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Answers to your technical questions and expert advice for the 390 community. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ FROM OUR SPONSORS: SDSF interface for Windows - Reduce costs, increase productivity http://search390.com/r/0,,15666,00.htm?phoenixsoftware Free WHITE PAPER: "Securing the Critical Infrastructure" http://search390.com/r/0,,15644,00.htm?vanguard ____________________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY: Phoenix Software ****************** (E)JES/2 is the result of a collaboration between IBM and Phoenix Software International. (E)JES/2 takes the robust functionality of IBM's SDSF for JES2 and enhances it with a powerful, easy-to-use, Windows workstation interface. (E)JES/2 gives users the ability to browse, cancel, print, and submit jobs right from the PC. Because Windows is a multitasking environment, (E)JES/2 adds full multitasking functionality to your system. http://search390.com/r/0,,15666,00.htm?phoenixsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXPERT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK - Bringing down the JES2 resource shortage - Reading CICS IOCS dumps - Mean time between failures 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge - Test your melon with Mr. Know-IT-All's Quiz Question #2 - Poll: Would you join an IT workers union? - Information Architect tip: E-mail for everybody ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BRINGING DOWN THE JES2 RESOURSE SHORTAGE | OS/390 Sys Programming What is the safest way to bring down the JES2 resource shortage for JOES, JNUMS and JQUES on an OS/390 system? >> For Mark Zelden's expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid537606_tax287555,00.html >> To ask Mark a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid393389_tax287555,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= READING CICS IOCS DUMPS | CICS I can see in the CICS problem determination book the commands and domains I can look at in the dump. The one thing I have never been able to find is a methodology listing the steps to be taken when analyzing a dump. Do you know anywhere in the manuals or on the Web I can find a documented plan for analyzing these dumps? >> For Robert Harris' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid537803_tax289214,00.html >> To ask Robert a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid447693_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES | Performance and Workload Management A question has come up at our site recently about mean time between failures on IBM 9672 G5 machines. 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Take Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge and test your melon today. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci906773,00.html >> For a listing of previous Featured Topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LANGUAGE LESSONS | Mr. Know-IT-All's Quiz Question #2 Test your knowledge of the mainframe with today's quiz question, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. What is the name of IBM's internal, proprietary programming language? a. X/LP b. PL/X c. LP/L d. 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