Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread jagadishan perumal
its kind of a bulletin is it possible to do so.. any sample codes or programs to review On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.comwrote: On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:04:20 -0400, Dave Salt wrote: When you say mainframe are you talking about an ISPF session? If

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread R.S.
Saurabh, One more thing: we haven't discussed yet why your PTS is so big. PTS is container for PTFs. It contains all the PTF your RECEIVED and APPLIED. A PTF can be also ACCEPTed. There are different schools when to accept and whether to accept. IMHO you should choose any strategy you want and

Re: ZIP and FTP

2011-04-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
Yet another option is to establish an IPSec connection between machines and then use NFS sharing across that link. That would be the most secure option (among those mentioned) and eliminate the security risks associated with using PCs in the loop. The NFS can be bidirectional, with both z/OSes

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Dave Salt
Yes, it's possible. But the user will be locked out of the screen the entire time the constantly moving bulletin is being displayed. In other words, they can only watch. They cannot interact with the screen in any way. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it!

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread saurabh khandelwal
Hello, Thanks for reply. I will check in my site about old PTF, which can be removed from PTS library and detail about accepted PTFs. Regards Saurabh On 4/29/2011 12:00 PM, R.S. wrote: Saurabh, One more thing: we haven't discussed yet why your PTS is so big. PTS is container for

Re: Hercules, friend or foe?

2011-04-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-04-29 04:39, Mike Schwab pisze: On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin It doesn't provide any z/OS training/experience. It's got to be slower than Linux/Intel, doesn't it? -- gil Hercules / MVS 3.8 would provide 90% of the training you need. Everything you learn would

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
jagadishan perumal wrote: I would like to Publish some message as a bulletin in mainframe(Should be like message trailer - constantly moving from left to right). This message should be like a information through which the mainframe users can know the maintanance activity carried by the mainframe

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread jagadishan perumal
Thanks then the constant moving could prove a tedious time... instead is it possible to just have a blinking Message On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: jagadishan perumal wrote: I would like to Publish some message as a bulletin in

Re: Hercules, friend or foe?

2011-04-29 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Fri, Apr 29th, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: ... That's why my techie needs are now supplied by using and working with Linux/Intel (and hopefully Linux/ARM in the future). What about zLinux/Herc ?. No need for z/VM (although it would be nice to have as well). ??? What

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Jags Probably we should have the name of the list changed from IBM-MAIN to JAGS- MAIN! instead is it possible to just have a blinking Message Indeed, arranging to have a field of characters or individual characters blink is a possibility offered by the extension of the basic 3270 data

assembler batch calling unix daemon

2011-04-29 Thread Monika Amiss
Dear group, I need to call unix-OSNMP from an Assembler pgm which is running in z/OS (1.12)-Batch. I use Address SYSCALL call bpxwunix ''cmd'',,out.,, __environment. but as I must call bpxwunix often, the overhead is a problem (each time an Asid is created). What I

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread jagadishan perumal
Chris, great humour(JAGS MAIN) I am trying out the option for getting blinking message On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Chris Mason chrisma...@belgacom.netwrote: Jags Probably we should have the name of the list changed from IBM-MAIN to JAGS- MAIN! instead is it possible to just have

Re: ISKLM as a replacement for EKM

2011-04-29 Thread Jousma, David
I think it is free. This is the -lite version of TKLM that does not require WAS or a DB2 backend. And JAVA V6 (not 6.0.1) is still orderable in ShopZ, but I don't know for how long. V6 still has EKM code in it. _ Dave Jousma

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Paul Assuming you're vision of this requirement is for the application program using the VTAM API constantly to be resending the text string so that the impression is given that it floats gently over the presentation space surface, the protocol on which you need to direct your attention when

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chris Mason wrote: Probably we should have the name of the list changed from IBM-MAIN to JAGS-MAIN! :-D There was a lng running thread some months ago which revolved about a very respected IBM-MAIM member and shadowed all and every other topics. ;-D [ ... lots snipped ... ] - nobody

Re: IBM Announcements Today

2011-04-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 4da4b490.7030...@bremultibank.com.pl, on 04/12/2011 at 10:22 PM, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl said: So, IBM simply closed way for independent vendor blades. No. What does it mean??? Management covers a multitude of sins. Yes, centralized management could be a value added, but

Re: IEF450I message

2011-04-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 3a23bef9-d077-4f42-8ef4-fac173805...@optonline.net, on 04/28/2011 at 01:11 PM, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net said: I am getting an IEF450I message indicating that a job got a S0C4 reason 10. Is there anyway to get a accompannying PSW and dump No summary data in job log? --

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Jags It's not at all clear from this response that you managed to extract the message from the frivolity in my previous message that HAVING A BLINKING MESSAGE JUST ISN'T SENSIBLE It was tried with NLDM around the early 1980s and it failed miserably! Now, if you, as you propose, need to get

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread jagadishan perumal
Chris, I meant about the message posted by someone prior to yours.. A sample REXX code(control display).. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Chris Mason chrisma...@belgacom.netwrote: Jags It's not at all clear from this response that you managed to extract the message from the frivolity in my

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 04/28/11 21:02, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In ofb698681a.d8ab18fa-on8625787f.004aee8a-8625787f.004b5...@assurant.com, on 04/27/2011 at 08:43 AM, Darth Kellerdarth.kel...@assurant.com said: A Practical Approach to Programming The REXX Language M.F. Cowlishaw REXX Tools and

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Elardus Probably we should have the name of the list changed from IBM-MAIN to JAGS-MAIN! :-D There was a lng running thread some months ago which revolved about a very respected IBM-MAIM member and shadowed all and every other topics. ;-D The idea prompted more by the quick fire

Re: ISKLM as a replacement for EKM

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Jacobs
Our IBM sales rep's told us that ISKLM is priced per tape drive that has the encryption feature enabled. It would make more sense to me to just bundle the license to utilize any encryption key manager product into the price of the optional encryption feature and be done with it. Mark Jacobs

Re: SVC Screening (was Mixing Auth and Non-Auth Modules

2011-04-29 Thread Peter Relson
Most SVC's document which registers contain data to be used by the SVC routine. Why would reissuing GETMAIN require the original callers R6? Only R15-R1 are part of the API. Most does not equal all. And none document internal-only interfaces. And what if new function is compatibly added (for

Re: assembler batch calling unix daemon

2011-04-29 Thread Michael Klaeschen
Monika, To me your assembler program looks very similar like REXX code. Whatever, there are two things to consider, but both deal with the vast overhead of creating the ASID as you mentioned and are independent of actual implementation: (a) Daemon vs. server: A daemon uses fork() callable

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chris Mason wrote: This trick has nothing whatsoever at all to do with the content of mode tables or any alteration of the standard environment. This is purely a matter of support for characters in the 3270 data stream implementation. Casting my mind back, I think the old 3279 may have imagined

FTP time out

2011-04-29 Thread Alvaro Guirao Lopez
Hi all, I'm trying to ftp between two z/os in the same network, when i ftp from one z/os to another I reach the ip and can logon with a valid user but when i send any command the system don't response and finish with a time out. Any ideas? The z/os are in zPDT, I can ftp from a z/os in a

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Darth Keller
Teach Yourself Rexx in 21 Days, William F. Esther Schindler Found it on Amazon. The spelling for Schindler in the previous post is correct. 1 new - $148.79 18 used from $3.97 I ordered a used copy. Someone richer than I is welcome to the new copy! This e-mail message and all

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Elardus Ok. What about the ISPF attribute field, HILITE(BLINK)? I think if the OP wants blinking inside ISPF, he could use that? I am not a specialist in programming ISPF - although I've done a wee bit of it in my time. Actually just one panel[1] and I happen to have preserved it. I note I

Re: Hercules, friend or foe?

2011-04-29 Thread Don Higgins
All Another tool you might consider is the z390 Portable Mainframe Assembler which is open source and runs on Windows and Linux. It provides an HLASM compatible mainframe assembler, linker, and emulator including problem state support for 64 bit registers, HFP, BFP, DFP, BSAM, QSAM, and VSAM.

