Re: What does R2 contain on entry to an FRR created using IEAMSCHD

2012-08-20 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:43:29 -0400 Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: :The answer to is anything initialized is: :if and only if the SRB is being ABENDed before it is given control then :-- the first word of the FRR parameter area contains the SRBPARM value :-- the second contains the SRB

Re: What to do with 110,000 Magstar tapes and 11PB of data • The Register

2012-08-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-08-20 05:18, Ed Gould pisze: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/17/data_migration_11_tapes/ 1. Use real carts and drives, like TS1140 or T1 2. Manage your data. You should have started managing data 10+ years ago. 3. Simply recycle. Sleep well. The crucial point is 2. If

Re: ISPF Panel and LPAR name

2012-08-20 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Doug Nadel has an edit macro called BATCHPDF which will create the DD names for running ISPF in batch. I like it and use it, at least to get me started. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of CM Poncelet Sent: Monday,

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-20 Thread Salah Balboul
During NIP and before COMMNDxx is processed Known as DASD Pathing phases: 1- Path testing 2- Read device characters 3- Self Describing product -- Msg IOS291I 4- Volser processing -- This is the phase were duplicates are found. Execution of COMMNDxx happens during Master Scheduler Initialization

Survey Update

2012-08-20 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Hi All. I wanted to give you a little bit of the initial survey results. The complete survey results will be posted at www.share.org/mvs. Thanks to all who took the survey! There were over 75 responses. Mary Anne 1. Which of the following best represents the next release upgrade that you

Re: ISPF Panel and LPAR name

2012-08-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:01:57 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: Gosh. The ISPPLIB DD must be allocated in the JCL. No; a dynamic allocation before ISPSTART will work just as well. There are contrary valid points of view here: o Not to require the programmer to provide resources he doesn't intend to

Hillgang - final agenda

2012-08-20 Thread Neale Ferguson
May be found at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/HG091212.PDF -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

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

2012-08-20 Thread Mullen, Patrick
Similarly, everywhere I've lived (UK, South Africa, Canada), a spell checker would be confined to use by Harry Potter and his chums. To check spelling in electronic documents, I use a spelling checker. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

IMS v9 on z/os 1.13

2012-08-20 Thread Vince Getgood
Hi all, Is anyone out there running IMS V9 on z/OS 1.13? I know IMS v9 has been out of support since 2010, but that's where we are. I can see from the IBM site that V10, 11 12 of IMS will run on z/os 1.13, but not v9. I can't see why it wouldn't run, but would like some confirmation (or

Re: IMS v9 on z/os 1.13

2012-08-20 Thread John Gilmore
I know of a client site where V9, v10, V11, and V12 are all in concurrent use under z/OS 1.13. It has been unproblematic except on the occasion of one operator error, which has not been repeated. --jg On 8/20/12, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: Is anyone out there running IMS

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

2012-08-20 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs. Boeblingen.

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

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Rupert Reynolds rreyno...@cix.co.ukwrote: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs.

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

2012-08-20 Thread Shiminsky, Gary
Try this link (it was posted earlier in this thread) http://www.comlay.net/ibmjarg.pdf It's the 10th Edition from the early nineties. I have a printed version since the early nineties. I have not found any later edition. Gary Gary L. Shiminsky Senior zVM/zVSE Systems Programmer Mainframe

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

2012-08-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Aug 20, 2012, at 10:04, zMan wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included

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

2012-08-20 Thread zMan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Alan Field alan_c_fi...@bluecrossmn.comwrote: There is. It's called GOOGLE :) Seriously? /me checks his phone to make sure it isn't 1995. -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it

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

2012-08-20 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
rreyno...@cix.co.uk (Rupert Reynolds) writes: Does anyone have a copy of the old JARGON FILE that buzzed around the IBM VM network in the '90s when i was working in Portsmouth North Harbour? I'd love to see it again. I think it included discussion of Bubblegum vs. Boeblingen. i have few

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-20 Thread Skip Robinson
Either change the OS Configuration or CLIP the old volumes to whatever convention you use for 'spare volumes'. Neither solution facilitates easy backout in case the system won't IPL far enough for you to log on a fix a problem. You could switch the IODF back to the old OS configuration, but

Etymology of APAR

2012-08-20 Thread John Gilmore
The 10th edition of IBM Jargon, a semi-official publication edited by Mike Cowlishaw, contains the definition: begin extract APAR (ay-parr). 1. n. Authorized Program Analysis Report. This is an official report to IBM of an error in a program. The acronym is used so often that most people don't

Re: IPL sequence question

2012-08-20 Thread Linda
Hi David, If there are only a few, it might make sense for you to simply reply to the messages, especially if the dups are 'ipl volumes'. For more than a few, and for non-ipl volumes, I have always clipped them prior to shutdown. I clip to change only the first character of the volser,

Re: IMS v9 on z/os 1.13

2012-08-20 Thread Clark Morris
On 20 Aug 2012 08:30:14 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: We run IMS v7, v8, v9 (unsupported) and v10, v11 and v12 (supported). Is there a reason for doing so for other than vendors supporting multiple releases. Clark Morris -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Communications Server

