Re: SDSF Batch command size limit

2009-06-26 Thread Robin van Westendorp
I found the following example which seems to work the best for my requirement. Thank you for all your responses. //REMVLF EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,COND=(0,NE) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD *,DLM=ZZ /*$VS,'RO *ALL,F

Re: SDSF Batch command size limit

2009-06-26 Thread Tidy, David (D)
Hi, You don't say which release you are, but from 1.9 onwards, you should be able to use the ' option if you use the ISFAFD program to invoke batch SDSF. The following is an example: //EXECSSID EXEC PGM=ISFAFD //ISFOUTDD SYSOUT=*

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Brian Westerman
I think you might be able to run it under z/VM, you certainly can run it under Hercules. If you get a fast enough PC, you can probably beat the MIPS of what your running it on now;) What is the purpose of the question? Is it just a gee, I wonder, or is there a real need to give it a go? I have

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:55:54 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:35:26 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote: // IF COMPILE=CICS //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CICS.SDFHCOB // ENDIF But I don't much care. I keep my more complicated JCL as here-documents in shell scripts

OMVS data not found in dump

2009-06-26 Thread Kostas Zafiropoulos
Hi all dear liters, Do you have any idea how can I produce an SDUMP including OMVS data storage areas? All COMMUNICATIONS, FILE, PROCESS data are not available in produced dump. I am using SDATA= (COUPLE,ALLNUC,LPA,LSQA,PSA,SWA,RGN,SQA,TRT,CSA,GRSQ, XESDATA,SUM). Is there any

Re: OMVS data not found in dump

2009-06-26 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:07:50 -0500 Kostas Zafiropoulos kzafiropou...@eurobank.gr wrote: :Hi all dear liters, I could use a liter or two right now. :Do you have any idea how can I produce an SDUMP including OMVS data :storage areas? All COMMUNICATIONS, FILE, PROCESS data are not available in

Staff size survey results

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Molerio
I see that there is no data for z/VM- zLINUX shops. Any reason for excluding them? -- Thank you, Bob Molerio. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: IBM Software Secure Support via USA Citizens

2009-06-26 Thread Ron Hawkins
Ted, Mate, we're on the same page on that one. I'm wondering if they'll provide support for US residents that are not citizens... I better be ready with my Social Security Number. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of

Thought that I understood IODF and IOCDS but ..

2009-06-26 Thread John Kelly
I understand that to synch the IODF and IOCDS for more than 'software change' that I need to ACTIVATE IODF=A0,ACTIOCDS=A0 This should make the H/W (HSA) and S/W happy on the LPAR that I issue the command? My question is 'will it make the other LPARs unhappy', in that the HSA won't reflect

SMPE usermod sample

2009-06-26 Thread Jousma, David
After seeing the posts this week about ISRONLY in ISP.SISPSAMP, I am trying to write a SMPE usermod that will: 1) Copy/move ISRONLY from SISPSAMP to SISPEXEC 2) Add alias ONLY to it. Does anyone have any samples/pointers on how to do this? Thanks in advance, Dave

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:01:41 -0500, Jan MOEYERSONS wrote: // IF COMPILE=CICS //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CICS.SDFHCOB // ENDIF But I don't much care. I keep my more complicated JCL as here-documents in shell scripts which can do all the conditionals and tailoring I need. And you would be amazed

Re: anynet SNA over TCPIP

2009-06-26 Thread Chris Mason
Pat While true, there isn't much need for it, either. You're using the wrong tense; try was for is. In the days when AnyNet Sockets over SNA was created, the mid-90s, there was an golden opportunity not to scrap SNA network infrastructure in favour of IP network infrastructure but simply to

Re: OMVS data not found in dump

2009-06-26 Thread Peter X. DeFabritus
IBM will generally request parameters similar to: SDATA=(ALLNUC,PSA,CSA,LPA,TRT,SQA,RGN,GRSQ,LSQA,SUM) JOBNAME=(OMVS), DSPNAME=('OMVS'.*),END On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:07:50 -0500, Kostas Zafiropoulos kzafiropou...@eurobank.gr

