Log on to the HMC app as ACSADMIN and enable 'web access' in the SYSPROG
user profile. Then shut the HMC down and reboot. The web server should
start automagically upon restart.
Or something like that. I am relying on a memory known to be less
than. What was the question?? :-)
As another posted, 'sftp' is not a unique enough name. There is a 'speedy' FTP
that uses a propriety protocol, for example.
The short answer to your question is that there are several 'flavors' of data
encryption offered on z/os. The two main types are TLS (transport layer
security, formally
I believe that CA ESP has agents that will support a large number of platforms.
The bad news is that it is CA.
The master runs on z/os, of course.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt
Eastwood
Sent: Wednesday, July 23,
For many, many moons, we have a large number of productions jobs kick
off at about the same time. The first step is scheduler administration,
and the second step executes IKJEFT1B, which calls a REXX exec (see
below).
The command executed is a JES purge: $P O JOB(xxyyzz),HOURS12
(Please
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Subject: Re: Interesting problem with CONSOLE ACTIVATE
Does this batch job reference a PDSE? Perhaps OA22344 describes this
problem.
Brian
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:37:29 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote:
For many, many moons, we have a large number of productions jobs kick
off
To me, all this (to include the mysterious purge bit) points to something
outside of JES. AS we gaze around looking for things that interface to JES, we
see a common denominator.
I'd assume the issue is with CA-SPOOL. Or perhaps a local exit. Or perhaps an
unrelated product that also
Low Bid. Many government entities are bound by law to solicit proposals
from everyone and take the lowest bid.
I once worked in the construction industry, and 'low bid' was used as a
derogatory term and as a general answer to the question: 'What went
wrong?'.
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From:
Did the 'missing' output ever really exist? Perhaps the application
opened the file but never actually wrote anything.
;-) My top five 'usual suspects':
1. Application program
2. Application program
3. Application programmer
4. Disturbances in the force.
5. Some combination of the above.
If
over the previous run. (We had
the luxury of a completely separate system for our DR testing, which
helps immensely!)
Hal Merritt wrote:
Having been up close and personal with a couple of major 'events', I
feel I can safely say that every event is just like every other event
in
that it is unique
I've heard about a couple of things that can really slow an IPL down.
One is an ESCON channel connected to nothing or a inop device. NIP (or
somebody) will wait a very long time to see if it will come active.
If there has been hardware microcode updates, the chp does not actually
load the new
If the first two bytes of the block contains a two byte block length,
then all you may need to do is declare the file as VBS (variable block
spanned).
I'm really rusty in BAL, but I think if you use GET MOVE logic, you
should see a complete record in your record area. That is, z/os will
obtain
Having been up close and personal with a couple of major 'events', I
feel I can safely say that every event is just like every other event in
that it is unique. In other words, they are predictably unpredictable.
Even full dress rehearsals just don't appease Mr Murphy.
I would then argue that
Um, I think the only 'approved' DoD type cleaning is ICKSHREADER. That is,
complete physical destruction. In the case of modern DASD, I think you are
expected to physically remove all of the hard drives and return only the box.
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Take a closer look at the syntax of the SYNC command. I seem to recall
some options that may address this.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Angel Tamayo
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:07 PM
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Subject:
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:10 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Going unsupported - time to fold?
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 16:31 +0900, Timothy Sipples wrote:
Hal Merritt writes:
The OP asked how to evaluate and quantify the risks of being
unsupported. The consensus seems
Interesting - I used the web search for 1.7 and also received the cert
message. When I backed up and looked at the book contents, the cert
version was the last listed (Topic 1.4.59).
I guess LOOKAT gets as confused by some of the messages as we do.
Comforting to know we humans are still smarter
You can do something like this:
HLQ = 'DISK.TEST'
X = OUTTRAP(CATLINE.,9,NOCONCAT)
LISTC LEVEL(HLQ)
X = OUTTRAP(OFF)
DO LOGLINE = 1 TO CATLINE.0
DSN = WORD(CATLINE.LOGLINE,3)
SAY DSN
END
Note the limit
I would argue that the better attitude is make it work. You are going
to be under the gun no matter which way you choose. If you are making an
honest effort to 'make it so', then it is far more difficult to be a
target if/when the blood starts flowing.
My $0.02 (before taxes)
-Original
Right on. The OP asked how to evaluate and quantify the risks of being
unsupported. The consensus seems to be that the risks are minimal.
