changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, I am looking for a utility that can change the creation date of a dataset. I found CDSCB on the CBT Tape, but it is not Y2K compatible. Does anyone have a Y2K compatible version, or can suggest another utility. TIA Gadi

HMC and LDAP

2009-04-06 Thread Corjan Nota
Hello list, With HMC 2.9.2 it's possible to protect operator logon to the HMC with LDAP. Is anybody already using this functionality? If so, I' m very interested in how it is setup. We are using now a standalone HMC not connected to the LAN. Operators logon with the standard IBM passwords and

Re: HMC and LDAP

2009-04-06 Thread Jousma, David
I set this up on our HMC's last year. Works nicely. Make sure you are current on HMC maintenance however, there was a bug if you have userids that start with a # sign. The problem has been fixed. We implemented this because it became a audit finding for not handling these passwords according

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
Just curiosity on my part. Why do you want to change the creation date of a data set? You could reallocate a new one (dsn.new) copy the old one into the new and then rename the two files. Lizette I am looking for a utility that can change the creation date of a dataset. I found CDSCB

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread גדי בן אבי
We are in the process of copying datasets from tape to disk. The users would like to keep the same creation dates. Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:23 PM To:

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Gadi, If you have CA-DISK, it has the VTOCUPD utility, which lets you change the creation date. I used it for exactly the same process as you are doing now. Kees. ??? ?? ??? gad...@malam.com wrote in message news:bba5d76fb046794fa7f01f8e02bfc171020f0...@jer-mail1.jer.ad.malam.co m... We are

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for RECOMMENDED got nothing, but....

2009-04-06 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Brian Peterson I suggest opening a PMR with IBM regarding this issue. Might just do that when current projects are completed. However, after I APPLY'd the first batch of PTFs, a subsequent RECEIVE ORDER for

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, We have CA-DISK. I tried looking VTOCUPD up in the manuals, and couldn't find it. Could that have removed it in R12? Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:51 PM

Re: One less mainframe shop

2009-04-06 Thread R.S.
Timothy Sipples pisze: [...] That statistic cited in the above article (and not from IBM) is just amazing to me: more (new, incremental) MIPS forecast to be sold in 2009 than were *installed* in 2000. Wow. Probably the same can be said about desktop PC's. No wow. My HDD (in PC) is approx 1000

Wacked again - One time post.

2009-04-06 Thread Howard Rifkind
Wacked again. This time in less the a year, boy that makes two lost jobs in less then 18 months. What’s going on? Laid off in a 20% cut back. Anyone on the list who has any knowledge of any z/VM or z/OS openings in the NYC Metro area please be kind enough to advise off line. Also, know any

MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Is there a tool/rexx available to change the MSU values from batch. We want to change the MSU values for a LPAR during the batch period. -- Met vriendelijke groeten/With kind regards Dick de Groot -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Hi, It is documented in the Installation Guide, Appendix G, DSCB Update Utility. Kees. ??? ?? ??? gad...@malam.com wrote in message news:bba5d76fb046794fa7f01f8e02bfc171020f0...@jer-mail1.jer.ad.malam.co m... Hi, We have CA-DISK. I tried looking VTOCUPD up in the manuals, and couldn't

Re: Rexx

2009-04-06 Thread Eric Chevalier
On 5 Apr 2009 07:43:33 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: Edward Jaffe wrote: I found this post in the IBMVM list archives, from Alan Ackerman on behalf of (coincidentally) Ken Tomiak--then SHARE Rexx Project Manager, reporting that z/OS REXX development is frozen and that all REXX

SUN sets on IBM offer?

2009-04-06 Thread John McKown
Looks like Sun will not be acquired by IBM http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN0534476420090406 -- John -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread John McKown
I am applying some JES2 maintenance on z/OS 1.8, for compatibility for z/OS 1.10. A number of the JES2 macros have a UMID of AAJESTA on them. I cannot find out what this is. I have searched IBMLink, but came up dry. The same with a Google search. In desperation, I have simply BYPASS'ed this. Any

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
John McKown wrote: I am applying some JES2 maintenance on z/OS 1.8, for compatibility for z/OS 1.10. A number of the JES2 macros have a UMID of AAJESTA on them. I cannot find out what this is. I have searched IBMLink, but came up dry. The same with a Google search. In desperation, I have

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi John, That's AbendAid/MVS. BobL -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2 I am applying some

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Bill Godfrey
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:52:40 +0300, #1490;#1491;#1497; amp;#1489;#1503; #1488;#1489;#1497; GADI wrote: Hi, I am looking for a utility that can change the creation date of a dataset. I found CDSCB on the CBT Tape, but it is not Y2K compatible. Does anyone have a Y2K compatible version, or can

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Kelman, Tom
Can you explain a little further? Are you saying you want to dynamically changed the MSU softcap on the LPAR? I'm not sure if that's possible, or desirable. The MSU softcap controls the rolling 4 hour average used by IBM for software costing. If you increase it at any time during a month, and

Re: SUN sets on IBM offer?

