Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

Rob, no the key does not exist in the CKDS but is received as part of a request from a client browser in this string: 123456 The key tag shows the 16 hexadecimal digits of a single length DES key that must be used to encrypt the response. The browser randomly

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

The Generation data set is in a deferred roll-in status when it is allocated. It becomes part of the rolled in generations during the deallocation phase. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thursday,

Re: AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:17:25 -0800, John Mattson wrote: >... > A third possibility which is kludgy would be to create each new DS with >a unique DATETIME in the DSN and then do the catalog list and search for >the oldest date. No roll-off, no problems with new GDGs coming in. > Alas, JCL

Re: AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

Gil, You can use the symbols for DATE and HOUR and so forth. I think it is documented z/OS 2.1.0>z/OS MVS>z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference>Overview>Sharing parmlib definitions>What are system symbols?>Dynamic system symbols

Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >RECEIVE is extraordinarily ill-suited to automation: >o The user has no a priori control over which spool file will be RECEIVEd. >o The user must be present to reply to a prompt. That is very true. JES2 simply gives to you what it seemed to be the first. I could not find

Re: AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:58:01 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Gil, >You can use the symbols for DATE and HOUR and so forth. I think it is >documented z/OS 2.1.0>z/OS MVS>z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning >Reference>Overview>Sharing parmlib definitions>What are system >symbols?>Dynamic system

Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:18:23 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >>RECEIVE is extraordinarily ill-suited to automation: >>o The user has no a priori control over which spool file will be RECEIVEd. >>o The user must be present to reply to a prompt. > >That is very true. JES2 simply gives to you

"tapehlq" parm in IGGCATxx

this is re: z/os 2.2 can anybody throw some light on the USAGE of the "tapehlq" parm in IGGCATxx? and please, nobody say "it specifies the hlq for a tape volume catalog" [and, btw, the default is SYS1] -- i have made an effort here, consulted the 2.2 init & tuna REFERENCE , even

Re: (External):Re: Deleting all members of a pds

Can also be accomplished with PDS[85] command or StarTool product. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

On 2015-11-19 15:04, R.S. wrote: > W dniu 2015-11-19 o 22:42, John Mattson pisze: >> Someone was asking about deleting all members of a pds. I just noticed >> that DFSort has a bunch of "samples" one of which includes how to use >> ICETOOL to delete all members of a PDS. Hope this helps. Lots

Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

The OUTPUT command (at least here) shows only Held output. XMITted files must be in (non-held) Output. If I try to see my file via OUTPUT, I get IKJ56339I NO HELD OUTPUT FOR JOB my-userid . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program

Re: Earlier than a z9?

Yes. I have a customer running OS/390 on an MP2000. We expect them to be off by the end of the year. We spent many an hour trying to find a way to move them to a current platform before they decided to put more dollars into their off-platform conversion. I have a customer running OS/390 on

Re: Earlier than a z9?

A 4300 system was recently decommissioned out West, and the system was broken apart. I think the processor and DASD went to a collector. The card handling equipment will be coming east to me - real S/360 era stuff that still works. It seems the 4300 line were perhaps IBM's best machines - they

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

You could collect all the FMIDs you want to install (in/excluding e.g. Omegamon etc.) into a single SOURCEID - and then install these FMIDs via an "APPLY SOURCEID()". CP Neubert, Kevin wrote: Not elegant, but perhaps workable? Build your list: LIST FUNCTIONS SYSMOD. Your list sans

Re: Earlier than a z9?

Like us, Phil is a vendor. For a vendor, the relevant questions are not "do any of these things exist somewhere and powered on?" but rather - Are any of our customers running box X? (Should be a question that can be answer by better means than this listserve.) - Are there any customers (prospects

Re: Earlier than a z9?

