Re: FTP problem

2010-03-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
CRLF? ITschak 2010/3/18 גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com Hi, I have to transfer a unix encoded file (has LF as line delimiter) that is stored on a windows platform to the MF. The transfer is initiated in a batch job and is part of a production process. Is there a ftp parameter that will help

Fwd: Creating Unit of work for WLM based on Plan/Package...

2010-03-15 Thread Itschak Mugzach
We would like to prioritize DB2 tasks based on CICS transaction importance. How ever, we use SAG Natural under CICS so we have only one CICS defined transaction. I wonder if the unit of work can be priorities by WLM based on plan name or even package. Enclave is not a must, but if Natural can

PCOM attached printer and TN3270E

2010-03-08 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I am trying to define a PCOM session as a printer to TN3270E. At PCOM I clicked Session Parameters and Taged PRINTER instead of DIsplay. I then clicked OK and again, on Link Parameters. I specified an IUP ADDR, LUNAME and PORET. When I try to connect, I get a gray screen whth the word QUIT on it

Re: PCOM attached printer and TN3270E

2010-03-08 Thread Itschak Mugzach
to? And OSA or an OSC adapter? Or something else? It would seem it is not defined there. If you are using an OSC adapter, the session must be defined there as well. Doug Fuerst Itschak Mugzach wrote: I am trying to define a PCOM session as a printer to TN3270E. At PCOM I clicked Session

Re: PCOM attached printer and TN3270E

2010-03-08 Thread Itschak Mugzach
of PCOMM. Thank you. Chris Mason On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:47:12 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to define a PCOM session as a printer to TN3270E. At PCOM I clicked Session Parameters and Taged PRINTER instead of DIsplay. I then clicked OK and again, on Link Parameters

Calling JAVA from SAG Natural.

2010-03-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I am looking for a simple way to call a java code from SAG natural from CICS and batch. The natural program may issue touands of calls to this Java code. Is there an efficient way of doing this? The java code doesn't have to run on same address space and can act as a server. Thanks for your ideas

Cobol for OS/390 VM V1r2 still supported

2010-02-28 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Is IBM cobol for OS/390 VM v1r2 is still supported under regular support terms? If so, is there any drop from support date? ITschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Cobol for OS/390 VM V1r2 still supported

2010-02-28 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Mainframe Quarterly http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/ezine Itschak Mugzach wrote: Is IBM cobol for OS/390 VM v1r2 is still supported under regular support terms? If so, is there any drop from support date? ITschak

Re: TcpIP resolver on z/os 1.10

2010-02-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Chris, Brian, matan did IPL his system with Resolver_Proc(Resolver) specified in BPXPRMxx and this started the resolver procedure under IEESYSAS and MSTR. As you know, RESOLVER can be stoped and strated by regular MVS commands. Afaik, Matan has stoped the RESOLVER (P RESOLVER) and started it

Re: CICS IP printer

2010-02-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
It is my understanding that the question refers to CICS attached printers, so printing doesn't go to spool but CICS consider the printer as a type-3 terminal and SEND a map(s) to the printer. I believe that if the SNA address is defined in SNA server / M$ HIS, the address can be routed to a

Re: CA Easytrieve replacement

2010-02-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
IBM resell (under OEM) PengiEzt the foundation Software. The product has two modes of operation: One time conversion, and a translate, compile link-edit. Both modes drops EasyTrieve. Cobol shoudl run faster even if EasyTrieve running compiled. That's because IO is handled better with Cobol. From

Re: Deactivating an EMCS Console

2010-01-25 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Magen, Try changing the console id by entring set console() in SDSF. ITschak On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Walter Marguccio walter_marguc...@yahoo.com wrote: Program IEARELEC is your friend Is there a way to free the EMCS ? Program IEARELEC is your friend. See SYS1.SAMPLIB to see

Re: Exporting MVSCP

2010-01-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
gadi, U need to load the IOCP only. the rest of information comes from IODF. ITschak 2010/1/18 גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com Hi, I am creating a new IODF for a new computer. How do I copy the MVSCP information (EDT, Generics, Esotrics) for my current IODF to the new IODF. TIA Gadi

Re: y2k10 problem with credit cards in Germany

2010-01-09 Thread Itschak Mugzach
If I recall correctly, this is the second case in Germany causing electronic cheaps to become inactive. Earlier last year it was with healthcare cards. ITschak On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Bernd Oppolzer bernd.oppol...@t-online.dewrote: Cool. Interesting, that I did not find this obvious

Re: Logging of PDS(E) member opens ???

