Re: Z/architecture I/O questions

2012-02-15 Thread Staller, Allan
A lot to go through here, but let's take it one step at a time. Comments interspersed. snip I've got a few questions about How z hardware handles I/Os and LPAR dispatching. I've done a fair bit of reading, but still some things I don't understand. We are on Z9's We are using shared CPs. We are

Re: zSeries Manpower Sizing

2012-02-17 Thread Staller, Allan
The largest MF shop I have worked for supported 10 sysplex, 44 lpars, at least 20 processors, across 3 continents. The support staff was (as best I can recall) z/OS and program products including most vendor software (9), CICS/VTAM/TCPIP (6), IMS/DB2/MQ (sysprog only) (5) DBA's and other were

Re: Does HBDELETE forces tape mount??

2012-02-17 Thread Staller, Allan
HBDELETE does not require a tape mount. BTW, ,HBDELETE deletes a dataset backup, not the tape. This is handled by other processes. HTH, snip can you pls tell me if doing hbdelete against a tape volume does it forces a tape mount ??? /snip

Re: Does HBDELETE forces tape mount??

2012-02-17 Thread Staller, Allan
HDELETE snip and how about ML2 dsns??? If i do HRECALL against MIGRAT2 volume ??? is there a way of just invalid the entry in MCDS avoiding tape mounting ?? /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: HSM Recall Failure

2012-02-24 Thread Staller, Allan
Decode the following to find the explanation: ARC1001I PNGG00.IT3PCK.CSDITB.D0.KS250 RECALL FAILED, RC=0069, REAS=0477 HTH, snip I'm trying to recall a data set migrated to ML2. The recall fails due to errors found in either the VVDS or VTOC. Is there somebody that would be able to point me in

Re: Duplicating SYSOUT output to another DD/DSN in realtime ? (JCL)

2012-02-27 Thread Staller, Allan
YES!. Define multiple output statements //out1 output. //out2 output... And refer to them //sysprint dd output=(*.out1,*.out2) HTH, -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Duplicating SYSOUT output to another DD/DSN in realtime ? (JCL)

2012-02-27 Thread Staller, Allan
AFAIK, this will not work with a dataset. snip YES!. Define multiple output statements //out1 output. //out2 output... And refer to them //sysprint dd output=(*.out1,*.out2) HTH, That is what I thought first, but I think he wants it to both sysout and a dataset. /snip

Re: DFHSM QUESTION : EXPIRE NON-USAGE

2012-02-28 Thread Staller, Allan
snip I have noticed that server dsns are being retained by DFHSM and my suspicion is that the EXPIRE NON-USAGE and EXPIRE DATE/DAYS are in conflict in MANAGEMENT class. For example MGMTCLAS EXPIRE EXPIRERETPARTIAL PRIMARY NAME NON-USAGE

Re: HSM recover backup from an missing tape

2012-03-01 Thread Staller, Allan
There is no easy way to do this short of brute force. However, Brute force is just what computers were designed for! Generate a clist/rexx to issue the commad 'HLIST DA('datasetname') BOTH for each dataset on the TTOC listing. This will tell you if there is a backup for this dataset. Use this

Re: Why _TZ put times 7 minutes off?

2012-03-02 Thread Staller, Allan
I would suggest that the HW clock is 7 minutes off of GMT snip In accordance with an earlier thread I am setting _TZ to 'EST5EDT' rather than the configured null so that strftime(%z) works as expected. I just discovered that that is throwing my local times off by 7 minutes. Does that make ANY

Re: JCL example to relink a CSECT into an existing load module

2012-03-08 Thread Staller, Allan
On the basis of the information provided, below, IMO, the only *SAFE* way to make this change is to recompile the entire application. Perhaps if you provided some additional info about BA4C1426, I might have some additional alternatives. Since you have go through the pain of a mass compile, I

