All,
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Hello,
We have a KSDS file being read randomly during daily batch process. But the
read fails with file-status 23 (record not found). On analysing the abend, the
record with the read-key is always found in the file. This happens on a random
basis - once or twice a month.
The job gets through
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Hello,
We have a KSDS file being read randomly during daily batch
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Hello,
We have a KSDS file being read randomly during daily batch
Hello Stephen,
Thanks for your response.
The file is indeed open for update in CICS but the key for which the
random read failed was added quite some time back.
Thank you,
Saurabh
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I have a situation where some channel programs I'm executing seem to get
getting purged, and the ECBs are not being posted resulting in my
program hanging when I wait on them.
I've diagnosed that the problem is purging because I look at the
IOBECBCC field before I wait on the program and see
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:02:33 +0100 Tom Quarendon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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:I have a situation where some channel programs I'm executing seem to get
:getting purged, and the ECBs are not being posted resulting in my
:program hanging when I wait on them.
:I've diagnosed that the problem is
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Hello Stephen,
Thanks for your response.
The file is indeed
We use Attachmate Extra and define consoles based on the LPAR. We run
PROD, PRODVM, DEV, TEST, TESTVM all from one.
Daniel McLaughlin
Z-Series Systems Programmer
Information Communications Technology
Crawford Company
4680 N. Royal Atlanta
Tucker GA 30084
phone: 770-621-3256
fax:
Hi Sam,
thanks for pointing me to APAR OA22255. I've just installed it,
unfortunately there is no change in behaviour for this check.
Werner Kuehnel
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Hi, Dave Danner has posted about this before... Search the
I take it you have seen this note in the PSP bucket:
SERVERPAC Customers
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This is a bit off topic. Apologies in advance...
I am looking for a university or college that purchased and has in production
only the HR/HCM part of Peoplesoft. In other words, the University purchased
the HR/HCM component of Peoplesoft, but have interfaced it with either another
vendors'
re Of course, being 51 may have something to do with it.
Or as we say, C.R.S ;)
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Hi Werner,
This may be dumb questions but if you did not IPL did you follow exactly
the steps outlined in the APAR to activate the new CHECK code?
-- Option A: Refresh the logger checks
1. First issue these SETPROG commands from a MVS console after
this support is applied:
SETPROG
Michael Poil post from Feb.14/2008 with subject:
How to stop SHRLIBRGNSIZE being allocated from an Address Space?
explains (or hints at) why it could be so.
The mentioned post was on MVS-OE. Here it is:
In the context of running a Java application that has many DLLs, is
there any easy way to
- one of our procedures is to DELETE NOSCRATCH thousands of production
datasets; catalogue cleanup before dataset restore...this process took
hours to execute...might this be related to the CATALOG AUTOTUNE in our
1.7 system?
A possible way to speed up updates (of any KSDS):
- Sort deleted
Question to the OP - When you are done with the delete noscratch and the
dataset restores, are there any catalog entries besides what has been restored?
If the answer to the above is NO, then why not start the preocess with empty
catalogs?
You might be able to bypass the entire delete
We had a similar issue with a file open for update in CICS and read in
batch. Occasionally a record not found condition was hit but the record
was in the file. We did not want to use SHRoption 4 due to the
performance hit and we didn't have a product to allow file sharing
(SHROPTION 5, SYSB-II,
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:15:59 +, Ted MacNEIL
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Of course, being 51 may have something to do with it.
...
Ah. I see. Your mind is still too young and unruly.
Well, don't worry. You'll grow out of it.
Pat O'Keefe
Kelman, Tom wrote:
John,
I believe that your statements would hold true if you were comparing an
IFL on the z9 against the p6. As I understand it the p6 chip is a
1.8Ghz chip and the z9 IFL has a 1.2Ghz chip.
AFAIK it's not, P6 rating is over 4GHz.
However it doesn't matter. Comparing
Can anyone recommend a mainframe product to monitor MQ series. We use ASG's
TMON's for CICS, DB2, and zOS. I assume they also have an MQ monitor? What
other vendors products would you recommend?
TIA
Bill Johnson
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Bill,
Yes there is a TMON for MQ. There are also similar products from IBM
(Omegamon for MQ) and BMC (Mainview MQ). However you may want to stick
with the family. Normally these products have some level of
integration and work together, plus you may be able to obtain a better
price since
One would be surprised what one finds via GOOGLE.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=MQ+monitoringbtnG=Google+Search
Daniel McLaughlin
Z-Series Systems Programmer
Information Communications Technology
Crawford Company
4680 N. Royal Atlanta
Tucker GA 30084
phone: 770-621-3256
fax:
I'm looking for a RMM command that I can put into a batch program to
manually release tapes.
Basically I want to simulate option 8 (RELEASE) from the Librarian Menu
to Release Master volumes.
