Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Peter Relson]

Regarding IEFA110I:

Sadly, I see that the book mentions that this is "new" but the message 
itself isn't in the book. I will have someone look into that.

I was surprised to see that the display did not show XCFAS (unless someone 
had used the PROGxx LNKLST UNALLOCATE statement), since by default LNKLST 
data sets are allocated SHR by XCFAS (whether or not LLA is active), 
precisely to help keep someone from allocating one of those data sets 
"OLD" which in turn is intended to help keep someone from, if they're 
doing it right, allocating the data set OLD in order to compress it . To 
me, it has always been strange that you do not need to allocate a data set 
OLD in order to compress it. But I'd say that doing so is right. I even 
suggested some customer-configuration option "enforce DISP=OLD for 
compress" so that a customer could set that option in parmlib and have it 
apply to their whole z/OS. No one seemed to interested in implementing 
that, though. The option is necessary for compatibility reasons.

The IEFA110I message is intended to show up to about 20 ENQ holders (it's 
not necessarily exactly "20"), after which it will add the line 
"SOME OWNERS SUPPRESSED"

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design


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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Steve Beaver]

The rules of AUTHORIZANTION have not changed in years and will not change.
If IBM opened a hole,
AUDITORS and SYSPROGS would throw an outright hissy fit, because it would
open a MASSIVE systems
Hole

Steve

PS If you look at the code you will find the MACRO(S) in question that need
authorization and that force
The TMP to be on the LINKLST  

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
Behalf Of CM Poncelet
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:01 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

Sure, Steve.

I assumed that if Lindy had done it 20+ years ago, she still had the auth to
do it now.  (BTW The STEPLIB in my REXX step is absurd: the CBT PGM can be
CALLed from REXX.)

Cheers, Chris Poncelet


Steve Beaver wrote:

>CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can issue console 
>commands.
>
>I would NEVER let a general user near my console much less the SETPROG 
>command
>
>-Original Message-
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] 
>On Behalf Of CM Poncelet
>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 11:00 PM
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
>
>If the routine's APF'd loadlib is added to an APF'd STEPLIB, the 
>STEPLIB will override the LNKLST CBT requirement.
>
>Meanwhile, APF-authorizing/unauthorizing a loadlib 'on the fly' can be 
>done in batch with:
>
>"//*
>APF-AUTHORIZE:
>
>"
>"//ADDAPF  EXEC 
>PGM=IEBGENER "
>"//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* 
>"   
>"//SYSIN DD 
>DUMMY"
>"//SYSUT2DD 
>SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
>"//SYSUT1DD 
>*,DLM=@@ "
>"/*$VS,'SETPROG 
>APF,FORMAT=DYNAMIC'  "
>"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,ADD,DSN=,{VOLUME=non-SMS
>volume>|SMS}'   "
>"@@
>
>"
>"//*
> 
>
>"
>"//* EXECUTE REXX TO CONCAT AHEAD OF STEPLIB FROM 
>LISTCAT:   "
>"//WHATREXX EXEC 
>PGM=IKJEFT01,   "
>"// 
>REGION=8192K,"
>"// 
>DYNAMNBR=25  "
>"//SYSTSIN   DD 
>*"
>" ISPSTART CMD(%) NEWAPPL() 
>PASSLIB "
>"//SYSEXEC   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=library>  "
>"//STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=loadlib(s)>
>
>"
>" <... etc. ... 
> >
>"
>"//*
>
>"
>"//*
>APF-UNAUTHORIZE:
>
>"
>"//DELAPF  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER 
>"  
>"//SYSPRINT  DD 
>SYSOUT=* "
>"//SYSIN DD 
>DUMMY"
>"//SYSUT2DD 
>SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
>"//SYSUT1DD 
>*,DLM=@@ "
>"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,DELETE,DSN=,{VOLUME=non-SMS
>volume>|SMS}'"
>"@@
>
>"
>"//*
> 
>
>"
>
>Just my ha'pennyworth ... CP (retired sysprog)
>
>
>Steve Beaver wrote:
>
>  
>
>>The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on 
>>the LNKLST in an APF Authorized library.
>>
>>Steve   
>>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] 
>>On Behalf Of Dan D
>>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:32 PM
>>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
>>
>>CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.
>>
>>Dan D.  (CBT File owner)
>>
>>"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>.
.
>>
>>
>.
>  
>
>> 
>>
>>   

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[CM Poncelet]

Sure, Steve.

