Re: How to update the last referenced date in the VTOC

2012-08-17 Thread Craig McGinnis
Hi John, Try a DFDSS copy with this mod on. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r12/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r12.adru000%2Fd6021.htm -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Hooper Sent: Thursday,

Re: Web interface

2012-08-17 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
Superb indeed !!! THANKS! Jan On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Shane Ginnane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au wrote: Seems to be all better ... touch wood. Thanks to any and all who facilitated its recovery. - Darren especially I guess. Shane ...

Re: REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE

2012-08-17 Thread Neil Haley
I have lost count of the number of times, I have put Shift Supervisor in incident records, only to have pointed out to me later that I forgot the f . Regards, Neil Haley nha...@ca.ibm.com Storage Software Mainframe Support http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/ | http://www.about.me/NeilHaley

How to refresh a Dynamic Exit.

2012-08-17 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Hello, We have defined IEFUSI as dynamic exit and ADDed it in PROGxx. Now I have modified the module, UPDATEd LLA and want to activate the new version of the module, but I can't find a method to do so. All I can find is to make a private PROGxx member with an EXIT DELETE followed by an EXIT

Re: How to refresh a Dynamic Exit.

2012-08-17 Thread John Eells
Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote: Hello, We have defined IEFUSI as dynamic exit and ADDed it in PROGxx. Now I have modified the module, UPDATEd LLA and want to activate the new version of the module, but I can't find a method to do so. All I can find is to make a private PROGxx member with an EXIT

Re: How to refresh a Dynamic Exit.

2012-08-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John Eells wrote: We have defined IEFUSI as dynamic exit and ADDed it in PROGxx. Now I have modified the module, UPDATEd LLA and want to activate the new version of the module, but I can't find a method to do so. All I can find is to make a private PROGxx member with an EXIT DELETE

Re: How to refresh a Dynamic Exit.

2012-08-17 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
John Eells ee...@us.ibm.com wrote in message news:502e44b6.90...@us.ibm.com... Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote: Hello, We have defined IEFUSI as dynamic exit and ADDed it in PROGxx. Now I have modified the module, UPDATEd LLA and want to activate the new version of the module, but I can't

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Jeff Holst
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:24:38 -0700, John Mattson john_matt...@ea.epson.com wrote: It seems to me that most of the auditors I encounter are fresh out of college. Perhaps auditing is a sort of boot-camp for young accountants. My impression is that they are given a book to follow, and as

Re: SHARE MVS Program Survey - Last Day

2012-08-17 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Just a reminder...today is the last day to take the SHARE survey. Thank you to those who did! www.share.org/mvs Mary Anne On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:50:22 -0700, Edward Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: The SHARE MVS Program has created a survey to help determine which topics to include

Re: How to refresh a Dynamic Exit.

2012-08-17 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:44:20 -0500, Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:35:09 +0200, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com wrote: Hello, We have defined IEFUSI as dynamic exit and ADDed it in PROGxx. Now I have modified the module, UPDATEd LLA and want to

Re: ADRDSSU Large block performance

2012-08-17 Thread John Gilmore
Fifty percent savings in residence time are likely to be reflections of larger block sizes, asynchronous, overlapped I/O operations (possible, even easy, with BSAM), or both. Some measurements would be in order. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 8/17/12, Dana Mitchell mitchd...@gmail.com

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 17, 2012, at 10:04 AM, John Gilmore wrote: Auditing is not 'boot camp'. All professional firms do, however, make quasi-exploitative use of their junior, recent-graduate employees. Everything depends upon how in detail this scheme is used. IBM's law firm, Cravath, Swaine Moore,

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
John, I agree with you on you observations about auditors been through a fair share of them. Management education wouldnt hurt either. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:04 AM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com wrote: Auditing is not 'boot camp'. All professional firms do,

Re: REPLACEMENT ASID SHORTAGE

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
Elardus, That's funny.love it its like people pronouncing across with a 't' ...there is no 't' in across Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 17, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Neil Haley wrote: I have lost count of the number

