Re: LOGR for Dummies?

2005-06-22 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Why do you fear Logr records will be lost? If you specify AUTODELETE(NO) and RETPD(0), Logr will delete records as CICS indicates, not by its own decisions. If you want to backup your logstream data, I wonder what you can do with the backups. Kees. McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in

What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread Max Scarpa
I'm applying a PSP for a new machine (z890-460). In documentation I found many times references to 'Driver 55K'. As I'm not a z/OS sysprog, can anyone explain me what it is ? A piece of HW ? Thank in advance Max Scarpa DB2 sysprog

Re: What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread גדי בן אבי
This is the level of the microcode for the machine. Ask your IBM tech if you already have it installed, and if not ask him to install it. Gadu -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Max Scarpa Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Re: What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread John Cassidy
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/pso/cftable.html You should really get off your fingers and use Google. I'm applying a PSP for a new machine (z890-460). In documentation I found many times references to 'Driver 55K'. As I'm not a z/OS sysprog, can anyone explain me what it is

Re: What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread John Cassidy
Been awake since 05:40 actually, never heard of someone in our business without web access. Must be a heavy outfit you are with. End sssn Thank you for your replies. snip You should really get off your fingers and use Google. end snip If I had an access to web

Re: Upgrading from z/900 to z/990 and Cisco CIP HCD Definitions

2005-06-22 Thread Boruk, Phyllis
Is it possible that the CIP routers that are configured as SCTCs/RS6K are not running CSNA? IP will will work with either one and we are trying to figure out if we need to change our HCD for a DR on Z990s. We have been having problems at DR testing with CSNA and CIP microcode is at 28-18. Thanks

Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Perryman, Brian
Hi folks Our developers are getting IGYPS0157-E and IGYPS0158E messages when they try and compile a CICS COBOL program on z/OS 1.4 in Enterprise Cobol of z/OS and OS/390 V3.2. I can't find these blasted messages documented anywhere!! Is there some convoluted format for decoding them? I

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Tribble, Robert
look here: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21163906 -Original Message- From: Perryman, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 7:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL) Hi folks Our developers

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Jousma, David
Brian, It has to do with the CICS Translator option you Are using, not COBOL option. I think the correct option is now COBOL3, but my mind is a little rusty on the topic. Dave Dave Jousma Principle Systems Programmer Fifth Third Bank

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Perryman, Brian
Thanks Dave, I'll probably try that too! - This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s)and may contain confidential and privileged information of Transaction NetworkServices. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution isprohibited. If you are not the

RES: How to know the z/OS version by TSO login.

2005-06-22 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
In ISPF (PDF), enter option 7.3 (Dialog Test and Variables) and look for ZOS390RL variable. It contains your level of operating system. Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do Nascimento Neto Banco Bradesco S/A 4254/DPCD/Alphaville Suporte Técnico - Software Básico Mainframes Tel:55

Re: What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... I'm applying a PSP for a new machine (z890-460). In documentation I found many times references to 'Driver 55K'. As I'm not a z/OS sysprog, can anyone explain me what it is ? A piece of HW ? ... It's the level of the code in the HMC. They have to be at specified levels to support new(er)

Re: ICSF

2005-06-22 Thread Gabriel Tully
Hi, Make sure that the SRVCLASS of ICSF is set to SYSSTC or something high. We had a problem that caused an outage because the performance and tuning group set the task's SRVCLASS below our onlines' SRVCLASS. This was fine until CPU reached 100% and ICSF stopped getting dispatched. This

Re: Name/Token Services in COBOL?

