On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:14:54 -0600 Marcos Morelatto
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:I need to build a z/OS software test plan from scratch in few days. Can
:anyone provide a sample?
Provide more details.
What do you wish to test?
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Have a look at TSOLIB command, that is included in IBM libraries.
You can use in CLIST or REXX but OUT of ISPF, in the ready of TSO. Depend
upon you need, it presents some difficulties and porobably you need to use the
stack to target your needings.
Sincerely
angel luis
Hi folks,
If you suspected FICON Channel saturation due to lack of OE's or Credits
and had no access to ANALFIOE in MXGSAS, where would you look?
I'm seeing a DFSORT that normally runs in 6 minutes take 33 minutes with
the same record counts. It's accessing 1 disk that has an extremely low
I don't see what all the fuss is about. I just know that My Way is better
than Everyone Else's Way.
Hmm! But you probably think that z/VM is better than z/OS as well?
From: Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:34:20 +0100, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[1] I know you know but this is for any who may not.
Well... actually I didn't - and I doubt most subscribers did. I spent
5 minutes or so trying to look it up before I realized it was
Paul trying to be funny. So my
-- snip --
I'm seeing a DFSORT that normally runs in 6 minutes take 33 minutes with
the same record counts. It's accessing 1 disk that has an extremely low
activity rate, response times not that high, IOSQ time appears to be 95% of
resp time and device delays of 99 - 100%. One VSAM cluster is
From:Tommy Tsui [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Query on z109 BOOK concept
If I use z109 S18 that means two books and allow 18 CPs maximum. If I
select
508 and fill up the book1. Can I order another 508 to fill up the book2 so
that the maximum CPs are 16. Or, I only can select 709 model if CP no
I would just create 2 new larger checkpoints to accommodate the
$ACTIVATE and worry
about returning to the original checkpoints at a later time.
Don't forget to update $CKPTDEF as you go (just in case)...
snip
So far i have planned to do
a. enter JES2 Checkpoint reconfiguration dialog b. select
John,
I've already checked the device on ANTMON and checked the ANTX messages.
Nothing. The device is online to 7 systems and had zero activity on the
ther 6.
It's highest activity on the system in question was only 38 so it certainly
wasn't a stressed volume. I didn't think the PAV would
Chris, we have found our problem. It has to do with APPN TG weights.
a 'D NET,TOPO,ID=VTAMCP12,LIST=ALL,APPNCOS=#INTER' showed the weight to
the intermediary network to be 100. The weight of the GVRN was = 50.
I did not know this, but even though I show the GVRN to be a lesser
weight, is not
In a message dated 11/8/2006 8:51:48 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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I didn't think the PAV would help as it was to
the same dataset? No other jobs/datasets active on that volume.
PAV can indeed help even if all I/O is to only one data set.
You can have any
In a message dated 11/8/2006 8:16:55 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Don't forget to update $CKPTDEF as you go (just in case)...
What was the other? DASD Mgmt. software/housekeeping that does periodic
DEFRAGS(FDR/COMPAK) on DASD pools. It's a parm or setting in
One solution, start in your IPL parms, and have separate options
for various LPARs and IPL scenarios.
SYS_.IPLPARM(LOAD00)
*--
* THE FOLLOWING ARE DEFAULTS FOR ALL LPARS AND VM'S
* THEY MAY BE OVERRIDDEN BY LPAR/VM
Hi,
I'm setting up RRS. I allocating the logstream below:
IXGLOGR.ATR.MVSS.DELAYED.UR.VNSNY
This is what I have defined in my DC SC
IXGLOGR.ATR.**
SMS is not picking up the allocation. I don't know why, I thought the **
would take care of everything after ATR. What am I missing ?
TIA
Dean
Dean
Due to time constraint we are planning to run CA Solve: Access V4R0
FTS V3R0, Unicenter NetMaster V7R0 under z/OS 1.7. These CA products
are
running under CA common services V3R0.
I have literally no idea whether that will work or not, but given the
amount of change over the last few years it
If nothing else, the vendor, CA, has a matrix of what OS will support
which product.
Daniel McLaughlin
Z-Series Systems Programmer
Crawford Company
4680 N. Royal Atlanta
Tucker GA 30084
phone: 770-621-3256
fax: 770-621-3237
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: www.crawfordandcompany.com
This
More on minimizing the range of tracks in the Define Extent parameters:
Until the advent of PAV on IBM 2105 (ESS) controllers, there was no
demonstrable incentive to code the logic necessary to change the Define Extent
parameter on every I/O so that only the track(s) accessed by that one I/O
Hi all,
We have our new CICS TS 3.1 installed in our z/OS 1.4 system and I have
included the **.SDFHLPA member in to the LPALSTxx member of the SYS1.PARMLIB
to load the new modules in to the LPA area.
