IPL VIPA Issues

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Wilson
Hi, We had a major incident at the weekend on one of our LPARS. After the normal scheduled re-IPL of the LPAR we could not connect using the VIPA, but could use the physical addresses that relate to the OSA ports. Reloading the TCP/IP stack didn't fix the problem and eventually we had to

Re: DFSORT and SS

2006-08-03 Thread R.S.
David Betten wrote: Frank Yaeger is always the best at answering these types of questions but he's on vacation this week. So I forwarded your question to Vicky Vezinaw and she supplied the following answers. ANSWER to Q1: When you say: I used the following syntax: OMIT

Re: CPU usage for paging

2006-08-03 Thread Shane
Dunno where this went originally - resent just in case ... On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 10:57 -0400, Craig Dudley wrote: I am looking for the RMF report(s) where I can find out how much CPU time my system (2066-0A2 w/8 GB) to perform paging. I am trying to determine how much CPU I will get back if

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Jousma, David
Thanks Brian, that was a very timely heads up! :-) Dave Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs

2006-08-03 Thread TISLER Zaromil
- snip - Are you sure that a single volume can't be known by two different names? Consider: surely it's possible to rename a volume (the verb clip comes to mind). Can one system dismount and rename a volume while it remains mounted on another system, then remount it by the new name while

Re: PCOMM Macro Doesn't Work First Time

2006-08-03 Thread Ulrich Boche
Ulrich Boche wrote: I've recorded a macro in PCOMM 5.8 for ELF (Express Logon Feature) purposes. The macro and the whole ELF stuff are working fine; however the macro always fails on the first connection attempt after starting the PCOMM window. If I disconnect and connect again, the macro is

Re: PCOMM Macro Doesn't Work First Time

2006-08-03 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
I didn't follow this thread, so please pardon me if this has been said before. In case you know some text that will always appear on the screen you're waiting for, you can code something like this in your macro: [wait app] wait 10 seconds until TN3270 - Mainframe Telnet Server goto macroend on

RES: compress a proclib

2006-08-03 Thread Ituriel do Nascimento Neto
I've always compressed a PROCLIB with IEBCOPY (DISP=SHR) and never had a problem. But there is another possible solution : 1) Remove PROC00 from JES2 PROC and substitue it by PROCLIB statment in JES2PARM like sample below PROCLIB(PROC00) DD(001)=(DSNAME=SYS1.PROCLIB ),UNCONDITIONAL

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Dave Thorn
1. A new init class configuration, where class 'a' is on one LPAR and not the other. Extending this to multiple classes would force work to one LPAR or the other depending on a job's class. 2. WLM Scheduling Environments. Run some applications on one LPAR, other applications on the other. 3. I

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... We have two lpars that perform the vast majority of our batch work. CA7 runs on one of these lpars and most of the CA7 submitted jobs are picked up by the JES2 on that system. This leaves the other system almost empty of

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Jacobs wrote: We have two lpars that perform the vast majority of our batch work. CA7 runs on one of these lpars and most of the CA7 submitted jobs are picked up by the JES2 on that system. This leaves the other system almost empty of batch work while the first system is being over

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
I thought that CA-7 had a way, or was it JES with a route card, to schedule work on plexed systems? Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 * Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. ?

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Rugen, Len
What is the overall CPU usage? If the REAL system is overloaded, then splitting work between LPAR's won't help. There is only 100% of the real CPU. Is your JES MAS across all LPARs? That was the last LPAR sharing environment I used, but it was across multiple physical processors. We run

SVC Dumps and DB2

2006-08-03 Thread Lizette Koehler
Does anyone know if there is a way to reduce the amount of information DB2 feels it needs to dump when it requests an SVC Dump? We had MAXSPACE set at 4500M and it still was not enough. I do have the Dump Data sets SMS managed and STRIPPED (extended format) so that part should not be a

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Rugen, Len
From old brain cells... I know we used JES Route cards with CA-7 (and now with Control-M). I think ThruPut Manager has routable resources as well, but I've never used them. I think TPM might be able to route, but like I said in the first note, my somewhat dated experience was MAS, and seemed to

Re: compress a proclib

2006-08-03 Thread Peter Ten Eyck
Thanks for your comments. I compressed the proclib in place at a very low activity time on the system. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread John Eells
Brian Peterson wrote: snip Without OA17104's fix, when you shut down your ICSF started task, apparently z/OS dispatching queue damage occurs resulting in a spin loop. This APAR has yet to hit the ZOSV1R7 BCPZIIP PSP Bucket. snip Not sure what time it was added, but it's in the bucket now.

