McKown, John wrote:
[...]
Personally, I shudder. Talk about a massive violation of security.
???
What is the violation?
Of
course, this is why I would __NEVER__ store z/OS data on anything other
than z/OS DASD (no, not even FlexCUB).
What about other mainframe users, which have READ to the
Ed,
Seeing as captured SRB time is attributed directly to the address the owning
address space, why wouldn't you include SRB time in your billing. In fact
CPU Time for billing nowadays usually includes IO interrupt time, RCT Time
(swapping) and Hyperspace access.
I believe IBM has stayed with
It's likely that your z/OS DASD can be accessed by open systems as
well. Or badly-managed z/OS system. It is a matter of connectivity. In
fact we talk about physical security here. Same means could apply to
Shai's PC or Support Element, or HMC, or OSA-ICC consoles.
I agree that we talk about
Hi,
Any one know if HLASM is included in z/OS 1.9?
There is only one product named HLASM Toolkit in the z/OS V1.9, which is
chargeable. If I want to use HLASM only, do I need to order the toolkit?
Or HLASM is included in z/OS V1.9, HLASM toolkit is totally a different
product from HLASM.
My colleague came across the following while testing key rings and rsa
encryption:
He checked the FM to find out that he can set the size of the key via racdcert
from anything between 512 and 9. We had it set to 1024, so he tried 2048 to
make the encryption harder to break, given that
I came across an interesting discrepancy (IMO) when looking at an Java OOM dump:
Verbx vsmdata tells me that subpool *230* is about 300MB big. Looking at that
storage, it is occupied (mostly) by user shared libraries (.so) as shared
storage with USS dataspace bpxdl001.
Every one of those
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 10:59 +0100, Barbara Nitz wrote:
Our conclusion: Big 'brother' is watching you, all the better to break
your encryption and spy on all you non-Americans!
And the first person that mentions clipper chip in response to this
owes me a beer.
D'oh ... time to visit the
HI ALL,
Who have exprience on convert old mainframe CICS 3270 to Web base.
I know CTG provide EPI to support this function.But menu said
The EPIRequest class is not supported with WebSphere Application Server.
Use the EPI support classes (Terminal, Screen, and Field) instead.
Is this
Hello. We need help.
Till now we were working with SMCS in Z/OS V1R6 and TN3270E emulations
(Personal Coomunications 5.8 for Windows) without any problems.
Since we migrated to Z/OS V1R8, SMCS and TN3270E emulations hang
when we try to write something in the console. But if we work with an old
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:59:10 +0100, Barbara Nitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My colleague came across the following while testing key rings and rsa
encryption:
He checked the FM to find out that he can set the size of the key via
racdcert from anything between 512 and 9. We had it set to 1024,
Do the contents of the ECB other than the WAIT and POST bits
matter to WAIT?
no. Although, when the WAIT bit is on, they do matter to POST.
IOW, instead of XC ECB,ECB (or CS) would it suffice
to do as little as MVI ECB,x'3F'
yes
Even though task synchronization and resource serialization are
Thanks, Mark. I'll check your utilities. We're TLMS, no CopyCat.
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On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:11 AM, Ron Hawkins wrote:
Ed,
Seeing as captured SRB time is attributed directly to the address
the owning
address space, why wouldn't you include SRB time in your billing.
In fact
CPU Time for billing nowadays usually includes IO interrupt time,
RCT Time
Walt,
thanks for your response. I don't know what book my colleague read, either, but
I forwarded your reply. From what I understand, the crypto card in the z9 is
currently enabled but not used. My colleague will test again with an enabled
card (I think).
best regards, Barbara
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Hi,
Any one know if HLASM is included in z/OS 1.9?
HLASM is the system assembler since long ago, and is included as
part of the base z/OS.
There is only one product named HLASM Toolkit in the z/OS
-Original Message-
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My colleague came across the following while testing key
rings and rsa encryption:
He checked the FM to find out that he can set the size of the
key via racdcert from anything between 512 and
All the elements and optional features of z/OS are listed in this handy
table in z/OS Planning for Installation:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/E0Z2B181/1.1.1?SHELF=EZ2ZO10jDT=20071026163047
As you can see, HLASM is a base element of z/OS, which is to say that
it's
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.
If HSM logs are being retained, they also contain similar information.
Another possibility is to restore a backup of the MCDS either under a
different name or on a test system from a time when the ds was still on
ML2 and find the record corresponding to the dataset.