2005-06-22 Thread Walt Farrell
On 6/21/2005 5:29 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: Not to mention the other language copy members there (IEANTC, IEANTPAS, IEANTPLI). BTW, the C language sample in SYS1.SAMPLIB(IEANTC) has an error in the #pragma's for the 64-bit IEANT functions: They are each declared as

Re: Washington Post: 40 Million Credit Card #s Hacked

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/21/2005 at 08:23 PM, Tony Babonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not true, The fact that you lucked out doesn't mean that it's safe to inhale the stuff. An EDS employee had to be treated after going back[1] into the computer room to turn off the system. [1] On his own

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 11:41 AM, Shane Ginnane [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can only own up to being in 2. In neither case was I affected by the gas - I was out the door as soon as I heard it drop. *VERY* good incentive to get moving. Shane IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Name/Token Services in COBOL?

2005-06-22 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Thanks, Walt. I'll try that route. Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Farrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Name/Token Services in COBOL? Snipped Members of SYS1.SAMPLIB are (in my experience) generally

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Larry Kraus
Yes, you can pay IBM $5,000 to $10,000 dollars to make it an R16, R26, etc. -Original Message- Hi Listers, We have an IBM 9672-R56 hardware. Is there any way we can downsize it to a lower capacity so that we can use it for testing. We understand that IBM has dropped marketing

Re: Hardware DASD design question.

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Fairchild
In a message dated 6/22/2005 7:23:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Only certain drives. The S/360 DASD and the original S/370 DASD did not have skip displacement, although they did have alternate tracks. IIRC, the 3330 was the first DASD that had skip

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Arnett
I am not sure if it would be worth it, but you could contact a third party vendor and see if you could trade down. Instead of paying money. you might be able to get paid for the downgrade. However, since you could probably buy an R16 or R26 for $ 5,000, the net difference may not pay for the

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Fairchild
In a message dated 6/22/2005 7:24:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not true, I've been in 3 HALON dumps back in the days it was THE method for computer room FS. One must exit quickly as it will make you short of breath at high enough concentrations since it

Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
If you didn't upgrade your COBOL as well as z/OS, then I would be REALLY surprised in this change occurring. The COBOL documentation talks about the change from NODBCS to DBCS as the default compiler option - in newer releases of Enterprise COBOL. There should ALSO be a change from FLAG(I) to

Re: Supported interface to set/retrieve TCBUSER field NON-authorized?

2005-06-22 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Rolf, Sorry for the delayed reply, but I did not see your message until I browsed the newsgroup today. I normally only read from the mailing list. That's an interesting hack, thanks for the info. It never hurts to have another tool in your back pocket for when it is needed. Peter --

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Michael Ross
At that price it would make more sense to do it yourself! How on earth do IBM arrive at that figure? Or you could buy a used R16 etc. for less money - try ebay! Mike On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:44:47 -0400, Larry Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, you can pay IBM $5,000 to $10,000 dollars to make

z/OS stand-alone dump

2005-06-22 Thread jason lowe
What the name of manual that contain information for stand-alone dump for z/OS 1.4? Jason Lowe - Mainframe Systems - Cornell Information Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 255-7851 The Supreme Court has surrendered. It has destroyed the Civil Rights Bill, and converted the Republican

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread SArnett
I remnember Texas Tech getting a speed upgrade to there 370/145 back in the 70's. It consisted of the CE removing three loops from the 145's microcode. The price tag for this upgrade? A cool $ 50K! Michael Ross wrote: At that price it would make more sense to do it yourself! How on earth

Re: z/OS stand-alone dump

2005-06-22 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jason, If you mean the basics - z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids Otherwise, you could use the online bookmgr z/OS 1.4 bookshelf and search for what you are looking for: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/IEA2BK34 Lizette Koehler --- Snip What

Re: SMPE - copying products to new Global Zone

2005-06-22 Thread DeFabritus, Peter [NCSUS Non-JJ]
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:04:24 -0400, Martin, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Let's say I have a Global zone with products A and B. During the install of a new version for product B, I decide to create a new Global CSI (for product B). How can I update this new Global CSI with the

Re: Supported interface to set/retrieve TCBUSER field NON-authori zed?

