A question just came up from my Information Security dept. about setting
and synching the Mainframe clocks.
We generally reset them whenever we have a full system shutdown and
don't worry about it otherwise but they now want a procedure to
regularly correct clock drift.
Please correct me if I'm
The SCRTTOOL report has a spot for 'Customer MSU' where you can account
for the errant behavior of a looping task. You must justify your
revised MSU ratings and I believe that IBM is under no obligation to
accept your revision although in the one case I used it they did. I
used as justification
How much difference do you see between the two tools (LCS vs. SCRT)? Do
they ever match? How complex of an environment are you in (MSUs, LPARs,
Unique software stacks, etc.)?
Ken Porowski
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Richards.Bob
At the
Look at 'Defined Capacity'. This allows you to set a MSU cap at 4 hour
rolling average per LPAR. The 4 hour average will allow you to exceed
the cap as long as the 4HrA does not exceed the cap. This is good if
your workload has peak demand beyond 28 MSU but only for a short time
(LT 4 Hr). I
I'm not sure I'd want to know.
If it came down to say every one of the Fortune 5,000 (although some
might have multiple sites) would you really consider it a selling point
that there were only 5,000 shops left (or even 10,000) vs. the
googolplex of wintel/*nix shops?
Now saying that those same
What is this world coming to ...
http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/neobatch.htm
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I opened an ETR/ASKQ --- here's the reply
Hello Ken,
unfortunately, the only externalized information about ctraces
can be found in the MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids.
But some of the info could be of value.
In my case I was tracing FILE entries. It would have been nice to know
if the VN_RDWR trace entry was a read or a write and maybe to what file
etc.
I doubt my issue was a 'defect' so why would I open a defect ETR just to
have someone tell me what I was
I don't feel guilty, we're paying for the support.
I just like to do as much as I can on my own, how else can I be a Guru
when I grow up?
Anyone know if a SHARE requirement for better trace info might get
anywhere? Or maybe enhanced IPCS formatting of the trace entries? It's
probably been
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OK, I've got a component trace of SYSOMVS and formatted via IPCS but
where are the trace entries documented/mapped? I've been looking
through TFM but can't find it.
Thanks all
Ken Porowski
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I recently put some toleration and ERRSYSMOD maint onto my z/OS 1.4
system (moving to 1.6).
Since the maint has gone on I have seen an increase in the I/O to an
application (PeopleSoft) HFS.
I/O rates have increased from 5-10/sec to 80-100/sec with no obvious
Last I saw, last column is service discontinued.
z/OS
Program Marketing Service
number VRMAnnounced Available withdrawn discontinued
5694-A01 1.07.0 2005/07/27 2005/09/30 2006/09* 2008/09*
5694-A01 1.06.0 2004/08/10 2004/09/24 2005/10/24 2007/09*
Anything on www.bitsavers.org ?
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And how many people have 'root' access to the squatty boxes vs the same
level of access on the mainframe?
Think there might be a small exposure there?
Once the Sysprogs and application programmers are gone maybe we should
trash the users too ... After all they seem to cause the most problems.
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And how many people have 'root' access to the squatty boxes vs the
same level of access on the mainframe?
Ah, but the usual squatty box only does one thing. So causing an
outage on it is not as great an impact as killing a z/OS system. Also,
in our shop, every
Depending on the application (we have PeopleSoft Financials) some of the
CI come in both upper and lowercase so we have to have both types in for
correct classification.
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SDSF has an ENC (Enclave) display that might be of use. Not sure if it
was available at 2.10 level though.
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If your job scheduler can trigger on dataset creation then just set up a
trigger and job for each FTP with instructions to ops that the 'ftp
team' is called if they fail. Or replace the ftp step in the creating
job with a submit of the FTP job
Applications sets up the jobs so no fault of yours if
How many of the early posters are still active on the list?
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Not that I want to add overhead but does anyone know if Top Secret has
the same facility?
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My Security folks are eager to have us implement something called
Dataset Name Hiding. This will hide dataset names from a user's view
if they do not have
Anyone know what the Cobol 'standard' has to say on the subject?
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The thing that is baffling me in this discussion is how ABCD could
ever have been considered = ABCDEF in a COBOL comparison of unequal
length operands because my understanding of all COBOL
OK. Now I'm getting confused ... I went back to the FM's and
Enterprise Cobol 3.3.0 and previous
SEARCH ALL
WHEN phrase (binary search)
If the WHEN relation-condition is specified, the compare is based on the
length and sign of data-name. For example, if the length of data-name is
shorter than
Anyone know where I can find a map of a Cobol for z/OS TGT?
Specifically I'm looking for FCB entries.
Thanks
Ken Porowski
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I have the map from the compile but for the FCB all I see is where the
FCB is and not the fields within it. Am I looking at the wrong thing?
