Re: SMF LOGGER - Not Ready for Prime Time
Mark, Why not? Didn't you say it was only a problem a system shutdown time? Do you care about some extra paging while you shut down? Your question made me look up the system commands book. Yes, there is a setsmf command that would allow me to only increase the buffer size during shutdown! (I'll try to get that implemented - thanks). My colleagues refused to have them permanently set to 1G, because on these lpars the same workload executes as in production (they use production data sent over for testing), only with a lot less resources. And these systems have an average usage of 20% for all our page data sets, so there is enough paging going on already! As for how logger works: Here is my understanding, and this appears to be true in 1.8 still: Assuming log streams mapped to a structure, any data written to the log stream will end up first in the structure. Once the structure is filled 80% (the default or whatever is set for LOGR parm HIGHOFFLOAD) for either entries or elements, LOGR will start a race condition across all IXGLOGR address spaces connected to this logstream to do the offload. Whichever system wins that race will write out data to DASD. (LOGGERDUPLEX(UNCOND) would harden the data immediately to DASD in the duplex data sets, conditional LOGR duplexing only if the structure is in a volatile CF - the normal place to hold all data sent to the CF is storage, data space, I think). During shutdown there is always offload done called 'directed offload'. I just checked the last IPLs for operlog, and msgIXG303I is issued from a system that *is not* shut down, after the vary xcf,offline command. So for SMF log streams the behaviour should be the same: Directed offload from *another* system to get the data out to DASD where they can be read in again later. Now, when a *sysplex-wide* IPL is done, then there is no 'surviving' system, and the system where the v xcf,offline is done *last*, ends up doing the directed offloads. That goes on until an actual wait state is loaded on the last system, too. Three systems plex, A, B and C: C is shut down via v xcf,offline. B does directed offload. While that is still running (and no way to *see* it is running), B gets v xcf,offline. The loading of the wait state will interrupt offload processing, possibly leaving log streams corrupted. So my understanding is that the requirement is to only allow the wait state for the *last* system in the plex until offload is done *or* (more probable) to *not* issue the IEE334I HALT EOD SUCCESSFUL message until the SMF log data offload is complete. (Which may be hard to do as it requires XCF communication to find out when *another* system has finished, or else to change the logger design to do directed offload on the same system). The way I see it, first order of business is to turn on LOGGERDUPLEX (UNCOND). Next order of business is to write an MPF exit that changes IXG304I DIRECTED OFFLOAD FOR LOGSTREAM smf-whatever-the-name IS COMPLETE so that it is not issued hardcopy only but instead red on the console. Operators need to get threatened with termination if they dare to issue the v xcf,offline command to another system *before* that message was issued. (Mark, sysprogs too, if too many of them are shutting down systems at the same time causing sysplex-IPLs :-) ). Did IBM ask to turn on loggerduplex(uncond)? 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: You are now subscribed to the IBM-MAIN list
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IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction?
Are there any IMS systems programmers or even application programmers at your shop? It seems to me that you are starting out of your depth. any way, you may want to look at: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dfsisdf9/4.8.1 for JCL to start a MPR. If you are actually trying to test an application program, then I would strongly suggest starting with something like BTS - rather than trying to start your own control region and MPR. Can you tell us the actual task you are trying to accomplish as well as what existing IMS personnel there is at your shop? It has been a LONG time since I had to do much of this, but as I recall, almost NOTHING that you should be doing needs (or should be) done from the master console - which seems to be where you are doing almost everything. David Logan loga3...@comcast.net wrote in message news:001001c9d1bb$d89ac140$89d043...@net... OK, yes, I am remembering now. Man, I hate IMS :) I really need to get better versed in it. Anyway, what's happening is that IMS isn't automatically starting any of my MPP regions. When I try to start them with /START REGION xxx, I get a whole bunch of MPP regions that all say: DFS690A IMS91M11.REGION.IMS91M11 - CTL PGM NOT ACTIVE, REPLY 'WAIT', 'CANCEL' OR 'ALT-ID' And yet again, the message manual explains the obvious (such as if a control region is going to come up soon, reply wait.) It doesn't explain what I should be doing to figure out why it's not seeing a control region that is *supposed* to be running. So what are the MPP regions looking for that it doesn't have? The IMS ID seems to be fine. The MPP regions have IMSID=IMS1, and the IMS control region has IMS1 in it's operator reply, so it *looks* like the IMS IDs match. David Logan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Not into IMS either but ... I think you'd need an MPR / MPP available first... (start an MPR / MPP and then issue a /DIS A) First off ... assuming that the transaction was call TEST01, clear your screen and key in TEST01_ where the '_' is meant to be a space. If that does not work, you're likely missing an /ASS TRANS TEST01 CLASS ?? where the '??' would be class available on the MPR / MPP and defined to the TEST01 transaction. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Logan Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: FW: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Hi guys. Sorry, but I am not very well versed in IMS, and I sure am missing something. I want to run an IMS transaction, but no matter what I do, all I get is: DFS064 11:46:46 DESTINATION CAN NOT BE FOUND OR CREATED I've looked this message up in various places, but I have found nothing at all useful to resolving it. What am I missing? This is IMS V9 under z/OS 1.8. It's got default security, which means it won't let me do hardly anything via terminal commands, I have to do everything via message replies on the master console. I have done a /START DC, although I don't know how to tell if it was successful. OK, I've provided the information I can think of to provide. Any suggestions? Thanks! David Logan -- 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: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- 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 -- 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: Accessing a big sequential file
The UNIX TAIL command could be used. You should be able to access the files via Batch OMVS. Kevin From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of K Zafirop Sent: Fri 5/8/2009 9:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Accessing a big sequential file Hi listers! Do you have any idea on how to get only the last record of a very big file using either REXX or some other method? I will want to prevent reading all file records in any any case. Best regards and 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 This e-mail message and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of its authorized recipient(s). If you are not an intended or authorized recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the information contained in this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not authorized to receive it, please immediately notify the sender and delete the original message and all copies of it from your computer. -- 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: MQ Monitor
Bill, Q PASA is an excellant monitor, As far I know the best monitor for other platforms. I have only recently used CA-SYSVIEW with the MQ upgrade and found it more than adequate. Kevin From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bill Johnson Sent: Fri 5/8/2009 10:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: MQ Monitor We are looking at 3 monitors for MQ. Can anyone provide a recommendation for any of them? Q Pasa from MQ Software TMON for MQ from ASG IBM's Tivoli product. (Omegamon MQ) -- 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 This e-mail message and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of its authorized recipient(s). If you are not an intended or authorized recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the information contained in this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not authorized to receive it, please immediately notify the sender and delete the original message and all copies of it from your computer. -- 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: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction?
