Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products.

2006-12-29 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
I do not have an NFS client, so I cannot NFS mount the z/OS UNIX subdirectories which contain the jar But you could use dfsSMB to create a Windows-type share on your mainframe and map that to a drive letter on your PC. Requires a bit of set-up in order to get security right (and authentication

Re: GRS alternatives

2006-12-29 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 23:33 -0800, Gibney, Dave wrote: ... or you broke it on some occasion or other :) Or both vbg and maybe on purpose mbG) Nope - anyone smart enough to break it, wouldn't have been so stoopid as to do it deliberately. Then again ...

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2006-12-29 Thread Marcin Blaszczyk
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Re: TLMS CopyCat Utility

2006-12-29 Thread Robert Fake
Hi Carlos, CA CopyCat Link below. Perfect for migrating to VTS. To summarize: BrightStor™ CA-Dynam®/TLMS Tape Management Copycat Utility provides advanced software to assist the user with tape media conversions, media consolidation/stacking and media replacement operations. BrightStor

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2006-12-29 Thread Dietri Dorsey
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Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
I've been digging in the archives, haven't hit this yet. We're starting to test 1.7, have 1.4 in production and on our sandbox. I want to be able to use some HLQs that are in the 1.4 mastercat so I can get to my OEM stuff on 1.7. I'm not ready for the mergecat step just yet, at least I don't

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Jack Kelly
I've found that the easiest and safest way is to stick to the alias', just like the servpac creates. Jack Kelly LA Systems @ US Courts x 202-502-2390 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Using FTP on z/OS to get csv file from unix box running ipswitch ws_ftp.

2006-12-29 Thread Gilbert Saint-Flour
Bill, I have converted thousands VSE FTP (BSI and CSI) steps to z/OS but can't remember experiencing the symptoms you describe. I'd like to help, but can you send me a copy of the Unix file to run some tests? Go to the Support page of the GSF-Soft Web site and contact me off-line. Happy

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:50:10 -0600, Daniel McLaughlin wrote: We're starting to test 1.7, have 1.4 in production and on our sandbox. I want to be able to use some HLQs that are in the 1.4 mastercat so I can get to my OEM stuff on 1.7. I'm not ready for the mergecat step just yet, at least I don't

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
First, I don't usually put OEM stuff in the master catalog unless it absolutely positively has to be there. OEM stuff is better of in a usercat. Doing so makes it easier to get to those products from other systems with other mastercats. Second, you can avoid this issue in the future by

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2006-12-29 Thread Bruce Black
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Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Fochtman
I have to agree with Don. If something needs to be in the linklist or LPA list, I try to find another way. For instance, in the LINKLIST, I'll refer to the dataset with a vol-ser reference. I don't recall ever having something that needed to be in the LPALIST, so I'm unsure how to handle that

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Catalog Question I have to agree with Don. If something needs to be in the linklist or

Re: Using FTP on z/OS to get csv file from unix box running ipswitch ws_ftp.

2006-12-29 Thread Roger Bolan
When I use FTP on z/OS to retrieve files, I use the LOCSITE command to set the DCB attributes for the target files. For example, if I want to retrieve a large tersed file, I first issue the BIN command to be in binary mode and then I issue locsite recfm=fb lrecl=1024 blksize=0 cylinders

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip In the LPALST, the syntax is: dsn(volser) unsnip Thanks, John Rick -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Remote Tape drives Chaps, Any suggestions on ways we could have a tape drive 3490 in a remote

IBM VTS Stacking Cartridges

2006-12-29 Thread Campbell Jay
If anyone has an well loaded, active VTS and you plan on replacing J type cartridges with K types on the back end... DO NOT order the same VOLSER range. It will ruin your day. Enjoy. j -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Cheers John, I thought channel extenders had a finite distance , like about 250k. I think we are looking for something which would be IP based Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 This email has been scanned for all

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread R.S.
Crispin Hugo wrote: Chaps, Any suggestions on ways we could have a tape drive 3490 in a remote location attached to our mainframe. We are talking about 1 thousand of miles. Speed is not important Use ftp instead ? Transmitted files could be: a) recorded on CD or DVD, b) use locally