The OP can now give some unemotional, technical answers.
Let's keep in mind that going 'unsupported' in tinkertoy land is a high
risk option because of the
The 2 of 3 consensus here is: yes. But we don't recall how we did it.
Look at z/os client parameters TRAILINGBLANKS, TRUNCATE, and WRAPRECORD.
This will work if the data is FB. FTP will break the records into LRECL
lengths.
Look at z/os server parameters TRAILINGBLANKS, TRUNCATE, WRAPRECORD,
Very interesting. I think I hear an undertone: no planning, so how could
anyone possibly know how much and how long? Translation: there is no
real intention to do that. Just a bunch of folks playing word games to
please a high individual making promises he/she can't keep.
I think I also hear a
Others have made excellent points. The bottom line is that there is no
good technical solution. Sharing DASD and catalogs brings problems like
yours. Not sharing DASD brings business problems.
The 'best' technical solution is a totally isolated LPAR with only its
DASD online. Many of us can't do
Other post's good points notwithstanding, I would think the risks are
political, not technical. Yes, you can go 'unsupported'. All that really
means is any required support will be more expensive. You would, for
example, pay a per hour rate for IBM assistance if you run into a
problem no one else
Going 'out of support' does not mean that they can continue to run
without paying for a license. And IBMLINK comes with the license. AFAIK,
they can continue to receive fixes and keep somewhat up to date.
Being 'out of support' simply means calls for support may or may not be
productive.
Consider device redirection using SMS. That is, when an application
calls for tape it is transparently redirected to DASD.
AFAIK, 'virtual tape' is still physical tape. It is just a way to put
many logical tape volumes on one physical tape volume in a way that is
transparent to the application.
Interesting. Next time, might ask for a formal statement to that effect
that we can show our auditors. We are expected to know and manage every
process.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Bob Shannon
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008
I thought most of the 'Irish' commands (O'get, O'put, O'etc) were
targeted to the O'TSO environment. Try again under O'ISPF or in the
O'shell.
Good O'luck :-)
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chase, John
Sent: Thursday,
We just fired up our DB2 V8 in 'new function' mode on our z/os 1.7
servpac system (With 1.9 toleration?). The IVP job that verifies Unicode
fails. More, a DB2 connect client fails with a -332 SQL code which is
grumping about a missing 'source code page 1252'.
A trip through SA22-7649-06
I -knew- I count on you guys :-)
1. There is no UNI= in IEASYS
2. Both the SYS1.SCUNI datasets are cataloged and SCUNIMG is both APF and
linklisted.
3. From the IPL:
CUN2046I AN EMPTY UNICODE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
CUN2005I CONVERSION ENVIRONMENT SUCCESSFULLY INITIALIZED
4.
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:39 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: DB2 V8 and Unicode
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:10:19 -0500, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I -knew- I count on you guys :-)
1
FTP to the MF is completely different than FTP from the mainframe. Two
different ID's, keyrings*, parms, etc.
He who speaks first is the client. He who listens then obeys is the
server.
*Key rings can be shared, so that may not be completely true in every
situation. No idea of the
be wrong.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tom Marchant
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:42 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Slow FTP transfer from z/OS to Unix
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote
I wonder if the issue is that you don't have a complete CA chain that
matches the other company. That is, if cert a is used to sign cert b
which is used to sign cert c, then you have to have all three on the
same keyring with cert a as trusted.
I think. Certificate structures give me a headache
From your perspective, the crypto cards won't buy you much. All you get
is a secure key repository and an API.
Assuming the hardware is configured and activated, about all you have to
do is allocate a couple of VSAM clusters, set up a couple of started
tasks, set up some RACF profiles, and set
How do you define 'performance'?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:29 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Slow FTP transfer from z/OS to Unix
Hal Merritt wrote:
What do your
: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:14 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Slow FTP transfer from z/OS to Unix
Hal Merritt wrote:
How do you define 'performance'?
We test our network using ftp to transfer large zipped files. Our
definition of 'performance' is KBytes/sec.
--
Edward E Jaffe
I would point you to the COBOL and LE migrations guides.
There you should find pretty plain statements that you cannot mix
different levels of COBOL runtimes in the same run unit. Not sure, but I
think CICS is just one run unit in that context.
If you do mix, then you can expect unpredictable
Count your hops. Holding network speed constant, each hop increases the transit
time by a multiple.
Let x = rated network speed.
