Rick Fochtman wrote:
[...]
IIRC, ?.0 release of anything was barely better than beta code and
usually got a massive load of fixes before anyone could really expect
any useful value. And the ?.8 release was the final release and
'functional stabilization' time.
Are talking about DB2 ?
Well,
Is there any parameters that can be tweaked to increase the performance
of HSM's autobackup?
A GTF trace shows that HSM backs-up datasets in 16K blocks.
Surely if HSM is using DFDSS as the datamover (default now) it should be
securing these datasets in 64K blocks at least.
Is it necessary
Richard,
IIRC the 16K tape blocksize was addressed years ago at which time IBM had no
intention of changing it.
If my memory is incorrect or a larger blocksize is indeed available, somebody
please enlighten me.
You might want to consider the following setsys parameters:
SETSYS -
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 11:05 -0400, Gary Green wrote:
Back then, the Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces was
available on Amazon for $332.00. Well, just for ha-ha's I checked today's
going rate. Someone has a new copy of the book and was asking $450.00, plus
shipping!
I mentioned
Mark,
I'm not sure the define/recatalog's will work with the zFS's. At least
I was not able to get it to work. I clone/promote the code from my
maintenance zones to tech - tech to dev - dev to prod - using logical
copies for all datasets EXCEPT zfs's. Since we have a separate
mastercat
MVS Experience
When will this be a ride at Disneyland?
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Be careful what words you use. Jimi Hendrix's daughter may take you to
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I can just see it now.
Enjoy this marvelous ride visiting the MVS discovery zone! (Note :
Minimum age requirement 50)
(o) Watch as the operators perform punched card shuffles, sometimes
dropping and re-arranging whole payroll JCL streams in one go!
(o) Gather around and stare at the one
Hi,
Everyone in our company cannot get into the web version of IBMLink
today. We are all being presented with the Entitlement page. TN3270
version is working fine. It seems the mappings for web id to account or
something is not working properly.The help desk won't open it as a
SEV1 since
Think of where the *IX systems are now. That's where MVS was 20+ years
ago. Too many really sharp Systems Programmers dug into the source code
and made what they thought were useful modifications. They worked great
until there was an upgrade to that section of code.
Since OCO the OS has been much
Sam - Web access works OK for me.
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Sorry for the bad formatting. Hope this is better.
What's the best way to tell if SDSF is using external security? We have
some LPARs that have the SDSF class active, but few profiles. SDSF's
ISFPARMS don't appear to be using external security. Is there a way to
tell definitively? Or will
How about A Guide to Using MVS/XA Interface Facilities?
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I also got the entitlement/login page. I could not
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deleted all my old ibm.com cookies. Perhaps something
has changed in the site's cookie names or format?
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Shopzseries and IBMlink appear to be working for me.
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Hi,
Everyone in our company cannot get into the web version of IBMLink
today. We are all being
amazing, but web IBMLINK actually seems to be working today.
so far anyway.
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I can hear wood being knocked upon all over the place.
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Is there a way, other than using ISPF panels, to enter hidden data
(passwords) as a response to a prompt from a REXX exec?
TIA,
Jon
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:15:27 -0400, Jousma, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark,
I'm not sure the define/recatalog's will work with the zFS's. At least
I was not able to get it to work.
It does work, I even tested it to make sure. They key is the HLQ of
SYS1. I said that in my post but I
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:54:57 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe
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...... It can ONLY
be a zero-sum gain advantage for employers and their bean counters, and
the
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What I meant was hiring us MVS veterans is a Win-Win
situation for the
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:41:14 -0400, Wayne Driscoll
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Chris,
Like that was ever in doubt?
gdr
Wayne
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:28:17 -0500, Doc Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MVS Experience
When will this be a ride at Disneyland?
No sure, but it WILL no doubt be an E-ticket ride, and I don't mean
Electronic!!
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It does work, I even tested it to make sure. They key is the HLQ of
As of z/OS 1.3, DFDSS does support direct copying of hfs/zfs.
Don Imbriale
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A friend recently stated that the human brain is only capable of
learning
one and a half operating systems'. Perhaps that's true.
You mean I don't have a human brain? Eeek!
Well, if you have moved to the dark side.I guess it could
certainly
be an EXPANDED human brain, just
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:02:36 -0400, Rob Scott
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I can just see it now.
Enjoy this marvelous ride visiting the MVS discovery zone! (Note :
Minimum age requirement 50)
(o) Listen with rapt awe as old sysprogs regale you with with model
numbers of obsolete devices and
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:49 -0500, McKown, John
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snip
Greg Saccomanno wrote on 03/15/2007 06:42:22 PM:
Would DFSORT at release 1.4 (z/OS 1.4 and I think OS/390 2.10) using
EQUALS=VBLKSET produce the same results run after run if the input data
were the same but produce different results when run under DFSORT 1.5
(All
jobs ran with EQUALS=N)? I
In a recent note, Veilleux, Jon L said:
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:31:03 -0400
Subject: REXX Question
A more specific subject would be more useful.
