Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Lucas Morton
I'm installing z/OS 1.6, ¿Should I catalog ALL z/OS serverpac datasets in the master or It wowkd be better try to keep some of them in user catalogs?. I'm planning to use Extended indirect alias support and indirect cataloging for serverpac datasets.

z/Safe ?

2005-11-03 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Hi, Anybody heard about or had/having experiences with z/Safe? A product in de backup/recovery or disaster recovery area? I don't find anything about it. Jan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

ADABAS Clustering Services (Adaplex)

2005-11-03 Thread Sarel Swanepoel
NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf Hi We are planning to implement ADABAS Clustering Services (Old Adaplex) within the next couple of months. We are current on Z/OS version 1.4 but

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (was Module description)

2005-11-03 Thread Phil Smith III
Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a directory structure and it is maintained by a utility/command/service machine called DIRMAINT. Invoking DIRMAINT is called EDITING. Um...sort of. There is a directory structure, and it is maintained by hand (by editing the source directory -- a

Re: Taxes and outsourcing

2005-11-03 Thread Phil Smith III
Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: story about GUIDE handouts not being allowed into Canada snipped And then there's a cow-orker who was heading to SHARE, by car, with a colleague. At Customs, the agent looked in the back seat and saw a couple of IBM manuals (hey, everybody has those in their

Re: Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Matthew Stitt
I go both ways. My general rule of thumb is that if it resides on the target or dlib volumes they go in the master catalog. The HFS volume has everything in its own user catalog. So does SMPE stuff. The rest of the files, like JESx, FFST, MSYS, etc, go on another volume that I regard as a

Re: Taxes and outsourcing

2005-11-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 11/3/2005 6:11:45 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As any of you who've lived near the border know, that led to a long discussion in the Customs shed. They did eventually make it to SHARE, but kids: don't try this at home... Heck our CE was

Re: Module description

2005-11-03 Thread Walt Farrell
On 11/2/2005 4:30 PM, Mark Yuhas wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. However, like today, I was questioned about IEECB92S. I finally found an APAR that describe what the module does. I do not have the luxury of saying 'Because, IBM did it that way'. I have to explain or we get another mark

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (was Module description)

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Um...sort of. There is a directory structure, and it is maintained by hand (by editing the source directory -- a flat file) ... Isn't there a CMS/CP command called DIRMaint? I seem to recall using that to set up my static connections to other CMS mini-disks. Invoking DIRMAINT is not called

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (was Module description)

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 08:59 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What's in a name? In an operating system? Everything. Doesn't VM/SP have (or was it earlier releases?) a file with similar function? Sure, but the auditor didn't ask for it and it might not have been

Re: Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/03/2005 at 10:02 AM, Lucas Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm installing z/OS 1.6, ¿Should I catalog ALL z/OS serverpac datasets in the master or It wowkd be better try to keep some of them in user catalogs?. The rule is to not put anything in the master catalog

Re: Module description

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 02:06 PM, Walt Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm not sure I understand how you would expect an auditor to be able to verify that a vendor hadn't shipped a trojan horse. You really want all the auditors visiting all the vendors and personally

Re: Module description

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 02:15 PM, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Unless I misunderstand what you said, I think we're saying about the same thing. No. But if the vendor *does* require an authorized library then the auditor might want to approach the vendor. If the

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 01:44 PM, Robert Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does anyone know of any software/freeware for the frame that will zip a file? What's wrong with InfoZip, the obvious candidate for a free ZIP program? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and

Re: Module description

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 08:46 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It is not a security breach if you are using Shadow Tables (where the Password is NOT in the /etc/passwd file). But does the auditor know that? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 02:34 PM, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Why should somebody __expect__ support when the software is gratis? Expect? Perhaps not. But I've gotten better support of some free software than I have for software that I've paid for, just as I've gotten

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 10:08 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Its not even in the ballpark for being free. That's unfortunate; the DOS and OS/2 versions were modestly priced. Last time we needed support in the night there was none. For the Money I would have expected 24

F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread Zafiropoulos Konstantinos
Hi all, Can I send MVS modify command against a REXX that is running as an STC? I just want to trigger a specific function using this modify command on a loop-wait REXX STC. How this is implementing? Best regards, Zafiropoulos Konstantinos Main Systems support

Re: Taxes and outsourcing

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
They wanted to confiscate his manual and his toolkit. He said OK I'll just go back and wait for it to fix itself. ... I've lived close the the Canada/US border all my life (Toronto is less than 90 minutes from Niagra Falls, New York), and I have travelled extensively for training, seminars, etc.

MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI and GRS

2005-11-03 Thread Peter Relson
Time to enflame the waters... There is absolutely nothing wrong, incorrect, improper, or unexpected about any system space (GRS) using as much memory above 2G as it wants, provided that it has documented that use so that customers can properly plan. Note that I am differentiating GRS from DB2 in

Finding Aliases? Symbolic Aliases?

2005-11-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
We have some data sets that are so heavily enqueued SHR as STEPLIBs that we never have an opportunity to compress them. PDSE is not an option because they are shared beyond sysplex boundaries. I'm considering, as an alternative to compress, a tactic of copy/rename/ DEFINE ALIAS. This should

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
What's wrong with InfoZip, the obvious candidate for a free ZIP program? ... U? It's not supported? -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I suspect that things went downhill when Phil Katz (Zl) died ... No. Support sucked from day one! -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI and GRS

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
If the system needs the storage to do its job, then it needs the storage (emphasis on needs). And all that you would do is break the system by trying to impose a limit where none should be imposed. ... Peter, A very valid point. And, in DB2's, case it was not a secret. And, it is “needed”;

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (was Module description)

2005-11-03 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Um...sort of. There is a directory structure, and it is maintained by hand (by editing the source directory -- a flat file) :... :Isn't there a CMS/CP command called DIRMaint? I remember it as a service machine which would

Where and how to start with Unicode fonts?

2005-11-03 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Q1. Pls route us to documentation about the efforts needed to introduce UNICODE fonts? Or better said, Unicode-compliant fonts? A font indeed is never used in isolation: it is one of the components used in text rendering systems. Therefore, it is not strictly meaningful to ask if a font is

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
In the Wintel space I was a user of PKZIP http://www.pkware.com/ for DOS when it was originally released and upgraded 4 or 5 times before jumping ship to WinZIP http://www.winzip.com/ which seemed superior to the PKZip for Windows offering at the time. Today I am very happy with WinRAR

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Kok, Howi
These are in the message manual: RPLY:CURR= The number of write to operator with reply (WTOR) message buffers in use by the system at this time. RPLY:LIM= The limit of the number of WTOR message buffers allowed outstanding. The maximum value of is specified by the

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Robert Pelletier
Quick note to thank everyone once again for the great support and suggestions. Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Connecticut -Original Message- From: Knutson, Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:25 AM To:

Re: Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 06:49:19 -0600, Matthew Stitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone has their own scheme. But there are best practices that make a heck of a lot of sense. The dialogs have an option for recommended data set layout. Also, the planning for installation manual for whatever release

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Craig Kittendorf
I RTFM and I'm researching IBMLink. But that doesn't explain what 99 buffers in use means when I only see 1 WTOR outstanding. The other piece of info I inadvertently left out was we currently had a WTOR BUFFER FULL message on the console. I understand CURR=99 is greater than LIM=20, but I only

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I suspect that things went downhill when Phil Katz (Zl) died .. No. Support sucked from day one! Phil had other things on his head for many years before he died and I believe he stepped out of PKZip a long time ago.

R: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread MASSIMO BIANCUCCI
You have to write an ASM routine waiting for the modify command, there're several samples in Xephon site. Contact me offline if you need a pgm we use here. Best regards. -Messaggio originale- Da: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Zafiropoulos

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zafiropoulos Konstantinos Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: F against a REXX STC Hi all, Can I send MVS modify command against a REXX that

Re: Where and how to start with Unicode fonts?

