Need Experience from Control-M to Cynermation ESP

2006-09-20 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hello, I would like to have some advice on the subject above. We are in a junction of moving from MF scheduling to Enterprise scheduling and it is a good time to check our current solution. ESP looks a good solution for our needs, and I would like to know how popular is this migration, How

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Gibney, Dave
Don't do it without GRS -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards.Bob Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment Absolutely,

Re: Why AUTHPGM?

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
Walt Farrell wrote: On 9/18/2006 7:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am coming to suspect that the reason RETRY fails when I invoke SMP/E from an EXEC under IKJEFT01 is that GIMSMP is absent from AUTHPGM NAMES in SYS1.PARMLIB(IKJTSOnn). I've put in a request to add it. But, now I'm curious.

Re: IEHLIST LISTPDS in an SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:51 -0300 Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/18/2006 : at 08:45 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: :IEH utilities built its own DEB and other control blocks so that it :could access the DASD device (it didn't go through

Re: Unicode and DB2 and Enterprise COBOL

2006-09-20 Thread Jim McAlpine
Thanks Roland. I have applied some service to the unicode FMID and I will try again when I get a chance to IPL. Jim McAlpine On 9/19/06, Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, I remember their was a bug (e.g.APAR) because CONVERSION 1140,1200; /* Latin-1 to UTF-16,

The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
It appears that all task related storage, including loaded modules, are released after the initialization routine ends despite the fact that the TCB remains around. The CDE points to freed storage. The PC routines are defined. Unfortunately the load module is gone. Is there some documented

Re: Amdahl OSA cards and VIPA

2006-09-20 Thread Chris Mason
Michael Based on my experience with IBM OSA features, the issue is *not* how to set up the definition of your VIPAs but how you set up the definition of your OSA features. Here is an extract from some documentation I have which - I think - covers the topic which is giving you trouble: quote IP

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Rob Scott
That sounds weird. From what I can tell, there is nothing in Extended Addressability or Auth Assembler to explain what you are seeing. Is your init routine still waiting on EAEASWT? (sounds like it is as the TCB is still hanging around) Could you use IEFBR14 as the INIT routine and then put

Re: VSAM replication to Oracle?

2006-09-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
Thanks for all the ideas and the offer. I'm not in a position to take you up on the offer due to the fact that it would likely land me in hot water (poached sysprog, anybody?). Hot water? It would? That's...odd. :-) I suppose asking the boss is out of the question? Or inviting him/her? I wish

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:15:39 -0400 Rob Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :That sounds weird. :From what I can tell, there is nothing in Extended Addressability or :Auth Assembler to explain what you are seeing. Yes, an example would be nice. :Is your init routine still waiting on EAEASWT? (sounds

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread TISLER Zaromil
snip We want to share a few DASD among our four Lpars and have SMS doing allocation. Each Lpar runs z/OS as a monoplex seperate from the others. Two are 1.4 and two are 1.7 right now. We do not have any kind of sysplex. Nor do we have an SMSplex, whatever that is. We would update SMS

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread John Kington
John, Would SMS for lpar-P get confused if SMS for lpar-D was allocating a file on those dasd at the same time she was? Does SMS from one lpar need to know what SMS from the other lpar is doing? I don't know if this has changed but SMS tracks space allocations (tables it somewhere) for use in

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
As I understand you don't have sysplex. Several monplexes. Been There Done That. We use such transmission storage group without any problems. SMS routines need *not* to be the same. We also keep UCAT BCS on the group. What's important: no multi-system GRS (GRS=NONE), disks defined as SHARED

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Rob Scott
Can you snap or dump after EAERIMWT is POSTed and then again after the init routine has finished? Do you have a decent debugger (z/XDC) ? Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rs.com/portfolio/mxi/ -Original

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Richards.Bob
Zaromil, Under these conditions, I agree with you. But Mr. Cullen wanted to allocate from all sides and not DISNEW anything. As Seymour would say, Not my dog. Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TISLER Zaromil

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
No, seriously. What's a RAMAC 3 worth today? snippage How much is the data that is on the RAMAC 3 worth is probably the underlying question. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Amdahl OSA cards and VIPA

2006-09-20 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 23:28 -0500, Michael Buckley wrote: Hopefully someone can remember how VIPA can be set up when using Amdahl OSA cards. It does not appear that multiple IP Addresses can be associated with single device. Is there an alernate way to set this up then, or is it that VIPA

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Andy Wood
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:16:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that all task related storage, including loaded modules, are released after the initialization routine ends despite the fact that the TCB remains around. Does ATTR=(...,KEEPRGN) on the ASCRE help? If so,

Re: IEHLIST LISTPDS in an SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:51 -0300 in those days there was no dynamic allocation (at least in MFT PCP) not sure about MVT as I never was exposed to it. Maybe in OS/360 release 1; certainly not in any release I ever saw. By

Re: Why AUTHPGM?

