Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Chris Mason
Gerhard This is not your everyday stuff, I expect - from the perspective of 3270 data stream programming writing. I may have known about the possibility to use Write Structured Field (WSF) actually to set presentation space dimensions - and much more - once but I have to confess to having

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
My humble opinion would be the following... 1. OS = Operating system i.e. Any part that operate the system 2. Function = a) handle all requests from users / other systems... This implies that any command thrown at it be it MVC or OI, is handled by the Operating system. b) notify users / other

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Would it be correct to say that any piece that when removed would result in a non-functional OS would then belong to the OS? I was thinking about JES. Nothing works without JES, right? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Van

Re: VSAM CLOSE failure problem

2006-08-29 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi Mark, In respect of your VSAM close giving RC=4. I am not a VSAM expert so the following may be off beam, but I remembered this quote from the Data Set Macros Manual. Requirement: If you are sharing subtasks or if you have issued an asynchronous request for access to a data set, you must

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-29 Thread R.S.
Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JCL - Copy Tape Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) wrote: How did this tape get

Re: SLIP trap for wild branch?

2006-08-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On 8/28/2006 2:38 PM, Chase, John wrote: From what is visible via CEDF, there aren't any errors from which to recover -- until the EXEC CICS ENDBR command that doesn't exist in the program under examination, and it appears arrival there was just blind luck. Unfortunately I have no way of

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread J R
This implies that any command thrown at it be it MVC or OI, is handled by the Operating system. Shirley, you can't be serious! I'm not familiar with the MVC and OI commands, but if you're referring to the MVC and OI instructions, these are handled directly by the CPU. [1] [1] other than for

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/28/2006 at 04:49 CST, Leif Rundberget [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: z/OS is not an OS. It is a bundle of packages put together and sold by IBM as a product solution. The real OS in the bundle is still MVS clear back to the 60s or is that 50's. Must disagree, Leif. The MVS product

Re: Unable To Find Error Message - ADSDM192

2006-08-29 Thread John Kington
John, Thanks for the info. You're welcome. Last favour to ask of you, you mention that you found the information in a esupport website. The URL is //http:supportconnect.ca.com You will need to register with the site to get the documentation or other good stuff. Once there, you can setup to follow

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
So which part of Windows is the OS? File handling I/O GUI Obviously it's a sum of its parts, as is Z/OS, Z/VM, Linux, Unix...and so on. If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. Can you work without JES, or a like function?

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. Can you use z/OS without TSO? When in doubt. PANIC!!

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Not really, but you CAN get by without ISPF (even thought it would be difficult). Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:40 AM To:

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- So which part of Windows is the OS? File handling I/O GUI -- snip -- The mOuSe. :- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/28/2006 at 03:43 AST, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps it all really is just an academic discussion, but I can't help but think there should be a clear definition somewhere. Maybe I'll try to Google a bit harder.

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? Would it be correct to say that any piece that when removed

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 08/28/2006 at 07:49 ZW3, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't consider access methods to be part of the operating system? Sure they are. They are controlling your access to the disk or tape. Common services like DAIR and PARSE? Packaging vs. Academics. If

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
OK, if MVS or an equivalent can be run without JES or TSO, even though it's a RPITA, then would it be reasonable to postulate that the OS is the Overall Supervisor and other pieces, like TSO or JES, are there as the CBLFIA (Carbon Based Life Form Interactive Agents)? Daniel McLaughlin ZOS

Re: SLIP trap for wild branch?

2006-08-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SLIP trap for wild branch? On 8/28/2006 2:38 PM, Chase, John wrote: From what is visible via

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 08/29/2006 at 12:40 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. Can you use z/OS without TSO?

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 8/29/2006 7:50:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've actually managed to run NET, TSO, and a TSO logon in the MSTR subsystem. All without JES being up. Kids! Don't try this at home! No, I don't remember all of the steps necessary. It was a royal

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Lindy Mayfield
What would stop working if you removed TSO? Oh, I think I see your point, though. You're thinking of TSO as an I/O device rather than a development tool, yes? It's necessary because there are no more card readers? But the subsystem part of TSO is mostly VTAM isn't it? And IKJEFT01 is like

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? snip Can you use z/OS without TSO? Why, sure! E.g. my

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Kuredjian, Michael
If z/OS doesn't fit a traditional CS definition of a kernel, then what is it? Does the BCP act as a micro or nano kernel with all other services sharing its address space? Does the concept of rings or kernel address space even exist on these machines? -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cell00.bisx.prod.on.blackberry... If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. Can

AMBLIST and program objects - finding offsets.