I am the systems programmer. (and I have been one for some 20 years, but I have never run an IMS region.) I took over for a previous systems programmer, so I haven't even run an install yet. I am trying to find the most expedient way to understand my problem without having to walk through an entire install and set up everything manually myself, which of course is what I would normally do if I weren't taking over for somebody else :) Anyway, I *have* JCL, and it's already customized for this IMS region. It occurred to me that I couldn't find his STG1MACS, so I redid it from the one in IMS910.IMSGEN.CNTL, and maybe there was a parameter discrepancy. So I set IMSID=IMS1 in there and reran my stage1/stage2. It didn't help. Then I discovered that my MPP regions also wanted the previous IMSID (which was IVP1.) But instead of fixing all of that right now, I just did /R XX,IMS1 to each of my MPP regions, and they all came up. However, when I run my G1CP transaction, I get exactly the same response: DFS064 06:23:22 DESTINATION CAN NOT BE FOUND OR CREATED My main frustration (other than the perceived complexity of IMS) is that there is no actual information associated with this error message. I'm not sure what commands to issue to look to see if things are up, I'm not sure what parts to look for to see if things are running or connected, I'm simply not sure what it wants that it doesn't have. After a previous responder mentioned having MPP regions running, I though Oh yeah! because I had forgotten about those :) But now they appear to be running, and yet no improvement. *sigh* Thanks for the help. I will keep looking for answers. David Logan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Klein Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 1:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Are there any IMS systems programmers or even application programmers at your shop? It seems to me that you are starting out of your depth. any way, you may want to look at: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dfsisdf9/4.8.1 for JCL to start a MPR. If you are actually trying to test an application program, then I would strongly suggest starting with something like BTS - rather than trying to start your own control region and MPR. Can you tell us the actual task you are trying to accomplish as well as what existing IMS personnel there is at your shop? It has been a LONG time since I had to do much of this, but as I recall, almost NOTHING that you should be doing needs (or should be) done from the master console - which seems to be where you are doing almost everything. David Logan loga3...@comcast.net wrote in message news:001001c9d1bb$d89ac140$89d043...@net... OK, yes, I am remembering now. Man, I hate IMS :) I really need to get better versed in it. Anyway, what's happening is that IMS isn't automatically starting any of my MPP regions. When I try to start them with /START REGION xxx, I get a whole bunch of MPP regions that all say: DFS690A IMS91M11.REGION.IMS91M11 - CTL PGM NOT ACTIVE, REPLY 'WAIT', 'CANCEL' OR 'ALT-ID' And yet again, the message manual explains the obvious (such as if a control region is going to come up soon, reply wait.) It doesn't explain what I should be doing to figure out why it's not seeing a control region that is *supposed* to be running. So what are the MPP regions looking for that it doesn't have? The IMS ID seems to be fine. The MPP regions have IMSID=IMS1, and the IMS control region has IMS1 in it's operator reply, so it *looks* like the IMS IDs match. David Logan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Not into IMS either but ... I think you'd need an MPR / MPP available first... (start an MPR / MPP and then issue a /DIS A) First off ... assuming that the transaction was call TEST01, clear your screen and key in TEST01_ where the '_' is meant to be a space. If that does not work, you're likely missing an /ASS TRANS TEST01 CLASS ?? where the '??' would be class available on the MPR / MPP and defined to the TEST01 transaction. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Logan Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: FW: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Hi guys. Sorry, but I am not very well versed in IMS, and I sure am missing something. I want to run an IMS transaction, but no matter what I do, all I get is: DFS064 11:46:46 DESTINATION CAN NOT BE FOUND OR CREATED I've looked this message up in various places, but I have found nothing at all useful to resolving it. What am I missing? This is
Re: Validating Addrees
On Sat, 9 May 2009 16:35:58 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: 2009/5/8 Joe Reichman wrote: would anyone know if you have a stroage address to determine its nature e.g. CSA SQA etc. would I have to check all of the entries in the LDA ..GDA Keep in mind that in many cases the attributes can change between the time you check, and the time you (or some service or program you call) actually uses the storage. And Binyamin made a similar comment. What do you mean by this? If you determine that an address is in CSA, it will continue to be a CSA address. Of course, that location could no longer be allocated to the same address space, or indeed any address space. In addition, the location could have been converted to SQA, I suppose, or have been used to hold a dynamic LPA module. Is that what you are talking about? -- 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: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction?
