Re: z/os 1.11 and low private

2010-10-28 Thread Craig Bakken
We ran into a problem with Connect Direct at the 4.6 release level.  The problem is fixed in Connect Direct 4.7 and 4.8. - Original Message From: Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 2:43:33 AM Subject: Re: z/os 1.11 and

Re: Documentation Delivered as ISO files

2009-04-02 Thread Craig Bakken
Thanks everyone for the info. --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Diehl, Gary gary.di...@allstate.com wrote: From: Diehl, Gary gary.di...@allstate.com Subject: Re: Documentation Delivered as ISO files To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 7:58 AM I wasn't going to jump in here, but since you

Documentation Delivered as ISO files

2009-04-01 Thread Craig Bakken
Now that we are using electronic delivery for all of our maintenance a lot of documentation is coming on files with a ISO file extension.  I am wondering how other sites are handling these files? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: z/OS SMB Question

2008-10-06 Thread Craig Bakken
We are using SMB with no performance or CPU problems.   1. We are using HFS. 2. Windows 3. The HFS that is accessed is 5780 cylinders and has thousands of small files. 4. We are parrellel sysplex with shared HFS.  --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Jim Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jim Marshall

Re: Tivoli Workshop Scheduler Eats Lunch Resolution

2008-08-13 Thread Craig Bakken
Are there any caveats to moving the ownership of the filesystem while the file system is in use or is OMVS pretty well behaved?  When we do rolling IPLs the TWS/TWSE2E tasks are moved to an active system.  Should we move the filesystem prior to the start of the TWS tasks or can it be done

PK69442 SDSF Slow Response

2008-07-24 Thread Craig Bakken
Anyone with slow response on the ST and I panels should take a look at PK69442. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: PK69442 SDSF Slow Response

2008-07-24 Thread Craig Bakken
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Bakken Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: PK69442 SDSF Slow Response Anyone with slow response on the ST and I panels should take a look at PK69442. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: SDSF slow after migration to z/OS 1.9

2008-05-27 Thread Craig Bakken
We are also experiencing this slowdown on our Z/OS 1.9 sandbox, when users enter ST JOBNAME and have their SDSF options set to PREFIX=* OWNER=*. Max Scarpa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Thank you all for replies. Unluckily PTF PK52910 indicated was applied (with no luck) and we're waiting

Re: Image Focus Core s/w from ERA

2008-01-17 Thread Craig Bakken
Image Focus is very different from the IBM Health Checker. Image Focus does a virtual IPL of you system. It will find problems in SYS1.IPLPARM, SYS1.PARMLIB and IPL volumes which is critical if you have a small window to implement your maintenance on the weekends. Image Focus also has the

Re: sysprog demand

2007-07-27 Thread Craig Bakken
Search on Z/OS or ZOS or OS390 or OS/390 on the site www.monster.com there is over 400 jobs, with jobs in just about any populated area of the US. r hey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a city/country in the world with a real shortage of M/F sysprogs? TIA, Rez

Re: S0C4 in IEBCOPY on z/OS 1.8

2007-07-02 Thread Craig Bakken
Petersen, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Wonder if anyone else has experienced this. We just rolled out z/OS 1.8 to our 1st two Test/Dev LPARs and we have encountered a problem. Our DB2 folks were copying a PDSE loadlib and got an IGW message in the IEBCOPY followed by recursive S0C4 and S0C1

Mod54 Users

2007-05-17 Thread Craig Bakken
We experienced data loss on 3390 mod54 described by APAR OA20333. This APAR is now closed. If you are a user of mod54s you should review this APAR. We have applied the fix and it does correct the problem. - Park yourself in front of a world of choices

Re: Changes in HFS

2007-05-01 Thread Craig Bakken
You might want to checkout the IBM Migration Checker for Z/OS at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/downloads/ There are some specific checks for USS. Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Moving to ZOS 1.7 in a couple of weeks. Don't know what, if anything, has

Re: Maintenance how current? was APAR OA16372

2007-04-30 Thread Craig Bakken
Thanks Scott, (and all those who responded) I will consider myself blessed. Scott Fagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:40:54 -0700, Craig Bakken wrote: This may be somewhat of a religious question, Is it better to be right up to the current level of available maintenance

Maintenance how current? was APAR OA16372

2007-04-23 Thread Craig Bakken
This may be somewhat of a religious question, Is it better to be right up to the current level of available maintenance or is it better to hang back a few months worth so as not to apply a PTF that goes PE? Is Z/OS 1.8 so buggy that current maintenance is required? Mark Zelden [EMAIL

JES2 Seven Digit Job Numbers

2007-04-10 Thread Craig Bakken
We are investigating implementing JES2 seven digit job numbers. Has anyone experienced any difficulties with this conversion or found any software that is not compatible? - Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search

Operator Training Scenarios

2006-01-18 Thread Craig Bakken
We would like to develop some scenarios to help train our operations staff in situations were the operators need to diagnose a problem and take such actions as taking a standalone dump, partitioning an ill system out of a sysplex or identifying a task causing a problem (ie looping or holding a

Re: OPC setup (TWS 8.2 for z/OS)

2005-09-14 Thread Craig Bakken
Each controller and tracker will need a separate subsystem. The data store does not need a subsystem. The tracker names must match the subsystem names, this is not a requirement of the data store. Perryman, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Do I have to define a subsystem definition for

Re: Possible problem with PDSE's

2005-09-09 Thread Craig Bakken
We have had problems with batch jobs doing multiple concurrent updates of PDSE's. When the failure occurs the failing job holds a PDSE latch thus causing other PDSE users to fail. Serializing the updates seems to have resolved the problems. IBM recommended applying the fixes for APARs

Job Openings in Minneapolis, MN

2005-09-06 Thread Craig Bakken
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Re: CA7 to TWS

2005-08-17 Thread Craig Bakken
Check with IBM on their services to convert from CA7 to OPC. To list all the job information use a CA7 batch terminal job with input LJOB,JOB=*,LIST=ALL This will give you enough information to add jobs to OPC and detemine the internal and external predecessors. You will also need to list CA7