Dave/Mark:
I saw a problem similar to what you are describing but it was in a custom
application written for a very large customer by a very large vendor. The
problem sounds the same so I will describe the one I encountered.
In the problem I saw they were inserting a record into a very large
You may also want to consider renaming them first to make sure nobody is
referencing them in JCL, procs, or subroutines. After a a few days with no
incidents, then remove them.
Bill
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:48:19 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
Removing Fortran frm LPAR
John:
I guess that's why they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. He just
needs to forget the old ones to make room.
Bill Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:29:12 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
Re: New Blog MainframeZone To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU -Original
Message- From:
I agree with everything that has been said so far but would like to elaborate a
little more.
Since this storage must be specifically acquired and specifically freed, most
applications that use it will have an FRR or Estae to free it in the event of
an abend. But as Tom Marchant mentioned, it
Howard:
If the library BLOCKSIZES are the same, a copy would be fine. The condition you
alluded to was at one time, if you copied to a library whose blksize was
different, the output library attributes would get changed. A better technique
is to do a linkedit and include it from where it is
Roland:
Thank you, I'll check it out.
Bill
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:19:21 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
SMS requests To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU I suggest to use the code in
SHOWzOS as the base. In one of latest version I add a Storage Group
display. Understanding the
Does anyone know if SUSBSYSTEM requests to SMS are documented
anywhere? I find the reason codes for bad returns but not the function codes
for the requests.
How best to obtain information from SMS or other source like STORAGE GROUP
NAMES and the VOLUME SERIAL NUMBERS for that group
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requests David: Thanks. I found that maro in some
Howard:
Will Durant, a famous historian once said that a nation is born stoic and dies
epicurean. The same is true for everything from Operating Systems, to change
control to society in general. We enhance everything to a point where it is
sophisticated and mature and then abandon it because
Graeme:
In addition to what you said, the US congress has failed repeatedly to sneek
through increases to the VISA program so Mr. Chertoff did it on his own through
Homeland Security by allowing college graduates to now stay in the US and work
after graduation. The program is called OTP
The only time I remember seeing anything like this was when an I/o device would
lose an interrupt and hang but that was many years ago before IBM came up with
MIH. However, that being said the MIH timeout value for tapes is probably
pretty high, in the neighborhood of 15-20 minutes, so you
David:
When you pick up the length of the parm field, make sure it's not zero and if
not, decrement it by one and execute the MVC to save it in your initialized
area:
LR1,0(,R1)
LH R2, 0(,r1)
LTRR2,R2
BZ NOPARM
BCTR R2,R0
EX R2,SAVEPRM
B ...
SAVEPRM
John:
I agree, but if r7 equates to 7 so as long as the first 7 bytes of the user key
are equal it will work.
Bill
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:05:26 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
IRREVX01 strangeness To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU -Original
Message- From: IBM Mainframe
I have seen that same error, but in our case, one of the systems was being
ipl'd. After the last system came up, it went away. This message wreaks havoc
on programs that are checking for a specific number sequence being returned.
Bill
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:54:11 -0500 From: [EMAIL
John:
I saw the same msg several weeks ago but it turned out that both systems were
just coming up. Once they came up again, it went away. Commercial controls in
an application will trip if the msg # returned is not what it is expecting.
Bill
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:10:57 -0700 From:
Ed:
I had the same problem. I thought I may have inadvertently clicked on
unsubscribe, so I subscribed again, but STILL didn't receive anything, so I
sent an email to the list owner. The next time I checked, I had your msg, so I
imagine it's not just you.
Bill Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008
I would think if you go to the dos prompt and type FTP with no IP address and
get the prompt:
ftp
returned, FTP is on your PC.
Bill
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:09:43 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
MVS initiated FTP to Windows To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Dave, I have to
agree
Shane/Graeme:
I agree. I purchased Tom Brennan's code a few years back and am very happy with
it and Tom has ALWAYS been extremely helpful whenever I had a question whether
it was related to his code or not. A real class act.
Bill Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:37:43 +1100 From: [EMAIL
John:
It's not you, it's been slow for me as well. I just gave up and went onto
something else.