Re: Hercules, friend or foe?

2011-04-29 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. [ snip ] Disclaimer2: I DON'T use it. Main reason: I have unlimited access to real mainframe with sandbox LPAR. AND, most importantly, a properly licensed copy of z/OS. :-) I see no reason to bother with

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Ravi Kumar.C.Gowda
Darth, How one can order a used copy! Any ref to do so please? Thanks in advance On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Darth Keller darth.kel...@assurant.comwrote: Teach Yourself Rexx in 21 Days, William F. Esther Schindler Found it on Amazon. The spelling for Schindler in the previous post

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Chris Mason wrote: ... and I don't know whether or not it is possible in ISPF to set attributes at the character level. What you could do using field attributes is make the blinking character a field but then you would need to allow for three apparent or logical blanks between each word in

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Zelden
In addition to the formal manuals, books and TSO-REXX listserv that was mentioned, I still have a word doc that was originally from a 1 day class I gave at one of my clients available from my web site. Look for Introduction to TSO/E REXX in the JOBs/DOC section of my web site or $RXINTRO on CBT

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Don Leahy
You can set attributes at the character level through the use of ISPF shadow variables in your panel definition. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 08:54, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Chris Mason wrote: ... and I don't know whether or not it is possible in ISPF to set

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Darth Keller
Darth, How one can order a used copy! Any ref to do so please? Thanks in advance. I ordered mine through Amazon.com. If you search on the title, the page displayed should show both the new used prices. hth's ddk This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:30:59 +0530, saurabh khandelwal saurabh.khandel...@oracle.com wrote: Hello, Thanks for reply. I will check in my site about old PTF, which can be removed from PTS library and detail about accepted PTFs. Regards Saurabh Caution: SMP/E option PURGE(YES) is

Re: EXTERNAL: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 04/29/11 08:18, Darth Keller wrote: Teach Yourself Rexx in 21 Days, William F. Esther Schindler Found it on Amazon. The spelling for Schindler in the previous post is correct. 1 new - $148.79 18 used from $3.97 I ordered a used copy. Someone richer than I is welcome to the

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-04-29 15:18, Mark Zelden pisze: On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:30:59 +0530, saurabh khandelwal saurabh.khandel...@oracle.com wrote: Hello, Thanks for reply. I will check in my site about old PTF, which can be removed from PTS library and detail about accepted PTFs. Regards

Re: FTP time out

2011-04-29 Thread Marco Gianfranco Indaco
Which kind of command doesn't work? If you login open and user are fine... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: Post on behalf of someone saying I need to teach myself REXX.....

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Mason
Ken With all this fuss - and a private note seemingly on your behalf - I raked my memory a bit back to the time I was obliged to teach REXX as a clist language for NetView. I recalled that maybe the TSO manuals were not as useful for beginners as the VM manual so I took a look at the latest

Re: Fear the Internet, was Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS

2011-04-29 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Shmuel, The setfacl command is supported on most recent linux distributions with SELinux disabled. === Wayne Driscoll OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development wdrisco(AT)us.ibm.com === From: Shmuel Metz

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:25:36 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: W dniu 2011-04-29 15:18, Mark Zelden pisze: On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:30:59 +0530, saurabh khandelwal saurabh.khandel...@oracle.com wrote: Hello, Thanks for reply. I will check in my site about old PTF,

Re: Hercules, friend or foe?

2011-04-29 Thread Mike Schwab
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:29 AM, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: W dniu 2011-04-29 04:39, Mike Schwab pisze: On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin It doesn't provide any z/OS training/experience. It's got to be slower than Linux/Intel, doesn't it? -- gil Hercules /

Re: Message Pop up

2011-04-29 Thread Tony Harminc
On 29 April 2011 00:45, jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to Publish some message as a bulletin in mainframe(Should be like message trailer - constantly moving from left to right). This message should be like a information through which the mainframe users can know

