Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Thanks Scott. Sorry I missed that. E37 | A SORTOUT or OUTFIL data set was allocated on a | primary volume that had either insufficient storage or | excessive fragmentation, and no secondary volume was | specified. Specify more

DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Knigge
All, I wonder how it is possible to attach DASD- or TAPE-Devives via TCP/IP. There is a product called mfnetdisk (see mknetdisk.com) that is able to emulate a 3390 that resides on a PC and is accessed via TCP/IP. So... I ask myself how this is possible. And (for me) even more interesting,

Re: Electronic order of PTF

2008-05-21 Thread Staller, Allan
This is common if you are far backleveled on your maint. The online order process only seems to go back one level when you request pre-reqs. Those pre-reqs may have additional pre-reqs so you will need to order those separately. If you have the time, you can do the research yourself with the aid

Re: TCPIP CONVERT GATEWAY STMT and ADD OSA

2008-05-21 Thread Melissa Perry
Can someone see why this won't work. I have added the OSA info and when I activate configuration, I cannot get to the mainframe through either device. I can't seem to see what I have done wrong..The TNCP device is existing and works until I add the OSA 'stuff' in.Although, I do use a

Re: USSTAB color question

2008-05-21 Thread yingyan
Hi all, Thanks for all your help.I will try what your said. Tom, if the macros are free,I'd like to try them. Thanks again. BS YY Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:37:40 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: USSTAB color question To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Yan Ying wrote: Hi all, I

Re: Electronic order of PTF

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Wickman
Maybe EPSPT. It is available as a download. Mike -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miklos Szigetvari Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Electronic order of PTF Hi If we

Re: Free z/OS webserver

2008-05-21 Thread Rob Schramm
Lester, There really isn't. The HTTP Server that comes with z/OS is a HTTP Server. All the servers that I mentioned were Application Servers. Typical configurations would put the HTTP Server in front of the Application Server... not that you have to but each server has it's strengths and

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread R.S.
Michael Knigge wrote: All, I wonder how it is possible to attach DASD- or TAPE-Devives via TCP/IP. There is a product called mfnetdisk (see mknetdisk.com) that is able to emulate a 3390 that resides on a PC and is accessed via TCP/IP. So... I ask myself how this is possible. And (for me)

Re: Free z/OS webserver

2008-05-21 Thread Steve Comstock
Bob wrote: Hi Folks Is there a free z/OS based weberserver that anyone is aware of? I think the IBM HTTP server is Linus / AIX etc... not z/Os. Just want to use it to learn some stuff - Bob As others have noted, the IBM HTTP server that comes free with z/OS works fine. What a

Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread Traylor, Terry
I believe I've see this sometimes where an SMS managed dataset that has a storclass with the guaranteed attribute is being recalled. Therefore, HSM will only attempt to recall it to the same volume from which it was migrated. Terry Traylor charlesSCHWAB TIS Mainframe Storage Management

Re: DFHSM Abend - resend

2008-05-21 Thread Traylor, Terry
I believe I've see this sometimes where an SMS managed dataset that has a storclass with the guaranteed attribute is being recalled. Therefore, HSM will only attempt to recall it to the same volume from which it was migrated. Alter the storclass on the dataset to one that does not have the

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-05-21 Thread Knutson, Sam
PTFs are available. Interesting note about PAGEDEL and use of ESQA. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 Think

Re: Free z/OS webserver

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Poil
And if you get Jzos (which comes with the JAVA 1.5 and above) then you can ... JZOS also comes with Java 1.4.2 31-bit (but not with the 1.4.2 64-bit). -- Mike Poil Java z/OS Level 3

Re: FDRABR ARCHIVE

2008-05-21 Thread Stephen Mednick
Dave, I would definitely recommend you pick up the phone and call the Innovation folks to discuss any misunderstandings you might have with the operation of FDR/ABR. They'll only be too happy to talk with you and review what it is you are doing. As for your comment on a useful equivalet to HSM

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Knigge) writes: I wonder how it is possible to attach DASD- or TAPE-Devives via TCP/IP. There is a product called mfnetdisk (see

Leonard Sasso/GIS/CSC is out of the office.