I assumed that if Lindy had done it 20+ years ago, she still had the 
auth to do it now.  (BTW The STEPLIB in my REXX step is absurd: the CBT 
PGM can be CALLed from REXX.)


Cheers, Chris Poncelet


Steve Beaver wrote:


CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can issue console
commands.  


I would NEVER let a general user near my console much less the SETPROG
command

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
Behalf Of CM Poncelet
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 11:00 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

If the routine's APF'd loadlib is added to an APF'd STEPLIB, the STEPLIB
will override the LNKLST CBT requirement.

Meanwhile, APF-authorizing/unauthorizing a loadlib 'on the fly' can be done
in batch with:

"//* 
APF-AUTHORIZE:


"
"//ADDAPF  EXEC 
PGM=IEBGENER "
"//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* 
   "   
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG 
APF,FORMAT=DYNAMIC'  "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,ADD,DSN=,{VOLUME=volume>|SMS}'   "

"@@

"
"//* 



"
"//* EXECUTE REXX TO CONCAT AHEAD OF STEPLIB FROM 
LISTCAT:   "
"//WHATREXX EXEC 
PGM=IKJEFT01,   "
"// 
REGION=8192K,"
"// 
DYNAMNBR=25  "
"//SYSTSIN   DD 
*"
" ISPSTART CMD(%) NEWAPPL() 
PASSLIB "
"//SYSEXEC   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=library>  "
"//STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=loadlib(s)>


"
" <... etc. ... 
>

"
"//*

"
"//* 
APF-UNAUTHORIZE:


"
"//DELAPF  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER 
   "  
"//SYSPRINT  DD 
SYSOUT=* "
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "

"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,DELETE,DSN=,{VOLUME=|SMS}'"
"@@

"
"//* 



"

Just my ha'pennyworth ... CP (retired sysprog)


Steve Beaver wrote:

 

The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on 
the LNKLST in an APF Authorized library.


Steve   


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On Behalf Of Dan D

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.

Dan D.  (CBT File owner)

"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>..
   


.
 




   

DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
the CBTTape offering to
  

 


supplement


   


dynamic ISPF applications.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
  

 


<jesse1.robin...@sce.com>


   


wrote:

  

 

I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
be


   


at


   


8.1. Looks like a program product.

.
.
.
J.O.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
323-715-0595 Mobile
626-302-7535 Office
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[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, 
and


   


I


   


haven't been on mainframe as much as I like

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:09:38 -0400, Tony Harminc  wrote:

On 2016-03-15 15:09, Tony Harminc wrote:
>>>
>> That probably needs an RFE, not an SR. Really, it should clarify:
>> IKJ56236I PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED
>
> Better yet,
> IKJ56236I PATH /usr/bin INVALID, DDNAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED
>
> Or even better, since there's nothing at all wrong with the PATH,
> IKJ56236I DYNAMIC ALLOCATION USING DDNAME STEPLIB IS NEVER ALLOWED
>
Verbose, perhaps, but I agree. It's better to validate the
syntax before attempting environmental checks. And M (2.1) says:

z/OS TSO/E Messages
SA32-0970-00
IKJ56236I
FILE [text] INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
Explanation
For the item text could appear the following:
text = STEPLIB
text = USERCAT
text = JOBLIB
text = STEPCAT
text = JOBCAT

... They're not even following the template which says "FILE" is immutable.
That's worth an SR.

But:
user@OS/390.25.00: rexx "say BPXWDYN( 'alloc dd(STEPLIB) dsn(''FOO.BAR'') shr 
msg(2)' )"
IKJ56236I FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

So when it's DSN instead of PATH they do the right thing. They simply
felt they had to punish UNIX users.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Tony Harminc]

On 15 March 2016 at 14:57, Paul Gilmartin <
000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> >alloc ddname(steplib) path('/usr/bin')
> >IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
> >
> >which is still complaining about STEPLIB, not '/usr/bin'.
> >
> >This surely calls for one of Gil's well formulated SRs. IBM has changed
> >some of the sillier TSO messages over the years, so it's not that there's
> >no hope at all.
> >
> That probably needs an RFE, not an SR.  Really, it should clarify:
> IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED
>

Better yet,
IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, DDNAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED

Or even better, since there's nothing at all wrong with the PATH,
IKJ56236I  DYNAMIC ALLOCATION USING DDNAME STEPLIB IS NEVER ALLOWED

