$HASP152

2016-05-02 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi everyone, When our operator issues the command $EPRT1 from SDSF he gets: $HASP152 PRT1 COMMAND REJECTED If he issue the command from the console, the command is accepted. PRT1 is an PSF Controlled, IP connected Infoprint 4000 We are running z/OS v2.1 and PSF v4.4 Does anyone have an idea

IBM HLASM software engineer Richard Cebula will be doing a Reddit AMA on Wed 4th May

2016-05-02 Thread Christopher Hodgins
Hi all, On Wednesday 4th May at 9-11am EST, IBM High Level Assembler (HLASM) software engineer Richard Cebula will be doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit's /r/mainframe. If you want to join the discussion, create a reddit account and head to /r/mainframe in time for the AMA. There are mor

Capture Point for SNA Applications

2016-05-02 Thread Gilson
Dear list: I'd like to know if there is a sample (source code) in order to develop a capture point for applications which open and control session with SNA printers (LU1 or LU3). We are starting a project to develop this function and as a good start we just need some tips to code an appl

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
I put this question to a SHARE buddy who has a lot more experience in the area than I do. He strongly recommended a PDSE-2 if at all possible in order to avoid limitations in the original, venerable design of PDSE. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Edward Finnell
This is a typical CICS tuning opportunity. What to keep and what to make pageable are very installation dependent. If there are vendors they should be able to provide guidance. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.1.0/com.ibm.cics.ts.app licationprogramming.doc/topics/dfhp3c00

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-05-02 o 22:48, Chuck Kreiter pisze: VIO might not be an option as the dataset is 1400 cylinders. Wild question: Is it absolutely necessary to work with *all* the members? I can imagine "the bes of" library created just for the job. It can be PDSE or VIO (not both), or something else

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Chuck Kreiter
VIO might not be an option as the dataset is 1400 cylinders. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Hawkins Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 2:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement Ski

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Martin Packer
Boy this takes me back - to the Summer of 1990. :-) At the time what I call "The Coffee Table Book" aka the Data In Memory Performance Studies WSC Orange Book was freshish out. One of the studies was VIO to Expanded Storage. It showed CPU cost across the range of data set sizes, relative to disk

Re: zTPF questions (and VSE)

2016-05-02 Thread Ron Hawkins
Radoslaw, For z/TPF I cannot share what we pay, but believe me $/MSU is much, much, much higher than z/OS. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 12:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sub

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Ron Hawkins
Skip, VIO is still a great way to handle small, temp data sets. I've used the method mentioned below where VLF was no help, and LLA Freeze a hindrance, and it works surprisingly well. At less than 1Mb per CYL it’s far from being expensive. Then again, I was a big fan of VFETCH too... Not unlike

Re: SRB dispatching question

2016-05-02 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
What parameters were on the IEAMSCHD macros for the two SRB's? If the LLOCK=YES parm is set on both, then there is your problem. Can you send what the IEAMSCHD macros look like? Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Mainframe Development Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 0

Re: WLM issue with a proposed solution

2016-05-02 Thread Martin Packer
On the zIIP point assume most of DB2 DBM1 in V10 and nearly all in V11 is zIIP-eligible. (And, yes, SMF 30 gives you the actual numbers.) And thereby hangs another tale... :-) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM +4

Re: SRB dispatching question

2016-05-02 Thread michelbutz
My situation is I paused a global (non preemptable) SRB then another address space schedules a global SRB in that same address space where the scope=global non preemptable SRB called IEAVPSE2 Will the second take off it doesn't seem like it did Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2016, at

Re: WLM issue with a proposed solution

2016-05-02 Thread Neil Duffee
Caveat: as a daily digester, responses are implicitly delayed... Tracy: among other good advice you got, I'll emphasize that the Importance for your Databases (DB2, etc) must be higher than your Applications (Cics, etc) to avoid [some of] these time-out/deadlock scenarios. I strongly suggest r

Re: SRB dispatching question

2016-05-02 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
IF SRB #1 that is non-preemptable schedules SRB #2 and then does a PAUSE, SRB #2 can still be dispatched. Sorry if I wasn't clear. SRB #1 can't be interrupted to dispatch other work on the processor it is running on, but that doesn't mean nothing else can run. Also, if it stops itself, the di

Re: mixed AMODE with HLL | 64-bit to 31-bit

2016-05-02 Thread Rick Troth
Thanks all. My 64-bit to 31-bit shim assembles just peachy but the linker thinks it's a 31-bit animal. Is there something other than AMODE 64 to tell the linker "yes, this really is AMODE(64)"? Does it matter of it's driven from USS instead of batch? Thanks. -- R; <>< On 04/27/16 17:05,

