Re: zIIP (Was: Looking for SRB sample in PL/I or COBOL)

2006-04-06 Thread Denis Gaebler
Hi List, thanks for the discussion. To my information, if I connect to WLM as subsystem DB2 from my application, why should it not be possible to run enclave SRBs in zIIP. So IBM does not allow to use purchased processors and keeps on changing microcode that I am not able to use some clever

Doing Scanning with DB2 - was: Re: Looking for SRB sample in PL/I or COBOL

2006-04-06 Thread Arthur Fichtl
snip If that were possible I would have continued to investigate if SRBs could be used in IMS transactions. Some of our IMS transactions do a lot of scanning of in memory tables, which requires a lot of CPU. Since this pieces of code just do memory work, I thought that were candidates for

Re: zIIP (Was: Looking for SRB sample in PL/I or COBOL)

2006-04-06 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Denis, I am technician, not marketing, so I don't use right words etc, but... All these specialty engines are introduced to save you money. How much, it depends. If it is good for your particular workload - it depends. If you pay workload based charges and you start to use zAAP, you can see

S.O.S. - Question on EXHPDM

2006-04-06 Thread willie bunter
I received the following error message. Can someone please tell me what I should do. Also, I looked at the vendor's website but I couldn't find the books that would shed some light for this problem. Wed Apr 5 09:39:59 2006: generic device 3590-1, esoteric 3590-1.

IBM DS6000 experiences

2006-04-06 Thread Ned Hedrick
We are considering upgrading our DASD to IBM's DS6000. Our current environment is ESCON-attached RAMAC3. Proposed is the DS6000 and an upgrade to FICON. (Host system is a z900) Everything I've seen points to significantly better performance, higher reliability and improved management.

Re: zIIP (Was: Looking for SRB sample in PL/I or COBOL)

2006-04-06 Thread Shane
On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:50 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: The bottom line, as we all know, is that IBM wants to keep the margins up on engines running traditional workloads, while competing with cheaper iron for work that they perceive might otherwise be in danger of migrating there. Basically

Re: IBM DS6000 experiences

2006-04-06 Thread R.S.
Ned Hedrick wrote: We are considering upgrading our DASD to IBM's DS6000. Our current environment is ESCON-attached RAMAC3. Proposed is the DS6000 and an upgrade to FICON. (Host system is a z900) Everything I've seen points to significantly better performance, higher reliability and

Re: JOBCAT and STEPCAT question

2006-04-06 Thread John Eells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen postings that indicate JOBCAT and STEPCAT are being deprecated by IBM. While researching something else, I came across something in the DFSMS:Managing Catalogs book for 1.4 that they cause a performance hit. Can anyone validate if or when JOBCAT and STEPCAT

Re: IBM DS6000 experiences

2006-04-06 Thread Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS
Ned, We migrated from HDS to DS6800 last year. 1. FDRPAS - great product easy to use. 2. Get the Slideout PC monitor. Elso you will need a table next to it for the monitor. 3. Get the VPN connection for alerts, failed drives, etc...IBM will mail a new DDM (drive) and you installed it. 4.

WLM

2006-04-06 Thread Philip Miscione
Hello Can anybody tell me what this means? and would it cause WLM NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY ? IWM041I WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT ADDRESS SPACE MODIFY COMMAND AVAILABLE IWM049I STRUCTURE(SYSZWLM_WORKUNIT), CONNECT FAILED, RC = 0C RSN = 02010C29

Re: WLM

2006-04-06 Thread Dean Montevago
Your attempting to connect to a coupling facility structure and either you don't have one or the structures aren't defined. I get these at IPL time because I don't have a CF. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Miscione

Re: WLM

2006-04-06 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
You only need the structure if you want to use WLM's Multisystem Enclave Support. See z/OS V1R6.0 MVS Planning: Workload Management: Chanpter 3.4 Document Number: SA22-7602 Kees. Dean Montevago [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Your attempting to connect to a

Re: Shopzseries

2006-04-06 Thread James Chappell
Down from here to.. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Shopzseries Has anyone had problems with Shopzseries today. I've just tried to connect

Re: Shopzseries

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
I just tried and I also failed with the same error message. Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: Shopzseries

2006-04-06 Thread Jousma, David
I have not had that problem, but I ordered some PTF's this morning to resolve some ERROR SYSMOD maint, and had orders rejected because CO-rec's for maintenance ordered were not found. I just excluded the offending PTF for now. First time I've had that problem though. Dave

RMF Spreadsheet Reporter Version 5.2.0 (31 March 2006)

2006-04-06 Thread Knutson, Sam
New version of the RMF Spreadsheet Reporter appears to be available. Have fun! RMF Spreadsheet Reporter Version 5 for Windows 2000/XP and ME Abstract: The RMF Spreadsheet Reporter serves as a front-end to the RMF postprocessor on your z/OS system. With its graphics capabilities, RMF

