Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Clem Clarke
Greetings. I want to share some PL/I and Assembler code through Open Source, and wonder where the best place might be to do this. And, of course, any changes to the code need to be made available for all. I have the following: 1. An entire interpretive language that can be used as a shell

RE-TSO COLUMNS Command

2006-04-25 Thread ANGEL LUIS DOMINGUEZ MARTIN
As an appointment, I use an EDIT MACRO from Mark Zelden (thanks a lot Mark) named COLUTIL that is one of the most usefull piece of code I have. ISPF Edit is really enhancend with this macro. You can download from http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutilr.html#macros Angel Luis

Re: Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Stephen Y Odo
seems like the CBT tape would be a good home for this. see http://www.cbttape.org/ -- Stephen Clem Clarke wrote: Greetings. I want to share some PL/I and Assembler code through Open Source, and wonder where the best place might be to do this. And, of course, any changes to the code need

Re: Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Paul Gillis
Clem Clarke wrote: Greetings. I want to share some PL/I and Assembler code through Open Source, and wonder where the best place might be to do this. Hi Clem, Either Sam Knutson or Sam Golob at www.cbttape.org would be more than happy to provide a place for your code. Does this now mean

Re: Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Paul Gillis
Paul Gillis wrote: Clem Clarke wrote: Greetings. I want to share some PL/I and Assembler code through Open Source, and wonder where the best place might be to do this. Hi Clem, Either Sam Knutson or Sam Golob at www.cbttape.org would be more than happy to provide a place for your code.

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Paul Gillis
John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: I vaguly remember reading a paper (about 7 or 8 years ago) where somebody turn off SMF recording and saw no measureable difference in CPU utilziation. I wonder how they measured it? Regards, Paul Gillis

Re: Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:42 +1000, Paul Gillis wrote: Took a few breaths and re-read your email. I would recommend it all went onto the cbttape, and if an open source license is required, why not use the GNU General Public License available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt That

Re: Open Sourcing ASM, PL/I and C Code

2006-04-25 Thread Paul Gillis
Shane wrote: On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:42 +1000, Paul Gillis wrote: Took a few breaths and re-read your email. I would recommend it all went onto the cbttape, and if an open source license is required, why not use the GNU General Public License available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Paul Gillis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: I vaguly remember reading a paper (about 7 or 8 years ago) where somebody turn off SMF recording and saw no measureable difference in CPU utilziation. I wonder how they measured it?

Re: Multi-level Alias

2006-04-25 Thread Jousma, David
Bob, Thanks for the pointer, I'll go find that session, and check it out. Dave Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: PDSEs in LNKLST at IPL can't be deleted

2006-04-25 Thread Peter Relson
Isn't there still some code in the system that uses the original DEB? No No (IBM-owned) system code uses CVTLINK or its DCB/DEB directly. When the system sees CVTLINK it translates CVTLINK into ASSBDLCB - DLCBDCB@ . Code stll running with the IPL-time LNKLST will of course access the original DEB

Re: Offensive Language

2006-04-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Bruce Black wrote: But Darrens issue is not the language, it is all the filters in place at many subscribers locations which generate email back to Darren for each

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget to add in the cost of the periodic IFASMDFP jobs that copy the SMF data from the SYS1.MANx datasets I make those IMP=5. The cost is nothing, since I bought the machine for other work. IFASMFDP fills in the

New Listserv Version / Web Archives

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Zelden
Darren, Prior to this last upgrade when you viewed a post in the archvies, the poster's name and subject name both linked to the previous post from that poster or previous post on that subject. That no longer appears to be the case. Is this something you can control? When I start

Re: Reading Variable record with bad BDW/RDW?

2006-04-25 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Binyamin Dissen wrote: :OPEN will not set DCBDSORG. :If it's 0? No such thing. DCB macro requires it. It and the MACRF are required to properly build the DCB and to get the correct access methods loaded. Just to be a bit pedantic, he could build his own DCB without using the macro. In the

DFSORT match problem

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto R.
Hello, is it possible to do the following with DFSORT/ICETOOL: Input1: A1 X1 A1 X2 B1 X1 B1 Y1 Input2: X1 ABC X2 DEF Y1 GHI Expected output: A1 X1 ABC A1 X2 DEF B1 X1 ABC B1 Y1 GHI I believe it will require multiple scans of Input2. Hope it is clear enough. Thanks.

