Re: Capping in Z890

2006-05-09 Thread David Andrews
LPARs have to become z/VM images? Is this reason enough to buy into VM? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: IEFACTRT and routing questions

2006-05-01 Thread David Andrews
e want. (We don't use ROUTCDE=11 because this results in duplicate IEF196I messages when IEFACTRT runs under a WLM initiator.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signof

Re: ***: Offensive Language

2006-04-25 Thread David Andrews
n for me to receive unfiltered list mailings. That's why I'm "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" here instead of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- the former bypasses the netnanny. So you get lots of sympathy from me, but you don't get a pass. This one IS your dog. -- David Andrews A. Dud

Re: Over my head in a JES exit

2006-04-10 Thread David Andrews
. But since "SPOOL" was a common acronym, and there were lots of programs around the industry called "SPOOL", a contest was held within the Houston branch office to name the program. The winner was... HASP! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: JOBCAT and STEPCAT question

2006-04-07 Thread David Andrews
do this in awhile, but I wonder: when did the requirement go away? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Systems Programmer Levels Justification

2006-04-03 Thread David Andrews
OW, be careful what you wish for. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: How to "marry" subsystem and dynamic allocation

2006-03-23 Thread David Andrews
ply encrypt the fields you don't want people to see. We do this in our shop (using a laughable homegrown encryption routine -- it wouldn't thwart a dedicated crook, but it keeps honest people honest). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: UID(0) and concurrent processes

2006-03-16 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 13:52 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > The maximum per UID is set in BPXPRMxx > member with the MAXPROCSYS() parameter. Um, MAXPROCUSER? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 9840 cart question

2006-03-15 Thread David Andrews
ve 9490 Timberlines on the floor that can read 3480 carts. I can't imagine that 9480s couldn't. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instr

Re: Need quick response; display uni command syntax

2006-03-07 Thread David Andrews
oint to the z/OS 1.3 shelf.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: IXFP No Longer Supported

2006-03-01 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 16:12 +0100, R.S. wrote: > Sun/STK products (SVA V2X2). You can also convince mgmt that machine can > be later used in open systems (my assumption). Yes, with a limitation: last time I enquired you couldn't have both fiber channel and FICON on the same V2X2.

Re: Data Set Name "Hiding"

2006-02-28 Thread David Andrews
IF USERID STARTS WITH 'ZZ' THEN FAIL ELSE SUCCEED ELSE pass request to security system Any reason something like this wouldn't work? It would be quick (and yes, dirty). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: PROTECTION EXCEPTION 0C4 - Job Doesn't Work When &&Dataset Used

2006-02-23 Thread David Andrews
r not S0C4, depending on blksize / blocking factor. Just something to think about. You said you didn't have access to source code, so all this is mere speculation. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-16 Thread David Andrews
/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/AM3U1001/B.1.1?SHELF=AM311903&DT=19930630180527&CASE= -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Redirecting Software Functionality

2006-02-16 Thread David Andrews
t. Seriously, this is a management issue, not a technical one. Implement roadblocks to prevent simple mistakes, then put a couple bullets aside to take care of recalcitrant individuals. Zero tolerance: problem solved. You CANNOT keep people around who knowingly bust license terms. -- David

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-15 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 15:42 -0500, Bob Rutledge wrote: > What does ISMF say about your default device geometry? Default Device Geometry : Bytes/track . . . . . : 56664 Tracks/cylinder . . . : 15 -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-15 Thread David Andrews
anything. But it was a very good question. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-M

Re: Don't fully understand IBM terminal

2006-02-15 Thread David Andrews
eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/lookat/ (though the service appears to be down just this moment -- sigh). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, sen

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-15 Thread David Andrews
ting blocks (SMF gurus feel free to chime in here). The access methods do a lot of chaining/buffering under the covers and so I'd be surprised if your large-LRECL datasets are actually hurting. Do consider striping, no matter the LRECL. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc.

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-14 Thread David Andrews
et at LRECL=6991 yields BLKSIZE=27964. LRECL=6992 yields BLKSIZE=6992. But change to non-SMS allocation, and LRECL=6992 yields BLKSIZE=27968. The plot thickens. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- F

Re: DASD allocation guidelines

2006-02-13 Thread David Andrews
antially* reduced runtimes for some of our jobs. Note that having multivolume datasets does complicate dataset recovery. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: z/OS and z/OS.e support withdrawal dates

2006-02-09 Thread David Andrews
"MVS isn't fun anymore. MVS hasn't been fun for years." "Sooner or later we have to say: 'We're not going to TAKE this CRUD anymore!" - Howard Gilbert (SHARE 76, February 1991) -

Re: Have you ever abended IDCAMS?

