Hi,
I have several virtual tapes that have a SGVTS1 on DFRMM, this SG that
don't exist on TS7700, now it exists SGGRID. How can I change those
datasets on RMM to match SGGRID instead of SGVTS1 ??
Many thx, A.Cecilio.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Hervey Martinez
hervey.marti...@custserv.com
Hi,
I received a question today and I have looked around but can't find where the
answer is for this guy. He is looking for information that is contained on the
default OUTPUT Statement on a JOB that his program is meant to run as part of.
He knows that there can be multiple OUTPUT
Hello,
I think that you should change the entire volume, with the rmm command
CHANGEVOLUME with STORAGEGROUP(x) parameter, since all the volume must
be in the same location,
I thing that if the volumes are system-managed this value is used from
LOCATION, so I would try to change location
G'Day,
I noticed the following informational message posted on some of the batch
jobs. The jobs terminate successfully. Is it because of the threshold which
has been set for the SMS managed storage group?
IGD17380I STORAGE GROUP (PRIMSG01) IS ESTIMATED AT 56% OF CAP
WHICH
Donald
... The cpp files are currently on my windows system. I am attempting to send
them to my z/OS system.
Your problem is that you want to send some files from your Windows system to
z/OS.
The source files are represented in ASCII.
The destination files are to be represented in EBCDIC I
SJF - Scheduler JCL Facility is all that I can find. I don't see any scan
type function to enumerate all the OUTPUT statements which are available.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2a8b0/28.0
Since I don't really understand what your friend wants, perhap OUTDES
rmm records the SG and other SMS constructs assigned during allocation. All of
the SMS constructs recorded in rmm would normally match those sent outboard to
the library. The construct names would match an outboard policy and establish
the policies used by the library.
Each time the volume is
The extract shown does not match the thresholds shown in the message.
Based on the message in this case, you should consider raising the High
Allocation/Migration Threshold.
The exact threshold to be chosen is a function of allocation failure (how many
can you stand) and migration threshold
In 0969741506457681.wa.markmzelden@bama.ua.edu, on 02/06/2012
at 05:35 PM, Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com said:
MVS/ESA V3. But you could also order / install it with MVS/XA
2.2.3.
Some features were not available in the initial versions. When did
IGDZILLA come along?
--
Shmuel
In 3565752644849861.wa.alanaltmarkus.ibm@bama.ua.edu, on
02/07/2012
at 12:06 AM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com said:
The FTP standard REQUIRES the use of CRLF (0x0d0a) on the wire to
identify end-of-line.
CRLF is the norm for Internet standards, not just for FTP. Of course,
an RFC
Sending a LF is not a big deal between Z/OS and Windoze and versa.
I guess I don't understand the issue here. Like Shmuel said and Chris and a
bunch others explained. With a binary upload/ download LF/CR are preserved. Nix
can be a special case if memory serves me correctly
Sent from my iPad
I assume you took a look at the information in the SMDE and it's not there?
DSECT macro IGWSMDE.
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 9:33 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Only yesterday I solved a similar problem with calling a cobol module from
rexx. The cobol routine was called some 100,000 times with a 5 to 10 cs
overhead (elapsed). That really hurt.
In my case the cobol was only a veneer to some existing extensive assembler
code. So I rewrote the veneer in
John, Peter
My code has indeed been dusted off. What has taken time is going back to the
manual and checking some details. I have some time this week, pray I'm able to
finish this off and send it out within the week.
Thanks
--
Julian Levens
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please
Sorry, I was in too much of a rush to catch the van pool and did not get my
point across clearly.
The setting I was trying to point out is the : Alloc/Migr Threshold
Track_Managed...
It would be so much easier if I could add a screen print but I haven't figure
out how to do that in this
Allan,
Thanks for spotting my error. I posted the wrong threshold stats of the
storage group. Here is the correct (I promise) High Allocation/Migration
Threshold:
To ALTER Storage Group, Specify:
We have production systems that have to deal with these sorts of issues. For us
the solution was to use a utility I'm afraid, we have pkzip on zos so we zip
and unzip as required. Pkzip has the parms to define cr/lf and eof handling.
If you can receive into zos then try locsite wrap (maybe site
snip
Do you see any problems besides the warning messages we could encounter because
of the High/Low threshold?
/snip
Nope!
/snip
Allocation/migration Threshold : High . . 55 (1-99) Low . .
