LPAR - MSU capping

2011-08-02 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, We have a need of swapping(change) the values of MSU for two LPARS i.e.. LPAR A must be 13 MSU and LPAR B must be 9 MSU. Setting the hard capping would do good or else I have to change the Soft capping value too ? Please advise me. Regards, Jags

Re: base arithmetic in REXX

2011-08-02 Thread Marco Gianfranco Indaco
You made the best, this maybe the ermetic structure. I suppose that STRIP leading zeroes is unuseful in REXX /*Rexx*/ alphabet=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ say d2eng(input_number) Return d2eng: procedure expose alphabet i = arg(1) + 0 output= do while i0 output=substr(alphabet,i//26+1,1)||output

zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
Hi, Need some help on defining zFS file system 4GB. I tried that with ISHELL, but failed with msg; IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 18:40:1 508/02/11 PAGE 1 DEFINE CL - (NAME(ZFS.Z112S.CPAC) LIN SHR(3,3) - CYL(8000 500) - VOL(ZFS111

Re: FTP from IBM's book server

2011-08-02 Thread John McKown
You said it: Windows only. No Windows systems here at home. 3 Linux, soon to be 4, and 1 Mac. MS need not apply. On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 23:03 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: I really don't understand why anyone wouldn't be satisfied with Softcopy Librarian? Yes, it's Windows only Java :(, but it

Re: where 2 find SMS compression code

2011-08-02 Thread John McKown
Thanks. these are small datasets. I don't know why they were compressed with Data Accelerator. We greatly overused that product. Management at the time said: Great! Compress everything and we don't need to get any more DASD! Management today says: Use SMS compression and eliminate the cost of Data

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Ravi Gaur
Need dataclass extended addressibility.. RETURN CODE 140 Explanation: Inconsistent or conflicting arguments were provided. 110 Explanation: Either of

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Jousma, David
You need to select a dataclass that has extended format enabled. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717

Re: Does this apply to some of the messages here?

2011-08-02 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critic al-Twittering quote The prosecution's theory in this case is that using Twitter to criticize a public figure can be a criminal

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Ravi Gaur
can you check the dataclass for the dataset being allocated ? please specify the dataclass which make dataset eligible for Extended addressibility... RETURN CODE 140

Re: where 2 find SMS compression code

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Chapman
I realize you said you aren't testing for compression ratio or CPU usage, but you might still want to take a quick look at those with both tailored and generic/standard compression. I just recently found that switching my SMF data to tailored compression saved about 40% of the space, but at

Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
When an email is sent out from the Mainframe, the time stamp on the top of the email is wrong. The time it shows is 12:17 AM (7 hours ago), but the time it was actually sent was 8:26 pm. Inside the body of the email, there are several other times and those are all okay. This problem is just not

Re: where 2 find SMS compression code

2011-08-02 Thread McKown, John
I'll need to hit the books to see how to do that. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Lizette Koehler
When an email is sent out from the Mainframe, the time stamp on the top of the email is wrong. The time it shows is 12:17 AM (7 hours ago), but the time it was actually sent was 8:26 pm. Inside the body of the email, there are several other times and those are all okay. This problem is just

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
George Rodriguez wrote: When an email is sent out from the Mainframe, the time stamp on the top of the email is wrong. The time it shows is 12:17 AM (7 hours ago), but the time it was actually sent was 8:26 pm. Where do you see that time? What e-mail client are you using? Groete / Greetings

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Anson Ye
I think there is at least one issue in your data set creation command... The data set couldn't exceed 65535 tracks in one extension. So in your command, you set the primary allocation 8000 cylinders.. It doesn't work..  Another thing, you need to check the data class for this dataset to verify

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Staller, Allan
If you are using vanilla SMTP (e.g. SYSOUT=(A,INTRDR)) look at the TIMEZONE operand in the SMTP parms. Does it match the z/OS offset in SYS1.PARMLIB(CLOCKxx). If you are using CSSMTP, there is a separate configuration file to set environment variables. If you are using SMTPNOTE, there is a

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Craig Pace
Look at the parameter TIMEZONE with a value of SYSTZ which will use your local system time zone instead of haing to change it every time change. This was introduced via a NEW FUNCTION APAR for TCP/IP and became part of the base in z/OS V1.8. Craig Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com

