VSAM record size larger than 32K

2015-06-17 Thread Ward, Mike S
Hello all, I have a question. If you have a VSAM ksds with records that are going to be larger than 32K, what is the best way to handle the records? Since I believe 32k is the max how would you handle a logical record 32K? Multiple 32k physical records? == This email,

Re: IBM RFE site

2015-06-17 Thread Thomas Conley
On 6/17/2015 1:18 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: I always forget to do that. I cleared the cache and can now get to the page. Thanks. Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:18:24 -0400 From: pinnc...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: IBM RFE site To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On 6/17/2015 12:13 PM, Frank

Re: Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or monitor SYS1.MANX directly?

2015-06-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 3185557538869724.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu, on 06/15/2015 at 05:43 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za said: Now, Can you do that same reading and handling raw SMF records with REXX, Perl, PL/I Yes, withnvarying effort and overhead required. PL/I

Re: STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 022001d0a6d6$3459fff0$9d0dffd0$@mcn.org, on 06/14/2015 at 12:13 PM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Leap seconds are irrelevant. No. They're irrelevant if you just do the arithmetic yourself, but they're highly relevant when you use a clock conversion routine that takes them into

Re: Current z/OS 1.13 Mapping for IRALCCT?

2015-06-17 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
OCO always Ugly! :) This is in a REXX exec that is supposed to get the current MSU's, I think, I have not seen the REXX exec run correctly. Here are the comments at the start: /* REXX to Display CPU MSUs, SoftCap, WLM and Initiator Status*/ /* Note: Output is subject to change. Some

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 3077152189307302.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 06/15/2015 at 10:30 AM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu said: If they is newly to assume a singular meaning, Newly? That ship sailed before or grandfathers were born. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.)

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread J O Skip Robinson
I believe this issue is worth discussing because it bears on our professional development and performance. It seems to be generally true that European languages all have gender-distinct pronouns at least in the singular. Same is true of (most?) languages of India. European languages and modern

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:15:59 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote: Good story, but my BS meter is pegged on this one. And not just on that bullet point. The big banks are moving off-host here. I just got locked out of internet access to my business account because my bank is in the process of moving to a

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 22:23 + on 06/17/2015, J O Skip Robinson wrote about Re: OT STCK question: The he/she/they conundrum in English is just another flavor of the same problem. Once we commit to the sex of a pronoun, it's hard to use it for the opposite gender, even to the point where we give into number

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Gibney, David Allen,Jr
Actually, I can envision mainframe properly done such that there are no outages perceivable toe the ordinary user of the services. On the otherhand, even when we were on a 3090 or before with real disk and tape, I would have never dares ask for as much routine scheduled outage as the better

Re: VSAM record size larger than 32K

2015-06-17 Thread Ward, Mike S
Thank you. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 3:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VSAM record size larger than 32K When you use a record size that is larger than

Re: VSAM record size larger than 32K

2015-06-17 Thread Ken Porowski
When you use a record size that is larger than one control interval, you must also specify spanned records (SPANNED). The formula for the maximum record size of spanned records as calculated by VSAM is as follows: MAXLRECL = CI/CA * (CISZ - 10) where: v MAXLRECL is the maximum spanned record size.

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Ted MacNEIL
The only reason for they (singular) is for formal documentation and the press. The verb still has to match the pronoun. This has been 'formally' been accepted in Canada. But, it's all for the sake of political correctness. Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Ted MacNEIL
It's generally for generic usage. It's okay when used colloquially, ie: Pat enjoys a drink when he's alone. OR: Pat enjoys a drink when she's alone. Exaggerated examples are akin to straw-person arguments. - -teD -   Original Message   From: Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 16:31

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Ed Finnell
So instead of he,she, it. We'd have ze,ze,zitback to work knaves! In a message dated 6/17/2015 4:18:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time, t...@tombrennansoftware.com writes: because it sounds like we're talking about two separate people. So I vote for a new word, and that would solve the

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Tony's Outlook via Mozilla
Aw geez, where's Gilmore when we need him? On 6/17/2015 3:48 PM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: It's generally for generic usage. It's okay when used colloquially, ie: Pat enjoys a drink when he's alone. OR: Pat enjoys a drink when she's alone. Exaggerated examples are akin to straw-person arguments.

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Tom Brennan
My wife is from a country where the same word is used for both he and she. I've heard translations like, A man came into the store today, and she complained about the service. I have to stop for a second because it sounds like we're talking about two separate people. So I vote for a new

Re: Network Switch Refresh

2015-06-17 Thread Lucas Rosalen
Hello Samat, There are a lot of variables on this one. You need to know what these switches are being used for. Which CHPIDs go through them. However, if you have all redundant connections and the plan is to do one switch at a time, you *should* be fine. Maybe some IOS messages, but as far as I

Network Switch Refresh

2015-06-17 Thread zos reader
Hi All, There is a switch replacement scheduled by network team, Do we need to IPL the systems to get this reflected or any other changes that need to be done after the switch replaced from Mainframe end. I appreciate your valuable inputs. Thanks, Samat

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Bruce Hewson
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Re: IBM RFE site

2015-06-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I always forget to do that. I cleared the cache and can now get to the page. Thanks. Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:18:24 -0400 From: pinnc...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: IBM RFE site To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On 6/17/2015 12:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: The RFE site