1 (0-99)
Alloc/Migr Threshold Track-Managed: High . . 85 (1-99) Low . . 1
(dunno where that surrounding garbage came from, but the readable test is still
good)
John
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John Compton
Sent: 07 February 2012 14:33
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Physical record size
Yes, the RAID devices are only there to emulate 3390 devices and that is
what z/OS cares about. So the rules for 3390 devices are still valid.
Try to use System Determined Blocksize, so you don't have to do the
calculation anymore.
Kees.
John Compton john.comp...@teamwpc.co.uk wrote in message
Allan,
Thanks for your valuable informative explanation. Much obliged.
From: Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: IGD17380I - WARNING MESSAGE
snip
Do you see any problems besides
RAID has very little to do with half-track blocks.
Nowadays 3390's are emulated, usually on RAID protected disk arrays (*),
but the 3390 geometry remains unchanged from z/OS point of view.
So half-track blocks (**) are still the most effective in terms of
storage utilisation and performance.
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:06:09 -0600, Alan Altmark wrote:
The FTP standard REQUIRES the use of CRLF (0x0d0a) on the wire to identify
end-of-line. That said, Unix FTP programs are notorious for their use of
plain LF. The users of said programs are just as notorious for not pressuring
the vendors
This thread triggered some thoughts and questions in my head. I'd be
interested in comments on what others do.
I think the question is less tied to RAID as more to the fact that
modern disk subsystems use off the shelf harddisks used in the
(non-System z) server world as well as in PCs and the
Peter,
I think one also has to consider what the app. Is doing ..i.e.; sequential
reads I or random, etc.
I am not a DB person but IMHO this would be some of my considerations...not
sure about DB2
IMS
Sent from my iPad
Scott Ford
Senior Systems Engineer
www.identityforge.com
On Feb
That leads to a question that I've been thinking about for some time. Since
the 3390 geometry is emulated by modern storage control units, why then are
the inefficiencies of small blocks emulated also? There are not SLEDs actually
storing the data, why are IBG's, sectors, and all the other
Good Morning Gentle Readers,
I am trying to solve the following puzzle. Some batch jobs which execute are
being directed to a VSM. However they abend when the default vol count limit
of 5 have been reached - s837-08. I added a vol count of 20 in the default
DATACLAS VIRT however for some
The big question is are your tapes SMS managed?
If so, is the dataclas being applied to this tape?
Otherwise, check your settings for dynamic volume count.
I believe that all will be OK if you code the vol count in JCL (last resort).
HTH,
snip
I am trying to solve the following puzzle.
From everything I know about SMS, data class can't be specified for non-SMS
files. The volume count can be placed on the DD card // VOL=(,,,22).
Hope this helps.
*
*
*George Rodriguez*
*Specialist II - IT Solutions*
*Application Support / Quality Assurance*
*PX - 47652*
*(561) 357-7652 (office)*
Allan,
I verified, the tapes are not SMS managed. You recommended that I check your
settings for dynamic volume count. Would you know what the member in the
PARMLIB would be?
From: Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Sent:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:55:31 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote:
Yes, the RAID devices are only there to emulate 3390 devices and that is
what z/OS cares about. So the rules for 3390 devices are still valid.
Try to use System Determined Blocksize, so you don't have to do the
calculation anymore.
DATACLAS can be assigned to non-SMS managed data sets, but dynamic volume count
is only applicable to SMS-managed data sets (according to the HELP panel).
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith Company
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of George Rodriguez
Sent:
George,
Thanks for your suggestion. The problem is that there are several jcls in
USERLAND which we will need to modify and there is no way I can find out where
they are housed. This is why I thought by adding the parm in the default DC it
would solve the problem.
Good morning Esmee,
I don't believe that either volume count or dynamic volume count will
affect non-SMS-managed datasets.
Snippets from the dfp Storage Administration Reference:
Volume Count
Volume count is ignored for data sets to which no storage class is assigned.
Dynamic Volume Count is
If I understand all the explanations put forward and correct me if I am wrong,
since the dsns/tapes are not SMS managed, the DATACLAS is ignored.
Also, the only way to correct this would be at the system level. Correct me if
I have erred.
From: Starr, Alan
This is an SMS setting, and can be changed via the df/SMS panels.
Since your tapes are *NOT* SMS managed, the changing any of the data class
settings will have no effect.
snip
I verified, the tapes are not SMS managed. You recommended that I check your
settings for dynamic volume count. Would
Is this program an IMS application (did you do a PSBGEN for it) or a subroutine.