2008-05-21 Thread Leonard Sasso
I will be out of the office starting 05/21/2008 and will not return until 05/22/2008. If you require immediate attention please contact Tony Alfonso @ (518) 257-4640 or Joyce Brooks @ (518) 257-4208. You may also contact our Manager, David Richardson @ (518) 257-4414, otherwise I will respond

Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Hal Merritt
Our auditors are asking us if there is any way we can receive automatic email alerts when the gear phones home. I am aware of some email features on devices such as the DS8100, but we don't currently allow any external exposure to those devices. Does anyone know if there some way IBM could

Re: Display or view the Crypto Current domain index or Usage domain index

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Boyd
I think you’re trying to determine which domain ICSF should use programmatically, so that ICSF start-up can be automatic, even if multiple domains are available. Keep in mind that if ICSF won't start, because it doesn't know which domain to use, then you can't query ICSF to find out which

Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread Martinez, Frank J
Forget about HRECALL. Do H From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFHSM Abend That's not going to do much good, he said it

Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread Martinez, Frank J
f From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFHSM Abend That's not going to do much good, he said it was a PDS. O'Brien,

Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread Martinez, Frank J
Forget about HRECALL. Use HRECOVER, that way you get the backup. You can even go back a couple of generations in case the last one was corrupted. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Another Generalized Resource question

2008-05-21 Thread David Day
I would like to be able to add profiles to the Facility class within racf such that the profile will be made up of three qualifiers. The 1st two qualifiers will always be the same, and the 3rd will change. I have created a profile that contained 3 qualifiers, with the last as DAD*. DAD is my

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
Of what value is that to an auditor? Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information Communications Technology Crawford Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.crawfordandcompany.com IBM Mainframe

Re: Connect:Direct (NDM) CPU Usage

2008-05-21 Thread Dave Barry
Not to mention that your NDM has multiple channels (subtasks) sending and receiving at a given time, but the velocity applies to the address space as a whole. That is the fundamental condundrum when using velocity goals. We had the same problem of being occasionally overwhelmed by NDM on one

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Hardware Alerts Our auditors are asking us if there is any way we can receive automatic email

plpa pages and pgser

2008-05-21 Thread Paul Schuster
Hello: xPLPA pages are eligible for page out (right?) So if a PGSER FREE is issued (preceded by a PGSER FIX) against a xPLPA page, would it make it any more easier for it to be paged out? Trying to determine the reason for a problem which may be caused by such a PGSER FREE invocation. Thank

APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread Tommy Tsui
hi, any shop have migration plan on APPC application ? or use FTP instead of APPC? regards -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Knigge
Yes, it is possible, it works. Residence of emulated 3390 on PC is irrelevant. It is also possible for tape ...on other systems. See iSCSI. And how to configure on z/OS? Any hint for a manual? Bye, Michael -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: FDRABR ARCHIVE

2008-05-21 Thread Joseph Butz
Hi Dave, Regarding this: |What I don't have as yet is a useful equivalent to HSM recycle. But | I'm using virtual tape with 99,999 available volumes. FDRABR provides a utility call FDRTSEL to recycle archive tapes. FDRTSEL (FDR Tape Selection Utility) can identify older tapes and copy,

Re: DFHSM Abend

2008-05-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip Issue a hsend q setsys and see if you get the following: MAXRECALLTASKS=05, RECALL=ANYSTORAGEVOLUME(LIKE), MAXEXTENTS=06, (CONT.) CONVERSION=NO, VOLCOUNT=ANY, TAPERECALLLIMITS(TASK=00015 (CONT.) TAPE=00020)

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel McLaughlin Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Hardware Alerts Of what value is that to an auditor? Daniel McLaughlin Who knows? It

Re: OA21346 for JES2 Dynamic Exit support - status??

