If this is really old code, what difference does it make if it runs in
AMODE(24). I'm sure code that old wouldn't take up enough storage cause any
problems.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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From: Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL
On 17 Jun 2008 11:29:21 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
With reference modification available, the only things that are
awkward in COBOL are bit switches and the 1 byte binary fields. I
have written usage programs that parse the SMF 14/15, 30 and 64
records. If IBM would just
On 17 Jun 2008 09:39:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:21 AM
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Subject: Re: insane request: force load module
Sorry, I did not look at details of the 'standard'.
When I built a recovery system many years ago, I also made sure we copied
the production RACF dataset to the recovery volume on a regular basis. And
I had written a started task / authorized program that I could use to
reset some special
Yes, it used to. Now it's applied as a usermod. See USERMODA in the JCL
library. Set your options and apply. They should have given you an install
guide, even for an evaluation. We have had Syncsort for about 15 years.
Linda
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Phil,
See
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/racf/pdf/r07_racf_level2.
pdf
The AUDITID tool and Info Apar II12593 may help.
Hermann
A user is seeing these messages in the joblog.ICH408I USER(USER01 )
GROUP(GROUP01 ) NAME(BATCH ID - APP. 7100)
Did you try from the PC to the LINUX server to eliminate the LINUX server
or the portion of the network that the LINUX server is on as the issue?
I suppose that performing a tracerout to see the hops might reveal the
possible culprit.
Rob Schramm
Sirius Computer Solutions
Hi
HDS were announced flash memory solid state drives (general availability
4Q08) and higher capacity 400 GByte Fibre Channel 10,000 RPM hard disk
drives.
http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-storage-management-and-usp-v-and-usp-vm-enhancements-may-2008.pdf
Martin,
I'm not sure what you are referring to. It is possible that you are thinking
about TapeSort options. These options were zapped into a load module.
TapeSort is a feature of the sort that uses tape data sets as SORTWKs. This is
VERY old technology. I don't think it has been updated
Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM wrote:
Hi Everyone,
We have the need to start using sFTP on z/OS (via OMVS?) with a very short
deadline (it always seems to work that way :-) ). We have had FTP working
for years. Can anyone give me some direction/advice/good books on how to get
s/FTP working?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7458479.stm
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Mike,
No one asked, so I am. Just out of curiosity, what are you manually
copying around out of your root filesystem? Just don't want to see you
shoot yourself in the foot
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Mainframe Services
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:57:39 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:27:18 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
Keep in mind that the TOD clock represents GMT (or UTC).
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/16/2008
at 09:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
As I stated, if columns 71-72 fall within a JCL symbol, the converter
fails to substitute the symbol value.
Your symbol was not continued in accordance with JCL rules; it ran past
column 71.
Ummm. I was
Red Alerts (2008.06.18)
DB2 for z/OS V8 and V9 potential loss of data during update of fixed
length rows DB2 for z/OS V8 and V9 potential loss of data during update
of fixed length rows.
A defect was introduced by APAR PK63401.
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Hi Mark,
It was great meeting you yesterday. Your group beats any 1 day session I go
to that costs less than $100. I go to the Midwest CMG group in Chicago, and
their sessions are often non mainframe related, although the ones that are
mainframe related seem to draw the best attendance.
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/16/2008
at 08:37 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I had imagined the TMP interposed its own filter behind BSAM/QSAM.
No; the TMP is responsible for handling commands, not for data management.
How, outside the TMP, can one code a call to BSAM or
QSAM to
Hi Everyone,
We have the need to start using sFTP on z/OS (via OMVS?) with a very short
deadline (it always seems to work that way :-) ). We have had FTP working
for years. Can anyone give me some direction/advice/good books on how to get
s/FTP working? I'm not the one that configured the FTP,
If you got an evaluation copy of SyncSort through valid means, you
should call their support team at 201-930-8260.
They will provide you with access to the right manuals.
All options are now handled through the SYNCMAC as far as I know.
Chris Blaicher
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LRVH - Load Reversed (Halfword)
So it should load a reversed halfward, right?
Well, sure, it swaps the byte order (compared to their order in storage)
and puts them in register bits 48-63, **BUT** it leaves bits 0-47
UNCHANGED.
Now, that last part is not what LH does, is it?
In my book, that's
Didn't see a Nikon interface mentioned.
Pity ...
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Dave:
Thanks for asking. There are several directories and files that are associated
with the major application in use here. For whatever reason, they seem to be
contained in the HFS data set that is mounted as root on the system I am
migrating from. I would like to get these directories and
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:13 -0500, Ron Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking for some method to Clone/setup a Single RES rescue RES volume ...
to include TCP as well as VTAM...