2009-12-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Have a look at eventaction from Action Software.It not only log, it prevents access, backup changed members, etc. Itschak On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miklos Szigetvari miklos.szigetv...@isis-papyrus.com wrote: Hi I have asked the same a month ago, and we are usning now an SMF DUMP

Re: How do I issue Vary SMS commands in batch

2009-11-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I would issue the commands using TSO Console command and get the response to see if the command was executed with no problem. Entering the command is one thing, and ensuring that the command did what you wanted is another thing. Rexx / Clist are best platforms for doing this. Regards, ITschak On

Re: relating module prefixes to components and products

2009-11-25 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Interesting. IBM used to use product prefixes stating with A to J to differentiate IBM code form application code. . Now, the are some new ones starting with 'S'. Itschak On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:48 AM, john gilmore john_w_gilm...@msn.comwrote: At

Re: TBOPEN issue with OPS/MVS for OPSBROWSE

2009-11-22 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Lizette, ISPF enquest the table on the first library of the concatenation even of the table resides on other library in the concatenation. So have a look in the docs where (ddname) you should locate the table library and in what order. HTH ITschak On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Lizette

Re: SoftwareAG Natural DB2

2009-11-21 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hi Jim, Don't know about SAG, but PKS (http://www,pks.de) has a product that does that that supports DB2 Oracle on many platforms, including Z/OS. I believe that SAG prices are always charge more. Itschak On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Jim Marshall jim.marsh...@opm.gov wrote: Today we run

Re: ADABAS On Other Platforms

2009-11-21 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hi Jim, As I wrote to you in other post SmartDCI from PKS replaces the ADABAS stub module with one of its own and is able to direct adabas calls to DB2/Oracle on almost any platform. It does involves any code change. ITschak On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Mark Post mp...@novell.com wrote:

Re: Install a FMID into Global Zone

2009-11-11 Thread Itschak Mugzach
If I recall correctly ;-) write the following in smpin while smpptfin points to the file holds the function: set bdy(global). receive sysmods. set bdy (tgtzone) /* what ever you call your target zone */. Apply check s(JBB772S) GEXT /* to include IFREQs etc. */. The best way for those who are not

Re: Weird INTRDR with REXX JCL steps

2009-11-10 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Todd, In SDSF enter INPUT ON to see of the systsin is empty or not. But the best way is to enter the exec name as a parameter to IKJEFT01 (e.g. //stepx exec pgm=ikjeft01,parm=mkperm,...). ITschak On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Todd Burrell z...@cdc.gov wrote: I'm having a strange JCL/REXX

Re: Receving PTFs for measuring workload that can be processed by ZIIP engine

2009-11-10 Thread Itschak Mugzach
You first have to install FMID JBB772S. ITschak On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chokalingam Thangavelu thangavelu.chokalin...@wipro.com wrote: We are planning to do a assessment that requires installation of this FMID JBB772S so that from the SMF Records we can find out how much of our

TRSMAIN and abendb37-4 on temporary dataset

2009-11-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I am using TRSMAIN to unpack into a pds. The Tresed file is quit large and the job abends with av37-4 on a temporary dataset that is allocated by TRAMAIN (DD-SYS3). Preallacting the dataset cause TRSMAIN to try to allocate the next dataset (and abend again). I also tried to change the alloc00

Re: TRSMAIN and abendb37-4 on temporary dataset

2009-11-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Thanks Norbert. This is it... Itschak On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Norbert Friemel nf.ibmm...@web.de wrote: On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:04:22 +0200, Itschak Mugzach wrote: I am using TRSMAIN to unpack into a pds. The Tresed file is quit large and the job abends with av37-4 on a temporary

Alternatives to QuickRef?

2009-11-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Does anyone knows an alternative to the mainframe product known as QuickRef? ITschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

safe path From z/os 1.4 to z/os 1.10?