Re: HSM Recall Failure

2012-03-09 Thread Staller, Allan
VVDS/VVR/CELL ERRORS ENCOUNTERED FOR CLUSTER PNGG00.CSPACK.CSDITB.D0.KS250 seems to be the root cause. At others have suggested run diagnose/examine on the affected vvds's. and catalogs. Correct any errors found and retry. It may be that the original backup was invalid. You might also check

Re: Jes2 checkpoint level/mode

2012-03-19 Thread Staller, Allan
Checkpoint LEVEL and checkpoint MODE are 2 distinct and unrelated parameters. Checkpoint LEVEL is a JES level set required for MAS dependencies on certain functions. If any system in the MAS is not at the required level, or the checkpoint level is insufficient, the new function cannot be used

Re: Execution Velocity

2012-03-20 Thread Staller, Allan
Try here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/servers_eserver_zseries_zos_wlm_ pdf_velocity_pdf_velocity.pdf snip Can someone please explain execution velocity for Workload Manager, I'd really appreciate it. We do not seem to be getting the results we thought we would. On this particular

Re: ACIF in zOS1.12

2012-03-21 Thread Staller, Allan
AFAIK ... NO ACIF is a chargeable item circa z/OS 1.9... snip Hi all, Does ACIF still free in zOS 1.12 ? We're trying to migrate to zOS1.12 from 1.7 (in which ACIF is Free as part of PSF). /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Leaving IBM

2012-03-26 Thread Staller, Allan
Best wishes and my the fish be biting Thanks for all of the wonderful contributions to IBM-MAIN and RACF-L over the years. You have been appreciated! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Malicious Software Protection

2012-03-27 Thread Staller, Allan
Get some new auditors! snip z/OS, with proper security controls (and believe me - we have LOTS!) should not have to worry about such things, at least that's what I've always heard. Any input on this topic would be GREATLY appreciated!! /snip

Re: Relocating files in custompac - Z1.13

2012-03-29 Thread Staller, Allan
Go to the dataset summary and reassign the LVOL of the dataset. Move that LVOL to the 2nd PVOL HTH, snip I am working in the modify system layout panels. I have a 3390-9 being used for the dlib libraries and need to relocate some files to a second volume because the mod-9 is full. According to

Re: Trying to capture JES2 Job Log

2012-03-30 Thread Staller, Allan
Check the MSGLEVEL setting in JES2 (JOBCLASS(STC) or JOBDEF). snip I've been away for a while but ready to revisit this at it's a real irritant. It shouldn't be this difficult. I checked a task I can cycle as needed. When I view the stc via SDSF all portions (except internal text) show

Re: Printing limits and userids

2012-03-30 Thread Staller, Allan
I can't think of any way to do this natively with JES, VPS, or other exits. The only thing I can think of is to write a batch program to invoke the SAPI interface and take the appropriate action (run on regular intervals). Doc can be found in: z/OS V1R13.0 MVS Using the Subsystem Interface

Re: Trying to capture JES2 Job Log

2012-03-30 Thread Staller, Allan
Try changing the MSGLEVEL to (1,1) or make this a started job with the MSGLEVEL=(1,1) on the job card. Check the fine manuals for info on STARTED JOBS. snip JOBCLASS(STC) AUTH=(ALL),BLP=YES,COMMAND=IGNORE, CONDPURG=NO,IEFUJP=NO,IEFUSO=NO,

Re: Trying to capture JES2 Job Log

2012-03-30 Thread Staller, Allan
See my previous comment regarding STARTED JOBS. This should allow you to just provide the 1 override. The SDSF XDC command can also be used to capture the JESMSGLG prior to shutdown. I do not currently use started jobs MSGLEVEL=1 is what comes up in my case. This may be the default for

Re: VSAM help wanted for random reads

2012-04-05 Thread Staller, Allan
Last time I looked, AIX with upgrade (required for the OP's described conditions) was a *VERY POOR* performer. However, with the small proportion of updates later described, this does not seem like it would have a disproportionate impact. snip Create an AIX pointing at the file with the AIX key

