Re: Certificates

Hi List, We have found the problem. Everything is now working like a charm Nir -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: IEC145I 413-08

The 413-08 is issued because rmm rejected the volume and the request was specific; no other volume is acceptable, so OPEN fails the request in this way. This is what happens when the Volume Mount processing installation exit rejects a volume. The ways round this are; 1. Issue RMM CV volser

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

Too bad the author of that article didn't know about the goings-on between IBM and PSI; that would have really spiced it up. (-: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:48 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: Response to Timothy's Article...

Perhaps I should send microsoft a copy of our daily report which almost always contains the usual (and most of the time more than one) comments: rebooted server abc (on the TINKER TOY PLATFORM) did an iis reset on server xyz, (again..on the TINKER TOY PLATFORM) . meanwhile those

Can I intercept a DOM?

Hello list, Is there a way to determine when a message is DOM-ed from the operator console? We had a few occasions lately where our VTS issued a message about an intervention required situation to the operator (CBR3762E Library TS1CL1 intervention required). Some time later the problem was

Re: When to start security product?

At 04:00 PM 4/11/2007, you wrote: We use Top Secret. A consultant made a recommendation late last year that Top Secret should be the first task started during the IPL procedure. The Security Administrator has requested this change. Currently, we start Top Secret after JES2 completes its start

Expanding Copybook inside Copybook

Hi, I have a copybook inside a copybook. The first copybook is using COPY option with REPLACE. The inside copybook is not getting expanded during compilation and hence I am getting compile errors. Is there any option to expand all the nested copybooks. Thanks, Amlan

CICS file status from batch

Hi, Is there a way to find out the staus of a online file in CICS from a batch job. I want to find in batch whether the file is open or closed in CICS. Thanks, Amlan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Change ML2 volser

Hi Can I change the existing ML2 volsers in the HSM control dataset ? (for some ML2 disk volumes we gave some stupid names, and we would like to rename the volumes ) -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 570 Fax: (+43) 2236 21081 E-mail:

Re: Extract listing of production datasets

I didn't read the whole thread, so maybe my suggestion is duplicated. I had to do something similar and I found very nice stuff in dfsort website to work with dcollect output: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/storage/software/sort/mvs/srtmdwn.html Look for dcollect symbols and

Re: Extract listing of production datasets

Thanks for your input everyoneI really appreciate it. Bob Robert B. Fake InfoSec, Inc. 703-825-1202 (o) 571-241-5492 (c) 949-203-0406 (efax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit us at www.infosecinc.com -Original Message- From: Clark, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11,

Re: Can I intercept a DOM?

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:15:11 +0200 Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Is there a way to determine when a message is DOM-ed from the operator :console? SSI code 14. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel

Re: IEC145I 413-08

Thanks to all who helped. I changed the status to MASTER and it worked. The reason why a user was using a SCRATCH tape is because we were performing a DRP exercise for the client. Many thanks again. Mike Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 413-08 is issued because rmm rejected the

Re: CICS file status from batch

One of the many useful scanner options in SmartIS (North America) a.k.aXINFO: http://www.horizont-it.com/public_html/xinfo/xxrdcice.pdf Michael Sullivan Sr. Account Manager SEGUS Inc., http://www.segus.com Tel: (800) 327-9650 Fax: (703) 391-7133 Mobile: (516) 993-7120 Watch this 3-minute

Re: When to start security product?

I know very little of how TSS works, but until there is an active security system present, OMVS will not initiate, because it relies on the security system to provide it with UID's and GID's for all (including the root) OMVS processes. Waiting until after JES2 is active to start TSS probably

Re: Rexx to Extract XCF Structures

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:35:06 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DASDONLY logstreams don't require CF structures. I thought those were going away. Only when basic sysplex does. How do you expect people to run CICS who are not running a || sysplex? Not to mention other subsystems or

Re: Expanding Copybook inside Copybook

From the COBOL Language Reference: COPY statements can be nested. However, nested COPY statements cannot contain the REPLACING phrase, and a COPY statement with the REPLACING phrase cannot contain nested COPY statements. What you're trying to do is not allowed by the compiler. -Original

Re: When to start security product?