IN TGT
RESERVED - 72 BYTES
What I am looking for is the mapping (field descriptions) of the FCB.
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Hi Ken:
I am not sure I understand but the FCB Cells at TGT + X'00184' are
addresses that should point to the FCBs.
Regards,
Gene
Although the compares are working differently with PK15432 are they not
WAD (working as designed/documented) ?
As I read the examples in the APAR it was broken and is now fixed
(granted, appropriate HOLDDATA would have been nice). Or am I reading
this wrong?
Therefore, an alphameric search
Just wondering Are there any 'new' mainframe shops/installations
out there? Or is IBM just selling new frames (z990 z9) to users of
older technology? Back a few years I would imagine a shop on x or i
series eventually outgrowing these and moving 'up' to a z series. Today
are they more
Is this what we have to look forward to?
Ken
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And is CBRUXENT ENABLED?
D SMS,OAM
CBR1100I OAM status: 142
TAPE TOT ONL TOT TOT TOT TOT TOT ONL AVL TOTAL
LIB LIB AL VL VCL MLDRV DRV DRV SCRTCH
22110
And you (not being a complete newbie) would have posted your JCL and
error messages ...
Ken Porowski
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Let us assume that I knew there were incredibly helpful newsgroups
available where every technical problem can be mulled over in detail and
that I
Interesting that no announcement letter yet ...
We now have zIIPs and zAAPs any guesses on the next names?
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I saw those commands, we have them at z/OS 1.4 (but not restartable AS).
I have seen some information on tuning via parms in IGDSMSxx but how can
you tune if you can't see how it's being used? I was hoping for
displays similar to catalog caching stats.
Ken Porowski
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They are (just bundled under one name) ...
Catalog Management
Catalog RecoveryPlus (CR+) - Assures the entire ICF catalog environment
is backed up for forward recovery.
Tape Audit - Correlates entries in the tape management catalog with ICF
catalog status.
Catalog DASD Audit - Evaluates
We don't use an ATL or VTS at DR although we have both at 'home'.
Anything we need for DR goes to the ATL (non-VTS) so we can send it off
site. At DR we just alter SMS rules to allocate a non-ATL drive (and
remove the VOLCAT).
Depending on the DR setup/contract you might want to do the bulk of
Anyone know a way to display stats on SMSPDSE like storage used,
members, libs cached, activity, etc. I've been through the books and
archives but haven't come across anything.
Ken Porowski
AVP Systems Software
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We are being told that the library system is 100% SMS controlled. We
have had robots in the past, but had never heard this as a requirement.
It this your experience?
The ATL and 'tapes' are SMS managed the datasets on the
with the 3490-F1A's but most of that was due to
our dirty/old tapes.
Ken Porowski
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Just about to use the 'new' EPSPT PSP tool to check maint for a z/OS1.4
to z/OS1.6 upgrade.
Does anyone know if the PSP covers ALL toleration maint or do I still
have to go through the FM.
Thanks
Ken Porowski
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Google CHP-48/OZ-379 ... I believe it's from theonion back in 2002 ...
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Personally I think it's great. Big Blue with a smile. The new post if
better than the old one
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Lead Systems Programmer
Phone:
One could always submit a SHARE requirement and fight it out in that
venue ... At least you could find out how important this really is to
other sites (yes, I know not everyone is a SHARE member).
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If it's 'mainframe' in the sense of z/OS then great!
If it's 'mainframe' in the sense of large scale *NIX or Windows then it might
hurt a bit.
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My crystal ball isn't good enough
Considering the cost of a 3592 cartridge I would be surprised if many vendors
offer it as an option.
What I do see a lot more of is CD's and electronic transfer.
Depending on local Tax laws an electronic transfer (i.e. NO physical media) may
exempt you from sales tax.
Ken Porowski
AVP Systems
Got this in the mail today but when I follow the link it's not there.
Anyone else having the same problem?
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Red Alerts subscription service for zSeries
Red Alerts
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AFP Issue
There is a potential exposure for
Never mind, it's out there now.
Ken
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On Thursday 06 October 2005 09:24 am, Porowski, Ken wrote:
Got this in the mail today but when I follow the link it's not there.
Anyone else having the same problem?
Ken Porowski
AVP Systems Software
CIT Group
Could you (temporarily) attach a 3590 to the B20?
If so then could you EXPORT the 3590 from the B18 and IMPORT to the B20 then
EJECT the 3590 from the B20 thereby copying the data to a 3592 (keeping zero
3590 scratches in the B20).
I'm not sure if a VTS will allow mixed device types for the
I believe you are running SCPT not SCRT.
Unless you are running an older box or version of OS/390 that can't run SCRT I
believe IBM will require you to use SCRT for your reports.
