R: Determine IMS Environ From MVS Cntl Blks

2005-12-13 Thread MASSIMO BIANCUCCI
Sorry for my inadequate knowledge, but which IMS environment other than MPP,BMP,DLIbatch you're referring to ? -Messaggio originale- Da: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Bill Kotchish Inviato: lunedì 12 dicembre 2005 17.14 A: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: 3270 Session Manager survey - results (sorta, kinda)

2005-12-13 Thread Andy Robertson
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:03:33 +1100, Bruce Jefferies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd hoped for a bigger response and I'm not sure it is valid to draw any conclusions from the sample I did get, anyway for what it's worth... VendorProduct Votes Mackinney VTAMSwitch

Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Phil Payne
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/oil_blast_northgate/ It will be interesting to see how many companies really do have effective continuity plans. Pictures here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/in_pictures_depot_fire_continues/html/1.stm -- Phil Payne

Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Cwi Jeret
Hello, We are using an Assembler program to analyse SMF output records of CICS transactions. The timestamps in the CICS SMF records are in TOD format. In order to get a readable timestamp we are using the STKCONV macro, but this gives us the GMT time rather than our local time. Does anybody have

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread john gilmore
If you add the signed difference between UTC/GMT values and your local time values in Israel to the STCK[E] values BEFORE using STCKCONV you will get the results you seek There is a table of appropriate time-unit multiples in STCK[E] units in ther current Principles of Operation. Beware of

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Robert Wright
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 12/13/2005 07:07:18 AM: We are using an Assembler program to analyse SMF output records of CICS transactions. The timestamps in the CICS SMF records are in TOD format. In order to get a readable timestamp we are using the STKCONV

Re: Its a question of ethics

2005-12-13 Thread Charles Mills
I have not read every response to this question so forgive me if I am duplicating what someone else has said. It seems to me that the fact that you felt the need to ask the question reveals the correct answer. That little voice that said why don't you ask this on the listserve? That's your

Re: Modify command - lower case command text possible or not?

2005-12-13 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Chris Mason wrote: Yes, indeed, the 2250 was a large and expensive device which - as I vaguely recall - was designed for use in research establishments which - to be provocative - probably lived off federal grants, establishments where describing their computer with the prefix super would not be

Re: Determine IMS Environ From MVS Cntl Blks

2005-12-13 Thread Avram Friedman
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:18:31 -0600, Bill Kotchish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need a way to determine if I, as an executing program, am running in an online or batch environment. By online, I mean either IMS online or CICS. I found a program entitled COB2JOB on the web that gives examples of

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, john gilmore said: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:25:06 + Beware of the complications of daylight time, summer time or whatever if you use it. I'll expand on this. In such locations, converting a 6-month-old TOD value will more likely than not result in a value in

Re: Determine IMS Environ From MVS Cntl Blks

2005-12-13 Thread Bill Kotchish
No other IMS environment. I want to be able to distinguish IMS online from IMS batch. -Original Message- Sorry for my inadequate knowledge, but which IMS environment other than MPP,BMP,DLIbatch you're referring to ? -Messaggio originale- Thanks, Massimo, but I

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Steve Comstock
Phil Payne wrote: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/oil_blast_northgate/ It will be interesting to see how many companies really do have effective continuity plans. Pictures here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/in_pictures_depot_fire_continues/html/1.stm For

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread John Wynton
Steve: Try this (and watch for wrap - both links work for me): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4524150.stm John Wynton Themis Training 800-756-3000 Toll Free 910-673-1427 Direct 908-723-5064 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.themisinc.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Steve Comstock
John Wynton wrote: Steve: Try this (and watch for wrap - both links work for me): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4524150.stm John Wynton Thanks all. Problem was a power glitch that flipped my DSL modem. Reset it and all is well. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock

leap-second computations with STCKE values

2005-12-13 Thread john gilmore
IBM has updated its Principles of Operation cumulative leap seconds table prospectively. This table already includes the positive leap second that will be added at the end of this year, 2005. The table yearm dom doy Óls STCKE (9 high bytes) 19001 1 1