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
lists...@vm.marist.edu subscribe ibmtcp-l Chuck Hardee I know it says ibmtcp, but they answer VTAM questions there too. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone *

Re: Communications Server

2012-08-20 Thread Skip Robinson
How about Netview questions? . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com To:

Re: Etymology of APAR

2012-08-20 Thread John Gilmore
On the principles of latin grammar a case can certainly be made for 'vermibus'. In fact the three classical sources I have all read 'verminibus'. --jg On 8/20/12, Bill Fairchild bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: An apar (all lower-case letters) is also a three-banded South American

Re: Communications Server

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
Don't know. I don't pay attention to Netview questions and so they are not logged in my noggin (no noggin login). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone *

HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
If I wanted to find out how much disk space (in TBytes) would be needed to recall all of the HSM migrated datasets from Level-2, how would I go about it? The same question but by high-level prefix (e.g. all datasets starting with 'myco')?

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
You would need to find the information in the MCDS for ML2 tapes. You could write a REXX to list all datasets that are MIGRAT using HLIST dsn MCDS to get the number of source tracks. This is somewhat easy if you have CA VANTAGE. What tools do you have? SAS/MXG or SAS/MICS, Vantage, other?

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
If you enter a TSO command such as: HSEND LIST DATASETNAME MCDS ODS(HLQ.DFHSM.MCDS.LISTING) It will create (or append to) the dataset HLQ.DFHSM.MCDS.LISTING. An example of this output is: 1- DFSMSHSM CONTROL DATASET - MIGRATED DATASET-- LISTING - AT 08:20:54 ON 12/08/20 FOR SYSTEM=LIH1

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Silvio Camplani
The end of the report produced by the commands below will have the totals: MIGRATED TRACKS BYTES DATA SETSMIGRATED MIGRATED 09778 01829K 076546048K Regards, Silvio Camplani zSeries Sr. Analyst, Systems

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
Neat. I'm using the data for a different analysis and never looked at the very bottom. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com *

Re: Anyone know how to get GSK for Windows?

2012-08-20 Thread Sri h Kolusu
If GSkit V7 is ok you can try this http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21443732 IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 08/20/2012 01:55:19 PM: From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 08/20/2012 01:57 PM Subject: Anyone

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
john, I think the OP requested ML2 only, won't the MCDS entries be for both ML1 and ML2? Is there a way to separate it? Lizette -Original Message- From: McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com Sent: Aug 20, 2012 1:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HSM - space for

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
You're right. I wonder why the OP would only want to recall ML2 data. Unless he was meaning bring all ML2 down to ML1. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone *

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread McKown, John
Silvio indicated ML2 only can be gotten with a SELECT(ML2). I just don't understand why anyone would want to only restore __all__ ML2 and not restore ML1. Unless the OP meant how much space would it take on ML1 to recall all the ML2 data to ML1. Which I don't even know how to do, other than

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

2012-08-20 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Many thanks. This is odd. I have searched several times over the years and found poor imitations ir just snippets. This week i have only the phone to use, but i did search before posting. Oh well, i'm happy now:-) Thanks again!

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
Thank you Lizette. I submitted a TSO-batch job so I can save the listing. You mentioned MXG. I have MXG. Which SAS dataset would have the information? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Lizette Koehler

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
For some reason I am not getting the summary at the end of the listing. I'll submit the console command. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Lizette Koehler [stars...@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Uriel Carrasquilla
On second thought, I will write the perl program to extract the number of tracks per high level with a total. Thank you. ps/ I have 693,000 datasets. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Uriel Carrasquilla

Re: HSM - space for full recall

2012-08-20 Thread Lizette Koehler
You are probably running out of space. Use the command with the ODS(your_name_here) and preallocate it really large (a couple 1000 cylinders to start) Lizette -Original Message- From: Uriel Carrasquilla uriel.carrasqui...@mail.mcgill.ca Sent: Aug 20, 2012 2:52 PM To:

Re: GOFF

2012-08-20 Thread Edward Jaffe
On 8/20/2012 3:11 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: I am converting to assembler subroutines, which are called by (Enterprise) COBOL programs to do various things, to make them re-entrant. Is there any reason I should not change my assembler options to specify GOFF? GOFF is only a problem if you

Re: GOFF

2012-08-20 Thread John Gilmore
GOFF could, I suppose, be described as a problem, perhaps even a severe one, for the Linkage Editor. The Linkage Editor does not support GOFF at all. For it you must use the Binder. Moreover, GOFF wots not of PDSs or load modules. Its use requires program objects resident in PDSEs. Adjust

Re: IMS v9 on z/os 1.13

2012-08-20 Thread Brian Westerman
As long as you have the most current maintenance available for your IMS release, it should work without problems. We currently have customers all the way back to V8 running under z/OS 1.12 and 1.13. None of them have any release related issues with IMS. Brian.