HI,
Coming soon:
Enabling the MFNetDisk PC Server to run under Linux. Yes, even under Z/Linux.
After full ajustment of the PC Server and PC Tool to Linux you will need to
install the free MONO software (the framework of MS for Linux).
Thesaurus Computer Services - Based in Milton Keynes. See www.i-tcs.com.
Good contact is [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sales guy who used to be a
Sysprog. :-)
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The old freeware MXI 4.3 is linked AC(1) - however during initialization
determines if it is indeed running in such a way that it can invoke APF
authorised services. For batch mode, the only requirement is that it is running
from an APF authorised library - for ISPF and REXX it also has further
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:47:49 -0400, Barkow, Eileen
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As for not finding the tran with CEMT, CEMT shows running transactions.
CEDC shows defined transactions.
I think this statement is not entirely complete...
CEMT I TAS
shows currently running tasks (transactions).
Hi,
I have left this late as I was following the earlier comments.
I am not in a position to comment on how to determine which transactions are
fired off via the PLT other than to concur with the posts of others.
In respect of the difference between information displayed by CEMT and CEDC
(or
Gerhard,
SVC 3 is not allowed under SRB mode.
Tom Harper
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Neon Enterprise Software, Inc.
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope - you'd need to be Tolkien to decipher that lot if you were coming
in cold.
IBM have a *lot* to answer for when they went OCO. For people that never
had access to the fiche, or the PLMs - or the (internals) education
What version of Librarian are You running ?
Ditto for z/OS ?
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Well it looks like it has started. The internet ISPs are having a hard time
providing service with the use of the internet.
Full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wr_nm/comcast_internet_dc
Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap
customers
John Eatherly of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
wrote on 08/28/2008 04:41:07 PM:
This was passed to me!!!
If anyone is running Librarian, it took a system down last week. It
caused the CVT to be overlaid so the stop was very sudden. We are
told that the error has been
Huh? IBM said very clearly that z/VM and Linux for (first) System/390 (then)
zSeries (and now) System z would run on IFLs from day 1. That was the whole
point of IFLs: to allow folks to virtualize Linux at a reasonable cost.
*NOT* trying to pick a fight, just wondering why you said that.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:21:51 -0500 Tom Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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:SVC 3 is not allowed under SRB mode.
AFAIK SVC 3 is always allowed. It cleans up the unit of work.
It does not return to the caller.
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Simple, because that's what my manage wants
Walt Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/28/2008 4:08 PM
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:52:30 -0400, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Anyone out there familiar with the installation of the of the XML 1.9
product might be able to help me out with this.
My
Howard Rifkind wrote:
Simple, because that's what my manage wants
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents or
other technical details. Unless he's responsible for SMP/E.
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He's actually freeing subpool 252.
Isn't that key 0 storage rather than key 8 storage?
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He is. He owns everything on the mainframe!
R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/29/2008 10:24 AM
Howard Rifkind wrote:
Simple, because that's what my manage wants
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents or
other technical details. Unless he's responsible for SMP/E.
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Agreed. The person responsible for maintaining z/OS should be making
this decision, not a manager.
R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/29/2008 10:24 AM
Howard Rifkind wrote:
Simple, because that's what my manage wants
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents or
other
Well, for the most part he has been the man for a substancial time
(years) doing z/OS, CICS, etc. by himself...no help until I got here.
I have to give him a lot of credit to do all of this by himself, no
SoftwareExcel and so on.
Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/29/2008 10:42 AM
Agreed. The
On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 21:24 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote:
How long as the z9 BC been out that you have these fears?
The z9 BC was announced 2Q 2006.
Are you needing to upgrade for something the z10 has while also being
on a tiny mainframe?
z10 has nothing I need, but I have a lease-end
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:42:57 -0400, Scott Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Agreed. The person responsible for maintaining z/OS should be making
this decision, not a manager.
I'm not commenting on this particular issue, but sometimes a manager is an
ex-technician in the same area he is managing
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents or other
technical details.
Unless he's responsible for SMP/E.
I agree, but they are the boss!
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Ted MacNEIL wrote:
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents or other
technical details.
Unless he's responsible for SMP/E.
I agree, but they are the boss!
Oh, yes. boss i always right. Customer is always right. Hoever even the
boss cannot do (or demand)
Hoever even the boss cannot do (or demand) impossible things!
True, but that makes it your responsibility to explain it to the boss.
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In a message dated 8/29/2008 9:57:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Thank you for your advice.
