote on 7/14/2006 4:25 AM:
BTW, the same applies to out-of-office and other autoresponders; it is
abusive for them to autorespond to list traffic.
I'm the listowner for ISPF-L, a list with (only) 500-600 subscribers and
much much lower traffic than IBM-MAIN.
Chris Craddock writes:
|
| . . . I am glad that the wizards have made it all work out, but in terms
of functional needs,
| 64-bit addressing is overkill on a cosmic scale.
|
Let us hope so.
Computing---informatique, informatica, whatever---is a fairly new
discipline; but one red thread that
Here are the results. I disabled PKA services and used PPINIT using the
pass phrase that was used on the z800, I also replied no to init ckds
and pkds as well as replying no to initializing new encryption cards.
Here is what I received:
CSFM404A PKA HASH PATTERN IN PKDS HEADER RECORD DOES NOT
Good news. Since the ppinit wasn't allowed to initialize the datasets it
still had a pointer to the z890 pkds. I pointed icsf to the z800 pkds
and enabled PKA services and bingo.
CSFM416I BOTH MASTER KEYS CORRECT ON PCI X CRYPTOGRAPHIC COPROCESSOR
X01, SERIAL
NUMBER 94001416.,
***,
Thanks for
I am not opposed to large address spaces but I need to make sure that my
systems stay up. Until someone comes up with a way to back large address
spaces then we are in a dangerous situation. It may be 'virtual', but if
anyone tries to use it there had better be SOMETHING backing it up!
Coding
Also from UK13240:
++ HOLD(UK13240) SYS FMID(H26L340) REASON(DOC) DATE(06097)
COMMENT
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* FUNCTION AFFECTED: ENTERPRISE COBOL(PQ16765)
Will Omegamon's CandleNet Portal run under z/VM's Linux?
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I'm tagging onto this. I had ICSF working on my z800 also. However, for
the life of me, I simply cannot get it to work on our upgraded z890
(z800-z890). I remember that I needed one or more features (free)
enabled on the z800. Is there something similar I need on the z890? We
don't have a crypto
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I have used WSA on occasion for file transfer but I usually don't think
to start it.
I used to have the same problem until I created a BAT file that starts both
the WSA and the emulator at the
Actually would be easier to just copy the WSA shortcut into the START
folder in XP. I could start Extra that way also but I'm a bit...
Hmmm.. OCD about which order my apps are on the taskbar. :) Yes, I
recognize that it's irrational. :)
David W Neylon, Sr
Consultant/Data Security Analyst
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Coding IEFUSI to limit its use is defeating the purpose of having large
address spaces in the first place.
I don't agree. It can protect you from shotting yourself in the foot
while still allowing legitimate usage
When we lost our system we had an IEFUSI exit coded and active.
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Veilleux wrote:
When we lost our system we had an IEFUSI exit coded and active.
I'm sorry, but I find this whole discussion a bit overblown. The ability to
crash a system certainly didn't surface with 64-bit addressing. Since this is
hardly a mainstream' storage allocation method,
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When we lost our system we had an IEFUSI exit coded and active.
Programmer: What do you mean my code doesn't work? I got RC=0 when I
assembled it.
Either the code was not adequate for the environment
do you still needs this?
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G'Day All,
I have been a
John said;
The moral of this anecdotage is that notionally reasonable maxima
have
in our history always been outgrown much too soon.
True enough, but we have oscillated around a curve that is less than one
additional bit of addressability every few years and because each bit
represents a
We are trying to protect CA SYSVIEW product with RACF. Has anyone else
attempted to do this? If so, could you please point me in the right
direction. Currently, I have only been provided with the SAF exit from
SYSVIEW.
Get yourself a copy of the CA-SYSVIEW Security Guide. That should help as
On Jul 18, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote:
I always get blank looks when I ask what would happen if someone
actually tried to exploit 64bit addressing to the fullest. How do we
provide page space to back these requests?
As someone responsible for keeping our mainframes up and running,
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The OOP (original OP) asked about the ACEE and ASXB for another address
space. I convoluted the threat by spawning a different sub-thread, thus
inadvertently becoming a SOP (subordinate OP) on the subject of CPU timing. It
appears from Jim Mulder's comments in
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:46:42 +0200, Ulrich Boche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your machine has the CPACF feature (CP Assist for Cryptographic
Functions) which needs to be
activated (FC 3863). Different from the CCFs this is a non-disruptive
process. CPACF on a
z890 or z990 can do DES, TDES and SHA1.
