From the RACF LIST (FYI)

2007-09-25 Thread Ed Gould
See IOSAS DOC APAR OW16610 (old) and IOSAS new function apar OA09050 (about 3 or so years old) The book that I located was z/OS V1R9.0 MVS Planning: Operations http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2g380 section 2.7.2.2 Restrictions for Console Names ___

Re: zH/OS (z/OS on Hercules for personal use only)

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mason
Andreas Regarding your point 4, it is very usual for customers to define one or preferably at least two LPARs in order to set up test environments for the validate concepts purposes you mention. This is the first time I have seen a concern that they be on isolated hardware. I spent many happy

Re: alphaWorks : Console Command Generator for z/OS : Overview

2007-09-25 Thread Avram Friedman
Weird alphaWorks from IBM as a mainframe product? Does anyone recall how IBM happens to own the trademark alphaWorks? It was a LOTUS name that IBM got ownwership off when they bought Lotus. alphaWorks was LOTUS' compeating product to Microsoft Works ... pre windows. Regards Avram Friedman

Re: TASID 5.14 available for download from ISPF website

2007-09-25 Thread Robert Justice
FYI, TASID initiator display problem fixed with latest TASID load module received from ISPF support. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi John, In COMMNDxx we replaced COM='MN JOBNAMES REQUIRED BY OPSMVS FOR IEF403I MSG ' with COM='SETCON MN,JOBNAMES=ON REQUIRED BY OPSMVS FOR IEF403I MSG ' See the documentation for SETCON. Maybe you want to do something similar instead of moving your

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Tom, If this is enough for you to notice have you looked at weather you could offload enough time on a zIIP engine to justify one or more? You can specify in IEAOPTxx to measure the zIIP eligible time even without having a zIIP and get a pretty good idea what you can offload if you have the

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 22:42 +, John P Donnelly wrote: …is it possible to trap the name of a program making a call to a subroutine? Might be good enough for your purposes to run the RB chain at entry to your subroutine. Follow: PSATOLD-TCB TCBRBP-RB RBLINK-RB until

Re: alphaWorks : Console Command Generator for z/OS : Overview

2007-09-25 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Thanks Steve, but still no go. # make -f cclaunch.mk make: Error -- FSUM9415 Don't know how to make cclaunch.o # -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip--- I've done a bunch of conversions from OS/390 to z/OS for our clients and this same issue seems to come up on almost each of them. The monitor Jobnames command is used to put the Time, along with the Userid and jobname on the same

Re: alphaWorks : Console Command Generator for z/OS : Overview

2007-09-25 Thread Steve Comstock
Barkow, Eileen wrote: Thanks Steve, but still no go. # make -f cclaunch.mk make: Error -- FSUM9415 Don't know how to make cclaunch.o # I think John M. had a good idea about the JDK_ROOT variable. Also, I seem to recall a need to ensure your default make file rules are available; it goes

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip-- âEUR¦is it possible to trap the name of a program making a call to a subroutine? Might be good enough for your purposes to run the RB chain at entry to your subroutine. Follow: PSATOLD-TCB TCBRBP-RB RBLINK-RB until

Dynamic load module name extraction?

2007-09-25 Thread David Eisenberg
Anyone, Is there a way for an executing assembler program to extract its own load module name for programmatic examination? (If it matters, it would be the original load module called via an EXEC statement in the JCL; it wouldn't have been loaded by a previously executing program.) Thanks so

Re: Dynamic load module name extraction?

2007-09-25 Thread Tom Harper
David, Look at CSVINFO...it can drive an exit which passes the EXEC PGM= program name in MODI_8_BYTE_NAME. Tom Harper IMS Utilities Development Team Neon Enterprise Software, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David

Re: Dynamic load module name extraction?

2007-09-25 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 9/25/2007 8:37:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a way for an executing assembler program to extract its own load module name for programmatic examination? (If it matters, it would be the original load module called via an EXEC statement

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 08:33 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: Might be good enough for your purposes to run the RB chain That's fine if the CALL is actually accomplished via LINK As I said: for his purposes. It's hard to do this for all occasions and environments - there's a bunch of discussion in

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:27:17 -0500, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --unsnip--- Considering that job TSO session start end times are also displayed in JES2 messages and, I believe JES3 messages as well, why bother with MONITOR at all? Seems

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/25/2007 7:29:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: having a zIIP and get a pretty good idea what you can offload if you have the correct service installed. /* PROJECT USE OF ZIIP ENGINES */ PROJECTCPU=YES Guess the other side of coin

