Odp: OT - Recommendations for issue/problem tracking software
You can try RT (Request Tracker) from Best Practical Solutions. Pozdrowienia Mariusz Zgłaszanie zmian - cc do [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Finding subsequent JFCBX control blocks
I have a quick question about how JFCBX control blocks are chained together. If a dataset has more than 5 volume serial numbers, the JFCBEXAD field in the JFCB gives the SVA of the first JFCBX control block which contains overflow volume serial number information. However the definition of the JFCBX, to me at least, seems ambigous as to how I find the next JFCBX. There seem to be two fields, JFCBXTTR, which contains the SVA of the next extension block, and JFCBXNXT which contains the address of the next JFCB extension. Do these amount to the same thing? Which should I use? Many thanks. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Logical Processor assignment - Processor Weight
John, I know, this one is probably buried, I have to cleanup my mailbox so I have to read all these... I just want to test my thinking a bit here... As you know I got confused in the past, so no surprises there... If the money is not forthcoming, and no real data-sharing is taking place, it should be possible to get the utilization of the 2 CF's, adjust all the non production LPARS to compensate for it, leaving the prod LPAR with the rest. I have never worked in an Outsourcing-type environment where prod LPARS probably need capping, but even so, if the prod is capped at 400, then regular reports should show the un-used CPU, and changes can be made according, but if the PROD is not capped... not problem? Herbie -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: 08 Oktober 2007 08:18 nm To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Logical PRocessor assignment - Processor Weight -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 1:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Logical PRocessor assignment - Processor Weight Hi, I have 823 MIPS processor Y02-2096 z9BC I have 4 LPARS and 2 CF PRODA DEVEA TESTA MAINA HSCF1 HSCF2 My requirement is to allocate 400 MIPS to PRODA 200 MIPS to DEVEA 200 MIPS to TESTA 23 MIPS to MAINA It should be capped so that LPARS can not use more than allocated MIPS. I am not sure what weight to be assigned to HSCF1 and HSCF2 ? What should be my Change LPAR Control Panel settings so that this can be achived ? From what you stated, I think you have a problem. I __assume__ that HSCF1 and HSCF2 are the LPARs running the Coupling Facility code. Do you have ICF or IFL processors? If not, then you must account for those LPARs in your CP allocations, but you have not done so. It takes CPU power to run the Coupling Facilities. You have a total of 823 MIPS to allocate, and you have allocated all 823 MIPS to your z/OS LPARs. Where are you getting the CPU to run the CF LPARs? IBM strongly recommends that a CF LPAR run on a dedicated ICF processor. If you don't do this, the z/OS systems which need the Coupling Facilities will be impacted. So, my first strong recommendation is that you convince management to order two ICF engines and dedicate them, one to each CF LPAR. Once you have done that, then you can simply make the z/OS LPAR weights equal to the MIPS to be allocated and CAP them. If you simply cannot do that, then you'll need to __somehow__ figure out the minimal percentage to give to the CF LPARS and do so. Those MIPS simply must come off the top and cannot be used for z/OS. If you don't do this, then z/OS will suffer because it will wait for the CF LPAR to do its thing. The z/OS LPARs will simply not be able to be guaranteed the CPU MIPS that you have specified. Can't be done. Don't even try. Forget it. Another thing to remember about the CF code is that it is designed as active wait. That is, it does not normally issue a PSW wait. It loops, testing for interrupts. This means that it runs at 100% of the CPU given it. One thing that IBM has done to help in this situation is that you can set the CF LPARs to not do active wait by issuing the the command SET DYNDISP ON using the HMC. You do this by selecting the CF LPAR in the CPC Images. You then double click on the Operating System Message ICON on the right. In the Command: area at the bottom of the page, you type in set dyndisp on (withouth the quotes, of course), then click on Send. Again IBM does __NOT__ recommend using this in a production environment. If you do, then z/OS responsiveness can be seriously impacted. It is akin to running DB2 or CICS at too low a priority and it becoming CPU starved. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan
Re: CA-Endevor question.
Turns out that I needed the PRINT ELEMENT ... FROM DSNAME ... TO ... and do it for each member. Yes, and I am sure you can use the LIST command to generate the SCL that will do this print for every member. Cheers, Jantje. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: ZFS file mounts to a PC
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:47:59 -0600, Michael Saraco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to map the network drive it just sits there trying to connect and never connects. Yes ZFS can be shared , and it works (we have the whole PDF IBM doc sitting on a 3390 drive and we read it from our XP work stations) . As for why you have a problem , i think it looks like you are not authorised . If the password of your workstation is propagated and different than your MVS PW , you have to do some specific settings that i can't remember clearly ( we use this since 6 years with HFS and now with ZFS without change) Try to see about a key in your windows registry called EnablePlainTextPassword ( watch the case ) The symptom you describe is very much what we got because of this missing entry . Hope this helps Bruno Bruno(dot)sugliani(at)groupemornay(dot)asso(dot)fr -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Discrepancy between SMS cmd ISMF Option 10.3
Does anyone else have this issue and know why. When I enter from the console D SMS,LIB(LIBATLGO),DETAIL I see a scratch count of 9 for media 5 which is my ATL. --- MEDIA SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH TYPE COUNTTHRESHOLD CATEGORY MEDIA5 9 5 0005 MEDIA748 5 0007 --- And when you go to ISMF Option 10.3 the media5 scratch number is 8. Sometimes the difference is more. LIBRARY MEDIA5 MEDIA5 MEDIA7 MEDIA7 NAMESCR NUM SCR THRSCR NUMSCR THR --(2)--- (20)-- -(21)-- -(24)-- -(25)-- LIBATLGO 8 5 48 5 As you can see the media7 (vts) scratch count is the same. But never the Media 5. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
OT: IBM gives ITANIUM five yearss to live
I questioned PSI's choice of Itanium in the very first PSI analysis I did: http://www.isham-research.co.uk/platslns.html Now that discovery in the court case has blown away some of the mist and smoke, we can see the game plan. It was impossible for PSI to build a support structure like the old PCMs had - there just isn't enough gross margin in the market, perhaps by an order of magnitude. Fundamental (via T3 and CSI - and originally Intelliware) used IBM Business Partners and sold Flex-ES mostly on IBM hardware. It was obvious right from the start that this route wasn't ever going to be available to PSI. Competing for the partner as well as for the customer? HP was the only company in the enterprise market with a suitable support structure. And it seems the guys at PSI wanted to get rich quick by talking up the product and market, and then selling to HP at what I can only describe as a ludicrous valuation. The lawsuit gave HP cold feet - and the loss of HP caused a major problem. Itanium is fundamentally an HP design - Intel is merely the foundry and Itanium has virtually no role to play in any Intel roadmap. But PSI was up a gum tree with its code dependency on Itanium - so it went to NEC. A good product, but a very different support model. HP is on every street corner in Europe - in Germany, for example, there is only one main NEC office. When PSI lost HP, it lost a LOT more than the hardware platform. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
File Transfer Translation Encryption
I noticed on the list a question concerning file transfers bringing up the thought of tranlsation. Last year I submitted a White Paper to Cheryl Watson and she published in her newsletter in the summer. I predict the question will be more and more discussed because of the reasons I explain below. Enjoy File Encryption - An IBM Enterprise Server Opportunity There has been much recent emphasis on the security of data with the focus being placed on encryption. But there are more fundamental issues being overlooked that lurk behind the requirement of data encryption. There is no disputing the need to adequately secure data that is leaving or coming into the enterprise. Until now, data being saved onto cartridges was often not encrypted, and was then entrusted to carriers and protectors who failed to do their duty. Many recent cases of disaster-recovery dumps getting lost attest to that reality. Encrypting data backup cartridges presents a few challenges with the biggest being key management. Once an installation starts encrypting, then key management will always be an issue. For a long time, file transfers of data in the clear (not encrypted) was thought to be safe if it were done using VPN (Virtual Private Network) clients - either running on a PC, or via site-to-site VPN links between companies, or via SSL (Secure Socket Layer) session encryption before transmission. But now the US Government has mandated that all files containing PII (Personally Identifiable Information) are to be encrypted before being transmitted. It will probably be extended to much of the private sector, especially those companies that have US government contracts. This mandate introduces a problem but also a tremendous opportunity for the IBM Enterprise Server or (what we used to call) the trusty mainframe. For many years the transfer of files between platforms (mainframes, UNIX, Windows, Linux, etc.) has been happening throughout the organization, and also to places outside of the organization. Secure FTP products are often being used, and sessions are secured using TLS or SSL, and sometimes a VPN tunnel. With the introduction of encryption, this means a very fundamental change in the way people will need to work in the future. Today, when a file is transferred from an EBCDIC mainframe to an ASCII UNIX system, the translation of the data occurs on the receiving UNIX system. It has been done this way because the receiving system knows what it is and knows what kind of ASCII is needed. This is true for UNIX to Windows, Windows to Linux, mainframe to Windows, etc. So it was never a problem for application systems being run by users because the translation requirement was handled automatically with the data arriving ready to use. One might assume that ASCII is universal but we learned recently that Windows ASCII is very close but not exactly the same as UNIX ASCII. This became apparent to me because a requirement stated that when a Windows ASCII file was sent to the mainframe, it could not be modified. I thought this was easy; because we would just accept the data as binary and send it forward to a UNIX system. But the UNIX system support people reported problems with certain characters. They were not happy with having to figure out why translation was not correct and with having to do further translation on their side. After many discussions, the requirement was changed so that Windows ASCII was translated to mainframe EBCDIC and then to UNIX ASCII. This seemed to work and everyone was happy. But now extend this scenario to non-technical people getting a file at some small server or PC. They want the data arriving ready to use, but that may not be easy when you introduce the notion of the data arriving encrypted. As a general rule, when one system encrypts its data before sending it, the receiving system will need to decrypt the data and have the responsibility of making sure any required translation is done so that the data is ready to use. Even assuming the receiving system has all the necessary translation utilities and tables, this still assumes a level of administrative intelligence that can determine what kind of system is sending you data. So all systems will need knowledge about the type of data they might potentially receive. This has now imposed the requirements of decrypting the received data, knowing what kind of system sent it, and executing a translation step after decryption to get the data into the format that the user expects. Another thing to consider is what happens if some systems do not have the capability to handle the new translation workload. Even if the systems could perform the translation, the requirement to know the format of the sending machine could force an administrative nightmare on everyone receiving files from another location. This chaos is a tremendous opportunity for the Enterprise Server. People with a
Re: ZFS file mounts to a PC
Make sure the password you use to map the drive on your PC matches your SMB password on the mainframe (smbpw -pw1 passwrd -pw2 passwrd) Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruno Sugliani Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 5:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ZFS file mounts to a PC On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:47:59 -0600, Michael Saraco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to map the network drive it just sits there trying to connect and never connects. Yes ZFS can be shared , and it works (we have the whole PDF IBM doc sitting on a 3390 drive and we read it from our XP work stations) . As for why you have a problem , i think it looks like you are not authorised . If the password of your workstation is propagated and different than your MVS PW , you have to do some specific settings that i can't remember clearly ( we use this since 6 years with HFS and now with ZFS without change) Try to see about a key in your windows registry called EnablePlainTextPassword ( watch the case ) The symptom you describe is very much what we got because of this missing entry . Hope this helps Bruno Bruno(dot)sugliani(at)groupemornay(dot)asso(dot)fr -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SRM constant
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:26:04 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the LP's are varied on manually, the SRM constant is recalculated to reflect the new configuration. This does not take place if IRD does the change. No. It's not! The SRM constant is constant. It does not change during the life of the IPL. - Sorry to say, you are wrong Ted. Just examine the RMCT using IPCS or check out the SU/SEC in IPLINFO, ShowMVS, MXI, etc. after CONFIGing on a CP.It is true that it does not change if IRD does the config. I'm sure it's documented. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SRM constant
Sorry to say, you are wrong Ted. Just examine the RMCT using IPCS or check
out the SU/SEC in IPLINFO, ShowMVS, MXI, etc. after CONFIGing ona CP.It is
true that it does not change if IRD does the config. I'm sure it's documented.
