read the relevant IBM's SMS manuals first, Theo.
just like altering SYS1.MANx or SYS1.DUMPx datasets, you ADD first, DELETE
thereafter.
another (terrible) alternative is to get the Sysplex CFRM CDS redefined.
this will force SMSVSAM to request re-registration of the SHCDS - the impact
of this
Pierre, i wouldn't be too hasty to find an answer, rather, i'd be troubled
by the existence of such jobs. Yes, it is weird.
what if some recovery is needed from that dsn=ABCD, and the only copy (on
tape) was then clobbered ?
what if dsn=ABCD has extended to another tape volume ?
- ravi.
On
what exact level of microcode will that be ?
we're also grappling with the various side-effects of these programs at times.
- ravi.
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:37:47 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
kees.vern...@klm.com wrote:
FYI:
This week one of our TS7700 clusters had a spontaneous reboot
any additional checks will require more resources to be consumed.
this will depend whether data integrity is valued over performance.
we've turned it ON for our systems (z/OS 1.9).
i believe it's ON by default from z/OS 1.10 onwards ...
- ravi.
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:21 -0400, Dazzo,
without seeing the various error messages that may have been issued with
this file, it's kinda hard to guess ...
what parameters are defined in the Data Class ?
by default, VSAM uses Primary space value for allocation onto a new disk
volume.
read the manual DFSMS Using Data Sets - this
this is an Extended Format VSAM file.
there is another field in the Data Class called Additional Volume Amount -
default value is Primary. you can set this to Secondary.
i'm assuming that you do not have niche products such as StopX37 or ACC/SRS.
i'm curious to know why you have Record Access
pity -- giving up a beautiful solution. must be the $$cost$$ ...
as your subject header states, use TMM - which i term as a poor man's VSM.
there is a manual on Volume Mount Analyzer which will assist in identifying
the potential candidates for TMM. HSM will perform the stacking for you.
you'll
check:
1. duplexing of tape
2. ARCCMD member for HSM activities at that time
3. any ONLYIF HSMHOST() employed in the ARCCMD
4. ARCINBAK being used by any jobs at that time
- ravi.
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:43:10 -0500, Jaime Miranda jamir...@sdccd.edu wrote:
Barry,
The Setsys DSBACKUP (TAPE
Questions:
1. how long does it take for the virtual tape to be recalled from the
stacked volume? or is that a native tape drive attached to the ATL of the VTS ?
2. i assume you're running HSM in a Sysplex: what are the values of CDSQ/CDSR?
- ravi.
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:38:52 +, Jacky
1. what is the RAID config ?
2. what is the microcode level
3. there is an e-pack needed to support z10 - was that applied ?
we're also moving to z10 ...
applying the e-pack this weekend to the boxes on test systems.
- ravi
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:42:48 -0500, Jorge Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
used to be called Teknekron Software Systems, a competitor to Reuters
Financial services. they had a relatively nimble product then called TIB
(Teknekron Information Bus) that provided real-time digital feed, along
with a 'portal' called MarketSheet.
then Reuters bought them. their competing
do something like:
WHEN ((DSTYPE NE 'TEMP') AND
((DSORG NE 'PO') OR
(DSORG NE 'VS') OR
(DSORG NE 'DA'))AND
(DSORG EQ ''))
DO
SET DATACLAS = 'DCPS'
what version of NCS are you on ?
- ravi.
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:27:15 -0500, Glenn Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
We have been trying to upgrade the LMU/LCU on our STK9310 ( PowderHorn )
ATL to support STK9840D tape drives. We currently have microcode level
1.9.26 on the LMU's and we have
Liz,
just how were the SNAPs affected ? do you have SRDF/A involved ?
- ravi.
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:29:51 -0400, Lizette Koehler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am supporting the DMX3 Disk Array from EMC. We have been experienceing
some performance issues with our Timefinder Snap process.
Provided there is an aggressive expiry plan set in the mgmtclas, and there's
healthy status of SCRATCH tapes.
in the several sites i've been, everyone's afraid to clear the archeological
dust - so they pile up causing grief to TMS.
- ravi.
