vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Ron Thomas
Hi, We have got a requirement to migrate the application from vse environment to z/os, could some one please let me know the technical process involved in migrating systems from VSE to Z/OS also any documents that i can refer for the same Regards, Ron

Re: Adding CPU engines without IPL

2009-05-18 Thread Rahim, A. (Ahmed)
Like All the guys say. It should not be an issue with most vendors. And its relatively ease to configure a CPU ON/OFF. However Vanguard checks for the number of processors for the LIC. If you go from a 507 to a 508 then you would have to obtain another lic key. Please check with all your Vendors

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Michel Castelein
Ron Thomas ron5...@gmail.com wrote in message news:listserv%200905180115028243.0...@bama.ua.edu... Hi, We have got a requirement to migrate the application from vse environment to z/os, could some one please let me know the technical process involved in migrating systems from VSE to Z/OS

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 18 May 2009 10:18, Michel Castelein wrote: Ron Thomas ron5...@gmail.com wrote in message news:listserv%200905180115028243.0...@bama.ua.edu... We have got a requirement to migrate the application from vse environment to z/os, could some one please let me know the technical process

Re: USERCAT Error (Out of Space)

2009-05-18 Thread George Rodriguez
Hi Ulrich, Thanks for the information... The brief history lesson was perfect in explaining how this all got started. Before I take any additional steps to migrating these datasets to their own catalog, I'm going to pursue this with the vendor... Thanks again! George Rodriguez Specialist,

Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Mark Jacobs
On the main page is a picture of a penguin with some rude words attached. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 18 May 2009 13:48, Mark Jacobs wrote: On the main page is a picture of a penguin with some rude words attached. Most of the things I see on http://www.share.org/ have a .aspx suffix, which, if I'm not mistaken, tells us they use a Microsoft Web server. Perhaps they should use

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Rifkind
Ron, First, do you have a z/OS (1.7 - 1/10) running? You didn't mention that. Second. If you do and it's a Cobol APP and you have the source code just take the program and re compile it using the O/S Cobol compiler. Correct any syntax errors correct the run JCL (from VSE to MVS) then move

SRM CPU Mgmt Table layout?

2009-05-18 Thread Bob Woodside
Can anyone tell me where the SRM CPU Management Control Table (CCT) layout is documented? In my copy of MVS Data Areas, I hit a dead end at the RMCT, which contains the RMCTCCT field pointing to the CCT. I can't find a layout for the CCT itself. I want to include, in a

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Bob Woodside
On Monday 18 May 2009, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: On Monday 18 May 2009 13:48, Mark Jacobs wrote: On the main page is a picture of a penguin with some rude words attached. Most of the things I see on http://www.share.org/ have a .aspx suffix, which, if I'm not mistaken, tells us they use a

Re: SRM CPU Mgmt Table layout?

2009-05-18 Thread Rob Scott
SYS1.MODGEN(IRACCT) Rob Scott Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Woodside

Fw: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
To expand on Howard's note: 1) Do you have existing VSE and existing z/OS applications (and in-house expertise)? 2) Is this a single app that you need to migrate - while maintaining the existing VSE environment, or is this a shop migration? 3) Are you migrating CICS, Batch, DL/I, DB2, or some

Re: SRM CPU Mgmt Table layout?

2009-05-18 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 18 May 2009 08:43:56 -0400, Bob Woodside ibm...@woodsway.com wrote: Can anyone tell me where the SRM CPU Management Control Table (CCT) layout is documented? In my copy of MVS Data Areas, I hit a dead end at the RMCT, which contains the RMCTCCT field pointing to the CCT.

Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem

2009-05-18 Thread Thompson, Steve
I have spent quite some time searching for the equivalent of a 3592 Functional Characteristics manual. Or a 3592 Tape Subsystem Hardware Reference. I need to get my hands on what the precise command codes (doing EXCP w/ CCWs) are for certain types of I/O, what the response is to, say a BLOCKID

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Clark, Kevin
Ron, If it's just a single application, we may need more specific such as hom many programs, language, files (VSAM, BDAM, ETC.) But converting the Core Image Library to a PDS Load library can be done via a PUNCH method and relinked under MVS id you don't have source. You will need to

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Share Website Hacked On the main page is a picture of a penguin with some rude words attached. I just

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Bobbie Jo
They must have fixed it, because I saw it as well after the previous email.. - Original Message - From: Farley, Peter x23353 peter.far...@broadridge.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: Share Website Hacked

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 18 May 2009 15:41, Kevin Clark wrote: But converting the Core Image Library to a PDS Load library can be done via a PUNCH method and relinked under MVS if you don't have source. Probably not. You can not convert a VSE CIL (or a VSE phase) to a load-library (or a load-module),

vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
Kevin, Why do you say that you MUST remove STOP RUN statements from (COBOL) source in a VSE to z/OS conversion. There may be times and environments that you may want to do this - and using GOBACK will never hurt, but I seriously question the universal MUST remove statement. If you are talking

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Rifkind
I believe the 'Stop Run' statement just ends the program in VSE. In a z/OS environment you want the program to return control back to the O/S...a different world then VSE. --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Bill Klein wmkl...@ix.netcom.com wrote: From: Bill Klein wmkl...@ix.netcom.com Subject: vse to z/os

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Fermat Ma
One thing we encountered is the VSAM share options may have different meaning in VSE and z/OS. My customer claims they used (3,4). While in z/OS we usually do (2,3). Also, if your VSE uses third party TCPIP that supports VSAM ftp. VSAM is not supported by TCPIP of Comm Server in z/OS. Also,

Re: Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem

2009-05-18 Thread R.S.
Thompson, Steve pisze: I have spent quite some time searching for the equivalent of a 3592 Functional Characteristics manual. Or a 3592 Tape Subsystem Hardware Reference. I need to get my hands on what the precise command codes (doing EXCP w/ CCWs) are for certain types of I/O, what the

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Knutson, Sam
It was the site not his individual PC. The SmithBucklin (SBA aka Red Ribbon folks at SHARE) IT team was notified and did respond. The badly behaved penguin has been removed. I expect that review and incident response is still in progress. Perhaps a good time to point out that

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Eric Bielefeld
And if they bought a z_Series to do that, how much would the cost of Share go up? Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Bob Woodside ibm...@woodsway.com Perhaps they should use something that's less likely to be broken

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 18 May 2009 16:09, Bill Klein wrote: Why do you say that you MUST remove STOP RUN statements from (COBOL) source in a VSE to z/OS conversion.  There may be times and environments that you may want to do this - and using GOBACK will never hurt, but I seriously question the universal

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: vse to z/os migration I believe the 'Stop Run' statement just ends the program in VSE. In a

Re: Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem

2009-05-18 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Actually, they're all 3592s, aka Jaguar drives. Generation 1 was the model J1A, generation 2 is the TS1120, or model E05, the third generation is the TS1130 or model E06. They are definitely not LTOs. Do you have the manual for 3590 drives? I don't know if they would be the same command codes

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 15 May 2009 18:08:22 -0700, cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca (Clark Morris) wrote: I checked the reference you gave and for QSAM files, if the BLOCK CONTAINS clause is omitted, BLOCK 1 RECORD is assumed. This stupidity has aggravated me for years. The whole idea of (IBM mainframe) CoBOL still

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread P S
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Gilbert Saint-Flour usenet5...@yahoo.com wrote: Most of the things I see on http://www.share.org/ have a .aspx suffix, which, if I'm not mistaken, tells us they use a Microsoft Web server. Perhaps they should use something that's less likely to be broken into ?

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:18:20 -0500, Eric Bielefeld wrote: And if they bought a z_Series to do that, how much would the cost of Share go up? It is doubtful that SHARE is running its own server. Much more likely, they are using a web hosting service. I am not aware of any hosting services

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: vse to z/os migration -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem

2009-05-18 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem Thompson, Steve pisze: I have spent quite some

GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi Folks, Does anyone out there have anything that will 'mass-change' GDGs from NOSCRATCH to SCRATCH? Thanks! Bob Lester Systems Storage Oppenheimerfunds 303.768.3504 bles...@oppenheimerfunds.com --

Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
I may (a while ago - in the past) have mislead Clark. There is DEFINITELY a difference between coding Block Contains 1 versus omitting the Block CONTAINS clause (for output files) The former creates a RECFM=FB/BM file (with one record per block) while the latter produces a RECFM=F/V

