Re: How do you train your Z machine operation stuff?

2006-04-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
We tried all of them. It didn't work for us. We are trying the carrot lane now... Itschak -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you train

Re: How do you train your Z machine operation stuff?

2006-04-03 Thread Doc Farmer
Three simple words. Whip. Chair. Gun. :D Itschak Mugzach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am looking for some hints, PowerPoint, etc. on how to train our operations. Thanks for your advise. Itschak -- For

How do you train your Z machine operation stuff?

2006-04-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I am looking for some hints, PowerPoint, etc. on how to train our operations. Thanks for your advise. Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: 2105 Question

2006-04-03 Thread R.S.
Ted MacNEIL wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible to have a disk device being accessed at the same time by a 3990 control unit and a 2105 control unit? It is not! Differing technology. Differing back-ends. *It is possible*. BTDT. I used such (weird in fact) configuration on HDS 9960 ma

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- If the volume was _already_ defined in the storage group, then you did the init, you should just be able to vary it online. You need to do -- snip -- The SMS volume status should also be set to ENABLE. This many not be the case depending on how the volume(s) were initially added to the

Re: 2105 Question

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Pratt
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 22:50:45 -0400, Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you are asking. >By USP I assume you mean an Hitachi USP. MP Reply: Yes, HDS TagmaStor or USP is what I am using. >As I understand it, the USP >can have its own disks internal

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 04/03/2006 10:02:11 PM: > IIRC a z890 will only run a OS in 64-bit mode, no 31-bit mode, in an > LPAR. It may be possible to run a non-64-bit OS under z/VM. > > > > B Sysprog wrote: > > Hello - > > > > I have been asked to identify if it is possible t

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread SArnett
That will be news to those that run OS/390 2.10 on the z/890 and those of us that ran z/OS 1.4 and 1.5 in ARCHLVL 1 on the z/890... John S. Giltner, Jr. wrote: IIRC a z890 will only run a OS in 64-bit mode, no 31-bit mode, in an LPAR. It may be possible to run a non-64-bit OS under z/VM.

Re: Confusing IEC507D

2006-04-03 Thread Gibney, Dave
My best guess is that the HSM exit isn't actually working as planned. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Confusing IEC507D >

Re: Confusing IEC507D

2006-04-03 Thread Victor Zhang
Hello Russel, Thanks for quick response. The volume that caused IEC507D issued is indeed CA1 managed,see below: 00.05.00 S0065485 MONDAY,03 APR 2006 00.31.59 S0065485 IECTMS9 A844,860268,HSMBT ,SYS17000,PERMANENT ,0001,.HMIGTA 00.31.59 S0065485 *IEC507D E A844,860268,HSMBT,HSMBT,.

Re: Confusing IEC507D

2006-04-03 Thread Russell Witt
Victor, When HSM creates a tape, it puts an expiration date of 99/365 in the HDR1 of the tape. This is the expiration date that the operating system looks at when making the determination to issue the IEC507D or not. CA-1 will then automatically respond to the IEC507D for a CA-1 controlled volume

Confusing IEC507D

2006-04-03 Thread victorzhang_mvscn
Hello list, I have a question regarding IEC507D: I am using HSM and CA1, and the tape volumes used by HSM is protectd by expiration date, and when HSM thinks the contents of a tape volume is expired,it will notify CA1 via an exit similar to the exit used by RMM interface with HSM. Howev

Re: Dcollect

2006-04-03 Thread Dale Houg
MXG works well for DCOLLECT data. Dale Houg home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy White Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Dcollect Does anyone out there hav

Re: 2105 Question

2006-04-03 Thread Bruce Black
Does anyone know if it is possible to have a disk device being accessed at the same time by a 3990 control unit and a 2105 control unit? We are approaching a situation where we could potentially run out of interfaces within the array (USP) and if this worked it would alleviate (temporarily at le

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries?

