Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Ed, Congrats! I do not care if we are first, but I would like a z10, BC or EC sometime in the near future! :-) As an aside, any rumblings on when the z11 is due out? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent:

Re: Long overdue upgrade

2008-12-08 Thread Brian Westerman
They are all in the USA. We don't perform consulting jobs outside the US any more although we do have software clients all over the world. The MVS/SP conversion was pretty unusual, even for me, but not the largest? change recently. I migrated a site off of a 360 to a z/890 last year. They were

Re: Health Checker questions

2008-12-08 Thread R.S.
Peter Relson wrote: Q: 1. HZSPDATA I allocated the dataset using HZSAIEOF program, however it seems to be empty. What does HZSAIEOF do? Can I use IEFBR14 instead? A: Are you opposed for some reason to following instructions? Please use what is provided. I will not answer either of the two

Re: TSSO issuing command to CICS

2008-12-08 Thread Kittendorf, Craig X.
I solved the problem by turning on console autoinstall. Thanks -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Westerman Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: TSSO issuing command to CICS It

IBM Debug Tool experiences

2008-12-08 Thread Paul Peplinski
We are using IBM Debug Tool V8 (current maintenance) for batch (actually TSO foreground), CICS/TS 2.3 and 3.2. There seems to be a lot of issues with the product (abends, lost settings and breakpoints, funny screens, etc.). Is it just me? Paul P

Re: another one biting the dust?

2008-12-08 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:17:30 -0600, John McKown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From speaking with some i people on a forum similar to this one, the i is a really good platform (unlike Wintel!) for a company our size. And one which requires much less technical support. I guess that sometimes choice is

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
Lutz Hamann wrote: But what do you mean by 'new cool' HMC-layout ? Tree-style of HMC 2.9.2 or above ? Yes, tree mode as opposed to classic mode. This is the first I've seen of the tree mode. If it was available on our old z9 HMC, nobody ever enabled it. One can still use classic mode

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Lutz Hamann
We use 2 HMC's here on our z9 EC. One with icon- (for migration purposes) and the other with tree-style. Honestly spoken: I like tree-style more and I'm sure that next year I'll change our second HMC to it too. ciao Lutz

Patent (was: Can you read CA-Librarian ...)

2008-12-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:57:17 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote: AFAICS, IANAL, etc but this (that they can block reading Your own data) should require that they have a valid patent for the data format (copy right is not sufficient, I think) and that one must be too old (?). It depends on who has the more

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread John Kim
Ed, I wonder have you turned on 'HIPERDISPATCH=YES' and what the performance looks like with this option? We are also going to have a z10-BC soon, but haven't decided yet to turn on. Because lots of pros and cons out there. We have 3 LPARs; one production and two tiny tests. John Kim.

SV: Patent (was: Can you read CA-Librarian ...)

2008-12-08 Thread Thomas Berg
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Paul Gilmartin Skickat: den 8 december 2008 16:14 Till: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Ämne: Patent (was: Can you read CA-Librarian ...) On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:57:17 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote:

Re: IBM DFRMM Reporting

2008-12-08 Thread Mike Wood
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:00:15 -0600, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, if RMM would do either of two things, you would make room for independant developers to create some better reporting mechanisms. 1. Make the data formats public OR 2. Provide an offload utility, similar in

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Kim wrote: Ed, I wonder have you turned on 'HIPERDISPATCH=YES' and what the performance looks like with this option? Funny you mention that. Yesterday, I logged on and noticed the following: IEAVEH071E HiperDispatch is expected to be enabled but it is disabled So, I added

Re: Patent (was: Can you read CA-Librarian ...)

2008-12-08 Thread Steve Comstock
Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:57:17 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote: AFAICS, IANAL, etc but this (that they can block reading Your own data) should require that they have a valid patent for the data format (copy right is not sufficient, I think) and that one must be too old (?). It

EKM, JAVA and Tape Encryption

2008-12-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
I am trying to setup my EMK Profile for JAVA. I keep getting errors on teh Audit. statements. Mostly FSUM7351 not Found. Java is mounted (J1.5), EKM paths are mounted. Not sure what is missing. Has someone already set this up and would share their insights of how to config JAVA for EKM?

Re: PK67193 and z/OS 1.9

2008-12-08 Thread Steve Bireley
This is from the Filezilla web site concerning the issue with 3.1.0.1 and various FTP TLS servers. This was sent to me by another person on the list a few months ago and describes the issue. Steve Bireley BlueZone Software http://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/3626 Also 2008-07-24 -

Re: Can you read CA-Librarian Files without Librarian?

