We can in fact reproduce it by copying the load module in error
to the PDS library; when LOAD for this module is issued, this produces
the I/O error.
Am Freitag, 27. Juni 2008 21:48 schrieben Sie:
A PMR sounds appropriate to me. Too bad you won't be able to
reproduce it. :-(
I was going to say I fear that there is a risk that you may be
wrong again :-( and you're not taking me with you this time
:-) - but see later.
Sorry for not taking you with me. I probably leant out of the
window too far this time; not my favourite subject, so I may
well be choosing the wrong
Greg Price wrote:
The MULTITSO package in CBT file 134 appeared when the millenium was young,
and JES (at least JES2) only allowed one TSU job of a specific name to run at
a time.
I checked but could not find the relevant code (just came back
from a convention). But last millennium we had two
I already tried that and it doesn't work: A jcl set variable orks only on real
JCL not on instream SYSIN (DD *). Any workaround? Any alternative to modify JCL
and SYSIN (for example, deleting/definning datasets with IDCAMS) at one
parameter without having to use ISPF CHANGE ALL?
Thanks for
I already tried that and it doesn't work: A jcl set variable orks only on real
JCL not on instream SYSIN (DD *). Any workaround?
This has been discussed many times (see the archives).
The answer is NO.
And, this is documented in the JCL manual(s).
-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:28:19 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I already tried that and it doesn't work: A jcl set variable orks only on real
JCL not on instream SYSIN (DD *). Any workaround? Any alternative to modify
JCL and SYSIN (for example, deleting/definning datasets with IDCAMS) at one
A JCL SET statement value can also be passed and resolved as a PARM=
string, so it is possible to write a program in your favorite language that
takes
the PARM= value and writes the data to a DD allocation in a job-step. And if
you must have multiple data lines substituted, for example as
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:53:35 -0500, Scott Barry wrote:
A JCL SET statement value can also be passed and resolved as a PARM=
string, so it is possible to write a program in your favorite language that
takes
the PARM= value and writes the data to a DD allocation in a job-step. And if
you must
We had some DFHSM problems over the weekend (deadly embrace) on our
basic sysplex. Looking at the output of some commands that I have
automation issue, I found what I think may be a problem with an RNL
entry:
RNLDEF RNL(EXCL) TYPE(GENERIC) QNAME(SYSZVVDS)
Should this be removed or changed to:
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:37 AM
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Subject: Re: JCL SET command and instream SYSIn
[snip]
Gee, that's ugly. And not quite modular: you have to
Jol allows this. You can set up a symbolic variable, or use one of the
pre-defined variables, and have it replaced on your card file.
For example, %DAY is set up by Jol
Then...
DCL X * REPLACE;
Today is %DAY
Month %MONTH
EOF;
Print x; /* Print the card file */
See
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:49:34 -0500, McKown, John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We had some DFHSM problems over the weekend (deadly embrace) on our
basic sysplex. Looking at the output of some commands that I have
automation issue, I found what I think may be a problem with an RNL
entry:
RNLDEF
John,
The exclude version of the RNL is what we have here. No issues since it was
set up by IBM during a MIM to GRS conversion over 3 years ago.
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I have a program that
processes the SET command values passed to it in the parm field and it
then
uses them to set condition codes.
The program passes numbers as condition codes and has a few reserved
words it recognizes from the SET commands to pass condition code values.
The SET commands are
On 29 Jun 2008 09:54:16 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel
Metz , Seymour J.) wrote:
what else should be accounted for?
There's really no should; it depends on local policy. What's important
is that management understands and buys into the charge-back scheme.
Also, it is important to be able to
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 9:22 AM
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Subject: Re: JCL SET command and instream SYSIn
I have a program that
processes the SET command values passed
We use the GRS RNL Pattern Conversion list for all three of the below.
from II10752:
The resource SYSIGGV2 MUST be converted to a SYSTEMS enqueue
when using catalogs in ECS mode. Failure to do so will result
in damage to catalogs in ECS mode.
This is applicable to
My CEO is asking me to generate report on software licensing usage ... Even
I am not aware what this jargon is ?
On 6/27/08, Schwarz, Barry A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Give some context please.
