Hanan,
What copy mode are you working with the VTS PtP, Immediate or Deferred? You
might consider using deferred copy mode and maybe change the priority the
VTS gives the copy operation.
It is possible to setup the VTC to prefer specific VTS for I/O. You can
also force scratch mounts to the
Hi all gentle listers,
I'm a MVS/OS390/zOS professional for many years (oops more than 25, but STILL under 50 ;-).
One thing that bothers me for at least 2-3 years, following many discussions about the future of the
MVS-Platform, is the slow adoption rate to new technologies for OUR use.
If we
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:37:51 -0700, Barry Schwarz
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The stolen status means the alias used to belong to a different
load module. Any chance that could be part of the problem?
Was the linkedit run on the same image as
I have a S0A9 abend with reason code 7007,indicating that a TPEXIT
was entered when VTAM was holding a lock.I understand that
TPEXIT is used to kill threads.
When I searched throughout my code I could not find any explicit TPEXIT
coded.Is their any spl assembler API call for this.
I am completely
Do IBM ship it???
AFAIK the sshd daemon is part of IBM Ported Tools, but rsh is not available
Can any one clarify
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...
If we (the IBM-MAIN community and the most valuable source at all) would
adopt faster to
WIKI's (as a knowledgebase) and/or SourceForge (sorry to CBT) our loved OS
would be much more
attractive to newbies.
How so ???.
Everything we currently offer via cbt is EBCDIC in
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In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/10/2005
at 03:34 PM, Steve Comstock said:
So, I thought, OK, why not? Just because I have never
submitted a PMR before, maybe it's time for me to learn how. And so,
here I am coming to the
On 8/11/2005 8:41 AM, Thomas Conley wrote:
Not really doable. Hundreds of automation execs broadcast commands
throughout the system, and the client can't afford not to route the
commands
(minor things like varying tape drives offline and online, no big deal ;-)
I would strongly suggest that
_http://www.naspa.com/teaser.htm_ (http://www.naspa.com/teaser.htm)
Sam Golub's column is insightful. For those who aren't
NASPA members, he promises to keep CBT 570 updated with
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Subject: Checking if all UNIX Filesystems were mounted
successfully at IPL
Hi folks.
I'm looking
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:19:42 -0500, Andy Robertson
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Do IBM ship it???
AFAIK the sshd daemon is part of IBM Ported Tools, but rsh is not available
You looking for the client or the daemon?
Client should be available out of the box (i.e. you can issue rsh on
z/OS to
Use this command at zOS console: d omvs,f
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:08 PM
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Subject: Checking if all UNIX Filesystems were mounted successfully at
IPL
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:37:34 +0930, Fred Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks.
I'm looking for a way of automatically verifying that all Filesystems
specified in BPXPRMxx were successfully mounted at IPL.
snip
Please tell me that there's an easier and more reliable way.
I suppose that
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:02:37 -0500, Matt Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As somebody else pointed out, you might be better off with SSH. We use
RSH
because we have applications that were set up back in the dark ages before
Ported Tools made SSH available on z/OS. But if you're not already
On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:28 am, Andy Robertson wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:02:37 -0500, Matt Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As somebody else pointed out, you might be better off with SSH. We use
RSH
because we have applications that were set up back in the dark ages before
Ported
Bill,
You are right, that's deadly relevant. Thank you for finding that (we
opened an ETR with the COBOL folks, thinking we'd found a bug, but they
didn't quote that passage back to us...)
We were under the impression, however, that specifying any AMP= parm in the
JCL would override system
Mark S. Baron wrote:
Rosie -
Here's the JCL to load the RIM file (I'm assuming a PUT tape here):
//RIMLOD1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//TAPE DD DSN=RIMLIB,DISP=SHR,UNIT=TAPEWT,LABEL=(2,SL),
// VOL=SER=IC
//DISK DD DSN=SYS1.PUT05XX.RIMLIB,DISP=(,CATLG),
Have anyone tried or even succeded using the new DB2-commands/SQL GET
DIAGNOSTICS etc through DSNREXX ?
Or have some experiences using it otherwise (not in a rexx/DSNREXX) ?
Any tips or links are helpful !
(Note: I have found some manual references, but they were incomplete
from my needs:
I don't know if or how your IPL procedure is automated. Mine is via
IEAVMXIT. When an HFS is not mounted during OMVS initialization either
BPXF002I or BPXF008I is issued complete with the DSN of the HFS that was
not mounted. The IPL procedure notes the exception and display a
message in
I don't remember anybody mentioning this, but the z/OS 1.7 manuals are
available at
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves
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John -
Of course you are correct but after 38 years of this (PC R16 and I are old
friends) I even remember that PUT was an acronym for Program Update Tape -
thanks to Marty Kloomok for that one.
