Re: The future of IBM Mainframes [just thinking]

2007-09-11 Thread FRASER, Brian
That's funny. My company forbids me from using anything other than my company email address !! >Please remember that a lot of us work for companies who forbid our use of company email addresses to post on public forums. - ---

Re: The future of IBM Mainframes [just thinking]

2007-09-10 Thread FRASER, Brian
My daughter always told her teachers that I went to work to play on the computer... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Wilkie Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 8:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The future of IBM Mai

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-05 Thread FRASER, Brian
Hi Nick, We do use Concurrent-Copy for some of our backups; however we prefer to backup the duplex copies for our major production application. It gives us a point in time backup of our entire application. We break the duplex pairs of 220 application volumes. We can then take our backups at our l

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-04 Thread FRASER, Brian
ANTP8802I CQUERY devn(x'10B2') unformat OPS3092H READY ANTP0091I CQUERY UNFORMAT LVL 3 908 VOLUME REPORT 10B2,PRIMARY,SUSPEND(3),ACTIVE,

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-04 Thread FRASER, Brian
>>Have you done D GRS,DEV=1301 RESPONSE=SYS1 ISG343I 09.21.26 GRS STATUS 061 DEVICE:1301 VOLUME:PB$B52 NOT RESERVED BY SYSTEM SYS1 NO RESERVE RESOURCE REQUEST EXISTS >>If you think it is catalog, then I would is

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-04 Thread FRASER, Brian
>> >>Naw, that last one's too dangerous - she'd probably get you hooked on "As >>The Stomach Turns" (see also: Death, fate worse than). > >I don't have the courage to look; is "The Dumb and the Chestless" still >in reruns? I'm afraid it could be worse

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-03 Thread FRASER, Brian
>> Yeah, just go pull it out of it's berth and see what screams? Pfft It would probably be the Ops Manager that screams first, quickly followed by my manager and finally my Mrs when I tell her that I'm no longer employed and will be at home to annoy her every day. :-) -

Re: DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-03 Thread FRASER, Brian
Yeah, looks like it's stuck until next IPL. Thanks anyway. > Depending on what used to be on the volume, you may be stuck until IPL. --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its

DASD wont go offline.

2007-09-03 Thread FRASER, Brian
I have a DASD volume that refuses to go offline. D U,,,1301,1 gives me this IEE457I 09.28.16 UNIT STATUS 321 UNIT TYPE STATUSVOLSER VOLSTATE 1301 3390 A-PND PB$B52 PRIV/RSDNT And D U,,ALLOC,1301,1 gives me this IEE106I 09.27.23 UNITS A

Re: Vary devices online and offline

2007-08-27 Thread FRASER, Brian
I find Auditors pretty useless too. ;) > Just be aware that many (most?) installations disallow instream commands in > JCL. Auditors usually have a fit over this (ancient) capability. I find them pretty useless anyway. You can't guarantee the timing, and basically are out of your control. Same

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-08-26 Thread FRASER, Brian
>From DFSMSdss Storage Administration Guide Document Number SC35-0423-06 3.1.2 Physical Processing 2. The RENAME and RENAMEUNCONDITIONAL keywords are ignored for VSAM data sets during physical restore. DFSMSdss performs physical processing when the following conditions exist: You specify the

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-08-26 Thread FRASER, Brian
A rename will work if the backup was in "LOGICAL" format, but will fail if the backup is in "PHYSICAL" format. A "PHYSICAL" format backup will be created if you use the "FULL" keyword. We perform Full Volume Backups Weekly on selective DASD volumes using both FDR and DFDSS. We have also restor

Re: DFDSS versus FDR

2007-08-23 Thread FRASER, Brian
I believe that you can restore, you just can't perform a rename while doing it. > >As I read it, and my experience, is that you cannot restore any type of >VSAM dataset from a full volume backup. > --- This e-mail is

Re: Ways to update PS files?

2007-08-20 Thread FRASER, Brian
I've got MACRF=(GL,PL) in my programmes and it works. ;) --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wick

Re: Identifying SASDBs in SMS ACS routines

2007-08-20 Thread FRASER, Brian
This would work for the initial allocation, but would fail to correctly place the DSN if it gets migrated and subsequently recalled. WHEN (&PGM EQ 'sasprog') DO SET &STORGRP = 'xxx' EXIT END -

Re: HSM and offsite logging -- An HSM question

2007-08-06 Thread FRASER, Brian
Howabout a management class under SMS? A separate management class won't help any in getting these migrates scheduled before other migrates. --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or

Re: HSM and offsite logging -- An HSM question

2007-08-06 Thread FRASER, Brian
I was hoping there was an exit in HSM where one could code dataset patterns like IMSVS.SLDSS.*. Each time HSM goes looking for work in its input queue, the exit would be invoked to scan for a pattern match and select our IMSVS.SLDSS.* dataset activity for processing, in preference to other comma

Re: Distance between primary and DR site

2007-08-03 Thread FRASER, Brian
21:37 +1000, FRASER, Brian wrote: > > If there was water nearby, you should be at least 2.5 times the width of > the body of water. > > > The Pacific Ocean is nearby, I guess we'll have to build the DR where? > On the Moon !! Get serious fella. Birdsville sounds go

Re: Distance between primary and DR site

2007-08-03 Thread FRASER, Brian
If there was water nearby, you should be at least 2.5 times the width of the body of water. The Pacific Ocean is nearby, I guess we'll have to build the DR where? On the Moon !! --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp

Re: Regarding SDSF pgm

2007-07-23 Thread FRASER, Brian
We do not have access to SMF records and we dont have expertise aswell :) Any good jobs going in Bangalore for those of us that do have expertise? --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 7

Re: HSM BCDS filling weekly

2007-07-19 Thread FRASER, Brian
More likely the cause is increasing number of records within the BCDS (or more versions of backups causing each record to grow in length) DFHSM can sometimes be reluctant to discard many old backups, especially if you are backing up NON-SMS managed data or your SMS management classes are not very

Re: 3390 Model 27

2007-07-10 Thread FRASER, Brian
Link should be http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Only true for those in USA who forget, or were not taught, that since 1998 there is an international standard for unit prefixes recognized by the US that says that the correct usage in this case is 14.2 GB, or 13.2 GiB, but not 13.2

Re: How to get a list of datasets recalled by HSM?

