Re: User/Ref Manual for CSS

2008-07-10 Thread Shaja Radhangan
Thanks Greg! I am planning to list down the summary of all the abends captured in Abend- aid during a particular time period. Using the first JCL you have provided , I tried to list down the abends with PRINT PROGRAM=*. However this is listing the detailed report for each abend. Do you know the

Re: CF structure management - Understanding

2008-07-10 Thread Barbara Nitz
Cwi, what makes you think that the structure was filled 85% The number you point to (the report is completely unreadable to me, even after reformatting to a fixed-font) is the number right after *ALL in the CF activity report, right? That would be %CF Util. Take a look at the RMF help

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:715260175-1215667394-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-5043 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Roland, I hate to say this, maybe I'm not clear, but what are you saying? our private size on z/OS R9 below is (MXI VMAP command, IPLINFO from Mark

Re: CF structure management - Understanding

2008-07-10 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Cwi Jeret [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hello Forum, Yesteday, due to a failing receiver from MQ we got an overflow of the MQ Structure holding the Queue of CAQMCSQMSTR1. We saw in RMF3 the following for Structure CAQMCSQMSTR1 :

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Roland Schiradin
Ted, I wrote our private region below the line is about 10M. Was it to difficult to understand? Roland Roland, I hate to say this, maybe I'm not clear, but what are you saying? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

how to delete a non-existence record from HSM

2008-07-10 Thread Tommy Tsui
Hi all, I try to delete a dataset ssmd.testhsm1 which already in MIGRAT1 level 1 but failed because there is no backup copy for this dataset (the backup copy is purged). The question is how to delete this entry from catalog with MIGRAT1 status??? SSMD.ZSMD137.TESTHSM1

Re: how to delete a non-existence record from HSM

2008-07-10 Thread Rob Scott
Have you tried the following TSO command : DEL 'SSMD.ZSMD137.TESTHSM1' NOSCRATCH Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tommy Tsui

Re: how to delete a non-existence record from HSM

2008-07-10 Thread Tommy Tsui
before nscr...I have to delete the entry from MCDS with fixcds d 'dsname' delete On 7/10/08, Tommy Tsui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try..it works .thanks.. On 7/10/08, Rob Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried the following TSO command : DEL 'SSMD.ZSMD137.TESTHSM1' NOSCRATCH

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Roland Schiradin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Ted, I wrote our private region below the line is about 10M. Was it to difficult to understand? Roland Well, that text did not make the newsgroup. What I read is: Quote: John, our private size on z/OS

Re: How to change the ISPF code page?

2008-07-10 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Thanks Ed! That was just the detail needed. I contacted Tom Brennan and he told me how to fix Vista so that it returns the current code page translation to the host. Vista V1.24 will return 037 by default unless you tell it otherwise. (In Vista V1.26 the default is the opposite). In Vista

Re: how to delete a non-existence record from HSM

2008-07-10 Thread Beesley, Paul
I seem to recall you need to be connected to RACF group ARCCATGP to be able to do this for migrated datasets ( but may well be wrong ) Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: 10 July 2008 09:08 To:

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Jim
No, we don't have the ABR piece. -- 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: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Jim
I really think I'm trying to make this more complicated than it is, but Barry's idea wasn't what I was looking for either. I'm not looking for a listing of the incoming datasets for any other reason than to know what to print out each day. The print I'm looking for is the internals of all the

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
If you are z/OS V1.9 then you could look at using REXX and SDSF to review the SYSOUT while it is on Spool, Then create a file with REXX that lists the sysouts you want to print? Or create a last step with REXX to create a GDG that is collected later with the information you need? Perhaps a more

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi Jim, I have watched the thread with interest and if I understand the requirement correctly it is to produce a single printed output from multiple listings exported from Control-M in to sequential data sets with consistent DCB attributes, i.e. RECFM, LRECL etc. If this assessment is correct

Re: SFTP GET COMMAND QUESTION

2008-07-10 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SFTP GET COMMAND QUESTION Thanks, these look like good possibilities. I got some

Re: Sharing catalog among systems,benefits or trouble?

2008-07-10 Thread Arthur Gutowski
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:22:52 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I obviously agree (I think you were commenting on my post when you wrote very similar sharing here), but it is far from iron-clad. For example, RESERVE won't keep 2 people from updating the same PDS (or PDS member) from

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Jakubek, Jan
ISP.SISPLPA for instance can be in link list and has some big modules that are still RM 24. I use the following usermod: ++USERMOD(name) /* MOVE LOAD MODULES FROM SISPLPA TO SISPLOAD */ .

