Re: IBM(r) z/OS(r) Management Facility (z/OSMF)

2012-05-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/24/2012 8:46 AM, Martin, Larry D wrote: I think it is a really good tool. The security, however, is very complex. If you are a RACF shop then you are in good shape. We are Top Secret and it was a real struggle. Lol! z/OSMF security has been a struggle for RACF shops too! :D This is

Re: IBM(r) z/OS(r) Management Facility (z/OSMF)

2012-05-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/24/2012 9:44 AM, Knutson, Sam wrote: z/OS role of Explorer Eclipse GUI was updated to use that in V1.1.1 but it does require z/OS 1.13. That combination will let you look at running jobs with Explorer. The price on Explorer is right... Free. I don't think CICS Explorer depends on any

SHARE in Anaheim Schedule Available Online

2012-05-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
The SHARE in Anaheim schedule is now available online here: https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/start.html -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318 edja...@phoenixsoftware.com http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: IBMLink outages in 2012

2012-05-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/19/2012 8:20 PM, Pinnacle wrote: Let me know if I missed any. Clearly we still have a way to go for 24/7. 100%, 99%, 98.4%, 97.5%, 97.4%: clearly trending in the wrong direction. The average up-time so far in 2012 is 98.46% ... not even two nines. Of course, things look far worse if

Re: Early IPL problems

2012-05-18 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/18/2012 11:22 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: No, the complaint is that on emulated consoles attached via Tn3270 (2074, OSA-ICC and I assume Visira which I've never worked with) any messages that come out on the console along with the wait disappear immediately due to the RESET that happens along

Re: Servicelink, ETR and SR

2012-05-17 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/17/2012 8:17 AM, Skip Robinson wrote: Same result here. It's nice to know that when IBM finally rolls out the big guns, they can still hit their own foot. And, after a 54-hour outage for the 'upgrade' ... smh -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North

Re: Servicelink, ETR and SR

2012-05-16 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/16/2012 3:46 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: Given that IBM took away ETR yesterday and has by now forced SR upon the mainframe world - do Americans coming from servicelink also have to login again to get to their ETRs??? Or is this 'privilege' reserved for EMEA? Until ETR was taken away

Re: EXCP count like (E)JES

2012-05-15 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/15/2012 11:23 AM, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: Is it possible to find the actual EXCP count value in the address spac ? ASCBIOSC DSF - I/O SERVICE MEASURE.@G381PXU * SERIALIZATION - CS. @G381PXU *

Re: EXCP count like SDSF

2012-05-15 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/15/2012 11:37 AM, Rob Scott wrote: Look at ASCBIOSX and ASCBIOSC in the ASCB (IHAASCB) ASCBIOSX DSD - I/O service measure extended. @0AC * This is like ASCBIOSC but it is @0AA * extended to 8 bytes, so

Re: EXCP count like SDSF

2012-05-15 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/15/2012 12:20 PM, Bill Fairchild wrote: ... the comment in the ASCB's DSECT does not state whether or not the counter is reset at the end of each step or even at the end of each job. Reset at the end of each step. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive

Re: SVC 99 trace

2012-05-15 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/15/2012 11:26 AM, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: Searching for a tool to trace SVC 99(i.e. see the text units) (I had this several years ago, SLIP or GTF ?, unbale to find now) Use SLIP IF with A=SYNCSVCD to produce an SVC dump just after the SVC99 is issued. In IPCS select 'SVC99RB' from the

Re: Reducing Common Area below 16M line

2012-05-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/13/2012 8:24 AM, Lim Ming Liang wrote: I need some lesson on reducing Common Area below the 16M line. Anyone can give me some 101 on increasing the private area size below 16M line ? Or any guides or manual will help me to embark on this ? First you need to determine the actual size of

Re: Comments on DFSMS verbose messages?

2012-05-11 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/11/2012 8:47 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In3058465022590439.wa.wkkelleyoptonline@bama.ua.edu, on 05/10/2012 at 08:28 PM, W. Kevin Kelleywkkel...@optonline.net said: Based on the feedback that we had received from the ESP customers, the comments that I have received here

Re: Multiple waiting tasks, one control block?

