Re: Using symbolics in Linklist dsnames

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

We do too, also for the sysname. 
I did a presentation at SHARE on Using symbols in 2013. You can see it at 

http://www.share.org/p/do/sd/sid=8958=9114=direct

It has many examples of using symbols. 
MA

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Re: z/OS V2.2 Manuals are zipped up

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

And here is a link to Marna's blog 
http://www.share.org/p/bl/ar/blogaid=394

MA 

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:08:28 -0700, Lizette Koehler  
wrote:

>I was not sure if anyone posted this or saw this.  So here it is as posted on
>share.org on Sept 16th 2015.
>

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Re: pasearch in batch

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Yes I'm responding to a post from 2012. Because I know now what I didn't know 
then, that pasearch has to be executed as a shell script. So here is what's 
working for me now: 

//STEP1  EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH
//STDPARM DD *
sh
pasearch -t
/*
//STDOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//STDERR DD SYSOUT=*
//*

MA

On Thu, 3 May 2012 11:25:09 -0400, Rob Schramm <rob.schr...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Tried it.  Various failures.. not really with pasearch..  just can't
>get it to execute.
>
>last error was bpam related
>
>Rob Schramm
>Senior Systems Consultant
>Imperium Group
>
>
>On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Mary Anne Matyaz
><maryanne4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Rob, what happens when you run something like this:
>>
>> //ISPBTCH EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=7M
>> //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.SBPXEXEC
>> // � � � �DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.SEZAEXEC
>> //SYSTSIN DD *
>> �EZACMD PASEARCH -T
>> /*
>>

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Re: Share IODF in different sysplex same CPC

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Hi Jorge. The IODF must be *catalogued* on each system, but it doesn't have to 
be in the same catalog. 

I prefer HCD Export to transmit the IODF to the other system then HCD import 
it. You can also repro it to a flat file, ftp that, then repro it back out on 
the other system. Here's my batch export jcl. 

//EXPORT   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01
//HCDIODFS DD   DSN=MAM.IODFA0,DISP=SHR
//HCDMLOG  DD   DSN=MAM.HCD.MSGLOG,DISP=OLD
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD *
 CALL 'SYS1.LINKLIB(CBDMGHCP)',  +
 'EXPORT,MAM,TND'

MA

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Re: TN3270 definitions

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Gadi, here's an example of mine: 

  IPGROUP
JABCDEFD   255.255.254.0:10.67.116.0
  ENDIPGROUP

  LUMAP   J14108PLJABCDEFD

  LUGROUP J14108PL
  J14108AA..J14108AD..fffa
  ENDLUGROUP

J14108AA APPL ACBNAME=J14108AA,VPACING=1,AUTH=(VPACE),EAS=10,  X
   SESSLIM=YES,SPAN=(SPANJ1)

Mary Anne 


On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:30:38 +0300, גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com wrote:

Hi

I am trying to define new TN3270 definitions.
The system is running OS/390 v2.8 (Yes, I know it's ancient).

I would like anyone who attempts to connect from one of these networks:
10.100.2.0

10.100.12.0

10.100.13.0

10.100.14.0

10.100.15.0

10.100.16.0

10.100.17.0

10.100.18.0

10.100.19.0


To be able to connect, and receive an LU from the POOL that is defined as:

BIH#01   VBUILD TYPE=APPL
BIH1*APPL AUTH=NVPACE,EAS=1,PARSESS=NO,MODETAB=ISTINCLM,SESSLIM=YES

I've already activated the definitions in VTAM.
If I display them, I get:
D NET,ID=BIH#01,E
IST097I DISPLAY ACCEPTED
IST075I NAME = BIH#01, TYPE = APPL SEGMENT
IST486I STATUS= ACTIV, DESIRED STATE= ACTIV
IST360I APPLICATIONS:
IST080I BIH1*CONCT
IST314I END

My TN3270 definitions are:
LUGROUP  HAR1LU
  BIH10001..BIH10256
ENDLUGROUP
IPGROUP  HAR1IP
  10.100.2.1..10.100.2.255
  10.100.12.1..10.100.12.255
  10.100.13.1..10.100.13.255
  10.100.14.1..10.100.14.255
  10.100.15.1..10.100.15.255
  10.100.16.1..10.100.16.255
  10.100.17.1..10.100.17.255
  10.100.18.1..10.100.18.255
  10.100.19.1..10.100.19.255
ENDIPGROUP

LUMAP HAR1LU IPGRP,HAR1IP

When I try to activate the definitions, I get syntax error messages for the 
line  10.100.2.1..10.100.2.255 (at the ..) and for the LUMAP line (at the ,).

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

Thanks

Gadi


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Re: Remote HMC or HMC with Remote Access

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Hi Mike. NewEra makes that available on their website...

http://www.newera.com/INFO/SHARE_HMC_Slides.pdf

MA 

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:49:09 -0400, Mike Myers m...@mentor-services.com wrote:

Greg:

I'm not a member of SHARE, but I would sure like to see that 
presentation (or at least the list of exposures). Can I get it somewhere?

Mike Myers

On 08/07/2014 05:31 PM, Greg Boyd wrote:
 Make sure you properly secure the HMC.  Paul Robichaux (from NewEra 
 Software) and Barry Schrager (from xBridge Systems, and ACF2 fame) did a 
 presentation at Share in San Francisco in 2013 titled 'The HMC is a 
 Fantastic Tool But Are You Making It Secure?' Session 12255. They had found 
 a number of customers who  were using the remote access, but they didn't 
 realize some of the exposures that remote access introduced.