One hop = X/1
Two hops = X/2
Three hops = X/3
And so on.
In other words: consider a packet traveling directly from point A to point C.
It arrives at point C at
What do your test results show?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Slow FTP transfer from z/OS to Unix
Hal Merritt wrote:
Count your hops
Hi Mary, and welcome to the gottahaveitnow club :-)
You have two main paths to take: SSH (secure shell) or TLS (transport
layer security).
TLS is a superset/replacement of SSL (secure sockets).
Each has advantages/disadvantages. SSH is very popular with the *nix,
tinkertoy, and audit crowds,
I forgot one item. I have had reports of some sort of 'SFTP' product
that had nothing to do with enciphering. I seems that the proponent may
have been mislead into thinking that a propriety protocol would suffice.
Since this is still a brand new technology to most, be careful when you
hear
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03004c/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/suptlk
/index.html
Watch the wrap!!
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:08 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
The z/9 cannot be a SNTP client, but there are hardware features to sync
the z/9 hardware clock to a secondary or primary standard (NIST). That
once was the now withdrawn sysplex timer and is now software loaded in
the HMC.
If your SMTP server is also in sync with NIST, then the requirement
Perhaps the affected folks are traversing a different network path using
different appliances?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mark Pace
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:42 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: SSL
Where is it written that they are looking for a domestic candidate?
Committing to run a no overhead operation with self discipline..
scares me. Some 80% of security issues are from internal users.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Anyone had any success configuring redundant OSA TCP/IP networks?
We currently have two separate networks connected to two different OSA
ports, both of which are mission critical. We have two more OSA ports
we'd like to somehow exploit.
A fully redundant, load sharing configuration would
Visara offers a 3745 like replacement device: FEP 4600.
http://www.visara.com/
We looked at the box and liked what we saw, but we expect to be
completely off of bisync soon.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Carlos Bodra
Sounds like a keyring issue. Check to see that the correct name (case
sensitive, I think) is specified in TCPPARMS(FTPSDATA) for the server
and TCPPARMS(FTPCDATA) or the client.
If you are running the client, then I think the ID that submitted the
job also needs access to
That is a good approach, but IMHO CPU seconds are not a good metric for
comparing upgrade options and paths. Service units not only better
reflect the work being done, but also gives us a better idea how that
work could map to a different box.
Remember, the OP doesn't really want to charge for
Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:47 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: FTP SSL
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Hal Merritt
Sounds like a keyring issue. Check to see that the correct
Is anyone besides us using the ESP scheduler and doing sub capacity
billing?
The latest version of the load and go module appears to be triggering
ESP's rather powerful symbol substitution engine and is going bonkers.
Anyone else seen that, and, if so, what did you do about it?
I
Sounds like your IODF (point of view of the operating system) and IOCDS
(point of view of the hardware) are out of sync. From the 'dynamically
activate' screen, choose 'view active configuration'.
Once you figure out which IOCDS you are running on (that's the one in
the support element), you can
FYI a recent audit challenged the use of UID 0. The upshot was that UID
0 be allowed only with a clearly stated vendor requirement to include
why the mission could not be accomplished with SU as needed. Even then,
management approval was required.
Please, no debate over questionable audit
To get SSL working, I had to add a second TELENETPARMS with a different
port specified on the SECUREPORT statement:
TelnetParms
Secureport 992 Keyring SAF MYKEYRING
EndTelnetParms
The first TELENETPARMS describe port 23 and do
helped in that I
can
know connect on standard port 23, but I have the same error on port 992.
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To get SSL working, I had to add a second TELENETPARMS with a
different
port specified on the SECUREPORT statement:
TelnetParms
I could never get z/os to accept a self signed cert. I did create my own
CA and used that sign certs exported to the client. I think. Been a
while.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mark Pace
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:29
PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: z/OS SSL
I Have, do you want me to post what I did. It was MQSeries.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Hal Merritt
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:38 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re
I'm running the RMF Java PM, and am taking a look at the OSA adapters on
our z/8990. There is a metric called '% Bus utilization' I have two
cards, each with two ports. Right now, I'm using two ports from one
card.
Can anyone point me to a tome on those metrics and what they mean?
Sorry about the typo; it is a z/890
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Hal Merritt
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:00 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: 'Bus Utilization' on RMF monitor
I'm running the RMF Java PM, and am
The syntax of the NO89 statement looks correct. I'd look at the data.
SCRT may have not found any applicable type 70 or 89 RMF records.