2006-08-29 Thread Peter Relson
IMHO it's time to submit a requirement for SLIP proceesing of program objects. The stated requirement should be to provide a documented and supported way of providing an offset within a csect Unfortunately, there is no information maintained within the loaded module or program object that

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
It would appear that usefulness is in the eye of the beholder. If CICS is your main reason for running the OS and it's removed, the OS is not incapacitated. To me dropping CICS is like removing the spare tire from the trunk of your car. Your car still runs, but one of its pieces is missing, in

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Wayne Driscoll
John, Om my z/OS 1.7 system, (which is not customized), I have both vi and vim in /bin The vim is version 6.3, which is the same as I run on my PC. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread J R
Not really, but you CAN get by without ISPF (even though it would be difficult). We tend to refer to the parts we deal intimately with by name, e.g. TSO, ISPF, HLASM, VTAM, TCP/IP, JES2, SDSF, etc., etc. Unless we are looking at some component in particular, we tend to refer to everything else

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Lindy Mayfield
John, I don't think it is perverse at all. One should be able to do almost everything from the shell. Why should I work in ISPF if I am more comfortable with sh or bash? (We definitely need more ported editors, too.) There is some sdsf thingy on the tools and toys page, if you didn't

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? John, Om my z/OS 1.7 system, (which is not customized), I have

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
On Monday, 08/28/2006 at 07:49 ZW3, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be, again classically, just BCP: the thing that holds the SVCs. Not all SVC's are in the BCP, and most of the BCP is not composed of SVC's, at least not for MVS. In a message dated

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:40:15 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you use z/OS without TSO? Yes. -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at

Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419)

2006-08-29 Thread Peter Relson
But back to STL days for me: One of the problems that we had was that IBM internally did NOT follow their own rules for SPLEVEL. I cannot speak for development outside of Poughkeepsie. We have always known our responsibility for compatibility. And yes we have screwed up on occasion. I believe

Re: VSAM CLOSE failure problem

2006-08-29 Thread Mark
Terry Sambrooks wrote: Hi Mark, In respect of your VSAM close giving RC=4. I am not a VSAM expert so the following may be off beam, but I remembered this quote from the Data Set Macros Manual. Requirement: If you are sharing subtasks or if you have issued an asynchronous request for access

Re: really stupid question - z/OS 1.6 and CSTOR 2Gb

2006-08-29 Thread Leverette, Melvin K
I am not the expert in this area, but can relate what I know. We were a very early adopter of Oracle on mainframe and UNIX. We run both Oracle and DB2 on the mainframe and have many UNIX servers running Oracle. For years, the only way to connect to the DB2 data bases on the mainframe from

Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419)

2006-08-29 Thread Craddock, Chris
Someone said of Peter; Perhaps you might want to re-think your attitude. I have known Peter for a long time and have even occasionally had reason to argue with him, but I don't think there is any reason at all to attack his dedication - particularly with respect to maintaining compatibility.

Dups

2006-08-29 Thread Carol Srna
Thanks everyone who answered my question. This question was posed to me in passsing. I also thought that a dupkey condition would be raised, and to use the SORT/MERGE solution. Again, thanks to all that responded. P.S. Another JEOPARDY question. :-) What is the maximum number of Alternate

Re: CA7 Slowdown after 1.7 implementation

2006-08-29 Thread Knutson, Sam
Any updates from those who were impacted by this? IBM problem? CA problem? Tuning opportunity? We have z/OS R7 on all but our largest on-line systems and two CA7 test instances running fine but have not had the chance to move the production CA7 to an R7 system. I hope to get that done this

Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419)

2006-08-29 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419) snipage Perhaps you might want to re-think your

Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419)

2006-08-29 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419) But back to STL days for me: One of the

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Can you use z/OS without TSO? Yes. Comfortably? Productively? Do you really want to? I can/have used Windows ( OS/2) without a mouse. That doesn't mean I want to! When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

ROI and Mainframe Migration Analysis Report

2006-08-29 Thread Kopischke, David G.
Here's an interesting one that came in my morning E-Mails: ROI and Mainframe Migration Analysis Report Sponsored by: HP A major provider of support services

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 05:37 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Thus the default presentation space dimensions need *not* necessarily always be 24 rows and 80 columns. It may only be a convention that they are so limited, a convention established by the choice taken by

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 06:46 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What colour were the characters? If they were green I expect it was a 3277 Model 1. If they were orange it was a 2260. My recollection is that the 2260 and every monochrome 3270 before the 3290 was green.

