Re: Tape dataset not Visible

2011-07-25 Thread Stan Weyman
Lizette, I suspect he is trying to actually browse the tape dataset itself which cannot be done from ISPF... Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: Tape dataset not Visible

2011-07-25 Thread Stan Weyman
Unless the user has MOUNT privileges. Granted. Unlikely, but granted g Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Monday

Re: Status of my posts

2011-07-10 Thread Stan Weyman
Re:: posts : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum You have a way with mock latin John LOL -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: CAMLST MACRO question

2011-06-22 Thread Stan Weyman
Are there alternate methods to retaining authorization when running under the TMP other than using IKJEFTSR? I have some REXX functions written in assembler that call other functions requiring authorization and the only method I was aware of to retain my authorization was to use the TSR? My

Re: CAMLST MACRO question

2011-06-22 Thread Stan Weyman
, Stan Weyman stan.wey...@emc.com wrote: Are there alternate methods to retaining authorization when running under the TMP other than using IKJEFTSR? I have some REXX functions written in assembler that call other functions requiring authorization and the only method I was aware of to retain my

Re: Customizing TSOPROC

2011-06-19 Thread Stan Weyman
What are the disadvantages of running under the interpreter? By stacking a command do you mean putting a command out on the external data queue and exiting, thus running the 'command'. Can you be clearer on this comment please? This is more out of curiosity. The last installation I was

Re: Customizing TSOPROC

2011-06-17 Thread Stan Weyman
. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 3:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Customizing TSOPROC

Re: SDSF to display Job

2011-04-20 Thread Stan Weyman
One other suggestion would be to enter the command OWNER ** on the DA screen. Both PREFIX and OWNER can be used to filter what you see on many SDSF screens. It is unlikely your problem but can cause the same type of display issue. Check with your SDSF administrator to get an answer to your

Re: Indirect Cataloging

2011-04-01 Thread Stan Weyman
heavy emphasis on the NOSCRATCH g It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: HMC System Console usage (one more time)

2011-03-29 Thread Stan Weyman
and not directly on the SE LAN subnet). Back in a previous life it saved me a LOT of walking back and forth to the HMC console during test IPLs. Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind

Re: HMC System Console usage (one more time)

2011-03-29 Thread Stan Weyman
Until JES is initialized and the log captured, it is extremely difficult to debug PARMLIB errors, etc amen to that... Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever

Re: Downloading PoOps?

2011-03-25 Thread Stan Weyman
Logging directly into Resource Link and using the Library tab specifying z196 shows me the latest version as 08. Is 09 readily available yet. All of the suggested links I've seen so far have been for 08. Regards, Stan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

2011-03-19 Thread Stan Weyman
: Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents??? On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Stan Weyman stan.wey...@emc.com wrote: Bookmanager's ability to search across shelves was the main feature I used when in Bookmanager otherwise I spent more time in the PDF version. It would be nice

Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

2011-03-19 Thread Stan Weyman
, 2011 6:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents??? On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Stan Weyman stan.wey...@emc.com wrote:  I take it the index cannot be built after the fact using a standard version of Adobe let alone just the reader right

Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

2011-03-18 Thread Stan Weyman
Bookmanager's ability to search across shelves was the main feature I used when in Bookmanager otherwise I spent more time in the PDF version. It would be nice if Abobe would search across a group of PDF files as well as Bookmanager does. Stan -Original Message- From: IBM

How to get the CPC name on which the current system is running

2011-03-17 Thread Stan Weyman
not to use this method. Does anyone know where the CPC name is obtained when D M=CPU is issued or, barring that, another place I can get the CPC name? Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.commailto:weyman_s...@emc.com EMC² *(508)249-3966 where

Re: How to get the CPC name on which the current system is running

2011-03-17 Thread Stan Weyman
My guess would have been D M=CPU uses an undocumented area. I've settled on using the ECVTHDNM and ECVTLPNM fields as they're part of the programming interface and should be more reliable than the fields in the IPA. BPCII has many parts that are quite hidden and not documented. Trying

Re: PSAAOLD question - when is it updated?