I IPLed the machine and I found the new members are not loaded in to the LPA
and the new CICS
Does anybody have a URL where I can go to get an overview of the various
licensing for z/OS software from IBM? No, I don't want to contact IBM
marketting. No, I don't want them to contact me either. I just need the
overview.
I know there is MSU based. But there is also usage based that I need
Dean
Did you use the STG_DATACLAS and LS_DATACLAS parameters on your logstream
definition? I changed also the SG ACS to assign the allocation to an
existing SG (used for other HFS data sets).
Regards,
Morelatto
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Jerry Ragland wrote:
Hi all,
We have our new CICS TS 3.1 installed in our z/OS 1.4 system and I have
included the **.SDFHLPA member in to the LPALSTxx member of the
SYS1.PARMLIB
to load the new modules in to the LPA area.
I IPLed the machine and I found the new members are not loaded in to the
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John
Does anybody have a URL where I can go to get an overview of
the various licensing for z/OS software from IBM? No, I don't
want to contact IBM marketting. No, I don't want them to
contact me either.
Jerry, to activate a new LPA, you mentioned both methods. You either
need to respond as you mentioned to the IEA101A message or place the
CLPA parameter in an IEASYSxx member that you are using at the IPL. Are
you using IEASYSAW for the IPL? A couple more comments:
1. You also have to have
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:48:17 +0100, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMHO the best way is to put CLPA into IEASYS00 and forget the problem.
Overhead is small.
Agree... unless you use checkpoint/restart. I've only been at a
couple of shops where that was an issue. But long ago I once
had an
McKown, John wrote:
Does anybody have a URL where I can go to get an overview of the various
licensing for z/OS software from IBM? No, I don't want to contact IBM
marketting. No, I don't want them to contact me either. I just need the
overview.
I know there is MSU based. But there is also usage
snip-
I need to build a z/OS software test plan from scratch in few days. Can
anyone provide a sample?
---unsnip---
I don't know what IVP's are provided with your release, but they might
make a fair starting point;
No I didn't. I didn't do that for my logger logstreams either and I have
no issues with them.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:48 AM
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McKown, John wrote:
Does anybody have a URL where I can go to get an overview of the various
licensing for z/OS software from IBM? No, I don't want to contact IBM
marketting. No, I don't want them to contact me either. I just need the
overview.
I know there is MSU based. But there is also usage
snip---
Agree... unless you use checkpoint/restart. I've only been at a couple
of shops where that was an issue. But long ago I once had an auditor
complain about CLPA being S.O.P. if you weren't changing anything as it
destoyed a working version of
Thanks for the reply Rex.
Yes, IEASYSAW is the member used during the IPL. From the logs -
*IEA247I USING IEASYSAW FOR z/OS 01.04.00 HBB7707
IEASYSAW contents -
CLOCK=00, SELECT CLOCK00
CLPA,
CMB=(UNITR,COMM,GRAPH,CHRDR), ADDITIONAL CMB ENTRIES
.
.
.
LPA=DB,
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: z/OS product licensing options.
snip
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/swprice/
We are planning to upgrade from z/OS V1.4 to V1.7. There has come up a concern
over having z/OS V1.7 Language Environment in the TEST/DEVL systems and not in
production. That programs compiled and LKED with the newer LE would have
issues running in the V1.4 LPARS.
I was thinking of just
I know you can specify D PROG,LPA,MOD=xx to see if a specific LPA Modules
is loaded.
There are probably some other tools that will do a more interrogation of LPA.
LIzette
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Hi Jerry,
To see what happened at IPL SHOWzOS will tell you what type of IPL it
was Quick, Warm, Cold. Handy to have for all other sorts of
information.
You can see this just quickly with TSO TEST.
TEST 'SYS1.LINKLIB(IEFBR14)'
L 10.?+2C0?
That dumps the first words of the ASMVT mapped by
The LE Programming Guide discusses downward compatibility (as of OS/390
2.10).
Don Imbriale
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Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:29 PM
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Subject: z/OS
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:29:19 -0500, Lizette Koehler
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We are planning to upgrade from z/OS V1.4 to V1.7. There has come up a
concern over having z/OS V1.7 Language Environment in the TEST/DEVL systems
and not in production. That programs compiled and LKED with the newer
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:18:26 -0600, Jerry Ragland wrote:
in IEASYSAW LPA is given as DB. In the LPALSTDB file the **.SDFHLPA is
added correctly.
LPALSTDB file -
.
.
SYS1.SICELPA,
SYS1.CICSTS31.CICS.SDFHLPA(DSK32E),
CICSTS22.CICS.SDFHLPA(S4CIC1),
.
