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 voluntarily change or (b) will become
All,
I have some old libraries laying around from a product called RAPID. I've
never used it or even heard of it before. Apparently the product was
de-commissioned before I got here. I believe it is related to Office
Vision and/or DISOSS.
Who was the vendor? What did it do? What is it's
I've been looking through the IBM InfoSphere Guardium S-TAP for DB2 on z/OS
manual. In this manual they talk about a Audit SQL Collector (ASC) and that
this ASC collects all reads and all changes. Will someone please tell me how
the ASC does this?
What are the library names? I seem to recall some old serverpac installation
verification tests that allocated RAPID1 and RAPID3 dataset or something like
that.
Rex
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So if our navy ever launches a ship called USS VTAM, what type of software
would it use?
Sorry, it's Friday. ;-)
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Probably, given how we do things anymore, it would likely run Windows. I dread
the day that we lose a war because our weapons blue screened.
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Hi Keith,
There is likely info in the product libraries, copyright notices, etc.
Generally there is info, including the company name and contact info in the
install library.
The loadlib should have helpful eye catchers in some of the members.
Google is often your friend. With what you are
Rex,
The libraries are panels, clist, and loadlib.
Regards,
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To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Date: 04/06/2012 08:23 AM
CICS moderates access to a VSAM file by doing internal CICS-level ENQs. For a
KSDS, the ENQ is on the key value. A VSAM dataset in a single CICS region can
be used and updated safely my multiple transactions running in that region (or
in multiple regions if the file request is sent to a file
I was on a conference call with an IBM storage specialist yesterday and
he mentioned that end of support for EKM is April 2012.
I've never seen this statement from IBM, or heard anything about it
until that conference call. Can anyone confirm?
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I know that Java 6.0 was the last to have EKM in it. J6.0.1 does not.
AFAIK J5.0 still ships with it.
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resolving problems, doing routine chores, communicating with colleagues,
researching
If you have MXG, then look for the SOURCLIB dataset. This is where the MXG
manual is located (chapter by chapter) and you should find the wonderful
details Dr. Merrill put into the MXG code and how things work.
Lizette
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I know all that, but we were floored by the statement made by IBM on the
call yesterday. I'm trying to get it confirmed.
Mark Jacobs
On 04/06/12 10:28, Ken Porowski wrote:
I know that Java 6.0 was the last to have EKM in it. J6.0.1 does not.
AFAIK J5.0 still ships with it.
Hi,
XCF has its own recovery. If your message exit recovery fails to
field the problem, it percolates to XCF recovery. By default, XCF recovery
will always attempt to retry. Since the error was retriable, XCF retried.
Thus no SRB to Task percolation occurs. You would need to create a
Darn it, no matter what I've tried, I CANNOT get PL/I to handle a plist [what
I'd call] normally-marking the high bit on the last specified parameter. If I
use OPTIONAL, I get all the parameters, with zeroes for the ones that were
omitted. That's not right, because I can't tell whether they
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Phil Smith p...@voltage.com wrote:
Darn it, no matter what I've tried, I CANNOT get PL/I to handle a plist
[what I'd call] normally-marking the high bit on the last specified
parameter. If I use OPTIONAL, I get all the parameters, with zeroes for the
ones that
On 4/6/2012 9:53 AM, Sam Siegel wrote:
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Phil Smithp...@voltage.com wrote:
Darn it, no matter what I've tried, I CANNOT get PL/I to handle a plist
[what I'd call] normally-marking the high bit on the last specified
parameter. If I use OPTIONAL, I get all the
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.comwrote:
On 4/6/2012 9:53 AM, Sam Siegel wrote:
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Phil Smithp...@voltage.com wrote:
Darn it, no matter what I've tried, I CANNOT get PL/I to handle a plist
[what I'd call] normally-marking
In order not to disturb those delicate souls who can't take too much of this
topic, I have consolidated my responses.
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... then maybe IBM will have to change ***all*** their manuals.
Obviously untrue! Of the 400 plus manuals in the
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
I know all that, but we were floored by the statement made by IBM on the
call yesterday. I'm trying to get it confirmed.