2005-11-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 11/3/2005 8:23:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Q8. Is there some listserver about fonts printing? http://lists.topica.com/lists/afp-l/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The solution is to issue K command to raise the limit but that still doesn't tell be where all those buffers are being used ... See the operator's manual. There is a DISPLAY CONSOLE(s?), command. I believe it also can be shortened, to D C But, haven't issued one since 1981. -teD In God we

Re: Max Use Count

2005-11-03 Thread Todd Burch
Magen, you are certainly welcome. However, please see this link for how it (program serialization) works. I believe I was correct. The control program handles serialization for LINK(X), XCTL(X) and ATTACH(X). You are on your own for LOAD or CALL followed by BALR.

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Kittendorf Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEE889I Clarification I did a D C and D C,B. The mysterious buffers weren't

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Martin Kline
I did a D C and D C,B. The mysterious buffers weren't reflected in NBUF on any consoles. Try issuing D R,M -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Big Iron
How about D R,R,CN=(ALL) ? Bill On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:22:46 -0500, Craig Kittendorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a D C and D C,B. The mysterious buffers weren't reflected in NBUF on any consoles. Thanks Craig -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Craig Kittendorf
AMRF=Y D R,A shows same two messages as D R,R Thanks, -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEE889I Clarification Hum, I don't know

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Craig Kittendorf
D R,R,CN=(ALL) shows only 2 outstanding replies. Thanks, -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Big Iron Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEE889I Clarification How about D

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread Kok, Howi
Instead of accepting command via console you can try using TCPIP. The IP API rexx exec sample members RSCLIENT and RSSERVER in TCPIP.SEZAINST or whatever TCPIP data set name your shop uses can be modified to do what you want. You can code your rexx stc to accept connection from a rexx client and

PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Skip Robinson
We have an internal client who suddenly has a need for 'PKZIP' (not sure if that name is proprietary). They are transferring huge files (3 -4 gig) from some other platform (probably Unix) to z/OS. They need to reduce transfer time from 8 hours. We trialed one product several years ago. At the

Re: Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Lucas Morton
Mark, If I'm not wrong, the recommended data set layout is about dataset placement. I suppose that I'm going to have two MOD-9 SYSRES with all the TVOLs but my question is: where do I should catalog the datasets that will be in this SYSRES?. Thank you.

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Skip Robinson
An update to my own post. Tom Brennan found this on the web: In 2002, PKWARE purchased Ascent Solutions, Inc. (ASi), which was founded in 1993 and had grown to become the leading provider of PKZIP for mid-range and mainframe systems such as AS400 and MVS. With this acquisition, PKWARE is now

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Bob Shannon
They are transferring huge files (3 -4 gig) from some other platform (probably Unix) to z/OS. They need to reduce transfer time from 8 hours. Skip - How about PAX? Bob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Philippe Leite
We use the Zip/390 from DATA21 Software, is much cheaper than PKZIP. http://www.data21.com/products/zip/default.asp?zip=390 Regards, Philippe Leite z/OS Systems Programmer BBVA Portugal -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
I just posted this under a different subject but there are many choices. These are just the ones I have at hand and I am sure there are others. I don't think anyone has mentioned SLiKZiP, ZIP/390, or MegaCryption all viable alternatives to PKWARE. Some customers have found the pricing on PKZIP to

Re: Module description

2005-11-03 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 07:53 -0500 on 11/03/2005, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about Re: Module description: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/02/2005 at 08:46 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It is not a security breach if you are using Shadow Tables (where the Password is NOT in the /etc/passwd

Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI and GRS

2005-11-03 Thread Walt Farrell
On 11/2/2005 7:57 AM, Barbara Nitz wrote: Doubting what showzos told me, I took a dump, learned a new IPCS command and found that 59 frames are used, 3300 are on AUX, more than 112000 are FREF (meaning getmained but unused) and 408000 are in the guard area. I don't think you actually have any

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread Walt Farrell
On 11/3/2005 11:24 AM, Kok, Howi wrote: Instead of accepting command via console you can try using TCPIP. The IP API rexx exec sample members RSCLIENT and RSSERVER in TCPIP.SEZAINST or whatever TCPIP data set name your shop uses can be modified to do what you want. You can code your rexx stc