WLM Classification Question

2006-04-06 Thread Hal Merritt
We are z/os and z/os.e 1.4 in a basic sysplex (MAS but no CF). I am trying to do some routine reclassifications of online STC address spaces. I made changes to three address spaces using the TN qualifier type. One was added, one was changed, and one was deleted. I am making the changes on LPAR

Re: DFSORT - records in filea but not in fileb

2006-04-06 Thread Big Iron
Sounds like a job for the SPLICE operator. Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to find an efficient way to get a complement of to datasets. As result I expect the records that appear in FILEA but not in FILEB. Example dataset: FILEA: record a record b record c record d record

Re: JOBCAT and STEPCAT question

2006-04-06 Thread Doreen Ubl
We are implementing z/OS 1.7 and saw in writing that they are no longer supported = confirming what John mentioned. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: WLM Classification Question

2006-04-06 Thread Dave Thorn
Are you using TNG's? (or other kinds of groups) Maybe you're getting a hit there before you get to the TN's? __ Dave Thorn * Senior Technology Analyst * SunGard Computer Services * 600 Laurel Oak

Re: WLM Classification Question

2006-04-06 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:38:55 -0500, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are z/os and z/os.e 1.4 in a basic sysplex (MAS but no CF). I am trying to do some routine reclassifications of online STC address spaces. I made changes to three address spaces using the TN qualifier type. One was

Re: GRS concurrent enqueue limit

2006-04-06 Thread Scott Fagen
It should also be noted that the zap approach changes the address space limits for all address spaces on the system, not just a select few. The new program interface enables the change to a single (ostensibly high ENQ using) address space. Consider DB2, which wants to open up tens (if not

Re: JCL-Generating Software Package

2006-04-06 Thread Hall, Ken (GTI)
It's also pretty easy to do using ISPF services and skeletons. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] JCL-Generating Software Package

Re: JCL-Generating Software Package

2006-04-06 Thread Ulrich Krueger
Dennis, take a look at OpenTech's software offerings. http://www.opentechsystems.com/ IIRC, they have a software package that controls your DASD backups, including the JCL-generation for backups as well as restores. They also have software geared towards D/R backup and restore. Regards, Ulrich

S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello all, I was wondering if one of you could help me out. I'm trying to do BLP processing from within my program, and I keep getting an: IEC150I 913-18,IGC0002B abend. I'm modifying the jfcb and the error indicates that I can't do that unless I am BLP authorized. I have checked that the

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: S913 Abend Hello all, I was wondering if one of you could help me out. I'm trying to do BLP

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread R.S.
Ward, Mike S wrote: Hello all, I was wondering if one of you could help me out. I'm trying to do BLP processing from within my program, and I keep getting an: IEC150I 913-18,IGC0002B abend. I'm modifying the jfcb and the error indicates that I can't do that unless I am BLP authorized. I

Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Howard Rifkind
Is there any way that I can identify if any volumes in the 2105 were created as 3390-9's. Such as MVS console commands , HCD lookup or actually getting into the 2105? BTW does any one out there who is operating with an MP3000-7060 know if I could connect with a DS8000-2107.

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Ward, Mike S
There were no ICH messages. I also did a display of the tapevol class under racf. It didn't find anything there. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Ward, Mike S
There were no ICH messages. I also did a display of the tapevol class under racf. It didn't find anything there. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread McKown, John
for each address, issue DS P,devn output type=example IEE459I 13.31.55 DEVSERV PATHS 602 UNIT DTYPE M CNT VOLSER CHPID=PATH STATUS RTYPE SSID CFW TC DFW PIN DC-STATE CCA DDC ALT CU-TYPE 2000,33903 ,A,000,I12CAT,0F=+ 10=+ 36=+ 37=+ 38=+ 39=+ 21050100 Y YY. YY.N

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread James Chappell
DS QD, ( being the unit address) results in IEE459I 11.34.41 DEVSERV QDASD 522 UNIT VOLSER SCUTYPE DEVTYPE CYL SSID SCU-SERIAL DEV-SERIAL EF-CHK 2819 SYSRS1 2105800 2105000 10017 2800 0113-25717 0113-25717 **OK** 1 DEVICE(S) MET THE

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/6/2006 1:30:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Such as MVS console commands , HCD lookup or actually getting into the 2105? ===ds qd,start_ucb,for__volumes,validate Or if you have PDS85/PDSMAN vols * and sort on trks/cyls

Re: WLM

2006-04-06 Thread Doreen Ubl
If you do not wish to assist another person, you can save everyone time and effort by not sending your negative response out. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:00 PM To:

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread John Hamman
S913-18 - task is not authorized. Either RACF or TOP-Secret (or some other security manager) is disallowing your task from its appointed duties... John Hamman Systems Programmer BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi 601.664.4410 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * The information contained in this

Re: JES2: Restoring OFFLOAD tape from DR.

