z/OS UNICODE migration consideration

2011-02-23 Thread Tsai Laurence
Dears , as the subject ,would like to plan the MF unicode migrtion. 1) What are major considerations you will raise ? - UTF 8 , UTF 16 , or UTF 32 support on MF ? - COBOL pgm migration ? support UTF16 only ? - PL/I PGM migration ? - DB (IMS DB / VSAM DB /DB2 DB ) migration?

GIMUNZIP SYSUT1 alloc problem (urgent)

2011-02-23 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Try to install z/OS 1.12 via WEB download and got allocation errors in GIMUNZIP for SYSUT1 as: GIM54701S ** ALLOCATION FAILED FOR SYSUT1 - IKJ56893I FILE SYSUT1 NOT ALLOCATED+. GIM54701S ** ALLOCATION FAILED FOR SYSUT1 - IGD17040I ERROR IN DADSM PROCESSING ON VOLUME UNKNWN FOR

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Andrew Armstrong androidarmstr...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, The EZY1300E message reports that errno 54 (Connection Reset by Peer) was returned on a RECV socket call by the CICS listener (CSKL). I'd conclude that the remote client has, for one reason or another,

Re: Writing a Systems Programmer Resume

2011-02-23 Thread GUIRAO LOPEZ, ALVARO
It's a pity for the people who are in Europe :( -Mensaje original- De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] En nombre de Richards, Robert B. Enviado el: martes, 22 de febrero de 2011 18:25 Para: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Asunto: Re: Writing a Systems Programmer

Re: GIMUNZIP SYSUT1 alloc problem (urgent)

2011-02-23 Thread Prathap Srinivasan
The below link would have more information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IO12183 Thanks, Prathap Miklos Szigetvari miklos.szigetv...@isis-papyrus.com Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 02/23/2011 02:12 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe

Re: GIMUNZIP SYSUT1 alloc problem (urgent)

2011-02-23 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Thank you the problem is with this VOLUME UNKNWN If we add volume parameter to archdef it works On 2/23/2011 10:39 AM, Prathap Srinivasan wrote: The below link would have more information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IO12183 Thanks, Prathap Miklos

Re: RACF Resource Classes

2011-02-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ncbblknfeephcaamofkliehbmgaa.r.han...@rshconsulting.com, on 02/22/2011 at 05:56 AM, Robert S. Hansel (RSH) r.han...@rshconsulting.com said: If you do not activate either the TAPEVOL class or DEVSUPxx TAPEAUTHDSN=YES, and if you do not also define profile ICHBLP to the FACILITY class, then

Re: RACF Resource Classes

2011-02-23 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: I believe that the point at issue is what happens if you define ICHBLP in the FACILITY class but do not activate either the TAPEVOL class or DEVSUPxx TAPEAUTHDSN=YES. Robert S. Hansel (RSH) wrote: If you do not activate either the TAPEVOL class or DEVSUPxx

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In f5ff22ced304764eaac97a43706235b7174cb62...@corpexmbx.bekco.com, on 02/22/2011 at 04:40 PM, Greg Shirey wgshi...@benekeith.com said: Right...how many city airports are actually in that city? Is LAX in LA? I thought it was? is Flushing (JFK) in NYC? (It is in a borough) Do you mean NYC or

Re: RACF Resource Classes

2011-02-23 Thread R.S.
Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: I believe that the point at issue is what happens if you define ICHBLP in the FACILITY class but do not activate either the TAPEVOL class or DEVSUPxx TAPEAUTHDSN=YES. Robert S. Hansel (RSH) wrote: If you do not activate either the

Re: cascading catalog dataset aliases.

2011-02-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 45e5f2f45d7878458ee5ca6796973355b85...@usdaexch01.kbm1.loc, on 02/22/2011 at 08:21 AM, Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com said: I suggest the JCL include statement. Much easier to use and less to change (After the initial pain). Change the JCLLIB statement to point to the appropriate

Re: s0c4 in INIT TCBCMP field not related to any known problem

2011-02-23 Thread Joe D'Alessandro
Thanks for the explanations, and suggestions. What I was observing, even if it was residual data, seemed different, either for v1.11 itself, or some other component added last year to our systems in support of v1.11. I had not been successful with a SLIP, earlier, but I was able to observe

Re: Does ROUND dataset allocation mean cylinder boundary?

