Never had either product, but x37 abends went away when we put in SMS.
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Our shop uses SMS for
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We are using VSAM Linear datasets (LDS) and Data-in-Virtual (DIV)
within our application and this is working fine - apart from under one
circumstance.
If we define a VSAM LDS as multi-volulme and capable of over 4GB by
setting the
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We have recently implemented a Peer to Peer VTS solution, and are
seeing
some interesting 'anomalies' when looking at the copy queue from the
IBM ATL
Specialist software.
Some volumes seem to enter the copy
Hello Group.
I have recently converted TLMS to DFSMSRMM , and now i have poblems with
special EXPDT dates (eg : 99010) , which should be assigned to VRS
D99010 ,and kept for 10 cycles , but dataset are not set to this VRS . The
dataset is GDG ds.
I have exit EDGUX100 active(no changes to
Hi
Does anyone know what KEY(??) means in the output of LIST command.
I have the following output
LIST 8BD000. ASID(X'0288') LENGTH(X'30') AREA
ASID(X'0288') ADDRESS(8BD000.) KEY(??)
008BD000 LENGTH(X'30')==All bytes contain
This post appears also in the IBMTCP-L list.
There are some responses there giving assurance that the SNA component of
Communications Server (VTAM) is indeed necessarily involved.
Chris Mason
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Raymond Noal writes:
Does anybody have a z/OS system (I'm using 1.8, but it does not have to
be) running in a virtual machine under z/VM (I'm using 5.3.0, but it
does not have to be) and the z/OS virtual machine is connected to a
guest virtual LAN.
Yes, (z/OS 1.6 under z/VM 5.1.0 at the
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 10/01/2007
07:35:16 PM:
Our shop uses SMS for allocation and StopX37, but we are looking at
replacing
StopX37 with CA-Allocate. Does anyone have any experience coverting from
StopX37 to CA-Allocate or converting off of CA-Allocate.
Alex, In order to get those special EXPDT values to be honoured, you have to
handle existing data set, and also newly created data sets.
The conversion program, EDGCDYNM, for TLMS conversion handles the existing
data sets when the SYSIN option keyword VRSMGMTP PREFIX=ppp is
specified. The
Malcolm
There's something a bit fishy here!
Making the DEVICE name the same as the TRLE name does *not* correspond to
what I just posted on the IBMTCP-L list concerning the relationship between
the TRLE statement and the DEVICE statement.
Thus I was obliged actually to go to the manuals
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The third major version of spooling was in OS/VS1 (ed. after ASP and
HASP).
FSVO 3rd; OS/360 had it's own spooling support, making JES1 the 4th.
I understand that RCI was not copied to MVS.
Alas!
OS/VS2
In
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The names are
AUTOMATIC SPOOLING SYSTEM
Attached Support Processor. Later changed to something like asymmetric
multiple processors.
HOUSTON AUTOMATIC SPOOLING SYSTEM
Houston Automatic Spooling
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at 10:50 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
The HASP for OS/SVS was HASP 4.
There was no HASP 4; the last HASP, not counting JES2, was HASP II, which
went through four versions.
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Al,
The KEY() piece of data in a storage display indicates the storage key
the block is in, whether it is protected or not, has it been referenced
and has it been changed.
The last time I looked this up, and I don't remember where I found it,
the KEY() value decodes to the following:
KEY() = ??
al chu wrote:
Does anyone know what KEY(??) means in the output of LIST command.
I have the following output
LIST 8BD000. ASID(X'0288') LENGTH(X'30') AREA
ASID(X'0288') ADDRESS(8BD000.) KEY(??)
008BD000 LENGTH(X'30')==All bytes contain X'00'
KEY(??) means that the dump records contained
Hi All,
I've searched the archives, but didn't find anything on this...
Can anyone tell me or does anyone know where I might find a
documented industry standard amount of time it takes to analyze a line of
code? I suspect something has been published on this somewhere, but I can't
seem to
Can anyone tell me if a TS7700 can be used in a z/OS 1.4 environment ?
Nico Blekemolen
Systems Programmer
Atos Origin
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Hi All,
[ snip ]
I'm sure the amount of time varies depending on the type of
code (ALC, COBOL, EZtrieve, et al) but any direction would be
greatly appreciated.