Also, see discussion of
Looks like a tool that will require some serious security review in order to
implement it properly.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:02:27 -0600, Kirk Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Dovetailed Technologies announces today that the Co:Z Co-Processing
Toolkit for z/OS is now free for use, under the terms
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:29:37 -0600, Miguel Villar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hello. We need help.
Till now we were working with SMCS in Z/OS V1R6 and TN3270E emulations
(Personal Coomunications 5.8 for Windows) without any problems.
Since we migrated to Z/OS V1R8, SMCS and TN3270E emulations hang
Here's an abbreviated link: http://tinyurl.com/2pvurx
And here's the story:
*
CA aiming to ease mainframe software licensing costs
By Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
23 Jan 2008 | SearchDataCenter.com
CA Inc. has announced a new
Thanks. We'll look into that parameter.
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And you can try VSM
Jie J Zhang wrote:
There is only one product named HLASM Toolkit in the z/OS V1.9, which is
chargeable. If I want to use HLASM only, do I need to order the toolkit?
Or HLASM is included in z/OS V1.9, HLASM toolkit is totally a different
product from HLASM.
John Eells already responded
What kind of access tool are you talking about - SQL or something else ? If
it's SQL, how compatible will it be with DB2 SQL ? With good SQL support, it
could be a useful tool for warehouse kind of queries.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:49:35 -0800, shai hess [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Thanks,
Yes,
Because MIPS is a measure of processor speed alone, it has come under fire for
its inaccuracy as a measure of how well a system performs. Other factors, such
as memory and I/O bandwidth, affect how well software executes within the
mainframe. This is why IBM began licensing its software
Well, we do have a kind of sub-capacity pricing contract with CA for
TopSecret based on MSUs (the software kind - see below). It doesn't
work like IBM's sub-capacity pricing. It looks more like a cell phone
contact. You pay a flat fee for up to a certain level of MSU use each
month. If you go
Now, if they are talking about the original SUs per second value that's been
around forever then that might be considered a good measure of processor power.
Not really.
IBM uses LSPR to set the value, but LSPR has different throughputs depending on
the workload tested.
And, only one value is
Zeldon said:
BTDTGTTT. PCOMM release 5.8 added support for Contention Resolution.
This needs to be turned off. To turn it off, add the following to the
Telnet3270 section of the WS file using notepad:
OK, I give, what's BTDTGTTT?
George Fogg
Hi,
We're running 1.7 now. We're planning an upgrade, does anyone have an
opinion on whether to go to 1.8 or 1.9 ?
TIA
Dean
Dean Montevago
Sr. Systems Specialist
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
(212) 609 - 9608
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Well BTDTGTT means Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt. I don't
know what the final T means.
Tom Kelman
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
(816) 760-7632
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George Fogg wrote:
Zeldon said:
BTDTGTTT. PCOMM release 5.8 added support for Contention Resolution.
This needs to be turned off. To turn it off, add the following to the
Telnet3270 section of the WS file using notepad:
OK, I give, what's BTDTGTTT?
I think it should be BTDTGTS - Been
The final T means I Type Too fast. :-) BTW, it's ZeldEn... not O.
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On 24 Jan 2008 07:20:11 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kelman,
Tom) wrote:
Well BTDTGTT means Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt. I don't
know what the final T means.
Maybe it's like Fortran, where the final letter is the last letter of
Formula-Translation...
z/os 1.8 drop date is 9/2009
I would go with z/os 1.9 and have a longer time between upgrades.
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Hi,
We're running 1.7 now. We're planning an upgrade, does anyone
have an opinion on whether to go to 1.8 or 1.9 ?
Since 1.9 is the currently available release, you might find it
difficult at
at this point, considering 1.10 will be out in 8 months, I would go with 1.9 if
I
were you.
also, 1.8 will not be co-existence supported with 1.11
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/zos_cmf.html
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Don,
Spoken like a true security consultant :-)
But seriously - we would welcome any comments or questions that you have. It
might be good to add something to our documentation to address any common
concerns.
Co:Z uses SSH to connect from z/OS to the remote server and start the remote
agent
Dean Montevago wrote:
Hi,
We're running 1.7 now. We're planning an upgrade, does anyone have an
opinion on whether to go to 1.8 or 1.9 ?