Re: where 2 find SMS compression code

2011-08-02 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 06:32:22 -0500, Scott Chapman wrote: I realize you said you aren't testing for compression ratio or CPU usage, but you might still want to take a quick look at those with both tailored and generic/standard compression. I just recently found that switching my SMF data to

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
I am a newbie in SMS, I do not see any construct being defined in the ISMF Data Class. Will you tell me how to get there? Regards Lim ML On 02/08/11 7:16 PM, Ravi Gaur wrote: can you check the dataclass for the dataset being allocated ? please specify the dataclass which make dataset eligible

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
Can you point me to a document that can lead me to define a Data Class in SMS ? Regards Lim ML On 02/08/11 7:22 PM, Jousma, David wrote: You need to select a dataclass that has extended format enabled. _ Dave Jousma Assistant

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
What is the maximum allowable size per extent ? I am working on how to define a Data Class in ISMF .. or somewhere else.. still new in this DFSMS area .. Regards Lim ML On 02/08/11 8:38 PM, Anson Ye wrote: I think there is at least one issue in your data set creation command... The data set

IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread John Dawes
G'Day,   I am trying print a dsn via IEBGENER.  However when I check the output it is all garbled.  I browsed the input dsn via TSO and all looks fine.  Would anyone know why the output is garbage?  Here is a sample:    F     * g07/18/11  e853652 nPFS (C2-3421) 11/01/11 h*SR853652 a10  

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread Lizette Koehler
I am trying print a dsn via IEBGENER. However when I check the output it is all garbled. I browsed the input dsn via TSO and all looks fine. Would anyone know why the output is garbage? Here is a sample: F * g07/18/11 e853652 nPFS (C2-3421) 11/01/11 h*SR853652 a10

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Elardus, I see that time on the very first line of the email and I use a Rexx EXEC called %XMITIP (ver. 5.08), from Lionel B. Dyck. *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)*

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lizette Koehler
Go to ISMF Panels under ISPF. List the dataset you are trying to create (if it does not exist, create one with smaller attributes similar to the one you are going to create) This will let you know if a DATACLAS is being used. If there is no dataclas, create a simple Dataclas for the zFS files

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Lizette, Version of z/OS 1.9. Use Lionel B. Dyck XMITIP Rexx EXEC to send email. CLOCKxx in SYS1.PAMRLIB has the TIMEZONE coded as W.06.52.00. in SMTP profile member TIMEZONE is coded as EST. *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX -

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Allan, We are not using vanilla SMTP. The TIMEZONE in SMTP parmlib member is code as EST. TIMEZONE in SYS1.PARMLIB is coded as: W.06.52.00. Using XMITIP to send email. *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread Sandro Ambrozic
In TSO EDIT, check if the dataset (or member) has 'PACK ON' active (PROFILE command), If so, execute PACK OFF command and SAVE it. Sandro Ambrozic +34 666 803 223 2011/8/2 John Dawes jhn_da...@yahoo.com.au G'Day, I am trying print a dsn via IEBGENER. However when I check the output it

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Craig, Are you talking about the TIMEZONE in the SMTP profile member used by SMTPMVS? It is currently coded with EST. Are you saying to change EST to SYSTZ? *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)*

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Staller, Allan
I am sure Lionel has support for TIMEZONE. If not, it is from one of the sources I mentioned. Since you are on Eastern time, the TZ variable should be set to EST5EDT? (not sure). All of the above assume the HW clock is GMT and an appropriate TZ offset is supplied. If the TZ offset (as is

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Staller, Allan
Exactly! snip Are you talking about the TIMEZONE in the SMTP profile member used by SMTPMVS? It is currently coded with EST. Are you saying to change EST to SYSTZ? /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Hi George, Ignorant question on a tangent. Why do you have your TIMEZONE set as W.06.52.00? It just seems like a strange offset. I thought Florida was 4 hours west of UTC right now. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf

Re: Does this apply to some of the messages here?

2011-08-02 Thread Bill Fairchild
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/180258/Prosecuted-For-Critic al-Twittering quote The prosecution's theory in this case is that using Twitter to criticize a public figure can be a criminal

Re: NFS Client Startup

2011-08-02 Thread Dazzo, Matt
Self inflicted wound, had a typo in the ASNAME parm. So now the client has started but I get a kerberos error, it appears that Kerberos needs to be configured. Can anyone confirm that Kerberos is required for NFS. tks 96C73ADF No default realm is specified in the configuration file.

