http://www.isham-research.co.uk/T3Feb13.pdf
In the last 60 days is a clear reference to the period since IBM filed its
suit on 7
December 2006 - and the message is we're still selling despite being sued - up
yours, IBM.
And it names customers - including the University of Alabama Hospital.
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 09:06 +, Phil Payne wrote:
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/T3Feb13.pdf
404 Phil ???.
The beaks got to you already ???.
Shane ...
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So, the question seems to be is the VTOCIX active?, and nothing to do
with the VTOCIX name.
For the sake of clearness and to close the thread on this topic, I have to
admit that Bruce
was right about VTOCIX name having nothing to do with the problem I
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 16:46 -0600, Hal Merritt wrote:
We think we may have some performance issue with XCF. We are looking at
the RMF reports, but still confused. Can anyone suggest some metric to
focus on that would be an indication of goodness or badness?
A couple of years back there were a
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focus on that would be an indication of goodness or badness?
Thanks!
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We think we may have some performance issue with XCF. We are looking at
the RMF reports, but still confused. Can anyone suggest some metric to
focus on that would be an indication of goodness or badness?
Hal,
In the
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On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 09:06 +, Phil Payne wrote:
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404 Phil ???.
The beaks got to you already ???.
It's visible from Chicago
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On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 07:26 -0600, Chase, John wrote:
It's visible from Chicago
Yeah, he finally got his act together ...
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The message IS loud and clear but probably meant for a select audience
only. What I can't figure out is how do the customers get the software ? Is
IBM still supplying OS to these machines despite the law suit or they get
it from chor bazar? And who supports it in the later case ?
The plot is
Walt is right (as usual) about the advantages of mixed-case passwords in
deterring brute-force attacks. To get a feel for the difference, take a
look at http://www.goldisconsulting.com/predict.htm
Mixed case passwords are also effective in deterring dictionary attacks.
In our consulting and
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The same with using a zAAP, I'll bet. Curiously, due to an
error in
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:55:19 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
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the RMF reports, but still confused. Can anyone suggest some metric
Hi, Denis.
Did you ever get a solution to your problem of getting time zone information
from a time zone name in PL/I applications? If you have not, I can send you
a PL/I subroutine that we have here that does exactly that.
Have a good one.
DJ
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 04:05:10 -0500, Denis Gäbler
posting this across 3 lists on behalf of a colleague, TIA for any help.
ciao!
Aurora Emanuela Dell'Anno
Compuware Ltd.
Systems Engineer, Mainframe pre-Sales
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We have OUTPUT cards in the job, but they are there solely for setting
up AFP output, following is the extent of the OUTPUT cards in this
particular job:
//CANCEL OUTPUT FORMDEF=WSCCAN,PAGEDEF=WSCCAN
//SPEC4OUTPUT FORMDEF=SPEC4,PAGEDEF=SPEC4,
//
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:03:34 -0600, Pommier, Rex R.
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I can't categorically say that it is something Control-M is doing to me,
but it sure is suspicious that we started having this problem about the
same time we implemented the scheduler.
Rex
We don't use Control-M,
Ted,
Are you making the assumption that SMS is going to open the newly
allocated dataset using an access method (BSAM/QSAM) that depends on DCB
information? SMS might open the dataset via another access method (EXCP?)
that doesn't give a rip about DCB parameters. The EOF marker isn't
In a message dated 2/15/2007 3:09:19 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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And it names customers - including the University of Alabama Hospital. This
list server is,
of course, hosted by UA.
Just for the record there's three of us included in the University of
Hi Dave,
that would be great. I'd really like to have a look at that subroutine.
Thanks in advance.
Denis Gäbler.
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Instead of simply renaming the VTOCIX, I converted the VTOCIX to OSVTOC with PURGE; then
I built a VTOCIX with a consistent name on the affected volume and reran my DR restore.
The correct volser shows up now, everything is consistent. Another thing learned.
Actually, it sounds like a problem
Can you provide the output from the JES command $DOJ,outgrp=* ?
