CSVDYNEX ?'s

doing a CSVDYNEX ADD,STATE=ACTIVE. Thank you for any insight. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message

WTOR macro conflicting/confusing info?

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 description there is this: The message cannot

'SYS1.PARMLIB(ALLOCxx)'

Hi: Is it possible to dynamically (from a program) determine some of the settings (or defaults) in SYS1.PARMLIB(ALLOCxx)'? I am interested in determining the SVC 99 defaults. Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Please Help IBM Fix 'Broken' PDSE Problems

Ed: Are you trying to do something with a PDSE on SYSTEM 'B' after SYSTEM 'A' has changed it from under you? I have encountered problems this way. Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: ESTAE testing question

It seemed that the JOBNAME filtering did not work, but IEANOSDWA did. Just gotta make sure you are already in XDC before setting this :) otherwise XDC is a no-op. Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

ESTAE testing question

Hello: The manual 'z/OS V1R12.0 MVS Assembler Services Guide' has this statement: The case where an SDWA is not provided is rare. Is there a way to force this kind of condition in order to actually test an ESTAE that is tripped with this condition? Thank you. Paul

WAIT while holding LOCAL LOCK ?

Hi: This might go under the heading of 'why would you want to to that', but, is there a way to do a WAIT (like a STIMERM for a hundreth of a second) while holding the LOCAL LOCK? Is there such a thing as a WAIT service for when holding a LOCK? Thank you. Paul

MEMDSENQMGMT / S99DASUP

Hello: Are these two concepts independent events? The AUTH ASM GUIDE explains about S99DASUP, but some other docs. I read indicates that MEMDSENQMGMT(ENABLE) is also required to implement this. However, I don't see the relationship between the two. Can anyone clarify this? Thank you. Paul

STIMER(M) EXIT= question

Hello: Suppose you code something like this: STIMER(M) SET BINTVL=1 second, EXIT=exitaddress,WAIT=NO So the application program continues to run, and then 1 second later the timer interrupt happens. The ASM MACROS documentation says the exitaddress routine will get control at some point after

IPCS SUMMARY output question

If you do a SUMMARY command, the TCB is displayed followed by the RB's in newest to oldest order. If you do a SUMMARY FORMAT command, the TCB is displayed followed by the RB's in oldest to newest order. Is there any way to make this consistent one way or the other? I didn't see any options on

Re: ipcs print output

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:37:38 -0500, Bob Rutledge deerh...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Paul Schuster wrote: Hello: Is there a way to -not- have a 'TITLE' page separator appear in the IPCSPRNT output? For example, I do a SYSTRACE and there is no page separator, but when I do OPEN PRINT(TITLE

ipcs print output

Hello: Is there a way to -not- have a 'TITLE' page separator appear in the IPCSPRNT output? For example, I do a SYSTRACE and there is no page separator, but when I do OPEN PRINT(TITLE('')); SYSTRACE PRINT NOTERMINAL; CLOSE PRINT; I get a line break. I am looking for something like the

'cloud computing' and 'SAAS'

These are two new buzzwords that have cropped up recently. How do these play with z/os? Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message:

Re: JES3 SDSF

Well, as long as you can view the SYSLOG and look at output from jobs and started tasks I would be happy. Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: JES3 SDSF

Right. I have not. But that was part of my question. Evidently the SDSF manual is correct, and security package rules (RACF or equivalent) are needed in order to use SDSF under JES3. Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

JES3 SDSF

Does anyone use SDSF under JES3? Can your existing JES2 ISFPARMS work under JES3? The SDSF manual seems to imply that ISFPARMS won't work, and that you need to convert everything to a security-package rules in order to use SDSF under JES3. My attempts to use SDSF under JES3 generate the 'user

VSMLOC results questin

Hello: If you do (for example) a VSMLOC PVT,AREA=((R4),(R0)),TCB=VSMLCTCB by one task (I will call it TCB123) and it completes RC=0, but the TCB returned in the VSMLCTCB field is another task (I will call it TCB456), what is this really telling me? The RC=0 (at the time VSMLOC processing

CP commands from z/os

From, for example, a batch job running on a z/os system which in turn is a VM guest, can this batch job issue CP commands? I was looking at DIAG 8 but it sort of implies that this works for the VM id which is the VM guest itself, not a third level address space. Is what I am asking possible to

JESMSGLG vs JESYSMSG

Hi: Is it documented anywhere what the difference between these two DD's is? What criteria is used to write to one DD and not the other? Or write to both? Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: SVC 50 (0A32)

Yes I saw this in trace table entries in a dump. Thanks for the info. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

SVC 50 (0A32)

Does anyone know what this SVC does? The diag ref manual only says 'reserved'. Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

IPCS SYSTRACE TCB option

I can do a systrace jobname() to display all of the trace table entries for a particular jobname. But I want to show only the ones for one of the tasks, so I try this: systrace jobname() TCB() and I always get the messages IKJ56702I INVALID TCB address(es),

Re: IPCS SYSTRACE TCB option

To answer my own question, use tcb(x'') and then it works. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

estae/frr/sdwa ?