2012-05-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/5/2012 8:43 AM, Charles Mills wrote: I have a situation in which it would be a wonderful thing if I could have multiple tasks waiting for a single event, without having a separate wait control block of some sort for each task. This is supported on z/VSE. Why? I have no control over what

Re: Old timer question

2012-05-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/5/2012 12:44 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: On Fri, 4 May 2012 14:45:21 -0700, Edward Jaffeedja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: I thought it was MVS/ESA 3.1.2. Was that the first release to support SMS? -- No. It was MVS/XA 2.2.3 + DFP 3.1. MVS/XA 2.2.3 (compared to 2.2.0) is what was

Re: Comments on DFSMS verbose messages?

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/3/2012 7:15 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: If the new MPFLSTxx option has it disabled by default or enables the verbose messages, what purpose does the OCE_ABEND_DESCRIP=YES serve in DEVSUPxx? What if you want the original behavior? I ask, because I like it. I also like the current behavior.

Re: Comments on DFSMS verbose messages?

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 8:56 AM, Skip Robinson wrote: I like the solution. The installation can turn verbose on or off globally. The new 'filter' allows us to direct long explanations to just the programmer--my preference--or to syslog/operlog. Why complain about 'too much control'? You misunderstood.

Re: Comments on DFSMS verbose messages?

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 7:52 AM, Thomas Conley wrote: I think the MPFLST option should be something like JOBLOG, SYSLOG, or BOTH. That should satisfy the needs of all parties. My choice would be BOTH. Thanks again for this enhancement. I like this idea. However, I would caution against the use of

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 11:01 AM, George Henke wrote: I need to migrate 50 Solaris servers to zLinux under z/VM on a z114 and about the same number of Windows servers to zBx. Congratulations! You wanna come share your experience at SHARE in Anaheim in August? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 11:10 AM, George Henke wrote: ty. I would, but I doubt it will have been completed by then. OK. We'll 'pencil' you in for San Francisco in February... :-) -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 1:22 PM, Mark Pace wrote: I just don't the FOX channel reference. I assumed this was a reference to Hell's Kitchen since they serve duck on that show and it is on FOX. Otherwise, I'm stumped... -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 1:31 PM, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: Another source of problems might be the different character set; the Sparc machine uses ASCII. Linux on z also uses ASCII. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

Re: Old timer question

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 1:55 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: Is there a way to not have it set up? I do remember an MVS system long ago in a galaxy far far away where there was a JES2 exit that changed the internal text from your JCL to have half track blocking for DASD. But BLKSIZE=0 has worked since... well,

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 3:01 PM, Rich Greenberg wrote: In article4fa41a98.9020...@phoenixsoftware.com you write: Congratulations! You wanna come share your experience at SHARE in Anaheim in August? Which August? 2013, 2014, 20. Lol! August 2012 is Anaheim. August 2013 is Boston. August 2014 and

Re: /usr/lpp

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 4:02 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Unimportant question, probably, but I've long wondered... What exactly does lpp stand for in this instance? I have long assumed it stood for 'licensed program products'. But I know not for sure... -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

2012-05-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/4/2012 6:11 PM, George Henke wrote: When you say You can couple up to eight nodes, do you mean 8 CECs to a zBx, that 8 CECs can share a zBx? Each node has its own zBX. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

IBMLink Outage May 4-7

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
27 April 2012 This is to inform you that IBMLink will have a planned outage for a system upgrade starting on Friday, May 4th at 9:00 PM MT through Monday, May 7th at 3:00 AM MT. During this time IBMLink will be down. Thank you for your patience and understanding. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix

Re: IBMLink Outage May 4-7

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/2/2012 11:24 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: Wow. That's...a lot of downtime. :( Do you know if that includes SR? No idea. The news article is very brief. (See below.) https://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/news/NewsServlet.wss?referrer=newsMaincommand=Getnews_item_id=5446lc=encc=US I agree. It is a

Re: IBMLink Outage May 4-7

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/2/2012 3:35 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: With the new ERP system they are moving us to, scheduled outages of this length are routine. :( but it's better than the working legacy :) Double standard. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA

Re: IBMLink Outage May 4-7

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/2/2012 7:27 PM, John Gilmore wrote: IBM should explain what it expects to accomplish during this--on the face of it--absurdly long interval. Absurd indeed! When was the last time one of IBM's mainframe customers enjoyed a 54-hour maintenance/upgrade outage window? I have never seen

Re: Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/2/2012 7:33 PM, Scott Ford wrote: So how do you protect code, whatever language you have written in , in business ? You must treat it as trade secret information. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

Re: WLM : multiple periods not recommended for batch - why?