2011-02-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 77142d37c0c3c34da0d7b1da7d7ca34308822...@nwt-s-mbx2.rocketsoftware.com, on 02/22/2011 at 04:06 PM, Bill Fairchild bi...@mainstar.com said: CONTIG and ROUND are/were independent, but they both addressed I/O performance improvement. One purpose of ROUND was to reduce DASD revolutions that

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 031b01cbd2c6$62366280$26a32780$@org, on 02/22/2011 at 11:26 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Do the same restrictions on static system symbols exist for dynamic allocation as exist for JCL in the same environment I've seen no documentation for such a restriction, and the excuses

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
Nobody knows, or is this too obvious a question to warrant an answer? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: System symbols in

TS41 TDQ triggering before program finishes writing to it

2011-02-23 Thread John Mattson
Just went from TS22 to TS41 and have a surprise problem. Our program writes a report to a TDQ, and when the report is complete leaves the TDQ, which has a Trigger level of 1. At this point TRANSID starts since the trigger level is reached and it process the record in the TDQ.

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks. Your reply crossed in the mail with my follow-up. FWIW in the case in question I am not using SVC 99 directly but rather using C fopen(); Yeah, the fact that you can't code SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED

2011-02-23 Thread John Dawes
G'day,   When I generate a list of dsns - ISMF Option 1.2 for a  HLQ I receive the expected list.  However, I notice that all of the DATA SET NAMEs are truncated.  Is there a way of having the dsns in their full name i.e. avoid truncation?   Thanks.  

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Andrew Armstrong androidarmstr...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, The EZY1300E message reports that errno 54 (Connection Reset by Peer) was returned on a RECV socket call by the CICS

Re: ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED

2011-02-23 Thread Field, Alan C.
This is what placing the cursor on the datasetname heading and pressing PF1 says. I think you want unfolded (however you accomplish that). An exercise left to the reader :) Alan The value in this data column represents the data set name of each data set in the list. The DATA

Re: ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED

2011-02-23 Thread Lizette Koehler
G'day, When I generate a list of dsns - ISMF Option 1.2 for a HLQ I receive the expected list. However, I notice that all of the DATA SET NAMEs are truncated. Is there a way of having the dsns in their full name i.e. avoid truncation? Thanks. Could you cut and paste what you are

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Rob Schramm
Looks like there are a few examples on the CBTTAPE. File 573: IEFUJV exit for System Symbolic substitution in JCL FILE 785: Substitute system symbols into JCL - K-H Doppelfeld Rob On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: Thanks. Your reply crossed in the mail

Re: ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED

2011-02-23 Thread John Dawes
Alan,   Thanks.  It works.  I noticed also when I put the cursor under List the option 3. --- On Thu, 24/2/11, Field, Alan C. alan.c.fi...@supervalu.com wrote: From: Field, Alan C. alan.c.fi...@supervalu.com Subject: Re: ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: ISMF QUESTION - DATA SET NAMES TRUNCATED

2011-02-23 Thread John Dawes
Lizette, This is exactly what I got. I tried the Fold option and it worked. The dsns are no longer truncated. Thanks and thank you to all who responded. --- On Thu, 24/2/11, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: ISMF

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 2011.02.23 11:08:19: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: This is doing my head in. I'm using the redbook to set up the certificates and keyring. I'm using section 3.4.2 Shared site

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: This is doing my head in. I'm using the redbook to set up the certificates and keyring. I'm using section 3.4.2 Shared site certificate and shared keyring so I've run the 6 jobs specified. So I've then ftp'd the

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Rob Schramm
They also need the resource that allows for listing of keyrings. Important: Any z/OS-based client or server that uses an RACF key ring issues internal RACDCERT LIST and RACDCERT LISTRING commands. The RACF user ID associated with the server must therefore be granted READ access to the RACF

Re: z/OS UNICODE migration consideration

2011-02-23 Thread Steve Comstock
On 2/23/2011 1:36 AM, Tsai Laurence wrote: Dears , as the subject ,would like to plan the MF unicode migrtion. 1) What are major considerations you will raise ? - UTF 8 , UTF 16 , or UTF 32 support on MF ? - COBOL pgm migration ? support UTF16 only ? - PL/I PGM migration ?