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:02:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who knows how much collection costs? There are three components of collection that cause overhead directly attributable to SMF, but most of which is not measurable: (1) creation of data elements

Re: Reading Variable record with bad BDW/RDW?

2006-04-25 Thread Richard Tsujimoto
You could simply code the DCB with DSORG, and at run-time, reinitialize the DSORG field. Why would you want to hand-craft a control block? Gerhard Postpischil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 04/25/2006 08:58 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe

Looking for SHARE Proceedings machine readable oldies

2006-04-25 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, I collect IBM documentation, conference proceedings, all sorts of odd things and just now I am looking for some old SHARE proceedings on CD-ROM. I have all the new proceedings the ones you can find at the share.org web site. Seattle - March, 2006 New! Boston - August, 2005 Anaheim -

Re: offensive language

2006-04-25 Thread Jon Brock
In the case you mention the word was not offensive, even to a Nice Nelly, but I could see where it could certainly trigger a spam filter. Jon snip It is hard to avoid giving offense to these filters, and I don't thinlk we should try to do so. I recently found that I was not receiving

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John S. Giltner, Jr. Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Overhead of SMF Records I vaguly remember reading a paper (about 7 or 8 years ago)

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/25/2006 2:42:56 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: wonder how they measured it? With an hour-glass? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: DFSORT match problem

2006-04-25 Thread Frank Yaeger
Roberto R. wrote on 04/25/2006 05:56:22 AM: Hello, is it possible to do the following with DFSORT/ICETOOL: Input1: A1 X1 A1 X2 B1 X1 B1 Y1 Input2: X1 ABC X2 DEF Y1 GHI Expected output: A1 X1 ABC A1 X2 DEF B1 X1 ABC B1 Y1 GHI I believe it will require multiple

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Are you in a large shop now? Approx 3600 MIPS. How busy are your processors? In our shop (where we like to run all the processors close to 100% all day), We try, but our business is cyclic. putting SMF dumps at the bottom of the totem pole would never work. You have to be able to dump

Re: Tape channel program

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denis Metivier Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Tape channel program I am looking after samples of tape channel programs. And would like to

IEF196I IOS078I 0921,78,XCFAS, I/O TIMEOUT INTERVAL HAS BEEN EXCEEDED

2006-04-25 Thread Robert Pelletier
We are getting the above message sporadically on our TEST LPAR. I have searched IBMLINK and had EMC check out the control unit and DASD. Might anyone know why we are getting this error on the master console: IEF196I IOS078I 0921,78,XCFAS, I/O TIMEOUT INTERVAL HAS BEEN EXCEEDED IOS078I

Re: IEF196I IOS078I 0921,78,XCFAS, I/O TIMEOUT INTERVAL HAS BEEN EXCEEDED

2006-04-25 Thread Bruce Black
We are getting the above message sporadically on our TEST LPAR. I have searched IBMLINK and had EMC check out the control unit and DASD. Might anyone know why we are getting this error on the master console: IEF196I IOS078I 0921,78,XCFAS, I/O TIMEOUT INTERVAL HAS BEEN EXCEEDED IOS078I

ARRRRRGH! SYSOMVS Component Trace - Trace entry mapping

2006-04-25 Thread Porowski, Ken
Cross posted to IBM-MAIN and MVS-OE 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 AVP Systems Software CIT Group E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IEC614I CREATE FAILED - RC 192, DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS (040343C9)

2006-04-25 Thread Glen Gasior
I am trying to move a dataset from what appears to be an SMS volume to what appears to be a non-SMS volume. I get this message: ADR440E (001)-RALLC(02), UNEXPECTED RETURN CODE FROM REALLOC MACRO: 00C0, WHILE PROCESSING DATA SET DB2WK8.DB2WK1.SDSNEXIT I hope to bypass SMS just to allocate

