SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread R.S.
The above message comes from SDSF help panel. However there's no clue how to switch it on, how to make SIO to be displayed. SDSF from z/OS 1.11 Any clue? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do

Re: ISKLM

2011-06-08 Thread Jousma, David
Did you ever get this fixed? Look in your startup environment for java and uncomment the following two lines: IJO=-Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=com.ibm.crypto.hdwrCCA.provider export IBM_JAVA_OPTIONS=$IJO

Re: RMM ?

2011-06-08 Thread Horst Sinram
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:08:14 -0500, Neal Eckhardt neckha...@cnyric.org wrote: I am trying to read a 3490 tape that is the duplicate of a VOLSER in our tape library. The RMM-provided sample EDGUX100 exit allows to use a foreign tape via special EXPDT date or ACCODE. Check for ACXDIGN in EDGUX100.

Turning off mixed mode editing

2011-06-08 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
The ISPF User's Guide states that if you enter View or Edit from 3.1 or 3.4, the system assumes you want mixed mode. This precludes highlighting (at least in the Japanese version of IBM's PCOMM). Does anyone know of a way to change or disable the assumption?

Re: How to diagnose memory leak?

2011-06-08 Thread Peter Relson
1) IPCS seems to be a great debugging tool. Unfortunately here the ordinary mortals [like us, the applications programmers] are not allowed to use it. Any idea what's the possible danger? I don't know why someone would want to restrict IPCS use. What someone would normally want to restrict

unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, In our Z/OS 1.9 I am not able to view the syslog. I could'nt find any potential errors which might have refrained us opening the SYSLOG. I am unable to capture any message. Even the navigation happens slowly. This is not an access issue which is stopping accessing the syslog. Apology for not

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread Ayhan Yalkut
Hi, can issue below commands? W START VSYSLOG,HARDCPY Best Regards, Ayhan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan perumal Sent: Wednesday, June 08,

Re: How to diagnose memory leak?

2011-06-08 Thread Martin Packer
In the old days IPCS was seen as one of the biggest users of memory - for TSO. That may still be guiding installations. Martin Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter /

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:38:13 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: The above message comes from SDSF help panel. However there's no clue how to switch it on, how to make SIO to be displayed. SDSF from z/OS 1.11 Any clue? It used to be shown if you didn't have the zAAP/zIIP in the DA

Software Diversified Services' TurboTune

2011-06-08 Thread Blake, Lary A (Electric Insurance)
Does anyone have any experiences, comments, etc., that they are willing to share about SDS' TurboTune product? It sounds interesting and they are always looking to cut costs here if they can do so. Here is the URL for the product should anyone be interested:

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-06-08 15:09, Mark Zelden pisze: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:38:13 +0200, R.S.r.skoru...@snipped.com.pl wrote: The above message comes from SDSF help panel. However there's no clue how to switch it on, how to make SIO to be displayed. SDSF from z/OS 1.11 Any clue? It used to be shown

Re: How to diagnose memory leak?

2011-06-08 Thread Donald Likens
I suggest using GTF trace to track getmain/freemain for your address space. Reduce your region size to be at a minimum. When it fails look at the dump to determine what storage is duplicated and use the GTF trace to determine where the getmain came from.

OT? - A Windows Program - based on HASP? - Dynamic Dispatching Priority

2011-06-08 Thread Clement Clarke
A bit off-topic. But hopefully useful. If you use Windows for any real work, this program which seems to add a desperately needed facility to alter the dispatching priority dynamically. Of course, IBM Mainframes had a program similar to this back in the '60s. It was part of HASP, and was

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:37:37 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: W dniu 2011-06-08 15:09, Mark Zelden pisze: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:38:13 +0200, R.S.r.skoru...@snipped.com.pl wrote: The above message comes from SDSF help panel. However there's no clue how to switch it on, how to

SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Donald Likens
In my previous shop we used a product called $AVRS to retain SYSLOG for an extended period of time. I assume other shops do the same. I need it in a readable format with as much information as possible. If you save SYSLOG at your shop, how do you do it?