Hey!  I just tried:
> user@OS/390.25.00: rexx "say BPXWDYN( 'alloc dsn(SYS1.LINKLIB) old
> msg(2)' )"
> IKJ56225I DATA SET SYS1.LINKLIB ALREADY IN USE, TRY LATER+
> IKJ56225I DATA SET IS ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER JOB OR USER
> IEFA110I DATA SET CONTENTION
> DATA SET SYS1.LINKLIB IN USE BY
> SYSNAME  JOBNAME  ASID
> smf1 job010006
> smf1 LLA  001B
>
> A miracle!  IEFA110I is new with 2.2!
>

Now *that* is cool!


> Batch JCL doesn't tell you; it just waits.


It could still produce the messages, surely.

Tony H.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:00:15 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote:
>
>And just to be completely clear on the original message
>
>IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
>
>This really does mean just what it says. It's the four DDNAMEs JOBLIB,
>STEPLIB, JOBCAT, and STEPCAT themselves that are caught and rejected early
>on in dynamic allocation. It's not some more subtle "effective STEPLIB" or
>something; it's those exact DDNAMEs.
>
>Of course everyone remembers that FILENAME (and in some contexts FILE) is
>early TSO-speak for DDNAME... But this leads to a particularly confusing
>version of the message:
>
>alloc ddname(steplib) path('/usr/bin')
>IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
>
>which is still complaining about STEPLIB, not '/usr/bin'.
>
>This surely calls for one of Gil's well formulated SRs. IBM has changed
>some of the sillier TSO messages over the years, so it's not that there's
>no hope at all.
> 
That probably needs an RFE, not an SR.  Really, it should clarify:
IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED

The one I love to hate is:
user@OS/390.25.00: rexx "say BPXWDYN( 'alloc path(''/tmp/foo/bar'') msg(2)' 
)"
IKJ56228I PATH /tmp/foo/bar NOT IN CATALOG OR CATALOG CAN NOT BE ACCESSED

I can call that SR-worthy in that no catalog access was ever attempted or 
failed.  And:

Hey!  I just tried:
user@OS/390.25.00: rexx "say BPXWDYN( 'alloc dsn(SYS1.LINKLIB) old  msg(2)' 
)"
IKJ56225I DATA SET SYS1.LINKLIB ALREADY IN USE, TRY LATER+
IKJ56225I DATA SET IS ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER JOB OR USER
IEFA110I DATA SET CONTENTION
DATA SET SYS1.LINKLIB IN USE BY
SYSNAME  JOBNAME  ASID
smf1 job010006
smf1 LLA  001B

A miracle!  IEFA110I is new with 2.2!

Batch JCL doesn't tell you; it just waits.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Tony Harminc]

On 15 March 2016 at 12:46, Lindy Mayfield  wrote:

>
> Thanks for the new stuff I learned by asking a mixed up question.  But I
> got it now.


And just to be completely clear on the original message

IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

This really does mean just what it says. It's the four DDNAMEs JOBLIB,
STEPLIB, JOBCAT, and STEPCAT themselves that are caught and rejected early
on in dynamic allocation. It's not some more subtle "effective STEPLIB" or
something; it's those exact DDNAMEs.

Of course everyone remembers that FILENAME (and in some contexts FILE) is
early TSO-speak for DDNAME... But this leads to a particularly confusing
version of the message:

alloc ddname(steplib) path('/usr/bin')
IKJ56236I  PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

which is still complaining about STEPLIB, not '/usr/bin'.

This surely calls for one of Gil's well formulated SRs. IBM has changed
some of the sillier TSO messages over the years, so it's not that there's
no hope at all.

Tony H.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Lindy Mayfield]

Yeah, I apologize for this dumb question.  We used to have a STEPLIB add 
command that we could use from TSO, way back then, and a CLIST or Rexx to 
reallocate any ISPF, especially SYSPROC libraries for testing.

I'd been doing too much Linux lately and had a senior moment.  I didn't put my 
regular steplib into my logon proc for just the reason people were talking 
about, because I was making APF authorized Rexx assembler functions and simply 
copying the modules to a linklst library.  I have z/OS on z/VM to play with as 
ibmuser so I can pretty much do what I want.

But the one I was playing with now isn't apf authorized and I forgot to fix my 
logon proc back (from like 4 years ago). :-)

Thanks for the new stuff I learned by asking a mixed up question.  But I got it 
now.

