Re: Module search sequence question

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Relson
Nope. Only one library in the STEPLIB concatentation. My post mentioned bit DEBAPFIN. Your response did not mention what you found when you looked at DEBAPFIN. I will also mention that if your data set happens to be an alias of a real data set, you cannot APF-authorize it by the alias name.

BPXWDYN solved

2007-03-13 Thread Steve Comstock
Not sure what did it, but I'm getting a new error, an OPEN problem, so I'll work on tracking that down. Thanks for the suggestions; I'll also try and figure out which one made the difference. (It was not having to use a null-terminated string, however; that is just one of the ways to pass the

Re: [MVS-OE] BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: MVS OpenEdition [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MVS-OE] BPXWDYN problem OK, so I'm writing this CGI in Assembler to access a VSAM file [seemed like a fun thing

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Tabor
I think you will have better luck using FI and DA instead of DD and DSN. On 3/12/07, Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so I'm writing this CGI in Assembler to access a VSAM file [seemed like a fun thing to do]. The program is reentrant and LE-conforming. To allocate the file, I want

Re: z9 crypto express 2

2007-03-13 Thread Low, David
If you'll fill in the missing numbers ??... I am assuming that it is 0,1,2,3 for the Candidate List and the Online List. Yes the candidate and online list are set to 0,1,2,3. 1) Have you IPL'd your PROD system since you made the HMC settings for domains? You must IPL after changing the

Where is the NED set

2007-03-13 Thread Lizette Koehler
Question: I am getting an IOS291I Message Configuration Mismatch error subcode 21. I have been hunting through the manuals to see where the NED is set (node element descriptor). According to the manual and Apars I have found the 3 fields are: In my good dev I have SCP CU ND =

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Rob Scott
Steve, First of all, I assume the x'800' was a typo and you really meant x'8000'. Is it possible that this CGI is running in ASCII-land? If so, do you have to translate the text of the alloc statement to EBCDIC first? If not, what is the hex representation of the bracket characters?

Re: Module search sequence question

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Relson
I assume it has been this way forever, but I would have assumed and expected an abend of some sort loading or executing B' rather than a successful execution of B. You need to re-think. This behavior is necessary in order for the system to function. Otherwise authorized system code could not LINK

Canada Revenue Agency E-filing down was Re: ibmlink

2007-03-13 Thread Clark Morris
The following is a reposting because of the possible implications for other shops, The tax e-file application is probably on a mainframe. It has been down for over a week starting last Monday and they are hoping to have all of the databases rebuilt by this Thursday. At least Canada Revenue

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Rich Tabor said: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:34:15 -0700 I think you will have better luck using FI and DA instead of DD and DSN. Why? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Art Celestini
Not sure if this is your problem, but as shown, your X'800' constant doesn't have enough zeros. (It should be X'8000'.) At 11:45 PM 3/12/2007, Steve Comstock wrote: OK, so I'm writing this CGI in Assembler to access a VSAM file [seemed like a fun thing to do]. The program is

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Bob Rutledge
FFEC = -20. -20 will quickly get you to the fact that the parameter should be a null-terminated string rather than an MVS-style PARM= value. Bob MVS OpenEdition [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/12/2007 11:45:43 PM: OK, so I'm writing this CGI in Assembler to access a VSAM file [seemed like

Re: SFEB error

2007-03-13 Thread Mark H. Young
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:57:53 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SFEB error We have a job

Re: Where is the NED set

2007-03-13 Thread Brian Peterson
I had a problem a year ago which might have been similar to yours, after a dynamic configuration change for a point-to-point (no director) FICON channel (from DASD to tape). IBM took APAR OA14812, and closed it FIN. A subsequent IPL fixed my issue. The only problem I had was that D M looked

Re: TOD Clock

2007-03-13 Thread Mark H. Young
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:13:36 -0500, Mark Steely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has nothing to do with DST. I am having problems keeping our 2 CPU's time's in Sync. We are not Sysplex and we do not have any timers. We have two z800's 2066-001. The manual describes how to change the Time without an

What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Bodenstein
We recently upgraded from a 9672-R16 to a z9 BC G01 and in the process went from having 2 GB storage to having 8 GB. HSA takes a bunch more than it did, but we still have lots of extra storage to play with. We run 4 LPARs - production z/OS and z/VM and test z/OS and z/VM. Right now we're

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Rob Scott said: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:04:21 -0400 First of all, I assume the x'800' was a typo and you really meant x'8000'. Is there an argument here in favor of using VL=1 rather than coding large hex constants ad-hoc? (Does VL=1 require the

