Re: Personal: bad news
John, We will keep you in our prayers. Please keep let us know what you find out. May God bless and keep you through this time of trouble. Cheers, Tom On 6/8/2011 1:43 PM, John McKown wrote: I've been told that I'm being transferred to a acute care facility. I'm scared. -- John McKown Maranatha!<>< Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. -- 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 -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: OT: Personal update
John, I am glad your surgery was a success. May our good Lord bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand until you are healed. Have a blessed week, Tom On 6/4/2011 10:07 AM, John McKown wrote: I have been in the hospital since monday the 23rd. I had a gangrenous gallbladder removed. This is my second day out of ICU. I hope to leave monday or tuesday. Ahh I am weak but doing much better. -- John McKown Maranatha!<>< Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. -- 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 -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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 Mainframe Startup Screen Works
On 5/10/2011 8:32 AM, Quasar Chunawala wrote: Hi, I am a COBOL Programmer. Just out of curiosity, I would like to know, how Mainframe Startup Screens(the first screen that you see, when you connect to a Mainframe Server, and where you would type TSO) are written. I have heard they use VTAM Commands. Is there a particular member in some system library, which contains the actuaal Startup Screen code? I know, this may not be the right place to ask such questions, but I don't know any other forums or mailing lists specific to it. Thank you very much. Quasar Chunawala, Author, Mainframes360.com Cell : 9930389084 E-mail : quasar.chunawa...@gmail.com Blog : http://www.mainframes360.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 Quasar, There is a set of assembler macros and constants which make up something called the "USS Table". This is how the initial logon screen is defined through VTAM. As for where it is located, that is hard to say. Almost every site customizes the USS table so it will reside in a library your sight keeps any user modifications to the system. -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: my father passed away
On 3/19/2011 9:51 AM, Shai Hess wrote: March 19, 2011 To all my friends in this forum. My father passed away. After long time of suffering, God give the OK to my father soul to leave his sick body and return to God. We will miss you dad. We will really going to miss you my dad. Shai -- 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 Shai, Our thoughts are with you and your family. May God bless you and help you through the tough times. May you find comfort in knowing that you will see him again in Heaven. -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: ZCIOWAIT message
From the sound of it you are doing function shipping of File Control requests. If this is common then there could be an issue with the number of Sessions between the two CICS regions. This can be more of a concern if the files are being updated. Could you include the Connection and Session definitions from both CICS regions for a look at the attributes? -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 On 3/2/2011 8:27 AM, ?? wrote: The ZCIOWAIT Resource Name is not given in Tmon, so I am not sure what is kind of resource the task waiting. The task is shipping record to another CICS region. So I guess first maybe the cics setting have some problem, second the program in another region response slowly. Is it possible CICS setting problem? At 2011-03-02 04:05:24??"Pearce, Colin E" wrote: Hi, ZCIOWAIT defines the type of Resource the task is waiting on. There is a Resource Name which defines what this type of Resource is. For example if the transaction is in Conversation mode and waiting for a response from the User, then the Resource Type will be ZCIOWAIT and Resource Name will be DFHZARQ1 which is CICS VTAM Terminal Control Application Request handler. Effectively the User has issued an E C SEND WAIT If the Resource Type is ZCIOWAIT and the Resource Name is DFHZARR1 this is a Receive within LU6.2 protocol, a Receive is waiting on more data to be sent. If the Resource Type is ZCIOWAIT and the Resource Name is DFHZERH1 this is when there is a need to handle the sending and receiving of FMH7s (Function Management Headers) and negative responses within LU6.2. This may have something to do with a Security failure. There are other ZCIOWAIT reasons. The Resource Names are given in Omegamon and Tmon. They can also be found in a CICS Trace as well as a dump. The CICS/TS Problem Determination Guide has all the Wait reasons for ZCIOWAIT The CICS/TS Diagnostic Guide lists the Resource Types and Resource Names and the modules that get invoked when these conditions occur. They will give you more information about where you are and why your waiting. Colin Pearce -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 7:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ZCIOWAIT