Re: File-aid: latest version?

2010-03-16 Thread Hoesly, Bret
I just got done installing File-AID 9.1.0 a week ago, but I do believe 9.2.0 is the most current release available. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Donnelly, John P Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:12 PM To:

Re: Soft capping advice sought

2009-12-22 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Dave, Here's what I found in my notes for soft capping on our z9BC 1. Log onto HMC as SYSPROG 2. Right click on Defined CPCs 3. Highlight Operational Customization 4. Select Change LPAR Group Controls 5. Open Edit pulldown menu (located towards upper left of window)

Re: Using CA-JOBTRAC V11 SP3 in Production

2009-05-01 Thread Hoesly, Bret
We do currently have Jobtrac v11 SP3 running in production, but it hasn't been the most stable or reliable version by any means. The addition of Datacom was a challenge on the install, and has added more overhead and pain as well. Reporting used to be a lot easier to deal with, and response time

Re: Sites running CA-SYSVIEW release 12.

2009-03-09 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Duane, Try doing the command using a '.' (period/dot) as the command separator. The semicolon didn't work for me, but the period did. HTH, Bret -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Duane Weaver Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009

Anyone using Tidal Scheduler on z/OS?

2009-01-19 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello everyone, I'm looking for information from anyone using Tidal Enterprise Scheduler prior to getting a vendor dog-and-pony show next week with people from other platforms. Is anyone out there using Tidal Enterprise Scheduler to run jobs/schedules on z/OS? Any comments, complaints, likes,

Re: question about Oracle on the mainframe

2008-10-15 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Yes, Oracle 10g is the last release that will run under z/OS on a mainframe. We just recently upgraded to v10.2.0.3.0 and are running it under z/OS v1.9. Oracle v10.2 is the terminal release for z/OS and premier support for it ends in July 2012, although extended support after that

I NH command on z/OS 1.9

2008-10-02 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello all, We just upgraded to z/OS 1.9 this past weekend, and now DUP jobs waiting in the input queue no longer show up via an I NH command. I'm finding it somewhat annoying having to check the entire input queue to see how many jobs are queued up rather than using I NH like I have for some

Compatibility with CICS TS 3.1

2008-04-17 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello all, Does anyone out there still run Arthur Anderson Programmer Workbench and/or Oracle SQLforms? And if so, will they run under CICS TS 3.1? Any information would be greatly appreciated...and would appease management! Thanks for your time... Bret Hoesly Telephone Data Systems, Inc.

Re: WLM and TSO

2008-03-25 Thread Hoesly, Bret
If the operators are opening the floodgates, have you considered using WLM managed initiators? That will let WLM initiate only whatever it believes it can handle. As for your TSO vs. Prod batch issue, how many TSO users are competing with the batch, what are they doing that's running so long

wanted: Info on ChangeMan Xpediter

2007-08-14 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Good morning all, We are looking for input regarding the following mainframe software products: - Serena ChangeMan ZMF - Compuware Xpediter/DevEnterprise. Information regarding any good or bad experiences with day to day use, setup and maintenence of these products would be greatly

Re: How to copy tape to tape using DITTO in batch

2007-07-09 Thread Hoesly, Bret
The JCL looks good to me. I prefer using NFILES=EOV (End Of Volume) to ensure everything gets copied. As for the BLP question, it probably depends what you're using for security and how you have BLP processing set up. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: How to get a list of datasets recalled by HSM?

2007-06-25 Thread Hoesly, Bret
We generate reports with that information from a daily MXG PDB file. We also have Mainstar's Reporter/Manager which will do the same as well. HTH, Bret Hoesly -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen Sent: Monday, June

Re: Virtual tape limits (Was: OEM software electronic download report card)

2007-05-14 Thread Hoesly, Bret
MVC = Multi-Volume Cartrige These are the back end physical cartridges (STK 9840 in my case) that virtual tape data is backed up to in a VTSS (Virtual Tape Storage Subsystem). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark, Kevin Sent:

Re: 3480 IDRC drives using 3490E media

2007-02-09 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Speaking of degaussers. One of the last things I did before leaving my Computer Operator position several years ago was convince my management to invest in one of these... http://www.garner-products.com/deg4000.htm I believe it was something around $10,000 USD, but it paid for itself in a fairly

Quadplex printing and spool usage

2007-01-30 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello everyone, Has anyone out there gone to quadplex printing, and if so was there any impact on spool utilization (up or down)? Our clients have asked this question, and we're not having much luck searching for an answer in the short timeframe we have to try to find out. My initial thought

Re: CA web site

2007-01-30 Thread Hoesly, Bret
I was able to get onto SupportConnect and run a Knowledge Base query without any problem. -Bret -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Brock Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: CA web site

outbound TCP/IP question

2006-08-31 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello, We have 3 OSA ports (IP's) defined in our TCP/IP stack on our z890. We recently converted our print center to TCP/IP printing. What we have noticed is only the first port (IP) defined in the stack is being utilized for outbound TCP/IP traffic. Is there a setting within TCP/IP that we

Re: DFHSM Command Usage

2006-08-25 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Howard, Try...F DFHSM,QUERY CONTROLDATASETS -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 3:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFHSM Command Usage Patrick, I'm issuing the

Re: SDSF in Batch

2006-07-17 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Dean, Are you running with any parms on the EXEC statement? -Bret -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SDSF in Batch Hi, I'm running the

Re: Where is D UNI documented?

2006-07-14 Thread Hoesly, Bret
07/14/2006 ** MVS/QuickRef, Copyright 1989-2000, Chicago Soft, Ltd.** 13:45:07 * Text Below Copyright (c) 2006, IBM * DISPLAY UNI command Purpose The DISPLAY UNI command shows the status of available conversions and whether the conversion services

Re: DFHSM - ARC0521I

2006-06-13 Thread Hoesly, Bret
If you're running z/OS 1.4, here's the link to the documentation page: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/r4pdf/mvs.html You want MVS System Messages, Vol 2 for ARC messages. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Two HSM Questions

2005-09-12 Thread Hoesly, Bret
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hoesly, Bret Sent: 10 September 2005 00:02 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Two HSM Questions Hello everyone, According to everything I've read in the manuals, the first step of the HSM daily

Two HSM Questions

2005-09-09 Thread Hoesly, Bret
Hello everyone, According to everything I've read in the manuals, the first step of the HSM daily autobackup function is to back up the CDS and Journal files. Is there a way to disable this process? I ask because when our daily autobackups start it bypasses the CDS backups and goes immediately