2009-10-24 Thread Itschak Mugzach
A customer is running z/os 1.4 and wishes to install 1.10. I know that IBM documents only 3 versions migration paths, but I wonder if someone has done it not on a side-by-side solution, but co-existing versions, and how should it be done. Thanks for your ideas , Itschak

Re: Looking for a job

2009-10-23 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Try it again. I just checked it out and it worked for me. I clicked on the link you supplied. ITschak On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Joel Wolpert j...@perfconsultant.comwrote: The link below doesn't work when you click on it. Try this: http://mainframejobs.zjournal.com/a/jbb/find-jobs

Re: Looking for a job

2009-10-22 Thread Itschak Mugzach
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Weidt, James james.we...@jostens.comwrote: James Tiberius Kirk is not from Iowa, well, at least not yet anyway. Thanks, Jim Weidt Senior Systems Engineer Jostens Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail communication and any

Re: Looking for a job

2009-10-22 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Just to answer your question... look at www.zJournal.comhttp://www.zjournal.com/ they have quit big job offering site. ITschak On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Weidt, James james.we...@jostens.comwrote: James

Re: additional processor?

2009-10-13 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Google for fewer faster and you'll find some articles and post on that. It, of course depend on your workload. If you have long running jobs, they would run as fast as the single processor speed... Itschak On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Clark, Kevin kevin.cl...@bcbsde.comwrote: TED, You're

Re: ISPF DDLIST COMPRESS DISP=SHR ENQ

2009-10-12 Thread Itschak Mugzach
As far as I know all ISPF compress operations are done using IEBCOPY, If so, IEBCOPY enques on IEWxxx and staw to protect the directory from being manipulated. It does not protect the directory from read, so if CICS or any other program that has in storage copy of the PDS directory, can be

Re: ISPF DDLIST COMPRESS DISP=SHR ENQ

2009-10-12 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Not sure, but LMCOMP is also an option to compress a PDS. But according to the manual it call IEBCOPY. ITschak On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Scott Rowe scott.r...@joann.com wrote: IIRC, SPFCOPY got control un-authorized, but it made itself authorized prior to calling IEBCOPY, but that was

Re: CICS problem at DR

2009-10-11 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Does it happen only at DR? It look like something is stilling you some SQA slots. One of these are uninitialized DASD. Messages generated during NIP are stored in SQA. ITschak On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Doug Fuerst d...@bkassociates.net wrote: Change INITSQA as small as needed to get you

Re: Reading a VSAM data file.

2009-09-22 Thread Itschak Mugzach
John, He can't rename because this is a physical dump, nit logical. ITschak On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:41 PM, John Kelly john_j_ke...@ao.uscourts.govwrote: snip I have restored a VSAM data and index file from a dump of a volume. And since it is a dump I can not restore with rename??. unsnip

SAG Natural source recovery

2009-09-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I was told bu a customer that he lost the source code for some of his Cobol Natural programs. I know that Cobol programs can be dis assembled by source-recovery.com. I wonder if there is such tool for Natural... Thanks for your advise, Itschak

Re: Z/os and Change Mangment

2009-09-16 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I would look at EventAction to monitor changes, but it is not a change management system. Itschak On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:55 AM, David Stephens d...@longpelaexpertise.com.au wrote: Hi Hal, It sounds like you're looking for some program that can compare a 'before' and 'now' version of a

Re: CLIST/REXX Library Formats

2009-09-11 Thread Itschak Mugzach
For writing purpose, I prefer 80 bytes record, whatever is FB or VM. For program writing TSO commands to a file, a prefer 255 bytes. This way I don't have to cut it into a 80 bytes pieces. I don;t think a 255 bytes record is well readable. ITschak On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Hunkeler Peter

Re: Dumb Question - Credit Card Number Scanner

2009-09-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Not a dump question at all. about 20 years ago I developed a change management system for the organization I worked for. One of the functions the product did was to scan for this kind of numeric constants. I don't have access to the code, but if you want a short description how to write it in

Re: LPAR strictly for CICS Onlines

2009-08-19 Thread Itschak Mugzach
SOS Maxtasks are related. In what area of CICS core do you get the SOS? DSA? EDSA? Itschak On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Joel Wolpert j...@perfconsultant.comwrote: You can run into SOS and maxtask issues if your transactions are taking longer than they should. This could be due to CPU

