Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread R Hey
I looked at my goodies file & found: try not to use IMP-1, use I2 for LOVEd ones I like all the points made by Mark. > But from my experience at a lot of shops, I think many of them just used IMP=1 for just about everything considered "production online". ... Then they would (misguidedly) try

Re: Changing SYSPLEX name

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Nitz
>A hypothetical question. What are the major implications of changing >the sysplex name? What are the gotcha's? >- a fairly large parallel sysplex with > 15 participating lpars >- 60+ terabytes of DASD, mostly SMS managed >- SMSPLEX same scope as SYSPLEX >- Sysplex restart

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Nitz
>I would say the majority of shops I went into way overused IMP=1 and >at the same time underused IMP=5. >But from my experience at a lot of shops, >I think many of them just used IMP=1 for just about everything considered >"production online". All CICS regions, all DB2 subsystems, MQ, etc. Then

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Nitz
>It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was zeroes. > >Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. Easiest test for this is to turn on dirty getmain - I had a hard time time, too, to fi

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Terry Draper
Ted,    I agree with you about SLA's etc.      But this is an investigation about how we partition a huge tablespace that is reaching the size limit.    The tablespace will be unavailable to the users during the copying and we are trying to find the best copy processing to reduce the outage. The

Re: IEC161I 008-0571

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Pace
On Nov 24, 5:04 pm, Gaur wrote: > On Nov 24, 5:15 am, stars...@mindspring.com (Lizette Koehler) wrote: > > > > > I forgot the last part > > In ISPF mode, it can be annoying. > > > It looks like a WAD and something IBM is not looking at correcting. > > Apparently they like annoying. > > > Lizette >

relating module prefixes to components and products

2009-11-24 Thread john gilmore
At http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r9.ieav200/bpfind.htm (As usual, watch the wrap.) and printed in the MVS DG there is a table that relates module prefixes to components and products; and among the many instances of module prefixes listed

Re: XMITMGR for 64 Bit Windows?

2009-11-24 Thread Longnecker, Dennis
Thanks All. I installed it on a Windows XP machine, and then copied the directory c:\program files\xmitmgr to my Windows 7 PC and it works like a champ. Just the installer was having a problem. Dennis -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.ed

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Gilbert, I have installed and supported VPS/VPSIP/DRS/DRSIP/VSV and VMCF in my shop since 1998.  As David mentioned, VPS exit 8 handles automated reset/retries quite well, it is well documented, and can be easily customized if needed .  We have the same problem you have plus the vast m

Re: Changing SYSPLEX name

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Jousma, David wrote: A hypothetical question. What are the major implications of changing the sysplex name? What are the gotcha's? We've renamed sysplexes more than once. IIRC, the biggest hassle was having to rename/recreate all of the data sets with &SYSPLEX in their name. I assume it

Re: Extracting GDG Base

2009-11-24 Thread Stephen Mednick
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of Jacky Bright > Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 7:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Extracting GDG Base > > Business Operation Department has requested to extract all GDG base

Re: Extracting GDG Base

2009-11-24 Thread Gilbert Cardenas
You could also use IGGCSIRX in SYS1.SAMPLIB and the option H or B to extract all gds/gdgs. I think it is documented in DFSMS Managing Catalogs. On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:08:23 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:ibm-m...@b

Re: Extracting GDG Base

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:08:23 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright >> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:49 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Extracting GDG Base >> >> Bus

Re: Extracting GDG Base

2009-11-24 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:49 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Extracting GDG Base > > Business Operation Department has requested to extract all > GDG b

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>If you are referring to the dynamic internal service classes that WLM creates, those only apply to a server topology (like CICS and IMS with transaction goals). WLM has no way of knowing the inter-dependencies of other address spaces. Yes. You're correct. If you need to exploit this, you MUST h

Changing SYSPLEX name

2009-11-24 Thread Jousma, David
All, A hypothetical question. What are the major implications of changing the sysplex name? What are the gotcha's? Assumptions: - a fairly large parallel sysplex with > 15 participating lpars - 60+ terabytes of DASD, mostly SMS managed - SMSPLEX same scope as SYSPLEX -

Extracting GDG Base

2009-11-24 Thread Jacky Bright
Business Operation Department has requested to extract all GDG base dataset names from the system. Is there any utility by which I can have these details from the catalog ? JAcky -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread John Baxter
Fortunately (?), our developers ensure that we (the three groups mentioned) are always kept on our toes, despite efforts at education, etc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:14 P

Re: RSE daemon server startup

2009-11-24 Thread Jousma, David
Here are all of our setting in rsed.envvars. I deleted the comments to make the listing shorter JAVA_HOME=/usr/lpp/java/J6.0 RSE_HOME=/usr/lpp/rdz _RSE_LOCKD_PORT=4036 TZ=EST5EDT LANG=C PATH=/bin:/usr/sbin _CEE_DMPTARG=/tmp STEPLIB=NONE _RSE_SAF_CLASS=/usr/include/java_classes/IRRRacf.jar

Re: RSE daemon server startup

2009-11-24 Thread Dazzo, Matt
Dave, same as yours RSE_HOME=/usr/lpp/rdz Thanks -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: RSE daemon server startup We are running RDz

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:05:59 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >I see nothing wrong with making Production Online all IMP=1, but there is no need to f*rt around with the velocities. >The WLM is smart enough to figure out which sub-system is dependent on which. >It just creates pseudo-classes to manage t

Re: RSE daemon server startup

2009-11-24 Thread Jousma, David
We are running RDz What about RSE_HOME=/usr/lpp/rdz _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB1G p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.8497 -Original Messag

z/OS ServerPac Product Prerequisite

2009-11-24 Thread Jim Marshall
Tripped over another no charge product needed to order a z/OS ServerPac. Bob Richards, on staff, stumbled over this one which everyone should check if you have the no charge license. [5655-S28] z/OS Management Facility 1.11.00 English (US) The above needs to be licensed. It is a $0 charge, bu

RSE daemon server startup

2009-11-24 Thread Dazzo, Matt
I'm looking to assist a coworker who is installing Rational Developer for System z and having a lot of fun, if you know what I mean. So to try and save the little bit of sanity he has left I suggested we post a question here. When starting the RSE task we get the messages below. The rsed.envvars

Tapeless DR?

2009-11-24 Thread Hal Merritt
Following up on a previous thread - We are currently 'tapeless' in that our primary DR strategy is near real time dasd mirroring via XRC. Tape is used for local PIT backup/restore and for secondary PIT offsite sotrage. We are looking at a VTS to expand that capacity. However, someone here men

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>This area of DB2 performance management is challenging but extremely >interesting and needs to pull together expertise from the DBAs, sysprogs and >DASD specialists. Too many people get hung up on the technical aspects. Rather than worrying about: How many write engines? How is the Defined Ex

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Some of that is probably true. But from my experience at a lot of shops, I think many of them just used IMP=1 for just about everything considered "production online". >All CICS regions, all DB2 subsystems, MQ, etc. >Then they would (misguidedly) try and use velocity to make some distinction with

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Bill Fairchild
No. I said that eight was the maximum MA capabilitiy in the year 2000. It may be larger now. Ask your vendor. Yes, I meant Multiple Allegiance. It also applies when all I/Os are from one system. Or if they come from eight different systems. The microcode checking for extent collisions inv

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Scott Rowe
I think that was just the limit for the Shark (2105), it varies by subsystem architecture. >>> Terry Draper 11/24/2009 11:50 AM >>> Bill and John, Thanks for your reply. You said that eight was the maximum for MA. Did you mean Multiple Allegiance, i.e. accesses from multiple systems. Does

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Norman Hollander on DesertWiz
It certainly depends on what you are trying to accomplish. That "performance expert" (who lives near me now) never said NO IMP=1; but rather reserve it for mission-critical work, short- important transactions, and emergency work. If you put a lot of work into IMP=1, there is no UP when you need to

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread Gilbert Cardenas
We don't have SA or DRS/TCPIP but if there is a VPS exit that can do this automatically then I will definitely let the VPS administrator look into this to see if we can use this instead. Thanks for all the suggestions, Gil. On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:45:28 -0500, David Andrews wrote: >On Tue, 2

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Terry Draper
Bill and John,    Thanks for your reply.       You said that eight was the maximum for MA. Did you mean Multiple Allegiance, i.e. accesses from multiple systems. Does this also apply when all I/Os are form one system?      I understand how things work, its just the undocumented bits that are dif