 Greg Boyd
 Mainframe Crypto (www.mainframecrypto.com)


 On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:28:55 +, Ken Porowski ken.porow...@cit.com wrote:

 Any reason to prefer one setup over the other?

 Local (my office) HMC connected to remote datacenters (50+ miles and 200+ 
 miles)

 Remote access (from my office) to an HMC in remote datacenters (50+ miles 
 and 200+ miles)


 I�m going to have 2 datacenters (200+ miles apart) in CoLo providers
 Closest datacenter will be within 50 miles of the office where I work
 Intent is to have only �smart� third party support access to the datacenter 
 (for racking/cabling/rebooting)
 Mainframe activity (IPL/POR) to take place remotely with fallback to 
 �smart� third party support if needed.
 Rack space will be at a premium so they don�t want to waste it on an HMC if 
 they can avoid it.

 Thanks all for your input.
 Ken


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Re: New Survey - Please SHARE Your Experience!

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Just a reminder about the MVS Survey that Cheryl sent out; it will be wrapping 
up Friday, so if you haven't taken it yet, we'd very much appreciate your 
input. 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MR59B5Q  

If you're attending SHARE in Pittsburgh next week, please find me and introduce 
yourself. I'll be speaking on Monday at 11:15 in the MVSE Project Opening, room 
406. 

Thanks!
Mary Anne Matyaz
MVS Core Technologies Project Manager, SHARE
www.share.org/mvs 

On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 15:58:59 -0400, Cheryl Walker cwwalke...@gmail.com wrote:

Sorry, folks, but I made an error about saving the survey. You can only return 
to the survey if it's sent to a specific email address. When you use the link 
below, you may only change results until you exit the survey. But if you've 
completed just a portion of the survey, you can start a new one and simply 
ignore the questions you've already answered. But to submit the 'page' you're 
working on, you must move to the next 'page'.

==
Cheryl Watson
Watson  Walker, Inc.
www.watsonwalker.com
cell  text: 941-266-6609
==

On Jul 2, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Cheryl Walker cwwalke...@gmail.com wrote:

The SHARE MVS program is conducting a survey of System z hardware and z/OS 
software enhancements, and are requesting your help. The SHARE MVS Program 
community is providing this survey to gather information that will help in 
planning sessions and presentations for future conferences. Our intention is 
to determine which z/OS enhancements have been exploited by the MVS community, 
and which need additional training or support through SHARE conferences or 
other offerings. All of the questions are optional. The survey is set up so 
that you can save it and update or complete your answers later. 

The first section refers to System z hardware, and the second refers to System 
z software (primarily z/OS). The results of the survey will be made available 
to SHARE members after it's completed (August 1), and also presented at SHARE 
in Pittsburgh at session 15567: Exploiting z/OS - Tales From the MVS Survey 
(Friday at 9:30 am). Even if you aren't a member of SHARE, you can register to 
access the materials.

This is a long survey and may require input from several people. There are 
four Pages - an introduction page, a Hardware section (about 7 pages if 
printed out), a Software section (about 7 pages if printed out), and a thank 
you page. We recommend that you print out the Hardware section and the 
Software section, use them to collect the information, and then enter the 
results all at once. You may save and return to the survey to resume it. We 
appreciate your time and effort! 

If you have any problems or questions, please contact che...@watsonwalker.com.

Here is a link to the survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MR59B5Q

Thanks for your participation!

==
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Re: Heads up for z/OS V2R1 golive

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Thanks Doug, that *is* nasty looking. Never did like an overlay. :) 
See you in Pittsburgh?   

MA 

On Wed, 28 May 2014 15:06:27 -0500, Doug Henry doug_he...@usbank.com wrote:

On Wed, 28 May 2014 11:40:33 -0500, Mary Anne Matyaz maryanne4...@gmail.com 
wrote:

Tim, it is hiper now. 
 
Mary Anne 

On Thu, 22 May 2014 09:51:34 -0500, Tim Deller ists...@bonton.com wrote:

If you run batch jobs that use VSAM files; you may or may not see S0C4 and 
other abends.
Programmers get called to work on problems they cannot fix. They and their 
managers become unhappy.
Apply UA72646 for apar OA43983

Hi Mary Anne,
While this might not apply to you it is was very nasty problem. The storage 
overlays took a while to find. This is a 2.1 problem only.

APAR Identifier .. OA45240  Last Changed  14/05/19
  DATOFF OVERLAYS NUCLEUS CORRUPTION BPX1VRW BPXVNRW
  ABEND073 ABEND0C1 IN IAXUH

The symptoms can really be just about anything, depending upon
  which real frames get inadvertently written to.

This problem affects users of memory map (mmap) when the
  underlying PFS is NFS Client, TFS, or the XPFS (shared file
  system function-shipping client).

Doug

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Marna's Musings: Looking for Mr. APAR

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

IBM's Marna Walle posted a SHARE blog entry yesterday that talks about a new 
search capability in IBMLink*, granular APAR search: 

http://www.share.org/p/bl/et/blogid=0blogaid=289source=6 

Here's the link to the actual search page: 
http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/psearch/search?domain=gapar  

You can search for things like 'Only Info Apars' or 'Only New Function Apars'. 

Have fun! 
MA 


* IBMLink, or SR, or Support Portal, or whatever you call it. I call it 
IBMLink. :)

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Re: Heads up for z/OS V2R1 golive

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Tim, it is hiper now. 