2012-05-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 5/1/2012 4:39 AM, Andrew Rowley wrote: Hi, I have read a few articles that say that multiple periods are not recommended for batch service classes. Multiple periods seems to be considered a bit old fashioned. I haven't been able to find anything clearly explaining why. I have always

Java PTF Packaging Error Deletes the Java SDK With RC=0! (See APAR IV05507)

2012-05-01 Thread Edward Jaffe
Real z/OS sysprogs be on the lookout for this... Still causing us grief (SMP/E RESTORE failed; 64-bit Java ZFS was restored but now APPLY REDO fails because RESTORE failed previously; in the process of restoring the SMP/E environment...) APAR Identifier .. IV05507 Last Changed

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/26/2012 3:46 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: 3. Rexx does not have a GOTO. Those who try to use SIGNAL as if it were GOTO often shoot themselves in the foot as a result Wow! Not only does Rexx not support GOTO, but if you try to use it you get an infinite loop! Consider the

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/27/2012 2:40 PM, Steve Comstock wrote: But, Ed, it does have DO FOREVER. I like to joke You gotta' love a language that does not have a GOTO but does have a DO FOREVER LOL! Actually, DO FOREVER is _extremely_ useful. We have the same control structure in HLASM called DO INF (infinite).

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/27/2012 3:18 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote: That's it, Steve! The name of my test EXEC is 'GOTO'. So, it was executing itself recursively! :-D Now that I've renamed it, I get the following expected behavior: 3 *-* goto a L GOTO L A O GOTO A IKJ56500I COMMAND GOTO NOT FOUND

Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT ALLOCATION.

2012-04-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/26/2012 2:32 PM, John Gilmore wrote: The backup is essential if IBM's help is to be solicited. I would ask for that help before doing anything more. I have never seen or heard of such an error, and it may be hard to reproduce. And, I recommend DUMP TRACKS. Do NOT use any sort of logical

Mainframe Skills Scarce? (z/OS Mainframe CA Product training ...)

2012-04-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/26/2012 9:09 PM, Scott McFall wrote: MAINFRAME SKILLS ARE BECOMING SCARCE!particularly Systems Programmers. I hear this paradoxical conjecture all the time. If true, why are so many skilled mainframe professionals -- particularly sysprogs -- looking for work? IJS... -- Edward E

Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
The march toward a personal use z/OS license takes another step forward ... http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS212-145/ENUS212-145.PDF ... Additionally, the [Rational Developer and Test Environment for System z] product can now be purchased as a stand-alone entry point into the

Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/25/2012 5:38 AM, McKown, John wrote: Interesting. How does this differ from zPDT? It sounds like a development only option, perhaps for ISVs or maybe commercial shops. I'll never see it, given the company's attitude about the z. zPDT is still available only for ISV and internal IBM use.

Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/25/2012 7:27 AM, Alvaro Guirao Lopez wrote: You can acquire Red Hat that have support, Suse doesn't have support... He was referring to the following statement: The included IBM software products are provided for development purposes only on an as-is basis. No technical support or

Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/25/2012 7:24 AM, Joel C. Ewing wrote: The big problem with something like zPDF was that it still had a minimum $20K - $30K per year cost. What was zPDF and why was it so expensive? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245

Re: Where to find out about PER zero-address detection?

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/25/2012 6:53 AM, McKown, John wrote: I've tried finding about this using the -08 version of the Principles of Operation. I got a few hits, but nothing which described what it actually __does__. I can guess from the phrase, but I'd like something documented. The description for z/OS

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/24/2012 4:33 AM, David Crayford wrote: snip http://proceedings.share.org/client_files/SHARE_in_San_Jose/S8133EJ131525.pdf That's a very interesting presentation. If I were coding in assembler I would follow! If IBM had made PL/X generally available would you have used that, or still

Re: WTOR macro conflicting/confusing info?