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Gould
Sorry this reply went to Gilbert rather than the list its a resend with a change to the TO: Will Gilbert please correct his email client? Ed - On Apr 3, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: On Monday 03 April 2006 11:00, B Sysprog wrote: I have been asked to identify

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
IIRC a z890 will only run a OS in 64-bit mode, no 31-bit mode, in an LPAR. It may be possible to run a non-64-bit OS under z/VM. B Sysprog wrote: Hello - I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old version of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). (this i

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Apr 3, 2006, at 1:27 PM, Chase, John wrote: --SNIP For example trying to deduce what is going on when a system is in a wait state. This is 2006. We have telephones now. Besides, the "Vulcan mind meld" is fictional, and didn't work with machines anywa

Dcollect

2006-04-03 Thread Andy White
Does anyone out there have a SAS or REXX exec to format a Dcollect? I was going to write something but first thought id ask, I need to create a spread sheet with information some of fields are binary and packed and would be easier to start with someone else's code. Thanks in advance Andy S Whit

Re: DFHSM question - dataset too big?

2006-04-03 Thread Russell Witt
John, Both IBM's 3494/VTS and CA's CA-Vtape allow for virtual-volomes to be defined larger then a real 3490E. I believe we are talking about in the range of 1+ Gigabytes per virtual volume. If the dataset(s) being placed on the virtual-volume end before that, no wasted space (the beauty of virtual

Re: IODF and IOCDS out of sync

2006-04-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>The simple answer is yes, you need to do a POR with your correct IOCDS I'd go the powers to be! Head hung low, and claim "mea culpa"! Take the hit, POR. And, then if I still have my job, delete all the crap IOCDS's, so it won't happen again. At least one device has to be defined as dynamic, for

Re: 2105 Question

2006-04-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Does anyone know if it is possible to have a disk device being accessed at the same time by a 3990 control unit and a 2105 control unit? It is not! Differing technology. Differing back-ends. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in!

Re: IODF and IOCDS out of sync

2006-04-03 Thread Roy Hewitt
Matt, The simple answer is yes, you need to do a POR with your correct IOCDS However, how desparate are you at avoiding an POR... If you have a test partition on the same machine you might be able to do something, as you only need one of the lpars to be in sync to be able to do dynamic change

2105 Question

2006-04-03 Thread Michael Pratt
Does anyone know if it is possible to have a disk device being accessed at the same time by a 3990 control unit and a 2105 control unit? We are approaching a situation where we could potentially run out of interfaces within the array (USP) and if this worked it would alleviate (temporarily at leas

DFHSM question - dataset too big?

2006-04-03 Thread McKown, John
I am trying to recycle a set of DFHSM migration tapes from real 3490E to virtual 3490E in a 3494-B10 VTS. I am getting the message: ARC0352I DATA SET HSMMIG.HMIG.T573321.DPHGV.RLO.J5343 TOO LARGE FOR MAXIMUM TAPE VOLUME LIMIT Looking up the message reveals that HSM is "hard coded" to limit a sing

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I now recall having heard of ESA/370 before then, and it might have run on [some of] the 3090s. I had it on 2E's, an S, and 2J's. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in! -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: IODF and IOCDS out of sync

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/3/2006 2:17:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm pretty sure the only safe way to recover from this is to do another POR with the right IOCDS. But does anybody have any other suggestions for some slick way to dynamically get things back in sync

Re: IODF and IOCDS out of sync

2006-04-03 Thread Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS
NO.. You must have DYNAMIC turn on in the IOCDS...we did a POR just for that. Also, you will load the IOCDS that you had to load anyone. riginal Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Roach, Dennis
Dennis Roach United Space Alliance 600 Gemini Avenue Mail Code USH-4A3L Houston, Texas 77058 Voice: (281) 282-2975 Page:(713) 736-8275 Fax: (281) 282-3583 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my employer or any person, company, or thing

Re: Adding MVS consoles to system without IPL

2006-04-03 Thread Tim Hare
Will that possibly be changing in the future? It would be nice to be able to do some changes, especially when implementing a new technology like OSA-ICC. There would have to be a means of marking some consoles as "protected" or something though, to prevent mistakes from leaving you in a consol

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread Tim Hare
If the volume was _already_ defined in the storage group, then you did the init, you should just be able to vary it online. You need to do Activate (I believe) when you add the volume to your configuration, but unless you are changing the ACS routines you don't need to Translate (which convert

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould > > On Apr 3, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Chase, John wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould > >> > >> [ snip ] > >> I think that some types of sysprog d

