Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Gangar, Parin (MLITS)
Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_interact_with_a_t ransaction_from_a_batch_program%3F where various options are mentioned, which unfortunately my CICS installation does not allow. Anyone got

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:28:16 -0500 Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: :On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:33:32 -0400, John Kington wrote: :I would look at the blocksize on each dataset in your concatenation and verify that you do not have any members blocked greater than the blocksize. A problem

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Ron Hawkins
John, The largest blksize first restriction did go away with for Fetch in XA, and it was before the restriction was lifted for SAM-E datasets (refer to Ed Jaffe's comments). In one shop I was in a JCL check product was insisting that this was required for production JCL that had worked

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2009-08-07 Thread James Obrizok
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Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Ron Hawkins
Frank, You have lots of good feedback as far as sharing with integrity and security go, but I did focus on comment below about performance impact. There is always the likelihood that activity from one LPAR may impact the performance of another, and it can happen for the SYSRES volumes just as

Re: Print disk map?

2009-08-07 Thread Ron Hawkins
Radoslaw, But you still have to get half of the drives into the right order in order to read the chunks as a whole stripe. I don't see that as being any different to getting all the drives in the right order to read the chunks as a whole stripe on RAID-5 or RAID-6. Ron -Original

Re: 3494 ATL not inserting carts - resolved

2009-08-07 Thread Vince Getgood
All, Thanks for the assist. We had an engineer in to deal with a VTS problem, and asked him to check the convienience. There turned out to be a piece of plastic from a cartridge which had become detached causing the sensors to fail, leaving the robot in output mode. This is now sorted.

Re: The weather in Endicott

2009-08-07 Thread R.S.
Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:42:36 -0400, Pamela Christina in summery Endicott NY wrote: snip! I keep imagining that Pamela Christina has a weatherbot that connects to a local weather site and automatically extracts the adjective to insert in her return address. IMHO this is

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Gibney, Dave
I agree, but I doubt this applies to someone converting from VSE to their first z/OS LPAR(s). And, I think with careful change management, you could update even shared PDSE without sysplex. Do the update from only one system ever and cause that PDSE address space (can't remember it right off) to

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Gangar, Parin (MLITS) parin_gan...@ml.comwrote: Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_interact_with_a_t ransaction_from_a_batch_program%3F where various options

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
EXCI? ITschak On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Gangar, Parin (MLITS) parin_gan...@ml.comwrote: Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got

Re: USS misuse

2009-08-07 Thread Tom Russell
Not really. UNIX System Services has got involved with the Communications Server (CS) IP component over the years and, I expect, will into the future. However, it started before UNIX System Services and its predecessors appeared - or perhaps about the same time but was completely independent.

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi; As mentioned by Itschak I use EXCI as the batch interface to CICS, but it does require an MRO environment on the CICS side so if this is not configured on your CICS systems there is a problem. Using a command as mentioned by Jim, may not work if the console definitions within CICS are not

Re: Problems occured when using DFSMSdss to dump and restore DB2 data sets

2009-08-07 Thread Richard Pace
On Thursday 06 August 2009, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Neo wrote: We are trying to use DFSMSdss that provides dump and restore services that can be used on DB2 data sets. (We are trying to avoid coding of image copies or table unloads that will take up coding effort and a lot of space to hold the

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread John Kington
It is a misdesign that the OS allows this ever to happen. The principal use of this facility is to correct errors that were introduced by its earlier inadvertent use. Simply, any OPEN for WRITE with overriding attributes where the label contains different nonzero attributes should ABEND for

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
You can use the MVS JCL statement // COMMAND 'anything' This is nice to use because the continuation process, I think, is easier. Or if you have a scheduling product or automation, you can use those to issue the command on behalf of a particular event (msg, job, tod, etc...) In a batch

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread John Kington
Ron, The largest blksize first restriction did go away with for Fetch in XA, and it was before the restriction was lifted for SAM-E datasets (refer to Ed Jaffe's comments). I stand corrected on when the restriction was removed. In one shop I was in a JCL check product was insisting that this

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Klein, Kenneth
ISTM, this restriction is still in place. I ran isrddn the other day and it flagged a dataset in the concatenation that had a smaller blocksize than those following it. We reblocked that data set and isrddn did not complain. Ken Klein Sr. Systems Programmer Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance -

Re: ibm Tivoli ETR support

2009-08-07 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Barbara Nitz If the lady you refered to is Kathryn, she is still in NetView Service. I think she is a manager or supervisor now and rarely handles PMRs. You could try asking for her but I don't know if that would

Re: USSTAB

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Hamman Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: USSTAB Still use custom USS tables here in Mississippi for both VTAM and TN3270 access...

Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-07 Thread David Purdy
No, but I generated a Cognos cube with SMF data. ?Fairly trivial task for Cognos. David Purdy -Original Message- From: Michael Wickman mwick...@waddell.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 12:44 pm Subject: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database. Does anyone try

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 7:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
ISTM, this restriction is still in place. I ran isrddn the other day and it flagged a dataset in the concatenation that had a smaller blocksize than those following it. We reblocked that data set and isrddn did not complain. Did ISRDDN complain because it is a TRUE problem? Or, did it complain

Re: ibm Tivoli ETR support

2009-08-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
still have to ask why a very good technician has to become a 'suit' :-) Perhaps IBM has an up or out policy in effect? Or, could it be more money? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gangar, Parin (MLITS) Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_interact_with_a_t ransaction_from_a_batch_program%3F

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread David Stephens
You've certainly excluded most of the options. How about your automated operations software? Most of these (like Control-M, Netmaster, and Netview/SA) have some facilities to 'screen scrape' applications. So you can logon to your CICS region and do what you want to do. Some testing software

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Barkow, Eileen
If you really need to start CICS transactions from batch, then only a few definitions are needed in CICS to implement EXCI (1 sitparm IRCSTRT=YES and a couple of EXCI RDO CONNECTION definitions). Using Modify commands requires special security definitions (if external security is being used in

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share SNIPPAGE It is VSAM Record Level Sharing (not Locking). SNIP

Re: Problem with I/O

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Fairchild
The OP said his error message was IEC334I. I read the description and recommended action, and it looks to me as if he has two or more devices, regardless of their device numbers, that have the same CCA and DDC rather than a duplicate SSID. Here is the operative sentence: The identified

Re: HELP! ordering maintenance.

2009-08-07 Thread Neal Eckhardt
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 05:07:24 +, Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Neal, If you are going to make the big hop, you might consider installing/using the driving system available on ShopzSeries.  I have not used it myself, but I think that there are others here who could

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:08:50 -0400, Klein, Kenneth wrote: ISTM, this restriction is still in place. I ran isrddn the other day and it flagged a dataset in the concatenation that had a smaller blocksize than those following it. We reblocked that data set and isrddn did not complain. Really? I've

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:53:18 -0500, David Speake wrote: Is anyone running CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick database) in a z/OS SYSPLEX via LINIX? I see some U2 UniData and UniVerse information, but.. I'm not sure what you are asking. z/OS and Linux are different operating systems. Linux does

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:53:18 -0500, David Speake wrote: Is anyone running CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick database) in a z/OS SYSPLEX via LINIX? I see some U2 UniData and UniVerse information, but.. I'm not sure what you are asking. z/OS and Linux are different operating systems. Linux does

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: help with smf

2009-08-07 Thread larry macioce
Thank you for all the replies. We don't have SAS(wish we did) or MXG,it is all roll your own here thanks again Mace On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Kelman, Tom thomas.kel...@commercebank.comwrote: Anton, Here we write all SMF records except type 17 for temporary files. I thought that

REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
Gentle Readers,   Is there a way to produce a list of GDG disk dsns that were defined with  NOSCRATCH parM?  We have a problem with disk space and it was noticed that several GDG dsns that were rolled off but were still on the dasd because of they were defined with NOSCRATCH.  I looked at DFDSS

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS Gentle Readers,   Is there a way to produce a list of GDG disk dsns

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 9:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS Gentle Readers, Is there a way to produce a list of GDG disk dsns

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Donnelly, John P
We use to locate: //STEP020 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // REGION=0M //STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=BDC2.CBT112.LOAD //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSPRINT

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Donnelly, John P Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS We use to locate: //STEP020 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Scott Rowe
Heck, I just use a CF partition running on my shared CP. As long as you are only doing GRS, and maybe HSM CRQm etc, there is no problem. My two CF partitions combined average about 0.2% of my CPUs. It may not be as fast as dedicated CPs, but it is still faster than GRS ring. Gibney, Dave

Re: Problem with I/O

2009-08-07 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/7/2009 8:45:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bi...@mainstar.com writes: a device configured with the same Channel Connection Address (CCA) and Director-to-Device Connection address (DDC). [MVS System Messages Volume 7 (IEB-IEE); SA22-7637-15] At any rate, there is