2005-06-22 Thread Knutson, Sam
For vendors there has been a viable alternative to CVTUSER or RYO techniques for a while now. IBM can assign a slot in the vendor nee customer CVT table anchored from the ECVT. ECVTCTBL DCV(CSRCTABL) Customer anchor table. * Slots assigned by

What's the 2nd level system for z/VM or z/OS?

2005-06-22 Thread Bo Xie
Hi, The following sentences include 2nd level,but I don't know what it is. --- login to system: IF running on 2nd level: Login as xxx NOTE: When first IPL-ed, you need to change the password. So for password, enter: aaa and then change it to: bbb IF

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... However, since you could probably buy an R16 or R26 for $ 5,000, the net difference may not pay for the shipping and CE services for the install ... The net software difference may. But, I recall one ISV (from Islandia NY) Who would not refund any money. Just gave out credits, which were

Re: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Bill Klein wrote: If you didn't upgrade your COBOL as well as z/OS, then I would be REALLY surprised in this change occurring. The COBOL documentation talks about the change from NODBCS to DBCS as the default compiler option - in newer releases of Enterprise COBOL. There should ALSO be a

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Michael Ross
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:35:14 -0500, SArnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remnember Texas Tech getting a speed upgrade to there 370/145 back in the 70's. It consisted of the CE removing three loops from the 145's microcode. The price tag for this upgrade? A cool $ 50K! Pretty extortionate... I'm

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread John Mattson
Cobol decided that its internal messages were SO wonderful that they no longer needed a messages manual. Yes, really. I found this by opening a PMR with IBM. You can run the following program (Cobol 3.3) : //RUNIVP EXEC IGYWCLG,PARM.COBOL=RENT,REGION=0M, //

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Yeah, but unfortunately all this does is give a dump of the messages. No further information beyond what you get when the message happens for real. Some of those messages don't make a whole lot of sense - even if they're supposed to be written so well they don't need further explanation.

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Perryman, Brian
In many cases it's not a description of the message that's needed, it's what caused it and what your subsequent options for fixing it are that's needed. I can see that most of the messages from a compiler would indeed be self-documenting and quite rightly so, particularly since the reader is

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Both Halon (which was bad for the Ozone layer) and a more environmentally friendly replacement 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoro-propane (manufactured under names such as HFC-227ea, FM-200, FE-227) have a minimum concentration at which they will suppress fires, and a higher concentration at which they

Re: SMPE - copying products to new Global Zone

2005-06-22 Thread Alan C. Field
SMP BUILDMCS?? Martin, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 06/22/2005 09:04 Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject SMPE - copying products to new Global Zone Hi all, Let's

Re: DASD and Mirroring

2005-06-22 Thread Hal Merritt
Ron - Thank you for your follow up. I thought that Skip was making a point about the importance of the role of the application. If not, then I must respectfully *disagree* with Skip. I am concerned that many still cling to the misperception that a 'fuzzy' copy is acceptable as is. As you very

Re: Name/Token Services in COBOL?

2005-06-22 Thread Peter Relson
They are each declared as linkage(...,OS64_NOSTACK), but OS64_NOSTACK is not a supported option of #pragma linkage in the IBM C compiler. I am told that the z/OS 1.5 compiler and up should support this option (though perhaps it is not properly documented). If true, that obviously doesn't do you

Re: Washington Post: 40 Million Credit Card #s Hacked

2005-06-22 Thread R.S.
Edward E. Jaffe wrote: R.S. wrote: Timothy Sipples wrote: I think it's Windows Key-K (or something like that). But a lot of keyboards don't have Windows keys (good!), and it's obscure anyway. ...and there are lot of localised versions of Windows. K doesn't work in polish version,

Re: ICSF

2005-06-22 Thread R.S.
Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:49:22 -0500, Ward, Mike S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The usage domains do match the LPARs. That was a recommendation that I found in the Installation Redbook. One other thing. If I set up the keys in 1 LPAR can the other LPAR use them or do I have to

Re: Name/Token Services in COBOL?

