Re: DB2 V9 Vs V10

2011-04-19 Thread Chris Mason
Sumit I would have thought you would be wanting to post on a more specific list, in this case, the DB-L list: http://www.idug.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DB2-L It would be irresponsible to direct you to a moribund list so I checked. It is quite active. Chris Mason On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:37:26 -0700

Re: When is an OSA card too busy?

2011-04-19 Thread Chris Mason
ven solve the *problem* by addressing the *issue* of efficiency. It can always save an "IIRC" if you turn to the manual: Open Systems Adapter-Express Customer's Guide and Reference The OSA-Express Gigabit Ethernet feature: - ... - Provides 1000 Mbps/full duplex operation via point-

What is the point of FFST?

2011-04-19 Thread Chris Mason
IP component of Communications Server and also - although I know you would so dearly love not to have to use it - the SNA component of Communications Server! Chris Mason -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruction

Re: IMS Restart Issue

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Mason
Ron >We are now in need of help from the IMS experts You'll find the "IMS experts" inhabiting IMS-L: http://imslistserv.bmc.com/ Chris Mason On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:46:59 -0500, Ron Thomas wrote: >Hi, > >We are now in need of help from the IMS experts ļ. > &

Re: When is an OSA card too busy?

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Mason
. "Wet fingers" indicate percentages such as 70-80 although my judgement may be skewed towards efficient SNA and we all risk languishing at the bottom of a cliff with inefficient IP-based protocols these gadarene days. Chris Mason On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:39:24 -0400, Horne, Jim - James S

Re: DFHRM0131 CICSINGP Resynchronization required with LU62 resources

2011-04-15 Thread Chris Mason
hat the explanation would be found where the explanation of any message is found, namely in the relevant Messages and Codes manual. Incidentally, the list most used for questions related to CICS is the CICS-L list: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/cics-l.html Chris Mason On Fri, 15 Apr 2

Re: posting commands across systems in a plex

2011-04-14 Thread Chris Mason
s say from TSO. Let's say from NetView! Incidentally, what NetView does for you "off the shelf" is not a million miles away from what John was imagining for you! Note that, since you are talking about a sysplex your "cross domain" "logon/session" could/should be APPN &

Re: No LUs available

2011-04-06 Thread Chris Mason
inbound pacing Note that I take no responsibility whatsoever at all for the naming convention. It was what I found and it wasn't worth the hassle of changing! Chris Mason On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:43:33 +0530, jagadishan perumal wrote: >Hi, > >In our shop many users are not able t

Re: No LUs available

2011-04-06 Thread Chris Mason
ed to see in order to "spoon- feed" a complete solution. However I noticed that Jags is "protesting" that he/she has definitions equivalent to 500 LUs so, finally, we are obliged to be sure that he/she has a full set of definitions - not just APPL statements from a VTAMLST me

Re: No LUs available

2011-04-06 Thread Chris Mason
Jags You had better show us your definitions. If you haven't been using the compressed form shown in John McKown's examples and as I explained, just give us some assurance that you have sufficient TN3270E program PROFILE data set statements defined and VTAM APPL statements defin

Re: No LUs available

2011-04-06 Thread Chris Mason
Thus, assuming it has been established that VPACING=1 serves a role in an era where pacing between applications is adaptive - an architectural addition designed to avoid having to pay too much attention to or apply performance- defeating restrictions on SNA pacing, John's model APPL statemen

Re: Host integration server connection to mainframe

2011-04-04 Thread Chris Mason
a period of about 3 years now, no attempt has been made to incorporate my corrections. [2] Nevertheless, you are rather "back-level" at V1R6! The "latest and greatest" is V1R12 with some talk already to be noted - fingers crossed! - concerning V1R13. - Chris Mason

Re: CICS1USR.CICS1.DFHSHUNT

2011-04-01 Thread Chris Mason
ul self-describing page: http://listserv.uga.edu/archives/cics-l.html Chris Mason On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:20:09 -0500, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Jags wrote: >Hi, > >I am not able to bring up the CICS1 region and we are getting the below error >messages. Also we tried the starting the C

