Re: SMPE Apply Question.

2006-04-26 Thread William Ball
I just did the same thing for a DS6800 planned install and you might to note that even though I ordeed -all- of the recommended (with pres., cos. etc) I didn't get some of the pre's. Fortunately I stay very current on maint. and the only 3 out of the list that actually RECEIVED had nothing to d

SCRT QUESTION

2005-10-03 Thread William Ball
Brian, //EXTR EXEC PGM=LOADER,PARM='/,32(2),CUSTOMER NUMBER xx' //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SMF DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MISOS.SMF.MONTHLY(+0) //OUTPUT DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=MISTU.SCPTOOL.CSV,UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(TRK,(15,15),RLSE) //SYSLIN DD * In

SCRT Question

2005-10-03 Thread William Ball
Howdy, According to the JCL tailoring instructions, the only field that needs changed from the original JCL is the customer name/number but I've run a few test runs changing the 2nd PARM field to actually reflect the MSU's put in Defined Capacity as well as running the default (nothing in that

Re: Can't vary offline

2005-09-26 Thread William Ball
You might want to look at the catalog address space. It might still have it. Bill Mainframe - An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies, serving billions of obsolete customers, and making huge obsolete profits, for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice

Re: IBMLINK

2005-08-15 Thread William Ball
I think they were too busy pointing fingers at each other. IBM at AT&T and AT&T at IBM. After several phone calls and at least 2 emails, someone at IBM finally gave us the IP address. Squatty boxes, you just gotta -love'im- Bill Mainframe - An obsolete device still used by thousands of obso

Re: What is a Systems Programmer

2005-08-10 Thread William Ball
We're the janitor's of IT. Remember why they call him "Dirty Harry"? That's pretty much us. In most shops that title still commands professional respect because our experience and what we know how to do. In other shops, it only means they know how to type A:INSTALL without help from spell check

Re: RSVNONR -DB2

2005-07-21 Thread William Ball
There you go trying to use logic again. These are the same folks that make the -caller- look like they're responsible for performance issues on DB2 calls. Pretty cagey folks, I'd say. Interesting also is in the Extended ... Guide two ways to avoid the problem are: 1. Increase RSVNONR big eno

RSVNONR -DB2

2005-07-21 Thread William Ball
All, I understand why RSVNONR is in a "bit of a fix" in our shop and we're trying to address the problem by getting the problem tasks to shutdown -cleanly- but aren't having much luck so I thought I'd run it up the flag pole (so to speak) and see if any of you have found a solution or might s

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-14 Thread William Ball
Ron, Obviously, I'm not going to change your mind or you mine. I'm guessing you don't believe the Xephon reports, that's up to you. My past and present observations from working in this business show a 5+ to 1 ratio and it's growing. The 8 TB just rolled in the door so it is doing little of n

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-14 Thread William Ball
You're jumping to the conclusion that squatty boxes are -cheaper- than a mainframe, while in fact they are -not-overall. They may initially cost less than a mainframe but by the time you add a 5+ to 1 people cost per application to the squatty end, they are actually more expensive. And the

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-13 Thread William Ball
You're making a leap there that -I'm- certainly not ready to make. Speed isn't everything, never has been. If you want to play games or have application that you don't really care about when it gets done and a lot of times in accurate results and only has 1 or 2 users, you -might- be able to l

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-08 Thread William Ball
And have another 50 in reserve to replace they ones going down every 5 minutes. Bill Mainframe - An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies, serving billions of obsolete customers, and making huge obsolete profits, for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run t

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-08 Thread William Ball
If I were the a person with -my- money in that bank, my first stop would be closing the account out. The money would be safer under a mattress somewhere. About the first time some hacker decides to transfer a bundle of money into a Swiss account I can see at least 2 things that are going to hap

Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust

2005-07-08 Thread William Ball
You forgot the number 1 reason: "There's another sucker born every minute." Bill Mainframe - An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies, serving billions of obsolete customers, and making huge obsolete profits, for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice f