Re: ZFS

2010-04-30 Thread R.S.
Brian Peterson pisze: I agree 100 % with Mark. [...] And I 100% agree with you. Seriously, no irony. However the my conclusion is the following: There is no need to rush with HFS-ZFS migration. And I slowly migrate to ZFS, starting with least important filesystems, leaving root filesystem at

Re: REPLY DEVICE NAME OR 'CANCEL' for FTP to mainframe and SMS ACS routines

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hello Fred, one reason the TSO etc does not get the IEF238D WTOR is due to no MOUNT authority. another choice might be to shortcut the process and code an exit in FTP. Regards Bruce Hewson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: REPLY DEVICE NAME OR 'CANCEL' for FTP to mainframe and SMS ACS routines

2010-04-30 Thread Bri P
Hi Fred SNIP Bri P pilgrim...@ntlworld.com I don't have anything particularly fancy in place, just the FTP server config statements for the default disk allocation volume, and DCB parameters, and the rest is just RACF - they don't have write access. a default disk allocation volume

AUTO: Lionel Dyck is out of the office (returning 05/03/2010)

2010-04-30 Thread Lionel Dyck
I am out of the office until 05/03/2010. I am out of the office. Call my cell if this is an emergency. Note: This is an automated response to your message Re: JES2 msg $HASP473 for CELL Pool and B32K sent on 4/29/10 20:29:07. This is the only notification you will receive while this person

z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Shane Ginnane
Ran into an oddball today. Needed to quickly diff a couple of z/OS catalogs, and figured it'd be easier using awk/diff than knocking up some REXX. So I ran LISTCAT and from SDSF XDC'd the sysprint. Pulled that over to OMVS to play with, couple of lines of awk, job done - DEF ALIAS for each

tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Tim Brown
Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Is there a way to allow certain TSO users a longer timeout without having to use an exit. If it has to be an exit, which one is it. Tim Brown Systems Specialist - Project Leader Central Hudson Gas Electric 284 South Ave

Re: REPLY DEVICE NAME OR 'CANCEL' for FTP to mainframe and SMS ACS routines

2010-04-30 Thread Brian Fraser
Failing any Non SMS allocation that doesn't have a VOLSER coded should do the trick. FILTLIST ANY_VOL   INCLUDE(%%) SELECT   WHEN ((STORCLAS = '' ) AND (ANYVOL NE ANY_VOL))     DO   WRITE '***  ALLOCATION FAILED'   WRITE '***  FOR DD ' DD   EXIT CODE(99)     END END

Re: shopz??

2010-04-30 Thread Richards, Robert B.
It appears to be working again. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Crabtree, Anne D Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: shopz?? Ok.. just making sure it was on their end...

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Yes. Is there a way to allow certain TSO users a longer timeout without having to use an exit. Yes. But, it's an all or nothing proposition, by user. Allow, through your ESM (RACF, ACF2, or Top Secret), the user to specify

Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM

2010-04-30 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
... and IBM's Unix poaching slows in Q1 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/ibm_unix_takeouts/ from above ... despite a 17 per cent decline in both Power Systems and System z mainframe sales. ... snip ... and ... In November 2008, HP was perfectly happy to crow that it had converted more

RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Stocker, Herman
G'day, I have been asked if there is away for the user to find out what access they have to a data set before they attempt to update or read it. Is their any RACF command that a general user could use to find out the type access they have to a data set? Thank you. Regards, Herman Stocker

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Marco Gianfranco Indaco
I'm sure that we cannot override SYSPRINT length using idcams or iebgener... but reading your need you can try using a single step of tso batch like this, no rexx is needed. //P0 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),UNIT=VIO //SORTIN

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Graeme Gibson
Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Yes. Is there a way to allow certain TSO users a longer timeout without having to use an exit. No. If it has to be an exit, which one is it. IEFUTL shamelessplug http://www.ase.com.au/ltxf.htm /shamelessplug Cheers

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ted MacNEIL wrote: Allow, through your ESM (RACF, ACF2, or Top Secret), the user to specify their CPU time. Where? I know of the CPU Max in OMVS segment, but can that LIMIT the CPU used by a TSO id? Anything else is an exit. Right. It is the IEFUTL exit. Groete / Greeting Elardus