2006-04-06 Thread Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS
CORRECT...ADDED TO USERCAT AND IT WORKED. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2: Restoring OFFLOAD tape from DR. In a message dated

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Walt Farrell
On 4/6/2006 2:17 PM, Ward, Mike S wrote: I was wondering if one of you could help me out. I'm trying to do BLP processing from within my program, and I keep getting an: IEC150I 913-18,IGC0002B abend. I'm modifying the jfcb and the error indicates that I can't do that unless I am BLP

Re: DFSORT - records in filea but not in fileb

2006-04-06 Thread Frank Yaeger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to find an efficient way to get a complement of to datasets. As result I expect the records that appear in FILEA but not in FILEB. Example dataset: FILEA: record a record b record c record d record e FILEA: record a record b record x record y

Re: JES2: Restoring OFFLOAD tape from DR.

2006-04-06 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/6/2006 2:08:46 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: CORRECT...ADDED TO USERCAT AND IT WORKED. Yipee! From times past, always made mine sys1.jes2.offloadn so if I've got MCAT at least I can motor until other things are restored.

Re: JCL-Generating Software Package

2006-04-06 Thread Tim Hare
Why is one of these needed? We have FDR/ABR... if we wanted to do this for some reason, why wouldn't we just generate a file with SELECT CATDSN=dataset.name and process that file later? Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209

Re: JCL-Generating Software Package

2006-04-06 Thread Bruce Black
Dennis, if you are an FDRABR customer, you can generate backup JCL and control statements with FDREPORT. There are some examples in the manual, and you are welcome to call if you need more help. If you are not using FDRABR, Softek has a product called Sunrise (I think). I don't know much

Re: JCL-Generating Software Package

2006-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Hall, Ken (GTI) said: Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:59:41 -0400 It's also pretty easy to do using ISPF services and skeletons. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: Thursday, April

3390-9 in the IOCP Gen.

2006-04-06 Thread Howard Rifkind
Does anyone know how I would identify a 3390-9 in the HCD/IOGEN ? I real life we do have some 3390-9's defined and in use but I can't identify them using the HCD. Thanks - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls.

Re: 3390-9 in the IOCP Gen.

2006-04-06 Thread Larry Kraus
You don't specify whether it is a MOD-9 in the IOGEN. -Original Message- Does anyone know how I would identify a 3390-9 in the HCD/IOGEN ? Disclaimer: This e-mail message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you

Re: WLM

2006-04-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
If you do not wish to assist another person, you can save everyone time and effort by not sending your negative response out. People should do their homework before asking IBM-Main. I have no problem with helping people, but not if they aren't willing to help themselves. We are here to help,

Re: 3390-9 in the IOCP Gen.

2006-04-06 Thread Raymond Noal
Howard, Unless you specify the device model as a comment in the HCD panel(s) when you define your 3390s, there is no way that I know of to distinguish the model type within the HCD. The HCD only specifies generic device type information - i.e. 3390 (all models), 3390A and 3390B (for Base and

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Hal Merritt
AFAIK, there is no real concept of a 3390-9 in a Shark. The term is used only in a context of the number of cylinders to assign to the emulated device. So the technical answer is 'no'. The only attributes in this context are geometry (3380/3390), PAV (base or alias), and number of cylinders.

Re: 3390-9 in the IOCP Gen.

2006-04-06 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks Ray, thanks all. Raymond Noal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard, Unless you specify the device model as a comment in the HCD panel(s) when you define your 3390s, there is no way that I know of to distinguish the model type within the HCD. The HCD only specifies generic device type

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Ward, Mike S
Thanks for the tip. I placed it in an APF library and marked it AC=1 and all is well. Thanks. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 2:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: S913

Re: WLM Classification Question

2006-04-06 Thread Hal Merritt
Bingo! We have a winna. The RESET ..,RESUME produced the desired results. Thanks, Mark!! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WLM

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Matthew Stitt
The DADSM program on CBT file 527 will give you a list of all volumes and the number of cylinders capacity, allocated, and free. There is no way to tell the volume size through HCD. And the DS command is a best estimate. Even -27s report at -9s. On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:36:59 -0500, Hal Merritt

Re: DFSORT - records in filea but not in fileb

2006-04-06 Thread Frank Yaeger
Big Iron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/06/2006 09:02:43 AM: Sounds like a job for the SPLICE operator. Actually, SELECT is better in this case (see my previous post). But SPLICE can be used for more complex types of matching (and joining). Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Team (IBM) Specialties: ICETOOL,