2009-04-06 Thread Kelman, Tom
But this might not be the end of it. I was listening to the report of this on NPR this morning, and as the analyst said, posturing like this happens all the time. If SUN might collapse completely because IBM pulls out they might come back on bended knee and accept more of a compromise offer.

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread Staller, Allan
1) Could be a flag to cause someone to investigate a product with a JES2 release dependency. In this case, there will (most likely) be no entires in GLOBAL/TARGET/DLIB zones. Someone would have processed a UCLIN to set the UMID. 2) An actual usermod. What does LIST SYSMOD(AAJESTA) tell you (for

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:51:55 -0600, Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com wrote: Hi John, That's AbendAid/MVS. BobL Many thanks! That is it. Now to research what I need to do with AbendAid. This is becoming a real PITA. Especially since everything just works on my sandbox. Unfortunately

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread Lester, Bob
Many thanks! That is it. Now to research what I need to do with AbendAid. This is becoming a real PITA. Especially since everything just works on my sandbox. Unfortunately the real world is a 2 system sysplex and I must first upgrade one, then the other. -- John Hi John, Lesse,

Re: COBOL and European edit masks

2009-04-06 Thread Jim McAlpine
Unfortunately, that's not how that clause works. I'm not in work at the moment to prove it but I believe that if you specify that clause then all your picture clauses must be in European format. That clause just directs the compiler to accept picture clauses in European format otherwise if you

Re: UMID of AAJESTA on z/OS 1.8 JES2????

2009-04-06 Thread John McKown
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:23:44 -0600, Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com wrote: Hi John, Lesse, in TKAZSAMP, you should see $10SMPU1. That's the one that flags the JES macros with this USERMOD. It's to remind you to re-assemble the AbendAid CWJOBTAB whenever you update the JES macros.

Seven dirty jobs in IT (out of topic)

2009-04-06 Thread Natarajan Mohan
and a COBOL programmer is called an innovative name Legacy Systems Archaeologist http://www.cio.com/article/194450/Seven_Dirty_IT_Jobs_and_the_Skills_Needed_to_Do_Them?page=1 NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY The information contained in this communication, including but not limited to any

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Thomas, What we would like to do is garantee for the online shift (CICS DB2) a certain amount of MSU's from 07:00-22:00 hours. Then batch processing starts and we want to lower the MSU's with 10 because we have enough power to run the batch. We also don't want that a part of the 4hr rolling

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Kevin Mckenzie
Are you trying to control the weight of the LPARs, ie how much CPU a given LPAR is entitled to relative to the others, or are you trying to cap the total utilization of an LPAR? WLM Weight Management might do what you need, if the images are in the same sysplex, and your WLM policy is set up

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Hi KevinI'm trying to have control over the number of MSU's an LPAR may use overnight during the batch period to be sure that the online work will not suffer from a high 4hr rolling average in the batch.So we want to change at start of the batch dynamicaly the MSU value of that LPAR.(lower it). I

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Edward Jaffe
Dick de Groot wrote: Is there a tool/rexx available to change the MSU values from batch. We want to change the MSU values for a LPAR during the batch period. You can set defined capacity values from batch using the zSeries API. In the Austin SHARE Bit Bucket I showed how even the laziest

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Edward Where can I find that HWMCAMVS program and the Bit Bucket? Can I also use this with Group capacity ? 2009/4/6 Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com Dick de Groot wrote: Is there a tool/rexx available to change the MSU values from batch. We want to change the MSU values for a LPAR

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Yes, I found it on resourcelink Thanks for the information great ! 2009/4/6 Dick de Groot derkfr...@gmail.com Edward Where can I find that HWMCAMVS program and the Bit Bucket? Can I also use this with Group capacity ? 2009/4/6 Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com Dick de Groot wrote:

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Ron Hawkins
Dick, I'm confused about your objectives. How will online work suffer from a four hour rolling average in batch? The rolling average has a lot to do with software billing and very little to do with performance. Do you want to restrict the available capacity of the LPAR during the batch run to

Re: Wacked again - One time post.

2009-04-06 Thread Michael liberatore
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Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Schudel
The last time I checked the API did not support changes to Group Capacity. For that I was told to use the CIM interface, which I have not yet looked into. Instead I am going to wait for BCPii to be available and see if I can use that to set Group Capacity. /jack - Original Message -

Re: Wacked again - One time post.