2012-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/25/2012 4:26 PM, Paul Schuster wrote: In the WTOR documentation (SA22-7607-17 and earlier versions[z/OS V1R13.0 MVS Assembler Services Reference IAR-XCT]), there is this in the LIST form description: The message parameter must be provided in the list form. Later, in the EXECUTE form

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/23/2012 2:13 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In4f931b2a.9020...@phoenixsoftware.com, on 04/21/2012 at 01:40 PM, Edward Jaffeedja...@phoenixsoftware.com said: Good compiler optimization depends on the compiler understanding what your code is attempting to do and structured,

Re: Explination of S0C4 reason code 4 and related data areas

2012-04-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/24/2012 8:23 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: They are not - 0C4's - they are pic-10/11/3E/etc. I once saw an 0C5 in an MVS guest running under VM. Turned out to be a bug in VM. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/23/2012 10:48 AM, Clark Morris wrote: If IBM had implemented the EXIT enhancements in the 2002 standard we would have available EXIT PERFORM (for inline PERFORMs which are like DO loops) EXIT PERFORM CYCLE which allows iteration without having to do unnatural things in

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/23/2012 11:03 AM, Edward Jaffe wrote: ___ | | Fortran | C | Ada | PL8 | HLASM | |Files without GOTO | none | 81.5% | 99.4% | 98.5% | none | |Lines/GOTO | ~10 | 386 |13614 | 1310 | 8

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/21/2012 12:52 PM, Clark Morris wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:42:55 +0200, Fritz Wuehler | ... Practical experience | beats the college boys every time, especially burnt-out duffers like | Dijkstra who never sold a line of code and probably never wrote one either. Based on presentations by

Re: Execute certain steps based on input parm

2012-04-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/19/2012 2:56 PM, Roberts, John J wrote: For the code critics: I know it could be better with UNSTRING, and it would be trivial in PL/I or C. But as it is, it works. Improvements are for the young. Us old-timers have only so many more clock cycles left. It has no GOTOs. Gasp! :-) --

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-16 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/15/2012 10:31 PM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: For devotees of Jackson Structured programming, the GOTO is a must for POSIT and ADMIT processing. Otherwise it can be messy avoiding a GOTO. The problem with GOTO is that the suitability of the target branch location is not enforced by the

Re: Origins of numeric assignation of z196 z114

2012-04-16 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/16/2012 7:33 AM, Alvaro Guirao Lopez wrote: I have seeked but found nothing about this, why the new servers have been named z196 z114 and not Z11 EC Z11 BC? zEnterprise is an entirely new class of hybrid server (see zBX and Unified Resource Manager) whose traditional mainframe product

Re: System completion code 201

2012-04-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/10/2012 3:07 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: I have a piece of CSA storage sp 241 That I am obtaining in key 8 (I know this is a no no) If you are working for a commercial ISV, I recommend AT LEAST the following in DIAGxx on all systems (it's what we use): Vsm Track Csa(ON) Sqa(ON)/*

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/12/2012 9:03 AM, David Crayford wrote: AFAIK, the PL/X compiler shares a back-end with the other code optimizers, so should produce excellent code. Not yet. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

2012-04-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/13/2012 10:46 AM, David Crayford wrote: On 14/04/2012 1:38 AM, Edward Jaffe wrote: On 4/12/2012 9:03 AM, David Crayford wrote: AFAIK, the PL/X compiler shares a back-end with the other code optimizers, so should produce excellent code. Not yet. So does that mean that the PL/X

Secure FTP (Was: z/OS every two years)

2012-04-13 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/13/2012 5:04 PM, Art Gutowski wrote: I see. Anyone else share in Mary Anne's sentiment? In other words, is FTPS (or SFTP?) as much a requirement/priority notwithstanding the impending ShopzSeries / RECEIVE ORDER requirement? If so, and you can respond, please drop me a line off-list.

Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet

2012-04-06 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/6/2012 6:09 AM, McKown, John wrote: I appreciate Chris' knowledge of most things, especially VTAM. But apparently he has a thing about USS. And also appears to believe that if he continues to be bothersome about the misuse of the term USS, that either: (a) people will be educated and will

Re: Sclm / PDSE

2012-04-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/4/2012 11:32 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: I was actually trying to break a PDSE last week, so that I could get an example of the IEBPDSE utility run against a hosed PDSE, and I couldn't seem to break one. I have two sysplexes so I was randomly back and forth updating from outside the

Re: Is there a way to cause SRB to TCB percolation if an XCF exit fails?

2012-04-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/4/2012 11:43 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: There was a recoverable abend in the message exit for which recovery was not performed. That caused a silent failure. The XCF FRR did not perform percolation. Strange. There are only two options on SETRP: percolate (RC=0) or retry (RC=4). If no

Re: z/os every two years

2012-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/28/2012 4:41 AM, Alvaro Guirao Lopez wrote: zOS V1R11 is out of support at 30/09/2011, with this new issue z/OS V1R14 will be available from 2013 and not 2012, so probably V1R12 will be out of support about from 2014? No. This is incorrect. z/OS 1.11 goes out of support _this_ year... in

Re: z/os every two years

2012-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/28/2012 5:08 AM, Bob Shannon wrote: I attended SHARE. I looked at the positions the speakers have at IBM and concluded it's a done deal. Too much horsepower to be sending the wrong message. Jeff Magdall (z/OS Product Development Team Leader) presented this information at the MVS Program

Re: z/os every two years

2012-03-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/28/2012 7:16 AM, Dana Mitchell wrote: But as long as we are supposing here. Will they not extend the service discontinued date for 1.11 also? Asked and answered at the MVS Program Opening in Atlanta. The answer (paraphrased) from Jeff Magdall was, z/OS 1.11 will go out of service

Re: Backlevel IPCS issue at z/OS 1.13

2012-03-12 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/12/2012 7:40 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: I don't know what you are doing wrong. You can use my CLIST as is and it should work. The key is the TSOLIB prior to invoking ISPF and using a modified BLSCLIBD that has LIBRARY ID instead of DATASET in the libdef. I didn't post that CLIST and

SHARE in Atlanta -- Good Venue Choice!

2012-03-10 Thread Edward Jaffe
So far, I commend SHARE on its choice of venue. The Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta is NICE! All SHARE guests get Select Guest privileges and the price is one of the lowest in recent memory. Good job, SHARE! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/8/2012 6:40 AM, Charles Mills wrote: From a non-technology point of view, we need some sort of industry agreement on what is good behavior in an authorized program. I am thinking of something like a standardized set of questions that a vendor could answer and have an officer certify:

Re: Tips for continuing DD statement with only one parameter field

2012-03-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/8/2012 7:28 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: o Pathnames must be absolute (start with /) This is an inconvenience I wish could be rectified. No leading slash should default to one's home directory. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA

Re: LAE instruction

2012-03-07 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/7/2012 6:34 AM, Ngafei Huang wrote: I think you meant SSAR. This requires another set of setups. To SSAR to other than yourself, you need to be AX authorized. Thankfully, SSAR doesn't work with reusable ASIDs. Best to avoid it completely. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: Interfacing with the MainFrame

2012-03-07 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/7/2012 12:47 PM, Ed Mackmahon wrote: How would you prefer a product running on a server outside the mainframe will interface with the mainframe? Web services? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-06 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/6/2012 7:40 AM, Clark Morris wrote: On 5 Mar 2012 23:38:50 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: To understand what it does study the two trace entries below (GTF is your friend): SVC CODE 109 ASCB 00F95200 CPU. PSW. 0785

Re: LAE instruction

2012-03-06 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/6/2012 1:35 PM, Bill Fairchild wrote: I use GRx to mean the 64-bit Register x (aka Grande) and Rx to mean the 32-bit Register x (aka pequeño). If the low halves are called the pequeño registers then what are the high halves called? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/5/2012 6:06 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In4f540cf5.3080...@phoenixsoftware.com, on 03/04/2012 at 04:46 PM, Edward Jaffeedja...@phoenixsoftware.com said: Look more closely. In the PLM that IBM doesn't publish? Peter? Could you comment on what IGX00011 does? To understand