There will probably be announcements sooner rather than later. AS Bob
Shannon and others have mentioned. Maybe will not be a BC ever. With sub
capacity
licensing and
Yes, but does he have the technical qualifications to make those types
of decisions? Or is he purely a politician??
Howard Rifkind wrote:
He is. He owns everything on the mainframe!
R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/29/2008 10:24 AM
Howard Rifkind wrote:
Simple, because that's
The Boss might not be always right, but he's still The Boss. More's
the pity... :-)
R.S. wrote:
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
IMHO manager is not the person who should decide about CSI contents
or other technical details.
Unless he's responsible for SMP/E.
I agree, but they are the
On 8/29/2008 at 9:16 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Phil Smith III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-snip-
Huh? IBM said very clearly that z/VM and Linux for (first) System/390
(then) zSeries (and now) System z would run on IFLs from day 1. That was the
whole point of IFLs: to allow folks to
.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Lizette Koehler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well it looks like it has started. The internet ISPs are having a hard time
providing service with the use of the internet.
Full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wr_nm/comcast_internet_dc
Comcast
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Subject: Re: OT Comcast Internet Service Limitations
This is indeed OT, not that that stops anyone on this group :-) . The
real
Well it looks like it has started. The internet ISPs are having a hard time
providing service with the use of the internet.
Welcome to my world.
Rogers has been doing this in Canada for a couple of years.
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Mark Post wrote, re z/VM running on IFLs:
Actually, no it wouldn't from day one. That's why VIF was initially released.
Once z/VM 4 was announced to run on IFLs, VIF was retired. Still, for
people that were intensely interested in VM and Linux at the time, yes it was
clear, especially if you
://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wr_nm/comcast_internet_dc
Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap
customers' Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure the best
service for the vast majority of its subscribers.
Comcast said
Hi,
Any idea where one can find APAR (or PTF ?) coverletters?
Jan
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Usually you can browse the PTS for some of this stuff.
Lizette
Subject: APAR (or PTF ?) coverletters
Hi,
Any idea where one can find APAR (or PTF ?) coverletters?
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Jan Vanbrabant wrote:
Hi,
Any idea where one can find APAR (or PTF ?) coverletters?
Jan
AFAIK, APARs do not have cover letters. The full APAR description is
available through IBMLink and (for closed APARs only) via the web.
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On 28 Aug 2008 12:41:37 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
We'll miss you, John. Hopefully, this new set of (mindless) mandates
will be relaxed in the not-too-distant future.
Given Sarbanes Oxley, privacy requirements, requirements to save
everything for future auditing (and discovery
On 29 Aug 2008 06:02:58 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lizette
Koehler) wrote:
Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap
customers' Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure the best
service for the vast majority of its subscribers.
Comcast said it was
On 29 Aug 2008 09:53:40 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren Brown) wrote:
Hey wait a minute! Customers who top 250 GB in a month twice in a six-month
timeframe could
have service terminated for a year implies that you've done something wrong.
Why not charge the heavy users more maney? Is'nt
Given Sarbanes Oxley, privacy requirements, requirements to save everything
for future auditing (and discovery in lawsuits), expect things like this to
become common.
It's one thing to save.
It's another to issue unenforcable disclaimers.
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Hi Lizette Ed,
Thanks for our replies! But ... I should have been more clear.
I had a web site in mind where one could download PTF coverletters from in
advance. Sometimes coverletters contain exhaustive information about a new
funtion for example.
Jan
Jan Vanbrabant wrote:
Hi Lizette Ed,
Thanks for our replies! But ... I should have been more clear.
I had a web site in mind where one could download PTF coverletters from in
advance. Sometimes coverletters contain exhaustive information about a new
funtion for example.
Jan
If you go to
We are z/OS V1R9. I am not sure how this happen, but I have an
un-cataloged dataset on an SMS managed volume. It won't let me delete
this dataset because it is un-cataloged (it wont let me do anything with
it since it is uncatalogued). Is there an easy way to delete this
dataset. I tried using
Edward Jaffe wrote:
AFAIK, APARs do not have cover letters. The full APAR description is
available through IBMLink and (for closed APARs only) via the web.
Access to open APARs via the web without IBMLINK access has been available to
customers for years.
Bob
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Mark Steely wrote:
We are z/OS V1R9. I am not sure how this happen, but I have an
un-cataloged dataset on an SMS managed volume. It won't let me delete
this dataset because it is un-cataloged (it wont let me do anything with
it since it is uncatalogued). Is there an easy
Bob Rutledge wrote:
Edward Jaffe wrote:
AFAIK, APARs do not have cover letters. The full APAR description is
available through IBMLink and (for closed APARs only) via the web.