What were the error messages, if any, issued
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http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/swprice/
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:55 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: z/OS product licensing options.
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From: IBM Mainframe
Did you read the Pricing Reference Guide (Ed Jaffe provided the link).
The authors are very positive to feedback I have noticed myself.
Of course if you don't like lots of options the content may not be
pleasant :-)
You are welcome to route feedback thru me if needed.
Birger Heede
IBM
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:56:16 -0600, McKown, John
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Chase, John wrote:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/refguides/sw_pricing.html
Works perfectly here.
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5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:48:17 +0100, R.S. wrote:
IMHO the best way is to put CLPA into IEASYS00 and forget the
problem.
Overhead is small.
Agree... unless you use checkpoint/restart. I've only been
Here is another link you might try -- http://www.sherkow.com/lcs/
I have heard several of Al's presentations and think highly of his knowledge
on this subject.
Tom Moulder
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Sent:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:29:19 -0500, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
We are planning to upgrade from z/OS V1.4 to V1.7. There has come up a
concern over having z/OS V1.7 Language Environment in the TEST/DEVL systems
and not in production. That programs compiled and LKED with the newer LE
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:48:44 -0600, Tom Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:18:26 -0600, Jerry Ragland wrote:
in IEASYSAW LPA is given as DB. In the LPALSTDB file the **.SDFHLPA is
added correctly.
LPALSTDB file -
SYS1.SICELPA,
SYS1.CICSTS31.CICS.SDFHLPA(DSK32E),
Dean -- it depends, of course.
Is that the data set name that was actually allocated? If so, then your
data set name mask in DC SC looks okay.
Did you just add this to your ACS routines and then validate and activate
your configuration? If so, then are there any sysprog exceptions in your
Thanks everyone.
I had read the manual and reviewed the processes. Unfortunately there are some
that are very nervous about this upgrade. I was just trying to find another
method that would make them feel warm and cozy. And to do that, I thought
keeping the SCEELKED* data sets back a level
Thanks Greg.
I translated against the wrong SCDS. When I went into 7.5 I saw that my
changes weren't there. I re-translated/validated against the correct
SCDS. The allocation is working now.
Dean
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Behalf
Is there an easy way to stop health Checker from writing any of its check
messages to syslog. I only want them passed to Tivoli
Crispin Hugo
This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email
I encountered a problem that I'm trying to understand where to even look for
the answer. A user connected to our mainframe (z/OS 1.4) through Attachmate
and then logged onto TSO. From the Ready prompt, he initiated a file
transfer from his PC to a mainframe dataset (using the Attachmate Tools
sure is, I code something like this in my HZS PARMS:
ADDREPLACE POLICY STMT(POLICY1)
UPDATE
CHECK(IBMXCF,XCF_SIG_STR_SIZE)
WTOTYPE=NONE
REASON('Suppress annoying WTO
Hi Pat,
Thanks for the information. I assume then I have to do this for EVERY
message that may appear on the syslog . Is there no way to do a generic
policy ?
Crispin Hugo
Systems Programmer, Macro 4
sure is, I code something like this in my HZS PARMS:
ADDREPLACE POLICY STMT(POLICY1)
I never tried a more generic method. I have about 7 of these that I can't
make go away due to how we run our shop. I was willing to live with these
overrides being in our options file.
Having it more generic I would be afraid I would exclude something I did
not want to exclude and any new
I see your point and would agree with you that that is the best and proper
way.
I just did not want them on syslog as these are of only interest to me.If
they are not written to syslog, they are still passed to the Tivoli Console
agent and then passed to Tivoli Portal Server.to
Crispin Hugo
The Health Checker User's Guide indicates that you can specify CHECK(*,*) on
an ADDREPLACE POLICY statement.
See example here:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/e0z2l102/1.4.2.2?
SHELF=EZ2ZO10GDT=20060119091639
HTH,
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith Company
-Original
Yes you can apply a policy to all checks i.e.
/* */
/* Common Customizations for GEICO */
/* We set HZS0004I low-lite as the default WTO for Health Checker */
/*
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:08:35 -0600, Debbie Mitchell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I encountered a problem that I'm trying to understand where to even look
for
the answer. A user connected to our mainframe (z/OS 1.4) through
Attachmate
and then logged onto TSO. From the Ready prompt, he initiated a
Thanks Sam and Greg, that's just the answer I wanted. Many thanks for your
help
Crispin Hugo
Systems Programmer, Macro 4
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I'm assuming that there's
no alias either, so the data set was cataloged in the master catalog.
If this was an ordinary user, he shouldn't be able to catalog any
data sets in the master catalog.
