Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
need the full name in your JCL. --unsnip- Bill, the labels, in this case, would be in file 1, not file 2. G File 1 is the volume label, file 2 is the 1st data set label. Bill had it right. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Tape Question

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
.. BTDT Oops! You were correct. (Who do I make out my tuition payment to again?) ((I actually still miss the days of MVTDEBE.)) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: How would you read a report?

2007-09-13 Thread Tom Schmidt
Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 09:46 Subject: How would you read a report? What would be the cleanest way to have a CoBOL program read a report file // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=133,DSORG=PS) Would you copy it first, changing its format? -- Tom

Re: The future of IBM Mainframes [just thinking]

2007-09-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
that many of the rest of you have noticed that over the years. (Maybe you are just too polite to mention it here? Seems somewhat unlikely given the tone of the list of late.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (I'm not really a curmudgeon nor have I ever played one on TV

Re: The future of IBM Mainframes [just thinking]

2007-09-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
out of D.C. and see the world before you make too many more assessments like that about Brazil, Russia, India or China. There are certainly highly developed pockets in each of those countries - and there are, conversely, underdeveloped pockets here in the U.S.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Free ECSA Area

2007-09-07 Thread Tom Schmidt
the freeing of common storage?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI * I recall the need to be in supervisor state when you issue the STORAGE macro for common storage - it has been a long while since I have played in this area; fun times

Re: z/OS and Hercules

2007-09-05 Thread Tom Schmidt
and hardware. (Or so the IBM marketeers have always seemed to believe.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM

Re: JES2 exit 20 on z/OS 1.8 - question.

2007-09-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
directly from PSAAOLD in the exit 50 environment's case). -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Virtual Storage implementation

2007-09-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
a maximized number of read-only memory segments that are able to be defined as shared (in VM's terms)? It seems that VM's shared segment support could do wonders to reduce the Linux working set. Mark, are you aware of any such activity to date? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Virtual Storage implementation

2007-08-31 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:24:08 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: Tom Schmidt wrote: snip You could also find the answers to your questions in the z/OS Principles of Operation, Chapter 3 (Storage). That's the z/Architecture PofOp -- z/OS is not a hardware architecture, and is not the only System z OS

Re: Virtual Storage implementation

2007-08-30 Thread Tom Schmidt
from a CSC domain, might have been a non-sysprog and, as such, was looking for some pointers to how to learn about virtual storage concepts facilities. Anyone wishing to find black helicopters, NAFTA, or other similar conspiracies are in the wrong listserve here. -- Tom Schmidt

Re: Virtual Storage implementation (OT)

2007-08-30 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:15:14 -0500, Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt [ snip ] Not every poster on this list is a systems programmer -- many are applications programmers, some others are operators (or in operations

Re: Virtual Storage implementation

2007-08-30 Thread Tom Schmidt
Dynamic Address Translation which explains the hardware and the process in decent detail. The z/OS Principles of Operation (SA22-7832-05) is available online at URL: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/a2278325.pdf -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: ISPF FREED SYS1.PARMLIB

2007-08-30 Thread Tom Schmidt
slippery.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm

Re: Real storage usage in *MASTER*

2007-08-28 Thread Tom Schmidt
with UNICODE and z/OS. (What release of z/OS are you operating DB2 v8 with?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM

Re: Sendmail w/attachment

2007-08-17 Thread Tom Schmidt
datasets owned by a given person. What do you then do for dataset security? Does the browser prompt for RACF Userid and Password? (Is that information then sent by the browser in an unencrypted format to the HTTP Server for authentication?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Another why did they do it this way? question - SMF time stamps

2007-08-13 Thread Tom Schmidt
job and fed them into both card readers concurrently, synchronized via walkie-talkie. By duplicating the jobnames across a large enough number we eventually got two to enter on the same timestamp. (The experiment was similar to many atomic beam experiments... not coincidentally.) -- Tom

SHARE San Diego Snubbery

2007-08-11 Thread Tom Schmidt
.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (currently in San Diego) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu

Re: Damaged Catalog Alert

2007-08-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
. Then what about IPLs? The catalogs would also be opened during a normal IPL process. Are sites with, say, weekly IPLs exposed more than those sites able to stay up running? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Batch IPCS CTRACE commands

2007-07-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
alley, since a search of the current IBM Redbook site revealed zero hits using BLSCBSUQ as the sole search argument. It might (or might not) be worth a try though. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: SUSPECT: Re: Think your an expert with MVS Diagnostic tools? Programmed in Assembler? Work with DFSMS products? Looking for a new career opportunity? What are you waiting for, Open this!!!!

