The main reason that I like z/OS UNIX is: it helps to keep the mainframe
viable until I have to retire.
I use to have a job where I could monitor IBM-Main during the work day so
I#39;ve missed out on the lively USS vs USS discussion. As per usual Ed Jaffe
had the best response ;-)
I
Howard Dean probably had a funny button that defined the meaning of SCIDS.
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One way to avoid a wait state because the IPLTEXT is not in sync is to ALWAYS
write the IPLTEXT when you spin a new SYSRES volume - not just when there is
Holddata. And of course always IPL the test machine with the new SYSRES before
going into production.
I was under the mistaken belief the use count didn't matter for modules linked
RENT and/or found in the LPA from a LOAD macro. But I see that you will get a
S906 after 32767 (x'7fff') loads. This is z/OS 1.11. Did it always work this
way?
NAME. IEFBR14 ENTPT 00C64000 CHAIN
Here's an article with a short video of some IBM guys talking about it.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/ibm-claims-worlds-fastest-processor-with-5-2ghz-z196/
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http://cheatedbylife.com/2010/03/20/20gb-in-1980-vs-32gb-in-2010/
I remember the arrival of the newfangled 3380 at the data center I worked at in
the early 80's.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3380.html
Do you know about the -s: parameter on the Microsoft supplied Windows FTP
client you use in the MS/DOS prompt? Below is a BAT file I call FTPPUTX that
I use to send TSO XMIT files to the mainframe. You could use the technique of
putting the FTP commends in the passed file in whatever way you
I would like to anchor something for high performance
via name token, but to call IEANTRT one needs 9 writeable
words (4 for the plist, 4 for the result and one for the
return code).
Looks like I'm not the only one that wishes you could retrieve a N/T pair
without doing a GETMAIN for the
Every year I hope in vain that he changes his email signature but looks like
yet another year of posts with Eat your spam act of 2003. ;-)
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html
We don't care. We don't have to
The ECB storage has to have been obtained from the TCB
where the wait is taking place.
Like a couple of people have posted, this isn't true. One reason the poster
may feel like this is true is if the ECB resides in storage obtained by a
different task which has terminated (and storage
Does anybody have RDz and use it with COBOL?
I'm unfamiliar with RDz. I guess it is this product:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/
Does the editor run on the PC? If so can it edit PC files? Is the user
license of $5,500 for one developer on one PC or a site license?
Bear with me because this is a really complicated proposal ;-)
1) Use PARM= when you have 100 characters or less of input for a batch program
2) Use a file such as //SYSIN when you have more than 100 characters of input
for a program.
If needed, change the program to use a file in addition
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/10/when-cloud-fails-t-mobile-microsoft-lose-sidekick-customer-data/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-sidekick-disaster-microsofts-servers-crashed-and-they-dont-have-a-backup/
Here's an article saying Cloud computing is better than your data center, I
Today when I read USS, I think Unix. 20 years ago I thought VTAM. Languages
evolve. Thou shalt evolve too. I'm not saying you have to like it.
I've also been known to drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.
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Saddest news I read all day, another mainframe bites the dust. While googling
MVS I found this Powerpoint:
www.its.niu.edu/its/letstalk/MVS%20Decommission%20Plan_0109.pptx
HTML version:
A while back I posted something on punched cards here and got a private email
what does punched cards have to do the the mainframe? so I'm half expecting a
what does Poughkeepsie NY have to do with the mainframe?.
About once a year I search Amazon for Mainframe and like most times nothing
http://www.planetmvs.com/mvsintosh/IBM_Manuals/index.html
If you tried to go to that link and it failed, try again. My web provider
looks to have changed owners and possibly data centers. There's nothing
terribly exciting there. I think I'll try Bruno's method tonight.
I wish IBM
Every time a new z/OS operating system level comes along I go to the IBM
library page and download each manual I'm interested in (i.e. most in the MVS
bookshelf) one at a time and give them somewhat meaningful names like zos 110
init and tuning ref.pdf instead of iea2e291.pdf for example. What
FYI: jCquard is a generally useless JavaScript library ... IBM-style 80-column
punch cards.
http://www.outstandingelephant.com/jcquard/
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I'm trying to use Logrec Viewer, downloaded from IBM.