2008-05-21 Thread Knutson, Sam
Thanks JES2 team! OA21346 is CLOSED and PTFs are now available. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 Think big, act bold, start

Re: Free z/OS webserver

2008-05-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
Others have mentioned the z/OS HTTP Server that comes with z/OS. Be aware that this web server is *not* Apache based. AFAIK, the IBM HTTP server for the other platforms *are* Apache based. -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE -- For

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Michael Knigge wrote: So... I ask myself how this is possible. And (for me) even more interesting, would it also be possible to do the same for a Tape? How possible???! How is *anything* possible? Software! Tape emulation is even easier than DASD. FWIW, z/VSE has had this capability

Re: Another Generalized Resource question(problem solved)

2008-05-21 Thread David Day
No need to respond to this, I have my problems solved. --Dave Day - Original Message - From: David Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:47 PM Subject: Another Generalized Resource question I would like to be

Re: OA21346 for JES2 Dynamic Exit support - status??

2008-05-21 Thread Bob Shannon
Thanks JES2 team! OA21346 is CLOSED and PTFs are now available. About six months late :-( Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
One of my favorite requests was for a vendor doing a conversion. He wanted all the passwords for user accounts in RACF. After being told three times that it was encrypted and not obtainable he went away muttering. Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information Communications

Huh?? (Was: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9)

2008-05-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tommy Tsui wrote: any shop have migration plan on APPC application ? or use FTP instead of APPC? The subject of this thread is like a misleading headline in a partisan newspaper. APPC (LU 6.2) and all other SNA protocols are fully supported by z/OS 1.9. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix

Re: OA21346 for JES2 Dynamic Exit support - status??

2008-05-21 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Bob Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:31 AM Subject: Re: OA21346 for JES2 Dynamic Exit support - status?? Thanks JES2 team! OA21346 is CLOSED and PTFs are now available. About six months late :-(

Re: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread John Eells
Tommy Tsui wrote: hi, any shop have migration plan on APPC application ? or use FTP instead of APPC? snip The subject line of your post leads me to believe that you think we withdrew support for APPC in z/OS R9. This is NOT the case, and if you saw something from IBM that appears to say it

Re: Huh?? (Was: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9)

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
I immediately pulled the migration guide and polled the group here. Whew! Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information Communications Technology Crawford Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

Re: Huh?? (Was: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9)

2008-05-21 Thread pilgrimpez
Phew! That's a relief..! I'll stop frantically searching through the release notes and migration guides now then. I think I just had a minor heart attack.. :-) Brian -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: 21 May

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Rich Smrcina
Yes, and it's very cool! Edward Jaffe wrote: Michael Knigge wrote: So... I ask myself how this is possible. And (for me) even more interesting, would it also be possible to do the same for a Tape? How possible???! How is *anything* possible? Software! Tape emulation is even easier than

Re: Display or view the Crypto Current domain index or Usage domain index

2008-05-21 Thread Hal Merritt
A very tiny nit; I believe the correct term for this context is 'master key' (singular), not 'master keys' (plural). As I understand things so far: Each domain has only one master key. A given LPAR can use only one domain at a time. LPARs in a sysplex can share key clusters by having the same

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread R.S.
Michael Knigge wrote: Yes, it is possible, it works. Residence of emulated 3390 on PC is irrelevant. It is also possible for tape ...on other systems. See iSCSI. And how to configure on z/OS? Any hint for a manual? The key is on other systems. iSCSI is not supported on z/OS. So, on z/OS it

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:23 +0200, Michael Knigge wrote: I wonder how it is possible to attach DASD- or TAPE-Devives via TCP/IP. Consider NFS. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: plpa pages and pgser

2008-05-21 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Paul, PLPA pages are never paged out. If the system pages something in over a PLPA page, the system just marks the PLPA page as invalid, and when it is needed again, it is paged back in. Eric Paul Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: xPLPA pages are eligible for page out

Re: Electronic order of PTF

2008-05-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Staller, Allan This is common if you are far backleveled on your maint. The online order process only seems to go back one level when you request pre-reqs. When I queried their helpdesk about that, the tech said

Re: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread Chris Mason
Tommy I suspect what the title of your post should really be is: The APPC Application Suite is no longer supported on z/OS 1.9 You'll notice that APPC has been converted to APPC Application Suite - the important change, that I have improved the grammar slightly and that I have represented the

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Hal Merritt
This is an internal auditor and high availability is a high priority to our management. Actually, I'm lead to believe that such email alerts are becoming a de facto standard. Many monitors across many platforms are offering that feature. We have had more than one occasion where a phone home

Re: Electronic order of PTF

2008-05-21 Thread Dean Montevago
Isn't a prereq a prereq and required not matter what ? To order a few fixes I like the SRD approach, I haven't had any problems with it. Yes, I did have to go back and order additional fixes that were missing but it really doesn't bother me. We upload our CSI's preiodically so when we order

SMP/E question on merging DDDEF entries.

