Re: 3490E cartridges

and tag connected though. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Schwarz, Barry A barry.a.schw...@boeing.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: Re

Re: This applies here too! Do's and Don't's

And we are enablers of the bad posting behavior described. Someone will always ask questions when there isn't enough to go on. Someone will try to answer questions that are broad and open ended. Maybe thats what makes this such a good list, and maybe not! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: SDSF COMMAND LINE ON BOTTOM OF PANEL

Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Howard Rifkind rifki...@emigrant.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:57 PM Subject: Re: SDSF COMMAND LINE ON BOTTOM OF PANEL

Re: IBM-MAIN Threads Posted To Twitter

not on my Roadrunner network, I can't send them. Then I have to either cut and paste into the web interface, or go to the IBM-Main web site. Now that I'm home, I can reply using Windows Mail. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: O/S IP Question.

Howard, I was just wondering why you changed the subject, and asked the question again, seeing as it was already answered! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Howard Rifkind rifki...@emigrant.com Newsgroups

Re: NEED SOME HELP WITH IEBCOPY

for the messages. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Howard Rifkind rifki...@emigrant.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:17 PM Subject: NEED SOME HELP WITH IEBCOPY

Slow IBM Job Website

power to do things quickly on their web site. It took over a minute to go between several of the screens. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Slow IBM Job Website

I was at a site that had jobs.netmedia.com in it, but when I tried to go there later, it wouldn't come up. I got in through a search from CareerBuilder.com. To answer Richard Pace, I guess its not an IBM site, but as someone else said, they should have a service agreement. Eric Eric

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER: Prerequisites?

in the morning. I remember all the horror stories about the huge HFS file systems needed to receive the PTFs. Often, over double the size of the all of the PTFs. Is that still a problem? Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER: Prerequisites?

in that kind of situation. DASD is a lot cheaper now, but adding more still costs real money that many shops are unwilling to spend. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Brian Peterson brian.peterson.ibm.m...@comcast.net Newsgroups

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER: Prerequisites?

War stories has always been a part of IBM-Main, ever since I joined many years ago. I'm just saying that even if dasd is cheaper now, there are still accounts where a Mod3 or 2 is not available. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER: Prerequisites?

of the drives, and the tape racks. They hadn't installed the pool or ping pong tables yet though! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Richards, Robert B. robert.richa...@opm.gov Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main

Re: z/OS 1.7 upgrade to 1.10

coming in all the time, it will probably continue to come up. (Note - this is meant more as humor, and not as being critical of you. I say that because sometimes email can be misinterpreted since you can't see facial expressions.) Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Re: A foolish consistancy or 3390 cyl/track architecture

Is the new format available in z/OS 1.11? That's what I gathered from some of the postings, but it didn't seem definitive. I should probably look at the announcement, but right now I'm feeling lazy. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Another Round Of IBM Layoffs

, you come out ahead. If you get less, you pay for some other states projects which will benefit you 0%. (Well, maybe it isn't the same principle, but when I started writing this paragraph, it seemed like it). Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Pushing Your Product

occasion. Also, as in the posting below, I think it might help others to know about their products. I know some of the best answers to questions come from people who work for vendors, like the late Bruce Black, or some of the many IBM posters. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee

Re: A foolish consistancy or 3390 cyl/track architecture

lot of space. Of course, well written SMS routines can correct that, but it still makes things a lot more complicated than it should be. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ron Hawkins ron.hawkins1...@sbcglobal.net

Re: A foolish consistancy or 3390 cyl/track architecture

when my contract ended. I suspect that once another 2.5TB was defined, and its mirror image to be flashed was defined, that no more dasd could be defined, but I don't know that for sure. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: A foolish consistancy or 3390 cyl/track architecture

money after maintenance though. We totally filled up the datacenter with all the dasd. Later, when we got a Hitachi box, and replaced the 3090S with a MP3000, we had a good sized ballroom available. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original

Re: A foolish consistancy or 3390 cyl/track architecture

it, although several have mentioned FBA architecture, where everything is written out in 4K blocks. I have mixed feelings about this subject. To me it seems complicated, but that's also one of the things that gives z/OS the power it has. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Re: ListServ Help

Using the very last line that is automatically appended to each post, you can unsubscribe from that web site. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Scott T. Harder scott.har...@embarqmail.com Newsgroups

Re: One less mainframe shop

of all the furniture etc. The ironic thing is that after he finished that, he found a job for a company that would provide a cold DR site, so after dismantling the PH datacenter, he built a new one. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original

Re: IBM Withdraws Patent Application on offshoring jobs

they are doing more and more business over there, but to cut US jobs and just move them overseas just ain't right. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com IBM Rochester was not significantly

Re: annoying ISPF behaviour

Jim, I've had this same behavior in the last 3 contract jobs I've been at. It is very annoying. This has happened on z/OS 1.4, 1.7, and 1.9. I'm sorry, but I never figured it out either. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: Happy 45th Birthday

I thought the announcement said that this was the first mainframe that could upgraded to a bigger machine without having to rewrite all your code. I read the presentation yesterday, so I may have forgotten, but that's what I thought it meant. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer

Re: Copy/restore OMVS.ROOT - what about defrag?

getting more extents. It never made sense to me, when the total amount of data wasn't groing.. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN

Re: Copy/restore OMVS.ROOT - what about defrag?

That was back in 1.2. It never seemed to matter then. That system is gone, replaced by RS6000's in a different city. You're right though, I should have put that type of thing in its own file system. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: What (More) Open Source Software for z/OS?

Timothy, Do you really think your blog has more readers than IBM-Main? There are usually over 5,000 readers subscribed to IBM-Main. Somehow I think more people would see IBM-Main than your blog. How many readers to you get on your blog? Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer

Re: Slightly off topic power limits

Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:40 PM Subject: Slightly off topic power limits I

Re: Power Capacity Planning (was Slightly off topic power limits)

don't recall that every being a topic, although lately I haven't gone and it might have been a topic of discussion. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Kelman, Tom thomas.kel...@commercebank.com Newsgroups

Re: Power Capacity Planning (was Slightly off topic power limits)

limits. Business should be encouraged to do everything possible to limit power growth. Just raising electricity rates goes a long way to accomplishing that. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ted MacNEIL eamacn

Re: Slightly off topic power limits

Radoslaw, Did you or someone at your shop talk to IBM about this? What did IBM say? Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl This is NOT nameplate rating, this is current

Re: Slightly off topic power limits

Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Slightly off topic power limits Eric Bielefeld

Re: Using CA-JOBTRAC V11 SP3 in Production

installing it next, the datacenter put a freeze on all upgrades because of its coming demise and being moved to another state running SAP/R3. My question is: Does CA11 work ok with datacom? Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: APF Libraries (Was ADRDSSU protection

the fan. On another note, the job front is looking up. I've got several possibilities for jobs now, although none of them may pan out. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com Newsgroups

Re: IBM Journals availability

talking about. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com Subject: Re: IBM Journals availability I would argue that all of the issues previously available for free should have remained

Re: Accessing a big sequential file

I had a thought, which you may or may not be able to use. If you can change the program that writes the big sequential file out, you might be able to write just the last record that you want to a separate file, as well as the large file. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee

Re: IBM Journals availability

Hey - I used to like Popular Science when I was a kid! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Chase, John jch...@ussco.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:39

Re: APF Libraries (Was ADRDSSU protection

RACF, but then I decided to do a search. Neither google or Ask.com came up with the company, but I saw Vanguard in the explanation of one of the hits, and I remembered the name of the product. (Getting old is hell). The tool was Vanguard Administrator, Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer

z/Journal Does it Again

that Microsoft pays z/Journal big bucks to advertise, but if every mainframe user followed MS advertising, there wouldn't be a need for the z/Journal. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

Phil, Thanks for that quote. It was very well worded by Bob Thomas. I still think the advertising revenue has something to do with it also, but I may be wrong. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Phil Smith III

