And I have a feeling that CTCs aren't sufficient - I think you need
coupling links.
But I've never implemented it, so check the doco as Alan mentioned.
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The follow on from Sysplex timers is Server Time Protocol. It is
microcode
And I wouldn't even bother to separate them - I just got the 89's added
to the 70-79's I had put aside for my RMF analysis.
We usually found most of the SCRT data were already/still in the VTS
cache when we ran the SCRT report.
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On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 20:30 -0400, Lopez, Sharon wrote:
Is MCNVTCAT available with the server/pak orders? If not, what is
everyone using to define new entries into a new master catalog?
Use RCNVTCAT from the cbt. It has the same format/reports as MCNVTCAT
plus extras - all in REXX.
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to have fallen
into positions of influence in their own little ponds.
Despite Pauls protestations, even the (pure ) *nix world is somewhat
subject to the limitations of bureaucratic stupidity.
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Unfortunately a shrinking pond is ultimately going to do none of us any
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Then the DEL NSCR will work.
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happy to turn up, but must admit I stay at commercial hostelries rather
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Handy to have a script I can just fire off every so often to get updates
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Is it just me or has IBM completely stopped updating NEWS since 1/20/09?
Maybe no news is no news ...
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Hi Shane,
What about IBM's GENERATE command to generate IDCAMS control statements,
based on existing records in the specified BCS(s)? This command is a complete
replacement for the IBM utility, MCNVTCAT, which indeed is no longer
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 07:59 -0500, Karla Arndt wrote:
Also, the correct spot in the book is Part 2 instead of Chapter 2. My
apologies for that error.
That was the source of my concern - I withdraw my allegation ... :p
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to expedite an
Endevor upgrade. A request filtered up to me to have an (authorized)
exit activated as part of the install.
That got my interest.
A RACF exit no less - might have even been RCX01.
Short answer, two letters, starts with N ...
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On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 14:54 +1000, Stephen Mednick wrote:
No such restriction exists!!!
G'day Steve - 'bout time someone rattled your chain again ... :^)
Gotta keep these vendors on their toes.
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I would treat any abends seen after the intiial force as pure tourist
information.
tourist information ???
Careful fella, you're starting to sound like Craddock ... :-)
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Sorry folks, another (non) private email gone AWOL ... :sigh:
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) python code on a (Linux) client to produce some nice (z/OS)
graphs - but I'm sure that would still require a RMF license.
Crazy, crazy talk ...
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On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 14:23 +0530, Jacky Bright wrote:
Due to licensing cost cutting my client is considering removing CMF. Also he
is not ready
On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 04:08 -0400, Rob Scott wrote:
I think that running without either RMF or CMF is not to be advised.
Almost word-for-word what I said :0)
Glad to see we agree.
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Did this happen to anyone else?
No yet ...
Maybe subscription probes have been bounced, so you got dropped.
Come to think of it, I see a lot more probes at my work address then I
do on this one :(
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On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 14:39 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
Be suspicious. Be very suspicious.
O ye, of little faith
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Me: Yep
Boss: Lemme see a paper or two.
Me: Managed Code Rootkits - Hooking into...
Thud.
Actually I'd be surprised if the discussion got that far ... :0)
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With that much slush-ware in the way, I'd be surprised if there was any
way to ever find out.
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So long as it wasn't an object deck.
Very early on I got into the habit of diagonally marking (the edge of)
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of levity rather than condescension.
Much as we continually call for APIs for general usage, this particular
one I found a mongrel to use.
As I'm sure a I've said before.
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Well, well, well - CA dropping exits all over the place that can't be
managed properly.
Who'da thought ?.
No doubt done for our convenience.
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(there was only one direction it could go), but only
after inexcusable angst imposed on the user community.
I still have a hard time accepting
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(and that from someone currently perusing the {Linux} memory management
source whilst
are hardly likely to improve.
But maybe I digress.
Maybe.
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My response would be:
Bloody good question.
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... if you want your message (and frustrations) to
reach them you probably should use the MVS-OE mailing list instead.
And have us all miss out on the entertainment ?.
How's that fair ?.
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Needed a *real* good justification - didn't get authorized too often.
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... one of the big 4 retail banks in Australia were disappointed
with the performance of WMB.
Now that *is* a surprise.
... only one ??? ...
