Re: Tape stacking, media conversion and data archival past end of mainframe

2006-03-09 Thread Michael W. Moss
Hi Len, I have certainly used the BrightStor CA-1 Tape Management Copycat Utility in the past to perform media conversion, basically you just select the output device you require and the old data is input on a compatible device type while your target output device is something of your choice. htt

Re: Share in Seattle

2006-03-09 Thread Gibney, Dave
It's been good so far, except I've had a cold all week. I learned: 1. My JES2 migration from 1.4 to 1.7 (exits) isn't the "piece of cake" I thought. 2. I can probably do what I want with Dynamic VIPA, if I can figure how to talk to the LAN folks in their language. 3. Some nice new stuff in Unix Sy

AW: newbie qdasd question

2006-03-09 Thread Ranko Subotic
Paolo, thanx for the hint with the VALIDATE parameter. I'll try it today and let you know if it worked. Thanx also to all the others who answered. Greets, Ranko -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Paolo Cacciari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. März 2006 16:44 An: IBM-MAI

Computer Wiz or ?

2006-03-09 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives

Re: looking for tools(products) to do transaction end to end analysis

2006-03-09 Thread TRAVIS SHEN
Dear all, Tks for information. I will study it. By the way, more input are welcome. Tks again. Best Regards.r "Schramm, Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I took a look at this product a couple years ago... It might be worth a look. http://www.bristol.com/transactionvision/ AFAIK the compa

Re: Need help with msg IEE114I

2006-03-09 Thread Scott Fagen
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:10:52 -0800, Edward E. Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"ATX" is displayed when CHTRKID in the CSCB (see macro IEECHAIN) contains: > >CHATXID EQU X'05' - ATX ADDRESS SPACE IDENTIFIER > >It does indeed mean APPC Transaction job. (Not sure where this >"attached" designat

Re: How to start a subtask under another user

2006-03-09 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Donnerstag, 09. Marz 2006 22:53 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to start a subtask under another user On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:47:05 +0100 Miklos Szigetvari <[EMAI

Re: FACILITY CLASS profile ALTER access required for BMC RECOVER UTILITY for VSAM?

2006-03-09 Thread Steve Comstock
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/08/2006 at 11:42 PM, Bruce Hewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: We are required to document any ACCESS requirement other than READ. Implying that you are not required to document READ access requirements? Steve: do you have a RAC

Tape stacking, media conversion and data archival past end of mainframe

2006-03-09 Thread Len Rugen
I'm in the process of shrinking our pool of 3490 carts by about 30%. We have CA-1, so I'm using COPYCAT. It works OK to stack to a like device, but as best as I can tell, it doesn't do media conversion. We also have a 3494 and 3590's. I also have users requesting that data be retained for

Any products that let you ignore certain messages?

2006-03-09 Thread Charles Mills
It seems to me that I have seen z/OS products (probably IBM products, but it doesn't matter to me so long as they are "enterprise" products) that allow the user to specify with a command "if I get error message XYZ0123E just let it go; don't treat it as an error, don't give me a return code 8 or 12

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Steely
The display came from a REXX exec. The is the information in the doc: Programmer: Paul S. Waterhouse Date: 1/24/92 I don't remember where I got it from. If any one wants a copy they can contact me and I can send it to them. Thank You -Original Message- From: IBM Ma

Re: discrete profiles for tape protection.

2006-03-09 Thread John Benik
you were exactly right TPRACF(A). It sounds like the only way to avoid this is to not use Tapevol any longer, is there something else I should change the TPRACF(A) to? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:25:03 -0600, Paul Dineen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You will need an IPL to invoke a change in RSVNONR. Google for Mark Z's >'ASIDLRX' to get more details for your environment. > Mark already had a tool that displayed the usage (I sort of recognize the display, but I don't

Re: APAR PTF Relationship.

2006-03-09 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks John and Ed. "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > > I have an APAR number and I would like to know how to relate > this to a PTF number for my system. > > I look up the APAR on IBMLINK a

Re: HDS backup process (resend)

2006-03-09 Thread Andrew N Wilt
Dennis, I believe that if you have the FlashCopy v2 Extension for your HDS, DFSMSdss should act just like it is working with an ESS and attempt to use the FlashCopy interface to do an instant copy of the volume. (I can't say for sure since I haven't had the chance to try it on an HDS. We don'

Re: HDS backup process

2006-03-09 Thread Ron and Jenny Hawkins
Zaromil, Are you using the BCM (Business Continuity Manager) Host software, or the archaic PPRC commands? PPRC commands are designed for PPRC, but there are a few features we have managed to kludge into it. Most of the enhancements to TrueCopy and Shadowimage over the last three years are enabled