Re: TSO/E Exits

through newsgroups. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Guy Gardoit ggard...@gmail.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:09 AM Subject: Re: TSO/E Exits

Re: USERCAT Error (Out of Space)

I believe Innovations FDR Compactor can be used to reorganize usercats on the fly also. If you have Compactor, your Sunday window would be a good time. It probably would be easier to use than IDCAMs. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

Pat - you may be a long timer, but I, as well as the majority of those on IBM-Main, are getting old. Call it like it is! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Patrick O'Keefe patrick.oke...@wamu.net Excuse me

Re: USERCAT Error (Out of Space)

don't remember if FDR has their books on their web site, or if you have to own the product to access them. I know I always used the paper manual, which I could always find what I wanted. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From

IBM Softcopy Reader and Vista

I was trying to install the Softcopy Reader tools from my z/OS 1.9 collection dated April 2008. Does anyone know if that is compatible with Windows Vista? I had some problems trying to install it. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: IBM Softcopy Reader and Vista

I don't usually reply to my own posts, but I will this time. I did a search on softcopy reader download, and it took me right to the correct web site. I downloaded the 3.8 version, and it seems to be working fine. I should have done that first. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer

Re: USERCAT Error (Out of Space)

You are probably correct. Maybe someone from Innovation will reply on Monday with the definitive answer. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Richard Peurifoy r-peuri...@neo.tamu.edu Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main

Re: IBM Mainframe: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation

Jee Whiz. I make a simple comment, and everone has to state their age. (Sorry for the language). Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Jan Vanbrabant jan.vanbrab...@telenet.be Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM

Re: Share Website Hacked

And if they bought a z_Series to do that, how much would the cost of Share go up? Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Bob Woodside ibm...@woodsway.com Perhaps they should use something that's less likely to be broken

Re: Submitting a Marketing REQUEST (was: BLOCK CONTAINS

Ed, And yet, IBM is hiring 1,300 people in Dubuque Iowa. I'm sure they will hire some who got laid off in other areas of the country, but it is a good sign. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2

Re: Book on Poughkeepsie

. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Field, Alan C. alan.c.fi...@supervalu.com The 96 column card was actually 3 rows of 32, almost a square card. Tiny round holes. I used them on a System/3 in the early 70sm

IBM-Main Postings Yesterday

Yesterday, I didn't get any emails from IBM-Main until about 5:30 P.M. CST. Did anyone else have any problems? I went to the web site, and saw that there were postings. This morning, I had the normal amount of emails from IBM-Main. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee

Re: IBM-Main Postings Yesterday

Hmm - I didn't do anything - the postings just started up again. I'm surprised no one else had this problem. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Dave Salt ds...@hotmail.com Yes, I had the same problem. I didn't know

Re: Book on Poughkeepsie

anymore. I think that was around 1990. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Scott T. Harder scottyt.har...@gmail.com It's interesting to me that I am seeing a couple of references to the 80's (albeit early 80's

Re: Application Compiles

. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Kreiter, Chuck chuck.krei...@stateauto.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 9:29 AM Subject: Re: Application Compiles Who

Re: OT completely..........

get in emails. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. That reminded me that I haven't backed up my files for a long time. It inspired me so much that I still haven't backed up my files! Are you working now? I take it you are just doing occasional contract jobs. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr

Re: OS/390

I assume you mean Phil Payne. Does anyone know what happened to him? I assume from some of his last posts that he was getting out of mainframes. I always enjoyed Phil's wit and aserbic comments. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original

Re: OS/390

Thanks Roger. Phil doesn't look anything like I thought he would. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Roger Bowler ibm-m...@snacons.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 30

Re: Offload work to ziip

Isn't there a requirement that you have at least as many regular CPs as the total of ziip and zaap engines? I don't think you can buy just one regular engine, and then have say 4 ziips zaaps or whatever. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original

Re: IBM 7060-H30

software. I remember when the company I worked for had an H50, all of the IBM software cost 30K per month approximately. I believe the 7060 runs z/OS 1.5 and below. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Adams, Tracy tad

