Re: Jobs and the initiators they run in

2007-01-08 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Horne, Jim - James S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... NOTICE: All information in and attached to the e-mail(s) below may be proprietary, confidential, privileged and otherwise protected from improper or erroneous disclosure. If you are not the sender's intended

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Shane
On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 23:12 -0600, Ed Gould wrote: SOme people seemed to live in a world of knowing all, pity them. CC is no doubt able to speak for himself, however pity for *him* ain't my initial response. In terms of value of contribution to this list he is right up there amongst the

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

2007-01-08 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
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 lower case. Why not thrown in numerics too? That way you are absolutely sure that no- one will

IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Crispin Hugo
I have a tape with no VOL1, HDR1/2. Just data. I want this to be input to IEBGENER. I specify DCB information. //SYSUT1 DD DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=32720,LRECL=80), // LABEL=(2,NL), // UNIT=590 I

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread R.S.
Crispin Hugo wrote: I have a tape with no VOL1, HDR1/2. Just data. I want this to be input to IEBGENER. I specify DCB information. //SYSUT1 DD DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=32720,LRECL=80), // LABEL=(2,NL), // UNIT=590

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com... I have a tape with no VOL1, HDR1/2. Just data. I want this to be input to IEBGENER. I specify DCB information. //SYSUT1 DD DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=32720,LRECL=80), // LABEL=(2,NL),

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Jim McAlpine
That should read LABEL=(1,NL). Jim McAlpine On 1/8/07, Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a tape with no VOL1, HDR1/2. Just data. I want this to be input to IEBGENER. I specify DCB information. //SYSUT1 DD DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=32720,LRECL=80), // LABEL=(2,NL), //

Comparsion between CA SRM , IBM storage allocation and BMC storage allocation

2007-01-08 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi all, Our shop want to seek a software which can track the VSAM/QSAM extend and CA split level etc. Anypne have experience can share. Any comment will be appreciated. many thanks tommy -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Comparsion between CA SRM , IBM storage allocation and BMC storage allocation

2007-01-08 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Tommy, You can add Teracloud's Spacefinder and Mainstar's Catalog Recovery Plus to your list. Catalog Recovery Plus' Map command will give you precise info about catalogs and datasets as well as recommendations to correct problems like 'dead space' in KSDS files.

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of 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

Re: IEBGENER and unlabelled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 08 January 2007 07:32, Jim McAlpine wrote: //             LABEL=(2,NL), That should read LABEL=(1,NL). Not necessarily - the tape may have been created in VSE with a leading tape mark. When in doubt, code LABEL=(,LTM) -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/

[SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Bill Wilkie
You still need a DSN and Voler for the mount msg. If it has no label, you should have either NL or BLP in the label parameter. Bill From: Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160

2007-01-08 Thread Carol Srna
Hello ALL. I need help figuring out what is wrong with the BLDINDEX portion of my job. The error message(s) is in the Subject line. These are the control statements: DEFINE AIX - (NAME(PFLCV.PROD0.C19GROUP) -

Re: IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160

2007-01-08 Thread Larry Crilley
Is your base cluster loaded? From IDC3351I: 160 The operands specified in the ACB or GENCB macro are inconsistent with each other or with the information in the catalog record. This error can also occur when the VSAM cluster being opened is empty. Larry Crilley Dino

Fw: IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160

2007-01-08 Thread Carol Srna
-- Thanks for responding, Larry. I saw the VSAM cluster empty message also. And yes, it is empty. Will the INDEX be built? Larry Crilley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 01/08/2007 09:18 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List

JES2 TGSPACE value??