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 06:53 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I assume you mean the 3277 Model 1. Yes. In fact, I had forgotten about the 3278-1 :-( But I expect you have some suitable hardcopy to hand. Indeed; had it been machine readable I would have done a

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 04:39 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: As confirmed by Alan Altmark, PCOMM follows microcode 3270 implementations such as are described in 3174 Establishment Controller, Functional Description, GA23-0218-11:

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 06:55 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Your reference mentions a 3277-3 shortly after the line you quoted. Typo. Are you talking about text in the 3277 documentation, and, if so, what page? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: ROI and Mainframe Migration Analysis Report

2006-08-29 Thread Kopischke, David G.
The link to this paper requires you to sign up for a spam list, so you might consider that before following the link. Sorry. -- This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, privileged and/or

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 04:48 AM, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You took the quote for your second point out of context. No. You forgot that there was an older generation of 3270's. typically was added because the Query Reply There didn't use to be a Query Reply; that

Re: AMBLIST and program objects - finding offsets.

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 09:09 AM, Peter Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Unfortunately, there is no information maintained within the loaded module or program object that understands CSECTs. Yes, it would be necessary to go back to the original library for those data. Therefore

Re: Serializing changes to parmlib/proclib

2006-08-29 Thread Hal Merritt
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? I like the 'parmlib nazi' approach. Simple, effective, approved by auditors. Make all changes via request rather than direct update. A skilled human makes a better change control system anyway. My $0.02

Re: SLIP trap for wild branch?

2006-08-29 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walt Farrell On 8/28/2006 2:38 PM, Chase, John wrote: From what is visible via CEDF, there aren't any errors from which to recover -- until the EXEC CICS ENDBR command that doesn't exist in the program under

Product ports under Unix Systems Services (was: What part of z/OS is the OS?)

2006-08-29 Thread Jon Brock
As long as the subject has been raised, does anyone know whether there are any plans to port Ruby to run on z/OS? Perl is in the Ported Tools product, right? Jon snip I don't think it is perverse at all. One should be able to do almost everything from the shell. Why should I work in

Re: IBM's rights (was Head's Up - zIIP issue OA17458/UA28419)

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 12:29 AM, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: In that case add it as port of the toleration service PTF Chain not as a stand-alone PTF (ie: It only gets done as part of the toleration service install). That would complicate the service process

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 08:21 AM, J R [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm not familiar with the MVC and OI commands, but if you're referring to the MVC and OI instructions, these are handled directly by the CPU. [1] Or simulated by the Licensed Internal Code. -- Shmuel (Seymour

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 03:33 PM, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can/have used Windows ( OS/2) without a mouse. I use OS/2 without a mouse. It's perfectly comfortable. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 08:55 AM, Kuredjian, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If z/OS doesn't fit a traditional CS definition of a kernel, then what is it? If an airplane doesn't fit a traditional navigator's definition of a boat, then what is it? z/OS is the most recent version

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/29/2006 at 08:50 AM, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Sure they are. They are controlling your access to the disk or tape. Not really; they are using the same services that I could use. SAM doesn't even use STARTIO, much less directly access the channel

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Wade Curry
Daniel A. McLaughlin([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:24:54AM -0400: So which part of Windows is the OS? File handling I/O GUI Obviously it's a sum of its parts, as is Z/OS, Z/VM, Linux, Unix...and so on. If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to

Re: VSAM CLOSE failure problem

2006-08-29 Thread Mark
Binyamin Dissen wrote: On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:04:34 -0500 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Binyamin Dissen wrote: : On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:14:19 -0500 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : :Binyamin Dissen wrote: : : On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:55:35 -0500 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : :Robert A.

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Wade Curry
Daniel A. McLaughlin([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:24:54AM -0400: So which part of Windows is the OS? File handling I/O GUI Obviously it's a sum of its parts, as is Z/OS, Z/VM, Linux, Unix...and so on. If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to

Re: ROI and Mainframe Migration Analysis Report

2006-08-29 Thread Staller, Allan
snip ROI and Mainframe Migration Analysis Report Sponsored by: HP A major provider of support services for business and industry replaced their mainframe with a

z/OS 1.7 Enhanced ACIF

2006-08-29 Thread Kok, Howi
Hi All, I'm trying to put together our order for z/OS 1.7 before time runs out. One thing that confuses me is the Enhanced ACIF pgm no 5655-M32. Does anyone know if I don't put this in the order list will I still get ACIF? The IBM partner that I'm working with could not get an answer from IBM.

Password expiration message?