Hello: I have an ESTAE coded, but discovered it isn't doing its job correctly. (It is essentially being bypassed.) So, 1) from a dump, is it possible to tell if an SDWA was being passed to the ESTAE routine? and 2) is it possible to tell if an FRR got control instead of my ESTAE? (During

Re: IPCS error

What can cause this: IAR80801I Common area pages missing from report. Storage not in dump. when doing the RSMDATA VIRTPAGE RA() COMMON command? CSA and SQA are supposedly being dumped. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

plpa pages and pgser

Hello: xPLPA pages are eligible for page out (right?) So if a PGSER FREE is issued (preceded by a PGSER FIX) against a xPLPA page, would it make it any more easier for it to be paged out? Trying to determine the reason for a problem which may be caused by such a PGSER FREE invocation. Thank

IPCS error

Has anyone encountered this problem when issuing this IPCS command: RSMDATA VIRTPAGE RA(address) COMMON results in: System ABEND 01D, reason code 6B000B10 PSW 070C5000 816E7FD8, module IEANUC01, CSECT IAXDS, offset 0A10 Instruction

xPLPA page PGSER FREE

Hello: Pages of xPLPA are considered eligible for page-out (right?) So would doing a PGSER FREE on a xPLPA page (after a PGSER FIX was previously done) make this page any more subject to being stolen and paged out? Trying to resolve a problem where this PGSER FREE is being considered the

Re: Can forked/spawned address spaces be identified as such?

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:11:10 -0500, Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TMASSBWMF1,ASSBFSAS has worked for me for several years. HTH. Are there any control block fields or flags within these address spaces that indentify them as being started by a fork or spawn action?

VSAM VERIFY ACTION=REFRESH

When you have a VSAM KSDS opened for output by two address spaces on the same image, and one of the address spaces writes enough records to force the adding of an additional volume, when the VERIFY ACTION=REFRESH is done by the second address space, then the second address space will see the

Re: CSVDYLPA DCBPTR=CVTLINK

APAR OA24903 has been taken for this problem, and a ++APAR is available. I can find no record of OA24903; is this the correct APAR number? Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: CSVDYLPA DCBPTR=CVTLINK

(thelibrary) FREEZE(thelibrary) 5) Thank you for the information about APAR OA24903. 6) I agree that using DSNAME or DDNAME will avoid the problem, but then that defeats the purpose of having the library in linklist Thank you. Paul Schuster

CSVDYLPA DCBPTR=CVTLINK

Hello: I have a situation where some load modules in a LINKLIST library were changed. I do not know if an LLA refresh was done. When CSVDYLPA REQUEST=ADD,DCBPTR=CVTLINK attempts to load one of these modules, it encounters this error: IEW4009I FETCH FAILED FOR MODULE xxx FROM DDNAME

mvs output on pc printer

Hello: I have a need on occasion to download stuff (listings or source) and print on a locally attached PC printer. Does anyone know of software (free or otherwise) that can do such a thing? Thank you. Paul -- For

Re: CSVDYLPA DCBPTR=CVTLINK

Well, it is not me. I just want to protect my application by still allowing it to be installed if an error is detected by CSVDYLPA. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

LOCAL LOCK and abend

Hello: What is the status of a held LOCAL LOCK after an abend? Is this lock automatically released, or does an ESTAE need to release it? I was not able to find any info. in the manuals concerning this. Thank you. Paul Schuster

Re: LOCAL LOCK and abend

Thank you for the pointer. I found the answer: Choosing an ESTAE-Type Recovery Routine Use ESTAE-type recovery routines to protect programs running under enabled, unlocked tasks (EUTs). ESTAE-type recovery routines can be in either problem state or supervisor state, and can have any PSW key.

RBOPSW31

Did the meaning of this bit change recently? I used to be able to detect an AMODE 24 program by the absence of this bit being on, but now in a z/os 1.9 system (and maybe earlier) I see an AMODE 24 program with the RBOPSW31 bit on. Thank you. Paul

LPA not in a dump?

I set a slip like this: SLIP SET,IF,ID=PGS1,RANGE=(6077212), PRCNTLIM=99, JOBNAME=SCHPA172, ACTION=(SVCD),

Re: CSA 'above the bar'

Ok so how to you 'explicitly' share it? Since CSA is available to everyone, how do you make this 'above the 4GB bar' storage available to everyone (read only)? Thank you. Paul On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:32:28 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Schuster wrote: Am I correct

CSA 'above the bar'

Hello: Am I correct in believing that the method to obtain the equivalent of CSA above the bar is to use macro IARV64 with the REQUEST=GETSHARED option? Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

EDTINFO DEVSTAT ?