Re: Trigger CICS transaction from Batch Job

2009-08-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
EXCI? ITschak On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Jim McAlpine jim.mcalp...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Gangar, Parin (MLITS) parin_gan...@ml.comwrote: Hi, How to trigger a cics transaction from batch job? I googled this, and I got

messages IEF285I and IGD104I

2009-08-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I looked (programmatic) into JESYSMSG file. A ddname defined in JCL (not dynamically allocated) concatenates 5 datasets. The first 4 datasets reported as retained by msgIGD104I. The last dataset was reported as KEPT by message IEF285I. All datasets are defined in the master catalog with same

Re: messages IEF285I and IGD104I

2009-08-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Well, may be, but all datasets were allocated with disposition = SHARE... What does it have to do with SMS? ITschak On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Martin Kline martin.kl...@yrcw.com wrote: Is the fifth data set SMS managed like the first four? I looked (programmatic) into JESYSMSG file. A

Re: Operator Validation before Executing Command

2009-07-28 Thread Itschak Mugzach
What about command builder? a simple ispf interface that will generate the command by letting you select machine, application, operation, etc? It is a half day work to develop and you'll be sure that the requested entity was canceled. stopped, WSE. Itschak On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, R.S.

Re: Downloading large datasets to PC is that Mainframe any Performance issue ?????

2009-07-22 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Sachin, Download speed depends on the protocol and software U u. U SNA? are U using FTP? Itschak On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Sachin T sachin.sach...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am downloading a RACF Database unload dataset from Mainframe to my pc desktop, it's taking more than 2 hours 30

Re: pcom 5.7 IN Terminal server 2008/X64

2009-07-15 Thread Itschak Mugzach
.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1005uid=swg27005100 Chris Mason On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:27:10 +0300, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: We tried to connect a remote user using Terminal server 2003/X32 with PCOM 5.7 and it worked fine. We encountered some error messages while trying

pcom 5.7 IN Terminal server 2008/X64

2009-07-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
We tried to connect a remote user using Terminal server 2003/X32 with PCOM 5.7 and it worked fine. We encountered some error messages while trying the same under Terminal Server 2008/X64: The PDLC Mapper service depends on the PDLC X.25 service which failed to start because of the following

Re: Urgent

2009-07-13 Thread Itschak Mugzach
When ISPF fails to initialize just create a new dataset by entering the following in the TMP READY PROMPT: Alloc f(ISPPROF) da('your dsname') new catalog like(sys1.parmlib) /8 or any other model dataset you can access with DCB/80/3120/fb Itschak On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Joel C Ewing

Re: Dialog Management Scrolling WAS Left Right Scrolling in ISPF

2009-07-08 Thread Itschak Mugzach
haven't seen the original question, but if I understand correctly, you are trying to scroll a table horizontally. To do so, you need to set the )model section to a variable that contains the z variables and the attribute chars and assign the zvars to the proper variables. example: )MODEL MYMODEL

Re: Veteran sysprog asks dumb question

2009-06-24 Thread Itschak Mugzach
R U using a none-empty stepcat/jobcat to catalog the datasets? ITschak On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Klein, Kenneth kenneth.kl...@kyfb.comwrote: OK, after 25 years as a sysprog this should not confuse me, but... A previous systems programmer left these canned jobs to clone a res pack to a

Re: Replacing channel attached IBM 6262 printer

2009-06-15 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Hi Gadi, Try Alon Pardes from Alfa Computers (03-9214422). They have a PC based listner that acts a print manager. If it doesn't help, you can always look at www.*mackinney*.com http://www.mackinney.com/, developed both a VSE and MVS products. Itschak On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Ted

Re: job started with SUB=MSTR without the owner information

2009-06-05 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Have a look in the syslog. As no Jes output is supported if sub-mstr, joblog is routed to syslog. Itsc hak On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Tommy Tsui tommyt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I try to started a system task APPC with SUB=MSTR but can't find the owner/user or jobid information even

Re: Security problem with SMTP

2009-06-04 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Audit the SMTP stc userid and then look in SMF. No better way. Itschak On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jorge Garcia jgarc...@mapfre.com wrote: Hello: We need to send a STC sysout by SMTP and we leave this sysout in Q class in the spool (the class isn't important). When the SMTP STC try to

Re: CLIST equivalent to REXX STRIP

2009-06-04 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Can't test it, but if I recall correctly, assignment will remove leading/trailing blanks. If the literal is already stored in a variable, say B, you can SET A=B to remove all blanks. From your sample, it is clear that you don't need a strip for a literal written in your own program, so I assumed