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Tony Brown
Bob, The Dino Software T-REX product provides the capability for mass-change for SCRATCH/NOSCRATCH and other attributes. If you'd like additional info, feel free to contact me directly. Regards, Tony -- Tony Brown DINO Software Corporation http://www.dino-software.com/ 1-800-480-DINO (3466)

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Staller, Allan
ALTER 'gdg base entry' SCRATCH -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
For these types of issues, I usually do a 3.4 list with SAVE to a dataset, then create the ALTER control cards en-masse. Once the ISPF LIST dataset has been altered, I then just EX it. Or sometimes I would write a rexx to create the ALTER control cards. Lizette Does anyone out there

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Friday 15 May 2009 04:47, Clark Morris wrote: I submitted a SHARE requirement back in the 1990's to have a compile option that the default be BLOCK 0. Great idea, and I wish IBM added that option to the compiler. What a stupid necessity that programmers have to code BLOCK

Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
I don't know about Clark submitting a requirement in the 90's, but there is an existing SHARE requirement: SSLNGC03003 Compiler option to make BLOCK CONTAINS clause SMS sensitive (Part of the Description) The current default for when the BLOCK CONTAINS x RECORDS clause is omitted is for

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 18 May 2009 17:48:44 +0200, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: On Friday 15 May 2009 04:47, Clark Morris wrote: I submitted a SHARE requirement back in the 1990's to have a compile option that the default be BLOCK 0. Great idea, and I wish IBM added that option to the compiler. What

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 15 May 2009 14:10:20 -0700, kjar...@ca.ibm.com (Kelly Arrey) wrote: Actually, I've found it helps my morale to track my age in hexadecimal... only 35 :-) That only works for people who think Christmas is Halloween. -- For

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 16 May 2009 01:43:09 -0700, robert.richa...@opm.gov (Richards, Robert B.) wrote: You're kidding, right Pat? We count almost as much as accountants and statisticians! After last year's three heart attacks, I am very glad the counting continues! 58 rules! My age only matters of one thing - if

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 18 May 2009 09:06:04 -0700, howard.bra...@cusys.edu (Howard Brazee) wrote: My age only matters of one thing - if I wanted to retire today, I'd get my pension. Well, wanting to retire isn't sufficient - I need to actually do it.

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
On Monday 18 May 2009 18:04, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What a stupid necessity that programmers have to code BLOCK CONTAINS 0 ! What happens if the programmer pre-allocates the data set?   It's still a stupid necessity, but it might help in dealing with situations where recompilation is

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Ulrich Krueger
Lester, I have some old SAS-code that will do the trick. It reads catalog records (created by running EXPORT TEMPORARY on the catalog(s) I need to check) and generates the necessary ALTER statements for each GDG Base record that is in NOSCRATCH status. After that, all you need to do is execute the

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Scott Barry
On Mon, 18 May 2009 11:31:59 -0400, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: For these types of issues, I usually do a 3.4 list with SAVE to a dataset, then create the ALTER control cards en-masse. Once the ISPF LIST dataset has been altered, I then just EX it. Or sometimes I would write

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Share Website Hacked On Mon, 18 May 2009 09:18:20 -0500, Eric Bielefeld wrote: And if they

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread McKown, John
Curiousity question: would using the IFG0EX0B exit be a Good Idea(tm)? From my initial reading, it can change the BLKSIZE. And likely the RECFM as well (to change F/V to FB/VB). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N.

Re: Trying to issue an Error Message during ISPF Panel Initialization in REXX Exec

2009-05-18 Thread Vinson Lee
That's exactly what I needed. Thank you very much for the helpful tips and quick response Dave! Vince -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Salt Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re:

HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread Steve Comstock
I'd like to compile a list of available HTTP servers for z/OS. I'm aware of these: * the free HPPT server V5R3 that comes with z/OS based on the old CERN technology (but still a viable server) * the version of Apache server that comes with WAS * the new free version of Apache, which comes

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread P S
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: I'd like to compile a list of available HTTP servers for z/OS. I'm aware of these: * the free HPPT server V5R3 that comes with z/OS  based on the old CERN technology (but still a  viable server) * the version