1) When using the DEVSTAT option with EDTINFO CHKUNIT, the doc. seems to imply that you must define enough storage of 2-byte entries for the same amount of device numbers in your DEVLIST before calling EDTINFO. Correct? 2) These 2-byte entries correspond to each device # entry. What is meant by

Re: EDTINFO DEVSTAT ?

Let me further expand: I do a EDTINFO RTNDEVN,UNITNAME=,DEVNLIST=DEVNLIST to (for example) get the list of device numbers associated with UNIT=SYSALLDA. All of these device numbers will have a UCB associated with them, but many are 'dummy' UCB's that have no real volume associated with

Re: EDTINFO DEVSTAT ?

, this might seem a little extreme just to avoid UCBSCAN... Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Schuster Sent: 25 October 2007 17:25

Re: shared vsam/gsr

One update: My BLDVRP is coded like this: BLDVRP TYPE=GSR,KEYLEN=8,BUFFERS=(20480(5)),STRNO=1 and it gets a RC=12 (x'C'). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

shared vsam/gsr

Hello: I am trying to set up a test case for two address spaces on the same processor having read/write access to a VSAM KSDS file. I define the cluster with SHROPTIONS(3). In all of the VSAM docs. I have read, it is necessary to set up a Global Shared Resource (GSR) pool in order to make this

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

updated after it has been put into CSA or dynamic LPA. Since the dynamic LPA is protected, it needs to be unprotected and then reprotected, but the CSA needs neither. Hence the 'need to determine'. Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM

Is a page protected?--how to determine

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Re: CSVQUERY OUTVALID question

be very helpful. Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm

CSVQUERY OUTVALID question

are valid, and a RC=4 implies that it would be then necessary to use the OUTVALID field to see which returned fields are valid? Or is it necessary to always check the OUTVALID field to see if the returned data is actually valid? This manual does not provide details. Thank you. Paul Schuster

LOAD macro question

) Publication No. SA22-7611-09 manual need strengthening? Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives

BLDL question

presume that the other 3 bytes of R15 and R0 are '0' (zero)? Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

SETPROG LNKLST--problem or procedural error?

set is found in the LINKLST on the new volume. Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives

Re: SETPROG LNKLST--problem or procedural error?

I tried some of the suggestions here (stoprestart initiator, SETPROG UPDATE) and still got the same 106-F rc40 error. Maybe it's related to how these data sets are cataloged. Oh well, an IPL only takes a few minutes. Thank you. Paul Schuster

f1 dscb: DADSM OBTAIN vs CVAFDIR

Hello: It seems that there are two ways to read the F1 DSCB of a data set on a volume. What are the advantages/disadvantages of these two methods? Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

sysdsn enq

Hello: Is there a way to prevent the SYSDSN ENQ from being removed when you dynamically de-allocate a data set? There is the parameter S99NORES to prevent the ENQ from being done when the data set is allocated, but no corresponding parameter on the de-allocation. Thank you. Paul Schuster

Re: SVCs

I found a copy of this presentation at: http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/infolib/SHARE72-O324-O325-O326.pdf Thank you. Paul On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:16:43 EST, IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/25/2007 1:46:40 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

look-up value

What is the difference between a DASD device that returns a look-up value from EDTINFO of X'00012000' and one that returns a value of X'00022000'? Are these values documented somewhere? Thank you. Paul Schuster -- For IBM

DATACLASS DVC

Hello: The manual z/OS DFSMSdfp Storage Administration Reference Publication No. SC26-7402 in chapter 7 'Defining Data Classes' there is this statement: However, SMS does not retroactively apply your changes to previously allocated data sets. I have an example that contradicts this: I

ispf log data set multi-volume?

Can an ISPF LOG data set be pre-allocated as multi-volume? I can pre-allocate a 1-volume log data set, and then allow it to go multi-volume while I am using it, but if I specify option '3' KEEP this data set when I log off, when I log on again it can't use the existing data set. Somehow it is

DB2 volume selection EOV time

Hello: I have been testing with DB2 (version 7) and discovered that for a SMS-managed tablespace that additional volumes are added dynamically. These tablespaces have no DATACLAS associated with them, and the SMS STORAGE GROUP is a 'normal' storage group (no EXTEND group or OVERFLOW group

Re: EXCP with a DEB

This post got sidetracked a lot. 1) APF authorization is not an issue. 2) I want to mimic the behavior of the 'LIKE' JCL parameter in that you can do a 'LIKE' to a data set that you are not authorized to acccess. (E.g., if you do a 'LIKE' to a PDS, it will correctly allocate your new PDS with