Kind regards,
Lindy

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Of Steve Beaver
Sent: tiistaina 15. maaliskuuta 2016 17.34
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Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can issue console 
commands.  

I would NEVER let a general user near my console much less the SETPROG command

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Dan D]

The STEPLIB command from CBT 452 must reside in linklist.  Also in the APF
list if you have LNKAUTH=APFTAB in IEASYSxx.
It also requires an entry in the IKJTSOxx AUTHCMD list.

Dan D

"Steve Beaver" <st...@stevebeaver.com> wrote in message
news:<004601d17e5e$5c2836e0$1478a4a0$@stevebeaver.com>...
> The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on the
> LNKLST in an
> APF Authorized library.
> 
> Steve   
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Dan D
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:32 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
> 
> CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.
> 
> Dan D.  (CBT File owner)
> 
> "Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>...
> > DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
> > Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
> > However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
> > recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
> > the CBTTape offering to
> supplement
> > dynamic ISPF applications.
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
> <jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
> > > Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
> > > be
> at
> > > 8.1. Looks like a program product.
> > >
> > > .
> > > .
> > > .
> > > J.O.Skip Robinson
> > > Southern California Edison Company
> > > Electric Dragon Team Paddler
> > > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
> > > 323-715-0595 Mobile
> > > 626-302-7535 Office
> > > robin...@sce.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
> > > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
> > >
> > > I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, 
> > > and
> I
> > > haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.
> > >
> > > It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx 
> > > scripts
> in
> > > order to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  
> > > Not STEPLIB.
> > >
> > > I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used 
> > > it, and that's outside the scope of this.
> > >
> > > Sorry about that.  :-(
> > >
> > > Lindy

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Steve Beaver]

CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can issue console
commands.  

I would NEVER let a general user near my console much less the SETPROG
command

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
Behalf Of CM Poncelet
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 11:00 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

If the routine's APF'd loadlib is added to an APF'd STEPLIB, the STEPLIB
will override the LNKLST CBT requirement.

Meanwhile, APF-authorizing/unauthorizing a loadlib 'on the fly' can be done
in batch with:

"//* 
APF-AUTHORIZE:

"
"//ADDAPF  EXEC 
PGM=IEBGENER "
"//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* 
"   
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG 
APF,FORMAT=DYNAMIC'  "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,ADD,DSN=,{VOLUME=|SMS}'   "
"@@

"
"//* 
 

"
"//* EXECUTE REXX TO CONCAT AHEAD OF STEPLIB FROM 
LISTCAT:   "
"//WHATREXX EXEC 
PGM=IKJEFT01,   "
"// 
REGION=8192K,"
"// 
DYNAMNBR=25  "
"//SYSTSIN   DD 
*"
" ISPSTART CMD(%) NEWAPPL() 
PASSLIB "
"//SYSEXEC   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=  "
"//STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=

"
" <... etc. ... 
 >
"
"//*

"
"//* 
APF-UNAUTHORIZE:

"
"//DELAPF  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER 
"  
"//SYSPRINT  DD 
SYSOUT=* "
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,DELETE,DSN=,{VOLUME=|SMS}'"
"@@

"
"//* 
 

"

Just my ha'pennyworth ... CP (retired sysprog)


Steve Beaver wrote:

>The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on 
>the LNKLST in an APF Authorized library.
>
>Steve   
>
>-Original Message-
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] 
>On Behalf Of Dan D
>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:32 PM
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
>
>CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.
>
>Dan D.  (CBT File owner)
>
>"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>..
.
>  
>
>>DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
>>Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
>>However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
>>recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
>>the CBTTape offering to
>>
>>
>supplement
>  
>
>>dynamic ISPF applications.
>>
>>On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
>>
>>
><jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
>  
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
>>>Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
>>>be
>>>  
>>>
>at
>  
>
>>>8.1. Looks like a program product.
>>>
>>>.
>>>.
>>>.
>>>J.O.Skip Robinson
>>>Southern California Edison Company
>>>Electric Dragon Team Paddler
>>>SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
>>>323-715-0595 Mobile
>>>626-302-7535 Office
>>>robin...@sce.com
>>>
>>>
>>>-Original Message-
>>>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
>>>[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
>>>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
>>>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[CM Poncelet]

BTW This would have to be executed (e.g. through REXX) from the 'READY' 
prompt, before the user's TSO PROC was started.


