Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-07 Thread Mark Zelden
o, given the situation at hand, is there a better place to look than >IEFDB401? > Yes - covered early in the thread along with a pointer to the manual. GRS exits. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Could two parallel sysplex share one CF LPAR

2010-07-07 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:00:50 -0500, Arthur Gutowski wrote: >On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 19:10:45 -0500, Mark Zelden >wrote: > >>... Even with a single engine you can create more than one >>CF LPAR and share that engine. As long as you weren't using it for true >>data

Re: Could two parallel sysplex share one CF LPAR

2010-07-06 Thread Mark Zelden
"shamplex" that worked quite well with multiple CF LPARs sharing engines. Of course the standard YMMV disclaimer applies. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS U

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE FROMNTS

2010-07-03 Thread Mark Zelden
SET BOUNDARY (GLOBAL) . RECEIVE FROMNTS( ORDER(ORD2) ) /* DELETEPKG*/ . Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS

Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
te your "sysres" unix file systems. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at

Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
Enter CANCEL or EXIT to cancel the rename request. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.

Re: Unix systems and Serialization mechanism

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
NEW,DELETE,DELETE).Thankfully if someone forgets to code disp on an important data set (or even a unimportant one) that is in use the job will wait until it is canceled or fail due to duplicate data set if it is not in use. Of course I've never done such a thing. Mark -- Mark Zeld

Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:24:41 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 07:38:49 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >>It still works for certain things, but to be honest, I haven't needed to use >>it since DFSMS and ISPF added the support for renaming an "in u

Re: Unix systems and Serialization mechanism

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
ix uses shared memory and mutex locks to ensure that files are locked >between processes. How was that implemented on z/OS? >...and I'd like to understand it more. Anyone have any pointers? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming) -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Con

Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-02 Thread Mark Zelden
It still works for certain things, but to be honest, I haven't needed to use it since DFSMS and ISPF added the support for renaming an "in use" data set in OS/390 R10. -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mz

Re: Question on Started Jobs

2010-07-01 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:36:29 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In , on 06/30/2010 > at 08:42 AM, Mark Zelden said: > >>[1] Many people don't realize that at the same time the started jobs >>support came in, enhancements were made to the START command to &g

Re: ENQ trap for dynamic allocation

2010-07-01 Thread Mark Zelden
stallation Exits documentation. Relying upon SVCs for ENQs is not supported and would be exposed to this type of internal change if and when it occurred." Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flas

Re: Cataloguing fake tape datasets?

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Zelden
Although Paul may be able to use more chicanery to add an SDSF REXX batch step to look at the joblog of the running job, get the tape mount message, and create the IDCAMS DEFINE NONVSAM input and then run IDCAMS in a subsequent step. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS

Re: Question on Started Jobs

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Zelden
GCLASS than the STC default: S CICSPROD,MSGCLASS=H Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Sy

Re: How to implement zFS

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Zelden
hink the question was about using zFS in place of HFS. While your points are valid, the same considerations exist regardless of the file system format and presumably have been addressed already. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS

Re: Question on Started Jobs

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Zelden
though the STC default is for a different class. For example: //INIT JOB 'INIT',MSGLEVEL=(0,0),MSGCLASS=Z //INIT EXEC PROC=INIT Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: How to implement zFS

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Zelden
//www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4328.html?Open Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems

Very Large ECSA (was Re: TSO region size)

2010-06-29 Thread Mark Zelden
ards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercente

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-28 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:43:26 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >/* rexx - "zero" a PDS Directory */ On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:39 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > >That does not change the key. > >I wonder what would happen if member GHJK was added and the keys shows th

Re: Linklst; 6 of 1/half dozen of the other?

2010-06-28 Thread Mark Zelden
less update activity for the master catalog." You might want to have a look at that chapter and the rest of the manual. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilitie

Re: CA's MSM

2010-06-28 Thread Mark Zelden
quot;downloads" the same packages from CA's web site and processes them (GIMUNZIP) the same way you would if you did a "manual install". Just a whole heck of lot quicker. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-28 Thread Mark Zelden
DIR.1 = '000E'x/* End of Directory */ "EXECIO 1 DISKW PDSDIR (STEM DIR. FINIS" /* Rewrite Directory */ "FREE F(PDSDIR)" Exit

Re: Is it 5%

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
s with production Easytrieve and similar HLLs, but I also have been at shops where they didn't allow it at all in production) Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utili

