Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
I run DFHSM RECYCLE frequently. Which clears this problem. On the other hand, my tapes are virtual, so I no longer do any stacking of tapes. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain I think that you can tell HSM to RECYCLE the volume. Something like: //STEP010 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // REGION=4096K, // DYNAMNBR=40 //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.REXX.EXEC //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * HSEND DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL) HSEND RECYCLE - ALL - PERCENTVALID(100) - EXECUTE - SELECT(INCLUDE(RANGE(volser))) /* With CA-1 at our shop, this will remove the volume from EDM status and expire it to CA-1 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! John McKown -- 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
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
Make sure your TMC can handle 99,999 or more tapes. And switch to: SETSYS PARTIALTAPE(BACKUP(MARKFULL) MIGRATION(MARKFULL)) /* /* SETSYS TAPEUTILIZATION(UNIT(3490) PERCENTFULL(100)) /* SETSYS TAPESPANSIZE() /* Only span datasets 500m As for your specific need, HSEND RECYCLE VOLUME(xx) EXECUTE and possibly use FORCE on the second try. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain I run it nightly, but that doesn't seem to help this problem. Maybe I provide the wrong parameters. And my tapes are virtual also. That is the real reason for wanting to scratch these tapes, to free up the back-end storage for the tapes. If they were real tapes I wouldn't care. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr gib...@wsu.edu wrote: There is a command, I think a version of LIST that will tell you the contents of this particular migration dataset. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept within the one dataset name. For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. It's these tapes that are stacked 3 4 deep that have me confused. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote: IF migtape, recall the spanning dataset and perform a recycle. Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). If backtape,, ensure you have a valid real copy of the dataset. HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL HBACKDS 'dataset name' HTH, snip I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- 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 -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- 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
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept within the one dataset name. For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. It's these tapes that are stacked 3 4 deep that have me confused. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote: IF migtape, recall the spanning dataset and perform a recycle. Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). If backtape,, ensure you have a valid real copy of the dataset. HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL HBACKDS 'dataset name' HTH, snip I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
On 2 April 2015 at 14:55, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: What century is this? The default should be more granular: o Allowed for virtual tapes. o Disallowed for roller skate tapes. o Somewhere in between for robotic mounted tapes. There are (or were) mountable disks, too. They behave[d] just like tapes. Anyway, the user shouldn't be left stuck on the clock wondering why the computer went dead, the mount message should be echoed to the user's terminal (yes, even if the user is logged on to OMVS, and then to the right session if there are several) so the user would know. The terminal user *does* get a message, with an amusingly documented programmer response: IEC108I OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET Explanation Operator intervention is necessary before processing can continue on your data set. System action The system waits for the operator to respond. Programmer response A long wait may ensue before the operator responds. It's not the message the operator sees, but the user should be in little doubt about what's going on. Of course allowing ATTN to cancel the mount would've been nice. (IEC108D is also written in a couple of other cases, though they may all de facto be gone.) Tony H. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
I run it nightly, but that doesn't seem to help this problem. Maybe I provide the wrong parameters. And my tapes are virtual also. That is the real reason for wanting to scratch these tapes, to free up the back-end storage for the tapes. If they were real tapes I wouldn't care. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr gib...@wsu.edu wrote: There is a command, I think a version of LIST that will tell you the contents of this particular migration dataset. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept within the one dataset name. For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. It's these tapes that are stacked 3 4 deep that have me confused. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote: IF migtape, recall the spanning dataset and perform a recycle. Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). If backtape,, ensure you have a valid real copy of the dataset. HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL HBACKDS 'dataset name' HTH, snip I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- 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 -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
HSEND LIST TTOC SELECT(FULL) will provide a list of all DFHSM managed tapes and their predecessor/successor volume . To eliminate tape volx from a chain: volx, volx+1, volx+2 HSEND LIST TTOC(volx) HSEND LIST TTOC(volx+1) Verify the last dataset listed on volx is the first dataset on volx+1 Recall that dataset to primary dasd. HSEND RECYCLE EXECUTE VOLUME(volx) At the end of the recycle dfhsm will indicateARC0260I MIGRATION VOLUME volx ENTRY DELETED . You can now perform DELETE PURGE if desired. The above must be done for each chained volume. I suggest starting at the end of the chain. That way each recycle will be one volume. Re-migrate the dataset previously recalled if desired. HTH, snip The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept within the one dataset name. For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. It's these tapes that are stacked 3 4 deep that have me confused. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
There is a command, I think a version of LIST that will tell you the contents of this particular migration dataset. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain The spanning dataset is HSM.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. All the files are kept within the one dataset name. For tapes that are not spanned, then RECYCLE and DELETE PURGE works well. It's these tapes that are stacked 3 4 deep that have me confused. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote: IF migtape, recall the spanning dataset and perform a recycle. Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). If backtape,, ensure you have a valid real copy of the dataset. HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL HBACKDS 'dataset name' HTH, snip I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- 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
Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 15:39:18 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: The terminal user *does* get a message, with an amusingly documented programmer response: IEC108I OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET ... Programmer response A long wait may ensue before the operator responds. Does the terminal user get that message even if logged on to z/OS UNIX, with *no* TSO session active? New environments induce new requirements. It's not the message the operator sees, ... If the associated operator message was written as WTOR, it would be nice if the Reply number appeared in the text of IEC108I. Of course allowing ATTN to cancel the mount would've been nice. Yes. Although the asynchronous cancel might cause the operator some cognitive dissonance. And if the mount is DEFERred, the IEC108I may occur at an unexpected time. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
FILEDATA --Who gets the SR?
