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Answers to your technical questions and expert advice for the 390 community. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Don't just get the latest information...see the future! http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. Expert Questions of the Week - How to audit with CICS and DB2? - Need help controlling rogue CICS transactions? - How to reset data space size using SMF exit? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - User experience: Share your story and win! - Featured Topic: Web-enabling VSAM - Discussion: Preventing output from going to sysout classes - Poll: Will you be expanding your current IT staff? ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Data Center Futures Newsletter If you pride yourself on knowing everything about your data center, you probably go to great lengths to keep up to date with the latest skills and technologies. Don't just get the latest information...see the future! Twice a month, the Data Center Futures newsletter gives you the low down on all you need to know to be prepared for the future. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO AUDIT WITH CICS AND DB2? | by Robert Harris Dear Ask the Expert, We are running CICS TS 1.3 and also DB2. For auditing and investigation purposes, we need to find out periodically who may have accessed specific information in DB2 from a CICS transaction. Is there an easy way to tie a specific transaction execution to the data requested from DB2? >> CLICK for Robert's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid494313_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEED HELP CONTROLLING ROGUE CICS TRANSACTIONS? | by Steve Samson Dear Ask the Expert, We have a few rogue CICS transactions that I'd like to control. I want the regions to dispatch at their normal service classification until one of these transactions hits -- then I want it to use another very "low" class. However, the regions continue to dispatch at a fairly high priority, and they remain at the same priority for the duration of the task. What can I do to control the CICS transactions? >> CLICK for Steve's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid494761_tax285125,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO RESET DATA SPACE SIZE USING SMF EXIT? | by Mark Zelden Dear Ask the Expert, How do I reset the maximum size of a data space using SMF exit? >> CLICK for Mark's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid494319_tax287555,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= USER EXPERIENCE | Share your story and win! Help build the new User Experience section on Search390.com. Find out how to use your greatest IT triumphs to help your fellow mainframers -- and win a prize at the same time! >> CLICK for more information: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci852128,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Web-enabling VSAM Decades before the World Wide Web was invented for network-accessible information, there was VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) for file management. Today, viewing VSAM files on the Web can pose a challenge. 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