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 7/9/2008 4:50:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looks like a bit of do as I say, not as I do. It's been my experience that it's much better to do as they say. New applications should exploit storage above the bar as much as possible, IMHO.

z/OS contract work

2008-07-10 Thread P S
We are for someone to do some porting work to z/OS on a contract basis: porting C code, packaging (not SMP/E), RACF, ICSF integration. This is a several-month gig with possibly more work to follow, and would be telecommuting. If you think you might be this person, please send a résumé to this

Re: User/Ref Manual for CSS

2008-07-10 Thread Greg Shirey
Sorry, Shaja, I do not. That's all I can find on that utility. Compuware support is usually very helpful with these kinds of questions... Good luck, Greg -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shaja Radhangan Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:38 AM I am

Re: How to change the ISPF code page?

2008-07-10 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Also here is the output of D UNI,ALL in case that means something. I've looked but not found anything yet in the docs. D UNI,ALL CUN3000I 15.55.29 UNI DISPLAY 916 ENVIRONMENT: CREATED

Re: South Dakota migrates off mainframe; chaos ensues

2008-07-10 Thread Pommier, Rex R.
Pat, I absolutely agree with your first statement below. I'm not sure I agree with the second half. My point was that there would most likely have been much less programming effort if they had decided to just make the required changes to the application to fulfill the law changes, leaving the

Re: How to change the ISPF code page?

2008-07-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
Is it possible that Lindy needs to add translation tables to ISPF? I see that ISPF supports SWISS, GERMAN, FRENCH and English. But if you want a different lanaguage, like Swedish, would you need a new translation table added to ISPF? 3.10.3 Adding Translation Tables for Extended Code Page

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Edward Jaffe
Knutson, Sam wrote: If your below the line private area decreased it I will step out on a limb and say no one is monitoring and managing it. We have been able to grow PVT from a standard 9M to 10M and EPVT as well in the last few years. IBM is doing good work in the area of Virtual Storage

Re: South Dakota migrates off mainframe; chaos ensues

2008-07-10 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: South Dakota migrates off mainframe; chaos ensues Pat, I absolutely agree with your first

Re: SFTP GET COMMAND QUESTION

2008-07-10 Thread Bill Godfrey
Your tests confirm what I said last night, although we have yet to hear from the original poster. I'm glad you were able to run tests with the server configured both ways, and willing to take the time. Bill On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:49:52 -0500, McKown, John wrote: -Original Message-

Re: South Dakota migrates off mainframe; chaos ensues

2008-07-10 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 7/10/2008 9:54:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: where somebody might say, gee, why not spend $c $a+$b to develop the software on the new platform? This question needs to be answered in management speak and not techie speak. And the only reason

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread George Rodriguez
For those of you looking for v1.7...Here it is: Area Start EndSize(K)%UseOverflow Size(Mb) Extended Private 14C0 7FFF 1757184K 1716Mb Extended CSA 0567A000 14BF 251416K 27 246Mb Extended MLPA 0K Extended

Re: Can STGINDEX have secondary allocations?

2008-07-10 Thread Staller, Allan
snip Can SYS1.STGINDEX (VIO journaling) have secondary allocations? /snip AFAIK, No. BTW Why are you still doing VIO at all? It made a lot of sense when disk access times were 17-30 ms, but not with 3-4ms (Escon/Cache) or 1 ms (FICON/Cache) When I found that we were doing a CLPA at every

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread Wolfgang Schäfer
Jim, if I understand correctly you want to do pattern matching (regular expressions) against some strings that your program extracts from some dataset? If you can use C as programming language then there is a string function call fnmatch() that provides pattern matching as in Unix shell

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Doug Henry
Knutson, Sam wrote: If your below the line private area decreased it I will step out on a limb and say no one is monitoring and managing it. We have been able to grow PVT from a standard 9M to 10M and EPVT as well in the last few years. IBM is doing good work in the area of Virtual Storage

Management reading list (non-technical but at least slightly on topic)

2008-07-10 Thread Steve Comstock
Just wanted to point out a few articles I've come across lately that you might want to point out to your management. I found them all in publications I subscribe to, but I imagine they're all avaiable online. 1. Wall Street Journal, June 18, page B2 China Embraces Old-School Business Guru