3480 Cartridges available

2011-04-29 Thread Barry Merrill
I found four 30-each unopened boxes of new 3480 tape cartridges that are probably 10 years old, and I'll be glad to UPS Ground to anyone who can use them. Barry Merrill -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
Hi, Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high order bit of R14 This on a Real machine not emulator Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Ivan Warren
On 4/29/2011 9:10 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi, Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high order bit of R14 This on a Real machine not emulator That's what BASR is for ! --Ivan -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
Yes changed it still should of worked IVAN would of worked on Hercules Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Ivan Warren i...@vmfacility.fr wrote: On 4/29/2011 9:10 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Hi, Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Ivan Warren
On 4/29/2011 9:21 PM, Micheal Butz wrote: Yes changed it still should of worked IVAN would of worked on Hercules Oh Believe me.. BALR works the same on hercules as it does on other implementations of the S/370, S/390 and z/Architecture ! --Ivan

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Barkow, Eileen
From principles of operation: Both BRANCH AND LINK and BRANCH AND SAVE have an R1 field. They form a branch address by means of fields that depend on the instruction. The operations of the instructions are summarized as follows: In the 24-bit addressing mode, both instructions place the

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Tony Harminc
On 29 April 2011 15:10, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high order bit of R14 BALR always sets that bit. If by update, you mean change it from what it was, well that obviously depends on the original value as

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
But BALR didn't update high order bit if R1 in 31 bit mode Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Barkow, Eileen ebar...@doitt.nyc.gov wrote: From principles of operation: Both BRANCH AND LINK and BRANCH AND SAVE have an R1 field. They form a branch address by means of fields

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Ivan Warren
On 4/29/2011 9:35 PM, Barkow, Eileen wrote: From principles of operation: Both BRANCH AND LINK and BRANCH AND SAVE have an R1 field. They form a branch address by means of fields that depend on the instruction. The operations of the instructions are summarized as follows: In the 24-bit

What is the purpose of NPRO on JES2 Printers

2011-04-29 Thread Lizette Koehler
It has been awhile since I worked with JES2 Printers (in this case INFO Print) The NPRO comes up as NPRO=0. My operators want it set to NPRO=5. Are there any good rules of thumb as to what number this might be? Thanks Lizette

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
Yes Hercules follows the POP doc While a real brand new machine and yes IBM not hatching or PSI mainframe Does not follow the POPS doc Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Ivan Warren i...@vmfacility.fr wrote: On 4/29/2011 9:35 PM, Barkow, Eileen wrote: From principles of

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
That bit wasn't on Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: On 29 April 2011 15:10, Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net wrote: Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high order bit of R14 BALR always sets that

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Barkow, Eileen
According to this chart, bit 32 should remain U (for unchanged?) even in 31 bit mode. But then again, it should also remain U for BASR. Actually, I have no idea how to read this chart. | || |Address| Branch or | | | | | |

Re: What is the purpose of NPRO on JES2 Printers

2011-04-29 Thread Ken Porowski
Non Process Run Out (or some such) Used to be used for the big continuous forms printers (like 3800) to force the last job printed to 'run out' to the stacker when there wasn't any other work to be printed. I don't believe it means anything to a cut sheet printer. -Original Message-

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Ivan Warren
On 4/29/2011 9:37 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: Do you expect a difference? An emulator that provides different results for a basic, non-privileged instruction like BALR, isn't what I would call an emulator. FIY.. hercules isn't actually an emulator. It is an implementation of the z/Architecture

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
Changed code to BASR and worked Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Barkow, Eileen ebar...@doitt.nyc.gov wrote: According to this chart, bit 32 should remain U (for unchanged?) even in 31 bit mode. But then again, it should also remain U for BASR. Actually, I have no idea

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:10:42 -0400, Micheal Butz wrote: Just saw something really strange BALR R14,R15. Didn't update the high order bit of R14 What was the addressing mode in effect? What was the subsequent content of 14? (Didn't update leaves considerable ambiguity.) Eileen's citation

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Micheal Butz
You write great code even if it is in C Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Ivan Warren i...@vmfacility.fr wrote: On 4/29/2011 9:37 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: Do you expect a difference? An emulator that provides different results for a basic, non-privileged instruction like BALR,