2008-05-21 Thread Richbourg, Claude
Good morning all, The system is z/OS 1.9 and my old nemesis SMP/E. I am trying to build a new TARGET zone. What I want to do is copy ALL the DDDEF information from one TARGET zone to another new TARGET zone. At this point all I want is the DDDEF information, including the volser. I have tried

Re: TCPIP CONVERT GATEWAY STMT and ADD OSA

2008-05-21 Thread Melissa Perry
thanks, I'm going crazy..this should not be this hard -- 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 question on merging DDDEF entries.

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richbourg, Claude Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SMP/E question on merging DDDEF entries. Good morning all, The system is z/OS 1.9 and my old

Re: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread Chris Mason
John I imagine the OP must have the Communications Server SNA component (aka VTAM) APPC Application Suite in mind. Sometimes the list habit of condensing thoughts into one or two words can go too far! Chris Mason -- For

Re: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread Dean Montevago
Please clarify: This presupposes that, since - tragically - the AnyNet Sockets over SNA component was withdrawn a couple of releases ago, the transport available between the AFTP client and AFTP server simultaneously needs to be converted from SNA to IP, a rather more challenging conversion I

Re: FDRABR ARCHIVE

2008-05-21 Thread Gibney, Dave
I read about FDRSEL and expect to use it. The main shortcoming compared with HSM is not direct interface with tape management. Looks like I'll need to parse the output and generate TMSUPDTE statements. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bad Auditor Requests (Was Re: Hardware Alerts)

2008-05-21 Thread Thomas Kern
My favorite was an auditor that wanted a printout of our /etc/passwd. This was a VM/SP system. When we stopped laughing at him and told him we didn't have such security holes, he went away. /Tom Kern On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:32:27 -0400, Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (Was Re: Hardware Alerts)

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Bad Auditor Requests (Was Re: Hardware Alerts) My favorite was an auditor that wanted a printout of

Re: Another Generalized Resource question

2008-05-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip--- I would like to be able to add profiles to the Facility class within racf such that the profile will be made up of three qualifiers. The 1st two qualifiers will always be the same, and the 3rd will change. I have created a profile

Re: Bad Auditor Requests (Was Re: Hardware Alerts)

2008-05-21 Thread Thomas Kern
Our instructions were to give them EXACTLY what they ask for or nothing. If he had asked in a more general way for a listing of user definitions, I would have prepared a sanitized USER DIRECT, but he was explicit and insistent on getting /etc/passwd. That was what was on his unix checklist. /Tom

Re: DASD or TAPE attached via TCP/IP

2008-05-21 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) writes: The key is on other systems. iSCSI is not supported on z/OS. So, on z/OS it is still impossible. However - in general - it is

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- One of my favorite requests was for a vendor doing a conversion. He wanted all the passwords for user accounts in RACF. After being told three times that it was encrypted and not obtainable he went away muttering.

Stupid requests (was:RE: Hardware Alerts)

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Hardware Alerts ---snip--- One of my favorite

Re: plpa pages and pgser

2008-05-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip- Hello: xPLPA pages are eligible for page out (right?) So if a PGSER FREE is issued (preceded by a PGSER FIX) against a xPLPA page, would it make it any more easier for it to be paged out? Trying to determine the reason for a problem

Re: Hardware Alerts

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
I do like the idea of the alert when there is a failure. Our carbon based life form interactive units tend to miss these things and call when it's too late. Case in point - POR and IPL this past weekend. Operator IPL'd three times, and who knows why, before calling for help at 4:30 AM. I also

Re: Electronic order of PTF

2008-05-21 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/21/2008 10:13:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: followup mentions RECEIVE ORDER / RECEIVE FROMNETWORK. Wouldn't that be the technique with the fewest steps to receive maintenance electronically from IBM? Probably, but that wasn't the