I submitted an RCF before I explored this behavior so deeply! Now, I believe there's matter for an SR: DD FILEDATA=BINARY in JCL overrides RECORD in the file tag RECORD in the file tag prevails over DD FILEDATA=TEXT in JCL. Not consistent; it's certainly not according to the Fine Manuals. I hope it's not WAD, but you know what they say. Should the SR go to UNIX System Services or to DfSMS? Thanks, gil (JCL available on request.) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: FILEDATA --Who gets the SR?
I say just take your best guess and go for it. Problems often don't fall cleanly into one area or another and require separate groups to discuss the issue with each other. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: I submitted an RCF before I explored this behavior so deeply! Now, I believe there's matter for an SR: DD FILEDATA=BINARY in JCL overrides RECORD in the file tag RECORD in the file tag prevails over DD FILEDATA=TEXT in JCL. Not consistent; it's certainly not according to the Fine Manuals. I hope it's not WAD, but you know what they say. Should the SR go to UNIX System Services or to DfSMS? Thanks, gil (JCL available on request.) -- 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
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
In 3910647452015251.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu, on 04/02/2015 at 10:29 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za said: Generally the young boys/girls are too lazy or bored to work on a farm, That may be how it looks to the owner. To an outsider, the obvious question is whether the owner is paying enough. One cliché lost in the backwaters of History is The workman is worthy of his hire. IOW, don't expect people to work for peanut if they can do better elsewhere. -- 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: migrating compiler versions
In of62f99d18.9a579d81-on85257e1a.002f4d06-80257e1a.00316...@prudential.com, on 04/01/2015 at 09:59 AM, Ken MacKenzie ken.macken...@pramerica.ie said: In the first release of COBOL 5, there was no AMODE(24) support. That has now been changed but it has led to several S0C4's as some of the compiler modules have not been fixed. Compiler or library? I can understand needing generated code below the line, but why would you need he compiler below the line? -- 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: Environment scope (was: OT: Digital? Cloud? ... )
In 6862960757492308.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 03/31/2015 at 11:27 PM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu said: Not only GLOBALV, but LINKs, ACCESSes, options set by CP SET and CMS SET commands, spooling options (although CMS Pipelines somewhat relaxes those constraints), ... others? Those aren't analogous to the *ix environment. The only one that I know of is REXX variables passed to a REXX-aware command, either automatically or via GLOBALV. -- 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: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
In 2700199934746409.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 04/01/2015 at 02:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu said: Why should the rules, or detection of the condition, be different for DYNALLOC? Because it's dynamic. For static allocation the Initiator can sort things out before running the job. Now, it's possible that you have a business case to justify a requirement, but it had better be god, because doing it is going to be a lot of work. -- 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: IP Sockets Application Programming Question
If you have z/OS NetView have a look at the TESTPORT command. Mike Wawiorko Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN Sent: 01 April 2015 21:45 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IP Sockets Application Programming Question Dear Group, I get calls about CICS sockets and TN3270 sockets. When all I needed to do was find out if an IP Address was up I just did a PING. Back when PING went through the network end-to-end. I have been reading the z/OS V1R12.0 Comm Svr: IP Sockets Application Programming Interface Guide and Reference. We now have z/OS V2R1. My REXX EXEC can do a: src = socket(VERSION); == Figure 170. VERSION command example. To use the socket commands provided by the REXX socket function, a socket set must be active. To allocate a socket set, use the INITIALIZE socket command. The INITIALIZE command creates a socket set and can support multiple socket calls. In the book are a bunch of REXX socket sample programs == Table 21. REXX socket sample programs. In the book it says: The LISTEN command applies only to stream sockets. I would like to verify if I can hit my CICS Web Services socket. My TCPIPSERVICE shows OPEN for PORT 1492. Q). Are CICS Web Services port 1492 and TN3270 port 23 Stream sockets? Currently all is working. I would like my REXX EXEC to be non-disruptive (and not cause a denial of service). The REXX socket sample programs use INITIALIZE. It says it will preallocate a socket set. A socket set is a number of pre allocated sockets available to a single REXX application. Q). Does my REXX EXEC need to have a socket to determine if one CICS socket is working? The VERSION worked without specifying a socket number. If anyone has done this before, are REXX socket functions the best way to PING a TCP/IP PORT? Thank you, Dave -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group. Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167). Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Barclays Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register No. 122702). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What century is this? 21st The default should be more granular: o Allowed for virtual tapes. o Disallowed for roller skate tapes. o Somewhere in between for robotic mounted tapes. There is no easy way for the system to know what is real and what is virtual. But perhaps the emulation is too faithful; the OS may be unable (by design) to distinguish a virtual tape from physical. But there are still esoteric device names. Doesn't work that was since day 1. Anyway, the user shouldn't be left stuck on the clock wondering why the computer went dead, the mount message should be echoed to the user's terminal (yes, even if the user is logged on to OMVS, and then to the right session if there are several) so the user would know. No TSO user typically has mount authority. We gave it out to a limited number of sysprogs when we had an MSS (3850). There was a way to get around it IIRC but its been years and I have forgotten. Even so an occasional sysprog would accidentally mount a round tape. The rule was that if you needed a tape you were to hand the reel to the operator yourself and submit a Job. Ed -- gil -- 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
