Re: 80-Column Minds (Was: SMP/E question)

2008-05-24 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:46 -0500 on 05/22/2008, William H. Blair wrote about Re: 80-Column Minds (Was: SMP/E question): But I was surprised and pleased to find that it just worked in JES2 (at least by the time we got around to using MVS 3.8). So as far as I know, this was never a problem or restriction in JES2 (

Re: Off-the-wall Auditor Requests (was RE: Hardware Alerts)

2008-05-24 Thread Chris Hoelscher
this is no joke - we had an govt-approved audit program that attempted to check for 'user-id as password' by attempting to login as that user with his/her userid as password (and noting where the login was successful) - reasonable - right? - WELL - someone decided to run this program twice in the

XML Toolkit for z/OS Now zAAP Enabled

2008-05-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
IBM has enhanced the XML Toolkit for z/OS so that certain workloads will now use the XML System Services for z/OS. This enhancement means that the XML Toolkit can now exploit zAAPs, offering improved performance and reduced costs. Many middleware products and applications use the XML Toolkit for z

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Traylor, Terry
TDMF will not migrate a volume containing an active Local page data set or swap data set. It has aborted the migration and issued the following message: TDM1112S A request for a page volume migration was rejected. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-

Re: 80-Column Minds (Was: SMP/E question)

2008-05-24 Thread William H. Blair
> Was this with RECFM=F or RECFM=V? The "SYSIN" input data set was read (by the program that was executed by the JCL submitted via the INTRDR) with a DCB that specified RECFM=VB,LRECL=252,BLKSIZE=256. It used the LOCATE form of the GET macro, so it just looked at the RDW to see how long a recor

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread David Cole
At 5/24/2008 12:16 AM, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: Just because David would JES2 to handle scheduling does not mean implementing it would be easy. Laying out how he would like the interface is but the tip of the iceberg. As indicated in my post, I've had experience as a JES2 programmer (about two

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread David Cole
Thanks Sam! You're response was immensely better than mine would have been. Dave At 5/23/2008 10:11 PM, Knutson, Sam wrote: OTOH IBM-MAIN is a great place to brain storm and refine a requirement before submitting it to IBM as a marketing request or through SHARE. A unique audience of customer

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2

2008-05-24 Thread David Cole
At 5/23/2008 05:58 PM, Shane wrote: On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 10:27 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Actually, JES3 *is* available as a free alternative in Dave's new development "home". Define "free" - it may not cost any more (presuming Daves new "home" is Dallas), but the effort might not be insigni

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>You would want to PAGEDEL before using TDMF to swap the volume to another >device address. Why? We never did. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Where do I find these reason codes?

2008-05-24 Thread Field, Alan C.
Chris, Thanks for this. I had made it as far as the USS messages and codes but having only book mgr and PDF versions available online I searched for ages for various combinations of the reason and return codes. When I get back to the office I'll print a copy - I think I would have found the answe

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Traylor, Terry
You would want to PAGEDEL before using TDMF to swap the volume to another device address. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread Gibney, Dave
Sorry, I didn't know it was extra. Thank you > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:27 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jo

Re: USSTAB color question

2008-05-24 Thread Chris Mason
Gerhard > I haven't been involved in this since retirement, but can't help wondering why this near universal interest in USS. When VTAM first appeared in my installations, we used a network solicitor. It goes through a normal BIND process, so a query was available, it allowed me to ignore mixed

Re: American Airlines

2008-05-24 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Smith III) writes: > That would be the problem today; back in 1989 when SABRE (to the best > of my knowledge) was the main airline reservati

Re: 80-Column Minds (Was: SMP/E question)

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:46:23 -0500, William H. Blair wrote: >> Speaking of "80-column", when did JES2 overcome the >> fixed 80 restriction on SYSIN data sets? > >The short version: (1) Long ago for LRECL up to 254. >(2) z/OS 1.7 for LRECL up to 32K. The long version: > >We had an application that

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>If I read the bit about PAGEDEL correctly it occurs to me the ESQA issue is >minimised if the data set to be removed is empty (or almost so) at the time the PAGEDEL is issued. It strikes me one wouldn't typically remove a data set at a busy time. So I'm wondering if this is a big deal. I'm not

Re: American Airlines (was: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers)

2008-05-24 Thread Phil Smith III
"Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think the problem is (and was then) that the folks wanting to make an >reservation switch to another airline that could sell them a ticket. That would be the problem today; back in 1989 when SABRE (to the best of my knowledge) was the main air

Re: USSTAB color question

2008-05-24 Thread Chris Mason
Pat >>> Pat: LUname is almost one of them. The key for substitution is "@@LUNAME". Too bad they insert the ACB name instead. >> Chris: What's the problem with the "ACB name"? > Pat: I got that same response at SHARE when I complained to a couple of the TCP/IP designers at SHARE once. I

PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Martin Packer
If I read the bit about PAGEDEL correctly it occurs to me the ESQA issue is minimised if the data set to be removed is empty (or almost so) at the time the PAGEDEL is issued. It strikes me one wouldn't typically remove a data set at a busy time. So I'm wondering if this is a big deal. Or is thi

Re: USSTAB color question

2008-05-24 Thread Chris Mason
Pat There are a few misunderstandings to clear up here - and some more explanations. For complicated reasons[1] I operate from the archives rather than e-mails. In order to try to reduce ambiguities I'm going to have to be more adventurous over quoting the text upon which I am commenting. - >

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I hope your being faceteous (not sure if thats spelled right). He'll just apply at IBM for a job, and then tell them he's going to become the head of JES2!! I liked Sam Knudson's response yesterday, I think on this topic, where someone made the reply that they should go to IBM with their co

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Gibney, Dave wrote: JES2 or JES3 or both are choices when installing z/OS. No price differential. Like many components installed with ServerPac, JES3 is an optionally-priced feature of z/OS. It is activated via IFAPRDxx in parmlib. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 520

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 (a suggested fix)

2008-05-24 Thread Gibney, Dave
JES2 or JES3 or both are choices when installing z/OS. No price differential. And I'm sure Mr. Cole does well enough enhancing and selling XDC to believe he doesn't need a job with IBM. On the other hand, the JES2 folks have been know to add function (exit loader as a recent example) and some way