Is the program serialy reusabele?
At any rate the solution to your problem my be in IMS and not LE.
I expect the program is an IMS application because if it were a subroutine the
LE environment would be built by
Hi Avram,
The program does not operate in any way under IMS. The only reason I
mentioned IMS was that is is an alternative to LE...
ITschak
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Avram Friedman ibmsysp...@geek-sites.comwrote:
Is this program an IMS application (did you do a PSBGEN for it) or a
Peter,
In my opinion, this is a good example of a branch away from the question
of the OP and to a different aspect of the subject. Making this new path
visible in the subject helps visibility and overview of the subjects.
Viewers can choose if they would like to follow the original question
and
Yes, that was my thought too: DATACLASS is also applied to non-SMS
datasets, but is it also applied to non-SMS managed tapes? That might
explain why it is not working.
Kees.
Greg Shirey wgshi...@benekeith.com wrote in message
news:f5ff22ced304764eaac97a43706235b74f3116b...@corpexmbx.bekco.com...
That leads to a question that I've been thinking about for some time.
Since the 3390 geometry is emulated by modern storage control units,
why then are the inefficiencies of small blocks emulated also? There
are not SLEDs actually storing the data, why are IBG's, sectors, and
all the other CKD
Has anyone done this?
Besides coding TTLS in the TCPCONFIG statement in the TCPIP PROFILE does
anything else, like enabling encryption cards, need to be done?
Also, is TLS downward compatible with older TN3270 emulators, like PROCOMM?
Behind the scenes, some controllers only store the active amount of
data for a track, and monitor the VTOC for datasets being deleted.
This is called Thin Provisioning and allows a small amount of
overcommitting.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
Make sure you understand the SERVAUTH EZB.INITSTACK.** requirements for
things like OMPROUTE and use DELAYSTART if you're autologging things.
We're considering whether it is worth changing up parent-child
relationships in SA because it can be disconcerting to see lots of
ICH408I messages
I apologize for asking what is likely a basic performance question. It's been
about four years since we went from underpowered to having plenty and I was
frying other fish.
How can I determine from SMF when we were being capped by WLM. I have the cap
set at 16 MSU. We are preparing to run
Think of all of the code within z/OS that actually depends upon device
geometry. The C and H in CCHHR, etc. A hallmark of z/OS has been
backward compatibility. If this code were to be changed, all of that
backward compatibility would go poof! For what benefit. Customers have
revolted against
I don't know about SMF and capping, but when our processor is capped we know
about it big time. We have a z/10 P01 Uniprocessor and when capping kicks in
it cuts our CPU busy in half and things come to a standstill. We use RMF III
CPC reports to watch how close we are getting to being
Staller, Allan allan.stal...@kbmg.com wrote in message
news:45e5f2f45d7878458ee5ca679697335502e25...@usdaexch01.kbm1.loc...
Think of all of the code within z/OS that actually depends upon device
geometry. The C and H in CCHHR, etc. A hallmark of z/OS has been
backward compatibility. If this
Thanks Bob for the sample code. I didn't realize how back level I am on MXG :(
MXG 22.09 DATED AUG 25, 2004 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INITIALIZED.
Like I said, other fish of higher priority. Still SAS 8.1 also.
Brad, fortunately, my z9-L03 has three processors, so the pain of capping is
only really
Guys,
I worked with a guy for years who said records was the way to allocate because
it we geometry independent...no cchhrr
Sent from my iPad
Scott Ford
Senior Systems Engineer
www.identityforge.com
On Feb 7, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com
wrote:
Run MXG on the TYPE70 records. See file TYPE70EL, variable SMF70NCA and
probably others.
Kees.
Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu wrote in message
news:0de6a9840123e547b061ac5b6765c026324...@exmb-05.ad.wsu.edu...
I apologize for asking what is likely a basic performance question.
It's been about
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:56:26 -0500, Scott Ford wrote:
I worked with a guy for years who said records was the way to allocate because
it we geometry independent...no cchhrr
Heresy! He'll never know how many tracks he's using, nor how
many records in each. Next thing you know, he'll even
Geez, IBM no wonder ppl have file xref issues, I worked for another vendor in
file xref, Lu 6.2 ,
We had one of the best ones on the market many moons ago. We never these file
xref issues as the releases matured. Someone told me nowadays new world order
on software and supportno
On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 15:51 -0500, Gibney, Dave wrote:
I don't want to imagine what WLM stomping on the brakes looks like in
your shop.