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Hayim Sokolsky hsokol...@dtcc.com wrote: 1. If the RDATALIB class is active, does the user have access to Z30DUSR.SHAREDRING1.LST? 2. If RDATALIB is not active, or the above profile does not exist, does the user have READ access to IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING?

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Tony Harminc
On 22 February 2011 20:30, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Downsview and Buttonville are all in the GTA Downsview hasn't existed for years. Strange - it was there on Monday evening when I last visited. It was dark, and the red obstruction lights stood out quite clearly. Google Maps also

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks. I have no interest in improving JCL. I want to be able to use a single common control file to specify the name of a file for an STC that could be unique across systems: MYFILE=MY.SYSNAME..DATA.FILE MY.SYSNAME..DATA.FILE would ultimately end up in an fopen(): fopen(MY.SYSNAME..DATA.FILE,

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Rob Schramm rob.schr...@gmail.com wrote: They also need the resource that allows for listing of keyrings. Important: Any z/OS-based client or server that uses an RACF key ring issues internal RACDCERT LIST and RACDCERT LISTRING commands. The RACF user ID

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 2011.02.23 11:51:23: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Rob Schramm rob.schr...@gmail.com wrote: They also need the resource that allows for listing of keyrings. Important: Any z/OS-based client or server that uses an RACF key

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Hayim Sokolsky [ snip ] 1. If the RDATALIB class is active, does the user have access to Z30DUSR.SHAREDRING1.LST? 2. If RDATALIB is not active, or the above profile does not exist, does the user have READ

Re: AT-TLS security for SSL sockets

2011-02-23 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Hayim Sokolsky hsokol...@dtcc.com wrote: It sounds like you've touched most if not all of the bases. I would review the certificate, to check on the private key of the SITE certificate, and see if ICSF is involved as well. (CSFKEYS, CSFSERV in RACF.) Check

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Downsview hasn't existed for years. Strange - it was there on Monday evening when I last visited. It was dark, and the red obstruction lights stood out quite clearly. The airport was shut down before the turn of the millenium. The base is mothballed. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Galambos, Robert
As I head to the bomb shelter in preparation of the replies. Downsview is actually still open, sort of. It is being used by Canadair for final assembly of the Q-400 DASH. So while the 'base' is not open (well there are still military presence there) a runway still exists, and planes fly in

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Mike Schwab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto/Downsview_Airport Current is a private airport for Bombadier manufacturing and testing. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: On 22 February 2011 20:30, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Downsview and Buttonville are all

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Donnelly, John P
Geez...we flew our covered wagon into Malton way back when... John Donnelly National Semiconductor Corporation 2900 Semiconductor Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 408-721-5640 408-470-8364 Cell cjp...@nsc.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Nancy R. Brizuela
Hi All, I am new to this list. I have a DS8100 that we are decommissioning and using as a trade-in. We need to make sure that all the data on this system is erased before we ship it off. Do any of you have any thoughts on how to accomplish this at little or no expense? Has anyone already

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Richbourg, Claude
I believe New Era has a product that you may use, lease for not too much money that will do the trick. We did three writes across everything with different patterns when we collapsed one a couple of years ago, old DOD standards. That is the basic deed, three write patterns to erase, cover the old

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Pace
Delete the CKD/FB volumes, extentpools, ranks, arrays, and arraysites. The logical pieces can't be put back together again. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Nancy R. Brizuela brizu...@uwyo.eduwrote: Hi All, I am new to this list. I have a DS8100 that we are decommissioning and using as a

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Nancy, I believe the ICKDSF TRKFMT command will do what you need. It has an Erase parameter. David O'Brien NIH Contractor -Original Message- From: Nancy R. Brizuela [mailto:brizu...@uwyo.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Question about