MFNetDisk tape emulation.

2011-06-08 Thread shai hess
HI, Many good feedbacks from MFNetDisk product. One small short respond which I like: T*hanks and I am really surprised to see the tape emulation on PC. Great work!* --- 23.27.43 TESTMVS JOB02128 IEF403I DUMPDSA - STARTED -

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Jousma, David
We offload to a daily disk GDG, that migrates to tape. That way multiple people can do syslog archaeology and not wait on each other. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris,

Re: JCL: IF and ABEND

2011-06-08 Thread Donald Johnson
Allen, I apologize...you are correct. In my test, I had the COND steps flush, but that was because I had a nonzero CC on another step. I have tried a few different alternatives, and none of them gave the result we want. My testing was not exhaustive, nor am I an expert (I don't play one on TV,

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 08:47:38 -0500, Donald Likens dlik...@infosecinc.com wrote: In my previous shop we used a product called $AVRS to retain SYSLOG for an extended period of time. I assume other shops do the same. I need it in a readable format with as much information as possible. If you save

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Yes, it happened few releases ago, but today I wanted to switch it on. I followed the above advice (and did RTFM). Indeed, CPU display format has changed from long to short form, but ...SIO is still not present! It looks like: SDSF DA SMF1 SYS1 PAG 0 CPU 23

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-06-08 15:47, Mark Zelden pisze: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:37:37 +0200, R.S.r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: W dniu 2011-06-08 15:09, Mark Zelden pisze: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:38:13 +0200, R.S.r.skoru...@snipped.com.pl wrote: The above message comes from SDSF help panel.

Re: z/VM RACF installation planning

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:23:36 -0500, Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN dave.l.han...@usps.gov wrote: We are looking at using RACF for z/VM 6.1. I responded to Dave over in RACF-L. Alan Altmark IBM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:15:55 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: Are you saying you have the user exit in use and have the flag set and still don't see it? If so, double check your code to make sure you at least think it is correct and then open a PMR and see what IBM says.

Re: Turning off mixed mode editing

2011-06-08 Thread Dave Salt
If you open a PDS and get a member list, I think you should be able to select a member for Edit and enter a forward slash in the PROMPT column and set mixed mode off? (I can't try this myself because I don't use a Japanese emulator). However, that wouldn't help you for sequential data sets.

Re: IEW2640E

2011-06-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:48:10 -0500, Greg Peck wrote: Is your SYSLMOD a PDSE ? (it probably needs to be) Thanks. In fact, in my case that was the proper resolution. However, in the alternative situation, where the programmer has inadvertently introduced a long name in one of numerous CSECTs in a

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:45:42 -0500, Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com wrote: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:15:55 +0200, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl wrote: Are you saying you have the user exit in use and have the flag set and still don't see it? If so, double check your code to make sure you

MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Juan Mautalen
Hi: I need to execute an MVS DISPLAY command with its output written to a dataset. Using IEFBR14 i managed to execute the command in batch, but the output is only written to SYSLOG. Is there a way to have the output also written to a dataset? Thanks in advance for your help, JUAN MAUTALEN

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Skip Robinson
In a Rexx, you can use the TSO CONSOLE facility to issue an MVS command and trap the returned output in an array. The Rexx can then write the contents of that array to a data set. Be aware that a few commands do not return output to the Rexx, but I believe that all DISPLAY commands do so.

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
Hi: I need to execute an MVS DISPLAY command with its output written to a dataset. Using IEFBR14 i managed to execute the command in batch, but the output is only written to SYSLOG. Is there a way to have the output also written to a dataset? Thanks in advance for your help, JUAN

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
I agree with Liz and Skip that the way i have being performing t Juan: I agree with Liz and Skip that the way i have being performing that function for years. The ISPF /REXX one is good and the batch Rexx one is equally as good.   Scott J Ford   From:

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
I do it the old fashioned way: 1. Create GDGs 2. Issue a ' Don: I do it the old fashioned way: 1. Create GDGs 2. Issue a 'WRITELOG'  and then a proc like this //HPYCPY  PROC //IEFPROC EXEC PGM=IASXWR00,PARM='PL',REGION=200K //* //*   WTR TO SCOOP UP SYSLOGS //* //IEFRDER DD

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi Mark, My guess would be opposite that almost everyone has some output management tool they leverage for SYSLOG archiving but I could be completely wrong. We happen to use $AVRS as well which is very mature and just works for managing job outputs and SYSLOG. The only significant lack is

Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread John McKown
I've been told that I'm being transferred to a acute care facility. I'm scared. -- John McKown Maranatha! Sent from my Vibrant Android phone. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
hang in there buddy, you have a lot of friends praying for you John: hang in there buddy, you have a lot of friends praying for your speedy recovery.. My best wishes   Scott J Ford   From: John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Thomas Dunlap
John, We will keep you in our prayers. Please keep let us know what you find out. May God bless and keep you through this time of trouble. Cheers, Tom On 6/8/2011 1:43 PM, John McKown wrote: I've been told that I'm being transferred to a acute care facility. I'm scared. -- John McKown

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Schwab
Key word is Acute. Much better than Long Term. Probably a place to do rehabilitation exercises before going home. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: I've been told that I'm being transferred to a acute care facility. I'm scared. -- John McKown

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Richards, Robert B.
John, Ask the staff Why?. Regardless, you are still in my prayers. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Personal: bad news I've been

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
My thoughts are with you. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 10:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject:

Re: How to diagnose memory leak?

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip I don't know why someone would want to restrict IPCS use. What someone would normally want to restrict is the data (such as system SVC dump data sets) that Joe User might be allowed to use IPCS on. Your own SYSMDUMPs

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Hal Merritt
Don't be. Looks to be a somewhat standard short term transition from treatment to recovery. From Ehow Health: The philosophy behind an acute care hospital, or hospitals that have an acute care facility, is to discharge patients as soon as they are able to take care of or be taken care of

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Thomas H Puddicombe
Perhaps the last round of tests identified a residual cash balance remaining in either your or your insurance company's bank account. May the word acute, properly parsed, describe your nurse. And in the words of my neighbor the dog trainer, HEAL! Tom Puddicombe Mainframe Performance

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Stay active on the lists while you recover. You are one of the most knowledgeable people around on all the lists and your input is always deeply appreciated. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
John, Prayers increasing from South Dakota. Jesus, the Great Physician has you in the palm of His hand. Take care and heal soon. We need your humor and expertise (and the occasional off-the-wall ideas you come up with) around here. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thomas H Puddicombe Perhaps the last round of tests identified a residual cash balance remaining in either your or your insurance company's bank account. Fear not: Obamacare will fix that. :-| -jc-

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Gates, Guy
John, You are in my prayers for Gods healing and comfort. May God guide the doctors so that you may be back on your feet soon. Thanks...Guy M. Gates Jr. TTI Z/OS Systems Programmer II Email: guy.ga...@ttiinc.com Mainframe-inspired reliability for optimal system uptime.

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Chris Hoelscher
But the real question is: does acute care facility have acute nurse attending to your every need? Chris Hoelscher IDMS DB2 Database Administrator 502-476-2538 You only need to test the programs you don't want to get called on later The information transmitted is intended only for the person

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Pearce, Colin E
You're in my thoughts and prayers John Colin Pearce -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 1:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Personal: bad news I've been told that I'm being

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Skip Robinson
Here's a sample/skeleton to play with. The userid that runs this Rexx must have a TSOE segment (RACF terms, don't know about other products) and at least READ access to profile CONSOLE in the TSOAUTH class. /* REXX */ TRACE N ARG cmd CONSPROF SOLDISP(NO) UNSOLDISP(NO) CONSOLE ACTIVATE

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Martinez, Frank J
John, my thoughts and prayers are with you Frank J. Martinez Technical Support Supervisor IT System z -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