2007-07-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
think they could lower their cut... but that just isn't going to happen with recruiters, is it.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
things get busy). -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu

Re: IGZCEV5

2007-07-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
occur with sample job CEEWIVP2. Cause Accidentally using the old COBOL run time library. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Share z/OS Mastery Test

2007-07-11 Thread Tom Schmidt
) was: First-In, Still-Here. The acronym: FISH -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives

Re: Interpretation of the D LLA,STATISTICS

2007-06-22 Thread Tom Schmidt
for a reason. In this case improper use could cause message flooding, which could subsequently cause other system problems. See APAR OW32819. If a command is not documented, use it at your own risk. Greg Greg Dyck z/OS Core Technology Design -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

IBM Destination z(?)

2007-06-21 Thread Tom Schmidt
applications on System z using in-house expertise. The announcements help demonstrate how System z can deliver superior benefits over distributed systems. Full article on cnn.com at: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0269455.htm -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: PARMLIB(s) (Was: how to list LE options)

2007-06-21 Thread Tom Schmidt
(and learning)?? Besides, there are a surprisingly small number of sites with proper security... and the requirements for security/audit compliance/support have increased substantially (what with SOX, HIPPA, etc.). Cover-ups don't stop at the boardroom, you know. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: CMS/DOD idle connection requirements

2007-06-18 Thread Tom Schmidt
of 2.5 different STIGs). They generally say 15 but at least one says 30. (I didn't produce an exhaustive list.) Much of this will depend upon just how secure you are required to become (Secret, Top Secret, etc.). -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Questions to the list

2007-06-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
terrible AND the portions are too small or too pricey? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Questions to the list

2007-06-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
or two (or more) to quietly give the hint to the original poster. Fast, easy answers enable encourage continued abuse. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Principles of Operation in pop American English?

2007-06-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
English. That's your cue Chris Mason! -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Why CSST?

2007-05-31 Thread Tom Schmidt
they use incompatible mechanisms. Note 4 indicates that CSST may or may not be implemented in hardware, depending upon the specific machine implementation.) Programming Note 5 suggests a reluctance on the part of the architecture team to even add the instruction apart from PLO. -- Tom Schmidt

Re: IKJ56228I error

2007-05-31 Thread Tom Schmidt
the entryname field. Try using: EXPORT SYS1.DFSMS.SCDS INFILE(IN5) OUTFILE(OUT5) TEMP and lose the UNIT=DISK,VOL=SER=Z14CT1 keywords on the IN5 DD, too. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: DISP=(MOD,DELETE)

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
Gil, Do you have anything specified for SPACE in the active ALLOCxx member in your PARMLIB? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Vista Tn3270 (was: Re: calling ISPLINK from COBOL)

2007-05-22 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Tue, 22 May 2007 10:51:31 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Tom Schmidt wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007 14:25:20 -0500, Eric Bielefeld wrote: Maybe Tom should sue Microsoft. They obviously took his name, which was there long before Vista. They have an army of lawyers and he'd have to buy one

Re: Vista Tn3270 (was: Re: calling ISPLINK from COBOL)

2007-05-21 Thread Tom Schmidt
they purposefully need them for one reason or another all of the time. They could just tie things up in court until he ran out of money, then win by default whether they were right or not. It happens all the time. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (I hope they leave him alone but I wouldn't mind

Re: Date Time in JCL

2007-05-17 Thread Tom Schmidt
? No. (Started Job, sure, and started tasks are easily done, too. Batch is where it gets pesky... like current time by which means of counting (RDR,C/I,INIT).) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Release a dataset from a user of MVS

2007-05-15 Thread Tom Schmidt
does RACF not support rules restricting the set of users who may ENQ on protected data set names? RACF would support them just fine - it simply has never been asked to do so! SMF would support them just fine, too, but it has never been asked to do so either. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Another migration from the mainframe

2007-05-15 Thread Tom Schmidt
that half of the building was partially underground via earthen berms. St. Paul gets a LOT colder than 32 F. but the building was always toasty. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Help settle a job title/role debate

2007-05-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
Technical Expert'. (Well, I'm kind of fond of the title 'Dad', too.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM

Re: How to measure actual usage of BLSR buffers?