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Ed Finnell
Probably just convert LCU to what it isn't; i.e., if it's MVS cnvt to *Nix, if it's *Nix cnvt to MVS. CE has wiping tool but they charge depending on contract fine print. In a message dated 2/23/2011 12:06:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, pacemainl...@gmail.com writes: Delete the

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Hal Merritt
Ask your friendly CE. I am told that they have effective ways to sanitize the unit. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy R. Brizuela Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject:

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:00:50 -0800, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: Thanks. Your reply crossed in the mail with my follow-up. FWIW in the case in question I am not using SVC 99 directly but rather using C fopen(); Yeah, the fact that you can't code SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. I

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:43:31 -0800, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: Thanks. I have no interest in improving JCL. I want to be able to use a single common control file to specify the name of a file for an STC that could be unique across systems: MYFILE=MY.SYSNAME..DATA.FILE

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Mike Schwab
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:04 PM, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] obrie...@mail.nih.gov wrote: Nancy, I believe the ICKDSF TRKFMT command will do what you need. It has an Erase parameter. David O'Brien NIH Contractor That is what we do. It writes 3 patterns, Repeating 00's, 11's, and 01's

System symbols in batch jobs

2011-02-23 Thread Starr, Alan
Hello List, This post is related to the existing discussion but does not address the C fopen() issue. I have, on occasion, needed a static system symbol in batch JCL that could not be easily incorporated into a symbolicrelate alias. To that end, I wrote a small NetView REXX that is executed

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:43:31 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: I want to be able to use a single common control file to specify the name of a file for an STC that could be unique across systems: You can use system symbols in started task JCL. Yes, I could just write an STC to try it with but gee,

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Rob Schramm
Charles, Are you looking for something like... S CICS,JOBNAME=CICSSYSNAME. Or am I just completely not understanding what you are looking for... There is a section in the JCL Reference on System Symbols which after a few rules refers the reader to the JCL Symbols section and the Init and

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread Nancy R. Brizuela
Thanks for such prompt responses, David, Claude, Mark, Ed, and Hal. I neglected to mention that the DS8100 is no longer attached to a mainframe and that we no longer have a CE. Alas, our mainframe was shipped off in a truck four or five years ago and a couple years ago our managers

Re: Question about wiping a DS8100

2011-02-23 Thread McBride, Catherine
You may want to check with your 3rd party maintenance provider as well. We are in a similar situation as yours, and our 3rd party provider presented a few options. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy R. Brizuela Sent:

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Downsview is actually still open, sort of. It is being used by Canadair for final assembly of the Q-400 DASH. So while the 'base' is not open (well there are still military presence there) a runway still exists, and planes fly in and out regularly My original post, as a response, listed the

Re: What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi, OK, *trying* to get this back on topic, which of the airports mentioned - if any - run IBM Mainfames? :-) BobL Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4:26 PM To:

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:00:50 -0800, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: Yeah, the fact that you can't code SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. Seems pretty lame, at least on the surface. Since JOB C/I and execution are not guaranteed to happen on the same system in a MAS, if the value for a

Re: RACF Resource Classes

2011-02-23 Thread Russell Witt
That is what I do not like about either JOBCLASS control or even ICHBLP within RACF. The choice is either USER-A has BLP and USER-B does not. But that is not limiting enough in my opinion. I want to allow a large group of users the ability to use BLP to map foreign tapes (tapes with volsers

Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation

2011-02-23 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Arthur Gutowski wrote: Yeah, the fact that you can't code SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. Seems pretty lame, at least on the surface. Perhaps lame yes, but where do you want the symbols to be resolved? This (resolving symbolics on correct system) has been discussed many times here... Groete

Re: Kill Thread!!! What is Toronto

2011-02-23 Thread Darren Evans-Young
Ok, it has been suggested a couple times to kill this thread and no one listened. So, I'm now going to say it, please kill this thread immediately or I'm going to start setting people to NOPOST status. Thank you. Darren -- For

Re: RACF Resource Classes

2011-02-23 Thread R.S.
Russell, In general good point: it's good idea to control BLP by volser, to distinguish i.e. in-house and external tapes. Or even more categories. Or just by volser. Note, that (AFAIK) even for BLP processing RMM still checks the volser. Note2 - in ATL, VTL it's not so easy to fake the volser