Re: IOS500I reason 167 - POR?

2005-09-21 Thread Gil Peleg
Jon, You do have some control over HSA size using the Max number of devices parameter in the IODF. However, from what I noticed, this makes very little change, even when decreased by tens of thousands.. It seems the base HSA size for the machine is what makes the big difference -- we noticed an

Re: 3490 Elimination

2005-09-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Mike Liberatore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... looking for task or guidelines to eliminate 3490 and implement 9840s working a projec to do this and was hoping someone alreay went through this process. Help! My comments are about the same as David's, we let

Re: Short term paging spike

2005-09-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
I was thinking about a similar cause. We see such spikes caused by the WMQI Broker (or what is called these days). At startup, it allocates a huge amount of storage (0.6 GB) per address space (4 or 5), which is paged out for 90% after some time. A Stop/Start of the application frees the paged

Re: Cancel a VTAM post

2005-09-21 Thread ibm-main
From: thomas zupar Is their any command through which I can inform VTAM to cancel the post. I always found Z NET,CANCEL resolved any and all problems I ever had with VTAM. My COMMS folks never looked on such shenanigans kindly - despite it always having the desired effect (for me) ... This

Re: Calling BPX1SPN services

2005-09-21 Thread Big Iron
I think that you need to specify each parameter as a separate argument. In your example, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be one argument and ls would be another. One other point: I am not sure about this but I seem to recall that Unix System Services shell commands expect the first parameter to be the

Re: z/Architecture Principles of Operation (SA22-7832-04)

2005-09-21 Thread Tom Harper
Thomas, No problems whatsoever... Tom Harper From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Thomas Berg Sent: Tue 9/20/2005 10:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/Architecture Principles of Operation (SA22-7832-04) Thanks, was it any problems

IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
Question: Trapping/capturing output from an IPCS WHERE command. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
The Question: Is there a clean way to capture the results from an IP WHERE command. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Article in Information week: Mainframe Programmers Wanted

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2005 at 07:24 AM, Paul Hanrahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Just go to the tool bar of the browser and click view and source then you can be responsible for some code. Every time someone says I don't believe in theories, another theory dies. The theory that the code

Re: HASP/ASP JES/JES2/JES3

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2005 at 08:39 AM, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So when (any why) did IBM change the meaning? I don't know that they ever did. Every manual I had used only the terms Houston Automatic Spooling Priority, HASP and HASP-II. Unfortunately, the oldest HASP

Re: HASP/ASP JES/JES2/JES3

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2005 at 09:29 AM, Doc Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: SPOOL s(imultaneous) p(eripheral) o(perations) o(n) l(ine). I don't believe that anybody disputes that. The reel (sic) g issue is whether back in the 1950s they had first decided to use the word and only then

Re: HASP/ASP JES/JES2/JES3

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2005 at 11:38 AM, Bill Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Where is Tom Simpson now that we need him to resolve this issue? Only he would know for sure. Or maybe a printed copy of the 1,000+ pages HASP 3.1 doc. There is none; HASP II was the last HASP. The

Re: Order of allocations within a job step

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2005 at 01:19 PM, Barry Merrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ALOCTIME to LOADTIME - When Catalog Search (no VOLSER in your JCL) and/or Volume Search (for the DSNAME), The search for the DSCB does not occur at that timel it occurs during OPEN.

Re: Setting Completion Code in Batch?

2005-09-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/19/2005 at 10:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What's a good and very reliable way to write a step which sets its return code to a particular non-zero value? SET666 CSECT , LAR15,666 BRR14 END -- Shmuel

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Don Poitras
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: The Question: Is there a clean way to capture the results from an IP WHERE command. Just add 'print' to the command to have it go to the file allocated to IPCSPRNT. If you don't want to see the output on your terminal, add 'noterm'. ip w x print noterm

IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
Apologies on the previous two incomplete posts. Question: Is there a way to capture the results of an IP WHERE from a REXX EXEC running under IPCS and store it in a REXX variable? I don't think the command uses PUTLINE to put the message out, but, I could be wrong. The Goal: Go through a SYSTRACE

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:15:07 -0700 Kenneth J. Kripke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :The Question: Is there a clean way to capture the results from an IP WHERE command. Look at the EVAL* subcommands. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Robert Wright
Kenneth J. Kripke wrote on 09/21/2005 07:15:07 AM: The Question: Is there a clean way to capture the results from an IP WHERE command. The WHERE subcommand, like many IPCS subcommands uses symbol X as well as its return code to make its results available to a command procedure. There is a

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Robert Wright
Kenneth J. Kripke wrote on 09/21/2005 06:56:49 AM: Question: Trapping/capturing output from an IPCS WHERE command. Answer: (Ugly) SYSOUTTRAP in CLIST and REXX work fine in batch and interactive line mode. Unfortunately, most IPCS use takes place from the IPCS dialog, and the trapping of

