Ed Gould wrote:
Bernard,
No, the original writer was duquesne(sp?) systems out of Pittsburgh. If memory
serves me it was written for my company by them. They had also written QCM a
performance management system. They also wrote PMO (iirc LLA put them out) I
think they also wrote Quickfetch
snip-
Thanks so far, the pair of you.
So when filing these things away on the shelf, would it be safe to
assume that the initial S or G or whatever the first letter of a four
character alphanumeric prefix is, can be ignored? For
snip
So I am working at cataloging my collection of older IBM documents,
and came across:
2540 Card Read Punch Parts Catalog (121-0545-3)
Picky question - can I assume that there should be an S prefixing the
document number, as
snip
I don't know why someone would want to restrict IPCS use. What someone
would normally want to restrict is the data (such as system SVC dump data
sets) that Joe User might be allowed to use IPCS on. Your own SYSMDUMPs
--snip-
Also is not fiber preferred over copper for secure applications because
it does not act as an antenna?
unsnip-
In our shop, using
snip-
I have been in the hospital since monday the 23rd. I had a gangrenous
gallbladder removed. This is my second day out of ICU. I hope to leave
monday or tuesday. Ahh I am weak but doing much better.
snip
Normally (by default), if a jobstep abends, subsequent steps are flushed.
I have a requirement in a job that, if a particular step of the job abends with
a particular code, then the job should continue. However,
Micheal Butz wrote:
Pops states one of the programming exceptions for CDS is
specification exception could that be the result of operand 2 not
being on a doubleword boundry
Sent from my iPhone
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To all trying to follow - I guess I could say make sense of - this subthread
I wonder if it's because I spell colour with a u that Rick Fochtman doesn't
seem to have been able to read my post, accessible
---snip---
If the move is for an unknown length but is likely to be less than 256:
Is it worth checking the length for a specific value and proceed with MVC loop
if small enough and MVCL if large?
--snip--
IIRC, my 3278-5 also had color capabilities.
I used Google to search for the model 5, and found no reference to
color (but as stated here before, absence of evidence is not evidence
of absence). I did find some
snip
You copied that wrong. 3272 through 3278 were all monochrome (green
from IBM, and at least one competitor had an easy to work with cyan);
the first IBM color tube was the 3279, but it only had 7 colors and
black.
---snip-
Ed Gould wrote:
From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 1:53:50 PM
Subject: Re: z/OS SYSLOG to UNIX syslog daemon
-snip--
Ahhh! The memorable Mass Storage System. Pluck, shuck, and play.
ITYM data cell, AKA noodle picker (2321). The MSS used cartridges.
---unsnip---
Rumor had it at one time:
Lizette Koehler wrote:
Wow – This is list very quiet. Hope you are all doing okay.
Lizette
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send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN
---snip--
I'm not a z/XDC user, but I didn't see the information on your web site.
At least not in any obvious place.
Why are vendors and organizations using Facebook for professional use? I
am seeing this more and more often. It's fine for
---snip---
Or, we're the only ones left. There's a rumor that the most annoying
posters have left us in peace. ;-)
unsnip
That's an open invitation to Mr. Murphy, the noted law
snip-
Don't be sorry. I'm glad you said it. I had something happen the other day that
really made me laugh. The ratio of System Admins to system programmers here is
about 8 to 1. Management wanted us to start showing the
---snip
Well everyone, this LISTSERV has been hijacked by one contributor and is
now bordering on the ridiculous. Good day and good luck to all those I
have debated, agreed with, and most importantly learnt from for the
Fred Schmidt wrote:
On Thu, 12 May 2011 14:21:15 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote:
---snip---
Does the name TAPE appear in your device name table? You also need a
DD statement that refers to each tape volume
-snip---
Rick:
When I first saw your suggestion I almost lost my lunch:(:
I guess you are serious.. I would never in 1000 years suggest IEHMOVE to anyone
(even an enemy).
My use of it dropped to zero back in the 1980's.