Re: How to start a subtask under another user

2006-03-09 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:47:05 +0100 Miklos Szigetvari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :>How can I start a subtask under another userid ? :>Currently I make an ATTACH DISP=NO :> RACINIT CREATE :> copy the ACEE to TCBSENV :> and aSTATUS

Re: How to start a subtask under another user

2006-03-09 Thread Ray Mullins
Instead of the mother task doing the work, have the subtask do a RACROUTE LOGON as the first thing the attached task does. The only time you should do the ATTACH DISP=NO is when you are propagating TCBSENV/ASCBSENV. Also, STATUS has been deprecated since MVS/ESA 4.3. Use ATTACH DISP=YES. (IBM pr

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Paul Dineen
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:44:01 -0600, Mark Steely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Are we going to need to do an IPL or will the system use the free ASID's >to start an Address Space? > If you have sufficient free until next scheduled IPL, you're OK. But as 'Init and Tuning Ref' states: If started ta

Re: APAR PTF Relationship.

2006-03-09 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/9/2006 2:53:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, check the exact FMID of the component whose APAR you're looking at, and choose the applicable release via the above scheme >> For further verification can browse the things and Look at the packagi

Re: IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread William Donzelli
I know it is insane, but I still would like to get a 3380/3880 before they are gone. I have stopped seeing them in the junkyards (bad sign). Anyone know of any of this old junk about to get the axe? William "kVA" Donzelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: APAR PTF Relationship.

2006-03-09 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > > I have an APAR number and I would like to know how to relate > this to a PTF number for my system. > > I look up the APAR on IBMLINK and it points to several PTF > numbers. What should I loo

How to start a subtask under another user

2006-03-09 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi How can I start a subtask under another userid ? Currently I make an ATTACH DISP=NO RACINIT CREATE copy the ACEE to TCBSENV and aSTATUS RESET,ND seems to have no effect -

APAR PTF Relationship.

2006-03-09 Thread Howard Rifkind
I have an APAR number and I would like to know how to relate this to a PTF number for my system. I look up the APAR on IBMLINK and it points to several PTF numbers. What should I look for in the PTF which would clue me in to deciding which one to pick for my system. Thanks

Re: FACILITY CLASS profile ALTER access required for BMC RECOVER UTILITY for VSAM?

2006-03-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/08/2006 at 11:42 PM, Bruce Hewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >We are required to document any ACCESS requirement other than READ. Implying that you are not required to document READ access requirements? Steve: do you have a RACF class for auditors? -- Shmu

Re: Converting LRECL> 32K to less than or equal to 32K

2006-03-09 Thread John Mattson
Here is one solution, good old gener ... //ICEGENER EXEC PGM=ICEGENER //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD DUMMY //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=AFICRWD.EPSON.VBSX //SYSUT2 DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG),DSN=AFICRWD.EPSON.U, // UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1),RLSE), // DCB=(RECFM=U,

Re: discrete profiles for tape protection.

2006-03-09 Thread Mike Wood
John, You do not give any details about your setup of rmm and RACF, but I would guess that you are using rmm parmlib option TPRACF(P) or TPRACF(A). It is very likely that it is rmm creating the TVTOC and the first data set gets added either by OPEN issuing RACROUTE in DATASET class or by rmm when

Re: USING ISPF OPTION 3.14 to EXCLUDE MEMBERS THAT HAVE THE SEARCH WORD

2006-03-09 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/9/2006 11:17:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi All. Once again I look to the group for assistance. User asked me if there is a way to do a search using the 3.14 option on a joblib and rather than displaying the members that HAVE the search str

Re: Ordering z/OS 1.7

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Jacobs
I think that the alternate base is without communications server. Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horne, Jim - James S Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subj

Ordering z/OS 1.7

2006-03-09 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
NOTICE: All information in and attached to the e-mail(s) below may be proprietary, confidential, privileged and otherwise protected from improper or erroneous disclosure. If you are not the sender's intended recipient, you are not authorized to intercept, read, print, retain, copy, forward, or

Re: USING ISPF OPTION 3.14 to EXCLUDE MEMBERS THAT HAVE THE SEARCH WORD

2006-03-09 Thread Ray Mullins
EXCLUDE excludes the named members from the search. The only thing I can think of possibly is using LNMFTO - List not found member totals. I'm not sure when that came into ISRSUPC. BTW, I never use 3.12 or 3.14; I always use 3.13 and 3.15, because there you can get online help for all the stateme

HDS backup process (resend)

2006-03-09 Thread Dennis Leong
Retry sending this post Since we are not able to purchase something like FDR Instant, I'm looking for other ways to avoid having to clip volume labels. Has anyone had any experience copying volumes with DFDSS COPY with the dumpconditional and fastreplication keywords on a HDS 9900? Is Showd