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
nfrastructure in terms of number of lines of code, but it is still the business application that will make the box over utilized or more utilized than a well written app. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:25:58 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden >> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 3:21 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subj

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:42:27 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > >In a z/OS environment, with access methods, online sub-systems, utilities, and the like, less than 5% of the code running on the z/Box is user-written. > Where did you get that statistic from? Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden C

Re: instream data

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
bttape.org) and indicates it was copied from the TSO Times Fall 1994 edition, so it is not surprising it has made its way to more than one shop. I looked at http://www.tsotimes.com/archives.html and it looks like it only goes back to 1995. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consul

Re: instream data

2010-06-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:51:34 -0600, Howard Brazee wrote: >On 24 Jun 2010 15:40:31 -0700, mzel...@flash.net (Mark Zelden) wrote: > >>>Is that like the ZOOM or SHOWPROC commands that have come with MVS for >>>a decade or so? >>> >> >>Come with MVS? P

Re: instream data

2010-06-24 Thread Mark Zelden
ember. But instream still seems to me to be better. >> >>Frank > >Is that like the ZOOM or SHOWPROC commands that have come with MVS for >a decade or so? > Come with MVS? Please point me to where these are distributed if you can because I've only seen home grown uti

Re: MSM R3 Deploy (was Re: CA's MSM)

2010-06-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:51:11 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > > >BTW, I just upgraded from R2 to R3 over the weekend mostly because I was >interested in the deployment function (but there are some other nice features >also). In trying to test a deployment, it looks like it will

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

2010-06-24 Thread Mark Zelden
quot;FIX RESET" command. This "empties" the PDS / PDSE. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Sy

MSM R3 Deploy (was Re: CA's MSM)

2010-06-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:51:11 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >BTW, I just upgraded from R2 to R3 over the weekend mostly because I was >interested in the deployment function (but there are some other nice features >also). In trying to test a deployment, it looks like it will onl

Re: ZFS Files

2010-06-22 Thread Mark Zelden
naged / extended format. When it gets that big, they will split it up. They have to consider doing that now regardless because the size is so close to being larger than a 3990-3 and that is the largest volume for many shops still. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/

Re: CA's MSM

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Zelden
#x27;t benefit everyone. If you have a small environment and only a couple of CA products, then of course it isn't worth installing and maintaining a somewhat complex piece of software just to maintain a couple of other pieces of software. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Z

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Zelden
| | 3. Inherit | | | | | | | | | +-----+ -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: CA's MSM

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Zelden
SMP/E jobs a few years ago, so I don't need to do it all the time now. :-) Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mz

Re: CA's MSM

2010-06-17 Thread Mark Zelden
ably not an option to do that.That may not be an issue if the process doesn't fail if the libraries are already cataloged - which they will be - indirectly - unless it is a new name / library for whatever product we are deploying. In that case, I would uncatalog the file after copy and ind

Re: Developers' Use of Prod Data For Testing

2010-06-16 Thread Mark Zelden
z/OS and you don't have to make off platform "munging" in sync with z/OS, then I don't think you need CS. I'm pretty sure CA has a solution also, but I don't know the details. I think think Compuware's solution(s) may be the best of breed in this area, but cos

Re: Linklst; 6 of 1/half dozen of the other?

2010-06-14 Thread Mark Zelden
The only downside is needing to change volsers in PROGxx or LPALSTxx if the data sets are moved to another volume. In most shops, unlikely without you knowing since the LNKLST dsns are ENQed. Much more possible with LPALSTxx data sets. At my client it isn't a problem since the ISV pro

Re: EDC5113I reason code = 053501B2 in/ /etc/utmpx

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Zelden
gain.Everything is normal. Doesn't your /etc/rc have this? If so, the next IPL or OMVS restart with change it to 644: # Setup utmpx file >/etc/utmpx chmod 644 /etc/utmpx

Re: EDC5113I reason code = 053501B2 in/ /etc/utmpx

2010-06-11 Thread Mark Zelden
¦ ¦¦ Action: To set a write lock on a file, it must be ¦ ¦¦ opened with write access. Reissue the request and ¦ ¦¦ specify a file descriptor that has write access to the ¦ ¦¦ file.

Re: DFSMSdss Physical dumps of 3390 Mod 27

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Zelden
use they were more concerned about integrity instead of fuzzy backups) we dynamically changed MIM to convert those reserves to global ENQs only for the weekend full volume backups. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS

Re: DFSMSdss Physical dumps of 3390 Mod 27

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Zelden
ESTORE OTHER REGISTERS LA15,4 SET RETURN CODE TO 4 BR14 RETURN END -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services

Re: JVMJ9VM015W

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:05:29 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:55:28 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:19:05 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >>> >>>See REXXSTOR on my web site or CBT file 434. URL below. >>> >>Intere

PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE (was Re: APAR OA30338 ...)

