Anyone using Rocket Software Performance Essential

Rocket software has a "Performance Essential" product which they claim greatly improved VSAM and other I/O processing. Does anyone have experience with it? Basically does it significantly improve I/O and is it trouble free? --

Re: A List management question

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Re: How distinguish User ABEND from return code?

>If I am reading your post from 2011 correctly, TCBCMPC is >valid to use as a termination code if dealing with a task that has truly >completed; TCBCMPC is only misleading when a task is still executing (and >presumably has had an event like a S0C4 that is fatal in some but not the >current

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

Since we're recalling ancient history stuff...In the 80s I was at a site that replaced a small HDS box (approx 4341 equivalent) with a much large one (approx 3081 equivalent). The UPS itself was big enough so they just plugged in the same cables. Problem is nobody had rethought the cables,

Re: COBOL Code Gened for MOVE COMP-3 S9(9) to S9(8)

Yes, so long as LE runtime option is not TRAP(OFF) or TRAP(ON,NOSPIE). Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

I remember an incident when I was in Atlanta. We had a new, actually our first, UPS installed. Everything was completed and hooked up. The electricians decided to test it in the MIDDLE of the WEEK DAY and WITHOUT telling anyone. Guess what happened Yep. Entire data center was down

Re: Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces

I have both the original and the newer version. One at work, the other at home and I still refer to them both several times a year. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: COBOL Code Gened for MOVE COMP-3 S9(9) to S9(8)

In <2082084024112365.wa.david.speakebcbssc@listserv.ua.edu>, on 12/13/2015 at 02:53 PM, David Speake said: >So why is IBM generating the ZAP instruction? To force the sign to a standard value? >The only use to this is to abend with S0C7 if the data is garbage.

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Ed Finnell < 000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > We had a couple of Halon oops as well. One was arc welder in boiler room > with exhaust into the print shop. > Other was Halon service. Test was wired incorrectly. Test meant DISCHARGE. > And

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

And since we're talking electricity this reminded me of the time a large possum decided to crawl into some electrical boxes and die for some reason (this was well inside the building). The body was discovered after a while by odor, and people thought he could not be removed safely without

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

Just goes to show you that there ain't no test like production. Sent from iPhone - small keyboard fat fingers - expect spellinf errots. > On Dec 14, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Ken Hume wrote: > > I remember an incident when I was in Atlanta. > > We had a new, actually our first,

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

When the IBM 7094 at Purdue University was finally to be disconnected, they had to shut down the entire power plant, which was adjacent to the computer building, because the computer's main power relay had been directly connected to the main power buss, and it's contacts had welded shut over

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

> The OPS manager tells him an electrician for the other company got > electrocuted. VP doesn't ask if the guy was hurt or killed, just "What are > you going to do to prevent >that from happening again?" A real people person. I've worked for quite a few like that. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

Ours of more modern and not as dramatic. Early 2000s. UPS caught fire at the beginning of summer. We spent all summer without a UPS and frequent visits by electricians installing new equipment. For a while, it seems like all they had to do was open a panel and power would drop to the server

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

OK. Here's mine. It says more about the VP of the S I was working for than anything else. Our computer center was in a shared building with another occupant. They had an electrician doing some work for them. In doing his work he electrocutes himself and gets knocked across a parking lot.

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

OK, my tale of ancient electricity. Early '80s, NCR minicomputer (size of a large refrigerator) installed 3 feet in front of main breaker box to computer room. NCR was on site doing maintenance work inside the computer so skins were off when the electricians decided they needed to do some

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

A man from the cleaning department had progressed quite a number of meters sweeping the floor when he decided it was time for a rest. He leant with his back against a 3330 disk unit and with the stick of his broom he pushed the EPO switch. The switch did its job. Kees. -Original

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

Yeah, moldy oldy-we were doing upgrade and needed another three phase box. So electricians came over to check planned wiring and master electrician told apprentice to go check phases. We were in the hall watching the movers and hear this za from the power room. We were headed that way

Re: Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces

I have an early copy too. Arrived by mail smelling of tobacco. Original owner must have smoked his way through some deep dark code... On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 7:58 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote: > On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:43:42 +, Bob Shannon wrote: > > >I have a copy of

Re: OT: Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

Another story: once upona a time we had some "not very well" UPS. The only ONE UPS. My manager asked me what to do get better reliability (BTW: my primary profession is electrician, than means engineer or power, electricity etc. with master degree). Not to mention secondary UPS was not an

Re: Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces

On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:43:42 +, Bob Shannon wrote: >I have a copy of "Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces" by Carmen >Cannatello for sale for $60 which includes shipping (USA only). It's in good >shape with a few light coffee stains. The cheapest one on ebay today is >$176.00.