2006-09-20 Thread Walt Farrell
On 9/20/2006 3:25 AM, R.S. wrote: I think the problem would be relieved (without re-design) by supplying complete list of AUTHPGM'd programs from IBM. Or claim that any IBM AC(1) program can be safely put on AUTHPGM list. Otherwise it is hard to answer auditors' questions why is on the

Re: Why AUTHPGM?

2006-09-20 Thread Walt Farrell
On 9/19/2006 7:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps for this purpose AUTHPGM should govern only calling programs from interactive sessions, and batch TMP should be free to invoke any authorized program, listed or not. Perhaps. Feel free to submit a formal requirement. Personally, I doubt

Re: Production DB2 Problem

2006-09-20 Thread Jacky Bright
only 16 extents It was sure no extent related problems ... I don't undestand .. whenever I am adding new volume based on requirement ... these tablespaces are not being extended to newly added volumes and everytime I hav to do REORG thereafter these tablespaces are getting extended to newly

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
Daniel A. McLaughlin wrote: No, seriously. What's a RAMAC 3 worth today? snippage How much is the data that is on the RAMAC 3 worth is probably the underlying question. However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. --

Re: Restrict Operator offline command

2006-09-20 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:10:54 -0500, Richard Pinion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loss of employment might make an impression. Errare humanum est. Sacking the poor guy (for all I know, he may just have a faulty keyboard on which the 1 key is dead) will NOT prevent this type of event from happening

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:05:18 -0500 Andy Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:16:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen :[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :It appears that all task related storage, including loaded modules, are :released after the initialization routine ends despite the fact that the

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:24:40 -0400 Rob Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Can you snap or dump after EAERIMWT is POSTed and then again after the :init routine has finished? What would you be looking for? I have had various abends during the development so that I am confident that the ECBs are

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. I understand that, but in a litigious world, and with SOX, etc., there may be a directive to purge before destruction. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread R.S.
Daniel A. McLaughlin wrote: However one of the methods to erase data is to destroy the media. Destroying disk modules could be quite easy. I understand that, but in a litigious world, and with SOX, etc., there may be a directive to purge before destruction. I stronlgy doubt in such

Re: ICKDSF ERASE VOLUME Too Slow

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
My only intent was to play devil's advocate on this. Case in point. We had the last active Honeywell 800 in the Air Force. It used 1 metal reel tapes with plastic leaders. We started to run low, the call went out and we got about 10,000 in from another site. We started out to check all

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread John M. Cullen
Thanks to All! I now have a better understanding. Yes, we already run SMS on all four lpars; Maybe only for USS on TEST lpar. I will have to check if GRS is required, ring I think. I have been bitten by that before. A Sysplex might be required for a Star GRS. An SMSplex would be one file

Re: Production DB2 Problem

2006-09-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
To get to the new volumes are you using DEL/DEFs or letting SMS manage the space for DB2 using STOGROUPS. What I know about DB2 and Extending can fit on a pin, however, here goes. Depending on the VERSION of DB2 if you do an ADDVOL but did not have enough canidate volumes in the list, they may

JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, Can somebody give me a ballpark time estimate per volume (assume full) for JES2 offloading from 3390-3 DASD to 3592 tape? TIA, -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:05:18 -0500 Andy Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:16:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen :[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :It appears that all task related storage, including loaded modules, are :released after the initialization routine ends despite the fact that the

Re: JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Richards.Bob
John, It has been ten years since I did an offload from 3390-3s and that was to 3490s, but I seem to recall somewhere around 25 minutes for a full spool volume. My memory could be wrong, but 3592s are faster and so are current DASD (assuming FICON, which I did not have then either). Bob Richards

Re: 'ON ERROR' equivalent in COBOL

2006-09-20 Thread Howard Brazee
On 19 Sep 2006 13:21:47 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Marchant) wrote: The source data contains a valid sign. You will only get a S0C7 abend for an invalid sign. Or an invalid numeric But you are still correct because the data also contains valid numerics. As someone pointed out, spaces

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Richards.Bob
John, Yes, one shared ACS routine library, one shared SCDS, one shared ACDS and one shared COMMDS with a HLQ that is in a shared usercat connected to all the lpar mastercats. Update IGDSMSxx in all four SYS1.PARMLIBs to specify the exact same names. Make a change to one and it is automatically

Re: SMS question - sharing DASD but not SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
John, One question before you merge your SMS Control files. Of the SMS managed volumes on your 4 LPARs which are not going to be shared, do you have any duplicate vol sers? As I understood your original post you only wanted to share a small subset of SMS managed volumes between LPARs. Just

Re: Why AUTHPGM?