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Lizette Koehler
I was able to access both sites Steve. Not sure what your problem is ;-) Lizette For both of these URIs I got domain_name could not be found. Anyone else have that problem? Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For

Re: Its a question of ethics

2005-12-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Posting your message here would be unethical, IMHO. However if you stated something like: Hey I used to work at company A and see they are hiring I wouldn't do either. Too much, these days, is actionable. Especially in a country where litigation is a national passtime. I would never

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/13/2005 10:07:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks all. Problem was a power glitch that flipped my DSL modem. Reset it and all is well. It's not hooked in to your UPS?

Re: Bang!

2005-12-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/13/2005 10:32:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's a great point. It was installed while I was away and I didn't even think of that. Jots and tittles, jots and tittles..

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Kirk Talman
Where is STKCONV macro located? Is it available at z/OS 1.4? IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 12/13/2005 07:07:18 AM: We are using an Assembler program to analyse SMF output records of CICS transactions. The timestamps in the CICS SMF records are in TOD

Re: SSL Problems -- RESOLVED!!

2005-12-13 Thread Chase, John
There were a few errors of omission corrected as follows: 1. Linklisted and APF-authorized the GSK.SGSKLOAD library; 2. Added the GSK.SGSKLOAD library to the * profile in class PROGRAM; 3. Added PARM='POSIX(ON)/' to the EXEC card (this cured the U4038 abend); 4. Defined all the IRR.DIGTCERT.*

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
SYS1.MACLIB(STCKCONV) since a long time ago... before z/OS, at least. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Converting TOD to Local Time Where is STKCONV macro

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Where is STKCONV macro located? Is it available at z/OS 1.4? Yes, but the correct spelling is STCKCONV. Look in SYS1.MACLIB. -jc-

z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide

2005-12-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I have tried to find this on the IBM website. No luck. Does anybody know: 1. Document Number? 2. A link? -teD Me? A skeptic? I trust you have proof! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide

2005-12-13 Thread Mark Jacobs
Migration guide (from zOS 1.4) is GA22-7499-07 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide I have tried to find this on the

Re: z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide

2005-12-13 Thread Tribble, Robert
GA22-7499-07 z/OS V1R7.0 Migration - All supported migration paths [ Search | Browse ] 0.67 4.76 http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/zos_migration_manuals.html -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL

Re: z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide

2005-12-13 Thread Walt Farrell
On 12/13/2005 12:45 PM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: I have tried to find this on the IBM website. No luck. Does anybody know: 1. Document Number? 2. A link? http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/EZ2ZO10F?filter=z%2FOS+v1r7.0+migrationSUBMIT=Find or

Re: z/OS V1R7 Migration Guide

2005-12-13 Thread John Eells
Ted MacNEIL wrote: I have tried to find this on the IBM website. No luck. Does anybody know: 1. Document Number? 2. A link? Title: z/OS V1R7.0 Migration Document Number: GA22-7499-07

Re: HMC load failure - IPL address 0000 invalid

2005-12-13 Thread Bielskie, Stephen
Patrick, You say you do an ACTIVATE on a LOAD profile, which leads me to believe you are doing an Activate on the image with the Load during activate specified. You probably need to check the image profile. First double-click on the LPAR image from the CPC Images area. Make sure that the

Re: Key code for licensed material

2005-12-13 Thread Bruce Black
I don't do installations, but if you are referring to the licensed manuals and to z/OS 1.7, there are no licensed manuals in 1.7. All documentation is GA. For a statement aboutr this, see http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/ and scroll down -- Bruce A. Black Senior

FW: HMC load failure - IPL address 0000 invalid

2005-12-13 Thread Eatherly, John D [IT]
From Mike Reddy... A couple of questions first: What changed? Are we using an Image profile to activate the lpar, or just a LOAD profile? A load profile has a pre-determined load address and parm specified. We don't use them here because we change sysres's every time almost. An image profile

Curiousity question: XES instructions?