Remove tape volume from a chain
I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 18:12:39 +, J O Skip Robinson wrote: The historical basis for this requirement is not hard to guess. Imagine a time when tapes were handled by people scrambling around on roller skates. A TSO user could finger-check a data set name and send a tape jockey hurtling across a cavernous room to grab a volume not even wanted; meanwhile the user is stuck on the clock wondering why the computer went dead, hollering at the help desk about terrible response time. I would have disallowed tape mounts then. They're still disallowed now by default. Just understand that if your personal userid acquires mount authority, you might become the user described above. What century is this? The default should be more granular: o Allowed for virtual tapes. o Disallowed for roller skate tapes. o Somewhere in between for robotic mounted tapes. But perhaps the emulation is too faithful; the OS may be unable (by design) to distinguish a virtual tape from physical. But there are still esoteric device names. Anyway, the user shouldn't be left stuck on the clock wondering why the computer went dead, the mount message should be echoed to the user's terminal (yes, even if the user is logged on to OMVS, and then to the right session if there are several) so the user would know. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
I think that you can tell HSM to RECYCLE the volume. Something like: //STEP010 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // REGION=4096K, // DYNAMNBR=40 //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.REXX.EXEC //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * HSEND DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL) HSEND RECYCLE - ALL - PERCENTVALID(100) - EXECUTE - SELECT(INCLUDE(RANGE(volser))) /* With CA-1 at our shop, this will remove the volume from EDM status and expire it to CA-1 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com wrote: I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
IF migtape, recall the spanning dataset and perform a recycle. Dataset can be found with HSEND LIST TTOC (volser). If backtape,, ensure you have a valid real copy of the dataset. HBDEL 'dataset name' ALL HBACKDS 'dataset name' HTH, snip I have some migration tapes that form some chains. The problem ends up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid data as the data expires. But I can't scratch tape since it is in a chain. I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape expires to reclaim these tapes. Is there anything I can do to remove a tape from the chain? HSM DFRMM. /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
On 2 April 2015 at 13:16, John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote: Of course, other collisions are possible for which no prefixes are assigned. FMIDs come to mind. For FMIDs, we always use H or E for base functions and J or F for dependent functions but we have no way to help prevent cross-vendor FMID naming conflicts. The SMP/E z/OS Packaging Rules book has this to say about that: The SYSMOD ID of a function is called the function modification identifier (FMID). The FMID is a 7 character identifier that needs to be unique to distinguish one product from another. One way to help ensure this uniqueness is to follow the naming convention tcccrrr, as described below: t - is an alphabetic character used to indicate type of function. Avoid the IBM valuse [sic] of A,B,C,D,E,F,H and J. ccc - is the product version code. You can help guarentee [sic] uniqueness by using the the [sic] component code. rrr - is the release value. This value should be alphanumeric and it should be unique within a product version. And the component code is exactly what can be registered with IBM. I've had my issues with IBM's lack of clarity and of following their own rules (and not just grandfathered ones) wrt names. For example, names in the /usr/lpp UNIX file hierarchy might be expected to follow the registered prefix rules, but instead there is a different set of registered (maybe) names in that space. As far as I understand, registering a prefix is intended to avoid clashes in: load module names messages FMIDs and related SMP/E elements (hence elem...@us.ibm.com) ENQ major names names in the RACF FACILITY class and probably others. But obviously no one can enforce this outside IBM, and it seems not much inside. It would also be nice if IBM would offer registrants the option to have their registered names published. Most of them -- IBM and ISV -- are pretty well known in any case, but having a formal list would be handy for when you encounter a module or message in a dump or on the console. On a lighter (virtual Friday) note, IBM developers have never been shy in their attempts to get carefully chosen names into their products' binaries. Some of the better known are the load modules IGDZILLA (SMS), GIMISEX (SMP/E), and an entire dodgy range of names under the CUN (Unicode services) prefix. To say nothing of the large Dilbert-themed set of macros and control blocks in JES2. Tony H. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