Anything out there---freebe wise??
Have a look at the ONEPAKZ* or TWOPAKZ* jobs on my web site (URL
below). If
François,
You say throughput is bad for a PUT from the mainframe to the Linux server.
Check the throughput when, from the mainframe, you do a GET from the Linux
server. If the throughput is good in only one direction then this, in my
experience, is the classic symptom of a full duplex/half duplex
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:47:43 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
As I stated, if columns 71-72 fall within a JCL symbol, the converter
fails to substitute the symbol value.
Your symbol was not continued in accordance with JCL rules; it ran past
column 71.
Thank you for not harping on my
Hello!
We have defined VIPA distribution between our two systems in sysplex. Few
days ago distribution stopped. I noticed in display flag I what indicates
that
the data path to the target stack is inactive.
How can I reactivate data path ?
RESPONSE=SP01
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:12:21 -0500, Chase, John wrote:
What industry-wide standard specifies reliance on CVTLDTO and CVTLSO?
I have the possibly mistaken impression that time references provided by
Not mistaken.
the US government's official time sources already include the
adjustments for
snip
start using sFTP on z/OS
snip
The Ported Tools User Guide (SA22-7985) does a great job of getting you
started. Even I got it to work. Also look at the archives, there was lots
of discussions about this fairly recently.
Jack Kelly
202-502-2390 (Office)
Since you are going to this effort to move it, why not use the
opportunity to create a separate HFS/ZFS for this application, mount it
at the desired location, and then put your contents into it? Then you
NEVER have to revisit this situation again, and you get to keep your
root FS *clean*
Dave
snip
There are several directories and files that are associated with the major
application in use here.
SNIP
This is the spot to copy/mount these files/directories to their own HFS
and then mount that HFS to their mountpoint, as R/O, to the other LPARs
Jack Kelly
202-502-2390 (Office)
Greg Price wrote:
LRVH - Load Reversed (Halfword)
So it should load a reversed halfward, right?
Well, sure, it swaps the byte order (compared to their order in storage)
and puts them in register bits 48-63, **BUT** it leaves bits 0-47
UNCHANGED.
Now, that last part is not what LH does, is it?
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:47:43 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
As I stated, if columns 71-72 fall within a JCL symbol, the converter
fails to substitute the symbol value.
Your symbol was not continued in accordance with JCL rules; it ran past
column 71.
Thank you
Mark
See the (2) pak may do itgather it is because of all the IP
files...hfs and so on..?
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Hi Mary, and welcome to the gottahaveitnow club :-)
You have two main paths to take: SSH (secure shell) or TLS (transport
layer security).
TLS is a superset/replacement of SSL (secure sockets).
Each has advantages/disadvantages. SSH is very popular with the *nix,
tinkertoy, and audit crowds,
Can I even use QDIO to do this? I have modified the IP stack to include both
the OSA and the ROUTER. I get to the Router, but an unable to get to the
OSA. A trace route cannot find HOP #2 to get to the OSA
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Hi All
I'm playing for first time with new z/OS 1.9 SYSREXX support and with REXX
SDSF support.
Both work great but (among others) I've a problem to 'combine' or 'mix'
these 2 features, i.e. to execute a SYSREXX (say via command @rexx1 from
SDSF panel)
that executes some commands (say D ASM,
I forgot one item. I have had reports of some sort of 'SFTP' product
that had nothing to do with enciphering. I seems that the proponent may
have been mislead into thinking that a propriety protocol would suffice.
Since this is still a brand new technology to most, be careful when you
hear
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:03 AM
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Subject: LRVH instruction - misnamed or BAD?
LRVH - Load Reversed (Halfword)
So it should load a reversed
If this is really old code, what difference does it make if it runs in
AMODE(24). I'm sure code that old wouldn't take up enough storage cause any
problems.
Who said anything about storage problems?
I sure didn't.
I would be more concerned about addressability.
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Too busy driving to stop for
Maybe help it out?
XR R0,R0
LRVHR0,INTEL_HALFWORD
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:08 AM
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Jack:
Right. That's what I want to do. Why they wound up where they are in the first
place is beyond me, but the guy(s) who set this system up in the first place
are long gone and I'm here to try and make things right.
Mike
Jack Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/18/2008 10:22 AM
snip
There are
Dave:
My intention exactly. I just needed a few suggestions to find a way to do that,
being not a strong Unix guy.