Typically a security product should to be started before any AS that needs Unix attributes. The Unix attributes are provided by RACF/ACF2/TSS. I do not know TSS, but ACF2 starts via SYS1.PARMLIB(CAISEC00). I'd guess TSS can be brought up the same way. Hth...

Re: When to start security product?

- Original Message - From: Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: Re: When to start security product? ---snip-- We use Top Secret. A consultant made a recommendation

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

On 11 Apr 2007 08:55:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: Subject: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one? Or need I write my own? I did not find any and so I wrote my own. You probably ought to do the same. Why the unprintable should everyone who

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

It sounds like Polk County bought a non-IBM machine For Avery, though, the problem wasn't the software itself. It was the support that his organization needed to go with it. If he could have run an IBM-supported z/OS on the 7060, he probably wouldn't have bought the new plug-compatible

Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Hello dear listers, Once I installed z/OS 1.7 I discovered something that seems to be running improperly. /* REXX */ TRACE R DSN = '''IBMUSER.JCLLIB''' C = LISTDSI(DSN)

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

I would suggest, if legal, that someone agree to maintain the structures and make them available to interested parties. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: When to start security product?

At 09:57 AM 4/12/2007, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: Re: When to start security product? ---snip-- We use Top Secret. A

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

Why the unprintable should everyone who wants to use the P-L-O functions have to write their own DSECTs? Because it's an instruction, not a service. Hardware engineers don't write dsects. I would suggest, if legal, that someone agree to maintain the structures and make them available to

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

On Thursday 12 April 2007 10:29, Nasuh KARAHALLI wrote: Hello dear listers, Once I installed z/OS 1.7 I discovered something that seems to be running improperly. /* REXX */ TRACE R DSN = '''IBMUSER.JCLLIB''' C = LISTDSI(DSN) SAY C SAY SYSREASON SAY 'THE DATASET ' DSN ' IS CREATED ON '

Expanding Copybook inside Copybook

FYI, There are ways that one can sort-of get around this (well-documented) restriction by using the REPLACE statement rather than the REPLACING phrase of the COPY statement, but these can complicated and error-prone. Phillips, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nasuh KARAHALLI Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7 Hello dear listers, Once I installed z/OS 1.7 I discovered

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Nasuh KARAHALLI wrote: Hello dear listers, Once I installed z/OS 1.7 I discovered something that seems to be running improperly. /* REXX */ TRACE R DSN = '''IBMUSER.JCLLIB''' C =

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Mark Jacobs wrote: I just copied and executed your rexx exec and it worked correctly without any problems. snip -- Hi Mark, the interesting point is that, 2 months ago I upgraded our XRC SDM and K systems from z/OS 1.5 to z/OS 1.7 in the same way but it works fine over there. On OMVS Unix

RES: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Hi, Do you have any STEPLIB in your logon procedure ? Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do Nascimento Neto Banco Bradesco S/A 4254/DPCD Alphaville Engenharia de Software - Sistemas Operacionais Mainframes Tel: 55 11 4197-2021 Fax: 55 11 4197-2814 HTMLfont face=Tahoma

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

John McKown wrote : I don't have z/OS 1.7 to test. However, the main eep point for me is the fact that the PSW is point to location zero. This usually means that some subroutine has not been linked in properly. R15 is pointing to this location. If I were you, I'd look at what is at the

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Steve Comstock wrote : Where you running the exec under the shell? snip : Steve, the rexx code resides in a PDS dataset and I just type ex command in the front of this rexx member, I try to execute it in my TSO ISPF session Best regards. Nasuh Karahalli

Re: RES: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Ituriel do Nascimento Neto wrote : Do you have any STEPLIB in your logon procedure ? snip Unfortunately NO, I use default custompac logon procedure IKJACCNT with no STEPLIB.. Regards. Nasuh Karahalli -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nasuh KARAHALLI Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7 snip John, last week I happened to apply some CICS PTFs, after

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Nasuh KARAHALLI wrote: Hello dear listers, Once I installed z/OS 1.7 I discovered something that seems to be running improperly. /* REXX */ TRACE R DSN = '''IBMUSER.JCLLIB''' C =

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Well, an easy way to determine if another LISTDSI is hiding in the bushes, so to speak, is to do an M LISTDSI, member scan, in the LISTDD function. Do not forget to turn on scanning LPA and LINKLST. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