Paul Gilmartin wrote: Not so clueless. Taken in the context of the article it was clearly hyperbole, an attributive metaphor. The problem discussed, how to find skilled personnel to maintain the mainframes and their software is real, perhaps aggravated by ageism. Indeed. But the article is subtle advertisement of topaz and the company behind it. I did not learn something new, but some may be inspired by this article. I would not be surprised if some young %$$hole asks me this: Where do I click to IPL my z? (If not standing before HMC of course. :-D ) About age and finding skills: A similar thing is happening on farms. Only hardworking old/ageing guys/gals are still working on farms. Generally the young boys/girls are too lazy or bored to work on a farm, they want to get rich quickly without hard work. Who of them want to look/care/handling animals, inspecting/repairing camps fences, drive around looking for weeds/non-indigenous trees to chop out or spray, driving a tractor up and down, up and down a field, etc., day after day? Who of these youngies want to go at 02:00 in night to help a cow during birth of a calve or chase away a predator at a chicken place? Or fixing burst pipes or driving to town 50 kilometres away, etc? (... or fending of a 4 metre python while showering in a farmhouse? That happend to a woman about a week ago. She survived while her small children and dogs were also in the house.) But one thing about that article I'm agreeing with: The new breed of developers will not always be able to readily or accurately understand poorly documented COBOL and PL/l application logic ... Who of you have not tried to update an application and by the very last dead-line, then only you understand the logic and flow of it...? ... and found some bug(s) impossible to fix without rewriting the whole %^*# thing... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Sort Jcl
Hello. Could some one please let me know why the below sytntax is not working ? //SYSINDD * SORT FIELDS=COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) /* Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Thanks Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Secure FTP
Richards, Robert B. wrote: I am, however, experiencing Server timeouts: EZA2589E Connection to server interrupted or timed out. Waiting for reply What did you do BEFORE that message? This is important. Please post it. EZA1721W Server not responding, closing connection. Difficult to see where the problem is. Either there is a problem with connection from the client, or some delays (usually caused by firewall?) or the server is too busy? EZA1636I *** I can't open a data-transfer connection: EZA1735I Std Return Code = 16000, Error Code = 9 Any advice on this? Whose server, IBM's or mine? Can you connect from start of connect up to after entering the password? Are you the only one having this problem? Perhaps you can look at these options in FTP.DATA at client and/or server side: INACTTIME, CCONNTIME, DATACTTIME, DATAKEEPALIVE, DCONNTIME, FTPKEEPALIVE, MYOPENTIME, etc. Otherwise you should try packet trace or similar traces. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
On 04/02/2015 11:29 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: SNIPPAGE Who of you have not tried to update an application and by the very last dead-line, then only you understand the logic and flow of it...? ... and found some bug(s) impossible to fix without rewriting the whole %^*# thing... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht Too many times. And management always wants it fixed, not re-written because that will mean having to test every logic path... ??? Regards, Steve Thompson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
Ok. I have put the same earlier also , getting the same message . SYSIN : SORT FIELDS=COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', * C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) * WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR WER275A NO KEYWORDS FOUND ON CONTROL STATEMENT Thanks Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
I need to replace the data '96 M/B WHITE SALE by 96 M/B WHITE SALE . Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Secure FTP
EZYFT25I Using //'XX.TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN' for FTP translation tables for the control connection. EZYFT31I Using //'XX.TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN' for FTP translation tables for the data connection. EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V1R12 EZA1772I FTP: EXIT has been set. EZYFT18I Using catalog '/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ftpdmsg.cat' for FTP messages. EZA1554I Connecting to: dispby-117.boulder.ibm.com 170.225.15.117 port: 21. 220-IBM's internal systems must only be used for conducting IBM's 220-business or for purposes authorized by IBM management. 220- 220-Use is subject to audit at any time by IBM management. 220- 220 dhebpcb01 secure FTP server ready. EZA1701I AUTH TLS 234 SSLv23/TLSv1 EZA2895I Authentication negotiation succeeded EZA1701I PBSZ 0 200 PBSZ=0 EZA1701I PROT P 200 PROT command successful EZA2906I Data connection protection is private EZA1459I NAME (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com:Userid): blahblah EZA1701I USER blahblah 331 Password required for blahblah. EZA1789I PASSWORD: EZA1701I PASS 230 Virtual user blahblah logged in. EZA1460I Command: CCC BINARY EZA1701I CCC 200 command channel cleared. EZA2905I Control connection protection is clear EZA1460I Command: GET 12345678910/PROD/GIMPAF.XML /xx/xx/xx/x/GIMPAF.XML (REPLACE EZA1701I TYPE I 200 Type set to I. EZA1460I Command: EZA1701I PORT nn,n,nn,n,nn,nnn EZA2589E Connection to server interrupted or timed out. Waiting for reply EZA1721W Server not responding, closing connection. EZA1636I *** I can't open a data-transfer connection: EZA1735I Std Return Code = 16000, Error Code = 9 QUIT Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Secure FTP Richards, Robert B. wrote: I am,
Re: Sort Jcl
Thank a lot Kolusu! It is working now. Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:35:07 +, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe-how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ IBM confirms that the Z13 mainframe start button is in fact on the back, just on the left. Clueless. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
I know the comment about the start button was supposed to be funny, but isn't that a picture of the front of the machine accompanying the article? And isn't the power switch pretty much in the center of the machine? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 9:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On? On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:35:07 +, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe-how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ IBM confirms that the Z13 mainframe start button is in fact on the back, just on the left. Clueless. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