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Stocker, Herman wrote: I have been asked if there is away for the user to find out what access they have to a data set before they attempt to update or read it. Is their any RACF command that a general user could use to find out the type access they have to a data set? Yes, let the general

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Rob Scott
Remember that this will *not* take into account any logic in the RACF exits (if any) that can upgrade/downgrade the user's access - plus there might be volser-specific rules in effect as well. Rob Scott Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel:

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:42:08 -0600 Stocker, Herman herman.stoc...@avisbudget.com wrote: :I have been asked if there is away for the user to find out what access they have to a data set before they attempt to update or read it. Well, they could ask the security guy. The real issue is why do

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Rob Scott wrote: Remember that this will *not* take into account any logic in the RACF exits (if any) that can upgrade/downgrade the user's access - plus there might be volser-specific rules in effect as well. I know. The OP asked for a command. My example also assumes there is a GENERIC

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Shane Ginnane
G'day Marco, I'm not so concerned with getting the data across to OMVS, but more with why the change in RECFM had such a major impact once the data was there. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Marco Gianfranco Indaco
I suppose that you missed FILEDATA: BINARY means The file described by the DD statement is a byte-stream file and does not contain record delimiters. The access method does not insert or delete record delimiters. TEXT means The file described by the DD statement contains records delimited by the

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:29:25 +, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Yes. Is there a way to allow certain TSO users a longer timeout without having to use an exit. Yes. But, it's an all or nothing proposition, by user.

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mark Zelden wrote: What has changed from years ago (and I don't know exactly when without research) is that TIME=1440 used to turn off the accounting in SMF records, Please explain 'accounting in SMF records'. Does that means some SMF records were not written at all if TIME=1440 is used? Where

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Stocker, Herman
Thank you for you fast response. To answer the why needed question: On occasion security has stated that access has been given only later to find out that the incorrect access was granted or not granted at all. Causing jobs to fail and time to be lost, therefore the user wants away to check

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Kirk Wolf
Shane, Its always best not to copy the files at all if you don't need to. Using our free BPXBATCH replacement, it is trivial to use DDs in Unix shell scripts. For your example: //LC EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * LISTCAT ... OFILE(LC1) LISTCAT ... OFILE(LC2) //LC1

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread zMan
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Graeme Gibson gra...@ase.com.au wrote: Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Which reminds me: I work remotely a lot, and if my connectivity burps, I get disconnected. Sometimes TSO notices, and when I reconnect I get

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Shane Ginnane
Nice thought - but remember I am a visitor wherever I am. Ain't my shop. Hence my preference to use standard tools where possible. May not be the best, may not be the fastest, but at least they tend to be available when I walk in the door. And if that software/tool has a problem I want to be

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
[snip]A GENER of the files to VB prior to sending them to OMVS indeed confirmed this is what was happening. Anyone else seen this - or got an explanation ?. gil maybe ... ? How did you move the OFILE to the filesystem? -- Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE AG

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of zMan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Graeme Gibson gra...@ase.com.au wrote: Does the TSO session timeout get its value from SMFPRM00 JWT(0030) Which reminds me: I work remotely a lot, and if my

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Martin Kline
Please explain 'accounting in SMF records'. Does that means some SMF records were not written at all if TIME=1440 is used? Where is that history trivia documented? Just (very and very) curious... ;-D ISTR that in MVS 3.8 the initiator task checked the time value for 1440 before

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Shane Ginnane
cp //'..' /tmp/file.txt and/or cat //'..' /tmp/file.txt Worked fine for VB input, not VBA. Hence my confusion. Shane ... On Sat, May 1st, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) wrote: [snip]A GENER of the files to VB prior to sending them to OMVS indeed confirmed this is what was

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: Install z/OS 1.11. I couldn't remember whether the logon here equivalent had been implemented in 1.11 or 1.12, but we have a new 1.11 image running in the sandbox so I tried it and it worked. Logged in from one emulator

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Is there a way to allow certain TSO users a longer timeout without having to use an exit. No. YES. But, it's unlimited. TIME=1440 - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: Strange, I've just tried the same thing on our z/OS 1.11 system and got - IKJ56425I LOGON rejected, UserId MAINT already logged on to system S0W1 IKJ56400A ENTER LOGON OR LOGOFF- Jim McAlpine Forget that, I forgot