DFHSM V2.6 - Autodump how to stack disk vols on tape

2011-06-08 Thread Greg Caserta
DFHSM (autodump - 1 disk vol to 1 tape ?) I'm running DFHSM v2.6 on OS/390 1.3 (very old, I realize) Just put in a used Shark 2105 along with 3590 tape drives (20GB capacity). It used to take multiple tapes to dump a disk vol. Now I can dump all 76 disk vols onto 2 tapes if I manually do dfdss

Re: z/VM RACF installation planning

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:51:31 -0400, Thomas David Rivers riv...@dignus.com wrote: Just to throw in a small plug here, and our information may now be dated... It is. :-) However, it's our understanding that z/VM RACF requires HLASM; which is an additionally priced product on z/VM. For this

Re: DFHSM V2.6 - Autodump how to stack disk vols on tape

2011-06-08 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
I think this is what you're looking for. 2.13.2.17 DUMPCLASS(STACK): Specifying the Maximum Number of Dump Copies that Are Stacked for this Dump Class (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 1984, 2009 Topic lines 1 to 16 of 47

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Dazzo, Matt
John, will lift you up in prayer. Keep us posted. Matt Dazzo Publishers Clearing House -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Personal: bad

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Bob Shimizu
Dear John: I certainly wish all the best for you in an uncertain time. I hope it all works out well, sir. Sincerely, Bob At 10:43 AM 6/8/2011, you wrote: I've been told that I'm being transferred to a acute care facility. I'm scared. -- John McKown Maranatha! Sent from my Vibrant

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Chip Grantham
MVS Catalog statistics are only written to SYSLOG. I use SDSF to capture the statistics daily with this batch job. The TSO Command format is BDSSCMD PDS to save results into member prefix remainder is command Saved in PDS as a member with the name of prefix || date For example F

Re: DFHSM V2.6 - Autodump how to stack disk vols on tape

2011-06-08 Thread Greg Caserta
I don't see the DUMPCLASS(STACK) option in my v2.6 under os/390 1.3 I wonder if it will work? This sure looks like what I need. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Wednesday, June 08,

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Umamaheshwar Iyer
Sir Don't be ! Cause from today until I hear from you that you are well, I will remember you in my prayers. God bless you for a speedy recovery. Thanks and Regards Umamaheshwar Iyer From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread shai hess
HI John, Trust God, ask him to help you. Everything is under control of God. Do not be afraid, everything with God help will be OK. Trust God, everything is under control of God. Trust him, please. When you trust God, you are not afraid anymore. Talk to God, ask him to help me. Ask him

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:43:32 -0400, Knutson, Sam sknut...@geico.com wrote: Hi Mark, My guess would be opposite that almost everyone has some output management tool they leverage for SYSLOG archiving but I could be completely wrong. Hi Sam, Survey time? :-) Based on my experience at well over

Re: WAIT while holding LOCAL LOCK ?

2011-06-08 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:30:55 -0500 Paul Schuster pgs4ibmm...@pacbell.net wrote: :This might go under the heading of 'why would you want to to that', but, is :there :a way to do a WAIT (like a STIMERM for a hundreth of a second) while holding :the :LOCAL LOCK? Loop - but that really isn't

Re: How to diagnose memory leak?

2011-06-08 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:00:13 -0500 Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: :Peter, I had the same problem in my shop. Seems that the pencil :pushers were afraid that IPCS :access to a dump would reveal passwords that we stored somewhere in :system storage. :I finally won the fight when I got the

DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread David Cole
rant-on I just shot a bug in z/XDC that occurred only rarely, but once it occurred, it drove me nuts! And frankly, I don't think it's even my fault. It comes from what seems to me (to put it as politely as I can) to be IBM's clear violation of the principle of least surprise... Ok, first

Re: SIO, if shown, is the total system start I/O rate

2011-06-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-06-08 18:05, Mark Zelden pisze: (for the archives and R.S): Actually, I ran a quick test in my sandbox and the comma is optional. So I don't know what your syntax error is (and I assume you looked at the server log). 1. Yes I did the tests, noticed message about error, browsed