Bill Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:37:45 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
Doc server? To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Is it just me, or are the IBM public
documentation servers incomprehensibly slow
If you only want the last 2,000 records or so, why not just close the file and
reopen it every 3,000 or so records?
Bill
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:41:03 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:
Keep only the tail of the dataset To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Hi I mean
the program is
set just before
the PC and cleared just after? David Logan -Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bill Wilkie Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 2:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: C++ recovery from (an otherwise) system abend
?
:-Original Message- :From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf :Of Bill Wilkie :Sent: Sunday, January
06, 2008 2:22 PM :To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU :Subject: Re: C++ recovery from
(an otherwise) system abend :I haven't done any work on the MF in this
regard
Leon:
The error occurred on a write count key data command X'1D' with the multi-trk
bit on, hence the 9d to device AA1A on chpid 52. I'd have the ce check it out
for that chpid. If this is a first time, it's not a bad idea anyway as It may
also be an error in software.
Bill
Date: Mon, 7
I haven't done any work on the MF in this regard so forgive me if I am all wet
here, but on the PC side, I know you can intersperse PC assembler in the C++
code to implement low-level operations. Is that possible on the MF side? If so,
you may be able to set up the environment you are looking
John:
My first reaction when I began following this thread when I heard someone say
they only moved 100 bytes regardless of length, was TOO BAD. I ALWAYS used the
supplied length, then I realized that knowing it would never exceed 100 bytes,
I picked up the length, did a BCTR on the length
the support for newparm is
in the system, you can add it where needed.
Bill Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:44:39 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
Re: JCL parms To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:29:55 +,
Bill Wilkie wrote: Perhaps a new parameter like NEWPARM= that way they
could
There are several possibilities as noted in the 30A-10 abend and the 878 abend
but since it seems to be occurring only in 1.7, I would first check that the
Getmain or Storage request executed successfully in 1.7 and that the address of
the area acquired as well as it's length was saved properly
Howard:
You bring up a very good point. I was thinking as I followed this thread, that
when I supported a large group of Cobol programmers that all of the posters
thus far had a valid point. At one point we too said there was no need to use
the display, or something we saw once in a while,
Lindy:
You mention moving a nibble but your INTENDED code doesn't do that. You are
just moving the 9A from the LO byte to the HO byte. A nibble as I recall is 4
bits of a byte, either the LO or HO 4. To move out a nibble:
LA R4,X'9A'
SRDL R4,4
SRLR5,28
That will yield:
R4=
You can also get the formula calculations retruned from a Read Device
Characteristics command to the storage controller. And I forget who said it,
but the vendor hardware manuals will describe whats in the gap. One item is
repeated skip displacement information, if a track was assigned a skip
Bill:
Another excellent explanation and addition to all of your previous posts.
I know I gasped when I first looked at the formula calculations from RDC but a
little time spent in understanding it proved to be worthwhile.
Thanks
Bill
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:22:47 -0500 From: [EMAIL
John:
This may be a little more code and a nanosec or more slower than John P's but
in the same vein as yours :
LA R1,OP1+7 LA R2,8
SR R14,R14ICM
R14,15,BYTES
John, I agree. When I was with HDS a few of us went to school on it because we
had several installations like the Fed that demanded encryption support and
that was many years ago. Raymond Noal was the main encryption guy for us, and
he responds to this list so perhaps Ray can also shed some
I only ever worked in New Jersey and New York, and I remembered it as Damage
Assessment Routine as well. I just assumed it was an IBM term.
Bill Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:22:18 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
Re: Anyone remember DARDUMP? To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU On Nov 30, 2007, at
Eric:
Ironically, I was just talking about him a week or so ago. I bought his book A
Walk in the Woods about hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. A
pretty good read but I hadn't heard the name in years until now.
Bill
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:35:20 -0600 From: [EMAIL
Eric:
Congratulations and just in time for the Holidays!
Bill Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:52:28 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
I Got a Job To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU At long last, I found a job. I'll be
working for an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. Its a 6 month contract
with
When a device is boxed, you should first have a ce take a look at it and
make sure there are no hardware errors. Bringing it online if there is a
hardware error can cause other problems. He should be able to clear it if
there are no other problems.