Mark Jacobs
I was on a conference call with an IBM storage specialist yesterday and
he mentioned that end of support for EKM is April 2012.
I've never seen this
Edward
I chose option (c).
That'll be don't misuse the abbreviation in the first place and use it only for
the IBM context for which it was first coined - I suppose.
Chris Mason
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:31:32 -0700, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com
wrote:
On 4/6/2012 6:09 AM, McKown,
Get a life!
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Edward
I chose option (c).
That'll be don't
Hi Keith,
If you will Google
disoss rapid software
there are a bunch of 'hits'.
HTH,
Linda
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From: Keith Reynolds kreyno...@shelterinsurance.com
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 6:38:22 AM
Subject: Re: RAPID
Rex,
The
John
... he appears to believe that if he continues to be bothersome about the
misuse of the term USS, ...
Did you not notice the extreme provocation which led to last month's post? One
of the redbook authors actually had the temerity to claim that the misuse was
official! Since my riposte
Garrulousity personified
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:48:02 -0400, Veilleux, Jon L veilleu...@aetna.com wrote:
Get a life!
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Is there a reliable way to tell we were called by PL/I? If so, we could ignore
zeroes for PL/I. And document it. ISTR there being a magic fullword in the
savearea for PL/I?
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I prefer to keep my comments succinct rather than ramble on about inane
complaints about acronym usage.
You must have too much time on your hands to waste so much of it on useless
bickering, ergo, you need to get a life.
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Thanks Kirk,
Originally I opened this thread to the MVS-OE but got no response which is
why I enter to IBM-MAIN.
Here are my results. It looks much better after your suggested changes, I
think...
I see
RC4_CHUNK is undefined Not sure if this is an issue or not and what it
actually
John,
Frankly I've never understood Chris's problem with USS, except that he may
suffer from some sort of OCD reaction when he sees those letters.
We all know that USS stands for Unix System Services, and any other
employment of the acronym with the Mainframe community should spell out that
it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CG-48)
On 21 September 1997, while on maneuvers off the coast of Cape
Charles, Virginia, a crew member entered a zero into a database field
causing a divide by zero error in the ship's Remote Data Base Manager
which brought down all the machines on the
No amount of discussion has or will ever quell this battle. Declare your
own victory and do as I have:
a) Don't use USS to refer to z/OS Unix System Services
b) Don't correct someone who does
c) Filter emails from Chris Mason. A pity that 5% of his voluminous posts
are valuable, but not worth
Well, possibly to the relief of all, I will hencefore ignore any and all posts
to this forum which include the letters USS which do not also explicitly say
UNIX or VTAM. I'm simply to old and tired to bother any more. In this
particular thread, I will agree that USS could be confusing since
USS plus useful content - Read fully
USS acronym wars --Plonk!
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It's hard for me to imagine the navy allowing itself to get into a
situation where the operation of the ship's main engines and steering
would be completely
subject to some PC, or number of PC's on a network within the ship.
I put just shy of 3yrs. in an engine room aboard a navy ship, back in
Kirk Wolf:
Unfortunately, there isn't an official acronym for z/OS Unix System Services.
Until such time as there is, maybe we should use zUSS or maybe Xeus :-)
Since you insisted:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/
Regards,
Steve Thompson
Opinions expressed by this
On 4/6/2012 1:18 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:
Kirk Wolf:
Unfortunately, there isn't an official acronym for z/OS Unix System
Services.
Until such time as there is, maybe we should use zUSS or maybe Xeus :-)
Since you insisted:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/
Regards,
Scenario:
CICS application-LU0 SNA (OSA Eth)HIS-Windows APP Server-WinClients
In other words there is a CICS based application, which is cuurently
accessed via LU0 terminals. The application server (windows based) is
connected to the host via HIS, formerly known as MS SNA Server. So,
Lots of ways to go here.
Upgrade CICS to use LU2. CICS also (IIRC) speaks TCP directly.