CM Poncelet wrote:

If the routine's APF'd loadlib is added to an APF'd STEPLIB, the 
STEPLIB will override the LNKLST CBT requirement.


Meanwhile, APF-authorizing/unauthorizing a loadlib 'on the fly' can be 
done in batch with:


"//* 
APF-AUTHORIZE:  
"
"//ADDAPF  EXEC 
PGM=IEBGENER "
"//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=*   
  "   
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY
"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG 
APF,FORMAT=DYNAMIC'  "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,ADD,DSN=,{VOLUME=non-SMS volume>|SMS}'   "
"@@  
"
"//* 

"
"//* EXECUTE REXX TO CONCAT AHEAD OF STEPLIB FROM 
LISTCAT:   "
"//WHATREXX EXEC 
PGM=IKJEFT01,   "
"// 
REGION=8192K,"
"// 
DYNAMNBR=25  "
"//SYSTSIN   DD 
*"
" ISPSTART CMD(%) NEWAPPL() 
PASSLIB "
"//SYSEXEC   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=library>  "
"//STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=loadlib(s)>  
"
" <... etc. ... 
> 
"
"//* 
"
"//* 
APF-UNAUTHORIZE:
"
"//DELAPF  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER   
  "  
"//SYSPRINT  DD 
SYSOUT=* 
"
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY
"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,DELETE,DSN=,{VOLUME=non-SMS volume>|SMS}'"
"@@  
"
"//* 

"


Just my ha'pennyworth ... CP (retired sysprog)


Steve Beaver wrote:


The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on the
LNKLST in an
APF Authorized library.

Steve   


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Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.

Dan D.  (CBT File owner)

"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>...
 

DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
the CBTTape offering to
   


supplement
 


dynamic ISPF applications.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
   


<jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
 


wrote:

   

I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
be
 


at
 


8.1. Looks like a program product.

.
.
.
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Southern California Edison Company
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[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lindy M

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[CM Poncelet]

If the routine's APF'd loadlib is added to an APF'd STEPLIB, the STEPLIB 
will override the LNKLST CBT requirement.


Meanwhile, APF-authorizing/unauthorizing a loadlib 'on the fly' can be 
done in batch with:


"//* 
APF-AUTHORIZE:  
"
"//ADDAPF  EXEC 
PGM=IEBGENER "
"//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=* 
   "   
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG 
APF,FORMAT=DYNAMIC'  "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,ADD,DSN=,{VOLUME=volume>|SMS}'   "
"@@  
"
"//* 
   
"
"//* EXECUTE REXX TO CONCAT AHEAD OF STEPLIB FROM 
LISTCAT:   "
"//WHATREXX EXEC 
PGM=IKJEFT01,   "
"// 
REGION=8192K,"
"// 
DYNAMNBR=25  "
"//SYSTSIN   DD 
*"
" ISPSTART CMD(%) NEWAPPL() 
PASSLIB "
"//SYSEXEC   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=library>  "
"//STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=loadlib(s)>  
"
" <... etc. ... 
> "
"//* 
"
"//* 
APF-UNAUTHORIZE:
"
"//DELAPF  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER 
   "  
"//SYSPRINT  DD 
SYSOUT=* "
"//SYSIN DD 
DUMMY"
"//SYSUT2DD 
SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)"
"//SYSUT1DD 
*,DLM=@@ "
"/*$VS,'SETPROG APF,DELETE,DSN=,{VOLUME=non-SMS volume>|SMS}'"
"@@  
"
"//* 
   
"


Just my ha'pennyworth ... CP (retired sysprog)


Steve Beaver wrote:


The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on the
LNKLST in an
APF Authorized library.

Steve   


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Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.

Dan D.  (CBT File owner)

"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>...
 

DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
the CBTTape offering to
   


supplement
 


dynamic ISPF applications.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
   


<jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
 


wrote:

   

I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
be
 


at
 


8.1. Looks like a program product.

.
.
.
J.O.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
323-715-0595 Mobile
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
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Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

I love Linux, but my real love is mainfra

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Steve Beaver]

The STEPLIB TMP will work -- The caveat this routine MUST be placed on the
LNKLST in an
APF Authorized library.

Steve   

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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:32 PM
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Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.