Re: question about searching datasets for ip addresses

2009-06-26 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Klein, Kenneth Try this: //*-+1+2+3+4+5+6+7-- //PROC001 PROC //SCAN EXEC PGM=ISRSUPC,PARM=('L SRCHCMP ANYC') //OUTDD DD SYSOUT=* //NEWDD DD

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Billy R. Bingham
The company currently has a 2003-116 and IBM will be dropping maintenance 12/31/2009. They want to go to newer hardware (z890/z990) but does not want to upgrade their software, I repeat, does not want to upgrade their software. They want to stay on OS/390 1.3 until they migrate off to an ERP

Re: OMVS data not found in dump

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:07:50 -0500, Kostas Zafiropoulos kzafiropou...@eurobank.gr wrote: Hi all dear liters, Do you have any idea how can I produce an SDUMP including OMVS data storage areas? All COMMUNICATIONS, FILE, PROCESS data are not available in produced dump. I am using SDATA=

Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

2009-06-26 Thread Howard Brazee
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/26/0652216/Microsoft-Backed-Firm-Sa ys-IBM-Is-Anticompetitive -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Richards, Robert B.
That being the case, I would search for a third party maintenance contract, do time and materials and keep the 2003-116. - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Zelden
You weren't specific before, so I wasn't either. IIRC, it won't IPL even under z/VM without the z990 exploitation code. http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10236 Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America /

Re: INFOZIP 2Gb

2009-06-26 Thread Vikesh Bhoola
On Thursday 25 June 2009, Bob Woodside wrote: Nope, not quite ready. When I tried to add a large file to an archive, I got this error message: It appears getting the cmsmvs version LARGE_FILES is proving to be more challenging than I've anticipated.   This is a limitation of zip - no

DFSORT - the missing date conversion.

2009-06-26 Thread McKown, John
DFSORT has some wonderful abilities to convert encoded date/times to various printable outputs. These include SMF's PL4'0cyyddd' as well as TOD (STCK output) and ETOD (STCKE output). But I ran into one that is not there. I was writing a report from DCOLLECT data. The DCOLLECT date format is

Re: java6 can't initialize JVM

2009-06-26 Thread Kirk Wolf
Please provide a little more information... like where are you trying to start the JVM, under TSO OMVS? Do you know how much storage you have available above the line? For -Xms100m you probably want at least 140m. You might try a tool like Mark Zelden's REXXSTOR exec:

Re: Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

2009-06-26 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

Re: java6 can't initialize JVM

2009-06-26 Thread Barkow, Eileen
do you have JAVA_HOME and LIBPATH SET in the profile? JAVA_HOME=/udir../j16/J6.0 LIBPATH=$JAVA_HOME/include:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin/classic -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of he_ming Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:25

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Billy R. Bingham billy.bingham...@suddenlink.net wrote: The company currently has a 2003-116 and IBM will be dropping maintenance 12/31/2009. They want to go to newer hardware (z890/z990) but does not want to upgrade their software, I repeat, does not want to

Re: DFSORT - the missing date conversion.

2009-06-26 Thread Martin Packer
John, Investigate IFTHEN WHEN=(condition) so that if the number would be valid with the subtraction then do the subtraction, otherwise don't. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer Performance Consultant IBM United Kingdom Ltd +44-20-8832-5167 +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter

Re: INFOZIP 2Gb

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Woodside
On Friday 26 June 2009, Vikesh Bhoola wrote: It appears getting the cmsmvs version LARGE_FILES is proving to be more challenging than I've anticipated. Or I. I managed to run several tests of both versions last night, and I found that the cmsmvs version would run successfully if I added

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:26:10 +0100, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Billy R. Bingham billy.bingham...@suddenlink.net wrote: The company currently has a 2003-116 and IBM will be dropping maintenance 12/31/2009. They want to go to newer hardware

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.comwrote: On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:26:10 +0100, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.com wrote: Have you looked at the FLEX-ES option. That should run any version I believe and because it runs on pc technology, the hardware

z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-26 Thread Klein, Kenneth
Newbie question: I'm starting my research into how to apply maintenance to omvs for the first time in _my_ career. I'm fine with z/os, smp/e, the csi and zones, put's, rsu's and so on but this shop (I'm new here) has some clone-jobs that set up the whole hfs file structure under a /Service node.

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-26 Thread John Kelly
snip /Service node. What the heck is that for? unsnip Unless you want to apply maint to your running OMVS components, then pointing to the /Service (or whatever) directory will some 'issues'. Generically you run the maint from a driving system and /Service (and mounting) lets you point to

Re: Thought that I understood IODF and IOCDS but ..

2009-06-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Kelly wrote: I understand that to synch the IODF and IOCDS for more than 'software change' that I need to ACTIVATE IODF=A0,ACTIOCDS=A0 This should make the H/W (HSA) and S/W happy on the LPAR that I issue the command? My question is 'will it make the other LPARs unhappy', in that the

Re: SMPE usermod sample

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:46:51 -0400, Jousma, David david.jou...@53.com wrote: After seeing the posts this week about ISRONLY in ISP.SISPSAMP, I am trying to write a SMPE usermod that will: 1) Copy/move ISRONLY from SISPSAMP to SISPEXEC 2) Add alias ONLY to it. Does anyone have any

Re: SMPE usermod sample

2009-06-26 Thread Jousma, David
Mark, That is a beautiful thing. Worked like a champ! Thanks,. DAve _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB1G p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.8497

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-26 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Klein, Kenneth Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs Newbie question: I'm starting my research into how to

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-26 Thread Dazzo, Matt
In addition make sure your SMPE dddef's point to /service/. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and

Re: DFSORT - the missing date conversion.

2009-06-26 Thread Frank Yaeger
John McKown wrote on 06/26/2009 05:57:30 AM: DFSORT has some wonderful abilities to convert encoded date/times to various printable outputs. These include SMF's PL4'0cyyddd' as well as TOD (STCK output) and ETOD (STCKE output). But I ran into one that is not there. I was writing a report from

Re: Dynamic PAV assigment has stopped

2009-06-26 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:06:54 -0500, Dave Butts dave.w.bu...@lowes.com wrote: It was an OS problem after all, and not due to the MCLs. APAR OA29370 has been opened. We have been over the 65535 device boundry for a long time, but the bug became exposed when I deleted over 5000 addresses the week

Re: OS/390

2009-06-26 Thread Wayne Driscoll
While it may be able to run under z/VM using a kludge that to my knowledge, has never been tested, search the archives for a posting by Jim Mulder 2 or three years back. The issue has to do with the introduction of the multi-level TLB's in the current machines.

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:34:59 +0200, R.S. wrote: BTW: green is sales pitch. My green z10 consumes exactly 50% more power than blue z9. MIPS, channels, crypto, memory - remains the same (I wrote about it in the past). I was surprised by this, so I went to look at the specs. You can find them if

Re: z/os omvs maintenance service and hfs/zfs

2009-06-26 Thread Jakubek, Jan
John McKown So, you'd first MOUNT your alternate ROOT filesystem dataset on the /Service subdirectory. You'd then mount your alternate VAR filesystem at /Service/var, XML at /Service/usr/lpp/ixm, SHPUROOT at /Service/usr/lpp/ported, SHPHROOT at /Service/usr/lpp/php, SHPEROOT at

Re: Thought that I understood IODF and IOCDS but ..

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:41:36 -0400, John Kelly wrote: I understand that to synch the IODF and IOCDS for more than 'software change' that I need to ACTIVATE IODF=A0,ACTIOCDS=A0 This should make the H/W (HSA) and S/W happy on the LPAR that I issue the command? My question is 'will it make the

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Frank Swarbrick
On 6/26/2009 at 4:01 AM, in message listserv%200906260501418449.0...@bama.ua.edu, Jan MOEYERSONS jan.moeyers...@adelior.be wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:55:54 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:35:26 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote: // IF COMPILE=CICS

Re: IBM Software Secure Support via USA Citizens

2009-06-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
Ed Gould wrote: I had a job interview about 20 years ago at a place in California that handled top secret (and above data) all the time. I asked how they contacted IBM for support and how they handled dumps problems etc...The answer I got back was that they didn't contact IBM and you were

Re: Thought that I understood IODF and IOCDS but ..