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/4/2012 10:24 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: The presence of SVC IGX00011 on z/OS systems *proves* that so-called magic SVCs that confer authority to their callers, The ESR's do notconfer authority to their callers, but rather invoke narrowly defined functions. The so-called magic

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/4/2012 10:28 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: Speculative? Did you read what he quoted from Bill Fairchild's message? Yes. I read it before he quoted it. We don't even know the person's name or how long ago this happened (if at all). A lot can change in a decade. For the record, I

SMP/E Order Servers Problems (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-03-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/29/2012 8:08 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: The PMR was updated stating that the issue has been resolved. My receive pointing to Boulder completed successfully. Now we have new problems. No matter if we use the boulder server address or the rochester server address, the package gets

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/2/2012 1:29 AM, David Cole wrote: If the PFLIH hook is (as it has been described earlier in these threads) a mechanism by which a non-authorized process can become authorized, then its very existence is a substantive offense in and of itself. It is not just a template, it doesn't just

Re: Program FLIH backdoor - This is a criminal breach of security!

2012-03-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/2/2012 9:09 AM, David Cole wrote: At 3/2/2012 10:25 AM, Edward Jaffe wrote: The real question is whether an unintended third party can use the code to become authorized. Yes. That absolutely is the real question. And absolutely, that is what Bill Fairchild's post asserts. So

Re: Why _TZ put times 7 minutes off?

2012-03-02 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 3/2/2012 8:25 PM, Joel C. Ewing wrote: Particularly now that STP is just a matter of code rather than hardware, it makes less and less sense (from the customer's viewpoint of course) for this to be a chargeable feature, which was still the case when I last checked. As long as it is a

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/28/2012 11:46 PM, Andrew Rowley wrote: I get the impression that once Thunderbird has the messages in its local database, it is difficult or impossible to change the way they are threaded. I think (based on my experiences) that these options apply only to new messages. That makes sense.

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/28/2012 8:51 AM, McKown, John wrote: IOW, damned if I do and damned if I don't (insert hard line breaks, that is). My advice is not to ever insert any hard breaks. That just makes things worse. When one relies on software that properly handles format=flowed everything should work

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/28/2012 4:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:51:31 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: On 2/28/2012 8:51 AM, McKown, John wrote: IOW, damned if I do and damned if I don't (insert hard line breaks, that is). My advice is not to ever insert any hard breaks. That just makes things

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-28 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/26/2012 3:23 PM, Andrew Rowley wrote: Thunderbird can be configured to also use the subject for threading: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Message_Threading This sounded promising. But, no matter how I set the threading options I still have multiple threads with the same subject. :-(

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/27/2012 3:57 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: I've noticed for a long time now that every time you respond on IBM-MAIN it starts a new thread in my mail client (Thunderbird). I also use the web client, do my responses show the same way? That now you mention it, yes they do. :-( -- Edward E

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-27 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/27/2012 8:35 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: I have used the web interface for posting / replying to posts exclusively for over 10 years. My former employer started blocking all NNTP at some point so I couldn't use the news servers from my ISP and reply via normal email. I've used a combination

Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin, I've noticed for a long time now that every time you respond on IBM-MAIN it starts a new thread in my mail client (Thunderbird). I finally decided to compare headers from your non-threaded posts to other peoples' threaded posts. What I see is that the requisite In-Reply-To:

Re: TCBTQE

2012-02-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/26/2012 12:04 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Does the TCBTQE contain the TQE (time slice for that task to run) TCBTQE points to the chain of TQEs mapped by IHATQE. You can create TQEs using STIMER or STIMERM. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El

Re: TCBTQE

2012-02-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/26/2012 1:08 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Are these created by Z/OS or by the user or both I can't think of any z/OS services right now that will implicitly issue STIMER[M]. That doesn't mean there aren't any. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/26/2012 3:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:51:33 -0500, Rich Greenberg wrote: No, its not a problem, its just an artifact of how this list works. Are you perhaps addressing a different problem from the problem (or non-problem, in your perception) that Ed reported?

