JES2 Journal

2012-04-03 Thread Dennis Schaffer
Hi, IBM introduced the concept of JES2 step-level restart in z/OS 1.13 and we're interested in that function. However, this enhancement requires JES2 journalling, which we don't use. I'm interested in any feedback those of you who do use journalling can provide. I'm particularly concerned

TRX Replacement

2011-02-28 Thread Dennis Schaffer
/LIBDEF but (1 it's not compatible with our existing infrastructure, (2 it's going to require coding exec's for each of our vendor and internal products and (3 it won't provide the performance benefits of TRX. Thanks, Dennis Schaffer

Couping Facility SFM Policy MEMSTALLTIME and MQ APAR PM01403

2010-05-05 Thread Dennis Schaffer
. We've turned on MEMSTALLTIME this weekend and installed AM01403. We've noticed no ill effects from either, though its still early. I'd recommend MQ v7 users consider installing AM01403 and XCF users implement MEMSTALLTIME. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Dennis Schaffer

Re: Allocating Large SYS1.HASPACE

2007-12-02 Thread Dennis Schaffer
Claude, Thanks. DSNTYPE=LARGE is exactly what I needed. Skip and Sam, thanks for your input, too. I'm going to give the 3390-27 a try, on at least on my largest system. I'm hoping to replace 64 3390-3s. Thanks, Dennis --

Allocating Large SYS1.HASPACE

2007-11-30 Thread Dennis Schaffer
so with 3390-9? Has anyone done so with 3390-27? Have you experienced any performance problems w/ 3390-27? Thanks, Dennis Schaffer -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

JES2 $ADDEXIT/$REPEXIT RACF Security

2007-07-13 Thread Dennis Schaffer
into the category of OPERCMDS.JES2.UNKNOWN. Or possibly, a JES2 Exit36 (Pre-Security Authorization) is required. Has anyone done this? Will OPERCMDS.JES2.UNKOWN secure $ADDEXIT/ $REPEXIT? Or is Exit36 required? Thanks in advance for your responses. Dennis Schaffer

Re: SAS for Linux on zSeries

2006-10-16 Thread Dennis Schaffer
Bill, The link to which you pointed was a SASware 2006 ballot, whose results were announced at SUGI in March. The results were that the port SAS to Linux on the mainframe issue received 73 votes, ranking it as the 92nd most popular issue overall, out of 184 items, exactly 50%. Its not likely