Dan D.  (CBT File owner)

"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>...
> DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF 
> Productivity Tool, or SPIFFY.
> However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't 
> recall which file number.) At the shop where I got my start, I used 
> the CBTTape offering to
supplement
> dynamic ISPF applications.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
<jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set 
> > Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to 
> > be
at
> > 8.1. Looks like a program product.
> >
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > J.O.Skip Robinson
> > Southern California Edison Company
> > Electric Dragon Team Paddler
> > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
> > 323-715-0595 Mobile
> > 626-302-7535 Office
> > robin...@sce.com
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
> >
> > I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, 
> > and
I
> > haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.
> >
> > It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx 
> > scripts
in
> > order to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  
> > Not STEPLIB.
> >
> > I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used 
> > it, and that's outside the scope of this.
> >
> > Sorry about that.  :-(
> >
> > Lindy

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Dan D]

CBT file 452 contains the STEPLIB TSO command.

Dan D.  (CBT File owner)

"Steve Horein" <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:<camjizqv9uxodkfmhiqp8quvs77sqbqrfgexcy3girxkbhvt...@mail.gmail.com>...
> DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF Productivity
> Tool, or SPIFFY.
> However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't recall
> which file number.)
> At the shop where I got my start, I used the CBTTape offering to
supplement
> dynamic ISPF applications.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson
<jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set
> > Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to be
at
> > 8.1. Looks like a program product.
> >
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > J.O.Skip Robinson
> > Southern California Edison Company
> > Electric Dragon Team Paddler
> > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
> > 323-715-0595 Mobile
> > 626-302-7535 Office
> > robin...@sce.com
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
> >
> > I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, and
I
> > haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.
> >
> > It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx scripts
in
> > order to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  Not
> > STEPLIB.
> >
> > I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used it,
> > and that's outside the scope of this.
> >
> > Sorry about that.  :-(
> >
> > Lindy

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Steve Horein]

DSC is a product offered by IBM. It was once known as ISPF Productivity
Tool, or SPIFFY.
However, one of the CBTTape files offers a STEPLIB utility (I don't recall
which file number.)
At the shop where I got my start, I used the CBTTape offering to supplement
dynamic ISPF applications.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
wrote:

> I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set
> Commander, which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to be at
> 8.1. Looks like a program product.
>
> .
> .
> .
> J.O.Skip Robinson
> Southern California Edison Company
> Electric Dragon Team Paddler
> SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
> 323-715-0595 Mobile
> 626-302-7535 Office
> robin...@sce.com
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?
>
> I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, and I
> haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.
>
> It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx scripts in
> order to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  Not
> STEPLIB.
>
> I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used it,
> and that's outside the scope of this.
>
> Sorry about that.  :-(
>
> Lindy
>
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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Jesse 1 Robinson]

I did a simple search in Google and found something called Data Set Commander, 
which appears to include a STEPLIB command. DSC seems to be at 8.1. Looks like 
a program product. 

.
.
.
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Southern California Edison Company
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-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Lindy Mayfield
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 3:50 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: (External):Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, and I 
haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.

It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx scripts in order 
to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  Not STEPLIB.

I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used it, and 
that's outside the scope of this.

Sorry about that.  :-(

Lindy

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Lindy Mayfield]

I love Linux, but my real love is mainframe.  I had a senior moment, and I 
haven't been on mainframe as much as I like to be.

It was SYSPROC that was commonly reallocated by CLIST and Rexx scripts in order 
to do testing in the right order test/dev/prod or whatever.  Not STEPLIB.

I think there is a steplib command, but I don't remember when I used it, and 
that's outside the scope of this.

Sorry about that.  :-(

Lindy

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Edward Finnell]

Another little cutie that wiggled it's way in was CONCAT. For merging new  
DSNs to existing allocations.
May have been on CBT first then some vendors started enhanced  versions.
 
 
In a message dated 3/13/2016 3:03:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
eamacn...@yahoo.ca writes:

about  TSOLIB. It's been around a long  time

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Steve Beaver]

The only way STEPLIB can be allocated is in a PROC.  Once you free it, you
will have to re-logon to 
Re-allocate it.

If you are using ISPF, you can use ISPLLIB.  The downside is if you are
mixing APF and NON-APF libraries
You will lose authorization

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Maybe that's why we got TSOLIB and ALTLIB for ISPF. Been so long, I wanna
say mid eighties...
 
 
In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:31:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
eamacn...@yahoo.ca writes:

products  that allow(ed) dynamic allocation of steplib, but you never could 
do it with  raw (native) TSO.