Re: CrossPost: Mainframe Poll

2009-05-04 Thread Itschak Mugzach
... and Open Solaris as well. Itschak On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Lionel B Dyck lionel.b.d...@kp.org wrote: Information Weeks May 4 issue is all about virtualization. There is an article (only one) about the mainframe that at least acknowledges that the mainframe exists and can do more but

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
at the next cycle. I suppose there are different timestamps in many places; it all depends on which one the backup utility honors. -- gil Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote in message news:6a4538f30904062100k780f7cffm3fb4bc5a066fe...@mail.gmail.com... The kind of backup you

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
, output=diskdsn), not DSS dump copies of datasets. Kees. Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote in message news:6a4538f30904070127h58980a28j9aad85a3fdaa4...@mail.gmail.com... Kees, DSS DUMP read tracks and recoveres the VTOC as a file, I believe. Itschak On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:01

Re: Data Masking

2009-04-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
The leading ones are IBM Optim and Camouflage that supplies pre-defined masking tools and fast processors. The rest are more editors that allows you to develop your own masking programs. masking is not only to mask dev/training, but also audit protect the originals: production tables,

Re: changing data set creation date

2009-04-06 Thread Itschak Mugzach
The kind of backup you refer to is based on the change bit (Which is reset on restore). DMS Vtoc utility is a dataset by dataset update utility. a physical backup restore would solve the need to zap the vto and would keep the original creation dates. Itschak On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Paul

Re: Regarding problem of clearing of ISPF tables in a panel , getting multiple entries

2009-04-01 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Do U use Control Errors return? If so, you need to TBEND the table before trying to create it (Control errors return might cause that your TBCREATE failes, but the table is already in memory, thus TBADD will waork on the currently opened table: Control errors return TBEND tbl TBCREATE tbl TBADD

Re: Install z/OS from scratch

2009-03-30 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Install on another system, DSS physical backup, Create a S/A DSS tape. Then IPL from tape to DSS and restore tapes. Then IPL from the new system... Keep HCD simple and update after IPL. Itschak 2009/3/30 גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com Hi, What are the options of installing a z/OS system from

Re: DB2 Table archiving...

2009-03-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Timothy, I am speaking on a full table migration, not at a record level. Exactly as HSM acts with datasets. I know OPTIM and have the pleasure to sell it ;-) Itschak On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Timothy Sipples e99...@jp.ibm.com wrote: Sorry, I got the product number for IBM Optim Data

Re: Dataflow analysis tools?

2009-03-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Try IN-COM's Smart TS XL. It have a wonderful GUI, smart query system. Itschak On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Andrew Rowley and...@blackhillsoftware.com wrote: If you're interested in the sort of data that can be found in SMF, it sounds like it might be an interesting report to add to

DB2 Table archiving...

2009-03-17 Thread Itschak Mugzach
We have a need to archive / migrate a complete table based on last reference date and restore it when referenced. This should work exactly like DFHSM/DMS ML1/ML2 migration. This is due to many tables that are created by end users with several tools like QMF. Do U know any product that does that?

Re: VSAM files

2009-03-13 Thread Itschak Mugzach
VSAM performance tuning is done by setting appropriate buffers. If you use SMS managed, it is easier. Itschak On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Richards, Robert B. robert.richa...@opm.gov wrote: CR+ and its VSAM Mgr component Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Splitting files into a variable number of cataloged files

2009-03-12 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Idcams skip Count... On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:58 PM, John McKown joa...@swbell.net wrote: On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:36:21 -0600, Howard Brazee howard.bra...@cusys.edu wrote: I need to create a routine that can be used with a bunch of different extracts to split files into new files of

Re: Splitting files into a variable number of cataloged files

2009-03-12 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Mar 2009 20:18:42 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: Idcams skip Count... I don't think that would word in this case. 1) the OP wants CEIL(n/10) output files, where n is the number of input records, which is not known beforehand. He stated that empty output files were

Re: OOREXX and USS/TSO

2009-03-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
This is the point. I am not sure about the z/os side, but USS is fully posix compliance and OOREXX claimed to run on UNIX . I just wonder if the address command will work (like ISPEXEC, TSO, etc). I am looking for someone that already passed this route Regards, Itschak On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at