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread John Dawes
Sandro,   Super, it worked.  The PACK ON was set.  Thanks a bundle.   Thanks to all who responded. --- On Wed, 3/8/11, Sandro Ambrozic sandro.ambro...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sandro Ambrozic sandro.ambro...@gmail.com Subject: Re: IEBGENER QUESTION To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received: Wednesday, 3

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread John Dawes
Lizette,   No there was nothing eye catching:   DATA SET UTILITY - GENERATE IEB352I WARNING: ONE OR MORE OF THE OUTPUT DCB PARMS COPIED FROM INPUT     

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
You probably will get me somewhere. I am still learning how to define a Data Class in ISMF, which IBM Guide I can refer to ? And the ACS code stuff, any documentation ? Regards Lim ML On 02/08/11 9:59 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: Go to ISMF Panels under ISPF. List the dataset you are trying to

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Rex, I'm not the person that controls that, my co-worker is. It's probably set that way, because the UTC (hardware clock) is set wrong. *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)*

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Craig Pace
George, Yes, I am saying that you would be better off to update to have SYSTZ instead of EST so that you don't have to change it any longer. The XMITIP, which is a very good package, just builds the actual e-mail that is then processed by the SMTP server. The SMTP server determines how it

Re: LPAR - MSU capping

2011-08-02 Thread Hal Merritt
That depends on your licensing agreements. For most that are under a 'sub capacity' agreement (and submit a report to IBM once a month), then all you may need to adjust is the 'soft cap' and set the 'hard cap' to the machine capacity. If you are under a fixed capacity license, then set the

Re: FTP from IBM's book server

2011-08-02 Thread Ed Gould
All: Thanks for the input. I guess I will have to try Firefox:( I do have a MAC so soft copy Librarian is not an option. Ed Ps: I have found and turned off the IPAD blurb. On Aug 1, 2011, at 6:05 PM, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: On 8/1/2011 3:53 PM, Ed Gould wrote: If

Re: FTP from IBM's book server

2011-08-02 Thread Hal Merritt
Is Softcopy Librarian truly 'Windows only'? Has anyone tried running it under the Mac emulator? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re:

Re: NFS Client Startup

2011-08-02 Thread Jihad Kawkabani
Kerberos is not required, I have a similar Informational message but the client works just fine. Here is the Kerberos informational message I get: GFSC284I NETWORK FILE SYSTEM CLIENT COULD NOT GET GSS CREDENTIALS FOR THE NFS CLIENT : GSS API krb5_get_in_tkt_with_keytab() FAILED WITH GSS MAJOR

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of George Rodriguez Hi Allan, We are not using vanilla SMTP. The TIMEZONE in SMTP parmlib member is code as EST. TIMEZONE in SYS1.PARMLIB is coded as: W.06.52.00. Using XMITIP to send email. Seems strange that,

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Neubert, Kevin
Take a look at DFSMS Implementing System-Managed Storage (SC26-7407). Regards, Kevin -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lim Ming Liang Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: zFS Data

Re: FTP from IBM's book server

2011-08-02 Thread Grinsell, Don
Out of curiosity I just installed both Softcopy Librarian and Reader under Wine 1.2.3 on openSUSE 11.3 and it appears to work just fine. I assume your individual mileage may vary. -- Donald Grinsell State of Montana 406-444-2983 dgrins...@mt.gov The use of traveling is to regulate

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread Steve Comstock
On 8/2/2011 7:49 AM, John Dawes wrote: G'Day, I am trying print a dsn via IEBGENER. However when I check the output it is all garbled. I browsed the input dsn via TSO and all looks fine. Would anyone know why the output is garbage? Here is a sample: F * g07/18/11 e853652 nPFS

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread John Dawes
Steve,   Sorry, the dsn has been deleted, however I posted the first portion of the dsn I left out the second half. --- On Wed, 3/8/11, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com Subject: Re: IEBGENER QUESTION To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Received:

Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Charles Mills
On my Dallas system's SDSF there is no Programmer-Name column, although it is described in the SDSF Help display. I'm certainly used to it on other Z systems that I use or have used. I just spoke with zTech support and they have never heard of a Programmer-Name column. Is it an SDSF

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Williamson, James R
I just checked on the input queue (I on the command line). A ? without the quotes on the command line gives an alternate layout that includes programmer name field on my system. The fields are customizable in ISFPRMnn in parmlib. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Lizette Koehler
Have you tried entering a ? (question Mark) on the command line and scrolling to the right? Some shops do not always display all fields, but it is usually in the defaults with the question amrk. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Staller, Allan
Programmer name is shown (on my system anyway, at least) on panel ISFPCU41 and described in help panel ISFAARR (Row 37). snip On my Dallas system's SDSF there is no Programmer-Name column, although it is described in the SDSF Help display. I'm certainly used to it on other Z systems that I use or

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Charles Mills
Someone asked privately if I tried ? and yes I did with no effect. Here's another symptom: ARRANGE PROGRAMMER-NAME A OWNER Yields COLUMN NOT FOUND with the cursor positioned on PROGRAMMER-NAME. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Bob Shannon
FLDENT COLUMN(PNAME),TITLE(PROGRAMMER-NAME),WIDTH(D) If you can update parmlib you should be able to change this. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Charles Mills
A ? without the quotes on the command line gives an alternate layout that includes programmer name On a Dallas system? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Williamson, James R Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:18 AM

Re: base arithmetic in REXX

2011-08-02 Thread Ward, Mike S
I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but how about this? /* REXX */ XSTRING = abcde119900116688fABCDEF XTABLEO = 1234567891234567892345678912345678912345678923456789 XTABLEI = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X = TRANSLATE(XSTRING,XTABLEI,XTABLEO) say X RETURN

Re: Time On Mainframe Emails

2011-08-02 Thread George Rodriguez
Craig, I did change the parm, but it had no affect on the problem. * * *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room

Re: IEBGENER QUESTION

2011-08-02 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 06:49:07 -0700, John Dawes jhn_da...@yahoo.com.au wrote: G'Day,   I am trying print a dsn via IEBGENER.  However when I check the output it is all garbled.  I browsed the input dsn via TSO and all looks fine.  Would anyone know why the output is garbage?  Here is a sample:   

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Lloyd Fuller
About 3 or 4 screens to the right on z/OS 1.10, Dallas, after ? on I command-line: NP JOBNAME eNamePhase Type RNum Programmer-Name Acct No Lloyd - Original Message From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, August 2, 2011 2:32:20

Re: NFS Client Startup

2011-08-02 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:24:31 -0400, Dazzo, Matt mda...@pch.com wrote: Self inflicted wound, had a typo in the ASNAME parm. So now the client has started but I get a kerberos error, it appears that Kerberos needs to be configured. Can anyone confirm that Kerberos is required for NFS. tks

IBM announces up to 5% increase in monthly Entry WLC

2011-08-02 Thread Ben Alford
I also can only find the non-USA announcement. What's the announcement letter number for the US? Ben Alford -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks! I am not a PARMLIB guru but I can make this happen one way or another. Thanks much, all. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Gary DiPillo
Charles, It does on my Dallas guest (1.10). I used: SD;I ? PF11 Gary On 08/02/2011 2:32 PM, Charles Mills wrote: A ? without the quotes on the command line gives an alternate layout that includes programmer name On a Dallas system? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Corrupt PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread CM Poncelet
I'll look into it when I have the time. Dale Miller wrote: Mr. Poncelet said We are arguing semantics. Yes, computer language statements have syntax requirements and properly-written statements have semantics associated with them. The language in the JCL Reference Manual specifically

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread CM Poncelet
Gerhard Postpischil wrote: On 8/1/2011 9:53 PM, CM Poncelet wrote: Quite possibly; but it's a contrived case where the 2nd LRECL is a fixed length multiple of the first (so there is one BDW and one RDW, and the records follow each other consecutively in the buffer). His example used

Has anyone replaced ca-sort with ibm sort recently? any issues?

