Simpless way to prevent arbitary HLQ's

2008-10-03 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Searching for the simples way to prevent the users to define dataset's in the MASTER catalog(s) -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 570 Fax: (+43) 2236 21081 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hotline:

Re: Simpless way to prevent arbitary HLQ's

2008-10-03 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Miklos Szigetvari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi Searching for the simples way to prevent the users to define dataset's in the MASTER catalog(s) -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 570 Fax:

Re: Simpless way to prevent arbitary HLQ's

2008-10-03 Thread Bri P
We're RACF here. I have the PROTECTALL option on, so users cannot allocate a dataset that isn't covered by a RACF dataset rule. I have a RACF rule for the master catalog with UACC(READ) and ALTER access for syadmins/sysprogs, CONTROL access to some system STCs, and UPDATE access to any other

Re: Average Response time for DASD Subsystem

2008-10-03 Thread Lizette Koehler
If you have MXG in house, then review the chapters in the SOURCLIB. Dr. Merrill has provided a lot of good information on performance analysis of SMF data in that file. Otherwise, go to the following weblink for the IBM RMF Performance Report Manual

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Peter Relson
After all, a APAR fix isn't guaranteed to be the perfect fix; only a temporary fix that will hopefully address the problem effectively. I'll ignore the unfortunate fact that even many PTFs aren't the perfect fix. But at least they are the intended fix. While each case may have to be evaluated

z/OS SMB Question

2008-10-03 Thread Jim Marshall
Asked a question about my poor DFSKERN SMB performance; few takers. So let me pose it another way. Who is running z/OS using SMB and it is running just fine as far as CPU usage. 1. Are you using HFS or zFS files. 2. Would the SMB share being accessed by Windows Servers or UNIX/LINUX 3.

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Shane
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 07:40 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: While each case may have to be evaluated separately,in Poughkeepsie at least, it is typically not the case that the ++APAR is a temporary fix. That might be more likely for a sev 1 APAR than an other, since it's even more important then

Re: HMC Management Best Practices

2008-10-03 Thread Richards, Robert B.
No, I don't. - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL

Re: system logger

2008-10-03 Thread Baron Carter
Another good manual is the Redbook System Programmer's Guide to: z/OS System Logger SG24-6898. Baron Carter Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: HMC Management Best Practices

2008-10-03 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Once again, I apologize for not noticing that this was going back to the list. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 8:25 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HMC

Re: Enterprise COBOL v3.4.1 run time issue

2008-10-03 Thread K Zafirop
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Re: Average Response time for DASD Subsystem

2008-10-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/3/2008 6:02:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you have MXG in house, then review the chapters in the SOURCLIB. Dr. Merrill has provided a lot of good information on performance analysis of SMF data in that file. Another source to

Re: Simpless way to prevent arbitary HLQ's

2008-10-03 Thread Jim McAlpine
set UACC(READ) for master catalog. Jim McAlpine On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Miklos Szigetvari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Searching for the simples way to prevent the users to define dataset's in the MASTER catalog(s) -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information

Re: Removing a PTF not needed but received in error.

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Hello all, I received a PTF in error and it isn't needed because it has been supp'ed. What is the proper way to remove it from the global zone? SMP/E REJECT command. -jc-

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lou, Jim Hello, I have been working with IBM on a problem involving 1. OMEGAMON XE on z/OS 4.1 exit invoked by 2. ICSF invoked by 3. LDAP using SSL/TLS with RACF. IBM has determined that the exit is in

Re: Weird SDSF thought.

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John McKown We've been told to cut the IT budget by 16 million US$ for 2009. And, if the past is any indication, that burden will likely be born mainly by the z. It has fewer, larger line items and so it's

Re: Weird SDSF thought.

2008-10-03 Thread John McKown
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:18:19 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip You could cut your IT budget to zero by regressing to paper pencils. BTW, we sell paper pencils. :-) -jc- Believe it or not, I was at a place which was told to cut their budget by 10%. They came up with a

Re: z/OS 1.9 Catalog Enqueue Problems - RESOLVED

2008-10-03 Thread Rabbe, Luke
This is old but I thought I'd post the resolution for posterity. We installed MIM R11.6 SP1 and haven't seen any enqueue conflicts with z/OS 1.9. Luke -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rabbe, Luke Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008

Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, Got the new SMP/E downloaded, but so far haven't been able to complete the RECEIVE. The job keeps running out of space in the HFS for the unpack operation. 4,000 cylinders is too small. Anybody know just how much space it will eventually need? TIA, -jc-

z/OS 1.7s ADCD documentation

2008-10-03 Thread Jim McAlpine
I'm looking at the ADCD web site and the oldest available documentation is that for the z/OS 1.8s system. Does anyone know if the 1.7s documentation is still available online anywhere. Alternatively, can anyone provide me with a copy. Jim McAlpine

Re: Weird SDSF thought.

