Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:08 -0600, Scott Fagen wrote: Although the documentation and parameters would seem to indicate otherwise, the GRS monitor is not capable of recording STEP ENQs. Cough, splutter, ... say what !!! The (online) doco all the way back to OS/390 V2.4 has this. Choose your

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread R.S.
Scott Fagen wrote: On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:58:48 +0100, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Ticic wrote: -- snip -- I'm trying to trace some SCOPE=STEP ENQ's. I RTFMed. I started GRS Monitor (ISGRUNAU). I modified ISGAMF00 member by putting GFLG FILTER=N. Then assembled, linkedited, issued F

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread John Ticic
-- snip -- Although the documentation and parameters would seem to indicate otherwise, the GRS monitor is not capable of recording STEP ENQs. Scott, Thnk you for the explanation. Indeed - I'm not happy of such surprise. However I have on more question: Can I see scope=STEP enq's using D

Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Walter Marguccio
Dear listers, reading Cheryl Watson's last Tuning letter one sentence about the Upgrade ROT caught my attention: Only add resources as needed. If you add more memory than you need, you'll simply cause CPU overhead. My first question is how could more memory cause CPU overhead ? Our production

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread R.S.
Pinnacle wrote: My current client has a V2X2 and is thinking about replacing it with a Shark. SnapShot is used to snap 600 volumes in about 5-10 minutes. The physical tape backups are done from the snaps and take about 8 hours. This DR process is fully tested and works great. My main

Re: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.

2007-01-05 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL [ snip ] Are you saying that we will have to pay extra just because we didn't get to 1.7 'fast enough'? The pay extra comes into play if you encounter a previously-unreported and undiagnosed problem in

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Carol Srna
What about asking Melinda Gates about Bob? What's up with that? Charles Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 01/04/2007 05:37 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: Just

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Rob Scott
Wayne, GQSCAN returns SCOPE=STEP enqueues for address spaces other than the ASID of the issuer - doesn't that indicate that these structures exist in GRS somewhere? Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Walter Marguccio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Dear listers, reading Cheryl Watson's last Tuning letter one sentence about the Upgrade ROT caught my attention: Only add resources as needed. If you add more memory than you need, you'll simply cause CPU overhead.

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Bob Shannon
An unused unit of storage must be examined, determined that it is unused and actions (statistics) are taken for unused storage. If this storage is just not there, less activity is needed. But there should be less paging and hence reduced paging overhead. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Aaron Walker
Retorts from the peanut gallery: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/01/05/0538224.shtml Year of the Mainframe? Not Quite, Say Linux Grids -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Rob, It does, but it also is an extremely SLWWW process, which makes me wonder if it is done via a local SRB scheduled in the target address space, vs a PC call to the GRS space. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -Original

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Mills
I don't want to get too far OT here but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob has a good summary of what Bob was, and Melinda (French) Gates' role. My point was that it is easy for the advocates of some product (in this case mainframes) to dismiss the success of some other product (in this

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Retorts from the peanut gallery: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/01/05/0538224.shtml Year of the Mainframe? Not Quite, Say Linux Grids And how much do they pay for LINUX admins for 120 boxes? And for licenses for 120 boxes? Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683

Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-05 Thread Howard Brazee
Slashdot had this article today: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/01/05/0538224.shtml IBM touted 2006 as a resurgence year for the mainframe, but not so fast. At R.L. Polk and Co., one of the oldest automobile analytics firms in the U.S., an aging mainframe couldn't cut it, so the IT staff

SYSlog to OPERLIB

2007-01-05 Thread Mike Szyszka
Hi all, We have 2 boxes, 2 separate locations. Location1 has 4 lpars, and location2 has 2 lpars, one lpar being a backup to the production lpar at location1. I am planning to move to operlib from syslog at both locations, but I can find where a migration like this is documented. -- Thanks, Mike

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:56:41 +0100, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, more general: is there any method to dsiplay STEP enqueues ? DUMP / IPCS (already mentioned)... Easy way: ISRDDN or TASID ENQ display (or other MVS monitors). Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Rob Scott
One of the most easy to see SCOPE=STEP enqueues to see is the SPFUSER one - I can see this for all of our TSO users reasonably quickly using GQSCAN - and most of these guys are swapped out. GQSCAN invokes a space-switch PC routine executing in the GRS address space - I would put my money on the

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Tom, Yes it is possible to use Flashcopy to establish Flashcopy pairs for a large number of volumes at approximately the same time. We do this in conjunction with a daily syncpoint where activity is suspended in DB2 to support DRP. PAGE 0001 5695-DF175 DFSMSDSS V1R07.0 DATA SET

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m... An unused unit of storage must be examined, determined that it is unused and actions (statistics) are taken for unused storage. If this storage is just not there, less activity is needed. But there should be less

Re: How to write a full-screen Rexx debugger?