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I thought that's what I said.
If I wasn't clear, I said:
It has to be SMS-Managed.
It has to have a data class.
The data class is NOT required, as long as you specify DSORG=PS in the JCL.
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Having gone to a brand new ISPF profile several times (in some cases
voluntarily, in some, not!), I would actually reccomend it. It clears out
all the old crap you had lying around, and sets you up with the site
standards (assuming they have some).
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:03:34 -0600, Pommier, Rex R. wrote:
I can't categorically say that it is something Control-M is doing to me,
but it sure is suspicious that we started having this problem about the
same time we implemented the scheduler.
Rex, I do believe that it is Control-M that is
Hehehe... funny but oooh sooo true.
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Clearing out all the old crap would mean
Is there an easier way to do a DELVVR for a VVR that points to a
non-existent catalog?
With IBM tools, there is no way to DELETE VVR to get rid of a duplicate
VVR. What you did is the best way to fix these.
As Michael said, there are non-IBM tools which can fix this without
disturbing
Bruce,
AFAIK, if SDB can figure out what the DSORG is from the DCB you also do not
need a DATACLAS.
Ron
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Clearing out all the old crap would mean my command line would be at the
bottom instead of the top; recovery would be off instead of on; hilite would
be off instead of on; initial macro would be
AFAIK, if SDB can figure out what the DSORG is from the DCB you also do not
need a DATACLAS.
Sorry, no. The EOF will be written at allocation time (if the DSORG=PS
is specified or derived from the data class), but the DCB is not known
until the dataset is open, too late to write the EOF.
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Can you provide the output from the JES command $DOJ,outgrp=* ?
Thanks, Tom.
I have my control-m administrator chasing down that line. Unfortunately
he prefers to go through the contractor that installed it instead of
going straight to BMC so it's not the speediest response time. I was
looking to this group to see if anybody else had seen the problem and if
Hi Bruce,
Thanks to you and Michael for the info.
Thanks!
*BobL*
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Is there an
Rex,
What Control-M is doing here is altering the sysout class for the
joblog, jcl image, and allocation messages to a held class that can be
picked up by the control-m monitor. That is how the monitor is checking
for JCL errors, space errors, and other issues. In your schedule
definitions you
It's visible from Chicago
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Bruce,
Yeah, that's a brain-fart. We discussed this a few weeks ago...
Ron
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I can see it from Hong Kong -)
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It's visible from Chicago
We ran into an interesting situation with z/OS V1.8. One of our folks
uses a PDS for his listing dataset in ISPF 3.12 and 3.14. This stopped
working when we upgraded to z/OS V1.8. After hitting enter we got:
Listing not generated. When we hit PF1 for more information we
received: Abnormal
I can see it from Toronto!
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:30:25 +
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Not from Toronto!
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Thanks Michael. I will address the subject about the weekly reorgs with our
gurus (hard headed). Hopefully they will come around.
Friske, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since z/OS 1.5, VSAM RLS is not
required in order to make the HSM MCDS,
BCDS, and OCDS an Extended Addressability data
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:46:08 -0500, Veilleux, Jon L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We ran into an interesting situation with z/OS V1.8. One of our folks
uses a PDS for his listing dataset in ISPF 3.12 and 3.14. This stopped
working when we upgraded to z/OS V1.8. After hitting enter we got:
Listing not
Hello All,
I have two systems, one is a temporary system for use while I upgrade the
main system. The temporary system has data that I cloned from the main
system.
Now that I finished my work on the main system, I want to sync up the data
between the two. I'm thinking of dumping the data
Thanks, Brad.
Right after getting your response, BMC contacted me and confirmed that
this is in fact what Control-M is doing. Buried deep inside the
control-m libraries is the one that actually stores customer JCL. The
job in question had MSGCLASS=X in the BMC library. Before submitting
the
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I can see it from Toronto!
Must have stopped snowing
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DSS supports a BY operand where you specify that it should select only
datasets with the changed flag set. Look at the Filtering chapter in
your DSS reference.