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Avoid the use of Java when not needed.
s/ when not needed//
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(When I can edit my source files directly on
z/OS with Nedit, I'll be a happy camper!)
I thought Nedit had quietly died a few years back. Nice editor.
Shane
Jaunty (9.04), and it
seemed familiar. Smaller than I recall with lesstiff rather than Motif.
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Pick your poison - perl, awk, grep, sed, ...
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Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?.
Just wondering if my address was harvested from here.
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to as an IBMer. If you could
elaborate on the basis for your statement, that would be extremely helpful.
(Still) can't resist tugging the tigers tail Roger ?.
Phil would be proud ... ;0)
Interesting site in your sig - hadn't been there before. Interesting mix
of links.
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to better use the engine(s). zAAPs and new eligible workloads
made this even more obvious.
I can't be the only (non-ISV) customer sysprog that has thought I
wonder how that works - might be handy here. Pity none of us has the
spare time and machinery to have a play.
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(just noticed Brians
some idea of what will
cause pinned events on current kit.
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of cutting code, I bet they
have rectified that since the zPrime balloon went up.
As customers, just ask IBM (formally) what their stance is. No doubt you
will be reminded of your license obligations.
One assumes NEON is standing behind a phalanx of lawyers.
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On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 07:48 -0500, Alan Altmark wrote:
For reference,
http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/%27HTTPD2.PT217.HTML(INDEX)%27
Thanks for the attempt Alan, but I wonder how many of the unwashed
masses have access to that page.
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the only one.
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for install. Given
that the product has been purchased and is presumably required, how's
that under the installation's control ?.
As Dave says, this blows the whole idea of security to hell (sorry Dave,
my emphasis ... ;-)
Shane
Good luck fella - there's a lot of (justified IMHO) bad blood out there
you're going to have to overcome.
It'd better be good.
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edges.
More action to come no doubt.
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;
although for console traffic you will probably be safe.
You could find yourself chasing seriously obtuse bugs in (other parts
of) your system for some considerable time. I found abends in VTAM some
hours after an overlay from such an exit. Tuff to track.
Shane
Must admit I was stunned you didn't offer this as an option first.
John Mc wrote:
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package it properly.
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We have Hourglass (now an IBM product) that zaps DB2's DSNXGRDS and
L/E's CEEPLPKA. The zaps for DB2 modify some - but not all - CSECTs
in DSNXGRDS. I know less about the L/E module but I suspect it is the
same. Does
be the dominant force in
this pond ?. Barbara won't be happy if it's the latter ... :0)
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be moot.
Just gets better and better ...
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and build an (html) index page - that way I can read
them anywhere.
... or is the only place you
can get them on the online book manager site as HTML?
That's not much use as it's s slow and the format is poor.
Hard to argue - I reckon it is unusable.
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...
Haven't we been here before ???.
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On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 22:00 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Why cah't they devise a single SDSF screen that shows all spool
objects I own?
Have a chat to Ed - maybe he can suggest something that might even do
what customers actually want ... ;-)
Shane
offering, and then stumbled through Centos and Debian
with no better luck. The network (and console) interfaces are a
nightmare.
The box remains a forlorn heap in the corner of the office.
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continue to support himself and his family.
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of ServerPac (dialog) libraries -
easy to manage multiple installs - including disparate ones like (all)
those mentioned.
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Leonard Sasso wrote:
I suspect not a few didn't see the post. After the spamming we got, I
blacklisted him.
I bet I wasn't the only one.
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have been the SE, but I would expect HMC (I wasn't actually
involved, just on the sidelines).
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As I said, I wasn't directly involved, but I would expect so. We had a
(just one) machine in the office at the time that could handle DVD-RAM.
We gave the disk to our friendly IBM CE to deal with.
Looked like any other DVD-RAM, so hopefully generic media might work.
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On Thu, 2009-11-12
MEGABYTES!).
Hmmm - my opinions of write once, run nowhere java is probably well
known.
Despite Kirks protestations, most of the java I see seems to have been
written by people who have their programming grounding (for want of a
better term) in basic.
Maybe I'm just unlucky.
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some IFLs, save a bunch of money on a fixed contract.
Initially was only for new z10s.
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Haven't tried, but it doesn't look like it - the manual specifically
mentions support on z9 and z10.
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On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:33 +0200, Gadi Wrote:
I am in the process of installing z/OS 1.11 on our z890.
During IPL I encountered some message related to BCPii.