IPL sequence question

2012-08-17 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
I'm copying a number of DASD volumes this weekend and have a question. Which comes first at IPL: execution of the Commndsx member of Parmlib or the duplicate volume msg.? I'm hoping I can prevent the dup msg. by coding COM='V 10EE,OFFLINE ' for those volumes that won't vary

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-17 Thread Mark Jacobs
The duplicate volume message will win. Mark Jacobs On 08/17/12 11:56, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: I'm copying a number of DASD volumes this weekend and have a question. Which comes first at IPL: execution of the Commndsx member of Parmlib or the duplicate volume msg.? I'm hoping

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-17 Thread Myers, Edouard (OCTO)
Duplicate volume message comes first Edouard A. Myers Senior Information Technology Specialist Office of the Chief Technology Officer DC Government 3919 Benning Road, NE, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20019 Phone : 202-727-4017 Cell: 202-215-1712 Fax: 202-727-3880 Email: edouard.my...@dc.gov

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-17 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Thank You Mark and Edouard. Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor From: Myers, Edouard (OCTO) [edouard.my...@dc.gov] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IPL sequence question Duplicate volume message comes first Edouard

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Ward, Mike S
Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the mainframe. I have used memory leak for so long I forgot what that term was. Oh well. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: Friday, August

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 22:13 +0200 on 08/16/2012, R.S. wrote about Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!: BTW: PTF name is misleading. It stands for Program *Temporary* Fix, while it's quite permanent, especially when compared to APAR fix. It is a Temporary fix until the next release of the program where all of the

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:40:28 +, Ward, Mike S wrote: Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the mainframe. I have used memory leak for so long I forgot what that term was. Oh well. Back in that day, IBM never said memory, but always storage. Language evolves; we must

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Tony Harminc
On 17 August 2012 12:40, Ward, Mike S mw...@ssfcu.org wrote: Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the mainframe. I have used memory leak for so long I forgot what that term was. Oh well. The term core cancer was popular in the VM world. Tony H.

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Google just got a bunch of searches for oleo strut! Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 1:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat! On

Re: reasons for using started task or batch job

2012-08-17 Thread Bonaduce, Frank
Kees - You can exploit the use of system symbolic in batch using an IEFUJV exit. We have been doing this for several years. Frank. GSG Systems Engineering -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM Sent:

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Steve Conway
Mike Ward posted: Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the mainframe. I have used memory leak for so long I forgot what that term was. I think I remember hearing storage creep. Cheers,,,Steve Steven F. Conway, CISSP LA Systems z/OS Systems Support Phone:

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread zMan
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Steve Conway steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov wrote: I think I remember hearing storage creep. Yeah, we had some of those. Their offices were a mess and they didn't bathe often enough. Oh, wait, you're talking software...yeah, core cancer or storage creep were

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
Hadn't heard core cancer, that's pretty graphic VM problem... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: On 17 August 2012 12:40, Ward, Mike S mw...@ssfcu.org wrote: Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the

JES2 printer defs?

2012-08-17 Thread Bill Johnson
Can we have two JES2 printer defs - PRT() and PRT() – pointing to the same physical device, within the same FSS?  It seems like it might put the FSS into an occasional paradox.  I don’t want to end up seeing “JES2”  and the word “catastrophic” on the same message.   TIA

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Steve Conway
CICS and VTAM were the kings of chewing up storage... Steven F. Conway, CISSP LA Systems z/OS Systems Support Phone: 703.295.1926 steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov From: Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 08/17/2012 02:43 PM Subject:Re: Auditors

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
zedgarhoo...@gmail.com (zMan) writes: Yeah, we had some of those. Their offices were a mess and they didn't bathe often enough. Oh, wait, you're talking software...yeah, core cancer or storage creep were what I was weaned on. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012k.html#89 Auditors Don't Know

Re: JES2 printer defs?

2012-08-17 Thread Gary DiPillo
If this is what you mean: PRINTDEF CCWNUM=46, DBLBUFR=YES, FCB=STD1, LINECT=60, NIFCB=STD8, NIUCS=GT12, RDBLBUFR=NO, SEPPAGE=(LOCAL=FULL,REMOTE=HALF), TRANS=YES, UCS=0, NEWPAGE=1 PRT(1)

Re: JES2 printer defs?