Can you find the IMS applid of the CTRL region and logon to it ? .. If so, once logged in, issue a /DIS A and see if the MPP / MPR regions are waiting and if so, in what class .. Try assigning (/ASS) the transaction to that class -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Logan Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 5:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? OK, yes, I am remembering now. Man, I hate IMS :) I really need to get better versed in it. Anyway, what's happening is that IMS isn't automatically starting any of my MPP regions. When I try to start them with /START REGION xxx, I get a whole bunch of MPP regions that all say: DFS690A IMS91M11.REGION.IMS91M11 - CTL PGM NOT ACTIVE, REPLY 'WAIT', 'CANCEL' OR 'ALT-ID' And yet again, the message manual explains the obvious (such as if a control region is going to come up soon, reply wait.) It doesn't explain what I should be doing to figure out why it's not seeing a control region that is *supposed* to be running. So what are the MPP regions looking for that it doesn't have? The IMS ID seems to be fine. The MPP regions have IMSID=IMS1, and the IMS control region has IMS1 in it's operator reply, so it *looks* like the IMS IDs match. David Logan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Not into IMS either but ... I think you'd need an MPR / MPP available first... (start an MPR / MPP and then issue a /DIS A) First off ... assuming that the transaction was call TEST01, clear your screen and key in TEST01_ where the '_' is meant to be a space. If that does not work, you're likely missing an /ASS TRANS TEST01 CLASS ?? where the '??' would be class available on the MPR / MPP and defined to the TEST01 transaction. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Logan Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: FW: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Hi guys. Sorry, but I am not very well versed in IMS, and I sure am missing something. I want to run an IMS transaction, but no matter what I do, all I get is: DFS064 11:46:46 DESTINATION CAN NOT BE FOUND OR CREATED I've looked this message up in various places, but I have found nothing at all useful to resolving it. What am I missing? This is IMS V9 under z/OS 1.8. It's got default security, which means it won't let me do hardly anything via terminal commands, I have to do everything via message replies on the master console. I have done a /START DC, although I don't know how to tell if it was successful. OK, I've provided the information I can think of to provide. Any suggestions? Thanks! David Logan -- 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: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- 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 -- 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: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2107 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2107 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- 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 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2107 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send
Re: Validating Addrees
Look at the IARR2V macro in Authorized Assembler Services, especially at what is returned in register 0. Bill Fairchild Software Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.4503 * Mobile: +1.508.341.1715 Email: bi...@mainstar.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Reichman Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Validating Addrees Hi would anyone know if you have a stroage address to determine its nature e.g. CSA SQA etc. would I have to check all of the entries in the LDA ..GDA or is the best way to invoke VSM. macros LSIT RGN etc or is a combination of all these methods thankx in advance -- 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: SPF-Lite (Shareware) for a SPF Clone; Yes, IBM did sell ISPF for the PC in 1986
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of William Smith Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 9:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SPF-Lite (Shareware) for a SPF Clone; Yes, IBM did sell ISPF for the PC in 1986 Here is another SPF clone for the PC . . . . shareware at $20. It's called SFP-Lite. The current version is 2.16, December, 2008. Bill Smith Principal Software Engineer spfl...@gmail.com http://spflite.co.nr/ warning type=tacky You don't really mean for the PC. You mean for Microsoft Windows. I use a Intel PC. I don't use Windows. I use both Mac and Linux. I know, I know, everybody says that. It is just becoming another of my points of irritation and I'm off to a bad start this week. No offense meant. /warning John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -- 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
SDSF problem in basic sysplex with mixed releases.
This is just a question. Does anybody out there run SDSF in a basic sysplex where one member is on z/OS 1.8 and another on z/OS 1.10? If so, did you have any problems with the SDSF DA display on 1.8 when the first system went to 1.10? What we have is that with both systems at 1.8, there were no problems. When I upgraded one system to 1.10, all of a sudden the 1.8 system's SDSF DA display has two know problems. First, it will not show the jobs on the 1.10 system. Second, it will not display the SRVCLASS column. It displays COLUMN NOT FOUND. I did update the z/OS 1.8 system with the compatibility PTFs, so it is possible that (1) they caused the problem or (2) I missed something. So, all I'm asking is: Is SDSF DA working for anybody out there who mixes 1.8 and 1.10 in the same sysplex? Many thanks. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -- 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 LOGGER - Not Ready for Prime Time
On Sun, 10 May 2009 10:47:36 -0500, Jim Marshall jim.marsh...@opm.gov wrote: But I think IBM was remiss in not understanding the full ramifications of how they have sites implement the LOGGER. If they would have talked to some savy users, then could have made the journey much smoother. That was apparent from the first time real presentation I saw at SHARE. And we've already had plenty of past discussions about that. At this point I still have no plans to implement it since the old way can keep up at our shop and have never had problems with lost SMF data. I do like the concept of multiple logstreams and the convenience it may eventually bring, but for now we'll just split off the different files during our nightly processing.I do have it running in some sandbox LPARs where we don't care about SMF data. In the past, those LPARs just dumped to a GDG in case we wanted the data later or dumped to DD DUMMY. 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: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction?