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Re: File Transfer conundrum
I do not remember, if I ever knew, the SWIFT network backbone. All I ever had to deal with was writing the communications to send packets of information to custodian banks. About the time I started working on the project, SWIFT was just getting started as, I believe, a rebadged version of something else. The name of which is totally lost in the recesses of my mind. My system was a combination of OS/2 and Windows (3.1 no less). Because it was trade (read mutual fund trade) based we could process over 65,000 transactions a day. Of course the information packets were small, sometime less than 256 bytes. It sounds like your system was needed for much larger file transfers which poses a different set of problems... Not to start another stroll down the OS/2 lane, I remember someone asking me why I did not write everything for Windows. I tried to explain to him that OS/2 would wrap the PID number and still keep on running. I tried it with Windows and after about 1,000 transactions it would crash because of memory leaks or any host of other reasons. Ah... those were the days... :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: File Transfer conundrum I don't recall too much about SWIFT. Just that it existed that is about all. Was it connected with TANDEM (et al) ? In anycase we had only two customers that didn't do SNA and I think one of them was using RSCS (bisync I believe) and some RJE emulator oh yes JES3 I had almost forgot. Bisync was pretty good (but not as good as SNA, IMO). There were 3rd party options of course but that entailed a healthy invest in software. The company I worked for was the cheapest of the cheap so any 50K (or more) investment would have been looked on with extreme displeasure. We did look at one or two but there were issue that we just could not live with. One was that software (I am sorry I can't remember the vendor name) was a little (read a lot) OS dependent. I had talked to a user about incompatibilities between the vendors software level. Trying to get everyone synced up was a nightmare according to him (especially when it came to 200+) . We wanted to make this as transparent as possible and we exceeded far beyond my original estimates. The IBM utility we used was sold (it *NEVER abended* because of program logic and we typically used it 10K times a day (or more) the number of times a day gets a little murky as we had two data centers and we transmitted to our DR site many times more files that 10K. I can't say enough about a solid product like this was. Once installed it hasn't been touched in 20 years over many OS releases and zero problems, show me any equal numbers from any OEM and we can talk. I am no longer with that company but I was pretty proud as to what I implemented in such a short amount of time. Ed http://e-mail-servers.com/1c7cfcab4f28fab40bc238c9aee06e71worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: z/PoO (was: Radix Partition Trees)
You should be able to click on the book download icon next to the PDF download icon in the left top area of the page to get a copy of the book in .BOO format. Bill On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:21:35 -0600, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:28:58 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Thank you; Thank you; Thank you! A z/Architecture PoO in HTML; Far more usable than PDF. Of course, it's August 2003, but better than s/390. Can anyone point me to a newer one? (We may have it on CD-ROM, but Bookie, then, not HTML?) It's actually a .BOO book, but served up by Bookserver, which converts it to HTML on the fly. I haven't been able to find a .BOO version of the POO that is newer than the -3. :( It was on the z/OS 1.7 and earlier collections. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: z/PoO (was: Radix Partition Trees)
Sorry, that should have been right top area. On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:47:37 -0600, Big Iron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should be able to click on the book download icon next to the PDF download icon in the left top area of the page to get a copy of the book in .BOO format. Bill On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:21:35 -0600, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:28:58 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Thank you; Thank you; Thank you! A z/Architecture PoO in HTML; Far more usable than PDF. Of course, it's August 2003, but better than s/390. Can anyone point me to a newer one? (We may have it on CD-ROM, but Bookie, then, not HTML?) It's actually a .BOO book, but served up by Bookserver, which converts it to HTML on the fly. I haven't been able to find a .BOO version of the POO that is newer than the -3. :( It was on the z/OS 1.7 and earlier collections. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer conundrum
Interesting. Thanks. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Lynn Wheeler Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: File Transfer conundrum The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Green) writes: I lost track of who posted the original inquiry, so take this for what it's worth. If the requirement is in the financial industry, could the communications between the two/various systems use S.W.I.F.T. (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications)? It's been some time since I wrote anything for SWIFT, but it was extremely secure and most financial institutions should be linked in. When I did some work, it was used in the securities market, primarily for payments, foreign exchange, securities, etc... However, there were rumblings that the SWIFT organization was thinking about opening up the network for other financial transactions; which I took to mean data exchange... home page http://www.swift.com/ swift-2 providing internet capability and opening up for b-to-b; we had been brought in to consult with small client/server startup that wanted to do payment transactions on their server; they also had this technology they called SSL they wanted to use ... and result is sometimes now called e-commerce. part of the effort was something called payment gateway (transition between internet and acquiring networks) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#gateway we then were involved in x9a10 financial standard working group (in the mid-90s had been given the requirement to preserve the integrity of the financial infrastructure for all retail payments) that resulted in the x9.59 financial standard http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/x959.html#x959 some years ago we were also asked to provide some input to the swift-2 (what it was called at the time) specification. Connecting to the secure IP network (SIPN) http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2304 from above: SWIFTNet messaging services are provided via SWIFT's secure IP network (SIPN), a highly secure and reliable network. Full redundancy, advanced recovery mechanisms and first class operations and customer support services ensure continuous network availability for SWIFTNet services. ... snip .. SWIFTNet Interfaces Qualification http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2451 other refs: Securities Markets Infrastructures http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2437 Banking Markets infrastructures http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=57981 from above: Additionally, SWIFT is now complementing its position in the wholesale, high value clearing market by extending its portfolio of SWIFTNet messaging solutions to the low-value payments and ACH market. ... snip ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/98799038b867f835c5577e917ab264d6worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Got DSN3107I FROM REXX CONSOLE SYSCMD command
In a message dated 1/11/2008 8:02:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To set the base MVS console authority for your user, you need to update the OPERPARM segment associated with your userid. Don't think it has anything to do with MVS, only DB2 authorities. Install adm, sysadm, DBADM. It's a hierarchy in DSNZPARM customization. To grant lower you have to have higher **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer conundrum
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Green) writes: I lost track of who posted the original inquiry, so take this for what it's worth. If the requirement is in the financial industry, could the communications between the two/various systems use S.W.I.F.T. (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications)? It's been some time since I wrote anything for SWIFT, but it was extremely secure and most financial institutions should be linked in. When I did some work, it was used in the securities market, primarily for payments, foreign exchange, securities, etc... However, there were rumblings that the SWIFT organization was thinking about opening up the network for other financial transactions; which I took to mean data exchange... home page http://www.swift.com/ swift-2 providing internet capability and opening up for b-to-b; we had been brought in to consult with small client/server startup that wanted to do payment transactions on their server; they also had this technology they called SSL they wanted to use ... and result is sometimes now called e-commerce. part of the effort was something called payment gateway (transition between internet and acquiring networks) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#gateway we then were involved in x9a10 financial standard working group (in the mid-90s had been given the requirement to preserve the integrity of the financial infrastructure for all retail payments) that resulted in the x9.59 financial standard http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/x959.html#x959 some years ago we were also asked to provide some input to the swift-2 (what it was called at the time) specification. Connecting to the secure IP network (SIPN) http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2304 from above: SWIFTNet messaging services are provided via SWIFT's secure IP network (SIPN), a highly secure and reliable network. Full redundancy, advanced recovery mechanisms and first class operations and customer support services ensure continuous network availability for SWIFTNet services. ... snip .. SWIFTNet Interfaces Qualification http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2451 other refs: Securities Markets Infrastructures http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=2437 Banking Markets infrastructures http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=57981 from above: Additionally, SWIFT is now complementing its position in the wholesale, high value clearing market by extending its portfolio of SWIFTNet messaging solutions to the low-value payments and ACH market. ... snip ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
I'm in the same boat. I'd like the address also. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Field, Alan C. Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Raymond, I'm lazy - what address do you FTP them too? I expect I could find it on the web site. Right now I use the web interface and upload them that way but if I could add an ftp step to the job that would save the manual effort. Alan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Noal Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 19:57 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We FTP our SCRT reports to IBM and they have no problem with this approach. HTH HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: JES2 and $VS RACF protection
Michael Babcock wrote: What is the process for checking commands entered when using $VS? I can protect the use of $VS using the JES2.$VS profile but there doesn't appear to be any granularity for which commands can be entered. Let's say the following is found in JCL. /*$VS,ROUTE node1,someCommand JES2 checks the $VS profile and if allowed with let the command proceed. But, does MVS/RACF also check to see if you have authority to MVS.ROUTE.CMD? Yes. Or is the check bypassed since you had auth to $VS? No. I remember a case when $VS was allowed, but MVS command inside not. Also, to protect the /*ROUTE XEQ node1 command, I need the WRITER class active with a profile of JES2.NJE.node1, correct? It depends on system and mean of protection. WRITER can protect sending system (who can send something over NJE). However IMHO the most important in this scenario is receiving system. On this system protections is through NODES profile. I don't remember exact profile, but this one for commands contain RUSER qualifier. HTH -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2007 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci opacony) wynosi 118.064.140 z. W zwizku z realizacj warunkowego podwyszenia kapitau zakadowego, na podstawie uchwa XVI WZ z dnia 21.05.2003 r., kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA moe ulec podwyszeniu do kwoty 118.760.528 z. Akcje w podwyszonym kapitale zakadowym bd w caoci opacone. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
Raymond, I'm lazy - what address do you FTP them too? I expect I could find it on the web site. Right now I use the web interface and upload them that way but if I could add an ftp step to the job that would save the manual effort. Alan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Noal Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 19:57 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We FTP our SCRT reports to IBM and they have no problem with this approach. HTH HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SRM constant