Re: OOREXX and USS/TSO

2009-03-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
-- Received: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:39:46 AM COT From: Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: OOREXX and USS/TSO This is the point. I am not sure about the z/os side, but USS is fully posix compliance and OOREXX claimed to run on UNIX . I just wonder

Re: OOREXX and USS/TSO

2009-03-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
It stands for Open Object Rexx. It is a Java like code that can (?) run under Unix windows. ITschak On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Tony Harminc tz...@attglobal.net wrote: 2009/2/28 Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com: Does anyone has good experience in developing OOREXX under USS including

Do and don't in programing (Security wise)

2009-03-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I am looking for some rules of Thumb regarding what is improper to code in a program (say Cobol, but in general, any language) from security point of view. Are there any resources on that any where? Some examples: - Do nit use literals of variables containing Account numbers, SSNs, Etc. in your

OOREXX and USS/TSO

2009-02-28 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Does anyone has good experience in developing OOREXX under USS including TSO and ISPF Address commands? I'll try to co-submit this question to TSO-REXX. Does the OOREXX Compiler hides the source code to keep intellectual proprieties? ITschak

Re: SYMDEF length limitations

2009-02-27 Thread Itschak Mugzach
in JCL processing to substitute a symbol value longer than that symbol's name ought to work equally well if employed in PARMLIB processing. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Subject: Re: SYMDEF length

SYMDEF length limitations

2009-02-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I looked in the init Tunning guide but it is not clear if the Value of a symdef variable is limited in length. Can I use SYMDEF to create a variable that holds 44 chars dsname? Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: SYMDEF length limitations

2009-02-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
. The reference is very clear about the length of the symbol as well the length of the substitution text. Sean -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: SYMDEF length limitations

2009-02-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Yes, it is a strange restriction. My question came from my try to build a customization tool for our product that uses SYDEFS, instead of parmlib. I'll have to cut the dsname into pieces. The idea was to point to a parmlib of load library by do the customization outside the product. Itschak On

Re: FTP alternative needed

2009-02-25 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Cyber-Ark On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:09 PM, larry macioce mace1...@gmail.com wrote: We are looking at some other(more secure) product to move sensitive date between agencies.What are some of you using? thanks Mace -- For

Re: 3270 emulator cost

2009-02-24 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Try www.ericom.com I worked with most products in the market, they are second best only to IBMs PCOM and only because they don't support console streams. Itschak On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Schwarz, Barry A barry.a.schw...@boeing.com wrote: As part of a replacement for a 12 year old

Re: Using a PC as DASD

2009-02-20 Thread Itschak Mugzach
know what will happen tomorrow and for sure if you live in Ashdod, Israel (near Gaza...). Thanks, Shai On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: How will he IPL his system if you use TCP/IP to communicate to the PC? An easier way is to but an Escon

Re: Using a PC as DASD

2009-02-20 Thread Itschak Mugzach
. Thanks, Shai On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shai, I think your product could be a wonderful FTP replacement for mainframe if the PC side would be able to read the file system of this 3390 emulation. I also think that you

Re: Using a PC as DASD

2009-02-19 Thread Itschak Mugzach
How will he IPL his system if you use TCP/IP to communicate to the PC? An easier way is to but an Escon to Ficon converter. There are some players in this area. ITschak On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM, shai hess shai.h...@gmail.com wrote: HI, MFNetDisk uses the TCP a a media to connect the

Re: Rexx / edit macro bug?

2009-02-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Haven't tried that, but why not just doing: find xxx' locate 401 find xxx It will put the cursor on the start of the found string without changing the screen position as the find value is in the LVLINed area. ITschak On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Clark Pearson clark.pear...@ventura-uk.com

Re: EXECIO

2009-02-18 Thread Itschak Mugzach
You didn't specify disposition. it defaulted to OLD. Try 'SHR' at the end of the alloc statement. ITschak On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Maria Brown brown...@hotmail.com wrote: I am writing to a partitioned dataset via the EXECIO command. The dataset is also currently in use by an active

Re: REXX and SDSF

2009-02-10 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I would suggest to use the TSO CONSOLE command. It enables association of a token to your command and to query specifically for the command response. Did you looked into MVS syslog to see if a response ever written into it and with what time step? ITschak On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Maria