FW: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Howard Brazee
-Original Message- From: Enterprise Systems Update [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:19 AM To: Subject: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers SearchDataCenter.com: Enterprise

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Richards, Robert B.
As someone already commented on Tech Target website, these practical jokes are neither practical nor a joke. Bob - Robert B. Richards US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:42 -0400, Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As someone already commented on Tech Target website, these practical jokes are neither practical nor a joke. What, you don't see the humor in trying to delete SYS1.LINKLIB (don't worry, the ENQ will protect you on

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Ask the person that was the object of the joke if they thought it was funny. Hey, I like a good joke as much as the next person, but these did not hit my funny bone for some reason. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark

TechTarget - Mainframe Specialty Processors (zIIP zAAP)

2008-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
Mainframe specialty processors: Do they really save money? http://serverspecs.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/20/mainframe-specialty-processors-do-they-really-save-money/?track=NL-576ad=641476asrc=EM_NLN_3694452uid=1706837 or tinyurl http://tinyurl.com/5epy38 was a little more interesting than

Re: Another Generalized Resource question

2008-05-21 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:55:11 -0500, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tell us the entire profile name and the name you're checking it against. Do you have Enhanced Generics turned on? Why are you requesting FASTAUTH? More detail is necessary. Also, have you checked this with the RACF-List

Re: SMP/E question on merging DDDEF entries.

2008-05-21 Thread Richbourg, Claude
John, Thank you very much as it worked great. My nemesis grows weaker.. Regards, Claude -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMP/E

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Rob Scott
I worked at a site once (many) years ago where some bright spark once wrote a program called IJKEFT01 whose sole purpose in life was to just ATTACH IKJEFT01 *unless* it was the target userid in which case it also ATTACHed an extra TCB that randomly generated strange abends at random intervals.

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Richards, Robert B.
I smiled when I read them, but then the adult inside me kicked in his two cents and decided that to actually do these jokes would not be funny. - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
Well, other than the 3270 remapping, the rest can result in severe problems and possible termination. The last, reinitializing a DBMS volume actually happened to me. Well, it was a DB2 system (not data) volume which somehow got the CA-1 TMC allocated on it. The DBA backed up the volume, made some

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:04 -0400 Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Ask the person that was the object of the joke if they thought it was :funny. Hey, I like a good joke as much as the next person, but these did :not hit my funny bone for some reason. He should have password

Re: Another Generalized Resource question

2008-05-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip--- Tell us the entire profile name and the name you're checking it against. Do you have Enhanced Generics turned on? Why are you requesting FASTAUTH? More detail is necessary. Also, have you checked this with the RACF-List folks?

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
I had to ask myself it they were a potential CLM. (career limiting move) Daniel McLaughlin Z-Series Systems Programmer Information Communications Technology Crawford Company 4680 N. Royal Atlanta Tucker GA 30084 phone: 770-621-3256 fax: 770-621-3237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. As someone already commented on Tech Target website, these practical jokes are neither practical nor a joke. Indeed. Remapping somebody's keyboard might be harmless enough, but from there the

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Gary Green
Now THAT is funny... On Wed May 21 13:16 , Rob Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: I worked at a site once (many) years ago where some bright spark once wrote a program called IJKEFT01 whose sole purpose in life was to just ATTACH IKJEFT01 *unless* it was the target userid in which case it also

ADD library to Linklst

2008-05-21 Thread Lucy Arnold
Hello, I am upgrading EZTRIEVE and am trying to add a PDSE to LNKLST00: We went into TMON and added the new PDSE and removed the old PDS. We refreshed LLA. If jobs use a STEPLIB/JCLLIB pointing to new library(PDSE) all works well, if we let it find modules through LNKLST then jobs abend with a

Re: ADD library to Linklst

2008-05-21 Thread Daniel McLaughlin
In your PARMLIB create: BROWSESYS1.TEST.ZOS17.PARMLIB(PROGDM) - 01.01Line Col 001 080 Command === Scroll === CSR * Top of Data * LNKLST DEFINE NAME(LNKLSTAA)