Re: TOD Clock

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Mark H. Young said: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:54:27 -0500 each LPAR image. Here, they just issue the CLOCK command and update SYS1.PARMLIB to change the time, sans IPL. Obviously BOTH methods work, but I seem to remember a reason WHY issuing the CMD to MVS

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Staller, Allan
As long as your paging rates are in the low single digits, there should be no issue. My opinion is to leave it offline to z/OS. It takes CPU cycles to manage that storage (although at 8GB, probably not too many). I believe z/VM has some similar issues with excess storage. Bottom line (IMO) is use

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Smrcina
Do you have expanded storage available for the z/VM LPARs? Even if z/VM isn't paging, in the event that it does start, having it available will help performance. The ROT is 20-25% of the LPAR allocation (which I think is high, but that's what they say). Mark Bodenstein wrote: We recently

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
You could incease your buffers for VSAM, DB2, CICS thereby eliminating physical I/O and increasing performance. snip We run 4 LPARs - production z/OS and z/VM and test z/OS and z/VM. Right now we're running with about the same LPAR storage allocations that we had before, and see very little

Re: Where is the NED set

2007-03-13 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 3/13/2007 9:28:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to understand where the NED is set that the SCP reads. Is it something with the IOCDS? If so, where in the HCD can I look. Or is it strictly a device supplied number? Would a vary

Squatty boxen DST problems:

2007-03-13 Thread Ed Finnell
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Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread R.S.
Mark Bodenstein wrote: [...] Since we're not paging on those systems, would we get any benefit from allocating additional storage to them? Or would we just be spending DASD space (because the backing store for paging would have to be bigger to accommodate the additional storage) for no

Tivoli Optimizer Error - GTO084E

2007-03-13 Thread Carol Srna
Hello All. I received error GTO084E will trying to run an Optimizer Copy job. GTO084E - Function(GetRequestParms) File(Product-Parameters) I/O error. RC(102) The error message above does not tell me what kind of I/O processing error. I've looked but cannot find the VSAM feedback codes. Can

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Mark Bodenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... We recently upgraded from a 9672-R16 to a z9 BC G01 and in the process went from having 2 GB storage to having 8 GB. HSA takes a bunch more than it did, but we still have lots of extra storage to play with. We

Re: Module search sequence question

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Yuhas
It has occurred to me that I had a similar problem a couple of months ago. When I was building a new residence volume for z/OS 1.7 image, I used the SYS1.LINKLIB from the z/OS 1.7 ServerPac image. I used a SSA (System Specific Alias) to reference this library. I authorized this library using

Re: AFP font basic question

2007-03-13 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Thanks. I don't know if I'm just blind or whatever, but I spent much time looking around the Printing Systems Information Center (which is where I thought this stuff should be documented) and I couldn't find anything. Is there someplace else I could look for this font reference guide - or am I

Re: Where is the NED set

2007-03-13 Thread TISLER Zaromil
snip But the configuration data (NED et al.) is stored in a control block that has not been publicly documented. I believe that it, too, can be displayed by an operator command. If an in-storage NED is hosed, a vary online or reIPL may be necessary. Also a PTF may need to be applied. snip As I

MVS Experience

2007-03-13 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks, Many of us have, over the years, encountered corporate managers who do not understand the nature of how MVS experience is acquired. And therefore, these people cannot (really) tell the difference between an experienced and an inexperienced MVS person. This often shows, when

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Tabor
I coded a module using Steve's example and got the same return code. So i changed DD to FI and DSN to DA and got a zero return code (and a successful dynamic allocation). I guess I messed up the original parmlist I coded as well when I got Steve's result - DD and DSN work as well as FI and DA.

Re: SFEB

2007-03-13 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:28:13 -0400, Gray, Larry - Larry A wrote: We use 235 for DADS/Plus from CA. Don't remember if that is the recommendation though. We use 235 for CA-7. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Craddock, Chris
We recently upgraded from a 9672-R16 to a z9 BC G01 and in the process went from having 2 GB storage to having 8 GB. HSA takes a bunch more than it did, but we still have lots of extra storage to play with. snip Since we're not paging on those systems, would we get any benefit from

Re: SFEB

2007-03-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/13/2007 11:21:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We use 235 for CA-7. Again, user defined SVCs. Specified in IEASVCxx and for type 3/4 reside in LPA. My suspicion is post install of z/OS didn't relink the 235 SVC from the previous system.