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It's been my experience that it's much better to do as they say. New applications should exploit storage above the bar as much as possible, IMHO. I agree with that point of view; I wish IBM would do as they say! - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
years. IBM is doing good work in the area of Virtual Storage Constraint Relief (VSCR). I would agree that this is an installation problem. I disagree to the extent that IBM should not be putting new code below the line. - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Scott Rowe
I haven't seen any evidence in this thread that leads me to believe they have put any new code below the line. Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/10/2008 12:38 PM I disagree to the extent that IBM should not be putting new code below the line. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! Note that my

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I haven't seen any evidence in this thread that leads me to believe they have put any new code below the line. Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/10/2008 12:38 PM I disagree to the extent that IBM should not be putting new code below the line. The very first post was on that very topic. And, so

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:19:46 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: I haven't seen any evidence in this thread that leads me to believe they have put any new code below the line. Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/10/2008 12:38 PM I disagree to the extent that IBM should not be putting new code below the

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Scott Rowe
Neither qualify as evidence. A statement in an ETR from the CICS group is hardly proof that any new code resides below the line. The OP needs to look very carefully at his LPA list and other system parameters to determine what caused the change. It may be as simple as having the FLMMOVE

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Jim
Thanks to all for the input. I recruited a co-worker with Rexx experience and John McKown's idea does work to fit our needs. The one question my co-worker had was if there might even be other utilities that might not require like DCB's.

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-10 Thread Mark Jacobs
Rick Fochtman wrote: snip I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but all the posts notwithstanding, the problem here isn't failure, but the fear that it might actually succeed. If the project is as doomed to failure as many have been

Re: wildcard utilities

2008-07-10 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Jim Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: wildcard utilities Thanks to all for the input. I recruited a co-worker with Rexx

BMC Control-M User-Defined Variable

2008-07-10 Thread Laine, Rogers
This question is for users of Control-M (Scheduler) I would like to set a user-defined variable to be used in the JCL of a job submitted by Control-M(CTM). So if I specify %%VAR1=job list what I get is the first full word (job) not the full text of (job list). If I use %%VAR1=job_list I

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tom Marchant wrote: I don't think anyone mentioned yet to check the location of SWA and the UCBs. UCBs yes. SWA no. SWA is private area ... not common. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
UCBs yes. SWA no. SWA is private area ... not common. Hopefully, if they were above the line, they'd stay there and not be regressed just because they're going to a new release. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread John Eells
I found this hard to believe, so I checked with the person responsible for monitoring virtual storage constraints, who happens to be in my department and whose office is two from mine. While he does not have numbers from as long ago as OS/390 R10 (and I don't, either), we would both be

Re: IBM using more below the line storage.

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
IBM appears to be expanding use of storage below the 16M line, rather than converting their own code to 31-bit addressability. Here is the reply I received when I ETR asked CICS why I could no longer get a certain DSALIM value in TS22 after going to zos 1.08. There is

Re: BMC Control-M User-Defined Variable

2008-07-10 Thread Scott Barry
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:55:27 -0500, Laine, Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This question is for users of Control-M (Scheduler) I would like to set a user-defined variable to be used in the JCL of a job submitted by Control-M(CTM). So if I specify %%VAR1=job list what I get is the first

CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Dean Montevago
Hi, I just got a 2nd letter (I don't recall getting the 1st, when was it sent ?) stating that 3.5 is going off support 9/2008. Has anyone migrated to R11 ? I understand there's a DB involved now. I haven't cracked open the books yet but is the DB going to affect the overall function of the

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR)
I had heard about the requirement to go to R11, so I ordered it about 8-9 months ago and tried to install it. It was a TOTAL piece of junk (numerous abends and MANY PTF's needing to be installed). CA finally told me to install the latest PTF tape, and that would fix all of the problems. But the

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
- Too busy driving to stop for gas! -Original Message- From: Burrell, C. Todd (CDC/OCOO/ITSO) (CTR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:59:03 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support I had heard about the requirement to go to R11, so I

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Sorry about the previous post -- fat fingers! I'd rather run 3.5 unsupported than to try and install PTF's every day to fix problems in production. Welcome to the new CA - same as the old CA. And, people wonder why I still complain (b*tch) about them. - Too busy driving to stop for gas!

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread David Waldman
We converted to r11 at the beginning of this year. The conversion was a challenge because of the Datacom database and RACF security setup. We had several small problems that we were able to work-around until CA provided fixes. We also had a major problem that had to be fixed ASAP (i.e., Fix

VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
I have a production job down due to an S413 abend on a VTS (virtual) tape data set. I was wondering if this is a hardware problem or if there is something I can do to fix the tape. I have no additional error messages other than the EQC. Can a back end copy be used to recover the dataset?