How about the Halon system? Do you have one of those? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Connor Krukosky Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Earlier than a z9? Doh,

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

Not elegant, but perhaps workable? Build your list: LIST FUNCTIONS SYSMOD. Your list sans OMEGAMON: APPLY CHECK FORFMID (<<>>). See "Figure 3. Combining SYSMOD selection operands on the APPLY Command," in "Chapter 3. The APPLY command" of "SMP/E for z/OS Commands (SA23-2275)" for a nice

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

In <9286832208987587.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/19/2015 at 11:55 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Why is it preferable to fail directly rather than to (attempt to) >fall back to an equivalent alternative service? Why are you

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry (also RECEIVE)

I can see the relevant fields only on O(utput) screen, not on ST(atus). There are actually two significant fields: Dest, which is the target userid, and Status, which shows 'USER'. I believe that 'USER' will prevent a JES2 defined destid from hijacking the output. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson

GDG Copy in FIFO Order

I’ve had a need from an application for processing files in a GDG in FIFO order. Way back when an application came to me with the requirement. He was receiving “N” number of File Transfers over night and needed to process them the next day in FIFO order. I took some existing code I found

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

At 14:35 + on 11/19/2015, Jousma, David wrote about Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?: Do you really want/need to segregate applying maintenance for the Omegamon suite, or during a maintenance cycle do you simply want to more easily identify the relevant HOLDs just for >Omegamon?

Re: Earlier than a z9?

I am involved as a vendor of software for the VSE market, and as a vendor of systems programming services and also outsourcing for z/OS, z/VM and z/VSE. Some of our vendor products have to be coded to run on both Integrated Servers and FSI Flex boxes because we still have customers running

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:18:36 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > on 11/18/2015 at 03:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>Sophistry! > >PKB. > >>If the user is not authorized, > >There's more than one user. > ??? How many users does a job have? >>it's de facto unavailable and should be treated

Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

How about TSO output command to list all waiting files? ITschak ITschak Mugzach Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:18:23

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

I have installed the CBTTAPE.ORG utility PDSCLEAN for both PDS and PDSE datasets an it works very well. File 693. Lizette -Original Message- >From: Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> >Sent: Nov 19, 2015 3:51 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re:

Re: Earlier than a z9?

Doh, should have included these photos. http://imgur.com/a/C6zsx I'm sure you all will enjoy them. And yes he got those HUGE DASDs as-well, can't wait to hear one of those spin up :) Ignore the photos of the guts of the 4341, I was tasked with taking the section of power-supply off the main CPU

Deleting all members of a pds

Someone was asking about deleting all members of a pds. I just noticed that DFSort has a bunch of "samples" one of which includes how to use ICETOOL to delete all members of a PDS. Hope this helps. Lots of other neat things in here too. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T794

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

File 182 on CBT tape contains PDS command. It's a great tool. Can delete or delete by mask add space, copy, merge and fix. The commercial version is Startools from Serena. Has saved my bacon numerous times. In a message dated 11/19/2015 3:43:17 P.M. Central Standard Time,

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

In z/OS V1R12, DFSMS access method services (IDCAMS) adds a new wildcard option to the DELETE command, which lets you delete all members of a PDS or PDSE. https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_1.13.0/com.ibm.zos.r13.idak100/amspdse12.htm%23amspdse12 On 19 November 2015 at 21:42,

Earlier than a z9?

Is anyone running on real hardware that's older than a z9? Off-list replies would be fine-not trying to embarrass anyone, trying to figure out whether there's any real work taking place on such ancient iron. Connor, you don't need to reply :)

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

On 2015-11-19 14:54, Ed Finnell wrote: > File 182 on CBT tape contains PDS command. It's a great tool. Can delete or > delete by mask add space, copy, merge and fix. The commercial version is > Startools from Serena. Has saved my bacon numerous times. > STOW DCB,,I I believe (or

Re: Earlier than a z9?

Heh I am going to reply because it doesn't pertain to my system. Although its not running any longer I knew of an s/390 that ran up until a couple of months ago and before that the company was running a 4341 (aka s/370) until 1999 when they upgraded to the s/390 because of Y2K (because IBM

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

W dniu 2015-11-19 o 22:42, John Mattson pisze: Someone was asking about deleting all members of a pds. I just noticed that DFSort has a bunch of "samples" one of which includes how to use ICETOOL to delete all members of a PDS. Hope this helps. Lots of other neat things in here too.

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry (also RECEIVE)

On 2015-11-17 15:23, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > An XMITted file sits in the JES output queue in a designated class (usually > B) with the recipient's userid as DEST. ... > So administrators must be careful not to assign User IDs that might match plausible DESTs. Can anyone tell me how to

Re: (External):HMC and JAVA and Browser ...again/still

I'm still recommending virtual machinee with customized downlevel browser, with downlevel Java, with necessary customization. Used solely for HMC and other appliances connectivity (like Broceade FICON switches and directors). It won't stop working suddelny just after another update. It is (yes!)

