Re: HSM to open systems

2012-04-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Kirk, thank you for the information. I printed the Co:Z user guide and I think it has a lot of the pieces of what I need. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with

Re: HSM to open systems

2012-04-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Hi Lisette. In response to your questions: 1) Time frame to move data to server? I have from now until early 2014. 2) Efforts involved? Do you have a large staff, small staff? Do you have time to write exits for HSM and redirect the HSM data? Once I have an idea of the size, then we will see ho

Re: HSM to open systems

2012-04-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
your case, but we have here HSM exits, to use HFS (Unix) dataset in the place of ML2 So with this exit we migrate/recall everything from/ to HFS (Unix) . On 4/11/2012 3:41 PM, Uriel Carrasquilla wrote: > My company is in the process of sun setting our MF. > We have about 40 TBytes of data und

Re: HSM to open systems

2012-04-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
>I think there are two options. >1) Unload all the data from HSM into the original format and then FTP to a >Server. Loadlibs maybe an issus. >2) Contract with a 3rd party to be able to store your HSM data there for >access only. >I am unaware of any server product that could read Mainframe HS

HSM to open systems

2012-04-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
My company is in the process of sun setting our MF. We have about 40 TBytes of data under HSM control. I have been tasked with the responsibility to pull the data and put it under a Unix/Linux system as an archived data. The only time we will need to reference it (without the MF) is in case some o

Re: SNA future

2012-03-30 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
It is not only SNA I worry about, it is the entire MVS/zOS world. In two years my company will have moved the last production application out of our Mainframe. This is a company that has been in businesss for 80+ years with a MF since they first became commercially available. _

Re: catalogued datasets in tapes and expiration dates

2012-03-29 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
ional Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Uriel Carrasquilla > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:10 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@

Re: catalogued datasets in tapes and expiration dates

2012-03-29 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
sters IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 03/29/2012 08:51:19 AM: > From: Uriel Carrasquilla > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Date: 03/29/2012 08:52 AM > Subject: Re: catalogued datasets in tapes and expiration dates > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Let's say

Re: catalogued datasets in tapes and expiration dates

2012-03-29 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Let's say I have a tape with multiple datasets inside. Some datasets may be catalogued, some may not. I can understand the once not catalogued when they expire they no longer hold the tape from going to the scratch pool. But what about those cases when the catalogued datasets hit their expiration

Re: megabytes per second

2012-03-21 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
May be there is a reason as to why you are gettign so many different answers. In my case, the question I normally get from management is: how much is it going to cost us to maintain a copy our application XXX data at our DR location? I change this into a problem of money and budgets. I figured tha

Re: Set Clock Command

2011-11-22 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
At my company we use GMT and offset from it for the time on our zOS system. We also use MXG/SAS. I was not aware that TOD was a requirement for SAS. Might be an MXG thing but our times are properly reported. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bam

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-21 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
OK, mission accomplished. The Journal is now larger. Thank you all for your participation and help, particularly Walter. Once the HSM re-start was disabled in OPS/MVS, it all worked as advertised. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sign

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-17 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> I hope you were now able to enlarge your hsm journal, which was your goal. I am coming to work this SAT to try again. This time I will be showing up in person so I can see what is going on with all the LPAR's. We found the OPS/MVS rule and it is being disabled. They are also checking in all t

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-15 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> Have a look at RESTART keyword in your procedure. I took a look at the HSM PROC and EMERG=NO but no signs of RESTART. I also checked out SYS.PARMLIB(ARCCMDSx) and could not find any traces of a RESTART keyword. When I look at the LOG, I can see that OPS/MVS is involved and might be the culpri

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-15 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
>I don't think so. I'm not aware of any hsm parameter which would restart the >address space once it is >shutdown. As Dave already mentioned, ask your automation folks. It is possible >your automation product >triggers ARC0002I on the main LPAR, of hsm is defined under ARM We are taking a closer

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-14 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
>> yes, every hsm instance sharing the journal dataset must be put in emergency >> > mode (1), and also be stopped (3). >> Walter Marguccio >Walter, very kind of you. I will go it this weekend before we IPL with the >new time here in the US. We ran into problems. We put HSM in emergency in

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-11-02 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> yes, every hsm instance sharing the journal dataset must be put in emergency > > mode (1), and also be stopped (3). > Walter Marguccio Walter, very kind of you. I will go it this weekend before we IPL with the new time here in the US.

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-31 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
>I would do what the "hsm Storage Admin Guide" suggest under "moving the >Journal" : >1. Put DFSMShsm in emergency mode. SETSYS EMERGENCY >2. Issue the CONTROLDATASETS parameter of the BACKVOL command to back up the >control and journal data sets.BACKVOL CONTROLDATASETS >3.

Re: Maintenance at two in the afternoon? On a Friday?

2011-10-30 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> An obvious corollary is that system maintenance should be done when > the local time is 0300 everywhere. Not a bad idea unless you happen to be the one doing the maintenance half awake. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arc

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-27 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
: HSM Journal dataset is almost full > From: Uriel Carrasquilla > Subject: Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full > If I was to increase the size of the HSM1.JRNL dataset, what would be the > best practice? I would do what the "hsm Storage Admin Guide" suggest under &quo

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-26 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Ed, It is ignorance on my part. By John and the group asking me the question, I learned what is going on. Regards, Uriel From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] on behalf of Ed Gould [ps2...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 20

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-26 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
I made the wrong comment. the "F DFSMSHSM,BACKVOL CDS" command is running on a schedule. When it runs, last time was yesterday, the HSM1.JRNL dataset does get reset to empty. In my case, it is allocated with 150 CYLS and since yesterday it has used up 22 CYLS. The problem is that I am getting