2007-01-05 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/04/2007 at 04:47 PM, Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It gives you a lot. I've certainly used it extensively, but trace ?i is no replacement for a real debugger. As the line commands have the functionality, Are you saying that CP line commands process the

Re: Using FTP on z/OS to get csv file from unix box running ipswitch ws_ftp.

2007-01-05 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/04/2007 at 08:24 AM, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Right you are! I've been reading MAC documentation lately. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it. And there are worse things. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Remote Tape drives

2007-01-05 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/04/2007 at 08:22 AM, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Ah, you guessed. It wasn't hard; the case is notorious in Linux circles. Groklaw-a-holic here. Not me, although I hit it once or twice. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO

Re: how to introduce change to USSTAB

2007-01-05 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/04/2007 at 07:21 AM, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If you are storing your USS table load module in a partitioned data set which is *not* listed in the LNKLSTxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB, you do *not* need to use the MODIFY (F) LLA,REFRESH command. Not

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Mark Zelden
An unused unit of storage must be examined, determined that it is unused and actions (statistics) are taken for unused storage. If this storage is just not there, less activity is needed. But there should be less paging and hence reduced paging overhead. There's over allocating and then there

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pinnacle Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy) SNIP Steve, Over what period of time were the volumes

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 08:51:43 -0500, Veilleux, Jon L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how much do they pay for LINUX ... licenses for 120 boxes? There is no charge for a Linux license. Same for 120. Support? That's another question. -- Tom Marchant

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Bob Shannon
There is no charge for a Linux license. Unless you only run free software, there will be a charge for middleware. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: How to write a full-screen Rexx debugger?

2007-01-05 Thread David Cole
[Shmuel Metz] [...] you wouldn't have the symbol table access that TSO TEST provides. A pitiful subset of the symbols actually used in programming these days. With IBM macros more and more frequently defining symbols 9 characters long and longer, TSO TEST's symbol support is becoming more

1 byte console ids and CA ENF in CA common services r11 fix published solution QO85076

2007-01-05 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, CA-ENF is flagged by the IBM 1 byte console tracker.CA-ENF does work correctly and is documented by CA to work correctly on z/OS R8 though it will still be flagged. CA common services has published QO85076 which resolves this so that the ENF WTOs will not use 1 byte console ids and not

Re: Data replication at a remote site - elementary doubt

2007-01-05 Thread Joe jeffries
Bearing in mind that XRC was intended for eXtended Remote Copy, what would be the point of NOT having a datamover at the remote site? JJ XRC user -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Tom Marchant wrote: There is no charge for a Linux license. Same for 120. Support? That's another question. LINUX doesn't cost, but is all of the software free? Also, I forgot to mention...How much does the infrastructure for 120 LINUX servers cost? I would think that the power, floor space,

2007 DST (was: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.)

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(I'll cross-post this to MVS-OE) In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 00:07:39 + Speaking of support. Have you heard that m$ wants to charge for the patches to automate the new D aylight Savings Time changes back to March? Hmmm. z/OS 1.8 still doesn't

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
You might consider increasing your data buffers to use some of your 'unused' memory and decrease CPU utilization by decreasing I/O. The increase in I/O efficiency will more than compensate for any incidental paging that may result. From: Walter Marguccio

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Howard Brazee
On 4 Jan 2007 14:09:54 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craddock, Chris) wrote: Honestly guys, I am a pro-mainframe guy. I even used to work in the same place as Steve mumble years ago. So take as read that I am not ignorantly mainframe bashing. Mainframes have many fine attributes, but they're not the

Re: Data replication at a remote site - elementary doubt

2007-01-05 Thread Richards.Bob
Good question! I suppose XRC could be used solely as an offsite vaulting mechanism. In a cold site setup, it could save NALC operating system software dollars, but those charges aren't significant enough (to me) to recommend an XRC push. John's scenario gives a good reason for a push, but that,

Re: 2007 DST (was: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.)

2007-01-05 Thread Staller, Allan
See Apar PK24076 snip Speaking of support. Have you heard that m$ wants to charge for the patches to automate the new D aylight Savings Time changes back to March? Hmmm. z/OS 1.8 still doesn't have this right, either. IBM has about 2 months to create a PTF. /snip

Re: 2007 DST (was: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.)