2007-05-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
'. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm

Re: Systems Programmer job posting

2007-05-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
) like it was ever intended for general consumption. I would even bet that the position was filled before the ink was dry. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Renaming ADRDSSU

2007-04-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
) to transfer from your front- end into ADRDSSU. That would keep the environment closer to what DSS expects at execution time. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: Article in Networkworld on TJX

2007-04-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
...) ((And maybe the mainframe's not so dead after all?)) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: T.J. Maxx data theft worse than first reported

2007-04-19 Thread Tom Schmidt
mentioned)?? I once heard a former CIA spook say that any POS system can be hacked from a truck parked at the curb, if the price/value is right. (Speaking from a previous lifetime in marketing research.) Maybe somebody built a proof-of- concept device??? (Think: TEMPEST) -- Tom Schmidt

Re: IBM to the PCM market

2007-04-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
suppose.) And that all presumes that there is a tiger behind all of that paper. IBM may, in fact, have nothing. (I don't have any inside information here in the wilds of Wisconsin. It is difficult to read the contents of the jets as they fly overhead, after all.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison

Re: IBM to the PCM market

2007-04-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:57:33 -0500, Tom Schmidt wrote: IBM traditionally makes hardware announcements of that ilk around the May or September timeframe. ...snip... But if I was going to be pinned to a date I would put it towards the end of May (22nd or 29th). (May 15th would make me wrong I

Re: ADR793E -PDSE indicators in the VTOC and VVDS do not match

2007-04-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:57:45 -0500, Alvaro Quintupray B. wrote: Can I modify the VTOC to change the attributes of a file? .. how? What release of z/OS are you currently operating? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: ADR793E -PDSE indicators in the VTOC and VVDS do not match

2007-04-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:54:39 -0400, Alvaro Quintupray wrote: -Mensaje original- De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List En nombre de Tom Schmidt Enviado el: MiƩrcoles, 04 de Abril de 2007 12:49 Asunto: Re: ADR793E -PDSE indicators in the VTOC and VVDS do not match On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:57:45

Re: IBM to the PCM market(the sky is falling!!!the sky is falling!!)

2007-04-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
- in any other direction. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http

Re: Question about SuperWylbur

2007-03-29 Thread Tom Schmidt
? mother?) which performed the cross-memory functions. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

OpenSource Wylbur/Orvyl? (was Re: Question about SuperWylbur)

2007-03-29 Thread Tom Schmidt
has Unix-SPIRES available via MPL 1.1 ... maybe that would be useful (and entertaining)? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ISPF not productive

2007-03-28 Thread Tom Schmidt
the initial D was. //DDNAME DISP=SHR Vista32 has DeleteWord as a key assignment, too. Vista32 also gives you the option to make it a repeating key. There are VERY few worthwhile features that are missing from Vista32 -- and it is a remarkably thin client on the Win platform. -- Tom Schmidt

Re: ISPF not productive

2007-03-28 Thread Tom Schmidt
being a satisfied customer. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http

Re: Need for small machines was Re: Macro List/Execute Forms (Was: Need help with Assembler ...)

2007-03-27 Thread Tom Schmidt
the editing in those languages than should have been necessary. And far, far more messing around there than editing a C/C++ program for a PC. (On the other hand, the mainframe C/C++ programs worked sooner... go figure!) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Start of a PDSE rant was Re: OA03767 PDS/E Restriction

2007-03-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
anymore?). SHARE doesn't have near the impact that the zBLC has and that may not be able to change - unless the zBLC members wish to make it so. (And why would they?? Does the harem really want another wife?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Start of a PDSE rant was Re: OA03767 PDS/E Restriction

2007-03-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
don't hear about any mainframe migration failures in the press, right? (If only it were true that migrations don't fail.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Macro List/Execute Forms (Was: Need help with Assembler ...)

2007-03-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
people - like me. We're both delusional by my world has nicer flowers.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

Re: VSAM/DEB/ACB question

2007-03-22 Thread Tom Schmidt
as the I/O operations progress. This is documented (more or less) in the various DFSMS (DFP) publications ... and a whole lot of older, not-completely-obsolete PLMs and FE handbooks. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: REXX Question

2007-03-19 Thread Tom Schmidt
it is chargeable if you order the hardcopy but if you just want to look at the bookmanager (or pdf) version it is (still) free. Try: http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/books/cn7a7003 -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM

Re: DB2 V9 z/OS GA (Was: What to do with extra storage on new z9)

2007-03-15 Thread Tom Schmidt
is moderately young (certainly by ibm-main standards) and very enthusiastic for the z/Series platforms. Lets keep him that way.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: How are you handling high SMF record volume?

