... but I also remembered the Resolver address space and INET/CINET.
Yes, and my abendb78 in resolver code (and subsequent 0C4 in BPXsomething)
will both get fixed in BPX code:-)
Regarding your problems with your TCPTNx address spaces: I hope this is all
to do with TN3270 address spaces and
I see that IBM *still* hasn't gotten this fixed (but then, I did not expect
them
to).
It was in November 2006 that we had an unplanned installation-wide IPL after
a dynamic IODF change due to the fact that CAS doesn't care if you tell it
that a catalog is gone, it simply reopens that catalog
Hello Mike,
I've tried it a couple of years ago with MXG/SAS. I think that was quite easy
to do if I recall, but the problem I had was with time fields in SAS exceeding
24 hours (ie a job/stc that ran more than a day). SAS is ok with that, but it
converted those fields to a DB2 time column
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:01:34 -0500, McKown, John
jmck...@healthmarkets.com wrote:
reply type=humorous?
What he needs to do is use REXX sockets to write a z/OS TN3270 client.
This client could then connect as a 3270 terminal to the CICS region and
reply type=serious
But instead of connecting to
patrick.oke...@wamu.net (Patrick O'Keefe) writes:
Well, the N is Network, not Networking, but I don't think that
clarifies anything. Lynn apparently has some very specific defibition
of Networking in mind. His comment may be accurate (His comments
usually are.) but I'm not sure what that
I believe Jim Marshall is just trying to dismiss a fact inconvenient for the
product he is promoting? FUD! See previous comments from the Chris Mason
I will spare all who have been reading all the history of this on IBMMAIN about
my strong recommendation for those running SNA networks to
(I couldn't resist)
Yes, it is feasible to load SMF data into a DB2 database. The simplest
method is to define a table with one column containing whole SMF record,
regardless of its type. And yes, such approach is completely unreasonable.
However any other approach means that you have to
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Gibney, Dave pisze:
VSAM (and all SMS datasets) can't exist without being cataloged.
Well... To be accurate: they cannot be *used* without being cataloged.
But they can exist.
Shared
Catalogs are not safe without integrity protection.
Huh? AFAIK It is safe and fully supported to share
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Hi,
I want to convert S9(13)V99 COMP-3 to simply 9(13).
I declared following in Working Storage section -
01 WS-VAR1 PIC S9(13)V99 COMP-3.
01 WS-VAR2 PIC S9(13)V99.
01 WS-VAR3 redefines WS-VAR2.
05 WS-VAR3-redef PIC 9(13)V99.
01 WS-VAR4
What's in the other 46 bytes?
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Indeed, that is
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At 17:31 -0400 on 08/07/2009, Bill Fairchild wrote about Re: z10 and
overlapping/destructive moves:
It certainly can't hurt to change the MVI/MVC to a single
instruction:
MVC
All you really need is:
MOVE WS-VAR1 TO WS-VAR4
COBOL takes care of unpacking the data, dropping the sign. and
truncating the decimal places.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Gangar, Parin
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Hi,
I want to convert S9(13)V99 COMP-3 to simply 9(13).
I declared
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:53:29 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote:
Gibney, Dave pisze:
VSAM (and all SMS datasets) can't exist without being cataloged.
Well... To be accurate: they cannot be *used* without being cataloged.
But they can exist.
Shared
Catalogs are not safe without
Hello,
Last week we upgraded our machine 2084 (8 CPU) to 2097 (5 CPU) Everything
looks ok. but when we try to log on TSO It takes more response seconds from
the previous machine
Did anybody faced with this kind of problem ?
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Tolga
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You went from more engines to less engines so you can do less concurrent
tasks. More info is needed. Does this happen all of the time? Are there
heavy cpu jobs running at that time? What does RMF Monitor III say as far as
job delays for the tso users having problems?
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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:01:42 -0700, Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu wrote:
True, and last time we revamped the IODF I had the required CTC(s)
added. That was over a year ago when we brought in the z9-BC and is the
last time I had a chance to take a baby step that direction. Also, on
this list, I'm
As the only Sysprog here (real or otherwise), I understand your time concerns.
However, in my situation I decided that the benefits outweighed the cost (in
time). I find that many of the features of SYSPLEX can save me quite a bit of
time (once it is set up). Just the simplicity of having
In case there is interest...
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On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:01:42 -0700, Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu wrote:
I'm led to understand that our four would LPARs push or exceed GRS ring
performance.
From: Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
I can't say I have been in any 4 system GRS ring (using XCF) shops
in the last 10 years, so
re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009l.html#3 VTAM security issue
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009l.html#7 VTAM security issue
the communication division did provide the basis for rapid uptake of
personal computers via terminal (communication) emulation. A customer
could get an ibm/pc with
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:01:34 -0500, McKown, John
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:20:35 -0700, Walter Marguccio
walter_marguc...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:01:42 -0700, Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu wrote:
I'm led to understand that our four would LPARs push or exceed GRS ring
performance.