TIA
Dean
Dean Montevago
Sr. Systems Specialist
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
(212) 609 - 9608
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Isn't that amazing? ISTR it was not
We are currently on 1.8, and I am working on the 1.9 upgrade right now.
Due to MANY issues with IDCAMS with 1.8, I'd just go to 1.9. It appears
that many of the LISTCAT issues with IDCAMS were fixed in 1.9. There
were many quirks in LISTCAT in 1.8 that made it a pain to deal with...
C. Todd
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at this point, considering 1.10 will be out in 8 months, I
would go with 1.9 if I were you.
also, 1.8 will not be co-existence supported with 1.11
Sorry Doc, I finger-checked your name.
On Jan 24, 2008 9:43 AM, Kirk Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don,
Spoken like a true security consultant :-)
But seriously - we would welcome any comments or questions that you have.
It might be good to add something to our documentation to address any
1.9 it is !! Thanks everyone for the info.
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If CA's aim was to lower costs (for us that is) they could have reduced
the per MIPS pricing.
By switching the metric to MSU they don't have issues with existing
contracts and can lower prices and even add sub-capacity pricing via
SCRT.
The goal could also be to get existing contracts rewritten to
Hi,
CA aiming to lower costs ?
Sending Consultants to your site for FREE to help you with CA products ?
Am I wactching the comedy channel or the Political Cable Channels in the
USA.
Now I know how certain political candidates win Elections in the USA.
Unbelievable stuff this and you have to
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:45:21 -0500, Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are currently on 1.8, and I am working on the 1.9 upgrade right now.
Due to MANY issues with IDCAMS with 1.8, I'd just go to 1.9. It appears
that many of the LISTCAT issues with IDCAMS were
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:10 -0600, Mark Zelden
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The final T means I Type Too fast. :-) BTW, it's ZeldEn... not O.
(off list)
Wouldn't that be TTF?
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ED,
I've have never observed SRB time to vary so much across MVS versions and
releases, but I started with MVS/XA, Things may have been different in
earlier versions. However, if the address space is burning the SRB CPU time
then the user must still be responsible for the cost. If you ignore SRB
Chase, John wrote:
Hmmm Does this represent a departure from the previous n+3
philosophy?
N+3 support died with semi-annual release some time ago.
Now, a system is supported for three years and will coexist with any
other currently supported system. A much simpler philosophy.
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We are looking to install VPSX on z/LINUX to offload the AFP - PCL conversion
work from our genral purpose processor. We are looking for anybody with
experience doing this to answer a few questions. Anybody out there ? Thanks,
Dave.
I talk about SQL for queries only.
But this is a little early to talk about the SQL before I find out how many
people like such a tool.
Thanks,
Shai
On 1/24/08, Mohammad Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What kind of access tool are you talking about - SQL or something else ?
If
it's SQL, how
However, if the address space is burning the SRB CPU time then the user must
still be responsible for the cost
We had this discussion when I worked at a large insurance company twenty years
ago. I wanted to charge for SRB time; the ops manager didn't. I said that after
step one of a 99 step
Bob Shannon wrote:
However, if the address space is burning the SRB CPU time then the user must
still be responsible for the cost
We had this discussion when I worked at a large insurance company twenty years
ago. I wanted to charge for SRB time; the ops manager didn't. I said that
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:03:10 -0600, Ed Gould wrote:
Division can't budget if their work doesn't change. Now granted you
can always charge more but then the users get upset, they do want
consistency for budget purposes.
IMO, there has been far too much worry about consistency in billing over the
First, dynamically allocating tape drives is a bit tricky. IIRC, the
allocation fails if there are none available because only an authorized
caller can wait.
Second, I've never heard of the use of 'private' in JCL. It's either a
real serial number or not specified. It appears as PRIVAT in some
In [EMAIL PROTECTED]@sbcglobal.net, on
01/24/2008
at 12:11 AM, Ron Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Seeing as captured SRB time is attributed directly to the address the
owning address space, why wouldn't you include SRB time in your billing.
Because ir's not repeatable.
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In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/23/2008
at 03:22 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
We have discussed on IBM-MAIN plenty of times about the restriction of
100 characters in the parm field. The PSF proc is an example what IBM
had to go through in order to get around the 100 character max.
I
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on
01/23/2008
at 03:00 PM, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Beyond that, you would need to create a global name/token pair to refer
to the life-of-address-space storage because nothing else is going to
survive termination of the job step that created that
Interesting thread, but maybe an ambiguous subject title on reflection.