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread John P Donnelly
Thank you all...will consider how to proceed... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Pascal SIMON
Hello, I am beginner in the COBOL ISPF programmation. I am intenting to read all members of one given PDS. I met severe error (RC=20) when I intent to call the ISPLINK with LMINIT parameter (as ISPF-SERVICE) chunk of code: CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISPF-SERVICE ISPF-DATA-ID

Re: Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mason
Jim You seem also not to be familiar with the true USS (Unformatted System Services) as it is usually customized. Also it's not really a *VTAM* logon screen - either when used natively or, indeed, in this context since the USS function has been borrowed by the IP side of Communications Server

Re: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread Victor Gil
John, I have a callable service that scans the savearea chain backwards and issues CSVQUERY against R14 [which is the caller's point of return] to determine the caller's load module name. It skips the IGZ* entry points to remove LE from the picture. Of course, all statically linked CSECTs

Re: Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mason
Gerhard This reminds me that, in principle, there is open access to my bank account. However, I have a little pocket calculator-like thing to hand which requires me to enter a code for the purposes of generating a number which I then enter into a password-style field. This proves - I believe

Re: Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mason
Ed Normally I expect there to be a chance I could contribute something when VTAM appears in an IBM-MAIN post. With this one I'm at a loss. I looked for .za at the end of your e-mail address in the expectation that RSA might be the Republic of South Africa but it wasn't there - and it wouldn't

Re: Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mason
Len I expect by It's not a VTAM login, it's SuperSession, in precise terms, what you mean is that you bypass both the TN3270 application selection panel - also called the solicitor screen - *and* the USS system borrowed from VTAM - the VTAM login - by use of the DEFAULTAPPL statement. The

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Kelman, Tom
Posted by Sam Knutson Hi Tom, If this is enough for you to notice have you looked at weather you could offload enough time on a zIIP engine to justify one or more? You can specify in IEAOPTxx to measure the zIIP eligible time even without having a zIIP and get a pretty good idea what

Re: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Steve Comstock
Pascal SIMON wrote: Hello, I am beginner in the COBOL ISPF programmation. I am intenting to read all members of one given PDS. I met severe error (RC=20) when I intent to call the ISPLINK with LMINIT parameter (as ISPF-SERVICE) chunk of code: CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISPF-SERVICE

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Horne, Jim - James S
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Re: Open 3270 connection on the net??

2007-09-25 Thread Rugen, Len
Yes... all I meant was you just can't try any VTAM APPLID, just the entry points we offer. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Open

Re: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Imbriale, Donald
Why does every reply need to include an ad? It might be better to answer the question on the list, but market your services offline. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Tuesday, September 25,

Re: Sticker application for libraries

2007-09-25 Thread Alan Scott
Look at using CA-Librarian instead of PDS's. -- 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: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Imbriale, Donald
Understood. I want you to succeed. I appreciate the information you provide and the tagging of your ads, but your ad may get lost. A targeted email may yield better results. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Personally I think Steve's adds are a lot less annoying than the disclaimer most corporate email accounts add. Don - yours is only 3 lines, a lot less annoying than most. The worst ones are those that are put at the beginning of the email. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer

Re: Dynamic load module name extraction?

2007-09-25 Thread David Eisenberg
Thanks, everyone. Someone e-mailed me with a beautiful solution. I coded this: L RF,PSATOLD-PSA(,0) L RF,TCBJSTCB-TCB(,RF) L RF,TCBJPQ-TCB(,RF) MVC NAME,CDNAME-CDENTRY(RF) and it seems to work. David

Re: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
--SNIP Personally I think Steve's adds are a lot less annoying than the disclaimer most corporate email accounts add. Don - yours is only 3 lines, a lot less annoying than most. The worst ones are those that are put at the beginning of the email.

TJX Is about to settle

2007-09-25 Thread Gary Green
Article on TJX's settlement and that the Canadian government is going to release their findings about the security breach. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1273837,00.html?track=NL-102ad=602289USCAasrc=EM_NLN_2261040uid=1900046

Re: Use of ISPLINK

2007-09-25 Thread Bob Shannon
GOT THAT RIGHT!!! Especially those that seem to feel the need to quote all the various privacy acts, chapter and verse!!! It's annoying, but usually beyond the control of the submitters. Thank the corporate attorneys. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: TJX Is about to settle

2007-09-25 Thread Conmackie, Mike
snip Article on TJX's settlement and that the Canadian government is going to release their findings about the security breach. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1 273837,00.html?track=NL-102ad=602289USCAasrc=EM_NLN_2261040uid=190004 6 /snip Why the quotes

Re: TJX Is about to settle

2007-09-25 Thread Gary Green
Why muct is be OTHER governments, and not ours, that do things like this...? That's all. On Tue Sep 25 14:21 , 'Conmackie, Mike' [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Article on TJX's settlement and that the Canadian government is going to release their findings about the security breach.

