Re: Spool volumes and SMS

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Schwab
Non sms with a 14 track vtoc just so you don't have 13 tracks left for another dataset. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: snip Just curious as to a general consensus, do you use SMS for spool

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Re: Dashboard type software for monitoring z/OS - Thank You

2011-08-29 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Just curious What do you expect to see in a monitoring dashboard ? As we are a small test shop, I have limited ideas, what would be important to see On 8/26/2011 9:30 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: To all, Many many THANKS to all who replied to me on this list and also offline. All

Re: Copying file to OMVS

2011-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In f255efe0ecf08c4a9c1db6aff423541716483...@ch2wpmail1.na.ds.ussco.com, on 08/27/2011 at 11:22 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com said: ITYM free rein. Yes. Which is why spill chuckers often don't catch errors. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Dashboard type software for monitoring z/OS - Thank You

2011-08-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Miklos Szigetvari wrote: Just curious All right. I'm glad you asked! :-D What do you expect to see in a monitoring dashboard ? You can look in the first posting of the original thread, but I repeat here something similar after having discussions with a lot of persons and looking at websites

CA-1 TMSXITJ

2011-08-29 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
We are migrating our CA-1 TMSXITJ accounting exit from OS/390 (where it was called TMSUX2J) to z/OS 1.11. The exit needs to find the TCB for the batch job mounting the tape. What has worked in the past is USING PSA,R0 L R3,PSAAOLD USING ASCB,R3 L

Re: Spool volumes and SMS

2011-08-29 Thread Steve Dover
No, never have. On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:50:01 -0700, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: Just curious as to a general consensus, do you use SMS for spool volumes? Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Roll your own USS

2011-08-29 Thread Steve Dover
In an effort to remain positive Useful Systems Specialist On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:56:06 +, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Unsubstantiated subsystem selection. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -Original Message- From: Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com Sender:

Re: Roll your own USS

2011-08-29 Thread Bob Shannon
Did we have to start this again? Bob Shannon Rocket software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: alter dataset blocksize

2011-08-29 Thread Staller, Allan
dfHSM goes to great lengths (I have seen the code) to preserve CREATE/REF dates as these are critical in SMS management. IOW, recovery from backup will preserve CREATE/REF dates. Recover from Migration will preserve only the CREATE date. The REF date will be set to the recall date HTH, snip

Re: CA-1 TMSXITJ

2011-08-29 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Barry, either PSATOLD or PSAAOLD should work. Why do you think you're getting a random TCB? The only thing I can think of is perhaps IEFUJI is too early and you're getting the info for the initiator, not the address space. But I can't recall that having changed. What version of CA1 are you

Re: CA-1 TMSXITJ

2011-08-29 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In b282be35b5a4494894d4ecfba2bf7847180f58d...@xch-nw-17v.nw.nos.boeing.com, on 08/29/2011 at 05:52 AM, Schwarz, Barry A barry.a.schw...@boeing.com said: Unfortunately, under z/OS it produces the address of a random TCB. We tried changing the code to obtain the TCB address directly from

IBM zIIP engine question?

2011-08-29 Thread Cosby, Bob
Is anyone on this list currently utilizing a zIIP engine with the below software products and were there benefits on purchasing the zIIP engine? IDMS Release 17 DB2 Version 9 FOCUS Version 7.6.10 Our agency is exploring the possibility of purchasing a z196 405 with a zIIP engine.

Re: CA-1 TMSXITJ

2011-08-29 Thread Stephen Donaldson
If by own TCB of a job, you mean the job step TCB of the currently executing step which is either the current TCB, or some TCB for which the current TCB is a subtask (or other descendant), then the following should find the TCB: USING PSA,R0 L R3,PSATOLDCurrent TCB (zero for

Re: IBM zIIP engine question?

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Hoelscher
I can address the IDMS 17 product - IT DEPENDS - if you use IDMS predominately as a back end to CICS or other front-ends - then I would say the answer is YES - we have seen tremendous savings in our CVs that run 700 million transactions/week - 99% of the work was zIIP eligible, and 33% of that

Re: IBM zIIP engine question?

2011-08-29 Thread Skip Robinson
I can speak only for DB2. When we implemented that V9, we saw immediate benefit on one LPAR: the one that heavily uses distributed DB2, i.e. queries coming in remotely from other servers. zIIP has little benefit for local queries such as CICS or (batch) TSO. There is zIIP usage by some DB2

Re: alter dataset blocksize

2011-08-29 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 08/29/2011 12:56 AM, MONTERO ROMERO, ENRIQUE ELOI wrote: Hi, Why to preserve or change the date of the dataset? An user had a library (PDS) with the incorrect BLOCKSIZE, so the HSM backup/migrate did not work for this dataset, we asked to the customer to fix the dataset using standard

Cobol and large QSAM record length

2011-08-29 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Even using Spanned (record format is S) or Undefined (record format is U) Cobol (Enterprise COBOL 4.2) appears to not allow a record length more than 32K:   32  IGYGR1224-E   The maximum calculated record size of file WIRE-DOCUMENT-FILE was greater than the maximum allowable size

Re: Cobol and large QSAM record length

2011-08-29 Thread Dan Skomsky, PSTI
You could write a little one-time-shot Assembler subroutine to handle this file and return the records to the calling COBOL program. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 12:05 PM

Re: IBM zIIP engine question?