2007-01-05 Thread Bob Shannon
Hmmm. z/OS 1.8 still doesn't have this right, either. All MVS services will get the time from the TOD clock which is set during IPL. In addition to the PTFs you mentioned there are Java PTFs available and PK24076 for LE. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
What is a V2X2? V2X2 is StorageTek (now Sun-Storagetek) disk array. General reference name is SVA (Shared Virtual Array) and the various models over the years have been: IceBerg 9393 9500 V960 V2X V2X2 V2X4 (and V2X4f for FICON attached) We've gone

Re: SYSlog to OPERLIB

2007-01-05 Thread R.S.
Mike Szyszka wrote: Hi all, We have 2 boxes, 2 separate locations. Location1 has 4 lpars, and location2 has 2 lpars, one lpar being a backup to the production lpar at location1. I am planning to move to operlib from syslog at both locations, but I can find where a migration like this is

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Rob, That makes complete sense, I stand corrected. Like I said it was a wild guess, and I am always looking to learn. Thanks, Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. PS - Rob, will you be able to make it to SHARE next month? -Original

Re: SYSlog to OPERLIB

2007-01-05 Thread Mike Szyszka
Thanks They are not in a parallel sysplex, and will not be in the future at all. On 1/5/07, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Szyszka wrote: Hi all, We have 2 boxes, 2 separate locations. Location1 has 4 lpars, and location2 has 2 lpars, one lpar being a backup to the production

Re: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.

2007-01-05 Thread Bob Shannon
I have tried to talk to IBM support about unsupported systems and they have refused to even start the conversation That's what unsupported means. No support contract, no conversation. This does not preclude you from searching IBMLINK and pulling PTFs for known problems. Bob Shannon Rocket

Re: 2007 DST (was: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.)

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Gibbons, Mark said: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:33:14 -0800 PK24076 for LE. I thought this was for base Unix, but now I'm not sure. PK23865 for Java 1.4. Me, too. I had looked only under z/OS, but I now see PK24076 under program products. Isn't Unix System

Re: Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-05 Thread Tom Moulder
I read the article and it did not contain any information concerning the size of the mainframe that is being compared to the grid. I have seen detailed analysis of grid computing versus the use of a parallel sysplex in z/OS and the z environment compared favorably when using its capabilities.

Re: ISGAMF00 problem

2007-01-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
Shane wrote: I was in the process of testing for Radoslaw when this post came in. Given your admission above, why does it even need a bloody RCF ???. Sorry mate, not acceptable. If an RCF won't cut it, how about a DOC APAR? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/5/2007 9:07:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cargo ships are king of the hill.Too many alternatives, too many goals, too much diversity to compare a cargo ship with a moped. Think it was Sealand built an upscaled version container

Re: Costs not to go to z/OS 1.7 by March 31, 2007.

2007-01-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:00:33 -0500, Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to talk to IBM support about unsupported systems and they have refused to even start the conversation That's what unsupported means. No support contract, no conversation. This does not preclude you from

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Thomas Conley
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:15:31 -0500, Knutson, Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, Yes it is possible to use Flashcopy to establish Flashcopy pairs for a large number of volumes at approximately the same time. We do this in conjunction with a daily syncpoint where activity is suspended in DB2 to

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread R.S.
Veilleux, Jon L wrote: [...] And how much do they pay for LINUX admins for 120 boxes? And for licenses for 120 boxes? How much do you pay for admins for nn images of z/OS on yur LPARs? Who's cheaper: linux admin or mainframe admin ? Environmental factors (power, floor space, air cond.) need

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread R.S.
Mark Zelden wrote: An unused unit of storage must be examined, determined that it is unused and actions (statistics) are taken for unused storage. If this storage is just not there, less activity is needed. But there should be less paging and hence reduced paging overhead. There's over

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Mills
HW maintenance for 120 PCs is probably cheaper than for one z9. Especially since it might well be if one breaks, we'll replace it. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:00 AM To:

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Richard Tsujimoto
Here's an old article that describes how SIAC took the reverse route. It doesn't mention the cost-savings, but you can be assured that SIAC didn't take this route to spend more money. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc-bin/artread.pl?direction=Currentarticlenumber=101483

Re: Storage ROTs

2007-01-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:08:32 +0100, R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO the difference between 10GB and 60GB won't be perceptible, while difference between 8 and 10 GB will be small but perceptible. What makes you say that? It depends on the release, if you are running 64-bit and even your

Special characters in passwords was Re: RACF - Password rules.

2007-01-05 Thread Clark Morris
On 3 Jan 2007 18:35:45 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: Karthick wrote: Hello, We have planned to implement the following password rules in RACF. Passwords Syntax: * Restrictions on repeated characters * Alphanumeric passwords, including special characters, upper case, and

Hats off to prior R.L. Polk worker.

