Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
[3270] ScreenSize=60x132 I edited Just for the records, this statement in the TN3270 section of the .WS file requests the dynamic logmode in a TN3270 environment: [Telnet3270] TerminalTypeString=IBM-DYNAMIC Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE

Re: Policy Size

2006-08-21 Thread Ceruti, Gerard G
Munif What have you set as the INITSIZE and SIZE , if there is a delta you can increase using the ALTER SETXCF command. If there is no Delta update the Policy with the new size's, same policy name different name , your choice , activate the Policy, Policy will not become active until you rebuild

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
Problem with Contorl-M is that it seems to write either 80 column lines or 132 column lines but nothing else. If I use 160 columns, the start of the individual lines shift to the right, since 132 chars from the first and another 28 chars from the next line will be written on the first terminal

Re: Anyone using graphical ISPF?

2006-08-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
I'm aware the WSA is a prereq for the GUI but the WSA can be used without the GUI. I haven't put a lot of effort into this yet, but I need to go to ISPF option 0 and activate a workstation connection before I can use it to edit/view on the PC. What option am I missing that makes your ISPF

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-21 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
I am having a problem copying a tape which has a blksize=0. I am using IDCAMS REPRO. IEBGENER and RECFM=U should copy the dataset. I am not sure what you mean by copying a tape. Do you have DITTO? Cheers, Jantje. -- For

Re: Superuser Creation like IBMUSER

2006-08-21 Thread Brian Westerman
In order to have another user have the same access capabilitites as the default (IBM deleivered with a new install of z/os) IBMUSER, you would have to join it to all of the same groups as IBMUSER. You also would have to give it access to many of the facility class options as well. On top of

Z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 Migration

2006-08-21 Thread Rahul Balachandran, ISDC Chennai
My customer is currently on Z/OS 1.4 and is planning to migrate to Z/OS 1.7 by March 2007 Following are my observations on Z/OS 1.7 migration (Application program Specific). Batch OS/VS COBOL : Existing load modules will run under Z/OZ 1.7 with out any change.

Sun sells mainframe rehosting business to Clerity

2006-08-21 Thread Phil Payne
Unikix. Sun bought it around the time Hitachi started winding down its PCM business. In Germany, Comparex (which had been the local Hitachi agent) went down Sun's road in a big way and looked to this prouct to rehost a lot of their small Hitachi mainframes (Hitachi S5/S6). The product manager

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread David Cole
At 8/20/2006 11:04 AM, PGilmartin wrote: In a recent note, David Cole said: DCole wrote: Authorized programs can breach security. There are too many reasons why authorized programs have to be written. There are too many people who write authorized programs. There are too many people (both

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) wrote: Problem with Contorl-M is that it seems to write either 80 column lines or 132 column lines but nothing else. If I use 160 columns, the start of the individual lines shift to the right, since 132 chars from the first and another 28 chars from the next line will

why a IEFBR14 job use 92MB region size and paging.

2006-08-21 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi, Anyone knows why a IEFBR14 job use 92MB region size and paging. JOB NVTCRN2 //*COND=(08,LE) //** //* TRIGGER NVWCRN2 * //* - MON - FRI 15:00

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34)
...rationale. But, IMHO 160 is just silly. Thanks, I like being silly. I have to work on long records ( 300 characters) very often. The more colums I can see the easier it is to work with them. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether we talk about 133, 135, 140 or 160, the shifting occurs only the

TRSMAIN troubles

2006-08-21 Thread Nick Varley
I'm trying to UNPACK some RMF data with TRSMAIN 4.13, and get: STARTING TERSE DECODE UNPACK 4.13 11:29:26 8/21/06 FOR INPUT - DDNAME: INFILE DSNAME: NICK.TRS FOR OUTPUT - DDNAME: OUTFILE DSNAME: RMF.DATA1 WARNING: OUTPUT LRECL IS

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread John Ganci
You need 160 columns if you want 32 bytes per row when displaying storage using IPCS. Edward Jaffe wrote: I'm not sure why anyone wants to use 160 columns. AFAICT, the old 3290 supported this width simply because it was a convenient multiple of 80. A 51x132 or 62x132 screen is much easier

Re: Veteren sysprog (was RE: JES2 SPOOLDEF )

2006-08-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of tony babonas Hmmm, peak season coming up and they bag their veteran sysprog. What else did they do to prepare, get rid of all their spare shopping bags? Fascinating, the conclusions to which we jump in the

Re: The Fate of VM - was: Re: Baby MVS???