It
---snip---
On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:36:57 -0500, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote:
I can't think of any reason that REXX can't be used to allocate the
appropriate tape files, invoke the utilities as needed and be done
-snip-
I know I can IEBGENER etc individual files to a new tape. But on the 1 TB
raw capacity tapes we are using, we have 5,000 files and more on a tape, and
I would prefer not to have to code JCL to copy each of those files! In
--snip---
MONTERO ROMERO, ENRIQUE ELOI
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:26 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: S0C4-04 Assembler
Hi to all,
More than 20 years that i did not code assembler. So I want to wake up my
Grinsell, Don wrote:
Not perfect, but close...
Vogonism: (n) originally defined as being overly bureaucratic; sticking too
much to the book and leaving no room for original interpretation; requiring
every single person to perceive and understand things only in a single,
usually literal,
Egads. Another (indirect) reference to The Hitchhikers Guide !! :-)
Rick
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Grinsell, Don wrote:
Not perfect, but close...
Vogonism: (n) originally defined as being overly bureaucratic; sticking too
much to the book and leaving no room for original
Robert Birdsall wrote:
I'm posting this mostly to say thanks for all the good
information/discussion/laughs over the last few years.
I'm now supposed to be 80% AIX, 20% MVS (or successor), so I just don't
have the time to tune in to the Chris Mason show every morning anymore.
Sorry Chris -
---snip---
Saurabh,
One more thing: we haven't discussed yet why your PTS is so big.
PTS is container for PTFs.
It contains all the PTF your RECEIVED and APPLIED. A PTF can be also
ACCEPTed. There are different schools when
-snip
Krzysztof,
Why don't you use SDB?
I mean System Determined Blocksize - it is also multiplier of LRECL.
Is there any reason to use 3120 or any other non-optimal value?
--snip-
I have downloaded few internally developed Loadmodules. When I tried
uploading the FTP'd file to another LPAR I can see it was blank and
there no
content inside(Its specifically happening for load modules).
snip---
Semi-relevant follow-up question: A slip trap's firing does not cut an
SMF record, does it?
unsnip---
Nope.
Rick
--snip-
The traditional limitation to 2^16-1 = 65535 tracks is one more instance of control-block overflow, here that of in an unsigned halfword field.
PDS support is 'functionally stabilized', i.e., frozen. For this and other
---snip
I hope that this SVC has been removed. These super-secret SVC's are
nothing more than MASSIVE integrity exposures, that can be relatively
easily spoofed, and should be banned from any and all z/OS sites.
Chase, John wrote:
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman
--snip
Now you're talking government logic, of which we could stand
**FAR**
less
--snip---
Government logic and military intelligence used to be the
prototypical oxymorons. Nowadays, the prototypical oxymoron is
common sense. :-|
Management direction?
project plans?
snip--
Hi.jason.,
For PS, files you can use Release paramater(RLSE) in the DCB list while
defining PS files
to release un utilized space from the files..
---snip-
I just found DLIB DDDEFs in my MVST100 target zone in my z/OS 1.12 SMPEMVS CSI.
And some of those entries in the SYSLIB DDDEF as well.
Has something changed or is this now the new normal?
--snip
Now you're talking government logic, of which we could stand **FAR**
less. :-)
--unsnip--
Government logic is a contradiction in terms by
One additional thing: go to the CBTTAPE.ORG site and find a program
named COMMAND. This will allow
you to submit a separate job, whereever you wish in the stream, to issue
the VARY command to bring that
odd volume online.
Rick
--snip---
John
snip--
I would submit that the plural of virus is probably Windows.
/snip
More precisely Microsoft Outlook
-unsnip-
Don't ignore IE
-snip
Saurabh,
I use a two step process for this.
1) I execute an IEHLIST against the volume that I wish to validate all
data sets are indirectly cataloged (normally a SYSRES and/or DLIB volume)
2) I then execute a
-snip
Perhaps network/PC people simply can't conceive of a server being that secure/robust. Indeed, I know of a network guy who firmly believes that the MF would fail if presented with enough network traffic.