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread David Andrews
On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 11:09 -0500, Gilbert Cardenas wrote: > We use VPS to route print from the mainframe to the windows server > and when the server goes down for maintenance etc, the vps printer > goes into an error status cause it can't communicate with the printer. > I can't rely on the netwo

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Terry Draper
I see no technical reason to not put anything in importance 1. The only thing that matters is the relative importance. Importance 1 does not mean anything special.   HOWEVER! I can see why you would not want to much there. If you put many of your important workloads in importance 1 and you found

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread Barkow, Eileen
We use IBM SA and I have trapped several of the VPS error msgs in the system automation table and perform automatic resets in VPS and other products when the errors occur. I am not sure how to do this with regular Netview without SA, but with SA you can issue modify commands to VPS and obtain t

Re: Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread Roberto Halais
Maybe writing out a status record to a sequential file on the mainframe everytime you poll the printer. Keep printer-id, date, time, return code , etc in that record. Then make a ISPF appl to access those records and make it viewable. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Gilbert Cardenas < gilbertcar

Re: SVC 26 (locate) with GDG datasets

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Pace
On Nov 24, 7:01 am, George wrote: > > George: > > It might help if you give the details of the parameters you are using > > for CTGPL, CTGFL, etc. > > I happened to be working on a different problem in this area, so I > > tried to recreate your problem. > > The returned list is the same regardless

Re: CA-Librarian question regarding AFOLIBR and DEAD BLOCKS

2009-11-24 Thread Jeffrey Bruner
Hi Charlie, What you are seeing with the reporting of Dead Blocks is expected and normal. Regards, Jeff Bruner L2 CA Librarian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread John Laubenheimer
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:16 -0600, R Hey wrote: >Hi, > >It's been recommended NOT to use Imp 1 in WLM. > >My client has been using Imp1 for online CICS. > >I’m planning to change it to use Imp2 buy changing all Imp to Imp+1. > >Can you think of any potential problems/issues? > >TIA, >Rez > >

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Scott Rowe
When I came here there was work defined in Imp1-3, and nothing in 4-Disc, and this is not the first time I;ve seen such things. Now the only thing I have in Imp 1 is STCHIGH, which includes the *DBM1, *MSTR, *DIST and other "server" address spaces, but no "user" work. >>> Mark Zelden 11/24/20

Monitor lpr printer on Windows from Mainframe

2009-11-24 Thread Gilbert Cardenas
I have the need to monitor the status of an lpr printer running on a windows server from the mainframe. We use VPS to route print from the mainframe to the windows server and when the server goes down for maintenance etc, the vps printer goes into an error status cause it can't communicate wi

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:57:34 -0800, Patrick Falcone wrote: >Personally, I would say that it depends. My last gig on a small 2-way I was >standing on my head with the Policy to make it work due to capacity >limitations. I had all kinds of stuff in IMP 1. That would be more of a problem on a small

Re: HFSCOPY ERROR

2009-11-24 Thread Chokalingam Thangavelu
Thanks very much and it worked. Regards, Chokalingam Thangavelu TWUL Mainframe Support Thames Water IS In Partnership with Wipro Technologies Mobile: +91(0)-96864 33224 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tue

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread John Baxter
Bill is correct in that DB2 will minimize the extent sizes for write operations, therefore increasing the likelihood of multiple, parallel operations to the same device. But also remember that DB2 will try to maximize the effectiveness of write I/O's, endeavoring to externalize as many pages as

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:54:29 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:24 -0800, Edward Jaffe > wrote: > >>Mark Zelden wrote: >>> A well known performance expert used to recommend that. But it wasn't >>> "NO" importance=1, it was that imp=1 should only be used or emergency >>> work an

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Patrick Falcone
Personally, I would say that it depends. My last gig on a small 2-way I was standing on my head with the Policy to make it work due to capacity limitations. I had all kinds of stuff in IMP 1. Now I'm currently supporting a very large plex with many disparate sizes, shapes, workloads. Some LPARs

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:24 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >> A well known performance expert used to recommend that. But it wasn't >> "NO" importance=1, it was that imp=1 should only be used or emergency >> work and your "bread and butter" application(s). >> >> So I understand

Re: URL for announcement letters changed?