Re: Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet

2012-04-06 Thread Staller, Allan
USS plus useful content - Read fully USS acronym wars --Plonk! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: LU0, SNA, TCPIP issue

2012-04-06 Thread Staller, Allan
Lots of ways to go here. Upgrade CICS to use LU2. CICS also (IIRC) speaks TCP directly. TN3270/TN3270E Some emulator client on PC (Rumba, VISTA, PCOMM) HTH, -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: SMF from critical application

2012-04-11 Thread Staller, Allan
I agree w/Martin. At the time of IEFU83, all of the processing has been done, and you are merely trying to suppress the writing of the record. The writing of the SMF record is an asynchronous process, handled by the traditional SMF writer, or the System Logger and does not affect application

Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset

2012-04-11 Thread Staller, Allan
Access method snip Other utilities, such as IEBGENER. have to decompress the data set as they are doing a record by record, logical, copy (this may not be true for IDCAMS when using the compression interface, see II14507). Is this done by the utility (ugh!) or by the access method? /snip

Re: Batch utility to show DCB info for files

2012-04-11 Thread Staller, Allan
CLIST function LISTDSI snip Is there a standard IBM batch utility that can show the DCB and Space atributes for a file? I tried LISTCAT, but it didn't give me this data. I would like to generate a report for a whole list of files, so as we shift these to another location, we can have the

Re: SSL FTPing via crypto processor

2012-04-12 Thread Staller, Allan
1) If CPACF is available, I believe it will be used 2) IIRC, TLS uses symmetric key 3) Encryption generally incurs fairly significant overhead. IIRC, TCPIP will offload this work to a zIIP if available. HTH, snip as the subject , a couple of questions to be clarified . from z10+ , with z/OS

Re: GO TO cobol

2012-04-16 Thread Staller, Allan
The branch execution logic in modern (s/360 or newer. YES s/360 circa 1963) are among the most efficient in the processor. That still has not changed. Forget anyone ever told you that GO TO increases CPU overhead. snip .. GO TO was made a pariah by an article by Edgar Dijkstra.

Re: SMS QUESTION

2012-04-17 Thread Staller, Allan
Apparently you have already looked up the relevant return code/reason code (IDC3009I RC140 RSN110). Lots of hits in IBM DB, for RC140, but none w/RSN110 0) Was SMS fully activated w/o errors at the time? 1) is the original dataset SMS managed? And Extended format? 2) Are you sure of you SMS

Re: Jes job log unavailable in STC

2012-04-19 Thread Staller, Allan
What does $DOUTCLASS(K) show? snip Jon, we've include a job card in IEFJOBS library in MSTJCLxx and it doesn't work. The job card include MSGLEVEL and MSGCLASS. //SMFDUMP JOB MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=K // JCLLIB ORDER=SYS1.PROCLIB //SMFDUMP EXEC SMFDUMP /snip

Re: Trying to capture JES2 Job Log

2012-04-19 Thread Staller, Allan
From Jorge's original post(which also answers my previous question regarding the output of $DOUTCLASS(K)): snip Hello: We can't view the STC jes job log when our started tasks ended. When they are executing we can view the jes job log, but after they ended we can view only the SYSPRINT. We've

Re: PDF vs. Bookie (was: ADATA Exit)

2012-04-23 Thread Staller, Allan
As a general rule, I have found the NEXT GENERATION internet tools to be a step backwards from their predecessors. Witness the IBM Support Portal, Internet Library, ) In functionality, data accuracy and performance. snip And another disparaging remark against IBMs 'Information Center': I'm

Re: SDSF JES $JOURNAL Can somebody read this ?