Re: Strange BALR 31 bit mode experince

2011-04-29 Thread Ivan Warren
On 4/29/2011 9:54 PM, Barkow, Eileen wrote: According to this chart, bit 32 should remain U (for unchanged?) even in 31 bit mode. But then again, it should also remain U for BASR. I was reading SA22-7832-08 (the latest I have of z/Arch pop) Page 7-33 Right down the bottom right column :

Re: What is the purpose of NPRO on JES2 Printers

2011-04-29 Thread Gates, Guy
NPRO=5 means that 5 seconds after the last print job the printer will 'run out' the report to the output stacker. What you have to watch out for is that a print comes out 5 seconds later the printer runs it to the output stacker... then 10 seconds later another job prints then 5 seconds

Webcast May 10/11- Demo: Setup simple and multipathed disk I/O configurations of ECKD and zfcp Volumes on Linux on System z

2011-04-29 Thread Pamela Christina in less stormy Endicott NY
Register to listen to one of the live calls on May 10 and May 11 or listen to the automatic replay within a week. http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc/ Topic: Live Demo: Setup of simple and multipathed disk I/O configurations of ECKD and zfcp Volumes on Linux on System z Abstract: During this

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- Saurabh, One more thing: we haven't discussed yet why your PTS is so big. PTS is container for PTFs. It contains all the PTF your RECEIVED and APPLIED. A PTF can be also ACCEPTed. There are different schools when

Re: SVC Screening (was Mixing Auth and Non-Auth Modules)

2011-04-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 4/28/2011 11:11 AM, Tony Harminc wrote: On the other hand, no matter how many exit points IBM or anyone else puts in, and where, there is always some unanticipated need for another one. The system needs to provide for those as well. JES2, among other [sub]systems, does a pretty good job of

Re: SVC Screening (was Mixing Auth and Non-Auth Modules)

2011-04-29 Thread John McKown
Just say No! To OCO! That war was lost. IBM made the decision and it was their right. Even tho I hate it. On Apr 29, 2011 7:21 PM, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: On 4/28/2011 11:11 AM, Tony Harminc wrote: On the other hand, no matter how many exit points IBM or anyone else

Spare DASD mods

2011-04-29 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, Could anyone please let me know to verify that in the *DASD* Pool If i have *Mod3* or Mod9. Also, I would like to know if its there any way to check if any dasd Mods not in use. Could you please let me know if it requires more informations. Regards, Jags

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 18:08 -0500 on 04/29/2011, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach): I'm sure the SMP/E Team would appreciate ny suggestions you might have. They have proven to be unwilling to fix a poor/broken design in the past so I doubt they would be willing to fix

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Linda Mooney
As can be seen from the replies, there are different approaches for handling the PTS.  In my shop, when a z/OS release is installed, the PTS is placed on a volume where it will have plenty of room.  For the life of the install, PTFs are not purged from the PTS - ever.  If necessary, spill PTS

Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach)

2011-04-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:31:12 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: At 18:08 -0500 on 04/29/2011, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: SMPPTS run out of Space (another approach): I'm sure the SMP/E Team would appreciate ny suggestions you might have. They have proven to be unwilling to fix a poor/broken

George McLaren is out of the office

2011-04-29 Thread George McLaren
I will be out of the office starting 29/04/2011 and will not return until 09/05/2011. I will respond to your mail, if required ,on my return. If urgent please contact Chris McClory on 58502 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Multi volume PDS's

2011-04-29 Thread Ed Gould
I guess I ran into a black hole with my reply to this. I sent it off to Darren for him to figure out. Now, maybe I am mis remembering but I thought I saw an announcement from IBM that they were going to supply (using ZFS, I guess) the ability to do multi volume PDS like dataset. I am

O/T Detail on AMAZON's Cloud screw up and lost data

2011-04-29 Thread Ed Gould
Primary Outage At 12:47 AM PDT on April 21st, a network change was performed as part of our normal AWS scaling activities in a single Availability Zone in the US East Region. The configuration change was to upgrade the capacity of the primary network. During the change, one of the standard