Mike
Jousma, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/18/2008 10:23 AM
Since you are going to this effort to move it, why not use the
opportunity to create a separate HFS/ZFS for this
An interesting read. Not directly related to IBM mainframes, but to IT
in general. How NOT to do a project.
http://brucefwebster.com/2008/06/16/anatomy-of-a-runaway-it-project/
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:45 AM
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Can
We have numerous tapes in a PENDING RELEASE status that are marked to be
RETURNED to OWNER. I need to change these and return these tapes to the
SCRATCH pool. I have tried various commands with no success. Does anyone
know of the commands I need to use to accomplish this?
Bob
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Maybe help it out?
XR R0,R0
LRVH
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:30:32 -0500, Ron Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark
See the (2) pak may do itgather it is because of all the IP
files...hfs and so on..?
Exactly. Once you add z/OS UNIX into the configuration, it won't fit on
a single 3390-3. In my environment, it barely fit on 2
Steve Comstock wrote:
LH does not zero bits; it sign extends; for positive
numbers a zero is propogated left; but for negative
numbers a one is propogated left.
Indeed. And, for LOAD REVERSED, one of the examples in POO illustrates
the use of SRA/SRL to do sign bit extension.
LOAD REVERSED
Bob, you cannot change the pending action directly, but you can by
reclaiming the volume from pending release and then release it or allow it to
expire again;
RMM CV volser RELEASEACTION(SCRATCH) RETPD(1)
RMM DV volser RELEASE
The RETPD(1) reclaims the volume from pending release and sets
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Mike Myers wrote:
Dave:
My intention exactly. I just needed a few suggestions to find a way to do that, being not a strong Unix guy.
Mike
First, you might get a little more insight if you asked over
on the mvs-oe list.
Second, I've been porting Apache to z/OS recently, and here's
what I
Hal,
IBM's Ported Tools for z/OS (OpenSSH) is fully supported by the IBM support
center.
There was an old (unsupported) tools and toys version, which is no longer
available.
I'm not sure what you mean by openware.
IBM's port of OpenSSH, as you point out, does not include support for MVS
datasets
We did this test also, a GET from LINUX, and the throughput is the same.
François Paré
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Andrew Armstrong
Envoyé : 18 juin 2008 08:10
À : IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Objet : Re: Slow FTP transfer
Yes, we tried it from a PC and the transfer rate is very fast. The problem is
really between z/OS and the LINUX server.
François Paré
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De : IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Rob
Schramm
Envoyé : 17 juin 2008 20:08
À :
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:41:38 -0600, Steve Comstock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Second, I've been porting Apache to z/OS recently, and here's
what I did to reserve space for the Apache files:
3. Under omvs, issue these commands:
su
cd /usr/lpp
mkdir zApache
/snip
Most sane
Mark Zelden wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:41:38 -0600, Steve Comstock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Second, I've been porting Apache to z/OS recently, and here's
what I did to reserve space for the Apache files:
3. Under omvs, issue these commands:
su
cd /usr/lpp
mkdir
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Greg Price
LRVH - Load Reversed (Halfword)
So it should load a reversed halfward, right?
Well, sure, it swaps
snip
There are several directories and files that are associated with the major
application in use here.
SNIP
Mike:
You probably already know but before you change the mount point to this
new HFS, you should clean up the directory in the root or you'll simply
lose the space in root. Just a
[snip]
Are you certain that the sign bit is in the middle of the
little-endian format of the (half-)word? It's been far too
long since I
last perused an x86 architecture manual, so I genuinely don't
know, but
it would seem logical that if true, the z/Architecture
instruction would
Chase, John wrote:
Are you certain that the sign bit is in the middle of the
little-endian format of the (half-)word? It's been far too long since I
last perused an x86 architecture manual, so I genuinely don't know, but
it would seem logical that if true, the z/Architecture instruction would
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:27:41 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote:
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
As I stated, if columns 71-72 fall within a JCL symbol, the converter
fails to substitute the symbol value.
Hmmm. Continuation marks in 72 are no longer required; did
you try simply coding up to (and including) col
I believe we will need both client and server. I'm still trying to determine
that.
No I haven't done anything yet. Would the ported tools come with z/OS? If
not, where would I get them from? We need to install it on z/OS 1.4. We
plan to install it first on our z/OS 1.7 test system, then
snip
We need to install it on z/OS 1.4
snip
remember that you won't be able to use the crypto with 1.4, if that's a
concern.
www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/port_tools.htm should get
you there.