In a message dated 4/12/2007 9:37:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because it's an instruction, not a service. Hardware engineers don't write dsects. However, IBM's software people have written DSECTs for many hardware structures (aka control blocks), such as

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Hi Mark, the interesting point is that, 2 months ago I upgraded our XRC SDM and K systems from z/OS 1.5 to z/OS 1.7 in the same way but it works fine over there. On OMVS Unix Shell when you issue OEDIT command does it also runs properly ? Thanks. Nasuh Karahalli I just tried an OEDIT x

IBM DOC for Interfaces

Is it just me, or does anyone else have the understanding that an interface needs written documentation? Example: If you are using some of the Unix Systems Services, or TCP/IP, you are told to look in the macro library for doc. It seems to me that if a system service is documented (say a

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

In a message dated 4/12/2007 11:10:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just tried an OEDIT x command and the ISPF editor started right up Well maybe a corrupted DSN in LOGON PROC? Guess a simple test would be to run

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

Nasuh, just follow the advive from John to look in the dump at R14 and scroll backward unil you see an eyecatacher. If it's an IBM module you might verify the SMPE apply jobouput or use AMBLIST to detect unresolved references. Roland -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

PDSE Sharing

Well I hate to open this can of worms but I wonder if anybody has suggestions on how to prevent damaging a PDSE in a dual SYSPLEX environment running a MIMPLEX. I am running NORMAL not EXTENDED PDSESHARING and I know that IBM (and CA) does NOT support this mode for cross-system/sysplex updates so

IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS

Hi, I am trying to determine if an OFFLINE volume exists without trying to VARY it on-line. I would like to automate a manual process of checking for off-line volumes our storage team performs. The process is only marginally automated because it currently requires manual updates to

Re: IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS

Sam, Have you looked at using D M=CONFIG or DS P,ucb,number ? Cheers, Gary Diehl -Original Message- Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS Hi, I am trying to determine if an OFFLINE volume

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

(IBM Mainframe Discussion List) wrote: In a message dated 4/12/2007 9:37:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because it's an instruction, not a service. Hardware engineers don't write dsects. However, IBM's software people have written DSECTs for many hardware

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

What are the odds that IBM has a PLO parm list mapping for PL/X that they use internally? Pretty good I'll wager. What are the odds it stays internal? Pretty good I guess. :-) OTOH, just about everyone that needs a PLO DSECT has already written one. Bob Shannon

Re: Are there standard IBM dsects for the P-L-O functions that require one?

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:33:45 -0400 Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : What are the odds that IBM has a PLO parm list mapping for PL/X that :they use internally? Pretty good I'll wager. :What are the odds it stays internal? Pretty good I guess. :-) :OTOH, just about everyone that needs a

Re: PDSE Sharing

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:07:21 -0500, Dennis Trojak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I hate to open this can of worms but I wonder if anybody has suggestions on how to prevent damaging a PDSE in a dual SYSPLEX environment running a MIMPLEX. Don't do it if it hurts. :-) I am running NORMAL not

Re: IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS

Hi Gary, I don't see that those would help. I want to chase down all the offline volumes which have a volume of any volser sitting on them. This is not pretty but almost works. /* REXX */ /* Created April 12 2007 by Sam Knutson for Storage team */ say '' say 'Searching for OFF-LINE DASD

Re: IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:57:13 -0400, Knutson, Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to determine if an OFFLINE volume exists without trying to VARY it on-line. snip What remains contains some volumes which appear valid on z/OS until you try to VARY them on-line. snip VARY

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

I'm frankly quite surprised that people weren't aware of the death of 31-bit z/OS. IBM was NOT keeping it a secret! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

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

So it looks like a new z9 BC has a much lower price net, and it's certainly a fantastically better machine. And how do you reacon you put that in your attaché case when setting out to a customer location for doing a demo??? Jantje.