 APAR Identifier .. OA43983  Last Changed  14/05/23
  ABEND0C4 IDA019R1+2AE8 ON FIRST VSAM CALL AFTER OPEN. THIS ONLY
  OCCURS ON Z/OS 2.1
 
  Symptom .. AB ABEND0C4  Status ... CLOSED  PER
  Severity ... 2  Date Closed . 14/03/06
  Component .. 5695DF106  Duplicate of 
  Reported Release . 210  Fixed Release  999
  Component Name DFSMS VSAM   Special Notice   HIPER
  Current Target Date ..14/04/30  Flags
  SCP ...   FUNCTIONLOSS
  Platform  PERVASIVE

Thanks for the heads up. 
Mary Anne 

On Thu, 22 May 2014 09:51:34 -0500, Tim Deller ists...@bonton.com wrote:

If you run batch jobs that use VSAM files; you may or may not see S0C4 and 
other abends.
Programmers get called to work on problems they cannot fix. They and their 
managers become unhappy.
Apply UA72646 for apar OA43983
It is not HIPER but I think it should be. 
 

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SHARE in Pittsburgh Call for Presentations

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Share your opinions, experiences, lessons learned and fresh approaches as a 
speaker at SHARE in Pittsburgh, August 3-8, 2014. SHARE welcomes and encourages 
both first-time submitters and seasoned presenters to take part in this leading 
enterprise technology event. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is 
April 18, 2014.

To submit a proposal to speak at SHARE in Pittsburgh in the MVSE Project, fill 
out the form at:

https://share.confex.com/share/123/mvs/sessions/index.cgi?SubmissionOrigin=cfp

The MVS Core Technologies team welcomes proposals for sessions on all types of 
MVS topics, BCP, JES2, SMP/E, HCD, etc. We're very interested in User 
Experience type sessions, which are extremely popular at SHARE. Are you doing 
something particularly cleverly and want to 'share'? Have you experimented with 
new z/OS features like z/OSMF, PFA, or BCPII? Let us know!
If you're uncomfortable submitting a CFP, or just want to discuss your ideas 
first, feel free to email me at maryanne4...@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Mary Anne Matyaz
MVS Core Technologies Project Manager 

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Re: how to know who use system symbols

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Where to search for system symbol usage: 

All JCL: STC, Logon procs, and Batch JCL (Though seeing it in batch jcl is 
fairly rare)  
Rexx
Clists 
In catalog aliases 
Within Commands: DD, SETPROG, VARY etc. (So these might be specified in your 
automation) 
Any code invoking SVC 99  
Any code invoking ASASYMBM  
USS paths/symbols 
And of course as already mentioned, in parmlib, proclib, vtamlst, and tcpip and 
Jes2 parms. 

MA 

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:53:03 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht 
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote:

mvsmain wrote:

In our shop there are many system symbols  defined. Could you tell us how to 
know  who use system symbols ? 

Radoslaw wrote about searching datasets. You could start there.

But, I would also ask: exactly what or how do you want to know who use/used 
system symbols? Usage by member, job, proc, etc or usage by ASASYMBM program?

Searching datasets or usage of them is one example, but AFAIK, there are no 
audit trails for program ASASYMBM. (Even with RACF PROGRAM class)

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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Re: HMC REXX for Automating LPAR Controls (IMFEXEC)

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Rob, 
BCPii Rexx is only available on z/OS 2.1. If you're not 2.1 yet, you could 
write an assembler program that issues BCPii commands. If 
CA OPS is your automation package you may have some options there. 

MA

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Re: IBMLINK Missing In Action

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Lizette, 
The last two times this happened to me it was an entitlement problem. 

MA

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Re: COBOL 5.1 Share presentations

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

The searching on the SHARE website is a bit squirrelly. Searching for 2.1 
doesn't give the expected results. V2.1 works, and V2R1 works, but only if that 
string is in the title or description, of course. I guess it has to do with a 
search term starting with a number. 6.3 for z/vm and 5.1 for cics have the same 
problem. 

MA

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Re: z/OS 2.1 Program Product number

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

OMG. 5650-ZOS, I missed that one! Love it!! 

MA 

On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:04:35 -0400, John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote:

We announced z/OS V2.1 availability on Tuesday.  The product number is
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Re: Z/OS maintenance Slides

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Peter, 
There are several presentations out on the SHARE website: 

Successful Practices for Installing and Rolling Out z/OS Maintenance - User 
Experience
http://www.share.org/p/do/sd/sid=8265fid=8294req=direct

A Different Way to Perform z/OS Maintenance 
https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/Session11581.html

z/OS Maintenance Best Practices - The Rationale Behind the Recommendations
http://www.share.org/p/do/sd/sid=4760fid=4759req=direct

IBM and a User Present Their Philosophy About Applying Maintenance on z/OS
http://www.share.org/p/do/sd/sid=934fid=933req=direct

And for CA Products: 

CA's Mainframe 2.0: Simplifying the Installation, Deployment, and Configuration 
of CA Products on z/OS
http://www.share.org/p/do/sd/sid=1313type=0

CA Mainframe Software Manager: User Experiences and V5.1 Update 
https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/Handout/Session11840/MSM11840MAM.pdf
https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/Handout/Session11840/Anaheim_2012_Session_11840_handout_Zelden.pdf
https://share.confex.com/share/119/webprogram/Handout/Session11840/Anaheim_SHARE_MSM_11840.pdf

You should be using http://www.share.org/p/se/in/  to search for presentations. 
If you're having trouble with that, 
please feel free to contact me and I can assist. 

Thanks!
Mary Anne Matyaz
SHARE MVS Core Technologies Project Manager 

On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:53:29 +0530, mf db dbajava...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I am looking for some presentation or PPT on Z/OS maintenance on Share Site
but I am not able to get one. Could someone share me a similar one or
Direct to a link where I could get.

