Group Limit and Weights
We have some problems to understand the relation between group limit and weights. Let's say we have a CEC with 1000 MSUs, and 2 LPARs defined in an lpar group with defined MSU = 0 and a group limit of 50 MSUs. The weights however are 80 (L1) and 20(L2) (sum of all weights is 1000) and so twice the size than the group limit. Now when the sum of both 4h avgs exceeds 50 capping is turned on on both lpars. Is the proportion of capacity each lpar gets under capping determined by the ratio of the weights, so that L1 gets four times as much as L2? What is the max capacity under capping each lpar gets? Is it determined by the group limit or the weights? I know that weights come into play when the CEC runs 100% busy, then they guarantee the min capacity for each lpar. But what role do they play under capping in an lpar group? If someone has some more insight in this area I'd appreciate any help. Werner Kuehnel -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Pedantic Tape Analyzer?
Paul Gilmartin wrote: Can this be written in Rexx? IANASP. IANAHLASMP. Ok, you've got me in a corner in a round room... :) What are these acronyms actually? I think the first one is : I Am Not A System Programmer. TIA! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: File Transfer Issue
Well the OP was transferring the file in binary mode instead of ASCII (text), so there won't have been any character translation or end-of-line delimiting. Brian -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: 25 February 2009 17:46 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: File Transfer Issue Is it possible that there may be come character encoding/translation issues that would end up garbling the file as it passes from tinkertoyland to Big Iron? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bri P Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: File Transfer Issue In essence, Base64 encoding.. Turning binary data into graphic ASCII. For some reason, in PGP circles particularly, they call it 'ASCII-Armored'. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Enterprise COBOL DSA layout
HI Listeners I would like to know the layout/field definition of a cobol program DSA. Is there any way to get this information?? (I am not speaking of the DSA layout produced by the compiler with the LIST option, but of the layout of the variable memory area located between the CALL STATEMENT PROGRAM NAME address and the end of the DSA, i.e. the definition of all temporary variable used by the compiler for a cobol program without any LOCAL SECTION TIA zosrothko -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Pedantic Tape Analyzer?
I am not a high-level assembler programmer? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Pedantic Tape Analyzer? Paul Gilmartin wrote: Can this be written in Rexx? IANASP. IANAHLASMP. Ok, you've got me in a corner in a round room... :) What are these acronyms actually? I think the first one is : I Am Not A System Programmer. TIA! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can TOD (STCKE) be compressed into 12 bytes
without losing its sysplex-wide uniqueness STCK/STCKF/STCKE values are not sysplex-wide unique. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can TOD (STCKE) be compressed into 12 bytes
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:14:46 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: without losing its sysplex-wide uniqueness STCK/STCKF/STCKE values are not sysplex-wide unique. Isn't that what the TOD Programmable Field (bits 112-127) is for? -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Screen size (was 3270 emulator cost)
Which IPCS display uses 143 columns? I thought IPCS used only 141. IPCS uses up to 136. We did this already (but it was probably 2 years ago). Nope. IPCS uses what it can get, it seems. I just see the proof in a verbx mtrace output row 60, column 157 for one message. I must have missed the IPCS discussion 2 years ago. It was my understanding that IPCS reports are 'sort of' preformatted - so they may appear to only use 14x columns. The verbx vsmdata report used to change its format depending on the width of the screen - definitely different layout for 80 column screens. Some reports didn't have the need to scroll to the right, others would always use at least 132 or thereabouts. best regards, Barbara -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: FDRABR, DR, and Things That Go Bump In The Night
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Re: Group Limit and Weights
This is an interesting question, and I would be interested in an answer myself. I know that if you had several LPARs with the sum off the weights being 1000, but you didn't have any capping then L1 with a weight of 80 would get (80/1000)*100 or 8% of the total machine, and L2 would get 2% if the CPU hits 100% utilization. However, I'm not sure what happens with you have group capping. We don't have that here yet because we're still on z/OS 1.7 so we have each LPAR capped separately. I would guess the L1 would get 80% of 50 MSUs and L2 would get 20% of 50 MSUs. Therefore, they'd get 40 and 10 MSUs respectively, or whatever that translates to in MIPS for your processor. Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Werner Kuehnel Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Group Limit and Weights We have some problems to understand the relation between group limit and weights. Let's say we have a CEC with 1000 MSUs, and 2 LPARs defined in an lpar group with defined MSU = 0 and a group limit of 50 MSUs. The weights however are 80 (L1) and 20(L2) (sum of all weights is 1000) and so twice the size than the group limit. Now when the sum of both 4h avgs exceeds 50 capping is turned on on both lpars. Is the proportion of capacity each lpar gets under capping determined by the ratio of the weights, so that L1 gets four times as much as L2? What is the max capacity under capping each lpar gets? Is it determined by the group limit or the weights? I know that weights come into play when the CEC runs 100% busy, then they guarantee the min capacity for each lpar. But what role do they play under capping in an lpar group? If someone has some more insight in this area I'd appreciate any help. Werner Kuehnel -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html * If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. * -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Screen size (was 3270 emulator cost)