2007-01-08 Thread George Dranes
I'm currently cleaning up our JES2PARM member and had a couple of questions that I hope someone with more expertise than I could answer. We currently have 3 spool volumes with 1 Track groups per. I ended up setting the TGSPACE value to TGSPACE=(MAX=65152,WARN=80) which would appear to allow

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread R.S.
??? ?? ??? wrote: Hi, We're trying to implement OSA in QDIO mode. We are running a z890. The OSA is a 1000Base-T card. Operating systems is z/OS 1.7. The system has two lpars which share the OSA port. TCPIP started fine on the first LPAR. The TRLE definintion for this LPAR is: M01OSA1

Re: Fw: IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160

2007-01-08 Thread Carol Srna
Again, thanks Larry. Everything is OK. Carol A Srna/MI/CMA 01/08/2007 09:32 AM To IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Fw: IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160 -- Thanks for responding, Larry. I saw the VSAM cluster empty message also. And yes, it is

Re: Mainframe vs grid

2007-01-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Bolan Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe vs grid I notice that the Mainframe vs grid is a new grid running new software on

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Ditto here. I am running 3 LPARs and have identical TRLE definitions on each. Like Radoslaw, I have a single address in my DATAPATH. Rex ??? ?? ??? wrote: Hi, We're trying to implement OSA in QDIO mode. We are running a z890. The OSA is a 1000Base-T card. Operating systems is z/OS

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:33 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Jeffrey D. Smith wrote:

Re: Data set ENQueues and DEQueues in Jobs

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) said: Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:10:57 -0500 (I don't talk about main device secheduling in JES3, which only handles devices, not DSN ENQs). MDS serializes data sets; unlike the Initiator, it takes volume serial numbers into account. Can

HSM Query?

2007-01-08 Thread Joe jeffries
Hi Folks, Wondered if any HSM guru's could point me in the right direction.. Is there a report/query/command that will give an overview of the MCDS? I'm looking for how many datasets in total are stored on ML1 and ML2. We have various systems that are currently failing to complete PSM

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Wayne Driscoll
And then if they (the ISV) agrees to this price from IBM, and tries to pass the cost onto their customers they will be blasted by certain members of this list for price gouging. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -Original

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll And then if they (the ISV) agrees to this price from IBM, and tries to pass the cost onto their customers they will be blasted by certain members of this list for price gouging. Yup. You can't

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/8/2007 9:51:22 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. or You can check out, but you can never leave It's really silliness. They got to have product listings for themselves. So

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink In a message dated 1/8/2007 9:51:22 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL

z-OS version 1.7 JES2 Exit 50 Questions

2007-01-08 Thread Peter Briedis
My site is migrating from z-OS version 1.6 to z-OS version 1.7. Even though I have been a z-OS/MVS System Programmer for a number of years I am rather new to JES2 internals. I need to add JES2 exit 50 to JES2 exit 20 to make JES2 compatable with z/OS 1.7. How do I convert exit 50 control

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) said: Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:24:01 -0500 In a message dated 1/8/2007 9:51:22 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's really silliness. They got to have product listings for themselves. So how you gonna promote the

Re: Dynamically Activate additional CUs on Shark

2007-01-08 Thread Tom Sipusic
It seems to me that Hal Merrit's stepwise approach will work. I think it will, however, require an intermediate IODF, in which the 2 new CUs are only defined to the two channels that will be offline when I do the first activation. (Also the two CUs I want to get rid of will only be deleted

Re: HSM Query?

2007-01-08 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Joe, Mainstar's HSM Report Manager will give you what you are looking for. Are you getting rc 37s during your PSM? Check the HSM Activity Log for that period. Do you simply need more ML1 volumes? Are your ML1s badly fragemnted? see ISMF;2;1 Use the freevol command to free up a volume

HSM EA CDS's

2007-01-08 Thread Darth Keller
Our HSM CDS's are currently allocated at 4GB's on non-SMS volumes- 1 cluster each. We're a zOS1.7 shop we're looking at staying with a 1 cluster arrangement, but converting the CDS's to EA (extended format, extended addressablitity) allowing them to grow beyond 4GB's. Our BCDS is our main

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Tony Harminc
Chase, John wrote: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. Isaac Newton -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: z-OS version 1.7 JES2 Exit 50 Questions

2007-01-08 Thread Dennis Trojak
Plenty of information at: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/installation/zos17_jes 2_migration.html -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Briedis Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Ray Mullins
Bill - technically, you don't need the DSN, but you'll just get the system-generated temporary data set name in the mount message. You don't need the VOL=SER, either, in a vanilla (read - no tape management system) environment. Lack of a VOL=SER will cause z/OS to issue the MOUNT message asking

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Kim Goldenberg
Tony Harminc wrote: Chase, John wrote: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. Isaac Newton Theodore Sturgeon - SF writer from the 30s(?)-50s. It's one of Sturgeon's Laws. Kim Goldenberg

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread Pat Schlehuber
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:33:53 +0200, גדי בן אבי [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We're trying to implement OSA in QDIO mode. We are running a z890. The OSA is a 1000Base-T card. Operating systems is z/OS 1.7. The system has two lpars which share the OSA port. TCPIP started fine on the first

Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

2007-01-08 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip-- I wonder, though, if anyone has compared prostitution to politics. But that's a thread for a very different listserv group... ---unsnip- Finding differences between prostitutes and politicians

Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

2007-01-08 Thread Craddock, Chris
-snip-- I wonder, though, if anyone has compared prostitution to politics. But that's a thread for a very different listserv group... ---unsnip- Finding differences between prostitutes and politicians

Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

2007-01-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

2007-01-08 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman -snip-- I wonder, though, if anyone has compared prostitution to politics. But that's a thread for a very different listserv group...

Re: HSM EA CDS's

2007-01-08 Thread Staller, Allan
Have you tried a Freespace on the re-or'ed copy? You get some short term (rapid) increases in utilization, but then it stabilizes. My CDS's start out about 30% immediately after reorg and will increase rapidly to about 50%. Thereafter, the increase is very slow up the point Of the next re-org.

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Rick Fochtman
To enlarge on Ray's picture: SL Tape: VOL1 Label HDR1 Label HDR2 Label (Optional USR1-USR8 User Labels) (TAPE MARK) Data file (TAPE MARK) EOF1 Label EOF2 Label

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Tony Harminc
Kim Goldenberg wrote: Tony Harminc wrote: Chase, John wrote: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. Isaac Newton Theodore Sturgeon - SF writer from the 30s(?)-50s. It's one of Sturgeon's Laws. May be, but it's a restatement of the laws of

ad: New Course: Introduction to TSO and REXX APIs

2007-01-08 Thread Steve Comstock
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Re: HSM Query?

2007-01-08 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
LIST DSNAME MCDS will give you all the datasets in the MCDS. If you send the report to a dataset, you can sort by vol. LIST ML1 MCDS will give you volume statistics (frag index, etc). ISPF 3.4 can also provide a look at the volumes and their datasets. Be aware that there are backup datasets on

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:54:19 -0500, Kim Goldenberg wrote: Chase, John wrote: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. Isaac Newton Theodore Sturgeon - SF writer from the 30s(?)-50s. It's one of Sturgeon's Laws. Origin highly uncertain. Also attributed

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
You have an implied DISP=(NEW,DELETE). IEBGENER may not like that for SYSUT1 which is input. Add DISP=OLD to your JCL. How did you operator know which tape to mount? Do you have a tape management system? Most object to using a scratch tape for input. Specify any volser you like other than

JES2 OFFLOAD CART

2007-01-08 Thread Robert Pelletier
Happy New Year to the Group. Would anyone know if there is a way to reload a JES2 offload cart after it has expired from the JES2 catalog feature? User needs reports from over a month ago and cart has NOT been overwritten.Thanks all. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks for all the info about NL and IEBGENER. I have the thing sorted now. I was just testing about what I would need to read a tape created under Unix and i/p to z/os. All I need now is to work out how to create multi files tape in Unix with tape marks Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Crispin Hugo
Sorry for lack of information, yes I did need 2nd file to prove I could still do tape positioning on NL tape. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0)

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape Thanks for all the info about NL and IEBGENER. I have

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Ward, Mike S
Take a look here http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasictaxo nomyName=hardwarearticleId=9006994taxonomyId=12 http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasictax onomyName=hardwarearticleId=9006994taxonomyId=12 -Original Message-

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Crispin Hugo
I need to get 1st file onto tape 1st using DD. Then it seems to write EOV and rewind. More RTFM Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000

Re: z-OS version 1.7 JES2 Exit 50 Questions

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Rutledge
Look at the input XPL's provided to both exits in the JES2 Installation Exits book. (I combined the exits as described in the Migration Guide.) Bob Peter Briedis wrote: My site is migrating from z-OS version 1.6 to z-OS version 1.7. Even though I have been a z-OS/MVS System Programmer for a

Help - Placement of IGDSMS00

2007-01-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
My brain is not working and my searches have not provided the answer. When specifiying my Subsystem entry for SMS SUBSYS SUBNAME(SMS) INITRTN(IGDSSIIN) INITPARM(',PROMPT=DISPLAY') Is it required for it to be placed in a specific spot in the IEFSSN? Or can it be anywhere? I

Re: JES2 OFFLOAD CART

2007-01-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
If the JES2 Offload tape is still good, but uncataloged, You can just catalog the tape and config the offloader of your choice to use it. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. Take a look

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
It came out correct on my server. Must be something local to you. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:22 PM To:

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape I need to get 1st file onto tape 1st using DD. Then it

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Jon Brock
It wasn't that bad for me. Just so you can get to it, this URL should work in the short term: http://tinyurl.com/y6drqb First paragraph: Fresh light on mainframe total cost of ownership reveals Big Blue's big iron is cheaper than a roomful of servers. Research house Illuminata's report IBM

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Ray Mullins
Thanks, Rick - I was too busy to fill in all the details. Later, Ray -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Monday January 08 2007 10:24 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

Re: Help - Placement of IGDSMS00

2007-01-08 Thread Dennis Trojak
From SC26-7407, Implementing System-Managed Storage: Recommendation: Place the SMS record before the JES2 record in IEFSSNxx to start SMS before starting the JES2 subsystem. Dennis.. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lizette

Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
Remember to add the 'n' suffix to your /dev/rmt/... operands. -Original Message- From: Crispin Hugo [mailto:snip] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [SPAM] RE: IEBGENER and unlabled tape I need to get 1st file onto tape 1st using DD. Then it

Re: JES2 OFFLOAD CART

2007-01-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:43:20 -0500, Robert Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy New Year to the Group. Would anyone know if there is a way to reload a JES2 offload cart after it has expired from the JES2 catalog feature? User needs reports from over a month ago and cart has NOT been

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 08 January 2007 14:40, Barry A Schwarz wrote: You have an implied DISP=(NEW,DELETE).   IEBGENER may not like that for SYSUT1 which is input.   Add DISP=OLD to your JCL. If I'm not mistaken, you do NOT need to code DISP for a tape. What's important is the type of OPEN issued by

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Brock Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. It wasn't that bad for me. Just so you can get to it, this URL

Re: HUMOR: Kill thread please!

2007-01-08 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Please kill this thread. Thanks. Darren List Owner -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: HUMOR: Kill thread please!

2007-01-08 Thread Doc Farmer
Sorry... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Evans-Young Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 14:51 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HUMOR: Kill thread please! Please kill this thread. Thanks. Darren List Owner

Re: Help - Placement of IGDSMS00

2007-01-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
Thanks, that was it. I should have used JES2 in my search, then I would have seen it. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

How to delete old catalog entries from VVDS?

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Henry
I've removed some old user catalogs by EXPORT/DISC. When I recently ran an IDCAMS DIAGNOSE I received IDC11367I messages saying vvds referenced catalog entries were not encountered. Most of them, but not all, refer to old usercatalogs that I removed. How do I remove those old catalog entries

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Ted MacNEIL
You can't win. You can't break even. You can't even quit the game. The three laws of thermodynamics explained in layman's terms. But, I have found a way to raise my visibility even up to the CEO level. I stopped all EDI order processing for 90 minutes, a few years ago. Yaw tee pucketty!

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink

2007-01-08 Thread Ted MacNEIL
[The Peterson Principle is still in effect.] If you mean the one where everybody is promoted to their level of incompetance, it's the Peter Principle. Named after (the latey) Professor Lawrence J. Peter. Yaw tee pucketty! Rum ting clue! Ni! Ni! Ni! Arrooo!

Re: [SPAM] RE: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Howard Brazee
On 8 Jan 2007 12:25:56 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Veilleux, Jon L) wrote: Is this just me, or did anyone else get this scrambled this bad? And if so, what is the cause, our Exchange/Outlook or the sender's email client? I'm thinking that is a setting in your reader. It probably can be toggled

Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink (apology)

2007-01-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Withdrawal of VM ServiceLink [The Peterson Principle is still in effect.] If you mean the one where

Re: HUMOR: Not to cast dispersions on any of IBM-MAIN

2007-01-08 Thread Tim Henness
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:55:31 -0600, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman -snip-- I wonder, though, if anyone has compared prostitution to politics. But

Re: How to delete old catalog entries from VVDS?

2007-01-08 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Brigitte Edghill
I believe an IDCAMS delete will get rid of obsolete entries: //S10EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=2048K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //DD1 DD DISP=SHR,UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=?? DELETE (SYS1.VVDS.V??) CLUSTER SCRATCH - CAT(USERCAT.?)

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

2007-01-08 Thread Don Leahy
- Original Message - From: Jan MOEYERSONS Date: Jan 8, 2007 5:40 AM Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords was Re: RACF - Password rules. To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu SNIP If it is too complicated, people will defy it by noting the strong password on a Post-It(tm). Bye-bye,

Re: IEBGENER and unlabled tape

2007-01-08 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
Probably true for the OS itself but CA-1, for example, has been known to complain, properly in my opinion, about input datasets with DISP=NEW. -Original Message- From: Gilbert Saint-Flour [mailto:snip] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEBGENER

Re: HSM Query?

2007-01-08 Thread FRASER, Brian
Is the time allocated to the migration running out before all volumes are processed? If so, you can add the following command to your startup deck. PATCH .MCVT.+414 X'00021560' VER(.MCVT.+414 X'C4E0') This will make all of your volumes only eligible for PSM every second day, Eg: if you have

Re: How to debug WQE modification by SSI

2007-01-08 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:23:54 -0500, Jim Mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...did some subsystem modify the WQE?. If that answer is Yes, then the SLIP trace (option 1 or 1.5) would be the next step in figuring out which subsystem modified the WQE. ... Unbidden, NetView lvl 2 provided me with the

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
גדי בן אבי wrote: Hi, We're trying to implement OSA in QDIO mode. We are running a z890. The OSA is a 1000Base-T card. Operating systems is z/OS 1.7. The system has two lpars which share the OSA port. TCPIP started fine on the first LPAR. The TRLE definintion for this LPAR is: M01OSA1

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

2007-01-08 Thread Arthur T.
On 8 Jan 2007 14:54:28 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote: I've never understood why security administrators are so fond of dreaming up password rules that only serve to reduce the domain of acceptable passwords, thereby making

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-08 Thread Ed Gould
On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:31 AM, McKown, John wrote: ---SNIP--- Was his name elided to avoid a lawsuit? I had the identical thing happen on my first job. His logic was that a SYSTEM abend must mean a SYSTEM problem. I even showed him what the problem was and

Re: Special characters in passwords was Re: RACF - Password ru

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Arthur T. said: Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:17:14 -0500 The correct usage of password rules should be to exclude dictionary attacks while maintaining as large a password space as possible. Bluffing. Dictionary attacks count on a significant fraction of users

Re: special characters in passwords

2007-01-08 Thread john gilmore
Paul Gilmartin writes: A perfect poker player can't be bluffed. But neither is he capable of bluffing. and I am not sure quite what this means. That conceded, von Neumann and Morgenstern have long since analyzed poker; and optimal game-theoretic strategies for any/every player make

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread Chris Mason
Gadi H... Here are my notes on the QDIO TRLE from a report written in 2001. I've included them all in case specifications other than the TRLE statement name are found interesting also. quote MPCIPA Links in CS/390 IP - Transport Resource List Element (TRLE)

Re: Sharing OSA in QDIO mode - TRLE question

2007-01-08 Thread Chris Mason
Pat I don't know exactly when the requirement for the PORTNAME to be the same came in but it was before I worked first with OSA QDIO in 2001. See my response to Gadi. However, you clearly remembered *something* recent so I dug into PORTNAME in System z9 and zSeries Open Systems Adapter-Express

Re: special characters in passwords

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, john gilmore said: Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 02:26:31 + A perfect poker player can't be bluffed. But neither is he capable of bluffing. and I am not sure quite what this means. That conceded, von Neumann and Morgenstern have long since analyzed poker; and