2005-06-22 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Thanks, Peter, and yes, we are at z/OS 1.4. So why should 1.4 SAMPLIB have 1.5-only content? Is that still APAR-able? Peter -Original Message- From: Peter Relson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Name/Token Services

COBOL compiler messages (was: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
I started a project that I never finished (much less updated for the latest compiler). If you check out my web page at: http://home.comcast.net/~wmklein/IBM/ErrMsg.htm It has an annotated version of the ERRMSG output - with a link to the place in the COBOL documentation that relates to the

CICS, COBOL, COBOL2, COBOL3, and DBCS (was: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
The COBOL2 CICS Translator option was removed from CICS TS and then re-introduced by APAR PQ84313. It is my understanding that if you use COBOL3, then you can use either the DBCS or NODBCS compiler option - but that with older COBOL and COBOL2 translator options, you will have problems with using

DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... snip And I can't figure out why they made that change, since DBCS is, supposedly, on its eventual way out, to be replaced by NATIONAL (Unicode). Any idea why the default was changed? Especially since the vast majority

Re: Removal of FMID

2005-06-22 Thread Michael Cleary
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:17:17 -0500, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/27/2005 at 08:05 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: RESTORE very much presumes you haven't done an ACCEPT. ACCEPT is pretty customary for FUNCTIONs. Correct. Standard

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Thomas Conley
- Original Message - From: Bill Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:53 AM snip IGYPS0157-E A shift-out was found in column 50 without a matching shift-in in a nonnumeric or national literal. The literal was processed as written.

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 12:41 PM, Perryman, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can't find these blasted messages documented anywhere!! According to IBM the COBOL messages are self explanatory. 1. Sure I'll respect you in the morning. 2. It's okay, Honey, I've had a vasectomy.

Re: Hardware DASD design question.

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 08:59 AM, Bill Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: IIRC, the 3330 was the first DASD that had skip displacements. My recollection is that the 3340, 3344 and 3350 were the first. I'll have to see whether I still have my 3330 manuals. -- Shmuel

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 mi gration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Knowing nothing about DBCS or Unicode I have a silly question - is Unicode a superset of DBCS? If so, that would explain how you could need to specify 1 or the other, but 1 is required for the other one. Just an uneducated idea Rex -Original Message- From: Steve Comstock

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
I think you're confusing the DBCS value of the NSYMBOL option with the DBCS option. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DBCS

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Ned Hedrick
There is also a product called Inergen -- a mixture of 52% nitrogen, 40% argon and 8% carbon dioxide -- that claims to be safe to the environment and people. Ned Hedrick Sr. Mgr., Systems Administration Transaction System Architects, Inc. This e-mail message and any attachments may contain

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Fairchild
In a message dated 6/22/2005 1:37:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please watch your attributions; I was not the author of the above. Stripping the leading on quoted material is at best misleading. OK. Sorry. Bill Fairchild

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Imbriale, Donald (Exchange) wrote: I think you're confusing the DBCS value of the NSYMBOL option with the DBCS option. Well, it certainly is confusing. But I tried to make it clear what I was saying is choosing the NATIONAL value for the NSYMBOL option forces on the DBCS option. And it still

Re: What is driver 55k in z machines ?

2005-06-22 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:37:03 +0200, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max Scarpa wrote: I'm applying a PSP for a new machine (z890-460). In documentation I found many times references to 'Driver 55K'. As I'm not a z/OS sysprog, can anyone explain me what it is ? A piece of HW ? It is microcode

Re: Hardware DASD design question.