Configuring APPN using Hipersockets

2009-05-18 Thread John Au
Is there a way to connect APPN Network Nodes on separate LPARs and separate base sysplexes within the same CEC using Hipersockets? If so, are there some sample configurations, I can take a look at. Everything I've tried gets me to a status of Pending request connections. Any info on this

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread John Au
Information Builders has one ('iWAY Full Function Server'). -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: HTTP servers on z/OS I'd like to compile a

Re: vse to z/os migration

2009-05-18 Thread Ron Thomas
Thanks for all the replies.. i will go through these documents that is mentioned..btw does some one in the list has got some kind of presentation kind of document which have done earlier.. if so can some body share this.. Then the client needs a whole application running in one of the old vse

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread John McKown
I just ran a quick test using Enterprise COBOL 3.4.1. I had one input FD and three output FDs. The output FDs were: (1) No BLOCK CONTAINS at all; (2) BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS; and (3) BLOCK CONTAINS 1 RECORDS. I directed each to a separate SMS managed disk dataset. On the JCL for each output

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread Jim Chappell
IBM HTTP Server is based on the Apache HTTP Server (httpd.apache.org), developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Also know as IHS 1: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/ or 2: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/ported/ihs/index.html James (Jim)

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: HTTP servers on z/OS I'd like to compile a list of available HTTP servers for z/OS. I'm aware of

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The whole idea of (IBM mainframe) CoBOL still caring about blocksize is irritating. The fix of making BLOCK CONTAINS 0 is IMHO, not the way fixes should be. I really don't think this qualifies as a 'fix'. I learned COBOL in 1976, and was taught, back then, to always use BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS

SMPE Rename of Module and Alias

2009-05-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
I am getting ready to write a usermod to rename a module that has an alias. Do you have to do a ++RENAME to both the module and then for its alias? The manual is not helping me understand that. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread Chuck Arney
z/Web-Host. Chuck Arney illustro Systems International, LLC http://www.illustro.com Internet-enable your applications with z/Ware V2 Voice: 214-800-8900 X#5562 -- This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If misdirected, please notify us by

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
What a stupid necessity that programmers have to code BLOCK CONTAINS 0 ! What a stupid necessity that REXX programmers have to code: PARSE (UPPER) ARG var1 var2 ... What a stupid necessity to have to code extra volumes in JCL/IDCAMS (or in your ACS) routines. What a stupid necessity that ...

Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
John, What happens if you run the exact same test, but instead of having the JCL for your output as: // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0,DSORG=PS you instead JUST coded // DSORG=PS i.e. you leave out the JCL (overrides) for RECCFM, LRECL, and BLKSIZE) - I think that this is

Re: [MVS-OE] HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread Hare, Tim
What about TomCat? It's an offshoot of Apache and I believe it will serve pages in much the same way (we have it running via JZOS but I haven't looked into the config files in detail yet) Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation Tel: +1 (850) 414-4209

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Howard Brazee
On 18 May 2009 11:30:02 -0700, eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: The whole idea of (IBM mainframe) CoBOL still caring about blocksize is irritating. The fix of making BLOCK CONTAINS 0 is IMHO, not the way fixes should be. I really don't think this qualifies as a 'fix'. I learned COBOL in

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Fri, 15 May 2009 17:03:20 -0400, Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR) z...@cdc.gov wrote: I'm 43, and I have always been the baby every place I've worked (usually by MANY years). Hard to believe I've been doing this work for 20 years. C. Todd Burrell, PMP, MCP Lead z/OS Systems

Re: C/C++ Calling OBTAIN / IGC0002G

2009-05-18 Thread Michael Knigge
Eileen, I don't know what is happening at your site, but on our system everything runs fine. I was able to compile and link the source and successfully do an OBTAIN for SYS1.PARMLIB on volume Z9RES1. I'll attach once again my source and also the SYSOUT of the c++ so you can compare your

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Kelman, Tom
But using hexadecimal can create strange age designations. It makes me 3D years old. :-) Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jan Vanbrabant

Re: C/C++ Calling OBTAIN / IGC0002G

2009-05-18 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Thanks alot Michael. I am trying to compile and link the programs in batch but am running into other problems, so you attachments will be a big help. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Knigge Sent: Monday, May 18,

