Or even try to turn a product that does one thing to incorporate another
product for free. Job schedulers exists to manage the serialization and
coordination of jobs beyond mere submittal. The free alternative is already
there, they can put an IEBGENER step at the end of the a job to submit the
Lester, Bob wrote:
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The Abstract is written in such a way to make it plausible to
On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:16:55 -0400, David Cole wrote:
>As noted in my prior post, I think it is a shame that the IBM-JES2
>folks make it so difficult ...
>
And that JES2 doesn't do device setup and highwater mark reservation,
and that JES2 doesn't verify data set availability, and that JES2
doesn'
OTOH IBM-MAIN is a great place to brain storm and refine a requirement
before submitting it to IBM as a marketing request or through SHARE.
A unique audience of customers, ISV developers, and IBM folks exists
here that is usually not available to comment unless you stumble into
the right hotel bar
In a message dated 5/8/2008 2:17:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>We established a PPRC Metro Mirror - Loop Back environment, which means
that we PPRC from the front end of the box to the back half of the box. We
were told that in a metro mirror with 30 kilometer
On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:35:41 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>I haven't been involved in this since retirement, but can't help
>wondering why this near universal interest in USS. When VTAM
>first appeared in my installations, we used a network solicitor.
>...
The first
On Fri, 23 May 2008 06:26:51 -0500, Chris Mason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...
>You can have variable substitution in ***all*** USS messages, not
just USS
>message 10 and USS message 7. ...
>...
Chris, I understand the value of the messages and substitutions in
them, but I still don't think th
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> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:04 PM
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>
> The Abstract is written in such a way to make it plausible to assum
On Thu, 22 May 2008 10:06:33 -0500, Bass, Walter W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I recall the password encryption algorithm for IDMS back in the late
>80's worked by repeatedly multiplying and then discarding the upper byte
>of the result. We actually duplicated this logic in COBOL so that we
>coul
The Abstract is written in such a way to make it plausible to assume that
the JIWO610 - IBM HTTP Server for z/OS Powered by Apache is indeed
replacing the existing HTTP Server. However, everyone has a point
regarding the pdf being a bit less than clear.
I have sent off a question to get final
>I think it is a shame that the IBM-JES2 folks
make it so difficult to serialize a thread of jobs. It seems to me that this is
such an obvious thing to want to do, but when JES2 is started with CNVTNUM=>2
(and there are strong reasons for must shops to want to do this), such
serialization become
On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 10:27 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote:
> Actually, JES3 *is* available as a free alternative in Dave's new
> development "home".
Define "free" - it may not cost any more (presuming Daves new "home" is
Dallas), but the effort might not be insignificant if Dave (or his
people) isn'
Well.. I know (or at least it, so it appears - since I don't *KNOW* you)
you are indeed a thoughtful "security officer".. (And.. err.. started
tasks bypassing authentication is definitely a solution - yet - doesn't
it give people with access to the conso
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As noted in my prior post, I thin
Alan
You will need to combine *both* the EACCES return code, a general
statement of the problem, with a specific "reason code" which - as I
understand it - is a code returned by a lower level function. The "reason code"
explanation should refine the "return code" explanation. Note that
the "re
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> jobs in JES2 (the details)
>
> David Cole wrot
Ahhh. That would make good sense.
Thanks,
Dave
At 5/23/2008 03:24 PM, Edward Jaffe wrote:
David Cole wrote:
and it all runs in one batch job
Well For a full gen, that would run to somewhere near a
thousand steps. Doesn't that blow JES2's JCT limit? (or something like that...)
It's sort
On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:38:38 -0500, Mark L. Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Zeldon wrote on 05/23/2008 02:29:22 PM:
>
Something is very wrong with your email software. When you hit
reply, it mis-spelled my name. :-)
Have a great weekend (3 day / holiday weekend to all of you in the
Mark Zeldon wrote on 05/23/2008 02:29:22 PM:
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:11:40 -0500, Mark L. Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> >I had one recent situation where pax (used internally for the file
copies)
> >didn't copy all the files. The underlying problem is fixed by APAR
OA09086,
> >but not
>WLM managed Init's?
IIRC, Jobs are placed in queue in FIFO order within Service Class.
Same problem -- dependent on the converter time.
And, more than one init could could be started due to goals being missed.
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>Well For a full gen, that would run to somewhere near a thousand steps.
>Doesn't that blow JES2's JCT limit? (or something like that...)
I could be wrong, but I think the step limit is 255.