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:47 -0500, Mark Zelden
on z/OS 1.6
i created a KSDS with data cisz 18k (without explicitly coding index cisz).
data info with EA/EF:
ATTRIBUTES
KEYLEN24 AVGLRECL3400
Hello Don.
i am interested to know how Tape/Copy stand up to IBM's Tape2Tape.
where does it succeed ?
also, how does it handle tapes that are managed externally to the TMS, such
as DFHSM, DB2, Control-D, and such.
- ravi.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:18:48 -0600, Don Bolton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
into which VOLCAT - specific, or General ?
- ravi.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:53:49 -0500, Field, Alan C.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ravi,
We're doing the same thing. STK to IBM, only we got B20's.
The only solution we have found is to define the foreign volumes in
the volcats. Use IDCAMS CREATE
as this happens several times (10) a month we're thinking of:
1. let the restoration job have a preamble/postamble steps to define the
external tape to VGENERAL, and to remove the entry after the job completes.
2. define all Prod tapes to Devt into specific VOLCATs.
arguments:
for 1:
share it across SYSPLEX ?
considering whether to define the Prod ranges as private to Devt - but
maintenance can be painful.
- ravi.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:28:36 -0500, Darth Keller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Have you considered sharing the TCDB's?
Just brain-storming here, but if you can't
we're in the midst of migrating our workload out from STK's VSMs to IBM's VE
TS7740 (set up in a dual cluster grid). this grid is shared by several SYSPLEX.
the problem we now face is this:
during the VSM days, the tapes weren't SMS-managed. if there is a need to
troubleshoot a job failure in
non-SMS: when a VSAM file is created
SMS: when a file is created
in a newly-initialized volume, a newly-defined dataset will occupy space
first; after which the VVDS is automatically created.
problem is, if the first dataset is removed, there will be a gap that
may be hard to be filled.
interesting this topic should come up - i just did an exercise to reblock
the TMC, and to add about 400,000 volume records + 150,000 DSNB records on
Sunday (in Production).
with BLKSIZE=340, the old copy was 9600 trks with 93% used.
with BLKSIZE=8840, i allocated 9000 trks -- used 61%
amazing!
** DON'T PANIC **
take several deep breaths ... and think ...
your 3.2 screen shows:
Storage class . . . : PRODVSAM
Organization . . . : PS
Record format . . . : VB
as Tom pointed out, wrong DSORG - should show up as VS (at least).
from the ISMF test screen Lizette has wonderfully
a genuine concern - but have you checked to see if the growth was not
due to bad Index CISZ ? at one site, the Indices are hardcoded to 512
in the IDCAMS statements, which caused the DATA component to grow rapidly.
dataclass will take effect at dataset creation time. EF/EA datasets need
to be
refer to chapter in DFSMSdfp Storage Admin Reference: Recovering Storage
Management Subsystem Information.
- ravi.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:54:27 -0500, Scott Guynes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Does anyone have experience or a recommendation on how to go about
renaming the SMS CDS/COMMDS
how are tapes being managed at your site ?
- ravi.
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:38:29 +0300, Abdullah AlShaalan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i protect my HSM tapes using RACF.
when i use one of those tapes for JES offloading, it bypass the protection
and overwrite the data on the tape and relabel it.
we have applications that make use of ARCINBAK to backup datasets during
their Batch runs (which goes to tape). i often wondered what benefit that
gives, when compared to DFDSS.
what scenarios will prove beneficial to use ARCINBAK ?
as it is, we have a tough time justifying the CPU usage for
overhead ? compared against what ?
i used to work at a site that still run IMS DB2.
during peak periods (like a month-end on work-day), IMS goes on
smoothly, while DB2 resources shoots through the roof. whatever tuning we
had been doing then continue to fail to tame this beast. we have to
it's a case of i'm right and the whole world didn't figure it out right
anyhow, i'm leaving that place very soon
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:02:38 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/22/2006
at 08:17 PM, Ambat Ravi Nair [EMAIL
how was it done prior to XE ?
and what sort of monitoring is being conducted ?
isn't messages on console sufficient ?
else some automation packages (AF/Operator, etc)
can help - depending on your needs.
the picture still isn't clear to me - sorry.
- ravi.