2006-09-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
Walt Farrell wrote: IBM ships an IKJTSO00 with our set of programs listed in AUTHPGM. If the auditor asks you a question, you merely need to see whether the program is one we put in the list upon installation or one you added. Many IBM commands/programs are missing from the lists shipped in

Re: EBCDIC to ASCII OPTCD=Q? (JCL)

2006-09-20 Thread Howard Brazee
What about doing OCOPY under TSO to a HFS file? No idea how OCOPY is configured at this site... but entering a TSO OCOPY from the command line gives me ENTER INPUT DDNAME - NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME INVALID INPUT DDNAME, NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME REENTER THIS OPERAND+ - 'NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME' INVALID

Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
We got in our 1.7 order, 3 compressed 3590 tapes. Challenge: we have no external drives capable of this density. If the tapes have internal labels, and I have no matching bar-coded external labels to affix to them, how can I read them in my ATL? Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer

Re: EBCDIC to ASCII OPTCD=Q? (JCL)

2006-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2006 12:01:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No idea how OCOPY is configured at this site... but entering a TSO OCOPY from the command line gives me RTFM? 3.TSOOCOPY.6 Examples 1. The following commands copy an MVS sequential

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Pace
Our 3494 has a Load Unlabeled Tape function for just that purpose. There is a panel where you enter the volser and which slot in the convenience station. The ATL then puts it in a slot an remembers where it is stored. Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems 1700

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
Thanks to Mark I have an answer! Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2006 12:23:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: external drives capable of this density. If the tapes have internal labels, and I have no matching bar-coded external labels to affix to them, how can I read them in my ATL? There's a Red Book

Production DB2 Problem - some more details ..

2006-09-20 Thread Jacky Bright
I am giving you some more details with regard to my problem... Database Storage Group Definition: CREATE STOGROUP STGP1 VOLUMES(PDB001) VCAT DBSTGP; In the SMS There is storage group named DBSTGP and volumes included under this storage group are PDB001 PDB002 PDB003 PDB004 PDB005 When these 5

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
The answer is: Go to the operator console on the ATL, hit the Commands pull down. Select Insert Unlabeled Cartridges, enter the VOLSER to be used in the related cell slot for the convenience door, and load the tapes in there in that order. Select OK and away it goes. When it's done, cancel

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Bielskie, Stephen
Daniel, You may have to alter the CBRUXENT Cartridge Installation Exit to allow foreign tapes at your site as well. Also, if memory serves me, you also have to go to the Unassigned Tapes and do an Insert then click Take Action to get it in the ATL database. The Unassigned Tapes panel

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
You may have to alter the CBRUXENT Cartridge Installation Exit to allow foreign tapes at your site as well. Also, if memory serves me, you also have to go to the Unassigned Tapes and do an Insert then click Take Action to get it in the ATL database. The Unassigned Tapes panel usually pops

Re: JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:48:05 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All, Can somebody give me a ballpark time estimate per volume (assume full) for JES2 offloading from 3390-3 DASD to 3592 tape? You could test this yourself without deleting anything. Just remember that if you use

Re: IEHLIST LISTPDS in an SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Ed Gould
On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:31 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:58:51 -0300 Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/18/2006 : at 08:45 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: :IEH utilities built its own DEB and other control blocks so that it

Re: Interesting Challenge

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
Also found out that I had to alter the attributes of my volumes. Alter Private SGTAPLIB for our site. Then it's good to go. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Production DB2 Problem - some more details ..

2006-09-20 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:13:46 +0530, Jacky Bright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am giving you some more details with regard to my problem... Database Storage Group Definition: CREATE STOGROUP STGP1 VOLUMES(PDB001) VCAT DBSTGP; In the SMS There is storage group named DBSTGP and volumes included

Re: JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:48:05 -0500, Chase, John wrote: Hi, All, Can somebody give me a ballpark time estimate per volume (assume full) for JES2 offloading from 3390-3 DASD to 3592 tape? You

JDBC Driver- Problem in DB2 V7.1 PUTLVL0604

2006-09-20 Thread Ale Eba
Hello, I can't find the dll files libdb2jcct2.so and libdb2jcct2zos.so in /usr/lpp/db2/db2710/jcc/lib. In fact the files don't exist in any directory. DB2 version 7.1 was installed in 2002. All the jobs to define DDDEF entries and to make the directory were run. All PTFs related to JDBC

Re: JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:06:33 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:48:05 -0500, Chase, John wrote: Hi, All, Can somebody give me a ballpark time estimate per volume

FW: Production DB2 Problem - some more details ..

