Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Linda Mooney
What I meant - If SMP/e resolves the x37, fine, that's enough. If SMP/e can't resolve the x37 with COMPRESS and RETRY, then it fails on the x37. At that point, I 'clean up' that true out of space condition outside of SMP/e by reallocating the library with additional space (directory/data/both)

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:05:42 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote: > >I think that issue is when you are on the edge with space in the dataset. >Every time you copy the member (plus whatever aliases) you create a second >copy of the original member. If you do a purge of the file, compress and >load, you o

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Tom, I think that issue is when you are on the edge with space in the dataset. Every time you copy the member (plus whatever aliases) you create a second copy of the original member. If you do a purge of the file, compress and load, you only have the one copy (plus whatever aliases) and so it jus

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:17:10 +0800, Tommy Tsui wrote: >sorry, I mean take a backup then cleaning up the library and move all >data back. this just another option. How does that differ from a compress? How will it help when a compress isn't sufficient? -- Tom Marchant

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Rick Fochtman
- I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in three libraries. Of course all three are link listed libraries. I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them, but how do I then rename them to the original name? Thanks

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Jerry Fuchs
EDU cc Subject Re: Help with applying maintenance Hello Jerry, I use this JCL. It does require the BYPASSSNQ APF authourized program from the Free Software written by Gilbert Saint-Flour available on CBT file 183. BYPASSNQ Assembler program. Scratch or Rename a Da

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Tommy Tsui
sorry, I mean take a backup then cleaning up the library and move all data back. this just another option. On 4/24/08, Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:19:24 +, Linda Mooney wrote: > > >When I get a 37 that SMP/e does not resolve, I clean the library > >up out

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:19:24 +, Linda Mooney wrote: >When I get a 37 that SMP/e does not resolve, I clean the library >up outside of SMP/e. What do you mean by cleaning up the library? SMP/E is pretty good about resolving x37 abends if you use COMPRESS and RETRY. Sometimes, though, it is

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Tommy Tsui
* I think you are applied to target libraries but the target libraries name should not be same as your current use one. I always put prefix "os17m.sys1.linklib' instead of "sys1.linklib" I always use PDSCLEAR to clear the target library and copy it again. It ususally works and safely except your

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hello Jerry, I use this JCL. It does require the BYPASSSNQ APF authourized program from the Free Software written by Gilbert Saint-Flour available on CBT file 183. BYPASSNQ Assembler program. Scratch or Rename a Data Set without SYSDSN ENQ BYPASSNQ is a driver th

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Linda Mooney
Hey, Jerry - For my 2 cents, this is what I do. I am aware that there are other methods, but I find this easy and safe. It works for me. My running res volumes ALWAYS have the same names, and my maintenance res volumes that I am building ALWAYS have the same names. My SMP/e DD DEFS ALWAYS

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:13:01 -0500, Rugen, Len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was going to say that it doesn't matter if it's in the manual, the >report shows it does it :-) > >Also RETRY(YES) can save your backside at times. RETRY and COMPRESS >together can cause multiple compresses during the AP

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:00:40 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:27:34 -0400, Jerry Fuchs wrote: > >>I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in >>three libraries. >> >>Of course all three are link listed libraries. >> >>I can allocate .NEW libraries and co

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Matthew Stitt
erra > > >-Original Message- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Imbriale, Donald >Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:10 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: Help with applying maintenance > >Ignore my post. Further re

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Rugen, Len
ry, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is." - Yogi Berra -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Imbriale, Donald Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Imbriale, Donald
ubject: RE: Help with applying maintenance I've never seen anything that says COMPRESS(ALL) will delete members being changed. The Commands manual states only: If you specify ALL, any libraries in which elements will be installed by this APPLY command are compressed. Can you prov

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Imbriale, Donald
that indicates the members will be deleted before compress? Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help with applying maintenanc

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Jerry Fuchs
nframe Discussion List To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: Help with applying maintenance I give you a minor slap on your fingers. I add DD names to the SMPE JCL to point to the new temporary copies of the libraries. Then apply the maintenance to the temporary libraries. When t

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Matthew Stitt
I give you a minor slap on your fingers. I add DD names to the SMPE JCL to point to the new temporary copies of the libraries. Then apply the maintenance to the temporary libraries. When that is finished, I will compress the temporary libraries, then first try to copy them to the real ones. T

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in >three libraries. > >Of course all three are link listed libraries. Are you applying maintenance to a live system? Not a good thing! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Bobbie Justice
okay, consider your virtual fingers slapped. hopefully the applying maintenance is being done to an alternate sysres, and the real live datasets are cataloged using &SYSR1, etc. . allocate .NEW libraries on the alt sysres larger copy contents of "Current" on the alt sysres to "NEW" rename 'CU

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
esday, April 23, 2008 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help with applying maintenance I'm hoping you aren't applying the maintenance to the in-use libraries, but to libraries with the same names on a different pack. If this is the case, I go ahead and allocate the &quo

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
x. If somebody else has a "safer" way of doing this, I'd be willing to change my (probably bad) habits. :-) Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Fuchs Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:28 PM To: IBM-MAI

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:27:34 -0400, Jerry Fuchs wrote: >I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in >three libraries. > >Of course all three are link listed libraries. > >I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them, but how do I then rename >them to the original name

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
ette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Help with applying maintenance > --- > > Well, depending on the names and what is holding them, > VTAM, TCPIP, LLA, VLF, What > > Yo

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Lizette Koehler
Well, depending on the names and what is holding them, VTAM, TCPIP, LLA, VLF, What You will probably need to bring something down or update a proc and cycle a function, or IPL a system or two. Lizette >I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in >three libraries

Re: Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
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Help with applying maintenance

2008-04-23 Thread Jerry Fuchs
I am trying to apply maintenance to z/OS 1.7 but received a D37-04 in three libraries. Of course all three are link listed libraries. I can allocate .NEW libraries and copy into them, but how do I then rename them to the original name? Thanks -