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Re: The z/OS V2.1 Migration PDF available
That's not my suggestion. My suggestion is simply to list (and to link to) all the previous migration documents within the current migration document. Save the reader a step (or two) in hunting them down. I don't know if the current migration document already does that but, if not, it should. It'd be a very short chapter that looks something like this: Chapter X: Upgrade to z/OS 2.1 from Operating System Releases Prior to z/OS 1.12 IBM does not support sharing z/OS 2.1 datasets and other operating system elements with operating system releases prior to z/OS 1.12. Also, IBM may no longer support your older operating system release. Customers migrating from operating system releases prior to z/OS 1.12 must prepare and execute a special migration plan to move to z/OS 2.1. To understand the migration considerations applicable to upgrades to past releases, please review the historical migration guides relevant to your circumstances. Here is a list of historical operating system migration guides: (Insert list/links here.) You may wish to engage a specialist services organization or IBM to assist in preparing and executing your special migration plan. Special migration plans are broadly split into two types: stepwise migrations and single step migrations. Stepwise migrations adhere to IBM's previously and currently supported operating system coexistence combinations. For example, if you are upgrading to z/OS 2.1 from z/OS 1.10, then a stepwise migration would involve an initial upgrade from z/OS 1.10 to 1.12 followed by a second upgrade from 1.12 to 1.21, in sequence. Single step migrations involve skipping intermediate releases, migrating directly to z/OS 2.1 without sharing datasets and other operating system elements between the old release and z/OS 2.1. For perspective, most of the IT industry's operating systems do not support release coexistence, so a single step migration is broadly similar in nature to release upgrades among other operating systems. Customers vary in how they weigh risk and cost factors as they consider migration strategies, but generally costs tend to increase as the number of migration steps increases. To reiterate, IBM may no longer support your older operating system release. Moreover, IBM never supported sharing datasets and other elements between operating system releases unless IBM specifically published coexistence guidance indicating otherwise. You and your services partner (if applicable) should carefully understand, assess, and manage the risks involved when preparing and executing your special migration plan. That'd work! Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Multiple timezones?
I can think of a couple more possibilities: 1. A job scheduler such as IBM Operations Manager for z/VM (IBM program number 5697-J10), CA VM:Schedule, etc. might handle this requested use case directly. 2. A job scheduler -- on z/OS notably -- could start a job via RSCS or FTPS in z/VM. (This is a variation on the Linux idea.) These two possibilities depend somewhat on how smart the scheduler is about periodic shifts in local time, e.g. daylight savings time. Many job schedulers are pretty smart. I'm generally in favor of scheduling jobs in one logical place if possible and absent a compelling reason otherwise. Note that the local time changes rather often in the world, hence the previous paragraph and its once and once well view. Operating system release X.Y.Z may not have a current understanding of the correct local time in a particular geography if enough time passes. Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: z/TPF question
ALCS -- a close cousin to z/TPF that runs on z/OS -- could use zIIPs indirectly. As one example, if you've got an IPSEC connection to/from ALCS then IPSEC can exploit zIIPs. My understanding is that z/TPF benefits rather more substantially than most software products from another specialty engine: SAPs (System Assist Processors). Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: FEW VLF RETRIEVES
The general approach for VLF is that a module is eligible for caching only after being fetched 10 times. The functionality of caching is asynchronous. It will be kicked off, via POST, after the 10th fetch. It is possible that your test program made it through its LOADs before the VLF processing got around to caching the module. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Linkage Editing VSE Phase in z/OS
In CAKvHmLtCsh_B8uJmzXVomWVVhOi06p=pwc-o0gvbppc2an2...@mail.gmail.com, on 08/09/2013 at 04:13 PM, Roberto Halais roberto.hal...@gmail.com said: We are doing a VSE to z/OS conversion and had to do the following since we have no source. Ouch! We put the phase in a z/os pds member (lrecl 80) How? If you used FTP, was it in binary mode? IEW2359E 240B SECTION FA010 CONTAINS AN RLD WITH AN INVALID ADCON LOCATION. CLASS = B_TEXT, ELEMENT OFFSET = FFAFFF88 Does VSE support negative offsets? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Multiple timezones?
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:41:04 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: I can think of a couple more possibilities: 1. A job scheduler such as IBM Operations Manager for z/VM (IBM program number 5697-J10), CA VM:Schedule, etc. might handle this requested use case directly. 2. A job scheduler -- on z/OS notably -- could start a job via RSCS or FTPS in z/VM. (This is a variation on the Linux idea.) Of these, how many can handle more timezones than GMT and LOCAL? (After all, the topic is Multiple timezones and the OP's requirement is clear.) These two possibilities depend somewhat on how smart the scheduler is about periodic shifts in local time, e.g. daylight savings time. Many job schedulers are pretty smart. I'm generally in favor of scheduling jobs in one logical place if possible and absent a compelling reason otherwise. Note that the local time changes rather often in the world, hence the previous paragraph and its once and once well view. Operating system release X.Y.Z may not have a current understanding of the correct local time in a particular geography if enough time passes. Indeed, the data base must be updated in a timely, hopefully nondisruptive fashion. For a Horrid Example, Independent Samoa advanced its clocks by 24 hours on December 1, 2012. So: 512 $ TZ=UTC0 date Sun Aug 11 15:13:36 UTC 2013 513 $ ssh 192.168.0.5 uname; TZ=Pacific/Apia date Linux Mon Aug 12 04:13:43 WST 2013 Ubuntu Linux had it right, even in anticipation of the change (admittedly, the system has been restarted since the change, so I can't vouch for nondisruptive), but: 514 $ uname; TZ=Pacific/Apia date Darwin Sun Aug 11 04:14:16 WST 2013 OS X (above; admittedly an out-of-support release), Solaris, and various other Linuxen still haven't got it right 16 months after the fact. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: The z/OS V2.1 Migration PDF available
All double column formatted PDFs drive me crazy. If I set the view to entire page, then the fonts too small. If I set the font large enough to see, then I have to yo-yo the pages up and down to read the columns. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bonno, Tuco Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 6:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The z/OS V2.1 Migration PDF available most emphatic ditto to what Louis Losee said, with this addendum: ... and doing so is driving me nuts /s/ tuco bonno; Graduate, College of Conflict Management; University of SouthEast Asia; I partied on the Ho Chi Minh Trail - tiến lên !! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Louis Losee Sent: Thursday, 08 August, 2013 10:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The z/OS V2.1 Migration PDF available The migration specific format is nice, however, for online reading the dual columns cause the reader to constanly page up and down to read each page. On Aug 8, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Marna WALLE mwa...@us.ibm.com wrote: Hi All, Since you mentioned the z/OS V2,1 Migration book being available, I thought I would bring to your attention something. It's different. We've tried a new format for the book, which I'm hoping will make it easier to read. We've divided up the chapters into which migration path you are on (R12- V2.1, or R13- V2.1). You read only the chapters that apply to you. Here's the layout: Chapter 1: Introduction for all users Chapter 2: General migration actionsfor all users Chapter 3: Migration from z/OS R13 for R13 - V2.1 users Chapter 4: Migration from z/OS R12 for R12 - V2.1 users R13-V2R1 : Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Skip Chapter 4. R12 - V2R1: Read Chapter 1,2, and 4. Skip chapter 3. Any feedback on this format is welcome! -Marna WALLE z/OS System Installation -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Announcing PCRE for z/OS 8.33 V2
PCRE for z/OS 8.33 V2 is nnow available on my website www.zaconsultants.net. New in this version: Full support for the Posix compatibility module GETMAIN and FREEMAIN as front ends for malloc and free pcregrep version that recognizes PDS and PDSE as such and treat them as directories and full support for HFS and ZFS With all the limitations of PCREGREP, I could still say SRCHFOR is dead, long live PCREGREP. ZA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
List all dataset in system by HLQ
Hello Group. I want to know if it is possible to list all datasets on the system but I'm just interested to obtain the list by the HLQ. That way I can get this? Example. sys1. * parmlib. * Thanks to all ATTE Victor -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: List all dataset in system by HLQ
It will depend. Are you looking for something in ISPF like option 3.4? Do you want to read a DCOLLECT file that will contain all files on Dasd, Migrated? Do you want to use ISMF? Do you want to code a program like REXX or COBOL? Many ways to do what you want. You can also use the Catalog Search Interface (CSI) I typically use DCOLLECT with SAS and MXG Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Victor Hugo Ochoa Avila Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: List all dataset in system by HLQ Hello Group. I want to know if it is possible to list all datasets on the system but I'm just interested to obtain the list by the HLQ. That way I can get this? Example. sys1. * parmlib. * Thanks to all ATTE Victor -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: zHPF
Ed, Actually the TCW has a shorter path length to process on the storage side, at least on HDS kit. On the VSP we see an improvement in response time, tens of microseconds, and an increase in max throughput of a VSD (Virtual Storage Director - the MP that handles almost everything except data transfer). Noticeable for cache hit workloads, but not so much for cache miss. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 12:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] zHPF On 8/6/2013 12:35 PM, gsg wrote: Would like to turn on zHPF. Is there a way to benchmark this to see what we're getting out of it? Would like to do this in test and then again in production. The main advantage to zHPF is more (overlapped) I/Os per second, not faster per-I/O speed. Therefore, to observe a measurable difference, you will need to run one hellacious benchmark! :) -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