Is there a way, other than using ISPF panels, to enter hidden data
(passwords) as a response to a prompt from a REXX exec?
Many thanks to Mark and all other responders. This is going to help us
considerably. We had talked ourselves into and out of zfs for the root as
we struggled with the idea, but we'll be going forward with the information
you all generously provided.
Regards,
Dan Ahler
USBank
Great minds think alike, Chris!
I can think of 2.75 for myself (although that includes .5 of one and .25 of
another, and all of those run on S/390 architecture or better *g* ).
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First time user of Shopzeries and ordering system maintenance, I have 2
questions.
1. Is there a way to order so the files are .zip format and not in .pax format
and still get internet delivery?
2. Any issues with creating an temporary HFS file on a volume other than a res
volume to place the
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First time user of Shopzeries and ordering system
maintenance, I
John McKown wrote:
That is a positive sum game. A positive sum game is one in which you
come out of the game ahead of where you were before entering the game.
A zero sum game is one in which you neither win nor lose. You come out
no worse or better than you were before. A negative sum game is
In a message dated 3/16/2007 11:04:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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War is a negative-sum game.
Von Neumann's and Morgenstern's terminology may apply, but I prefer to think
of war as a negative-sum activity.
Bill Fairchild
IBM has issued a flash on this subject, see
http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10559
Bill
On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:17:26 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
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Marian
I'm somewhat rusty on the OSA-Express but I see from the OSA-Express Modes
of Operation web page
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0088.html
that the OSA-Express 1000BASE-T defined as OSE supports SNA. My experience
with OSA-Express has been exclusively with the GbE feature
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:02:03 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
1. Is there a way to order so the files are .zip format and
not in .pax format and still get internet delivery?
No. Why would you want it? z/OS UNIX comes with the pax command and
there is no unzip unless you get it from the Tools
snip
All that duplication of HFS / ZFS on the sysres for backups does take a
lot of space. If you use the recatalog method I plan on using, you
won't have to do that. For HFS you can just define non-vsam and use
indirect cataloging etc.
I have always kept the tgt zones on the sysres (set)
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:02:03 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Mark H. Young wrote:
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Well, if you have moved to the dark side.I guess it could
certainly
be an EXPANDED human brain, just utilizing lots more than 5 or 10
percent
computing capacity, ay?!
TTFN,
Mark
Unless he ran
You can't win
You can't break even
You can't get out of the game
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I connection with possible problems from moved VTAMLST members, I used to
do the following:
But first I need to explain the environment. I used to have a number of test
MVS systems running on the same VM system. There was also a production MVS
system also running on the same VM system
Been working on this several days, driving me nuts.
The basic setup:
LE-conforming, reentrant Assembler program intended
to run as a CGI and access a KSDS by key.
In the program, my call to BPXWDYN is working fine.
Next, I use GENCB to generate an ACB dynamically.
Then I issue OPEN against
I see references to TapeCopy from one vendor and Copycat from another.
We're considering those, as well as looking for others, for our 3480 to
VTS move. One has an ISPF GUI interface, but not sure about the other, or
other products.
Would any of you care to share your personal experiences?
Just to eliminate the *obvious - you are in
31-bit mode, aren't you?
From one who occasionally forgets.
Mike Kerford-Byrnes
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Then I issue OPEN against that ACB: I get S0C4 that
points to the next instruction after my OPEN, which
is an LTR 15,15; so it looks like the abend is being
generated in OPEN.
open ((10)),mode=31,mf=(e,openlist)
To eliminate one more obvious possibility - is
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:50:04 -0500, Ed Rabara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gil, your situation is a close match to mine. Unfortunately, my Servers is
in Production status. We push a lot of files back and forth. Before this
change, i.e., going to a more current AIX and faster P-series servers, we
ran
Hi Listers,
Our system is z/os 1.6 with current maintenance.
I'm struggling with a problem I'm hoping to fix before this weekend. I
have a batch job executing IKJEFT1B that allocates an HFS dataset like
so:
ALLOCATE FILE(NEWHFS) NEW DATASET('OMVS.DAVE.TEST') DSNTYPE(HFS) +
UNIT(3390)
Those of you who have opened Problem Records on the recent IBMLINK
problems, have you gotten any response from IBMLINK support? I am not
having much luck with them.
Thanks,
Jon
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I am new to the sms world. Have a question about coping files from one
lpar to another.
Our production lpar and testlpar are separate systems, separate catalogs
and all that good stuff.
I want to copy file(s) from our production lpar to our Test lpar. Many
of the files are sms managed.
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:24:38 -0500, Daniel McLaughlin
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I see references to TapeCopy from one vendor and Copycat from another.
We're considering those, as well as looking for others, for our 3480 to
VTS move. One has an ISPF GUI interface, but not sure about the other, or
IBMLINK has become a %^$ing disaster. Some IBM executive should take
ownership of this problem and fix it. IBM ought to be embarrassed.
Bob Shannon
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I am new to the sms world. Have a question about coping files from one
lpar to another.