2007-01-05 Thread Schramm, Rob
I can tell you that we got one of the best systems programmers that I have ever seen from R.L. Polk about 30 years ago. He has since retired. He did a number of amazing things such as front-end SVC 26 to keep a certain tape drive range from being used, SMS before there was such a thing, Mod on

Another nice COBOL article

2007-01-05 Thread McKown, John
From Vulture Central, aka The Reg http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/01/05/developing_legacy_systems_part2 / -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this

Re: Special characters in passwords was Re: RACF - Password rules.

2007-01-05 Thread Kirk Talman
Characters like slash used in a password conflict with the parsing routines used for e.g. LOGON APPLID(...) DATA(...). Who knows where all there is parse-like hardcode of sessiondata. And then there is the security system password prompts where today slash after pwd means new pwd. I try to

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread George Bly
We are running small sun boxes for unix and dell for Microsoft. We run clustered with failover. It works well. We're all fiber attached disk with large cache. It works well. Try to explain to a UNIX person that when you add an additional/similar CPU to your mainframe that your software does not

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Richards.Bob
George, You're kidding, right? Is this flame bait? I just added 8 general purpose engines (4 per CEC) at no additional software cost. *** I would love to see YOUR expression! *** Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards.Bob Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. George, You're kidding, right? Is this flame

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Jon Brock
Ditto here. In any z/OS system CEC upgrade here, software upgrade costs are always the single most difficult factor to accomodate. Jon snip What are you running on those engines? I know that any increase in our CPU capacity always causes weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth due to the

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Rob Scott
Now now, Bob - you are just trying to get us to believe you have Jedi-like mind control powers over sales reps waving hand in Obi-Wonesque manner These are not the CPUs that you are charging for Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Richards.Bob
John, Well, for now, let's just say that our LP to CP ratios exceed 1:1. :-) As for the ISVs, we beat them up about MIPS terminology awhile ago. Now if I actually start to use this capacity, my costs can go up. But double? Gimme a break! Even if full capacity charging is warranted if I use all

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Mills
And for some non-mainframe server software, if you add another CPU, your license costs do double. I think Oracle prices that way, and I think IBM may price some software that way. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Richards.Bob
Rob, No, but if the ISVs want us to remain a customer. In my reply to John, I made a slightly confusing statement about the 10% increase. What I really meant to say was that my full cap prior to the 8 engines being added to the full cap with the 8 engines added would only cause that increase

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Richards.Bob
Charles, That is exactly WHY the z9 can be cost effective in the right circumstances using Linux under z/VM. Heck, even z/OS competes well today against WebSphere/UDB under AIX with the advent of zAAPs and zIIPs. MOST UNIX software is licensed on a per processor basis. Those license costs add

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards.Bob Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. John, Well, for now, let's just say that our LP

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Bruce Black
My current client has a V2X2 and is thinking about replacing it with a Shark. SnapShot is used to snap 600 volumes in about 5-10 minutes. The physical tape backups are done from the snaps and take about 8 hours. This DR process is fully tested and works great. My main concern if we replace

z/OS 1.7 Standalone Dump REXX Utility -- Where?

2007-01-05 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, In z/OS V1R7.0 MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids, I see the following: == 4.2.3 Using the AMDSADDD utility The REXX utility AMDSADDD resides in SYS1.SAMPLIB. === However, in SYS1.SAMPLIB furnished with our

Re: z/OS 1.7 Standalone Dump REXX Utility -- Where?

2007-01-05 Thread Bruce Black
the 1.8 manual has been updated to say The REXX utility AMDSADDD resides in SYS1.SBLSCLI0 and so it does; I checked. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- There is no charge for a Linux license. Unless you only run free software, there will be a charge for middleware. ---unsnip Not to mention floor space, power, air conditioning,

Re: Data replication at a remote site - elementary doubt

2007-01-05 Thread Rick Fochtman
Joe jeffries wrote: Bearing in mind that XRC was intended for eXtended Remote Copy, what would be the point of NOT having a datamover at the remote site? ---unsnip--- Possibly the cost of maintaining a processor to drive it, witht eh

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Arthur T.
On 5 Jan 2007 05:50:43 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Mills) wrote: My point was that it is easy for the advocates of some product (in this case mainframes) to dismiss the success of some other product (in this case squatty boxes) by

Re: Dynamically Activate additional CUs on Shark

2007-01-05 Thread Neubert, Kevin (DIS)
Except for older CF stuff like TYPE=CFR, adding/deleting partitions and devices not defined with the dynamic feature I don't recall having to perform many PORs... Paths to the control unit should be unique. See CUADD, etc. What do your CNTLUNIT and IODEVICE statements look like? What is the

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Ted MacNEIL
How much do you pay for admins for nn images of z/OS on yur LPARs? We went from 8 LPARs to 20 in a five-year span, with no increase in staff, due to automation (mostly). We had double that growth in *NIX and win-things ands the ADMIN staff increased at a faster rate than that. Again, due to

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Especially since it might well be if one breaks, we'll replace it. If is a big word in the z/World! Yaw tee pucketty! Rum ting clue! Ni! Ni! Ni! Arrooo! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Special characters in passwords was Re: RACF - Password rules.

2007-01-05 Thread Walt Farrell
On 1/5/2007 12:59 PM, Clark Morris wrote: The choice of nationals as the only special characters allowable in passwords is poor to say the least. The $ code point becomes a pound sterling sign in the UK and the yen sign in Japan. I suspect similar changes for the others. It would be far

Re: VPL (Was: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink) - READ THIS

2007-01-05 Thread Edward Jaffe
Edward Jaffe wrote: The following now appears on IBMLink: | 02 Jan 07 - Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink | | Access to the ServiceLink applications on VM | will end on March 31, 2007. All applications | except VPL are available on the web at: | www.ibm.com/ibmlink | | There is currently no

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Stephen Y Odo
Charles Mills wrote: expertise and budget, you can't sell people what they don't want. If people are buying squatty boxes, it must be because they offer some benefit. And my larger point was that we will not succeed with mainframes by denying the capabilities of other boxes, but rather by

Re: Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Justice
an aging mainframe, yea okay, so what were they running? a 9021 with 128 meg of central storage running OS/390 2.4 ? okay, sarcasm mode back off. for now. - Original Message - From: Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent:

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-05 Thread Roger Bolan
I was flipping channels on TV the other night and in one of the Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker RUSH HOUR movies, I saw this usage. Chris has just accidentally punched Jackie in the face resulting in this exchange: Jackie: Carter! Chris: All y'all look alike! Regards, Roger Bolan IBM

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Charles Mills
Without knowing what your day-to-day role is, it's hard to say. First, simply by not being in denial. Mainframes are not better because the people who use them are older, the boxes are bigger, they were around in 1979, and all of your professional peers work on them. Mainframes are not better

Re: Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-05 Thread William Donzelli
an aging mainframe, yea okay, so what were they running? a 9021 with 128 meg of central storage running OS/390 2.4 ? Hey, I want a 9021. But I guess I would settle on a 9121. There actually is a guy in Poughkeepsie with a 9021 in his basement. -- Will

Re: VPL (Was: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink) - READ THIS

2007-01-05 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:41:23 -0800, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... This is UNBELIEVABLE! No. Unfortunately, it IS believable. A study of just about any Dilbert comic strip should help explain it. ... The usage for VPL is very low. How often do you use VPL? Any details you can

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Charles Mills said: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:04:22 -0800 If you work for an end-user company, then you have some influence on, for example, the ease-of-use of your systems. I often hear on this list a defense of obscurity: why would you want to change how JCL works

Re: Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-05 Thread Roger Bolan
I notice that the Mainframe vs grid is a new grid running new software on new hardware versus an unspecified aging mainframe running old software. One wonders how new software on a new mainframe would have compared. Regards, Roger Bolan IBM Printing Systems Division Visit our Web

Re: V2X2 vs. Shark (SnapShot v. FlashCopy)

2007-01-05 Thread Bruce
The IBM and HDS disks copy the data in the background when a FLASHCOPY is done. The ESTABLISH may be quick but the background copy may take a while, especially if you FLASH many volumes. The FLASHCOPY architecture makes the flashed copy look like the original disk immediately so you don't need

Re: SYSlog to OPERLIB

2007-01-05 Thread james smith
RS/Mike What does SETLOGRC (the SET LOGREC command) have to do with OPERLOG? OPERLOG is controlled via the VARY OPERLOG command. You can also use OPERLOG as a DASD-only log stream. This method is only suitable for a single system sysplex. I believe IBM has announced that OPERLOG is mandatory

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:29:22 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: In a recent note, Charles Mills said: If you work for an end-user company, then you have some influence on, for example, the ease-of-use of your systems. I often hear on this list a defense of obscurity: why would you want to change how

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-05 Thread Gibney, Dave
Y'all aren't taking the original topic seriously enough. Ending 3270 access to ibmlink should be protested on principal! And ending VPL, while not a problem for me at my level, is a serious problem for Ed and the other ISV's we depend on. And can only drive up the costs of their development as