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
marktre...@gmail.com (Mark Regan) writes: I recently learned about a bank in Japan that has been using a mainframe since the 1970's without a single second of downtime. Its architecture allows for full software and hardware upgrades without an outage. i periodically mention that my wife had

Re: OT STCK question

2015-06-17 Thread Ed Finnell
Well we could produce a new word. Maybe: ze, zey, zer, zoo.Leave it as an exercise for the reader-past pluperfect subjunctive! In a message dated 6/17/2015 3:31:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu writes: Pat tells me that they enjoy a

Re: RPG for the 360/20

2015-06-17 Thread Mike Schwab
Well, if you are going to convert software, there is the RPG for MVT that could be ported to 360/20 subset. On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Timothy Sipples sipp...@sg.ibm.com wrote: Glen, It's very possible, even likely, somebody has a set of cards with that RPG compiler in storage -- or

Re: Current z/OS 1.13 Mapping for IRALCCT?

2015-06-17 Thread Peter Relson
IRALCCT has always been OCO since its creation in JBB7713. It happens not to have changed between z/OS 1.12 and z/OS 1.13. It did change in z/OS 1.12. And it has changed in z/OS 2.1. There is never any attempt to keep such changes compatible. It is unlikely that any information will be provided

Re: Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or monitor SYS1.MANX directly?

2015-06-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jason Cai wrote: We just want to know how IBM zSecure could alter specific events based on certain RACF information that is captured by SMF in real time without dumping SYS1.MANX What do you mean by 'alter'? What are you trying to solve? I am sorry I have a typing error. I will

Re: Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or monitor SYS1.MANX directly?

2015-06-17 Thread ibmmain
We just want to know how IBM zSecure could alter specific events based on certain RACF information that is captured by SMF in real time without dumping SYS1.MANX What do you mean by 'alter'? What are you trying to solve? I am sorry I have a typing error. I will correct 'alter ' to

Re: Share IODF in different sysplex same CPC

2015-06-17 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:37:48 -0500, Jorge Garcia wrote: I've found more information about GRS configuration between systems outsite GRS complex: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II14297 The information APAR says there is a possible GRSRNLxx configuration. I suppose is not

Re: Share IODF in different sysplex same CPC

2015-06-17 Thread Jorge Garcia
Hello: I've found more information about GRS configuration between systems outsite GRS complex: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II14297 The information APAR says there is a possible GRSRNLxx configuration. I suppose is not dangerous. It's a IBM APAR. Regards

Re: Share IODF in different sysplex same CPC

2015-06-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shane Ginnane wrote: The information APAR says there is a possible GRSRNLxx configuration. I suppose is not dangerous. It's a IBM APAR. Suppose again. That APAR is *very* specific to catalogs and the way they are processed. It is *NOT* generic for sharing outside a GRSplex. Shane, it is a

Re: Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or monitor SYS1.MANX directly?

2015-06-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
Can you state the alerts you want zSECURE to issue? Also, the RACF List would be very helpful with this request. They are focused on RACF information. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of ibmmain Sent:

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Mark Regan wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2916081/network-management/big-iron-and-banking-why-all-major-banks-rely-on-mainframes-and-are-growing-their-use-of-mainframes.html Hmmm, Interesting, but that article forgot point 6 - I fill it in for you: It is 'greener' and 'cheaper' to

Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Mark Regan
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2916081/network-management/big-iron-and-banking-why-all-major-banks-rely-on-mainframes-and-are-growing-their-use-of-mainframes.html One item I noted in this article: I recently learned about a bank in Japan that has been using a mainframe since the 1970's

Healthchecker History - Can I increase # of instances

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew Metcalfe
Is there anywhere to increase the number of historical instances of a particular check shown on the SDSF panel? When I type L next to a particular check I can see the last 10 instances of execution. I would like to increase this, but I can't see any parms in either the Healthchecker manual or

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Mark Regan
You should post a comment to his blog about that missing point. Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Mark Regan wrote:

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
I recently learned about a bank in Japan that has been using a mainframe since the 1970's without a single second of downtime. Its architecture allows for full software and hardware upgrades without an outage. Good story, but my BS meter is pegged on this one. Maybe 'without any UNSCHEDULED

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread George Rodriguez
I added the comment made by Elardus to the post... *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL.

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
George Rodriguez wrote: I added the comment made by Elardus to the post... Thanks for helping out. I tried to add the comment as 'ordered' ;-D by Mark Regan, but could not. Thanks again. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: IBM RFE site

2015-06-17 Thread Lizette Koehler
Frank, I just got into the site using your link. I have not tried any of the entries, but the link seems to work. Did your shop make any firewall changes recently? Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank

Re: IBM RFE site

2015-06-17 Thread Thomas Conley
On 6/17/2015 12:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: The RFE site (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/) appears to be broken, as has been since at least last Friday. It just shows Error 500: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex. Perhaps someone here from IBM will

Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of mainframes

2015-06-17 Thread George Rodriguez
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Re: Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or monitor SYS1.MANX directly?

2015-06-17 Thread John Mattson
Depends upon what SMF recs you are talking about. RMF Monitor I II and III will do it on the fly for RMF data, Lots of IBM and OEM products such as scheduling products, and monitors look at SMF as it is written. -- For

IBM RFE site

2015-06-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
The RFE site (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/) appears to be broken, as has been since at least last Friday. It just shows Error 500: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex. Perhaps someone here from IBM will see this and look in to it.