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The temporary system has data that I cloned from the main system.
select only datasets with the changed flag set
Depending on the type of clone your temporary system was created with, you
may find that some of the data was already marked 'changed' from the main
system. And you'll be copying that
Come on, it's a PDF not the new moon !
Mohammad
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We're also seeing this problem. We're migrating from z/OS 1.6 to 1.8. We
do have the fix for that apar installed.
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Mark Zelden wrote:
Thanks for letting us know. But I just checked and that PTF is not
marked PE (at least not yet), so what you really need to do is open a
PMR with IBM to find out if this is WAD or BAD. Is it documented
anywhere that the listing data setcan't be a PDS member?
We have an
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The temporary system has data that I cloned from the main system.
select only datasets with the changed flag set
Depending on the type of clone your temporary system was
created with, you may find
Hello Hal,
I recommend you the following redbook:
http://www.ibm.com/br/products/servers/zseries/news/events/itso2006/files/20
06_ITSO_Parallel_Sysplex_Update.pdf
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:56:03 -0600
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:46:08 -0500, Veilleux, Jon L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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We ran into an interesting situation with z/OS V1.8. One of our folks
uses a PDS for his listing dataset in ISPF 3.12 and 3.14.
Yeah, I know there's a DB2 list.
Does anyone know if it is legal and possible to pre-compile (separate or
integrated co-processor) a COBOL program under DB2 V7, and then bind and run
it under DB2 V8? (This is intended as a technology question, not a licensing
question. By legal I mean do the
yes - and it has always been that way. You do not have to recompile your
programs just because you have a new DB2 release nor do you have to relink
them. With V8, there is a suggestion that it is best to REBIND them, but
that is still not a requirement.
There are DB2 programs that have not
My experience with DB2 prior to V8 was that is was downward compatible, as
long as the load libraries used to establish the thread were at the highest
level you were wanting to connect to. Can't use Vn libraries to connect to
a Vn+1 DB2, but can use Vn+1 to create a thread on a Vn DB2. V8 has
re: 404
Finger trouble. Works now. Someone who started with punched card JCL and used
both MVT/TSO
in line mode and CRJE on 2741s ought to be more sensitive to the effects of a
single misplaced
space.
If IBM's lawyers don't frighten me, PSI's sure as Hades don't.
(Bowdlerization of
Greetings,
I know that this is not the racf-l list, however, can someone tell me what
parameter in racf controls the timeout for ibmuser. I/we have an extremely
large file we're
working with and the ibmuser abends on a 522. I know that this is a timeout
condition, so I need to increase
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Greetings,
I know that this is not the racf-l list, however, can someone
tell me what parameter in racf controls the timeout for
ibmuser. I/we have an extremely large file we're working
with and
I can see it from Toronto!
Been too busy to check, but I couldn't at the time I sent the e-mail.
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I'm not a DB2 guy, so everyone please forgive my ignorance on this. And yes,
if it gets deep, I'll take it over to the DB2 list.
It's for a product solution for a customer, so I would like a certainty that
it will work generically, not a look at the pre-compile output and try it.
No, I don't
IIRC, abend S522 is wait time limit exceeded. The limit is/was specified
in the PARMLIB member SMFPRMxx's JWT parameter.
What's it waiting for?
Thanks John. I forgot all about that.
It's a tso file transfer that is timing out. Really huge files. I haven't had
the opportunity to configure tcp/ip yet as this is a somewhat new system and
I'm only there part time. I was looking at a batch ftp job to do it if I can't
get the
tso file
Thanks Tom for the information. It's a tso file transfer of some rather large
files. It appears to be timing out. I'm
not doing it, someone else is, but for a lot of their problems, I'm the go to
guy. Every once in a while, something comes
up, I have a brain fart and can't remember what it
There are DB2 programs that have not been precompiled or compiled in a decade
and still run.
NOT anymore.
Yes the generated code (mostly the generated plist)
has version identifiers in it and as far as I know, IBM will take an apar if
the program doesn't work.