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Rob Scott wrote: I worked at a site once (many) years ago where some bright spark once wrote a program called IJKEFT01 whose sole purpose in life was to just ATTACH IKJEFT01 *unless* it was the target userid in which case it also ATTACHed an extra TCB that randomly generated strange abends at

FTP delete

2008-05-21 Thread Howard Brazee
I have the following commands in my FTP: cd /ftp/SISR/RECREG delete person put 'UMSDEV.CONV.QA04.NPRSMED' person If person does not exist, the FTP aborts, but the new file is out there anyway. I'm running IKJEFT01 from within a standard

Re: Display or view the Crypto Current domain index or Usage domain index

2008-05-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:07 -0400, Rob Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am guessing that it is in a control block done at IPL time at least for z9 and below or one of the instructions that are ICSF/Crypto specific that are not documented for the public domain. My guess was a diagnose

Re: FTP delete

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: FTP delete I have the following commands in my FTP: cd /ftp/SISR/RECREG delete

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Gary Green
Ah..., someone, huh...? ;-) On Wed May 21 11:00 , Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Rob Scott wrote: I worked at a site once (many) years ago where some bright spark once wrote a program called IJKEFT01 whose sole purpose in life was to just ATTACH IKJEFT01 *unless* it was the target

Re: ADD library to Linklst

2008-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
Replacing a library in the LNKLSTxx is more complicated than just adding one. TMON replaces the library at the bottom of the list which may explain your 0C4s. To remove/add a library you do the following (IIRC) 1) Create a new LNKLSTxx from the currently active one 2) Using the z/OS Commands

IPCS RUNARRAY/CBFORMAT question

2008-05-21 Thread Gord Tomlin
Apparently I'm a bit thick today, but I cannot seem to get the results I want from the IPCS RUNARRAY subcommand when combined with the CBFORMAT command. I have an array of control blocks in a dump, and I want to use a format model to display each element of the array. In a simple example,

Re: FTP delete

2008-05-21 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FTP delete I use (replace at the end of the put command to overwrite the file. When going

Re: ADD library to Linklst

2008-05-21 Thread Jerry Fuchs
I have used TMON to delete and add a library to the link list. As we run PDSMAN must stop PDSMAN, refresh LLA, and start PDSMAN. Jerry Daniel McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 05/21/2008 01:54 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- On Wed May 21 11:00 , Edward Jaffe sent: Rob Scott wrote: I worked at a site once (many) years ago where some bright spark once wrote a program called IJKEFT01 whose sole purpose in life was to just ATTACH IKJEFT01 *unless* it was the target userid in which

Re: ADD library to Linklst

2008-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
my preference, is to do testing with steplib/joblib first. If everything looks go, then I empty teh LNKLST'd data set, load it with the new code, then LLA Refresh or LLA UPDATE, depending. I do not like adding libraries to the Lnklst. It can add to confusion if someone else works on a

Re: TechTarget - Mainframe Specialty Processors (zIIP zAAP)

2008-05-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Lizette Koehler wrote: Mainframe specialty processors: Do they really save money? http://serverspecs.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/20/mainframe-specialty-processors-do-they-really-save-money/?track=NL-576ad=641476asrc=EM_NLN_3694452uid=1706837 Very strange. From where I sit, it seems like

Re: FTP delete

2008-05-21 Thread Matthew Stitt
I use (replace at the end of the put command to overwrite the file. On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:48 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Re: USSTAB color question

2008-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 20 May 2008 12:40:24 -0700, Edward Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Modern (emulated) 3270 devices generally tell the PLU that they can handle extended color orders via the response to Read-Partition Query. That tells the PLU such orders will not be rejected by the SLU. I do not

Re: Practical jokes for mainframe systems programmers

2008-05-21 Thread Don Leahy
Was someone's initials E. E. J. ? Another 'someone' once wrote a clist that displayed an exact replica of the TSO logon screen that was in use at the time. The clist was named after a commonly used local function, so when the poor victim used it, he would think that he'd been booted off the

Re: APPC no longer support on zos/1.9

2008-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:29:03 +0800, Tommy Tsui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, any shop have migration plan on APPC application ? or use FTP instead of APPC? ... We are still on 1.8 so I can't validate what I'm about to say, but from the clarifications I've heard, IBM is NOT dropping support

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