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Tim Hare
There are 3490-compatible drives that attach to PCs (one example: http://tapedrives-3480to3590.com/134-04-11025) . Get one, use it to read the tape file at the PC end, then FTP the resulting file to your mainframe. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850)

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Bob Shannon
CNT channel extender? Or do a Google search on channel extender I've used CNT at two companies. They're expensive but do the job. At the first company the remote drives were about 1200 miles away. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Again, I agree about CD but many of our customers want tape. We have to bow to their wishes. Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 _ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Tim, That would work but does require that we have people at both end available. There may be a need to use this system over greater distances which would cause problems with time differences Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
I will investigate CNT. Many thanks Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal

Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Chaps, Any suggestions on ways we could have a tape drive 3490 in a remote location attached to our mainframe. We are talking about 1 thousand of miles. Speed is not important Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ http://www.macro4.com/ Macro 4 plc, The Orangery,

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Tim Hare
You'll need people at both ends for a tape drive, too - tape drives end up with all sorts of issues requiring operator intervention. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 That would work but does require that we have people at both end

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Tim, I would envisage that the 'remote' have access to the mainframe to run the jobs they require. Mount the tape required etc. Long distance operators ! Machine would think tape is local Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crispin Hugo Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remote Tape drives Cheers John, I thought channel extenders had a finite distance , like

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Carol Srna
Oh No. John said FlexES. Please lets not get started on lawsuits again!!!hahahahahahahahaha... McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 12/29/2006 01:54 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carol Srna Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Remote Tape drives Oh No. John said FlexES. Please lets not get started on lawsuits

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Bruce Black
Also check out McData.com (also known as InRange) for channel extenders. Like CNT, they have units that operate over IP -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread August Carideo
What ever happened to those good old Mohawk data transfer units -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Crispin Hugo
Thanks Bruce Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 http://www.macro4.com/ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread R.S.
Bruce Black wrote: Also check out McData.com (also known as InRange) for channel extenders. Like CNT, they have units that operate over IP CNT is a part of McDATA for quite long time Adva is part of CNT (which is a part...) InRange is also part of McDATA AFAIK, also McDATA was recently

Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products.

2006-12-29 Thread Kirk Wolf
John, I can say confidently that jar files produced on other platforms should work fine under z/OS. We -always- produce our jars under Eclipse (using Ant and the jar task) using both Windows and Linux.We commonly download open source Java jars and upload them (in binary) for use on

Re: GRS alternatives

2006-12-29 Thread Craddock, Chris
It is entirely possible to share those resources in a read-only manner across SYSPLEX boundaries. It is equally certain that writing to a dataset (improperly) shared in that manner will result in a broken dataset and grief to the consumers on both sides. Ask me how I know Dave said

Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products.

2006-12-29 Thread Kirk Wolf
Having Java .class files or jars on a NFS, Samba, or other remote file system can have negative impact on the application performance, especially application startup times. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/29/2006 1:17:46 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What ever happened to those good old Mohawk data transfer units Or the other ones? 37 somethings that took a 3420 and xMIT'd it over 9600 bisynch...Look ma no hands

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Harold Zbiegien
Uh, could you (or any one else) expound on this?, usually IBM tends to rename the sys1 files, moves them to other volsers, changes sizes of files which tend to force file to different volsers. etc. And in our case, (just getting ready to install 1.7 into production) we went from mod3 to mod

Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products.

2006-12-29 Thread Phil Sidler
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:25:27 -0600, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: files. Finally, I get to my question. Is it OK for me to download the jar files to my workstation? I have absolutely NO idea where to look to see what the license is that would address this issue. For CICS, as an example,

Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products.

2006-12-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Sidler Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 3:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Use of Java jar files supplied by IBM with z/OS products. On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:25:27

Re: Catalog Question

2006-12-29 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
Harold, You say usually IBM tends to rename the sys1 files, moves them to other volsers, changes sizes of files which tend to force file to different volsers. etc.. I may not understand what you mean by this, but I have not really encountered these issues. Many of the data sets are on the

Re: Remote Tape drives

2006-12-29 Thread Ed Gould
Bob, I have been exposed to two different channel extenders over the years. Of the two each had its own weaknesses. I won't talk about brand names other than to say they were from different parts of the US. The first (and second) seemed to drive IOS nuts and they were guilty of various