2006-09-20 Thread Robert Lawrence
Jacky, I believe for DB2 stogroups to use SMS the DB2 stogroup should be defined as VOLUMES('*') for it to work the way you wish with the proper ACS routines. We are not SMS managed so I am not sure how to accomplish this. I would try an ALTER STOGROUP STGP1 REMOVE VOLUMES (PDB001) followed

Q: DB2 Help

2006-09-20 Thread Chris Sultis
We have DB2 V8 in compatibility mode on 2 separate LPARS on 2 separate Z9 boxes. We can run a stats job on the same tables, same DASD, same XCF with structures and ECS catalogs but one job finishes in 1/3 the time. No, the boxes are not equal and no the workload is not equal either but our

Re: JDBC Driver- Problem in DB2 V7.1 PUTLVL0604

2006-09-20 Thread Gray, Larry - Larry A
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Re: JES2 Offload Timings

2006-09-20 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Can somebody give me a ballpark time estimate per volume (assume full) for JES2 offloading from 3390-3 DASD to 3592 tape? It depends? Results are presented from controlled laboratory experiments and may vary in the real world. No expression of warranty is implied, or promised, in the

Re: FW: Production DB2 Problem - some more details ..

2006-09-20 Thread Mike Bell
I seem to remember that DB2 would not alter add volume if the volume was already in the allocation. I think the crucial error is not having the DB2 stogroup defined as colume (*) - which will never match an existing volume. That will force it to the SMS allocation. Mike On 9/20/06, Robert

dumping the system log

2006-09-20 Thread Mark
For those of us who are mentally challenged, where might I find sample JCL, and instructions on how to extract the system log information to a file for a given time frame? Member names, and manual names (perhaps chapters too?) would be helpful. I have a level 2 support staff member asking me

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 09/20/2006 11:21:40 AM: On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:05:18 -0500 Andy Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:16:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen :[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :It appears that all task related storage, including

Re: dumping the system log

2006-09-20 Thread Mark
Mark wrote: For those of us who are mentally challenged, where might I find sample JCL, and instructions on how to extract the system log information to a file for a given time frame? Member names, and manual names (perhaps chapters too?) would be helpful. I have a level 2 support staff

Re: JDBC Driver- Problem in DB2 V7.1 PUTLVL0604

2006-09-20 Thread Aaron Walker
In addition to what Mr. Gray said (I don't know if he's right, though!), but how are you searching for these dlls (that you know they aren't there)? Your SMPE apply really should have failed if they didn't get somewhere (I think that would be an even worse problem). And, they are more than

Re: dumping the system log

2006-09-20 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I find the SDSF approach the easiest. I use the PRINT ODSN dsn, PRINT first_line last_line, and PRINT CLOSE. Details in the SDSF Guide and Reference. -Original Message- From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 2:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: dumping the system log

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Rutledge
*What* SDSF Guide and Reference? That book is no longer published. :) Bob Schwarz, Barry A wrote: I find the SDSF approach the easiest. I use the PRINT ODSN dsn, PRINT first_line last_line, and PRINT CLOSE. Details in the SDSF Guide and Reference.

OPEN EDITION list server

2006-09-20 Thread Dave Schaeffer
Hello, By any chance is there an OPEN EDITION list server? Dave Schaeffer -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: OPEN EDITION list server

2006-09-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
Dave Schaeffer wrote: By any chance is there an OPEN EDITION list server? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: Amdahl OSA cards and VIPA

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Buckley
THe Amdahl OSA is not capable of QDIO, it is in fact defined as an LCS device. This means both the real IP Address and the VIPA need to be difned to the OSA to get it to route correctly. On an IBM OSA this is done by updating the OSA configuration (OAT) with both addresses. For the Amdahl card

Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

2006-09-20 Thread Eric N. Bielefeld
Radoslaw, I see no one answered your post from 9-18. Unfortuneatly, I won't either. I did have a question though. Does the IODF have to be in one extent? I don't recall hearing that rule. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