To
--snip-
One of the issues (using RACF as an example) is that I can;'t trust the
RACF person all the time. I have seen them bend to political pressure
rather than arguing. I was never afraid to argue with politics. Once I
-snip--
Hehe well it depends on who you ask I guess. We had just converted from MVT to
MVS and a programmer came down and told me to fix the system. He had gotten a
S0C7 .. he said it was the system abend so I should fix it. I
snip--
:I wonder if i had something to do to resolve this issue as a system programmer
:or should i direct the problem to the programmer himself. As a system
:programmer i checked the syslib libraries and the compile
---snip---
9. The oft-forgotten eighth dwarf, Philco: 0.7%
What about Bendix, DEC, LGP, SDS, Sylvania, TRW and various European
vendors?
* Finally, to make the list, the cool thing has to be taught in one or
more of our courses
+ So we name a cool feature and can also show you where to learn how to
use it
(Of course, one can theoretically learn these things oneself by reading
and trial and error; but we write courses to save
-snip---
Can anybody help me, how to setup multiple zone to follow above concept.
-unsnip
What I always did was this:
1. Target zones was named to reflect the IPL
---snip-
... Maybe people want distributed-style application RAS;.
---unsnip-
Excuse me, but distributed-style RAS seems to be, in my experience, a
rather
snip-
Behalf Of Joel Ewing
Effective as of the end of yesterday (3/31), at 65+ I am now officially
retired from Data-Tronics Technical Services after serving there almost
33 years. I will probably continue to monitor
snip--
Ron Hawkins wrote:
I am 033x tomorrow!
---unsnip---
Just a kid yet. :-)
I'm 61.
Rick
--
For
---snip--
Not sure if this works or not, the date on the member is prior Y2K...
//DITTOPROC LBL=BLP,VSER=XX,UNT=TAPE
//IDCAMS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//UIN DD DISP=OLD,
W. Kevin Kelley wrote:
Wow! I am overwhelmed with the response so far. THANK YOU!
For those of you that I haven't heard from, PLEASE POST -- this was not a
casual query; decisions will be made on it.
W. Kevin Kelley -- IBM POK Lab -- z/OS Core Technical Development
---snip
Hello Mr. Werner,
I tried run the JOB, but when the JOB is istarted, the cartridge was eject from
the device.
Now, the job that was submitted is this :
//TAPEMAP JOB (PROD),ROTINA,CLASS=A,
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In 4d8bb1eb.6000...@dino-software.com, on 03/24/2011
at 02:04 PM, Dave Roeser dave.roe...@dino-software.com said:
Anyway, he wishes to know if this is an in-storage sort or is it to
use external media?
What's the working set? If the data are larger
snip---
So (once again) the tech support bods (vendor and customer) are dancing
around on egg-shells trying to accommodate policy decisions made by
sales/marketing/legal droids.
I consider the zIIP zAP thing
if this is an in-storage sort or is it to
use external media?
Regards,
Dave
Dave Roeser
Product Manager
DINO-Software Corporation
http://www.dino-software.com
On 3/24/2011 1:16 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
---snip--
I am looking
---snip--
I am looking forward to hearing the results of their bubble sort.
Cold, very cold. But I wouldn't bet against it.
And yes, cruel as it is it's still funny. Thanks.
-snip---
The DB2 people wanting 150GB in paging packs refused to code SORTWK DD
statements to force in-core sorts. I have always coded SORTWKs even if
they were never needed.
snip---
You can search all pdf documents in a directory;
open any pdf document and then use CTRL-SHIFT-F
to open the SEARCH WINDOW that lets you select
the directory and search all pdf's in that directory.
And then go get a cup of
Shai Hess wrote:
March 19, 2011
To all my friends in this forum.
My father passed away. After long time of suffering, God give the OK to my
father soul to leave his sick body and return to God.
We will miss you dad. We will really going to miss you my dad.