2008-12-08 Thread J R
It's one thing to threaten a lawsuit against someone reverse engineering the proprietary format for commercial purposes, but to hold data hostage from its rightful owner is outrageous. Would anybody do business with these sharks if they knew this ahead of time? I think not. Date:

Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-08 Thread Peggy Andrews
We are soon at the end of a decommissioning project (very, very sad). Our hardware maintenance contract (z800, Shark, and ATL/VTS) expires 2/1/09, but we may not be able to decommission until a few months after that. Does anyone have ideas on ballpark figures on costs associated with hardware

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread John Kim
According to '2008 No.4 Sheryl Watson's Tuning letter' the performance benefit is expected the range of 0 to 10%. Our shop will have a 3-way z10-BC, and three z/OS images are small enough fit in a book, and our shop is heavily batch run will be falling at the low-end of the range. The following

Re: PK67193 and z/OS 1.9

2008-12-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
That might have been me :), anyway I found the same info. I guess the question is: Is IBM's answer to implement AT-TLS via Policy Agent sufficient? Or should we be more insistent that they fix the FTPD server? Are there others out there running into this issue. Is this concern more

Re: Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
I don't know for sure. I've always heard that time and materials was at least $250/hour, two hour minimum, and low in priority behind customers paying maintenance. We did run some old 3590 drives for several months after we dropped maintenance. I think 2 or 3 of the 8 had failed before we

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
Richards, Robert B. wrote: As an aside, any rumblings on when the z11 is due out? No rumblings that I've heard or can share. From a historical perspective, we installed our z800 in 2002, skipped z890, installed our z9 BC in 2006, and now a z10 BC in 2008. It seems that there's a new

Re: EKM, JAVA and Tape Encryption

2008-12-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:23:59 -0500, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to setup my EMK Profile for JAVA. I keep getting errors on teh Audit. statements. Mostly FSUM7351 not Found. Java is mounted (J1.5), EKM paths are mounted. Not sure what is missing. As always, seeing the

Re: /*PRIORITY change without JCL change

2008-12-08 Thread Jack Schudel
If you have an initiator set to CLASS=AP, JES2 will select the highest priority, non-held CLASS=A job for execution. Only when the CLASS=A queue is empty will JES2 then start looking for the highest priority non-held job in the CLASS=P queue. /jack - Original Message - From: John

Re: Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-08 Thread Cebell, David
If you let the service lapse on the equipment you have now, for the equipment to be sold, or put back on maintenance, there could be a charge to recertify the equipment to be eligible to go back on a maintenance contract. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello, Can anyone tell me what I'm missing on the JCL below. Job keeps asking for a space parameter. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //RECEIVE DD DSNAME=E18823.TDB.SYSPROG.SYMD.CAVHPROT.CLUS, //

Interesting APAR OA27291 an undocumented change to GETMAIN Behavior in z/OS 1.10

2008-12-08 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, OA2729 is a very interesting APAR and one that early adopters of z/OS 1.10 probably want to be aware of. DIAGxx option NUCLABEL ENABLE|DISABLE(IGVGPVTN) provides an immediate option for relief. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z

Re: Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-08 Thread Tony Harminc
2008/12/8 Peggy Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We are soon at the end of a decommissioning project (very, very sad). Our hardware maintenance contract (z800, Shark, and ATL/VTS) expires 2/1/09, but we may not be able to decommission until a few months after that. Does anyone have ideas on

Re: z10 power problem notification

2008-12-08 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 20:13:19 -0600, Tony Harminc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It seems odd to me to go down the path of ill-tested SNMP or emails from the service processor, when there is a much more robust and *architected* mechanism already there. ... ... I couldn't agree more. I'm in favor

Assembler programmers list

2008-12-08 Thread Michael Munro
Folks I have been on this list a little while and I find it's not quite what I was looking for. Can anyone recommend a list for programmers under zOS, preferably assembler programming. regards mIke -- Mike Munro MBCS,CITP_[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ornum Software Ltd (S) Tel/Fax:+44(0)7041 363

Re: IBM Debug Tool experiences

2008-12-08 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:37:59 -0600, Paul Peplinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are using IBM Debug Tool V8 (current maintenance) for batch (actually TSO foreground), CICS/TS 2.3 and 3.2. There seems to be a lot of issues with the product (abends, lost settings and breakpoints, funny screens,

z/Linux

2008-12-08 Thread gsg
I've been hearing alot about z/Linux and am wondering what are some good references for learning. Basically, I'm looking for a z/Linux for dummies book. Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread Marian Gasparovic
The z10 BC with its single drawer and L2 will get minimal benefit, if any, from HiperDispatch. z10 EC with more books is different of course. It is turned off by default because many mainframe customer don't like changes without their control. Marian Gasparovic IBM Slovakia On Mon, Dec 8, 2008

HIPERDISPATCH (was Re: First z10 BC on West Coast)

2008-12-08 Thread Mark Zelden
2) The majority of installations that bring in a z10 are not turning on I did not know that. Where did you hear that? Cheryl's newsletter? Another source? The LSPR numbers are with HIPERDISPATCH=ON. We already have trouble getting out of the box what zPCR tells us to expect (no surprise,

