AW: 64-bit caller and VL-bit

>How does a 64-bit caller indicate the end of a variable parameter list? I've done some Googling; the closest I've come to a real answer is > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ie aa700/iea3a7_Description2.htm > which says "When using an

64-bit caller and VL-bit

How does a 64-bit caller indicate the end of a variable parameter list? I've done some Googling; the closest I've come to a real answer is https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ie aa700/iea3a7_Description2.htm which says "When using an 8-bytes-per-entry

SMTP question.

We run SMTP on one lpar (z/OS 2.1). Recently we switched our mail server from Notes to Exchange. Mostly transparent except for one lpar, and only some jobs even then. The failing jobs use SAS email. They run fine on 5 lpars, fail on one. One thing we see from the failing lpar (in the SMTP log)

Re: Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

Yeah maybe Racf profiles for STARTED might give a clue. In a message dated 4/27/2016 6:29:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, stars...@mindspring.com writes: Show us the SJ output? Anything else relevant? -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

Hello, Yeah, after a very long day, then a long flight with time to think about it, then I thought to ask, and all I had in my head was sketchy. I asked for the exact text about the instream from the JES2 sysout in SDSF by email so I can post it here later if it is helpful. The STC is

Re: Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

On 4/27/2016 6:16 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: No machines are as customizable as mainframes, especially ones that have been running for decades. Sometimes things are hard to figure out, especially if the machine goes from the owner to outsourced or whatever, and all that, then people are "let

Re: Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

Lindy, These details are a little sketchy. Could you add some more details? What STC (Is it a vendor product or something else)? Can you show us your display details that you were looking at? Show us the SJ output? Anything else relevant? Thanks Lizette > -Original Message- >

Re: Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

Curiosity piqued! I would be interested in seeing what you're seeing. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > No machines are as customizable as mainframes, especially ones that have > been running for decades. Sometimes things are hard to figure out, >

Re: "IBM Layoff Epidemic Spreads Worldwide"

Plz, keep the list technical and free of politics, religion and personal peccadilloes. While we're all affected and participation in the processes of democracy is encouraged. This ain't the place for it-PERIOD! In a message dated 4/27/2016 5:39:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

Re: "IBM Layoff Epidemic Spreads Worldwide"

vote For Trump and rescue the American worforce. http://www.computerworld.com/article/3059256/it-careers/rejecting-employees-pleas-emblemhe alth-ceo-sets-major-it-layoff.html. . http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/epic-awarded-940-million-tata-trade-secrets-case

Re: ICSF public key extraction.

Does not seem to be assembler friendly, or am I missing something? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ICSF public key

Scheduled STCs running as instream procs?

No machines are as customizable as mainframes, especially ones that have been running for decades. Sometimes things are hard to figure out, especially if the machine goes from the owner to outsourced or whatever, and all that, then people are "let go" and new people have to take over and try

Re: "IBM Layoff Epidemic Spreads Worldwide"

Point taken. As I responded on another list... But remember, forwarding isn't necessarily endorsing either the article or comments. The political statements weren't mine; they were attached to the article. I included them specifically as examples of folly (there were other, germane comments),

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 04:12 PM, John Eells wrote: > The HMC DVD-based installation for the COD was *much* faster than we > thought it would be. We'd projected something like 8 hours, and it wound > up taking something closer to two. I understand, but that's still what most

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 04:12 PM, John Eells wrote: > Actually, the capability to IPL from the HMC has been there for quite > some time. Yes, and Linux has been utilizing it for about that long. We just weren't able to access it from the operating system running in the LPAR

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 04:07 PM, John McKown wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Mark Post wrote: > >> >>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown >> wrote: >> > ​They IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a

Re: TSO command from Microsoft Windows

Side note.. I don't think OpenSSH/sftp and FTPS are in the same class anymore for large data volumes. During the last test I was involved in.. there was a large performance gap. It had previously been closer after the ICSF was introduced for OpenSSH. Rob Schramm On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 3:37

Re: mixed AMODE with HLL | 64-bit to 31-bit

LE Vendor Interfaces -- You better have double Phd in Math and Engineering -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: mixed AMODE

Re: mixed AMODE with HLL | 64-bit to 31-bit

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 09:45:06 -0400, Rick Troth wrote: >How should I call a 31-bit routine from a 64-bit routine? Obviously the >64-bit routine will have had to allocate all its storage below the bar. >But what about linkage? In assembler, it's pretty well documented. What >about higher level