Tom Marchant
Actually, an alias did exist. The HLQ was the userid of the programmer. I
am
We are testing Z/OS 1.7
I am dynamically reallocating my SYSPROC DD card with the command below:
ALLOCATE FILE (SYSPROC) DATASET( 'SYS1.SCBDHENU' 'SYS3.QUICKREF.C
LIST' 'SYS3.CLIST' 'SYS3.NCPS.CLIST' 'SYS1.ISP.SISPCLIB'
'SYS1.BOOKM.SEPHCLB1'
'SYS1.SCBDCLST' 'SYS1.SBLSCLI0' 'SYS1.CSF.SCSFCLI0'
Charlie,
I found this in II05243
MSGIKJ56524I COMMAND SYSTEM ERROR
IKJCT43A RETURN CODE 99
IS ISSUED WHEN THE TSO/E EXEC COMMAND PROCESSOR (CLIST OR REXX
EXEC) ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DATASET WHICH CONTAINS THE CLIST OR
REXX EXEC AND FINDS THAT THE RECFM IS NOT FIXED OR VARIABLE.
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 14:14 -0500, Lizette Koehler wrote:
I had read the manual and reviewed the processes. Unfortunately there
are some that are very nervous about this upgrade. I was just trying
to find another method that would make them feel warm and cozy. And
to do that, I thought
As many will no doubt inform you, you probably want to (in the long run)
start invoking those ISPF commands with execs that use the TSO ALTLIB
and/or ISPF LIBDEF commands, so that you only have to allocate the
libraries necessary for the application and not allocate every possible
thing.
John
You're URL worked for me - once I had made sure there were no or
framing characters polluting the text. It took a while but finally a 12 page
.pdf file entitled the IBM System z Software Pricing Reference Guide April
2006 (ZSO01378-USEN-12)appeared.
Chris Mason
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Jerry
You'll get the latest information regarding setting up the IPL process these
days from other contributors. It's a few years now since I dabbled with
IPLing MVS.
However there's one form of words that you use which worries me and
indicates you may have a false concept of what CLPA does. The
Tom
Finally the camel's back-breaking straw has been posted.
I guess it might also explain Jerry's ***problem***.
Yes, I take *issue* with the misuse of the English language. Having just
supported a new word (necrodendtitic) on the grounds that usage is the
arbiter, I still reserve the right to
To get to the PL/I lifecycle page:
Go to:
http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss
Enter:
- Select (pull down) HW SW desc
Select Advanced search
and place 5688-235 as the product number
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Hi Bill,
The Link you sent in
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:55:58 -0600, Debbie Mitchell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm assuming that there's
no alias either, so the data set was cataloged in the master catalog.
If this was an ordinary user, he shouldn't be able to catalog any
data sets in the master catalog.
Actually, an alias
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:57:50 +0100, Chris Mason wrote:
Tom
Finally the camel's back-breaking straw has been posted.
I guess it might also explain Jerry's ***problem***.
Yes, I take *issue* with the misuse of the English language. Having just
supported a new word (necrodendtitic) on the grounds
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:51:58 +1300, Richard Crook
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Charlie,
I found this in II05243
MSGIKJ56524I COMMAND SYSTEM ERROR
IKJCT43A RETURN CODE 99
IS ISSUED WHEN THE TSO/E EXEC COMMAND PROCESSOR (CLIST OR REXX
EXEC) ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DATASET WHICH CONTAINS THE
Dave
I rather expected you must be having a problem with weights but I couldn't
see how you could be having a problem with the examples you showed me. I
suspected I had misunderstood one or two points as well which, indeed, your
last post tends to indicate.
I had assumed that the two competing
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:57:50 +0100, Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally the camel's back-breaking straw has been posted.
I guess it might also explain Jerry's ***problem***.
Yes, I take *issue* with the misuse of the English language. Having just
supported a new word (necrodendtitic) on
Tom
There are 16 definitions in the first hit in Google[1]. I expect it's the
one you took a quick glance at.
11 are for a noun, which is the word type at issue here. 5 are for a verb so
I'm skipping those.
quote
1 issue, issuing, issuance
the provision of something by issuing it (usually
If a DCB/ACB is inaccessible or appears corrupted, then TC issues IDC999I and
S0C3.
ITYM SC03.
(Considering I'm chasing one right now).
When in doubt.
PANIC!!
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I can only say that it hasn't messed with us and I've had 1.7 in the
development LIAR for a couple weeks now, and it will be 4 more weeks
before I can move it to Prod.
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Please forgive the typo(spellchecker). LPAR, not LIAR :)
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Subject: Re: z/OS V1.4 and v1.7 with Language
Hi all,
I'm trying to write something of really simple to expand the LOAD SVC to catch
and store (like SOFTAUDIT and so on) a set of infos about jobname, stepname,
date, time and dataset from where the module was loaded.
To address the last step, I'm wondering if there's a method other than
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