Re: IBM IOSCDR service or way to find if OFFLINE volume exists from z/OS

In a message dated 4/12/2007 1:57:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to determine if an OFFLINE volume exists without trying to VARY it on-line. Build a subroutine to do one I/O to a device, whose device number is passed as a parameter, using STARTIO or

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

It's not dead! It's restin'... Lovely OS, in'it? Beautiful Plumage! It's probably pinein' for Armonk... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 16:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

I can only assume I was asleep at the wheel! (as is usually the case) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Am I the only one that did not know

zAAP Eligible Work

Went off to one of my ISV vendors and asked if the JAVA coding in their product would be run on the zAAP processor I am implementing on my two z9BC machines. The response was In order for XXX to use the ZAAP engines, it would have to be started in a special enclave eligible for ZAAP

Re: PDSE Sharing

RACF, ACF2 or Top Secret.Protect us from ourselves. My gun cabinet has a lock. If it did not, it would be a box. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Trojak Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:07 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Went off to one of my ISV vendors and asked if the JAVA coding in their product would be run on the zAAP processor I am implementing on my two z9BC machines. The response was In order for XXX to use the ZAAP engines, it would have to be started in a special enclave eligible for ZAAP

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

Jan MOEYERSONS wrote: So it looks like a new z9 BC has a much lower price net, and it's certainly a fantastically better machine. And how do you reacon you put that in your attachi case when setting out to a customer location for doing a demo??? With great difficulty. :-) Any

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

I agree that the technology is certainly getting better at allowing this sort of thing, but: a) can be difficult at some customer shops due to internal security concerns. Some may not even let you connect to their network without a virus scan, let alone get out to the internet. b) IMHO

Re: When to start security product?

---snip- If I were running any of the other 3 security products (RACF, ACF2, DEADBOLT) .. I would try to run it the same. --unsnip IIRC, RACF doesn't need to be brought up as such. Just run the task that

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

In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/05/2007 at 12:03 PM, David Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Go back and look at your pops manuals for the last 10 years or so. Note the new instructions from one release to another. Those instructions were added to facilitate functionality that was incorporated into

Re: Hipersockets VM Only?

In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/10/2007 at 09:46 AM, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I define real as those services provided by the box, sans z/VM. Isn't PR/SM implemented by a special version of CP running everything with SIE? Sounds virtual to me. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: FW: Hipersockets VM Only?

In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/05/2007 at 03:53 PM, Chase, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: zSeries HiperSockets is a technology that provides high-speed TCP/IP connectivity between virtual machines (under z/VM) within System z servers. That text gives no restriction on the operating

Re: Response to Timothy's Article...

---snip-- Perhaps I should send microsoft a copy of our daily report which almost always contains the usual (and most of the time more than one) comments: rebooted server abc (on the TINKER TOY PLATFORM) did an iis reset on server xyz,

Re: Rexx LISTDSI problem on z/OS 1.7

---snip-- John, last week I happened to apply some CICS PTFs, after that during IPL time below messages launched to appear in syslog : IEA093I MODULE IEANUC01 CONTAINS UNRESOLVED WEAK EXTERNAL REFERENCE IFFIOM

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Amen to what Chris said. Java is the first implementer of the zAAP engine, and its use is auto-magic. zAAP is not just for Java apps, it's just that Java was the first app to get their foot in the door, just as DB2 V8 was first for zIIP exploitation for certain joins, stored procedures, user

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

Rich Smrcina wrote: I agree that the technology is certainly getting better at allowing this sort of thing, but: a) can be difficult at some customer shops due to internal security concerns. Some may not even let you connect to their network without a virus scan, let alone get out to the

Re: IBM DOC for Interfaces

--snip Is it just me, or does anyone else have the understanding that an interface needs written documentation? Example: If you are using some of the Unix Systems Services, or TCP/IP, you are told to look in the macro library for doc. It seems

Re: Response to Timothy's Article...

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Response to Timothy's Article... http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2007/04/whats_the_point.html Another point of

Re: CICS file status from batch

--snip- Is there a way to find out the staus of a online file in CICS from a batch job. I want to find in batch whether the file is open or closed in CICS. unsnip- I'm not sure if the MacKinney product for

Re: CICS file status from batch

You could write an EXCI program to find out the status. If you can't find the status you could do a EXEC CICS READ and look @ the EIBRCODE. Gary Garland Gregory, MS CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1-214-473-1863 Fax: +1-214-473-1050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Todd Burch wrote: Java is the first implementer of the zAAP engine, and its use is auto-magic. zAAP is not just for Java apps, it's just that Java was the first app to get their foot in the door, just as DB2 V8 was first for zIIP exploitation for certain joins, stored procedures, user defined