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:10:57 -0700,
Skip,
my current employer believes in doing just that:
applying to live system.
they don't believe in cloning, nor indirect cataloging.
coupled with that, we have a rather nonsupporting
security team.
there's plenty of landmines to be cleared ...
what do you mean by monitoring ?
Roland Chung wrote:
Hi Listers, my client is looking for a software package for monitorring
the STK tape libraries. They are at z/OS 1.5.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
--
For IBM-MAIN
i remember seeing this APAR, as i was prepping my 1.4
with all tolerant fixes, readying for 1.7
anyway, i had about close to 300 PTFs applied, and several
of the HOLDACTIONS mentioned re-creating the IPL text, as
well as the SADump.
had no problems with that - IPLed smoothly 2 weeks ago.
did
i'd suppose you would have:
1. cloned SYSRES (which contained old IPL text)
2. applied fixes to new target libraries in cloned volume
3. rebuilt IPL text onto cloned volume from newly updated
target libraries
- ravi.
Kok, Howi wrote:
Dave,
I believe writing
IDMS has been able to do VSAM as well ...
- ravi.
Ed Gould wrote:
On Mar 20, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Ron and Jenny Hawkins wrote:
Ron,
Good idea.. but not usually guaranteed. For some reason (historical??)
people who created BDAM files usually have dsorg=PS or none specified. I
have seen quite
we're on CA-1 5.2 (SP04, i think); i've been harassed by the security team
as they want to implement external security (ACF2) to manage all CA-1
resources/access.
i've read all related sections in Systems Programmer Guide
- 1.6.3.12 (Options Checklist #37)
- 4.23 (TMMSEC)
- 6.x
but
my current site is terribly averse to cloning, partly because
the security team (ACF2) do not know how to set the rules, and thus
do not want these additional tasks ...
- ravi.
R.S. wrote:
[snipped]
2) Share a volume between environments not protected via a integrity
manager like GRS or
it is marked HIPER now ...
APAR Identifier .. PK15432 Last Changed 06/02/17
EXEC BINARY SEARCH ALL ... WHEN .. GIVES DIFFERENT RESULT AFTER
PQ95214 IF SEARCH ARGUMENT IS LONGER THAN 06/01/19 PTF PECHANGE
Symptom .. IN INCORROUT Status ... CLOSED
there is VATLSTxx, and there are these DADSM exits
- ravi.
Tim Hupe wrote:
Hello,
Other than using SMS, is anyone aware of a system setting or JCL parameter
that would bias the allocation of a disk dataset toward a range of volumes
within a pool defined by esoteric ?
Thanks
fear of the unknown ...
at my previous work site, the STGADMIN gods simply refused to
believe in SMS, because of some past bad experiences; i'd guessed
they didn't set it up properly then.
- ravi.
Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote:
On Friday 10 February 2006 11:23, Tim Hupe wrote:
Other than
DB2 is just another application, requesting space.
DB2 does have the concept of having its own storage group; if you have
specific volsers defined to this group, and along with a STORCLAS that
has GS on, those targetted volumes may not have sufficient space even
though the storage group they're
John,
i've had managed a single HDS 9960 box that had both
MVS volumes and OPEN-3 volumes.
i had the MVS OPEN-3 vols on separate disk array groups.
- ravi.
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:54:50 -0600, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, All,
Couldn't find anything in the archives on
i'm on z/OS 1.4 with 2 monoplexed LPARs on 2066-OX2.
have growing number of shared DASDs, now containing:
- STK HSC/VTCS CDS
- Endevor files
- application files
- copies of SYSLOGs
- joblog archives
- ... (thankfully no JES2 MAS)
... and GRS=NONE in IEASYSxx.
am i able to set up a
history - it's my inheritance now ... 8-(
what were your steps ?
- ravi.
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:33:55 -0400, Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yes you can setup an GRS ring environment between the tso monoplexes using
CTC's. If you did have a MAS, you would have to have at least a basic
wow! CA-1 can now manage the Powderhorns via LMU ?
another case of Software superior by Design ... ?
- ravi.