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:02:28 -0600, Mark Steely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We are z/OS V1R4. Last night we received the message: > >IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED > >The manual states that the RSVNONR is used to replace entries that are >marked non-reusable. I understand why w

Re: looking for tools(products) to do transaction end to end analysis

2006-03-09 Thread Schramm, Rob
I took a look at this product a couple years ago... It might be worth a look. http://www.bristol.com/transactionvision/ AFAIK the company/product was started by mainframers. -Rob This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only

Re: IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Thursday 09 March 2006 10:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The manuals I really want are: > (1) IBM 3880 Storage Control Model 13 Description, GA32-0067 > (2) IBM 3880 Storage Control Model 23 Description, GA32-0083 I have a copy of GA32-0083-3. --  Gilbert Saint-Flour  GSF Software  http:/

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Steely
Are we going to need to do an IPL or will the system use the free ASID's to start an Address Space? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Dineen Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ASID'

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Paul Dineen
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:02:28 -0600, Mark Steely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We are z/OS V1R4. Last night we received the message: > >IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED > >The manual states that the RSVNONR is used to replace entries that are >marked non-reusable. I understand why w

USING ISPF OPTION 3.14 to EXCLUDE MEMBERS THAT HAVE THE SEARCH WORD

2006-03-09 Thread Robert Pelletier
Hi All. Once again I look to the group for assistance. User asked me if there is a way to do a search using the 3.14 option on a joblib and rather than displaying the members that HAVE the search string do the opposite and display members that do NOT have the search string? I did some testing usi

IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread Phil Payne
> I have the IBM 3880 Storage Control Models 1,2,3, and 4 Description Manual, > GA26-1661-9. I am looking for the technical description books for the models > 13 and 23 that discuss the CCWs in detail. Trust me. You need Section 2 of the Redbook. What you need is NOT in the GA manual. (ex-F

Re: HDS backup process

2006-03-09 Thread TISLER Zaromil
This thread has begun with a PPRCopy question. I am not sure if this two parts of Bruce' mails (not to cite John and Ron) talk about PPRC (Truecopy) or Flashcopy (Shadowimage). I wasn't able to see any of these features in our z/OS 1.7 PPRC environment using HDS 9980. <- snip -> You don't

Re: ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Brian France
At 11:02 AM 3/9/2006, you wrote: We are z/OS V1R4. Last night we received the message: IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED The manual states that the RSVNONR is used to replace entries that are marked non-reusable. I understand why we have entries that are marked non-reusable, b

Re: IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread August Carideo
- Forwarded by August Carideo/RYE/US/Avon on 03/09/2006 10:53 AM - "(IBM Mainframe

ASID's Questions

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Steely
We are z/OS V1R4. Last night we received the message: IEA061E REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED The manual states that the RSVNONR is used to replace entries that are marked non-reusable. I understand why we have entries that are marked non-reusable, but why is the system using the r

Re: newbie qdasd question

2006-03-09 Thread Paolo Cacciari
<- snip -> when I issue the console command DS QDASD,5B00 I receive the following output: RESPONSE=MJR0 IEE459I 14.41.05 DEVSERV QDASD 452 UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-CHK 5B00 $X5B00 2107921 2107900 3339 A014 0175-BNCZ1 0175-BNCZ1 RDFEAT?

Re: newbie qdasd question

2006-03-09 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 3/9/2006 8:37:02 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >when I issue the console command DS QDASD,5B00 I receive the following output: >RESPONSE=MJR0 >IEE459I 14.41.05 DEVSERV QDASD 452 >UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-

Re: newbie qdasd question

2006-03-09 Thread TISLER Zaromil
<- snip -> when I issue the console command DS QDASD,5B00 I receive the following output: RESPONSE=MJR0 IEE459I 14.41.05 DEVSERV QDASD 452 UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-CHK 5B00 $X5B00 2107921 2107900 3339 A014 0175-BNCZ1 0175-BNCZ1 RDFEAT?

Re: IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 3/9/2006 9:17:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >If memory serves (and I'm sure it does) the manual you really need is a Redbook. No red books, please. The manuals I really want are: (1) IBM 3880 Storage Control Model 13 Description, GA32-0067 (

IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread Phil Payne
Holy Jehosophat! That's around a quarter of a century ago. If memory serves (and I'm sure it does) the manual you really need is a Redbook. I was working for Itel/NAS at the time the 3880 came out and it gave us _no_ _end_ of grief because ot its tag timing, which did not conform to the OEMI ma

Re: Converting LRECL> 32K to less than or equal to 32K

2006-03-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, John Mattson said: > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:10:18 -0800 > > I am getting the data from Windows (of course), and need to put it > into a program (Cobol) which wants LRECL=32,000, BUT it can handle > multiple physical records being needed for a single logical rec

Re: SMP/E for non-sysprogs?

