Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

The rules of AUTHORIZANTION have not changed in years and will not change. If IBM opened a hole, AUDITORS and SYSPROGS would throw an outright hissy fit, because it would open a MASSIVE systems Hole Steve PS If you look at the code you will find the MACRO(S) in question that need authorization

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

> I've seen a photo of the actual bug Grace had used to coin the phrase. Yes, the moth was real, but the issue is that she did not coin the phrase. It was well known in the engineering world. -- Will -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

I believe that's it. Notice what it says about the "bug" being found in a relay panel. Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Field, Alan wrote: This?

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

This?

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

I've seen a photo of the actual bug Grace had used to coin the phrase. Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 CM Poncelet wrote: AFAIK The original Grace Hopper 'bug' was an actual bug - some kind of moth. There could be a photo of it somewhere. Richard

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

AFAIK The original Grace Hopper 'bug' was an actual bug - some kind of moth. There could be a photo of it somewhere. Richard Pinion wrote: I thought the term debugging came from the days when the first computers were made from vacuum tubes. The tubes produced light, which in turn attracted

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

Sure, Steve. I assumed that if Lindy had done it 20+ years ago, she still had the auth to do it now. (BTW The STEPLIB in my REXX step is absurd: the CBT PGM can be CALLed from REXX.) Cheers, Chris Poncelet Steve Beaver wrote: CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can

Re: Resolving Java import statements

You probably need to export the CLASSPATH definition: export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V7R0/optionalLibraries/Apache/Struts/1.1/commons-logging.jar Due to the idiosyncrasies of unix shells, without "export" it only creates the variable in the sub-process running the command

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Andrew, Thank you all so much for your help. I searched for commons-logging*.jar and found several copies. I tried the following in the directory with the .java file CLASSPATH=/usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V7R0/optionalLibraries/Apache/Struts/1.1/commons-logging.jar javac RemoteServer.java which

Re: Resolving Java import statements

On 16/03/2016 9:18, Janet Graff wrote: I searched for the commons-code*.class files and didn't find them. Does WebSphere and/or Rational Developer not provide the class files for these common java routines? Janet Apache Commons is a project creating various reusable Java components. It's

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Janet Graff wrote: > I set my CLASSPATH to one of the directories (the last as it happens) > > CLASSPATH=/usr/lpp/zWebSphere_OM/V7R0/FPW20M/web2mobilefep_1.1/optionalLibraries/jaxrs_1.X jars themselves don't get added to classpath by their dir being added to classpath Jack, Sorry for not

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:09:38 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: On 2016-03-15 15:09, Tony Harminc wrote: >>> >> That probably needs an RFE, not an SR. Really, it should clarify: >> IKJ56236I PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME STEPLIB RESTRICTED > > Better yet, > IKJ56236I PATH /usr/bin INVALID, DDNAME

Re: Resolving Java import statements

I searched for the commons-code*.class files and didn't find them. Does WebSphere and/or Rational Developer not provide the class files for these common java routines? Janet >Hi Janet, >yes the individual jars need to be on the classpath. The directory only works >if the individual *.class

Re: Raised Floor

There are "national" codes published by numerous organizations but it is the various political jurisdictions (federal, state, county, city, etc) that legislate (or sometimes decree) which ones apply and even which sections apply as is or as modified. So the answer to your question is not only yes

Re: Raised Floor

Yeah, many of the fire codes are left over from the big SFO Central Office fire in late seventies. It spread horizontally and vertically in the building via paper wrapped cables. First week of my new job in 1980 I was asked to place a 3278 closer to the modem racks for problem

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

On 15 March 2016 at 14:57, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >alloc ddname(steplib) path('/usr/bin') > >IKJ56236I PATH /usr/bin INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED > > > >which is still complaining about STEPLIB, not '/usr/bin'. > > > >This surely calls for one