Re: Non-LE ASM calling C function - PList and runtime reuse questions

2005-09-21 Thread Mike Arnold
Rich, In Dignus Systems/C, you would just code: #pragma prolkey(iefusi,DCALL=YES) //then the exit interface as defined int iefusi(void * common, char * jobstep, char * program, char * acct, REGION * reg, PERFORM * p,

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Robert Wright
Kenneth J. Kripke wrote on 09/21/2005 08:08:40 AM: Question: Is there a way to capture the results of an IP WHERE from a REXX EXEC running under IPCS and store it in a REXX variable? I don't think the command uses PUTLINE to put the message out, but, I could be wrong. The Goal: Go through a

Re: Setting Completion Code in Batch?

2005-09-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:56:27 -0300 In [log in to unmask], on 09/19/2005 at 10:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin [log in to unmask] said: What's a good and very reliable way to write a step which sets its return code to a particular

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Robert Wright
Binyamin Dissen wrote on 09/21/2005 08:34:56 AM: On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:15:07 -0700 Kenneth J. Kripke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :The Question: Is there a clean way to capture the results from an IP WHERE command. Look at the EVAL* subcommands. In the case of the WHERE subcommand, look at

Keeping the lights on: Legacy systems and the maturing workforce

2005-09-21 Thread Aaron Walker
Here's an article recently posted on IBM's developerWorks. Please forgive any wrap. Keeping the lights on: Legacy systems and the maturing workforce http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/sep05/lieberman/ Aaron

Re: IPCS and user CBF defns (fwd)

2005-09-21 Thread Mark
Robert Wright wrote: Mark Vollmer wrote on 09/20/2005 10:00:41 AM: My system did not allocate IPCSPARM for my IPCS sessions. It appeared to get its various IPCS parm information from another DD. IPCSPARM is optional and best omitted if you're looking at dumps from the system on

Re: Non-LE ASM calling C function - PList and runtime reuse questions

2005-09-21 Thread John Smith
Mike, Thanks for the comment. Although the Dignus compiler isn't an option, your note does raise the question of using the system programming C facilities in the z/OS compiler. I had been planning on using an LE-based environment will see if that's really necessary. Thanks, Rich --- Mike

Re: Cancel a VTAM post

2005-09-21 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
thomas zupar wrote: I have a application program having a APPCCMD command coded with OPTCD=ASYN. When the execution of the command is over I do not want VTAM to post the ECB. Is their any command through which I can inform VTAM to cancel the post. Why don't you want VTAM to post the ECB

Re: Order of allocations within a job step

2005-09-21 Thread Barry Merrill
You said: The search for the DSCB does not occur at that timel it occurs during OPEN. Please educate me further: The allocation of an existing dataset has to verify the dataset exists, by reading the VTOC to verify its existence, and since DATASET NOT FOUND errors occur prior to LOADTIME (i.e.,

Enhanced Preventive Service Planning Tool - z9

2005-09-21 Thread Mark Zelden
Was anyone who uses the Enhanced PSP tool able to get the z9 extract file from the web page? I wasn't. It's not listed in the processors category. I was able to FTP them manually, but in case anyone from IBM who can get this fixed or send a note to the right person to get this fixed is

Re: Curiousity: format of an unused page dataset?

2005-09-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Miller Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Curiousity: format of an unused page dataset? John, Take a look at APAR OW55297 on

Re: IPCS and user CBF defns (fwd)

2005-09-21 Thread Robert Wright
Mark Vollmer wrote on 09/21/2005 10:06:45 AM: Since I cannot edit a BLSCUSER member in the SYS1.PARMLIB dataset without extra security authorization, I don't see any other alternative. I tried just putting BLSCUSER (pds with a single member) in the the IPCSPARM allocation, but that seemed

Re: Does anyone have a 3480?

2005-09-21 Thread Youngren, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We still have 3480 drives and would be happy to read your tape! You know where to find me. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sylvia Gorman Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Does anyone

Oh, nasty of Lenovo

2005-09-21 Thread McKown, John
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/zseries/index.html No, this is not a Thinkpad that runs zSeries software. It's just a Thinkpad. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information

Re: Order of allocations within a job step

2005-09-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:54:05 -0500 Barry Merrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :You said: :The search for the DSCB does not occur at that timel it occurs during OPEN. :Please educate me further: The allocation of an existing dataset has to :verify the dataset exists, by reading the VTOC to verify

Re: Oh, nasty of Lenovo

2005-09-21 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Trying to cash in on the RAS of the real z-series? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Oh, nasty of Lenovo

HOD/HACL running on z/OS?