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:32:09 -0600, Tom Marchant m42tom- ibmm...@yahoo.com wrote: I used to routinely specify LOGMODE=D4C32XX3 when I connected. That was before I learned that I could add this to the [Telnet3270] section in PComm: TerminalTypeString=IBM-DYNAMIC That tells TCPIP to use that as the default logmode. Don't know if or how this relates, but there is also the [3270] setting: QueryReplyMode=Auto Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Screen size (was 3270 emulator cost)
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:25:37 -0600, Barbara Nitz nitz-...@gmx.net wrote: Which IPCS display uses 143 columns? I thought IPCS used only 141. IPCS uses up to 136. We did this already (but it was probably 2 years ago). Nope. IPCS uses what it can get, it seems. I just see the proof in a verbx mtrace output row 60, column 157 for one message. I must have missed the IPCS discussion 2 years ago. snip Sorry, it wasn't an IPCS discussion, it was the same discussion as this. And my statement was misleading. The 136 is the size needed to browse storage and see 8 hex words on the left plus the EBCDIC stuff on the right side of the screen. I think that was the size Ed was using initially and what I used also until I realized I wanted to be able to edit/view lrecl=133 and see the whole thing with the sequence numbers. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Loop around HASCSRDS on z/OS v1.r7 w/v1.r9 toleration PTFs
Anyone: We have installed the toleration PTFs for z/OS v1.r9 on z/OS v1.r7 and are experiencing occasional hangs which seem to occur when a job is submitted from TSO or from a batch job through INTRDR. In these cases, the submitter hangs and the submitted job will probably run. An examination of the trace table in a dump of the submitter's address space indicates repeated interrupts (timer pops and I/O interrupts) in the HASCSRDS load module. Has anyone out there experienced this problem and have any known solution? Mike Myers Pitt County Memorial Hospital -- The contents of this e-mail (and any attachments) are confidential, may be privileged and may contain copyright material. You may only reproduce or distribute material if you are expressly authorized by us to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email (and any attachments) is unauthorized. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete this e-mail and any copies of it from your system. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Loop around HASCSRDS on z/OS v1.r7 w/v1.r9 toleration PTFs
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:57:13 -0500, Mike Myers mike.my...@pcmh.com wrote: Anyone: We have installed the toleration PTFs for z/OS v1.r9 on z/OS v1.r7 and are experiencing occasional hangs which seem to occur when a job is submitted from TSO or from a batch job through INTRDR. In these cases, the submitter hangs and the submitted job will probably run. An examination of the trace table in a dump of the submitter's address space indicates repeated interrupts (timer pops and I/O interrupts) in the HASCSRDS load module. Has anyone out there experienced this problem and have any known solution? Open a PMR with IBM. Could be OA13994, but that is a fairly old APAR. A search for JES2 LOOP R720 in IBMLINK returned 35 hits. Filtering to updated on or after 1/1/2008 returned 17 hits. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SYMDEF length limitations
I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: UnixSS and C
Hi Kevin, Check out http://www.dignus.com. It's not free - but it's pretty reasonably priced. And, I have to add this disclaimer - of course, I work there :-) - Dave Rivers - O'Mara, Kevin, ITD wrote: I contend that in Windoze Linux world, maybe most other operating systems, there is at least one free C compiler readily available. When I found that we did not have any C compiler, because of cost, I was very sadly surprised. All coding is HLASM, as we do, of course, have an assembler. To have a ported version of Unix with no C compiler seems absurd to me. Using USS for TCP/IP, FTP, SSL etc. I have hopes for PERL still. Were there a C compiler readily available, how much more friendly would z/OS, UnixSS in z/OS, appear to newcomers? Microsoft has always charged an arm leg for their C compilers, still you can find a free C compiler for Windoze quite easily. -- Kevin -- PREV: Do folks care about USS? That is, do most z/OS shops actually use USS for anything beyond the things they're forced to (TCP/IP stuff, for example)? ... The related question is: Do folks use C on z/OS much? ... Thanks. -- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- riv...@dignus.comWork: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
SMF reporting question
I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? It must either be something that we already have, such as COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus (without the SMF add on), REXX, HLASM, ... . We cannot spend any hard money on this. Oh, it would be nice if if were very CPU efficient because we just downgraded our z9BC from a V02 to a T02 in order to save on software costs. And it must be such that doing ad hoc requests can be responded to quickly. Yes, I know, give me the world, but don't spend any money. I am actually looking at downloading the raw SMF data to a Linux box (my desktop) using BINary and SITE RDW. I did this for last week's SMF and had about 14Gib of data. I know how to read this with Java. This may actually be what I end up looking at doing. But I am the only person in my group who is even mildly Java literate. The main performance person is not. And he doesn't have access to my PC anyway. Of course, that is one reason that I'm looking at Java. I have written Java in the past (minor application) which truly was run anywhere. At least it ran, as compiled on the Linux box, on 32 bit Linux/Intel, 64 bit Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X, 32 bit Windows, and on the z. I just transferred the jar file and ran it. Any thoughts or commiserations appreciated. -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