2005-12-13 Thread McKown, John
Yeah, they aren't documented and likely never will be. And, most likely, everybody who knows very much about them is under an NDA. But I just read an email on the Flex-ES list where z/OS will put out a message if they are missing (although it continues to run). So, can anybody say anything to

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Richard Peurifoy
CICS logs the local offset in the SMF record mapped by CICS macro DFHMNSMF at label SMFMNDTO, and leap seconds are at SMFMNLSO. john gilmore wrote: If you add the signed difference between UTC/GMT values and your local time values in Israel to the STCK[E] values BEFORE using STCKCONV you

SHARE in Seattle

2005-12-13 Thread Brian Peterson
Greetings to all! It's time to start thinking about the Winter SHARE, March 5-10, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. We have an excellent slate of sessions, and a bevy of willing speakers. All we need is you! We hope you'll be able to attend, and please look us up if you do. Check out

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Richard Peurifoy said: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:12:55 -0600 CICS logs the local offset in the SMF record mapped by CICS macro DFHMNSMF at label SMFMNDTO, and leap seconds are at SMFMNLSO. Does CICS cut a new record triggered by DTO or LSO change? This would be

Re: Curiousity question: XES instructions?

2005-12-13 Thread R.S.
McKown, John wrote: Yeah, they aren't documented and likely never will be. And, most likely, everybody who knows very much about them is under an NDA. But I just read an email on the Flex-ES list where z/OS will put out a message if they are missing (although it continues to run). So, can

Re: Curiousity question: XES instructions?

2005-12-13 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Curiousity question: XES instructions? McKown, John wrote: Yeah, they aren't documented and likely

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Richard Peurifoy
These fields are in the CICS header of each SMF record CICS produces. A CICS SMF record may have more than one event (transaction, etc.) in it, but I don't know off hand if there is some check to force a new record at daylight saving or leap second changes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a

Re: Replacement for 3179 terminals locally attached to a 3174 controller

2005-12-13 Thread Hal Merritt
Don't define NIP consoles. Let it fall through to the HMC. Works really well and you always know where the NIP console is going to be. Visara used to offer some 'thin clients' but spun that product line to another company. They offered both Windows based as well as Linux based. We had a need for

Re: COMMAND field of TSO LOGON panel

2005-12-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/12/2005 at 08:03 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: My guess would be that your site's TSO JCL procedure runs your session before it ever gets to execute the command in your LOGON panel. Don't confuse the JCL with the initial command. The JCL runs the TMP,

Re: COMMAND field of TSO LOGON panel

2005-12-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/13/2005 at 10:23 AM, Luo Johnny [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Subject: COMMAND field of TSO LOGON panel The TMP will execute any command in PARM prior to the command on the logon panel. You need to ask your systems group for assistance. Note: some installations use a

PD REPLACE,PAGE=(sys1.page01,sys1.page04)

2005-12-13 Thread Roland Schiradin
Hi, now speaking as a DB2 sysprog. Today the mvs group issued the PD REPLACE,PAGE=(sys1.page01,sys1.page04) command which ends successfully. However seconds later we got several abends in DB2 V8 dealing with RC00C90101, seconds later several abends S02A RSN8 and then several STC fails with

Re: FW: HMC load failure - IPL address 0000 invalid

2005-12-13 Thread Pat Schlehuber
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:11:17 -0600, Eatherly, John D [IT] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From Mike Reddy... A couple of questions first: What changed? Are we using an Image profile to activate the lpar, or just a LOAD profile? A load profile has a pre-determined load address and parm specified. We

Why does LMPUT(ISPF Library service)?