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > > >ISTR the **FIRST** ESA **hardware** announcement from IBM > came on Sept. > 5, 1990. Seems unlikely there'd have been an ESA operating > system in use by a customer before then. > > MVS/ESA 3.1.0e

Re: Adding MVS consoles to system without IPL

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 13:10:57 -0500, Scott Fagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No. An IPL is required to change the CONSOLE definitions in CONSOLxx. > I was hoping you would also add: "But watch this space". :-) Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North

Re: Adding MVS consoles to system without IPL

2006-04-03 Thread Scott Fagen
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:08:52 -0500, Laine, Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >but how do I pick up the consoles defined to the CONSOLxx parm? >Can this be done without IPLing? No. An IPL is required to change the CONSOLE definitions in CONSOLxx. Scott Fagen z/OS Core Technology Design IBM Poughke

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:59:32 -0400, B Sysprog wrote: >I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old version >of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). (this is not an >April fool joke) > >Anybody have any positive comments on this? >Is there a way to run MVS/SP und

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks John, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:56 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Quick SMS Question. > > > I just added

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread George Rodriguez
John wrote: " My question is do I have to do a Translate, Validate, Activate on the ACD routines before I can use the volume?" The activation only is necessary. Hope this helps, George Rodriguez abc Distributing, LLC (305) 919-1900 ext. 21246 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 3380-3390 Conversion - DISAPPOINTMENT

2006-04-03 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Ron and Jenny Hawkins wrote: However, this still leaves me confused over IBM's constant reference to blocking and reblocking of load modules. Does this make the authors as stupid as me? Only in being confused by the language - when they refer to "blocking" of load modules, they are referring t

Re: Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:56 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Quick SMS Question. > > > I just added a volume to my SMS SGDEVE goup and after looking > for

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Apr 3, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:12 PM, tony babonas wrote: Gee I wonder, hypothetically: if all companies did allow teleworking for sysprogs, would there be a shortage,

Quick SMS Question.

2006-04-03 Thread Howard Rifkind
I just added a volume to my SMS SGDEVE goup and after looking for it with ISMF I saw that it was there. All id did was run an ickdsf job (init) with the STGR parameter. My question is do I have to do a Translate, Validate, Activate on the ACD routines before I can use the volume?

IODF and IOCDS out of sync

2006-04-03 Thread Matt Simpson
I'm running z/OS 1.5 on a MP 3000. Somehow I screwed up and pointed to the wrong IOCDS at power-on reset, and loaded a 4-year-old IOCDS, which didn't match my current IODF. So I got the message about hardware and software being out of sync, and dynamic changes not allowed. I've seen this before

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:19:05 -0500, Chase, John wrote: >> Mark Jacobs wrote: >> >> >The first Y2k MVS was either 5.1 or 5.2.2 (1994-1995 time frame). >> > >> >MVS/ESA 3.2 is from the late 80's > >ISTR the **FIRST** ESA **hardware** announcement from IBM came on Sept. >5, 1990. Seems unlikely there'

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>ISTR the **FIRST** ESA **hardware** announcement from IBM came on Sept. 5, 1990. Seems unlikely there'd have been an ESA operating system in use by a customer before then. MVS/ESA 3.1.0e was available when I started at the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1989. Or, very shortly after that. That was not t

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:48 PM, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: Ed Gould wrote: I think that some types of sysprog duties have to be hands on. Not all mind you but some. I have wondered about the perceived benefits myself. The case above the person worked out of their house in Chicago area. So

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Tom Schmidt
Steve, The answer to his question was no. I expanded on some issues he could expect to find - some sooner, some later. He also ought to expect issues with error recovery (although I'm on a system that IS currently supported and we found a very new issue with error recovery just last week... but

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
That may very well be right. My memory isn't as good as it was back then. Mark Jacobs -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2

Open-SSH for 2.10

2006-04-03 Thread Dave Myers
Anyone have the Open-SSH (unsupported version for 2.10) that they'd be willing to send to me ? Also, has anyone tried the new supported version on 2.10? I know it's not officially supported, but does anyone know if it works on OS/390 ? Thanks, Dave ---