2009-06-26 Thread John Kelly
Thanks to Tom and Edward for their insight. Tom's final sentence confirmed the scenario for me. To make the HSA be in sync with the software on all MVS LPARs, you need to do a HW and SW activate on one LPAR and a SW only activate on the other LPARs. Thanks Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office)

Re: VSAM Query Product

2009-06-26 Thread Rich Juchniewicz
It would be worth looking at the UltraQuest family of products - which let you query and build reports from mainframe VSAM, QSAM, DB2, IMS, IDMS, and Teradata, plus mid-tier Oracle and SQL Server -- and let you join data from all these data sources.

Re: IBM Software Secure Support via USA Citizens

2009-06-26 Thread Wayne Driscoll
In the days when paper dumps where still common, I remember getting a dump from a customer that looked liked a box of Swiss cheese. Before sending us the dump, they went through it page by page and would cut out sections that contained data they felt was sensitive.

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Robert Birdsall
I realize that this is still conditional code execution, but a very simple Rexx exec will work: SetCC: (I'll borrow your program name) interpret 'return' arg(1) JCL fragment: // SET TODAY=FRI //TEST EXEC PGM=IRXJCL,PARM='SETCC TODAY=FRI' //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=pds.contains.setcc //* //

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Barkow, Eileen
i did not know that Rexx can convert a day to a number (at least I think that is what it is doing). is this returning the day of the week 1-7 or just setting 1 if it is friday. my program can also return the month of the year (1-12), day of year (1-365) time of day (0-2400) and day of week

Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Day
Can someone tell me how to identify the CICS address spaces on an MVS image? By identifying, I mean programmatically. As an example of what I'm talking about, to locate DB2 address spaces, a search of the SSCT chain is done to find an SSCT with a pointer to a DB2 ERLY block. Once that is

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Dave Day wrote: Can someone tell me how to identify the CICS address spaces on an MVS image? By identifying, I mean programmatically. If you have cross-memory access, there is a TCBAUX (IIRC, I don't have access to mapping right now) that I've never seen non-zero except in CICS. But if

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Rob Scott
The only way that I am aware of (and I had to write this exact function for the MXI G2 CICS plug-in) is to loop thru the TCBs in the suspect address space hunting for the AFCX control block which is pointed to by TCBCAUF. To do this you need to squirt an SRB into the suspect ASID and recover

UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD/SAVE IBM MANUAL - NO PDF

2009-06-26 Thread John Dawes
I am attempting to download the following manual:   DFHSM V2R6.0 Messages ARC6MS02 01/31/95 10:42:49 SH35-0094-08   However, there is NO PDF associated with it.  Is there a way around this?  Could I try something else.   Thanks.   Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere.

Re: Finding CICS

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Day
The only way that I am aware of (and I had to write this exact function for the MXI G2 CICS plug-in) is to loop thru the TCBs in the suspect address space hunting for the AFCX control block which is pointed to by TCBCAUF. To do this you need to squirt an SRB into the suspect ASID and recover

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Robert Birdsall
Actually, I wasn't using the Rexx to interpret the date in my example - it just checked the equality of two strings. JCL converted 'TODAY' into 'FRI' so the argument passed to rexx was 'FRI=FRI'. Rexx does have many functions, though, and they are all available this way. So... //TEST EXEC

z Power (was Re: Another one bites the dust)

2009-06-26 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
You can find them if you go to http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/ Select product details for each and download the data sheet. z9 BC 5.4 KW z10 BC 3.7-7.35 KW z9 EC 6.3-18.3 KW z10 EC 9.7-27.5 KW Interesting, the data for the z10BC shows four actual power ratings, not the

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Elliot, David
The SHOWZOS program does this. Look in the USERS section. David Elliot zSeries Software Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Day Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 11:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Finding CICS

Re: UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD/SAVE IBM MANUAL - NO PDF

2009-06-26 Thread Lizette Koehler
Unfortunately, if the PDF icon is grey then you can only access it via Bookmgr. The file can be downloaded as a .boo and then you would need to have Softcopy Librarian from IBM to read it. Lizette I am attempting to download the following manual:   DFHSM V2R6.0 Messages ARC6MS02 01/31/95

Re: Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

2009-06-26 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I wonder how the author can attribute the CCIA's actions to Microsoft (or call the CCIA a Microsoft funded organization) when the CCIA appears to have been as equally vigorous pursuing the antitrust claims against Microsoft. Most companies don't sue themselves or piss in their own mess kits.