Changing Changeman PDSs to PDSEs (Was: No Subject)

2011-03-31 Thread Chris Mason
Subject added On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:00:48 -0400, Whitehair, John wrote: >Has anyone had experience changing Changeman PDSs to PDSEs? > >John R. Whitehair >MVS Systems Programmer >Forethought Financial Services >812-933-6730 (office) >john.whiteh...@forethought.com

Re: VTAM PLU PARSESS=NO PLU, BUT SLU PARSESS=YES

2011-03-30 Thread Chris Mason
-specific information. 000B The request was rejected because a session already exists between the same LU pair, and at least one of the LUs does not support parallel sessions. - Chris Mason On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:26:44 -0400, George Henke wrote: >Is it possible to have such a con

Re: EZBTIINI dynamically loaded ?

2011-03-30 Thread Chris Mason
y infallible - as has been well documented in these annals. - [1] Your "local CS IP specialist" would probably use the following list for such question if she or he had any: For IBMTCP-L subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the

Re: Tcp/ip list name

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Mason
John How very odd! I passed you precisely the necessary information in a post yesterday. I hope someone reading this can pass on the information since it seems possible you have joined the ranks of those with holes in their feet who have blocked my posts. How amazing!!! Chris Mason On Wed

Re: Tcp/ip list name

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Mason
John For IBMTCP-L subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO IBMTCP-L Chris Mason On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:12:58 -0700, John Norgauer wrote: >Can't find it. Anyone got the URL for TCP-L. > >Thanks. > &

Re: Secure Email

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Mason
IBMTCP-L Chris Mason On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:57:49 -0400, Sambataro, Anthony (NIH/CIT) [E] wrote: >Is anyone sending secure/encrypted emails with attachments from their mainframes? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: Check TAPE Contents

2011-03-23 Thread Chris Mason
your user ID for this function or function group. Refer to the DITTO/ESA Installation and Customization Guide. QED! Chris Mason On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:49:09 +0300, Sergio Lima wrote: >Hello List, > >We have some tapes here, that came from another system, and then, We need look

Re: SYSLOGD

2011-03-22 Thread Chris Mason
nd. - The best place for this question is the IBMTCP-L list: For IBMTCP-L subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO IBMTCP-L - Chris Mason On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:24:54 -0700, John Norgauer wrote: >We have SYSLOGD run

Re: Distinguishing Duplicate VTAM Minor Nodes

2011-03-19 Thread Chris Mason
initiating the second session and so the name used to initiate the first session must be the interpreted name. A device-type SLU is not so particular! Chris Mason On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:54:10 -0400, George Henke wrote: >*This was the original VTAM APPL definition for generated by O

Re: Distinguishing Duplicate VTAM Minor Nodes

2011-03-19 Thread Chris Mason
scovered that new application K19M2AP corresponds to your previous OM19MVS. I've also assumed that "19" is the &SYSCLONE value which it's pointless to specify as &SYSCLONE. But there is still at least one mystery here so I'm afraid I just haven't been able to

Re: Distinguishing Duplicate VTAM Minor Nodes

2011-03-18 Thread Chris Mason
simple vary act will activate it after the active minor >has been inact'd. > >This is probably as clear as mud, but it is what we are trying to do. > >On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Chris Mason wrote: > >> George >> >> It might be helpful - for y

Re: Distinguishing Duplicate VTAM Minor Nodes

2011-03-18 Thread Chris Mason
onsequence of VTAM being unable to allow the SSCP, masquerading as a CP, actually to support "business" sessions. All other APPN implementations, the CP LU can also act as "business" LU - or should be able to! - Chris Mason On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:25:32 -0400, George Henke

Re: Migrate from zOS 1.7 to 1.11 ...