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McKown, John wrote:
I don't remember anybody mentioning this, but the z/OS 1.7 manuals are
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Hi all gentle listers,
I'm a MVS/OS390/zOS professional for many years (oops more
I don't remember anybody mentioning this, but the z/OS 1.7 manuals are
available
they are also available in bookmanager-only form (PDF presumably to
follow) at the z/OS library site
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/
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I'm trying to get 3590 mount counts for past fiscal year. EREP has mount
counts for 34xx, but not 3590. Same problem with SMF #94 records. Looks
like SMF #74 might have them, but we've been using NO TAPE parm setting.
Does anyone have some ideas? Thanks.
Ed Micucci
Fred,
I sympathize. I had the same problem. I support USS here at Met
Life and we handled this problem in the following manner:
Only the critical USS HFSs are included in BPXPRMxx at most maybe 10 - 12
HFSs.
(This is to avoid having to use change control to update it whenever a new
On a hunch, I went to the IBM tech support site
(https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/zseries.srchBroker)
where I found 2 PTF's that addressed my problem with PL/I
and HFS.
But both PTF pages have this:
Applicable component levels
R703 PSY UQ91928 UP04/08/19 P F408
R705 PSY
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:37:34 +0930, Fred Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi folks.
I'm looking for a way of automatically verifying that all Filesystems
specified in BPXPRMxx were successfully mounted at IPL.
We've currently got a rather ugly REXX that chains through MVS control
blocks to
Steve, here's what I would do. Someone else may suggest something more
elegant.
I went to IBMLink and browsed the first PTF on your list - UQ91928. Down at
the bottom, under PRE-REQS/CO-REQS it said:
AR038 FMIDHLE7703 PRE UQ89777 ++IFFMIDHLE7705
REQ UQ91929
I think it should!
This is another example (like IPL link list set establishment) where we need
to raise a requirement for BCP to save the data about weather the most
recent operation especially for one done at IPL failed, completed, or
completed with errors and then have it reported in the
Steve, here's what I would do. Someone else may suggest something more
elegant.
I went to IBMLink and browsed the first PTF on your list - UQ91928. Down
at
the bottom, under PRE-REQS/CO-REQS it said:
AR038 FMIDHLE7703 PRE UQ89777 ++IFFMIDHLE7705
REQ UQ91929 ++IF
Steve,
I list all the FMID'S defined in the GLOBAL.CSI and keep the listing
handy since it is referenced quite frequently.
//S1 EXEC PGM=GIMSMP
//SMPCSI DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SMPE.GLOBAL.CSI
//SMPCNTL DD *
SETBOUNDARY (GLOBAL) .
LIST GZONE .
Then I manually compare the PTF FMID
Steve,
on IBMLINK there is a PCR (Product Cross Reference) that you can
key in an FMID and get the product name.
HLE is the FMID for LE.
PL/I (in my system is H270330).
So if you have the correct PTF(s) listed you'll be putting maintenance on
LE not PL/I.
Alan
Steve Comstock wrote:
[snip]
I'm just shooting mostly in the dark anyway, so I
come again asking for some guidance: how can I find
the correct FMID and component level so I know what
PTF to download?
You can order PTFs by APAR number using ShopzSeries or even SUF. Both
will use your
Greg Shirey wrote:
Steve, here's what I would do. Someone else may suggest something more
elegant.
I went to IBMLink and browsed the first PTF on your list - UQ91928. Down at
the bottom, under PRE-REQS/CO-REQS it said:
AR038 FMIDHLE7703 PRE UQ89777 ++IFFMIDHLE7705
I'm trying to get 3590 mount counts for past fiscal year. EREP has mount
counts for 34xx, but not 3590. Same problem with SMF #94 records. Looks
like SMF #74 might have them, but we've been using NO TAPE parm setting.
Does anyone have some ideas? Thanks.
Try the Volume Mount Analyzer...
Dave Kopischke wrote:
Steve, here's what I would do. Someone else may suggest something more
elegant.
I went to IBMLink and browsed the first PTF on your list - UQ91928. Down
at
the bottom, under PRE-REQS/CO-REQS it said:
AR038 FMIDHLE7703 PRE UQ89777 ++IFFMIDHLE7705
Curious. If you put an S next to MVST on the panel you snipped below, you
might see, on the next panel, something like:
Status:
SUPBY HLE7707
When I do a cross-zone query on HLE7707, I see:
Status ---
ZONE
Hmmm. That seems like a lot of work, though, even for small amounts.