Our production lpar and testlpar are separate systems, separate catalogs
and all that good stuff.
I want to copy file(s) from our production lpar to our Test lpar. Many
of the files are sms managed.
I was just on IBMLINK. It worked just fine.
But just a week ago and prior to that, I had all kinds of problems. I
finally called support and she had me delete all my cookies, etc. Since
then it has worked great. She said they made some change, but I don't
recall what the details are.
On 3/15/2007 11:26 AM, R.S. wrote:
What can I do with XML in DB2 ? My application doesn't use it. I'm *not*
application programmer, so I won't change it.
You could, for example, tell RACF SMF Unload (IRRADU00) to produce an
XML-formatted output file instead of a flat file. This takes much
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 03/16/2007
03:18:36 PM:
I want to copy file(s) from our production lpar to our Test lpar. Many
of the files are sms managed. What I would like to do is copy any file;
regardless of its manageclass,etc and just put it to a volume
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:03:19 -0500, Jangula, Duane A. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I am new to the sms world. Have a question about coping files from one
lpar to another.
Our production lpar and testlpar are separate systems, separate catalogs
and all that good stuff.
I want to copy file(s) from
Gerhard Postpischil wrote:
Steve Comstock wrote:
Then I issue OPEN against that ACB: I get S0C4 that
points to the next instruction after my OPEN, which
is an LTR 15,15; so it looks like the abend is being
generated in OPEN.
open ((10)),mode=31,mf=(e,openlist)
To eliminate one
Steve,
Would this be of any help?
http://www.hlasm.com/goodies/bxaio00.htm
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I am new to this list and my previous msg got rejected because it
'contained too many msgs from previous posts' or something like that.
But here it goes again:
When i copy to different lpars without shared dasd i run a ADRDSSU/FTP
When i copy to different lpars without shared dasd i run a
Steve Comstock wrote:
So, no, I would say the x'80' bit is not on at
execution time. But, it is not clear how one
would do that (without manually coding the
macro expansion oneself). The doc does not
include the classic 'vl' operand as an option:
1) Then that's the problem. OPEN processes
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:49 -0500, McKown, John
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...
A zero sum game is one in which you neither win nor lose. You come out
no worse or better than you were before. A negative sum game is one in
which you lose. You come out worse off than you were before.
...
Not quite
la2,genparm1
gencb blk=acb,ddname=meals,macrf=(key,dir,in),
loc=any,am=vsam,
rmode31=all,mf=(g,(2),genlen)
*
Is MEALS the actual DDNAME, or is it an address containing the DDNAME?
If
Gerhard Postpischil wrote:
Steve Comstock wrote:
So, no, I would say the x'80' bit is not on at
execution time. But, it is not clear how one
would do that (without manually coding the
macro expansion oneself). The doc does not
include the classic 'vl' operand as an option:
1) Then that's
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la2,genparm1
gencb blk=acb,ddname=meals,macrf=(key,dir,in),
loc=any,am=vsam,
rmode31=all,mf=(g,(2),genlen)
*
Is MEALS the actual DDNAME, or is it an address
Well without a dump it's hard to solve.
Post the register and psw and from the instruction the
offset to the relevant register
Or post the code
Roland
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I am new to the sms world. Have a question about coping
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:52:00 -0400, Jousma, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
All that duplication of HFS / ZFS on the sysres for backups does take a
lot of space. If you use the recatalog method I plan on using, you
won't have to do that. For HFS you can just define non-vsam and use
Steve, welcome to MF=L/E land.
Note - the following is really simple, and merely a starting point.
What you really should do, IMHO, in this situation, is in a constant area,
code
#OPENOPEN (,INPUT),MF=L
#OPEN_L EQU *-#OPEN
Then in your DSECT area, code
@OPENDSXL(#OPEN_L)
The (*,label) and (S,label) syntaxes (the latter for when the label is in a
DSECT) are documented not with the macros, but in a general addressing
paragraph before the macro documentation.
Later,
Ray
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Ray Mullins wrote:
The (*,label) and (S,label) syntaxes (the latter for when the label is in a
DSECT) are documented not with the macros, but in a general addressing
paragraph before the macro documentation.
Later,
Ray
Ahh. Found it. Thanks for the pointer.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
The
Ray Mullins wrote:
Steve, welcome to MF=L/E land.
Note - the following is really simple, and merely a starting point.
What you really should do, IMHO, in this situation, is in a constant area,
code
#OPENOPEN (,INPUT),MF=L
#OPEN_L EQU *-#OPEN
Then in your DSECT area, code
@OPEN
Gary Green wrote:
Steve,
Would this be of any help?
http://www.hlasm.com/goodies/bxaio00.htm
Not really. Doesn't hit what I'm searching for.
But interesting code. Thanks for the pointer.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc wrote:
Well without a dump it's hard to solve.
Post the register and psw and from the instruction the
offset to the relevant register
Or post the code
Roland
Well, I did post most (all?) of the relevant code;
I had an LE dump to work with but since the
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