2008-10-03 Thread Howard Brazee
On 3 Oct 2008 07:25:22 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) wrote: Believe it or not, I was at a place which was told to cut their budget by 10%. They came up with a plan to cut it 50%! They had two production machines. The cut was to eliminate one machine and its costs along with its users.

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread John McKown
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:50 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All, Got the new SMP/E downloaded, but so far haven't been able to complete the RECEIVE. The job keeps running out of space in the HFS for the unpack operation. 4,000 cylinders is too small. Anybody know just how much

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:50 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All, Got the new SMP/E downloaded, but so far haven't been able to complete the RECEIVE. The job keeps running out of space in the HFS for the unpack operation. 4,000 cylinders is too small. Anybody know just how much

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:40:57 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: While each case may have to be evaluated separately,in Poughkeepsie at least, it is typically not the case that the ++APAR is a temporary fix. That might be more likely for a sev 1 APAR than an other, since it's even more important then to

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:05:38 -0500, Chase, John wrote: If you need the fix now, APPLY (but do NOT ACCEPT) the APAR. When the PTF becomes available, APPLYing it should supersede the APAR. I'll call that a strong should indeed. Otherwise it's too likely that the PTF would PRE the APAR, and that

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:03:32 -0500, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:40:57 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: ... But in most cases in the areas in which I work, the ++APAR is the intended final fix. U ... Linkname: APAR Fixes URL:

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Patrick Lyon On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:50 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All, Got the new SMP/E downloaded, but so far haven't been able to complete the RECEIVE. The job keeps running out of

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Bohn, Dale
One thing to remember, if you are the orginal submitter of a problem that causes an APAR to be opened and IBM supplies APAR fix test code. If you do not apply and test the APAR, and supply IBM with good feedback. The APAR can get be close without a PTF being built, even though there are others

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:58:32 -0500, Patrick Lyon wrote: On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:50 -0500, Chase, John wrote: Anybody know just how much space it will eventually need? John - I posted a similar question back in July when trying to receive my 1.9 order. This thread may help. It was posted on

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Bohn, Dale
My SMPWKDIR and SMPNTS pointed to a 6000 Cyl ZFS which worked... -- 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: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:05:38 -0500, Chase, John wrote: If you need the fix now, APPLY (but do NOT ACCEPT) the APAR. When the PTF becomes available, APPLYing it should supersede the APAR. I'll

Re: z/OS 1.7s ADCD documentation

2008-10-03 Thread Jim McAlpine
I've found what I wanted now, no need to reply thanks. Jim McAlpine On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking at the ADCD web site and the oldest available documentation is that for the z/OS 1.8s system. Does anyone know if the 1.7s documentation is

Fwd: z/OS 1.7s ADCD documentation

2008-10-03 Thread Jim McAlpine
I've found what I wanted now, no need to reply thanks. Jim McAlpine On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Jim McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I'm looking at the ADCD web site and the oldest available documentation is that for the z/OS 1.8s system. Does anyone know if the 1.7s documentation

Re: z/OS 1.9 Catalog Enqueue Problems - RESOLVED

2008-10-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:34 -0500, Rabbe, Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is old but I thought I'd post the resolution for posterity. We installed MIM R11.6 SP1 and haven't seen any enqueue conflicts with z/OS 1.9. Luke I'm still running MIM 11.6 SP0, but have HIPERs on. The entire MIIplex

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:33:50 -0500, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, All, Got the new SMP/E downloaded, but so far haven't been able to complete the RECEIVE. The job keeps running out of space in the HFS for the unpack operation. 4,000 cylinders is too small. Anybody know just how much

Re: z/OS 1.9 Catalog Enqueue Problems - RESOLVED

2008-10-03 Thread Rabbe, Luke
We did work with CA. Neither CA nor IBM was ever able to narrow it down. Luke -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.9 Catalog Enqueue

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Wayne Driscoll
I believe that what Peter was saying is that in his area in the BCP, they rarely send ++APAR's to customers that don't contain the same ++MOD statements and text that the fixing PTF also will contain. In other words, they find and correct the problem, then they build the impacted modules and

IBM and Business Partners Collaborate to Further Mainframe Education

2008-10-03 Thread Ken Porowski
Just saw this come across - IBM and Business Partners Collaborate to Further Mainframe Education Friday October 3, 12:20 pm ET New Scholarship Program Supports Increased Channel Demand in Mainframe Computing ARMONK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 3, 2008 -- IBM (NYSE:IBM - News) today announced that

Re: Space needed to un-pax SMP/E 3.5?