2006-01-26 Thread David Andrews
optional ABEND, but maybe Mark Thomen will encourage you to submit a requirement. (Maybe not!) I think you should write a wrapper. As you said, it would be easy. Easier than writing a requirement, anyway. -- David Andrews A. Duda a

Re: Have you ever abended IDCAMS?

2006-01-26 Thread David Andrews
TCHTCB DETACH (1) CLC ATCHECB+1(3),=XL3'00' Subtask terminated well? JNE ABEND No, take action (ABEND?) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: TSO SEND to console

2006-01-20 Thread David Andrews
eletes messages. (File 163 is otherwise moribund; it hasn't been updated since XA days.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send ema

Re: DFSMS message help

2006-01-17 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 08:29 -0800, Mark Thomen wrote: > It would be good if someone would submit a requirement asking that all > messages be put into the appropriate message manuals (hint, hint). Including COBOL compiler messages? /me ducks, runs! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc.

Re: IEFSSREQ

2006-01-16 Thread David Andrews
source of problems. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Another incident

2005-12-28 Thread David Andrews
citizens at birth. Postal workers must be U.S. citizens, or have permanent resident status. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: A valuable lesson learned.

2005-12-28 Thread David Andrews
n we upgraded to 9840C. Our 9740 has performed flawlessly for the year that it's been in place. Not a hiccup. (You drive yours much harder than we do ours.) FWIW! -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- F

Re: Hercules 3.03 announcement

2005-12-22 Thread David Andrews
d' key this time. (I don't normally insist on having the last word, but can we drop this thread before it really gets rolling? We've done it all before, too many times.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: RMF Spreadsheet Reporter

2005-12-14 Thread David Andrews
rather than passive) ftp connection. For the latter, try to insert a LOCSITE FWF in the command stream, which enables passive ftp. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: Using symbolic in JCL

2005-11-30 Thread David Andrews
guess." So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Ed was probably guessing. Sheesh. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: IEFSSNXX

2005-11-23 Thread David Andrews
U second per day spent cycling down the chain. There must be bigger fish to fry. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: IEFSSNXX

2005-11-23 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 08:05 -0600, Bill Neiman wrote: > All broadcast SSI requests ... run the entire SSCT chain. Having > unused subsystems defined slows down this process. I'd be surprised if the delay was measurable. REALLY surprised. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons,

Re: Moving tape GDG to new volume

2005-11-21 Thread David Andrews
specifying DISP=(,CATLG). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: COBOL Program exhausting below the line storage

2005-11-11 Thread David Andrews
size issues with batch jobs when I started to implement striping here -- perhaps I was referring to below-the-line issues of a bygone era. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signof

Re: Best practice for TOD clock

2005-11-10 Thread David Andrews
MEZONE statement of the CLOCKxx parmlib member to adjust for local time." -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Best practice for TOD clock

2005-11-10 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 08:18 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > In a recent note, David Andrews said: > > the TOD clock drifts over time (we don't have > > an ETR) and we adjust the local offset every week to compensate. > > > If you're forced to this deceit, wou

Re: COBOL Program exhausting below the line storage

2005-11-10 Thread David Andrews
e your storage requirements appreciably. IDMS shouldn't be a huge factor ~unless~ you're running in local mode. Better to run against CV if possible. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IB

Re: HFS vs. zFS?

2005-11-10 Thread David Andrews
7;t have to further OUR OWN use of an unstable, inferior and insecure platform. We know better. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, sen

Re: Best practice for TOD clock

2005-11-10 Thread David Andrews
nt (or at least the "date" command) doesn't use the CVTTZ (or CVTLDTO) offset. Maybe this is aparable? Or do I have a configuration error? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Time Stamps for Canadian BlackBerry Posts

2005-10-27 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:41 -0500, Ed Gould wrote: > On Oct 26, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > > MicroSoft? > Microsoft? Traf-o-data became Micro-Soft (complete with hyphen) in 1975. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMA

Re: TN3270 Emulator

2005-10-25 Thread David Andrews
7;d settle for a Java client. (Does that write-once-run-anywhere stuff work yet?) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: JES2 input queue priority

2005-10-25 Thread David Andrews
hich 100 are DD * with 10,000 control cards to > make its way through that one converter. Plus as someone else mentioned, having a MAS complex complicates matters; conversion will take place on multiple systems regardless of the CNVTNUM spec. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc

Re: ISPF WSA (Was: TN3270 Emulator)

2005-10-24 Thread David Andrews
Dave and Ed make me want to take another look at the WSA (yes, I was one of those who looked at ISPGUI, said "yuck", and walked away). Unfortunately, Linux support doesn't appear to be available - not at my downlevel OS release anyway. Have they fixed this? -- David Andrews A

Re: JES2 input queue priority

2005-10-24 Thread David Andrews
ably* continue to work, but the resulting job sequence is a side effect and not defined behavior). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, sen

Re: DASD genned as shared

2005-10-12 Thread David Andrews
used frequently if shared. What about catalogs? Or DADSM activity? Don't those behave differently if a volume is marked shared? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / s

Re: MVCIN instruction

2005-10-11 Thread David Andrews
were/are? Sure, MVC followed by TR. I *vaguely* recall that the old PL/I 'F' compiler would generate similar code when one of the optimization phases discovered that you were rearranging a record. -- David Andrews A. Duda and So

Re: SMS add volume to storage group

2005-09-22 Thread David Andrews
model for an existing volume, code: // EXEC PGM=FDRABRP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD * P VOLSTAT,VOL=vv /* -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscr

Re: 3490 Elimination

2005-09-20 Thread David Andrews
olumes left with old files that haven't expired; it's been a year-and-a-half since we stopped creating new files on 3490, so we're going to have to make an effort to move them over manually. I'm not looking forward to that much.

Re: STK Equipment too tall.

2005-09-14 Thread David Andrews
go about ceiling clearance, and I'm still nursing those wounds.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: FLASHCOPY

2005-09-13 Thread David Andrews
orth: we do full snaps of 62 3390-9 volumes in about two-and-a-half minutes on a STK V2X2. The subsequent backup to tape takes quite a bit of time (something like six hours to a single escon-attached 9840C drive), but our online systems are only down for minutes. -- David Andrews A. Duda and S

Re: DUMP Datasets and SMS

2005-09-07 Thread David Andrews
emicolon thing is news to us. Thanks, Ben. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-M

Re: address space

2005-09-07 Thread David Andrews
32/falkoff.pdf It used a variant of "Iverson notation" that was described in Ken Iverson's 1962 book "A Programming Language". (Eventually Iverson notation became APL.) Whether you think APL is easier to read that the Principles book is a matter of debate

Re: H50 V1R3 / Z890 V1R4 Compatability

2005-09-01 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 07:28 -0500, Staller, Allan wrote: > In 64 bit mode (and you *WILL* be 64 bit) Maybe. He said he was moving to 1.4, for which you could get bimodal accommodation. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Disaster Declarations due to Katrina

2005-08-30 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 14:10 -0400, Bill Fairchild wrote: > "President" Bush Let it go, Bill, let it go. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

Re: SMF TYPE 50

2005-08-30 Thread David Andrews
ords. http://www.cbttape.org/ -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archi

Re: ESQA Storage leak.

2005-08-24 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:59 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote: > A virtual beverage of your choice Agreed. Bob, that IPCS script is way useful. For the merry hell of it I followed your instructions on my system and found evidence of CSA leakage that I didn't know I had. Howzabout that! -

Re: SMF Under Zos 1.4

2005-08-24 Thread David Andrews
t it. Too bad; it's probably the most useful thing I've ever found in the samplibs. If IBM doesn't want to claim it anymore, perhaps they can be persuaded to release it to public domain or under one of the FOSS licenses. Then Sam and Shmuel could redistribute it. -- David Andrews

Re: SMF Under Zos 1.4

2005-08-24 Thread David Andrews
s, but no longer. It dumped the inactive MANx datasets one at a time by calling IFASMFDP. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Is There a Way to Dynamically Add PUBLIC/STORAGE Volumes

2005-08-23 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 14:34 -0400, Robert Pelletier wrote: > This is what VATLST00 has: > PUB003,0,1,3390,Y > Do I have to schedule an IPL to have the system recognize them? No, just clip 'em and mount 'em public: M ddd,VOL=(SL,PUB003),USE=PUBLIC -- David Andre

Re: Dead Beef

2005-08-23 Thread David Andrews
is hard to specify in JCL). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO S

Re: HELP - can't IPL ZOS

2005-08-19 Thread David Andrews
id of some of the $HASP messages: k e,1 [or 2, or 3... ] -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: USSTAB Question