I'm assuming that it requires some type of CHANGEVOLUME command followed
by some release parameters, but
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Can anyone recommend a mainframe product to monitor MQ
series. We use ASG's TMON's for CICS, DB2, and zOS. I assume
they also have an MQ monitor?
We run TMON/MQ, but since I'm not the MQ Guy I can't
TMON for MQ does exist. Of the TMON products, I like it the best
because it gives you administration capabilities in addition to
monitoring. There is also a distributed component that is available
that interfaces with the mainframe product to allow you to monitor all
of your MQ environments from
We are at our new datacenter and we are trying to perform stand-alone ICKDSF,
and DFDSS from an IBM Tape Library. We do not have any consoles yet and we are
trying to do this from the HMC. ICKDSF is the first file and it works
finethe second file is DFDSS and it will load successfully but
Already did that and it didn't provide any real world user community opinions.
Thanks
Bill Johnson
Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One would be surprised what one finds via GOOGLE.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=MQ+monitoringbtnG=Google+Search
Daniel McLaughlin
From the HMC, Highlight the LPAR that you are performing the standalone
on, Double click on system messages and that should let you continue
from there
Edouard A. Myers
Senior Information Technology Specialist
Office of the Chief Technology Officer
DC Government
222 Massachusetts Ave, NW,
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Consider:
/* I do this all the time... */
do phonyblock = 1 for 1
...
if Bailout then leave phonyblock
...
end phonyblock
o I put a name = 1 for 1 on all my large blocks, and use a
matching end name
- the interpreter checks that my ends match my dos.
-
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
I should have said:
LEAVE ITERATE should only be used to manage the current level.
Use flags/semiphores to continue to exit.
At least, that way you know what you have.
The intent of structured programming techniques, since their need was
recognized 40 years ago, has
On Apr 23, 2008, at 2:02 AM, Tom Quarendon wrote:
I have a situation where some channel programs I'm executing seem
to get getting purged, and the ECBs are not being posted
resulting in my program hanging when I wait on them.
PURGE and RESTORE are two complementary operations which are
Languages like REXX and Structured HLASM provide LEAVE and ITERATE as a means
of reducing program complexity.
Both statements allow for the specification of which of several nested
constructs is to be exited or
iterated.
This facility is important and, when used appropriately, will reduce
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in
three libraries.
Of course all three are link listed libraries.
I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them, but how do I then rename
them to the original name?
Thanks
If they aren't held, say by the system, here is what i do.
Allocate New library: Sys1.Somelibe.new
Copy in contents of old
Rename old to 'sys1.somelibe.old
Rename new to sys1.somelib
If that isn't quite your question, my apologies.
Daniel McLaughlin
Z-Series Systems Programmer
Information
Well, depending on the names and what is holding them,
VTAM, TCPIP, LLA, VLF, What
You will probably need to bring something down or update a proc and cycle a
function, or IPL a system or two.
Lizette
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in
three libraries.
Ooops, missed the allocated part. Thanks, Lizette...
This coffee-free diet is affecting my cognitive ability!
Daniel McLaughlin
Z-Series Systems Programmer
Information Communications Technology
Crawford Company
4680 N. Royal Atlanta
Tucker GA 30084
phone: 770-621-3256
fax: 770-621-3237
Tom Quarendon wrote:
It's suprising to me that I've got a value in the IOBECBCC field but
that the ECB hasn't been posted. It means that the program logic:
1. build your channel program
2. execute using EXCP
3. some time later wait on the ECB to see it's complete
4. check the
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:27:34 -0400, Jerry Fuchs wrote:
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in
three libraries.
Of course all three are link listed libraries.
I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them, but how do I then rename
them to the original name?
I
I'm hoping you aren't applying the maintenance to the in-use libraries,
but to libraries with the same names on a different pack.
If this is the case, I go ahead and allocate the .NEW libraries and
apply my maintenance into them. I then do something that's probably
quite dangerous and I'll most
Replying to my own e-mail - now that's tacky.
I'd suggest using Tom's approach instead of mine, just use ISPF to
rename them, ignoring the ENQ.
Rex
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We are in the process of writing a support model for Linux on System z that
describes who in the IT organization will do what things from provisioning to
problem diagnostics.
Has anyone else attempted to address this; and more specifically, willing to
share it or maybe portions of it? I am
Since ICKDSF works OK, you appear to have access to the SYSCONS.
In you SA/DSS did you code an OPERCNSL keyword? Usually it'll wait if that
console isn't there but you should have a WSC then. Did you get a WSC
after/with the message? Standalones tend to communicate with WSC more so
then
okay, consider your virtual fingers slapped.
hopefully the applying maintenance is being done to an alternate sysres, and
the real live datasets are cataloged using SYSR1, etc. .
allocate .NEW libraries on the alt sysres larger
copy contents of Current on the alt sysres to NEW
rename
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 2:20 PM, in message
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We are in the process of writing a support model for Linux on System z that
describes who in the IT organization will do what things from provisioning
to problem diagnostics.