I can barely spell IMS... but I thought it was /SET TRANSACTION xxx. Then type the transaction name. -- 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 On Sun, 10 May 2009 12:30:01 -0500, Jim Thomas j...@thethomasresidence.us wrote: Not into IMS either but ... I think you'd need an MPR / MPP available first... (start an MPR / MPP and then issue a /DIS A) First off ... assuming that the transaction was call TEST01, clear your screen and key in TEST01_ where the '_' is meant to be a space. If that does not work, you're likely missing an /ASS TRANS TEST01 CLASS ?? where the '??' would be class available on the MPR / MPP and defined to the TEST01 transaction. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Logan Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: FW: IMS - how do I run an interactive transaction? Hi guys. Sorry, but I am not very well versed in IMS, and I sure am missing something. I want to run an IMS transaction, but no matter what I do, all I get is: DFS064 11:46:46 DESTINATION CAN NOT BE FOUND OR CREATED I've looked this message up in various places, but I have found nothing at all useful to resolving it. What am I missing? This is IMS V9 under z/OS 1.8. It's got default security, which means it won't let me do hardly anything via terminal commands, I have to do everything via message replies on the master console. I have done a /START DC, although I don't know how to tell if it was successful. OK, I've provided the information I can think of to provide. Any suggestions? Thanks! David Logan -- 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: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.23/2106 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- 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 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2107 - Release Date: 05/10/09 07:02:00 -- 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 -- 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: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Finnell In a message dated 5/8/2009 4:06:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, esst...@juno.com writes: You could set the attribute of a Password field as DARK UNPROTECTED or DARK FSET. The Data would not be displayed and will be returned to the application program. Set background and foreground to same color? Don't laugh, had a SevCrit from a frustrated user wanting to know why the M/F was down? Well nothing we had showed it was even busy. Off to the races...manager and VP in tow. Yep, 'I like blue...' set for foreground and background in the emulator. You can't make it idiot-proof. :-) -jc- -- 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: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF
In a message dated 5/11/2009 8:48:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, jch...@ussco.com writes: You can't make it idiot-proof. :-) One more and I'm back to work or whatever we call it these days...Assistant Math Department Head calls 'What are we doing? What can't he get to Student Records? Just a tirade...so got the PC guy, the manager, and the director and walk up three flights of stairs to Math department. Dark screen on PC. So PC guy pops in a Win/98 diskette and gets it to boot. Long story short-his hard drive had been swiped over the holidays. Couple hours rebuild and he was back in business. Backups you say? Rainy day Mondays **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585010x1201462743/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=May Excfooter51109NO62) -- 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
EKM and Hash Keys
I have not worked with this yet. My 3rd party wants me to use HASH instead of Dataclas for encrypting a tape. (I think I understood that correctly???) So what is the difference between using a HASH KEY and a DATACLAS with EKM? I am reading the books, but I still get lost in them. Lizette -- 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: EKM and Hash Keys
I have not worked with this yet. My 3rd party wants me to use HASH instead of Dataclas for encrypting a tape. (I think I understood that correctly???) So what is the difference between using a HASH KEY and a DATACLAS with EKM? I am reading the books, but I still get lost in them. Lizette, maybe there's been some sort of misunderstanding HASH is a MODE of using a KEY to encrypt data on tape; the other one is LABEL. Usually you use HASH when are encrypting data using a PUBLIC certificate coming from a partner You can declare HASH mode in SMS dataclas or in DD JCL. Hope this helps. _ Paolo Cacciari IBM Italia S.p.A. Business Continuity and Resiliency Services, IBM Global Services - South Region, EMEA IBM Italia S.p.A. Sede Legale: Circonvallazione Idroscalo - 20090 Segrate (MI) Cap. Soc. euro 400.001.359 C. F. e Reg. Imprese MI 01442240030 - Partita IVA 10914660153 Società soggetta all?attività di direzione e coordinamento di International Business Machines Corporation (Salvo che sia diversamente indicato sopra / Unless stated otherwise above) -- 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: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF
Chase, John wrote: You can't make it idiot-proof. :-) Idiot-proof is to make it extremely easy to operate or maintain , according to http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/idiotproof Look up this link below if you're bored... ;-D http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?IdiotProofProcess ;-D 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: EKM and Hash Keys
Okay, so if I understand. I get the public key from the 3rd party client. I import the key into my environment. I code my JCL to use // KEYLABL1=’MyEKMServerJCEKS’, // KEYENCD1=L, // KEYLABL2=’CompanyXPublicKeyJCEKS’, // KEYENCD2=H, Where my public key is called MyEKMServerJCEKS and the 3rd party's public key is called CompayXPublicKeyJCEKS that I had imported into my system. My system is setup to use the JCERACFKS keystore for encryption with E05 Tape Drives in a TS3500. The KEYENCD2=H is where the HASH is handled? Lizette I have not worked with this yet. My 3rd party wants me to use HASH instead of Dataclas for encrypting a tape. (I think I understood that correctly???) So what is the difference between using a HASH KEY and a DATACLAS with EKM? I am reading the books, but I still get lost in them. Lizette, maybe there's been some sort of misunderstanding HASH is a MODE of using a KEY to encrypt data on tape; the other one is LABEL. Usually you use HASH when are encrypting data using a PUBLIC certificate coming from a partner You can declare HASH mode in SMS dataclas or in DD JCL. Hope this helps. -- 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: Servicelink and ActiveX controls