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Janet Graff wrote: Sorry Jack, not following the intent. Are you saying I need to add the individual jar files to the CLASSPATH definition? The CLASSPATH does have the directory containing the required jar file. yes, exactly. See both answers I mailed. Jars arent' added to a classpath merely

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Hi Janet, yes the individual jars need to be on the classpath. The directory only works if the individual *.class files are in the directory tree and not in the jars. A directory on the classpath is never searched for jars. dg -Original Message- From: Janet Graff

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

Yeah, I didn't know, thought it was her (she's still an hero of the computer revolution, bugs and all), but when looking I saw wiki is starting an etymological dictionary. Says what you say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#Etymology -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

Sounds like folk etymology. Too clever, too cute. And not much light in a vacuum tube. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -Original Message-

Re: Raised Floor

The key is that this is all governed by local code. 'Local' may be municipality or county, not likely state, at least in California. Raised floor is very expensive to build, so I would not want to populate it with cubicles that could be located elsewhere. OTOH we have acres of raised floor in

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Sorry Jack, not following the intent. Are you saying I need to add the individual jar files to the CLASSPATH definition? The CLASSPATH does have the directory containing the required jar file. Janet >Jack J. Woehr wrote: >> for jar in /somedir/*.jar >>do >> export

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Jack J. Woehr wrote: for jar in /somedir/*.jar do export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$jar done Oops, this should say export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/somedir/$jar -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of

Re: Resolving Java import statements

Janet Graff wrote: I set my CLASSPATH to one of the directories (the last as it happens) CLASSPATH=/usr/lpp/zWebSphere_OM/V7R0/FPW20M/web2mobilefep_1.1/optionalLibraries/jaxrs_1.X jars themselves don't get added to classpath by their dir being added to classpath Each jar must appear in the

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

I thought the term debugging came from the days when the first computers were made from vacuum tubes. The tubes produced light, which in turn attracted bugs. Periodically, the computer had to be "debugged". My source was probably urban legend. --- wdonze...@gmail.com wrote: From:

Re: Raised Floor

Assuming a rather loose definition of "raised floor" as "machine room", then the statement is correct in that only people who actually need to work there should be there. On the other hand, if the floor is simply raised to allow easy access to wiring, then it's totally appropriate. We

Re: Raised Floor

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:48:41 +, Longnecker, Dennis wrote: >In the USA, are there requirements/rules regarding how a raised for >can be utilized? I seem to recall reading some code that specified only >people who need to work on a raised for should be located on a raised

Re: Raised Floor

I know my feet about froze when I had a desk on raised floor :-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Longnecker, Dennis Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Raised Floor While not an

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:00:15 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: > >And just to be completely clear on the original message > >IKJ56236I FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED > >This really does mean just what it says. It's the four DDNAMEs JOBLIB, >STEPLIB, JOBCAT, and STEPCAT themselves that are

Re: Raised Floor

This is a new one. Even in NYC, I don't know of anything that specifies where you can put a desk or have someone work. Lots of office space is put on raised floors these days due to the wires that run to the desks, cubicles, whatever. Doug Doug Fuerst Principal Consultant BK Associates

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

No, she did not. The term "bug", relating to flaws and errors in a circuit*, shows up a fair amount in 1930s ham radio literature, for example. * "bug" also applies to automatic Morse keys, of course. -- Will On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > Was

Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

Was watching NCIS Los Angeles and the geek was showing off to the female geek by saying Grace Hopper didn't coin the term bug, but Thomas Edison did. (Which he probably stole from someone else, probably Tesla, but that just me being facetious.)