Is the tool suitable for configuration without logrec logstream?
As supplied, it is only with logstream. You can add a new option in the
panels where you can submit a batch job using your SYS1.LOGREC.
You might want to check out my ISPF
Today's Dallas Morning News has an editorial written by their staff with the
words could become as obsolete as computer mainframes.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-top10_06edi.State.Edition1.43fe5ef.html
I plan to send them a friendly email to tell
Ever since the Web came along I've been annoyed by those web
sites that won't accept spaces or dashes like for credit cards
and phone numbers. I know that even ancient mainframe COBOL has
support for removing them with one command. I see that it's
just pure laziness as I suspected all along:
x3270 (and c3270) are open source run great under
either Linux or Windows (XP, Vista) under cygwin.
Here are some install instructions for x3270 on the Mac:
http://www.planetmvs.com/mvsintosh/x3270.html
Although I never remaped the Enter key to the right location
(right Cntl key).
We are beginning to customize our z./OS 1.7 (to
replace 1.4). We have several folks who will be
updating parmib and proclib. There is a possibility
that we might step on each other's changes. Say,
for instance, two people are making changes to COMMNDxx.
At my last job, I was the
From the Share session PDF: 2655 - JES2 z/OS 1.8 Product
Overview Review of Selected 1.7 Features. Output of the new
$DJES2 command to show what's preventing a $pjes2:
$HASP608 $DJES2
$HASP608 ACTIVE PROCESSORS (PCES)
$HASP608 NAME
$HASP608
Is there any utility that will display all of
the name/token entries on a system? I am
concerned about my new JES2 user exit code
that is using the service and would like
to see the entries.
I searched the archives and the CBT tape
and of course the IBM Manuals but did not
see
Now that this thread has died out and nobody cares ;-)
I updated my SUBMITC edit macro (CBT file 553) over the weekend
to optionally uppercase JCL as it submits the job to the
internal reader. I'll probably send it to the Sams at the CBT
tape tonight. Look for it there in a few days if you are
This beta Google service is interesting:
http://www.google.com/trends
Type in something like Mainframe or JCL and see where the
searches come from.
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You may not be able to view this at work because it's on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreygarman/sets/72157594153678035/
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DAIRFAIL is a routine to produce a message from status data.
An alternative to calling DAIRFAIL after the fact is to code a
SVC99 RB extension like mentioned here:
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9903L=ibm-mainP=R43588I=1
Some WTOs will be printed in the job log with a IKJ message
prefix
An interview with the manager over the OS/360 project:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363107/index.htm
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Short answer is that the primary subsystem (for JES2) must be
named JES2
Someone may have already mentioned this but when JES2 and JES3
initialize, they mark their SSCT entry that the subsystem is
either JES2 or JES3 in the SSCTSSID byte. So if you are
looking for the JES2 subsystem, you
Something that might help you also is Gilbert Saint-flour's
FASTPATH. You would need to assemble it with the sysparm
STOP522. It's on the CBT tape in file 183:
http://www.cbttape.org
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Today I coded this: ICM R1,B'',(R14)
When I meant this: ICM R1,B'',0(R14)
I see that FLAG(PAGE0) found the unintended instruction right
away. It took me a few minutes to go over the new code to find
out why it wasn't working as expected.
But as it turns out, the DCBE= parm on the DCB is pretty
much required, even if you use a dummy address. The
invocation of that parm will set a couple of bits in the
DCB that are required for processing.
Specifying a dummy address for DCBE= (like DCBE=*-*) on the DCB
macro is probably
why did/does management care?
Because they're management, it was brought to
their attention, and it is an error, i.e.
message id ends in E.
If this helps, there is a zap that changes the attributes of the
ILR005E WTO so it rolls off the console screen at IPL time.
This may also change it
When I attempted to report in a PMR a deficiency in ISRDDN
which I perceived as a problem, IBM Support's response
included:
3) ISRDDN was designed for use by IBM service. ISRDDN is
a utility
that assists IBM support in evaluating and solving
problems,
according to the user
In the Java world, there is a term called deprecated for older
API calls that still work but newer replacement ones are
available. Here's one explanation:
http://www.mindprod.com/jgloss/deprecated.html
It'd be nice if IBM added a comment or MNOTE when an older macro
like STAE is expanded.
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