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
John,   I would like to try out your suggestion LISTC ALL CAT(...).  Once the LISTCAT is done, is there any special keywords that I could look for? --- On Sat, 8/8/09, McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: From: McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
Bob,   We have CA-DISK.  What command should I use?  I get the following : ADSST003 NO ACTION WAS SPECIFIED FOR A SCAN OR FIND COMMAND ADSST003  COMMAND NUMBER = (CMD0002) Below are my input cards:     SET   MODE=SIMULATE     SCAN REALVOLS

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS Bob, We have CA-DISK.  What command should I use?  I get the

Luminex / Data Domain

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi Folks, Has anyone out there put up this solution to replace real (3590-1) tape drives? If so, I'm wondering how it is configured to work with SMS. Would anyone be willing to share SMS setup for this beasty? I'm being told that it doesn't require OAM and that I should define it

Re: Telnet, was: Re: USS misuse

2009-08-07 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:05:02 -0500, Barbara Nitz nitz-...@gmx.net wrote: What did NOT come down were the three corresponding telnet address spaces. This was by design. (Not just working as designed.) But that's not true! When OMVS starts to go away, without *any* stop or other command the

Re: help with smf

2009-08-07 Thread Scott Rowe
Larry, You don't have to roll your own, DAF is available on the cbttape.org website. larry macioce mace1...@gmail.com 08/07/09 10:55 AM Thank you for all the replies. We don't have SAS(wish we did) or MXG,it is all roll your own here thanks again Mace On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Kelman,

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
Bob,   Thanks for the examples.  The disks are SMS managed however CA-DISK is not in this particular partition, however, the disks are visible in another partition where CA-DISK is installed.  Can I run your examples from that partition?  --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Lester, Bob

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS John,   I would like to try out your suggestion LISTC ALL

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS Bob, Thanks for the examples.  The disks are SMS managed however 

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
I ran the job but received errors which would explain why.  Just to confirm using the   SET MODE=SIMULATE command, nothing is touched or updated.  Right? --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com wrote: From: Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com Subject: Re: REPORT

Re: USSTAB

2009-08-07 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:28:07 -0500, Barbara Nitz nitz-...@gmx.net wrote: Fixing USS design flaws isn't going to be very high on anybody's list. But having enough complaints from different people (not just me - after all, we're just someone out in Europe!) may get a few of the 'suits'

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS I ran the job but received errors which would explain why.  Just to

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Guy Gardoit
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbm1.comwrote: A basic sysplex will provide z/OS availability, an improvement over single image. This can be done for the cost of a few CTC connections between LPARS. If you have the spare channels to define as CTC's, this is

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
John,   I tried out your suggestion and it works.  Thanks.    --- On Sat, 8/8/09, McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: From: McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 4:37 AM

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread esmie moo
Thanks Bob for your help as well. --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com wrote: From: Lester, Bob bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com Subject: Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 4:48 AM -Original Message-

Re: How to eliminate the igd17223i message from the syslog under sdsf.

2009-08-07 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't have any round tuits yesterday. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: How to eliminate the

Re: Luminex / Data Domain

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lester, Bob Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Luminex / Data Domain Hi Folks, Has anyone out there put up this solution to replace real

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Michel Castelein
Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote in message news:4a7b14a0.20...@phoenixsoftware.com... Patrick O'Keefe wrote: On another list someone found some product doc that still mentioned having the largest blocksize first in a concatenation. While trying to reassure the person I

Re: Luminex / Data Domain

2009-08-07 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Luminex / Data Domain -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: USSTAB

2009-08-07 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Martin Kline wrote: BTW, for everyone (anyone?) who bothered to read this far, how many use a custom USS table? Is it just Chris, Patrick, myself and a couple other people in the world? When we had real 3270's, I used a custom table. When we first setup TCP/IP the TN3270 server didn't

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Gibney, Dave
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share Heck, I just use a CF partition running on my shared CP. As long

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 1:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: FILEAID PDSSTAT=A Parm Doesn't Seem to Work as Advertised

2009-08-07 Thread Larry Brown
Think I found the answer to this in case anyone else is interested. The PDS members I am working with were 'retrieved' from Endevor, and according to an Endevor manual, I probably shouldn't be messing with the stats, as that could compromise the Endevor 'footprint'. PDSSTAT=A works as

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread David Speake
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:46:04 -0500, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not sure what you are asking. z/OS and Linux are different operating systems. Linux does not run in a Sysplex with z/OS. If the Pick database runs in Linux, you might be able to run it in Linux on a

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Speake Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 1:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:46:04 -0500, Tom