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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 08:13:11 -0500, Peter Relson wrote:

>>What happens if the program that employs such a product was fetched from a
>>program object with the (newfangled?) deferred/incremental load protocol?
>
>This is only one of the reasons that reallocating STEPLIB (and perhaps any 
>other system-allocated DD) is not supported.
>The operating system cannot prevent an authorized program from doing 
>whatever it wants, but you won't get any sympathy if something bad 
>happens.
>
>And of course in this case the system actually did prevent this specific 
>reallocation. The message seems pretty clear, as does the documentation 
>for the dynamic allocation code associated with the IKJ56236 message.
>
Thanks.  Does the OS likewise prevent freeing and reallocating an active
TASKLIB?  The considerations seem similar.

I suspect Lindy's requirement was overspecified.  The real need may be
not to reallocate STEPLIB but to execute a program from an arbitrary
library, not necessarily in STEPLIB.  But that facility is provided by
ATTACH TASKLIB and TSO CALL (which I suspect uses a TASKLIB).

But I wonder, what is the character of MVS programming that impels
recurrent requests to reallocate STEPLIB rather than using those
existing facilities, and entices various vendors to provide circumventions,
however risky or restricted?

(Well, the Rexx ATTCH* facilities, for example, have no TASKLIB
option.)

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Tom Marchant]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 08:13:11 -0500, Peter Relson wrote:

>If you don't like the STEPLIB that you're running with, then you ought to 
>design your application to run under a subtask that you can attach with a 
>TASKLIB that you open, so that module fetches will use the tasklib first.

Or allocate some other DDNAME, open a DCB and pass that DCB to LOAD.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Peter Relson]

>What happens if the program that employs such a product was fetched from 
a
>program object with the (newfangled?) deferred/incremental load protocol?

This is only one of the reasons that reallocating STEPLIB (and perhaps any 
other system-allocated DD) is not supported.
The operating system cannot prevent an authorized program from doing 
whatever it wants, but you won't get any sympathy if something bad 
happens.

And of course in this case the system actually did prevent this specific 
reallocation. The message seems pretty clear, as does the documentation 
for the dynamic allocation code associated with the IKJ56236 message.


0364  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 (868)  













 Meaning: JOBLIB/STEPLIB specified as a ddname,  
 or associated with specified dsname or  
 pathname. These ddnames are allowed only for
 special data sets. The accompanying message 
 IKJ56236I identifies which of the above ddname  
 types is in error. (dsname allocation, ddname   
 allocation, unallocation, concatenation,
 deconcatenation)(1) 
 
 Application Programmer Action: Use a different  
 ddname, or consult your system programmer for   
 the proper ddname to use.   
 
 Corresponding Message: IKJ56236I  


If you don't like the STEPLIB that you're running with, then you ought to 
design your application to run under a subtask that you can attach with a 
TASKLIB that you open, so that module fetches will use the tasklib first.



Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design


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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Ted MacNEIL]

I saw some documentation, dated 1981, talking about TSOLIB. It's been around a 
long time.

-teD
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Subject: Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

Maybe that's why we got TSOLIB and ALTLIB for ISPF. Been so long, I wanna 
say mid eighties...


In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:31:22 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
eamacn...@yahoo.ca writes:

products that allow(ed) dynamic allocation of steplib, but you never could 
do it with raw (native) TSO.



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[Edward Finnell]

Maybe that's why we got TSOLIB and ALTLIB for ISPF. Been so long, I wanna  
say mid eighties...
 
 
In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:31:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
eamacn...@yahoo.ca writes:

products  that allow(ed) dynamic allocation of steplib, but you never could 
do it with  raw (native) TSO.



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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Ted MacNEIL]

I believe there are/were(?) products that allow(ed) dynamic allocation of 
steplib, but you never could do it with raw (native) TSO.

-teD
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On 12 March 2016 at 17:21, Lindy Mayfield <lindy.mayfi...@sas.com> wrote:

> I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time
> I tried to (re)allocate steplib.
>
> IKJ56236I FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
>

This has been the case since before the dawn of Dynamic Allocation as we
know it today. Even in MVT TSO, which used DAIR, but not Dynalloc (though
they share the SVC number 99), it was not allowed to allocate or free
STEPLIB or JOBLIB on the fly.