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:23, Edward Jaffe wrote: Mark Jacobs wrote: We have two lpars that perform the vast majority of our batch work. CA7 runs on one of these lpars and most of the CA7 submitted jobs are picked up by the JES2 on that system. This leaves the other system almost empty

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:08, Dave Thorn wrote: 1. A new init class configuration, where class 'a' is on one LPAR and not the other. Extending this to multiple classes would force work to one LPAR or the other depending on a job's class. We (for historical reasons) have one production

Re: compress a proclib

2006-08-03 Thread Ron and Jenny Hawkins
Bruce, That's how I remember it also. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Hewson Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2006 1:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: compress a proclib Actually, because JES2 normally

Re: SVC Dumps and DB2

2006-08-03 Thread Eatherly, John D [LTD]
We use 6000M without any issues. Thanks. John Eatherly Or is there a way to calculate how much MAXSPACE will be needed by DB2? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RES: compress a proclib

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:00:56 -0300, Ituriel do Nascimento Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always compressed a PROCLIB with IEBCOPY (DISP=SHR) and never had a problem. But there is another possible solution : 1) Remove PROC00 from JES2 PROC and substitue it by PROCLIB statment in JES2PARM like

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:56:53 -0400, Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:23, Edward Jaffe wrote: You might consider the use of WLM-managed batch initiators. Beginning with z/OS V1R4, it more aggressively trims the initiator pool on overworked systems. There is

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/3/2006 7:57:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: somewhat later than that. Ya gotta give the guys in Boulder that maintain the PSPs a *little* time...!) Or a faster processor???

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 08:56 -0400, Mark Jacobs wrote: You might consider the use of WLM-managed batch initiators. Beginning with z/OS V1R4, it more aggressively trims the initiator pool on overworked systems. There is strong resistance to WLM batch. u - I bit my tongue earlier,

Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs

2006-08-03 Thread Clark Morris
On 2 Aug 2006 18:46:04 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: At 12:22 -0400 on 08/01/2006, Wayne Driscoll wrote about Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs: I could see how a downgrade would be useful. For instance: I have a resource shared. Now I need to update the resource, so I

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Jacobs wrote: On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:23, Edward Jaffe wrote: Mark Jacobs wrote: What are some of our options to spread the workload across both systems on an equal basis. In spite of it's selfish behavior, which can't be changed, a JES2 member will always stop

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread John Eells
Mark Jacobs wrote: We have two lpars that perform the vast majority of our batch work. CA7 runs on one of these lpars and most of the CA7 submitted jobs are picked up by the JES2 on that system. This leaves the other system almost empty of batch work while the first system is being over

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
Brian Peterson wrote: IF you have JBB77S2 (z/OS 1.6) or JBB772S (z/OS 1.7) zIIP Web Deliverable installed, AND if you have crypto, THEN you WILL want the fix for OA17104. Without OA17104's fix, when you shut down your ICSF started task, apparently z/OS dispatching queue damage occurs

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread John Eells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/2006 7:57:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: somewhat later than that. Ya gotta give the guys in Boulder that maintain the PSPs a *little* time...!) Or a faster processor??? snip Well, we're a bit reluctant to

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
Edward Jaffe wrote: Do you have an IBM information that calls you when something like this becomes available, or are you actually experiencing these issues? Why would you install zIIP support if you don't have a zIIP processor? Typing too fast. I meant to ask, Do you have an IBM _informant_

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
On Thursday 03 August 2006 09:36, Edward Jaffe wrote: You make your bed. Then you lie in it. ;-) The resistance is from a different group in the datacenter that likes to hand tune things Seriously, there are definitely certain types of workloads that don't do well with WLM-managed batch

CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Casey Rhodes
Has anyone had any issues with CA7 since moving to 1.7. We have 14 sysplex's and only have this problem in one. The one having the problem is the largest with the heaviest volume. We believe this is due to the JES internal reader changes made in 1.7. We have increased the dispatch priority of

Re: WhaT do these dates mean?

2006-08-03 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
John D. Slayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In the M20TEST consoleor when Iselect that in the TN3270 consoles...I get this: 06.215 AUG 03 09.43.22 PAGE 1 What does the 06.215 mean??? I knoewthe the 06 means the YEAR and I know all the

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 06:43:09 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Jaffe wrote: Do you have an IBM information that calls you when something like this becomes available, or are you actually experiencing these issues? Why would you install zIIP support if you don't have a zIIP

z/OS 1.7 Last ServerPac Order Date?

2006-08-03 Thread Ken Porowski
Anyone know what will be the cutoff date for ordering z/OS 1.7 ServerPac. I imagine it will be fairly soon as 1.8 is coming out. Thanks Ken Porowski AVP Systems Software CIT Group E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Spreading Batch Work Across LPARS

2006-08-03 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thursday 03 August 2006 09:36, Edward Jaffe wrote: You make your bed. Then you lie in it. ;-) The resistance is from a different group in the datacenter that likes to hand tune things Seriously, there are

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Ray Mullins
For PROJECTCPU - to see how much you can actually save if you had a zIIP lying around... (Although we just got a zIIP and a zAAP to see how our products fare on it. My stuff's working. :-) Later, Ray -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Petersen, Jim
I definitely will be interested in this one since we will be starting our rollout of z/OS 1.7 on August 13. We also run CA-7. ___ Jim Petersen MVS - Lead Systems Engineer Home Depot Technology Center 1300 Park Center Drive, Austin, TX 78753

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Brian France
Well, I hopefully will be able to answer this sometime next week. Our plan is a Monday morning z/OS 1.5 to 1.7 upgrade on our last production (2 of them ) image where CA-7 just happens to be running. Nothing in test but then again this is one of those that might be hard to see in test. At

Re: z/OS 1.7 Last ServerPac Order Date?

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:55:40 -0400, Mark Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 03 August 2006 10:33, Ken Porowski wrote: Anyone know what will be the cutoff date for ordering z/OS 1.7 ServerPac. I imagine it will be fairly soon as 1.8 is coming out. Thanks Ken Porowski AVP Systems

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/3/2006 8:40:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: becomes available, or are you actually experiencing these issues? Why would you install zIIP support if you don't have a zIIP processor? Lacking Plug 'n Play what choices are there? Install zIIP

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Micucci
Casey, May I ask what release of CA7 you are on? Ed Micucci -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Alan Schwartz
We did not notice any slowdowns after installing 1.7 in two lpars each with their own CA7 (release 3.3) Alan Schwartz Assurant Shared Business Services Lead Systems Programmer Phone: 651-361-4758 Fax: 651-361-5625 Casey Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Test tools, was: Strobe equivalents

2006-08-03 Thread Dell'Anno, Aurora
Beate, Compuware have a wide range of products for all your test management needs (one bright example, the Strobe in the title of this thread). Please feel free to contact me offline, or your local friendly Compuware rep, to discuss this further. ciao! Aurora Emanuela Dell'Anno Compuware

Heads Up: OA17292 Data Loss with VSAM LSR Hiperspace

2006-08-03 Thread Brian Peterson
Here's another interesting problem. OA17292 is an APAR against VSAM which describes a failure to correctly invalidate buffers stored in the hiperspace cache, which can result in downlevel data replacing current data and thus is flagged DATALOSS. The APAR text mentions IMS as being exposed.

Re: Heads Up: OA17104 if you have zIIP support installed

2006-08-03 Thread Brian Peterson
JBB772S is GA and the APARs are all available for viewing in IBMLink. I think that there are IBMers circling the globe suggesting that customers install the zIIP Web Deliverable, because the Web Deliverable - even on a non-zIIP machine - delivers the *instrumentation* necessary to determine

LPAR Underload Concern

2006-08-03 Thread Al Sherkow
Hal -- It really depends on whether or not the defined capacity actually kicks in and begins to limit the LPAR with a soft-cap. If the 4 hour average goes above 4 MSUs the cap will be enforced. You can have much larger peaks without the cap, it depends on the duration of the peaks. The real

WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
I was doing some work on an issue here and thought I read that as of z/OS 1.7 you must clear R0 prior to a WTO and use CONNECT instead. Did anyone else see that little comment somewhere or something like it? I've searched every 1.7 PDF I have on my hard drive for z/OS 1.7 macros and I can't

Re: Heads Up: OA17292 Data Loss with VSAM LSR Hiperspace

2006-08-03 Thread Brian Peterson
The question's answer is IMS and VSAM only are exposed. CICS is not. Brian On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:00:27 -0500, Brian Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not know if other VSAM LSR exploiters (such as CICS) are affected. I have asked that question.