2006-08-21 Thread Phil Smith III
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I'd prefer a cleaner syntax then Unix regexen, more like ICON, SNOBOL and SuperWylburR, and I'd also like support[1] for parsing keyword parameters. As you noted, you can do this with an add-on. Which illustrates a point that I don't think

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread John Kington
Tommy, /* case 1 allocate temporary file //BACKUP1 EXEC PGM=ICEGENER //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD DUMMY,DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0) //SYSUT2 DD DSN=TEMP,DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(CYL,(1,1),RLSE) //SYSINDD DUMMY Your ACS code will work for this case but you

Re: Veteren sysprog (was RE: JES2 SPOOLDEF )

2006-08-21 Thread Doug Fuerst
Maybe he got canned because he couldn't spell VETERAN either. LOL! snip Hmmm, peak season coming up and they bag their veteran sysprog. What else did they do to prepare, get rid of all their spare shopping bags? Fascinating, the conclusions to which we jump in the absence of facts

Re: Veteren sysprog (was RE: JES2 SPOOLDEF )

2006-08-21 Thread Richard Pinion
It spelling were a requirement for being a system programmer, I would have been fired a long, long, long time ago! [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/21/2006 9:04:35 AM Maybe he got canned because he couldn't spell VETERAN either. LOL! snip Hmmm, peak season coming up and they bag their veteran sysprog.

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Jan MOEYERSONS said: Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:21:42 -0500 I am having a problem copying a tape which has a blksize=0. I am using IDCAMS REPRO. IEBGENER and RECFM=U should copy the dataset. I am not sure what you mean by copying a tape. This will create a

Re: List Server Problem?

2006-08-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
Actually, I've compared the digests that I get at a different account to what I'm getting here at the office. I am not getting all the postings here at the office. Later, Steve Thompson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Edward Jaffe said: Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:36:59 -0700 Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) wrote: Problem with Contorl-M is that it seems to write either 80 column lines or 132 column lines but nothing else. I'm not sure why anyone wants to use 160 columns. AFAICT, the

Re: HDS Rapid Exchange problem

2006-08-21 Thread R.S.
Tommy Tsui wrote: Hi, Anyone know is it neccessary to offline all HDS rapid exhange DISKs before OPEN can access it? It is not necessary. However OPENing can be risky. The disk may crash if HOST system and OPEN system access the same disk simultaneously, is it true, and other method can

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread james smith
Tommy Why assume - we all know what that does. The test cases you specify can be built and tested using the ISMF panels and or the Naviquest (where did that name come from??) dialogs.. Build and run your own test cases James F. Smith Skype jamesfs1 -Original Message-

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
Snippage: I'm not sure why ... is rarely a valid reason for imposing a design constraint, even as Why do you want ...? is never a valid reason for rejecting a trouble report. EOS Didn't Henry Ford wonder why anyone would want any color car other than black? It's not a cookie-cutter world.

Re: Superuser Creation like IBMUSER

2006-08-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip Hi... Is it possible to create superuser like IBMUSER. I hav created user ABC with all SPEICAL OPERATIONS , AUDITOR privileges. Further, I have set the userid ABC omvs id as 0 same as tht of IBMUSER. Still I am not able to get full

SMP/E ++HOLD ERROR for Cross-FMID Requirement

2006-08-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
What is the correct process when a SYSMOD is discovered post-release to have a corequisite in a FMID other than its own? Is the developer's only recourse to create a dummy PTF to bear the ++IF ... REQ for the SYSMOD in the other function and let that resolve a ++HOLD ERROR? I read: #2.8

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On 8/19/2006 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are aware of further ways that would be APARable, I'll suggest that it's your ethical responsibility, not to disclose them or even hint of their existence in a pubic forum, but to initiate the APAR. I'd guess Walt F. could suggest secure

Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.suntimes.com/savage/talk/savage.htm -- 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: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip- But for authorized programming, the security is about as robust as moldy cheese. (And I know I'm right about this!) Dave - I would argue that there is no implied security for authorized code. I would agree. And so would IBM,

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On 8/20/2006 10:57 AM, Keith E. Moe wrote: I've always thought that MANY of the reasons requiring authorization could easily be controlled via Security Resources. The one that immediately comes to mind is non-swappability. SYSEVENT DONTSWAP could (if the program was not already