2009-11-24 Thread August Carideo
I get them automatically from so I don't bookmark it "IBM Announcement Letters" "Jim Elliott, IBM"

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Kelly wrote: When defining DSECT entries, I always find it better to let the assembler figure out lengths,ie use the length of the generated WTO to define the length DSECT entry sDetailmsg wto text=,routcde=(11),mf=l endmsg ds 0H then Detailmsg ds cl(endmsg-sDetailmsg)

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread John Kelly
When defining DSECT entries, I always find it better to let the assembler figure out lengths,ie use the length of the generated WTO to define the length DSECT entry sDetailmsg wto text=,routcde=(11),mf=l endmsg ds 0H then Detailmsg ds cl(endmsg-sDetailmsg) then you don't ne

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: A well known performance expert used to recommend that. But it wasn't "NO" importance=1, it was that imp=1 should only be used or emergency work and your "bread and butter" application(s). So I understand where the recommendation comes from. 10-15 years ago I had a lot

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
R Hey wrote: It's been recommended NOT to use Imp 1 in WLM. By whom? -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 edja...@phoenixsoftware.com http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: I try go by "trust, but verify" Tru dat! I do the same with customers and developers alike! Sometimes they take offense. That is, until my detail-oriented approach uncovers their dumb mistake... And, ...yes,... I occasionally fall into the trap myself. (Usually, not b

Re: CA-Librarian question regarding AFOLIBR and DEAD BLOCKS

2009-11-24 Thread Hal Merritt
I've had children, and they've had children since I worked with Librarian :-) But as best I can remember, a 'dead block' is literally file corruption. I'd be -very- worried. Even more worried when I see that a large percentage (16%) of your critical database is 'dead'. -Original Messa

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:59 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:36:57 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >And people wonder why some sysprogs are skeptical when >application programmers and system users come to them with a problem >and say "nothing changed". (I try go by "trust, but verify") Can I hear an "Amen"? --

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Bill Fairchild
When I read the OP, I assumed that no changes had been made to the code that had worked for ages. Sometimes the phrase "has worked for ages" really means "has worked for ages, and any changes which I may have recently made were trivial. But I really don't remember making any changes recently.

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:59 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott wrote: >> >>> It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was >> zeroes. >>> Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a cha

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. So it's relate

Re: DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Bill Fairchild
1. DB2 tries very hard to minimize the size of the extent defined in the Define Extent CCW for each I/O that it does to a Shark-type DASD that supports Multiple Allegiance (MA). E.g., if an I/O references only one track, then that channel program will have only that one track within the define

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott wrote: >It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was zeroes. > >Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. > So it's related to the GETMAIN ch

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:10:34 +, Martin Packer wrote: >Further, most shops I know run with a fair amount of Importance 1. >There're no indications they're wrong. > >So I'd like to understand where the "No WLM Importance 1" advice came >from. > A well known performance expert used to recommend

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Scott
It worked by pure chance - the OP was "lucky" that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. Rob Scott Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:29:09 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: >Veilleux, Jon L wrote: >> Thanks Lizette, I just thought that it would be nice to see some information about how the issue was resolved. >> >It was included in the post: > I missed the explanation of why something that worked "for ages"

Re: HFSCOPY ERROR

2009-11-24 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chokalingam Thangavelu > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:35 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: HFSCOPY ERROR > > Hi, > > I am getting below error while I do a SMPE APPLY job.

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Veilleux, Jon L wrote: Thanks Lizette, I just thought that it would be nice to see some information about how the issue was resolved. It was included in the post: Ah! That's got it! Thanks, Keven, and Robert. Once I added in a length modifier, it works! Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Thanks Lizette, I just thought that it would be nice to see some information about how the issue was resolved. Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sen

Re: FTP PUT RECFM=FBM files

2009-11-24 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Donald Russell > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:10 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: FTP PUT RECFM=FBM files > > Well, that's an interesting idea... > > How's this for co

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jon, A Length was added to the MVC command. Otherwise the default length was used. mvc Detailmsg,sDetailmsg Steve provided a sample program Here's an even more stripped down version, complete code: *PROCESS COMPAT(NOCASE,MACROCASE),RENT sysstate archlvl=2 B34TEST RSECT B34TEST AM

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Veilleux, Jon L wrote: That doesn't help us here. Well, I was just trying to pass the word on, so no one spent any time on the problem once it was solved. Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ib

Re: IEC161I 008-0571

2009-11-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
I forgot the last part In ISPF mode, it can be annoying. It looks like a WAD and something IBM is not looking at correcting. Apparently they like annoying. Lizette > > Check out Apar PK55485 > > ZAP PRINT DSN issues IEC161I 008-0571 messages whenever the > dataset is VSAM and is not RLS.

