Re: Remote API to z/OS?

You've got choices (plural), but I'd look first at the z/OSMF REST APIs. Refer to the IBM z/OS Management Facility Programming Guide, Publication No. SC27-8420. For z/OS 2.2 that publication is available here: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/v2r2pdf/ Here's the direct link,

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

Abend S202 and SVC 1 are out of synch. Do you have a timer exit doing a post? It would run under the same TCB but a different RB and if LE does not know about it, it may be ignored. If the customer (or you) can reproduce, set a SLIP to get a 'real' dump. Is there a trace table in the LE

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Now that most mainframes (at least for the past several years) have OSA-ICC's, there is no reason to worry about not having a console connection remotely. We routinely define 16 consoles and 16 3270's (non-console) to each LPAR (a few more for production LPARs sometimes). I can't think of the

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

@Jim, not much faith in LE dumps, eh? I guess I will work on duplicating the problem with the LE dump disabled in favor of SYSUDUMP. Meanwhile, here is LE's take on the issue: (zero editing other than where I say "snip") Condition Information for (DSA address 000236E0) CIB

NY Metro NaSPA Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, 5 October, 2016

The next NY Metro NaSPA Chapter meeting is on Wednesday, 5 October, 2016, at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219, NYC, from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. These are the sessions that are on the agenda: "Becoming the Center of the Business Cloud Universe", Frank DeGilio, IBM

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

> It is definitely, unquestionably being reported on the WAIT, not the POST. > > I don't know what is in the ECB -- or even which of three ECBs is in error > -- because LE in its wisdom decided the storage is not worth dumping. > > An interesting question would be "if the ECB has an invalid RB

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 28, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Gates, Guy wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > Do you have access to login to the HMC? I had a similar situation and > couldn't logon to TSO or even CA-SYSVIEW or another product we have named > BimEdit (From CSI Inc.), which both have authority to

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 28, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Jerry Whitteridge > wrote: > > Let me expand on that previous comment. > > If your Datacenter was/is designed for attended operations then console > access is often restricted to physical access and so remote support becomes > an

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I agree, it's kind of cool, but if I were the one paying ofr the hardware, I wouldn't waste it like that. Maybe in a few more years it will be better. Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Remote API to z/OS?

IBM i has the host servers and JTOpen. z/VM has SMAPI. Is there a generalized remote API to the MVS side of z/OS? Or if one wants to remote control MVS does one merely use ssh to the USS side + scripting and/or a DB2 (JDBC) connector? -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

It is definitely, unquestionably being reported on the WAIT, not the POST. I don't know what is in the ECB -- or even which of three ECBs is in error -- because LE in its wisdom decided the storage is not worth dumping. An interesting question would be "if the ECB has an invalid RB address, how

Re: Interpreting an S202-0000

Yes you are interpreting it correctly. It is reported on the POST. During POST processing, the RB pointer is used to identify what RB/TCB issued the WAIT. It can be a storage overlay or the POSTer is not pointing at an ECB at all but some other piece of storage with the 'wait' bit turned on.

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

It would be an interesting concept to have a team of old farts to provide support for one or a few Z/OS sites, they could provide backup for each other and 24x7 availability without being over taxed. We've all had the rash of grass fires that eat all the hours available in a few days. They

Interpreting an S202-0000

A program issues a WAIT ECBLIST= for a list of three ECBs. The program receives an S202- ABEND. Here is the explanation: Explanation: During processing of a POST macro, the system found an error with an event control block (ECB). 00 The system found an incorrect address for a request block

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:21:57 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: >Searching for 'file signature PK', I found >http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html and PK means it is a >zip file. Unzip the file, not sure on z/OS or Windows or Linux would >be best (required). Then view the resulting file,

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

After following the section below it worked. Thanks == I tried much the same, with checksums for verification. (cksum is your friend): After downloading from:

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:00:36 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Steely.Mark wrote: > >> We are currently on z/OS v2.2 and we are trying to get HTTP Apache >> configured. >> >> I found the ihsCMT tool which states: The IHS Configuration Migration Tool >> generates an

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Hi Len, Same here. I'm not sure if my 40+ years of MF experience will be in demand for much longer. I hope so - it's still may favorite platform. These days, I'm working on lunix/unix to add to my knowledge, and to hopefully keep a job. :-) I've been following these threads

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

Searching for 'file signature PK', I found http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html and PK means it is a zip file. Unzip the file, not sure on z/OS or Windows or Linux would be best (required). Then view the resulting file, should be EBCDIC on z/OS or ASCII on Windows / Linux. On Wed,

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

SK4T-4949 is a simple zip of all the PDFs. SC27-8430 is the same set of PDFs but with the addition of the Acrobat index. Production of SC27-8430 is still in the early stages, which is why both collections are still offered, but it will likely eventually replace SK4T-4949. What benefits do you

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

File is not A RECOGNIZABLE TERSED DATA SET. Great idea. Here is a small screen shot of the file: PK--É8META-INF/MANIFEST.MFþÊ..óMÌËLK-.Ñ.K-*ÎÌϳR0Ô3àåò -Õ.-.c(Ö`ÀX.G±&.&-cYaÀD3v-.~3v°.- -b-.0ÙL;Ü-ÝÌØ..L1c-.ìnÆÚ.-jÆÚ.-fÆ:.-nÆ-4 Ð-u

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Reposting to add comments on HMC. See below. -Original Message- From: Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 11:25 AM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you). Amen

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I've contemplated retiring from my current post-mainframe job sometime if I could find a fitting at least mostly remote job. Another option would be short term contracts and living the RV life :-) I wonder how long my mainframe knowledge will be marketable, how may year away is too long?