From: Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com
I can't
Lynn (I guess[1])
I see this is no longer discussing VTAM security but is hinged to one of my
lead-in comment regarding an universal network.
There are some policemen in this list who require subject drift properly to be
documented - or they will complain - even if the complaint is unjustified
Yes, GRS using XCF is far superior in many ways, I would certainly not advise
using GRS ring (without XCF) for a 4 way GRSplex, but using XCF it would
certainly work. Of course, GRS-Star would be even better, but that is a little
trickier.
BTW, for small packets of data, I believe ESCON
John
Identifying the post to which you are referring can, however, be a
worthwhile referral.
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:28 -0500, Eatherly, John D[EQ]
john.eathe...@embarq.com wrote:
I am not interested in the referral money. I just wanted to send it out to
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Out of curiosity: What type of XCF inks (ESCON or FICON)? How many?
we have ESCON XCF links. Every LPAR has 4 PATHIN and 4 PATHOUT
which connect to/from either LPARs.
Do you have XCF transport classes set up / tuned?
Mark Zelden pisze:
[[[.]
It is safe and fully supported to share an UCAT without GRS
or MIM. That means RESERVEs and can hurt performance, but it is possible
to safely and effectively share low-used UCAT. BTDT.
Somehow I missed commenting on that part in my last response. Yes,
RESERVE will
In listserv%200908061221126682.0...@bama.ua.edu, on 08/06/2009
at 12:21 PM, Patrick O'Keefe patrick.oke...@wamu.net said:
1. How long ago did this requirement disappear?
Which requirement? For PO? For PS? There are multiple dates, depending on
what you're asking.
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In 000301ca1735$86fa8130$94ef83...@hawkins1960@sbcglobal.net, on
08/07/2009
at 01:03 AM, Ron Hawkins ron.hawkins1...@sbcglobal.net said:
The largest blksize first restriction did go away with for Fetch in XA,
There was no such restriction for Fetch. The various restrictions for PO
and PS went
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snip
In fact VSAM datasets are safe as long as an application
Here's a clue: most people call him Barry.
Last but not least: I wonder if any human being is able to understand
and *remeber* all the SMF record formats.
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Thanks. I'm an XA child, and I was under the impression that the IO
mechanism for Fetch changed going from SP2 to XA.
So you are saying that the largest BLKSIZE first restriction on
JOBLIB/STEPLIB did not apply before XA. I did not know that, but I do now.
Ron
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Hi Gil,
Sorry to disappoint...no weather bot. Just a low-tech
typing over where note puts my tel num and replace it with weather.
Today actually feels like the first day of summer -hot and humid.
gil said
I keep imagining that Pamela Christina has a weatherbot
that connects to a local weather
chrisma...@belgacom.net (Chris Mason) writes:
Probably the architects had one in mind to be rolled out eventually. After
all,
OSI was supposed to take over the world - starting with the governments.[2]
Incidentally, you are guilty of violating the ISO model here. A layer is
placed
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:43:55 -0700, Ron Hawkins wrote:
So you are saying that the largest BLKSIZE first restriction on
JOBLIB/STEPLIB did not apply before XA. I did not know that, but I do now.
And apparently still doesn't. By a crude experiment:
//STEPEXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEPLIB
I was still thinking CF Sysplex. I expect that I might, someday be
able to do GRS with CTC connections. I don't yet understand Mark's
implication that I can do XCF without a CF Lpar or two. If that's what
he is really implying :)
It's been a fun discussion, but today, my bottom line is to get
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Gibney, Dave pisze:
VSAM (and all SMS datasets) can't exist without
And apparently still doesn't. By a crude experiment:
//STEPEXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.LINKLIB,BLKSIZE=1
Worked fine.
Of course it did!
IEFBR14 has (effectively) two instructions:
SR 15,15
BR 14
NO open.
(But did I really test what I thought I
Isn't a STEPLIB opened before the program is loaded? Does the DCB used
in that open override the JCL and/or the DSCB?
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Ted MacNEIL wrote:
And apparently still doesn't. By a crude experiment:
//STEPEXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.LINKLIB,BLKSIZE=1
Worked fine.
Of course it did!
IEFBR14 has (effectively) two instructions:
SR 15,15
BR 14
NO open.
(But did I really test
Isn't a STEPLIB opened before the program is loaded?
Sorry, my bad.
Poor eyesight and a BlackBerry means I missed the DDNAME.
Does the DCB used in that open override the JCL and/or the DSCB?
I'm not actually sure what BLKSIZE is used for a STEPLIB, actual or specified.
I'll go back into my
Greetings,
I came across this while trying to expand a /var linear file.
crwxrwxrwx 1 BPXDFLTU BPXDFLTG 6, 0 Jan 14 2009 CEAServer*
Since DSS likes to restore at the defined size, I defined a new
VAR linear file and mounted it and copied all the entries from /var.