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Rowe
Dave, I was happy to see that you are only barking: at the hand that feeds you ;-) Have you opened a PMR with IBM on this to see if it is WAD? Scott On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:14 PM, David Cole dbc...@colesoft.com wrote: rant-on I just shot a bug in z/XDC that occurred only rarely, but once

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
I agree, but unfortuately I think companies are cutting back Mark: I agree, but unfortuately I think companies are cutting back on spending on some products, not everyone has a big budget, boy It would be nice, but it is what it is.if you dont have an ISV product, you make do...   Scott J Ford  

Re: z/VM RACF installation planning

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
I find that odd, as an ex-VMer that IBM doesnt include HLASM .. Allen: I find that odd, as an ex-VMer that IBM doesnt include HLASM ...with VM ..it does with z/OS ..   Scott J Ford   From: Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent:

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Linda Mooney
Years ago, we brought in SAR (now CA-View) to hold customer batch report output for viewing .  So, we issue the W L command every midnight by auto command  and have View pick it up. We keep a little over 3 years of SYSLOG  available, most of that on (virtual) tape.  It has worked very well for

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
Yep, me too, and $AVRS was happy with both products. But im personally in a pure development environment so we make do with what we have,   Scott J Ford   From: Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 4:45:26 PM

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread David Cole
At 6/8/2011 04:25 PM, Scott Rowe wrote: Dave, I was happy to see that you are only barking: at the hand that feeds you ;-) Have you opened a PMR with IBM on this to see if it is WAD? Well, it's certainly WAC... For reason's I cannot get into, I am unable to open PMRs... Maybe my rant will

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Donnelly, John P
We do exactly as Linda has described, except we keep the SYSLOG for a month... We execute three SAR tasks, one for SYSLOG output, one for production JOB sysout, and one for sysprog stuff that never goes away, and we collect all the output from our DR Exercises and port to home where staff may

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Jim Thomas
Sir, Please try not to be ... I've spent a lifetime of planning and calculating ... but over the last two decades, have realized that 'whatever is meant to be, will be'. Usually, if you're patient enough, matters actually turn out for the better. Our prayers are with you and while we (I include

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Tony Harminc
On 8 June 2011 16:14, David Cole dbc...@colesoft.com wrote: [...]  - OPEN services opens the key-9 DCB just fine, no complaints, not a peep.  - But when OPEN sees that:      - It's caller (z/XDC) is running in problem state,      - And it's caller is running in execution key-8,      - But the

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Greg Shirey
We issue command W I at midnight and sweep the SYSLOG into Infopac (ViewDirect). We keep them for 90 days. Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:36 PM Survey time? :-)

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Dave, But doesn't everything WAC? (I presume you mean Works As Coded). :-) Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Cole Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: DCBs and DCBEs -

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Ed Finnell
Harken back to the days when a REWIND 9 and Write 9 in Fortran would overwrite the Volume label! In a message dated 6/8/2011 4:09:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, t...@harminc.net writes: but it also turned off the flags that show that such a pointer exists? I suppose that's

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread David Cole
At 6/8/2011 05:10 PM, Pommier, Rex R. wrote: Dave, But doesn't everything WAC? (I presume you mean Works As Coded). :-) Rex Uh-huh... Way back in the '70s, when a colleague tried to file an APAR (remember what that actually stands for?) over some now forgotten issue, IBM refused to do

Re: MVS command - output directed to a dataset

2011-06-08 Thread Cris Hernandez #9
What command? Commands are just compiled programs with predefined inputs and outputs. Output may be written to the terminal, or file allocation named sysprint, sysout, systsprt, or whatever. usually what I do is is use REXX code SYSOUTTRAP to capture output written to terminal then write the

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
So more of these posts have made me think. There is no reason that some of those other shops I mentioned that had more general products (as opposed to some that specifically manage syslog or have components that do) couldn't have used those products to store syslog. And maybe more of those shops

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi John, I would be scared too, anyone probably would be.  I did some checking, and from what I found, going to acute care generally means that a person is doing better, but not quite ready to go home.  Often they still need an IV, they just need to have a trained eye on them for a short