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-26 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
u a set of CDS Backups. -Original Message----- From: Uriel Carrasquilla [mailto:uriel.carrasqui...@mail.mcgill.ca] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full I keep on getting messages that the Journal dataset is 80% (which I c

Re: HSM Journal dataset is almost full

2011-10-26 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
I keep on getting messages that the Journal dataset is 80% (which I confirmed under ISPF 3.2). My plan is to shutdown HSM, rename the existing file, create a new one with the same characteristics, copy the renamed file, and bring up HSM. Is my thinking appropriate? Thank you. ---

Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C run time environment

2011-10-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
on List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Uriel Carrasquilla > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:05 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C > run time environment > > I found CEE.SCEELKED with the SETENV member in the PD

Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C run time environment

2011-10-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
We are current with zOS 11. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] on behalf of Scott Ford [scott_j_f...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETEN

Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C run time environment

2011-10-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
ed it in the correct libraries and LPA and/or Linklist member of IEASYSxx of the SYS1.PARMLIB. Could you have a situation where your IEASYSXX member is incorrect ? Just a thought. Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com From: Uriel Carrasq

Re: Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C run time environment

2011-10-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Uriel Carrasquilla > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cobol dynamic file allocation using SETENV and C run time environment

2011-10-19 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
I have a developer that is not being able to make a call to SETENV from within Cobol (Cobol snippet: call 'setenv' using envname,...). I found that the C routines in the LE run time environment must be available. Does anybody know what I need to check in the linklist/lpa to make sure that Cobol f

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-13 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> Going to SAF from ISFPARMS in SDSF is not too bad. > Go to manual z/OS V1R10.0 SDSF Operation and Customization SA22-7670-11 >There is a section called > Converting ISFPARMS to SAF security > This section should help you go through the process of > 1) Determining if you have SAF inste

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-12 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> Your shop is probably using SAF controls rather than SDSF controls. I actually think it is under SDSF control but how to I verify? and how do you switch to SAF controls? >What happens if you try executing an MVS command under CONSOLE? It is actually working fine when I submit TSO-BATCH job from

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-12 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> When you run in batch, you may not fall into the group you think you are. > If your parms are not based on IUID (userid) and are based on TSO authorities like JCL, OPER and ACCT (as the default / sample parms are), then when you run in batch the only authority you get is "JCL". This puts you

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-12 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
, Uriel Carrasquilla wrote: > "The biggest problem I have found with batch is that many shops have SDSF security set up (from the default/sample parms) based on TSO authorities (JCL, OPER, ACCT) and TSOAUTH is automatically set to JCL for a batch SDSF job (regardless of what authorities th

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-12 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> The ISF032I RC4 message indicates the MCS console is already activate when > the REXX is run .. This works. I must have been in SDSF. I ran the REXX interactively after making sure I had no SDSF session and it works. >Your REXX can also set the ISFCONS variable to specify a unique console n

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> XX=ISFCALLS('ON') Yes, this command is being issue ahead of any REXX statement and the ('OFF') at the end. If it helps, I can post the entire REXX. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Hi Mark. >Does your SDSF console work when you use it via TSO and / or ISPF SDSF? Yes, it does work. Also, I can see that the MVS command entered via REXX is being executed when I look at the SDSF log. >Are you already using a console with that name via TSO/ISPF when you execute >the exec?

REXX fails accessing SDSF console

2011-10-11 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
/* REXX */ mycmd.0 = 1 mycmd.1 = 'd a,l' ADDRESS SDSF ISFSLASH "("MYCMD.") (WAIT)" ... IF DATATYPE(ISFULOG.0) = "NUM" THEN DO IX=1 TO ISFULOG.0 SAY "ISFULOG."IX "IS:" ISFULOG.IX END PRODUCES; ISFULOG.1 IS: CPU1 2011284 15:38:31.00 ISF032I CONSOLE SSUJ

Re: Postion Available Washington DC

2011-10-03 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Hi Jim. I am more of the MVS person than the VTAM person. In fact, my VTAM abilities are very limited. Sorry but I won't be able to help you. For the last 10 years, I have also spent more time on the Capacity Planning side than the Systems Programming side. Good luck! Uriel

MVS NFS Translation Tables

2011-09-16 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Has anybody experienced problems with ASCII to EBCDIC translations from MVS NFS mount points? I am getting x'00' in my files that were dropped by Unix clients into the MVS managed Mount Point. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

Re: z/OS Systems Programmer Jobs in Dubuque Iowa

2011-09-08 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
> Essentially the only thing to do there is to drink. The good news is that with such low wages there is no risk of getting addicted to alcohol. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: z/OS Systems Programmer Jobs in Dubuque Iowa

2011-09-08 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
I could be mistaken but that is not how the H1B visa process normally works. IBM must post the job to see what kind of response they get in a media often used by other companies to find similar employees. The salary must match a median for the position as established by referencing similar jobs.

Re: z/OS Systems Programmer Jobs in Dubuque Iowa

2011-09-07 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
What kind of money are you talking about? is it full time, on-site work? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] on behalf of Bobbie Justice [golds...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subjec

Re: MVSNFS shows a different file under the Unix side compared to the MVS side

2011-08-31 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
>>>Have you tried using FBS vs. FB ? This is for fixed block standard and >>>recognizes the last block can be shorter and not a full block. >> FB likewise permits the last block to be shorter. >Surely FB permits *any* block to be short. It's FBS that requ

MVSNFS shows a different file under the Unix side compared to the MVS side

2011-08-30 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
we have a an NFS mount point on a Sun Solaris that is being serviced by MVS (zOS 1.11) NFS server. when my customer dropped a file on the Sun's side NFS mount point, it caused an I/O error. When I compared what I see on the Sun side under the mount point to what I see under TSO/ISPF, I can see