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
David, The z/OS does not run Linux. It runs on a IFL as a sparate LPAR (for lack of a better term). There are many REDBOOKS on IBM's site that discuss the setup, care and feeding of Linux on a z system. Lizette I'm not sure what you are asking. z/OS and Linux are different operating

Re: ibm Tivoli ETR support

2009-08-07 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:34:50 -0500, Barbara Nitz nitz-...@gmx.net wrote: ... Yes, I meant Kathy. While I certainly say congratualtions for the promotion, I still have to ask why a very good technician has to become a 'suit' :-) ... I may be wrong, but I thought she was supervisor of the group

Re: HSM AUTH DATABASEAUTHORITY

2009-08-07 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
At some convenient time, such as just before or after a scheduled IPL, you could deactivate the FACILITY class in RACF, issue all the AUTH REVOKE commands, and reactivate the FACILITY class. Alternately, add the REVOKE commands to ARCCMDxx and recycle HSM. Or have one of the currently RACF

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Joel Wolpert
z/OS, z/VM , and LINUX can all run under lpars. In addition, LINUX can also run under a guest under z/VM. IBM provides something called an IFL (Integrated Facility for LINUX) that is its own processor (not part of the general pool) that runs z/VM with LINUX as a guest. This is IBM's solution

Re: Luminex / Data Domain

2009-08-07 Thread Thomas Wiatt
We have implemented the Luminex solution. John pretty much hit it on the head. We are currently only using it for our DR backups, but will add another MTL for HSM soon.Feel free to call or e-mail me if you have questions. Tom Wiatt 850-245-3544 wia...@gmail.com SMS routines and HCD

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Joel Wolpert
You can configure it so that it is not always polling, and therefore not soaking up the CPU. In addition, you can set up an lpar weight and cap the ICF lpar. This will also prevent the ICF from consuming more of the CEC than you want. All of this being said: I would not recommend that you share

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Mark Post
On 8/7/2009 at 3:09 PM, Joel Wolpert j...@perfconsultant.com wrote: -snip- Also, I believe the cost of z/VM is not that great because you do not need any 3rd party tools. You were doing fine until you got to this statement. While running z/VM solely for the purpose of hosting Linux guests

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_interact_with_a_t ransaction_from_a_batch_program%3F where various options are

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Speake [ snip ] Ops - my phrasing was almost as bad as my spelling. I meant Linux running in a z/OS 1.9 address space. I thought you could do that but am now unsure. You can't do that. -jc-

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread David Speake
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:50:17 -0500, McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: snip~ z/OS has a UNIX subsystem, but it is not Linux in any form or fashon! snip~ So that's why I couldn't find it. Told you I was ignorant! Thanks

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

2009-08-07 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip It is a misdesign that the OS allows this ever to happen. The principal use of this facility is to correct errors that were introduced by its earlier inadvertent use. Simply, any OPEN for WRITE with

z10 and overlapping/destructive moves

2009-08-07 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
I am in the midst of a CPU optimization exercise for a COBOL program and ran across the following code sequence generated by the compiler: MVI 254(3),X'40' MVC 255(119,3),254(3) This code is generated in response to a simple COBOL MOVE SPACES TO variable instruction, where the

Re: z10 and overlapping/destructive moves

2009-08-07 Thread Edward Jaffe
Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: I am in the midst of a CPU optimization exercise for a COBOL program and ran across the following code sequence generated by the compiler: MVI 254(3),X'40' MVC 255(119,3),254(3) This code is generated in response to a simple COBOL MOVE SPACES TO

Re: HSM AUTH DATABASEAUTHORITY

2009-08-07 Thread Anthony Fletcher
Thank you, the AUTH userid REVOKE was indeed actioned even though the message says IS NOT CHANGED regards, Anthony Fletcher - MNZCS Team Lead NZ SMM (AirNZ, Westpac NZ , TelstraClear NZ and NWM AU) IBM Global Technology Services Server Systems Operations Server Management Mainframe Global

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thanks for more ammunition. I will add it to the pile! :-) -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 F: 303-235-2075 On 8/7/2009 at 2:24 AM, in message

Re: REPORT OF NOSCRATCH GDG DSNS

2009-08-07 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip--- Is there a way to produce a list of GDG disk dsns that were defined with NOSCRATCH parM? We have a problem with disk space and it was noticed that several GDG dsns that were rolled off but were still on the dasd because