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Barkow, Eileen
I think that you can do it like this: 1. CVT==CVTASVT==ASVTENTY (IHAASVT) 2. each ASVTENTY points to ASCB (IHAASCB 3. ASCB==ASXB (IHAASXB) 4. ASXB +4==ASXBFTCB (first tcb) 5. for each TCB, TCB (proper) +B4==JSCB (IEZJSCB) 6. JSCB+168==JSCBPGMN (job step program name will always be DFHSIP for

Re: Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

2009-06-26 Thread McKown, John
I read more of the article. Another part of the anti-competitive stance is that only IBM does, or can, produce a 64-bit z series machine for customer use (FlexES 64-bit was only for developers?). One of the plaintiff was/is T3, who was with HP in the area of running IBM z/OS, and other z

Re: Weird Formatting of posts

2009-06-26 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:33 -0500, Bill Godfrey yak36...@yahoo.com wrote: This problem was discussed, but not resolved, in a thread named width of postings July 18-19 2007. In that thread, in one of my posts, I suggested it might be a problem with the HTML built by the Listserv program... I

Re: anynet SNA over TCPIP

2009-06-26 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
Just one small comment on one very small excerpt: On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:07:15 -0500, Chris Mason chrisma...@belgacom.net wrote: ... Pat, there's a hole in your education! ... Chris, This definitely not the first time you've discovered that! :-) Nor the first time I've displayed that on this

Re: INFOZIP 2Gb

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Woodside
On Friday 26 June 2009, Vikesh Bhoola wrote: Yes, I do have a batch JCL for the cmsmvs zip set up : //INFOZIP EXEC PGM=ZIP, // PARM='/-avl -1 -MV=dots DD:OUT ''INPUT.DATASET.NAME''' By the way, Vikesh, did you have to apply the patches against zip 3.1b that Lutz posted to the Info-ZIP

Re: Weird Formatting of posts

2009-06-26 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Patrick O'Keefe wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:33 -0500, Bill Godfrey yak36...@yahoo.com wrote: This problem was discussed, but not resolved, in a thread named width of postings July 18-19 2007. In that thread, in one of my posts, I suggested it might be a problem with the HTML built by

z/OS zip file processing - an idea

2009-06-26 Thread McKown, John
I've seen a lot of messages about InfoZIP and other z/OS compatible zip creation software. So, I just got to thinking (again). Java has a __lot__ of functionality in the base language (well in the included classes) to handle zip archives as well as code conversion. Using this, along with the

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:28:52 -0500, Robert Birdsall wrote: JCL fragment: Actually, if you're willing to deal with the strangeness, you could use the following where the '@' is replaced by one byte of hex '00'. // SET TODAY=FRI //TEST EXEC PGM=IRXJCL,PARM='@ TODAY=FRI' //SYSEXEC DD *

Re: UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD/SAVE IBM MANUAL - NO PDF

2009-06-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
Lizette Koehler wrote: The file can be downloaded as a .boo and then you would need to have Softcopy Librarian from IBM to read it. ITYM Softcopy Reader, Library Reader, or Library Server. Softcopy Librarian is something entirely different: a facility for managing your softcopy

Re: Weird Formatting of posts

2009-06-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:12:12 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote: Well, we have one of those weird ones in today's archive: Ed Gould's posting. (As usual, watch the wrap.) http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0906L=ibm-mainT=0amp;O=DF=S=P=183214 With IBM-Main options medium text and monospaced font,

duplex using z/OS LPR

2009-06-26 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Does anyone have an suggestions on how to invoke duplex mode in TSO LPR? Actually I think a more general question would be is there a way to insert PCL codes in to an LPR datastream. For CICS printing we are able to do this as follows by sending a string that contains hex 35, followed by a 2