Re: Catalog for Serverpac datasets

2005-11-03 Thread Anthony Bongiorno
i catalog all datasets on the res with indrect cataloging LISTC ALL ENT('ASM.SASMMOD1') NONVSAM --- ASM.SASMMOD1 dataset on the res IN-CAT --- CATALOG.HRBDVZ14.MSTRCAT HISTORY DATASET-OWNER-(NULL) CREATION2004.334

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Eric Chevalier
On 3 Nov 2005 08:28:40 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have an internal client who suddenly has a need for 'PKZIP' (not sure if that name is proprietary). They are transferring huge files (3 -4 gig) from some other platform (probably Unix) to z/OS. They need to reduce transfer time from 8

IBM 3494 failures ?

2005-11-03 Thread Anton Britz
Hi, Anybody running this device and had failures like we had ? Note: I searched the list archive but found nothing. Anton -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI and GRS

2005-11-03 Thread Anthony Bongiorno
what is showzos and what ipcs command did you use. Walt Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 11/03/2005 12:05 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu To IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu cc Subject Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Dan Ahler
What you are describing sounds similar to this: OA13112: WQE BUFFERS FOR FOREIGN WTORS ARE NOT DECHAINED AND FREED IMMEADIATELY. A specific fix for this item is not yet available electronically This record will be updated with a link to the fix if the APAR is new. For APARs older than 365 days,

Re: IBM 3494 failures ?

2005-11-03 Thread R.S.
Anton Britz wrote: Hi, Anybody running this device and had failures like we had ? It is hard to answer, unless you provide some details of the failure you mean. For now, I can confirm, 3494 devices do fail sometimes. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Skip Robinson
Thanks for all the replies, public and private. I didn't notice the thread yesterday and needed some answers for a hastily called meeting this morning. I'll be quiet now. . . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile

Telecommuters beware the tax man

2005-11-03 Thread Lizette Koehler
Hi, Hope this not not beyound the scope of this list. If it is, I apologize. Found this on CNET. Looks like telecommuters may be at risk for more taxes. Very scarey. Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress

Re: z/Safe ?

2005-11-03 Thread Bruno Sugliani
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 04:19:38 -0600, Jan Vanbrabant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody heard about or had/having experiences with z/Safe? A product in de backup/recovery or disaster recovery area? I don't find anything about it. Yes i have heard , no i have no personal experience , but .. I am

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread Kok, Howi
If the stc is doing serious tasks then proper coding is needed to examine the user who sends the command. Can RACF be used to restrict the client exec and port access? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent:

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Robert Sample
ZIP-390 from Data 21 is being used here. It's not free but the price was pretty reasonable (for a mainframe package). The URL is http://www.data21.com/products/zip/default.asp We also use GZIP/GUNZIP, which we installed before we got ZIP-390. GZIP is great when sending to somewhere else

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kok, Howi Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: F against a REXX STC If the stc is doing serious tasks then proper coding is needed to

Re: IEE889I Clarification

2005-11-03 Thread Craig Kittendorf
I thought it similar also. We think the problem was caused by an MPF exit doing WTO to a non-existent console. One part about the apar that bothers me is the statement WQEs for foreign WTORs however, will remain on the WQE chain until some event initiates queue cleanup (for exapmle responding to

Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Quick question to the experts, Is there an easy way to share a DASD between 5 or more z/OS systems under z/VM. We would like to put some files on DASD that can then be read by another other z/OS system who has access to the DASD. I don't want more than 1 machine to write to any file. Sort of read

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Crispin Hugo wrote: Quick question to the experts, Is there an easy way to share a DASD between 5 or more z/OS systems under z/VM. We would like to put some files on DASD that can then be read by another other z/OS system who has access to the DASD. I don't want more than 1 machine to write to

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks Ed. I am unsure about what MVS will think of Read only. I don't think it understands it. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM Quick question to the experts, Is there an easy way to share a DASD

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Bruce Black
Oh, I'm not too sure how well z/OS will tolerate a read only disk. I remember doing it long ago with MVS 3.8j and VM/370. I'd get some strange I/O errors at times. Even when you open a dataset for just INPUT, OPEN may want to rewrite the F1 DSCB to update the last reference date if is not