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:11:40 -0500, Mark L. Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark Zelden wrote on 05/23/2008 02:00:25 PM:
>
>
>>
>> BTW, make sure you check out the BPXWH2Z migration tool.
>> You can also run it interactively: TSO %BPXWH2Z
>>
>
>I agree. BPXWH2Z takes care of a lot of things
I am working on that now. I have downloaded the Migration from HFS to zFS
tools, and playing with the process with a throw away HFS.
Lizette
>>All your HFS migration to zFS should be to compatibility mode zFS files
>>systems (a 1 to 1 migration). You just need to add "-compat" to your
>>form
David Cole wrote:
and it all runs in one batch job
Well For a full gen, that would run to somewhere near a thousand
steps. Doesn't that blow JES2's JCT limit? (or something like that...)
It's sorta' like an SMP/E build. It ATTACHes all of the necessary
compilers and utilities from within
Dave,
The "BUILD" job is just three steps :
(1) Cleanup+Prep
(2) Generate the build logic
(3) SCLM Build
Step (3) is just ISPF in batch - running the build logic for each element with
the same jobstep.
Believe me - you can do some cool stuff in SCLM (define your own "languages"
etc etc).
"Go
Mark Zelden wrote on 05/23/2008 02:00:25 PM:
>
> BTW, make sure you check out the BPXWH2Z migration tool.
> You can also run it interactively: TSO %BPXWH2Z
>
I agree. BPXWH2Z takes care of a lot of things for you, and is very easy to
use. There have been a number of problems associated with it
Lizette, thanks. I had tried that but decided that the response wasn't
any help at all.
Brian Peterson's answer makes the most sense.
Alan
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If it is a BPX error code then you can use TSO BPXMTEXT 6E110533
JRCinetBadName: The Cinet is c
>All your HFS migration to zFS should be to compatibility mode zFS files
>systems (a 1 to 1 migration). You just need to add "-compat" to your
>format step:
>
>
>//FORMAT EXEC PGM=IOEAGFMT,
>// PARM=('-aggregate SYS1.ZFS.TEST001 -compat')
>
BTW, make sure you check out the BPXWH2Z migration too
Thanks Tony.
On 5/22/08, Tony B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Nice to hear from you again, Mr. Hess. I found your software to be
> interesting and hope you keep up the good work.
>
>
>
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> Behalf
> Of
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/23/2008
at 04:25 AM, David Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Is there an "official" way to enforce job execution sequencing?
For JES3 there is DJC. For JES2 there are multiple twisty add-ons, all
different. There's no sequencing facility bundled with JES2.
--
On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:44:33 -0400, Lizette Koehler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been reading the MIGRATION from HFS to zFS redbook as well as the
implmentation Guide for z/OS V1.7
>
>I will be going from z/OS V1.7 to z/OS V1.9 very soon in our test
environment. I have requested to change o
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> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:45 PM
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> Subject: zFS Setup for the first time
>
> I have been reading the MIGRATION from HFS to zFS redbook as
> w
Hi Sam,
You had me until I read this:
A few final notes concerning the relationship
between /*BEFORE, and /*AFTER. Many people try
to use these statements, and stack two or more
jobs in the same PDS member and submit them all
at the same time with one SUBMIT command. This
usually works as
I have been reading the MIGRATION from HFS to zFS redbook as well as the
implmentation Guide for z/OS V1.7
I will be going from z/OS V1.7 to z/OS V1.9 very soon in our test environment.
I have requested to change over from HFS (v1.7) to zFS (v1.9).
I have been running some of the format jobs a
One thing which might lead one astray is that there is a typo in the messages
and codes manual. In the description of message IGD17501I, IBM writes that
this message is the result of the "BPX10PN" routine. Please note that the
fifth
character of the service routine name is actually the letter
I'll be really, really off the wall. Why not use make? It can be set
up to do the updates, then if they succeed, do all the compiles (and
it can be told to ignore the RC of the compile), then do the
linkedit. It really is set up to run off of UNIX files, but I'll bet
there is a way to have it r
Hi Dave,
What you describe is pretty much what the Mellon Mods for JES2 provided.
I would like to see equivalent function added to base JES2 by IBM.
Thruput Manager provides this function too. Here is user doc for the Mellon
Mods syntax for comparison.
Thanks, Sam
Users Guide - How
Ever considered using SCLM?
No. I've never examined SCLM. Sounds like I should get off by lazy
butt and check it out.
and it all runs in one batch job
Well For a full gen, that would run to somewhere near a thousand
steps. Doesn't that blow JES2's JCT limit? (or something like th
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Scott
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant
> jobs in JES2 (the details)
>
> Dave,
>
> Ever co
At 5/23/2008 02:23 PM, Staller, Allan wrote:
WLM managed Init's?