Bill
From: Jacky Bright [EMAIL
Having worked at Innovation many years ago, I had the pleasure of knowing
Bruce and what you saw was what you got. A great technician, a wonderful
human being and a class act. This is very sad news for all of us who knew
him and for those who will now never have that opportunity.
Bill
Darren:
Been there, Done that, THANKS!
Bill
From: Darren Evans-Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Announcement!
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:07:29 -0500
After 26 years, I will be retiring from
Tom:
If this is really critical for you, the first thing you should do is freeze
the tapes the data was on even if they were re-used. Contact me offline if
you can't find some easy way of getting it back.
Bill
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Dan:
The 813-04 abend is due to the dsname in your jcl not matching the dsname on
the tape. You either have to specify the dsname in the jcl to match the tape
and treat it as a SL tape, or you can use LABEL=(2,BLP) to just process the
data(skipping over the internal label). If you choose the
Rick:
Thanks, you are correct. I just copied the jcl I usually use and forgot I
had changed the JCL for looking at some test data I generated.
Good Catch!
Bill
From: Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What he said PLUS there are several contributors either between jobs or
retired who don't have a company ID.
Bill
From: Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Eric:
Great article. I'll bet they'll even give him a $50 savings bond.
Bill
From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Future Possible New Storage Techniques
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:53:56 -0500
The
Howard:
You make an interesting point. I was told by a friend that his grandson,
who is about 11, does the same thing I do. At the time, I was a Consulting
SSE in Worldwide Support with HDS.
Bill
From: Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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PROTECTED], on 08/26/2007
at 10:34 PM, Bill Wilkie [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I would suggest that before you do the upgrade, check out SMF for
excessive spin records
Why would an application, or CICS, acquire a spin lock in the first
place?
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO
Ted:
I thougt it was SMF, I'll have to check. Perhaps it was logrec.
Bill
From: Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Each CPU usage
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:08:04 +
I would suggest that before
Tommy:
I wouldn't automatically assume that your transaction timeouts and 100% cpu
utilization are attiributable valid conditions or that upgrading the cpu
will necessarily help the situation.
I would suggest that before you do the upgrade, check out SMF for excessive
spin records and if you
Amen to that Jon. The last time I played with an overlay was when I had a
large module to run in VS1. It was not a pretty picture but you did learn
the Linkage editor.
Bill
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To:
You may also want to check on the Blksize of the libraries and place the
larger one first if they are different.
Bill
From: Dave Kopischke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: linklisted load library failing
I too have had a problem figuring out what manual different things were in
so I wrote to IBM and asked if they couldn't put all macros in a macros
manual and all conrol blocks in a control blocks manual and just indicate in
the entry itself whether or not it is unique to a specific environment.
Not only are you counted, you are NEEDED to skew that average age down!
Bill
From: legolas wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: How old are you?
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:09:57 -0700
Hi all
I am 26, but I am a
A couple travelling to California on a 4 engine aircraft heard the pilot say
that they had lost an engine, but not to worry, they'd just arrive about an
hour late. A little later, they lost a second engine and the pilot announced
they would could still make it but would be two hours late. A
How about ALOT and a whole NOTHER?
Bill
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Subject: Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in
Assembler? Work with DFSMS products?
Do you mean taking in something like parm= F5 which is internally xC6F5
and making it xF5 ?
Bill
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Subject: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?
Date: Mon, 23 Jul
Great video ed, now if they can get a similar forum for managers and educate
them, it may make a difference.
Bill
From: Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: OT You tubes mainframe video
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007
Ed:
That video should be shown in every college, High School and in every
business. That is what is needed. It really drives the point home of the
workload that can be run on a mainframe.
Great!
Bill
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Bob:
Some of our Brethern are out of work? Now there's a surprize. I thought
there was a severe shortage.
And you are correct about the pensions for the private sector.
Bill
From: Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To:
Get a list vtoc, then, using the extents of the VTOC, print the VTOC tracks.
When you see what you want to change, use zap to change it.