True, it's an EPO type switch on the front of the machine, but I'll guarantee that if that switch is down, no HMC or SE attached to it will bring the machine up! grin -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 10:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On? Is there even a real Power On switch? I know there's an EPO switch and probably some circuit breakers in the back but I thought the power on/off was done from the SE or HMC? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -Original Message- Pommier, Rex I know the comment about the start button was supposed to be funny, but isn't that a picture of the front of the machine accompanying the article? And isn't the power switch pretty much in the center of the machine? Rex -Original Message- Tom Marchant On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:35:07 +, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe- how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ IBM confirms that the Z13 mainframe start button is in fact on the back, just on the left. Clueless. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
Ron, It takes less than 2 seconds to figure out that you have mismatched single quotes at text beginning with C''96 and if you looked at the sysout I am sure you will see an asterisk or dollar symbol pointing to the error under the text I mentioned. Thanks, Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU wrote on 04/02/2015 08:31:13 AM: From: Ron Thomas ron5...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 04/02/2015 08:31 AM Subject: Sort Jcl Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Hello. Could some one please let me know why the below sytntax is not working ? //SYSINDD * SORT FIELDS=COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) /* Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Thanks Ron T -- 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
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 8:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On? ---Snip I'm still amazed that children are not allowed near those rooms and those EPO, I wondeer why, oh, why? ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht I don't worry about the children - it’s the Management types that scare me Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Engineer Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Firewall made the following annotations. -- Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
Ron Thomas wrote: OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) One single quote too many. Just count them from left to right and right to left. Or use hilite in ISPF. Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Sri h Kolusu sorted you out, but what is issuing WER268A? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
You've never heard of a little product called Syncsort MFX? All our messages begin with WER. Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Software Development Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8234 | M: 512-627-3803 E: cblaic...@syncsort.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sort Jcl Ron Thomas wrote: OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) One single quote too many. Just count them from left to right and right to left. Or use hilite in ISPF. Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Sri h Kolusu sorted you out, but what is issuing WER268A? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ATTENTION: - The information contained in this message (including any files transmitted with this message) may contain proprietary, trade secret or other confidential and/or legally privileged information. Any pricing information contained in this message or in any files transmitted with this message is always confidential and cannot be shared with any third parties without prior written approval from Syncsort. This message is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and/or Syncsort and destroy all copies of this message in your possession, custody or control. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
Is there even a real Power On switch? I know there's an EPO switch and probably some circuit breakers in the back but I thought the power on/off was done from the SE or HMC? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any use, disclosure, printing, copying or distribution, or reliance on the contents, of this communication is strictly prohibited. CIT disclaims any liability for the review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or the taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication by persons other than the intended recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission, and immediately delete and destroy the communication and any accompanying materials. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -Original Message- Pommier, Rex I know the comment about the start button was supposed to be funny, but isn't that a picture of the front of the machine accompanying the article? And isn't the power switch pretty much in the center of the machine? Rex -Original Message- Tom Marchant On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:35:07 +, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe- how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ IBM confirms that the Z13 mainframe start button is in fact on the back, just on the left. Clueless. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
Pommier, Rex wrote: True, it's an EPO type switch on the front of the machine, but I'll guarantee that if that switch is down, no HMC or SE attached to it will bring the machine up! grin I'm always nervous if a visitor is too near (nearer than 2 meters) to that EPO even with that clear plastic thing over it... ;-) IBM-MAIN is full of stories of those red buttons (covered or not) which were pressed/pushed/pulled/broken instead of being left alone... I'm still amazed that children are not allowed near those rooms and those EPO, I wondeer why, oh, why? ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