2011-03-15 Thread Chris Mason
he following: z/OS CS IP Configuration Guide 2.2.1 TN3270E Telnet server http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/F1A1B351/2.2.1 and z/OS CS IP Configuration Reference 2.8 Chapter 13. TN3270 Telnet Server http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/F1A1B451/2.8 Ch

Re: TCP/IP Socket Server connection problem

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Mason
ver program. > This problem starts when I start two clients against one server. In the later case, we may need to know what sort of server program it is, one client at a time, potentially many clients at a time and so on. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:41:48 -0400, Donald Likens wrote: &

Re: This is a TCP/IP USS Issue

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Mason
f the chapters covering the "TCP/IP" TN3270 server. So it matters that abbreviations are used correctly!!! [3] Syslogd uses UDP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers [4] Refer to the description of "jobname" in the section on the PORT statement for a list of

Re: Renewed Thawte SSL certificate and CICS Webserver

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Mason
Answered on the RACF-L list. Short answer: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=cics-l&A=1 Chris Mason On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:35:45 -0800, Gibney, Dave wrote: ... >What's the server name for CICS-L. I haven't been subscribed there for >several years? ... >D

Re: JES2 TCPNJE link to RSCS

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
be understood regarding connecting JES2 NJE to RSCS NJE as regards SNA modes, but your probably moving away from that configuration so it's not worth mentioning! Chris Mason On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:00:45 -0600, Dave Jones wrote: >Dos anyone here happen to have a sample JES2 parmlib member sh

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
quot;output". > I want the discussion to stay technical one ... What could be more technical than reporting live experiments! Chris Mason On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:02:56 +0100, R.S. wrote: >W dniu 2011-03-06 17:19, Chris Mason pisze: >> Radoslaw >> >>> Yes, DISP

USS Tutorial (Derived from "6262 coax printer" on VSE-L)

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
body review his or her efforts for clarity of thinking and relevance? I don't think so but at least its an improvement on the V1R10 text. - [a] In the context of the z/OS Communications Server TN3270E server program supporting USS messages, the name corresponding to the IP address is available

Stack - another misnomer

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
titutes the network layer. Running TCP logic is the TCP flavour of the transport layer together with port multiplexing and demultiplexing and supporting the sockets API. These latter two functions are all that meaningfully constitute the UDP flavour of the transport layer. Again if my decad

Re: SNTPD

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
(Unformatted System Services) table messages is irrelevant to this query! Chris Mason On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:30:20 -0600, Jimmy Pace wrote: >Hi All, >Env – z/OS 1.11 >With the time change this weekend, I was going to join the modern era >and issue the SET TIMEZONE command instead of IPLing

DOS/360 (VSE) reminiscences (Was: z/OS 1.13 preview)

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
em/4 DOS calls to IBM OS calls. Of course it was important that English Electric had rather delayed getting a COBOL compiler out and so most of their customers' development had been in assembler. In the case of DOS/360 or its "children" something similar could have been done worki

Re: Help with ADJSSCP

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
L JES2APPL NETVAPPL CICSAPPL DSNAPPLS KC2NOD00 OMIINODE KDSNODE VPS VPSPRNT TN3270A TN3270G TN3270D Without knowing a little more about what "OSA3270" was I can't be quite sure I've positioned it correctly. Chris Mason [1] SSCPID is a required start option and has a potential

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-03-10 Thread Chris Mason
a trace of the end of the SNA session for the case of the previous TN3270 server and the CS TN3270E program for comparison. Just to be sure, you should check with your firewall specialists was checks they have implemented which might affect your TN3270 TCP connections. It would also be helpf

Re: strange RSH behaviour

2011-03-08 Thread Chris Mason
ot;listening" applications have an entry in the PORT statement list as you are always instructed to configure them, there is no risk to those services by stray users of any of the ports that doesn't correspond to one of your server applications. Chris Mason On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:22:45

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Mason
terminates the job. Charles Mills did hint at this earlier but I'm afraid I missed his point. Of course, why this should be a problem is not clear - or not to me anyhow - and when something like this isn't clear it behoves the developers to explain themselves - and sometimes they d

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Mason
rrect - that, despite some contention to the contrary, there *is* a distinction between DISP=NEW and DISP=MOD behaviour in the case of a PDS when a member name is specified. - Chris Mason On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:16:05 +0100, R.S. wrote: >W dniu 2011-03-06 05:41, Chris Mason pisze: >>

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
ctions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO IBMTCP-L Chris Mason On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:49:20 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >> want to support what your customers do > >You got it! > >> issue an OPEN TYPE=J > >Unfortunately I'm not doing the OPE

Vendor documentation (Was: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?)