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

It remains cataloged. It is just no longer part of the gdg. Good thing those thousand or two files were just a few tracks. On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:59 AM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > I haven't experimented with this, but going with NOSCRATCH is likely to cause > big

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

W dniu 2015-11-19 o 01:02, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2015-11-18 16:17, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2015-11-18 o 22:05, Paul Gilmartin pisze: Sophistry! If the user is not authorized, it's de facto unavailable and should be treated as such. I dare to disagree. The service is up and ready. It does not

SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

All, I don't think this can be done after RTFMing, but wanted to make sure no one has some trick up their sleeves. Just received my z/OS 2.2 serverpac, and this time around, decided to include my Omegamon suite of products with it. The question I have, is while my group manages the SMPe

Re: REXX-question

Hardee, Chuck wrote: >Try adding: queue "RESTORE" >Just before the queue of the "END" command. While I have NOT tested out that REXX program, I believe it should work. I think Leopold should also add TRACE A to his REXX program for better debugging. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:09:44 -0500, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: >At 08:32 -0600 on 11/18/2015, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Fastest >way to read OLDEST GDG entry: > >>you might want to make sure the GDG is defined with NOSCRATCH >>before doing this. > >Note that NOSCRATCH will (I think) not only

REXX-question

Hi, all I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) Last but not least my problem could be broken down to following terminal-input-problem with the RECEIVE-command: rexx-script: parse arg indsn outdsn address tso "PROFILE PROMPT" queue

Re: REXX-question

Leopold, This is purely a guess, but the last line of the prompt states: INMR909A You may enter DSNAME, SPACE, UNIT, VOL, OLD/NEW, or RESTORE/COPY/DELETE/END You supplied a DATASET() parameter, but I don't see a RESTORE, COPY or DELETE prior to the END. Try adding: queue "RESTORE" Just

Re: z/OS Internet library links dead

Tom, As at 0720 on 19 November the z/OSv2 link is not working for me. Nothing at all, no 404, no nothing. The other links work, and I love the new prototype. Very easy to find what you need, and to grab the PDFs for local use. Thanks.

Re: REXX-question

Push the TSO RECEIVE commands (ie. END, DA(), etc.) into the tso stack and then call RECEIVE. ITschak ITschak Mugzach Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Leopold Strauss < leopold.stra...@isis-papyrus.com> wrote: > Hi,

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

For those interested in owning a real mainframe, we do have some MP3000s, some z890s, and some z9s that we would sell that are stored in Chattanooga. The z boxes would make great heaters in the winter. Just put one in the basement and power it up. :-) Tony Thigpen Elardus Engelbrecht wrote

Re: Earlier than a z9?

> Those HUGE DASDs are 3380s, I believe, with the sideways belt > drive.Yeah, they're a little louder than a laptop drive. But no > worries; you don't really hear them over the background A/C noise. I am still on the search for a 3380/3880 set. > I don't know about 3380s, but earlier IBM DASD

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

> For those interested in owning a real mainframe, we do have some MP3000s, > some z890s, and some z9s that we would sell that are stored in Chattanooga. Anything older? > The z boxes would make great heaters in the winter. Just put one in the > basement and power it up. :-) Yes, that is the

Re: Earlier than a z9?

I listed *two* potentially relevant test questions, the first of them more or less the one you suggest. :-) Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 5:50 PM To:

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:59 AM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > I haven't experimented with this, but going with NOSCRATCH is likely to > cause big problems with DASD GDGs. A data set residing on an SMS-managed > volume must be cataloged. It cannot just sit there

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

In <2680722424903653.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/18/2015 at 03:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Sophistry! PKB. >If the user is not authorized, There's more than one user. >it's de facto unavailable and should be treated as

Re: Earlier than a z9?

On 19 November 2015 at 18:19, Connor Krukosky wrote: > Doh, should have included these photos. > http://imgur.com/a/C6zsx > I'm sure you all will enjoy them. And yes he got those HUGE DASDs as-well, > can't wait to hear one of those spin up :) Those HUGE DASDs are

Re: Earlier than a z9?