-Original Message-
From: Jacky Bright [mailto:snip]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:23 AM
we faced a strange problem with a system code S106,
as response to a LOAD macro call.
The error was yours. If the system had been asked to load your module it
would have properly dealt with this situation.
You cannot just do lookup of the CDE unless you account for any and
every bit combination
Perhaps your CEO read this article by Gartner?
OVERCOMING THE SOFTWARE LICENSING COMPLEXITY CRISIS
The Case for a Universal Licensing Platform
http://www.softsummit.com/library/white_papers/gartner_overcomingcomplexity.pdf
Lizette
My CEO is asking me to generate report on software
I have a slightly different requirement, and I have come to the conclusion that
I can’t meet it.
I have a user that wants to share zFSes between a subset of systems within
a 13-way parallel sysplex.
Not all dasd is shared between all members of the sysplex. We merged 3
sysplexes into one and
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:42:02 -0500, Andrew Metcalfe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a slightly different requirement, and I have come to the conclusion that
I cant meet it.
I have a user that wants to share zFSes between a subset of systems within
a 13-way parallel sysplex.
Not all dasd is
Good Day,
I am attempting to FTP a file to a sequential dataset which is preallocated on
the MAINFRAME.
When I issued the command :put jclbkup 'my.dsn.mainframe' . The jclbkup is the
name of the file which is on my D drive. The command is accepted but I don't
see any records being FTP'd.
John Dawes fo the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
wrote on 06/30/2008 11:06:50 AM:
Good Day,
I am attempting to FTP a file to a sequential dataset which is
preallocated on the MAINFRAME.
When I issued the command :put jclbkup 'my.dsn.mainframe' . The
jclbkup is
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: USS file sharing in z/OS
I have a slightly different requirement, and I have come to
the
Here it is:
ftp PUT
Local file D:\Documents and Settings\SYSEN1\My Documents\NTP FTP\FTPTEST
--- On Tue, 1/7/08, John P Kalinich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: John P Kalinich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FTP QUESTION - Put Command
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Received: Tuesday, 1 July, 2008,
I think you need to add the (REPLACE command at the end of the FTP command
Alan Brown
IBM Software Group
John Dawes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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06/30/2008 12:06 PM
Please respond to
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
To
--snip
A JCL SET statement value can also be passed and resolved as a PARM=
string, so it is possible to write a program in your favorite language
that takes the PARM= value and writes the data to a DD allocation in a
job-step. And if you
---snip
Perhaps your CEO read this article by Gartner?
OVERCOMING THE SOFTWARE LICENSING COMPLEXITY CRISIS
The Case for a Universal Licensing Platform
http://www.softsummit.com/library/white_papers/gartner_overcomingcomplexity.pdf
Hi,
We ran into an issue at DRP with the recovery jobs getting ABEND B78-5C running
BACKUP AND RECOVERY FOR IMS VERSION 4.2.00 MAINTENANCE DATE 11/09/06 with
z/OS setting ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO).
BMC DBU December 2007 maintenance level plus a PTF (BPQ2035) is required to
finally remove
As this problem drove me crazy today, I decided to developed some code. I
wrote a rexx exec that is an ISPF macro that replaces the buildin send
command, It does the following:
* save changes done until macro starts.
* Force undo on and nosave in the member's profile to keep the
I think he was referring to the output from the command you issued.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:15 PM, John Dawes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here it is:
ftp PUT
Local file D:\Documents and Settings\SYSEN1\My Documents\NTP FTP\FTPTEST
--- On Tue, 1/7/08, John P Kalinich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. but I guess that all systems in the subset have to be converted to have
the new file systems e.g. sysplex root and version? and the sysplex root has
to be AUTOMOVE. Whilst this may work technically, I feel that I might be
buying into a whole stack of trouble!
This will be difficult to
snip
I agree that SET variables are very useful. But I think that
they could
be more useful if they were more like UNIX environment variables -
accessible to running programs. Perhaps via the ASASYMBM
interface. The
100 char limit on PARM, limits how much data you can pass to a program
Back in the 80's we mainframe(rs) went from 24 bit to 31 bit, then towards the
end of the millennium, we started migrating to 64 bit with the introduction of
z/OS. During all this time I do not recall any of the applications we ran on
the older platforms ever going dark because of the change.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:15:00 -0500, Andrew Metcalfe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.. but I guess that all systems in the subset have to be converted to have
the new file systems e.g. sysplex root and version?