Ok what i put is as , the single quotes on the left is 2 and on the right is also 2 so getting balanced. still not working OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE'', C'96 M/B WHITE SALE')) Thanks Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:49:08 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:35:07 +, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe-how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ IBM confirms that the Z13 mainframe start button is in fact on the back, just on the left. Clueless. Not so clueless. Taken in the context of the article it was clearly hyperbole, an attributive metaphor. The problem discussed, how to find skilled personnel to maintain the mainframes and their software is real, perhaps aggravated by ageism. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl
VV V VV I think you're out of sync??? OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) Charles (Chuck) Hardee Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration EAS Information Technology Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 Industry Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone +1 (724) 517-2633 | Mobile +1 (412) 877-2809 | FAX: +1 (412) 490-9230 chuck.har...@thermofisher.com | www.thermofisher.com WORLDWIDE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent of a system responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender and delete all copies. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Sort Jcl Hello. Could some one please let me know why the below sytntax is not working ? //SYSINDD * SORT FIELDS=COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) /* Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Thanks Ron T -- 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
Re: Sort Jcl
Ron, Count the number of single quotes on the input string you want to replace in your FINDREP Control cards. You should have an EVEN number of single quotes. Thanks, Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU wrote on 04/02/2015 08:42:13 AM: From: Ron Thomas ron5...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 04/02/2015 08:42 AM Subject: Re: Sort Jcl Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Ok. I have put the same earlier also , getting the same message . SYSIN : SORT FIELDS=COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', * C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) * WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR WER275A NO KEYWORDS FOUND ON CONTROL STATEMENT Thanks Ron T -- 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
Re: Sort Jcl
Ron, You need to enclose the single quote in a set of single quotes. Ok instead of wasting any time on this trivial issue, here are exact control cards you want. //SYSINDD * OPTION COPY OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C'''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) //* Thanks, Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU wrote on 04/02/2015 08:50:30 AM: From: Ron Thomas ron5...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 04/02/2015 08:51 AM Subject: Re: Sort Jcl Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU I need to replace the data '96 M/B WHITE SALE by 96 M/B WHITE SALE . Thanks! -- 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
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
Here's a nice little topic for discussion. What do the three letter message prefixes stand for? IBM sort ICE Syncsort WER CICS DFH IMS DFS IBM ??? IGD (anybody ever notice IGDZILLA in SYS1.LPALIB?) . . . . --- cblaic...@syncsort.com wrote: From: Blaicher, Christopher Y. cblaic...@syncsort.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sort Jcl Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 15:55:07 + You've never heard of a little product called Syncsort MFX? All our messages begin with WER. Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Software Development Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8234 | M: 512-627-3803 E: cblaic...@syncsort.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sort Jcl Ron Thomas wrote: OUTREC FINDREP=(INOUT=(C''96 M/B WHITE SALE', C' 96 M/B WHITE SALE ')) One single quote too many. Just count them from left to right and right to left. Or use hilite in ISPF. Msg received in sort is WER268A OUTREC STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR Sri h Kolusu sorted you out, but what is issuing WER268A? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ATTENTION: - The information contained in this message (including any files transmitted with this message) may contain proprietary, trade secret or other confidential and/or legally privileged information. Any pricing information contained in this message or in any files transmitted with this message is always confidential and cannot be shared with any third parties without prior written approval from Syncsort. This message is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or by their designee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are on notice that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and/or Syncsort and destroy all copies of this message in your possession, custody or control. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN _ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 08:59:44 -0500, Shane Ginnane wrote: Mark you gotta stop including the Thanks in (as part of) your posted links. You did it last month too :o) And he quite reasonably separated it with a blank which LISTSERV transmogrified to NBSP (in UTF-8) when it generated the URL. http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe-how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ Go figger. Too much DWIM. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
Mark you gotta stop including the Thanks in (as part of) your posted links. You did it last month too :o) Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/04/02/nice-mainframe-how-the-hell-do-i-turn-it-on/ Thanks, Mark Regan USNR-Ret. [1969-1991, CTO1] K8MTR -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Secure FTP