IIRC, Jobs are placed in queue in FIFO order within Service Class.
The trouble is, your "FIFO order" is the order in which the
collective converters finish processing their jobs and place them
onto the execution queues. Because
Dave,
Ever considered using SCLM? - one of its strengths is controlling what actually
has been updated and what to build as a consequence.
There is some initial pain to define exactly what makes up the product using
its own "ARCHDEF" language - however after that it is a breeze to re-gen the
p
WLM managed Init's?
IIRC, Jobs are placed in queue in FIFO order within Service Class.
The thing is, a JES2 supported solution, it seems to me, would be
both ideal and easy to implement. Here's my idea:
(1) support a //card option or a /*card option by which a user could
provide an arbitrary
As noted in my prior post, I think it is a shame that the IBM-JES2
folks make it so difficult to serialize a thread of jobs. It seems to
me that this is such an obvious thing to want to do, but when JES2 is
started with CNVTNUM=>2 (and there are strong reasons for must shops
to want to do this)
At 5/23/2008 08:37 AM, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
>This is where scheduling package comes into play to prevent such
incidents and tales of war stories describing such horrors. ;-D
That assumes Production Batch. I don't believe Dave's stuff is Production.
And, it's rare that non-Production is allowed t
Rick Fochtman wrote:
Sooner or later, you'll have to invest a certain amount of trust in a
selected, and trusted, few employees. If you can keep that to a
minimum, you can minimize the risks of an extended outage because of
"security abuse"; you just have to decide who you trust.
Well.. I k
McKown, John wrote:
What I do is have the last step of one job submit the next job in the
series. JES2 does not have DJC. JES3 does. Converting to JES3 is not
likely a valid option .
Actually, JES3 *is* available as a free alternative in Dave's new
development "home".
--
Edward E Jaffe
Ph
The scenario you describe is quite possible. In shops where I've
worked, getting caught doing something like that would result in a
speedy promotion: to the street. And DON'T ASK FOR REFERENCES!
I know... But we are talking "security issues" here.
May
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
John: will the last shipped level of the APPC application suite run under
z/OS 1.7 if he retains the libraries? I understand that if it does he will
still be on his own.
I can see no reason the existing APPC Suite code should not work on z/OS
1.9 or higher. I
Runs every day here.
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:00 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Opinions? Subset input with DFSORT before processing in REXX?
I write a lot of code in REXX.
Here's a jump off point.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2M861/SPTM012163
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
ema
If it is a BPX error code then you can use TSO BPXMTEXT 6E110533
JRCinetBadName: The Cinet is configured and this name does not match any
stack.
I have a user getting the following:
IGD17501I ATTEMPT TO OPEN A HFS FILE FAILED, RETURN CODE IS
(006F) REASON CODE IS (006F)
REASON CODE IS (6E110533)
I've spent about an hour in System Msgs, UNIX Msgs and other books and I
cannot find any of these codes in
Thanks for the plug Chris, we appreciate it!
As someone else on the thread pointed out, we are small enough that
setting CNVTNUM=1 will work fine for us.
Dave Cole REPLY TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cole Software WEB PAGE: http://www.colesoft.com
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I've seen this on very rare occaisions, when a VIO user requested inordinate
amounts of space and tried to use it all.
Interesting!
I thought VIO kept only the current track in memory.
Also, with SMS, you can 'manage' VIO.
-
Rick Fochtman wrote:
---
The scenario you describe is quite possible. In shops where I've
worked, getting caught doing something like that would result in a
speedy promotion: to the street. And DON'T ASK FOR REFERENCES!
I know... But we are talking "security
Perhaps one of the RACF folks can comment on what I am about to say
I thought that there was a change to allow RACF to be able to extract the
password now. (which would allow RACF to play better with LDAP
repositories etc etc)
That's correct. B
>I've seen this on very rare occaisions, when a VIO user requested inordinate
>amounts of space and tried to use it all.
Interesting!
I thought VIO kept only the current track in memory.
Also, with SMS, you can 'manage' VIO.
-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
--
>Look at the REAL column in the SDSF DA screen and do a SORT REAL D, and the
>culprit(s) will bubble to the top.
Not necessarily.
Just because a task has a large working set doesn't make it page.
You have to know what the 'typical' working sets are and what has been added to
the mix.