Re: SMP/E ++HOLD ERROR for Cross-FMID Requirement

2006-08-21 Thread Pinnacle
Open a PMR to have the PTF PE'd. The fixing APAR should be repackaged with the correct IF REQ's. If level 2 will not do this, escalate to the duty manager. Regards, Tom Conley - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Monday, August 21,

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Kuredjian, Michael
How do I define a custom logmode? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 27x132? In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/18/2006 at 10:13 AM,

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Lindy Mayfield
I've been trying to follow this thread because I find it interesting, but I'm a bit lost. Did the original poster say that he found a way to get supervisor state without running from an APF authorized library and on a system that is properly setup and secure? -Lindy -Original

Re: why a IEFBR14 job use 92MB region size and paging.

2006-08-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On 8/21/2006 6:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone knows why a IEFBR14 job use 92MB region size and paging. What was in the JCL for that step? Were you allocating a new data set, or deleting an old one? That will require work by allocation, and security checking, among other things.

Re: Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Gould http://www.suntimes.com/savage/talk/savage.htm Interesting article: The page you requested cannot be found. Most articles remain on our site for seven days; most columns remain online for a month, but they

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 19 Aug 2006 to 20 Aug 2006 (#2006-233)

2006-08-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:28:43 -0400 On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:54:17 -0500 Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :You can also use QSAM GETs to read the directory. And if you specify a KEYLEN=8 , you can

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Back Doors snip For a number of new services we have done just that. Look at the services for adding

Re: Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
If you do a search for savage talk with a date range of 8-1-2006 thru today you can get the first paragraph of the interview. Beyond that, it is $2.95 to read the entire article. This is what they show you for free: Excerpt: He's ba-ack! Flip Filipowski, who more than any other individual

Re: Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Lock Lyon
Go instead to: http://www.suntimes.com/index/savage.html See (complete) article on that page dated Sunday, Aug 20. Lock Lyon Compuware Corp Pommier, Rex R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 08/21/2006 10:09 AM Please respond to IBM

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread John Ganci
Search the IBM-MAIN archives. There's an entry dated October 13, 2005 entitled Creating dynamic 3270 screen size definitions for increased productivity TD102151. Kuredjian, Michael wrote: How do I define a custom logmode? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
You are missing an 'l' at the end of the URL (.html). Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: Flip Interview - He started with Mainframes and made millions since

2006-08-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. If you do a search for savage talk with a date range of 8-1-2006 thru today you can get the first paragraph of the interview. Beyond that, it is $2.95 to read the entire article. This is what

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/21/2006 9:05:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did the original poster say that he found a way to get supervisor state without running from an APF authorized library and on a system that is properly setup and secure? No, but he may have. If

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/21/2006 9:09:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ask if this is why Yate's crew has fixed I/O such that you can't run their control blocks unless you use their services... Who or what is Yate's crew? Bill Fairchild

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Ganci wrote: You need 160 columns if you want 32 bytes per row when displaying storage using IPCS. Huh? I read a *lot* of dumps with IPCS (more than my share) and I have never needed more than 132 columns! When you issue IPCS LIST to display storage, you get 32 bytes formatted per

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 21 August 2006 09:54, Lindy Mayfield wrote: Did the original poster say that he found a way to get supervisor state without running from an APF authorized library and on a system that is properly setup and secure ? Not at all. The only method suggested to issue I/O without going

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
San Jose CA, DFP personnel. Mr Yates brought you the $15K manual that documented all the documented I/O interfaces that have since been obscured. My comment was a rather pointed barb at IBM for allowing this to continue. Regards, Steve Thompson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread Richards.Bob
John, I disagree with you. My assumption is that Tommy will have *converted* TSMD12 to SMS management and will have mounted it PRIVATE. For reasons of enabling dataset separation, he will have altered/defined the storage class SCTSMD to have the attribute of guaranteed space. I also believe he

VSAM data set monitor

2006-08-21 Thread Kok, Howi
Hi All, Is there a utility that I can use to monitor some VSAM data sets to tell me how full they are? Thanks, Howi Kok ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the