Peter

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Re: ShopZ

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Hi Alan. Yes, I've been having problems for about a week, and have a pmr open. 
Although it's slow at the moment, some times it does finish. Yesterday it timed 
out after 480 minutes. Today it finished in 255 minutes. 
IBM says there is/was a huge backlog, possibly due to a new RSU coming out. But 
that happens periodically, and we haven't experienced this before. :( 
You can do a receive pending for the order that failed. Yesterday I ran this 
about 2 hours after the job failed, and it only waited 45 minutes. 

RECEIVE ORDER(
 PENDING(ORD00nnn)
 CLIENT(MYCLIENT) 
  )   
 DELETEPKG . 

Mary Anne  

On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:44:52 -0500, Alan Field alan_c_fi...@bluecrossmn.com 
wrote:

Any one else having problems with
https://eccgw01.boulder.ibm.com/services/projects/ecc/ws/.

For three days I've been trying to download holddata and both Boulder and
Rochester fail after waiting for 120 minutes.

Alan Field
Technical Engineer Principal
BCBS Minnesota

Phone: 651.662.3546  Mobile:  651.428.8826


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Re: ISPF 3.4 Performance degradation on z/OS 1.13

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

'Display Catalog Name' doesn't seem to affect my performance either (1.13) but 
checking 'Display Total Tracks' makes a noticeable difference, from near 
instantaneous for Initial View 2 of 11K datasets, to about 20 seconds. 

MA 

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:37:31 +0200, nitz-...@gmx.net nitz-...@gmx.net wrote:

 I'm guessing that the catalog display feature is dragging you down.
 Uncheck that option on the 3.4 entry panel and I bet your 3.4 flies
 again.  If you want the catalogs, then make sure you're using VLF
 caching for your catalogs.

Just went to my 1.13 system and tested this on a list of maybe 60 datasets. 
Using an initial view of 1 (Volume) the list appears 'in the blink of an eye'. 
When I set that to 2 (Space) it takes noticeably longer (1-2s). Catalog 
display feature on or off doesn't make any noticeable difference.

Just as a test for the OP: When you go in with initial view Volume and then 
toggle through the views via pf11 - how long does that take? As far as I 
remember, this toggling for space information has always taken very long on 
prior releases, too.

Barbara

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Re: Query for Destination z article -- mainframes back to the future

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Always know what your backout plan is. And...I never met a backup I didn't 
like...

MA

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Top 5 obscure z/OS tools you're not using

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Check out the blog entry at www.share.org/mvsblog and let me know what z/os 
tools you use most. 

Thanks!
Mary Anne

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Re: SAVE macro

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

This assembles fine for me. 
  SAVE (14,12),,'''SYSPARM SYSDATE SYSTIME'''
+ B 24(0,15)  BRANCH AROUND ID   01-SAVE
+ DCAL1(19)   LENGTH OF IDENTIFIER   01-SAVE
+ DCCL8''' 02/27' IDENTIFIER 01-SAVE
+ DCCL8'/13 10.0' IDENTIFIER 01-SAVE
+ DCCL3'4'''  IDENTIFIER 01-SAVE
+ STM   14,12,12(13)  SAVE REGISTERS 01-SAVE

What assembler options are you using? 

MA

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:42:28 -0800, Phil Smith p...@voltage.com wrote:

In one of the IBM sample exits for DB2 (DSNA10.SDSNSAMP(DSN8FPRC)) we find:
 SAVE  (14,12),,'''SYSPARM SYSDATE SYSTIME'''
...which won't assemble, generating:
15  142+ DCCL8'3 08.36''
** ASMA063E No ending apostrophe - 3
** ASMA435I Record 62 in SYS1.MACLIB(SAVE) on volume: VTMVSC
15  143+ DCCL1'''
** ASMA063E No ending apostrophe - '
** ASMA435I Record 58 in SYS1.MACLIB(SAVE) on volume: VTMVSC

So I changed it to just
 SAVE  (14,12)
and of course that works, but I can't find any documentation for SAVE that 
includes a second or third operand!

I've looked at the macro, and it's pretty opaque and poorly commented (though 
I do like one item under CHANGE ACTIVITY: $01 = OW54354  HBB7706 020419 
PDXB: FIX J - wonder what that means?).

Anyway, can anyone point to real doc for SAVE? Surely after almost 50 years it 
exists...
--
...phsiii

Phil Smith III
p...@voltage.commailto:p...@voltage.com
Voltage Security, Inc.
www.voltage.comhttp://www.voltage.com/


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Re: Defined capacity

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

I haven't been following this thread too closely, but I thought perhaps a 
recent presentation could help. Kathy Walsh did Configuring LPARs for 
Performance at SHARE. She discusses several of the topics you are discussing. 

https://share.confex.com/share/120/webprogram/Handout/Session13101/lpar_perf.pdf

MA 

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:32:41 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM 
kees.verno...@klm.com wrote:

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Re: Fortran

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

It's like Antiques Roadshow, it might be worth that much, but you have to find 
the person that's willing to pay it. 

MA


On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:24:20 -0500, Graham Hobbs gho...@cdpwise.net wrote:

Earlier today I saw the following:

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-tech-skills-that-will-instantly-net-you-10-salary-2013-2#fortran-is-worth-103000-18

.. makes COBOL $200k/300k??

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SHARE in Boston Call for Presentations (CFP)

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Share your opinions, experiences, lessons learned and fresh approaches as a 
speaker at SHARE in Boston, August 11-16, 2013. SHARE welcomes and encourages 
both first-time submitters and seasoned presenters to take part in this leading 
enterprise technology event. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is 
April 5, 2013.

