Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
A more general version of that question might be When was the last time you
wrote something in Rexx and didn't use anything?
1. You cannot share across SYSPLEX boundaries with GRS, except by going back
to
What about UK DB2 shops. What code page did you go for.
Jim McAlpine
On 2/6/06, Ray Mullins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sideways topic - are other code pages, like 1141, supported? And is
BPXDEUSH now 1141, not 273?
I did notice that the DB2 V8 precompiler, with C and CPP, uses 37 by
Hello Dude,
we are running a 9672-R46 in our DR Site.
It's running fine with z/OS 1.4.
But we have to think about a new box,
becourse we want to migrate to z/OS 1.7 next year.
Regards,
Paolo Pirillo
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I don't see any operating systems conversions, smpe work or cics upgrades.
What's up with that?
Probably because he's a mainframe programmer which as far as I can tell it
means he writes programs. Good luck to him.
He may as well try for the big bucks while he can, as it looks like he
won't
be needed soon. The CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard made the
following
comment in the opening statement of this years annual report:
The best way to steer a company toward growth is to look out four or
five
I've just read an APAR OA11094 description.
At the end there's a list of PTFs for various levels of RMM.
R1GB PSY UA19542 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1GC PSY UA19543 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1G0 PSY UA19532 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1HB PSY UA19557 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1HC PSY
All,
For our sins we have just started using CA-VIEW all I want to do is display
all the output for a job but all we can get is this:
VIEW 2.0 SARO -- PAGE INDEX SELECTION LIST FOR UKMDHGRX -
COMMAND ===
SEL SEQ# STEP PROCSTEP DDNAME
*** ALL PAGES ***
001 JES2
In a post direct to the group, Bruce Hewson wrote:
Ok, the manual is incorrect. For the $DPRT page it has ^= but I found other
pages in the manual with ¬= And it works correctly now. So not sign (¬) is
correct and the cap(^) is not. This is at z/OS 1.4 I will chase IBM to
ensure the JES2
Timothy Sipples wrote:
I'd also be interested to know why HP recently *entered* the mainframe
outsourcing business. My best guess is that HP identified an opportunity.
Better not tell the CEO. :-)
They've been at it here in Oz for a while, not many clients though.
Paul Gillis
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I've just read an APAR OA11094 description.
At the end there's a list of PTFs for various levels of RMM.
R1GB PSY UA19542 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1GC PSY UA19543 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1G0 PSY UA19532 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1HB PSY UA19557 UP05/08/02 P F508
R1HC PSY UA19558
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I wouldn't say GRS is free...Two escon cables and four escon
channels have some value...Don't they?
Yabbut That's hardware. :-)
-jc-
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Has anyone noticed that this is a wild branch
the PSW points to characters SECU
Hmmm
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D2000 8005EA42
...
DATA AT PSW 0005EA3C - 0AFF07F4 E2C5C3E4
The interesting thing is that they manage to out-bid IBM, knowing that
it will cost them money on the short term, but in the long run, they
might persuade their customers to move across to more affordable
platforms that have more readily available resources.
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I wouldn't say GRS is free...Two escon cables and four escon
channels have some value...Don't they?
You can always use your existibg SYSPLEX CTC's in RING (not recommended), or
your CF links in STAR (recommended).
Then, you have no additional hardware costs.
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I’m an enthusiastic
Jorge Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
We find it
IDMS release 15.0 doesn't load the CAS9SEC module that it's loaded in IDMS
release 14.0 by default.
We have consulted the CA support connect and in the problem number 1989 we
have read the solution. We
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
In a JCL environment, if an early step STEP01 gets a CC of 0004, what
can I do to override that to a CC of so that the job completes
with a MAXCC of ?
You cannot. In a job there is not such a thing as a MAXCC, like there
Folks:
For those of you interested, here is the second article in the series.
http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=1608 -
Seem to be more contributors this time.