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

A lot to mull over. Thanks for the replies. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD. > >

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

> > z/OS does not support being IPLed from a DVD. > > The stand alone restore utility of DFSMSDSS does support being IPLed > > from DVD, and restoring from DVD. > > > > Interesting. Could you give a reference where how to do this is > documented? I looked in the z/OS 2.2 manual "z/OS DFSMSdss

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

This is currently supported only for the Customized Offerings Driver (COD) installation. If you want to be able to do it yourself, please put a requirement into RFE. John McKown wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Jim Mulder wrote: z/OS does not support being

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

Mark Post wrote: I don't know the answer to your question, but I might be able to point you in the right direction. I have never received a new version of z/OS on a DVD. Have you? Is it able to be IPLed from the HMC? If so, then there is almost certainly a file in the top-level directory

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Jim Mulder wrote: > > z/OS does not support being IPLed from a DVD. > The stand alone restore utility of DFSMSDSS does support being IPLed > from DVD, and restoring from DVD. > ​Interesting. Could you give a reference where how to do this

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

Mark Post wrote: On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown wrote: ​They IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a ftp source.​ Coming soon will be the ability to IPL _and_ install directly from the HMC DVD drive. It'll be a slow as !@$$ but it won't require

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

> Ok, don't laugh. This may be commonplace to some of you, but I'm > having a dickens of a time. We created a 1 Pack IPL able system > from the CBTTAPE JCL . Work's great. Now I want to put the pack on a > DVD so I can IPL it from the DVD on the z12. How can I do this? I > have been trying

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Mark Post wrote: > >>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown > wrote: > > ​They IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a ftp source.​ > > Coming soon will be the ability to IPL _and_ install directly from the

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

It is my understanding that the ability to IPL from DVD is a hardware feature. I believe this is currently available. Check w/your local hardware rep's. If you do not have that feature, it will *NEVER* IPL HTH, Subject: Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD. >>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:51 PM, John McKown wrote: > ​They IPL from the DVD and then use the HMC DVD as a ftp source.​ Coming soon will be the ability to IPL _and_ install directly from the HMC DVD drive. It'll be a slow as !@$$ but it won't require an installation

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Ward, Mike S wrote: > Ok, don't laugh. This may be commonplace to some of you, but I'm having a > dickens of a time. We created a 1 Pack IPL able system from the CBTTAPE > JCL . Work's great. Now I want to put the pack on a DVD so I can IPL it >

Re: How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 03:36 PM, "Ward, Mike S" wrote: > Ok, don't laugh. This may be commonplace to some of you, but I'm having a > dickens of a time. We created a 1 Pack IPL able system from the CBTTAPE JCL > . Work's great. Now I want to put the pack on a DVD so I can IPL it

Re: TSO command from Microsoft Windows

On 2016-04-27 13:13, Mark Post wrote: On 4/27/2016 at 02:39 AM, Martin Packer wrote: >> Naïve question (as one who does iOS, macOS, Linux) is SSH something an end >> user can rely on to be there? Or is it something my Sysprogs (and I'm not >> one of them) needs

How to copy one pack IPL'able z/OS to DVD.

Ok, don't laugh. This may be commonplace to some of you, but I'm having a dickens of a time. We created a 1 Pack IPL able system from the CBTTAPE JCL . Work's great. Now I want to put the pack on a DVD so I can IPL it from the DVD on the z12. How can I do this? I have been trying different

Re: TSO command from Microsoft Windows

An SSH command line utility like PuTTY plink might work depending on what TSO command you need: plink -ssh u...@myzos.myhost.com tso -t delete foo.bar See: https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter7.html you could also use the z/OSMF REST services API for TSO command services:

Re: TSO command from Microsoft Windows

>>> On 4/27/2016 at 02:39 AM, Martin Packer wrote: > Naïve question (as one who does iOS, macOS, Linux) is SSH something an end > user can rely on to be there? Or is it something my Sysprogs (and I'm not > one of them) needs to set up. It's something that a systems

UCBSCAN and LSPACE

Hi Can any one of the parameters returned by UCBSCAN be used with LSPACE As ucbscan returns different parts of the UCB Thanks Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: ICSF public key extraction.