Re: DASD: to share or not to share

2009-08-07 Thread Frank Swarbrick
So for example, if our change control process for applications runs in DEV (which is how we have it in VSE) we should be able to update our production application loadlib PDSE from DEV exclusively and this will not be a problem, even without a Sysplex? I am curious as to where I find this PDSE

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Interesting. We have MacKinney Batch to CICS to do this. But your way seems just fine as long as you don't care for a response of some sort (bad transID or whatever). Of course I get the following errors when I try: IEF196I MVS.MODIFY.STC.CICSDEV1.CICSDEV1 +DFHAC2015

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Just define a TERMINAL def for console INTERNAL in CICS. ,CEDA ,View,TErminal(,#INT,) , ,TErminal :,#INT, , ,Group :,AUTOCON9, , ,Description:,INTERNAL CONSOLE FOR JCL , ,AUTINSTModel :,No , ,No,|,Yes,|,Only , ,AUTINSTName:,, , TERMINAL IDENTIFIERS ,

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Mark Let's take a for instance: checking through last month's posts in the archive in order to see if I had covered all relevant ones - and this isn't the only USS thread in which I am currently participating - I came across something guaranteed to get my goat. If the topic is the correct USS

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Steve Sorry about the delay. You've been owed an apology for a long time. It's just I processed the thread without the was first - and other matters came along. I got round finally to the archive search you suggested and discovered your contributions to this topic the last time (?) it flared

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Steve Comstock
David Speake wrote: On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:50:17 -0500, McKown, John jmck...@healthmarkets.com wrote: snip~ z/OS has a UNIX subsystem, but it is not Linux in any form or fashon! snip~ So that's why I couldn't find it. Told you I was ignorant! We can fix that...

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Ted Even IBM used USS ... Sadly, some IBMers are as careless as some list participants. ... unless the context is confusing ... As the Howard Rifkind, Ivan Warren and Mary Anne Matyaz cases illustrate, simply the use can confuse. Chris Mason On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:12:42 +, Ted MacNEIL

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Pat I followed up on Steve's archived posts from the last time this topic flared up. It's clear I misunderstood his short phrases. Incidentally that point 3, misrouting, comes from a response to a post of yours! - It's clear what I should have done is to enclose USS in quotation marks. It

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I know. I am not the sysprog, so I have no authority to do this. If we end up wanting to do this we will define it. Thanks! Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 F: 303-235-2075 On

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Mark If you enter IBMTEST when the SNA LU is in the SSCP-LU - as opposed to the LU-LU state - and the LU is supported by Unformatted System Services (USS), the SSCP (VTAM) will echo back to you whatever you have specified as the second positional operand the number of times you specify as the

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Ken Unless I've misunderstood, I would not expect the early Monday morning terminal user to much bothered by the IBMTEST command. It's one of those things to which the famous phrase attributed to Michael Caine by Peter Sellers, Not a lot of people know that!, applies. Chris Mason On Tue, 28

Re: USS misuse (was Re: Mainframe hacking)

2009-08-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Ted Even IBM used USS ... Sadly, some IBMers are as careless as some list participants. I DON'T think it's carelessness!n - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: CSC Comtec's HMO software (Pick) on z/OS SYSPLEX

2009-08-07 Thread Mohammad Khan
You probably mean Linux running in an LPAR or under z/VM. AFAIK Linux does not run in a z/OS 1.9 (or any other version) address space. That's not to say it can't be done ! After all CoLinux guys have Linux running in a Windows address space. Mohammad On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:46:02 -0500, David

Re: USS misuse

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Barbara Thanks for the points about the Communications Server (CS) IP component - yes that's your TCPIP address space(s) - and their dependency on UNIX System Services. Tom Russell emphasis the API but I also remembered the Resolver address space and INET/CINET. Regarding your problems with

Post productivity (was Re: USS misuse)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Edward If you will allow me a small but significant correction: Chris Mason *posted* 14 messages on the same subject within 24 minutes. I guess we can more or less safely assume that I did write 14 posts and no more but that I took a while actually to write them! In addition I hope you will

Post relevance (was Re: USS misuse)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Ken I have no experience with twitter but I did learn recently that there is a maximum of 140 characters per tweet so it will be a rare post of mine that manages to qualify as a tweet. There was a risk that my post in response to Bob Woodside would be less that 140 characters but then I

UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) use (was Re: USS misuse)

2009-08-07 Thread Chris Mason
Tom Thanks for the insight. After that post I worried about this matter of the extent to which the Communications Server IP component depended on UNIX System services. First I wondered about APIs since you seem to need to refer to the UNIX System Services Messages and Codes manual for those

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