message Thomas Your advice is very useful for me, thanks a lot. At 2011-02-28 21:04:15??"Thomas Dunlap" wrote: Eric, ZCIOWAIT indicates VTAM terminal control wait. My first guess is that you are function shipping to another CICS region using VTAM connections between the regions and you are looking at the front-end transaction. In this case this is a normal situation. As for optimizing, it is really dependent upon the function the back-end region. Improve the task in the back-end region and you will shorten the wait in the front-end. -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 On 2/28/2011 5:52 AM, Eric JL wrote: When I run a CICS trans, it is use for DB2 select update, found it spend a lot of time on ZCIOWAIT. Is this a problem? How can I optimize it. The trans dump DATE TIME JOBNAME TRANID TASK# TERMID RESP CPU PAGING ILEIO 02/24 00:00:01 CICSA TR68 85748111.097 0.2186 0 727 02/24 00:00:02 CICSA TR68 87201 0.0346 0.0074 0 17 02/24 00:00:29 CICSA TR68 87583 1.1215 0.1548 0 473 02/24 00:00:51 CICSA TR68 8574850.6486 0.3856 0 1,162 TR68 #85748 RES TYPE RES NAME WT CNT WT TIME % OF RESPONSE CHANGEPRIOPRITY 60 0.00860.00 SWITCHTCB1,454 0.03320 0.29 WAIT W/O ID3 0.0039 0.00 WAIT FOR REDSPTCH 1,578 0.3363 0.30 ZCIOWAIT 63 1:50.1226 99.12 1ST DISPATCH 1 0.0001 0.00 -- 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: ZCIOWAIT message
Eric, ZCIOWAIT indicates VTAM terminal control wait. My first guess is that you are function shipping to another CICS region using VTAM connections between the regions and you are looking at the front-end transaction. In this case this is a normal situation. As for optimizing, it is really dependent upon the function the back-end region. Improve the task in the back-end region and you will shorten the wait in the front-end. -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 On 2/28/2011 5:52 AM, Eric JL wrote: When I run a CICS trans, it is use for DB2 select update, found it spend a lot of time on ZCIOWAIT. Is this a problem? How can I optimize it. The trans dump DATE TIME JOBNAME TRANID TASK# TERMID RESP CPU PAGING ILEIO 02/24 00:00:01 CICSA TR68 85748111.097 0.2186 0 727 02/24 00:00:02 CICSA TR68 87201 0.0346 0.0074 0 17 02/24 00:00:29 CICSA TR68 87583 1.1215 0.1548 0 473 02/24 00:00:51 CICSA TR68 8574850.6486 0.3856 0 1,162 TR68 #85748 RES TYPE RES NAME WT CNT WT TIME % OF RESPONSE CHANGEPRIOPRITY 60 0.00860.00 SWITCHTCB1,454 0.03320 0.29 WAIT W/O ID3 0.0039 0.00 WAIT FOR REDSPTCH 1,578 0.3363 0.30 ZCIOWAIT 63 1:50.1226 99.12 1ST DISPATCH 1 0.0001 0.00 -- 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: Running cics trans-id form batch pgm.
N.Suresh, You cannot "start" the transaction from batch, but you can perform an EXEC CICS LINK to a program in CICS. This is referred to as the EXCI interface. Since the CICS program is running as a back-end to the batch program, it must follow the rules of a DPL (Distributed Program Link). This means no functions which are terminal related like BMS, SEND and RECEIVE, or ASSIGN for terminal attributes. Refer to the CICS TS External Interfaces Guide for more information. Cheers, Tom Dunlap On 3/19/2010 4:15 AM, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN N.Suresh wrote: Hi every body, Please clarify my doubt is there any possibility to execute a CICS trans-id from a batch program. Thanks& Regards. N.Suresh -- 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 -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: Does "//" terminate JCL?
Yes, nothing after the // will be processed when submitting to a JES internal reader. Paul Gilmartin wrote: I keep a lot of JCL in Unix files and submit the jobs with FTP. I often place inactive job steps, comments, notes, whatever at the end of the file, after a "//" line. Sometimes I even keep a description at the front: Here's what the following job does ... // //NAME JOB ... Causes no problems other than an occasional SYSLOG message: $HASP125 user INTRDR SKIPPING FOR JOB CARD ... which I don't happen to consider a problem. But today I happened to glance at one of my jobs with SDSF SJ. The "//" and all the following stuff are visible. So, from the SJ display I issued SUBMIT. The "//" and following are not shown by SJ for that submitted job. So, I try writing the content of the edit buffer to DD SYSOUT(,INTRDR) (I have a macro for that). Again, the "//" and following stuff are visible in that submitted job. So, I conclude that breaking of jobstreams at "//" is perormed not by JCL processing, but by TSO SUBMIT. It's probably more complicated than that. -- 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 -- 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: DUMP SDATA options
Miklos, Yes, the RGN option causes dump capture to pull the "complete region". This is what we must do for CICS dumps. Cheers, Tom Miklos Szigetvari wrote: Hi I 'm using SDATA=(CSA,SQA,TRT,RGN,SUM,ALLNUC,PSA,LSQA,GRSQ,LPA,SWA) to dump an address space Is this enough to get the complete user region ? -- Have A Great Day!, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: Z11 - Water cooling?