I have to download, upload, unterse, then recieve for all these
guys, only one of which I need. I'm not a sysprog, and never pretended
to be, and I have a much deeper appreciation for the weirdness of
your world now.
Order the
Gabe Torres wrote:
Steve,
I list all the FMID'S defined in the GLOBAL.CSI and keep the listing
handy since it is referenced quite frequently.
//S1 EXEC PGM=GIMSMP
//SMPCSI DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SMPE.GLOBAL.CSI
//SMPCNTL DD *
SETBOUNDARY (GLOBAL) .
LIST GZONE .
Then I manually
Hi guys,
We are starting to train with mainframe some new guys in our store, young
guys and recently graduated from school. We would like to train then in
their basics studies, preferentially with self-study.
We got lots of materials, especially at some websites, but very few about
AMS VSAM,
1. Transfer rate to the remote location seems to be 30% lower than the
rate
seen locally. Is this reasonable?
Explain, how far your remote site is? do you use channel extenders?
30% lower than normal could be expected.
2. How do we cause a specific allocation to go to the local VTCs (for
Alan C. Field wrote:
Steve,
on IBMLINK there is a PCR (Product Cross Reference) that you can
key in an FMID and get the product name.
I am not entitled. I have to apply for entitlement. The
response to my request is to wait up to 2 business days
to hear back.
HLE is the FMID for LE.
This is intersting.
I'm surprised by the number of replys that suggest download them all and
let the system sort it out.
I'm guilty of that too - Its just too time consuming to try and figure out
if
R1JK or R1JL is my release.
More than once have I downloaded what I thought was the correct
I would start with the Redbook VSAM Demystified, SG24-6105
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:51:01 +0200, Thomas Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have anyone tried or even succeded using the new DB2-commands/SQL GET
DIAGNOSTICS etc through DSNREXX ?
Or have some experiences using it otherwise (not in a rexx/DSNREXX) ?
Thomas,
My take from the doc is that GET
Gil,
We work with defered mode. It looks as if the copy is not the cause
for the problem.
The local VTS is defined as preferred VTS for every local VTC
(and the same way for the remote ones).
We would like to interfere in allocation process and make balance
between the VTCs (num of allocated
Edward E. Jaffe wrote:
Steve Comstock wrote:
[snip]
I'm just shooting mostly in the dark anyway, so I
come again asking for some guidance: how can I find
the correct FMID and component level so I know what
PTF to download?
You can order PTFs by APAR number using ShopzSeries or even SUF.
Dave Kopischke wrote:
Hmmm. That seems like a lot of work, though, even for small amounts.
I have to download, upload, unterse, then recieve for all these
guys, only one of which I need. I'm not a sysprog, and never pretended
to be, and I have a much deeper appreciation for the weirdness of
your
Thanks.
The first references I got didn't mention that.
It's a pity, it looked really interesting.
Thomas
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You can access ShozSeries at
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/ShopzSeries/ShopzSeries.jsp
I think you might have to wait for entitlement to use it, though.
One caveat: I just used it to order a product for Internet delivery; if you do
that, you must either download it to your PC (which
My comment on the posting below is that the language providers (COBOL,
PL1, C/C++, etc.), the LE providers and the VSAM providers need to get
together so that the users don't have to go through these contortions.
If it is legal to create a VSAM space and then use it, the languages
and supporting
Have you performed an LLA refresh since you recreated the alias? I don't know
if the STEPLIB DD card will bypass LLA processing or not.
Walter Marguccio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--- Rob Wunderlich wrote:
On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:37:51 -0700, Barry Schwarz
wrote:
The stolen status means the
Gerhard Adam wrote:
For info you might try running the GIMXSID utility (SMP Reference manual
- Service Routines) ... This will tell you what is installed on your
system by product name and FMID.
Secondly to get a better sense of the naming check out the SMP Packaging
Rules manual.
This
Greg Shirey wrote:
Curious. If you put an S next to MVST on the panel you snipped below, you
might see, on the next panel, something like:
Status:
SUPBY HLE7707
When I do a cross-zone query on HLE7707, I see:
Status
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:23:41 -0700, mary george [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Ya it would help
Basically I have ABND trace entry ,frm which control would go to a
recovery routine.
After which I have the following MSG entry.
I want to know if recovery routine has initiated this message!
...
I saw from
You could also buy Ron Ferguson's book -
VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method
The Complete Source Book for VSAM File Structures
It can be purchased at:
https://www.mainstar.com/resources/techbooks/vsamref/index.asp
Richard Habres
AVP; Enterprise Storage Technology
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Great. where do I go to order a bunch?