IIRC, there are some ASM and/or cobol packages on the CBT tape. snip I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:40:12 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? No. The length can't be longer than the variable. It is documented under SYMDEF for IEASYMxx in the MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference. The first sentence documents it, but I've included the entire text from the fine manual. The length of the resolved substitution text cannot exceed the length of symbol, including the ampersand on symbol and excluding the single quotation marks on 'sub-text'. For example, although the length of sub-text exceeds the length of the symbol FRANKIE in the following example, the symbols contained in sub-text resolve to 1268ABC, which is a valid substitution text: SYMDEF(MARYJOE.='1234568') SYMDEF(FRANKIE.='MARYJOE(1:2).MARYJOE(-2:2).ABC') However, the definition JOHN='JOHNDOE' is not valid because the resolved substitution text JOHNDOE contains more characters than the system symbol JOHN. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
DF/SORT and/or ICETOOL are my first 2 choices. Examples abound. Take a look at Frank Y.'s examples in the IBM web site first. I wrote several DF/SORT based SMF jobs years ago before we purchased a product that does a much better job. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SMF reporting question I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? It must either be something that we already have, such as COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus (without the SMF add on), REXX, HLASM, ... . We cannot spend any hard money on this. Oh, it would be nice if if were very CPU efficient because we just downgraded our z9BC from a V02 to a T02 in order to save on software costs. And it must be such that doing ad hoc requests can be responded to quickly. Yes, I know, give me the world, but don't spend any money. I am actually looking at downloading the raw SMF data to a Linux box (my desktop) using BINary and SITE RDW. I did this for last week's SMF and had about 14Gib of data. I know how to read this with Java. This may actually be what I end up looking at doing. But I am the only person in my group who is even mildly Java literate. The main performance person is not. And he doesn't have access to my PC anyway. Of course, that is one reason that I'm looking at Java. I have written Java in the past (minor application) which truly was run anywhere. At least it ran, as compiled on the Linux box, on 32 bit Linux/Intel, 64 bit Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X, 32 bit Windows, and on the z. I just transferred the jar file and ran it. Any thoughts or commiserations appreciated. -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1973 - Release Date: 02/26/09 07:03:00 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
I've always used Optimized PL/1 for these sorts of requests. It took me a while but I created PL/1 Structures for the various SMF records as needed; that was the hard part. After that, I used PL/1 to create quite a number of reports in a fairly short time: program usage statistics, ABEND statistics, performance, dataset usage, etc. John McKown wrote: I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? It must either be something that we already have, such as COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus (without the SMF add on), REXX, HLASM, ... . We cannot spend any hard money on this. Oh, it would be nice if if were very CPU efficient because we just downgraded our z9BC from a V02 to a T02 in order to save on software costs. And it must be such that doing ad hoc requests can be responded to quickly. Yes, I know, give me the world, but don't spend any money. I am actually looking at downloading the raw SMF data to a Linux box (my desktop) using BINary and SITE RDW. I did this for last week's SMF and had about 14Gib of data. I know how to read this with Java. This may actually be what I end up looking at doing. But I am the only person in my group who is even mildly Java literate. The main performance person is not. And he doesn't have access to my PC anyway. Of course, that is one reason that I'm looking at Java. I have written Java in the past (minor application) which truly was run anywhere. At least it ran, as compiled on the Linux box, on 32 bit Linux/Intel, 64 bit Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X, 32 bit Windows, and on the z. I just transferred the jar file and ran it. Any thoughts or commiserations appreciated. -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Rick -- Remember that if you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:07:43 -0600, John McKown joa...@swbell.net wrote: I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? It must either be something that we already have, such as COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus (without the SMF add on), REXX, HLASM, ... . We cannot spend any hard money on this. Oh, it would be nice if if were very CPU efficient because we just downgraded our z9BC from a V02 to a T02 in order to save on software costs. And it must be such that doing ad hoc requests can be responded to quickly. Yes, I know, give me the world, but don't spend any money. What does hard money mean. Zero? What kind of reporting? Just SMF30 accounting type?Did you look at the CBT? There are samples there. I've done some stuff in rexx (report on steps, return codes, abends etc.). Although I'm not suggesting that since REXX can't deal with spanned records (I reproed them from VBS to VB for this - which was okay for the SMF 30s). This was for a client so I can't share the code, but it was mostly for some ad-hoc stuff the team lead / mgr wanted, so I had some pre-canned filter code: /***/ /* Start of filter records section */ /***/ /**/ /* Add code here to select or exclude records based on SID, */ /* JESID, JOBNAME, STEPNAME, PROGNAME, CLS or RTCD. */ /**/ /* EXAMPLES: */ /**/ /* if PROGNAME 'SORT' then iterate */ /* if RTCD = '' | RTCD = 'FLUSH' then iterate */ /* if RTCD 'S0C1' RTCD 'U0020' then iterate */ /* if JOBNAME 'ABCDEFGH' | PROGNAME 'SMFDUMP' then iterate */ /**/ /***/ /* End of filter records section */ /***/ Did you look into other commercial software (CA-JARS, WPS instead of SAS)? Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:32:49 -0600, Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com wrote: What does hard money mean. Zero? Correct. Hard money means a check made out to somebody. Soft money is possible, but that basically means that __we__ do something to get the report so our salary is paying for it. What kind of reporting? Just SMF30 accounting type?Did you look at the CBT? There are samples there. I've done some stuff in rexx (report on steps, return codes, abends etc.). Although I'm not suggesting that since REXX can't deal with spanned records (I reproed them from VBS to VB for this - which was okay for the SMF 30s). This was for a client so I can't share the code, but it was mostly for some ad-hoc stuff the team lead / mgr wanted, so I had some pre-canned filter code: That's the main problem. It may be type 30. But it may be who used this dataset? (we downloaded DAF for this from the CBT already). Or it may be CICS performance (which transactions use the most CPU, most file calls, etc). I think most of this latter can come out of Mainview for CICS. The main problems are: (1) extreme vagueness as to what is wanted; (2) lack to knowledge and experience with other possibilities for processing ad hoc requests of SMF information. Another thought is to convert the SMF data from its normal form to a printable XML format which could then be downloaded to a PC (Windows or Linux) and more easily processed there using normal PC tools. I'm grasping at straws, I know. Thanks to all for not being too P.O.'ed at me. -- John -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Group Limit and Weights
The capacity of the group is distributed to the LPARs in the group based on the normalized weights of the LPARs in that group. When the group limit is exceeded L1 would be 40 MSUs, (80% or 50) and L2 would get 10 MSUs. If L1 does not require 40, then the excess can be used by L2 (just like without group limits). If L1 is not running at all then L2 can have all 50 MSUs of the group. Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software Seminars on IBM SW Pricing, LPARs, and IRD -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
z/OS 1.9 installation restore of USS file failure
This is my first attempt at installing z/OS. The restore of USS files failes with the following messages. Calling pax (via BPXBATSL) to restore into /Service Pax return code is: 0 Running BPXISETS EXEC to convert to Symlinks /Service/etc /Service/var The EXEC to convert the etc/ and var/ directories to symlinks has begun. It will run for a couple of minutes. The EXEC BPXISETS ran at 11:17:42 on 26 Feb 2009 . Either unmount the HFS data set on directory /Service/etc or move the contents of this directory into a separate HFS data set. Also ensure you have appropriate priviledges to execute this job. RC=88RSN=5B530110 Directory /Service/var converted to symlink successfully. The EXEC has completed with Return Code 12 I created new/seperate ETC and VAR files. I have no idea what is wrong at this point as the above messages are all that I get. Not very discriptive. Thanks, Jerry -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
Check the Init and Tuning Reference instead of the Guide. The reference is very clear about the length of the symbol as well the length of the substitution text. Sean -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SYMDEF length limitations I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can TOD (STCKE) be compressed into 12 bytes
Thanks to everyone responded. I should have stated my purpose more clearly - all the application needs is a some sort of a reference number, unique within a current week. This is under CICS, so the goal can be easily achieved through the use of a named counter. However, this would come with the overhead of the counter remote access and weekly maintenance. The reason I was looking at the STCKE TOD is - in POP, under SCKPF instruction, it is documented to be unique within a multiple-configuration system. [Isn't this a SYSPLEX?] So, here's what I think the application should do: 1) determine the current day-of-week [Sun=0,...,Sat=6]; store as byte#1 2) calculate time since today's midnight [by dividing TOD into 0141 DD76 which is 1 DAY in clock units, then multiplying by this very value and subtracting the result from the TOD]; this will only occupy 6 bytes in clock units, so store as bytes ##2-7 3) copy the *last* 4 bytes from the STCKE return into bytes ##8-11 This would require only 11 bytes and should be unique within a current week. Comments, please? Thanks! -Victor- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: FDRABR, DR, and Things That Go Bump In The Night
Hi Daniel, I see Joseph Butz has already chimed in - they're all good people at IDP. We just had our annual DR test yesterday and we use FDRABR and FDRAPPL to restore and recover at DR. We're a pretty simple shop (no plex) but I'll be glad to help if I can. We use FDRDSF to backup the catalogs, etc, after the volume dumps and FDRAPPL to restore those pesky application datasets that seem to get scattered around. Currently we do not process the daily incrementals at DR - we only recover back to the last full dump (Sunday in our case). In a real disaster we could recover to the last night's backup. We do a lean mean DR test to save money. We don't have the luxury of FDRDRP to restore multiple volumes in parallel, but all the disk volumes we recover fit on one 3592 tape. This means just one tape mount but one-by-one disk restores. If you had a lot to recover in a short time I would suggest FDRDRP also - I looked at it and liked it. Yep, you get what you pay for... :) Robert Johnston UAMS - Little Rock, AR -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: FDRABR, DR, and Things That Go Bump In The Night Currently our DR backup JCL streams are generated by REXX EXECs and sent to the reader. We stack up to 15 volumes per 3590 in that process. Another EXEC generates restore JCL for use at DR. Now the DR maven wants us to look at FDRABR for incrementals and for the whole backup scenario in general. This would more than likely be a TYPE=AUTO with a weekly full dump and incrementals during the week. He is also interested in FDRAPPL to replace DRManager in use now. OK, here is my confusion. In my current process I have around 60 jobs to run at DR on the floor system. I simply restore the PDS containing those jobs and send them in. Now if we switch to FDRABR (AUTO) what is my course of action at DR? I've been combing through the manual but it's only opened up this type of question. Thank you! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