Biggest hassle for me when I started softcapping was that most of my
batch had been discretionary - I always liked the MTTW algorithm. But
when we softcapped
Forgive me for posting this here, it belongs on the RACF list I am sure
but I do not have that address handy to register.
It may be a simple enough question that it can be answered here.
I am attempting to use the passticket authentication method for the IKE
client to NSS. If I define a
W dniu 2012-02-07 20:24, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) pisze:
[...]
The C in CKD stands for count and this is some information about the
amount of data following in the next data block (the amount may vary
from block to block). Likewise K in CKD stands for key and some
access methods are using key
W dniu 2012-02-07 17:01, Dana Mitchell pisze:
That leads to a question that I've been thinking about for some
time. Since the 3390 geometry is emulated by modern storage
control units, why then are the inefficiencies of small blocks
emulated also? There are not SLEDs actually storing the
We had been sending SCRT reports for quite a while before we capped. I had
never seen it above about 22 or 24, can't remember. I started there and backed
it down by one a month until nightly batch was having trouble completing before
the next day and then went back up on or two. We landed at 16
In 4889412152969434.wa.brianwestermansyzygyinc@bama.ua.edu, on
02/07/2012
at 05:07 AM, Brian Westerman brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com said:
Does anyone know what control blocks are necessary to access the
contents of the OUTPUTstatement if one exists in a JOB?
It's SJF and AFAIK IBM no
In 2568401036137378.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu, on
02/07/2012
at 09:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said:
iconv(1) on z/OS does:
IBM-1047 ISO8859-1
NL 0x15LF 0x0a
LF 0x25NL 0x85
'85'X in ISO-8859-1 is NEL, not NL.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,
Has anyone written a tool that could help in reoncilling all of my CA Keys.
For example I have 2 Physical Boxes. Running 6 Lpars.
However, CA Keys do not seem to match. I need a pair of keys, one for each box.
So rather than doing IEIBALL, is there any tool that would help me validate the
In 7416122968729231.wa.mitchdanagmail@bama.ua.edu, on 02/07/2012
at 10:01 AM, Dana Mitchell mitchd...@gmail.com said:
That leads to a question that I've been thinking about for some time.
Since the 3390 geometry is emulated by modern storage control units,
why then are the inefficiencies
I am tasked with coming up with a (vendor) presentation for SHARE.
Is PCI-DSS on your mind? I could tell you what PCI-DSS stands for* but if
you don't know then I think that's basically a No answer.
Would a presentation on PCI-DSS and the mainframe have any relevance to you?
Would it be of any
In
of68c2c4d1.a05332a4-on8525799d.00772c66-8525799d.0077f...@keybank.com,
on 02/07/2012
at 04:50 PM, Tom Ambros thomas_amb...@keybank.com said:
Forgive me for posting this here, it belongs on the RACF list I am
sure but I do not have that address handy to register.
RACF runs on an IBM
In
dc74548a025aff4a85f46926802a9b2307a4e...@chsa1035.share.beluni.net,
on 02/07/2012
at 08:24 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com said:
So, both are bits of information that are used and thus cannot be
dropped.
ITYM that they cannot be dropped without first updating
I am not familiar with IKE or NSS but I am something of a PassTicket expert
IMHO.
PassTickets are essentially an alternative to passwords. They are
password-like; they do not depend on passwords. No password is input to the
algorithm. The closest thing is the stored secure application key (name
You listed the only two things supported by IBM in its operating system.
There is also an unknown number of user applications with files that have keys,
which could be BSAM, BDAM, or BPAM (PDS with keys in its members and not just
in its directory). IBM no longer supports ISAM, but there may
According to DFSMS Stor. Admin. Ref. For non-SMS-managed DASD data sets, the
system uses the allocation attribute values of the data class, but it does not
save the data class name. For tape data sets, only the expiration and retention
values are applied. See Chapter 7. Defining Data
I submitted an SR and the word I get from RACF L2 is that RACF simply
won't evaluate a protected userid, logon is rejected unconditionally. I
understand that this is documented as a basic principle. I am going to
have to puzzle over the implications of allowing a protected userid to use
It works the same in ACF2. The passticket generator has no idea that the
logonid is restricted (or protected) so a passticket is generated. However,
passwords and by extension passtickets, are not allowed for these logons and so
the request is appropriately rejected. Set a complex
tyvm, Tom
When you say crypto hardware is not necessary but preferred, do you mean we do
not have to enable the cryptographics cards to turn on TLS?