Likely that analysis
On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:33 AM, John Kington wrote:
We converted many years ago before SMS provided Storage Constraint
Relief. We use CA-Vantage along with CA-Disk so CA-Allocate was a
better
fit. If you are not dependent on notcat 2 processing, you should try
SCR first mostly due to the fact
Ed,
On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:33 AM, John Kington wrote:
We converted many years ago before SMS provided Storage Constraint
Relief. We use CA-Vantage along with CA-Disk so CA-Allocate was a
better
fit. If you are not dependent on notcat 2 processing, you should try
SCR first mostly due
I seem to recall that the average lines produced per day for a seasoned
programmer was 17.
Todd
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Hi All,
I've searched the archives, but didn't find anything on
Thanks Todd.
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on average will it
take, per line of code, to analyze the program to then be able to then make
necessary changes.
Bob
Robert B. Fake
InfoSec, Inc.
I seem to recall that the average lines produced per day for a seasoned
programmer was 17.
In the late 1980's, the trend was towards function points, rather than lines of
code.
Lines of code can be as meaningful as MIPS.
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on average will it
take, per line of code, to analyze the program to then be able to then make
necessary changes.
No way to predict.
It all depends on
(Old thread, just got back)
The savearea provided to the ETXR is 72 bytes long.
A CAUTION. In many cases it is not safe (system intergrity wise)
to use the savearea pointed to by R13 if you are running in
a space that could have user tasks (not yours) running.
For example, consider a vanilla key
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Hi All,
[ snip ]
I'm sure the amount of time varies depending on
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 10/02/2007
08:34:26 AM:
al chu wrote:
Does anyone know what KEY(??) means in the output of LIST command.
I have the following output
LIST 8BD000. ASID(X'0288') LENGTH(X'30') AREA
ASID(X'0288') ADDRESS(8BD000.) KEY(??)
I'd suggest that such a metric would be pretty hard to establish, and, if
you could get a value, surely it would be different for each individual,
thus rendering it quite meaningless, no?
snipped
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an
Robert Fake wrote:
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on average will it
take, per line of code, to analyze the program to then be able to then make
necessary changes.
Before continuing: How LONG
Hi,
Depends who wants to know ?
If it's the US military 100 years...
Congress will fund you forever while debating Adverts on the web and the
radio.
Anton Britz
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:01:47 -0500, Bob Fake - InfoSec, Inc.
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Hi All,
I've searched the archives,
What kind of logic did you put in to make the 37 abends go away? Just
installing SMS, doesn't make that happen.
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Hi
We have a one pack RESCUE system generated under z/OS 1.4
and the actual IODF generated under z/OS 1.7.
I copied this new IODF to the RESCUE, but got a B0 wait state.
(saying IODF is in a higher version as the system attempting to use )
Can I solve this without regenerate the RESCUE ?
I am running CA:Allocate, if you give me an idea of what you want to do, I
could probably send you some code examples.
Lucy Arnold
Storage Manager
U.C. Davis Medical Center
916-734-5498
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Robert Fake wrote:
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on average will it
take, per line of code, to analyze the program to then be able
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:08:21 +0200, Miklos Szigetvari
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Hi
We have a one pack RESCUE system generated under z/OS 1.4
and the actual IODF generated under z/OS 1.7.
I copied this new IODF to the RESCUE, but got a B0 wait state.
(saying IODF is in a higher version as the
Back in the 80s, we operated under the premise that a seasoned programmer
should be able to produce 20 lines of bug-free assembler code per day.
However, it is vital to note that this is addressing code development, not code
revision.
The problem in development this type of performance metric
Miklos Szigetvari wrote:
Hi
We have a one pack RESCUE system generated under z/OS 1.4
and the actual IODF generated under z/OS 1.7.
I copied this new IODF to the RESCUE, but got a B0 wait state.
(saying IODF is in a higher version as the system attempting to use )
Can I solve this without
On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:25 AM, John Kington wrote:
Ed,
On Oct 2, 200
If you try to create a dataset with DISP=(NEW,CATLG) and it is already
cataloged, you usually get a not cataloged 2 message in your job if
the dataset is not SMS-managed.
IEF287I dataset.name NOT CATLGD 2
In a message dated 10/2/2007 9:49:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on average will it
take, per line of code, to analyze the
In a message dated 10/2/2007 12:16:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In addition, the performance metrics used for application code are vastly
different from the performance metrics used for systems code.
There is an entire field of study regarding performance
Ed,
On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:25 AM, John Kington wrote:
Ed,
On Oct 2, 200
If you try to create a dataset with DISP=(NEW,CATLG) and it is already
cataloged, you usually get a not cataloged 2 message in your job if
the dataset is not SMS-managed.