RMF Post-Processor and LBI Tapes

Has anyone successfully used the RMF post-processor to read SMF data from LBI tapes? (BLKSIZE 32K) Currently, I receive an S013-E1 abend. z/OS is at 1.7. I can read the tape back into DF/SORT and have it convert the data back to a block size less than 32K, and all is well. But, I just

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

My all-time favorite Monty Python routine! Norwegian Blue Armonk? grin http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/dead-parrot.htm Bob Richards -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:10 PM

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

(Maniacal laughter!) And, of course for the really destitute ISV living out of his/her car, 10 years ago, faced with a sudden doubling of premises rent, we brainstormed the idea of sticking the whole office into a 40 foot container with a satellite dish on the back of a rig to be parked

Re: Am I the only one that did not know about this...? (MF Article)

For those z/OS professionals who are [shudder] NOT familiar with this little gem, allow me to paraphrase... This 31-bit OS is no more! It has ceased to x'BE'! (d'190', b'1011 1110') It's expired and gone to meet 'is coder! It's a critical stop! Bereft of machine code, it abends in

Re: EOV detection on tape volume

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is EOV detected when the last record is written, or, when an attempt is done to write the last record? EOV is detected as the tape drive is writing a block of records and a physical EOV position is detected by the drive. There is still enough usable tape past that

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Burch Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: zAAP Eligible Work Amen to what Chris said. Java is the first implementer of the zAAP engine,

Re: EOV detection on tape volume

There is *usually* a fair amount of tape left behind the EOV marker. (Or at least there was in the good old days -- I have not fiddled with a physical EOV marker since the days of 2400' reels. I'm sure someone will point it out if what I say is not relevant to carts.) The exact amount of tape left

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

I believe it is JAVA applications that are using the IBM JVM (Java Virtual Machine). If your ISV uses a different JVM then I believe it will not use the zAAP engine. To accumulate data at the address space and service class period level on how much zAAP and zIIP resources might be consumed if

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

I have called the zAAP a JPM (JAVA Physical Machine). How accurate would that be? I say that because the processor is no longer a general purpose processor, so it can not run normal work. Tom Moulder -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Can I intercept a DOM?

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:15:11 +0200, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- Is there a way to determine when a message is DOM-ed from the operator console? -snip- In addition to the SSI, you may also be able to use an extended MCS console. See the DOM(ALL) parameter. Scott Fagen

z/Journal Has a Nice Article Summarizing CICS TS 3.2

http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=articleaid=771 CICS Transaction Server 3.2 has an open beta, meaning just about anybody (with a mainframe) can get the beta version for testing and exploration. Enjoy. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Al Sherkow wrote: I believe it is JAVA applications that are using the IBM JVM (Java Virtual Machine). If your ISV uses a different JVM then I believe it will not use the zAAP engine. To accumulate data at the address space and service class period level on how much zAAP and zIIP resources

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Nope. Works fine on prior releases with the zIIP web deliverable and some APARs for z/OS and DB2 V8. We have been using this on z/OS 1.7.1 without any zIIP or zAAP installed to monitor eligible time. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Sam, is this z9 only ??? What about projecting from z/990 ??? Shane ... Nope. Works fine on prior releases with the zIIP web deliverable and some APARs for z/OS and DB2 V8. We have been using this on z/OS 1.7.1 without any zIIP or zAAP installed to monitor eligible time. -Original

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

Something else to consider are two IEAOPTxx parameters for WLM control of zAAP eligible workloads. IFACROSSOVER controls whether standard CPs will be used for zAAP eligible work. If YES (the default), then standard CPs will be used along with zAAP CPs. zAAP CPs will be preferred, but standard

Re: zAAP Eligible Work

John, publicly, no. The only workload that I know of today is Java. Yes, it's touted as a Java processor, 'cuz that's the only thing using it today. Read between the lines from this redbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG246386/wwhelp/wwhimpl/java/html/wwhel p.htm Quoting: When a

Re: whiny question: Why won't z/OS support the HMC 3270 emulator

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:02:28 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After all, z/VM does. Is z/VM so much superior to z/OS crooked grin? I tell you 3 times: Yes. And XEDIT is way better than ISPF, too. And VM had TCP/IP first. And Rexx. Nyah. }:-) Alan Altmark