2011-08-29 Thread Al Sherkow
Bob You can analyze the potential value of the zIIP engine by turning on PROJECTCPU in PARMLIB(IEAOPTxx). This switch has z/OS generate the eligible fields into the SMF data. If you're a member of SHARE or CMG you can find a paper I've presented a number of times: zIIP and zAAP Eligible Time

Re: Cobol and large QSAM record length

2011-08-29 Thread Steve Comstock
On 8/29/2011 11:05 AM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Even using Spanned (record format is S) or Undefined (record format is U) Cobol (Enterprise COBOL 4.2) appears to not allow a record length more than 32K: 32 IGYGR1224-E The maximum calculated record size of file WIRE-DOCUMENT-FILE was greater

Re: Roll your own USS

2011-08-29 Thread Greg Dorner
Unbelievable, Shannon Spits! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: IBM zIIP engine question?

2011-08-29 Thread Bill Johnson
We have a zIIP and are DB2 V9. A recent PTF allowed DDF offload of 60% but you need to read this to understand how it really works.   http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/bit.listserv.ibm-main/2011-03/msg00061.html   Bill Johnson From: Cosby, Bob bob.co...@nfc.usda.gov To:

Re: Cobol and large QSAM record length

2011-08-29 Thread John McKown
As I recall, QSAM/BSAM can have a logical record 32K. But __only__ if it is VBS and __ONLY__ if you process each logical segment separately in your own code. That is, you cannot request that QSAM merge the segments together into a single logical record for you. The reason being that each segment

Display CSA and ESQA

2011-08-29 Thread Sérgio Lima Costa
Hello list, Someone, know, if have a command that show who is using the CSA , and ESQA áreas from ZOS ? We are running ZOS 1.12. Thanks very much Sergio Lima Costa Atenção: Esta mensagem foi enviada para uso exclusivo do(s) destinatários(s) acima

Re: Display CSA and ESQA

2011-08-29 Thread Scott Rowe
I know there is an RMF screen that will show you all that, but I can't remember exactly which one. 2011/8/29 Sérgio Lima Costa sergio.co...@cetip.com.br Hello list, Someone, know, if have a command that show who is using the CSA , and ESQA áreas from ZOS ? We are running ZOS 1.12.

Re: Display CSA and ESQA

2011-08-29 Thread Roberto Pacheco
Hello Sergio, Through RMF monitor 3 you can get this information. Access RMF interface, option 3 (Monitor III), option 3 (Resource) and option 10 (STORC Common storage summary) Regards, Roberto Pacheco 4bears Technologies -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Display CSA and ESQA

2011-08-29 Thread Alvaro Guirao Lopez
Hello Sergio, At RMF III, option 'Resource', and in Storage you have two reports: 10 STORC Common storage summary(SC) 11 STORCRCommon storage remaining (SCR) Also you have VSTOR postprocessor reports. Best regards, Álvaro. 2011/8/29 Scott Rowe

Re: FTP JESLRECL Limit

2011-08-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:38:29 +0530, amit wrote: i believe your answer points to the Value and range in JES sysparms...can you set that value to 999:)? I'm mystified that a JES sysparm should appear in the publication cited, z/OS V1R12.0 Communications Server IP Configuration Reference

testing z/OS 1.8 on a Z/196 or z/114

2011-08-29 Thread Brian Westerman
Hi, We have a client (a small University) who we provide (steeply) discounted software support services for, who would like to move their OS from a z/10 LPAR (a very small LPAR on a much larger facility), to their own small z/114. They are not able to convert to z/OS 1.10 or above right now

Re: Spool volumes and SMS

2011-08-29 Thread Linda Mooney
Nope. Linda - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:50:01 PM Subject: Spool volumes and SMS Just curious as to a general consensus, do you use SMS for spool volumes? Ed

Re: FTP JESLRECL Limit

2011-08-29 Thread Ed Gould
Gil, It#39;s not a jes arm. It#39;s a permanent restriction . Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Unit Check While IPL'ng from DS6800

2011-08-29 Thread Sonny Gupta
Hello, We have recently installed a DS6800 and it was working until Friday and DS6800 went down hard after a power hit on Friday evening. After powering it back on Saturday morning, we are unable to IPL from our z9 as we are receiving a A UNIT CHECK WAS DETECTED. There are no other messages

Re: Unit Check While IPL'ng from DS6800

2011-08-29 Thread Mike Schwab
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Sonny Gupta sgu...@maintec.com wrote: Hello, We have recently installed a DS6800 and it was working until Friday and DS6800 went down hard after a power hit on Friday evening. After powering it back on Saturday morning, we are unable to IPL from our z9 as