To submit a proposal to speak at SHARE in Boston, fill out the form at

https://share.confex.com/share/121/mvs/sessions/index.cgi?SubmissionOrigin=cfp

The MVS Core Technologies team welcomes proposals for sessions on all types of 
MVS topics, BCP, JES2,SMP/E,HCD, etc. We're very interested in User Experience 
type sessions, which are extremely popular at SHARE. Are you doing something 
particularly cleverly and want to 'share'? Have you experimented with new z/OS 
features like z/OSMF, PFA, or BCPII? Let us know!

If you're uncomfortable submitting a CFP, or just want to discuss it first, 
feel free to email me at maryanne4...@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Mary Anne MatyazMVS Core Technologies Project Leader

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IBMLink outage this weekend

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

FYI. 

https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/news/NewsServlet.wss?referrer=newsSearchResultscommand=Getnews_item_id=5685lc=encc=US

IBMLink Outage Feb 2nd.

24 January 2013

This is to inform you that IBMLink will have a planned outage for system 
maintenance starting on Saturday, Feb 2nd at 11:00 AM EST through Sunday, Feb 
3th at 12:40 PM EST.

During this time IBMLink may not be accessible.

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Re: StandAlone ICKDSF

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

You can use the OS Messages. SHARE requirement SSMVSE11007 is to Allow z/OS to 
use HMC integrated 3270 Console for NIP and MCS is status recognized. 

From the ICKDSF Users Guide and Reference:

Prior to IPLing, specify the load parm to indicate the console you want ICKDSF 
to use.

The required format for the load parm for Stand-Alone ICKDSF is 8 characters 
specified as:

 CNSL

Where

'CNSL' is required as the first 4 characters to ensure residual data in the 
load parm field is not interpreted as the predefined console.
'' indicates the console you want to use and must be either:
'SCLP' to indicate that you want to use an SCLP (or HMC) console. For 
example, the load parm would be specified as CNSLSCLP to indicate that ICKDSF 
Stand-Alone should attempt to use the HMC console.
Or
'ccuu', where ccuu is the device address of a channel attached console. 
For example, the load parm would be specified as CNSL0521 to indicate that 
ICKDSF Stand-Alone should attempt to use the console at address 521.

The following rules apply for specifying a 'ccuu':

'ccuu' must be specified as 4 digits (a leading zero is required for a 3 
digit device address).
The digits must be valid hex digits (0-9, A-F).
The device must be a valid supported console in the configuration and must 
be operational. If the address consists of valid hex digits, ICKDSF will do the 
console I/O to the device and has no way to check if the device exists, or if 
it is working, or if in fact it is a console without doing I/O to it.
The console must be a 3270 type console (not a printer/keyboard type such 
as 3215, etc.).

When a load parm is specified to indicate a console to be used, and an error 
occurs attempting initial communication with that device, a disabled wait is 
loaded to identify the type of problem. The user must correct the problem and 
re-IPL the Stand-Alone to identify the console to be used.


On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:38:16 -0600, Billy R. Bingham brbing...@stx.rr.com 
wrote:

Hello all,

I haven't found a definitive answer to this:

Does the standalone version of ICKDSF support
the Integrated 3270 Console? I need to IPL
ICKDSF on a z10 and format some DASD and the
only thing I have available is the Integrated
3270 console. No 3x74, no OSA ICC, etc.


Thanks,

Billy

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Re: Varying off path while it is in use

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

It is still shipped in SYS1.PROCLIB(DEALLOC). 

MA 


On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:41:53 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht 
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote:

Paul Gilmartin wrote:

Remember the Bad Old Days when the operator needed to submit a dummy job to 
make a device actually go offline?  (Or does it still work that way?)  

Geez, your memory is better than my decaying memory! Can you e-mail some 
[unused?] braincells to me? ;-D

I only see [seldom] those MOUNT and UNLOAD commands, but it is gazillion years 
ago that I see that dummy job. I have searched NOW my RACF DB, procs, etc. 
Nothing there...

Question: what was the PGM and parms used in that dummy job?

Just curious of course!

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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Re: ListServ at uga.edu dead? (RACF-L, Assembler-L, etc)

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

I get the same thing. 

MA

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:56:11 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht 
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote:

Are those ListServs at uga.edu dead, moribund or kaput? (RACF-L, Assembler-L, 
etc)

I got that famous 500 error code page from that Red Hat Server at 
listserv.uga.edu.  Yuck!

Or is it just me? Or my browser (IE9, Firefox18)? Or should I be patient until 
'they' fix it later this year...? ;-)

BTW, the main site listserv.uga.edu and the title pages with months of 
available posts are all 100% fine. It is only if you want to go deeper in a 
specific month or do a search, then that stinking 500 page is shown. :-(

I HATE that perpetual hourglass on my laptop screen... ;-/

TIA!

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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Re: SMP Apply Question

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Matt, 
I think about the best you can do is LIST SYSMODS FORFMID(HSMA135,HSMA136) (or 
whichever FMIDs you want) and exclude them manually. 
There was a SHARE requirement many years ago asking for this function, but at 
the time it was rejected because IBM didn't think they could provide it in the 
timeframe. It might be worth another try. 

Mary Anne 

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:46:28 -0500, Dazzo, Matt mda...@pch.com wrote:

I have a shared global zone between lpars with targets for each lpar. I am 
applying RSU maint, one lpar has osmf on it and one does not. What I would 
like to do is on one lpar is exclude applying the ptf's for the fmids 
pertaining to osmf but apply all the other ptf's in the RSU package I pulled 
down.  I have looked in the smp commands guide on the apply command and saw 
that the you can't EXCLUDE by FMID? Any suggestions on excluding ptf's for 
certain FMID's?