2011-03-14 Thread Stan Weyman
having been down this road on numerous occasions I think Rob has it pretty much nailed IMHO. Please send check payable to Rocket Software, etc, etc... G Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind

Re: rejected messages from verizon account

2011-03-10 Thread Stan Weyman
learned in this business is patience. Thanks to all for the suggestions and support. Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

Re: operlog

2011-03-10 Thread Stan Weyman
did in my copious free time lol Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

rejected messages from verizon account

2011-03-09 Thread Stan Weyman
I'm trying to use a personal account on verizon.net and am getting a reject for each message sent. I can't see anywhere in the settings anything that might be causing an issue. The subject line is 'test' and the message is 'Please ignore this test message'. The message I am getting back

Re: Moving from XCF-local to single-system sysplex environment

2011-02-25 Thread Stan Weyman
XCF (sysplex) - the key one. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

Re: Moving from XCF-local to single-system sysplex environment

2011-02-25 Thread Stan Weyman
BPXMCDS is the OMVS CDS type Allan. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM

Re: ASC. Mode

2011-02-18 Thread Stan Weyman
Rob gets the 'Understatement of the Month' award for this one g -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ASC. Mode There is a very

Re: IBMLINK Down?

2011-02-04 Thread Stan Weyman
MA down as well... Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: IBMLink f*ed up again??

2011-02-01 Thread Stan Weyman
I had this problem almost a month ago and never got a good answer as to what was causing it. Eventually it went away for the ETR I was trying to update. IBM's need to know stance you know... Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information

Re: If Else JCL question

2011-01-21 Thread Stan Weyman
way to handle exceptions (just my opinion though) so I've avoided them if at all possible. Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original

Re: If Else JCL question

2011-01-21 Thread Stan Weyman
JCL anymore). If a job with multiple steps got complex enough to require the use of both COND EVEN/ONLY and the standard COND=(x,op) checks, then I would seriously look to splitting this piece of work into multiple jobs. IMHO of course. Thanks for the correction Cris. regards Stan Weyman

Re: TSO User with SDSDF Console name of CICSCONS

2011-01-19 Thread Stan Weyman
Check from the DA screen under the pull down called 'Options'. Number 9 is where you can set the console name Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

Re: help

2011-01-15 Thread Stan Weyman
I got the '42' reference Rick g but I may have forgotten the significance of Friday I guess. It's been a LONG time since I read the book(s) Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor

Re: List spam

2011-01-14 Thread Stan Weyman
no longer want that information, I need to do something to stop it, thus verifying my email address as 'live' This is not the tactic of a company I care to do commerce with I'm afraid... Regards Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information

Re: List spam

2011-01-14 Thread Stan Weyman
a realist and this appears to be somewhat accepted in the world of email. I harken back to the days when anything posted that even smelled commercial would bring a stinging and last rebuke from the community. Ah the good old days (or were they g) LOL Regards, Stan Stan Weyman

Re: help

2011-01-14 Thread Stan Weyman
what does Friday have to do with the answer ;-) Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: BCPii code

2011-01-04 Thread Stan Weyman
...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of W. Kevin Kelley Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: BCPii code On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:47:45 -0500, Stan Weyman stan.wey...@emc.com wrote: The sample code is ok but nothing that will help that much. One of the two

Re: BCPii code

2011-01-03 Thread Stan Weyman
, CMD, et al); namely someone to ask questions of. If you run into problems feel free to ask through this forum or you can contact me via my email address. Good luck. Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise

Re: z/os x z/os.e differences

2010-12-17 Thread Stan Weyman
snip This shows to me (I´m a fresh new guy in z/os world) that binaries for z/os 1.8 and z/os.e 1.8 are same, and functions are enabled or disabled by changing product ID from 5655-G52 to 5694-A01. So, I can conclude that PSP upgrade zosv1r8 could be applied to z/os.e 1.8. In other words, there

Re: zOS messages.. totally true... almost totally useless

2010-11-20 Thread Stan Weyman
holding breath.turning blue.. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m

Re: DFDSS question

2010-11-17 Thread Stan Weyman
Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Norgauer

Re: HMC Web Interface

2010-09-30 Thread Stan Weyman
have you tried reloading Java on your machine. I ran into a similar problems with IE and the HMC. Firefox worked fine but I couldn't get into the HMC using IE. Reloaded Java and all worked fine. Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966

Re: Identify all MVS images in a CEC

2010-09-22 Thread Stan Weyman
With the exception of the VM issue and some pain getting the security profiles configured (IBM and/or the SAF vendor should be of help), BCPII is the way to do this. VM is an interesting challenge. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where

Re: Identify all MVS images in a CEC

2010-09-20 Thread Stan Weyman
. The applies to all LPARS and CECs regardless of sysplex connectivity Feel free to ask questions Steve. The documentation leaves a lot to be desired (trust me on this one...) Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives

Re: Identify all MVS images in a CEC

2010-09-20 Thread Stan Weyman
I strongly suggest BCPii over the HWMCAAPI SNMP interface. Hands down the BCPii interface is easier to use. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

Re: Identify all MVS images in a CEC

2010-09-20 Thread Stan Weyman
the ENF68 interface which I am still playing around with). Still far and away WORLDS better than SNMP HWMCAAPI programming g Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind

Re: z/OS, TCP/IP, and OSA

2010-09-15 Thread Stan Weyman
boxes IBM dubbed the 2074s. Very big, very heavy and very useless these days. Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: System Dump - Long non-dispatchable

2010-09-14 Thread Stan Weyman
Do a search at IBMLink on DUMP and QUIESCE and you should find it. Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

Re: Issuing WTOR SVC In Multitask Environment

2010-09-12 Thread Stan Weyman
around giving up control of the processor sigh This is not a solution. It might work, but not a solution. Can you describe more what you are trying to do?? Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep

Re: CFMODE STATUS

2010-09-10 Thread Stan Weyman
... Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu

Re: CFMODE STATUS

2010-09-10 Thread Stan Weyman
you are correct Mark. I do think at one point it did revert on POR because I remember having to reset it for some reason. As I said, I don't directly do this support (did so in another life elsewhere g). Thanks for correcting my mistake... regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior

Re: CFMODE STATUS

2010-09-10 Thread Stan Weyman
in a while when I have time I explore to see what's out there and invariably wander by your website. Thanks Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

Re: Where is APF documented?

2010-09-09 Thread Stan Weyman
. Not the greatest but the place to start... It's easy to know how to get APF authorized. The trickier part is knowing the many ways to lose it and tricks on how to get around it. Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where

Re: Where is APF documented?

2010-09-09 Thread Stan Weyman
Everything else is a detail. truer words have yet to be said g... Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Where is APF documented?

2010-09-09 Thread Stan Weyman
In other words we will never, EVER shoot you in the foot but will make it quite easy for you to shoot yourself. Does that about cover it? Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor

Re: Where is APF documented?

2010-09-09 Thread Stan Weyman
thank you for clarifying that Walt! g Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com EMC² (508)249-3966 where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm

Re: Virginia DOT outage

2010-09-03 Thread Stan Weyman
There also are some fiascos that real-time backup won't guard against. such as? Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Virginia DOT outage

2010-09-03 Thread Stan Weyman
. It's all a matter of how much of an investment the Virginia DOT wants to make in YOUR data's security and persistence... Regards, Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey...@emc.com where information lives It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final

BCPii and ENF

2010-09-03 Thread Stan Weyman
gotten this working who might be willing to share a peek at both the ENF and HWIEVENT side of things (strictly z/OS ENF, not the OMVS side they also haven't documented). My thanks ahead of time! Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer stan.wey

SMF records for data set open/close

2010-08-03 Thread Stan Weyman
Does anyone know of a way to prevent the cutting of SMF records for certain dataset open/close activities. We don't want to recommend use of SMFPRMxx as they want to continue cutting SMF records for other dataset names but not some. Thanks ahead of time for the assistance

Re: SMF records for data set open/close

2010-08-03 Thread Stan Weyman
: +1.617.614.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Stan Weyman Sent: 03 August 2010 16:28 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SMF records for data set open/close Does anyone know

Re: New zEnterprise 196 Hardware, AWLC and IBM Software Pricing

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
clever - ROTFLMAO Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you just make mistakes

available lists

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
(IBM hardware, BCPii, HMC, etc). Thanks, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong

Re: available lists

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
. I can tell you it's honestly appreciated!! Best regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep them from making

Re: available lists

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
thanks Mark! Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you just make mistakes faster

Re: available lists

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
thanks to you too Ed! Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you just make mistakes

Re: available lists

2010-07-23 Thread Stan Weyman
putting in things that were just plain wrong. Version 1.0 blues all over again g Regards, Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers will keep

Re: zEnterprise - new PoPS?

2010-07-22 Thread Stan Weyman
POPS for the Z196 is not there yet. Just a handful there now (CHPID Mapping, Install Manual, PS/SM Guide, etc Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer - zSeries EMC Corporation 176 South Street Hopkinton MA 01748 weyman_s...@emc.com Direct: (508)249-3966 Internal: 43966 People think computers

New BCPii interface for z/OS 1.11 (and 1.10)

2010-07-21 Thread Stan Weyman
, SET, CMD, CONN, DISC) and am going to have to add this ENF processing to be sure the CMD interface is working properly. My ENF knowledge is a not as good as I'd likeyet... Any assistance/insight would be greatly appreciated Stan Stan Weyman Senior Software Engineer

z/OS-MVS Control Block Layout - Offsets

2008-04-08 Thread Stan Weyman
Hi there, At one time I had a cheat sheet holding the control blocks, their offsets from other control blocks, fields and offsets to help when traversing through IPCS. I've searched and can't seem to find it again. Does anyone have a text, PDF or whatever file that shows the MVS control