Re: Module search sequence question

2007-03-13 Thread Matthew Stitt
The system will translate the alias into the real dataset name. The APF list will use both dataset name and volume name. I'm not sure how you referenced SYS1.LINKLIB when you built the new residence volume, so I can't give a definitive answer there. On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:51:49 -0700, Mark

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Also you must be careful adding storage you may not need because, depending on what OS you are using, the RSM algorithms for determining the 'least recently used' pages can take more CPU if you have more real storage to search. Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683

Re: What to do with extra storage on new z9

2007-03-13 Thread Rugen, Len
If you do a lot of sort and sort is using SORTWORK files, it might be possible to trade some of that I/O to RAM. I think the default SORT parms are pretty storage aggressive now, so it may not apply. -- For IBM-MAIN

Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread John Eells
Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for automation? If so, how big a deal would it be to change it (for example, if we were to change the message ID and format of the response)? -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Who uses IEE899I for Automation? Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for

Re: AFP font basic question

2007-03-13 Thread Roger Bolan
Try this page: http://www.printers.ibm.com/internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/afpfonts_ww I got there by going to http://www.ibm/com/printers and choosing Support and Maintenance and then finding Infoprint Fonts under Software. Regards, Roger Bolan IBM Printing Systems Division

Re: Where is the NED set

2007-03-13 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 3/13/2007 10:57:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As I understand it, last four digits in SCP DEVICE NED identify CU logical address and device UA. Are the good and bad device in the same logical CU? What does the DEVSERV QDASD command returns for

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:09:02 -0400, John Eells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for automation? Hi John, I'm pretty sure the AO folks use it if there is a buffer shortage. They parse the output to see what console has the shortage and change it to

Re: SFEB

2007-03-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 3/13/2007 12:21:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looks like my sysprogs have done precisely this with SVC 234. Yeah, the one I always double check is Omegamon. Then I can load the ones I missed in the upgrade!

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Bob Shannon
I'm pretty sure the AO folks use it if there is a buffer shortage. They parse the output to see what console has the shortage and change it to roll mode or perhaps even VARY it OFFLINE. If any console gets more that 200 messages, automation does a K Q,L=consid to remove them. Won't the Message

Re: MVS NFS Holding Exclusive Enqueue

2007-03-13 Thread Steve O'Connell
Hi Ed. You're not giving much away about your configuration, but this issue caught my eye as I am trying to gen up on NFS at the moment as part of the 1.4-1.7 migration - and we have AIX clients connecting to the NFS server on z/os. However, AFAIK, AIX only access HFS files and not standard

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 13:09 -0400, John Eells wrote: Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for automation? Most of our production jobs contain a step at the end that only executes in case of JCL error, ABEND or unusual completion codes. This step logs the failure and notifies

Re: SFEB

2007-03-13 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:20:53 +, Steve Flynn wrote: On 13/03/07, Ed Finnell wrote: In a message dated 3/13/2007 11:21:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time, dgkopischke writes: We use 235 for CA-7. Again, user defined SVCs. Specified in IEASVCxx and for type 3/4 reside in LPA. My

Re: SFEB

2007-03-13 Thread Howard Brazee
On 13 Mar 2007 11:36:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Kopischke) wrote: Our SVC 235 is dynamically installed, so it could also mean a product upgrade is required. There was an IDMS upgrade this past weekend - we passed this information to the DBAs.

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:57:31 -0400, Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure the AO folks use it if there is a buffer shortage. They parse the output to see what console has the shortage and change it to roll mode or perhaps even VARY it OFFLINE. If any console gets more that 200

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
We do the same thing for the same reasons. Jerry Whitteridge Safeway Inc 925 951 4184 -Original Message- I use it because we sometimes have TN3270E consoles back up due to undeletable messages in RD mode. If any console gets more that 200 messages, automation does a K Q,L=consid

SMP/e usermod coding question

2007-03-13 Thread Collinson.Shannon
I need to create a usermod to handle a non-IBM product zap to an LE module that I do NOT want hitting the actual production LE module. Instead, I want to be able to copy the module (or use some other SMP/e controlled method) from the current CEE.SCEELPA library into a product-specific library and

Re: SMP/e usermod coding question

2007-03-13 Thread Staller, Allan
UCLIN. REP MOD(CEEPLPKA) UMID(USERMODNAME). ENDUCL. Any maint to that module will be flagged an notify you to refit the UMOD. HTH, snip I need to create a usermod to handle a non-IBM product zap to an LE module that I do NOT want hitting the actual production LE module. Instead, I want to be

Re: SMP/e usermod coding question

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:21:20 -0400, Collinson.Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to create a usermod to handle a non-IBM product zap to an LE module that I do NOT want hitting the actual production LE module. Instead, I want to be able to copy the module (or use some other SMP/e controlled