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of SArnett > > The original issuer requested whether the op sys would run on > a z/890 and not whether his system was y2K complient or > whether he was running that version legally. My assumption > would be that since

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread SArnett
The original issuer requested whether the op sys would run on a z/890 and not whether his system was y2K complient or whether he was running that version legally. My assumption would be that since we are six years past y2K that he is not concerned with that and if he is presently running ESA o

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
The first Y2k MVS was either 5.1 or 5.2.2 (1994-1995 time frame). MVS/ESA 3.2 is from the late 80's Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:28 AM To: I

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification > > >I wonder how much motor vehicle fuel, wear'n'tear, > insurance, exposure > to r

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 03 April 2006 11:00, B Sysprog wrote: > I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old > version of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). I seem to recall DFP 3.2, but what is MVS/SP 3.2.2 ? My recollection is that MVS/ESA jumped directly from 3.1.

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:59:32 -0400, B Sysprog wrote: >Hello - > >I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old version >of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). (this is not an >April fool joke) > >Putting aside the issue of lack of support for such an old release

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread tony babonas
teleworking here in the chicago area is becoming commonplace. our usual relationships are with branches and contractors overseas. the cubicle and face time is becoming the 8 track tape of technology. our company is short of office space... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Chris Mason
Paul, The elegant and user-friendly way to do this sort of thing is to exploit the use of the PORT statement BIND parameter in conjunction with VIPAs. This way you can offer an REXEC service on port number 512 for either TSO or USS and distinguish the two by IP address which, of course, can be ext

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread Jay Maynard
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 10:03:23AM -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old > > version of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). (this is > > not an April fool joke) > Impossible. The zSeries does not implement the old I/O instru

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I wonder how much motor vehicle fuel, wear'n'tear, insurance, exposure to road hazards, and time could be saved if only 10% of the IT shops that can but don't allow telecommuting, would allow it. I don't know about the States, but, here in Canada, there a worker safety and insurance issues. I do

Re: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B Sysprog > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:00 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries??? > > > Hello - > > I have been asked to identify if it is pos

Re: Adding MVS consoles to system without IPL

2006-04-03 Thread Walter Marguccio
- Original Message From: "Laine, Rogers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm installing Visara equipment on z/os 1.4 and would like to add these new consoles addresses to my active system without doing a IPL. I see where I can do a SET CNGRP=xx to pick up the new console groups, but how do I pick u

Support for MVS/SP 3.2.2 on zSeries???

2006-04-03 Thread B Sysprog
Hello - I have been asked to identify if it is possible to run an old,old version of MVS/SP and DFP (3.2) on a zSeries processor (z890). (this is not an April fool joke) Putting aside the issue of lack of support for such an old release, I seem to recall that nothing older than OS/390 R10 w

Re: DEBE Documentation

2006-04-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
>From CBT file 11 PDS member OLDDOC. If you find something better please get it back into circulation. Thanks, Sam THE FOLLOWING IS AN OLD MEMO THAT W

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Steve Comstock said: > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 08:36:12 -0600 > > tso exec "'pt6820a.rexx(activate)'" exec > > Again, just a shot in the dark playing with punctuation; > That ought to work, because /bin/tso takes as its arguments a nonempty sequence of tokens which it co

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Steve Comstock
Ian Worthington wrote: On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:37:46 -0600, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not sure. But at least try using quotes like this: tso exec "//'fully_qualified_library(exec_name)'" exec Kind regards, -Steve Comstock Thanks Steve. Not sure if you meant to have EXEC

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ian Worthington said: > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:23:13 -0500 > > On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:37:46 -0600, Steve Comstock > >tso exec "//'fully_qualified_library(exec_name)'" exec > > Not sure if you meant to have EXEC twice? I'm guessing not, but > The second EXEC indicates

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ian Worthington said: > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 02:38:25 -0500 > > (Not sure if this is the right place for this or not. Is there somewhere > more focused on TCP/IP issues?) > Yes. > Does anyone know if it is possible in fact to REXEC a TSO EXEC stored > in a PDS access

Re: How to save data sets dump(from dfdss) in pc?

