Re: DFHSM question - VTOC backups

2005-12-02 Thread Michael W. Moss
Hi John, Yes you can delete these files which are generated from the AUTODUMP facility of DFSMShsm and are controlled by the DUMPCLASS(VTOCCOPIES) setting. In the old days before DFSMS then defining a volume as Primary to be managed by DFHSM would dictate whether the volume would have Backup,

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Michael W. Moss
Hi Bruce, It looks like you have a good list there. One thing you might want to consider is whether the product fully supports SNA (E.g. 3270) and IP (E.g. TN3270 and TN3270E) protocols. Of course the majority of the products on your list have been in use for quite some time, but some may have

Re: RMM VRS Records

2005-12-02 Thread Mike Wood
... and if you want the details of each VRS as well as a summary list, add CLIST('RMM LS ') to the search command. Then execute the clist created. If a report is not really what you want, but to 'play' with the VRS, go to the ISPF dialog for rmm and use the VRS SEARCH function to view them all

Re: Using symbolic in JCL

2005-12-02 Thread TISLER Zaromil
-- snip -- Different local offsets in the CLOCKxx member. Or somebody does a weird T CLOCK= command. The TOD clocks must be in sync. But the local times may differ. -- snip -- Well, I know that. We don't use it, but I think I have no problems understanding it. -- snip --

Re: WELLS FARGO QUESTION

2005-12-02 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: (1) Certificates of Deposit: Certificates in my family's name were, without authorization, put in someone else's

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Larry Kraus
Several years back we converted from TPX to Macro4's product called TUBES. It works great and is cheap. -Original Message- I'd really appreciate any feedback regarding the listed products (and any I may have missed). Our use is simply to be able to jump between 3270 sessions and to be

A little goes a long way

2005-12-02 Thread Steve Comstock
Had a very nice phone call yesterday. A former student who had been through my Entry Programmer Training class at Neodata (Paul G., Howard B., Dave K. and more will recognize that name, probably) called to say that this was the 25th anniversary of his getting into IT and he wanted to thank me for

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Alan C. Field
Bruce, Someone else posted but VTUBES from MACRO4 should be on your list. We've used it for 10+ years and it seems to do the job. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: WELLS FARGO QUESTION

2005-12-02 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/2/2005 7:27:01 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: done decal that read, For a really good screwing, call Michigan Kenworth. The tractor was a red Kenworth Guess it was a comment on dealer vs. manufacturer. Normally, parent company doesn't

Wrong structure name

2005-12-02 Thread R.S.
(Friday question) Just curious: Let's assume, one specified wrong structure name i.e. in CKPTDEF CKPT1=(STRNAME=ISGLOCK ... ISGLOCK is obviously used by another application (GRS). What will happen ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: DFSORT: from hiperspaces to dataspaces!!

2005-12-02 Thread DMR-Qualitas Outsourcing
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 06:07:59 -0500, John S. Giltner, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DMR-Qualitas Outsourcing wrote: Hello, I'm investigating little ghost in a sort job batch due to this job was working with hiperspaces and, without any changes, it has started to use dataspaces. Being

Re: DFSORT: from hiperspaces to dataspaces!!

2005-12-02 Thread DMR-Qualitas Outsourcing
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 07:46:54 -0800, Frank Yaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/01/2005 01:14:36 AM: Hello, I'm investigating little ghost in a sort job batch due to this job was working with hiperspaces and, without any changes, it has started to use dataspaces. ...