2012-08-17 Thread Wissink, Brad [ITSYS]
We define a production printer in JES/FSS/PSF and a test printer in the same JES/FSS/PSF and they are physically the same printer without any problems. At least that I know of:) Brad Wissink Information Technology Services Iowa State University 515-294-3088 If it ain't broke, you ain't

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Greg Dorner
I agree with all you said - that's the correct definition. Additionally, they are temporary because you can apply them and restore them. They are not permanent parts of the code. Until you accept them, of course. But who in they're right mind would ever do that? ;+)

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-08-17 18:50, Robert A. Rosenberg pisze: At 22:13 +0200 on 08/16/2012, R.S. wrote about Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!: BTW: PTF name is misleading. It stands for Program *Temporary* Fix, while it's quite permanent, especially when compared to APAR fix. It is a Temporary fix until

Re: TLMS - CHANGING THE STATUS OF A TAPE

2012-08-17 Thread John Dawes
Russell, This is a physical tape which has been put aside after it was ejected from the ROBOT.  I was able to change the status from no to yes by using the tape librarian's code.  However, if there is a batch utilitity (if you have one) to do this it would be greatly appreciated. 

Re: TLMS - CHANGING THE STATUS OF A TAPE

2012-08-17 Thread John Dawes
Alan,   Thanks I will give it a try. From: Starr, Alan alan_st...@calpers.ca.gov To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:19 PM Subject: Re: TLMS - CHANGING THE STATUS OF A TAPE G'day John, Run the TLMSINQR utility via the CATINQR

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
I remember VTAM doing that, serious gobble ...Steve..and of course CICS Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com/   From: Steve Conway steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 2:44 PM Subject:

Re: ISPF Panel and LPAR name

2012-08-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In of1a25d1f0.ca6c550d-on88257a5d.0014c951-88257a5d.00157...@sce.com, on 08/16/2012 at 08:54 PM, Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com said: IIRC ISPF in batch requires all the standard DD allocations or it just won't work at all. Period. Yes, except that they can be dynamic rather than

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Barry Merrill
Memory Leaks, Core Cancer, Storage Creep, etc., are, collectively, PROGRAMMER ERRORS. I can remember our 1976 Thursday afternoon SYSPROG meetings at Sun Oil in Dallas to review the slow growth in the size of CSA after each weekend's IPL, to see if we thought we would have to IPL Thursday night or

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Chip Grantham
I looked at the V1.13 glossary and found program temporary fix (PTF) For System i, System p, and System z products, a package containing individual or multiple fixes that is made available to all licensed customers. A PTF resolves defects and might provide enhancements. See also fix pack,

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Here's a question... hope no one gets offended... How many systems programmers do programming as part of their systems programming job? Frank From: Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 9:40 AM Subject:

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2012-08-17 18:39, Chip Grantham wrote: I looked at the V1.13 glossary and found program temporary fix (PTF) That's what it's been for as long as I can remember... -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax:

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
Yeah, I was on a CICS 1.4 system written in macro level COBOL, storage violations were a dine a dozen everyday. Before started identifying them and fixing them. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 17, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com wrote: Memory Leaks, Core Cancer, Storage

Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!

2012-08-17 Thread Scott Ford
I used to do a lot in a VM shop before I became the SNA guy. Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 17, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 8/17/2012 6:43 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: How many systems programmers do programming as part of their systems

Re: JES2 printer defs?

2012-08-17 Thread Linda
Hi Bill, Yes, you can have multiple names for one physical printer and define the names to JES2 like you normally would. You can have them in the same FSS too. In your PSF proc, prntdev statement, be sure to include a disconnect interval setting (I use DISCINTV=10 ) so that the printer will

Re: Some fun with IBM acronyms and jargon (was Re: Auditors Don't Know Squat!)

2012-08-17 Thread Phil Smith III
Scott Fagen wrote at length about PMR/APAR/PTF. One thing I've found interesting after 25+ years at various vendors is that IBM's model seems to work the best in the real world: Multiple PMRs can funnel into one APAR; one APAR can funnel into multiple PTFs. If an APAR is taken and turns out to