2006-04-03 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny Luo > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:32 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: How to save data sets dump(from dfdss) in pc? > > > Hi, > > I've dumped some of my data sets via df

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Ian Worthington
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:37:46 -0600, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not sure. But at least try using quotes like this: > >tso exec "//'fully_qualified_library(exec_name)'" exec > >Kind regards, > >-Steve Comstock Thanks Steve. Not sure if you meant to have EXEC twice? I'm guessing

Adding MVS consoles to system without IPL

2006-04-03 Thread Laine, Rogers
I'm installing Visara equipment on z/os 1.4 and would like to add these new consoles addresses to my active system without doing a IPL. I see where I can do a SET CNGRP=xx to pick up the new console groups, but how do I pick up the consoles defined to the CONSOLxx parm? Can this be done without I

Re: SAS and MXG and VM

2006-04-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/3/2006 8:34:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Send an email to MXG technical support and they can either tell you how to do it today or they'll put the support in the product if it doesn't exist. Barry loves finding data he has never seen before

Re: SAS and MXG and VM

2006-04-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Barbara, If you are not already subscribed you might enjoy to subscribe to MXG-L this would be a good place to post your question. http://www.mxg.com/frame_mxgl.asp Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 09:36 -0400, David Andrews wrote: > Upshot: if you're a relatively high-paid US systems programmer, > telecommuting is a two-edged sword. IOW, be careful what you wish for. Yep - I'd be happy to be paid to sit under one of the gum trees up the back yard and keep sites hummi

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 4/3/2006 2:47:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I live in Vermont, worked for a D.C. area office, and connected to a >mainframe in Massachusetts before retiring. We had work group meetings >quarterly, and conference calls every month or so. Othe

Re: REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Steve Comstock
Ian Worthington wrote: (Not sure if this is the right place for this or not. Is there somewhere more focused on TCP/IP issues?) I have a rexx exec in a pds I would like to execute via REXEC from a foreign host, but when I REXEC to mvs I end up at $HOME and, unlike in FTP, seem unable to CD to a

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 19:12 -0500, tony babonas wrote: > Gee I wonder, hypothetically: if all companies did > allow teleworking for sysprogs, would there be a > shortage, or excess for that matter? The phone lines don't stop at the border! If companies routinely allowed telecommuting for sysprog

Re: SAS and MXG and VM

2006-04-03 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
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Re: GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-03 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 09:23 -0400, John Eells wrote: > > BTW. Is there a current concurrent limit for an address space. > > > Sam answered this one pretty comprehensively. Shame really - such a waste of a great lead-in line ... tada !!! what about a non-current concurrent limit ... or maybe a

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould > > On Apr 2, 2006, at 7:12 PM, tony babonas wrote: > > > Gee I wonder, hypothetically: if all companies did allow teleworking > > for sysprogs, would there be a shortage, or excess for that matter? > > Te

Re: GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-03 Thread John Eells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I just stumbled across this statement concerning z/OS 1.8 and GRS. "A new programming interface for GRS that is designed to allow authorized programs to set their own concurrent enqueue (ENQ) limits within their address spaces. " This is actually one of

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of tony babonas > > Gee I wonder, hypothetically: if all companies did allow > teleworking for sysprogs, would there be a shortage, or > excess for that matter? Tele-freedom would certainly smooth > out the geographi

Re: 3380-3390 Conversion - DISAPPOINTMENT

2006-04-03 Thread Ron and Jenny Hawkins
Gerhard/Shmuel, Where ever the reference I had to Text records splitting on instruction boundaries is, I can no longer find. This may be another senior moment! References I've found all reference CSECT boundaries as a point to terminate text records. So I consider myself better educated. However

Re: How to diagnose catalog search activity

2006-04-03 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 01:07 -0500, Ron van der Zande wrote: > Shane, > > why should the ENQ monitor give the answer I am looking for? > I now, an allocation is resulting in a SYSDSN ENQ and indirectly I have > HLQ's I am looking. But a catalog search with IDCAMS or SUPERLOCATE I do > not see with

SAS and MXG and VM

2006-04-03 Thread Barbara Nitz
We are running SAS/MXG on z/OS only. We have a requirement to send VM performance (MONWRITE) data to MVS and do ITSV statistics under SAS. I can't seem to find out how to present the MONWRITE data to SAS. I have been studying the MXG information for some dcb info to use, and we have tried them all