What I really wanted to find out about is what kicks off SRB activity,
e.g. in the scenario we have used product set A in the past and now we use
product set B and the SRB time has increased by a noticeable percentage -
What error do you get? Also, don't you need TSO MOUNT authority to use
ALLOCATE for a tape from TSO (or TSO/REXX)? DO you have that authority?
Mark
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:23:04 -0600, Jeffrey Deaver
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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
We renewed our license for Easytrieve and FAVER and converted to
sub-capacity pricing. We paid a yearly license fee based on a certain
MSU level and will provide the SCRT outputs quarterly to CA. If we
exceed the base MSU level, we will be billed $30 per MSU per month we
were over the base. We
Got it and am playing around with it now. I have run into one problem
as follows:
quote
DtlSpawn[N]: Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Dovetailed Technologies LLC. All
rights reserved.
DtlSpawn[N]: version 1.0.3 2008-01-23
DtlSpawn[I]: executing progname=login-shell=/usr/local/bin/bash
DtlSpawn[I]:
Private is not an ALLOCATE command parameter. If it is the volume serial
number use VOLUME(volume) parameter. I would ignore this parameter at all
and get a scratch tape, as you specified NEW as the disposition. Your tape
management product will find you one.
Itschak
Itschak Mugzach, Director
Thank you very much Mark. We are going to try it.
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Is it can be useful to develop in the PC, api for DB2?
The API will use my MFNetDisk 3390 data and the response time will be very
very good from PC or any open systems platform?
This would be *very* useful if
1. It could be done without using the mainframe.
2. It supported JDBC ODBC APIs.
3.
I have yet to find a way to access the information on an output statement.
Can you give a hint as to where to find it?
curious pup
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 01/23/2008
05:11:23 PM:
And you just came up with a bit of a methodology that could be used
(with
John,
Thanks for pointing this out. It seems that we assume that the
default shell can accept -L to mean a login shell, which doesn't
work for bash (it will accept -l or --login ).
What we should be doing is spawning the shell with a leading dash in
arg[0], which is more universally accepted by
What I really wanted to find out about is what kicks off SRB activity,
e.g. in the scenario we have used product set A in the past and now we
use
product set B and the SRB time has increased by a noticeable
percentage -
why?
How long is a piece of string? As Ed Jaffe pointed out, lots of
On Jan 24, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Ron Hawkins wrote:
ED,
I've have never observed SRB time to vary so much across MVS
versions and
releases, but I started with MVS/XA, Things may have been different in
earlier versions. However, if the address space is burning the SRB
CPU time
then the user
Beyond that, you would need to create a global name/token pair to
refer
to the life-of-address-space storage because nothing else is going to
survive termination of the job step that created that name/token
pair.
Shirley all of the control blocks pertaining to the Initiator will
survive.
We will go from 1.7 to 1.9
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
On 1/24/08, Dean Montevago [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
We're running 1.7 now. We're planning an upgrade, does anyone have an
opinion on whether to go to 1.8 or 1.9 ?
TIA
Dean
Dean Montevago
Sr. Systems Specialist
Visiting
---snip--
Lots of good information there for him. You might want to add that
trying to do a charge back system that includes SRB is to say the
least iffy. Its not clear that is what the person was asking but I
am sure it will come up along the way. I
Unless you have major issues with software running on the latest release, I
would always recommend the most current available, when upgrading.
And, this would include all software, not just the OS.
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:26:55 -0500, Peter Relson
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...
I disagree. Especially when the thread gets into pointing out the
deficiencies of wait/post as a serialization mechanism. Not surprising.
It
really isn't one.
...
What? Not for serialization? And not for queueing?
On Jan 24, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/23/2008
at 03:22 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
We have discussed on IBM-MAIN plenty of times about the
restriction of
100 characters in the parm field. The PSF proc is an example
what IBM
Going to the current release also depends on how far behind you are. If you're
farther than N+2, you can't upgrade more than 2 releases and still be
supported. If you are currently at 1.6, you can't go furthur than 1.8 and
remain supported by IBM. Chances are you won't having any problems
I don't quite understand the confusion either between BC and EC. I always kept
them straight by remembering that B is before E in the alphabet, so therefore
the BC is the smaller one. Also, you can think B for Basic.