Thomas Conley wrote:
One of my current clients is telling me that they were told by CA that the
new releases of CA-1 allow you to run an STK robotic library without
HSC. I
can't
have a default dataclass for errant allocations;
my routine looks something like this:
WHEN ((DSTYPE NE 'TEMP') AND
((DSORG NE 'PO') OR
(DSORG NE 'VS') OR
(DSORG NE 'DA'))AND
(DSORG EQ ''))
CA-Dispatch?
RMDS ?
i'd suppose your query was cost-driven ...
- ravi.
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:27:00 +0200, =?windows-1255?B?4uPpIOHvICDg4ek=?=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I know I've asked this before, but can anyone recommend a product that can
replace Control-D.
TIA
Gadi
how are the ACS routines driven ?
by DSN alone, or DSN with other variables (DSORG, DSNTYPE, etc) ?
- ravi.
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:49:31 -0500, Mark Steely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have implemented SMS for our production files. Everything appears to
be working correctly except this one
use a mixture of:
- space constaint relief (with Reduce Space up to)
- dynamic volume count (SCR must be Y)
- volume count
- ravi.
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:35:10 -0400, javier sotela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone:
We are trying to use a disk pool using sms. The idea is
seems analogous to multiple DDnames referencing the same
physical dataset during SPACVOLA (in this case, your job
and CICS have references to the same file).
one of them need to unallocate the file ...
- ravi.
Robert Pelletier wrote:
Last night we had the following problem:
IEC070I
btw, have you approached BMC tech support ?
- ravi.
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:20:39 +0800, Ambat Ravi Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
seems analogous to multiple DDnames referencing the same
physical dataset during SPACVOLA (in this case, your job
and CICS have references to the same file).
one
why not use DFDSS to back it up from System A
and restore it to System B ?
- ravi.
Miklos Szigetvari wrote:
Hi
I someone can help:
The actual IODF is defined cataloged in system A master catalog
(VVDS points to system A's master catalog)
I would like to use /recatlog from system B
ooo ...
if IBM had that motto, the MVS wouldn't have progressed to z/OS.
i believe if a change provide benefits that far outweighs the risks,
i'd go for it.
i've done DDCONS(NO) and used SMS to assign default dataclass
to DSORG=PS so that DFHSM can migrate them later - else i end up
with
thanks Mark.
will get right on it.
- ravi.
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:18:54 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:51:52 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
As for Ron's recommendation, you can also implement a DFDSS exit
to the ENQ/RESERVE is only for
we've 2 monoplexed LPARs (z/OS 1.4) sharing DASDs
for among other things, the CDSs for HSC.
i'd like to define RNL exclusion list for the
STK qnames STKALSQN STKENQNM.
our IEASYSxx has the entry GRS=NONE.
does this imply GRSRNL=EXCLUDED ?
or am i able to do a T GRSRNL=xx ?
many thanks.
-
on the other.
i was thinking: will it hurt to alter ARCCMDxx to
USERSERIALIZATION instead of worrying about GRS parms ?
i hope there aren't any drawbacks ...
- ravi.
Mark Zelden wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:43:04 +0800, Ambat Ravi Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
we've 2
z/OS Initialization and Tuning Reference, topic 47.1 Overview of
IEASYSxx parameters:
The GRSRNL parameter is mandatory when the GRS= parameter is specified as
JOIN, TRYJOIN, START, or STAR. The GRSRNL parameter is ignored when
GRS=NONE.
Brian
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:43:04 +0800, Ambat Ravi Nair
why ?
i'm now doing 6.1 in a hurry ...
- ravi.
Mark Zelden wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 01:15:13 +0200, Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our MVS folks working on the NCS 6.1 upgrade.
Roland, let me know how that upgrade goes. I was unofficially
warned aginst
you're logged into TSO; the READY prompt and IKJ msgs
are part of it.
D IPLINFO is an MVS system display command.
do you have SDSF or its equivalent ?
issue it from the SYSLOG screen (if you have the authority).
- ravi.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:23:47 +0800, Bo Xie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
hi John.
how was Sysview used to recover them ?
- ravi.
On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:50:10 -0500, McKown, John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snipped]
Oh - I got an off-line message that they used Sysview to recover the
consoles. Just in case anybody else was interested. Certainly much
simplier that
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