Re: Unwanted New Threads (Was: SMP/E Order Server Pair)

2012-02-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/26/2012 3:29 PM, Rich Greenberg wrote: Inserting a Reply-To: header by the Listserv is an option that must be turned on. Rich, you're discussing a different problem. It's not the Reply-To: tag that is missing; it's the In-Reply-To: tag that is missing. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix

SMP/E Order Server Pair

2012-02-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Last night's automatic SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER job failed with: GIM44336S ** AN UNUSUAL CONDITION OCCURRED. GIMJVREQ - java.net.NoRouteToHostException: EDC8130I Host cannot be reached. GIM20501IRECEIVE PROCESSING IS COMPLETE. THE HIGHEST RETURN CODE WAS 12. After being resubmitted

Re: VARY ON/ VARY OFF COMMAND IN BATCH

2012-02-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/25/2012 9:19 PM, Henrichon, Ryan wrote: I have a job that I use to execute all sorts of operator commands via batch: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1A,DYNAMNBR=300 //SYSPROC DD DSN=SYS1.SISPEXEC,DISP=SHR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=R //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=R //SYSTSIN DD * cf

Re: DU-AL in IPCS dump

2012-02-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/24/2012 9:00 AM, Micheal Butz wrote: Can you please elaborate is this a parameter on VERBEXIT SUMDUMP CR2 is a register on the machine. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318 edja...@phoenixsoftware.com

Re: Difference between DREF storage and Page fixed storage

2012-02-22 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/22/2012 12:51 AM, Micheal Butz wrote: Please explain I/O should not be done to DREF using DREF storage as buffer area for I/O Anything referenced by the I/O channel program should be fixed. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA

Re: VARY ON/ VARY OFF COMMAND IN BATCH

2012-02-22 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/22/2012 9:23 AM, John Dawes wrote: I have several hundred volumes to put online/offline and I thought I could try it in batch mode. I dug up an old JCL which I tried but the job failed because of the following: READY CONSOLE SYSCMD(V (AA50),ONLINE) IKJ55303I THE CONSOLE COMMAND

Re: Request for comments on the GDG IEFAB461 exit

2012-02-22 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/22/2012 12:35 PM, Jousma, David wrote: - how does one implement such a EXIT or PARMLIB change? To Change the behavior, requires mass change of JCL in the shop coordinated at the same time as the change, because now STEP2 SYSUT1 has to be referenced as (0), instead of (+1). Or visa

Re: Difference between DREF storage and Page fixed storage

2012-02-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/21/2012 2:26 PM, Art Celestini wrote: DREF Storage is still pageable except that the system resolves page faults synchronously. There are some caveats, like when a page fault occurs and there is no suitable frame available. And, this is fully documented in the topic entitled, Obtaining

Re: Difference between DREF storage and Page fixed storage

2012-02-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/21/2012 10:47 PM, Jim Mulder wrote: The operating system reserves the right to exchange the frame backing any DREF page (LSQA or SQA) at any time. Which is why I/O should not be done to DREF storage, only to fixed storage. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831

Linux LVM vs z/OS SMS Storage Group

2012-02-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/20/2012 5:34 AM, John McKown wrote: On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 08:42 +0100, R.S. wrote: snip What is cool is that SMS storage group. Usually users do not see the volumes, they see dasd space. In case of shortage you can simply add some volumes to the group. You can even buy new box and simply

Re: O/T but curious (Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) )

2012-02-19 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/19/2012 4:40 AM, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2012-02-19 08:30, Edward Jaffe pisze: On 2/18/2012 4:45 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Remember that if z/OS didn't impose a factitious limit on volume size, there'd be little need for multivolume data sets. In that case, widespread adoption of 1TB volumes

Re: O/T but curious (Re: Archaic allocation in JCL (Was: Physical record size query) )

2012-02-18 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 2/18/2012 4:45 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Remember that if z/OS didn't impose a factitious limit on volume size, there'd be little need for multivolume data sets. In that case, widespread adoption of 1TB volumes on z/OS should significantly decrease the number of multivolume data sets in

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