2006-08-29 Thread McKown, John
I can't remember if this happens or not. On TSO, when you logon and your password is about to expire, you get a message like: ICH70002I YOUR PASSWORD WILL EXPIRE IN 1 DAYS. Does the ftp server send out this message? Sorry, but I just don't remember. And I just changed my password, so it will

Re: Z/os Performance issue: REWRITE a sequential data set

2006-08-29 Thread Rick Arellanes
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:32:15 -0500, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, you should always report your problems (including performance problems) to IBM service so that it will come to us directly. Our PL/I service people can help you identify this type of performance problem and its

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/29/2006 10:48:56 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My recollection is that the 2260 and every monochrome 3270 before the 3290 was green. Part of SHARE and IT in general is Human Factors. Ergonomics, color, tilt, tactile feel, neutral hand and

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
It all becomes one big philosophical debate based upon where you sit. I've worked on OS/MFT, OS/MVT, VS1, MVS/SP, ESA, XA, OS/390, and Z/OS. The core functions have grown over the years, and the OS has gotten more complex as things like 31 bit and 64 bit came along. What does your own

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Walt Farrell
On 8/29/2006 2:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The core functions have grown over the years, and the OS has gotten more complex as things like 31 bit and 64 bit came along. What does your own experience lead you to believe is necessary and not...and we come back to it depends. If I have a CICS

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
that's the whole point, your OS is what you and your customers perceive it to be. This would be a great topic about 11:00 PM Thursday at a certain social gathering at Share...too bad I can't be there to fuel it. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 *

DSORG=IS

2006-08-29 Thread Phil Payne
I shall mourn its passing, but not for long. There was a very good article in Datamation more years ago than I like to remember entitled: The hidden speed of ISAM. In the late days of MVT, someone collected around forty different ways of breaking into key 0. When MVS came out I got regular

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread john gilmore
Attempts at definitions like this one are seductive, but they always fail. I was at the ICM in Madrid last week, and there was a session called 'What is Mathematics?'. There was consensus only about the usual operational definition, 'Mathematics is what mathematicians do'. Ergo, an OS is .

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Craig Mullins
But Mr. Gates sure did try to make IE part of the OS, didn't he? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? On

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john gilmore Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS? snip There was consensus only about the usual operational definition,

Re: 27x132?

2006-08-29 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:42:59 +0200, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past (in other venues like the old TalkLink) I've joked about the length and complexity of Chris's append to threads on various fora. Well, he's now shown that isn't always the case. Sometimes they are short. But

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
john gilmore wrote: There was consensus only about the usual operational definition, 'Mathematics is what mathematicians do'. Ergo, an OS is . . . what OS-ticians do? :-) -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400

Re: JCL - Copy Tape

2006-08-29 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:47 AM, R.S. wrote: --SNIP I was wrong. I confused block count field of HDR1/EOF1/EOV1 with block size field of HDR2/EOF2/EOV2. Indeed, zero's means you should read bytes 71-80 for block size. BTW: ADRDSSU does not use LBI, but writes 64kB

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:59:35 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... And how did you manage to do all the PITA work necessary? Did you start JES2, then TSO (needs JESx alive to get started), then update files, then run batch jobs (needs JESx to start) or started tasks

Re: z/OS 1.7 Enhanced ACIF

2006-08-29 Thread Mark Jacobs
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 13:49, Kok, Howi wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to put together our order for z/OS 1.7 before time runs out. One thing that confuses me is the Enhanced ACIF pgm no 5655-M32. Does anyone know if I don't put this in the order list will I still get ACIF? The IBM partner

Re: DSORG=IS

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

Re: DSORG=IS

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
of course the corollaries UNIT=AFF and AFF= (Sorry about the previous blank post. Something about fat fingers and a BlackBerry keyboard). I use UNIT=AFF all the time dumping SMF from multiple archive tapes. When in doubt. PANIC!!

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Ergo, an OS is . . . snip ...what z/OS do? Or: Do that voodoo you do so well! The definition is never going to be nailed down properly. If you define the OS as just BCP, then you are going to have a lot of things that you cannot do. So, if you expand the definition to BCP, JES2, all the

Welcome back (was Dups)

2006-08-29 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
Ever notice how some people think they they can sneak back without anyone noticing the absence? You need a name like Smith to achieve that. Welcome back. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: VSAM CLOSE failure problem

2006-08-29 Thread Andy Wood
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:11:27 -0500, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . . . parmlist for close req 8000 11AA3C10 Show the expansion of the CLOSE macro. Is R1 getting cleared to indicate MODE=31? If not, it would be trying to close an ACB at location zero (and something else must be causing

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Defining an operating system according to its usefulness is a waste of time. That I disagree with! Usefulness is the only indicator. If it's not useful, why would I purchase it? When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:51:56 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Defining an operating system according to its usefulness is a waste of time. That I disagree with! Usefulness is the only indicator. If it's not useful, why would I purchase it? ... Defining an operating system...

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The definition of Operating System should not depend on the usefulness of a particular instance. The definition shouldn't even depend on the *existance* of an instance - any instance. Too Zen for me. What is the sound of one disk IPLing? If an OS is not useful, why am I using it? The purpose

Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 08/29/2006 at 09:51 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Defining an operating system according to its usefulness is a waste of time. That I disagree with! Usefulness is the only indicator. If it's not useful, why would I purchase it? LOL, Ted! :-) You would only