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Fairchild
In a message dated 6/22/2005 1:37:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My recollection is that the 3340, 3344 and 3350 were the first. I'll have to see whether I still have my 3330 manuals. Could well be. I hesitated on saying 3330. I think the 3340 and 3344 had 3

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 mi gration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
And apparently succeeded ;~) Thanks for the info. Rex -Original Message- From: Steve Comstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 mi gration question (COBOL)

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Bruce Black
I remnember Texas Tech getting a speed upgrade to there 370/145 back in the 70's. It consisted of the CE removing three loops from the 145's microcode. The price tag for this upgrade? A cool $ 50K! I remember a story from long ago: Honeywell had a processed that came in single and double

Re: Change control software [for Natural]

2005-06-22 Thread Neil Duffee
Caveat: I get the daily digest so this might already have been suggested... -- At June 21, 2005 14:02, concerning Re: Change control software, Natarajan Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (to Neil Duffee): With respect to the same subject, I would like to know if anybody uses any of

Re: How to know the z/OS version by TSO login.

2005-06-22 Thread Barry Schwarz
In ISPF 6, issue the command ISPVCALL STATUS Bo Xie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi, Someone told me to type in D IPLINFO in master console to know the z/OS version. But I can not touch the master console and get the following errors by TSO login: - READY D IPLINFO IKJ56500I COMMAND D

IPLINFO exec alter ego

2005-06-22 Thread Mark Zelden
Hi, I know there are many users of my IPLINFO exec that monitor this list so I thought I would post some news about a new feature. After a recent thread on ISPF-L, I updated IPLINFO to have an alter ego as a REXX function. The function execution format can be used to retrieve up to 10 variables

Re: Hardware DASD design question.

2005-06-22 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 6/22/2005 2:46:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: couple of devices/controller types, and is no longer documented. It would let you read ALL the bytes on the track, including the inter-record gaps and all these SDs, inter alia. But what you

DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
OK, to explain ... *ALL* the DBCS (or NODBCS) compiler option does is to determine how X'0E' and X'0D' are treated when they appear WITHIN an alphanumeric literal. When it is turned on, then they are treated as SHIFT-OUT/IN control characters (and this may be shifting to Unicode *or* to

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... If you had the slower processor and paid to upgrade to the faster, the CE removed a jumper that made the clock run at half-speed! I can't swear this was true, could be one of those urban computer myths ... I saw it happen on a Honeywell Level 66, in the late 1970's. This was at the

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Bill Klein wrote: OK, to explain ... *ALL* the DBCS (or NODBCS) compiler option does is to determine how X'0E' and X'0D' are treated when they appear WITHIN an alphanumeric literal. When it is turned on, then they are treated as SHIFT-OUT/IN control characters (and this may be shifting to

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Ray Mullins
IIRC hearing the same about the Series 6000 the Los Angeles Community College District (where I both studied and worked) had. (Replaced a perfectly good 370/158. Long political story.) Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/

Re: How to know the z/OS version by TSO login.

2005-06-22 Thread Lizette Koehler
If you use ISPVCALL you need to enter it twice. The first execution collects the data and the second displays the output. Lizette Koehler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: ISKE/IVSK

2005-06-22 Thread Craddock, Chris
I'm looking for advice on the use of IVSK / ISKE instructions, IVSK is a fine righteous thing to play with. ISKE is not. I have this program that loads (SVC 08) a couple of programs. The program that load is running key9 , however SVC08 load them in key8 with fetch protection... Contents

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 mi gration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 01:40 PM, Pommier, Rex R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Knowing nothing about DBCS or Unicode I have a silly question - is Unicode a superset of DBCS? No; Unicode is a 20-bit code with a 16-bit subset, compatible with ISO 10646, and does not use a SI/SO

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 06/22/2005 at 12:11 PM, Kok, Howi [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm not sure if I should post this in this list. Yes; it's the most appropriate list for your question. I'm not sure if I should post this in this list. Anyway, I hope some of you can help me out. We have a

FW: (Fwd) RE: Change control software [for Natural]

2005-06-22 Thread Gibney, Dave
Actually, I meant to forward to the list -Original Message- From: Neil Duffee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 3:34 PM To: Natarajan Mohan Cc: Gibney, Dave Subject: (Fwd) RE: Change control software [for Natural] Natarajan: I expect that Dave really