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:27:17 -0500, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Considering that job TSO session start end times are also displayed in JES2 messages ... why bother with MONITOR at all? Seems like just another source of SYSLOG noise. At Clearing, we did away with MONITOR

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Leon Schwering
Tom / Sam: Following your thread on the use DDF and OMVS. Now that I have the IEAOPT parm updated how do I get the CPU projection out? Thanks in advance Leon Schwering Technical Analyst 407 ETR Concession Co. Ltd. 905-265-4070 x5422 647-273-7772 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread Ed Gould
On Sep 25, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Patrick O'Keefe wrote: -SNIP- On the other hand, if you are using a real console (e.g., a Tn3270 client connected to an ICC OSA) to watch MVS come up, having timestamps on the messages really helps. That makes it a lot easier to find

ISPF Data Set List Exit Questions

2007-09-25 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
The ISPF Data Set List Exit gets invoked once after the Data Set List Utility Panel is filled in and then again for each data set that is about to be displayed in the list. The first invocation provides an opportunity for the exit to change the data set name and/or the volume. The subsequent

Re: ISPF Data Set List Exit Questions

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:46:58 -0700, Schwarz, Barry A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ISPF Data Set List Exit gets invoked once after the Data Set List Utility Panel is filled in and then again for each data set that is about to be displayed in the list. The first invocation provides an opportunity

Re: DB2 DDF and OMVS

2007-09-25 Thread Kelman, Tom
Leon, The value is at offset 128 in the Processor Accounting Section of the SMF type 30 record. It is variable CPUZIETM in the JOBS and STEPS datasets of Barry Merrill's MXG system if you build a performance database with that software. I've found out that I have another problem trying to get

Re: TASID 5.14 available for download from ISPF website

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Yuhas
I have been trying to download this level and cannot. I get to the site, choose the FTP option, and, agree to the terms and conditions box. I then get Not Found from IBM_HTTP_Server/6.0.2.13 Apache/2.0.47 (Unix) Server at ftp.software.ibm.com Port 21. I contacted my colleague who supports our

Security holes expose data stored in Tivoli storage system IBM issues advisory about two vulnerabilities in backup software's client

2007-09-25 Thread Ed Gould
Security holes expose data stored in Tivoli storage system IBM issues advisory about two vulnerabilities in backup software's client September 24, 2007 (Computerworld) -- IBM has issued a warning to customers that security fixes should be installed for two vulnerabilities in the IBM

Re: CNZ0005I MONITOR REJECTED. REASON=CONSOLE ID ZERO NOT SUPPORTED, at zOS 1.08

2007-09-25 Thread W. Kevin Kelley
And the beauty of the SETCON MN command is that you can produce the MONITOR messages for automation's use and NOT have them written to the SYSLOG/OPERLOG or appear on a console if that is what you want. Much more flexible than the old MONITOR command. W. Kevin Kelley IBM POK Lab - z/OS Core

Writing 23FDs

2007-09-25 Thread William Donzelli
I have just started to fool around with a 4331-2 (and 3830), and the IPL floppy is just plain tired. Not the drive, but the floppy media itself! But then, what can one expect from a 30 year old disk. Anyway, is there anyone out in IBM land that can write a 23FD 8 inch floppy anymore? It is an odd

Fw: COBOL called subroutines

2007-09-25 Thread Bill Klein
John (and IBM-MAIN) I didn't jump in to this thread as I never quite figured out exactly what you wanted. (Your trap the name didn't tell me how or where you wanted to do this). FYI, The traditional way for a COBOL application program to let a common subroutine know where it is being called

Re: Checking system parameters values

2007-09-25 Thread Knutson, Sam
A recent update to the wlmque tool package includes the wlmopt exec to do this. Get it here http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/wlm/tools/wlmque.html WLM Work Queue and OPT Parameter Viewing Tools Thanks WLM team! WLM OPT Settings SAVE System: CSYS