On Mon, 11 May 2009 00:45:50 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: On Friday afternoon IBM had corrected the coding error that caused activeX to be executed in the first place and that then terminated the browser (no matter what type of browser). After deleting temp files and the history, the annoying prompts (when set to prompt) and pop-ups that an activeX control did not execute are gone. Does that mean that execution of ActiveX was unintentional, and ActiveX is now removed from the picture? As far as that goes, I can now pester IBM again with the 'real' problems :-) Lest we forget, as it appears that IBM may have forgotten: Linkname: Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign URL: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/ Marty, I am not supposed to install too many things on the company PC that the company hasn't approved. In too many cases this causes problems down the line when some update (via netinstall) doesn't work. Otherwise I would have tried to upgrade to the newest IE version. See above. Besides, all the browsers I tried terminated. Not surprising given that it was bug. If not surprising, at least dismaying. Browsers ought to be resilient to defective web pages. This was reportedly a bug; it could as well have been a DoS attack. -- 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
Mainframe articles
A nice slide show on the history of IBM mainframes: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/The-IBM-Mainframe-50-Years-of -Big-Iron-Innovation-583073/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009A http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/50-Years-of-IBM-Mainframe-Mil estones-136541/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009C Why the mainframe will never die http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Why-the-Mainframe-Will-Ne ver-Die-Part-I-164505/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009B http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/CA-Sees-Strong-Future-for-Mai nframes-234697/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009D -- 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: EKM and Hash Keys
YES, correct _ Paolo Cacciari IBM Italia S.p.A. Business Continuity and Resiliency Services, IBM Global Services - South Region, EMEA From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 11/05/2009 16.55 Subject: Re: EKM and Hash Keys Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Okay, so if I understand. I get the public key from the 3rd party client. I import the key into my environment. I code my JCL to use // KEYLABL1=?MyEKMServerJCEKS?, // KEYENCD1=L, // KEYLABL2=?CompanyXPublicKeyJCEKS?, // KEYENCD2=H, Where my public key is called MyEKMServerJCEKS and the 3rd party's public key is called CompayXPublicKeyJCEKS that I had imported into my system. My system is setup to use the JCERACFKS keystore for encryption with E05 Tape Drives in a TS3500. The KEYENCD2=H is where the HASH is handled? Lizette I have not worked with this yet. My 3rd party wants me to use HASH instead of Dataclas for encrypting a tape. (I think I understood that correctly???) So what is the difference between using a HASH KEY and a DATACLAS with EKM? I am reading the books, but I still get lost in them. Lizette, maybe there's been some sort of misunderstanding HASH is a MODE of using a KEY to encrypt data on tape; the other one is LABEL. Usually you use HASH when are encrypting data using a PUBLIC certificate coming from a partner You can declare HASH mode in SMS dataclas or in DD JCL. Hope this helps. -- 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 IBM Italia S.p.A. Sede Legale: Circonvallazione Idroscalo - 20090 Segrate (MI) Cap. Soc. euro 400.001.359 C. F. e Reg. Imprese MI 01442240030 - Partita IVA 10914660153 Società soggetta all?attività di direzione e coordinamento di International Business Machines Corporation (Salvo che sia diversamente indicato sopra / Unless stated otherwise above) -- 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: Servicelink and ActiveX controls
2009/5/11 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com: On Mon, 11 May 2009 00:45:50 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: On Friday afternoon IBM had corrected the coding error that caused activeX to be executed in the first place and that then terminated the browser (no matter what type of browser). After deleting temp files and the history, the annoying prompts (when set to prompt) and pop-ups that an activeX control did not execute are gone. Does that mean that execution of ActiveX was unintentional, and ActiveX is now removed from the picture? As far as that goes, I can now pester IBM again with the 'real' problems :-) Lest we forget, as it appears that IBM may have forgotten: Linkname: Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign URL: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/ I trust this also includes avoiding the use of Flash... Tony H. -- 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: Validating Addrees
2009/5/11 Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com: On Sat, 9 May 2009 16:35:58 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: Keep in mind that in many cases the attributes can change between the time you check, and the time you (or some service or program you call) actually uses the storage. And Binyamin made a similar comment. What do you mean by this? If you determine that an address is in CSA, it will continue to be a CSA address. Of course, that location could no longer be allocated to the same address space, or indeed any address space. In addition, the location could have been converted to SQA, I suppose, or have been used to hold a dynamic LPA module. Is that what you are talking about? Those, and quite probably other things that neither of us has thought about. I made my comment with respect to security checking. In his initial post, Joe Reichman said he wanted to determine its nature e.g. CSA SQA etc., and so clearly the CSA vs SQA difference was just an example. There are various reasons why a program might want to know this sort of thing about an address, and one of them is a usually ill considered attempt to base some sort of security checking on it. I just reissued a standard warning that's been around since IBM's first Statement of MVS System Integrity in 1974 or so. Tony H. -- 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: DFHSM and WLM Settings