Not true.
and the sysplex root has
to be AUTOMOVE.
Yes, for the participating
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:36 PM
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Subject: Another difference between platforms...
Back in the 80's we mainframe(rs) went from 24 bit to 31 bit,
Andrew Metcalfe wrote:
[snip]
As none of us are getting any younger,
I am trying to reduce complexity rather than introduce
some bespoke processing that will trip up our succesors!
And, of course, your company is preparing for the departure
of the older heads by training the younger
I took your
--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DFDSS Question - DSCHA
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 12:17 PM
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From: willie bunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newsgroups:
I took
--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DFDSS Question - DSCHA
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 12:17 PM
- Original Message -
From: willie bunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newsgroups:
The first thing that came to my mind was the term Shelfware. A valid
question to ask is whether software that you are paying license fees to use
is actually being used -- perhaps a rather unique view of utilization.
Further, you might ask how large the user community is compared to the cost
of
I took your advice, however the datasets were not backed up from good voumes.
--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DFDSS Question - DSCHA
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 12:17 PM
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On all I concur...
Their development platforms are just as bad.
I remember a PC project I worked on somewhere around the tail end of the 90's,
a pretty big one at that. By the time project was complete, the development
environment and platform had changed under our feet. I was so pissed
Just a heads up.
When I IPL'd our z/OS V1.9 system the DB2 Tools (PTXMAIN STC) died with a B78
REASON CODE=005C
I added VSM ALLOWCSAUSERKEY(YES) to DIAG00 and it worked.
I guess this might have been another CA product bit by the ALLOWCSAUSERKEY
issue.
Lizette
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:43:08 +0200, Thomas Berg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008023617_camin
erobit29.html)
...
Certainly no reflection on Mr. Camimer but that Seattle Times article
would have been a bit better if it had not said:
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:22 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: David Caminer (1915-2008)
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:43:08 +0200, Thomas Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
...
No, the writer is quite technically astute and meant that the vacuum
tube circuits with their chokes, coils, etc. were ELECTRICALLY noisy.
But knowing that their audience wouldn't have a clue (as the editor
didn't either) and so cut all that out so that it just said that the
vacuum tubes were
Hi Lizette,
You can upgrade to r11.5 SP1 to address this.
We are running the CA DB2 Tools Suite with ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) without
any problems after making that upgrade.
I don't believe they have announced a General Availability date for
CA/Unicenter DB2 11.5 SP2 yet so SP1 is the most current
snip---
And, of course, your company is preparing for the departure of the older
heads by training the younger heads, to guarantee some continuity of
maintaining and enhancing the applications that keep the company running
successfully.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:30:58 -0400, Thompson, Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
No, the writer is quite technically astute and meant that the vacuum
tube circuits with their chokes, coils, etc. were ELECTRICALLY noisy.
...
You may be right. You are definitely giving the author more credit
--snip-
The first thing that came to my mind was the term Shelfware. A valid
question to ask is whether software that you are paying license fees to
use is actually being used -- perhaps a rather unique view of
utilization. Further, you
snip---
On all I concur...
Their development platforms are just as bad.
I remember a PC project I worked on somewhere around the tail end of the 90's,
a pretty big one at that. By the time project was complete, the development
environment and
--snip
Noisy vacuum tubes? Vacuum tubes had a number of drawbacks
but I don't recall their being particularly noisy. I can only assume
the original models either had a bunch of clattering relays, or
noisy cooling systems.
-snip
No, the writer is quite technically astute and meant that the vacuum
tube circuits with their chokes, coils, etc. were ELECTRICALLY noisy.
But knowing that their audience wouldn't have a clue (as the editor
didn't either) and so
Thanks Sam.
Lizette
Hi Lizette,
You can upgrade to r11.5 SP1 to address this.
We are running the CA DB2 Tools Suite with ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO) without
any problems after making that upgrade.
I don't believe they have announced a General Availability date for
CA/Unicenter DB2 11.5 SP2 yet so
--snip
Tubes can be VERY noisy, electrically. Even if they're
virtually silent
when you're standing there listening.