NOTICE: All information in and attached to the e-mail(s) below may be proprietary, confidential, privileged and otherwise protected from improper or erroneous disclosure. If you are not the sender's intended recipient, you are not authorized to intercept, read, print, retain, copy, forward, or disseminate this message. If you have erroneously received this communication, please notify the sender immediately by phone (704-758-1000) or by e-mail and destroy all copies of this message (electronic, paper, or otherwise). Thank you. Since I was the one who originally said that the SRM constant didn't change on either manual changes or IRD changes and others disagreed I decided to investigate. I already know IRD doesn't change it; IRD takes CPs on and off here all the time. I went out to one of our sandbox LPARs and added (and subtracted) CPs, and sure enough, the SRM constant isn't! Thanks to everyone who pointed this out. Once people started questioning it, I realized I didn't know that answer for sure, so I did some checking on my own. I can state for certain that on z/OS 1.7 manually configuring CPs on and off does change the SRM constant. I'll be sure to mention that at Share, believe me - and give credit to IBM-MAIN for helping make sure I got it right. Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. Mark Zelden wrote: Just examine the RMCT using IPCS or check out the SU/SEC in IPLINFO, ShowMVS, MXI, etc. after CONFIGing on a CP.It is true that it does not change if IRD does the config. I'm sure it's documented. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: z/PoO (was: Radix Partition Trees)
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:28:58 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Thank you; Thank you; Thank you! A z/Architecture PoO in HTML; Far more usable than PDF. Of course, it's August 2003, but better than s/390. Can anyone point me to a newer one? (We may have it on CD-ROM, but Bookie, then, not HTML?) It's actually a .BOO book, but served up by Bookserver, which converts it to HTML on the fly. I haven't been able to find a .BOO version of the POO that is newer than the -3. :( It was on the z/OS 1.7 and earlier collections. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Console
Anyone use a IOGEAR/Miniview 8 port KVM and encounter duplicated key strokes ?? maybe keyboard problem?? -- Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer conundrum
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:54:23 -0700, Roger Bolan wrote: I agree with John. TERSE is the simplest. You just terse the file on the source z/OS system, then use binary for all transfers. Then there is no problem of EBCDIC/ASCII, or RDW. The binary file arrives unchanged. Then use TERSE to unpack it and it automatically restores the correct DCB attributes. The only thing I have ever had to remember to do was specify directory blocks when untersing a PDS and no directory blocks for a sequential file. If the file gets to an intermediate server where you can use FTP from your target z/OS system to get it directly, then you can do this: BINARY don't forget this. ASCII mode by default does not work for traces LOCSITE recfm=fb lrecl=1024 cylinders primary=100 secondary=10 blksize=0 this is the key to doing this from my MVS mget Px.* ( replace case sensitive on the file names quit to get out of FTP How much of this stuff couldn't be automated with a well-designed tool? (see: z/OS V1R7.0 DFSMSdfp Utilities B.0 Appendix B. Unload Partitioned Data Set Format ... ) The header records of the unload data set contain most (all?) of this information. I've experimented with doing this in a Rexx program. IIRC, the only way I could infer the directory block count was to read the directory block records and count them; the only way I could infer space was to make a guess based on the size of the unload data set. But SMP/E does this well for its TLIBs; the packager doesn't need to specify any information to IEBCOPY -- it gets it all from the DSCB, and the installer specifies only DSPREFIX to SMP/E -- it dynamically allocates based on the information in the unload data set (but does it need two passes to do this?) Couldn't TERSE do as well if the developers chose to do so? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: OT - Recommendations for issue/problem tracking software
we still have a user using Mckinney DP manager which runs on CICS. you can probably download a trial copy of it from Mackinney. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: OT - Recommendations for issue/problem tracking software Please forgive me for posting to the list but I need suggestions from people with similar backgrounds and experiences. Please please please reply back directly to my email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and do NOT reply back to the IBM-MAIN list. We're a small mainframe software development shop. We need a decent but simple issue/problem tracking software product to document and manage development requests, support issues, etc. Nothing elaborate. We're looking for people with similar experiences who can give recommendations. On the one hand, we want to be able to fully access this product via a WEB browser from anywhere worldwide. On the other hand, we would prefer to have it installed within our own site's remote hosted domain and not rely on an external company's hosted tracking software services (these are most common). The problem with having it installed in our own domain is that we are remotely hosted. We do not have our own in-house Web server machine. The products we've seen so far that provide end user access via the Web, also require that the server be physically available to the installer. Since we are remotely hosted by a web hosting company, these packages are therefore not applicable, from what we are reading. So the main question is does anyone know of a good simple tracking product that we ourselves can upload and install to our remotely hosted web server? I assume such an installation would require us to install the files on a local machine, upload them to our remote hosted server via FTP or similar and then run some script to complete and customize the install. Again, we're not looking for anything fancy. If such a product does not exist, we'll have to think about one of the hosted issue tracking services. Our concerns are reliability, availability and security. When I say availability, besides 24x7, I'm interested in a company that's been around for years and looks like it will not close tomorrow night. TIA and remember: email me back directly with your comments. Jerry -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer conundrum
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:45:10 -0500, Anne Lynn Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.swift.com/ swift-2 providing internet capability and opening up for b-to-b; There is a good introduction to how SWIFT works in Ross Anderson's book Security Engineering. The book is now available online, and SWIFT is in section 9.3.1 of http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/SE-09.pdf . I highly recommend this book, and there's a new edition coming out in a couple of months. Tony H. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick O'Keefe) writes: Since the other thread on this topic went off in a seriously OT direction I'll comment on this thread. That original article seemed to imply that the problem was language- based. I've been out of touch with the educational system(s) far too long to have a really know what is currently taught and how it is taught. I have trouble believing that switching from Java to C, C++, LISP, and Ada is going to fix the problem. (Is Ada common in CS curriculum? I notice the authors work at an Ada development shop. They may be a bit biased.) I think their comment that Java encourages a pick a tool that works mentality may be right on, though. Rick Fochtman's question about Radix Partition Tress would make a good test for CS students. I picture a blank stare on the student's faces, but I would love to be shown wrong. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#64 Radix Partition Trees there is independent thread in a.f.c regarding the same article, some of the posts: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#44 Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#46 Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#56 Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#57 Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#62 competitiveness part of it related to reduced math requirements and part of it related to java (including some mention of java early days). as noted in the radix partition trees thread ... some of luther's work showed up in mainframe instructions. i had been involved in the original relational/sql implementation, system/r http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#systemr and technology transfer to endicott for sql/ds. for other topic drift ... one of the people in the meeting referenced here ... had mentioned that they had done much of the work for the technology transfer back from endicott to stl for db2 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/95.html#13 about the same time as the original relational/sql work, I also was involved doing some stuff with a similar, but different kind of dbms implementation (joint project between some people in stl and the los gatos vlsi group). this had some of the similar objectives as the relational/sql activity ... but significantly relaxed the requirements for structured data definition ... and used radix partition trees for its indexing structure (and the person involved in the two mainframe instructions was brought in to consult on some of the work). there was some differences between the old-style '60s DBMS contingent in STL and the relational/sql contingent ... with the '60 DBMS contingent pointing out that relational/sql typically doubled the physical disk requirements (for the table indexes) and also greatly increased the physical disk i/os (for processing the indexes). the relational/sql contingent countered that the use of indexes was part of eliminating the direct record pointer paradigm (that were characteristic of the '60 DBMS) as well as all the associated administrative overhead. during the 80s, things started to tip towards relational/sql ... with disk cost/byte significantly reduced and significant increases in system real storages (allowing index caching, eliminating many of the additional index disk physical i/os) aka change in hardware cost tradeoff versis administrative/skill overhead. for other drift, a totally independent implementation i use for maintaining the rfc index information http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm as well as the merged glossary/taxonomy information http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/index.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Topic denotation suggestion (a Virtual Darren)
Let's start marking our subject lines On Topic in order to identify the few posts that actually relate to IBM mainframe software and topics. ;-D No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: COBOL Application Programming Training
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:59:07 -0600, Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM wrote: Hi Everyone, I have a customer that needs to send someone (a new programmer) to COBOL classes. They don't seem to offer any at IBM anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions? They are looking for something preferably in the Chicago area, but will take other locations as well. Thanks, It's been 30 seconds and Steve C hasn't responded yet ??? I wonder if he's sick ??? Check the archives for Trainer's Friend - Steve Comstock. We've used his firm in the past for assember brush-up. His COBOL and LE offerings seem to be pretty comprehensive. He'll even come to you ! Chicago isn't as exotic as the far east, but I think he'll consider it. Good Luck -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Radix Partition Trees
We recently had to solve that problem -- again. Our table was 18 million entries. In the past I used simple hashing: adding the bytes of the key together and using the rightmost byte as index to a table of 256 string heads. the most recent occasion had worst case scenario data -- only 10 hashes were formed. The quick fix was to add the 1st, 3rd, 5th, ... bytes to the accumulator, but add the 2nd, 4th, 6th, ... bytes shifted left by 4 bits. Got the worst case up to 100+ hashes which seems to get us out of the woods. If there is any chance the table might get paged (we did when I first worked on this here), allocate new entries a page at a time. Make the free element table also have 256 entries. This gives storage isolation for another performance boost. We are still looking at the most recent worst case (it is part of a 100# in a 5# bag problem). When I have time I am going to increase the table to 1024 enties (one page) to see if there is any benefit. If it seems there is I will use a three step hash w/ 3 bit offset. Note our emergency solution was to partition the whole problem into 9 segments and then get each segment into 6 parallel processing runs. We are trying to get a batch year-end process to finish before the end of the 1st quarter. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 01/10/2008 09:38:42 PM: Has anyone every seen any doc on using radix partition trees? I'm thinking it may have been one of the rainbow books. I vaguely remember data tree structures and I've got a table search problem that might be the perfect application for a tree-structured data repository. The table might have up to 1,000,000 entries, all in storage, and a balanced n-ary tree has GOT to be faster than using a binary search. The nature of the data is such that a plain old-fashioned list, in sorted order, isn't real amenable to a binary search, either. - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