Follow-up... I chose Kurt's recommendation to use the CLIENT data. I am, however, experiencing Server timeouts: EZA2589E Connection to server interrupted or timed out. Waiting for reply EZA1721W Server not responding, closing connection. EZA1636I *** I can't open a data-transfer connection: EZA1735I Std Return Code = 16000, Error Code = 9 Any advice on this? Whose server, IBM's or mine? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 9:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Secure FTP What is the best way to customize my batch SMP/E JCL to execute Secure FTP every time I submit a RECEIVEFROMNETWORK? Not sure this is the best way to use FTPS, but I suggest you create an appropriate ftp.data file, and tell FTP to use that file with the -f option specified in the CLIENT data. This seems to work for many, and you can check it out in the Preparing for secure internet delivery chapter in the SMP/E Users' Guide: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.gim3000/dsetups.htm Also note that if FTPS causes you trouble, usually because of a proxy or firewall, consider using HTTPS instead. This is also described in that chapter. Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development -- 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
Re: Secure FTP
Try passive mode ftp: add FWFRIENDLY TRUE and/or EPSV4 TRUE to ftp.data http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/f1a1b3b1/2.3.11.7 Norbert Friemel On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 11:50:29 -0400, Richards, Robert B. wrote: EZYFT25I Using //'XX.TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN' for FTP translation tables for the control connection. EZYFT31I Using //'XX.TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN' for FTP translation tables for the data connection. EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V1R12 EZA1772I FTP: EXIT has been set. EZYFT18I Using catalog '/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ftpdmsg.cat' for FTP messages. EZA1554I Connecting to: dispby-117.boulder.ibm.com 170.225.15.117 port: 21. 220-IBM's internal systems must only be used for conducting IBM's 220-business or for purposes authorized by IBM management. 220- 220-Use is subject to audit at any time by IBM management. 220- 220 dhebpcb01 secure FTP server ready. EZA1701I AUTH TLS 234 SSLv23/TLSv1 EZA2895I Authentication negotiation succeeded EZA1701I PBSZ 0 200 PBSZ=0 EZA1701I PROT P 200 PROT command successful EZA2906I Data connection protection is private EZA1459I NAME (deliverycb-bld.dhe.ibm.com:Userid): blahblah EZA1701I USER blahblah 331 Password required for blahblah. EZA1789I PASSWORD: EZA1701I PASS 230 Virtual user blahblah logged in. EZA1460I Command: CCC BINARY EZA1701I CCC 200 command channel cleared. EZA2905I Control connection protection is clear EZA1460I Command: GET 12345678910/PROD/GIMPAF.XML /xx/xx/xx/x/GIMPAF.XML (REPLACE EZA1701I TYPE I 200 Type set to I. EZA1460I Command: EZA1701I PORT nn,n,nn,n,nn,nnn EZA2589E Connection to server interrupted or timed out. Waiting for reply EZA1721W Server not responding, closing connection. EZA1636I *** I can't open a data-transfer connection: EZA1735I Std Return Code = 16000, Error Code = 9 QUIT Bob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
Richard Pinion wrote: Here's a nice little topic for discussion. What do the three letter message prefixes stand for? IBM sort ICE Syncsort WER CICS DFH IMS DFS IBM ??? IGD (anybody ever notice IGDZILLA in SYS1.LPALIB?) Shame on you, you forgot my favourite toy - ICH ;-D I don't know, but I am tired of %$$holes asking me whether our company is the owner of IBM Connect Direct... SITA001I IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS initialization Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Richard Pinion wrote: Here's a nice little topic for discussion. What do the three letter message prefixes stand for? IBM sort ICE Syncsort WER CICS DFH IMS DFS IBM ??? IGD (anybody ever notice IGDZILLA in SYS1.LPALIB?) Shame on you, you forgot my favourite toy - ICH ;-D OK, I can pre-start the Friday silliness by imagining what they _might_ stand for: ICH == It Can Hurt/Help! DFH == Data Fails Handily/Habitually DFS == Damn Foolish System IST == It Supports Terminals (gee, that almost makes sense) IGD == Invigorates Good Data I don't know, but I am tired of %$$holes asking me whether our company is the owner of IBM Connect Direct... SITA001I IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS initialization Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IP Sockets Application Programming Question
Thank you Mike and Mark, I did use the REXX code I was sent off list. I just enter PINGP 'localhost 80'. I changed the logic to use 127.0.0.1 as a fixed IP address. Now all we need to supply is the port number. Thank you, Dave -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Wawiorko Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 5:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IP Sockets Application Programming Question If you have z/OS NetView have a look at the TESTPORT command. Mike Wawiorko P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN Sent: 01 April 2015 21:45 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IP Sockets Application Programming Question Dear Group, I get calls about CICS sockets and TN3270 sockets. When all I needed to do was find out if an IP Address was up I just did a PING. Back when PING went through the network end-to-end. I have been reading the z/OS V1R12.0 Comm Svr: IP Sockets Application Programming Interface Guide and Reference. We now have z/OS V2R1. My REXX EXEC can do a: src = socket(VERSION); == Figure 170. VERSION command example. To use the socket commands provided by the REXX socket function, a socket set must be active. To allocate a socket set, use the INITIALIZE socket command. The INITIALIZE command creates a socket set and can support multiple socket calls. In the book are a bunch of REXX socket sample programs == Table 21. REXX socket sample programs. In the book it says: The LISTEN command applies only to stream sockets. I would like to verify if I can hit my CICS Web Services socket. My TCPIPSERVICE shows OPEN for PORT 1492. Q). Are CICS Web Services port 1492 and TN3270 port 23 Stream sockets? Currently all is working. I would like my REXX EXEC to be non-disruptive (and not cause a denial of service). The REXX socket sample programs use INITIALIZE. It says it will preallocate a socket set. A socket set is a number of pre allocated sockets available to a single REXX application. Q). Does my REXX EXEC need to have a socket to determine if one CICS socket is working? The VERSION worked without specifying a socket number. If anyone has done this before, are REXX socket functions the best way to PING a TCP/IP PORT? Thank you, Dave -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group. Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167). Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Barclays Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register No. 122702). -- 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