Lizette, Consider setting up an auxiliary address space to run your daily processing in a lower service class. That way you can allow your primary HSM to perform recall processing in it's a higher service class. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM and WLM Settings I ran into a small issue where when using Interval Migration DFHSM took all the resources on my small LPAR. Even on my largest LPAR it still consumes a lot of resources. IBM Suggested I set DFHSM to STCMED. My concern is that since we have a lot of tasks in WLM at SYSSTC (not my choice) that if a recall or migrate was requested, that DFHSM might be impacted by the other high runnings tasks. Has anyone delt with Interval Migration and controlling it via WLM? Does anyone else have DFHSM in STCMED and if so, how is that working for DFHSM. Lizette -- 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: DFHSM and WLM Settings
I've always figured that something that idle long enough to get migrated isn't that urgent a desire to have back. If I'm too busy to get it back rapidly, then it doesn't hurt to have both the requestor and DFHSM delayed somewhat :) Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Traylor, Terry Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFHSM and WLM Settings Lizette, Consider setting up an auxiliary address space to run your daily processing in a lower service class. That way you can allow your primary HSM to perform recall processing in it's a higher service class. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM and WLM Settings I ran into a small issue where when using Interval Migration DFHSM took all the resources on my small LPAR. Even on my largest LPAR it still consumes a lot of resources. IBM Suggested I set DFHSM to STCMED. My concern is that since we have a lot of tasks in WLM at SYSSTC (not my choice) that if a recall or migrate was requested, that DFHSM might be impacted by the other high runnings tasks. Has anyone delt with Interval Migration and controlling it via WLM? Does anyone else have DFHSM in STCMED and if so, how is that working for DFHSM. Lizette -- 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: ADRDSSU protection
On Sat, 9 May 2009 18:54:21 -0700, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: Also if they do have access to amaspzap they can get around almost anything, so I would still restrict that access (along with its alias's). That's not true, Ed. Access to AMASPZAP only allows you to read or write data that you already have access to by other means, *except* for the one case of zapping a VTOC. And for that, DASDVOL protection and/or operator prompts supply the security. But for the other cases, if you have UPDATE to a data set then you can zap it, but of course if you have UPDATE to the data set you can write to it with anything else, too. That's why we're saying you need to protect the resources, not the utilities that operate on them. Someone can always find another utility, or write their own (and it doesn't take much programming experience to write a REXX exec, shell script, PERL script, PYTHON script, etc. to do it). -- Walt Farrell, CISSP IBM STSM, z/OS Security 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: How to display Stars for Password in ISPF
On Sat, 9 May 2009 16:28:48 -0400, Tony Harminc tz...@attglobal.net wrote: 2009/5/8 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com: Sigh. If IBM users were serious about this sort of thing, they'd submit a Requirement that LOGON not distinguish between invalid user ID and valid user ID with invalid password, reducing the exhaustive search space from M*N to M+N. That requirement would have to go against the various products that issue SAF calls. There is nothing to stop any product that does logons from being as vague as it likes about why the user can't log on. It could go against RACF, I think. We could simply give the bad password return code for all authentication failures. SMF records and ICH408I messages would still need to stay the same as they are, to provide proper auditing and trouble shooting, but the applications wouldn't know. We would probably need to change the error messages that we let applications retrieve from RACROUTE, too, in case they display them to the user. So it's non-trivial, but could be done in one central spot. Of course, you'd need is a larger help desk support staff to handle the increased number of calls from users. -- Walt Farrell, CISSP IBM STSM, z/OS Security 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
DFHSM and WLM Settings
I ran into a small issue where when using Interval Migration DFHSM took all the resources on my small LPAR. Even on my largest LPAR it still consumes a lot of resources. IBM Suggested I set DFHSM to STCMED. My concern is that since we have a lot of tasks in WLM at SYSSTC (not my choice) that if a recall or migrate was requested, that DFHSM might be impacted by the other high runnings tasks. Has anyone delt with Interval Migration and controlling it via WLM? Does anyone else have DFHSM in STCMED and if so, how is that working for DFHSM. Lizette -- 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: DFHSM and WLM Settings
Lizzette, I've always run HSM below my onlines and above batch in terms of WLM. Works fine. The only time you would have a problem is if your SYSSTC workload is consuming 100% CPU. Surely that is not the case? If you are CPU constrained then you might throttle back Interval Migration - Maxintervaltask(1). Better yet, do you really need to run Interval Migration? Check your HSMACT.. logs to see if any data is actually being migrated. Check the Customization manual for the patch to run Interval every 3 or 6 hours rather than hourly or just turn it off. Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Traylor, Terry [terry.tray...@schwab.com] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 1:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DFHSM and WLM Settings Lizette, Consider setting up an auxiliary address space to run your daily processing in a lower service class. That way you can allow your primary HSM to perform recall processing in it's a higher service class. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: DFHSM and WLM Settings I ran into a small issue where when using Interval Migration DFHSM took all the resources on my small LPAR. Even on my largest LPAR it still consumes a lot of resources. IBM Suggested I set DFHSM to STCMED. My concern is that since we have a lot of tasks in WLM at SYSSTC (not my choice) that if a recall or migrate was requested, that DFHSM might be impacted by the other high runnings tasks. Has anyone delt with Interval Migration and controlling it via WLM? Does anyone else have DFHSM in STCMED and if so, how is that working for DFHSM. Lizette -- 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