Thanks Gary. Just the summary. It's 113 lines. We send it without signature also. How would I get the contents into into the body of an SMTP stream ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Can't say Dean... I write the output as well, edit it down to the one page, print it for the manager to sign and then fax it over, -and-, as a heads-up, email them a copy of the unsigned report. I do know that they use the emailed copy for pricing purposes (got hit with a price increase just last quarter)... Whether they back that up with the faxed copy I could not say. When I took over the chore I just let things continue as they were. If I knew they would accept the report without signature, I would just schedule the job for the first Monday of the reporting quarter, and email the report to them from the host (SYSOUT = (B,SMTP)), with CC's to other interested parties, myself included. When you write the output, how large is the report? Do you get all those monthly charts and graphs for each LPAR or just the summary page? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We right the output to a file, can we just FTP it ? Will they accept it like that ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Automatically sending it is the easy part. We need to have the report signed by a manager to authenticate it so we wind up faxing it. Unless of course, you mean extracting that single page from the mass of output and just sending that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sub-CEC Reports Hi, Has anybody automated sending the report to IBM ? If so, how'd you do it ? TIA Dean Dean Montevago Sr. Systems Specialist Visiting Nurse Service of New York (212) 609 - 9608 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e-mail-servers.com/d6345c571a9cea41fddc46f096469307worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMS ACS Routine Coding
Hello Allocation Control Center (ACC) from DTS Software can set the SMS Classes so you could use instead of robust ACS routines. ACC can also set fields so you would not have to have one DATACLAS with RLSE set and one without. We have customers that use ACC to override SMS classes like if the MGMTCLAS is then the STORCLAS should not be . SMS/Debug is part of ACC and also sold as a separate product. SMS/Debug can trace your ACS routine, both the Active SCDS and an SCDS, includes a testing environment similar to Naviquest but you can NOT use SMS/Debug to replace ACS routines. It is great for answering the question How did this dataset end up in that STORCLAS. It also includes SMS Volume Selection tracing and DADSM exit tracing. Sorry for the commercial but I just wanted to clear up the discussion. Duane Reaugh Tech Support DTS Software -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc AGULLO Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMS ACS Routine Coding Lizette, be careful, SMS Debug doesn't translate the ACS Routines, it's just a trace for tell wich volume is used and why. But sometimes it's difficult to write a new ACS or upgrade an old ACS. With SMS Debug, you can make the same thing with a language easier than ACS and more understanding. It wil be easier to modify the rules after, and the rules are dynamycs, you can change the rules at any time and make a refresh by a command on the console F DIF,REFRESH. The language is just a part of ACC. I hope that you understand my english. Marc. 2008/1/10, Marc AGULLO [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Lizette, actually, SMS Debug is a short part of SCC ACC and you can trace the ACS routines and replace its with a new rules coded by SCC. Marc 2008/1/10, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I thought SMS Debug just allowed you to test your ACS code not code it. I thought it was more like ACC or SRS that did the ACS routines. I will have to review the manual more. Lizette You can replace your ACS routines by the product SMS/Debug from company DTS Software in USA. in place of complicated language you have rules simple to write with a language close to basic or rexx. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Certains raccourcis provoquent parfois de longs détours !! Marc. -- Certains raccourcis provoquent parfois de longs détours !! Marc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Determining when a processor comes online/goes offline
The recent discussion on SRM constant made me realize I need to add some logic to some code. I want to be able to recognize when processors are added and/or removed from the MVS image. As best as I can determine from the manuals, setting up a System Listener for ENF events appears to be the way to go. Look for system event 61, and then execute CSRSI. In the data returned by CSRSI SI22V1CONFIGUREDCPUCOUNT DS BL2 A 16-bit unsigned binary integer that * specifies the total number of CPUs that are * in the configured state. A CPU is in the * configured state when it is in the* configuration and available to be used to * execute programs. The above field should tell me the number of CPU's that are active. Will this work? Anyone who has been down this path before and who would comment, I would appreciate it. --Dave Day -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer conundrum
Okay Bruce... I forgot that you were the poster. I believe another forum member mentioned this... Would XMIT/RECEIVE work? I ask because at another location/client there was a need to keep backup copies of numerous mainframe files off of the mainframe. So on a periodic basis, a mainframe job would kick off, unload the files to XMIT format and then FTP that file down to a PC/workstation attached to the host network. On that workstation I had a VB script that would monitor the incoming directory and whenever it found a new file it would then either email or FTP the file to another location. (email or FTP was destination specific). Once the file was sent, it would be moved to another directory to get it out of the way... Worked great! During testing I had a receive job defined to the job scheduler so whenever a specific file was created, the receive job would be kicked off using the file name as a JCL parameter. This file would then be received back into the original format. To test the process I would drag-n-drop a file into a different PC/workstation directory (separate from the one mentioned above). Another VB script would see the new file and then FTP that file to the host. Once there, the job would be kicked off and the file received. Again, JMTC -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Baxter Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: File Transfer conundrum I'm the original poster, and yours is an intersting thought. There's no financial partners involved that I know of, and S.W.I.F.T. would not really be applicable. Some of the other posters mentioned security issues, and they're not really a concern here since the transfers that occur on public networks are done securely and encrypted. At issue, I think are the data conversions at either end, which, with FTP require knowledge of the Code Pages and converstions that have taken place. On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:10:04 -0500, Gary Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] SYSTEMS.COM wrote: I lost track of who posted the original inquiry, so take this for what it's worth. If the requirement is in the financial industry, could the communications between the two/various systems use S.W.I.F.T. (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications)? It's been some time since I wrote anything for SWIFT, but it was extremely secure and most financial institutions should be linked in. When I did some work, it was used in the securities market, primarily for payments, foreign exchange, securities, etc... However, there were rumblings that the SWIFT organization was thinking about opening up the network for other financial transactions; which I took to mean data exchange... JMTC -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: File Transfer conundrum On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Hal Merritt wrote: My guess is that many shops are implementing PC to PC transfers and buying some really expensive software to facilitate the process. That is hostpcnetworkpchost. So far, we have been somewhat successful in insisting on a fully automated, z/os based solution on our side. Our most compelling argument is that we are not supposed to move sensitive data in the open over any network, nor is the data supposed to reside in the open on any server, even in a buffer. As much as the PC folks don't like to admit it, they simply cannot meet that requirement. They can come close, but there seems to always be a point where the data can be intercepted. Hal, Even though my bosses boss was big on PC's he also knew that PC file transfer was well lets say less than perfect. He was the person who pushed SNA and made the budget available to convert to SNA and the hardware associated with it. He lobbied for the money because he knew that pc file transfer in the financial community was less than good. We in the financial community put data integrity on a pedestal that tested everything every step of the way. A long time ago they had an OEM (name withheld) vendor and there was no data integrity checking all they cared about was being cheap. We were racked over the coals all the time as we were essentially sending out good data but the data along the line was being corrupted somewhere along the line. Usually it was a some important field that needed to have to have the entire file retransmitted. more than a few times a broker could not trade any X because data from our company was less than lets say accurate due to transmission and or equipment. Our side sent it out OK but somewhere along the line after it left something got corrupted. After we ditched the OEM vendor and we went to SNA we never had one piece of data go bad. We had cases where there was a tape issue on the receiving (data check or broken tape etc) that
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:13:53 -0500, Jon Brock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/08/01/08/0348239.shtml http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/0801DewarSchonberg.ht ml ... Since the other thread on this topic went off in a seriously OT direction I'll comment on this thread. That original article seemed to imply that the problem was language- based. I've been out of touch with the educational system(s) far too long to have a really know what is currently taught and how it is taught. I have trouble believing that switching from Java to C, C++, LISP, and Ada is going to fix the problem. (Is Ada common in CS curriculum? I notice the authors work at an Ada development shop. They may be a bit biased.) I think their comment that Java encourages a pick a tool that works mentality may be right on, though. Rick Fochtman's question about Radix Partition Tress would make a good test for CS students. I picture a blank stare on the student's faces, but I would love to be shown wrong. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: COBOL Application Programming Training
look under application programming http://www.techknowledge.com/courses/ Dave Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED] NHEIMERFUNDS.COM To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Mainframe cc Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU Re: COBOL Application Programming Training 01/11/2008 12:08 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:59:07 -0600, Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM wrote: Hi Everyone, I have a customer that needs to send someone (a new programmer) to COBOL classes. They don't seem to offer any at IBM anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions? They are looking for something preferably in the Chicago area, but will take other locations as well. Thanks, It's been 30 seconds and Steve C hasn't responded yet ??? I wonder if he's sick ??? Check the archives for Trainer's Friend - Steve Comstock. We've used his firm in the past for assember brush-up. His COBOL and LE offerings seem to be pretty comprehensive. He'll even come to you ! Chicago isn't as exotic as the far east, but I think he'll consider it. Good Luck -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Got DSN3107I FROM REXX CONSOLE SYSCMD command