DSLIST VSAM support for Info line command

2009-05-18 Thread David Speake
Does anyone know when the I - Info line command on DSLIST started supporting VSAM. I have been using ISPF Workplace for nine years (as well as Option 3.4) and had never tried the Info line command in the DSLIST. I had always gone back to the primary Workplace panel and used Q OR 3.2 and used V

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Ken Porowski
Three dog years ... Isn't that like 25 human years? -Original Message- But using hexadecimal can create strange age designations. It makes me 3D years old. :-) Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632

Re: HTTP servers on z/OS

2009-05-18 Thread Steve Comstock
Jim Chappell wrote: IBM HTTP Server is based on the Apache HTTP Server (httpd.apache.org), developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Also know as IHS 1: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/ or 2:

Re: GDG tool?

2009-05-18 Thread Lester, Bob
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ulrich Krueger Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: GDG tool? Lester, I have some old SAS-code that will do the trick. It reads catalog records

System data sets and 3390-27

2009-05-18 Thread Brad Wissink
We are moving from a Shark with no PAV's to a EMC SAN with PAV's. We are going to use 3390-27's. I have read most of the archives on 3390-27's but I did not see anything on running your sysres or system data sets from a 27? We are thinking about going totally with 3390-27's, which means we

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It is a lie to say BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS, it would have been better to have done that by leaving out the line altogether. I don't think it's a lie. Historically, ZERO has always had a special meaning. In COBOL's case, it just means that the programme is not going to determine the blocksize,

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
But using hexadecimal can create strange age designations. It makes me 3D years old. :-) At least you're not 2-dimensional. (8-{]} - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Where Is a Functional Characteristics for 3592 Tape Subsystem

2009-05-18 Thread Mike Wood
Steve, NOTE and POINT are supposed to be device independent. Should make no difference what tape device you use. Be sure you have the DCB DCBE and related fields correct. There is no hardware reference for any of the new tape devices from 3590 onwards other than a SCSI Reference. You will

Re: Configuring APPN using Hipersockets

2009-05-18 Thread Chris Mason
John Yes - you are obliged to use Enterprise Extender. In the Communications Server IP component, you should rely on the IPCONFIG statement DYNAMICXCF parameter in order to establish IP interfaces to HiperSockets. If you need sample for setting up Enterprise Extender, please post again. If

Re: System data sets and 3390-27

2009-05-18 Thread R.S.
Brad Wissink pisze: We are moving from a Shark with no PAV's to a EMC SAN with PAV's. We are going to use 3390-27's. I have read most of the archives on 3390-27's but I did not see anything on running your sysres or system data sets from a 27? We are thinking about going totally with

Re: System data sets and 3390-27

2009-05-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
One thing I would look at is which datasets might run into conentions when on the same Mod27. I am not sure if this still holds true, but I would hesitate to put the JES2 Checkpoint, SPool and CA1 TMC all on the same volume. Nor would I want to put page datasets with other datasets on the

Re: C/C++ Calling OBTAIN / IGC0002G

2009-05-18 Thread Michael Knigge
I am trying to compile and link the programs in batch but am running into other problems, so you attachments will be a big help. Well, I usually work under Batch I could send you my compile and link JCL complete with all options (for asm, compile and link) if you wish Bye, Michael

Re: C/C++ Calling OBTAIN / IGC0002G

2009-05-18 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Yes, please send the batch jobs. as i said in my previous post, your programs now work under unix. and thanks again Michael. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Knigge Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 3:47 PM To:

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Klein Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS John, What happens if you run the exact same test, but instead of having the

PDSE Anomaly?

2009-05-18 Thread Longnecker, Dennis
On my test lpar I applied some DB2 maintenance to a module. I could browse the module and indeed the fix was on. On my production LPAR, I wanted to copy that module over to the product libraries, so I did a TSO =3.3 copy and placed it in the production load library. I browsed that

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 18 May 2009 18:18:20 +0200, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: On Monday 18 May 2009 18:04, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What a stupid necessity that programmers have to code BLOCK CONTAINS 0 ! What happens if the programmer pre-allocates the data set?   It's still a stupid necessity, but it might

HSM COPYTAPE ML2 Tape unit type confusion

2009-05-18 Thread John Mattson
After many years I have finally convinced management (or more nearly accurately SOX and PCI have convinced them) that they might really need ML2 tapes at the DR site in a Disaster. Swell. So now I try implementing it. BUT COPYTAPE ML2 tries to copy my 359L ATL tapes to 3590-1

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Yah. It should be done by the access method; the application should be oblivious to the entire blocking process. We have 45 years of baggage. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Most people/shops have templates with these things already specified. Copy, and move on. If BLOCK CONTAINS is an issue, you

Re: PDSE Anomaly?