This character
MVS/ESA SP 4 JCL Reference (DFP V3.3):
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea4b608/11.6?ACTION=MATCHESREQUEST=concatenateTYPE=FUZZYSHELF=HAS4BS15DT=19951023140514CASE=searchTopic=TOPICsearchText=TEXTsearchIndex=INDEXrank=RANKScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT
tinyurl:
A little bit of history on computers that some (perhaps most) never knew:
http://topsecretrosies.wordpress.com/
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Yes, you can do GRS-RING using XCF communications without a CF, which would be
a basic Sysplex. If you had a CF you would use GRS-STAR, which would use XES,
and thus be a Parallel Sysplex.
Of course, I am running a Parallel Sysplex, and it still didn't cost any
additional money.
Gibney,
Gil,
My statement is poorly worded. I know it is not a restriction from XA
forward. I was just surprised that it was not required prior to XA Fetch.
Ron
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The answer to (what I think is) the original question is DFP 2.3. Which
means it was included with DFP 3.1 (MVS/ESA) or MVS/XA 2.2.3 (which was
required to install DFP 3.1 under MVS/XA IIRC).
CONCATENATION ENHANCEMENT: Like-attribute concatenation will be
allowed for eligible data sets with
snip--
I don't think so, there used to be a minimum BLKSIZE of 18, but that's
not detected until you try to open the DSN. No open; no error.
IEFBR14 does no open.
---unsnip---
IIRC, that
At 18:28 -0500 on 08/06/2009, Paul Gilmartin wrote about Re:
Concatenations and blocksizes:
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
---snip--
Isn't a STEPLIB opened before the program is loaded? Does the DCB used
in that open override the JCL and/or the DSCB?
--unsnip--
Program Fetch uses the directory
You have always been able to write a block of only one byte, or even zero
bytes, onto a DASD.
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:53 -0500, Mark Zelden
mark.zel...@zurichna.com wrote:
...
CONCATENATION ENHANCEMENT: Like-attribute concatenation will be
allowed for eligible data sets with different block sizes in any
order; the largest no longer need be first. Eligible data sets are
partitioned or
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:55:31 -0400, Bill Fairchild wrote:
You have always been able to write a block of only one byte, or even zero
bytes, onto a DASD.
I thought a count of zero was prohibited in a CCW. (But
there may be other ways.)
As for the minimum of 18 for tape, how does the access
The block length is indicated by the data length within the count field. A
DASD block is written on the track with a Write Count, Key and Data or Write
Count, Key, and Data Next Track command. The length of a count field is always
8. If you are to write a block length of zero onto a track,
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:15:18 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:53 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote:
...
CONCATENATION ENHANCEMENT: Like-attribute concatenation will be
allowed for eligible data sets with different block sizes in any
order; the largest no longer need be first.
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:53 -0500, Mark Zelden
1) You must create VTAM APPL statements for each NetSpool LU name. See Chapter
17.
Defining NetSpool printer LUs to VTAM of Infoprint Server Operation and
Administration
S544-5745-10.
2) No application changes are required.
3) IP PrintWay can send output from JES or NetSpool to TCP/IP
Anyone using Hyper PAvs with EMC DMX or know where to find information on
implementing Hyper PAVs? We are currently using Dynamic PAVs on z/OS 1.9
and EMC DMX-3.
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:31:31 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
...
(I could ask for the umpteenth time why there is no QPAM, but
I won't.)
If you had asked (which you didn't) someone might have answered
that it's because the definition of the NOTE word has no
provision for
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:52:59 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
I'm just puzzled that the enhancement limited itself to QSAM.
No mention of BPAM.
I had hoped this was an oversight in the doc, but apparently
not. An assembly with:
//SYSLIBDD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(80,(1,1)),
//
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:48 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:52:59 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
I'm just puzzled that the enhancement limited itself to QSAM.
No mention of BPAM.
I had hoped this was an oversight in the doc, but apparently
not. An
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:52:59 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
I'm just puzzled that the enhancement limited itself to QSAM.
No mention of BPAM.
I had hoped this was an oversight in the doc, but apparently
not. An assembly with:
//SYSLIBDD
Bill Fairchild wrote:
The block length is indicated by the data length within the
count field. A DASD block is written on the track with a
Write Count, Key and Data or Write Count, Key, and Data Next
Track command. The length of a count field is always 8. If
you are to write a block length of
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:48:31 -0500, Richard Peurifoy wrote:
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:52:59 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
I'm just puzzled that the enhancement limited itself to QSAM.
No mention of BPAM.
I had hoped this was an oversight in the doc, but apparently
not.
Peter,
I agree with Edward on this one, ie if you can avoid performing the instruction.
Something you wrote perhaps suggests that it may be a redundant move,
SNIP
I had not thought of the cache-line problem. This particular MOVE is in
a subroutine that is invoked multiple times per input
Hi Howard,
Thanks a lot for your information.
Rgds,
Philip
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1) You must create VTAM APPL
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