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Schiradin,Roland HG-Dir itb-db/dc
No big deal unless the action contains a HOLD(AO) which would be the eyecatcher for us. Go ahead Roland -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Who

Re: MVS NFS Holding Exclusive Enqueue

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ed Rabara said: Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:52:06 -0600 Has anyone run across a situation where the MVS NFS Server retains its exclusive enqueue against an MVS data set (not a HFS file) created by one of its clients even after the client no longer use the file? Yes,

Re: SMP/e usermod coding question

2007-03-13 Thread Shannon Collinson
Would the regressed-usermod message still pop up if one of the 347 other modules in lmod CEEPLPKA besides CEEPLPKA itself was hit by maintenance? Supposedly, an ADD LMOD(CEEPLPKA) UMID(usermod) UCLIN is an option, but since that field doesn't show up in a list of an LMOD, I wonder if it

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Roger Bolan
Could it be that case matters? When you edited it, did it change to all uppercase, for example? Regards, Roger Bolan IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 03/13/2007 10:19:08 AM: I coded a module using Steve's example and got the same return code. So i

SVC99 and MPF Exits

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Tabor
Any restrictions for using dynamic allocation in an MFS user exit? -- 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: SMP/e usermod coding question

2007-03-13 Thread Gerhard Adam
The problem that you've described is far more complicated that it may first seem. If I understand correctly what you want to do is keep the original CEEPLPKA in use and in the normal production library, while also creating a duplicate CEEPLPKA in a separate library. In effect, you would have

SVC99 and MPF exits

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Tabor
Any restrictions for using dynamic allocation (SVC99)in MPF exits? -- 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: SVC99 and MPF Exits

2007-03-13 Thread David Day
2.9.4.2 Macro Instructions and Restrictions IEAVMXIT and MPF exit routines can issue system macros, but you should be aware of the following restrictions: a.. Do not install an exit routine that issues the WAIT macro or calls a service that issues a WAIT. WAITs and implied WAITs can

Re: SVC99 and MPF Exits

2007-03-13 Thread Craddock, Chris
2.9.4.2 Macro Instructions and Restrictions IEAVMXIT and MPF exit routines can issue system macros, but you should be aware of the following restrictions: a.. Do not install an exit routine that issues the WAIT macro or calls a service that issues a WAIT. WAITs and implied WAITs can

Re: BPXWDYN problem

2007-03-13 Thread Rich Tabor
My actual initial error was FFEB (not FFEC for Steve) because I coded DS cl60'alloc...' instead of dc cl60'alloc...'. Since then, I tried lower case (CAPS OFF) for the cmd and BPXWDYN works for lower case commands as well. On 3/13/07, Roger Bolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could it be

JSPWiki and RACF

2007-03-13 Thread Benjamin Thompson
This question might be best answered by Mr Wiki himself Rob Schramm, but I am sure others have resolved or looked into this issue. We have been running JSPWiki for sometime on z/OS, but now have a requirement to lock access to some of the pages. I have implemented jzos within tomcat so that

Accidental Advertisement?

2007-03-13 Thread Ed Gould
I normally don't pay attention to envelopes from Publishers Clearing House but today I got an the usual envelope. Of course it had the usual advertisement stuff but it caught my eye because it mentioned their IBM Mainframe was going to choose the winning number. It also mentioned item

Re: Any DST Problems Yesterday?

2007-03-13 Thread Clark Morris
On 12 Mar 2007 07:05:09 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Any DST Problems Yesterday? I was

Re: Any DST Problems Yesterday?

2007-03-13 Thread Stephen Mednick
Since one of the major hysteria media tycoons is Rupert Murdoch from Austrailia, I don't think the Aussies on the list are in much position to be smug. More on topic, my PC and my wife's laptop coped. I don't have a mainframe to deal with but I hope all of them in the affected areas of

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:09:02 -0400, John Eells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for automation? If so, how big a deal would it be to change it (for example, if we were to change the message ID and format of the response)? ... My original response

Re: Any DST Problems Yesterday?

2007-03-13 Thread Joel C. Ewing
We have one distributed remote data entry application that depended on Java on NexTel hand helds that had problems because NexTel's level of Java didn't handle the transition properly. The devices had a less-efficient backup mode of operation that didn't depend on Java that is being used

Re: Who uses IEE899I for Automation?

2007-03-13 Thread Joel C. Ewing
John Eells wrote: Does anyone use message IEE889I (the response to D C) for automation? If so, how big a deal would it be to change it (for example, if we were to change the message ID and format of the response)? We use it as a way to make some Netview system automation dependent upon the