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
ss of what they code and doing it properly. Such an action *has* to be documented - close to where (supposedly) "doing it properly" is documented. Chris Mason On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:31:58 -0800, Gerhard Adam wrote: >I'm not sure I'm interpreting this properly, but it

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
quot; simply "error". An "immediate EOF" would be possible only if the data set - or a member I guess - had deliberately been created - "written to" - with 0 records. Alternatively I'll be happy to be corrected. - Chris Mason [1] This reminds me of an occas

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
ta set that cannot exist - possibly I'm in the wrong universe! Chris Mason On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:28:40 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >And I guess the bottom line on the original technical question is: > >- DISP=NEW fails if the PDS already exists (or, if you will, "may be used to &

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
nts as to why that statement is wrong, please see, for example, my posts in answer to Don Williams and Gerhard Adam. > (And more specifically, *disposition* (DELETE, CATLG, etc., as opposed to status NEW, MOD, etc.) is always for the dataset, not the member.) A subtlety not to be overlooked.

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
above. Once I had accepted that "data set" meant data_set_name or data_set_name (member_name), what I found in the manual made sense. Applying Occam's razor, I accepted the latter interpretation. Of course, I could just be having an incredibly dense Saturday and I should desist

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
x27;t mean what function it implies is actually supported. - > BTW, which one is poor coding practice, NEW or MOD? I thought Gerhard made that quite clear: >...> In fact, a DISP=MOD doesn't make logical sense for a PDS, ... Chris Mason On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:13:32 -0800, Charl

Re: Difference between DISP=NEW and MOD for a PDS member?

2011-03-05 Thread Chris Mason
course - in the job step which may need the trace or dump data set. This is an approach which fits education/test systems but may not suit production systems. There was also often a need to take SYST out of the PPT attributes because of the multiple job step limitation and add TIME=1440 to th

Re: strange RSH behaviour

2011-03-04 Thread Chris Mason
the ideal place to have aired this problem is in the IBMTCP-L list: For IBMTCP-L subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO IBMTCP-L - Chris Mason [1] I note there have been some changes in this area recently which look like

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
em and - here's the key point - never needed SMP support. So I think the point you are really making here is that, if you want an easy life running SMP, try to keep fairly close to the names IBM has created for you. But I'll very willingly have this point disputed/clarified/refine

Re: SYS1 Datasets and it associated product names

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
E bookshelf where, in the chapter "Naming Conventions", section "Library Names", I found both a reference to the three characters[1] and a reference to that initial character, "S" in your example as "the letter for a distribution library or a target library"

Re: Where can I find

2011-03-01 Thread Chris Mason
son code" but just to be complete it means the following from the z/OS UNIX System Services Messages and Codes manual: 006C - JRFileNotThere - The requested file does not exist. Action: The service cannot be performed unless the named file exists. Chris Mason On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:22:18

Re: Connection locked

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Mason
see that the connection persists even after CICS has "stopped", presumed to be shut down. Thus making sure that the SNA session is terminated with a VTAM VARY INACT may not achieve your objective which is to terminate the TN3270 TCP connection. Chris Mason On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:33:17

CICS Session Failure and Model APPL Statements for SLUs (Was: Help with ADJSSCP)

2011-02-20 Thread Chris Mason
f" the SIMLOGON "action". 5. Arrange matters so that, whatever TN3270E event it is that is happening, the APPL stays active. I'll have to think about that and check out the TN3270E program parameters which might allow this - and, of course, I invite any specialists taking an i

Re: Help with ADJSSCP

2011-02-18 Thread Chris Mason
corresponding to the APPL statement is "known" only when it is active - which leaves only 1 from above. Perhaps you can explain what is causing this session setup attempt, which, as I said, looks odd and we can take it from there. Chris Mason On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:09:23 -0500, Ge

Re: Anyone here also do IBM I Series work too?