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Tom Ambros
Sent: Tuesday, February 07,
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
deleted
But doesn't PDSE emulate FBA under CKD emulated on RAID
implemented on FBA? Even as VM/CMS emulates FBA for MDFS.
-- gil
Actually, VSAM basically formats its datasets like FBA disk, and PDSE
is a type of VSAM
You don't even actually need RACF or ACF2 or TSS to generate a PassTicket.
You can actually do it yourself. The algorithm is public. You can do it in
Rexx.
http://2000clicks.com/links/Computers/IBMMainframeHistory/passtkt.htm#ptktge
n You do need the 16-digit key, and without RACF and the like you
Under z/OS, device type implies the architecture and usage protocols
for the device. You can't call a device a 3390 and not have it
accurately emulate the characteristics of a 3390, nor can z/OS
communicate with a device defined to it as a 3390 as if it were
something else and expect success.
Never Mind, I found Mark Zelden's code in my notes files.
Thanks anyway.
Lizette
-Original Message-
From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com
Sent: Feb 7, 2012 4:46 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: CA LMP Key Validation
Has anyone written a tool that could help in reoncilling
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:46:38 -0500, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com
wrote:
Has anyone written a tool that could help in reoncilling all of my CA Keys.
For example I have 2 Physical Boxes. Running 6 Lpars.
However, CA Keys do not seem to match. I need a pair of keys, one for each
box.
Never Mind, I found Mark Zelden's code in my notes files.
Thanks anyway.
Lizette
-Original Message-
From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com
Sent: Feb 7, 2012 4:46 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: CA LMP Key Validation
Has anyone written a tool that could help in
paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin) writes:
But doesn't PDSE emulate FBA under CKD emulated on RAID
implemented on FBA? Even as VM/CMS emulates FBA for MDFS.
CMS has been logical FBA (on real CKD) all the way back to cp40/cms
... when it was originally developed ... and was called cambridge
Yes - always interested in other approaches to implementing PCI-DSS on the
mainframe (and yes I do know what it stands for)
Jerry Whitteridge
Lead Systems Programmer
Safeway Inc.
925 951 4184
If you feel in control
you just aren't going fast enough.
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From: IBM
We had been sending SCRT reports for quite a while before we capped. I had
never seen it above about 22 or 24, can't remember. I started there and backed
it down by one a month until nightly batch was having trouble completing before
the next day and then went back up on or two. We landed at 16
On 7 Feb 2012 14:20:19 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
In
dc74548a025aff4a85f46926802a9b2307a4e...@chsa1035.share.beluni.net,
on 02/07/2012
at 08:24 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com said:
So, both are bits of information that are used and thus cannot be
Something is making messages loop back and double post.
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf
Of Tom Ambros
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:50 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: RACF Passticket: password required on
To follow up - yes, Cardamation has shut down. The Computer History
Museum and I are working on saving interested bits that remain.
Nope, no more IBM machines there...well, maybe an 029.
--
Will
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Hi Lizette,
Are you willing to share that with us ?
Regards Lim ML
On 08/02/12 7:42 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
Never Mind, I found Mark Zelden's code in my notes files.
Thanks anyway.
Lizette
-Original Message-
From: Lizette Koehlerstars...@mindspring.com
Sent: Feb 7, 2012 4:46 PM
George,
You should at least get the freebie encryption turned on for the box. The
lack of the SERVAUTH setup can have a deleterious effect if you have a
UACC(NONE) at the wrong level and then specify TCPCONFIG TLS will stop all
other services from starting up. You can use OBEY to change the
Allan:
All good stuff. But I think IBM indicated that the use of SDB would
be king. Indeed it makes sense. To tie themselves forever to 3390 is
foolish (IMO) not that its bad mind you but it defeats the whole idea
of system managed storage.
SMS is a stated direction. The map is in place
He wants to be able to access the OUTPUT statement fields from inside his
program. I think he wants to be able to pass information, or act on the
information contained there. He said he spent weeks trying on his own, and I
looked around, but couldn't find any access path through the control
Does anyone have an example of using SJFREQ RETRIEVE that I can send to Jeff?
Brian
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