TN3270/TN3270E
Some emulator client on PC (Rumba, VISTA, PCOMM)
HTH,
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Sounds to me like config/Configure worked (and generated make files).
Refer to my original response:
-- configure and make
./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
export _C89_CCMODE=1
export MAKE=gmake
$MAKE
so, do the exports and then execute gmake ($MAKE)
Kirk Wolf
W dniu 2012-04-06 21:54, Staller, Allan pisze:
Lots of ways to go here.
Upgrade CICS to use LU2. CICS also (IIRC) speaks TCP directly.
TN3270/TN3270E
Some emulator client on PC (Rumba, VISTA, PCOMM)
The goal is to get rid of HIS and not to make any revolution. It also
means to stay with
I came into work one morning and the office was staring out my window into
San Francisco Bay. The Carl Vincent had run aground trying to return to
it's berth
at Alameda Naval Air Station. All the Crowley tugs were pushing and
pulling, but they finally had to wait for a 'high tide' about 36
Hi,
I just got a hit and generated an SVC dump from a SLIP Storage Alteration
My memory sort of escapes me on what IPCS option I would find the culprit
that caused the storage overlay
From memory I do believe it would be one of the IPCS traces if someone could
help
I would
Yea, running one of 'em aground is a big no-no for a captains career.
--Dave
On 4/6/2012 3:34 PM, Ed Finnell wrote:
I came into work one morning and the office was staring out my window into
San Francisco Bay. The Carl Vincent had run aground trying to return to
it's berth
at Alameda
Either use STATUS REGS which shows the PSW and REGS when the slip trapped,
or look at the contents of the SDUMP CSA resident buffer (CVTSDBUF) which
has data on the state of the system when the slip trap hit.
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Wayne Driscoll
OMEGAMON DB2 L3
THANKS
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Either use STATUS REGS which shows the PSW and REGS
Ron
When were you born?
Was it in 1997 or 1977?
If it was 1997, you would now be 20 years older than if it was 1977 - according
to your logic.
Frankly I've never understood Chris's problem with USS, ...
Now you know!
Chris Mason
P.S. Please take the trouble actually to read through the
many years ago I needed to know, in DOS/VS, whether an assembler routine
was called from a PL/I or assembler module. I put in a test to see if
in DOS terms the weak extrn PLIMAIN was not 0. Non zero meant a PL/I
module was present.
Ken
On 7/04/2012 03:46 AM, Phil Smith wrote:
Is there a
My understanding of the correct use of ANY acromyn in academic papers
is that you write out the topic in full then in put the acromyn in
brackets. Then every one reading the paper knows what the acromyn refers
too.
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On 4/6/2012 5:23 PM, Ken Brick wrote:
many years ago I needed to know, in DOS/VS, whether an assembler routine was
called from a PL/I or assembler module. I put in a test to see if in DOS terms
the weak extrn PLIMAIN was not 0. Non zero meant a PL/I module was present.
Ken
On 7/04/2012 03:46
Yes. Except when the (possibly ambiguous) acronym *is* the topic. ;-)
Now, since it's not only Friday but, in fact, the only Good Friday . . .
1) Are you dyslexic? In four instances of the word, you spelled acronym two
different ways, neither of them correct.
2) Any resemblance
I am looking for some place to host tomcat running jspwiki on z/OS.
Possibly to provide a home for software porting for free utilities. Of
course I would like to do it economically... but I would like to eat my
own food so to speak.
Anyone have any ideas? I'd like to figure out a way to make
Rob:
Contact me. I may have a place for you. What is the size, scope,
utilization,. access method required, etc.?
Mitch
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Hook, line, and sinker...
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Ron
When were
John,
For the most part I agree with you, except in the first line of his actual
post, the original poster made it quite obvious to anybody which of the two
USS's he was referring to, which makes this current argument all the more
stupid. I think this whole thing is painfully silly, as Mr.
Chris,
I took your advice and read this post, but then I took it to a higher
authority for validation. Yes, I googled acronym USS.'
Mate, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that the internet holds the keys
that unlock all mysteries, and for this one I was horrified to find that for
all your hard
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