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks Bruce, worth a try Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 This message contains confidential information

Re: CICS Information Center Versus BookManager

2005-11-03 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
[Cross-posted to IBM-Main and CICS-L] Ronald Mullins wrote: CICS Information Center is a server base method for accessing CICS manuals. BookManager is a TSO base method for accessing CICS manuals. Not quite true. See below ... Information Center comes free with CICSTS 3.1. My z/OS team

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Edward E. Jaffe
Crispin Hugo wrote: Thanks Ed. I am unsure about what MVS will think of Read only. I don't think it understands it. We do it all the time. You get an IOS message (cmd reject) written to the console when z/OS attempts to write to a read-only device. --

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks Ed, that would not be a problem Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 This message contains

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Bruce Black
I got a note from a friend who works for a disk vendor that confirms that when they have disks in r/o mode, MVS open for INPUT works just fine, no DSCB update errors. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales

Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI

2005-11-03 Thread Lance Kopplin
- Original Message - From: Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:04 PM Subject: RE: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI /snippage/ So you're going to modify the IEFUSI exit for each needed change, reassemble it and activate it

Re: MEMLIMIT and IEFUSI and GRS

2005-11-03 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
For SHOWzOS look at www.cbttape.org FILE#492. Basicly it does what the name stay it just shows you information about z/OS. It's about 26000 lines of assembly code and still growing. For IPCS look at the IBM Manuals (IPCS RSMDATA HVSHRDATE and IPCS RSMDATA HIGHVIRTUAL). Roland -Original

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/03/2005 at 08:28 AM, Skip Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We have an internal client who suddenly has a need for 'PKZIP' (not sure if that name is proprietary). It is. They are transferring huge files (3 -4 gig) from some other platform (probably Unix) to z/OS.

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/03/2005 at 12:00 AM, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It's not supported? FSVO supported. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Atid/2http://patriot.net/~shmuel We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up

Re: F against a REXX STC

2005-11-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/03/2005 at 03:25 PM, Zafiropoulos Konstantinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Can I send MVS modify command against a REXX that is running as an STC? Not in pure REXX, but you can do it with a small REXX-callable assembler program. Google for QEDIT. -- Shmuel

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
FSVO supported One of these days I'm going to learn what FSVO means. But, supported means they will fix problems, bugs, and usability issues. -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of these days I'm going to learn what FSVO means. http://www.google.com/search?q=FSVO+acronym Yah, I know that's kinda like RTFM: http://www.google.com/search?q=RTFM+acronym ... I guess that thread just kinda

Re: PKZIP for mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:23:53 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/03/2005 at 08:28 AM, Skip Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: They are transferring huge files (3 -4 gig) from some other platform (probably Unix) to z/OS. They need to reduce

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Thomas Berg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM == Paul Gilmartin == wrote2005-11-04 05:04: On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of these days I'm going to learn what FSVO means. http://www.google.com/search?q=FSVO+acronym Yah, I know that's

Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM

2005-11-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Crispin Hugo wrote: Thanks Ed. I am unsure about what MVS will think of Read only. I don't think it understands it. The dataset may be read only but what about the VTOC (date last used) ? Ed

Re: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe

2005-11-03 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hi Bob, you could also check out http://www.slikzip.com/ I use LTXF/MVS from the same company. Regards Bruce Hewson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 2 Nov 2005 to 3 Nov 2005 (#2005-307)

2005-11-03 Thread Steve Thompson
snip Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at = risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress adopts a bill = protecting them, experts said Tuesday.=20 http://news.com.com/Telecommuters+Beware+the+tax+man/2100-1028_3-5927124.html snip I have the same hope

Heads-up: OA08692

2005-11-03 Thread Barbara Nitz
OA08692 has cost us a 1.4 system when a 1.6 system was IPL'd. It is not marked hiper and my colleagues tell me that it is not on the list of toleration maintenance for 1.6 IBM has confirmed a correlation between the 0C4 described in there and the tight loop in memterm tasks in master (RRS memterm