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Zelden
e release (FIN APAR)? If you can write a little code to (almost) solve the problem, why can't IBM do something similar (but better / more elegant). Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and

Re: JVMJ9VM015W

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:55:28 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:19:05 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >> >>See REXXSTOR on my web site or CBT file 434. URL below. >> >Interesting. Thanks. But isn't this Schr?dinger's cat? >I can call REXXSTOR

Re: JVMJ9VM015W

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
ary j9jit23(11): cannot initialize JIT > Could not create the Java virtual machine. > > >I specified 10 for Size on login (but do I really get so >much? How can I tell? That's K, not bytes, isn't it?) > See REXXSTOR on my web site or CBT file 434. URL below. Mark

Re: File 120 now has 2 new articles

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
ile something like "REXXINTRO.ZIP" on the PC side. 3) You should now have a usable ZIP file you can UNZIP. The unzipped file is called REXXINTRO.DOC. The file was created using Microsoft W

Re: APAR OA30338 for PDSE Users

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
is shared and MIM (MII) is used. Better controls and SMS rules were put in place to prevent that and hasn't happened since. Now VSAM RLS (SMSVSAM) is another story, but that's another thread! :-) Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z

Re: APAR OA30338 for PDSE Users

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
ust as a test or to prove a point, but regardless, if you or anyone does want full screen ISPF like edit from native TSO that fully supports PDSE and z/OS Unix, I would suggest picking up a copy of Greg Price's REVIEW. http://www.cbttape.org/ Mark -- M

Re: APAR OA30338 for PDSE Users

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 07:45:57 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >> Ed, I guess your shop isn't big enough or important enough. :-) It's >> not marked DATALOSS either. My guess is after this thread it will be. >> > >I just complained that i

Re: APAR OA30338 for PDSE Users

2010-06-08 Thread Mark Zelden
ngle data set. How did it affect so many data sets and volumes in your environment? Thanks for the head's up. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's

Re: SMF99 record

2010-06-03 Thread Mark Zelden
ior to the records being stored by WLM to be included in a dump too. In this particular case (and all the ones I have had (other than 1 time), a dump has been good enough. Different strokes for different folks. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS

Re: SMF99 record

2010-06-02 Thread Mark Zelden
t someday. The same could be said for many other SMF records that people collect and store, but those could be looked at too. But since IBM has recommended to turn them off (unless requested to collect) it's pretty much a "no-brainer" to me. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Cons

Re: SMF99 record

2010-06-02 Thread Mark Zelden
sis Reference and IPCS manuals for "WLMDATA". Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden

Re: Userid from assembler in z/OS batch

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Zelden
ram just to fetch me the userid. >> >> Some Googling hasn't turned anything up, but it's a pretty generic request, >> lots of (useless) hits. >> > >If you're running RACF you can use the ACEEUSRI field in the ACEE >control block to get it. > It's th

Re: Userid from assembler in z/OS batch

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Zelden
*/ USER = Storage(D2x(ACEE+21),8) /* point to USERID */ GROUP= Storage(D2x(ACEE+30),8) /* point to GROUP */ Say 'The USERID in the ACEE is:' USER Say 'The GROUP in the ACEE is:&

Re: Allocate a dataset in an specific track into the DASD (z/OS)

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 27 May 2010 11:11:39 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:57:50 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >>>> >>>And renaming the squatter wouldn't have sufficed? (Of course one >>>must anticipate the need to do this.) >> >>I don

Re: Allocate a dataset in an specific track into the DASD (z/OS)

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:43:08 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Thu, 27 May 2010 08:00:57 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >> >>I need to move / expand the VTOC on a mod 27 and moved a data set that >>was adjacent. I wanted to allocate a "place holder" so nothing e

Re: Allocate a dataset in an specific track into the DASD (z/OS)

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Zelden
upy, and it was at the front of the volume, for some reason DADSM wasn't allocating it there until I used ABSTR. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: ht

Re: How many LPARs in a ring ?

2010-05-25 Thread Mark Zelden
will suffer (a little more than they already do today). Depending on how your batch runs and how many data sets are allocated / deleted compared to actual step run times, you could see some differences there as well. Online response time shouldn't really be affected (but start up times could

Re: How many LPARs in a ring ?