2005-08-18 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 08:46 -0400, Dean Montevago wrote: > Is there a way to refresh a USSTAB without re-cycling IP ? As Scott noted, use OBEYFILE. Nota bene: if you change anything in the BeginVTAM/EndVTAM block, you should respecify the entire block in your OBEYFILE. -- David Andrews A. D

Ken Olsen redux

2005-08-17 Thread David Andrews
were already doing so. See the Snopes article: http://snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

Re: Companies take divergent path with mainframe

2005-08-17 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 09:43 -0400, Bruce Black wrote: > I guess we know why DEC is long gone DEC's fate was sealed in 1977 when Ken Olson declared: "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc

Re: CONSOLE-SOUND

2005-08-15 Thread David Andrews
OINT TO TEXT AREA HILIGHT MVI CTXTDC1,CTXTDC02DESC=2 CRITICAL ACTION REQUIRED OICTXTRFB1,CTXTRCDC CHANGE DESCRIPTOR CODES EXIT RETURN (14,12) SPACE , LTORG , TITLE ' - DSECTS' PRINT NOGEN IEZVX100 , CT

Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8

2005-08-10 Thread David Andrews
eferred to Easycoder as "queasy odor" (Regarding the 1403-N1: as with coffee, on poker nights you should not leave a big jar of pennies on the printer. They are hard to pick up from a tile floor, and they travel a remarkable distance.) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, I

Re: DFSORT & MOD27 support

2005-08-02 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 10:49 -0400, Jousma, David wrote: > Did you leave SORTWKxx allocations on mod-9's? I left SORTWKxx allocations on unmanaged public -9s. Didn't see any good reason for managing them. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EM

Re: STK 9840 in 3590 compat mode

2005-07-29 Thread David Andrews
or ten years. At a hundred bucks a pop, I hate the idea of writing a relatively small master file to a modern cartridge that might ordinarily hold 80GB, and then stick it in a vault forever. 3480 carts are cheap. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PRO

Re: STEPCAT/JOBCAT [was: Five Digit Device Numbers]

2005-07-29 Thread David Andrews
had to do this 15 years ago.) I imagine that IBM had to relax this restriction before they could take away STEPCAT. When did that happen? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / s

Re: Server Time Protocol (Was: Re: SMPE 3.4)

2005-07-29 Thread David Andrews
of low tens of milliseconds on WANs, submilliseconds on LANs, and submicroseconds using a precision time source such as a cesium oscillator or GPS receiver." -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For

Re: SMPE 3.4

2005-07-27 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 15:47 -0500, Matthew Stitt wrote: > Also you don't need ICSF for hashing. Yes, but then it uses a Java class for the SHA-1 hashing. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: 54 Processors?

2005-07-27 Thread David Andrews
t that one of the optimizations for MVS/SE was to simplify the code to support only two processors. "We don't HAVE any 16-processor machines," he said, "and it's faster to test for this CPU or that one." I never followed up to see if it was true, but it made a good s

Re: Newbie doubt about Supervised State

2005-07-25 Thread David Andrews
many here. We duly noted the hazards of using MODESET, but it would be arrogant (and futile) to refuse to answer the question of a novice simply because we imagine that he is "not ready" for the information. -- David Andrews

Re: 3174's

2005-07-22 Thread David Andrews
p tells me that the maintenance business is profitable, and that it wouldn't be logical to throw it away. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruc

Re: 3174's

2005-07-22 Thread David Andrews
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 00:00 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > Does anybody know of any third party support for 3174's StorageTek maintains ours. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: The clamor begins for IBM to give up the code for OS/2

2005-07-19 Thread David Andrews
and others. And speaking of Stardock, Brad Wardell has an interesting retrospective on the rise-and-fall of his OS/2 business. There's even some advice that can be taken to heart by some of us in the MVS community. See: http://www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/article_sdos2.html

Re: The clamor begins for IBM to give up the code for OS/2

2005-07-19 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 22:07 -0500, Ed Gould wrote: > Plus if they did that might make LINUX less interesting especially if > it really makes inroads into UNIX land. Only insofar as it adds another free competitor to the OS landscape. OS/2 and *nix aren't so alike. -- David Andrews

Re: IBM officially kill OS/2

2005-07-18 Thread David Andrews
27;t break my heart ~at all~. Our little 7060 is wholly dependent on that OS/2 image staying healthy, so I try to keep my hands as far away from it as possible. I resisted experimenting with the webserver, minimized our use of emulated I/O, and configured the desktop away. Yeah, I've got respe

Re: Keeping my started task's WTO output off the console?