Re: SRB dispatching question

2016-05-02 Thread michelbutz
So it DOESN'T get dispatched Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Blaicher, Christopher Y. > wrote: > > Yes. It wasn't pre-empted, it paused. > > Chris Blaicher > Technical Architect > Mainframe Development > Syncsort Incorporated > 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 >

Re: SRB dispatching question

2016-05-02 Thread Blaicher, Christopher Y.
Yes. It wasn't pre-empted, it paused. Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Mainframe Development Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8234 | M: 512-627-3803 E: cblaic...@syncsort.com www.syncsort.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Disc

Re: OA49446 on RSU1603 - RACF / DFSMS change

2016-05-02 Thread retired mainframer
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 10:38 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OA49446 on RSU1603 - RACF / DFSMS change > > I have no experience with the PTF in

Re: OA49446 on RSU1603 - RACF / DFSMS change

2016-05-02 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
I have no experience with the PTF in action. I saw it during APPLY CHECK and decided immediately that I would EXCLUDE it in the real APPLY--which has not happened yet. I think we need some clarification from the RACF folks... . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dr

Re: SAVING JOB OUTPUT IN A PDSE FROM SDSF

2016-05-02 Thread willie bunter
Robert, I tried out your recommendation but the member gets overriden. Below is the display of the dsn" Data set name ===> 'SYS2.BATCH.JOBS.OUTPUT' Member to use ===> JOB03070 Disposition===> SHR(OLD,

Re: SAVING JOB OUTPUT IN A PDSE FROM SDSF

2016-05-02 Thread Mike Schwab
Maybe put Year in DSN, member name would include Month 1-9,A,B,C, Day 01-31, Time -2359, or Day of Year 001-366, Time -2359. On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Pedro Vera wrote: >>> Is there something I could do to prevent this from happening? > > I think JES2 can be customized to use seven

Re: SAVING JOB OUTPUT IN A PDSE FROM SDSF

2016-05-02 Thread Pedro Vera
>> Is there something I could do to prevent this from happening? I think JES2 can be customized to use seven digit numbers for the job number. On my site, the jobs numbers look like J1234567. That is, you cannot prevent the collision in job numbers, but you can lessen the frequency. If I we

Inside the Secret Meeting Where Wall Street Tested Digital Cash (Blockchain)

2016-05-02 Thread Mark Regan
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/inside-the-secret-meeting-where-wall-street-tested-digital-cash Them seem to forget that the zSystem can do Blockchain too. http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/trends/IBM-Announcements/z-Systems_LinuxONE_Blockchain/ >From the Bloomberg article:

Re: Helpful tip for z/OS consultants

2016-05-02 Thread Roach, Dennis
What I have generally found on transition projects is that people can be on any point of the spectrum. Enter one of these projects with your eyes open. Dennis Roach, CISSP, PMP IAM Access Administration – Consumer – Senior Analyst 2929 Allen Parkway, America Building, 3rd Floor, Houston, TX 7701

Re: Helpful tip for z/OS consultants

2016-05-02 Thread Pinnacle
On 5/2/2016 10:28 AM, Roach, Dennis wrote: It can go both ways. I did a decommission gig where my job was to keep an unsupported z/OS 1.7 system up and running, assist with transition, and provide reporting of what was still running. The main reason I was brought in was to allow the existing s

Re: Helpful tip for z/OS consultants

2016-05-02 Thread Roach, Dennis
It can go both ways. I did a decommission gig where my job was to keep an unsupported z/OS 1.7 system up and running, assist with transition, and provide reporting of what was still running. The main reason I was brought in was to allow the existing staff to transition to new positions within th

Helpful tip for z/OS consultants

2016-05-02 Thread Pinnacle
FYI, I got the following job description in my Email today (heavily edited to protect the guilty): Description Looking for z/OS Sysprog to assist in Mainframe decommission The Sysprog will work with management, applications, and systems areas to complete decommission This is a contract yo

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Chuck Kreiter
Thanks. I will check in to see if that is an option. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Burr Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 7:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement I haven't see

Re: PDS I/O Performance Improvement

2016-05-02 Thread Ron Burr
I haven't seen it mentioned, so thought I would bring up the issue of "user data" in the PDS member entries. We weren't told whether the PDS did or did not support 'user data' for its members, but if the PDS is being maintained using ISPF with STATS ON (the default), then a performance hit in th

Re: SAVING JOB OUTPUT IN A PDSE FROM SDSF

2016-05-02 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Willie, According to the HELP, the dataset name type defaults to the characteristics above. You did not specify directory blocks, so it assumes physical sequential (PS). Member names are invalid for PS datasets. Either add directory blocks or specify LIBRARY as the dataset name type. Bob ---