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Lizette Koehler
If my old addled brain is thinking correctly, I believe over 10 years ago IBM decided to no longer be nice to programs and require that all programs close any files they open. And if they did not close them, the system would then issue a SC03 abend. Or am I getting too forgetful??? Lizette

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Joe Zitzelberger
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Ed Gould wrote: I will go for it hey its almost Friday. If you can't figure out what the message is saying open a PMR with the COBOL people tell them for the up teenth time that these messages are NOT self describing. Ed IGYPS0157-E A shift-out was found

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Joe Zitzelberger wrote: On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Ed Gould wrote: I will go for it hey its almost Friday. If you can't figure out what the message is saying open a PMR with the COBOL people tell them for the up teenth time that these messages are NOT self describing. Ed

Re: Help on SC03 abend

2005-06-22 Thread Charles Mills
Generally you can get away with not closing DCBs and the system will close them. The problem occurs when the DCB is either in GETMAINed storage, or in a secondary load module brought in by the jobstep program with a LOAD (which is pretty much the same thing) - AND the storage gets freed before end

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Joe Zitzelberger
On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Steve Comstock wrote: Joe Zitzelberger wrote: On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Ed Gould wrote: I will go for it hey its almost Friday. If you can't figure out what the message is saying open a PMR with the COBOL people tell them for the up teenth time that

Re: ISKE/IVSK

2005-06-22 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
At first LOAD (SVC 08) is a NONO under CICS as in case of transactions abends nobody will ever free the storage for this prog. Look at the CICS API Exec Cics Load command. CICS will then LOAD the program depending on the RENT,RMODE into the RDSA, SDSA, ERDSA or ESDSA. The Exec Cics will give

Re: HALON et al

2005-06-22 Thread Tony Babonas
This is attributable to me, for the record. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HALON et al In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on

Re: What's the 2nd level system for z/VM or z/OS?

2005-06-22 Thread Bo Xie
On 6/22/05, Gabriel Tully [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, 2nd level refers to z/OS running as a guest under z/VM Thank you very much for your reply! Is there any reference for 2nd level? I want to copy in/out some files between the host z/VM and the guest z/OS, but don't know how to do it! Best

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2005-06-22 Thread William McKinley
Does anyone have any experience with 3494-B20 microcode level R7.4? Regards, Bil McKinley SLF Consulting Services, inc. 67 Wall St Ste 2211-0094 New York, NY 10005 t/ 212.945.0062 m/ 917.224.6012 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Downgrade 9672

2005-06-22 Thread Phil Steele
I remember the 'go-faster' stripes that Burroughs had to put on the B2700 after 'upgrading ' it from a B2500. I beleive this was needed to convince the Customer that he had actually got something for his (quite a lot of) money. this upgrade was really little more than a jumper chjange clock

3494-B20 new microcode R7.4 experience?

2005-06-22 Thread William McKinley
Does anyone have any experience with 3494-B20 microcode level R7.4? Regards, Bil McKinley SLF Consulting Services, inc. 67 Wall St Ste 2211-0094 New York, NY 10005 t/ 212.945.0062 m/ 917.224.6012 -- For

Testing symbols with JCL IF

2005-06-22 Thread Charles Mills
I got frustrated at the inability to test anything other than return codes the like with JCL IF. Maybe I'm re-inventing the wheel here, but I wrote a little Rexx script that reduced my frustration. INTERP interprets the value of its argument and returns the result as its return code. So you can

SMS report

2005-06-22 Thread Wang Rong
Hi all, Do you have some idea of how to obtain PDS directory information using batch job? And another question: how to obtain the %used of a whole storage group? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Thomas Conley
- Original Message - From: Joe Zitzelberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL) On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Steve Comstock wrote: IGYPS0157-E A shift-out was