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Donnelly, John P
..we are working on R11 rat now...still a maintenance nightmare...anyone running V3.5 with z/IS V1R9? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Waldman Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Ken Porowski
Most errors that I have seen on virtual tape that would make sense only on a physical tape were due to the VTS not being able to restage the virtual volume back to the TVC (e.g. stacked volume stuck in drive) -Original Message- Lizette Koehler I have a production job down due to an S413

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
So does that mean I need to be my CE out here? Lizette Most errors that I have seen on virtual tape that would make sense only on a physical tape were due to the VTS not being able to restage the virtual volume back to the TVC (e.g. stacked volume stuck in drive) -Original Message-

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Ken Porowski
There should be an intervention on the LM. Or you could open the door and look, if it's stuck you might be able to get it out yourself. Or find the physical volume the logical volume is on and make sure it is available in the library. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

IBM's mainframe-oriented newsgroups

2008-07-10 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
I had to include mainframe in the subject to keep this On Topic. :-) IBM has a bunch of newsgroups at news://news.software.ibm.com. Some of them (like the CommServer groups) have no other similar fora (listservers, etc.) My employer blocks NNTP connections so I have to use newsreader-to-http

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Lizette Koehler wrote: So does that mean I need to be my CE out here? Lizette I think the last time we had an EQC on a virtual tape, the gripper on one hand had broken. If there has been some kind of back-end hardware problem, I think it should have called home. If you look on the display

CICS Program

2008-07-10 Thread Andy Pesce
I once found a CICS program that would display the USERID and USER Name af everyone signed into a CICS region. Does anyone recall where that program exists? I was thinking it was in one of the Command-level books, but cannot find it now. If anyone remembers or knows of one please email me.

Re: IBM's mainframe-oriented newsgroups

2008-07-10 Thread Tony Harminc
2008/7/10 Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I had to include mainframe in the subject to keep this On Topic. :-) IBM has a bunch of newsgroups at news://news.software.ibm.com. Some of them (like the CommServer groups) have no other similar fora (listservers, etc.) My employer blocks NNTP

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-10 Thread Len Rugen
My contingency is to have a base 1.9 install in a sandbox LPAR. If we have a problem, I'll attempt to reproduce it in that LPAR to get support. We are in the last year of a MANY year project to get off the mainframe. We are supposed to revoke most logins 12/31 and power down 6/30/09. (I

Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?

2008-07-10 Thread Patrick Falcone
A bit late on this, was sunning and funning, am I allowed to do this unemployed? But really, I totally agree with these sentiments. While I didn't like working myself out of a job just before the outsourcing I figured I might as well make it work, it kept me busy, and in the end I felt true to

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Dean Montevago
All this wonderful news ! I can't believe they won't push this off since there are so many major problems. I was told by CA that 3.5 SP7 would run fine with 1.9. We'll see we're getting ready to start testing. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of

Phillips, Mike is out of the office.

2008-07-10 Thread Mike Phillips
I will be out of the office starting 07/10/2008 and will not return until 07/14/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Lizette Koehler
I worked with my CE on this. IBM Tucson dialed into the VTS and was able to reset the error flags and put the tape in READ status. I can now access the files on the back end (physical) tape. The CE physically inspected the tape and it was okay. So we figure it must be some sort of other

Re: VTS Tapes and S413 Abends

2008-07-10 Thread Patrick Falcone
Have you had any microcode put on the VTS lately? Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I worked with my CE on this. IBM Tucson dialed into the VTS and was able to reset the error flags and put the tape in READ status. I can now access the files on the back end (physical) tape. The CE

WebSphere Question

2008-07-10 Thread Gary Green
If someone knows where I should ask this question, please tell me where to go. ;) Otherwise... I was chatting with the manager of the tech support group at another company and he was telling me that in his shop they experience a terrible slowdown in WebSphere most afternoons; sucks the life

Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support

2008-07-10 Thread Pinnacle
- Original Message - From: Burrell, C. Todd , CDC/OCOO/ITSO, CTR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:59 PM Subject: Re: CA Jobtrac 3.5 Off Support I had heard about the requirement to go to R11, so I ordered it about 8-9 months ago and

Re: WebSphere Question

2008-07-10 Thread Patrick Falcone
Hi Gary, We had a similar problem back at my last place and *sucks the life out of the machine* is about right. Sounds like it could be a storage leak/creep within the heap that is causing the Java heap to go into more frequent garbage collections, especially if the heap is lightly