After a bit
On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 07:58 -0500, Bob Shannon wrote:
The owner is a lawyer and is a billionaire, give or take. This was expected.
No doubt all true, but I had expected the action in the reverse
direction.
Shane
to customers. Some of quite USA-centric
unfortunately.
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(off-list ???)
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 06:52 -0600, Ravi Kumar wrote:
Off List Post*
Does anyone have any experience for the System z Technical specialist exam?
Test 000-428 ?
I have been trying to get
On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 08:24 -0500, Peter Relson wrote:
Handy for whom?
-- Those who want to understand the internals of Java? Yes.
-- Anyone else? To be blunt, no one who follows the rules of programming
interfaces.
All up, sounds like a pretty reasonable definition of java.
Shane
happens.
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On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 08:45 -0600, Mohammad Khan wrote:
In other words more lipstick is being applied here. When are they going to
realize that it's a pig ?
Hard to argue ... :-))
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other languages as well.
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reason why I never followed the IBM recommendation to use
plexcfg=any even for a monoplex. Too much margin for error.)
+1
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(re-)arises from the ashes.
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again ...
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On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 00:25 -0600, Chris Craddock wrote:
It isn't rocket science
but there are an amazing number of packaging tools out there that don't
understand SMP/E arcana.
No surely not.
I think I'd better take a seat and recompose myself.
Shane
. Only way to fix it was Q - and a
fella who happened to know just a tad about JES2 structure.
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On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 06:39 -0600, John P Kalinich wrote:
When we pick teams, I want to be on Barbara's side.
Me too - especially if it should come to pass that she actually gets mad
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What, no leap years/seconds in 7 years ... ?
I've been waiting for gil to come thundering in from stage right.
Shane ...
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 21:21 -0600, Bill Godfrey wrote:
Strange that the number of seconds in 7 years is found
in a word that is supposed to be timer units
the time.
Depends on environment.
I seem to recall John John saying he runs separate MCATs - presumably
not connected, and with (VSAM) volumes not shared between systems.
In a single cat-plex I think you'll find SYS1 and PAGE are still the
only exceptions.
Shane
bring up the same system, no problem - if another system attempts
to use that datasets (currently used or not) you get the prompt.
Don't know about the re-cat issue - but I may not have tried since 1.7.
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whole thing. Less reason to actually attend leads to poorer attendances
leads to poorer content, leads to ...
Hope I'm wrong.
I imagine the discussions on whether to do this were vigorous.
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I would have thought DB2 might be a more pressing issue for a business.
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On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 23:42 +0300, Mike Shorkend wrote:
z/os 1.9 is going out of service in September IIRC. We have to migrate to
z/os 1.11 before then.
The LPAR has 4.5 GB
DB2 V8
Cheers Tom, thanks for fighting the good fight. And Peter for the time
and patience.
These sort of exchanges must go on all the time - principally within IBM
I guess. Too little of the meat and gristle makes its way into the
public arena. Hence misconceptions accrete.
Interesting read.
Shane
Hey Joel, yeah I realised after I sent it that was probably a senior
moment.
We've been chasing customers re DB2, but that would have been to get
them off V7.
D'oh.
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On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 08:20 -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote:
DB2 V8 EoS is 2012-04-30, light years away by comparison
to be dynamically adjusted (I
haven't checked the zLinux code, but I presume it does likewise). It
also spreads the allocation across any (NUMA) memory nodes that are
available - does zSeries do likewise across multiple books ?.
Shane
activation - are you prepared
to accept that memory allocation won't be similarly impacted by poor
decisions ?.
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leave it to Ted to expound on the (in)adequacies of LSPR
projections.
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an SMF record so we could
later track who had been.
For other user, they had a RACF check - 1 extension allowed of 2,4 or 8
hours. Yes, hours. In need a user could be added to the access list for
the unlimited profile.
I didn't design it, I just cut the code ;-)
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residency ?. I've run through the RAX, but the only way I've been
able to get solid numbers is to pull a console dump and massage a
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knowledge (due in no small degree to vendor obfuscation), and the
vendors want to extract as much as possible for as long as possible
without enlightening said customer.
Business as usual to this jaundiced eye.
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Warlock Jaffe - ... I just have a problem with that image.
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Ed Finnell wrote:
Don't be such a piker
http://tinyurl.com/3xybhe8
Now you're talking! 8
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