Use RMFMON
-
Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to add
3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell who is the
culprit?
thanks
D ASM
IEE200I 10.16.31 DISPLAY ASM 308
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
PLPA 100% FULL 4
>What are *ISPF* tables?
An internal data structure with user defined fields an multiple rows.
All data stored in them is character data -- no types.
They are loaded into memory manipulated (or not) and stored back to disk when
closed.
There are temporary ones, as well.
They are stored in PDS/PDS
---
Let me ask this question - although this is not directly related to
RACF - but to any access control system that locks out people upon
failed access attempts..
Isn't locking out or revoking someone because of unsuccessful access
attempts a wonderfu
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> What are *ISPF* tables?
ISPF tables are created and managed using ISPF table services; e.g. TBCREATE,
TBOPEN, TBSORT, TBEND (etc). As an example, your ISPF profile is stored in an
ISPF table. Dave SaltSee the new SimpList(tm) rollover image at:
http://www.mackinn
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I write a lot of code in REXX. I also like Perl, but rarely use it on
z/OS. Anyway, I was just trying to think (hard on the lead in to a 3 day
weekend in the states). Would I gain very much if I subset my input file
using DFSORT instead of subsetting i
On Fri, 23 May 2008 10:20:48 -0500, Ward, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to add
>3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell who is the
>culprit?
>thanks
>
>D ASM
>IEE200I 10.16.31 DISPLAY ASM 308
>TYPE FULL STAT
If you don't want to make the jobs submit each other and have no
scheduling package, there is another alternative using UNIX tools (or
windows).
We have perl packages to do FTP (although you could also do it in rexx).
Using make (or gnumake), you can make each job dependent upon the other.
The c
Thanks. This worked also. It's pointing to my WBI V6 brokers.
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:29 AM
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There is also a message from ASM when, IIRC, the total page slot usage
exceeds 70%. This message will name the top 5(?) users of auxstor.
> Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to
add
> 3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell who is the
> culprit?
> than
Thanks. That did it. It looks like it's my WBI V6 brokers.
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:23 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Paging problems
Ward, Mike S wrote:
> Hello all, t
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From: "Ward, Mike S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: Paging problems
Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to add
3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell wh
On 23 May 2008 07:57:14 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote:
>> I don't have DB2 (this is an IDMS shop). Can 3.16 edit other types
>> of tables that we create for export to PCs and such?
>>
>> --
>ISPF 3.16 edits *ISPF* t
At 5/23/2008 08:25 AM, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2008 04:25:10 -0400, David Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a process that submits up to a couple of hundred jobs for
>execution. I require that these jobs execute in the same order in
>which they were submitted.
>
>For decad
Ward, Mike S wrote:
> Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to add
> 3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell who is the
> culprit?
> thanks
>
> D ASM
> IEE200I 10.16.31 DISPLAY ASM 308
> TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
> PLPA 100% FULL 490C SYS
--
I have a process that submits up to a couple of hundred jobs for
execution. I require that these jobs execute in the same order in
which they were submitted.
For decades I have accomplished this by assigning all of the jobs to a
specific job class a
Hello all, this started this morning and I don't know why. We had to add
3 additional paging datasets. Is there qnyway to tell who is the
culprit?
thanks
D ASM
IEE200I 10.16.31 DISPLAY ASM 308
TYPE FULL STAT DEV DATASET NAME
PLPA 100% FULL 490C SYS1.PLPA
COMMON57% OK 490B SYS1
Having splits is rarely a performance hit, but taking one is.
--
In my experience, it's more like a mild hiccup.
If there was a way that COBOL programs using VSAM could specify
Sequential Insert Strategy, there
--
I agree. We sometimes defrag volumes. We also try to maintain a good
"head room", but the current CIO thinks that is wasteful.
-
Sounds like he's got lots of head room; no brains, just lots of "head
room". :-)
"It'
Saw this on the RACF-L list. Thought I would just pass it along.
Lizette
>> >our storage administration team have a problem with DCOLLECT command
>> (IDCAMS) and RACF messages.
>>
>> >When they collect storage data by dataset in our site and these
>> datasets
>> are not SMS datasets, they use
>What's the problem with a large number of jobs given to the convertor? Delay?
>Create more convertors.
The problem is the sudden spike in CPU required to convert.
-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe
>
> I don't have DB2 (this is an IDMS shop). Can 3.16 edit other types
> of tables that we create for export to PCs and such?
>
> --
ISPF 3.16 edits *ISPF* tables, not DB2 tables.
I would use DFSORT to extract the 0200 records and have your REXX read the
smaller file. Your REXX is probably using EXECIO and DFSORT will be able
to read through that entire file faster and use much less cpu time.