2009-05-18 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 18 May 2009 13:53:48 -0700, Longnecker, Dennis dennis.longnec...@courts.wa.gov wrote: On my test lpar I applied some DB2 maintenance to a module. I could browse the module and indeed the fix was on. On my production LPAR, I wanted to copy that module over to the product libraries, so I

Re: PDSE Anomaly?

2009-05-18 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Dennis, We have to watch out for this too.  If you have a same name dataset on two different lpars and the alias is related to one user catalog one one lpar and to a different user catalog on the other lpar, you will see this behavior as each lpar will supply the correct dataset for its

Re: PDSE Anomaly?

2009-05-18 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Dennis, Mark is right in his comments.  This could be bad if you are in a sysplex.  In my response I was assuming two monoplex lpars. Linda - Original Message - From: Linda Mooney linda.lst...@comcast.net To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 3:32:12 PM GMT

Re: Configuring APPN using Hipersockets

2009-05-18 Thread John Au
Chris, I thought dynamicxcf would not work when connecting from 2 separate base sysplexes. I been attempting to connect using TRLE definitions via MPC and local major nodes for each LPAR without any luck. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Share Website Hacked

2009-05-18 Thread Shane
On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 10:22 -0400, Knutson, Sam wrote: Perhaps a good time to point out that http://blackhat.com Black Hat is only a few months away July 25-30. For the really hard core this is followed immediately by DEFCON http://www.defcon.org I wonder how far an expense claim for this

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Clark Morris
On 18 May 2009 13:35:40 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Klein Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS John, What

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Clark Morris
On 18 May 2009 14:10:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2009 18:18:20 +0200, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: On Monday 18 May 2009 18:04, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What a stupid necessity that programmers have to code BLOCK CONTAINS 0 ! What happens if the programmer

Re: Configuring APPN using Hipersockets

2009-05-18 Thread John Au
Chris, I thought dynamicxcf would not work when connecting from 2 separate base sysplexes. I been attempting to connect using TRLE definitions via MPC and local major nodes for each LPAR without any luck. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:28:02 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: We have 45 years of baggage. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Most people/shops have templates with these things already specified. Copy, and move on. Whenever I hear this diachronic rationale for some deficiency of z/OS, I think of the political

Re: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Ted MacNEIL
We have 45 years of baggage. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Most people/shops have templates with these things already specified. Copy, and move on. Whenever I hear this diachronic rationale for some deficiency of z/OS, I think of the political unrest in the U.S. in the 1960's when bumper stickers:

Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote in message news:listserv%200905181607125082.0...@bama.ua.edu... On Mon, 18 May 2009 18:18:20 +0200, Gilbert Saint-Flour wrote: snip Is default unblocked an ANSI Standard requirement? (Of course this doesn't preclude an extension implemented via

BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Bill Klein
Ted, The issue that I think you are missing is that this entire conversation started with a site trying to do a VSE to z/OS conversion. For this site, this is a major concern. Certainly not the only one, but it is important to understand exactly does happen/when/how under z/OS - so the

Re: HSM COPYTAPE ML2 Tape unit type confusion

2009-05-18 Thread Adams, Rick
John, When you create a TAPECOPY the dataset created is HSM.COPY.HMIGTAPE.DATASET. Make sure your SMS routines allow this dataset to go to your ATL. That should take care of your issue with copying existing tapes via the TAPECOPY command. Just curious - are you using duplexing to create your DR

Re: Fw: BLOCK CONTAINS

2009-05-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 18 May 2009 22:56:05 -0500, Bill Klein wrote: The actual phrasing of the current Standard is, 1) This clause is required except when one or more of the following conditions exist: ... c) The number of records or characters contained in a block is specified in the operating

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