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

On 15 March 2016 at 12:46, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > > Thanks for the new stuff I learned by asking a mixed up question. But I > got it now. And just to be completely clear on the original message IKJ56236I FILE STEPLIB INVALID, FILENAME RESTRICTED This really does

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

Yeah, I apologize for this dumb question. We used to have a STEPLIB add command that we could use from TSO, way back then, and a CLIST or Rexx to reallocate any ISPF, especially SYSPROC libraries for testing. I'd been doing too much Linux lately and had a senior moment. I didn't put my

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

The STEPLIB command from CBT 452 must reside in linklist. Also in the APF list if you have LNKAUTH=APFTAB in IEASYSxx. It also requires an entry in the IKJTSOxx AUTHCMD list. Dan D "Steve Beaver" wrote in message news:<004601d17e5e$5c2836e0$1478a4a0$@stevebeaver.com>...

Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:16:21 +, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: >I meant, VLF knows the current youngest age and makes it available to >the HC routine at each HC interva... ITYM "VLF knows the current youngest age and uses it in *its* health check". -- Tom Marchant

Re: Cannot allocate Steplib?

CM - you are assuming that the guy with the question can issue console commands. I would NEVER let a general user near my console much less the SETPROG command -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of CM Poncelet Sent:

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

If you have 1 MCDS, make 2 out of that one. That will give you 2 with the former size. The BCDS depending on how full it is increase the size 50% Steve -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Tuesday,

RobotFramework Java XML-RPC server

I need to run the Java XML-RPC server on z/OS to support a windows based RobotFramework testing of my z/OS system. I have downloaded jrobotremoteserver-3.0-standalone.jar. I understand that I'll most likely have to update it to do the ASCII/EBCDIC translations on the HTTP sends and receives.

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

I have been using CA-RECLAIM since 20012 for both dfHSM and dfRMM. No problems or worries. I highly recommend it. As a matter of fact it is a shop-wide default here. SET CA-RECLAIM(DATACLAS) in IGDSMS00. The default for each DATACLAS is CA-RECLAIM(YES). One caveat. You don’t get the benefit

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Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

I don't want to create a gorilla-survey here, but I would be interested in hearing some user experience with CA Reclaim. I first heard about it at SHARE several years ago, but we have yet to dip a toe in the crocodile pond. It would be most beneficial for system utility clusters like HSM and

Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE

Ok, I misunderstood the HC infrastructure. I meant, VLF knows the current youngest age and makes it available to the HC routine at each HC interval, which is volatile and is lost if the HC does not alert, but not to me at each SMF41 interval. I hope they will change this. As Peter more or less

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

On our HSM MCDS, BCDS, etc, we have 0 for the secondary extent. If we specified TRACK(5 1) so we get 1 track as the Control Area, 1. How much would the Index size go up? 15X? 2. Wouldn't CAs be reused a lot more frequently, since you only have to get 1 track empty instead of 15? 3. Which

Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:29:11 +, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: >I already guessed HC got the value from VLF internals, Well, not exactly. Health Checker establishes the infrastructure for doing health checks. System components then register their health check with HC, which invokes

Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE

Peter, Thanks for the info. I already guessed HC got the value from VLF internals, so my immediate reaction was: why tell HC and not me? I already opened a PMR for adding the info to SMF 41-3. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: SMF41 VLF info and ALERTAGE

>Where does HC get this info from? I'd say that "HC" does not get the info from anywhere. This is a VLF health check, so VLF gets the information from its own control structures. VLF knows when it cached something and when it trimmed it (i.e., chose to remove the item from its cache for space

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

Norbert Friemel wrote: CA_RECLAIM? http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2d4a0/2.5.3.3 Norbert beat me to it (smile). The key to this being useful is that you have empty CAs to reclaim. One could have a pathological application that left one record per CA behind

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:57:41 +0200, Steff Gladstone wrote: >Greetings, > >We have a KSDS file that gradually fills up with records. After deleting a >large number of records we still received nonzero response codes when >trying to add new records indicating that there is no available space in

Re: Freeing up space in a VSAM file

Steff Gladstone wrote: >We have a KSDS file that gradually fills up with records. After deleting a >large number of records we still received nonzero response codes when trying >to add new records indicating that there is no available space in the file. >We have no alternative but to disable