2011-08-02 Thread Kurt Eastwood
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Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Ed Finnell
The field has to be defined in the Macro or Parms. If it needs moving use the ARRANGE command to position it where you want it. From SDSF Install and Customization. Does anybody use HELP any more? --quote-- This topic describes the columns on SDSF panels that display data in a tabular

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Roger Bolan
On my systems, the Programmer Name field is on the alternate fields in SDSF. If I go into the ST display for my jobs, then enter ? to switch to the alternate fields, I have programmer name on the screen. I used the ARRANGE command to chose the fields displayed and their order, so I can see

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Charles Mills
Doesn't anyone read posts any more? g I mentioned that I tried ARRANGE and it gave me an error. Why is it that an endless discussion of the semantics of the word hoax is a good use of bandwidth but a technical question that could have been answered with sufficient research -- assuming one knew

Re: IBM announces up to 5% increase in monthly Entry WLC

2011-08-02 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
I got mine via a letter, dated July 5, and I didn't see an announcement number on it. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ben Alford Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: IBM

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Gibney, Dave
I really wish you folks would get your semantics clear. The original problem and solution proves the facts without need for further discussion. 1. Take a perfectly good, LRECL=80 PDS. Maybe to be really clear, find a PDS with LERECL 133. 2. trash it by pointing any SYSOUT DD to a NEW

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Roger Bolan
You have to enter the ? first to get the alternate fields on my system, and then do ARRANGE to select and position the desired field for Programmer-name. If you do the ARRANGE before entering the ?, it won't work. --Roger On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote:

Re: Programmer-Name in SDSF?

2011-08-02 Thread Roger Bolan
If it doesn't work either before or after entering ? for the alternate list, then I think you need to do something in parmlib to add it to the available fields. I can only tell you what works on my system. --Roger On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: Doesn't

HLASM - Way to toggle options ON OFF?

2011-08-02 Thread John Sullivan
Anyone know of a way to toggle HLASM options ON OFF? I'd like to turn off RENT option for a few statements (i.e. NORENT). *PROCESS NORENT is only supported at the beginning of the assembly. Besides, I really do want RENT checking for almost the entire module. I find the warnings annoying when

Re: HLASM - Way to toggle options ON OFF?

2011-08-02 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Sorry, I could not resist: Patient to Doctor: Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when I do that! Doctor to Patient: Don't do that! More seriously, could you put most of your code in an RSECT and the deliberate stuff in a regular CSECT? Then NORENT for the whole assembly should get you what

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 8/2/2011 3:11 PM, CM Poncelet wrote: this. But in any case the BDW and RDW would not be loaded into the buffer. The BDW and RDW are always included in the buffer. They may not be seen at the application level (e.g., on a ForTran read or write, or in CoBOL). I have no time for that. If

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip-- What I would expect, if the program's DCB attributes 'overrode'/'took precedence over'/etc. those of the physical dataset on DASD, is that the attributes in the dataset's DSCB on DASD would be overriden

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip--- Quite possibly; but it's a contrived case where the 2nd LRECL is a fixed length multiple of the first (so there is one BDW and one RDW, and the records follow each other consecutively in the buffer).

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Joel C. Ewing
To quote Mark Twain: It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. After dealing with computers for 40+ years, I can tell you that some of the most important concepts are (1)to know when you don't know the right answer, (2)know

Re: where 2 find SMS compression code

2011-08-02 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- Thanks. these are small datasets. I don't know why they were compressed with Data Accelerator. We greatly overused that product. Management at the time said: Great! Compress everything and we don't need to get any more

Re: base arithmetic in REXX

2011-08-02 Thread Ward, Mike S
Forget that I did that. I see my error. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: base arithmetic in REXX I'm not sure what you're trying to

Re: IBM announces up to 5% increase in monthly Entry WLC

2011-08-02 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Found it - cached. Letter number is 311-082. http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=ANsubtype=CAhtmlfid=897/ENUS311-082appname=USN Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Does this apply to some of the messages here?