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Donald Johnson
IIRC, it is also a way to verify which profile is covering a file, so if the SecAdmin said they changed it and it isn't working, you can confirm that the correct profile was changed. * Don * On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Stocker, Herman herman.stoc...@avisbudget.com wrote: Thank you for

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Where? I know of the CPU Max in OMVS segment, but can that LIMIT the CPU used by a TSO id? It's got to be in the TSO segment, somewhere. You can specify it on the fullscreen logon. Or: LOGON tso-id TIME(nnn) That option is definitely controlled by ACF2 -- I know because there's a bug in their

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
cp //'..' /tmp/file.txt and/or cat //'..' /tmp/file.txt Before posting my question, I ran a LISTC with OFILE, verified it is VBA-140, then did cat '//TEMP.LISTCOUT' temp.listcout I'm baffled that I don't see the ASA char when doing a cat temp.listcout afterwards. anyway, I don't see

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:21:41 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: What has changed from years ago (and I don't know exactly when without research) is that TIME=1440 used to turn off the accounting in SMF records, Please explain 'accounting in SMF

Re: ETR is down (hilarious resolution)

2010-04-30 Thread David Andrews
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:33 -0400, Clark Morris wrote: To have an application refuse input because of a special character in 2010 is archaic Nothing for it then, but to enter text base64-encoded. 'course, that'll complicate search queries.

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: Install z/OS 1.11. I couldn't remember whether the logon here equivalent had been implemented in 1.11 or 1.12, but we

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The all or nothing aspect, is they will NEVER time-out due to CPU consumption. JWT isn't CPU consumption, it is wait time (JWT=Job Wait Time). Yes, I know that JWT isn't CPU consumption. Perhaps I should have been clearer. TIME=1440/NOLIMIT will cause JWT to be ignored (the exit not being

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Please explain 'accounting in SMF records'. Does that means some SMF records were not written at all if TIME=1440 is used? SMF TYPE 30. INTERVAL, Job End, Step End. I believe, also TYPE 4 TYPE 5. It was a big issue, back when I started as a Capacity Analyst 30 years ago. Where is that

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Thanks to all and every one who replied to my questions and statements. I learned some things. Thanks again. ;-D I really hope the OP got his answers/solutions. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: ETR is down (hilarious resolution)

2010-04-30 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
It did the same thing as I tried to paste this WAS transcript below. Doesn't like those wacky Y's. But if that's so, then maybe they shouldn't be outputting wacky Y's. :) MA IBM WebSphere Application Server OEM Edition for z/OS Version 7, Release 0 * Version 1.3

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Marco Gianfranco Indaco
Shane, the option FILEDATA=x is available as argument of cp unix command: -B for Binary -T for text -X for exe cp -T //'yourds' /u/yourfile.txt bye. 2010/4/30 Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com cp //'..' /tmp/file.txt and/or cat //'..' /tmp/file.txt Before posting my

SDSF and MQ

2010-04-30 Thread Richards, Robert B.
My boss asked if I could canvass this esteemed group as to whether or not it still makes sense to implement the MQ portion of SDSF. We are z/OS 1.10 going to either 1.11 or 1.12. I've never implemented it before and am wondering if I should. All replies are greatly appreciated. Bob

Re: ETR is down

2010-04-30 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:29:56 -0400, Knutson, Sam wrote: This is the document I was directed to http://tinyurl.com/2fg3pgj The Link is https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/news/NewsServlet.wss?referrer=newsMaincommand=Getnews_item_id=4405lc=encc=US IBM standards dictate UTF-8 character encoding for

Re: z/OS Unix and VBA files.