I'd also check to see if the enabling APAR's are applied as well as
applicable processor microcode. When I first started under 1.4, I seem
to recall having to
True, MF skill sets seem to carry grey hair, close attention to retirement
benefits, and boring pictures of grandchildren. Not to mention cranky OF's ;-)
Also true is the proliferation of tinkertoy skill sets. But wait, something's
wrong with that picture.
Perhaps it is that the skill sets
Doesn't anyone remember the famous 'Mellon Bank Mods'? Among several
other useful features, they offered /*BEFORE, /*AFTER, exclusivity (any
job, but only one of a thread at a time), and so on.
They died out many moons ago, perhaps because they mods became a upgrade
nightmare, or perhaps it
Interesting, but from my addled perspective, the MF industry has always
been evolutionary where the PC industry has been revolutionary. That is,
were the differences between two or three releases of z/os typically
takes a skilled application of IEAEYEBALL, each release of Windows seems
to entail a
It's a drop in the bucket. But how large of a drop, how small of a bucket, how
many drops are already in the bucket, and what happens when the bucket gets too
full?
IMHO splits are just one of those things you try to be aware of and try to
minimize. IIRC, splits are synchronous and may
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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:24 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Hardware Alerts
On Wed, 21 May 2008 09:01:04 -0500, Hal Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
If possible, I would be using the phone system PBX for this. Find out
the
numbers that the IBM
Yes. According to one of my CE's, The HMC can be configured to send an
email. The HMC has to be on a public LAN (very bad idea) or though a
very restrictive firewall, (better, but still a bad idea IMHO).
The CE has a lot of shops and not one has asked that this be enabled so
far. More the CE
Our auditors are asking us if there is any way we can receive automatic
email alerts when the gear phones home. I am aware of some email
features on devices such as the DS8100, but we don't currently allow any
external exposure to those devices.
Does anyone know if there some way IBM could
A very tiny nit; I believe the correct term for this context is 'master
key' (singular), not 'master keys' (plural). As I understand things so
far: Each domain has only one master key. A given LPAR can use only one
domain at a time. LPARs in a sysplex can share key clusters by having
the same
header
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Our auditors are asking us if there is any
That used to be true, but a recent alleged breach have cast some shadows over
that strategy. The reported breach may have been some malicious logging
software on one of those intermediary servers.
And, yes, some of us are being 'asked' to encipher everything, inside and out.
Once the auditors
You are fortunate.
The audits I worry about are coming in waves from the outside. There is
little or no opportunity to form a partnership. Even when you accomplish
that, there is a whole new set next time.
To be fair, most of their points are well taken. You have to admit that
any time data
Well, there -are- such things as B/T to ESCON converters. And there are
some shops out there who have some that need a good home (nudge, nudge,
wink, wink.)
To the OP: is there some reason you could not attach a tape unit to the
MP-3000 using native channels and use FTP to get the data there?
Alas, real console operators. I knew them, Jan, fellows of infinite jest, of
most excellent fat fingers. They hath bore me on their back a thousand times.
(Shameless and horrible rip off of Hamlet, act 5, scene 1.)
IMNSHO, the 'definitive' operator instructions are one printed page with mostly
I'm confused. My original reply addressed the TCO (total cost of ownership) of
a remote tape drive which included the biological components.
Ignoring that, the options include channel extenders or some sort of store and
forward process that exploits the MP-3000 MVS.
Back to the biological
Several options, all -very- expensive. You need a very big pipe and one
or more humans to care for the tape unit.
What are you trying to do? How far is the run?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David Logan
Sent: Tuesday, May
Right on. Just don't forget that CPU time is broken out and spread over several
buckets. Six, if memory serves (which it usually doesn’t).
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted
MacNEIL
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:54 AM
To:
General case is a performance hit that does not add value. Volumes with page
datasets shouldn't have anything else.
My $0.02
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Frank Allan Rasmussen
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 5:56 AM
To:
I tried to explain that and they laughed me out of the room. Sigh.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Thompson, Steve
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:12 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Connect:Direct (NDM) CPU Usage
ending channel programs will make a huge difference to a Demand page-in?
There is also PAV exploitation for page datasets to consider.
Ron
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Hal Merritt
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:02 AM
Looks like a component of MSYS. From one of the SAMP members:
COMP(SCSLM) PROD(HSA): msys/OPS
I would imagine you don't have a profile covering the datasets.