What's SAS on Winders cost? I thought it was pretty cheap, almost pocket change? Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SMF reporting question On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:32:49 -0600, Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com wrote: What does hard money mean. Zero? Correct. Hard money means a check made out to somebody. Soft money is possible, but that basically means that __we__ do something to get the report so our salary is paying for it. What kind of reporting? Just SMF30 accounting type?Did you look at the CBT? There are samples there. I've done some stuff in rexx (report on steps, return codes, abends etc.). Although I'm not suggesting that since REXX can't deal with spanned records (I reproed them from VBS to VB for this - which was okay for the SMF 30s). This was for a client so I can't share the code, but it was mostly for some ad-hoc stuff the team lead / mgr wanted, so I had some pre-canned filter code: That's the main problem. It may be type 30. But it may be who used this dataset? (we downloaded DAF for this from the CBT already). Or it may be CICS performance (which transactions use the most CPU, most file calls, etc). I think most of this latter can come out of Mainview for CICS. The main problems are: (1) extreme vagueness as to what is wanted; (2) lack to knowledge and experience with other possibilities for processing ad hoc requests of SMF information. Another thought is to convert the SMF data from its normal form to a printable XML format which could then be downloaded to a PC (Windows or Linux) and more easily processed there using normal PC tools. I'm grasping at straws, I know. Thanks to all for not being too P.O.'ed at me. -- John -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Group Cap/MSU's question
Hello Gurus, I am interested to find out which of the 2 options below is better and why? OPTION 1: LPAR A DEFCAP=50 LPAR B DEFCAP=30 GROUP CAP = 60 OR OPTION 2: LPAR A DEFCAP=40 LPAR B DEFCAP=20 GROUP CAP = 120 Assume that in both cases LPARS have access to all the CP's(2 CP CEC) and their weights are set at 65% and 35%.We are running on a z9 EC machine with z/OS 1.9 in WLM goal mode. Also assume that both LPARS 4 hour rolling average will hit the caps and IMS,DB2,MQ run on both LPARS. My view is that in both cases above the MAX MSU's charged will be 60MSU's. If this is correct I am trying to understand which of the above options is better overall CPU utilization (Peak and non-peak times). Thanks in advance, Santosh. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
I'm not that familiar with it but the RMF Spreadsheet Reporter might povide you with some z/OS performance reporting. I'm pretty sure it comes with RMF so it probably meets your requirement of being something you already have. Have a nice day, Dave Betten DFSORT Development, Performance Lead IBM Corporation email: bet...@us.ibm.com DFSORT/MVSontheweb at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 02/26/2009 11:07:43 AM: I realize that most people likely use SAS for SMF reporting. We did this in the past. Management has declared that SAS on the z is simply too expensive. They also declared that installing the Windows version on our main user's PC is also too expensive. End of discussion on that point. So, what else could be used? It must either be something that we already have, such as COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus (without the SMF add on), REXX, HLASM, ... . We cannot spend any hard money on this. Oh, it would be nice if if were very CPU efficient because we just downgraded our z9BC from a V02 to a T02 in order to save on software costs. And it must be such that doing ad hoc requests can be responded to quickly. Yes, I know, give me the world, but don't spend any money. I am actually looking at downloading the raw SMF data to a Linux box (my desktop) using BINary and SITE RDW. I did this for last week's SMF and had about 14Gib of data. I know how to read this with Java. This may actually be what I end up looking at doing. But I am the only person in my group who is even mildly Java literate. The main performance person is not. And he doesn't have access to my PC anyway. Of course, that is one reason that I'm looking at Java. I have written Java in the past (minor application) which truly was run anywhere. At least it ran, as compiled on the Linux box, on 32 bit Linux/Intel, 64 bit Linux/Intel, Mac OS/X, 32 bit Windows, and on the z. I just transferred the jar file and ran it. Any thoughts or commiserations appreciated. -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... Itschak On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Smith, Sean M sean.m.sm...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Check the Init and Tuning Reference instead of the Guide. The reference is very clear about the length of the symbol as well the length of the substitution text. Sean -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SYMDEF length limitations I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
What's SAS on Winders cost? I thought it was pretty cheap, almost pocket change? Compared to 'normal' software on Windows it's expensive, and there's an annual fee, approx 15%. But, it's been since 2004, that I've run SAS on a PC, so I could be out of date. Also, if a company wants to spend ZERO, any cost is too expensive. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Group Cap/MSU's question