Vince, I am not sure about the z11 designation, but I have heard the same. At several occasions IBM people have talked about the fact that the next generation of system would be water cooled (again) due to heat issues. I guess it is the price to pay for the higher speed chips and denser memory chips. Sincerely, Thomas Dunlap Vince Getgood wrote: Hi all, I've heard a rumor / picked up a sniff that the Z11 is likely to be water cooled / have a water cooled component. Anybody know any more? TIA -- 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 -- Have A Great Day!, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officert...@themisinc.com Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- 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: Websphere MQ Monitoring Tool
Bill, Yes there is a TMON for MQ. There are also similar products from IBM (Omegamon for MQ) and BMC (Mainview MQ). However you may want to stick with the "family". Normally these products have some level of integration and work together, plus you may be able to obtain a better price since you already have several other family members. Cheers, Tom Bill Johnson wrote: Can anyone recommend a mainframe product to monitor MQ series. We use ASG's TMON's for CICS, DB2, and zOS. I assume they also have an MQ monitor? What other vendors products would you recommend? TIA Bill Johnson - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Have A Great Day!, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officer[EMAIL PROTECTED] Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Mainframe Jobs Going Away
l require your skills in SQL, plus all of the other legacy (heritage) forms of extracting corporate information to drive the business. BTW, this is a forum for mainframe people, plus other interested parties, but have you had a look at the new i5? The AS/400 has also learned new tricks including LPARs. It can run many different operating systems in LPARs all on the same physical piece of hardware. Just one more way corporations can consolidate their many servers to reduce the cost of software (which may be of more concern then the hardware in todays data center). Many of the mainframe technologies developed over the years now seem to be surfacing on the smaller platforms. I look forward to being able to apply my knowledge to many different platforms, just in slightly different ways. I hope many more will seize the opportunity to investigate this "marriage of skills" and have some fun while doing it. Never stop the learning process. Steve Comstock wrote: Timothy Sipples wrote: I hope you've been reading this thread because this is the real world I encounter. IBM seems to have no sense of urgency over this, but I'm might close to closing my doors after 30 years of being a self-employed trainer and 7 years with IBM before that. My sense of urgency is measured in weeks, not years. And most companies will try to train in-house to one degree or another. The last statement was true, once upon a time. Now, it seems, very few companies do any training, except for "soft skills". I would imagine there's also going to be an increasing emphasis on new mainframe technologies as interest continues to grow: WebSphere Application Server, Web services, Linux, Java, etc. Which is not to say that everything else is going away -- far from it -- but the ratio could change. Sometimes ya' simply guess wrong. I put my energies into developing courses for supporting the Web on the mainframe: z/OS UNIX (3 courses) X/HTML on z/OS To be announced next week: WebSphere Developer for zSeries But the prospects I talk to are not moving that direction. And the IBM sales reps aren't talking that direction. I'm not exactly sure yet how IBM retirements will affect the supply of mainframe trainers and, thus, the training market. There are too many cross currents to get a good read. I believe IBM has announced that it's in a mainframe hiring mode, and that's been my personal observation, too. Need any training? Re: IBM and a sense of urgency, the big reason I'm where I'm at this moment is because of a corporate sense of urgency. So, at least in my personal experience (and observation), yeah, we got that -- so much so that I'm roughly halfway around the world from home. -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officer[EMAIL PROTECTED] Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: WebSphere AS -- DB2 required?
Tom, To my knowledge, with WAS 5.1 and later there is no requirement for DB2. The configuration information that was stored in DB2 tables is now maintained in XML. The only reason I can think of for DB2 is to support your own databases (if desired). Tom Sims wrote: Some of our clients' programmers are interested in WAS as an alternative to disparate distributed platforms for deploying web applications, but their managers are put off by the requirement for DB2. What features of WAS actually require DB2, or to put it another way, to what extent can WAS be used productively for web application development WITHOUT DB2? Thanks in advance, Tom Sims Btw, they have been trained in the jargon, to the extent that the programmers are really interested in the application services, not just the HTTP server. /T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Regards, Thomas DunlapChief Technology Officer[EMAIL PROTECTED] Themis, Inc.http://www.themisinc.com1 (800) 756-3000 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