2012-04-24 Thread Staller, Allan
snip Is there something important in SDSF JES $JOURNAL and $INTTEXT ? /snip $INTTEXT is the pseudo-code output from the converter (very similar in concept to dynamic allocation text units). It may be displayed/not displayed by use of the SDSF command line entry INPUT OFF/ON. This is almost

Re: Catalog IDCAMS Verify - IEC161I 032-015

2012-04-25 Thread Staller, Allan
From : http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2M6C0/SPTB B3351 RC148 An unidentified error occurred while VSAM was searching the catalog. Is there a FILE01 DD statement in you IDCAMS JCL? Does it point to the correct volume/dsn? From :

Re: Catalog Question

2012-04-30 Thread Staller, Allan
Try here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II13354 snip I just started receiving the following message on a catalog IEC361I CATALOG CATLOG.MVS.VGEM913 (DATA) HAS REACHED 82% OF THE MAXIMUM EXTENTS The messages are coming out about twice a month. I am running z/OS 1.9 Can

Re: WLM : multiple periods not recommended for batch - why?

2012-05-01 Thread Staller, Allan
snip I have read a few articles that say that multiple periods are not recommended for batch service classes. Multiple periods seems to be considered a bit old fashioned. I haven't been able to find anything clearly explaining why. I have always felt that they worked well. My best guess is

Re: IBMLink Outage May 4-7

2012-05-03 Thread Staller, Allan
In most (if not all) cases I have found the second generation tools (SIS, Support Portal, IBM Link, z/OS Internet Library,) to be inferior to the systems they replaced. Performance, availability, and ease of use have all suffered. The only item I can give a passing grade to is content. (and

Re: SELECTING SMF RECORDS FOR 1 DAY

2012-05-04 Thread Staller, Allan
Control statements look good to me. Change the BLKSIZE on OUTDD1 to 27998 i.e. ...DCB=(recfm=vbs,lrecl=32760,blksize=27998) Increase the space allocation. There are an awful lot of type14/15 records cut. Michael Cleary's DAF (CBT FILE 094) will be helpful here to decode the records. Don't

Re: FTP Parameters in Batch

2012-05-08 Thread Staller, Allan
Look at the file pointed to by the //FTPDATA dd statement snip Can anyone assist please. I am looking for the FTP parameters to overwrite the default size of a Z9 dataset that is created in 'Tracks' and not in 'Cylinders'. //INPUT DD * ascii

Re: ### of GDG Entries

2012-05-10 Thread Staller, Allan
Short answer... NO. The data can be kept after it rolls off the GDG, but it is just a file at that point and must be referenced by the fully qualified DSN e.g. x.y.x.gvnn snip We have a business application that creates literally 100s of GDGs a day; please don't ask. Is there any way to

IBM support Portal

2012-05-17 Thread Staller, Allan
Anybody having trouble getting to actual APAR data? Searches seem to be OK, but technical difficulties when actually attempting to access information. Seems to have been down since 04:00 CST The new support tools fail again in terms of availability, reliability, and performance.

Re: Servicelink, ETR and SR

2012-05-18 Thread Staller, Allan
I will repeat the gist of many previous attempts to get the attention of IBM. The next generation tools are inferior to their (IIRC, z/VM based) predecessors in terms of performance, reliability and functionality. z/VM, z/OS, and AIX are designed with fault tolerance and hot failover

Re: Anyone using MASH (Multiple Address Space HSM)

2012-05-22 Thread Staller, Allan
Look in the Setting up a SYSPLEX manual. It will talk about HSMplex's etc. Should be helpful. I am running a single HSMplex at this time. The only gotcha I recall is be careful with any ADDVOL commands for non-SMS managed volumes. HTH, snip I am working on a conversion document to change our

Re: JES/2 Proc SYSIN Concat Error??

2012-06-05 Thread Staller, Allan
snip I only receive the DD * data in SYSUT2, not the copied ISCLG.JCL(SHOWIT) proc. * -- * * THIS IS THE PROC YOUR EXECUTING* *

Re: DFHSM Secondary Space Management

2012-06-08 Thread Staller, Allan
Verify the actually assigned management class for the datasets in question. It may not be the one you think it is. Actually, IIRC, by default, the dataset cannot be deleted from ML2 if there is no backup. There is a patch available in the DFHSM Implementation/Customization Guide to change this

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