The parm you are playing with might be to override/supply a maximum MSU value
for the box (this is total capacity not
,
Craig
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Ray,
The INCXCISZ tool noted datasets with IMBED and REPLICATE as well as those
with INDXCISZ smaller than the 'new' default.
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Hello List,
I am modifying up my compile procs with options needed for Fault Analyzer.
In reviewing these options, there is one called NOS,
Ray,
The INCXCISZ tool noted datasets with IMBED and REPLICATE as well as those with
INDXCISZ smaller than the 'new' default.
Skip,
What IBM document stated that IMBED goes away in 'R8'? Last I heard was that
it would go away in some future release after 1.7 (not necessarily the release
Check tapes in ERROR status IIRC in some cases they are counted in the LM but
not D SMS ...
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Hello Ottar,
I have a similar problem here.
With D SMS,LIBRARY(lib),DETAIL I get 284
I just got a resend
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We apologize for any confusion this problem may have caused.
More
So which is it 64Ki (65536) or 65520 (from z/OS point of view - disk hardware
vendors may have other limitations)?
Ken
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big snip
Up to 64K cylinders are supported on DS6000 and DS8000 devices.
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Going to be turning on my new z990 this weekend (figures - now I hear IBM is
about to announce some new boxes soon). Classically we have hard capped our 5
LPARs (contractual restrictions) but to me it seems that using 'defined
capacity' would be beneficial.
Only 'problem' I have is that it is
I don't have it but I thought the full function just adds the Debug product
(i.e. Debug product is the same whether ordered separately or with a
language/full function). If you have multiple languages, check the pricing, it
may be cheaper to order full function PL/I and alt function Cobol than
area. I was involved because CICS V3 isn't supported so it comes to
my desk.
Roland
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Porowski, Ken
AFAIK you only need one full function language, the others could be alt
function and you can still use the Debug with all of them (or alt function for
all
Nachricht-
Porowski, Ken
AFAIK you only need one full function language, the others could be alt
function and you can still use the Debug with all of them (or alt function for
all languages and Debug separate).
Ken Porowski
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Schiradin,Roland
We're planing because
I had the same issue when defining an IODF for a z990 ...
I just numbered them sequentially (and cleaned up a few old ones no longer
used).
I believe the rationale is so that each esoteric will have a constant token
(assuming you don't change it later) whereas without the token a catalog entry
IIRC if you EJECT a 'stacked volume', it's active data (if any) will be
migrated to another volume first (i.e. you cannot EJECT an active volume).
EXPORT is an entirely different matter.
Ken Porowski
AVP Systems Software
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Couple of questions ...
Where is it located?
When was maint dropped on it (i.e. is it still 'certifiable')?
Price? or is it 'free' (new owner pays for shipping)?
I know we have a fully loaded 310 or 410 with only a couple of active lines ...
may be looking to downgrade if we need to keep them
I saw a reference on the list that JBB7727 (Console restructure/enhancements)
was required to run an OSA-ICC.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I'm running z/OS 1.4 with z990 exploitation support but do not have JBB7727 on.
We plan on testing our new z990 this weekend with OSA-ICC.
Thanks
AFAIK the z990 compatibility (no longer available) and z990 Exploitation
support is required if you are going to run on a z990 (and I assume z890). The
Exploitation support is NOT a series of PTF's but is a separate orderable
package from Shop zSeries (or however you order). You will not have
Thanks, one less thing to worry about Ken
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We are using OSA-ICC on our Z/890 without JBB7727 installed. Seems to
work fine for us on z/OS 1.4.
Porowski, Ken wrote:
I saw a reference on the list that JBB7727 (Console restructure/enhancements
I have no CF (Single frame z800 so we use Base/Basic Sysplex).
Both checkpoints are on DASD.
We run DUPLEX.
So if I just replicate (synchronous or close to it) CKPT2 I should be
reasonably safe? Tradeoff between accuracy and activity?
My main worry is that if I don't replicate CKPT1 and CKPT2
Which is why I posed the question.
We are planning for near real time copy of data (haven't touched on in-flight
transaction recovery yet) to get 'point of failure' recovery at DR. That would
include JES Spool. If the activity caused by replicating the JES checkpoint
CKPT1 + 2 or just CKPT2
I believe there is still a limit on concatenated datasets for number of total
extents ... could be an issue if you concatenate many datasets. This may be a
moot point as I believe earlier versions of SMS defined up to the max specified
but more recent versions add as necessary.
Ken Porowski
Always had a preference for S22F myself ... did see IEF450I on a plate once.
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I should get one that says 2086A04 or some such. Or maybe DINO.
Jon
snip
I saw that one. That was one I wanted to get when I lived in California,
along with IFOX00 and IEV90,
z995 ?
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That presentation is now public domain - if I can't find it on the GSE site
I'll post it on mine. I have the same for the z990 and the z995 - and for
something else.
unsnip
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