CA Security Certificate

2008-05-29 Thread John P Donnelly
….good morning, we are being greeted with the following trying to enter CA-Support website: There is a problem with this website's security certificate. Certificate error: Navigation blocked …anyone else, or just us? --

SMFDUMP empty datasets

2008-05-28 Thread John P Donnelly
…we have been executing this SMFDUMP program since the last century…most of the time the *OUT datasets are created successfully, but occasionally, we have an *OUT dataset allocated and then left empty which causes a downstream job to abend… …how might we prevent the creation of an empty *OUT

Re: GRS Tales of Tribulation

2008-05-19 Thread John P Donnelly
.we used to have occasional woe with GRS...but RESTART(YES) has allowed us to recover in all situations when dinking with our TEST LPAR has messed up GRS...is still not pretty; lost of ugly messages; but our PROD LPAR recovers... BROWSESYS1.PARMLIB(GRSCNF11) - 01.02 Line

CA ACF2 SAF HFS Security and COCSTS32

2008-05-12 Thread John P Donnelly
We are currently converting from CICS TS1.3 to CICS TS3.2, and we want to implement ACF2 CA SAF HFS Security. There is an ACF2 Tool ACFHFSRP which generates resource rules for all HFS directories. This tool does not create the NEXTKEY entries for CICSTS32 XML directories which is over 4000 lines.

CA-ACF2 SAF HFS worded another way

2008-05-12 Thread John P Donnelly
_ From: Carlson, Steven Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 10:07 AM To: Donnelly, John P Subject: IBMMAIN Question John: I found this question in IBMMAIN, and would like to send it again. Has anyone implemented the CA-ACF2 SAF HFS security facility to replace Unix security

Re: absurd programs that used to be everywhere ...

2008-05-09 Thread John P Donnelly
.got one... //GOTHIC EXEC PGM=GOTHIC,PARM='X ' //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //* //* PARM=FOREGROUND BLANK BACKGROUND //* PARM='X '

Re: absurd programs that used to be everywhere ...

2008-05-09 Thread John P Donnelly
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 + From: John P Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: absurd programs that used to be everywhere ... To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU .got one... //GOTHIC EXEC PGM=GOTHIC,PARM='X ' //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT

Re: absurd programs that used to be everywhere ...

2008-05-09 Thread John P Donnelly
message Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 15:32:45 + From: John P Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: absurd programs that used to be everywhere ... To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU .what was meant is will ship to you... -Original Message- From: F. J. Kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

IBMLink,IBMResourceLink,IBM Express Service for Resolve

2008-05-08 Thread John P Donnelly
Our contracts people are asking about renewing IBM Express Service for Resolve…have no idea what this is…would appreciate some insight… Also, was under the impression that IBMResourceLink was the replacement for IBMLink… Need a one liner stating purpose of: IBMLink= IBMResourceLink=

Re: IBMLink,IBMResourceLink,IBM Express Service for Resolve

2008-05-08 Thread John P Donnelly
.thankyou... -Original Message- From: Field, Alan C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBMLink,IBMResourceLink,IBM Express Service for Resolve -Original Message- From: John P Donnelly Here cut and pasted from

Re: IBMLink,IBMResourceLink,IBM Express Service for Resolve

2008-05-08 Thread John P Donnelly
availability and I would think Express Service gives you a higher priority. IBMLink is for software ResourceLink is for hardware and planning/config -Original Message- Field, Alan C. -Original Message- From: John P Donnelly Here cut and pasted from the Resource link site: Resource

HCD Report Facility

2008-05-06 Thread John P Donnelly
CBDG129I Module IHVAPI2 cannot be found… Where might IHVAPI2 reside? z/OS V1R7 Thankyou -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: HCD Report Facility

2008-05-06 Thread John P Donnelly
will get this error. Not to worry. I've seen it too. Linda Mooney -- Original message -- From: John P Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] CBDG129I Module IHVAPI2 cannot be found Where might IHVAPI2 reside? z/OS V1R7 Thankyou

Business Recovery Exercise

2008-04-22 Thread John P Donnelly
…we are about 10 days into a BRE aka Disaster Recovery Exercise…couple things if may… - one of our procedures is to initialize all the DASD; establish a SYS1.VTOCIX.what and a SYS1.VVDS.Vwhat; restore the DASD…during this restore process we received prompts as ADR369D (ttt)-m(yy),

FTP Failures

2008-03-07 Thread John P Donnelly
We execute many FTP transmissions from z/OS V1R7 outbound to our AIX boxes. From time to time we have FTP failures; 1% of the total. However this 1% is in a VERY visible system and receives a lot of attention. A rerun a few minutes later is successful. So, the question is, might we setup some

Systems Integrators

2008-01-23 Thread John P Donnelly
We are considering contracting with a company named MSI System Integrators for assistance with migration from CICS TS 1.3 to CICS TS 3.2 and enable WEB Services with CICS TS 3.2. Does anyone have any experiences with this company and are willing to share with us offline? Thankyou…

