Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1315611412.50005.yahoomailmob...@web161426.mail.bf1.yahoo.com, on 09/09/2011 at 04:36 PM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said: The PTF#39;s asked about were Hypers and we usually already on. No PE? I would have expected that at least some of the PTF's would have been held due to unresolved

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-12 Thread Ed Gould
No PE#39;s. I really was on the ball and I was using IBMLINK to keep on top of maintenance. I also looked at each one to see if it were applicable to our system. I pretty much had a good idea what exactly went on our system. I also kept an eagle eye on logrec and sdumps. We had a very critical

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1315847027.38063.yahoomailmob...@web161426.mail.bf1.yahoo.com, on 09/12/2011 at 10:03 AM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said: No PE#39;s. I really was on the ball and I was using IBMLINK to keep on top of maintenance. The question isn't whether *you* were on the ball, it's whether the auditors

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-12 Thread Ed Gould
(Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:56 PM Subject: Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system In 1315847027.38063.yahoomailmob...@web161426.mail.bf1.yahoo.com, on 09/12/2011   at 10:03 AM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said: No PE's. I really

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1315529383.53657.yahoomailmob...@web161425.mail.bf1.yahoo.com, on 09/08/2011 at 05:49 PM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said: It is also important as every once in a while our auditor would send an email to the vp asking if we had this PTF on and if not why not. IMHO such an e-mail deserves a

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In calbo7b5rjs+opmrfoqclm1s9qqxaz9hiq0u_rnjat8m9u0g...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/08/2011 at 02:50 PM, Don Imbriale don.imbri...@gmail.com said: Excellent list. One question: why have a DLIB zone for each volume set? Because you might want to do an ACCEPT for specific volume sets. --

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-09 Thread Ed Gould
Ed, The PTF#39;s asked about were Hypers and we usually already on. I was on the ball and kept the systems up to date. In the year of memo there were zero PTF#39;s that were not already on. There was one PTF that was inquired about that was non applicable (PTF was for JES 3) . I was happy

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/8/2011 1:01 AM, saurabh khandelwal wrote: 53 LOOP UCBSCAN ADDRESS,WORKAREA=WA,UCBPTR=UCBADD,NOPIN,DEVCLASS=DASD,X DYNAMIC=YES,RANGE=ALL,LOC=ANY ** ASMA144E Begin-to-continue columns not blank - DYNAMIC=YES,RANGE=ALL,LOC=ANY Please suggest.

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 09/08/11 01:01, saurabh khandelwal wrote: Hello, I tried compiling my assembler code to generate load modile. JCL I used for compile. Let me give you a some very good advice from an old systems programmer. I'd be very, very leery blindly installing a program into an authorized

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Mike Schwab
On assembler programs, when a statement is continued onto another card, columns 1-15 must be blank and your text begins in column 16. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 9/8/2011 1:01 AM, saurabh khandelwal wrote:                                    

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530, saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Group, For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A set and B set. My Idea

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Ed Gould
Make sure all continued columns (72) are marked and the continued columns are in 16. Ede From: saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2011 12:01 AM Subject: Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAMThvFupXQk1+iGQG-sNfdqj95B1fju=ju1my3hqga1rjer...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/07/2011 at 01:27 PM, saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com said: Can you please guide me the way to do this. I'll be slightly more general, since there are advantages to having more than

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Don Imbriale
Excellent list. One question: why have a DLIB zone for each volume set? Don Imbriale On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: In CAMThvFupXQk1+iGQG-sNfdqj95B1fju=ju1my3hqga1rjer...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/07/2011 at 01:27 PM, saurabh

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/8/2011 8:30 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: On assembler programs, when a statement is continued onto another card, columns 1-15 must be blank and your text begins in column 16. Please suggest. You misread his message. He wasn't asking for the answer, but a suggestion of how to find it g

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 14:50:29 -0400, Don Imbriale don.imbri...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent list. One question: why have a DLIB zone for each volume set? Just to have an entire matching TGT and DLIB set of your system. or In case you wanted to restore a (PE) PTF in one set of zones that may

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Ed Gould
Mark, That#39;s reasonable way of doing it. The only exception is if the PE try is pe#39;d for something like security issues. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:08:39 -0700, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: Mark, That#39;s reasonable way of doing it. The only exception is if the PE try is pe#39;d for something like security issues. Ed It wouldn't matter. Would I want to go back to a sysres set that was 6 months old just to

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-08 Thread Ed Gould
Mark, I was not thinking of thinking so much of backing them off so much as application of the new PTF so much as application and back off of the new PTF. The ease of which in my opinion is important. It is also important as every once in a while our auditor would send an email to the vp

A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
Hello Group, For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A set and B set. My Idea is to run z/OS system from A set and apply Maintenance on B set. Once Maintenance applied

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, : For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A :set and B set. : My Idea

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.comwrote: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, : For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread Rob Schramm
to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A :set and B set. : My Idea is to run z/OS system from A set and apply :Maintenance on B set. Once Maintenance applied successfully, I can switch :over my z/OS from A set to B

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.comwrote: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, : For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread Mark Jacobs
: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, : For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A :set and B set

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com**wrote: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal123@GMAIL.**COM sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, : For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread Mark Jacobs
+0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal123@GMAIL.**COMsourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, :For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, :For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS system. So that I will have two set of RES volume called A :set and B set. :My Idea is to run z/OS system from A set and apply

Re: A Set and B set of z/OS system

2011-09-07 Thread saurabh khandelwal
, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com**wrote: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0530 saurabh khandelwal sourabhkhandelwal123@GMAIL.**COM sourabhkhandelwal...@gmail.com wrote: :Hello Group, :For Maintenance reason I want to create B set for :mainframe z/OS