2007-06-27 Thread FRASER, Brian
HSM Function Statistics Records (FSR) which are written to SMF as type 241. This is only correct if you have SETSYS SMF(240) If you issue QUERY SETSYS and look for SMFID= it will tell you the SMF record type for the statistics records at your shop. Add 1 to find the record type

Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules

2007-06-14 Thread FRASER, Brian
> I don't think CA was the original developer. > What mainframe software did CA originally develop? --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Su

Re: ARCCMDxx - HSM : Anyone know the keyword to restrict Supervisor Mode in ISMF

2007-06-11 Thread FRASER, Brian
AUTH userid DATABASEAUTHORITY(CONTROL) AUTH userid DATABASEAUTHORITY(USER) Is this what you want? --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Sunc

Re: DISP=(MOD,DELETE)

2007-05-22 Thread FRASER, Brian
I think it should work for an SMS dataset if the DATACLAS assigned by the ACS has default space attributes. Gil, Do the same test for SMS-managed dataset. You'll get JCL error in first case (MOD for non-existent dataset). OMHO the only thing to understand is: When you use NEW for DASD dataste,

Replacing SAS on the mainframe (Was Report on TSO usage.)

2007-05-21 Thread FRASER, Brian
We have some management here with in their eyes wanting to stop the payment of our SAS mainframe licenses. They want us to move all our SAS workload (including MXG) onto a Unix box. Anyone out there done it? How painful was the experience? Does anyone have any experiences using the SAS clon

Re: SMS Management Class usage

2007-03-29 Thread FRASER, Brian
Will DCOLLECT gather data on all management classes in use from the catalog (i.e. including migrated datasets)? DCOLLECT does in fact capture MGMTCLAS and most other SMS construct information from the VVDS portion (VVR/NVR record, DFSMS cell info) of the catalog structure. I had assumed that b

Re: SMS Management Class usage

2007-03-28 Thread FRASER, Brian
DCOLLECT won't gather info from the catalog. It will however gather info from all the online volumes and the DFHSM control datasets for all migrated and backed up data. DCOLLECT OFILE(OUTDS) VOL(*)BACKUPDATA MIGRATEDATA Will DCOLLECT gather data on all management classes in use from the ca

Re: sysprog demand in USA

2007-02-27 Thread FRASER, Brian
John Deere Technology Center Cyber City, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric N. Bielefeld Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2007 10:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: sysprog dem

Re: literacy

2007-02-25 Thread FRASER, Brian
I have no such problems with arabian numerals. Why don't Arabs use Arabian numerals? ;) --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may

Re: FIXCDS to delete records from mcds

2007-02-07 Thread FRASER, Brian
What IBM actually say is: " IBM also recommends that installations define their CDSs with FREESPACE(0) so VSAM can figure out where space is needed and perform the necessary CI/CA splits when doing inserts. This will create space where needed and eliminate the need for the extra space that woul

Re: FIXCDS to delete records from mcds

2007-02-07 Thread FRASER, Brian
Not really freespace(50,50) will make the MCDS 4 times larger than necessary. IBM recommend (0,0) . After the initial ci/ca splits in the first few weeks it settles down and only grows slowly. Fear has nothing to do with it. I was just passing along a recommendation from someone who knows

Re: HSM Query?

2007-01-08 Thread FRASER, Brian
Is the time allocated to the migration running out before all volumes are processed? If so, you can add the following command to your startup deck. PATCH .MCVT.+414 X'00021560' VER(.MCVT.+414 X'C4E0') This will make all of your volumes only eligible for PSM every second day, Eg: if you have

Re: ML2 not expiring

2007-01-02 Thread FRASER, Brian
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt1i400/13.1 7?SHELF=&DT=19930625072710 13.17 Disabling Delete-If-Backed-Up (DBU) Processing for SMS Data Sets Before SMS-managed data sets are expired, a check is made to ensure that the data set has a backup copy. Some sites wa

Re: Plurals and language confusion

2006-12-18 Thread FRASER, Brian
The Colorado Drivers Manual may be on audio tape so that the user can listen to it while driving to work. ;) --- This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp

Re: HSM Backup to DASD

2006-12-11 Thread FRASER, Brian
No. The DUPLEX can only be used for tape. You could use one of the Advanced Copy Services to "Duplex" the entire Backup DASD. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ANTGAR00/CCON TENTS -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: RESTORE (SMS MANAGED) data set to wrong volume USING ADRDSSU

2006-12-10 Thread FRASER, Brian
It would be easier than just a guess if you supplied the parameters that you are using in your restore. Is it a physical or logical restore? Are you using BYPASSACS Are you specifying MGMTCLAS, NULLMGMTCLAS, STORCLAS or NULLSTORCLAS? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: What's a mainframe?

2006-11-18 Thread FRASER, Brian
"an obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's." ---