Re: STRNO in DB2 catalog

2005-12-02 Thread DMR-Qualitas Outsourcing
Hi folks, as I mentioned later, I post IBM answer at PMR: DFSMS : Managing Catalogs explains in topic Specifying the Number of Concurrent Requests the paameter STRNO. This is the number of concurrent read requests for a BCS and can have from 2 to 255. From this manual: . Initially define the

Re: Wrong structure name

2005-12-02 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/2/2005 8:58:05 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What will happen ? Guess my worst case scenario would be that when it breaks it won't be recoverable. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: WELLS FARGO QUESTION

2005-12-02 Thread Stephen M. Wiegand
At 08:24 PM 12/01/2005, Charles Mills wrote: to what end? Someone with some grudge against Wells Fargo (perhaps related to the message of the OP)? Charles Maybe a former disgruntled employee? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: WELLS FARGO QUESTION

2005-12-02 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Maybe we should drop the subject? Darren On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Stephen M. Wiegand wrote: At 08:24 PM 12/01/2005, Charles Mills wrote: to what end? Someone with some grudge against Wells Fargo (perhaps related to the message of the OP)? Charles Maybe a former disgruntled employee?

Professional Services Agreement

2005-12-02 Thread Martin Kline
With so many contractors (past and current) on the list, does anyone have a sample Professional Services Agreement or Contractors Agreement they would be willing to share? Offline responses are acceptable. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Raymond Noal
Bruce, BlueZone from Seagull Software (formerly known as Renex) is a TN3270/E application for Window based platforms and it also includes a session manager as part of the install. They also offer a free FTP application and BlueZone also supports scripting. I've used BlueZone for over 10+

Oracle question

2005-12-02 Thread McKown, John
Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I had a simple Oracle question. Is there a VSAM Transparency function for Oracle like there is for DB2 and CA-DATACOM/DB? That is, a VSAM program that can access an Oracle database without rewriting. We are supposedly going to put Oracle on z/OS. The reason

Re: WELLS FARGO QUESTION

2005-12-02 Thread Bruce Black
Maybe a former disgruntled employee? Shouldn't that be a disgruntled former employee? If he was a former disgruntled employee (no longer disgruntled) he would have no grudge. Sorry, I am in a nit-picky mood. good thing I am a non-former fully-gruntled employee -- Bruce A. Black Senior

Re: Optimising use of 3592 Drives

2005-12-02 Thread Bruce Black
As a back-end solution for the VTS, and as a destination for HSM migration/auto-backup processing, no problem. They perform this task well and we do see a benefit. But, when it comes to full volume dump processing, it is another story. Hi, Michael. Let me try to answer some of your

Re: Oracle question

2005-12-02 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
McKown, John wrote: Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I had a simple Oracle question. Is there a VSAM Transparency function for Oracle like there is for DB2 and CA-DATACOM/DB? That is, a VSAM program that can access an Oracle database without rewriting. We are supposedly going to put Oracle

Re: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info

2005-12-02 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
Based on the chart at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/le/history/cobmvs.html it does appear that service was discontinued. So the Sales Manual does seem to be a bit out of date. I am unable to find the announcement letter indicating service discontinuance. Don Imbriale

Re: STRNO in DB2 catalog

2005-12-02 Thread Avram Friedman
I would think asking this question on the IDUG DB2-L list would be the best bet. However a few comments. 1. STRNO specified in the VSAM Catalog may not be in use. I could be over- ridden at open time. 2. The number of concurrent physical I/O's to a DB2 object needs to be limited espically for

Re: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info

2005-12-02 Thread Peggy Andrews
Hi, John I'm responding off list - I found a feedback button, so I submitted the information and can hope that goes somewhere. Thanks for your suggestions. Peggy Peggy Andrews Sr. Systems Engineer Information Technology Department Technical Support Services Division City of Sacramento (916)

Re: STRNO in DB2 catalog

2005-12-02 Thread Mike Bell
There are 2 different issues here - 1. the MVS catalog that contains the definitions for DB2 utilitized datasets DB2 does not override anything just issues normal OPEN. 2. the actual DB2 datasets that contain table data and indexes. DB2 overrides everything for this datasets because it uses