Re: ERASEDATA - DASD disposal

I always wondered if it was possible to read data if binary zeros or some other pattern were written to the disk. I thought that it would be very hard, which the article quoted seemed to agree with. But then, I noticed that the writer of the article didn't sign his name. Eric Bielefeld Sr

Re: Offload work to ziip

that was it was too complicated, and it probably was. Certainly, you had to have 2 computers instead of 1 - 1 z/OS for DB2 and 1 RS6000 for SAP. It was way to complicated. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Martin

Re: My Green Screen IBMLink is still working

My advice - don't log off! Its interesting that it would still work as long as you don't log off. I would think that they would have disabled the SNA links when they turned it off. I assume those are SNA links. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Alert and Resolve price changes

me the internet access and saved money by not having to take my calls. But then, IBM is primarily a marketing company, and very skilled at making the most money for the goods and services they provide. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

I hate to ask a dumb question, but what is pinned data? I'm sure I once knew the answer to that question, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Alert and Resolve price changes

Greg, Thanks for the info. I didn't find the part about raising rates at any time that you quoted (I didn't look too hard), but I really think they shouldn't quote the $165 / month rate and then charge you more! That just seems to be a bad business practice. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr

Re: Pinned data on 2107 aka DS8000

, that there should be some easy way for the customer to push a button or type in something on the service console to clear the cache. To me it sounds like a design flaw, although I haven't kept up with the technical details of the 2107 as well as I should be. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: Preview: z/VM V6.1; IBM Declares New Architecture Level Set (ALS)

to find a buyer, but upgrading removes that option. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com Also keep in mind that you can upgrade mainframe hardware up to two generations old

Re: Preview: z/VM V6.1; IBM Declares New Architecture Level Set (ALS)

some of that secret IBM information that you actually have to be buying a processor before IBM will tell you. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Marian Gasparovic mar...@gmail.com Eric, all specialty engines

Re: Preview: z/VM V6.1; IBM Declares New Architecture Level Set (ALS)

Now that makes absolutely no sense. I'd be willing to bet that others have had the opposite happen. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Greg Shirey wgshi...@benekeith.com Eric, The answer is it depends

Re: Neon revs cost-cutting mainframeware

a Shamplex. The worst thing is that if we could have run everything in 1 Lpar, we would have saved 10-20% of the machine cycles just for the overhead of running a sysplex. They make you jump through hoops, but you can save real money by jumping through those hoops! Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: MSU question z800 vs. z9BC

CA rep, who probably never read this list heard about it, and hollered at me. I think she got it from one of the many CA developers who follow this list. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Mark Jacobs mark.jac

Re: Article Mainframe Stolen

Hey Rick. I live about 8 miles from lake Michigan. Let me know when they start that process! Eric (Sorry everyone - I couldn't resist) Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net Yes

MCMG Meeting tomorrow

/regions/mcmg/ If you want to go, you can just come, although they prefer earlier registration. If you do, come see me at the meeting and let me know you came because of my post. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Leonard

Re: ALLOCATION OF USERCAT MYSTERY - URGENT

format. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: esmie moo esmie_...@yahoo.ca Our software guru confirmed my hunch. Seems that this was set up eons ago and since there are 3380's on the floor it WON'T be changed. Hence

Re: ALLOCATION OF USERCAT MYSTERY - URGENT

on the market should be able to format some volumes that way. If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: esmie moo esmie_...@yahoo.ca Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN

Re: Bulletproof (was Re: Mainframe hacking (getting back on topic))

in the 60's, my wife's family farm near Platteville had a lot of damage due to a tornado. Her dad just watched from the living room. Luckily, it didn't hit the house but only a barn and silo. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message

Re: What's the difference in SMP/E between the SOURCEID's called RSUnnnn and PUTnnnn ???

to SERBLINK, the catalog will point to the new dataset. I have been using that for many years, and it always works well. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Klein, Kenneth kenneth.kl...@kyfb.com Allan, the problem

Re: IBM Announces FICON Express8

updating your disk or tape drives. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com The announcement letter is here for 8 Gbps: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS109-417