2005-09-21 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
(Posted to both MVS-OE and IBM-MAIN) Hi all, Our friends at IBM seem to think that these questions are worth a consulting contract, which I am not in a position to even discuss. Can anyone here answer my questions, or point me to where I might find answers (no-charge answers, of course)?

Re: Enhanced Preventive Service Planning Tool - z9

2005-09-21 Thread Michael Cleary
Hey Mark, Yeah, I heard about it at a prior SHARE, and we just use it in a batch mode, not in the interactive mode. We do an FTP: EZA1736I cd /s390/pspapartool EZA1736I ls -l And then look for the buckets that we need, and the do another FTP to get the buckets. Then, do the batch analysis

Re: Article in Information week: Mainframe Programmers Wanted

2005-09-21 Thread Eric Bielefeld
James, We have an MP3000 H50. In the 4 years we have had it, I don't think it has ever crashed for problems with hardware. We had 1 outage where a software package caused a crash, and a couple times the power went out, but never a hardware outage caused by the MP3000. If you are looking for a

Re: Setting Completion Code in Batch?

2005-09-21 Thread john gilmore
I am a little hesitant to repeat someone else's contribution; but Volker Bandke's suggestion, which I strongly endorsed in an earlier post, was that a [JCL] set statement be used. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721 U.S.A. _ On the

Re: SUPERC Insights

2005-09-21 Thread Barry Schwarz
Columns 999:1005 is length of seven, not the six you specify. When I use Compare Type = File, I only get a hash difference, never any indication of where the differences are. I think you want Compare Type = Record. I'm sorry but I don't understand your description of the records and

Re: Access to the SHARE requirements database

2005-09-21 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:54:22 -0500, John Laubenheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Each project handled the merge of the GUIDE requirements in their own fashion. ... In case anyone still cares, this does not contradict what Bob Shannon said. The Guide Requirements were all moved into the

Re: SUPERC Insights

2005-09-21 Thread George, William (DHS-ITSD)
Barry Thanks for the reply. You said, Columns 999:1005 is length of seven, not the six you specify. Very true and this is what happens when I type without thinking. Lets see if I can restate it better. What I'm attempting to do is compare two files and; 1) report any differences found within

Re: SUPERC Insights

2005-09-21 Thread George, William (DHS-ITSD)
Shazzzbot... tried to reformat so it may be understood better and I still mess it up. Sorry What I'm attempting to do is compare two files and; 1) report any differences found within a certain column range and 2) any added or deleted records. I have two test files I'm working with that

Re: Job Schedulers

2005-09-21 Thread Neil Duffee
At August 23, 2005 13:32, concerning Re: Job Schedulers, Cletus McGee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (to IBM-Main): We currently use CA-7 [snip] wondering what job scheduler other folks are using. [snip] Cletus : We've used CyberMation's ESP (Execution Schedule Processor has been replaced with

Re: Converting MIM to GRS

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Would anyone have any useful information (presentations, hints tips) when considering a migration. ... BOEING had somebody give a presentation 3-4 years ago. Check SHARE. Also: 1. Ring doesn't perform well, but must be used in a multi-plex environment. 2. You cannot cross plex boundaries with

Re: Job Schedulers

2005-09-21 Thread Neil Duffee
At September 21, 2005 16:30, concerning Re: Job Schedulers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (to Neil Duffee): In a message dated 9/21/2005 3:19:39 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We've used CyberMation's ESP (Execution Schedule Processor has been

Re: Converting MIM to GRS

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
There's nothing that beats GRS star, but if that is not doable, you're better off staying with MIM. I've heard that advice from IBM account reps! ... MIM in the CF performs just as well as GRS*. But, I'd rather use the 'free' GRS. And, I've had too many problems with a certain ISV. -teD In God

Re: HASP/ASP JES/JES2/JES3

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I laughed at the people who pretended that it was better to have an acronym than have it mean spool ... I always thought it came first; then somebody said: “So, what do we make it stand for?”. -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming

Re: Setting Completion Code in Batch?

2005-09-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, john gilmore said: Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:50:06 + I am a little hesitant to repeat someone else's contribution; but Volker Bandke's suggestion, which I strongly endorsed in an earlier post, was that a [JCL] set statement be used. ??? The only contribution

Re: COBOL Compiler Help

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
What else can it tweak to get this to compile? Is the program just TOO large? ... Fire the programmer! (Maybe a bit too harsh?) Hasn't anybody heard of MODULAR? -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming

Cobol Status Code 93

2005-09-21 Thread Carl Edwards
2 programs running against same file. Shr(2,3) on cluster et all. Program 1 opens I-O., Program 2 opens INPUT. Status 93 on open in program 2. IEC161I msg points to pgm 1 as conflicte. Files is VSAM KSDS, wuth upgradeable AIX. Makes no sense to me, but? Any input appreciated IEC161I