HTH and good luck
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Sent:
Last I heard, PULSE uses Tandem for the ATM's and uses a z/890 for the
ancillary (balancing, posting, reporting) functions. If we look only at
the 'clearing' function, then it is all z/os plus the usual assortment
of tinkertoy servers. There might be a *nix or two in there somewhere.
And has
It's been a decade or two, but concurrent batch/online was a base
feature of IMS. Problems included the difficulty in backing out the
effects of a malfunctioning batch program.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Anne Lynn
An early foray into file encryption showed this behavior, IIRC. Some
enciphering algorithms are said to be really heavy CPU hitters.
If you are encrypting then you need to be careful with compression.
Encrypted data is said to be generally not compressible.
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From:
My test results differ. I've seen upwards of 60% over some very large
pipes. And I have seen completely different rates over supposedly equal
pipes.
Could be that network people talk only in terms of pipe size and not net
throughput (actual elapsed time for a byte to travel from point a to b).
Hmm. A little googling points to the UK. Virgin Media popped up a few
times.
Some sort of spam/malware countermeasures??
Haven't I read about some very aggressive activities of late involving
Virgin Media?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL
Could be the OWNER and/or the PREFIX filters are active preventing you
from seeing the job.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Fabio D'Alfonso
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:38 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Where is the
I hear the name of the algorithm is WORN: Write once, read never :-)
Sorry.
We are looking at the solution and have been through some presentations.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20254.wss
Key management comes with the solution and DR considerations are allegedly
built
Welcome to the wonderful world of shared DASD. You ain't seen nutin' yet
:-)
Such reserves and enqueues abound. That's the only way you can keep
multiple updaters from corrupting data.
It also changes things. For example, in a shared DASD environment, you
might find that Data Accelerator might
I'm confused. If a program is reading or writing a dataset sequentially,
then it does so one I/O (block) at a time.
If another program is concurrently reading, then it will be doing I/O's
more or less concurrently and the likelihood of cache hits rise.
If you are writing, you write only one
Once upon a time, there was talk of how the sysplex timer was to be
replaced by some timer application that ran on the HMC. The
requirements were a certain level of microcode on a z/9 box and z/os
1.7. I think we are there, and would like to look at the feature.
Anyone done this?
Anyone
What kind of hardware? Some modern DASD is already striped. More, a
'volume' is just a logical construct that often spans physical volumes.
If you are looking for performance, half track blocking (BLKSIZE=0) and
lots of buffers has worked really, really well for me.
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I have heard it called Systems Assurance. We go through each detail from crypto
flavor to ESCON port. Includes details down to the type of connectors needed
for each ESCON cable.
It's not 100%. We tripped up on a gigabit cable mismatch once, for example.
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From: IBM
Curious (and a bit disturbing) to hear folks asking questions that ought
to have been addressed by the assurance process. Hopefully they are just
doing their due diligence and double checking.
We all know how infallible sales folks can be ;-)
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From: IBM Mainframe
Well, actually, there is no default. The action taken depends on the
SYSAFF setting for the job class. And I'm too lazy to look up -that-
default :-)
Our scheduler runs on a 'penalty box' (an LPAR capped to save on
software costs) and submits jobs there as do our TSO users. However, all
jobs
for a SYSAFF setting on the JOBCLASS ?
INTRDR has a SYSAFF. JOBCLASS has a QAFF (at least on z/OS 1.8 JES2).
But I'm not recalling any vaguely current JES2 with SYSAFF on
JOBCLASS...
-
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:44:49 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote:
Well, actually, there is no default. The action taken
You might be surprised just how many fax solutions are just because
that's the way it's always been done and the recipient would -much-
rather have email.
To answer your question, we email. Be aware we have had problems when an
individual goes on vacation and the mailbox fills up.
Not clear what you want to do. Assuming each LPAR can use all of the
CPU's, then each LPAR can use 479 MSU's, (just not all at once).
You can influence how WLM prioritizes each LPAR with the weights (on
HMC) and with importance settings (within WLM policies).
You can constrain a given LPAR by
Just got word from another forum that Yahoo may have made some major
changes. One is reporting a 90% drop in spam in the last day or two.
Also one reported that some are unable to access their mailboxes.
Related?
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Not sure, but that may have been Steve's point ;-)
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I think I recall that some of the NETSTAT displays include both open and
recently closed connections. I'll bet that recently closed connections
are what you are seeing.
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