Thanks Matt

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Re: Certificates, ICSF and CICS

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

It's a green image of a double quote, in the bottom right of the 'reply' box. 
When you hover over it, it says 'Quote Original Message'. I always forget to do 
it because it's done automatically in email. :( 

MA 

On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:26:07 -0600, Greg Boyd bo...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Not sure why, but I'm not seeing a button to imbed the original post in my 
append ... so I've copied and pasted part of it below:


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Re: I broke it - programcontrolled programs

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Lizette is correct. The module affectionately known as Mr. Clean, is no longer 
needed after V9. 

MA

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eiic/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.ims9.doc.iiv%2Fip0i13901003254.htm

Uninstalling DFSMRCL0

When you have completely migrated to IMS™ Version 9 or later and there is no 
possibility of running an earlier release of IMS (both IMS control and IMS 
batch jobs), you can remove DFSMRCL0 from the host z/OS® system by performing 
the following steps:

Remove the name DFSMRCL0 from the IEAVTRML CSECT of module IGC0001C in 
SYS1.LPALIB. Removing this name prevents the operating system from installing 
DFSMRCL0 as a Static Resource Cleanup routine at the next IPL.
Remove module DFSMRCL0 from SYS1.LPALIB or the MLPA library where DFSMRCL0 
was bound.
Start of changeRestart with CLPA to enable these changes.End of change


On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:58:46 +0100, nitz-...@gmx.net nitz-...@gmx.net wrote:

Lizette,

 What version of IMS are you running?  AFAIK DFSMRCL0 is not used by IMS
 Version 9 or later.
Well, then someone should have told that to the people who deliver the ADCD 
system. We are NOT running any IMS version, and that module name most probably 
comes from IEAVTRML, that the ADCD deliverer put a usermod on naming this as a 
resource manager.

 Second, this might be better posted on the RACF or IMS Newsgroups.
No. Most probably it should be posted to a USS newsgroup. The BPX.DAEMON class 
is best understood by the USS people. And the definitions listed in the IP 
config guide were either there or not necessary at all (because the classes 
aren't active), according to the book(s).

Barbara


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Re: OMVS terminated abruptly caused an outage

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Was the dump an abendec6 with REASON=0E0F0407? If so, have a look at OA39768 or 
OA22587.  Also, it's helpful if you provide z/os level and whether or not you 
are in a shared filesystem sysplex. 
To your question about a missing mount, IMHO I wouldn't think that would cause 
this kind of issue. 

MA 



On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:16:58 +0530, RCG rkcgowda1...@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Group,

One of our system sufferred an outage due to OMVS terminated abruptly with
message id BPXI019E OMVS DETECTED A SEVERE INTERNAL ERROR THAT WILL REQUIRE
A RE-IPL TO CORRECT..

There was a dump taken and had to quiesce the workload and re-IPL the
system immediately..

We have had sent the dump to IBM L2 Support and while we wait to hear from
them. Appreciate any expert advice on the reasons that could be a cause for
this issue as i have had reviewed the log for errors and cant see anything
unusual except i see there was a syntax error and one of the file in
BPXPRMxx was not physically present in the system.. Can this be potential
causer? Or anything else if known.. Any suggesstions / answers are highly
appreciated. Many thanks!

Regards,

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Re: Runtime Diagnostic messages

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Did you try F HZR,ANALYZE? 

MA

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:29:37 +0200, Miklos Szigetvari 
miklos.szigetv...@isis-papyrus.com wrote:

Hi

Just started Runtime Diagnostic HZR address space, wondering where are
the diagnostic reports, and I found some in the
Health Check , PFA_SMF_ARRIVAL_RATE report about an address space using
extensive CPU.
Any possibility to get notified somehow if a runtime diagnostic event
occurs ?

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Re: NY Metro NaSPA Chapter Meeting: Tuesday, 30 October 2012

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Do tell, Ed...  :) 

MA

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:32:45 -0500, Ed Gould edgould1...@comcast.net wrote:

I am surprised Rogers has survived (actually good for him) After they  
fiasco at the system center picnic I though he would have ended up in  
podunk iowa selling card punches.

Ed


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Re: Peculiar behavior of D PROG,LNKLST....

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Bruce, interesting. I see the same on my 1.13 system. The doc is a little 
unclear, but it looks like for what you want to do, you'd issue D 
PROG,LNKLST,USERS,CURRENT. Which is basically your first command. Your second 
command is essentially the first option in the definition in system commands: 

D PROG,LNKLST[,NAME=[lnklstname|CURRENT] ]
[,NAMES ]
[,USERS,[CURRENT|NOTCURRENT|NAME=lnklstname]]
[,ASID=asid ]
[,JOBNAME=jobname ]
[,L={a|name|name-a} ]

And on the first option, users isn't valid. 

On this item from system commands, there really should be 'or' bars before 
NAMES,USERS,ASID,and JOBNAME. Though you're right, it should give you an error, 
as this does not: 

/d prog,lnklst,name=current,bob=dumb

Then again, it's actually kind of nice that it doesn't give you an error. Sort 
of an 'I know what you mean..' :) 

Mary Anne 


On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:38:53 -0500, Bruce Schaefer bruce.s...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello list,
Am I wrong to expect the same response from these commands:

D PROG,LNKLST,USERS,NAME=CURRENT
D PROG,LNKLST,NAME=CURRENT,USERS

On my z/OS 1.12 systems, anything after NAME=CURRENT is ignored, including 
invalid options.