2006-09-20 Thread Rankin, Bob
My experience is that if the IODF is allocated in more than one extent it is unusuable for system IPL/Dynamic Acitivation. This my be different on more current levels of the operating system, we are OS/390 2.4/2.10. Bob Rankin -Original Message- From: Eric N. Bielefeld [mailto:[EMAIL

SMP/E

2006-09-20 Thread Gibney, Dave
I've been RTFM and I can't find it. I'm packaging our exits as USERMODS. I made some mistakes and I now have bogus GENASM entries on some JES2 macros. I can't seem to find a way to tell SMP/E 3.4 to remove them. Is there a way short of restore from backup to do this? If not, I guess I

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The ASCRE initialization routine IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on

Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

2006-09-20 Thread Douglas Shupe
The IODF must be in one extent or it will not be usable. Regards, Doug Shupe - Original Message - From: Rankin, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:57 PM Subject: Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

SDSF Question

2006-09-20 Thread Dean Montevago
Hi, I'm at a DR test right now and one of the operators showed me this command in SDSF. You hit SHIFT and PF7 and an ampersand appears on the command you type in a time interval (in seconds) and a message appears on the command: AUTO UPDATE (with the time interval you selected) . This

Re: SDSF Question

2006-09-20 Thread Buckley, Michael J
That is standard SDSF. The actual command is x, where x is the refresh interval. I suspect shift F7 simply maps to PF19, and if you look at the definition for that key you will probably see an x command. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: IEHLIST LISTPDS in an SMS environment

2006-09-20 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2006 at 07:46 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But that leaves open the question of why it doesn't exploit the catalog when no VOL is supplied. It does, in a truly grotesque fashion. It does a LOCATE, the searches the TIOT for a ddname allocated to

Re: OPC variable resolution in JCL included members

2006-09-20 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/20/2006 at 07:55 AM, Robert Bardos [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: As I have never worked with OPC nor setup jobs that were submitted by OPC I simply added variable OCDATE at the relevant places in the INCLUDE member. It's been a while since I did ^M, but my recollection

Re: Why AUTHPGM?

2006-09-20 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/19/2006 at 10:27 PM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: There is no SAF call to see if the particular user can invoke the particular program in authorized mode. Your point? There is a control for whether any user can execute the program authorized. Why does it

Re: Question re: CA-1 and SMP/E

2006-09-20 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 09/19/2006 at 07:54 PM, Russell Witt [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The reason for the same FMID's is because while we are changing the release number; it can be done with a simple maintenance upgrade. For example, going from R5.2 to R11.0 or even to R11.5 does NOT require a

Re: SDSF Question

2006-09-20 Thread Dean Montevago
cool !! thanks. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Buckley, Michael J Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SDSF Question That is standard SDSF. The actual command is x, where x is

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 09/20/2006 07:59:55 PM: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Jim Mulder
Jim Mulder/Poughkeepsie/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/20/2006 10:16:21 PM: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 09/20/2006 07:59:55 PM: As to why subpool 0 is shared, I haven't been able to think of a reason. I don't know of anything that the initiator obtains in

Re: DSS RESTORE - how to enforce CONTIG

2006-09-20 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:57:37 -0700, Rankin, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experience is that if the IODF is allocated in more than one extent it is unusuable for system IPL/Dynamic Acitivation. An IODF can be dynamically activated if it is in multiple extents, but it can't be used at IPL time.

Re: SMP/E

2006-09-20 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:22:40 -0700, Gibney, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been RTFM and I can't find it. I'm packaging our exits as USERMODS. I made some mistakes and I now have bogus GENASM entries on some JES2 macros. I can't seem to find a way to tell SMP/E 3.4 to remove them. Is

Re: The ASCRE initialization routine

2006-09-20 Thread Craddock, Chris
Jim said If subpool 0 was not shared, then the EXEC PARM= parameter storage would be the only thing in its 4K page (or its 2K page in the old days). The rest of the page would be wasted. Sharing subpool allows the jobsteb program to obtain the subpool 0 storage remaining on this page.

Re: SDSF Question

2006-09-20 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/20/2006 8:04:36 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is standard SDSF. The actual command is x, where x is the refresh interval. I suspect shift F7 simply maps to PF19, and if you look at the definition for that key you will probably see an x

Re: SMP/E

2006-09-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:22:40 -0700, Gibney, Dave wrote: I've been RTFM and I can't find it. I'm packaging our exits as USERMODS. I made some mistakes and I now have bogus GENASM entries on some JES2 macros. I can't seem to find a way to tell SMP/E 3.4 to remove them. Is there a way short