Re: S913 Abend

2006-04-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
Mike, AFAIK - JES2 suppresses the ICH messages. You need to issue a JES2 command to allow the messages to be seen. Not sure what level of JES2 you are at, but this command should work with all levels: $TDEBUG,SECURITY=YES Then run your process again. You should see the ICH messages that

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
In SHOWzOS V710 I add support for so called 3390-27 and 3390-54 about 16 months ago. All of those display is based on the number of cyl. Haven't seen any other indicator Roland -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt

COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread David DeBervec
We ran into a program that was compiled and executed in a COBOL2 environment successfully. When we re-compiled and executed the program with Enterprise COBOL, it returned a S0C4 abend (rc4). The load module is a combination of COBOL and assembler code. Anyone know if this is a COBOL issue or LE?

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
All of those display is based on the number of cyl. Haven't seen any other indicator The information is available through QUERY DEVICE STATISTICS, but that just tells you the number of cylinders, tracks per cylinder, and bytes per track. This will allow you to query the size of any cusromised

Re: COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Anyone know if this is a COBOL issue or LE? A dump, error messages, register diagnostics, compiler, or link edit (binder) error messages would help. A S0C4 is a memory exception. There are many reasons for one. I'm not trying to obfuscate, but saying it's a S0C4, is like saying it's hot! What a

Re: COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread Charles Mills
This is not really an answer. I'm only a semi-COBOL-versions-expert, but I suspect there's not enough information here for anyone to give you a good answer. At the very least, you could post the mini-dump that prints out with the JES messages (PSW, registers, data at address in PSW). A wild guess

Re: COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Bell
COBOL by itself doesn't usually s0C4 - COBOL in combination with ASM is different. Things to check 1. dynamic vs static call 2. ASM module marked as RENT or REUS 3, ASM truly coded as RENT or REUS 4. structure of the parm list passed to ASM -- Mike

Re: COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
COBOL by itself doesn't usually s0C4 - COBOL in combination with ASM is different. I don't remember the OP saying a thing regarding assembler. These off-hand comments really confuse the issue! - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL!

Re: information regarding VSAM file

2006-04-06 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i have a performance issue because of a VSAM file. There are mutliple jobs running parallely try to access(i.e. Update) the same VSAM file.I have used the option MOD, because of which an exclusive lock it taken by each job. This causes a long time for all the job to

Finding JES3 init deck

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Wojtukiewicz
Does ANYBODY out there know how to locate through control blocks or whatever how to find out what the JES3 initialization deck is meaning the fully qualified PDS. Thanx -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: MVS Batchpipes Pipe Works

2006-04-06 Thread Ed Gould
On Apr 6, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Warner Mach wrote: Dear List: . We have a vendor program that produces various records at a fixed blksize. It is necessary to reformat these blocks into smaller recsize/blksize. We do this with a long set of IEBGENER jobs.

Re: Confusing IEC507D

2006-04-06 Thread Russell Witt
Victor, After doing more diagnostic checking with the client directly, it turns out the problem is that they have the IEC507D in their MPFLST as suppressed. Obviously, the WTOR is not suppressed (you can't suppress a WTOR with the MPFLSTxx); however the initial IEC507D message (the one that

Fw: COBOL2 Issues

2006-04-06 Thread Bill Klein
As others have pointed out, you really haven't provided NEARLY enough information for us to help, but given what you have provided, I would suggest: 1) Check your original (VS COBOL II) vs new (Enterprise COBOL) compiler options. Particularly: - RES/NORES (Enterprise COBOL only supports RES

Re: MVS Batchpipes Pipe Works

2006-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:30:34 -0400, Warner Mach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear List: . We have a vendor program that produces various records at a fixed blksize. It is necessary to reformat these blocks into smaller recsize/blksize. We do this with a long set of IEBGENER jobs. . It would appear

Re: Shark - 2105 Question

2006-04-06 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- Is there any way that I can identify if any volumes in the 2105 were created as 3390-9's. Such as MVS console commands , HCD lookup or actually getting into the 2105? -- snip -- As you've already seen in the other responses, emulated 3390-9 devices are just 3390-3 with a certain

Re: MVS Batchpipes Pipe Works

2006-04-06 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:30:34 -0400, Warner Mach wrote: Dear List: . We have a vendor program that produces various records at a fixed blksize. It is necessary to reformat these blocks into smaller recsize/blksize. We do this with a long set of IEBGENER jobs. . It would appear that 'MVS

Re: CICS DOCUMENT CREATE storage?

2006-04-06 Thread Bill Klein
From my usually reliable sources (at IBM), Hi Bill, The developer for this area has passed on some information that might be useful for you. A customer raised a service request recently about this. As a result of this there was an APAR PK17576 CICS GOES SOS IN ECDSA WHEN CREATING LARGE WEB