On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:51:04 -0500, Alan Ackerman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Am I the only one who still uses BookManager/Read on VM?
>
>The index file (HCSH2A90 BKINDEX) for the z/VM V5R3.0 Bookshelf has a
>broken title.
>
>Today I used the IBM Softcopy Librarian to download the z/VM 5.3.0
>BookManager manuals from the Internet. When I run the Bookmanager/Read
for
>VM command:
>
>BOOKMGR * (SHELF
>
>I see:
> "*" Bookshelves
>
>Shelf Name Description
>...
>HCSH2A90 /u/wooster/data/cmvc.d/CT_dummy.d/shelfinde
>
>when I should see:
>
>HCSH2A90 z/VM V5R3.0 Bookshelf
>
>or soemething similar.
>
>The same problem happened for the OSA/SF, EREP, and ICKDSF bookshelves i
n
>the last BookManager distribution. I reported this on IBMLink, but the
new
>versions are still broken. All of the following now have gibberish title
s:
>
>HCSH2A90 BKINDEX
>IOA2BK72 BKINDEX
>IFC5BK05 BKINDEX
>ICK41917 BKINDEX
>
>The last time, I rebuilt the three broken BKINDEX files from the BKSHELF
>files, using the INDEX EXEC that comes with BookManager/Read. I was able
>to rebuild three of them this time, but I cannot rebuild HCSH2A90
BKINDEX.
>I get:
>
>EIJIND920S EIJBOOK error 40 processing Index.
>
> EIJIND920S
> EIJBOOK error returncode processing command.
>
> Explanation: A critical error was generated by EIJBOOK when it tried
to
> perform the specified command. For example, if you do not have enough
> memory available the Index utility displays a return code of 38. If y
ou
> do not have sufficient disk space the Index utility return code of 40
is
> displayed.
>
>Perhaps I ran out of A-disk space? I created a 3338 cylinder A disk, but
>still got the message. I tried 16M, 128M, and 2047M virtaul machine size
s
>wiht the same results.
>
>Does anyone have any idea how where I can get or create a correct
HCSH2A90
>BKINDEX? I can opearte with only the BKSHELF file, and no BKINDEX, but
>then searching the bookshelf is horribly slow.
>
>I'm not sure what product I should open an incident to on IBMLink. My
last
>attempt cost me a lot of time with no solution provided.
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IBM (Jon Wesley) contacted me with a solution to rebuilding the HCSH2A90
book index.
"I reviewed the defects on the Read/VM
product and found APAR GC05448. The APAR says that the descriptions for
return codes 38 and 40 in the manual are reversed. Return code 38 is the
one for disk space, and return code 40 is for storage. Looking in the
Displaying Online Books, the Index command has a storage parameter that
can be used to increase the amount of storage."
Adding (STORAGE 4000 to the INDEX command enabled me to rebuild the index
.
Of course, this does not fix the broken indices that are being shipped on
the z/VM 5.3.0 DVD. Maybe IBM will fix this for the next release.
I think they are only a problem if you use BookManager/Read VM.
No one responded to my note, so it looks like we are the only people stil
l
using BookManager/Read for VM.