2011-08-02 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip Too many #%$# lawyers with too much free time and too little to do. But on the positive side (ever the optimist), perhaps it's the beginning of an effort to demonstrate the inanity (and insanity) of far too many

Re: base arithmetic in REXX

2011-08-02 Thread Ward, Mike S
Ok how about something like this? /* REXX */ input_number = 27 XSTRING = D2C(input_number) XTABLEI = '0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A'x XTABLEO = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X = TRANSLATE(XSTRING,XTABLEO,XTABLEI) say X -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
Thank you, looking at it now. Regards Lim ML On 03/08/11 12:33 AM, Neubert, Kevin wrote: Take a look at DFSMS Implementing System-Managed Storage (SC26-7407). Regards, Kevin -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lim Ming

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Skip Robinson
I created a zFS that occupied most of a 'Mod-27'. The IDCAMS step to create the underlying VSAM cluster looked like this: DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(xxx.ZFS) - VOLUMES(vv) SHAREOPTIONS(3) DATACLAS(EXT) LINEAR - CYLINDERS(28000,100)) The key is DATACLAS. 'EXT' is the name we use for

Re: programmable SYSOUT (was: dynamic STEPLIB)

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1710722180664386.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu, on 08/01/2011 at 07:44 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said: Just curious. What's programmable SYSOUT? This derives from programs like Wylbur that have to be able to manipulate and retrieve job output in an efficient and

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 4e35f6d3.9090...@bcs.org.uk, on 08/01/2011 at 01:44 AM, CM Poncelet ponce...@bcs.org.uk said: The 'acid test' is whether the same program DCB (ignoring the MACRF= and EODAD=) can be used *both* for OUTPUT and for INPUT (with a change in MACFR= and adding EODAD= when opening for INPUT),

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 4e36c3fe.30...@bcs.org.uk, on 08/01/2011 at 04:19 PM, CM Poncelet ponce...@bcs.org.uk said: Probably ... because my definition Your definition is irrelevant. The documentation of how OPEN behaves uses IBM's definitions. Otherwise the 'standard' definition of DCB override is purely

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 4e356a03.4060...@bcs.org.uk, on 07/31/2011 at 03:43 PM, CM Poncelet ponce...@bcs.org.uk said: they 'count' as program DCBs is short-speak for 'they are executable code' (as opposed to JCL and DASD) A DCB is not executable code; it is a data area. I know that; but on input they do not

Re: STAX and ISPF

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ngmb37dmpoqsiruscr28sm035evsu56...@4ax.com, on 08/01/2011 at 01:47 AM, Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com said: But STAXEXIT is not getting control on PA1. Try ATTN. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: running Assembler I/O macro code as AMODE 31, RMODE ANY

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 9f0ac04eb56ec643bdb1b36ab0c34583e12...@hdqsrvexcvs.ssfcuad.ssfcu.org, on 08/01/2011 at 09:27 AM, Ward, Mike S mw...@ssfcu.org said: Gerhard, I'm sorry for laughing at your post, but it struck me as funny. Did you really mean to say masticate? Almost certainly. The point was that the

Re: Orphan GDG problem

2011-08-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In of1f894f72.be24e6cc-on882578df.007a104e-882578df.007a3...@sce.com, on 08/01/2011 at 03:15 PM, Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com said: This is fascinating info. I've always wondered what the Vnn was for. V for version. It's intended to allow replacing a GDS within a GDG. --

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread CM Poncelet
... but open for output, followed by write, works - whereas open for input, followed by read, doesn't (it fails with an I/O ERR): that is a fact, not an opinion. So unless the I/O ERR is actually the desired outcome, it is an error. If it needs to be fixed, then either the program's merged

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Rowe
Open for output merges all the attributes and then REPLACES the DSCB values with the result of the merge. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:15 PM, CM Poncelet ponce...@bcs.org.uk wrote: ... but open for output, followed by write, works - whereas open for input, followed by read, doesn't (it fails with

Re: zFS Data Set 4G

2011-08-02 Thread Lim Ming Liang
Defining Data Class EXT in ISMF is what I am trying to do now. Thank you. Regards Lim ML On 03/08/11 7:03 AM, Skip Robinson wrote: I created a zFS that occupied most of a 'Mod-27'. The IDCAMS step to create the underlying VSAM cluster looked like this: DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(xxx.ZFS) -

Re: CORRUPT PDS - I/O ERROR

2011-08-02 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:11:27 +0100, CM Poncelet ponce...@bcs.org.uk wrote: Gerhard Postpischil wrote: His example used RECFM=FB, so there are no BDWs and no RDWs (if there were, then the first four bytes of the second record would be the RDW, not data). Yes ... and I am writing from memory,