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:56:57 -0600, Yan Ying wrote: I use a REXX to inquire DB2 BUFFERPOOL detail status.I use CONSPROF / CONSOLES / CONSOLE SYSCMD command to get the info.But I can only get msg DSN3107I. DSN3107I - DSN3EC0X -COMMAND REJECT.REQUESTOR NOT AUTHORIZED. I have another REXX work like that to gather system info (like'D IPLINFO') can work good. IBMBOOK said:the CSECT DSN3EC0X has discovered that the source of the command was a console that does not have 'system' authority. How can i have the system authorize?Did anyone do job like that? The answer is: it depends... 1) Is the OPERCMDS class active in your security product? If so, then you need to give your console authority to the appropriate operator command profile. 2) I am not sure what 'system' authority means. Base MVS console authority comes in a few flavors: o INFO (authorized to issue a smattering of display-only commands) o SYS (authorized to issue smattering of 'system related' commands) o I/O(authorized to issue smattering of 'I/O device related' commands) o CONS (authorized to issue smattering of 'console configuration related' commands) o MASTER (can issue all system commands) To set the base MVS console authority for your user, you need to update the OPERPARM segment associated with your userid. Scott Fagen Enterprise Systems Management -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
Tom Moulder wrote: If you have EMC DASD, then you can contact them for information about three erasures offerings. The offerings are from low to high in terms of data erasure certification and government clearances. The highest certification level is an internal program that insures all data is erased and can not be retrieved. Be prepared also to spend some time achieving the highest level of certification. Hopefully the frame has been disconnected from the mainframe when you finally do this and so there is no impact on production work. Tom Moulder Our requirement is more for the end of our Disaster Recovery tests. We know that we can contract with them to perform the erasure but I am in the information gathering phase of the project now. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SCOPE=COMMON in data spaces
I'm trying to create a data space with the SCOPE=COMMON parameter. I'm in key 0, supervisor state and have linked as 31-bit AMODE. I am getting a system abend code 01D reason xxzz14xx from the DSPSERV macro. This indicates I am NOT in 31-bit addressing - I can change the program to SCOPE=SINGLE and everything works. I have tested this on z/OS 1.5 and z/OS 1.8 and it fails on both for the same reason. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Larry Dinwiddie -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
Add the XTINCT product from Dino-Software to your information gathering. We began advertising this tool in last months z-journal. Larry Crilley Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO 412.366.3566 www.dino-software.com Dino-Software Utilities T-REX - Superior catalog management tool inclusive of HSM Tape audits REORGadon - First REORG While-OPEN tool for HSM Teradon - First ever OnLine REPRO MERGECAT utility Xtinct - DASD Data purge RTD - DASD Real Time Defrag DAL - Analysis for Legato in an easy to view format -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Data Erasure Products Outside of FDRERASE and good old ICKDSF are there any products in the market that can erase data from mainframe DASD? I didn't see anything in the CBT archive for DASD, just some tape erasure programs. * * -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Identifying GDG datasets in a deferred status
I have created a jcl to list all the GDG datasets that are in a deferred status. Unfortunately, the jcl is lengthy and runs quite a while because I had to perform the following steps to filter out only the datasets I wanted : STEP1. Perform an IDCAMS LISTCAT UCAT ALL to a dataset to identify all the user catalogs. STEP2. Sort include only the catalog names and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST CAT [the catalog name]. STEP3. Perform the IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP2. STEP4. Perform another SORT against the output of STEP3 and include only the records that contain GDG BASE and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST GDG ENT [gdg base name]. STEP5. Perform the actual IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP4. STEP6. SORT include only the records that contain NONVSAM and STATUS which gives me all the GDG entries and their status. I then perform a search on deferred to find if there are any GDGs in a deferred rollin status. This seems like a lot of rigmarole just to be able to find out what gdgs are in a deferred status. Does anyone have a better/faster/reliable way to do this? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
The authors were discussing the use of Java as the students' *first* programming language. Anyway, I'm not so sure I hold to the it's just another language mindset as much as I used to. It seems to me that there are important differences between the way you conceive of and design a program in assembler/COBOL/C versus, say, Ruby or Java. Jon snip Why should what language is taught matter, after the second or third language, IF you are a programmer, it's just another language. Mostly syntax, some semantics. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Identifying GDG datasets in a deferred status
Yes. The T-REX LISTCAT could do this for you quite easily. If you want more details, feel free to call/email me directly. Larry Crilley Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO 412.366.3566 www.dino-software.com Dino-Software Utilities T-REX - Superior catalog management tool inclusive of HSM Tape audits REORGadon - First REORG While-OPEN tool for HSM Teradon - First ever OnLine REPRO MERGECAT utility Xtinct - DASD Data purge RTD - DASD Real Time Defrag DAL - Analysis for Legato in an easy to view format -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gilbert Cardenas Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Identifying GDG datasets in a deferred status I have created a jcl to list all the GDG datasets that are in a deferred status. Unfortunately, the jcl is lengthy and runs quite a while because I had to perform the following steps to filter out only the datasets I wanted : STEP1. Perform an IDCAMS LISTCAT UCAT ALL to a dataset to identify all the user catalogs. STEP2. Sort include only the catalog names and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST CAT [the catalog name]. STEP3. Perform the IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP2. STEP4. Perform another SORT against the output of STEP3 and include only the records that contain GDG BASE and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST GDG ENT [gdg base name]. STEP5. Perform the actual IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP4. STEP6. SORT include only the records that contain NONVSAM and STATUS which gives me all the GDG entries and their status. I then perform a search on deferred to find if there are any GDGs in a deferred rollin status. This seems like a lot of rigmarole just to be able to find out what gdgs are in a deferred status. Does anyone have a better/faster/reliable way to do this? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
This is how I send files in a batch job... //MAILFILE PROC SOUT='*', // DS='???', // EMAILADR='???' // //**** // //IEBGENER EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSOUTDD SYSOUT=SOUT //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=SOUT //SYSUT1DD DISP=SHR,DSN=OSS05.TEST.SYSIN(EMAILADR) // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DS //SYSUT2DD SYSOUT=(B,SMTPB), // DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80,RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS) //SYSIN DD DUMMY The contents of the SYSIN file... HELO SBCSF1 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DATA FROM: Gary Green TO: .. SUBJECT: Emailed file -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Thanks Gary. Just the summary. It's 113 lines. We send it without signature also. How would I get the contents into into the body of an SMTP stream ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Can't say Dean... I write the output as well, edit it down to the one page, print it for the manager to sign and then fax it over, -and-, as a heads-up, email them a copy of the unsigned report. I do know that they use the emailed copy for pricing purposes (got hit with a price increase just last quarter)... Whether they back that up with the faxed copy I could not say. When I took over the chore I just let things continue as they were. If I knew they would accept the report without signature, I would just schedule the job for the first Monday of the reporting quarter, and email the report to them from the host (SYSOUT = (B,SMTP)), with CC's to other interested parties, myself included. When you write the output, how large is the report? Do you get all those monthly charts and graphs for each LPAR or just the summary page? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We right the output to a file, can we just FTP it ? Will they accept it like that ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Automatically sending it is the easy part. We need to have the report signed by a manager to authenticate it so we wind up faxing it. Unless of course, you mean extracting that single page from the mass of output and just sending that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sub-CEC Reports Hi, Has anybody automated sending the report to IBM ? If so, how'd you do it ? TIA Dean Dean Montevago Sr. Systems Specialist Visiting Nurse Service of New York (212) 609 - 9608 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e-mail-servers.com/d6345c571a9cea41fddc46f096469307worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/3898a7636dfaa0b0abbd44d7af0a62d8worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Data Erasure Products
Outside of FDRERASE and good old ICKDSF are there any products in the market that can erase data from mainframe DASD? I didn't see anything in the CBT archive for DASD, just some tape erasure programs. * * -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL?
I have played around with XMITIP and TXT2PDF to some extent. I have also discussed the DATA21 PDF product with one of the representatives of that company. . The problem with the XMITIP system (from our perspective) is that it does not have an 'overlay' feature (which we could really use for W-2s). The problem with the DATA21 product is that the PDF portion requires going to a PC as intermediary; which introduces security problems, along with political issues. . The ideal situation would be an add-on to XMITIP which would provide the free product with overlays and no need to use a PC ... One can dream. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee [ snip ] There isn't an awfully lot of conceptual difference between programming a report on CoBOL or creating a video on iMovie. On the contrary, there is a fundamental difference: In programming a report on COBOL you are building the machine that will accept the raw materials and produce the finished product. In creating a video on iMovie you are providing the raw materials and (eventually) receiving the finished product from a machine that is already built. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
DFHSM - PARSING ERROR
Hallo All, I am attempting to fix a problem. A dataset which was migrated (ml2) with no backup, was deleted. I created the catalog entry and in the process of trying to perform the AUDIT. I am encountering a parsing error and I am unable to figure out where my mistake is. Could someone please advise me as to how I can correct this error? Below is the erro message output: HSEND AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) The command is not successful. Below is the error message: ARC1001I AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) COMMAND ARC1001I (CONT.) FAILED, RC=0005, REAS=0004 ARC1605I COMMAND HAD PARSE ERROR Thanks to all in advance - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
COBOL Application Programming Training
Hi Everyone, I have a customer that needs to send someone (a new programmer) to COBOL classes. They don't seem to offer any at IBM anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions? They are looking for something preferably in the Chicago area, but will take other locations as well. Thanks, Mary J. Yukus IT Specialist - Lead Systems Programmer HQ US Military Entrance Processing Command J6/MIT-System Support Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM - PARSING ERROR
There are two u's in CONTINUOUS. -Original Message- From: willie bunter [mailto:SNIP] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: DFHSM - PARSING ERROR Hallo All, I am attempting to fix a problem. A dataset which was migrated (ml2) with no backup, was deleted. I created the catalog entry and in the process of trying to perform the AUDIT. I am encountering a parsing error and I am unable to figure out where my mistake is. Could someone please advise me as to how I can correct this error? Below is the erro message output: HSEND AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) The command is not successful. Below is the error message: ARC1001I AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) COMMAND ARC1001I (CONT.) FAILED, RC=0005, REAS=0004 ARC1605I COMMAND HAD PARSE ERROR -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Some OO languages produce lots of memory leaks in the real world - but there aren't nearly so many memory leaks in the procedural world. Is that the fault of the compiler or the programmer? When I learned C++, I was taught about cleaning up after yourself, just like I was with COBOL or assemblker. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