Re: HIPERDISPATCH (was Re: First z10 BC on West Coast)

2008-12-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:46:15 -0600, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) The majority of installations that bring in a z10 are not turning on I did not know that. Where did you hear that? Cheryl's newsletter? Another source? The LSPR numbers are with HIPERDISPATCH=ON. We already have

Is there a programmer's list

2008-12-08 Thread Michael Munro
Folks I have been on this list a little while, but it turns out to be not quite what I need. Can anyone recommend a list for programming under zOS, preferably for assembler programmers. regards Mike -- Mike Munro MBCS,CITP_[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ornum Software Ltd (S) Tel:+44(0)7041 363 070

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Howard, Is there a data class for this SMS controlled dataset? If not, or if the dataset is not SMS controlled, you will need to specify space. Linda Mooney -- Original message -- From: Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Can anyone tell me what I'm

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Thompson, Steve
It is very hard for me to read the posting you sent. However, having just had a similar situation, you might want to check your DSN against your ACS rules. I was attempting to write to tape, but I had a qualifier that was reserved by SMS to go to DASD - IT OVERRODE the UNIT info. So you may be

Re: First z10 BC on West Coast

2008-12-08 Thread John Kim
It's from Cheryl's newsletter. I am waiting for your empirical testing or any resulted experiments to turn around my confidence-level. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:00 PM To:

Re: Assembler programmers list

2008-12-08 Thread Jim Phoenix
Michael, Try http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=ASSEMBLER-LISTH=LISTSERV.UGA.EDU on for size. Michael Munro wrote: Folks I have been on this list a little while and I find it's not quite what I was looking for. Can anyone recommend a list for programmers under zOS, preferably

Re: Assembler programmers list

2008-12-08 Thread Edward Jaffe
Michael Munro wrote: Can anyone recommend a list for programmers under zOS, preferably assembler programming. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Interesting APAR OA27291 an undocumented change to GETMAIN Behavior in z/OS 1.10

2008-12-08 Thread Jim Mulder
The fix to this APAR will restore the pre-release 1.10 behavior as the default to prevent impact to the unsuspecting program or user. A new DIAGxx trap will be documented by which those environments which will benefit from the new means of allocating storage for user private subpools can

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
I suspect your ACS routines are intercepting the allocation for TDB.SYSPROG.SYMD.CAVHPROT.CLUS and is attempting to write it to DASD. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: Assembler programmers list

2008-12-08 Thread Campbell Jay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jay Campbell IBM OS Support Section -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Munro Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Assembler programmers list Folks I have been on

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Raymond Noal
What is the device type for the device numbers assigned to the esoteric - HCRT? Check in your current EDT. HITACHI  DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
Howard, Does this data set exist? TDB.SYSPROG.SYMD.CAVHPROT.CLUS Lizette. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 3:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Tape Space Issue

Re: z/Linux

2008-12-08 Thread Rich Smrcina
Ooh so many things to read This might be a good start: Linux for IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246694.html Other Linux for System z and z/VM Redbooks are listed on the z/VM web site with a link toward the bottom here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/

Re: Tape Space Issue

2008-12-08 Thread Rick Fochtman
Check your SMS parameters. Is this output dataset being converted to a DASD file by SMS ?? Howard Rifkind wrote: Hello, Can anyone tell me what I'm missing on the JCL below. Job keeps asking for a space parameter. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD

Re: Assembler programmers list

2008-12-08 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Michael Munro wrote: Folks I have been on this list a little while and I find it's not quite what I was looking for. Can anyone recommend a list for programmers under zOS, preferably assembler programming. regards mIke Have I got the list for you! ASSEMBLER-LIST

Re: z/Linux

2008-12-08 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, gsg wrote: I've been hearing alot about z/Linux and am wondering what are some good references for learning. Basically, I'm looking for a z/Linux for dummies book. Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA Try this web site for a starter http://linuxvm.org

Re: z/Linux

2008-12-08 Thread Wayne Driscoll
A couple of starting points: The Linux on z mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] The website http://www.linuxvm.org IBM Redbooks on Linux on z (a link to a list of them can be found at the above site.) === Wayne Driscoll OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development

Re: /*PRIORITY change without JCL change

2008-12-08 Thread John Mattson
I have been doing RTFM on Jes Init Tune Guide and find myself back in a quandry. My original purpose was to get an ever changing list of, overnight batch, critical path,jobs priority access to initiators without changing their JCL manually. But here is what I read in the Guide about

Re: IBM Debug Tool experiences

2008-12-08 Thread Al Sherkow
BTW: Debug V9 is IPLA only, where Debug V8 was MLC. If you have the licensed the IPLA add-on product Debug Tool Utils AF V8 (5655-S16) then the SS on that allows you to add Debug V9 without additional OTC. If you don't have that product, you'll need to pay the OTC. There is a good side, If you