Bill
From: gsg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Deleting datasets with
First of all, you did the right thing by stopping future allocations, but
you should also stop ANY DEFRAGS that may be automatically run. If you have
RTD(Real Time Defrag) DFDSS or compactor running, don't run them against
that pack. Do that first then we'll talk.
I want to get this to you
You may want to see if there is a microcode upgrade for that device.
Bill
From: Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: 3590-e11
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:15:43 +0100
Has anyone had problems with 3590-E11 on
Esmie:
Looks like an I/O error in the Locate Record CCW(47) because it trying tp
access a record outside of its defined extent. The sense byte 0004 is file
protect. Typically, the define extent CCW defines the from and to address
on the disk in which the following channel program will
Alan:
Here's the JCL for adrdssu:
//S0 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=0M
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//DASD DD UNIT=3390,VOL=(PRIVATE,SER=volser),DISP=OLD
//SYSIN DD *
PRINT TRACKS(,00,0020,14) INDDNAME(DASD)
/*
The format for the tracks parameter is from hh to hh. The sample
above
Kevin:
I suppose most functionality will stop so you may be OK but I wonder though
it may disable the functionality of the product, ISV exits may still be in
use so I don't know if you could say with 100% certainty that NO vendor code
is being executed. I mention this because at one time I
Alan:
John is correct.
Also, Since you never know how many spaces will exist between the DD and the
word Dummy, but I imagine DUMMY in this context will mostly be followed by a
space, why not DUMMYb where the b is a blank? Unless there could be a
comma followed by a dcb?
Just a thought
List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Dynamically Disabling ISV Products
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:08:52 -0500
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:20:56 +, Bill Wilkie wrote:
Also, Since you never know how many spaces will exist between the DD and
the
word Dummy, but I imagine
John:
If you set your word marks properly, you did.
Bill
From: McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Off Topic But Concept should be Known To All
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:17:44 -0500
You bring up a very good point about when machines were leased. I began in
operations when you had to record the start and end time of each job as well
as the,meter time. We had a manager who wanted to see about 4-5 hours on the
meter out of a 8 hour shift, which was hard to do when everything
When I worked for a vendor, I was waiting for a VP to meet me at an account.
While we were waiting in the lobby, he said to me pointing at a machine in a
glass case, Do you know what THAT THING is? I said yes, it's an x15, we
use to use to punch date cards. He said What's a date card?
It must be you.
It must be you.
Bill
From: Thompson, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Double Postings
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:42:43 -0400
Is it me [our system], or is anyone else getting two of every
L.
What he said PLUS check for AMODE/RMODE of any recent changes.
Bill
From: Clark, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: CICS Abends at startup AKEA
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:40:45 -0400
L.
A dump would be
Me too. I used to read the updates before I filed them and easily kept up to
date. Today, I can't even figure out what manula it's in.
Bill
From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rick:
Ah, change control. They all wanted it, implemented it, had backout plans
and all of the controls that management wanted, then management said it took
too long to get anything done on the mainframe.
Ya gotta love it!
Bill
From: Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe
John:
I Don't know how true this is today, but I would imagine it is still the
same. When you had to write large blocks and had marginal tapes, shortening
the blksize helped, especially on tapes like 3420's that would get sucked
off the end of the reel trying to complete the last write before
I know that feeling. I once had a book entitled How to stop
Procrastinating but I didn't get to it either.
Bill
From: Johnny Luo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: What is 'Program Logical Manuals'?
Date:
Paul:
The 106 abend with an F is usually indicative of a problem where the module
is now beyond the extent where it existed when the system was started. Try a
compress to bring it back within the original extents, or simply add a
steplib to it to use the deb created by the JCL as opposed to
Though the maximum record length is 32767, you need an LLBB for the BDW and
an LLBB for the RDW.
Bill
From: Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: LRECL of Spanned Records
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:38:25
Robert:
I could probably dig out the details, but here is the link to what you're
asking aboutfor VB and VBS:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt1d405/3.2.3?SHELF=DT=19990106110554
Bill
From: Robert Bardos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I was ajust about to say, I had seen the computer room heat used to heat the
building, but I couldn't remember the site.