And one of the biggest problems with OOP is the use of object libraries. For __beginning__ students, using OOP usually means just wiring together a number of pre-existing objects, or maybe just extending an existing object. WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING HOW THE OBJECT WORKS! Unfortunately, using existing objects is one of the selling points of OOP. It's supposed to make programming easier and faster. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SCOPE=COMMON in data spaces
I found my problem - SCOPE=COMMON must be created by a non-swappable module. Larry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Dinwiddie Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SCOPE=COMMON in data spaces I'm trying to create a data space with the SCOPE=COMMON parameter. I'm in key 0, supervisor state and have linked as 31-bit AMODE. I am getting a system abend code 01D reason xxzz14xx from the DSPSERV macro. This indicates I am NOT in 31-bit addressing - I can change the program to SCOPE=SINGLE and everything works. I have tested this on z/OS 1.5 and z/OS 1.8 and it fails on both for the same reason. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Larry Dinwiddie -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
Larry Crilley wrote: Add the XTINCT product from Dino-Software to your information gathering. We began advertising this tool in last months z-journal. Larry Crilley Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO 412.366.3566 www.dino-software.com Dino-Software Utilities T-REX - Superior catalog management tool inclusive of HSM Tape audits REORGadon - First REORG While-OPEN tool for HSM Teradon - First ever OnLine REPRO MERGECAT utility Xtinct - DASD Data purge RTD - DASD Real Time Defrag DAL - Analysis for Legato in an easy to view format I don't see the product on your web page. Can you give me a URL for me to look at? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Finding subsequent JFCBX control blocks
Tom Quarendon wrote: However the definition of the JFCBX, to me at least, seems ambigous as to how I find the next JFCBX. There seem to be two fields, JFCBXTTR, which contains the SVA of the next extension block, and JFCBXNXT which contains the address of the next JFCB extension. Do these amount to the same thing? Which should I use? For TTR/address fields, the address is normally filled in when the control block has been requested, and the link filled by the requester. That doesn't apply in your case, so use the SVA; even if the address is filled in and correct, the additional overhead for the SVA is typically a few dozen instructions. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Yup, my first job (internship) was trivial. Learn and write COBOL. I'd just finished a good solid 370 assembler class. On the other hand, that was also language number 4. Fortran, PASCAL, Assembler. So far I've never C'd but if/when I need to, I don't expect a lot of trouble. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? Gibney, Dave wrote: Why should what language is taught matter, after the second or third language, IF you are a programmer, it's just another language. Mostly syntax, some semantics. Agreed. But, the closer to the metal a language takes you, the more about the metal you learn. The best C programmers I know are also assembler language programmers. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Determining when a processor comes online/goes offline
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:36:14 -0600, David Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The recent discussion on SRM constant made me realize I need to add some logic to some code. I want to be able to recognize when processors are added and/or removed from the MVS image. As best as I can determine from the manuals, setting up a System Listener for ENF events appears to be the way to go. Look for system event 61, and then execute CSRSI. In the data returned by CSRSI SI22V1CONFIGUREDCPUCOUNT DS BL2 A 16-bit unsigned binary integer that * specifies the total number of CPUs that are * in the configured state. A CPU is in the * configured state when it is in the* configuration and available to be used to * execute programs. The above field should tell me the number of CPU's that are active. Will this work? Anyone who has been down this path before and who would comment, I would appreciate it. Never done it, but looks right. ShowMVS uses the CSRSI returned data that you are considering (I use data from the CSD in IPLINFO since it is rexx). As further proof... looking at the ENF listeners with ShowMVS I see one of our vendor's licensing software programs listening on event 61. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:08:51 EST, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... good test for CS students. I picture a blank stare on the student's faces, but I would love to be shown wrong. ... Usually what we'd do is get Knuth's book and translate from MIX to whatever was required. Radix sort is 45 lines on pg 126? ... I wasn't really talking about the ability to write the sort. I was thinking about the analysis that points to radix partitioning being a solution - analysis of the data structure as something to consider at all. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
Yes, It is listed under 'Sand Alone Edit' which we have. A blip follows: 1 - Fast DASD Erase Fast DASD Erase may be licensed separately by users interested in erasing data at the end of their Disaster Recovery tests or when decommissioning DASD. Erasing test data at the end of a Disaster Recovery test may be one of the most important steps of the test itself. SAE users enjoy peace of mind knowing they have completely erased all mission-critical and personal data, thereby safeguarding it from unwanted use. This is especially important in an era of government regulations, such as HIPAA, GLBA, PIPEDA, etc. Users also appreciate the reduction in time and money saved during the actual erasure. HTH further. Regards, Claude Richbourg -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Data Erasure Products Richbourg, Claude wrote: There is another one that we have used. It is by NEWERA software and it is, 'DASD FAST ERASE'. It works good as you can do as many passes over the data with different patterns as needed. HTH. Regards, Claude Richbourg I just went on their website and the only products I see there are Image Focus and Stand Alone Edit. Is the product you mentioned still being marketed by NewEra? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: COBOL Application Programming Training
Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM wrote: Hi Everyone, I have a customer that needs to send someone (a new programmer) to COBOL classes. They don't seem to offer any at IBM anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions? They are looking for something preferably in the Chicago area, but will take other locations as well. Thanks, Mary J. Yukus IT Specialist - Lead Systems Programmer HQ US Military Entrance Processing Command J6/MIT-System Support Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here he comes to save the dayy Hi, Mary, Just got back in my office and saw your post. We offer an entire COBOL curriculum for new programmers. For Entry Programmer Training, consider this: http://www.trainersfriend.com/Curricula/EPT_Curr.htm which is the soup-to-nuts program. If you just want COBOL courses, we offer these: http://www.trainersfriend.com/COBOL_Courses/cobolcurr.htm and everything is up to date. As Dave K. pointed out, I'll come to Chicago (actually, that's kinda' my home town; long story) But it looks like you have only one student. In this case, take a look at our Remote Contact Training (RCT) option. Basically this is self-study-tied-to-a-mentor. Typically, the mentor is the course author. The student gets our standard handout. We work with you to set up for the labs so the student can run the labs on your system, the system they'll be using in the real world. Then the student goes through the book at their own pace; he or she can contact the mentor via email for explanations, hints on the labs, more details on topics, and evaluations of solutions. Drop me a line off-list for more details / information. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com z/OS Application development made easier * Our classes include + How things work + Programming examples with realistic applications + Starter / skeleton code + Complete working programs + Useful utilities and subroutines + Tips and techniques -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
CEA RACF userid and SPECIAL
Has anyone defined CEA to RACF? If so, does anyone know why it needs UID(0) and (especially) RACF SPECIAL? Dennis Roach United Space Alliance 600 Gemini Avenue Mail Code USH-4A3L Houston, Texas 77058 Voice: (281) 282-2975 Page:(713) 736-8275 Fax: (281) 282-3583 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my employer or any person, company, or thing, living or dead, on or near this or any other planet, moon, asteroid, or other spatial object, natural or manufactured, since the beginning of time. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Why should what language is taught matter, after the second or third language, IF you are a programmer, it's just another language. Mostly syntax, some semantics. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:13:53 -0500, Jon Brock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/08/01/08/0348239.shtml http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/0801DewarSchonberg.ht ml ... Since the other thread on this topic went off in a seriously OT direction I'll comment on this thread. That original article seemed to imply that the problem was language- based. I've been out of touch with the educational system(s) far too long to have a really know what is currently taught and how it is taught. I have trouble believing that switching from Java to C, C++, LISP, and Ada is going to fix the problem. (Is Ada common in CS curriculum? I notice the authors work at an Ada development shop. They may be a bit biased.) I think their comment that Java encourages a pick a tool that works mentality may be right on, though. Rick Fochtman's question about Radix Partition Tress would make a good test for CS students. I picture a blank stare on the student's faces, but I would love to be shown wrong. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Gibney, Dave wrote: Why should what language is taught matter, after the second or third language, IF you are a programmer, it's just another language. Mostly syntax, some semantics. Agreed. But, the closer to the metal a language takes you, the more about the metal you learn. The best C programmers I know are also assembler language programmers. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
Richbourg, Claude wrote: There is another one that we have used. It is by NEWERA software and it is, 'DASD FAST ERASE'. It works good as you can do as many passes over the data with different patterns as needed. HTH. Regards, Claude Richbourg I just went on their website and the only products I see there are Image Focus and Stand Alone Edit. Is the product you mentioned still being marketed by NewEra? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
In a message dated 1/11/2008 10:57:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: good test for CS students. I picture a blank stare on the student's faces, but I would love to be shown wrong. Usually what we'd do is get Knuth's book and translate from MIX to whatever was required. Radix sort is 45 lines on pg 126? **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
The enqueue for a dataset referenced using JCL doesn't get freed until after the referencing step Not unless you code FREE=CLOSE. ENQ's are kept fore the life of the job. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 14:31 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Worst Predictions of All Time Other posters alluded to these predictions: I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996. Stewart Alsop, InfoWorld, March 1991 It's clear that corporate customers still like to have centrally controlled, very predictable, reliable computing systems - exactly the kind of systems that IBM specializes in. Stewart Alsop, February 2002 I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.) There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. (Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977.) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:04:29 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: //DELE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // PARM='DEL ''dsn'' ' //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY That worked! Oops, no it didn't. It ended with a clean return code, but the file wasn't deleted. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
On 11 Jan 2008 12:44:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: Instead of deleting via JCL, I use IDCAMS or IKJEFT01. With IKJEFT01 (TSO/batch), my JCL looks like: //DELE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // PARM='DEL ''dsn'' ' //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY That worked! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
Hi, Is there a possibility that we can limit these general whaffle type postings to one or two per week per person. Things we can account to being lonely in your hole ? Some of us, are constantly posting general type posting ex. What your GRandmother likes etc. into this list. We all love you in your hole but say something about what currently is happening in the Computer World. Use the internet to find something useful to say, please ? Anton -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