URL for CICS TS 3.1 Internet Repository

2005-09-21 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
My normal softcopy Internet URL doesn't have the CICS TS 3.1 books. I found the CICS TS 3.1 library on the Internet -- which carries the manuals in both BOOK and PDF form -- at http://www.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tserver/v31/library/, but I *really* don't want to have to manually download and

Re: Short term paging spike

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
SMF 30 could also be used (working set, but it would probably not be my first place to look. ... Maybe not; it does have PIN data, though -- efficient if you are using interval (of your choice) data. -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming

Re: Short term paging spike

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
This was a while ago in a different age, prior to WLM and big real storage, but I suspect the same situation could be a possibility. ... This can still happen in GOAL MODE. At the same time IBM introduced CPU-Critical, they introduced MEMORY-Critical. This was due to a large bank in the US

Re: Converting MIM to GRS

2005-09-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MIM in the CF performs just as well as GRS*. But, I'd rather use the 'free' GRS. And, I've had too many problems with a certain ISV. Perhaps, but MII has been very solid code and bery good support over the years. Also more

Re: Article in Information week: Mainframe Programmers Wanted

2005-09-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I can understand not having everything on your mainframe because if it crashes, well then a lot of stuff would be down. ... That's specious for two reasons: 1. Mainframes rarely crash. 2. Can you spell PARALLEL SYSPLEX boys girls? -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards

Re: IPCS WHERE and OUTTRAP

2005-09-21 Thread Shane Ginnane
Generally IPCS is a fine tool - but there are situations where it just ain't shaped to fit. UGLY - I'll tell you ugly. Try parsing a (large) GFS trace for non-matching get/frees - from TCBs that had a life not much longer than the duration of the obtained storage. You might be surprised how often

Re: COBOL Compiler Help

2005-09-21 Thread Ed Gould
On Sep 20, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: What else can it tweak to get this to compile? Is the program just TOO large? ... Fire the programmer! (Maybe a bit too harsh?) Hasn't anybody heard of MODULAR? -teD Ted, Well that may be a partial solution but over the years.. I have

Re: HOD/HACL running on z/OS?

2005-09-21 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: (Posted to both MVS-OE and IBM-MAIN) Hi all, Our friends at IBM seem to think that these questions are worth a consulting contract, which I am not in a position to even discuss. Can anyone here answer my questions, or point me to where I might find answers

Re: COBOL Compiler Help

2005-09-21 Thread Joe Zitzelberger
On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:00 AM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: What else can it tweak to get this to compile? Is the program just TOO large? ... Fire the programmer! (Maybe a bit too harsh?) Hasn't anybody heard of MODULAR? -teD At the risk of getting things thrown at me... this program might

Re: COBOL Compiler Help

2005-09-21 Thread David Nobles
At 11:09 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:00 AM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: What else can it tweak to get this to compile? Is the program just TOO large? ... Fire the programmer! (Maybe a bit too harsh?) Hasn't anybody heard of MODULAR? -teD At the risk of getting things thrown

Re: Article in Information week: Mainframe Programmers Wanted

2005-09-21 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Sorry, Ted, but I have to disagree with you on that second point (and apparently in the case of the 7060 crashing on a regular basis, the first as well). Like the writer, we are running a 7060-H50 (uni-processor) and no money to be able to buy a real z-series box, much less the money to invest in

Re: Oh, nasty of Lenovo

2005-09-21 Thread Bruce Hewson
John, I notice it is a big Z series. must make a difference :-) Regards Bruce Hewson On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:12:03 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/zseries/index.html No, this is not a Thinkpad that runs zSeries software. It's just a Thinkpad.

Re: Cobol Status Code 93

2005-09-21 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hello Carl, Obvious maybe, your post says the file is opened by Program 2 as OUTPUT. Are you absolutely sure that Program2 opens the file as INPUT? Alternatively, does the file contain any data? Has it been initialised? please note I am not certain if the AIX causes any SHARE problems. On

Re: Cancel a VTAM post

2005-09-21 Thread thomas zupar
We have a situaton where the thread is being killed,so when VTAM gets back to post ,it finds the ecb wrong and hits with s0a8,thats why I am want to cancel the post. Edward E. Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:thomas zupar wrote: I have a application program having a APPCCMD command coded with

Need RACF Audit Record For Datasets SMF Records To Test DAF

2005-09-21 Thread Michael Cleary
Greetings, I am in need of SMF Record Type 83 (RACF Audit Record For Datasets) to Test DAF. Cheers, Michael http://www.geocities.com/michaeljosephcleary/ === Instructions: 1) Creat the SMF file with IFASMFDP and XMIT the SMF file (JCL below) 2) do a binary transfer