2010-05-25 Thread Mark Zelden
, you are probably already pushing the limits. I recall (years ago, before XCF) a client of mine adding a 3rd system to a GRS ring and the CA-1 scratch runs doubled in wall clock time due to catalog performance. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:

Re: ZFS problems

2010-05-25 Thread Mark Zelden
" file systems) and then IPL to get to z/OS 1.11 anyway, I wouldn't consider it an extra IPL.If you are referring to the new functionality for sysplex aware "on a file system basis" provided by OA29619, then yes, that also takes rolling IPLs, but again, the default for sysplex awa

Re: ZFS problems

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 May 2010 16:05:03 -0500, Arthur Gutowski wrote: >>Has anyone out there quantified the so-called performance benefits of ZFS in >>R/O mode - outside of the IBM labs? >On Sun, 23 May 2010 11:35:27 -0500, Mark Zelden >wrote: > >>When zFS file systems are m

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 May 2010 08:26:22 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >>>> Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? >>>> You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set >and see what happens. > &

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:34:25 +0100, Jim McAlpine wrote: >On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: > >> Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? >> >> You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set

Re: ZFS problems

2010-05-23 Thread Mark Zelden
shipped to the owning system. But the same applies to HFS. Is there another performance benefit you are referring to? Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: htt

Re: ZFS problems

2010-05-22 Thread Mark Zelden
You should mount the "sysres" zFS files read only (as you should have been doing with HFS also). But also make sure you have this in your zFS parms: romount_recovery=on/* see APAR OA22351 */ Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS m

Re: very strange ISHELL behaviour

2010-05-21 Thread Mark Zelden
Perhaps an initial edit macro set (under that applied) causing problems? You could try renaming / deleting BPXWPROF from the ISPPROF data set and see what happens. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: ICF Catalog performance options

2010-05-17 Thread Mark Zelden
sharing systems). With CDSC, only changed records are invalidated from the cache. With ISC, or a mixture, if any sharing system does an update, the entire cache is purged. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Heads Up: APAR IO11698 - New SAF FACILITY class definition required for any SMP/E use

2010-05-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 13 May 2010 11:15:43 -0500, Patrick Lyon wrote: >On Thu, 13 May 2010 10:31:39 -0500, Mark Zelden >wrote: > >>Not if you define only 1 profile as GIM.*. I suspect that will suffice for >>at least 95% of the shops out there. We've already discussed the >&g

Re: Heads Up: APAR IO11698 - New SAF FACILITY class definition required for any SMP/E use

2010-05-13 Thread Mark Zelden
they still probably aren't interested in making the access granular. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash

Re: Heads Up: APAR IO11698 - New SAF FACILITY class definition required for any SMP/E use

2010-05-13 Thread Mark Zelden
le as GIM.*. I suspect that will suffice for at least 95% of the shops out there. We've already discussed the unlikelihood of shops desiring to do something more granular like giving a certain set of users RECEIVE only (even though it could be done). Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consul

Re: Help! Help! I got following GRS message, how to solve it

2010-05-12 Thread Mark Zelden
ng a user error leading to a problem (large number of messages sent to a TSO user who did not hit enter). Do you have any "tso app" running under master? (perhaps an automation product or TSSO)? Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel

Re: VVDS references dead catalog. OK?

2010-05-07 Thread Mark Zelden
. Or the opposite - delete all the VVDS entires to dead volumes from catalogs. I think our dasd guys want to do it as a clean up task from our last DASD migration. But they never have before and they already got themselves into trouble once trying to do it. Another "who cares". Mark

Re: Cached TSO Clist and VLFNOTE

2010-05-06 Thread Mark Zelden
27;t sound like either. What about logging on with a bare bones logon proc / inital clist and then trying it? It is almost certainly something within the TSO/ISPF environment for that LPAR causing it to fail (as opposed to a bug). What does ALTLIB DISPLAY show you prior to invoking the CLIST? C

Re: zFS, etc, and z/OS V1R11

2010-05-06 Thread Mark Zelden
n't have the APARs applied yet, but they are in my global zone. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Pr

Re: Problem with allocating ISPCTLXX

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Zelden
ion guide. Of course, YMMV and "the past" goes back to SLED DASD when I actually measured this stuff. Long before things like PAV and multiple allegiance. That is the nice part about "modern DASD", you really don't have to worry about these sorts of things... but they

Re: CA Support online?