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Mason
2.2 DLC over Ethernet. I guess my initial *opinion* was that it ought to be possible to make it work but, to be realised, it needed work to establish the *facts* - as always - and not to be distracted by those somehow constitutionally unable to absorb *facts* - gosh, am I expressing *opinion

Re: Anyone here also do IBM I Series work too?

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Mason
er, as the "head man" - only man in this case! - in the "shop" surrounding the computing facility was called in those days. I wonder what Rochester is saying today regarding the iSeries. Chris Mason [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/3 I was going to say I may h

Re: ISPF : Some Characters are displayed in edit mode but not in browse ...

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Mason
a problem which is purely a matter for ISPF and you should ask on the ISPF list: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ISPF-L Actually, I think that's what Rob Schramm was suggesting anyhow. Chris Mason On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:23:22 +0100, CUNY Yann wrote: >Hi all, > > We

Re: z/OS 1.13 preview

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Mason
I certainly had considered advocating running BIND DNS x.x on z/OS in the past. I am somewhat glad that I was not successful. Yes, it can sometimes be a bit galling when the customer proves that "The customer is always right!" > I thought I would ask to see if the announcement/"

Re: z/OS 1.13 preview

2011-02-17 Thread Chris Mason
" under "ST" for the row for program, EZBREINI, meaning that EZBREINI has the SYST attribute applied further meaning that, if it is run as a single JOB step in a started task procedure, TIME=1440 is assumed. Well, I guess there's no harm in having both a belt and braces! Chri

Re: z/OS 1.13 preview

2011-02-16 Thread Chris Mason
what you say here is that you set up a *customized* RESOLVER address space in z/OS V1R9 - or V1R7 - and no longer used the IEESYSAS procedure. > Minor updates to configuration files with 1.11 To exploit the enhancements I expect. Chris Mason [1] http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- bin/boo

Re: z/OS 1.13 preview

2011-02-16 Thread Chris Mason
u insert a NOCACHE statement into whatever data set contains the generically named TCPIP.DATA statements, often by means of a SYSTCPD DD- statement, for whichever individual typically server applications you feel do *not* need resolved names to be cached. Chris Mason [1] Some may have noticed that recen

Re: VTAM acronym consistancy

2011-02-15 Thread Chris Mason
ollowing form in my presentations: Communications Server, CS, so I changed since I'm all for uniformity! > I feel like an idiot. Don't take it so to heart! I'm sure none of the rest of us feel that. Chris Mason On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:31:54 -0500, Rob Schramm wrote: >I fee

Re: Problems invoking xlc under USS

2011-02-15 Thread Chris Mason
the following TSO command to display the individual message text for a zUNIX return and reason code TSO BPXMTEXT Example: TSO bpxmtext 05940252 JRExternalLink: An external symbolic link was found but is not supported. Action: Do not specify the name of an external symbolic link. C

USS misuse again (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
Ed >I hope you don't mind the resetting of the Subject since this subdiscussion >has no connection with "list etiquette". Actually I'm sorry I forgot! Chris Mason On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:10:55

USS and FSS (Was: VTAM acronym consistency)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
ced function but he regrettably removed one of the most useful aspects of the USS function in not permitting USS messages to appear while a session was in place.[1] What a lost opportunity - all down to ignorance of SNA's capabilities, an ignorance of which in those who should have known better I

Re: List Civility

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
y conviction to combat the wolves of contradiction. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:43:51 +, Eric Bielefeld wrote: ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Jokes with no relevance whatsoever (Was: A better abbreviation (Was: HFS file questions))

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
mes back so that the reverse side of the placard comes into view: "The earth sucks." I thought you might enjoy that - apropos of nothing in particular. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:25:08 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: >On 2/14/2011 7:01 PM, Ron Hawkins wrote: >&

Re: A better abbreviation (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
Ron Actually I had a private note suggesting this on the basis that Hewlett- Packard had HPUX, offering thanks that the two components of the company name are in the order they are. I didn't see you copied, so I guess it's a case of mischievous minds think alike. Chris Mason On M