2010-04-30 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:11:37 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) wrote: cp //'..' /tmp/file.txt and/or cat //'..' /tmp/file.txt Before posting my question, I ran a LISTC with OFILE, verified it is VBA-140, then did cat '//TEMP.LISTCOUT' temp.listcout Remember, always, that Classic data sets are

Re: ETR is down (hilarious resolution)

2010-04-30 Thread john gilmore
The wacky Y is in fact a Y with an accent aigu or, if you're a French dropout, an acute accent. This is an international forum, and what may seem funny municipally may be offensive elsewhere. hn Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA

Re: ETR is down (hilarious resolution)

2010-04-30 Thread Scott Rowe
Is that anything like a cute ear ring (acute hearing)? ;-) TGIF! john gilmore john_w_gilm...@msn.com 4/30/2010 1:06 PM The wacky Y is in fact a Y with an accent aigu or, if you're a French dropout, an acute accent. This is an international forum, and what may seem funny municipally may

Re: SDSF and MQ

2010-04-30 Thread Jousma, David
I read in an announcement that at some point the use of MQ for cross-system information in SDSF is going away. I don't remember if that comes to being in 1.12, or if it was a futures beyond that, but if it were me, I wouldn't do it.

Re: JES2 msg $HASP473 for CELL Pool and B32K

2010-04-30 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
Unfortunately, this situation is not that unusual for CA utilities. As we discover them, we add something (an additional job step, an MPF exit, etc) to force a non-scrollable message to the operator console (or in some cases to suppress a non-scrollable message which has no significance).

TBDISPL, TBSORT, TBSCAN

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Day
If someone can tell me what I am doing wrong, I would appreciate it. ISPF seems to be my nemesis. I have RTFM'd for quite some time, and cannot understand why this is happening. I have a table that is created with 5 variables. When rows are added to the table, they get 1 extension

Re: JES2 msg $HASP473 for CELL Pool and B32K

2010-04-30 Thread Lizette Koehler
IBM came back with an answer. I will be monitoring the CA Dispatch STC. Should we see this again, we will look at raising its Region size. Here is their response: The HASP473 message with RC=0 is primarily informational. The cell pool get for B32K is from the SAPI SSI which is called

Re: TBDISPL, TBSORT, TBSCAN

2010-04-30 Thread Starr, Alan
Hi Dave, I believe that the problem may be related to TBDISPL rather than TBSCAN. After your first TBSCAN, I assume that you are issuing TBDISPL to facilitate entering of FIND in the primary command area. If this is indeed the case, TBDISPL will reset the CRP to 0 if now row is selected when

May 4 Webcast: The Linux on System z toolchain in a nutshell - 9:00 AM EDT or 2:00 PM EDT

2010-04-30 Thread Pamela Christina in warm and sunny Endicott NY
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Re: TBDISPL, TBSORT, TBSCAN

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Day
SNIP I believe that the problem may be related to TBDISPL rather than TBSCAN. After your first TBSCAN, I assume that you are issuing TBDISPL to facilitate entering of FIND in the primary command area. If this is indeed the case, TBDISPL will reset the CRP to 0 if now row is selected when you

How to analyze a volume's access by dataset

2010-04-30 Thread John Norgauer
Is there any software available that will show the access by dataset(or by CCHR) for a given volume? John Norgauer Senior Systems Programmer Mainframe Technical Support Services University of California Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd ASB 1300 Sacramento, Ca 95817 916-734-0536

Re: How to analyze a volume's access by dataset

2010-04-30 Thread Longnecker, Dennis
TMON/MVS gives us that information for a real time snapshot. Can either start a summary or detail I/O trace and look at the trace once it is completed. I imagine a GTF I/O would be able to also get you that information, but since we have TMON, we use that. Dennis -Original Message-

Re: How to analyze a volume's access by dataset

2010-04-30 Thread Ron Hawkins
John, Look at the SMF Type 42 subtype 6 record. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Norgauer Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: [IBM-MAIN] How to analyze a volume's access by

Re: RACF - Any way to find out before hand what the user's access is to a file

2010-04-30 Thread Edward Jaffe
Stocker, Herman wrote: To answer the why needed question: On occasion security has stated that access has been given only later to find out that the incorrect access was granted or not granted at all. Causing jobs to fail and time to be lost, therefore the user wants away to check security.

Re: tso session timeout

2010-04-30 Thread Greg Price
Mark Zelden wrote: The records were written, just without (some of?) the CPU related data. MVS 3.8 had sequential SMF data sets (SYS1.MANX and SYS1.MANY with DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=VBS,LRECL=1000,BLKSIZE=1000) even though some records - from MF/1 for example - could be longer than 1000 bytes). The