2005-12-13 Thread Johnny Luo
Recently I've been trying to write a REXX which can be invoked directly in ISPF to add a new member to an existing PDS. My plan is:Invoke the REXX--It asks you for the existing PDS name and the new member name which you want to addaccomplish. After reading some articles,I decide to use

Re: IBM backup restoration procedure

2005-12-13 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Dash wrote: Hello, I've an existing IBM OS/390 backup taken in a tape. Now I want to restore this backup from tape to disk. I searched in various IBM manuals and search engines and I'm unsuccessfull in getting any information on how to restore this backup. Can somebody give me either pointers

Re: Modify command - lower case command text possible or not?

2005-12-13 Thread Walter Rue
Gerhard Postpischil wrote: Chris Mason wrote: Yes, indeed, the 2250 was a large and expensive device which - as I vaguely recall - was designed for use in research establishments which - to be provocative - probably lived off federal grants, establishments where describing their computer

Re: CA7 Question

2005-12-13 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Michael Hall wrote: I have been told that CA7 cannot start or control started tasks or started jobs. Can this be true? A client of mine is starting all CICS regions as batch jobs because of this. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mike Unless something has changed

Re: CA7 Question

2005-12-13 Thread Ed Gould
On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:01 PM, John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: Michael Hall wrote: I have been told that CA7 cannot start or control started tasks or started jobs. Can this be true? A client of mine is starting all CICS regions as batch jobs because of this. Any information would be

Re: Replacement for 3179 terminals locally attached to a 3174 controller

2005-12-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/13/2005 4:10:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't define NIP consoles. Let it fall through to the HMC. Works really well and you always know where the NIP console is going to be. What if the HMC fails?

Re: Why does LMPUT(ISPF Library service)?

2005-12-13 Thread Dave Salt
From: Johnny Luo [EMAIL PROTECTED] My plan is:Invoke the REXX--It asks you for the existing PDS name and the new member name which you want to addaccomplish. Johnny, Rather than using LMINIT/LMMPUT/LMMADD (etc) it would be easier to create a new member using an edit macro. The REXX

Re: Mainframe to windows and windows to mainframe

2005-12-13 Thread thirumurugan
John,bill,chris,nobert and Frank I am very much thankful for the information u have all provided to me regarding the FTP to mainframe. With all your inputs I had carried out to submit a PS dataset creation JCL from windows to mainframe and it worked. However, when I tried to issue

Using FTP to GET a job from a remote computer

2005-12-13 Thread גדי בן אבי
*** Your mail has been scanned by InterScan. ***-*** Hi, I've tried using FTP to GET a job from a remote computer. The remote computer has a file the contains an MVS job. I would like to transfer it directly to the internal reader. If I do this from the

Re: Using FTP to GET a job from a remote computer

2005-12-13 Thread Michael Sheehy
Gadi, I may be wrong but I thought 2.10 supported this. Have you checked the value of JESINTERFACELEVEL ? From memory I think it needs to be set to 2 Cheers, Mick Sheehy (BSc. Comp Sci) Systems Programmer, Information Technology FAL Foodland Associated Limited T:+61 (8) [9311 6082] F:+61

Re: Using FTP to GET a job from a remote computer

2005-12-13 Thread גדי בן אבי
*** Your mail has been scanned by InterScan. ***-*** Mick, JesInterfaceLevel is set at 2. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sheehy Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:14 AM

Re: z/OS V1.7 ServerPac DeliveryTime

2005-12-13 Thread Brian Peterson
I placed an order for z/OS 1.7 on September 20, 2005. The order was never fulfilled. After investigating, IBM Software Manufacturing staff determined that the order was simply stuck in the system and lost (along with five others, I was told). I just ordered z/OS 1.7 again - it took about four

Re: Replacement for 3179 terminals locally attached to a 3174 controller

2005-12-13 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- Don't define NIP consoles. Let it fall through to the HMC. Works really well and you always know where the NIP console is going to be. What if the HMC fails? -- snip -- You always have a service element that can accept NIP messages. Depending on how you set up a GDPS environment,

Re: Converting TOD to Local Time

2005-12-13 Thread Nick
I also have an assembler routine that does this .. contact me offline for the source code, -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cwi Jeret Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Converting TOD to