2007-03-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
of the question. No, your information is very dated and obsolete. Multiple copies of GTF have been allowed and supported since z/OS 1.6... for which support ENDS this September (Sept 2007). The announced successor z/OS releases also support multiple concurrent GTF trace STCs. -- Tom Schmidt

Re: How are you handling high SMF record volume?

2007-03-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
SMF changes as an SPE for z/OS 1.7 and 1.8? Not many shops will be on 1.9 for a year and a fair number won't be on 1.9 for up to 2 years. That's a long time to make customers wait for relief. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: How are you handling high SMF record volume?

2007-03-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
to be. And I suggested that z/OS 1.6 be omitted, since it is off service in September even though I'm at a 1.6 shop now. (We will convert to 1.8 soon.) I wouldn't argue if IBM said that 1.7 was too much effort if they would commit to rolling it back to 1.8 this year. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: FW: MIM control file volume DASD lockout

2007-02-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
a quarterly backup or better yet (b) lie down rest until that urge passes. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM

Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:15:58 -0600, Graying MVS Sysprog wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:47:47 -0600, Tom Schmidt wrote: Do you know if your company is looking at outsourcing your mainframe (yet)? Why? You need the business? Actually, I don't think they know enough to have thought

Re: IBMers Missing In Action (was RE: NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker)

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
would divulge too much information to the outside world? /conspiracy off Were either of them at the recent SHARE? (Both were in Baltimore last summer.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: IBMers Missing In Action (was RE: NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker)

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Schmidt
is 7,174,274. I'd say he is alive kicking... just kicking it out West (still). -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Attractive Alternatives to Mainframes

2007-02-22 Thread Tom Schmidt
Computer (z9BC) on Wall Street... Can Unicics really handle that load reliably? (Why did Sun part with it if it was so good?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: help -- ignorant new boss

2007-02-22 Thread Tom Schmidt
been retired lately. Do you know if your company is looking at outsourcing your mainframe (yet)? Did your new boss want this new position or was he/she pushed into it from a (better) job? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: UPDATING VLF data objects without an IPL --a query for the list, please

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Schmidt
proclaimed in the archives for a few years now (at least). -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?)

2007-02-17 Thread Tom Schmidt
and I have NEVER seen one be completely correct from IBM. So, no, don't use IBM as an example of a company with a clue how to deal with keys. I suspect IBM does not use keys for that very reason. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives are there?)

2007-02-17 Thread Tom Schmidt
, at least not enough for that type of contact. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: JES confusion on a specific job

2007-02-15 Thread Tom Schmidt
... I believe that's how they figure out the job's success/failure, etc.) You should also be able to get the issue straightened out then, too. Everything else is a waste of your time on this issue. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: SLIP on GETMAIN

2007-02-13 Thread Tom Schmidt
generally uses heaps so the storage management is done by LE and not so much by GETMAIN/STORAGE. To really track down the causer you may need to get much closer to LE's heap management... which can be done by studying Chapter 5 of the previously referenced IBM pub. -- Tom Schmidt Madison

Re: TN3270 server offload options

2007-02-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
was not the correct direction. Offload options was (and is) the subject for this thread. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message

Re: TN3270 server offload options

2007-02-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:35:59 -0600, Tom Schmidt wrote: On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:48:46 -0600, Len Rugen wrote: I think I missed something, WHY does the Cicso CIP need to be replaced? ... So, if the CISCO CIP is going away or someting, I may need to onload myself. (Sounds like a buffet) I

Re: Cascaded FICON and HCD

2007-02-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:20:41 -0600, Rick Fochtman wrote: Pardon me; my education is lacking. DWDM ?? Dark fiber ?? Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Getting control

2007-01-29 Thread Tom Schmidt
above. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm

Re: TSO Storage Usage, Limits, etc.

2007-01-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
considerably larger than 6M or even 32M.) Check TSO MAXSIZE. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: TSO Storage Usage, Limits, etc.