Have a nice day,
Dave Betten
DFSORT Development, Performance Lead
IBM Corporati
On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:59:40 -0500, McKown, John
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I write a lot of code in REXX. I also like Perl, but rarely use it on
>z/OS. Anyway, I was just trying to think (hard on the lead in to a 3 day
>weekend in the states). Would I gain very much if I subset my input file
>us
Well I guess it depends where you read, I read this (p12):
The WebSphere Application Server Plugin
Many customers use the IBM HTTP Server as a front end to their WebSphere
Application Server
applications. The WebSphere Application Server Plugin provide a means of
letting the IBM HTTP
Server instan
On 23 May 2008 07:07:22 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote:
>IIRC, EXPAND was introduced in z/OS 1.6 (or 1.7). It only works when
>the cursor is on a scrollable field. Scrollable fields are a fairly
>new feature, and very uncommon except in products like File Manager
>DB2. ISPF option 3
Rick Fochtman wrote:
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I still don't see how anyone can hack a userid and password and log on
to a RACF protected system. If you have security set up correctly, you
only get 3 tries or so, and then the ID is revoked.
You
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Sorensen Henrik (KSFI 442)
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 8:26 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Free z/OS webserver
>
> > I read the attached .pdf and it *seems* to indic
I think it depends on how much data you are working with. REXX is very
easy to use but costly to run. DFSORT will outperform REXX by orders of
magnitude. You might be able to do all of your work with DFSORT and
not need any REXX code at all. This would be the best.
John Reda
Syncsort, Inc.
> I read the attached .pdf and it *seems* to indicate that the HTTP
>server (apache) is part of the Optional materials for WAS.
When I read it, it said if you want to use HTTP Apache from WAS you need
a plugin from the optional materials
Henrik
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I would, definitely.
You can do some Wonderful Things with DFSORT/ICETOOL these days. The SPLICE
operator is particularly wonderful for RACF database unloads as you can join up
base userid records with their segments, so you can then handle single records
at a time in a report instead of having
McKown, John wrote:
> Would I gain very much if I subset my input file using DFSORT instead of
subsetting in my REXX code. Seems to me that using DFSORT to subset the
data, even if only used once, would result in less CPU, I/O, and elapsed time.
Interpreted REXX is expensive in terms that each
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:04 AM
Subject: Opinions? Subset input with DFSORT before processing in REXX?
I write a lot of code in REXX. I also like Perl, but rarely use it on
z/OS. Anyway,
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 22 May 2008 07:02:06 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote:
>
>>I also have PF4 set to EXPAND. (Which is a recent ISPF command used
>>for scrollable fields).
>
> I just tried it and got '"EXPAND " is not active"'.
I write a lot of code in REXX. I also like Perl, but rarely use it on
z/OS. Anyway, I was just trying to think (hard on the lead in to a 3 day
weekend in the states). Would I gain very much if I subset my input file
using DFSORT instead of subsetting in my REXX code. My example in this
is the outpu
On 22 May 2008 02:30:37 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Schwarz,
Barry A) wrote:
>So a fifty message thread about stupid practical jokes is sufficiently
>topical for you but a three message thread about CSI severely degrades
>the S/N ratio of the list?
Some of this discussion actually can help us with
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There is no easy way to counter such a "one and done" approach - unless you
either improve your database's physical security (don't let it get into the
wrong hands) or also require the cracker to physically possess something
presumably uniquely id
On 22 May 2008 07:02:06 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote:
>I also have PF4 set to EXPAND. (Which is a recent ISPF command used
>for scrollable fields).
I just tried it and got '"EXPAND " is not active"'.
How is it used?
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I still don't see how anyone can hack a userid and password and log on
to a RACF protected system. If you have security set up correctly, you
only get 3 tries or so, and then the ID is revoked.
You would be STUNNED at th
It's a pain having to find all of the places to customize F-Key
settings, but from inside editing:
PF1 . . . HELP
PF2 . . . start
PF3 . . . END
PF4 . . . RETURN
PF5 . . . RFIND
PF6 . . . RCHANGE
PF7 . . . UP
PF8 . . . DOWN
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> >In what way would you like to "control" this?
> Nowadays we have WLM to control all jobs in the system and put them on
their correct place, no ma
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> On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 07:40 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote:
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> > IBM HTTP S
There is the IEHLIST utility discussed in the DFSMSdfp Utilities manual.
There is also the LMMLIST ISPF Service discussed in the ISPF Services
Guide.
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