Has
Thanks, Mark.
In those situations where folks are working together as a cooperative team,
can you comment on what kind of maintenance strategy they have adopted?
More specifically, have they tried to adopt an aggreesive preventative
program or have they only deployed fixes on servers where
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in
three libraries.
Of course all three are link listed libraries.
Are you applying maintenance to a live system?
Not a good thing!
-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
I give you a minor slap on your fingers. g
I add DD names to the SMPE JCL to point to the new temporary copies of the
libraries. Then apply the maintenance to the temporary libraries.
When that is finished, I will compress the temporary libraries, then first
try to copy them to the real ones.
No I am not applying to the active system. Could be a career decision!
Will give applying maintenance to a temporary library then copying back
into the original.
Matthew Stitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Please respond
I've never seen anything that says COMPRESS(ALL) will delete members
being changed. The Commands manual states only:
If you specify ALL, any libraries in which elements will be
installed by this APPLY command are compressed.
Can you provide a reference in one of the manuals that
Ignore my post. Further research shows that it does delete members
before compress under some circumstances. Sorry for the interruption.
Don Imbriale
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:07 PM
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I was going to say that it doesn't matter if it's in the manual, the
report shows it does it :-)
Also RETRY(YES) can save your backside at times. RETRY and COMPRESS
together can cause multiple compresses during the APPLY job.
(Syntax from memory)
Len Rugen
In theory, there is no
Frank - our approach is that the mainframe support team will add z/VM
support to their existing z/OS responsibilities along with bringing in one
new sysprog with z/vm experience. The aix/unix team wasn't interested as
they were already overworked and understaffed so we've created a new linux
We did a migration from a EMC 8830 to a EMC DMX-3 using TDMF and it went
very smoothly. Although you cannot go 3 to 1, you can go 1 to 1 then
disable 1/3 of the volumes and use DFDSS to move whatever you can. You
can then move the rest during your maintenance window, if you have one.
The
Both options can also be specified as part of the GOPTS in the zones.
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:13:01 -0500, Rugen, Len [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was going to say that it doesn't matter if it's in the manual, the
report shows it does it :-)
Also RETRY(YES) can save your backside at times. RETRY
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:00:40 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:27:34 -0400, Jerry Fuchs wrote:
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in
three libraries.
Of course all three are link listed libraries.
I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them,
Thanks.
I am up. I was entering java ioajava.jar, too much information.
Java ioajava comes right up.
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:13:01 -0500, Rugen, Len [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was going to say that it doesn't matter if it's in the manual, the
report shows it does it :-)
Also RETRY(YES) can save your backside at times. RETRY and COMPRESS
together can cause multiple compresses during the APPLY
Hey, Jerry -
For my 2 cents, this is what I do. I am aware that there are other methods,
but I find this easy and safe. It works for me.
My running res volumes ALWAYS have the same names, and my maintenance res
volumes that I am building ALWAYS have the same names. My SMP/e DD DEFS ALWAYS
I know that this is rather un-usual combination . but currently we have
an old application under IMS 5 that runs OK under z/OS 1.7. The chances of
upgaring IMS is slim to none. So, we just have to get the data and somehow make
it available to the user. While that is happening, we want
Here's a link for information:
http://www.infoprintsolutionscompany.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/ppfasupt_ww
In the User's Guide, from looking at the railroad syntax diagrams, it
looks like OVERLAY with OVROTATE can only be a subcommand on the FORMDEF
N_UP, COPYGROUP N_UP, FORMDEF
I thought I'd try to perform a public service to help educate everyone on
IBM's new pricing announcement on April 22, 2008. (Demystifying software
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headline: this announcement is *unambiguously good news* for customers:
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Hello Jerry,
I use this JCL. It does require the BYPASSSNQ APF authourized program from
the Free Software written by Gilbert Saint-Flour available on CBT file 183.
BYPASSNQ Assembler program. Scratch or Rename a Data Set
without SYSDSN ENQ
BYPASSNQ is a driver
have you compared the performance between FDRMOVE with TDMF, which one is
better?
how can you move the file extend with multiple volumes, (SYSDA,16)...
On 4/24/08, gsg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We did a migration from a EMC 8830 to a EMC DMX-3 using TDMF and it went
very smoothly. Although
The OMEGAMON for MQ product is now called Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Messaging,
in case anybody is confused. It's Messaging because the same monitor now
handles both MQ and Message Broker.
There are many others. In addition to the aforementioned ASG-TMON for MQ
and Q Pasa! there's also BMC MAINVIEW
* I think you are applied to target libraries but the target libraries name
should not be same as your current use one. I always put prefix
os17m.sys1.linklib' instead of sys1.linklib
I always use PDSCLEAR to clear the target library and copy it again. It
ususally works and safely except your
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