Shai
--snip-
In other words, instead of using the allocated monies to upgrade IT, the
used to to expand the bureaucracy and complicate the rules and
regulations so there would be more need for more judges and more rulings.
Adding the parameter BFTEK=A will cause the spanned records to be
re-assembled during input processing, before they are handed to the
application.
Rick
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Bruce Hunt wrote:
I an trying to read a spanned file that has a record
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of
Rick Fochtman
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:01 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: Opening a Spanned File for Input Using Assembler
Adding the parameter BFTEK=A will cause the spanned records to be
re-assembled during input processing
-snip-
This is a type of opinion poll question. In general, it could be
reduced to: What do you think of XML encoded data?. In particular, the
nice RACF people have a program `which unloads their SMF audit data in
XML
You should check to see if you have the appropriate RACF permissions.
Rick
Sam Siegel wrote:
Scott,
You might need to clear bytes 1 and 2 of of parm 1.
snip--
We run a 4-system production sysplex using z/OS/JES2 1.11 augmented by
Thruput Manager.
As a result of an application area reporting one of their critical jobs
abending S822 (issue since corrected), we found ourselves
You're quite, Ron. It dates back to the days of SLEDs.
Rick
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Ron Hawkins wrote:
While it may be in the manual, I don't think this statement has been true
for several decades.
Cylinder allocation (and therefore ROUND used
Frank Swarbrick wrote:
On 1/17/2011 at 8:34 AM, in message
20110118114036.c1fdcf58...@smtp.patriot.net, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote:
In p062408aec95813a3450b@[192.168.1.11], on 01/15/2011
at 10:32 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg hal9...@panix.com said:
---snip--
Any/every-one else getting spammed by recoveryknowledge ?. Must have
been done as a harvesting of the list as both addresses I use to post
have been hit. No way I would have signed up (twice) for DB2
paraphernalia.
Go back to The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books.
Rick
Stan Weyman wrote:
what does Friday have to do with the answer ;-)
Stan Weyman
Senior Software Engineer
stan.wey...@emc.com
EMC²
snip--
I may be mis-remembering but I seem to have the impression that one of
the features (I think scientific) was optional on the lowest level model
(the 360/30). This did not affect the Operating System but only what you
---snip
The whole article stinks of something given to a bored intern to
complete, and he punted after 5 minutes of research. Certainly there
were important advancements in the 1970s and 80s.
And yes, I am still
Ed Gould wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/article/156758/2010/12/harddriveevolution.html?lsrc=nl_mwnws_h_crawl
---
It's pretty good, but missing info on the modern demountable drives,
or any of the
--snip---
Doesn't ROUTCDE=11 serve that purpose with normal console configurations?
-unsnip---
ALL WTO msgs from a batch job will appear on the job log, as well as
--snip
Also, I would like to see that you can't buy a commodity without taking
delivery. They drove the crude prices up to $100 a barrel in 2008
despite oil tankers unable to load due to the storage tanks being full.
-snip
PTF's are looking for SYS1.SCCR6BND and SYS1.SCCR3BND for Metal C. Anyone
know of the attributes of these?
I checked the User Guide but no help there.
Thanks.
---snip-
Howard Brazee howard.bra...@cusys.edu writes:
But it appears that the salary was normal. Probably thought of as a
pittance to the people who think stock brokering is worth what they
get.
re:
-snip
They did not get quite the best thief that money could buy. Maybe if
they were more concerned with quality rather than sheer profit, they
might have gotten a more honest reliable programmer.
If they still have that
--snip-
If I use an SVC, is this true? If the SVC does something or returns some
information that needs to be protected, then I need to use RACF to decide who
can call it or who cannot? And everyone said not to
Or another common line: Now that I've got it all together, I've
forgotten where I put it.
A line that was attributed to Ted Kennedy, probably falsely: I've got
the whole Senate in my pocket. Now if I could just remember where I left
my pants..