CICS T/S and z/OS V1R9

2008-01-10 Thread John P Donnelly
We are still executing CICS T/S 1.3 and COBOL II RELEASE 4.0…couple of old but critical applications… We are planning an upgrade z/OS V1R7 to V1R9… IBM thinks CICS T/S 1.3 will run on V1R9 but at our own risk… Has anyone tried executing CICS T/S 1.3 on V1R9? John Donnelly z/OS Systems

Re: ABEND S530 / Wait State 040 - IEAVNPDC

2007-12-11 Thread John P Donnelly
...had one like this... ...test LPAR IPLs fine; production LPAR IPLs fine; but the two cannot be up at the same time... ...turned out to be a mismatch in SYS1.PARMLIB(GRSRNLxx)...made these members the same on both LPARs and all was good... John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National

z/OS Position Opening (Approved by Darren)

2007-11-05 Thread John P Donnelly
Email resume, questions, concerns to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have a z/OS Systems Services position open in a contract to hire situation. We are very network centric; the mainframe is the network hub with communication responsibility to/from our international locations and to/from our direct

GRS Joining Complex

2007-10-02 Thread John P Donnelly
…we just moved from V1R4 to V1R7 29SEP07… …we had a Test LPAR executing V1R7 and a Prod LPAR executing V1R4… …these two happily coexisted with GRS as PLEXCFG=MONOPLEX, and system logger files defined with PLEX5 and PLEX1… …with the Prod LPAR under V1R7, we IPLed the Test LPAR (V1R7)… …and this

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread John P Donnelly
Thank you all...will consider how to proceed... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-24 Thread John P Donnelly
…is it possible to trap the name of a program making a call to a subroutine? …IBM COBOL support did not seem to think so, but thought better check with “THE LIST”… John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH:

JES2 Datasets in MasterCatalog

2007-09-21 Thread John P Donnelly
LLA and LNKLST no longer require datasets in mastercatalog… Does JES2, or may we use a unit and volser? John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH: 408-721-5640 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: JES2 Datasets in MasterCatalog

2007-09-21 Thread John P Donnelly
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2 Datasets in MasterCatalog On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:47 +, John P Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LLA and LNKLST no longer require datasets in mastercatalog Does JES2, or may we use a unit and volser? I assume you are referring to JES2 PROCLIBs. JES2

REXX - RECFM fixed or variable

2007-09-06 Thread John P Donnelly
We are in the middle of an OS upgrade from z/OS V1R4 to Z/OS V1R7. We have a batch job that executes without errors in the z/OS V1R4 system but fails under the new z/OS V1R7 system. The job has several steps. The step that fails executes a REXX exec (SAPTRAP1) and fails with the following errors:

IBM Remote Technical Support Services

2007-08-29 Thread John P Donnelly
…geez, is this IBM Link? …just got a renewal invoice John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH: 408-721-5640 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CA-1 TMC Reblock - recommended size?

2007-08-20 Thread John P Donnelly
...same here 340/340 since dirt was new... John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH: 408-721-5640 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dave Kopischke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

SRM and RMPTTOM

2007-08-10 Thread John P Donnelly
…our little z800 V1R4 was running along with overhead numbers of 11-17 percent and RMPTTOM at 15K… …Tuesday our overhead number went to 24 and RMPTTOM at 15K …Wednesday overhead was 24 and 15K; set RMPTTOM to 10K …Thursday overhead was 27 percent with 10K …we are now running

Re: SRM and RMPTTOM

2007-08-10 Thread John P Donnelly
Thank you Adam et all ...we have an IPL Saturday night which will refresh our world... ...we are heading into our quarter end and one of our divisions surprised us with a unique combination of load...that load completed and now we are back to normal, whatever that is... John Donnelly z/OS

EMC DMX3-1500 and REFORMAT VTOC

2007-07-31 Thread John P Donnelly
Good morning, …we are expanding our storage by about 1.5TB and moving to a DMX3… …as part of this process EMC is stating that we need to do a REFORMAT VTOC across our farm… …have not been able to pin the whys and hows down… …might someone have the whys and hows?

Re: EMC DMX3-1500 and REFORMAT VTOC

2007-07-31 Thread John P Donnelly
are the same size or migrating also from 3390-9 to larger ones ? TDMF or FDRPAS ? depending on the answers i have some ideas why - but there is no MUST . Frank Krueger Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 16:12 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc: From: John P Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EMC DMX3-1500 and REFORMAT

Re: EMC DMX3-1500 and REFORMAT VTOC

2007-07-31 Thread John P Donnelly
Perfect, thankyou Jimmy and all who responded... John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH: 408-721-5640 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jimmy Wagner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: 3390 Model 27

2007-07-11 Thread John P Donnelly
Bob, if may, does this mean a 3390 mod 9 definition in an I/O gen also works for mod 27 and 54? ...and that you may mix mod 3s, 9s, 27s, on a single controller of consecutive disk addresses? Appreciate, am new to this -Original Message- From: Bob Shannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