Will do, thanks for the reply -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ICSF public key extraction. Check out the gsk_* apis in: z/OS

Re: ICSF public key extraction.

Check out the gsk_* apis in: z/OS Cryptographic Services System SSL Programming SC14-7495-00 Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Ward, Mike S wrote: > Hello all, for all of you that are ICSF experts. I have been looking >

ICSF public key extraction.

Hello all, for all of you that are ICSF experts. I have been looking through the ICSF manuals for an API that would extract the public key from an SSL key that is in an RACF key ring. I have not been able to locate such an API in ICSF. Is there such a beast? == This

Re: AXR04 System REXX

>From the IBM documentation, FORCE AXR,ARM is still the method: From: "z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide" [z/OS 2.02 Level] "The System REXX address space, AXR, is non-cancelable. If absolutely necessary, you can terminate the AXR address space by issuing the FORCE

Re: AXR04 System REXX

Understood. I knew about the CANCEL too, but my eyes shifted while typing and I ended up asking about the brute force method. Thank you for your reply. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, April

Re: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box?

Sysevent REQLPDAT is z/OS only. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: mixed AMODE with HLL | 64-bit to 31-bit

What you need to do in C: 1. Put a #pragma linkage(assembler_routine_name,OS_NOSTACK) 2. Make sure you allocate the data areas you want to pass to your 31-bit routine using __malloc31. 3. Call a 64-bit Assembler routine, shown above as assembler_routine_name, with the parm

Re: AXR04 System REXX

W dniu 2016-04-27 o 15:54, Richards, Robert B. pisze: The last time I looked at bringing down AXR it was: FORCE AXR,ARM Is anyone aware of another method or does this still hold true? I always user CANCEL AXR04 The only problem is the name. It is not always 04. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,

Re: AXR04 System REXX

AXR** is (usually) a "worker space" and not System REXX itself. You should be able to just cancel it. E.G. C AXR04 HTH, The last time I looked at bringing down AXR it was: FORCE AXR,ARM Is anyone aware of another method or does this still hold true? This email – including attachments –

AXR04 System REXX

The last time I looked at bringing down AXR it was: FORCE AXR,ARM Is anyone aware of another method or does this still hold true? Bob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box?

Sysevent REQLPDAT offers quite a bit more information than Sysevent QVS (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.iead200/iead200821.htm) and could also be called unauthorized when that matters. Horst Sinram - STSM, z/OS Workload and Capacity Management

mixed AMODE with HLL | 64-bit to 31-bit

How should I call a 31-bit routine from a 64-bit routine? Obviously the 64-bit routine will have had to allocate all its storage below the bar. But what about linkage? In assembler, it's pretty well documented. What about higher level languages? To be specific, I have a chunk of C code that

ALC Coding Jobs in Northern Europe

All: If anyone is interested in a serious z/OS Assembler coding job in Northern Europe, contact me off-line. It means relocation, but that relocation is to a very nice part of the world, with all of Europe a train-ride away. Sincerely, Bob Shimizu -- Robert W. Shimizu Partner ColeSoft

Re: BCPii (Was: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box?)

You might want to look at my SHARE presentation http://share.confex.com/data/handout/share/126/Session_18592_handout_9070_0.pdf I describe how BCPii is used to automate a daily DR test. The lack of support for zVM is indeed annoying. I spoke to Steve Warren(responsible for BCPII development at

Re: TSO command from Microsoft Windows

Naïve question (as one who does iOS, macOS, Linux) is SSH something an end user can rely on to be there? Or is it something my Sysprogs (and I'm not one of them) needs to set up. And compared to my PHP-driven FTP scripting would it be complementary or a faster or slower replacement?

Re: BCPii (Was: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box?)

That explains "A158" and "3090" (and "C580") :-) True dat. :-) In my new "How To Be A Better Performance Specialist (Than Martin Packer)" :-) presentation I reinforce the importance of having a view of an installation's history. I was talking last week to a customer's "NextGen z" people with

Re: Question about space allocation from Listcat display

Thank you, just tried to interprete things that i see. I am a DB2 sysprog, and know that DB2 datasets VSAM information is not always current. However i think that an active log is an object that is allocated once and never changed afterward, the log is always used until it is full, so i think