Hi Phil, z800 a01 It might get replaced in the next year or so. Linda Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2015, at 2:59 PM, Phil Smith wrote: > > Is anyone running on real hardware that's older than a z9? Off-list replies > would be fine-not trying to embarrass anyone,

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I looked at that. It builds a list of IDCAMS commands to delete the members >one-by-one. Obsolete by now. > Does IDCAMS DELETE DATA.SET.NAME(*) Yes, it is documented "If you specify the entryname in the format of a partition data set, pdsname(*), the command deletes

AW: Re: REXX-question

I'm curious to understand whay you want to run this rexx as a shell script as oposed to a simple batch tso step. I don't see the benefit, only drawbacks --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

I haven't experimented with this, but going with NOSCRATCH is likely to cause big problems with DASD GDGs. A data set residing on an SMS-managed volume must be cataloged. It cannot just sit there uncataloged. Irresistible force meets unmovable object. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:14:38 +, Jousma, David wrote: >what I don't see is a way to run a SMPE apply for everything else >EXCLUDING these FMID's in the OMEGAMON FMIDset. Can that be done? I think you are asking if you can: Apply select(everything) exclude(omegamon). AFAIK, you cannot. I

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

Thanks Tom. I've experimented with anything yet. Was just reading the manuals to see if want I wanted to do could be done. I am trying to do exactly as you characterized it. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

W dniu 2015-11-19 o 14:44, Todd Arnold pisze: One of the fundamental design points for CCA is that keys are protected. Once they are inside the CCA system, they are always encrypted if they are outside the physically secure HSM module. Thus, most crypto functions in the CCA API ("verbs")

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

I've finally discovered how to do it ! With this verb I can encrypt the text using a clear single length DES key without the need to create/import a token: /* Symmetric Key Encipher - CSNBSYE */ call csnbsye(return_code, reason_code,

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:59:37 +, J O Skip Robinson wrote: >I haven't experimented with this, but going with NOSCRATCH is likely to >cause big problems with DASD GDGs. A data set residing on an SMS-managed >volume must be cataloged. It has been a long time since I looked at this, but what I

Re: (External):HMC and JAVA and Browser ...again/still

I have the same problem with my HMC and JAVA. I followed the steps outlined in the SHARE doc and it did not work for me either. I did notice a missing MCL below from Resource Link for my machine. Could be part of the problem. My HMC is at 2.12.1 on a z12-BC. I'm going to schedule my CE to apply

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

Yep! _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI  49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:24:07 +, Jousma, David wrote: >Was just reading the manuals to see if want I wanted to do could be done. APPLY CHECK is your friend. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

One of the fundamental design points for CCA is that keys are protected. Once they are inside the CCA system, they are always encrypted if they are outside the physically secure HSM module. Thus, most crypto functions in the CCA API ("verbs") only accept keys in encrypted form - wrapped with

Re: JCL QUESTION :IGD17045I SPACE NOT SPECIFIED FOR ALLOCATION OF DATA SET

John, I believe your issue may be that the IBM VTS is installed as SMS managed tape. Have you added the VTS to SMS, if not you may need to. If you do have it defined in SMS, verify the tape datasets are getting assigned the correct storage group. If they are falling into a storage group for

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

... So, I've created an FMIDset of the Omeg FMID's to use for applying maintenance so that passing the relevant hold data along to those groups is easier. But what I don't see is a way to run a SMPE apply for everything else EXCLUDING these FMID's in the OMEGAMON FMIDset. Can that be done?

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

>Do you really want/need to segregate applying maintenance for the Omegamon >suite, or during a maintenance cycle do you simply want to more easily >identify the relevant HOLDs just for >Omegamon? I don't necessarily have in >mind a solution for you, but I'm curious what your real goal is.

Re: REXX-question

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:47:40 +0100, Leopold Strauss wrote: >Hi, all > (Waiting for Lizette to suggest fora TSO-REXX and, most relevant, MVS-OE.) >I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in >zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) > >Last but not least my problem could be broken down

Re: REXX-question

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:47:40 +0100, Leopold Strauss wrote: >Hi, all > >I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in >zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) > >Last but not least my problem could be broken down to following >terminal-input-problem with the RECEIVE-command: >

TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

(With a belated admonition to the OP to select a meaningful subject. My experience is that any subject containing the word "question" is suspect. Don't say, "I have a question." Simply ask your question.) On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:48:23 +0100, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >I'm curious to understand whay