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Rob Scott
(job step program name will always be DFHSIP for CICS). Not sure about that - I remember hearing that some sites have got front-end programs for CICS - maybe supplied by ISVs - am not sure. I do remember that the person you told me that I could not assume DFHSIP as the jobstep program knew a

Re: Finding CICS on an MVS image

2009-06-26 Thread Rob Scott
The last time I looked, I think this code only works for MRO regions. Rob Scott Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Finding CICS

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Day
I got this from a CICS sysprog friend. DSECT Function DFHSABDS The CICS® subsystem anchor block (SAB). This is used to contain global subsystem-related information that is common to all CICS regions in the MVST image. It is used to record the options specified in the DFHSSInn

Re: z/OS zip file processing - an idea

2009-06-26 Thread Kirk Wolf
Not only possible, but already available! See the sample program com.ibm.jzos.sample.ZipDatasets in the JZOS Sample programs download, which is available here: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/software/java/products/jzos/jzossamp.html Like most Java programs, you can run this from a

The downside

2009-06-26 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside from being unsupported that is. Also you can purchase support for any release of z/os, right? Or am I wrong in

Re: The downside

2009-06-26 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:50 -0500, Ward, Mike S wrote: Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside from being unsupported that is. Also you can purchase

Re: Microsoft claims mainframes anti-competitive

2009-06-26 Thread Rick Fochtman
Howard Brazee wrote: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/26/0652216/Microsoft-Backed-Firm-Sa ys-IBM-Is-Anticompetitive Wonder what they'd do if they had some competition on their own size platform. File suit??? Strikes me as another example of (whine, whine, piss and moan) because

Re: question about searching datasets for ip addresses

2009-06-26 Thread Rob Schramm
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 06/25/2009 12:45:24 PM: //SEARCH EXEC PGM=ISRSUPC,PARM=(SRCHCMP,'ANYC') //NEWDD DD DSN=SOME.DATA.SET,DISP=SHR//OUTDD DD SYSOUT=*//SYSIN DD *

Re: IF-Statement in JCL

2009-06-26 Thread Steve Comstock
Frank Swarbrick wrote: On 6/26/2009 at 4:01 AM, in message listserv%200906260501418449.0...@bama.ua.edu, Jan MOEYERSONS jan.moeyers...@adelior.be wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:55:54 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:35:26 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote:

OT completely..........

2009-06-26 Thread Rick Fochtman
A great number of you kind ladies and gentlemen have shared private E-Mail addresses with me in the past. I would be highly appreciative (and VERY DISCRETE), if you could share that information again. Just drop me a line with Address as the subject line. Between a persistant virus and a hard

Re: HYPERPAV Definitions

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:18:52 -0600, John Baxter wrote: This may be common knowledge for HDS customers, but you do need a Compatible PAV license on the subsystem in order to install your HyperPAV license. HyperPAV rocks, but watch your RMF queuing reports {or MXG or whatever) to ensure you're not

Re: The downside

2009-06-26 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:00 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:20:50 -0500, Ward, Mike S wrote: Hello all, I have a question. Does anyone have a list, or white paper, or even scratch paper of what would be the downside of not upgrading from z/os 1.7 to the current release. Aside

Re: The downside

2009-06-26 Thread John McKown
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Dave Kopischke wrote: Isn't there a future upgrade concern as well ??? I don't think you can upgrade from z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.10 or above and be supported by IBM. It might work, but more importantly, it might not... There is no compatability maintence for z/OS 1.7

Re: The downside

2009-06-26 Thread Edward Jaffe
Dave Kopischke wrote: Isn't there a future upgrade concern as well ??? I don't think you can upgrade from z/OS 1.7 to z/OS 1.10 or above and be supported by IBM. It might work, but more importantly, it might not... z/OS migration outside the 3-year window is a theme we will be discussing