Jack Kelly
202-502-2390 (Office)
Has anyone figure a clean way to let HSM delete empty ML2 datasets? I know
that PATCH .MCVT.+3D5 BITS(1...) will allow SMS datasets without a
backup to be hdelete'd but I'd like to be sure that MCDFMPTY is on in the
MCD record too.
ARCADEXT Exit seems to be nonSMS, so do most simply turn on
I tried to get to the link below and get a 404. Can you get there?
Thanks,
Mary
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Of Jack Kelly
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:59 AM
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snip
Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM wrote:
I tried to get to the link below and get a 404. Can you get there?
Thanks,
Mary
try http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html
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http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03004c/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/suptlk
/index.html
Watch the wrap!!
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:08 PM
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OpenSSH is no longer available there.
quote
The free unsupported version of OpenSSH previously offered here is no
longer available and has been replaced with a supported version. It is
available as the program product IBM Ported Tools for z/OS
/quote
Instead:
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Yukus, Mary J CIV
USMEPCOM
I believe we will need both client and server. I'm still
trying to determine that.
No I haven't done anything yet. Would the ported tools come
with z/OS?
Not to my knowledge,
Thats what I get for not reading the entire thread before posting a reply.
Someone after my post pointed out that with the new Cobol, you coudn't use
AMODE(24). Had I read that, I wouldn't have posted.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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Okay, thanks, gotit.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:13 PM
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One more question, if we receive a file, does it need to be in a specific
format? Does it have to be from another mainframe hfs/zfs file or can we
receive it via sftp (for example from an outside source) in any format and
pass it on (sftp) to an AIX server?
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One more question, if we receive a file, does it need to be
Doesn't PASV get around the firewall issues? It seems to be the default
most places now.
Len Rugen
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in
practice, there is.
- Yogi Berra
FTP with TLS has its own set of problems - mostly related to headaches
for
firewalls
I thought the first piece played was My Country Tis of Thee.
I don't think what it played was quite all in tune! Very interesting
though.
I remember playing songs on an old 1403 printer from a 1401/1410 computer.
And that was my 2nd job as a computer operator. I graduated from my first
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I thought the first piece played was My Country Tis of Thee.
Same music as God Save the King (Queen); only the lyrics are
different.
I don't think what it played was quite all in tune! Very
Uh oh Shane! Look what you've started now.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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I
Firewalls typically snoop FTP control connection commands so that they can
open ports for PASV.
TLS complicates this since the data is encrypted.
Google ftp fls firewall for more information on the challenges.
Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Rugen, Len
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:06:40 -0500, Natasa Savinc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
I noticed in display flag I what indicates that
the data path to the target stack is inactive.
How can I reactivate data path ?
...
That I does *not* mean inactive. I think it means internal
or some such. It is
We are looking for someone to help with our getting to 31-bit
addressing in CICS.
Running TS 2.2 on zOS 1.08. Major problems: lots of VSCobol, a
good bit of use of CICS forbidden verbs such as STRING in the VSCobol. I
have re-written our old Assembler exits to work in batch,
François,
Sounds like TRACERTE might show you where the slowness might be. I would
compare the path between the pc-linux and mainframe-linux and look for
the differences. My guess is there is a firewall/router in the path that
is misbehaving... but then there are so many wonderful things
Does anyone have a copy of the VM Library (aka. Waterloo tape) for VM/370
Release 5 or earlier?
We have a copy of the VM Library tape for VM/370 Rel. 6, but several mods
that were on earlier tapes were removed at Release 6 due to space
considerations for fitting onto a single 9-track reel tape.
Clark Morris writes:
I was referring to the IEEE floating point which IBM should have
supported using the new usages as soon as the 2002 standard became
final.
Are you referring to the IEEE decimal floating point standard colloquially
known as IEEE 754r?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754r
Paul Gilmartin writes (presumably re: z/OS SNTPD):
Gulp. $$$?
SNTPD comes with every z/OS license; there's no separate charge for it. I
think it was introduced back in z/OS 1.4.
If you're concerned about SNTPD's CPU consumption, don't be. SNTPD's sole
mission in life is to support tiny (a few
Honestly, this happened before my time, but back in THE day, value was
standardized via 'parity' on a nucleus (note m/f connection!) of basic
goods. Something might be worth more or less than, say, a pair of shoes
regardless of sticker price.
We need a modern international incarnation of parity.
McKown, John wrote:
Yes, I'm sure the sign bit is in the middle as viewed in Intel
storage. The point that the OP was making is that the LRVH is misnamed
because it does not touch bits 0-47 of the 64 bit register. It acts more
like an insert than a load.
Exactly right. But thanks to Steve
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