Re: GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-03 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- >From Item RTA60115 GRS maintains, in the GRS vector table (GVT), a threshold value for unauthorized callers in GVTCREQ (the default is 4096) and a threshold value for authorized callers in GVTCREQA (the default is 30,000). These thresholds are in the nucleus. . . The current Auth

Re: PCICC and z900 IFL

2006-04-03 Thread Patrick Carroll
Thanks for the response, Timothy. I've read that book cover to cover but it doesn't seem to answer my question: are the physical PCICC coprocessors available to a linux guest running in an IFL? >From section 7.3.1 (p. 242) of the zSeries Grypto Guide: 3. If you are using a zSeries z900 GA2 machin

Re: GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
>From Item RTA60115 GRS maintains, in the GRS vector table (GVT), a threshold value for unauthorized callers in GVTCREQ (the default is 4096) and a threshold value for authorized callers in GVTCREQA (the default is 30,000). These thresholds are in the nucleus. At a Version 4 level (with O

Re: Secure TCP/IP without OMVS

2006-04-03 Thread Ulrich Boche
xalien wrote: hi all, I apologize to re-post my question about secure tcp-ip but it's extremly importat for me understand... it's possible to use a secure TCP connection without OMVS services? I would like, if possible, using only MVS and writing a server application in COBOL/ASM. Is there some s

Re: Convert AFP resource objects to source codes.

2006-04-03 Thread גדי בן אבי
AFPSOFT (www.afpsoft.de) has products that will convert formdef and pagedef objects to source code. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Saichon C Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Conver

RES: Convert AFP resource objects to source codes.

2006-04-03 Thread Geraldo Magela S. Barbosa
Saichon , I´m not sure, but I think you should look for Solimar systems products. I´ve heard that they have a very good software that manage AFP environment. Regards. Geraldo Magela S. Barbosa Analista de Sistemas - DITEM Banco Rural S.A. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefo

Convert AFP resource objects to source codes.

2006-04-03 Thread Saichon C
Do you know any software or utilities that can convert compiled AFP resource objects (such as pagedef and formdef) to source code? Thank you in advance -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Convert AFP resource objects to source codes.

2006-04-03 Thread Saichon C
I have problem that I have to modify some AFP pagedefs but don't know where the source code is. Do you know any software or utilities that can convert compiled AFP resouce objects to source codes? Thank you in advance... Saichon C. ---

Re: How to save data sets dump(from dfdss) in pc?

2006-04-03 Thread Johnny Luo
On 4/3/06, Terry Sambrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Johnny, > > With regard to your query - > > "I've dumped some of my data sets via dfdss.These data sets include > ordinary PDS, load module libraries and VSAM.It's a logical data set dump > and the output > is a PS data set on dasd(recfm=

Problem with DFHSM reserve

2006-04-03 Thread Natasa Savinc
Hello, I have a problem with HSM issuing reserve for volume that contains BCDS, when automatic backup starts. It doesn't cause problems every day, but occasionaly does. What bothers me is that I have in DFHSM procedure: DFSMSHSM PROC CMD=00, EMERG=NO, LOGSW=YES,

Re: Alternative to mvsqr

2006-04-03 Thread Arthur Fichtl
Sorry for my lack of precision. Of course I was interested in an alternative to: http://www.chicago-soft.com/qref/index.html And I heard rumours that there *are* alternatives under way. TIA, Arthur > >Date:Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:50:04 -0600 >From:Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subjec

GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-03 Thread John Ticic
Hello List, I just stumbled across this statement concerning z/OS 1.8 and GRS. "A new programming interface for GRS that is designed to allow authorized programs to set their own concurrent enqueue (ENQ) limits within their address spaces. " Can anyone shed some light as to why you would need th

REXEC and TSO

2006-04-03 Thread Ian Worthington
(Not sure if this is the right place for this or not. Is there somewhere more focused on TCP/IP issues?) I have a rexx exec in a pds I would like to execute via REXEC from a foreign host, but when I REXEC to mvs I end up at $HOME and, unlike in FTP, seem unable to CD to a PDS. And trying to tso e