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Bill Fairchild
Some program features have also been described as BAD (Broken As Designed). An APAR [1] is a South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Apar. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software [1] It might also refer to an Authorized Program Analysis Report:

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread Cris Hernandez #9
what are you using to open the syslog? every shop I ever worked the syslog was accessible via whatever JES output queue viewing tool was in use. is that what you're talking about? assuming you're already logging the sysout. --- On Wed, 6/8/11, Ayhan Yalkut ayhan.yal...@halkbank.com.tr wrote:

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Mark, Initially, it was thought that the 'system stuff', syslog, SMP/e runs, assemblies, linkedits, and so on, shouldn't/couldn't be stored with the same product as customer data.  However, it can be, whether that product has/uses more that one database or uses SAF or RACF for access

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
We do the copy to tape via a write method. I could use the Control-D report management system we have, but that would complicate extracting information from the archives. Not that I've needed to go far back in a long time. We're small enough that we keep about 45 days on the spool. Dave

Re: CA-1 Installation

2011-06-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
Possible rant Hello, Hal, What do you think of the current ?instructions? for installing CA-1? IMO, the instructions that came with Release 12 are a severe step backwards from what CA previously provided. IMO, if you don't already know a lot about CA-1 or at least Tape Management Systems,

Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
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Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread John McKown
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Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Rohling
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Re: Personal: bad news

2011-06-08 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, John McKown wrote: I've talked with the doctor. I need acute care due to celulitis in my left leg. That requires IV meds. The doctor thinks 3-4 weeks. Once there,I may be able to work from home. -- John McKown Good to hear (or read, actually) that you are going to

Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ford
Also I have found that the level of technical expertise is lack All, Also I have found that the level of technical expertise is lacking ,we old dinosaurs did what it took to get the job done. If we couldnt afford to buy a product, we wrote it. Wrote a lot of stuff on VM and VSE before Z/OS that

Re: Personal: bad news

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Re: SYSLOG saving

2011-06-08 Thread Ed Finnell
I used to enjoy the exposure to HESC, but IBM dropped it soon after OCO. So the committees started looking at packaged software for Windows and *nix that 'any third grader could maintain'. Lots of Boot Hill stories abound... In a message dated 6/8/2011 9:30:14 P.M. Central Daylight

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Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread jagadishan perumal
Cris, Its just the Log option from SDSF which hangs whenever we try to Open and see any error message or any system related messages. Regards, Jags On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Cris Hernandez #9 hernandez...@yahoo.comwrote: what are you using to open the syslog? every shop I ever worked

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread Anthony Thompson
HASPINDX? Maybe shutdown the SDSF server and re-allocate HASPINDX. Ant. Northern Territory Govt, Australia -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan perumal Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 1:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?

2011-06-08 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 17:09 -0400 on 06/08/2011, Tony Harminc wrote about Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse?: So OPEN not only zeroed out the DCBE pointer, but it also turned off the flags that show that such a pointer exists? I suppose that's considerate... Considerate Nothing - Since it

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
Can you see the individual log tasks via the DA or the ST panels? The error message accessing the syslog may be visible via that route. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan perumal Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread jagadishan perumal
Here in our shop SDSF doesnt run as an address space. Regards, Jags On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Anthony Thompson anthony.thomp...@nt.gov.au wrote: HASPINDX? Maybe shutdown the SDSF server and re-allocate HASPINDX. Ant. Northern Territory Govt, Australia -Original Message-

TEMPDSN Activated

2011-06-08 Thread fuddin
Dear Listerner, z/Os 1.9 runing z10 machine. Few week ago I have activated this TEMPDSN class. Today I face this error but only for certain ID. If anybody have the same problem? Thanks in advance for sharing. Below is the error: ICH408I USER(xx ) GROUP(SA ) NAME(xx ) 168

Re: unable to open SYSLOG

2011-06-08 Thread Gibney, Dave
SYSLOG does -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan perumal Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: unable to open SYSLOG Here in our shop SDSF doesnt run as an address