2008-10-03 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bohn, Dale My SMPWKDIR and SMPNTS pointed to a 6000 Cyl ZFS which worked... An SMPWKDIR of 5,500 cyls finally succeeded. -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: HMC Management Best Practices

2008-10-03 Thread Don Williams
I know how to lock images, but I can't seem to figure out how to lock profiles. Thanks. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Put on APAR or wait to put on PTF?

2008-10-03 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:25:36 -0500, Bohn, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...if you are the orginal submitter of a problem that causes an APAR to be opened and IBM supplies APAR fix test code. If you do not apply and test the APAR, and supply IBM with good feedback. The APAR can get be close

Sending zOS traps to Nimbus

2008-10-03 Thread Leitner, Timothy
All, Has anyone had experience that they can share with sending syslog or snmp traps to outside products? We have Nimbus in-house from Nimsoft. It is a central messaging system for thresholds and alerts. It accepts SNMP traps or SYSLOG routing. We have worked on send alerts from AIX,

Re: Sending zOS traps to Nimbus

2008-10-03 Thread Clark, Kevin
Tim, I'll start off with recommending that you consider using standard MIB MIB2 SNMP packets to support other products that may be in your network. Nimbus probably does that. My problem with some other products has been the type of information collected by the agents on Z/OS. Will it be just

Crypto HELP.

2008-10-03 Thread Lucy Arnold
Hello all! I have a Z9 BC with no extra crypto processors. (ZOS 1.7) We are in the process of installing ICSF so we can encrypt tapes that go offsite (CA:DISK and CA:VTAPE tapes) Does anyone have any nuggets of wisdom on how to do this??? I have all the manuals printed but can't seem to find

Re: Crypto HELP.

2008-10-03 Thread Clark, Kevin
Lucy, We are just getting started on this also. We use CA's Tape Encryption product. Toy should have feature code 3863 CPACF that will handle AES128 and some SHA-1 stuff via macros or you can codes the five or some commands into a API. I've found several documents on the IBM page and receive

Re: Crypto HELP.

2008-10-03 Thread Lucy Arnold
Correction. In my previous original e-mail I meant ICSF panels NOT ISMF panels. Lucy Arnold Storage Manager U.C. Davis Medical Center 916-734-5498 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Crypto HELP.

2008-10-03 Thread Rob Schramm
Lucy, Installation of ICSF is not really going to help you without CEX2C features. The 3863 feature code (MES) will give you CPACF. Which effectively gives you some hardware enabled clear key encryption but requires assembler coding in order to take advantage of it. ICSF will give you a

Re: LE question about COBOL compatibility

2008-10-03 Thread Tom Ross
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:35:16 -0500, John P Kalinich wrote: Mark Yuhas of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 10/02/2008 12:27:32 PM: Has IBM announced what release of LE will not support old COBOL runtime environments, specifically OS/VS COBOL and VS COBOL II? LE is a runtime

REXX question

2008-10-03 Thread Claudio Marcio
Hi, How make to receive one string in rexx language?? Ex. say ' you want exit (s/n)?' pull ?? arg ?? parse ?? if (string??) = 's' return to begin exec else exit I want ready the string with which command? regards

Re: REXX question

2008-10-03 Thread P S
This would work: == do until answer = N' say 'Do you want to exit? (s/n)' pull answer if answer = 'S' then exit end == It could be made a lot more elegant, of course. On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Claudio Marcio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How make to receive

Re: REXX question

2008-10-03 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:20:11 -0300, Claudio Marcio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, How make to receive one string in rexx language?? Ex. say ' you want exit (s/n)?' pull ?? arg ?? parse ?? if (string??) = 's' return to begin exec else exit I want ready the string with which command?

Re: REXX question

2008-10-03 Thread Claudio Marcio
hi I make this: do until answer = N' instructions say 'Do you want to exit? (s/n)' pull answer if answer = 'S' then exit end I type s, but not exit of the do until?? Why?? this is a case sensitive?? It´s correct?? more a question: how i do to treat for error: 10 +++ dec25

Re: Crypto HELP.

2008-10-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 10/3/2008 4:45:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: encrypt/decrypt gets called??? My brain has turned to green slime and is coming out of my ear - ANY help would be appreciated. :) Most processors since G5 ship with CRYPTO cards. The activation