2006-03-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/06/2006 at 02:44 PM, Lock Lyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Last, if the group takes responsibility for software maintenance then >must do so (politically anyway) independently from any group >member. And if the group takes responsibility for software maintenance t

Re: Unusual FTP request.

2006-03-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/06/2006 at 08:41 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >What's a "job scheduler" Software that schedules jobs. >Is it made of silicon or carbon? No. It's made out of data. >I thought that nowadays almost all jobs (barring those actually >submitted on phy

Re: discrete profiles for tape protection.

2006-03-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On 3/9/2006 8:25 AM, John Benik wrote: I'm not sure if my question on this went out or not. Through many trials I was finally able to get a job to abend after writing virtual tapes. The only way I was able to do this however was to use a file that was on tape already and it was using the fat ta

newbie qdasd question

2006-03-09 Thread Ranko Subotic
Dear listers, when I issue the console command DS QDASD,5B00 I receive the following output: RESPONSE=MJR0 IEE459I 14.41.05 DEVSERV QDASD 452 UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-CHK 5B00 $X5B00 2107921 2107900 3339 A014 0175-BNCZ1 0175-BNCZ1 RDFEAT? 1

Re: How to cycle SMTP?

2006-03-09 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/9/2006 7:53:05 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. I expect maintenance for this function somtime in the near future to handle the changes from last year's energy bill. >> Then you have to reapply the LE start and end parms for DST. The Energy

Re: How to cycle SMTP?

2006-03-09 Thread Staller, Allan
I want to be sure to get the TIMEZONE updated next month when Daylight Saving Time starts in the USA. I presume cycling SMTP is necessary and appropriate, but can't find any specific info. IF the TZ variable is set properly, the recycle should not be necessary. The DATE/Time service will autom

Re: GRS Ring Between Two 7060's using ESCON.

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Neal
Here are my definitions for two LPARs on the same 7060 The devices with 660 address are defined as CTC and the devices with 780 addresses are defined as GRSCNF00 Member (Both systems) GRSDEF MATCHSYS(SYS1) CTC(660) CTC(780) RESMIL(1) TOLINT(60) RESTART(YE

Health Checker message automation

2006-03-09 Thread Knutson, Sam
This might be useful if you are trying to do automation on the Health Checker for z/OS messages using CA-OPSMVS. The cool little in-line routine #mlwto to do the gathering up of the multiple lines was something Vic Michels built inspired from a more complicated sample to perform a similar task. A

IBM 3880 control units

2006-03-09 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
z/OS V1R7.0 and z/OS.e V1R7.0 Planning for Installation (GA22-7504-14; build date 09/30/05) says that the 3880 Storage Control is "supported by the software (z/OS and z/OS.e)" (section 4.3.3 Identifying I/O device requirements). Is there any MVS-S/390-z/OS system anywhere that still has an

Re: IBM DB2 and IMS Tools Announcement (7 March 2006)

2006-03-09 Thread Ron and Jenny Hawkins
Tim, Right now DB2 has LOF Suspend function that allows you to spin-off application dependant copies of your DB2, because DB2 is looking after consistency. The function is analogous to the Oracle Online Backup Mode, but works differently. Problem is that the Consistency time for DB2 does not tie

Re: Converting LRECL> 32K to less than or equal to 32K

2006-03-09 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Mattson > > Just found out that REXX can't handle spanned > records, at least at OS/390 2.10. > I am getting the data from Windows (of course), and > need to put it into a program (Cobol) which

Re: Converting LRECL> 32K to less than or equal to 32K

2006-03-09 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Mattson > > In a bit of a crunch here. Anybody have a REXX that will read a > DCB=(RECFM=VBS,LRECL=X,BLKSIZE=32760) file which has records > with LRECL > > 32760, and create a new file with LRECL of something le

Re: discrete profiles for tape protection.

2006-03-09 Thread John Benik
I'm not sure if my question on this went out or not. Through many trials I was finally able to get a job to abend after writing virtual tapes. The only way I was able to do this however was to use a file that was on tape already and it was using the fat tape 200gb. So I'm not sure if the error I

Re: looking for tools(products) to do transaction end to end analysis

2006-03-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
Travis Shen writes: >I had a need to do transaction end to end performance >analysis(Z/OS), Does anyone would like to share some experience >or introduce some products(tools) I think this question came up fairly recently, so you might want to search the IBM-MAIN archives. IBM Tivoli Composite

Re: IBM DB2 and IMS Tools Announcement (7 March 2006)

2006-03-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ron Hawkins wrote: >Now if it would just inter-operate with the other subsystems with which DB2 >does a 2-phase commit, the mainframe would have a significant capability >that the distributed, open, midrange, small systems do not have on their >radar. I'm a little confused. By "it" do you mean th