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
We reserve names in the A-I range for IBM products. Things starting with J-Z can be assigned to others by request to elem...@us.ibm.com. The reason to assign prefixes at all is to avoid the problems we once had with more than one IBM product using the same names for different things. For example, I seem to recall that z/OS and IMS might both have WTO macros. By extension, other software vendors can ask for prefixes so their part names don't collide with those supplied by others who play nice. As some products have very old part names that were chosen ahead of this standard, they are grandfathered and not required to rename their parts. For example, we have no plans to ever rename TSO/E's SEND command even though it starts with an S or to rename the aforementioned WTO macro. But as the list of those things is (or should be) static, and people know or can discover them with reasonable ease, what we have is some level of protection against the introduction of new parts that will have naming conflicts with each other. I have never asked, and several people have been on the other end of that e-mail address over the years and might have done it differently, but prefixes are quite possibly chosen on a next-one-available basis most of the time. Historically, some packagers both inside and outside IBM have asked for (and gotten) prefixes they wanted, but I think most just ask for a prefix and use whatever they get, so they don't actually stand for anything in particular. Once in a while, someone decides they don't like the prefix assigned and asks for another. (However, I rather doubt that we've ever tried to assign BAD, or IRK to anyone, or ever would!) Of course, other collisions are possible for which no prefixes are assigned. FMIDs come to mind. For FMIDs, we always use H or E for base functions and J or F for dependent functions but we have no way to help prevent cross-vendor FMID naming conflicts. john.archie.mck...@gmail.com (John McKown) wrote: Hearsay from a past email which I remember from an IBM'er is that IBM reserved a number of prefixes which start with a particular alphabetic for themselves and another set guaranteed for users (would never be used by IBM). He also said that the 3 character prefix was assigned by somebody within IBM at their own whim. I.e. they are just picked at random and don't really mean anything. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Sort Jcl - hi-jacking
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Richard Pinion rpin...@netscape.com wrote: Here's a nice little topic for discussion. What do the three letter message prefixes stand for? IBM sort ICE Syncsort WER CICS DFH IMS DFS IBM ??? IGD (anybody ever notice IGDZILLA in SYS1.LPALIB?) . Hearsay from a past email which I remember from an IBM'er is that IBM reserved a number of prefixes which start with a particular alphabetic for themselves and another set guaranteed for users (would never be used by IBM). He also said that the 3 character prefix was assigned by somebody within IBM at their own whim. I.e. they are just picked at random and don't really mean anything. -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On?
...and cleaning people. Bumping switches with mop handles etc. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jerry Whitteridge Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 8:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Forbes: Nice Mainframe, How Do I Turn It On? ---Snip I'm still amazed that children are not allowed near those rooms and those EPO, I wondeer why, oh, why? ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht I don't worry about the children - it’s the Management types that scare me Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Engineer Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Firewall made the following annotations. -- Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch
I don't see this as dynamic vs. static. It's about TSO vs. non-TSO. The authority to mount a tape has always been associated with each individual userid. It's an attribute of the userid in UADS. It's a profile in the TSOAUTH class to which the userid must have READ access. 'Foreground' or 'background', mount must be authorized by userid. The historical basis for this requirement is not hard to guess. Imagine a time when tapes were handled by people scrambling around on roller skates. A TSO user could finger-check a data set name and send a tape jockey hurtling across a cavernous room to grab a volume not even wanted; meanwhile the user is stuck on the clock wondering why the computer went dead, hollering at the help desk about terrible response time. I would have disallowed tape mounts then. They're still disallowed now by default. Just understand that if your personal userid acquires mount authority, you might become the user described above. . . . J.O.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 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 11:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: dynamic allocation for tape using TSO in batch In 2700199934746409.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 04/01/2015 at 02:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu said: Why should the rules, or detection of the condition, be different for DYNALLOC? Because it's dynamic. For static allocation the Initiator can sort things out before running the job. Now, it's possible that you have a business case to justify a requirement, but it had better be god, because doing it is going to be a lot of work. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