Re: IBM Announces FICON Express8

, but I guess they learned to live with it. I suspect the real benefit will come when all the devices made include support for the new channels, and that probably will be awhile. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: R.S

Re: CA Mainframe 2.0

believe he mentioned several times how complicated their pricing is getting. He didn't like it the way their pricing works, but he makes his living off of it, so at least for him its a good thing. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Neon's zPrime - IBM response from July 10

totally different? Is anyone running zPrime yet? I suspect if you are, you are sworn to secrecy. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ken Porowski ken.porow...@cit.com Found this on the web http

Re: CA Mainframe 2.0

I forgot to mention that in my last post, but yes, Al did bring up his working as a consultant for zPrime. He also mentioned that a good part of his consulting work is for IBM. He was very open about this, so I don't think he would mind my mentioning it. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: why message ILR031A occurred only once when I swithed to another LPAR

So what is a pgds? Is that a 'Pretty Good Data Set'? At first I thought maybe that was a typo, but you spelled it that way twice. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.vern...@klm.com PLPA

Re: why message ILR031A occurred only once when I swithed to another LPAR

My brain must be in reverse today. I should have figured that out, but I must confess I've never seen pgds used for page dataset before. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.vern...@klm.com Yes

Re: USS misuse

I still think that IBM should have chosen another acronym for Unix than USS. I believe VTAM USS table is still valid, and still used, so it is confusing to me that IBM should use the same acronym for something that is still in use. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Re: Training

their input because they know their subject matter. I work with a lot of products, and never get to work for a year or 2 on any one product, so I value the postings of those that develope the products, or training for the products. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414

Re: Operator Validation before Executing Command

to subtract 7 from the current date, so all we had to do was hit enter. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Richard Peurifoy r-peuri...@neo.tamu.edu For common replies/commands, this is true, but I think for unusual situations

Re: CA1 Service Pack Level display

Lizette, Doesn't CA1 list the level when it starts? It should be in the syslog then, or you can try displaying it from the DA screen, although that may be something that comes up with no displayable data. I can't look since I don't have a system available. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: z Training: IBM System z Expo - Oct. 5-9, 2009 - Orlando

the stuff I really really wanted to see was all on one or two days, meaning there were a lot of sessions that I just couldn't see. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Mark Post mp...@novell.com That would be hard to do

Re: Of link lists and application programs

, its a good thing that the scheduler who I worked with knew a lot about Changeman. My client used Changeman a lot for all changes except of course system changes. It worked well for them, but was a lot of work to set up. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434

Re: Information Center Query - CLARIFICATION

, as there didn't seem to be anything useful in it. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com I did not mean to overload the ICF acronym. I was not referring to anything to do with coupling facility

Re: Is there an owner of IBM-MAIN nowdays?

You might ask Ed Finnell. I beleive he works there also, although I doubt if he runs the list. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: ISPF Counter

Or a year or two away from bankruptcy! Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com All true. So start your own company, become a Partnerworld member, set up on Dallas like we have

Re: A failure at SHARE

. I wish I could be there to snub you all, although probably by the time many of you read this, you'll be on your way home. Somebody snub Tom Conley for me. Thanks, Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Richards, Robert B

Re: RIP snubbing

. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: Dumb Question - Credit Card Number Scanner

And if they do all this, I have a bridge I'll sell you. My daughter lives in Brooklyn, so she will be my agent. Eric - Original Message - From: Martin Kline martin.kl...@yrcw.com Easy. Offer to do the following: Start with the first byte on the first disk. Convert it and the

Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit

in, they opened one or two of the panels, and then it IPL'd fine. The CE said he didn't do anything but open the gate. I remember a 1403 control unit where the CE pounded on it with a big hard rubber mallet, and then it started working again. Very interesting stuff back then. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems

Re: OT - IBM Takes First Close-Up Image of Single Molecule

, as the first IBM air cooled processor had just come out, but my boss didn't want to take for granted that IBM would actually have any ready at that time. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Lizette Koehler stars

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