IBM has told us no COBOL/VS, no
REALLY
No program compiled under older COBOL is supported for RUNNING under DB2
V8???
Charles
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I just found the following statement in the DB2 V8 Installation Guide:
If the DYNAM option of COBOL II is being used, the IMS RESLIB DD statement
must precede the reference to prefix.SDSNLOAD in the JOBLIB or STEPLIB
statement.
That implies to me that COBOL II load modules are specifically
REALLY
No program compiled under older COBOL is supported for RUNNING under DB2
V8???
That's what we were told.
We have over 6,000 programmes and we re-compile about a third each year.
But, it's the same third.
We are sizing the re-compile/test effort.
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Ted, the **pre-compiler** appears to not support preparing source code for
old COBOLs. Is that what you meant?
I meant you have to be at Enterprise COBOL V3.3 or higher.
I am not leading the conversion.
Our DBA's are, and I am getting this from them.
We are sizing the re-compile effort.
The
More Detail -
Old load modules can access DB2 if they have the supporting libraries to
run. Still in the manuals - still supported.
The interface to DB2 is a module called DSNHLI - It hasn't changed for
ages. Now what it does is load the real processing module from steplib,
joblib, or wherever
You and I might both be better off if you could confirm that and get back to
this list. From the DB2 V8 App. Prog. SQL Guide, Table 173 in Appendix
1.2.2:
For all instances of COBOL in this table, the application can be compiled
using OS/VS COBOL, VS/COBOL II, or IBM COBOL for MVS VM.
Charles
It is pretty obvious that weak passwords greatly increase the likelihood
that a brute force attack will work.
However, since most (all?) systems revoke userids after a very small number
of unsuccessful password attempts, the issue of strong vs weak passwords is
totally irrelevant to your end
Ted, you might want to point your senior DBA guy at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/db2storedprocedure/db2zos390/techdocs/Z0
1.pdf (watch the wrap)
This is a presentation by Fiona Gleeson, Director, DB2 UDB for z/OS Silicon
Valley Lab at the DB2 Information Management Technical Conference
Don,
For Brute Force cracking our thief may need a lot of leisure time. I have a
Password Protected Word document from 7 years ago that I forgot the password
on. Occasionally I start up a brute force cracker to open this file as I'd
like to have the contents back.
Over the last 5 years I've
I've been using a lot of labels along with symbols. For instance, I have a
label called .JCLT that opens up a JCL library devoted to one test
environment, and .JCLP that points to another library. I don't even have to
remember the library names or which object list I stored them in.
Can I
I recommend to customers to have 3 transport classes: 1k/8k/20k (default to
20k).
The big problem with XCF is if it has to resize messages. You can see that in
RMF
Post Processor Reports for each link from one System to every other for each
transport
you will see Fit, Small, Big numbers. Fit is
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From: Styles, Andy (Group IT) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Having gone to a brand new ISPF profile several times (in some cases
Charles,
This is correct, IF you use the V8 pre-compiler. However, according to
the DB2 Free-For-All at SHARE, the IBM'ers present verified that for V8,
the V7 pre-compiler can still be used, both legally and technically,
with older, unsuported compilers.
Wayne Driscoll
Product Developer
JME
From: Don Leahy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can I point a label to a set of merged data sets? I haven't tried that
yet.
Any object that can be stored in an object list can be given a label. This
includes data sets, VSAM files, DB2 tables, PC workstation files, TSO
commands, (etc). All of these
From: Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's because your ISPF sysprog never took my Configuring ISPF for Fun and
Profit SHARE session. Grab it at my web site
http://home.rochester.rr.com/pinncons. All the items you mentioned can be
set as ISPF defaults.
If my ISPF sysprog set all the
Just for the record there's three of us included in the University
of Alabama Systems. Us at _www.ua.edu_ (http://www.ua.edu)
(Crimson Tide), them at www.uab.edu_ (http://www.uab.edu)
(Blazers), and up there at _www.uah.edu_ (http://www.uah.edu)
(Chargers). We're located in Tuscaloosa,
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