zOS Version 1 Release 9 and software products DVD collection
Hi, It's is possible to do for $20 because I did it yesterday. You can order a full set of zOS manuals, Redbooks and zOs related softwar= e products from IBM For $20. Here is a copy of my order and the URL : http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US * IBM Publications Center Confirmation * -- ---= --- Your following order for IBM publications has been accepted: Order number INGBVG Order date 2008-10-01 Invoice information First name Anton Last name Britz Organization Ab Software Consultants Address P.O Box 931 City Boise City limit inside Zip code 83701 County USA State Idaho Country United States Order information Publication Title Unit price USD Quantity Amount USD SK3T-4271-19 IBM Online Library: z/OS V1R9 and Software Products DVD Collection, Septemb 20.00 1 20.00 SK5T-7054-01 IBM Online Library: z/VM Collection on DVD, June 2007 20.0= 0 1 20.00 - Net amount 40.00 State tax 2.40 - Gross amount 42.40 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
On 11 Jan 2008 12:44:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: It sounds like you are using the CA TCP/IP stack instead of the IBM one. I believe you're right. The problem comes in due to the fact that in the CA stack, the ftp process is actually done in the TCPIP stack and not in the job. That is, the CA stack actually allocates the DSN to itself. If the DSN is used later in the job with an exclusive ENQ (DISP=SHR|NEW|MOD), then the TCPIP stack cannot allocate the file (it is in use by the job) and the ftp aborts. Instead of deleting via JCL, I use IDCAMS or IKJEFT01. With IKJEFT01 (TSO/batch), my JCL looks like: //DELE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // PARM='DEL ''dsn'' ' //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY I'll stick that in the proc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
She forgot the one from the half wit who predicted the date time of the shutdown of the last mainframe. In the late 1980's, Gartner predicted that any company that didn't move from the mainframe to client/server would not be in business for very long. In the mid-to-late 1990's, the same analyst said that companies were having problems migrating to c/s, and they had probably jumped on the bandwagon too soon. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
On 11 Jan 2008 12:38:57 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: On the DD statement, code: FREE=CLOSE as an extra parameter on the card. In the IEFBR14? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
How about using IDCAMS to do the delete? The enqueue for a dataset referenced using JCL doesn't get freed until after the referencing step (TEBN#1 here). Bill On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:13:05 -0700, Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a file with sensitive information on it that gets FTP'd to a secure server. The JCL contains: //TEBNF1 EXEC UEAA,(TRANSMIT T // PASSWRD='..()', //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING PASS // FTPPARM='bbb..() //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING FTP //TEBNF2 EXEC URAA,(TRANSMIT To unix server) // REX1='..()', //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING PASSword for Unix server // REX2='..()' /* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING MACROS for Unix server I added the following code //CLEANUP IF (TEBNF1.UEAA#1.RC NE 0) THEN //TEBNF3 EXEC TEBNF3 (CLEAN UP FILES) //ENDCLEAN ENDIF // This has for a couple of files: //TEBN#1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SIDFILEI DD DSN=my.file.name // DISP=(MOD,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,0) Trouble is I get: 12:53:18 FTP2: PUT 'my.file.name' my.file 12:53:21 450 Data set tied up by another user 12:53:21 FTP2: END 12:55:19 425 Can't open data connection. 12:55:19 221 Session terminated 12:55:19 T01F2030I FTP2 returns CC=8 With an OC9 I was hoping a separate proc would allow me to do the deletes from within this job. What other options do I have? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On 11 Jan 2008 11:46:08 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: Does it matter where the fault is? Yes, I believe it does. If memory leaks are a problem, they have to be resolved, just like any coding issue. If it's the programmer - train or dismiss. If it's the compiler - get it fixed. But we're talking about industry wide trends here. If I buy a product with a memory leak, it costs me - even if it costs the vendor more than it costs me. At any rate, this sub thread is about whether the trend from assembler to procedural to OO means less housekeeping in each step.My point is that some housekeeping needs went up with the change to OO, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing so much software with memory leaks. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Day Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Worst Predictions of All Time OK, Here's a useful question for Anton Anton, have you taken all your meds today? I can understand Anton's request. Nobody else at my company is willing to shift through the noise on IBM-MAIN to get to the good stuff anymore. I am. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Deleting after FTP
I have a file with sensitive information on it that gets FTP'd to a secure server. The JCL contains: //TEBNF1 EXEC UEAA,(TRANSMIT T // PASSWRD='..()', //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING PASS // FTPPARM='bbb..() //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING FTP //TEBNF2 EXEC URAA,(TRANSMIT To unix server) // REX1='..()', //* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING PASSword for Unix server // REX2='..()' /* LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF FILE CONTAINING MACROS for Unix server I added the following code //CLEANUP IF (TEBNF1.UEAA#1.RC NE 0) THEN //TEBNF3 EXEC TEBNF3 (CLEAN UP FILES) //ENDCLEAN ENDIF // This has for a couple of files: //TEBN#1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SIDFILEI DD DSN=my.file.name // DISP=(MOD,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,0) Trouble is I get: 12:53:18 FTP2: PUT 'my.file.name' my.file 12:53:21 450 Data set tied up by another user 12:53:21 FTP2: END 12:55:19 425 Can't open data connection. 12:55:19 221 Session terminated 12:55:19 T01F2030I FTP2 returns CC=8 With an OC9 I was hoping a separate proc would allow me to do the deletes from within this job. What other options do I have? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tony babonas Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Deleting after FTP FTP a temp file...let the OS do the work. You cannot ftp an temporary file using CA's ftp stack. If by that you mean DSN=TEMP. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: DFHSM - PARSING ERROR
Thanks. I didn't catch that. Next time I use the old spell check Thanks to all Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of willie bunter Hallo All, I am attempting to fix a problem. A dataset which was migrated (ml2) with no backup, was deleted. I created the catalog entry and in the process of trying to perform the AUDIT. I am encountering a parsing error and I am unable to figure out where my mistake is. Could someone please advise me as to how I can correct this error? Below is the erro message output: HSEND AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) The command is not successful. Below is the error message: ARC1001I AUDIT MEDCTL VOLUMES(MD0038) FIX SERIALIZATION(CONTINOUS) COMMAND ARC1001I (CONT.) FAILED, RC=0005, REAS=0004 ARC1605I COMMAND HAD PARSE ERROR You apparently misspelled CONTINUOUS. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
A follow-up... In re-reading my earlier response, it dawned on me that the type of file I emailed were normal 80 byte records. If you need to email a true file, here is something that may help. http://www.planetmvs.com/mvsmail/index.html#MIMEBIN -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Thanks Gary. Just the summary. It's 113 lines. We send it without signature also. How would I get the contents into into the body of an SMTP stream ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Can't say Dean... I write the output as well, edit it down to the one page, print it for the manager to sign and then fax it over, -and-, as a heads-up, email them a copy of the unsigned report. I do know that they use the emailed copy for pricing purposes (got hit with a price increase just last quarter)... Whether they back that up with the faxed copy I could not say. When I took over the chore I just let things continue as they were. If I knew they would accept the report without signature, I would just schedule the job for the first Monday of the reporting quarter, and email the report to them from the host (SYSOUT = (B,SMTP)), with CC's to other interested parties, myself included. When you write the output, how large is the report? Do you get all those monthly charts and graphs for each LPAR or just the summary page? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We right the output to a file, can we just FTP it ? Will they accept it like that ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Automatically sending it is the easy part. We need to have the report signed by a manager to authenticate it so we wind up faxing it. Unless of course, you mean extracting that single page from the mass of output and just sending that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sub-CEC Reports Hi, Has anybody automated sending the report to IBM ? If so, how'd you do it ? TIA Dean Dean Montevago Sr. Systems Specialist Visiting Nurse Service of New York (212) 609 - 9608 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e-mail-servers.com/d6345c571a9cea41fddc46f096469307worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/7b771d11daf14376a8ef3a8cb1f48625worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On 11 Jan 2008 11:35:40 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: For an experienced programmer, this is a boon. But it totally defeats the purpose for a beginner. They end up knowing very little and create crappy code. In C, programmers just use the qsort() function to sort stuff. And it is not optimal in all cases (I prefer heapsort, in general). And CoBOL programmers use whatever the compiler uses for the sort. Let the systems programmers tweak it if it should be changed. Sometimes my compiler listing will say I can use a more efficient sort - but any compiler options I use get overridden by Endevor during migration. Of course, in today's who cares? Just give me an answer right now! mind set, this may be a good thing. It also reduces programming from a craft to something more like an assembly line worker. Which is also good in that it means that programmers are cheaper and easier to replace, thus giving them less value to the company. It depends on what the craft of the programming is supposed to be. The reason for making efficient code is to save the company money. If the programmer turned some of his attention towards understanding the users' needs better, his value to the company can be improved. And understanding business needs isn't assembly line work. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Determining when a processor comes online/goes offline
Yes ENF listener is the best method among the other interface to get the current data. Roland -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
If you have EMC DASD, then you can contact them for information about three erasures offerings. The offerings are from low to high in terms of data erasure certification and government clearances. The highest certification level is an internal program that insures all data is erased and can not be retrieved. Be prepared also to spend some time achieving the highest level of certification. Hopefully the frame has been disconnected from the mainframe when you finally do this and so there is no impact on production work. Tom Moulder -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Data Erasure Products Outside of FDRERASE and good old ICKDSF are there any products in the market that can erase data from mainframe DASD? I didn't see anything in the CBT archive for DASD, just some tape erasure programs. * * -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 12:00 AM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 12:00 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 12:00 AM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Erasure Products
There is another one that we have used. It is by NEWERA software and it is, 'DASD FAST ERASE'. It works good as you can do as many passes over the data with different patterns as needed. HTH. Regards, Claude Richbourg -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Data Erasure Products Outside of FDRERASE and good old ICKDSF are there any products in the market that can erase data from mainframe DASD? I didn't see anything in the CBT archive for DASD, just some tape erasure programs. * * -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL Riley: Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367, ...? what? The Doctor: 379. It's a sequence of happy primes, 379. Martha: Happy what? The Doctor: Just enter it! Riley: Are you sure? We only get one chance. The Doctor: Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields 1 is a happy number, any number that doesn't, isn't. A happy prime is both happy and prime. Doctor Who episode 42 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL?