Re: EXCP with a DEB

Unfortunately the # of directory blocks allocated to an existing PDS is -not- stored in the F1 DSCB. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

EXCP with a DEB

Hello: Does anyone have any sample code that does I/O (read only) by manually building a DEB? (Bypassing OPEN and CLOSE.) It seems this is alluded to in the manual z/OS DFSMSdfp Advanced Services Publication No. SC26-7400-03 chapter 7 'Ensuring Data Security by Validating the Data Extent Block'

Why CLOSE gets rc=4

Hello: I have a AMODE 31 RMODE ANY program that dynamically allocates an existing PDS with DISP=SHR and NDISP=KEEP. I create a DCB in 24bit storage, and issue OPEN like this: OPEN ((R3),INPUT),MODE=31 The OPEN completes RC=0. With very little intervening code (a WTO, but no READ of the

directory blocks-determine how many

Hello: Given an existing PDS on a disk device, how can you programatically (from assembler) determine how many directory blocks are allocated to it? I thought RDJFCB would work but that does not have the JFCBDQTY field filled in. If you do an 'I' from ISPF, ISPF does a RDJFCB, but the JFCB image

avgrec/avgblk history ?

Hello: Does anyone know when (as in year/mvs level/dfp level) that AVGREC space allocations and AVGBLK allocations became available? Thank you. Paul -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

branch entered estae question

The DOC states that you must provide the address of a save area. The macro assembles into a LA13,mysave and then after execution R13 still has the address of 'mysave' instead of being restored to R13 as it was before the macro call. Also, the code uses this r13 value (mysave) as the base

ESTAE-underTSO question

Hello: I have a program with an ESTAE that gets control and issues a SDUMP. This works fine when submitted as a batch job, as the program is in an authorized library. When invoking the same program from a TSO REXX EXEC, the SDUMP in the ESTAE fails with a S133 abend indicating 'An unauthorized

I/O trace table entry

Hello: In the manual z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids Publication No. GA22-7589-07 Chapter 8 System Trace the format of I/O entries is shown. It states that the 'ext-stat' field is the 'Extended status word'. However, from looking at the Principles of Operation the ESW is a 4-word

LOAD MULTIPLE (LM) question

Hello: The Principles of Operation states: An instruction can designate the same general register both for address computation and as the location of an operand. Address computation is completed before registers, if any, are changed by the operation. Consider this code: 01988A 98EC 9464

Re: LOAD MULTIPLE (LM) question

Thanks. I answered own question after looking at the code again. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: LOAD MULTIPLE (LM) question

Thanks--I answered own question after looking at code again. n Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:01:38 -0800, Edward E. Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Schuster wrote: [snip] Consider this code: 01988A 98EC 946419A98 42272 LMR14,R12,CHKSU_SAVE 01988E 48F0 94A019AD4

Re: LOAD MULTIPLE (LM) question

Thank you. I answered my own question after looking at the code again. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

IOSK CAPTURE CAPE

Hello: IBM APAR OW40658 details how to determine if a S822 abend is due to outstanding captured UCB's. They provide the IPCS command 'IOSK CAPTURE' which will provide the 'CAPE' address. They further state to look at the 'NOCJECNT' field of the 'CAPE' to determine if there are outstanding

Re: HMS DUMP 0F4

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 09:47:44 -0400, Bruce Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: searching IBMLINK for ABEND0F4 RC24 RSN010E5AB8 I get these 7 hits OA11956

Re: IEFUSI question

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:27:26 -0400, Jim Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 08/29/2005 12:11:24 PM: Does IEFUSI run under the same TCB as the subsequent job step TCB? I need to get control in a job step before the job step program

Re: STIMERM EXIT question

Thank you. A natural follow-on question is this: what about STIMERM's that have been created with an ATTACH from other than the initiator TCB? More exactly, a sub-task of your current running task? Thank you. Paul -- For

STIMERM EXIT question

Hello: If you have a STIMERM EXIT=,interval=,WAIT=NO, and the time interval expires after the task has ended, what happens? Specifically, if this is a batch job, and the program running issues this STIMERM EXIT, and then ends, what happens? Does the timer request go away with the ending of the

checkpoint cancel and tokens

Hello: The manual z/OS DFSMSdfp Checkpoint/Restart Publication No. SC26-7401-01 documents the restrictions about CHECKPOINTS and NAME/TOKEN services. However, it is not clear from the manual if the CHKPT CANCEL service has this same restriction. Does anyone know if you can have address space

IDCAMS 'ALLOCATE' command

Hello: According to the documentation, (z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs Publication No. SC26-7394-03) Access method services identifies the verb name ALLOCATE and attaches the terminal monitor program (TMP) that runs Time Sharing Option (TSO) commands in the background. Is there