3390 Model 27

2007-07-09 Thread John P Donnelly
We are expanding our storage by 1.5TB…we have an option to make some of this 3390-27 volumes… We are looking for a best fit allocation for these volumes: JES2, public, storage, paging, ML1? Our concerns include duration of a full volume backup, device response time,

Re: 3390 Model 27

2007-07-09 Thread John P Donnelly
Thankyou...we are leaning in this direction... -Original Message- From: Lizette Koehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 3390 Model 27 John, Just from reading many posts and manuals on it, I would say that unless you

FTP Allocation error

2007-06-12 Thread John P Donnelly
We hit this last week…no idea what happened…problem just went away after about an hour…any ideas what might have caused? .EZA1460I Command: .EZA1736I locsite lrecl=80 .EZA1460I Command:

RMPTTOM Display

2007-06-04 Thread John P Donnelly
Anyway to display the RMPTTOM value in effect? We are z/OS V1R4, soon z/OS V1R7, on a z800; just set RMPTTOM from default 1000 to 5000…not really seeing any impact...any value suggestions? John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900

Re: RMPTTOM Display

2007-06-04 Thread John P Donnelly
Thank you. -Original Message- From: Mark Zelden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RMPTTOM Display On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:23:17 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are z/OS V1R4, soon z/OS V1R7, on a z800;

Delete invalid dataset name

2007-05-21 Thread John P Donnelly
How might we delete this little bugger? SYS1.DFDSS.DEFRAG..PRD9LF.DUMMY John Donnelly z/OS Systems Services National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 PH: 408-721-5640 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RESTART SINGLE JOB STEP

2007-04-10 Thread John P Donnelly
RESTART=stepnameor step+proc -Original Message- From: Judy Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: RESTART SINGLE JOB STEP Has any one ever heard of the ability to restart a single job step located in the middle

DFSMSDSS

2007-04-09 Thread John P Donnelly
Moving V1R4 to V1R7 and getting the following on V1R7: )) OUTDDNAME(TAPE) SPHERE COMPRESS SHARE TOLERATE(ENQFAILURE) 0031 ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01), TASKID 001 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND 'DUMP ' ADR109I (R/I)-RI01 (01), 2007.099 07:55:48 INITIAL SCAN OF USER CONTROL

Re: DFSMSDSS

2007-04-09 Thread John P Donnelly
The JCL follows: /STEP010 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU, / REGION=8M /SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* /SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* /TAPE DD DSN=CJPDSC.JOBTRAC.CPU111.DATASETS,

Re: DFSMSDSS

2007-04-09 Thread John P Donnelly
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John P Donnelly Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFSMSDSS The JCL follows: /STEP010 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU, / REGION=8M /SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT

Re: DITTO/Tape Copy Redux

2007-03-08 Thread John P Donnelly
...we used something from Prince Software, if memory serves, to convert an entire library 3480 to 3490...with TMS...was quick (-mounts) and pretty much painfree...cost was, if memory serves, in the $35K bracket for the software.. HTH -Original Message- From: Daniel McLaughlin

Add a partition with IOCP for DR

2007-01-04 Thread John P Donnelly
Hello: We have a configuration consisting of a LPAR1 and a LPAR5 on a Z800 at our home site. We have another Z800 at our DR site which is an exact clone of our home site. We replicate our disk image home to DR. When doing DR tests we spend a lot of time dinking around getting the DR

Re: Does SMS complex, SMSplex, require GRS

2006-09-29 Thread John P Donnelly
Dear IBM one-room school house: -am installing V1R7 -get hung up in Job ALLOCDS IEF374I STEP/NOTOK /STOP 2006265.1409 CPU0MIN 00.00SEC SRB0MIN 00.00S IGD17040I ERROR IN DADSM PROCESSING ON VOLUME H175P1 FOR DATA SET SYS17.OMVS.ETC HISTORIC RETURN CODE IS 192 DIAGNOSTIC

Re: Wars and Allies

2006-09-22 Thread John P Donnelly
At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander Tyler (a Scottish history professor at The University of Edinborough) had this to say about The Fall of The Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: A democracy is always temporary in nature;

Re: EMC SRDF IDMS

2006-09-13 Thread John P Donnelly
If we may: We are executing EMC SRDF/AR San Jose to Sacramento...one large consistency group...about 4TB... Our CA-IDMS technical staff has concerns that our multiple IDMS regions which update a database and then a corresponding journal file may not be completely synchronized

JOB Submit Source

2006-05-03 Thread John P Donnelly
We are wondering if there is a way for us to determine the source of a job submitted to our z/OS 1.4 system...whether from JOBRRAC or IDMS or CICS or MQseries or... Any thoughts... Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: JOB Submit Source

2006-05-03 Thread John P Donnelly
Anything in SMF Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 05/03/2006 01:36 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: JOB Submit Source John P Donnelly wrote