Access to open APARs via the web without IBMLINK access has been
available to customers for years.
Open APARs?
Thanks Ed, but I do know that.
What was it that triggered my cover letter question? A blog post by Willie
Favero
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2zos/apar-friday-db2-support-for-zos-v1r90-sysplex-routing-services-ziip-awareness-enhancements-26180
where he talks about PK38867: DB2 Support For z/OS
Edward Jaffe wrote:
I have observed considerable delay between APAR closure and web
availability. For example, APAR OA25490 (a problem I reported) was
closed Aug 13. The PTF became available yesterday. The APAR is *still*
not available on the web (so far as I can tell).
Oops. It's there now.
Edward Jaffe wrote:
Bob Rutledge wrote:
Edward Jaffe wrote:
AFAIK, APARs do not have cover letters. The full APAR description is
available through IBMLink and (for closed APARs only) via the web.
Access to open APARs via the web without IBMLINK access has been
available to customers for
We are z/OS V1R9. I am not sure how this happen, but I have an un-cataloged
dataset on an SMS managed volume. It won't let me delete this dataset because
it is un-cataloged (it wont let me do anything with it since it is
uncatalogued). Is there an easy way to delete this dataset. I tried using
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:18:27 -0400, Bob Rutledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Access to open APARs via the web without IBMLINK access has been available
to customers for years.
Bob
And unavailable for a lot of hours quite often :-))
Sorry i could not resist
Bruno Sugliani
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:16:11 -0500, Mark Steely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are z/OS V1R9. I am not sure how this happen, but I have an
un-cataloged dataset on an SMS managed volume. It won't let me delete
this dataset because it is un-cataloged (it wont let me do anything with
it since it is
Just curious.
Would a simple IEFBR14 specifying unit, vol ser, and disp old delete work?
John McKown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:41:49 +, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are z/OS V1R9. I am not sure how this happen, but I have an
un-cataloged dataset on an SMS managed volume. It won't let me delete this
dataset because it is un-cataloged (it wont let me do anything with it since
it is
ISPF 3.4 (nor IEFBR14) won't work for an SMS controlled data set. I
couldn't get ISMF to work either. The Delete NVR didn't work either. I
had to dump the VVDS - find out what catalog the dataset pointed to.
Which was the old master catalog and execute an IDCAMS delete with the
catalog specified.
Hi, today I get the updated version of this REXX GIMAPI interface
program. At the first look it seemed to run fine now, the subentry
values are not only displayed for the first entry, it shows now all
matching values.
But then I found another problem: when you start the sample REXX from
the
ISPF 3.4 (nor IEFBR14) won't work for an SMS controlled data set.
I could be wrong, but I thought I did that a few years ago with SMS managed
files.
Oh well, wrong again.
(And, I'm sure I'll hear about it)
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Ted MacNEIL wrote:
ISPF 3.4 (nor IEFBR14) won't work for an SMS controlled data set.
I could be wrong, but I thought I did that a few years ago with SMS managed
files.
Never with uncataloged, SMS-managed files.
Oh well, wrong again.
(And, I'm sure I'll hear about it)
This
I need to mount Windows directories in a z/OS USS directory structure. I read
about DFS SMB but that appears to be for a PC to host access, but not the
other way.
The server has Windows DFS but I am not sure how it is configured.
Would the NT infrastrucutre team have to run a Samba like
Suppose there was a way to delete posts with wrong/bad information from the
archives. Then, only correct/good information would remain --
increasing its value for research purposes.
Is this possible?
I doubt it.
But, I know I have been wrong.
I have two people on this list who point it out on
Edward Jaffe wrote:
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
ISPF 3.4 (nor IEFBR14) won't work for an SMS controlled data set.
I could be wrong, but I thought I did that a few years ago with SMS
managed files.
Never with uncataloged, SMS-managed files.
Oh well, wrong again.
(And, I'm sure I'll hear
Sounds like it would be a cross between a listserv and a wiki. You
might be onto something with that.
Mark Hammond
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This gives me a idea...
One of the problems with the IBM-MAIN archives is the relative abundance
of flat-out wrong information and bad advice.
In a message dated 8/29/2008 2:48:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sounds like a FAQ to me.