Well, I used to go to IBMLink, then I think it was SRD, then it would
display a section where you enter PTF numbers delimited by a space or
comma. Now I go to IBMLink and it's a new page and it says I'm not
registered. I'm afraid I'm going to have to wait
There is also a redbook available from IBM which is pretty good..
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246105.html?Open
This book helps to demystify VSAM and gives you the information necessary to
understand, evaluate, and use VSAM properly. It clarifies VSAM
It looks like that APAR doesn't apply to your level.
But UQ91932 which is for level 708 is SUPed by UQ92378
which shows UQ92379 for level 709 which is SUPed by UK02624,
so you may be able to fix your problem by putting on UK02624 or UQ92369
Should be UQ92379 at the end of that last sentence
None of them.
The F408 says these PTFs were released in the 2004 08 maintenance..
I would think it was either incorporated in the base level code in which
case
no PTF is required, or it got missed and is described and fixed under a
differnet
APAR/PTF combination, or you have discovered a new
George Young wrote:
That is a PL/I runtime PTF, so that will actually be against LE. Perhaps
this chart will help:
HLE6607 OS/390 2.7 LE
HLE6608 OS/390 2.8 LE
HLE6609 OS/390 2.9 LE
HLE7703 OS/390 2.10 LE
HLE7705 z/OS 1.2 LE
HLE7706 z/OS 1.3 LE
HLE7707 z/OS 1.4 LE
HLE7708 z/OS
Dear TSO/REXX gurus -
I am more familiar with REXX under z/VM CMS and in this environment there is
a statement - VMFCLEAR - that you can use to clear the terminal screen for
additional output and not cause the screen display to 'scroll'.
Is there an equivalent command/function available under
Found the session, but there is just an abstract.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:18 PM
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I was just tidying up my
Raymond Noal wrote:
Dear TSO/REXX gurus -
I am more familiar with REXX under z/VM CMS and in this environment there is
a statement - VMFCLEAR - that you can use to clear the terminal screen for
additional output and not cause the screen display to 'scroll'.
Is there an equivalent
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:02:20 -0700, Raymond Noal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I am more familiar with REXX under z/VM CMS and in this environment there
is
a statement - VMFCLEAR - that you can use to clear the terminal screen for
additional output and not cause the screen display to 'scroll'.
Is
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:11:24 +0200, Thomas Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks.
The first references I got didn't mention that.
It's a pity, it looked really interesting.
With DSNREXX, the same information that GET DIAGNOSTICS provides is in
the SQLERRD.3 field of the SQLCA.
I believe GET
I've been coding in REXX since 1986 (started on VM). I like to consider
myself somewhat proficient in it. However, this little tidbit ate my lunch
today. I was running through ASID numbers in an IPCS dump. I was testing
my lookup logic with an ASID of zeros, and kept getting incorrect output.
First of all, sorry for the double post. The first one I posted short before
midnight and didn't see it in the morning.
I didn't wear my eyeglasses or whatever happened. Sorry for that.
But know back to subject:
I did expect some harsh criticism/responses and I'm not sure about my official
Try using GFTAXTR and GFTAVMA utilities. There is a sample on SYS1.SAMPLIB.
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General Manager
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On Aug 11, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Ed Micucci wrote:
I'm trying to get 3590 mount counts for past fiscal year. EREP has
mount
counts for 34xx, but not 3590. Same problem with SMF #94 records.
Looks
like SMF #74 might have them, but we've been using NO TAPE parm
setting.
Does anyone have some
On Aug 11, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Deaver wrote:
I'm trying to get 3590 mount counts for past fiscal year. EREP has
mount
counts for 34xx, but not 3590. Same problem with SMF #94 records.
Looks
like SMF #74 might have them, but we've been using NO TAPE parm
setting.
Does anyone have
On Aug 11, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Steve Comstock wrote:
---SNIP
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
Alan
Steve,
This used to be simple 30 years ago and has gotten a lot more complex
because of all the MVS versions since then. Welcome to the wonderful
world
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/11/2005
at 11:47 AM, Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
So, how do I select the applicable component level?
The 3 characters after the R are not the actual release number, but
the last 3 characters of the FMID. Check your target zone to see which
function you
Todd Burch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been coding in REXX since 1986 (started on VM). I like to consider
myself somewhat proficient in it. However, this little tidbit ate my lunch
today. I was running through ASID numbers in an IPCS dump. I was testing
my lookup logic with an ASID of
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