Z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 Migration

2006-08-21 Thread Rahul Balachandran, ISDC Chennai
Can anyone confirm that VS COBOL II load modules will continue to run under Z/OS 1.7 with out recompiling them to Enterprise COBOL? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread John Kington
Bob, I disagree with you. My assumption is that Tommy will have *converted* TSMD12 to SMS management and will have mounted it PRIVATE. Mounting a SMS managed volume as PRIVATE will have no impact on how SMS controls allocation. Yes, you could put the volume in the same storage group in quiesce

Interesting problem for y'all

2006-08-21 Thread Petersen, Jim
Let's say I have a end-user-group which wants 40 gig of HFS space and wants it monitored for fullness. How am I going to accomplish this given that I can't allocate the full 40 gig on one volume in the initial allocation and therefore, the FSFULL parm in BPXPRMxx becomes useless because it is

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Your eyes are obviously not presbyopic yet. Trying to read the font in which 62x132 displays on a 14 laptop screen is actually hurtful, especially to eyes already tired from all-day screen-reading. And it's not a whole lot easier on a 17 second monitor, either. Unless you've got one of those

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread Greg Shirey
Tommy, The ALLVOL and ANYVOL variables are used to test the VOLSER specified on the DD statement. If the job does not specify a volser the variables will be null. Hope this helps, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -Original Message- From: Tommy Tsui [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: SMF Records recording

2006-08-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:58:23 +0200, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:09:27 +0200, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW: Cost of offload jobs is rather irrelevant, beacuse usually they don't burn CPU cycles during rush hours. No, they burn cycles whenever

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Rick, I agree with the premise Good tight security DEMANDS both technical and managerial participation.. I don't know any of the major software vendors that would be willing to supply source code for OCO parts including SVC's and if they did of what use it would be? Auditing and understanding

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread Richards.Bob
John, That was huge leap on your part to go from dataset placement being honored to what about if there is no space there? His Case #2 example was (CYL,1,1). But let's not quibble about space amounts. Space management is controlled by management class attributes and other software such as HSM,

Re: SMF Records recording

2006-08-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:07:37 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, they burn cycles whenever a dump is triggered by a MAN dataset filling up. Yes, in some small shops / environments you can have enough of them and only dump them all once a day. That doesn't work in larger

Re: Anyone using graphical ISPF?

2006-08-21 Thread Dave Salt
From: Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I haven't put a lot of effort into this yet, but I need to go to ISPF option 0 and activate a workstation connection before I can use it to edit/view on the PC. What option am I missing that makes your ISPF automatically connect to the WSA upon

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread John Kington
Bob, That was huge leap on your part to go from dataset placement being honored to what about if there is no space there? I did post earlier in this thread asking why convert to SMS? I did have to make a huge leap that the PUBLIC volumes are for temporary datasets, PRIVATE volumes are dedicated

Re: Interesting problem for y'all

2006-08-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:13:45 -0400, Petersen, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's say I have a end-user-group which wants 40 gig of HFS space and wants it monitored for fullness. How am I going to accomplish this given that I can't allocate the full 40 gig on one volume in the initial

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Ray Mullins
Interesting - I don't have that specified anywhere in my .ws files. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUB 34) Sent: Sunday August 20 2006 23:34 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 27x132? [3270]

Re: VSAM data set monitor

2006-08-21 Thread Richards.Bob
Howi, Mainstar's (now part of Rocket Software) VSAM Manager (also available as a component of Catalog RecoveryPlus) can do it quite easily even if it is OPEN, plus everything else you wanted to know about a VSAM dataset. For that matter, IDCAM's LISTCAT can do it, but for the statistics to be

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Ray Mullins
I hate to disagree with you, Ed. I find it useful for SDSF. (We're not blessed with (E)JES here, sorry.) And I browse/view a lot of data sets as part of my work that have long LRECLs. But I never use it for editing. :-) Later, Ray -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: The Fate of VM - was: Re: Baby MVS???

2006-08-21 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 08/20/2006 at 12:39 ZE2, Thomas Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting. I knew that VM had to use some special instructions but not much more. z/VM has the B2F0 instruction (IUCV/APPC) and z/VM-specific extensions to the DIAGNOSE instruction (e.g. diag 8 to issue a CP

Re: How can the ACS routine to bypass checking the storage volume datasets?

2006-08-21 Thread Richards.Bob
John, Okay, now I understand and agree. Bottom line is that Tommy needs to determine if he is going to manage everything non-system or a variation thereof, design the pools he wants to accomplish with his SMS-managed storage groups, code dataset exceptions for non-SMS allocations in the storage

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-21 Thread John Dawes
I mean that I am trying to copy the contents of a tape that has a blksize of 0. I know we have ditto available via console only which is restricted to operators only. Maybe, if a batch job was run I could do it. Would you have any jcl/job available using ditto? Jan MOEYERSONS [EMAIL

Re: EXCP with a DEB

2006-08-21 Thread Paul Schuster
This post got sidetracked a lot. 1) APF authorization is not an issue. 2) I want to mimic the behavior of the 'LIKE' JCL parameter in that you can do a 'LIKE' to a data set that you are not authorized to acccess. (E.g., if you do a 'LIKE' to a PDS, it will correctly allocate your new PDS with

Re: Interesting problem for y'all

2006-08-21 Thread Bielskie, Stephen
Jim, Can you set up a script and a cron task to issue the unix df -P? It will show you the allocated/free/%capacity of the HFS itself (512-byte blocks by default. Filesystem 512-blocksUsed Available Capacity Mounted on *AMD/u 8 8 0

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread John Ganci
I left out an important phrase in my reply. Also, I was incorrect on the minimum number of columns required. I should've said When using IPCS Option 1 (BROWSE) to display storage you need at least 136 columns if you want 32 bytes per line. Note the new phrase and the corrected minimum number

Re: EXCP with a DEB

2006-08-21 Thread Tom Harper
Paul, It's not an un-documented service; it's stored in the VTOC records, which you can read without OPENing and CLOSEing the data set. The service is called CVAF and it's documented in DFSMSdfp Advanced Services. Tom Harper Paul Schuster said: This post got sidetracked a lot. 1) APF

Re: EXCP with a DEB

2006-08-21 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 21 August 2006 13:28, Paul Schuster wrote: Obviously IBM code is returning the number of directory blocks without doing an OPEN and CLOSE on the data set. Not necessarily. It could issue OPEN in KEY=ZERO,MODE=SUP which, if I'm not mistaken, bypasses SAF. Hence my question on how

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Back Doors Hi Rick, I agree with the premise Good tight security DEMANDS both technical and

Re: SMF Records recording

2006-08-21 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I can just say in _my_ experience, one way doesn't work well in a large shop. Define LARGE. I have been in the 3500-4000 MIPS/10-14 TB range for the last few years. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: The Fate of VM - was: Re: Baby MVS???

2006-08-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
So all the VM Assist instructions are gone? Wow! Later, Steve Thompson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The Fate of VM - was: Re: Baby

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
How did this tape get created? Was it created on a VSE system? If so not all of the label information is filled out and so *YOU* have to supply the actual physical record size (BLKSIZE) along with the other DCB info. UNLESS you are using LBI. In that case, the LEGACY BLKSIZE will be 0 but the new

Re: EXCP with a DEB

2006-08-21 Thread Paul Schuster
Unfortunately the # of directory blocks allocated to an existing PDS is -not- stored in the F1 DSCB. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/21/2006 at 12:20 CST, Jeffrey D. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I point out gross errors like that to the product author, the response is: (1) they didn't understand exposure, and (2) their product was too far into development to change it, and (3) if the customer doesn't

Reconstructing HSM BCDS

2006-08-21 Thread Bob Henry
After doing several different audits I've discovered that my HSM database is a mess. I have Err 39, Err 41 and ERR 71 all over the place. I don't know what caused it yet, but the task now is to reconstruct the broken BCDS/OCDS. I can't go back to backup copies of the files and/or logs because

Re: Reconstructing HSM BCDS

2006-08-21 Thread Richards.Bob
Bob I am not a salesman for Mainstar, but here I am on this list recommending another tool of theirs: FASTAudit/390 See: http://www.mainstar.com/products/hsmt/fa390ste/index.asp No, IBM-Main handles storage-related questions too. Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

SETLOCK TEST question please

2006-08-21 Thread Sail Kim
When a higher lock than what is being tested is held, what condition would I get back from SETLOCK TEST? Providing that I'm testing for the CMS or higher lock which is not held. TIA, Sail Kim Vanguard Research Institute, Inc. PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR 21st ANNUAL ENTERPRISE/RACF SECURITY TRAINING

Re: Reconstructing HSM BCDS

2006-08-21 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
I too am a Mainstar user of FASTAudit and would second Bob's recommendation. Dave O'Brien -Original Message- From: Richards.Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Reconstructing HSM BCDS Bob I am not a salesman for