Tony H.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Tony Harminc]

On 12 March 2016 at 17:21, Lindy Mayfield  wrote:

> I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time
> I tried to (re)allocate steplib.
>
> IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED
>

This has  been the case since before the dawn of Dynamic Allocation as we
know it today. Even in MVT TSO, which used DAIR, but not Dynalloc (though
they share the SVC number 99), it was not allowed to allocate or free
STEPLIB or JOBLIB on the fly.

Tony H.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:39:24 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote:
>
>STEPLIB (or JOBLIB) is allocated and opened at step initiation, and it remains 
>open. 
>In order to change the allocation, I think you would first have to find the 
>DCB and 
>close it. Then you could change the allocation, and open the DCB again. There 
>are 
>products that will  dynamically change STEPLIB, and I think that there is one 
>on the 
>CBT Tape too.
> 
What happens if the probram that employs such a product was fetched from a
program object with the (newfangled?) deferred/incremental load protocol?
It branches to a page that hasn't been fetched; page faults; and ...?

-- gil

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Tom Marchant]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 22:21:46 +, Lindy Mayfield wrote:

>I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time I 
>tried to 
>(re)allocate steplib.
>
>IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

I think that reallocating STEPLIB is not so simple as performing dynamic 
allocation. 
I don't really know the details, so perhaps someone with more knowledge will 
post 
better information.

STEPLIB (or JOBLIB) is allocated and opened at step initiation, and it remains 
open. 
In order to change the allocation, I think you would first have to find the DCB 
and 
close it. Then you could change the allocation, and open the DCB again. There 
are 
products that will  dynamically change STEPLIB, and I think that there is one 
on the 
CBT Tape too.

>Something's funny because I'm sure I converted a clist to rexx 20+ years ago 
>to loop 
>through a listcat, pick out the steplibs, and put mine in front.  And then 
>when I went 
>somewhere else and lost the scripts had to write another one, only to find out 
>later 
>someone else had also.

Maybe you had a Dynamic STEPLIB product.

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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Greg Shirey]

Found this in on old message on mvsforums: 

0364 - JOBLIB/STEPLIB/JOBCAT/STEPCAT specified as a ddname, or associated with 
specified dsname or pathname. These ddnames are  allowed only for special data 
sets. The accompanying message IKJ56236I identifies which of the above ddname 
types is in error. (dsname allocation, ddname allocation, unallocation, 
concatenation, deconcatenation) 
   
 Application Programmer Action: Use a different ddname, or consult your system 
programmer for 
 the proper ddname to use.

HTH,
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith Company 

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Subject: Cannot allocate Steplib?

I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time I 
tried to (re)allocate steplib.

IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

Something's funny because I'm sure I converted a clist to rexx 20+ years ago to 
loop through a listcat, pick out the steplibs, and put mine in front.  And then 
when I went somewhere else and lost the scripts had to write another one, only 
to find out later someone else had also.

Is it perhaps because my logon proc doesn't have a steplib in it?  Or is there 
some parmlib setting that controls this?  I looked through all the error docs 
and didn't find anything other than to use a different name.

Thanks for your help. :)
Lindy


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Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

[wjanulin]

Your TSOlogon proc would be a good place to look. Possibly a typo on the 
steplib concatenation.

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-- Original message--
From: Lindy Mayfield
Date: Sat, Mar 12, 2016 5:21 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU;
Subject:Cannot allocate Steplib?

I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time I 
tried to (re)allocate steplib.

IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

Something's funny because I'm sure I converted a clist to rexx 20+ years ago to 
loop through a listcat, pick out the steplibs, and put mine in front.  And then 
when I went somewhere else and lost the scripts had to write another one, only 
to find out later someone else had also.

Is it perhaps because my logon proc doesn't have a steplib in it?  Or is there 
some parmlib setting that controls this?  I looked through all the error docs 
and didn't find anything other than to use a different name.

Thanks for your help. :)
Lindy


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Cannot allocate Steplib?

[Lindy Mayfield]

I just started getting this error, though I cannot remember the last time I 
tried to (re)allocate steplib.

IKJ56236I  FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED

Something's funny because I'm sure I converted a clist to rexx 20+ years ago to 
loop through a listcat, pick out the steplibs, and put mine in front.  And then 
when I went somewhere else and lost the scripts had to write another one, only 
to find out later someone else had also.

Is it perhaps because my logon proc doesn't have a steplib in it?  Or is there 
some parmlib setting that controls this?  I looked through all the error docs 
and didn't find anything other than to use a different name.

Thanks for your help. :)
Lindy


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