FWIW, I prefer option 1. In effect, option 2 is similar to having two separate machines, one with a capacity of 40, and another with a capacity of 20. Neither LPAR can utilize unused capacity from the other. So, when LPAR B is practically idle, LPAR A still cannot use more than 40. Option 1 allows LPAR A to utilize up to 83% of all CPU, and LPAR B up to 50%. This more effectively utilizes resources. The weights will keep the balance right when both LPARS have the demand to use more than their 2/3 or 1/3. I am interested to find out which of the 2 options below is better and why? OPTION 1: LPAR A DEFCAP=50 LPAR B DEFCAP=30 GROUP CAP = 60 OR OPTION 2: LPAR A DEFCAP=40 LPAR B DEFCAP=20 GROUP CAP = 120 Assume that in both cases LPARS have access to all the CP's(2 CP CEC) and their weights are set at 65% and 35%.We are running on a z9 EC machine with z/OS 1.9 in WLM goal mode. Also assume that both LPARS 4 hour rolling average will hit the caps and IMS,DB2,MQ run on both LPARS. My view is that in both cases above the MAX MSU's charged will be 60MSU's. If this is correct I am trying to understand which of the above options is better overall CPU utilization (Peak and non-peak times). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
The issue comes into play though when you use SYMBOLS in started task JCL. If the Symbol fits that would seem fine but it would be possible for the substitution text to be longer and thus cause a JCL error. Sean -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SYMDEF length limitations I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... Itschak On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Smith, Sean M sean.m.sm...@bankofamerica.com wrote: Check the Init and Tuning Reference instead of the Guide. The reference is very clear about the length of the symbol as well the length of the substitution text. Sean -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SYMDEF length limitations I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:42:44 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... ... I think the logic was to prevent JCL errors when symbols were expanded. Whether or not that is correct, it is a very frustrating limitation. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:42:44 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... An onerous restriction likely arising from naive parser design. The perpetrator ought to be required to retake Programming 101 in order to learn a better technique for performing symbolic substution. This brings to mind a couple additional questions: o Is there an upper limit to the target name in the IDCAMS SYMBOLICRELATE operand _before_ substitution is performed? This becomes important because the name before substitution must be at least as long as after substitution, and may likely be longer. o Is the null string a valid symbol value? E.g.: SYMDEF(Z='') -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:51:43 -0600, Patrick O'Keefe wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:42:44 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: I RTFMed before asking, but it looked strange to me that the length of the variable value is forced by the length of the variable name... ... I think the logic was to prevent JCL errors when symbols were expanded. Whether or not that is correct, it is a very frustrating limitation. Indeed. And a singularly ill-motivated rule; it falls far shy of its purpose. Consider: //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1WOMBAT.SAMPLIB ... which succeeds for SYMDEF(WOMBAT='.') but fails with JCL error for SYMDEF(WOMBAT='XYZZY'). All it guarantees is that some parsers may omit checks for buffer overflows. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SYMDEF length limitations
I think the logic was to prevent JCL errors when symbols were expanded. Whether or not that is correct, it is a very frustrating limitation. I agree. Symbols in PROCs and INCLIBs do not suffer from that limitation. If you get a JCL error, recode. The last proc/INCL I worked with was a special include for a PROC that was used in 34 countries, but had different parameters based on the volume of sales. It was: // SET SPACE=(CYL,(500,100)) -- for example And in the PROC: //DD1 DD SPACE=SPACE, ... rest of DD statement The value was longer than the variable name, but it worked. If you had a JCL error (which I don't believe happened), you massaged the PROC to 'fix' it. IIRC, JES2 didn't kill your job, if it got 'too long', but it's been a while. So, I don't understand the SYMDEF restriction! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Can TOD (STCKE) be compressed into 12 bytes
Assuming that the TOD Programmable Register uniquely identifies a machine in a parallel sysplex and given that successive STCKs yield different values on a single machine, why not STCKE to get the TOD Programmable Register and STCK to get a reference number. Ten bytes. Fewer moving parts. Bob Victor Gil wrote: Thanks to everyone responded. I should have stated my purpose more clearly - all the application needs is a some sort of a reference number, unique within a current week. This is under CICS, so the goal can be easily achieved through the use of a named counter. However, this would come with the overhead of the counter remote access and weekly maintenance. The reason I was looking at the STCKE TOD is - in POP, under SCKPF instruction, it is documented to be unique within a multiple-configuration system. [Isn't this a SYSPLEX?] So, here's what I think the application should do: 1) determine the current day-of-week [Sun=0,...,Sat=6]; store as byte#1 2) calculate time since today's midnight [by dividing TOD into 0141 DD76 which is 1 DAY in clock units, then multiplying by this very value and subtracting the result from the TOD]; this will only occupy 6 bytes in clock units, so store as bytes ##2-7 3) copy the *last* 4 bytes from the STCKE return into bytes ##8-11 This would require only 11 bytes and should be unique within a current week. Comments, please? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: EMC ControlCenter