IEF287I dataset.name
I recently had to do apply the compatability PTF that Mark mentioned to a
z/OS R4 one-pack rescue system. The APAR: OA08197 NEW FUNCTION (
SUPPORT IODF V5 DATASET ). The z/OS R4 PTF is: UA17026 ( there are PTFs
for z/OS R5 R6 ). However, all 3 PTFs were PE'ed by APAR: OA15115. The
goods
Thanks all,
I figured this was going to be abstract and hard to nail down. Wanted to be
able to rely on some documented standard if available to base my estimates
on.
Bob
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Good Day Gentle Readers,
I am not sure what I did but when I use 3.4 (ISPF) to edit a PDS member I get
the message Initial edit macro set. Also, when I go into edit mode in the
member an f appears in the command line and displays Required string missing
Can anybody please advise me
…we just moved from V1R4 to V1R7 29SEP07…
…we had a Test LPAR executing V1R7 and a Prod LPAR executing V1R4…
…these two happily coexisted with GRS as PLEXCFG=MONOPLEX, and system
logger files defined with PLEX5 and PLEX1…
…with the Prod LPAR under V1R7, we IPLed the Test LPAR (V1R7)…
…and this
1. Edit a member click on edit_setting and blank out User session initial
macro
2. edit a seq file and blank out Initial Macro
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We mainly use StopX37 for the SPACVOLA feature. How do you handle this
with SCR?
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We specify the Load address on the HMC screen
Which HMC screen?
as 890
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Roy Hewitt wrote:
Miklos Szigetvari wrote:
Hi
We have a one pack RESCUE system generated under z/OS 1.4
and the actual IODF generated under z/OS 1.7.
I copied this new IODF to the RESCUE, but got a B0 wait state.
(saying IODF is in a higher version as the system attempting to use )
Can I
Hello,
I found RTA000189025 while searching SIS on SERVICELINK.
Parallel sysplex with LPARs PC90 z/OS 1.4 and PC9A test system on z/OS
1.7. No MAS.
MASDEF has share=nocheck
Installation is pondering over RNL specification for JES2 after
experiencing $HASP9201 JES2 MAIN TASK WAIT DETECTED AT
We mainly use StopX37 for the SPACVOLA feature. How do you handle this
with SCR?
Use a dataclass that has a value in Additional Volume Amount that is
the same as the limit you have in SPACVOLA.
Regards,
John
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fake) wrote:
More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance
perspective. If I
give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long
on average will it
take, per
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that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John P Baker) writes:
Back in the 80s, we operated under the premise that a seasoned
programmer should be able to produce 20 lines of bug-free
It comes close, then DATACLAS and STORCLAS with striping, extended
format, space constraint processing. Heck, just System Determined
Blksize can help a lot.
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There are obviously (too) many places where what turned out to be incorrect
design decisions (or lack of design decisions) have led to the system not
working the way it should. This is popularly referred to as
broken-as-designed (BAD).
It is true that typically design defects are not subject to
When your plexcfg is in a monoplex, you have two separate systems almost as if
you were to define your systems as LOCAL. When you say MIM, do you mean MIM
Tape or DASD? Also, are you in a GRS Ring or a basic sysplex. If you are just
moving from 1.4 to 1.7, my guess is that you not only
Does anyone have any experience with Oracle Identity Manager Connector for
RACF Advanced? Our Security Dept. is going to deploy the product in our
company and it looks like there are a lot of issues with it running on a
z9. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Mark House
(402) 778-1966
IBM
On Oct 2, 2007, at 12:50 PM, John Kington wrote:
Ed,
I always considered it bad design. Chalk it up to user desire
because they
found it expedient. Once in place, it became the new normal and jcl
was
structured to rely upon the automatic error handling. There is no
way to
stop without
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More specifically, I'm looking at this from a maintenance perspective.
If I give a programmer an existing program to modify, how long on
average will it take, per line of code, to analyze the program to then
be able to then make necessary
We've been XRC mirroring DASD between data centers about 100 KM apart since
the late 90s. When we started, we were using much slower technology than we
have today. DWDM over 'dark fiber' in conjunction with modern RAID DASD
have changed the metrics of what can or cannot/should not be mirrored.
In
Mike.
I am right assuming the solution you described , does not cover tapes created
after the switch to RMM in protect mode , after several VRSEL runs ?.
Alex Nielsen
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Technically, both JES2 and JES3 are equally old, since I think they were
both available on the first release of OS/VS Release 2, known later as MVS.
Which of their predecessors is older is a different question.
As I
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