Thanks

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Call for Presentations for SHARE in San Francisco

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

The Call for Presentations (CFP) for SHARE in San Francisco closes October 5. 

SHARE Inc. is an independent, volunteer run association providing enterprise 
technology professionals with continuous education and training, valuable 
professional networking and effective industry influence.

SHARE welcomes and encourages both first-time submitters and seasoned 
presenters to take part. Influence your peers by sharing your opinions, 
experiences, lessons learned and fresh approaches. Be a subject matter expert 
to hundreds of fellow enterprise technology professionals. 

Benefits of presenting include: 
•   Developing interpersonal skills
•   Growing your professional network
•   Benchmarking your IT experiences with others
•   Receiving fresh ideas about solving issues like yours
•   Gaining recognition as an Enterprise IT professional
•   Helping others solve problems based on your experience

To submit a CFP, go to:  https://share.confex.com/share/120/cfp.cgi

Suggested Hot Topics for 2013 include:

- Cloud in the Enterprise
- Data Center Modernization
- Responsibly Architected Application Solutions
- The Dark Side of Virtualization
- Big Data - Big Analytics - Big Needs

SHARE, it’s not an acronym; it’s what we do!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at maryanne4psu at gmail dot 
com 

Thanks!
Mary Anne Matyaz 
SHARE MVS Project Manager 
www.share.org/mvs

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Re: The Transaction state (was Model 2827 New Instructions)

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Peter, did you mean to cross post this from the assembler list?

For everyone else's reference, here's part of the thread cross posted from 
assembler-l...@listserv.uga.edu, because it's a pretty good thread: 

I have reviewed the Transactional Execution section of the new zProOps and I 
see that I need to make a correction of my earlier description. Previously, I 
had believed that fetch accesses could not lead to collisions. That is 
incorrect. Fetches (both transactional and non-transactional) made against the 
same storage (cache lines actually) as transactional stores give rise to 
collisions that cause the (or a) storing transaction to abort. Consequently, 
the process doing the nontransactional fetch will see only pre-transaction 
values and will simply proceed as if nothing has happened.

So my revised description follows:

At 9/18/2012 02:46 PM, David Cole wrote [revised]:

The transaction state is expected to replace many instances of 
acquiring either a latch or a lock. It's benefit arises because 
latches/locks do not distinguish between a shared need vs. an 
exclusive need, so all latches/locks are, effectively, exclusive. 
 
Consider a thousand processes needing to scan a queue and one 
process, every year or so, updating that queue. The scan processes 
do not need to defend against each other, only against the updater. 
So a vast majority of the time, scanners are unnecessarily 
delayed. Unnecessary in the sense that the updater just ain't 
there, only other scanners. 
 
With the transaction state, neither scanners nor updaters need to 
acquire any latch or lock. In fact, the scanners don't need to 
acquire anything at all. They can simply scan the queue and be 
assured (a) their scan will both complete and succeed, and (b) they 
will see all queue elements either prior to update, or after update, 
but never mid-update; i.e. they will always see a coherent queue. 
 
Only the updater needs to use the transaction state (TS). Other 
updaters and scanners (whether they're also in the transaction state 
or not!) may interfere. I.e. they may try to see or update the same 
fields at the same time. When two processes attempt to access the 
same storage at the same time, and one of those accesses is an 
update, this is called a collision... (I'll call the participants 
colliders.) 
 
- If both colliders are in the transaction state, then one will win 
(and will proceed undisturbed) and one will lose (will TABORT and 
will have to retry). 
 
- If one is in the TS state and one is not, then the one who is not 
will always win (and will see pre-update data), and the one who is 
will always have to retry. 
 
Scanners need not be in the TS state, but of course, every updater 
should be. This is because if two updaters collide when neither is 
in the TS state... well that is what you want to avoid.

IHTH Dave Cole REPLY TO: dbc...@colesoft.com ColeSoft Marketing WEB PAGE: 
http://www.colesoft.com 736 Fox Hollow Road VOICE: 540-456-8536 Afton, VA 22920 
FAX: 540-456-6658

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Re: ShopzSeries appears to be down

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

I get the same thing. 

MA

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:38:29 -0400, Richards, Robert B. 
robert.richa...@opm.gov wrote:

Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance 
downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

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Re: How often do you review your CFRM Policy?

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Roger, I definitely would not make a change like this by itself. And I probably 
wouldn't make it even if I were making another change. If it ain't broke, 
don't fix it would be why. 

I don't really check the policy either. I attend SHARE psx sessions, and if I 
see something I think we should be doing, I'll come home, investigate, and 
decide whether or not to implement it. The last two changes I recall were in 
2009, msgbased and duplexing. 

If there were holddata, I would of course, implement that. 

Sizing for CF Structures is done on an ongoing basis. There are three or four 
changes per year, mostly based on healthchecks.  

MA

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Survey Update

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Hi All. I wanted to give you a little bit of the initial survey results. The 
complete survey results will
be posted at www.share.org/mvs. 

Thanks to all who took the survey! There were over 75 responses.