Thanks. The discovery of the DMXs completed just took longer than I expected. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: EMC ControlCenter I would probably open a case with EMC then. I do not know how ECC works when talking to W32K to DMX box. Lizette No! Trying this from open Systems (W23k). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: EMC ControlCenter Are you running this to look at Mainframe dasd? If so, are you running the CMSAGENT on the mainframe? Lizette I have a question regarding discovering a EMC DMX via EMC ControlCenter. The DMX is attached to a ED140m a connectrix switch and the Symm/DMX is also connected to this switch. What ECC agent(s) do I need to install in order to via the DMX/SYMM? Are there other things to be considered as well? I can logon to the server that is attached to the SYmm/DMX via switch and issue SYMCLI display commands but I cannot see the Symm/DMX in ECC after installing the Symmetrix Agent. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: z/OS 1.9 installation restore of USS file failure
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:33:28 -0500, Jerry Fuchs wrote: Either unmount the HFS data set on directory /Service/etc or move the contents of this directory into a separate HFS data set. Also ensure you have appropriate priviledges to execute this job. RC=88RSN=5B530110 This reads like you've already got a /Service/etc directory defined and mounted. Maybe the process is expecting an empty /Service directory ??? I installed z/OS 1.9 a couple months ago and didn't have any problems with this portion of the install. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
We use Attachmate's Extra! 3270 emulator client version 6.71 and I'm looking to change how the highlighting of text on the screen is displayed. Currently the highlighting is a Dark Blue background with the text turned to white. Well, ALLOT of my text is white and my background is black. It makes it difficult many times to see what I've highlighted. Is anyone aware of a means to change this configuration? I checked all the help I can find and configuration settings and have not found anything related. I love to be able to have the highlighting be cross hairs (outlined) in some manner but at a minimum be able to change the back ground color. Thanks Bill George -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of George.William Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration We use Attachmate's Extra! 3270 emulator client version 6.71 and I'm looking to change how the highlighting of text on the screen is displayed. Currently the highlighting is a Dark Blue background with the text turned to white. Well, ALLOT of my text is white and my background is black. It makes it difficult many times to see what I've highlighted. Is anyone aware of a means to change this configuration? I checked all the help I can find and configuration settings and have not found anything related. I love to be able to have the highlighting be cross hairs (outlined) in some manner but at a minimum be able to change the back ground color. Hi George, Are you sure it's EXTRA giving you the issue? Have you tried SET SCREEN from SDSF? BobL -- This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or their designee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. OppenheimerFunds may, at its sole discretion, monitor, review, retain and/or disclose the content of all email communications. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Native 3592 tape and TS7700
I've been told something that I have a hard time believing, but I guess I better ask: Is it possible to read a native (non-VTS) 3592 cartridge using a TS7700 VTS? Unless something has changed since the older VTS models, I can't understand how you would accomplish this? TIA CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
SDSF is simply an application/system under TSO/ISPF. The emulator controls the highlighting of a windows based selection of an area of the screen. This is what I'm looking to configure. Thanks Bill -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu]on Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration Hi George, Are you sure it's EXTRA giving you the issue? Have you tried SET SCREEN from SDSF? BobL -- This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or their designee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. OppenheimerFunds may, at its sole discretion, monitor, review, retain and/or disclose the content of all email communications. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
You have some control over this from ISPF option 0. Select Colors from the Action Bar and choose option 2. -Original Message- From: George.William Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration SDSF is simply an application/system under TSO/ISPF. The emulator controls the highlighting of a windows based selection of an area of the screen. This is what I'm looking to configure. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
I've tried those too. nope. Thanks for the idea. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu]on Behalf Of Schwarz, Barry A Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration You have some control over this from ISPF option 0. Select Colors from the Action Bar and choose option 2. -Original Message- From: George.William Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration SDSF is simply an application/system under TSO/ISPF. The emulator controls the highlighting of a windows based selection of an area of the screen. This is what I'm looking to configure. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
I haven't got Extra V6, but on my V8 there is a Session tab has a drop down that you can set colours and many other things. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration
The session tab on 6.71 only had Connect and Disconnect. There is a SETTINGS applet that allows the changing of all sorts of colors but the option I'm looking for does not seem to exist within it. sigh. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu]on Behalf Of Field, Alan C. Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Extra! emulator - highlight configuration I haven't got Extra V6, but on my V8 there is a Session tab has a drop down that you can set colours and many other things. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Native 3592 tape and TS7700
Hi, I believe the answer is no, but will be interested to hear if anyone has accomplished this as we'd love to be able to do it here to get over a short-term hump. best regards Peter Bishop Opinions are my own and not my employer's. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:05 -0800, Gibney, Dave wrote: What's SAS on Winders cost? I thought it was pretty cheap, almost pocket change? Funnily enough, within the last week I had some-one who had migrated SAS off the mainframe mention that the Windoze solution was (now) also considered too expensive. Sounds like they are also looking for a zero cost answer. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Native 3592 tape and TS7700
That's my position also, but we actually got this message from our DR provider: As per our conversation earlier today, we have a VTS (Virtual Tape Server) that has a library with 3592 E05 drives in it, but no ATL type library with any. The VTS is the controller (or interface for the host) for this particular device. The VTS is essentially a box of DASD that acts as a buffer in tape operations; that's an extreme oversimplification of what it does, but that's the end result. Tape activity is slower than disk, so the disk in the VTS cache tape read write operations so that the CPU can continue to work while the tape 'plays catch up'. The tapes don't read or write any faster, but with the disk acting as a buffer, processing activity can continue without tying up an I/O channel. On a read operation, my understanding is that it's no different than a stand alone tape would be. In other words, it's a 'direct feed' from the tape to the host. Peter Bishop peter.bis...@eds.com 02/26/09 7:07 PM Hi, I believe the answer is no, but will be interested to hear if anyone has accomplished this as we'd love to be able to do it here to get over a short-term hump. best regards Peter Bishop Opinions are my own and not my employer's. CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Native 3592 tape and TS7700
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:46:47 -0500, Scott Rowe scott.r...@joann.com wrote: That's my position also, but we actually got this message from our DR provider: As per our conversation earlier today, we have a VTS (Virtual Tape Server) that has a library with 3592 E05 drives in it, but no ATL type library with any. The VTS is the controller (or interface for the host) for this particular device. The VTS is essentially a box of DASD that acts as a buffer in tape operations; that's an extreme oversimplification of what it does, but that's the end result. Tape activity is slower than disk, so the disk in the VTS cache tape read write operations so that the CPU can continue to work while the tape 'plays catch up'. The tapes don't read or write any faster, but with the disk acting as a buffer, processing activity can continue without tying up an I/O channel. On a read operation, my understanding is that it's no different than a stand alone tape would be. In other words, it's a 'direct feed' from the tape to the host. Peter Bishop peter.bis...@eds.com 02/26/09 7:07 PM Yes, that sounds about right. I'm more familiar with STK terminology, and in STK-speak our problem seems to be that the data we need cannot be delivered MVC-format tapes (Multi-Volume Cartridge - I don't know the IBM VTS equivalent term). Were that possible, we could insert them into the VTS and have them visible as virtual tape volumes which we could then start using... Good Luck. best regards Peter Bishop Opinions are my own and not my employer's. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: SMF reporting question
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Re: SYMDEF length limitations
Yes, it is a strange restriction. My question came from my try to build a customization tool for our product that uses SYDEFS, instead of parmlib. I'll have to cut the dsname into pieces. The idea was to point to a parmlib of load library by do the customization outside the product. Itschak On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: I think the logic was to prevent JCL errors when symbols were expanded. Whether or not that is correct, it is a very frustrating limitation. I agree. Symbols in PROCs and INCLIBs do not suffer from that limitation. If you get a JCL error, recode. The last proc/INCL I worked with was a special include for a PROC that was used in 34 countries, but had different parameters based on the volume of sales. It was: // SET SPACE=(CYL,(500,100)) -- for example And in the PROC: //DD1 DD SPACE=SPACE, ... rest of DD statement The value was longer than the variable name, but it worked. If you had a JCL error (which I don't believe happened), you massaged the PROC to 'fix' it. IIRC, JES2 didn't kill your job, if it got 'too long', but it's been a while. So, I don't understand the SYMDEF restriction! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Antwort: Re: Group Limit and Weights
Al and Tom, thanks for your explanations. That would confirm our observations. I've collected RMF PM performance data the last weeks in a 2min interval, so I'm going to verify this with some diagrams. Werner Kuehnel IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU schrieb am 26.02.2009 18:07:02: The capacity of the group is distributed to the LPARs in the group based on the normalized weights of the LPARs in that group. When the group limit is exceeded L1 would be 40 MSUs, (80% or 50) and L2 would get 10 MSUs. If L1 does not require 40, then the excess can be used by L2 (just like without group limits). If L1 is not running at all then L2 can have all 50 MSUs of the group. Al Sherkow, I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, WLC, LPARs, IRD and LCS Software Seminars on IBM SW Pricing, LPARs, and IRD -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