SMP/E Internet Service Retrival

2006-04-25 Thread Alan C. Field
Has anyone got this working with Top Secret??? We got a cookbook from CA outlining the steps but so far we haven't successfully managed to retrieve any service. Infer what you want about our Top Secret admins. Alan -- For

WebSphere Developer for z/Series

2006-04-25 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi We got the new WebSphere Developer for z/Series with the C++ debug tool We don't have currently WAS in the host, if some can tell me the minimum required software in the z/OS to use JES remote access and USS access -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Miklos Szigetvari ISIS

LLA Exit One tracing

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Jacobs
How does one trace the execution of CSVLLIX1? LLA shows that the exit is active, but when I attempt to trace via SLIP IF and GTFTRACE I don't get any records in by trace dataset. SLIP command is; SLIP SET,IF,ACTION=TRACE,PVTMOD=(CSVLLIX1,00,19A),END And GTFTRACE is simple TRACE=SLIP

Re: enterprise tape system 3590

2006-04-25 Thread FRANKO DSOUZA
HI EVERYONE, WE HAVE AN ATL 3590, AND ARE USING 3590 AND 3592 DRIVES,WITH 60 GB AND 300 GB CARTRIDGES TO BACKUP OUR DATA, IS THERE ANY SUITABLE PROGRAM TO STACK DATA ON THESE CARTRIDGES AND ALSO USE THESE CARTRIDGES TO THEIR OPTIMUM LEVEL, MEAN USE THEM 100% ANY HELP SUGGESTIONS WILL BE

Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Hal Merritt
Did I read somewhere that z/os 1.7 or perhaps one of the new boxes support adding LPAR's without a POR? The business mission is a kilo boat load of Linux images, not real z/os images. My knee jerk plan is to shrink a z/os image, and redistribute the resources across a large number of small

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Jacobs
You really don't want to build multiple lpars for the Linux images. You really should run these images under VM. IBM has special VM pricing for VM under an IFL. Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: enterprise tape system 3590

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FRANKO DSOUZA Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: enterprise tape system 3590 HI EVERYONE, WE HAVE AN ATL 3590, AND ARE USING 3590 AND 3592

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Alan C. Field
I agree with Mark, but I think you are referring to reserved lpars - I thing you have to do a POR at least once to define them. I tried to make a couple of ours that we no longer used reserved but it meant taking all the channel definitions away which seemed like a lot of work only to have to

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Adding LPARs without POR Did I read somewhere that z/os 1.7 or perhaps one of the new boxes support

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Neubert, Kevin (DIS)
I believe what you're referring to, adding LPARs dynamically, began with the z890/z990 and z/OS 1.6. Regards, Kevin -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: enterprise tape system 3590

2006-04-25 Thread Knutson, Sam
You can search the IBM-MAIN Archives one useful post there are many more http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602L=ibm-mainP=R2I=1X=2A9667288 DCA53C9E4 Google tape stacking z/OS yields lots of hits.. Combine both and you have a nice list to start and I expect you are about to be swarmed by

SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Howard Rifkind
I want to pick up all needed service to do an apply check for a DT/2107 (DS8000). What options do I need it the smpe jcl stream. Is this considered a function. Thanks. - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Jousma, David
Howard, You need to logon to IBMLINK, and go look at PSP at 2107device. This will list all required maintenance for this box. You will then need to order, and apply those fixes. To answer your question, no, it is not a function. Dave

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thank David. I've aleady done this...got cum tapes, RSU tapes.etc. I think IBM is giving me the run around on this one. I'll check back with them. Problem is I need all service relaive to all the software on my machine and I some how can't seem to get that. During the apply

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Neubert, Kevin (DIS) wrote: I believe what you're referring to, adding LPARs dynamically, began with the z890/z990 and z/OS 1.6. Right software, right hardware, wrong function! The enhancement was not to allow *adding* LPARs dynamically, the function was to allow *renaming* LPARs