Thanks
Bill
From: Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Another migration from
My experience was that people used gummy labels on removeable disks and boy
did they do a number on the disk and drives when they heated up and started
flying around.
Bill
From: Mark H. Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sure set it on and recompute free space for a new format 5?
Bill
From: Mark H. Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Where did the term clip come from?
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:26:30 -0500
On Thu, 10 May
AMEN!
Bill
From: Robert Justice [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Lean and Mean: 150,000 U.S. layoffs for IBM?
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 20:15:55 -0400
I just wonder how long it's going to be before people finally
In case anyone lost it, assemble this:
BR14
Just hive it a name.
Bill
From: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Laugh, laugh. I thought I'd die - application crashes
Date: Mon, 23
Just to add briefly to everything that has been said already, certain
channel program orders may run for a long time, commit is one of them that
will force the destage of tracks to disk. If you use the synchronous
version, and it has not completed, MIH can get involved, so to prevent that
from
To call in all generations of a gdg you should be able to code DSN and disp
with nothing in parens. That should call in all of them .
Bill
From: Rashmi Nijaguni Mogali [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Recalling
If it is not what Steve said, you may want to see if it went into extents
due to updates. The extents are known at startup and if it gains an
additional extent during normal operation, the PDS directory block will
correctly point to the right data block, but that block is now outside of
the
Pa Blue Shield WAS in the Harrisburg Camphill area.
Bill
From: John S. Giltner, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: still hunting zOS opportunities PA-MD
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:25:41 -0500
Joel Ivey
You're lucky they even say you are doing well. Most don't even do that much.
When they want to cut you loose, the last thing they want to see is YOU
waving a lot of paper at them showing them great reviews, accomplishments
and accolades, so they SOP today is usually find SOME fault and document
It is very posssible that despite the fact that there appears to be several
drives available, they may really be allocated to someone who has specified
unit=(tape,,defer) This would allocate a drive but defer a mount until open
is issued. Just because you don;t see a tape on it, doesn't mean
Paul:
Arthur is correct. If you delete a dataset then ask for the same allocation,
the system will find the best fit which is usually the space you just
deleted so you will get the same space. If you ONLY do an allocation like an
IEFBR14 and do not open it for output, you will not get the eof
I agree 100% with Tom. I have been using Tom Brennan's tn3270 for over a
year now and though I probably shouldn't say this, Anytime I had a question
related or not to his product, I get an email back within hours. Just
absoultely excellent. Spend the $20.
Bill
From: Pinnacle [EMAIL
A list Vtoc , format using the Iehlist Utility will tell you the number of
dscbs available on the disk. The total # can be derived from the # trks in
the VTOC times the number of dscb's per trk.
Bill Wilkie
Dino Software Corporation
From: John Dawes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: IBM
that may read an entire disk in
1 i/o. 5-10 secs will never be enough. Even if only to take MIH out of the
picture, set it high. Most disk vendors now are probably recommending at
least 5 minutes or larger.
Bill Wilkie
Dino Software
From: Alan C. Field [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: TSO RECONNECT (Was: Interrupting DSLIST)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:02:29 -0700
In a recent note, Bill Wilkie said:
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:40:36 +
When I went to Z/OS 1.7, I started timing out. The vendor I have
recommended
When I went to Z/OS 1.7, I started timing out. The vendor I have recommended
changing the VISTA.INI file to add KeepAliveTime=60. This will simulate some
activity to keep it active. Otherwise reconnect doesn't work and you'll need
another ID to cancel yourself.
Bill
From: Charles Mills
You still need a DSN and Voler for the mount msg. If it has no label, you
should have either NL or BLP in the label parameter.
Bill
From: Crispin Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: IEBGENER and unlabled tape
A while back when I worked for a vendor, a large customer purchased a 10 way
because their 4 way was out of gas and they wanted the 10 way in case of
emergency during the Christmas season. We first brought one additional
engine online, then another etc and found that ALL OF THEM WENT TO 100%
Try a sort exit, I believe an E 35 is the one. Take the record leaving the
merge phase and append what you want.
Bill
From: Schramm, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: record reformatting ... flowing records
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