2007-01-26 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:30:55 -0600, Chase, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:40:55 -0600, Chase, John wrote: Also, our current limitations notwithstanding, a snippet of a TASID display of TSO address

Re: SVCs

2007-01-24 Thread Tom Schmidt
was an occasional poster and lurker around here about 7-8 years ago... maybe he'll pop up and repost a copy. (If he did I would snag another copy to replace my dog-eared version that is MIA.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM

Re: Decoding the encryption puzzle

2007-01-18 Thread Tom Schmidt
will see the same kinds of issues with mainframe encryption and I really would be astonished if the errors were within 3 orders of magnitude of the PC (or even blade server) world. Reliability is key to the mainframe. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-07 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:26:03 -0600, Ed Gould mumbled out loud: IBM a few years ago introduced a 3838 (?) for number crunching. IIRC it went down in flames. The IBM 3838 Array Processor was introduced in 1976 -- 30+ years ago. That's more than a few years ago. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: Just another example of mainframe costs.

2007-01-05 Thread Tom Schmidt
been doing with its iSeries and pSeries and (I surely hope) it is doing that with zSeries, too. We, on this list, need to be doing the same. Most good sysprogs that I've known were life-learners and absorbed lessons like that on a constant basis. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: VTAMSWITCH and muliple MSwindows of CICS screens.

2007-01-04 Thread Tom Schmidt
monitors per workstation having more than one workstation per desk. Some of these bad boys are hungry, hungry hippos. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (My own desktop has well over 35 sessions active to try to monitor the crazies out

Re: sdsf and ziip cpu usage

2006-12-20 Thread Tom Schmidt
display works (Is is 'SzIIP' meaning 'System zIIP usage'; Use the ENC (enclave) display to see individual usage in-flight. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: How recover from unrecoverable DCB ABEND?

2006-12-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
. I'm getting the ABEND exit invoked for an S002-04 condition, which is clearly a read-type situation. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: How recover from unrecoverable DCB ABEND?

2006-12-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
to drive the EOV. I guess I just read it wrong. While the Using Data Sets publication certainly says what you said (in your earlier post), the Messages manual for IEC036I 002-04 says that the user's DCB ABEND Exit routine is taken if one is provided. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: How recover from unrecoverable DCB ABEND?

2006-12-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:45:12 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: And indeed it is! Now what do I do? Well, what would you LIKE to do? (You can't ignore it, you can't recover and you can't delay... in the DCB ABEND routine.) Have you tried specifying a SYNAD exit for that DCB yet? -- Tom

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-06 Thread Tom Schmidt
subthreads, at least; if this whole thread dies so much the better. This whole thing is so far from being settled there really isn't much point in discussing it at this early time, is there?) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: IBMLINK and SHOPZSERIES are Both Down

2006-11-30 Thread Tom Schmidt
point in time. (The IBMLINK PMR format is n,999.) With the reliability I've seen lately I would not be so sure the PMR incident number (n) won't overflow... I wonder what happens then? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (All that to see that my real CICS PMR has been transferred

Re: Decimal Floating Point PoP

2006-11-28 Thread Tom Schmidt
PoOp (-05?) to be available, largely because of the MVCOS instruction and partly for the other nifty stuff. Is there an estimated date for SA22-7832-05? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: link to a real, working IBMLINK ?

2006-11-14 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:22:18 -0500, Jack Kelly wrote: this is becoming a weekly event. now if ibm would only schedule the day(s) that servlink is not going to be available. It seems that, so far, they have only been selecting the days of the week that end in 'y'. -- Tom Schmidt Madison

Re: IPL with CLPA

2006-11-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
red- herring.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu

Re: IPL with CLPA

2006-11-09 Thread Tom Schmidt
libraries on disk. That way you could establish the module sizes, both in storage and on disk in order to diagnose this, ahem, issue. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: IPL with CLPA

2006-11-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
. If you want a specific load module included (as an override) you could move it to a unique dataset, or use MLPA to override the PLPA copy. What you did, however, won't work. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: IPL with CLPA

2006-11-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
as comments and not otherwise processed. If the comma is missing from his IEASYSxx then that would explain the seeming lack of CLPA. (BTDTGTTS) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: IBMLink (Internet) Out to Lunch again?

2006-11-07 Thread Tom Schmidt
. Long as it runs at all. Lately it's been less reliable that our favorite desktop OS. I've heard the rumor that IBMLink 2000 was named because the 2000 represented the expected hours of downtime each year. (You heard it here first.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI

Re: BPXWDYN and subsys

2006-11-01 Thread Tom Schmidt
of supported keywords in a current release? (In my experience adding SUBSYS and the subsystem parms was pretty trivial once you had the parsing subroutines setup.) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

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