ZFS Dataset question
Does anyone know the procedure to copy ZFS datasets that have been defined as extended format into non-EF ZFS datasets? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Kosh, Babylon 5 -- 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: Validating Addrees
On Sun, 10 May 2009 08:11:10 -0400, Joe Reichman joereich...@optonline.net wrote: Honestly the Only thing that I am intrested in initially is whether the Address is in CSA or Not As others have noted, experience has shown that often when someone asks a question like that they plan to do something unwise in their programming. Thus our queries about *why* you want to know this. -- Walt Farrell, CISSP IBM STSM, z/OS Security 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: SMPE Help
This is a good example as to why your running ROOT file(s) should be mounted read-only. Don't mean to rub salt into your wounds but ... Guy Gardoit z/OS Systems Programming On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Doug Henry doug_he...@usbank.com wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:46:32 -0500, Tom Marchant m42tom- ibmm...@yahoo.com wrote: And you might want to run a LIST DDDEF job before and after and look for the ones that contain PATH. This is not really necessary to run a LIST DDDEF after because the SMPRPT output is an excellent report that shows the DDDEF's that are changed with it's before and after values when you do a zonedit to change path statements. Doug -- 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: ADRDSSU protection
2009/5/11 Walt Farrell wfarr...@us.ibm.com: On Sat, 9 May 2009 18:54:21 -0700, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: Also if they do have access to amaspzap they can get around almost anything, so I would still restrict that access (along with its alias's). That's not true, Ed. Access to AMASPZAP only allows you to read or write data that you already have access to by other means, *except* for the one case of zapping a VTOC. And for that, DASDVOL protection and/or operator prompts supply the security. But for the other cases, if you have UPDATE to a data set then you can zap it, but of course if you have UPDATE to the data set you can write to it with anything else, too. That's why we're saying you need to protect the resources, not the utilities that operate on them. Someone can always find another utility, or write their own (and it doesn't take much programming experience to write a REXX exec, shell script, PERL script, PYTHON script, etc. to do it). Back in the 1980s, when our auditors wanted to restrict access to AMASPZAP, I explained to them that it is just an editor, like ISPF or TSO edit . Just as TSO EDIT is designed for editing datasets containing text, AMASPZAP is designed for editing datasets containing load modules. It doesn't let its user do anything they can't do using another tool; it is just sensible to use the most convenient and well optimized tool for the job. Amazingly, I did succeed in having their recommendation reversed. But today's auditors seem to be singing from the same 1970s songbook, and the same old ill informed recommendations come back again and again. Tony H. -- 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: ZFS Dataset question
On Mon, 11 May 2009 13:59:58 -0400, Mark Jacobs mark.jac...@custserv.com wrote: Does anyone know the procedure to copy ZFS datasets that have been defined as extended format into non-EF ZFS datasets? Assuming it will fit, do it logically. PAX or copytree. Search the archives for pax examples for copying HFS to zFS. I would say you could also use the HFS to zFS migration tool - BPXWH2Z - but I think it checks if the input is zFS already and skips it. 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: DFHSM and WLM Settings
Hi Lizette, We run HSM in STCMED with no issues in a large plex, a small plex and single systems environment. HSM can consume a lot of resources but if your WLM policy is sound and your workloads are happy then STCMED should suffice. The system related companion tasks in SYSSTC are usually there for a reason; monitors, JES, VTAM, TCP/IP etcHaving them in other places in WLM, of lower importance, can be painful. But I'm probably preaching at this point. --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com Subject: DFHSM and WLM Settings To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 5:00 PM I ran into a small issue where when using Interval Migration DFHSM took all the resources on my small LPAR. Even on my largest LPAR it still consumes a lot of resources. IBM Suggested I set DFHSM to STCMED. My concern is that since we have a lot of tasks in WLM at SYSSTC (not my choice) that if a recall or migrate was requested, that DFHSM might be impacted by the other high runnings tasks. Has anyone delt with Interval Migration and controlling it via WLM? Does anyone else have DFHSM in STCMED and if so, how is that working for DFHSM. Lizette -- 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: RACF Newbie question
Although ISRDDN is a good (and free!) tool for this sort of search, StarTool--and I believe earlier versions of PDS/PDSE--include a FINDMOD command that will show the actual location of the module found (if any) plus all other accessible locations in the standard search sequence where a like-named module also resides. It's a quick and decisive way to compare multiple systems. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zuri CHNA.COM To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mainframe cc Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Re: RACF Newbie question 05/08/2009 11:54 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua .edu On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:34:09 -0700, George Fogg gf...@nwlink.com wrote: And all these years I thought ICHRDSNT had to be in a APF linklst library, not in PLPA, MLPA, FLPA or DLPA. The book states ...This table resides in SYS1.LINKLIB or any other APF-authorized linklist library. It must be linked with RMODE(24). Ours is in MLPA. Loaded from a LNKLST behind SYS1.LINKLIB along with some other local RACF modules / exits. I guess the fact that it isn't documented could be called MVS System Programming 101 on program fetch / system search order. Pretty much anything reentrant or non-executable like a table can be in LPA instead of LNKLST. Mark -- 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: RACF Newbie question