Re: WebSphere Developer for z/Series

2006-04-25 Thread Hunter Cobb
Check your program directories for details, but you probably want to install FMID H002600 for JES remote access, and FMID H001600 for Remote System Explorer, for z/OS data set and USS file access. For COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, and EGL support, you'll want FMID HEDS500. Also check out the Websphere

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Jousma, David
Howard, OK, so you have all your maintenance. Good, make sure it is all received. Now, go to IBMLINK, and pull the PSP bucket( term for a document that lists required maintenance) for that device type. In it, it will have a list of all the required PTF's for that hardware. Take that list,

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Hal Merritt
Well, I guess that will have to do. Any SWAG's on the MSU cost of an inactive IFL LPAR? I have four active and one inactive now, all z/os. There are guesstimates of perhaps 3 or 4 hundred Linux images. I know, I know. But management needs numbers, not emotions. In addition, there are audit

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Zelden
The modern way to do this with minimal effort is by using the PSP tool. Enhanced Preventive Service Planning tool web site: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/390/psp_main.html Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers

WebSphere Developer vs. ISPF

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
Is there some document which does a compare and contrast between WebSphere Developer and ISPF? Is is possible to totally replace ISPF with WebSphere Developer? I mean for programmers. I realize that there are ISPF applications which are not accessable via WebSphere Developer at this time (such as

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Adding LPARs without POR Well, I guess that will have to do. Any SWAG's on the MSU cost of

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:49:33 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neubert, Kevin (DIS) wrote: I believe what you're referring to, adding LPARs dynamically, began with the z890/z990 and z/OS 1.6. Right software, right hardware, wrong function! The enhancement was not to allow *adding*

Re: SMP/E Internet Service Retrival

2006-04-25 Thread Larre Shiller
Alan - We have just started to invstigate the use of SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval and we also use Top Secret. Now you have me scared! Exactly what is it that is failing? Can you share any messages? What is the name of the CA cookbook and why is a cookbook necessary? Isn't SMP/E

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:16:28 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote: There are guesstimates of perhaps 3 or 4 hundred Linux images. ... In addition, there are audit pressures to put each application instance on its own server. Okay there's your problem: You CANNOT have anywhere near 3 or 4 HUNDRED LPARs on

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Thomas Kern
And you should definately join the IBMVM and Linux-390 lists. http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=ibmvm http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-VM /Tom Kern On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:35:25 -0500, Tom Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:16:28 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote:

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Thank David. I've aleady done this...got cum tapes, RSU tapes.etc. I think IBM is giving me the run around on this one. I'll check back with them. Problem is I need all

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Hal Merritt
Well, sometimes left field is a good place to be. It all depends ;-) I once recall a 'cost' of a few percent of the box in hypervisor overhead for a defined LPAR, active or not. IIRC, the ROT was 2-5%. And I am talking several hundred active LPARs. I can believe things have changed. I can

Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-25 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Dave, Jousma, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard, OK, so you have all your maintenance. Good, make sure it is all received. Now, go to IBMLINK, and pull the PSP bucket( term for a document that lists required maintenance) for that device type. In it, it will have a list of all

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Hal Merritt
I knew I was asking the right people. I get good quality answers even when I ask poor questions. Thanks!! Hal. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: WebSphere Developer vs. ISPF

2006-04-25 Thread Steve Comstock
McKown, John wrote: Is there some document which does a compare and contrast between WebSphere Developer and ISPF? Is is possible to totally replace ISPF with WebSphere Developer? I mean for programmers. I realize that there are ISPF applications which are not accessable via WebSphere Developer

Re: LLA Exit One tracing

2006-04-25 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 04/25/2006 12:47:41 PM: How does one trace the execution of CSVLLIX1? LLA shows that the exit is active, but when I attempt to trace via SLIP IF and GTFTRACE I don't get any records in by trace dataset. SLIP command is; SLIP

Re: Reading Variable record with bad BDW/RDW?