John
From: John Wynton
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:52 PM
To:
If you are converting from MIM to GRS you might find the programs Rich
Fochtman made available useful
File # 447 ENQMON from Rick Fochtman--GRS displays like MIM's.
http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT447.zip
http://www.cbttape.org
FILE 447 is from Rick Fochtman of Chicago, Illinois, and
Sorry,
I should have said you can't go higher than OS/390 V2R10 on a 9672-R45 (G4)
box.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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From: Paolo Pirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:06 AM
Subject: Re: 9672 R45 with zOS 1.4
Timothy Sipples wrote:
[snip]
SARCASMDarn that pesky IBM, investing billions year after year to
deliver the industry's premier business servers year after year. Haven't
they heard that what customers really want are systems that require little
or no RD expense?/SARCASM
And yet I still
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:55:48 -0600, Rob Wunderlich
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If using the CICS or DB2 preprocessor, see APAR PQ81622. We had to revert
to using the pre-processor to get large programs to compile.
Correction, should be DB2 *co*processor.
1. You cannot share across SYSPLEX boundaries with GRS, except by going back to
RESERVE/RELEASE processing.
As we discussed last fall, not true. GRS Ring mode works across
sysplexes. Ring mode, using CTCs, was the original GRS implementation.
GRS Star mode, which uses CFs, only works
Thomas/Paolo,
This is very strange. We've been told by IBM that inorder run anything
higher than OS/390 2.10, we had to go to a z box. We're currently running
OS/390 2.6 on a 9672 R83.
Thomas Conley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:18 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Moving from CA-MIM to GRS.
snip
MIM is from CA.
This is a big issue to companies that want
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D2000 8005EA42
...
DATA AT PSW 0005EA3C - 0AFF07F4 E2C5C3E4
3... 4...^
C... 0...2
Looks to me like it's pointing to a BR R4 instruction
0AFF = SVC 255
07F4 = BR R4
Looks consistent w/
Not true.
z/OS 1.1 to 1.5 can run in 31-bit mode, so it can run on *some* 9672
machines. Some means G6, G5 and Multiprise3000 models. I'm not sure
about older generations, my vaguely recollection tells me NO.
G6 machines are nn7, i.e. ZY7, X47
G5 machines are nn6, i.e. RA6, RC6, R36, R46
R45
What is the simplest way for a batch or TSO (only, never running as an STC)
assembler application to tell whether it is running under JES2 or JES3? (I'm
unclear about multi-JES possibilities so if my question is ambiguous, please
re-phrase it as how does it tell which JES will process a dataset if
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:07:01 +, Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What about UK DB2 shops. What code page did you go for.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:26 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Simplest way for app to tell if JES2 or JES3 environment?
What is the simplest way for a batch
In a message dated 2/6/2006 9:59:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The best way to steer a company toward growth is to look out four or five
years at the big market trends evolving, and then work backward to identify
opportunities... There will be continued
In a message dated 2/7/2006 9:01:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is very strange. We've been told by IBM that inorder run anything
higher than OS/390 2.10, we had to go to a z box. We're currently running
OS/390 2.6 on a 9672 R83.
It's mostly
That's odd, Gerry.
We've been using CA-VIEW and it's granddad, SAR, for years. We are at CA-VIEW
R11 at the moment and R11 has the capability to view individual SYSOUT datasets.
It looks like you're on rel. 2.0, so you're behind by one release and I don't
know for sure if that functionality was
Hi Gerry,
When the output is broken out into individual archived files,
sometimes it is because each is in a different output class.
Take a look at your View Options, to see what your archive classes are.
We just replace View with another product,.. But many here liked View
much better. We
Ed Finnell wrote:
In a message dated 2/7/2006 9:01:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is very strange. We've been told by IBM that inorder run anything
higher than OS/390 2.10, we had to go to a z box. We're currently running
OS/390 2.6 on a 9672 R83.
I'm posting to the Assembler list because I mention assembler several
times in this message :-) Cross-posting to IBM-MAIN.
I've looked thru the archives and manuals and some SHARE presentations,
and can't seem to find the answer to this one.
We've got an MVS application (LE C++, calling
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 12:16:49 -0500, Lester, Charles (LNG-DAY)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm posting to the Assembler list because I mention assembler several
times in this message :-) Cross-posting to IBM-MAIN.