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:49:17 -0500, Warner Mach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have played around with XMITIP and TXT2PDF to some extent. I have also discussed the DATA21 PDF product with one of the representatives of that company. . The problem with the XMITIP system (from our perspective) is that it does not have an 'overlay' feature (which we could really use for W-2s). The problem with the DATA21 product is that the PDF portion requires going to a PC as intermediary; which introduces security problems, along with political issues. . The ideal situation would be an add-on to XMITIP which would provide the free product with overlays and no need to use a PC ... One can dream. Have you looked at or contacted the PDFLIB vendor? http://www.pdflib.com/ Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
no, specify via a DD card. we have many applications that do exactly this. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Deleting after FTP On 11 Jan 2008 13:30:53 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tony babonas) wrote: FTP a temp file...let the OS do the work. Can I pass a true temporary file name within the FTP command? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
My archive of similiar material has: Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899. Same quote is in WikiQuote w/same attribution but no explanation of who Charles H. Duell was. The Futurist article was 2000 Sep/Oct p.20. I don't know if it had futher attribution. Couldn't find related any info on snopes. I am skeptical because I think the idea of invention was not used by the Romans, even considering their engineering orientation. Related entries (some also in Alan Field's post): But what ... is it good for? - Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. - The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 I think there is a world market for about five computers. - Thomas J Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM, 1943 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 01/11/2008 03:31:14 PM: Well, since it is Friday I thought I'd post a little humor item, especially considering the quote from John von Neumann. In an article in The Futurist magazine, writer Laura Lee catalogues some of the worst predictions of all time: Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments. -Roman engineer Julius Sextus Frontinus, A.D. 100 The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. -John Eric Ericksen, surgeon to Queen Victoria, 1873 Law will be simplified [over the next century]. Lawyers will have diminished, and their fees will have been vastly curtailed. -journalist Junius Henri Browne, 1893 It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything. -Albert Einstein's teacher to Einstein's father, 1895 It would appear we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology. -computer scientist John von Neumann, 1949 The Japanese don't make anything the people in the U.S. would want. -Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1954 Nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within 10 years. -Alex Lewyt, president of the Lewyt Vacuum Cleaner Company, quoted in the New York Times, June 10, 1955 Before man reaches the moon, your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to Australia by guided missiles. We stand on the threshold of rocket mail. -Arthur Summerfield, U.S. Postmaster General under Eisenhower, 1959 By the turn of the century, we will live in a paperless society. -Roger Smith, chairman of General Motors, 1986 I predict the internet ... will go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse. -Bob Metcalfe, InfoWorld, 1995 Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Thorn Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Worst Predictions of All Time She forgot the one from the half wit who predicted the date time of the shutdown of the last mainframe. SNIP And the one about a certain company that decided to not get into making computers because they would only see a need for 7 in the US (did I remember that one right?). Later, Steve Thompson -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:45:59 -0700, Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It depends on what the craft of the programming is supposed to be. The reason for making efficient code is to save the company money. If the programmer turned some of his attention towards understanding the users' needs better, his value to the company can be improved. ... The original article said software engineer, not programer. It wasn't explicitly stated, but I think that implies some element of design, not just implementing. While that might include picking the best existing solution it also includes creating a new solution if the best is not good. And that implies being able to evaluate the existing collection of existing solutions, not just be able to pick one off the shelf. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:22 -0500, Jon Brock wrote: It seems to me that there are important differences between the way you conceive of and design a program in assembler/COBOL/C versus, say, Ruby or Java. +1 (as the kids say). IMO the finest undergraduate programming textbook is Abelson and Sussman's _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_. They use Scheme Lisp and emphasize functional programming; they don't bother to introduce Scheme's assignment operator until nearly halfway through the book. I remember being stunned when I got to that point and realized I hadn't missed it. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Sub-CEC Reports
Dean, I sent you a flatfile (LRECL=240 RECFM=VBA) via private email from the host using SAS. Tell me if it makes your way... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Yes, I use this regulary. Can SMTP handle files other than 80 bytes ? Still haven't gone to the link you sent. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports This is how I send files in a batch job... //MAILFILE PROC SOUT='*', // DS='???', // EMAILADR='???' // //**** // //IEBGENER EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSOUTDD SYSOUT=SOUT //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=SOUT //SYSUT1DD DISP=SHR,DSN=OSS05.TEST.SYSIN(EMAILADR) // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=DS //SYSUT2DD SYSOUT=(B,SMTPB), // DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80,RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS) //SYSIN DD DUMMY The contents of the SYSIN file... HELO SBCSF1 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DATA FROM: Gary Green TO: .. SUBJECT: Emailed file -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Thanks Gary. Just the summary. It's 113 lines. We send it without signature also. How would I get the contents into into the body of an SMTP stream ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Can't say Dean... I write the output as well, edit it down to the one page, print it for the manager to sign and then fax it over, -and-, as a heads-up, email them a copy of the unsigned report. I do know that they use the emailed copy for pricing purposes (got hit with a price increase just last quarter)... Whether they back that up with the faxed copy I could not say. When I took over the chore I just let things continue as they were. If I knew they would accept the report without signature, I would just schedule the job for the first Monday of the reporting quarter, and email the report to them from the host (SYSOUT = (B,SMTP)), with CC's to other interested parties, myself included. When you write the output, how large is the report? Do you get all those monthly charts and graphs for each LPAR or just the summary page? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports We right the output to a file, can we just FTP it ? Will they accept it like that ? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sub-CEC Reports Automatically sending it is the easy part. We need to have the report signed by a manager to authenticate it so we wind up faxing it. Unless of course, you mean extracting that single page from the mass of output and just sending that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Montevago Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sub-CEC Reports Hi, Has anybody automated sending the report to IBM ? If so, how'd you do it ? TIA Dean Dean Montevago Sr. Systems Specialist Visiting Nurse Service of New York (212) 609 - 9608 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e-mail-servers.com/d6345c571a9cea41fddc46f096469307worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/3898a7636dfaa0b0abbd44d7af0a62d8worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
Re: Deleting after FTP
Not unless you code FREE=CLOSE. ENQ's are kept fore the life of the job. How do I do this? On the DD statement, code: FREE=CLOSE as an extra parameter on the card. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Does it matter where the fault is? Yes, I believe it does. If memory leaks are a problem, they have to be resolved, just like any coding issue. If it's the programmer - train or dismiss. If it's the compiler - get it fixed. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Deleting after FTP
FTP a temp file...let the OS do the work. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Deleting after FTP On 11 Jan 2008 12:44:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: Instead of deleting via JCL, I use IDCAMS or IKJEFT01. With IKJEFT01 (TSO/batch), my JCL looks like: //DELE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // PARM='DEL ''dsn'' ' //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY That worked! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release Date: 1/11/2008 10:19 AM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL?
Another Idea, there is a PHP (programmig language just like ASP, Perl, etc.) port for z/OS running under Apache for z/OS. PHP has PDF routines. I don't know if PHP (running under z/OS Unix) can be called out of COBOL. Nevertheless PHP is open source, so there must be open source libraries with PDF creation functionality. Sometimes they are easier to compile than one thinks, but sometimes it doesn't work at all. Maybe this is worth a try too. Denis. -Original Message- From: Gary Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 8:03 pm Subject: Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL? I am asking this because I do not know the answer and have not tried it... Do you have SAS? I know it can produce a PDF file, supposedly with ease using ODS. The part I do not know is, can it produce a PDF type file on the host. Worse case, have SAS write it to a directory on a workstation/LAN, I've used SAMBA for the mounting. Then the PDF file would be sitting there ready to do whatever... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warner Mach Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL? I have played around with XMITIP and TXT2PDF to some extent. I have also discussed the DATA21 PDF product with one of the representatives of that company. . The problem with the XMITIP system (from our perspective) is that it does not have an 'overlay' feature (which we could really use for W-2s). The problem with the DATA21 product is that the PDF portion requires going to a PC as intermediary; which introduces security problems, along with political issues. . The ideal situation would be an add-on to XMITIP which would provide the free product with overlays and no need to use a PC ... One can dream. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/efd8f46c8641f67a92fcaf97810002f3worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html More new features than ever. Check out the new AIM(R) Mail ! - http://webmail.aim.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL?
I am asking this because I do not know the answer and have not tried it... Do you have SAS? I know it can produce a PDF file, supposedly with ease using ODS. The part I do not know is, can it produce a PDF type file on the host. Worse case, have SAS write it to a directory on a workstation/LAN, I've used SAMBA for the mounting. Then the PDF file would be sitting there ready to do whatever... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warner Mach Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can a pdf document be create using COBOL? I have played around with XMITIP and TXT2PDF to some extent. I have also discussed the DATA21 PDF product with one of the representatives of that company. . The problem with the XMITIP system (from our perspective) is that it does not have an 'overlay' feature (which we could really use for W-2s). The problem with the DATA21 product is that the PDF portion requires going to a PC as intermediary; which introduces security problems, along with political issues. . The ideal situation would be an add-on to XMITIP which would provide the free product with overlays and no need to use a PC ... One can dream. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 1/10/2008 1:32 PM http://e-mail-servers.com/efd8f46c8641f67a92fcaf97810002f3worker.jpg -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Identifying GDG datasets in a deferred status
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:11:11 -0600, Gilbert Cardenas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have created a jcl to list all the GDG datasets that are in a deferred status. Unfortunately, the jcl is lengthy and runs quite a while because I had to perform the following steps to filter out only the datasets I wanted : STEP1. Perform an IDCAMS LISTCAT UCAT ALL to a dataset to identify all the user catalogs. STEP2. Sort include only the catalog names and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST CAT [the catalog name]. STEP3. Perform the IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP2. STEP4. Perform another SORT against the output of STEP3 and include only the records that contain GDG BASE and reformat the output to format the IDCAMS spread cards LISTC NVSAM HIST GDG ENT [gdg base name]. STEP5. Perform the actual IDCAMS LISTC from the dataset created in STEP4. STEP6. SORT include only the records that contain NONVSAM and STATUS which gives me all the GDG entries and their status. I then perform a search on deferred to find if there are any GDGs in a deferred rollin status. This seems like a lot of rigmarole just to be able to find out what gdgs are in a deferred status. Does anyone have a better/faster/reliable way to do this? Yes. Do it with the CSI (catalog search interface) in one step. Look at NVSMATTR: +---+ ¦ Table 21. Catalog Field Names ¦ +---¦ ¦ Type ¦ Len ¦ Name ¦ Description ¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ Character¦ 1 ¦ NVSMATTR ¦ Non-VSAM attribute information ¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ c'H' ¦ ¦¦ Active GDS ¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ c'N' ¦ ¦¦ Deferred GDS¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ c'M' ¦ ¦¦ Rolled-off GDS ¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ c'L' ¦ ¦¦ Extended partitioned data set (PDSE)¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ c'P' ¦ ¦¦ POSIX data set ¦ +--+-++-¦ ¦ x'00'¦ ¦¦ Simple non-VSAM data set¦ +--+-++-+ The CSI documentation is in the Managing Catalogs manual. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SEMI off topic
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:32:31 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: I was accustomed, decades ago, to hearing 400 Hz. Was it always 415 Hz., subject to verbal shorthand? Yes. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? And one of the biggest problems with OOP is the use of object libraries. For __beginning__ students, using OOP usually means just wiring together a number of pre-existing objects, or maybe just extending an existing object. WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING HOW THE OBJECT WORKS! Unfortunately, using existing objects is one of the selling points of OOP. It's supposed to make programming easier and faster. For an experienced programmer, this is a boon. But it totally defeats the purpose for a beginner. They end up knowing very little and create crappy code. In C, programmers just use the qsort() function to sort stuff. And it is not optimal in all cases (I prefer heapsort, in general). Of course, in today's who cares? Just give me an answer right now! mind set, this may be a good thing. It also reduces programming from a craft to something more like an assembly line worker. Which is also good in that it means that programmers are cheaper and easier to replace, thus giving them less value to the company. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