On Mon, 11 May 2009 15:08:03 -0700, Skip Robinson wrote: Although ISRDDN is a good (and free!) tool for this sort of search, StarTool--and I believe earlier versions of PDS/PDSE--include a FINDMOD command that will show the actual location of the module found (if any) plus all other accessible locations in the standard search sequence where a like-named module also resides. It's a quick and decisive way to compare multiple systems. Will any of these tools (at whatever price) find the correct instance of a member residing in a mixed concatenation of Classic and UNIX directories? I know ISRDDN won't. I reported this as a defect a few years ago; got WAD. ISRDDN employs ISPF LM utilities which don't (or didn't at that time) do UNIX. Mark Zelden 05/08/2009 11:54 AM Ours is in MLPA. Loaded from a LNKLST behind SYS1.LINKLIB along with some other local RACF modules / exits. I guess the fact that it isn't documented could be called MVS System Programming 101 on program fetch / system search order. Pretty much anything reentrant or non-executable like a table can be in LPA instead of LNKLST. Would this include Java byte code? -- 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: RACF Newbie question
ISRDDN will do this too if you use the MEMBER command with LINKLIST or LPA. If you use LPA it will not search the LNKLST, but if you use LINK it will search JPA, MLPA, LPA, etc. in addition to LNKLST. For example: DDLIST LINK M ICHRDSNT LINK (respond YES to bypass warning about searching LNKLST etc.) CSVQUERY Results Command === More: + Module ICHRDSNT was found to be already loaded. Note that invocations of this program name may pick up another copy from STEPLIB or a LIBDEF'ed data set or from a tasklib such as ISPLLIB. Tab to a box and press enter to view the module in storage. +-+ | MLPA resident | | Module address:00CD8CD0 | | Module size: 0060 | | Reentrant | | Serially reusable | | Not loadable only | | Authorized library | | Not Authorized program | +-+ In my case, since it is loaded into MLPA from a LNKLST library via IEALPAxx, ISRDDN also shows it as found under LINKLIST in the proper library. -- 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 On Mon, 11 May 2009 15:08:03 -0700, Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com wrote: Although ISRDDN is a good (and free!) tool for this sort of search, StarTool--and I believe earlier versions of PDS/PDSE--include a FINDMOD command that will show the actual location of the module found (if any) plus all other accessible locations in the standard search sequence where a like-named module also resides. It's a quick and decisive way to compare multiple systems. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zuri CHNA.COM To Sent by: IBM IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Mainframe cc Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua Subject .edu Re: RACF Newbie question 05/08/2009 11:54 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List ibm-m...@bama.ua .edu On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:34:09 -0700, George Fogg gf...@nwlink.com wrote: And all these years I thought ICHRDSNT had to be in a APF linklst library, not in PLPA, MLPA, FLPA or DLPA. The book states ...This table resides in SYS1.LINKLIB or any other APF-authorized linklist library. It must be linked with RMODE(24). Ours is in MLPA. Loaded from a LNKLST behind SYS1.LINKLIB along with some other local RACF modules / exits. I guess the fact that it isn't documented could be called MVS System Programming 101 on program fetch / system search order. Pretty much anything reentrant or non-executable like a table can be in LPA instead of LNKLST. Mark -- 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: Mainframe articles
Very cool. Funny, though... I remember first logging onto TSO on what I thought was a 3082 (although I didn't know what even DASD was at the time). Then, when I finally got my hands on a mainframe in MCO, it was a 3084. This slideshow shows a 3083, which I don't have any recollection of. Looks like a 3084, from what I can remember, though. All the best, Scott On 5/11/09, Howard Brazee howard.bra...@cusys.edu wrote: A nice slide show on the history of IBM mainframes: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/The-IBM-Mainframe-50-Years-of -Big-Iron-Innovation-583073/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009A http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/50-Years-of-IBM-Mainframe-Mil estones-136541/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009C Why the mainframe will never die http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Why-the-Mainframe-Will-Ne ver-Die-Part-I-164505/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009B http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/CA-Sees-Strong-Future-for-Mai nframes-234697/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009D -- 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 -- All the best, Scott T. Harder -- 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: Mainframe articles
Maybe it was a 3080 when I first logged on to TSO??? Sorry... a bit foggy. On 5/11/09, Scott T. Harder scottyt.har...@gmail.com wrote: Very cool. Funny, though... I remember first logging onto TSO on what I thought was a 3082 (although I didn't know what even DASD was at the time). Then, when I finally got my hands on a mainframe in MCO, it was a 3084. This slideshow shows a 3083, which I don't have any recollection of. Looks like a 3084, from what I can remember, though. All the best, Scott On 5/11/09, Howard Brazee howard.bra...@cusys.edu wrote: A nice slide show on the history of IBM mainframes: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/The-IBM-Mainframe-50-Years-of -Big-Iron-Innovation-583073/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009A http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/50-Years-of-IBM-Mainframe-Mil estones-136541/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009C Why the mainframe will never die http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Why-the-Mainframe-Will-Ne ver-Die-Part-I-164505/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009B http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/CA-Sees-Strong-Future-for-Mai nframes-234697/?kc=EWKNLEDP05112009D -- 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 -- All the best, Scott T. Harder -- All the best, Scott T. Harder -- 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