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 4 May 2010 16:35:11 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >It keeps crashing my IE6 session as soon as I start to enter my name. > >I tried deleting just to cookies for ca.support and that didn't work so I >deleted all the cookies and temp files. Then I got further and was >abl

Re: CA Support online?

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Zelden
s I'll try again tomorrow with IE. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Progra

Re: Catalog re-location

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Zelden
t logical errors in this discussion). I'm not saying I subscribe to this philosophy, but it is something to think about. I can tell you that I have lots of catalogs sharing volumes due to dasd migrations over the years (master catalog excluded). Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:21:41 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >>What has changed from years ago (and I don't know exactly when without >research) is that TIME=1440 used to turn off the accounting in SMF records, > >Please explain 'accounting in S

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Zelden
as changed from years ago (and I don't know exactly when without research) is that TIME=1440 used to turn off the accounting in SMF records, which is why you'll probably still find TIME=1439 coded in a lot of places . But TIME=1439 won't keep IEFUTL from being called for a

Re: ZFS

2010-04-29 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:02:43 +0200, R.S. wrote: >Mark Zelden pisze: >> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:08:16 +0200, R.S. wrote: >>> Last but not least: ZFS does not provide me any additional >>> functionality. YMMV. >>> >> >> "Me" (you) perhap

Re: ZFS

2010-04-29 Thread Mark Zelden
), it would be wise to migrate if you haven't done so already. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Sy

Re: ZFS

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Zelden
the full volume copy (which is what I think you were talking about). Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Program

Re: HATS client timeout/performance issue

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Zelden
ACKS"! > There were specific ports specified with NODELAYACKS. Those statements were commented out. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utiliti

HMC LPAR Display - z/OS 1.11

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Zelden
dware support). If you do see it, what is your processor model and driver level? All z10s running in the environment I am looking at. The SE checked some other environments in Dallas and didn't see it either. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS m

Re: HATS client timeout/performance issue

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Zelden
t looked at what that flash says, but I will (I'm sure you will too). Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil

Re: WLMOPT

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Zelden
Oops. Sorry... didn't click on the link from that point. I hope that it wasn't removed due to the RMF enhancement in z/OS 1.11. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: WLMOPT

2010-04-26 Thread Mark Zelden
#x27; Walter, That was the URL I had also (well, the one I had redirected there), but a quick search on IBM's web site led me here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/wlm/tools/index.html BTW, with z/OS 1.11 and above this information is now in RMF II. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Ze

Re: ACCEPT and RELFILES deleted

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:54:09 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:03:02 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >> >>I share the a single global but multiple target / 2 different dlib zones for >>the 2 >>companies I support at my client. You have to set the optio

Re: Turning on ACF2 SECURITY Privilege through an exit . . .

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Zelden
nd explain what you want / need. Their support is really helpful and can give you the best answer. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzel

Re: ACCEPT and RELFILES deleted

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Zelden
ne. If there was a single DLIB zone that wouldn't be an issue... but we elect to keep a one dlib zone per company to match the different targets and due to (sometimes) different maintenance cycles. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:

Re: WLM question

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Zelden
Importance 1 with 1 single period or even SYSSTC for that sort of development environment (or at least for a subset of users - on the Dallas system I work on, there are only a few). That would also take care of the next thing that gobbles up CPU and hurts your TSO response time. Mark -- Mark

Re: Getting Partition name defined in the IODF

2010-04-22 Thread Mark Zelden
Yes, but the OP wanted to do it in REXX. Also, I think BCPii is overkill. If you didn't want to do it in REXX, why not just assembler and diag? Not to mention the fact that BCPii is new and has had some nasty bugs that could take down your system / sysplex. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Z

Re: Getting Partition name defined in the IODF

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Zelden
in the IODF, perhaps get the current IODF name (see code in IPLINFO) and run an HCD report and extract the names from that. That would get you CF partitions, Linux, VM, etc. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Stopping zOS

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Zelden
thing when you ready to shutdown z/OS running in a local sysplex or a monoplex - then do a reset? Obviously you can't do this for a system in a sysplex. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net

Re: Getting Partition name defined in the IODF

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Zelden
ed more of a hint. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:mzel...@flash.net Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expe

Re: Stopping zOS

2010-04-20 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:39:22 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 20 April 2010 12:35, Mark Zelden wrote: > >> There is also a QUIESCE command, which puts the system in a x'CCC' >> wait state that is restartable.  You wouldn't want to normally do that >> th

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