2005-07-14 Thread David Andrews
in which case they're getting what they've asked for. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the me

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-14 Thread David Andrews
he joke goes: I resemble that remark. But be aware of the graying of the sysprog and the trap that many of us find ourselves in. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-13 Thread David Andrews
ou people (continuing expense for staffing, office space, training, retraining)... but it ~can~ be done, and it's falling-over-easy to get a project started. Yeah, I can compare apples and oranges. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-13 Thread David Andrews
Not that a properly configured business system made out of commodity parts is cheaper than one powered by zSeries. But they have the advantage of a ridiculously low price to get a foot in the door, an advantage that P'keepsie doesn't have the will to match.) -- David Andrews A. Duda an

Re: Highly used programs: any better replacements out there? IDCAMS, IEFBR14

2005-07-12 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 00:00 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > I didn't intend to talk down, but I know many APPDEV-types > who think of this as the only way to create/delete. I once had an applications guy (a new hire) ask me where "the IEFBR14 manual" was. He didn't last ver

Re: How to free up space from deleted datasets wtihout IXFP

2005-07-06 Thread David Andrews
Arghhh, following up on my own post. Bad form as usual. On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 11:16 -0400, David Andrews wrote: > From: "caleb ong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RVA: How to free up space from deleted datasets wtihout IXFP > Caleb, you should post to the list rather th

Re: How to free up space from deleted datasets wtihout IXFP

2005-07-06 Thread David Andrews
same problem with RVA as you. A couple of years ago Scott Ledbetter posted a neat little script that you can run on Linux-390 to temporarily fill your RVA filesystem with nulls. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-390@vm.marist.edu/msg10508.html ) --

Re: add a a string constant to every record of a file

2005-07-05 Thread David Andrews
aa bb cc /* //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=* //SYSPRINT DD DUMMY //SYSINDD * GENERATE MAXFLDS=2,MAXLITS=8 RECORD FIELD=(3,'AAA',,1),FIELD=(77,1,,4) /* -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc.

Re: Couple of questions on JES2 output handling

2005-06-30 Thread David Andrews
e archives. Search for Ed Finnell's post dated April 29, 1998 "Re: OS/390 R2.4 Started Task Accting" -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Couple of questions on JES2 output handling

2005-06-30 Thread David Andrews
d in your started task JCL, as so: //VPS JOB 5007,VPS,MSGCLASS=W,MSGLEVEL=(1,1) -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Dropping duplicates.

2005-06-30 Thread David Andrews
Check out the Unix "uniq" utility, which will eliminate duplicate lines in a sorted file. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-23 Thread David Andrews
he bookmanager version of the LRM, indexed by message number. It looked useful to me, and maybe something like it should be considered by the LOOKAT folks. (If the LRM section numbers ever change, Bill's web page is going to be in a world of hurt. The publibz URLs depend on manual section num

Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-23 Thread David Andrews
have faster turnaround than you'd get from the standard publication schedule. Just thinking out loud. There are OA issues and other stuff to worry about, too. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: SMCS configuration issue

2005-06-15 Thread David Andrews
u'll have to tolerate. I had allowed both TN3270E and NOSIMCLIENTLU to default, which combination causes the "No LUs available now, please try later" message that I complained of earlier. -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

SMCS configuration issue

2005-06-13 Thread David Andrews
aset, to no avail. What am I missing here? Who's been down this road before? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMA

Re: Disk I/O tuning still possible?

2005-06-13 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 10:52 +0200, Marian Gasparovic wrote: > I don't know about other vendors, but on IBM disk arrays > you cannot have CKD (mainframe) and FB (unix, ;inux, windows etc) > disks on the same physical disks. This is supported on STK Icebergs (um, "Sun SVAs"

Re: Can we measure cpu use of a JES2 Exit

2005-06-08 Thread David Andrews
VC 26 calls)? In our system, CATALOG has the 5th-highest aggregate CPU usage of any long running address space (behind VPS, *MASTER*, JES2 and TCPIP). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAI

Re: Encryting Data on Tapes

2005-06-07 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 10:43 -0400, Bruce Black wrote: > We opted to do our own [AES] implementation, so that it > will be independent of MVS releases Also so that decryption would be supported by SAR? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PRO

Re: TSO replacement? [WAS: RE: Userids]

2005-06-02 Thread David Andrews
e. I always assumed that OMVS was the intended replacement. Didn't work out that way -- maybe OMVS was itself stunted by Linux? -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Friday question: How far back is PLO instruction supported?

2005-05-31 Thread David Andrews
workload' -- he paused for effect -- 'to the Univac across the aisle!'." -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

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