I've looked thru the archives and manuals and some SHARE presentations,
and can't seem
IAZXJSAB macro, with the COMPID parameter will tell you that.
Okay, totally dumb follow-up question. COMPID= is documented as Specifies
the location where the system is to return the 4-character name of the
subsystem that created the JSAB.
Question: is the name of JES2 or JES3 always JES2 or
Lester, Charles (LNG-DAY) wrote:
I'm posting to the Assembler list because I mention assembler several
times in this message :-) Cross-posting to IBM-MAIN.
I've looked thru the archives and manuals and some SHARE presentations,
and can't seem to find the answer to this one.
We've got an MVS
Charles,
In addition to the IAZXJSAB call - you will have to scan the SSCT chain
to see if the returned subsystem name is JES2 or JES3. There is nothing
to guarantee that the primary job entry subsystem is called JES2 or
JES3.
However, field SSCTSSID accurately informs you if the subsystem is
As has been suggested earlier, you can place DLLs into PDSEs - I have done
this. There may be structural differences, one DLL becomes one PDSE
containing many seperate program objects (one PDSE = one DLL). I have never
created DLLs under USS, so I do not know exactly how they are organised here
Does anyone have an example of using the SJFREQ RETRIEVE Service?
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Yes, if you started JES with the following:
s jes2test,sub=jes2
Charles Mills
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Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:46 AM
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Subject: Re: Simplest way for app to tell if JES2 or JES3 environment?
IAZXJSAB macro, with the COMPID
From: Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Continued movement? Didn't IBM just announce its best mainframe revenue
quarter since 1998 (the year of great Y2K preparation)? (Mainframes cost
less than they did in 1998, by the way.) When is this movement going to
start?
Years ago it was commonly
Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Thanks, Steve.
I've thought of that, not so ugly as going the other way, but then I've
got to get the application to find the DLL in the STEPLIB, and right now
it's looking for a name that is longer than 8 characters,
Perhaps you could tell us why you want to know?
I have a fairly complex application with a lot of variables in terms of
datasets either provided by JCL or dynamically, which are used by my app
and/or by another program (FTP actually) that I load dynamically. I need
very specific output behavior
Chasing the SSCT is a simple thing :
Assuming name of subsystem in field SSID
L R8,CVTPTR(,0) grab cvt
L R8,CVTJESCT-CVTMAP(,R8) get JESCT
L R8,JESSSCT-JESCT(,R8) get first SSCT
USING SSCT,R8
DO
My JES2 1.7 manual that I referred to earlier looks like this (don't know
how this will display):
5.1.1.2 Command syntax
...
Not equal to symbol
Within this book, we use the not equal symbol set (¬ =) to set a
selection to mean not equal to, but your keyboard might not support
In a message dated 2/7/2006 11:15:06 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AFAIK z/OS (as well as OS/390) requires ALS-1, which is G5 or higher.
ALS-2 is z/900 or higher.
z/OS thru 1.5 runs in 31-bit on G5's. 1.6 requires 64-bit machine.
Stand corrected. ALS-1 G5,
Whew! Simple this isn't (for what ought to be a simple question, no?).
The answer would appear to be:
- Use IAZXJSAB to determine the name of the subsystem under which one is
running.
- Pass that name to IEFSSI to get the address(?) of the SSCVT (not clear how
but IBM says The SSCVT should be
From: Dave Salt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree; HP is a fine company. That's why I invest in their stock and why I
just received their annual report. Millions of other investors saw it as
well, and like me they also read the unchallenged statement from the CEO
regarding the declining use of the
Charles,
Actually it is quite simple - you don't need the IEFSSI call - please
see the code fragment that I posted.
However you *do* need the IAZXJSAB call as the ASSBJSAB pointer in the
ASSB control block is not a GUPI - otherwise you could have just gone :
From: Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Until the up and coming folks get excited about what
mainframes can do and the advantages they offer (and
this has to include cost effectiveness), the trend in
the number of companies using IBM mainframes can only
be downward.