--unsnip
I was a young lad I would watch (and listen) most
Has anyone developed a methodology to determine if FTP is the program
creating SMS dsn? Currently we have a fall thru test for pgm = BPXPRECP
but I think that's the exec() program, not just FTP? Of course we have
the various flavors of FTP, FTP port 21, sFTP (ported tools) and TECTIA,
but I
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bass, Walter W
--snip
Tubes can be VERY noisy, electrically. Even if they're virtually
silent when you're standing there listening.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Kelly
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:34 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: SMS construct pgm name
Has anyone developed a methodology to determine if FTP is the program
creating
Jack -
You can always add a code segment with a write statement to allow you to
test. Something like:
IF (DSN = 'your.test.data.set.name.here') THEN
DO
WRITE 'DCD0300 ' DSN ' ' PGM ' ' DSORG ' ' DATACLAS
END
Has anyone developed a methodology to determine if FTP is the
Quoting Chase, John :
The only other detail I remember
are the tubes it used: One each 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 50L6 and 35Z5.
Fancy still having that level of detail rattling around your head.
Sort of pre-ordained to be a geek John ...
Shane ...
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 3:13 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: David Caminer (1915-2008)
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:30:58 -0400, Thompson, Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--snip
I remember my first (and last) radio kit emitted a barely audible
high-pitched whine when turned on. The only other detail I remember
--unsnip
Now you're making a connection
--snip
I remember my first (and last) radio kit emitted a barely audible
high-pitched whine when turned on. The only other detail I
remember
--unsnip
[CLC] my guitar amp is full
The first thing that came to my mind was the term Shelfware.
When Parallel SYSPLEX first came out, you got a discount on IBM software, if
you bought at least one coupling facility and one timer. This happened even if
you didn't hook them up.
Then, a couple of years later, you had to hook them
Now you're making a connection back to the original article. That
high-pitched whine was from high frequency magnetic fields causing the
internal ferrous parts of the tube to vibrate. This would sometimes be
at harmonic frequencies that would cause the external tube or even the
mounting
Last post of mine on this subject, hopefully...
But the big difference is, lots of voltage = large electromagnetic
field. Low voltage with low amperage = small electromagnetic field.
Tubes use large voltage differences, solid state uses small differences.
It all boils down to noise margins.
If you have an old amp with tubes, try this - just very lightly tap the side
of the tube with a pencil, and hear what sounds like a Chinese gong being
struck.
When I went to the University of Waterloo, in the mid 1970's, I had a professor
who did his masters at MIT.
They had a vacuum tube
Thompson, Steve wrote:
I don't remember what vacuum tube logic circuits looked like. Are you
sure they were much noisier than the transisterized circuits that
replaced them?
I never saw the tubes in the earlier machines, except in
pictures, but the last tube generation used any of a family
When I went to the University of Waterloo, in the mid 1970's, I had a
professor who did his masters at MIT.
They had a vacuum tube computer that had all its tubes mounted on both walls
of what was basically a 6-metre corridor.
Somebody would have to go in everyday and run the erasor end of
Discounts have been an issue for years now. It invariably leads to hard
feelings on both sides of the negotiating table. Software companies feel
they have given up too much -- I've personally seen 90% discounts on MF
software license fees -- and customers feel like they are not getting as
good a
Peter
You misunderstood. I wasn't talking about the raw option but your
contention that raw wasn't supported. You were entirely correct.
Now you have explained and it looks just like what I described in my response
to Natarajan as echo mode. So indeed such a protocol, efficient only when
used
I enjoy cross-country motorcycle trips. Unfortunately, once I started
working for a consulting outfit, that fell to the wayside. :( Perhaps at
my next job... (he says hopefully)
Gary Green
While the big event is over, there is still time for you to help me with my
efforts to assist those
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:21:46 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Certainly no reflection on Mr. Camimer but that Seattle Times article
would have been a bit better if it had not said:
...developed two more generations of LEO, the last with transistors,
rather than the noisy
In a message dated 6/30/2008 4:03:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sort of pre-ordained to be a geek John ...
RCA pocket protector and Deitzen slide-rule come to mind...
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