2009-04-06 Thread Howard Rifkind
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SHOWzOS beta for REUSASID and big LX

2009-04-06 Thread Roland Schiradin
Hi folks, perhaps some of you're running with REUSASID=YES and of course with big LX (available since z/OS R6). In the last weeks I'm working on this and I have a beta ready to cover such an environment. Only the REUSASID=YES might cause abends while the big LX is just a garbage or missing

Re: IBM Withdraws Patent Application on offshoring jobs

2009-04-06 Thread Ron Hawkins
Trusted Scout. I don't think Gary Larson got the etymology right... And you should have seen the look on the Lone Ranger's face when he finally found out what Keomsabe really meant. [A bit of levity appeared to be needed for this post.] Regards, Steve Thompson -- Normal disclaimer

Re: IBM Withdraws Patent Application on offshoring jobs

2009-04-06 Thread Thompson, Steve
I didn't get it from Gary (although he reminded me of it). I got it from an old friend who said something to that effect in the mid-70s. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Hawkins Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:03 PM To:

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Dick de Groot
Thats right, it has to do with software billing. A loop in batch causes high MSU and might create a high 4 hr rolling average if batch and online falls partial in 4HRA and that might hurt online work.(software capping) 2009/4/6 Ron Hawkins ron.hawkins1...@sbcglobal.net Dick, I'm confused

RACF RRSF SET

2009-04-06 Thread Laine, Rogers
I know that this should be directed to the RACF list, but I was thinking someone may know the answer. How do I display the options that were defined using the SET command. Things like. SET NOAUTODIRECT SET NOAUTOPWD I want to set what options have already been set. TIA, Rogers

Re: RACF RRSF SET

2009-04-06 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:44:52 -0500, Laine, Rogers rla...@whitneybank.com wrote: I know that this should be directed to the RACF list, but I was thinking someone may know the answer. How do I display the options that were defined using the SET command. Things like. SET NOAUTODIRECT SET

Re: RACF RRSF SET

2009-04-06 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
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Re: RACF RRSF SET

2009-04-06 Thread Laine, Rogers
Walt Jerry, Thanks for setting me straight. I was mixing the SET with the TARGET command. Rogers -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re:

Re: Rexx

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:31:45 -0500, Eric Chevalier wrote: But note: later in that same message thread, Alan Ackerman posted a follow-up message from Ken Tomiak stating: http://www.mail-archive.com/ib...@listserv.uark.edu/msg17992.html IBM did some internal discussing, and we are proud to

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:43:20 +0300, G+D+J+ B+N% #B+J+ gad...@malam.com wrote: We are in the process of copying datasets from tape to disk. The users would like to keep the same creation dates. How is changing the date likely to influence the backup process? If a backed up version with the same

Re: Rexx

2009-04-06 Thread Stephen Y Odo
Edward Jaffe wrote: Scott T. Harder wrote: I used to support a product that provided samples in both REXX and Clist. MAJOR pain. Once you go to REXX, you won't look back. Much more powerful in terms of numbers and it just seems so much more intuitive. The worst thing about REXX is

SDSF SORT

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
By default, SDSF STatus panel seems to display jobs in chronological order. How can I reverse this and see them most recent on top? There seems to be no column on which I can SORT % D to accomplish this. BTW, I tried to search the archives and sort by Item No., desc. When I do this, it

Re: Wacked again - One time post.

2009-04-06 Thread Gary Green
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Re: Wacked again - One time post.

2009-04-06 Thread Joe Reichman
Howard its me Joe Reichman I have question can you please call (917) - 748 - 9693 if you read this message in the Next few great if not tommorow -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu]on Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009

Re: SDSF SORT

2009-04-06 Thread Peter Bishop
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:35:09 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: By default, SDSF STatus panel seems to display jobs in chronological order. How can I reverse this and see them most recent on top? There seems to be no column on which I can SORT % D to accomplish this. BTW, I

Re: SDSF SORT

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Comstock
Paul Gilmartin wrote: By default, SDSF STatus panel seems to display jobs in chronological order. How can I reverse this and see them most recent on top? There seems to be no column on which I can SORT % D to accomplish this. BTW, I tried to search the archives and sort by Item No., desc.

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Itschak Mugzach
The kind of backup you refer to is based on the change bit (Which is reset on restore). DMS Vtoc utility is a dataset by dataset update utility. a physical backup restore would solve the need to zap the vto and would keep the original creation dates. Itschak On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Paul

Re: MSU Change from batch

2009-04-06 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/6/2009 6:19:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, derkfr...@gmail.com writes: Where can I find that HWMCAMVS program and the Bit Bucket? Can I also use this with Group capacity ? The proceedings of SHARE are available at _www.share.org_ (http://www.share.org) . If you

Re: SDSF SORT

2009-04-06 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hi Gil, As my mate Ron taught me:- SDSF STATUS panel == SORT END-DATE D END-TIME D Jobs are sort with last completed job at bthe top. Regards Bruce Hewson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

SHARE Proceedings. Which One? (Was: MSU Change from batch)

2009-04-06 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ed Finnell wrote: The proceedings of SHARE are available at _www.share.org_ (http://www.share.org) . If you search on SPEAKERs with name Jaffe you get several hits. Don't know what the listserv is gonna do with the glyphs... Yuck! In some cases, the same session is repeated over and

Re: One less mainframe shop

2009-04-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
No, it's not at all misleading (CA's prediction that 2009 shipped incremental mainframe MIPS will exceed all installed mainframe MIPS in 2000). For at least one simple reason: nobody buys mainframe MIPS to let them sit idle. They are the most highly utilized CPUs on the planet, running an average