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
That doesn't help us here. Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up

Re: IEC161I 008-0571

2009-11-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Check out Apar PK55485 ZAP PRINT DSN issues IEC161I 008-0571 messages whenever the dataset is VSAM and is not RLS. The message itself does not mean that any problem exists. In batch mode, the message can be ignored. In ISPF mode, it can be Lizette > > Hi List, > > Has anyone seen t

Re: URL for announcement letters changed?

2009-11-24 Thread Jim Elliott, IBM
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:51:54 +, Jan Vanbrabant wrote: >Hi, > >Has the URL for announcement letters and/or sales manual changed? >I get a 404 on >http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss >(or http://www-1.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss >or http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss) > >jan Always saf

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>Can you think of any potential problems/issues? >Yes! >You are chopping out one level of importance for NO good reason. You are going to have to redistribute all your service classes (excluding SYSTEM, SYSSTC & Discretionary) over four importance levels rather than five. Th

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>It's been recommended NOT to use Imp 1 in WLM. By whom? >My client has been using Imp1 for online CICS. As your client should be. >I’m planning to change it to use Imp2 buy changing all Imp to Imp+1. Why? >Can you think of any potential problems/issues? Yes! You are chopping out one level

Re: JES2 Dynamic Proclibs - Advantages?

2009-11-24 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Yes, I did. And concur with the usefulness of it. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: JES2 Dynamic Proclibs - Advantages? ---

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Shorkend
We are very happy with DB2 at Importance 1 and CICS at Importance 2. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Martin Packer wrote: > Further, most shops I know run with a fair amount of Importance 1. > There're no indications they're wrong. > > So I'd like to understand where the "No WLM Importance 1"

HFSCOPY ERROR

2009-11-24 Thread Chokalingam Thangavelu
Hi, I am getting below error while I do a SMPE APPLY job. BPXF151I BPXCOPY WAS INVOKED FOR HEAD ID 26. BPXF150I MVS DATA SET WITH DDNAME SMP5 SUCCESSFULLY COPIED INTO TEXT HFS FILE /Service/usr/lib/IBM/IWMA3HEW. BPXF140E RETURN CODE 0090, REASON CODE 0549010C. A LINK FAILED FOR LINK

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Martin Packer
Further, most shops I know run with a fair amount of Importance 1. There're no indications they're wrong. So I'd like to understand where the "No WLM Importance 1" advice came from. Thanks, Martin Martin Packer Performance Consultant IBM United Kingdom Ltd +44-20-8832-5167 +44-7802-245-584 em

Re: WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
"R Hey" wrote in message news:... > Hi, > > It's been recommended NOT to use Imp 1 in WLM. > > My client has been using Imp1 for online CICS. > > I'm planning to change it to use Imp2 buy changing all Imp to Imp+1. > > Can you think of any potential problems/issues? > > TIA, > Rez Why/whe

DB2 and PAV

2009-11-24 Thread Terry Draper
I have a situation where we are writing to a Shark DASD from DB2.   I know DB2 will start multiple write engines to write the data from the buffer pool. However all the writes will go to the same volume.   My questions are about PAV.   1. The DASD controller will serialise writes to the same ext

Re: Using "ibmjzos.jar" on a PC.

2009-11-24 Thread R.S.
McKown, John pisze: It appears to not be allowed. I found the following statement on the Web on IBM's site: Program Name: IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS, Java Technology Edition, Version 6 Program Number: 5655-R31 Authorization for Use on Home/Portable Computer: You may not copy and use this Program

WLM Imp1

2009-11-24 Thread R Hey
Hi, It's been recommended NOT to use Imp 1 in WLM. My client has been using Imp1 for online CICS. I’m planning to change it to use Imp2 buy changing all Imp to Imp+1. Can you think of any potential problems/issues? TIA, Rez

Re: FTP PUT RECFM=FBM files

2009-11-24 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
The A/M attibute is a dataset attribute that is mostly of importance to programs preparing the data to be printed, i.e. JES2/3 or PSF/Infoprint. JES2/3 needs this information to build the channel programm to drive the printer. PSF/Infoprint needs this information to format the data according to th