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Kirk Talman
Left hand/right hand? 33.1.4 Input Register Information Before issuing the WTO macro, the caller does not have to place any information into any register unless using it in register notation for a particular parameter, or using it as a base register. 33.1.5 Output Register Information When

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Micucci
Casey, We are running CA7 v3.3, level 0412 (SP6). In fact, we moved to this version for z/OS 1.7 compatibility. This Monday morning we'll be upgrading the partition where CA7 runs from z/OS 1.5 to 1.7. Will let you know how it looks. In the meantime, what version and level of CA7 are you

HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
IBM program products apparently have packaging rules for Unix libraries stating that the path to these libraries will be /usr/lpp/product_name/. How do shops handle this when they install program products (like PrintServe, DB2, NetView, etc.) in other than their main MVS SMP zones. In particular,

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WTO Question Left hand/right hand? snip I wish it were that simple. It was a comment about 1.7 and

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:44:24 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WTO Question Left

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WTO Question snip seems to me that if there was such a new requirement, a lot of old code would be

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Brian Peterson
I certainly don't know how everyone else does this, but here's what we do: For non-z/OS-root products, I help the installer modify the xxxMKDIR and xxxISMKD programs, such that the product will SMP/E install into a separate and distinct HFS. Lets say a product wants to have a DDDEF PATH

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Steve Comstock
Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) wrote: I was doing some work on an issue here and thought I read that as of z/OS 1.7 you must clear R0 prior to a WTO and use CONNECT instead. Did anyone else see that little comment somewhere or something like it? I've searched every 1.7 PDF I have on my hard drive

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:42:51 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBM program products apparently have packaging rules for Unix libraries stating that the path to these libraries will be /usr/lpp/product_name/. How do shops handle this when they install program products (like

Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs

2006-08-03 Thread Bruce Black
If there are others with a SHARED ENQ, attempting a RET=CHNG will either put you into a wait (possibly triggering a deadly embrace if you hold another SHR or EXC ENQ that some other task wants to go to EXC status on) or return a failure RC and require you to recover by attempting it again.

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-03 Thread Casey Rhodes
In the Plex we are having issues we are stil 3.3. In our other environments we are half 3.3 and half V11 with z/OS 1.7 in all environments. I just want to point out to everyone the only place we have seen this is in our heaviest processing environment at the time of peak production.

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Most of the execs that IBM distributes (xxxMKDIR, etc) allow you to prefix the install path with a higher level directory name. We use /maint/ so that the actual directory that these products point to is /maint/usr/lpp/product name. We then mount an HFS at that point to receive the maintenance. As

Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs

2006-08-03 Thread Kirk Talman
RET=NONE is the same as RET= parameter omitted. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 08/03/2006 02:20:20 PM: If there are others with a SHARED ENQ, attempting a RET=CHNG will either put you into a wait (possibly triggering a deadly embrace if you hold another SHR

Re: WTO Question

2006-08-03 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: WTO Question snip Yes, I came across it last week. In z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:08:47 -0500, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Symbolic links so that /usr/lpp/product_name/ can point into different HFSs? I'm not sure what you hope to achieve with a symbolic link. You can mount the HFS at /usr/lpp/product_name. ... My understanding of this is

Re: Heads Up: OA17292 Data Loss with VSAM LSR Hiperspace

2006-08-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Brian Peterson On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:00:27 -0500, Brian Peterson wrote: I do not know if other VSAM LSR exploiters (such as CICS) are affected. I have asked that question. The question's answer is

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:00:20 -0500, Brian Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Then, in my z/OS root HFS (I'm simplistic and am not using shared HFS), I create a directory in /usr/lpp/ for the product. In this case, it was /usr/lpp/db2/. We mount the cloned target HFS at mountpoint

Re: HFS files for IBM program products

2006-08-03 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
You don't need to use /usr/lpp/product_name for your mountpoint. Products have either configuration files or startup parms that point to the directory for the product. You can crate a productname directory with mountpoint directories for each of the versions and have your parms point to that

Re: Heads Up: OA17292 Data Loss with VSAM LSR Hiperspace

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:00:27 -0500, Brian Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The APAR text mentions IMS as being exposed. The defect, however, is within VSAM. I do not know if other VSAM LSR exploiters (such as CICS) are affected. I have asked that question. That APAR says this (at least it

Started Tasks

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Steely
We are z/OS V1R4. I have a question about CA's started tasks. CAS9 CAL7 (CA-ELEVEN) will not start unless they are in SYS1.PROCLIB. These procs reside in a proclib that is in the concatenation of JES2, but are not in the proclib concatenation of MSTRJCL00. My question is how do these proc's know

Re: Started Tasks

2006-08-03 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
If they are started 'SUB-MSTR' then they must be in the MSTJCL concatination. JES doesn't get involved in processing for 'SUB=MSTR'. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark

Re: Started Tasks

2006-08-03 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Started Tasks We are z/OS V1R4. I have a question about CA's started tasks. CAS9 CAL7