Re: HMC screen refresh rate

2009-01-27 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Gadi, This is something I recommend that you'll ask your technical support at IBM. It is a well known problem. I tried to consolidate the HMC CRT into a KVM that had freq. limitations and couldn't changed it myself. ITschak 2009/1/27 גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com Our HMC came with a 17 CRT and

Re: zSecure Audit Concern with EJES SVC

2009-01-21 Thread Itschak Mugzach
I assume this SVC 255 (poor numbering) does what svc255 usually does. This is why Ed will write it here. ITschak On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Bruce Hewson bruce_hew...@hotmail.comwrote: Ulrich, what I noticed is that this was a dynamically installed SVC. refer to SVCUPDTE comment. I

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-01-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
: In response to a Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:00:36 +0200 message from Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com: You seem to be mixing terminology, and possibly causing confusion, Itschak. (Though I think Chris understands what you've said and has provided some good pointers.) You start out by saying Now

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-01-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
. This is where I start when doing Pentest. Itschak On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Walt, I might used worng wording, but when I said LOGON to CICS (or any other VTAM

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-01-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
closer? Chris Mason On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:51:31 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: Walt, I might used worng wording, but when I said LOGON to CICS (or any other VTAM application on partner sight, I ment it. The only limit I have when Pentesting is the partner company

VTAM security issue

2009-01-13 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Please have a look at this scenario: CICS of organization A is connected (LU6.2 Connection) to CICS of organization B. No problem with that. I looked into the CDRM and found some other application of organization B defined in VTAMLST of oranization A. Tried LOGON APPLID(xxx) and gpt the GMtran of

Re: VTAM security issue

2009-01-13 Thread Itschak Mugzach
] There are others historically but very, very unlikely today. [2] Post again if you need help with this. Essentially, it's in the definition of the CDRM statements. On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:33:35 +0200, Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: Please have a look at this scenario: CICS

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Itschak Mugzach
you wrote There are a bunch of messages for uninitialized DASD... This might cause short on CSA, that in turn, cause halt in IPL. How many uninit. dasd do you have? ITschak On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.comwrote: Dave, I always do my first IPL with the

Re: Can I rename a USERCAT

2009-01-07 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Catalogs are also pointed from the VVDS for Vsam datasets... On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Barry Jones jones...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if I can use IDCAMS to rename a USERCAT. If I can, then I presume that I'd need to DELETE and DEFINE any ALIAS related to the USERCAT.

Re: Recovery from a logic error

2009-01-04 Thread Itschak Mugzach
it look like lot of work to do (copy check). why don't you just backup the data and ensure an IPL from a one pack system? Data can then be loaded to the target dabase engine in case of severe error. ITschak On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Magen Margalit syste...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sorry

Re: new lpar

2009-01-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Or IBM2074... ITschak On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: ---snip-- At Washington University, we have a device that all of the PCs that act as consoles are plugged into. I can't remember the name of

Re: Recovery from a logic error

2009-01-02 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Magen, Phisical dumps will not keep your referential integrity. U must use utlities. Have a look at DR/Expert from OpenTech systems at http://www.opentechsystems.com/drdb2.php. You can call me if you need more info. Same phone. Itschak On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Binyamin Dissen

Re: Syncsort Oddity

2008-12-31 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Gadi, May Syncsort truncate the record if trailing x'00'' or blanks are padded at end of some of the records? I would look into the shorter records in the file to see if they are realy shorter... Itschak 2008/12/31 גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com Hi, I've encountered something in Syncsort,

UNICICS?

2008-12-24 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Few years ago, Sun purchased a product called UNICICS. I am not sure they still selling it, but I wonder what is the latest product name... Regards, Itschak -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: UNICICS?

2008-12-24 Thread Itschak Mugzach
NOT a bad idea, Bob! No. This is a small OS/VS Cobol Application that should be removed from the mainframe for some reason. ITschak On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.comwrote: So I guess now you can convert off z/OS to Solaris, and then run OpenSolaris on

Re: Is there a tool to put SMF data into DB/2?

2008-12-17 Thread Itschak Mugzach
David, SMF80 (RACF) has this support. May be this is what you have seen (or looked for). ITschak On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:52 PM, David Logan loga3...@comcast.net wrote: I think I saw a little about this when I searched the archives, but it wasn't clear. I will look into this a bit more.

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