Re: SMF Records recording

2006-08-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:21:16 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can just say in _my_ experience, one way doesn't work well in a large shop. Define LARGE. I have been in the 3500-4000 MIPS/10-14 TB range for the last few years. I'm happy defining n number of SMF dsn's and dumping

unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello all, we are in the process of converting from 1.4 to 1.7 of z/os. We ran into a problem with unit=sort. It fails under 1.7, but works under 1.4. The programmers use it in some of their jcl. I am puzzled since we never put it in as an esoteric. I can't find any reference to it. It is accepted

Re: EXCP with a DEB

2006-08-21 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/21/2006 12:29:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps IBM has a undocumented system service to retrieve the # of directory blocks allocated to a data set? I would believe rather that there is a module that reads and counts directory blocks

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/21/2006 1:41:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Have them weigh that requirement against their willingness to put SAF calls in their authorized SVCs.) Can the entire SAF data structure be cached in virtual, pageable storage? In DREF storage?

Re: SRD FUNCTION WITHIN IBMLINK2K/IBMLINK

2006-08-21 Thread Glenn Miller
Update on problem. The issue appears to be related to PTF's for the product we have been working on named: TAMBI ( Tivoli Access Manager for Business Integration Host Edition ). It is a product that executes on z/OS and is installed/maintenanced via SMP/E ( its FMID is: HDMQ110 ). However, when

Re: Reconstructing HSM BCDS

2006-08-21 Thread Blair Svihra
Hi Bob, HSM Auditing is also included in T-REX (original developers of VSAM Mechanic/Catalog Solution). If you like, I can forward you a copy of the product to clean up your environment (just remove it when you are done). Best regards, Blair Svihra www.dino-software.com Bob Henry wrote:

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 09:48 -0400 on 08/21/2006, Walt Farrell wrote about Re: Back Doors: You can probably tell from the email headers, with a reasonable amount of certainty, that this reply at least came from IBM. I would send it with an S/MIME digital signature,

Re: VSAM data set monitor

2006-08-21 Thread Friske, Michael
There are lots of ways to determine how full a VSAM data set it, and many ways to monitor it. Products that can tell you how full a data set is include IDCAMS LISTCAT, IDCAMS DCOLLECT, Catalog Solutions from EMC, Catalog Recovery Plus from Mainstar, T-REX AMS/E from Dino Software, Vantage from

Fw: Z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 Migration

2006-08-21 Thread Bill Klein
yes, someone can. The Enterprise COBOL Migration Guide will tell you which programs need re-linking (if any); what restrictions exist, etc. see: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3MG31/CCONTENT S Rahul Balachandran, ISDC Chennai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message

unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello, all. A bit more investigation is showing that I can use any entry in the unit field and the system accepts it. I can use unit=sort, unit=mike, unit=ward, etc... Does this mean that I have an ACL that is allowing this. Or should I be looking for a user exit the replaces the unit parameter?

Re: Back Doors

2006-08-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Back Doors In a message dated 8/21/2006 1:41:16 P.M. Central

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Ganci wrote: I left out an important phrase in my reply. Also, I was incorrect on the minimum number of columns required. I should've said When using IPCS Option 1 (BROWSE) to display storage you need at least 136 columns if you want 32 bytes per line. Hmmm. Yeah. The BROWSE function

Re: unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:03:41 -0500, Ward, Mike S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, all. A bit more investigation is showing that I can use any entry in the unit field and the system accepts it. I can use unit=sort, unit=mike, unit=ward, etc... Does this mean that I have an ACL that is allowing

Re: unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/21/2006 3:05:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: unit parameter? Anyone have a guess? I didn't think sms got involved until the interpreter did its job. And then it should have crapped out during the interpreter read phase. Have you got any 3rd

Re: unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Ward, Mike S
That's just it the system doesn't complain about the unit= parameter. I can use unit=xxxyyx even if it's not an esoteric. What I'm trying to find out is where in the operating environment is this allowed. I may have an sms ACL error or possibly a jcl user exit that's not coded correctly. I'm

Re: unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Ward, Mike S
Good question, I'll look to see if any of the CA products do that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: unit=sort In a message dated

Re: unit=sort

2006-08-21 Thread Richard Pinion
Or ACC/SRS from DTS Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/21/2006 4:23 PM Good question, I'll look to see if any of the CA products do that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:17 PM To:

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