Re: Some sort of discussion regarding B37 (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
know that the discussion was being held at all which, without the change of subject, just wasn't going to be likely to happen - was it? Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:42:58 -0600, Chris Mason wrote: ... -- For IBM-MAIN

The IBM Terminology pages (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
are inventory (CSI) A key-sequenced VSAM data set, used by SMP/E and logically divided into zones. That is one not two. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:17:24 +0100, R.S. wrote: >W dniu 2011-02-14 17:28, McKown, John pisze: >> I would hope that context would make it clear (as it i

USS misuse again (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
;S=&P=140990 Sorry, yes, I meant the VTAM screen. I refer to it as the USS screen, from USSTAB. MA I guess people can change in 18 months. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:14:02 -0600, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: >LOL. You can post all the links you want, the simple fact o

A better abbreviation (was HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
ch allows a character string to be converted to a formatted request or session setup and having session setup information presented as messages happily alone and undisturbed is indeed - as you here earnestly request - dealing with the "two meanings" problem - simply r

USS misuse again (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
Message-ID: <4a6f2d35.2080...@us.ibm.com>. corresponds to http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0907&L=ibm- main&T=0&F=&S=&P=198809 in the archives, if, like me, you wouldn't know what to do with the "message- id". Chris Mason On Sun, 13 Feb 20

Etre épéegrammatic (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
an de la bruyère. Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:10:57 -0500, Bonno, Tuco wrote: >>>It's sad that a very few knowledgeable and otherwise professional people here feel the need to engage in "pissing contests" over >>such insignificant minutiae as a perceived

USS misuse again with a liberal dose of anti-SNA bigotry (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
ential ambiguity down to misuse of "USS" - likely only if the thread involves Communications Server or another SNA or IP product and TELNET - I reserve the right to protest, a popular activity these days - assuming I'm not beaten to the punch! > ... defacto ... Which, of course, br

USS misuse again (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
Incidentally, it was your colleague John Eells who provided the post I seem to have to quote frequently to the nay-sayers which explained - and confirmed - that the letters "USS" should have nothing whatsoever at all in this world to do with z/OS UNIX System Services. He did however

USS misuse again (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
successful campaign to have the initials formally changed from the VTAM use to the UNIX use so that any reference to USS which isn't current needs a date to be affixed to be sure to which era it belongs? All a bit ridiculous don't you think? - when compared to the lack of complexitie

Re: Doubtful list etiquette (Should have been: USS misuse again, Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
t became clear that no task was too complex that it couldn't be performed by stringing together a series of UNIX commands, the output of one becoming the input to the next to the right and magically the answer appeared, all the typing having happened far too quickly for the definitely mere

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
how exactly you set up the distinction between your "external" and "internal" users in terms of APPL name ranges, - and what the general structure of the IP network between the two sets of users and the system running the TN3270 server, I can't be sure what significance the

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
uses TIMEMARK which has been introduced over the last decade or so. This is the "take over" function, implemented using the statements containing the characters "TKO" - not "NOTKO", the default, obviously! Chris Mason On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:43:02 -0500, George Rodr

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
e NULL client identifier is used in order to select from where the APPL (LU) names are obtained and the Unformatted Systems Services (USS) table. Finally, there's a schematic similar to the earlier one but with an additional row - which doesn't change anything! I expect this is possi

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
oriented to describing an application "keepalive" for HTTP - and this Attachmate web page, in the case of Windows Vista, the TcpMaxDataRetransmissions parameter is *not* used as a number of retransmissions for the "keepalive" packets. In the case of Windows Vista, the number of r

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
r Attachmate clients, you have done the right thing by deploying the customisation described in the Attachmate article. However, since your problem was to avoid disconnections of the TN3270 traffic, it is very probable there were two much easier ways to solve the problem - but it's your choi

Some sort of discussion regarding B37 (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
was the subject matter of a thread ever used as a constraint on the wanderings of the discussion, I would have to say probably never and it happens only rarely that someone with nothing better to do suddenly realises that his or her contribution may as well involve a subject change. Chris Mason On Mo

Re: A better abbreviation (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
need not to have to worry about it! Chris Mason On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:51:18 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >zUNIX is pretty decent. I hadn't seen it before. And it's only two more characters than USS with little chance of misunderstanding or collision at this point. I like it! I

A better abbreviation (Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
uot;message" and still beguile the wrong audience. > If I cannot understand the question, or even the context into which the question should be placed, I ignore it completely. I believe the list wouldn't work if we didn't all follow this precept. Talk about flood of e-mails!