Fw: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info

2005-12-02 Thread Bill Klein
My *GUESS* is that you are running into a problem with the z/OS (or OS/390) vs. VM issue. IBM COBOL for OS?390 VM was the *last* release that was documented as supported for VM *and* it is still in service (with no discontinuance - of service or marketing) date *FOR VM* customers. For z/OS

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Raymond Noal wrote: John, You may be right about BlueZone's session manager. But I/we must be careful/explicit in the use of our terms in trying to describe this. What I have found/used the BlueZone session manager for is to be able to have multiple TN3270/E sessions open and connected

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Stephen Y Odo
We've been using NC-Access/NC-PASS from PassGo for a number of years ... works well ... haven't had any problems with it ... -Stephen -- -- --- Stephen Y. Odo Senior

Re: Using symbolic in JCL

2005-12-02 Thread Rob Wunderlich
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 11:32:16 +0100, TISLER Zaromil [EMAIL PROTECTED] AUSTRIA.COM wrote: - what time should be written in the operlog? Syslog uses local. Not sure about operlog, I don't use it. - what time should be written in the sysplex coupling datasets, logger coupling datasets? UTC - what

Where is the EDCCBG C proc

2005-12-02 Thread Francois Paré
Hello, We installed z/OS 1.4 with a Sytempac and it includes the C/C++ compiler. In the documentation, there is information about a EDCCBG procedure but I can't find it. Is there someone who knows where I could find this procedure? Thanks! Francois Pare

Re: Where is the EDCCBG C proc

2005-12-02 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
Check CBC.SCBCPRC Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francois Paré Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Where is the EDCCBG C proc Hello, We installed z/OS 1.4 with a

Re: Variation on a theme (was: Re: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info)

2005-12-02 Thread Charles Mills
I've got announced 1984 withdrawn 1997 for VS COBOL II as a whole. I'd be curious whether anyone has start of marketing dates for COBOL V4 (5734-CB2) and OS/VS COBOL (5740-CB1). I'd also be interested in start and end of marketing dates for 5688-087Fortran II Compiler Library 5734-FO2

Re: Variation on a theme (was: Re: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info)

2005-12-02 Thread Peggy Andrews
Found these: 5668-958 VS COBOL II 1.04.0 Available: 1993/03/12 1.03.2 Available: 1990/12/28 1.03.1 Available: 1989/12/29 1.03.0 Available: 1988/12/16 5740-CB1 OS/VS COBOL 1.01.0 Available: 1974/09/23 5688-087 IBM VS FORTRAN Version 2 2.06.0 Available: 1993/11/26 5734-FO3 OS FORTRAN IV (H

Re: Variation on a theme (was: Re: Sales manual COBOL for OS390 info)

2005-12-02 Thread Steve Comstock
Peggy Andrews wrote: Found these: 5668-958 VS COBOL II 1.04.0 Available: 1993/03/12 1.03.2 Available: 1990/12/28 1.03.1 Available: 1989/12/29 1.03.0 Available: 1988/12/16 5740-CB1 OS/VS COBOL 1.01.0 Available: 1974/09/23 5688-087 IBM VS FORTRAN Version 2 2.06.0 Available: 1993/11/26 5734-FO3

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey

2005-12-02 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/2/2005 1:57:36 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We've been using NC-Access/NC-PASS from PassGo for a number of years ... works well ... haven't had any problems with it ... It drops dead every now and then, but there's usually a quick fix

Re: REXX Books

2005-12-02 Thread Anthony Bongiorno
i would like one! what do i need to do.. hold one for me. anyhony bongiorno 201 413 8952 - The information contained in this electronic mail message, and any and all accompanying documents, constitutes confidential information. If you are not the intended

SDSF and TRC

2005-12-02 Thread Joseph Lenz
I am adding a PAGEDEF and FORMDEF to an output in SDSF, and also need to tell the system that TRC's are defined in the PAGEDEF. Where in SDSF can I update the output entry to indicate to the system TRC=YES? Regards, Joseph Lenz TTI, Inc. Fort Worth, TX