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:14:54 +0800, victorzhang_mvscn
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Hello all,
Supposing I do the following test:
1 define SYS1.TCPPARMS on a free volume ESBF0A.
2 offline ESBF0A
3 restart RESOLVER
And if I submit a batch ping job or ftp job without defining SYSTCPD
in JCL,will
I'm currently in University on my Co-op term as a COBOL programmer for host
systems (zOS). I have a few basic questions regarding the zArchitecture that I
can't seem to elicit answers to from my co-workers. The questions are as
follows:
1. zOS has a kernel called the BCP, or Base Control
I'll take a try at a few of these.
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I'm currently in University on my Co-op
I'm sorry, but I find this whole discussion a bit overblown.
The ability to crash a system certainly didn't surface with 64-bit addressing.
I agree!
I've already made my opinion known on this, specifically the fact that DB2 V8
ignores the exits and controls for memory.
This, in and of itself,
At least for question 1, go find a manual called the Principles of
Operations. You can search the IBM website by that name and then download
it to read.
The BCP is nothing more than the core MVS components. MVS is comprised of
many subsystems, each doing a specialized function. The Kernel in
There is an IBM redbook, which you can download (no charge) at the IBM
publications website, called
Introduction to z/OS and the mainframe environment
Get it and read it. You will then be able to reformulate your questions.
John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721-1817
USA
From: Kuredjian,
Hi. Welcome to the world of z and IBM-MAIN.
Go to http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/
On the right side of the page there is a link to the z/OS basics
skill center and a z/OS Basics Redbook. This Redbook may be a
good place to start along with the basics skill center.
If
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:39:26 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'm conducting a straw poll trying to establish how many people in the
real world actually use the Workstation Agent part of ISPF and on what
platforms.
If you don't use it at all, you can also let me know that.
I
Everything everyone has said so far is correct but IMHO all of the answers
to question 1. (which is really two questions, kernel and architecture) have
started at a level of detail beyond your question.
The z/OS hardware is its own architecture. It is not x86 or POWER or Sparc
or any popular
Charles Mills wrote:
... I guess the correct name at
this point for the processor hardware design is zSeries architecture
It's called z/Architecture, just like it says on the cover of the
Principles of Operation manual.
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You may find this useful ...
http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/taskarrange.html
At 12:02 PM 7/18/2006, David W Neylon wrote:
[...snip...] I could start Extra that way also but I'm a bit...
Hmmm.. OCD about which order my apps are on the taskbar. :) Yes, I
recognize that it's
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:28:16 -0400, Veilleux, Jon L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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You may have 64bit addressing, but you only really have the amount of
real storage on your system plus the amount of paging space available.
Try to use any more and its CRASH.
You can monitor storage usage like
It's called z/Architecture
I always called the manual z/Arch POP.
I picked that up from a Canadian IBM'r.
But, most didn't understand what that meant.
When in doubt.
PANIC!!
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Perhaps they did not explain themselves correctly.
Only Hitachi writes the microcode for the RAID500 storage controller.
Sometimes they add things especially for HP, sometimes they add things just
for us, and sometimes they add things for everybody.
This is true from the 7700E/XP256
All of the threads here where right on target, and should serve you well if
you follow them as prescribed. I have found that there is no definitive
source on the architecture. It is really a vast landscape , I actually
read the hardware manual supplied with the 3031 CPU's,, they had a lot of
'Humility'? Anyone entering a new field has perforce much to learn from
some of its experienced denizens, but humility should be short-lived.
No good programmer I have every known was at all humble, and the great ones
were/are well aware of their abilities, even [some few of them] arrogant
I appreciate all the help that I received and special Thanks to Steve Arnett
who recommended changing the MTU to 1492 and it fixed the problem. I would
have never considered this as an issue as the Flex Machine is still running
with MTU=1500.
I notice that your maximum block size(MTU) for the
Brian Westerman wrote:
The support is only available on the PC(s) that run Z/OS, not a real
mainframe, this issue will not affect real mainframes (i.e. Z9), but there
are a lot of us that have Flex-based systems that could run into this
problem, that's why I posted the answer.
I have
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