In my opinion, people will
Cross posting to assembler-list
Results so far:
(1) Copied to PDSE using a generic name using the OGETX functionnada
(2) Re-bound from the USS library into the PDSE using the HFS file as
input, with the following binder options
ALIASES=ALL,CASE=MIXED,DYNAM=DLL,COMPAT=PM3, and the PDSE file
This is very strange. We've been told by IBM that inorder run anything
higher than OS/390 2.10, we had to go to a z box. We're currently running
OS/390 2.6 on a 9672 R83.
Context always matters.
IBM does not sell/market anything older than a z/900.
The microcode store is too small on an R83
R45 is G4 machine. AFAIR it cannot run any z/OS as well as OS/390 2.10
It can run 2.10, IIRC. But, it's been a long time since I saw one.
But, you have to be on G5+ for z/OS.
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-teD
I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in!
Question: is the name of JES2 or JES3 always JES2 or JES3?
I worked in a shop many moons ago, that had one site at JES3 and two at JES2.
They used the sub-system name of JES at all shops.
This allowed for more standardisation of exits and other naming conventions.
Also, when we went to XA (like
STEPLIBs must be PDS/Es
They can also be PDS datasets.
Or, is that what you're trying to say with the /?
Remember:
The purpose of communication is not to ensure you're understood.
It's to ensure that you ARE NOT misunderstood.
(8{]}
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-teD
I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal
Dave's alternative interface, SimpList, is no slouch either. :-)
My opinion is already on the record in a review that originally appeared in
the Feb 2005 issue of Technical Support.
http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/NaspaSIM05.pdf
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From: Dave Salt [EMAIL
I haven't seen any post yet pointing IBM-MAIN people (who may have missed
it) to:
_ 906027 Software Service Discontinuance: Selected IBM eServer zSeries
and S/390 products -- Some replacements available
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annredon=906-027
and in
Results so far:
(1) Copied to PDSE using a generic name using the OGETX
functionnada
(2) Re-bound from the USS library into the PDSE using the HFS file as
input, with the following binder options
ALIASES=ALL,CASE=MIXED,DYNAM=DLL,COMPAT=PM3, and the PDSE file as
output
(again, with a
I know I wear a CA hat during normal working hours.
I, too, wanted to be CA-free in the 90s; but the number
of customers who would agree with you is quite large today.
And I wouldn't dump a product withough having CA folks try
to get creative with finance. I usually don't touch any of
Ed Gould's
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From: McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Moving from CA-MIM to GRS.
with their move everything under datacom logic lately, I can understand
why people
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On Feb 7, 2006, at 9:10 AM, McKown, John wrote:
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MIM is from CA.
This is a big issue to companies that want to stay out of CA
clutches. I have seen go to great measure to sand up and say
I am CA
Free!
Ed
Hum, I will be a contrarian. I understand the
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... which says, in part:
In the court filings, Honeywell claimed that Nugent intentionally
exceeded authorized
*Official IBM* version is:
z/OS 1.6 and next requires 64-bit machine - z/900, z/800,
z/990, z/890, z9 (zMachine).
z/OS 1.1 thru 1.5 can run on zMachine - obvious.
z/OS 1.1 thru 1.5 can also run on 31-bit machines,
*but* ALS-2 is required. ALS-2 means G5 (9672 Rx6),
G6 (9672Rx7) and
Interesting, but a few problems.
I can't comment on the zLinux issues as that is not my area.
IBM does not increase software prices for releases. There is no
difference between the price of z/OS 1.3 and z/OS 1.4 and there is no
additional required hardware. Further z/OS V2 (if there is to be
Dear all,
I am a programmer. I don't know the about the log files created by
mainframe OS/390 at the system level. I am very much interested to know
all the log files created by mainframe. Can somebody teach me???.
Thanks!!!
Regards,
Vinoth
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In my opinion, people will NEVER get excited about using mainframes as
long
as they have no option but to work with the default interface.
I agree with that. Here's what's happening.
There's some interesting work afoot on the new face of the mainframe,
and I know many people have heard about
Releases to be withdrawn from service March 31, 2007
Product
Product nameVersionnumber
z/OS1.45694-A01
z/OS1.5
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