Re: Heads Up: OA17292 Data Loss with VSAM LSR Hiperspace

2006-08-03 Thread Jousma, David
Here is the text from IBMLINK APAR Identifier .. OA17292 Last Changed 06/08/03 HIPERSPACE BUFFERS ARE NOT INVALIDATED AFTER IMS NOTIFY Symptom .. IN INCORROUT Status ... OPEN Severity ... 1 Date Closed . Component

Working on mainframes not just for old fogies

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/073106-mainframes-new- generation.html Working on mainframes not just for old fogies A new generation of developers rises to the occasion. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: IEFACTRT

2006-08-03 Thread Scott Barry
Consider that job-end statistics (if the output is captured or reviewed by the submitter) only represents a portion of what would normally be a chargeback bill/invoice/receipt (okay, or call it cost allocation or recovery). Also, how will a DB2 DDF (remote) customer get their bill or a CICS

Re: z/OS 1.7 Last ServerPac Order Date?

2006-08-03 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 10:33 -0400, Ken Porowski wrote: Anyone know what will be the cutoff date for ordering z/OS 1.7 ServerPac. I imagine it will be fairly soon as 1.8 is coming out. I'd advise getting on your bike Ken - especially if you are currently at 1.4. I insisted the order be placed

PDS I/O ERROR

2006-08-03 Thread Claudio
I have I loadlib that when I try to compress it I got the following error message: IEB1021E 1E28,D,INPUT ,READ ,NO RECORD FOUND,039219,BSAM IEB1022I I/O ERROR ONDDN= VOL= DSN= IEB1023I COPYMOD READ MEMBER= TTR=X'029617' MBBCCHHR=X'4040

VSMLOC against PVT

2006-08-03 Thread Binyamin Dissen
The doc indicates that All addresses are associated with the current address space Which address space is that when PASN/=HASN ? -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and

Re: PDS I/O ERROR

2006-08-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
The free PDS command has a VERIFY option that will do this. Search the archives using VERIFY and PDS as keywords to find some more detailed posts. http://www.cbttape.org/freepds.htm You can grab file 035 for a load library that includes a current version of PDS. Best Regards, Sam

Re: PDS I/O ERROR

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/3/2006 5:30:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The free PDS command has a VERIFY option that will do this. Search the archives using VERIFY and PDS as keywords to find some more detailed posts. Yep, used it hundreds of times. Might be

JCL RESTART= when using Nested Procs

2006-08-03 Thread John Mattson
Nested JCL procs can be quite useful, but RESTART= seems to only allow JOBSTEP.PROCSTEP and when you are doing nested procs, this is just not enough. You would need something like JOBSTEP.NESTPROC.PROCSTEP or JOBSTEP.NESTPROC1.NESTPROC2.NESTPROC3.PROCSTEP and so on. Looking at the JCL

Re: JCL RESTART= when using Nested Procs

2006-08-03 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Nested JCL procs can be quite useful I started this job as a JCL jockey in 1981. When did nested PROCs become available? The last time I tried, I got a JCL error. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Incomplete Implementation of Nested Procs (was: JCL RESTART= ...)

2006-08-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, John Mattson said: Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:15:56 -0700 Nested JCL procs can be quite useful, but RESTART= seems to only allow JOBSTEP.PROCSTEP and when you are doing nested procs, this is just not enough. You would need something like JOBSTEP.NESTPROC.PROCSTEP or

Re: JCL RESTART= when using Nested Procs

2006-08-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 23:39:28 + Nested JCL procs can be quite useful I started this job as a JCL jockey in 1981. When did nested PROCs become available? The last time I tried, I got a JCL error. They're described in: Title: MVS/ESA

Re: JCL RESTART= when using Nested Procs

2006-08-03 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ted MacNEIL wrote: Nested JCL procs can be quite useful I started this job as a JCL jockey in 1981. When did nested PROCs become available? The last time I tried, I got a JCL error. I believe it was MVS/ESA V4. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century

Re: IEFACTRT

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 3, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Scott Barry wrote: Consider that job-end statistics (if the output is captured or reviewed by the submitter) only represents a portion of what would normally be a chargeback bill/ invoice/receipt (okay, or call it cost allocation or recovery). Also, how will a DB2

Re: IPL VIPA Issues

2006-08-03 Thread Ed Rabara
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:03:48 +0100, Mark Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After the normal scheduled re-IPL of the LPAR we could not connect using the VIPA, but could use the physical addresses that relate to the OSA ports. Reloading the TCP/IP stack didn't fix the problem and eventually we had