Eric
Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ted, what are the
Going to the current release also depends on how far behind you are. If
you're farther than N+2, you can't upgrade more than 2 releases and still be
supported. If you are currently at 1.6, you can't go furthur than 1.8 and
remain supported by IBM. Chances are you won't having any problems
Actually you can go to 1.9. Support is N+3, not N+2.
However JES2 might be the problem, as there were major changes that required
many companies to rewrite their exits when they upgraded to 1.7 or higher.
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:13 -0600, Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Going to the
To me (and IBM) they are (B)usiness and (E)nterprise class machines.
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:49 -0600, Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I don't quite understand the confusion either between BC and EC. I always
kept them straight by remembering that B is before E in the alphabet, so
To me (and IBM) they are (B)usiness and (E)nterprise class machines.
The confusion comes with the overlap and all the zIIP/zAAP options.
I don't have a problem; my management did.
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Hi Folks,
A DB2 pal has asked me to hang a question to see if anyone has found a good
generic PCI Compliance Spec for DB2 Tables. She has concluded ours should
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On a related topic, she also had not heard of IBM Main and will be signing up.
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I don't think it's very active; there used to be one.
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Matthew Stitt wrote:
Actually you can go to 1.9. Support is N+3, not N+2.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/zos_cmf.html
Bob
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There is a nasty bug in the product, which is fixed in the latest
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If you are running the previous version, please update to V 1.0.4.
The bug affects users who run the batch CO:Z launcher with certain
configurations AND under a userid with certain
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Hi all,
I am running a z/OS 1.6 system and we are developing software using the IP
stack. One of our LPARS runs Top Secret and TCPIP and all of its applications.
I have written a Cobol STC that executes the following Cobol Statement.
Call 'EZASOKET' USING SOKET-INITAPI MAXSOC INITAPI-IDENT
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:11:23 -0600, McKown, John wrote:
And you just came up with a bit of a methodology that could be used
(with some difficulty) in our own application programs. In a step which
wants a PARM value 100 characters, use something like: // PARM='abcd '
where abcd is the label of an
Matthew Stitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To me (and IBM) they are (B)usiness and (E)nterprise class machines.
Uh...ok. And the difference between a 'business' and an 'enterprise' is? I
remember when 'enterprise' was the new word for a business. That really
doesn't help.
The arcana of IBM
Hello Jeffrey,
I know this one!
1. Running REXX in batch and using ALLOC assume you are running in a
background TSO session.
2. The user running the job must have MOUNT authority to request allocation
of TAPE devices.
3. The userid running the job must not exceed 7 characters, otherwise the
Rob Wunderlich writes:
JDBC/ODBC access to z/os DB2 works well, but it's expensive
(relative term).
I think you used the word perceived elsewhere, and there are those
perceptions, yes. It's a multi-party effort to make sure the truth is
understood.
The cost for drivers, whether DB2 Connect or
HI,
People who work with old version of MFNetDisk, must install the newest
version from my site.
Yes, I know that using the old version can work, but the last version fix a
lot
of errors recovery problems and the performence is much better and also some
bugs in the MF and the PC.
My
Hi Gil,
I wonder if your null parameter is misinterpreting your quotes...something like
the rule that to support imbedded quote, you must code two in sequence, the
first as an escape character..
normally I have seen a null parm coded as adjacent comma's.
//OUT01OUTPUT USERDATA=('A',,'C')
YY,
If you're programming using EPI in WebSphere Application Server with CICS
Transaction Gateway, you may want to refer to the EPI sample code included
with CTG. I'm copying this section of the CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1
InfoCenter for reference:
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The EPI Sample consists of a
The first question I would ask do you have TSO mount auth?
Ed
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Subject: Dynamic tape in Rexx?
We would like to
Miguel,
Disabling contention resolution on the client might be a temporary
workaround, but I wouldn't recommend that as a permanent workaround.
Contention resolution is a very good thing to have enabled -- it can
dramatically speed up things like macros -- and you can just about
guarantee you'll
I agree with you.
To develop the support for DB2 queries in PC without accessing the MF is
complicate mission.
I will do it only if many people will ask me to do this feature.
But I think that the benefit of accessing the DB2 from PC can save a lot of
money because it will save the people the
Kirk,
It's worth mentioning, from the narrow view of network encryption, that you
could traverse a HiperSocket to Linux on z using the unencrypted socket
connection and not have to worry about anyone intercepting the data. There
are many other security issues to consider, but that's one way to
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