2006-04-25 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Richard Tsujimoto wrote: You could simply code the DCB with DSORG, and at run-time, reinitialize the DSORG field. Why would you want to hand-craft a control block? Who said I wanted to do so? Shmuel asked what would happen if a DCB had a zero DSORG. Binyamin pointed out that the DCB MACRO

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
In addition, there are audit pressures to put each application instance on its own server. With z/VM and IFL's, you can do just that. But, does your auditor consider each virtual instance a new server? - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL!

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 04/25/2006 09:24:37 AM: IBM has some undocumented monitor call instructions inside the I/O first level interrupt handler for instrumentation purposes. Maybe they also have some way to measure the overhead of building an

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread R.S.
McKown, John wrote: [...] IMO, using LPARs for Linux is not a wise decision. z/VM is the only real way to manage a boat load of images. z/VM manages better than PR/SM, again IMO. Why ? IMHO it *depends*. Is it so common to run few z/OS LPARs and hundreds Linux images ? I know datacenters

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Adding LPARs without POR snip Why ? IMHO it *depends*. Is it so common to run few z/OS LPARs and

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Hal Merritt wrote: Any SWAG's on the MSU cost of an inactive IFL LPAR? Zero. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: ISFPARMS conversion to using SDSF server

2006-04-25 Thread Bob Rutledge
Mautalen Juan Guillermo wrote: I have been reading SDSF books, and i still have some BIG doubts. 1) This is unrelated to the migration itself, but i wonder where does SDSF run. I do not see any adress space related to SDSF...does it run in each user adress space? The server runs in its own

RMM Restore CDS

2006-04-25 Thread Hjelm, Norm
In compliance with our current Disaster Recovery procedures, I've been able to use the following JCL to backup the RMM CDS and Journal files directly to tape as the last step in a larger JCL stream that backups up all of our essential catalog files and such. Now I'm in need of JCL to restore the

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
One of the datacenters is using Linux under IFL. 2-4 images. Is it really cost effective to buy z/VM for this poor z/800 machine ? Is it really needed at all ? I think it is. 4 images isn't worth $125,000 USD for an IFL. I don't think you can drive the IFL very high with just that few. -

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Any SWAG's on the MSU cost of an inactive IFL LPAR? The specialty engines cost $125K USD each; there are no software costs, yet. - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Roy Hewitt
Ted MacNEIL wrote: One of the datacenters is using Linux under IFL. 2-4 images. Is it really cost effective to buy z/VM for this poor z/800 machine ? Is it really needed at all ? I think it is. 4 images isn't worth $125,000 USD for an IFL. How do you work that out? Surely the number of

Re: Heads Up - LE PE - PK15432

2006-04-25 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
Has any one put on the PTFs? Any experience good or bad with their use? Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 8:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Heads Up - LE PE

Re: PDSEs in LNKLST at IPL can't be deleted

2006-04-25 Thread Tony Harminc
Peter Relson of z/OS Core Technology Design wrote: No (IBM-owned) system code uses CVTLINK or its DCB/DEB directly. When the system sees CVTLINK it translates CVTLINK into ASSBDLCB - DLCBDCB@ . Code stll running with the IPL-time LNKLST will of course access the original DEB when using

Re: DFSORT and delimited fileds

2006-04-25 Thread Frank Yaeger
On Jan 17, 2005 Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: I have the following record layout: First_name; Last_name; text_data; year. The fields are variable in length, the record format VB. In fact the data are imported from PC world. I want to sort them by lastname, then by firstname. Is it possible to use

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Norman Hollander
For what it's worth, and I'm sure this can start a great debate, I allow the SMF processes to take what they need to get in, finish what they need to, and get out. I have seen customer sites move SMF out of SYSTEM, and have MANx Dumps run at lower importance. I generally recommend giving it all

Re: PDSEs in LNKLST at IPL can't be deleted

2006-04-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tony Harminc wrote: I may misunderstand what you are saying... What is the correct way to load a LNKLST module into a storage location of one's own choosing using ADDR= on the LOAD macro? LOAD with ADDR= requires a non-zero DCB=, so I have been using the CVTLINK DCB, but I'm presumably missing