Re: VTAM problem

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Mason
ught onto that yet - ho hum, par for the course! - > Can someone explain what is going on ? Another thought that comes to mind is that, if you really want a handle on what is going on, your friend is the "complete PIU" (CPIU) option used in a session trace of your session - and any

Doubtful list etiquette (Should have been: USS misuse again, Was: HFS file questions)

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
hope the principle perpetrator of "such nonsense" appreciates my having taken heed of his suggestion to initiate the change of Subject which he felt was required. Chris Mason P.S. I hope you won't consider this too arrogant of me to point out that there are two "r"s. Aft

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
IX just to be as clear as possible. For which you are heartily to be congratulated, this being the "official" abbreviation AFAIK. Chris Mason On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:29:57 -0600, John McKown wrote: >And stupid me thought USS meant: United States Ship. Like HMS means >Her/His Majest

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
e author's intent. I'm not sure you do remember. Check the references I gave to Peter Hunkeler. > My advice to all is, if you feel yourself launching in to a diatribe, please > just delete your email, go hug your kids, take a walk, or stare at your screen saver for a while.[1] Yo

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
d as far as 20 or 30 posts? Usually this long life means that a stimulating tangent has been found. However no one has thought to revise the Subject. > BUT... It is just not ok to hijack a post and effectively belittle a poster. I'm afraid you've lost me again. Perhaps a few deep brea

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
e the just about the same validity as justification as posts in IBM-MAIN since they are quite likely to be written by the same people. Please refresh your memory of this topic in the thread to which I refer in my response to Peter Hunkeler. Chris Mason On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:07:26 +, Ted

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
that should do the same. Misuse within IBM is no excuse. Once you have checked these references, you will be aware that my oblique reference to your use of "USS" was correct and just about as uncritical as it could be. Chris Mason On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:58:34 +, Linda Mooney

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-12 Thread Chris Mason
nderance of misuse: This can be seen from these two earlier posts in the thread "Mainframe hacking": http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0907&L=ibm- main&T=0&F=&S=&P=131204 http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0907&L=ibm- main&T=0&F=&S=&P=132279

Re: HFS file questions

2011-02-11 Thread Chris Mason
, because it is part of the same thread, "her" thread, of course, that Linda Mooney has an albeit tenuous excuse for the misappropriation! Chris Mason [1] I caught this travesty only because I have a digest from Google Groups every day as a way of making sure I don't miss the one in 1

Re: Changing BPXPRMxx without an IPL

2011-01-29 Thread Chris Mason
e so - than SET OMVS. Scanning here and there, I see there is quite a lot of emphasis on not having to re-IPL. Chris Mason On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:25:43 -0500, Lizette Koehler wrote: >I have a simple question and I cannot find my notes for the answer. > >I have been searching the archi

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-01-27 Thread Chris Mason
it up neatly. Unfortunately, George not only included the "T" on his V1R9 system but also took my suggestion to try the LUNAME parameter in place of the CONN parameter, so his test wasn't quite the confirmation I had hoped for either! Chris Mason On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:24:03 -060

Re: Home 1= PRIMARY != SECONDARY

2011-01-27 Thread Chris Mason
Michael I may be being thick but could you provide some context for your querstion? Chris Mason On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:19:14 -0500, michealbutz wrote: >Hi, > > > Would anyone know in what scenario > > > HOME id not = PRIMA

Re: Timeout Problem after Switching a DAC unit with OSA in the z10

2011-01-27 Thread Chris Mason
you were saying after mentioning getting an error. It might be interesting if you posted the error you received so that we can see if the manual is wrong yet again. Chris Mason On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:08:08 -0600, Patrick Lyon wrote: >On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:57:38 -0600, Chris Mason > wrote: &g

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