Mary Anne 

1. Which of the following best represents the next release upgrade that
you plan to perform?

26.32%z/OS 1.13 to z/OS 2.1   
26.32%z/OS 1.12 to z/OS 1.13   


3. What z/Architecture server(s) do you have installed?

28.81%z196
12.71%z114
17.8%z10 EC
16.1%z10 BC


6. The following questions apply to zAAPs and zIIPs:

16.96%We have one or more zAAPs installed   
51.79%We have one or more zIIPS installed   
19.64%We are using or plan to use the zAAP on zIIP facility


46% Have implemented recommendations from the Mean Time to Recovery
Redbook

52% Have implemented recommendations from the z/OS Planned Outage
Avoidance Redbook

71% Have not implemented PFA
29% Have no time to migrate system files from HFS to ZFS
38% Have no time to migrate user files from HFS to ZFS
43% Don't see a reason to implement EAV's
32% Didn't know about System Status Detection


Topics for Beginners:
CEA: 33%
CIM: 32%
z/OSMF: 29%

Advanced Topics:
BCPII: 33%
z/OSMF: 33%
PFA: 32%
CEA: 29%

48% spend between 6 and 12 months migrating to z/OS start to finish
26% spend between 3 and 6 months

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Re: SHARE MVS Program Survey - Last Day

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Just a reminder...today is the last day to take the SHARE survey. Thank you to 
those who did! 

www.share.org/mvs 

Mary Anne

On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:50:22 -0700, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com 
wrote:

The SHARE MVS Program has created a survey to help determine which topics to
include in upcoming conferences. The survey contains a list of z/OS 
enhancements
that we think should be implemented in most installations. Many of these aren't
implemented and we'd like your input to understand why. Our Projects will use
the survey results to help adapt session focus in these areas. The list itself
is very interesting and you'll be able to compare your installation to others
after the survey concludes.

Already a SHARE member? Go to http://www.share.org/MVS and use your existing
SHARE login and password, or click the link at the bottom of the page for reset
options. From http://www.share.org, you can also select 'Our Community', and
then select the 'MVS Program' as the Area of Interest.

Not a SHARE member? It’s easy to create a web user profile!

  * Visit http://www.share.org/membership
  * Check to see if your company is already a SHARE member – there’s no cost to
you or your company to be added to the membership, and you’ll receive full
member benefits!
  * If your company is not a member, select “Non-Member Account”. You’ll be
asked to provide your contact information and optional demographic
information. This should take less than 5 minutes to complete.
  * Your request to access SHARE.org will be approved within one business day.
If you need to expedite this process, please call (888-574-2735) or email
SHARE HQ (shar...@share.org) and request immediate access.
  * Follow the instructions above to access the survey.

[Shameless Plug: If you haven't seen the new SHARE website, you'll be impressed
by the many new features such as a z/OS blog, user forums, access to prior
years' proceedings, free webcasts, and additional publications.]


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Re: SHARE MVS Program Survey - Your Participation Requested

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Just a reminder...the survey is closing this Friday, August 17. We've had a 
great response and the data is
looking pretty interesting. We'll be sharing it with everyone after the survey 
concludes. If you have five 
minutes, please go and take the survey. 

Thanks!
Mary Anne 

On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:50:22 -0700, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com 
wrote:

The SHARE MVS Program has created a survey to help determine which topics to
include in upcoming conferences. The survey contains a list of z/OS 
enhancements
that we think should be implemented in most installations. Many of these aren't
implemented and we'd like your input to understand why. Our Projects will use
the survey results to help adapt session focus in these areas. The list itself
is very interesting and you'll be able to compare your installation to others
after the survey concludes.

Already a SHARE member? Go to http://www.share.org/MVS and use your existing
SHARE login and password, or click the link at the bottom of the page for reset
options. From http://www.share.org, you can also select 'Our Community', and
then select the 'MVS Program' as the Area of Interest.

Not a SHARE member? It’s easy to create a web user profile!

  * Visit http://www.share.org/membership
  * Check to see if your company is already a SHARE member – there’s no cost to
you or your company to be added to the membership, and you’ll receive full
member benefits!
  * If your company is not a member, select “Non-Member Account”. You’ll be
asked to provide your contact information and optional demographic
information. This should take less than 5 minutes to complete.
  * Your request to access SHARE.org will be approved within one business day.
If you need to expedite this process, please call (888-574-2735) or email
SHARE HQ (shar...@share.org) and request immediate access.
  * Follow the instructions above to access the survey.

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by the many new features such as a z/OS blog, user forums, access to prior
years' proceedings, free webcasts, and additional publications.]

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Re: Listserv Archives via Web

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Is something wrong with the archives from the web?  

It seems better today. 

MA

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Boulder SMPE server down

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

FYI, Boulder SMPE internet retrieval server is down. Changed to Rochester and 
that is working. 

MA

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Re: Submitting a requirement for z/OS to at least acknowledge SIGNAL SHUTDOWN by printing a message

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

How can I go about submitting a requirement for z/OS to acknowledge and handle 
the same external interrupt as VM, VSE and Linux use to trigger a controlled 
shutdown (or at least acknowledge it by printing a message we can capture via 
console automation and trigger the shutdown ourselves)? 

David, the best way to submit a requirement is through Share. Anyone can submit 
a requirement. Share has a new website that you'll need to sign up for, but you 
don't have to be a Share member. 
http://reqs4.share.org/Reqs4Who.jsp  is the link to the requirements system. 

You can also submit a MR (Marketing Requirement) through your IBM Rep. 

IBM has had a renewed focus on Share requirements over the last couple of 
years. 

If you need assistance, please feel free to contact me off list. 

Mary Anne

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Re: Secure Encryption Keys vs Protected Keys

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

This makes you the keymaster, right?

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Re: release SYSOUT for a running STC

[Mary Anne Matyaz]

Look into the SPIN= parm on the DD Statement.  Then you could issue: $TS 
0990484,SPIN,DDNAME=SYSPRINT

We set these up to spin every 120K lines: JESLOG=(SPIN,120K) on the job card. 

MA

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