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 04/25/2006 11:30:56 AM: We are not quite at the level of kill the system rather than run without an SMF audit trail (wait state D0D) but we address any SMF data loss with steps taken to prevent it from recurring. I had never

Re: Tape channel program

2006-04-25 Thread Tony Harminc
Denis Metivier wrote: More, I'll like to know the syntax of the Load Display Mount CCW used by MVS for tape mounting/unmounting. This code's for CMS, but it's short and simple to read. http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare/read?fn=PANL3480ft=NOTEline=1

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
How do you work that out? $125K is what an IFL costs. Surely the number of Linux images is irrelevant, the only real purpose of an IFL is to reduce SW costs when you have other LPARS with z/OS etc... No. There is more than that. LINUX on any z-box still is 'free'. The IFL just gives a better

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I guess some IBM developers have a sense of humor after all. I always thought they did. Remember the prefix for SMS is IGD, and the main programme is called IGDZILLA. I, Godzilla - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL!

Re: Need Help defining an AS400 with an IP address to the mainframe

2006-04-25 Thread Chris Mason
Pat, I'm copying what came into my reader. Did you hit the wrong button somewhere. I can't see anything new. Chris Mason - Original Message - From: Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, 24 April, 2006 10:57 PM

Re: Adding LPARs without POR

2006-04-25 Thread Roy Hewitt
Ted, How do you work that out? $125K is what an IFL costs. I wasn't referring to the purchase cost, I meant how do you calulate that 4 images isn't worth $125,000 USD for an IFL. i.e when does it become worth it? Surely the number of Linux images is irrelevant, the only real purpose

Re: WebSphere Developer for z/Series

2006-04-25 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Thank you -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hunter Cobb Sent: Dienstag, 25. April 2006 19:42 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WebSphere Developer for z/Series Check your program directories for details, but you probably want

Re: ISFPARMS conversion to using SDSF server

2006-04-25 Thread Skip Robinson
By default the server is assumed to be named 'SDSF'. You can use a different name or run multiple SDSF servers--each with its own name, of course--to access different JES2 MASs. From the SDSF manual for 1.7: 3.3 Accessing the server When the user accesses SDSF, the SDSF client attempts to

Re: Need Help defining an AS400 with an IP address to the mainframe

2006-04-25 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:37:11 +0200, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I'm copying what came into my reader. Did you hit the wrong button somewhere. I can't see anything new. ... I use the web interface to IBM-Main. This has recently been restructured, and has the Quote Original Message

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Tony Harminc
Jim Mulder wrote: [D0D wait state code for the DOD] I guess some IBM developers have a sense of humor after all. Any company that allows developers to ship macros named $DILBERT and $DOGBERT (JES2), and a module named GIMISEX (SMP/E) is surely not without a sense of humour. And then from the

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
IIRC the continued to cut RMF records. Paul Gillis wrote: John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: I vaguly remember reading a paper (about 7 or 8 years ago) where somebody turn off SMF recording and saw no measureable difference in CPU utilziation. I wonder how they measured it? Regards, Paul

Re: getting time from an NTP server

2006-04-25 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
No, however it can be a NTP server. nlehrer wrote: can z/os get its time from an NTP server? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: enterprise tape system 3590

2006-04-25 Thread Russell Witt
Franco, Sam did a wonderful job giving you the different post-creation stacking options (gotten to be a real crowded field) and also the different virtual-tape solutions (always a very good method to fully utilize the high capacity cartridges). You never mentioned the tape management system you

Re: Overhead of SMF Records

2006-04-25 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 00:00 + on 04/25/2006, Ted MacNEIL wrote about Re: Overhead of SMF Records: I always thought they did. Remember the prefix for SMS is IGD, and the main programme is called IGDZILLA. I, Godzilla If SMS's prefix was IMG, they could have named the main module as IMGOJIRA (I'm GOJIRA -

Re: RMM Restore CDS

2006-04-25 Thread Michael W. Moss
Try http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2C840/17.4?DT=20050714162634 As you're using DSS, try http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2C840/17.4.6 On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:47:14 -0700, Hjelm, Norm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In compliance with our