Rick
---snip-
Also, I apologise for posting my reply to the rude user to the list,
however the fact is that if I had sent it to him personally, I would
have become legally liable to prosecution for harassment; it was not my
The value you have specified for the ABEND code is greater than 4095,
which isn't strictly legal under z/OS. Change that X'001000' value to
4095 and you'll get clean assemblies.
Rick
Sergio Lima wrote:
Hello List,
Thanks from all help.
---snip---
At 15:41 -0600 on 12/09/2010, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: Problem
when try compile a CBT036 FILE:
The value you have specified for the ABEND code is greater than 4095,
which isn't strictly legal under z/OS
Sergio, the SYSLIN statement you added serves no purpose and should be
deleted.
Point the SYSPUNCH DD at a newly-created card-image PDS
(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0), SPACE=(TRK,(15,15,15))
Also point your LKED SYSLIB statement at this same PDS. Using the TEST
option on the LKED parm also
Lizette, you should look more carefully at the JCL. It replaces the
source member with the object of the same name. :-) I've also replied to
his original post.
Rick
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Lizette Koehler wrote:
Could you post the JOBLOG (Or the return codes for each step)?
You're reading it correctly, Charles. But you might try using a
substitution parameter for the same purpose.
Rick
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Charles Mills wrote:
Am I reading the JCL reference correctly that there is no way to override an
EXEC statement or
--snip-
Patrick Lyon wrote:
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:45:12 -0600, Darth Keller
darth.kel...@assurant.com wrote:
snip
You're now on battery power and have 23 minutes to power everything off as
gracefully as possible.
Binyamin Dissen wrote:
IIRC there is a field which has the timestamp of when the current step
started, but I cannot seem to find it.
--
Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com
http://www.dissensoftware.com
Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel
Should you use the mailblocks
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In
77142d37c0c3c34da0d7b1da7d7ca34308802...@nwt-s-mbx2.rocketsoftware.com,
on 11/24/2010
at 09:07 PM, Bill Fairchild bi...@mainstar.com said:
only tracks in allocated data sets and/or the VTOC can be displayed
Is that stil true when the dsname is
IEFU29 exits are cheap, or free. Automation can get very expensive. And
the exits are easier to test in a new release of z/OS and have smaller
impact on the overall performance of your system. I've used the same
mechanisms because my organization didn't buy automation. We just set up
our job
--snip-
I don't know of any language that uses a continuation column and is not
as picky. Take COBOL - please!
---unsnip--
Look at the usage of column 6 in
snip---
And I think Computer History Museum is looking for 2260 docs (and
whatever the controller was called).
-unsnip-
IIRC, the controller was a 2848.
Rick
---snip
Are CVOL still supported? If not, what stands in the way of eliminating the
8 character node restriction in terms of the catalog data set allocation?
Of course, it would take awhile for everyone's utilities, programs, etc.
---snip--
Any ideas why this weird restriction exists?
unsnip-
I seriously doubt if TEST has been updated in donkey's years. I've
noticed other restrictions.
Rick
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In 598332.62220...@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com, on 10/25/2010
at 09:09 PM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said:
I know IBM got the vsam catalog right with minimal issues
Both the original VSAM catalog and the4 ICF catalog had major issues.
And a long
---snip---
This is a curiosity question sparked by another thread.
The limitation of 7 characters for TSO IDs has caused us extra work in the
past (we use IDs of 3-8 characters across the institution, but the mainframe
can't use the
snip
I am quite convinced TSO was from a later period, after MVT and with
3270 screens.
-unsnip---
In the distant past, I used TSO on 2741 terminals, as well as 2260
--snip-
I used 2741 with TSO on SVS.
Line mode only.
ISPF did not exist. Its predecessor (SPF/PDF) required 3270.
All working from TSO READY.
Try the TSO EDIT command from ready some time. Make you like vi.
-snip
You can get in trouble even if you know those nuances, because an idiom
has semantics based on factors beyond vocabulary. Understanding the
individual words perfectly doesn't help.
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