Sounds like an unfunded mandate to me? Isn't part of list experience
learning when and who is usually correct? I guess I could see a challenge
mechanism
down the road,
In a message dated 8/29/2008 2:26:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Suppose there was a way to delete posts with wrong/bad information from
the archives. Then, only correct/good information would remain --
increasing its value for research purposes.
Is this
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:25:54 -0700, Edward Jaffe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This gives me a idea...
One of the problems with the IBM-MAIN archives is the relative abundance
of flat-out wrong information
Yep.
and bad advice.
Subjective.
Sometimes posts with
wrong/bad information outnumber
One of the problems with the IBM-MAIN archives is the relative abundance
of flat-out wrong information and bad advice. Sometimes posts with
wrong/bad information outnumber those with correct/good information. A
person researching a topic must carefully read all posts to ensure only
correct
Having an issue creating the needed directory and entries for the above.
I getting the following messages. Any help to determine what the problem is
here would be greatly appreciated.
Per the instructions in the job I have create the path /usr/llpp/xml19 the
rest the job itself is adding
IMHO, I also find it useful to look at the entire thread. So some of the
solutions aren't and some of them are not a fit for the OP. Those can be
helpful too. While I like the idea of vetting the posts, who will take on such
a large task? And who would be able to be correct on everything?
Cross-posted to ibm-main, ibmvm, and linux-390.
I've uploaded a whole boatload of Linux and z/VM-related presentations from
SHARE 111 in San Jose to the linuxvm.org website. (About 53 so far)
http://linuxvm.org/Present/#share111 Lots of good stuff there. Thanks to all
the presenters for
Way cool! Thanks.
Linda Mooney
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From: Mark Post [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cross-posted to ibm-main, ibmvm, and linux-390.
I've uploaded a whole boatload of Linux and z/VM-related presentations from
SHARE 111 in San Jose to the linuxvm.org website.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:45 -0400, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Having an issue creating the needed directory and entries for the above.
Per the instructions in the job I have create the path /usr/llpp/xml19 the
rest the job itself is adding in.
Howard,
Is that a typo
John,
A few options:
- Bounce your Web client or smtp/pop client through either:
- A Tor proxy for the selected domain
- An ssh session that port forwards through your home linux box
- Run a secure SOCKS proxy service on your linux box or use one of the
public services
- Use VNC or some
Kirk Wolf wrote:
John,
A few options:
- Bounce your Web client or smtp/pop client through either:
- A Tor proxy for the selected domain
- An ssh session that port forwards through your home linux box
- Run a secure SOCKS proxy service on your linux box or use one of the
public services
But Steve,
Neither of us has read John's company policy, so who's to say what it
specifically prohibits? Eventually, we all have to decide ourselves where
to skirt the rules a little in order to get our jobs done. Does Google
Groups violate a no non-corporate email policy, even in spirit? I
Kirk Wolf wrote:
But Steve,
Neither of us has read John's company policy, so who's to say what it
specifically prohibits? Eventually, we all have to decide ourselves where
to skirt the rules a little in order to get our jobs done. Does Google
Groups violate a no non-corporate email policy,
OK, just to be maybe a bit more precise. My company does __NOT__ say that
I cannot post to email lists from work. What they did say was that all
email from all employees must have a specific HTML signiture, with no
variation of any kind WRT to font, color, verbage, etc. That means that
the email
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Well, there ya' go. The perfect way to end a Friday afternoon. Must be
time for a cocktail!
-unsnip-
Agreed. Followed by an obscenely good dinner. :-)
Then
John McKown wrote:
OK, just to be maybe a bit more precise. My company does __NOT__ say that
I cannot post to email lists from work. What they did say was that all
email from all employees must have a specific HTML signiture, with no
variation of any kind WRT to font, color, verbage, etc. That
Other than forcing me to use HTML email, which I dislike.
That's a specious argument, because my e-mail client (and many oithers) can be
set to receive text only, regardless of what you send.
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Edward Jaffe wrote:
I was under the impression that IBM-MAIN rejected HTML postings. Not true?
http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL2=5131R=516[EMAIL PROTECTED]
seems pretty clear about it.
Bob
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Suppose there was a way to delete posts with wrong/bad information from
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increasing its value for research purposes.
Is this possible?
Yes, it is possible. I am not sure what
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:45 -0400, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Having an issue creating the needed directory and entries for the above.
I getting the following messages. Any help to determine what the problem is
here would be greatly appreciated.
Per the instructions in the job
In a message dated 8/29/2008 7:31:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
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http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL2=5131R=516[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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