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Steely.Mark wrote: > We are currently on z/OS v2.2 and we are trying to get HTTP Apache > configured. > > I found the ihsCMT tool which states: The IHS Configuration Migration Tool > generates an approximation of an equivalent httpd

Re: z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

If binary is getting you close, how about AMATERSE and / or XMIT steps? On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Steely.Mark wrote: > We are currently on z/OS v2.2 and we are trying to get HTTP Apache configured. > > I found the ihsCMT tool which states: The IHS Configuration

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

When I mentioned the outdated text to the page owner, I suggested that he also replace the links to the zips themselves with these links to the zip download pages. Now that I know that the existing links point to outdated zips, I'll more than suggest it. Sorry for the runaround. On 09/28/16

z/OS V2.2 and HTTP apache

We are currently on z/OS v2.2 and we are trying to get HTTP Apache configured. I found the ihsCMT tool which states: The IHS Configuration Migration Tool generates an approximation of an equivalent httpd configuration file for IHS for z/OS powered by Apache. I get the message that states the

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Hi Tony, Belt & Suspenders! Still a good idea! I'm an FTE, but have similar access to my CEC(s). I've been a MF SysProg for almost 40 years and - on this topic - I don't miss the old days at all! When I started in 1976, there was no way to support remote sites effectively without

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

And, I forgot to include remote access to the HMC. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 09/28/2016 04:17 PM: Our remote systems support staff have multiple remote access to the consoles: 1) The initial IPL console is on a laptop in the computer room with Windows 7 PRO. If needed, this box can be

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Our remote systems support staff have multiple remote access to the consoles: 1) The initial IPL console is on a laptop in the computer room with Windows 7 PRO. If needed, this box can be remotely accessed using RDP over a VPN. 2) A backup console is always running on a second laptop with the

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I need a zIIP (or zAAP) first > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:52 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Lionel Dyck did it on our 2.2. system here at the VA. His assessment was that it was not worth it except as a excercise Steve Beaver st...@stevebeaver.com This electronic mail (including any attachments) may

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I can highly recommend z/OSMF. Steve - have you tried the install on z/OS 2.2? It's considerably easier there. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Hi Steve, That's such a good point. It's true for IBM MLC, OTC pricing, and ISV pricing. Most OTC products allow sub-capacity pricing, but we see that most customers are still using full-capacity pricing. Also, the majority of ISVs, especially the larger ones, will provide sub-capacity

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Cheryl's tuning letter fall 2015 described a case where they implemented MSU capping http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA49201 and reconfigured their CPUs from 706 to 712 to 730. With LPAR cores consolidating onto one chip with cache shared among multiple z cores, they saw a huge

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

You might look at z/OSMF but don't be fooled, it will take you a while to get up Steve Beaver st...@stevebeaver.com This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged,

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Yup - Skip caught the biggest hurdle! People and perceptions not the hardware/software capabilities. Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Amen to what Jerry said. I just want to substitute the word '(re)design'. Our IT operation was originally 'designed' back in the day when everything was connected via copper cable. You pretty much had to enter the Operations cave in order to get to 'the heart' of anything. Over the years

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:55:07 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Find the pdfindex.idx file and open it in a browser. Double click should work. There are two different collections. Perhaps one of the IBM contributors can explain why that is. SK4T-4949 includes a readme.txt file that says to launch

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Let me expand on that previous comment. If your Datacenter was/is designed for attended operations then console access is often restricted to physical access and so remote support becomes an issue. The conversion to unattended/lights out operations requires a rethink about console design,

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:00:55 -0400, Susan Shumway wrote: >Thanks, Gil. I was checking the links and didn't even notice that the >text on that page says December 2015. I'll alert the page owner to >update the wording. > It's not merely cosmetic. When I was having problems opening the index, I

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

This indicates a weakness in your console deployment - my staff have remote access to all the consoles they need (including the Master) Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Gates, Guy wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Do you have access to login to the HMC? I had a similar situation and > couldn't logon to TSO or even CA-SYSVIEW or another product we have named > BimEdit (From CSI Inc.), which both have authority to issue

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

Hi Ed, Do you have access to login to the HMC? I had a similar situation and couldn't logon to TSO or even CA-SYSVIEW or another product we have named BimEdit (From CSI Inc.), which both have authority to issue Commands and see the SYSLOG. Since I couldn't use those products, I signed into the

Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

Environment is: - 6 * z13 model 712 - some 10 z/OS LPARs on each CEC - overall LCP to PCP ratio ~ 4- 12-way production sysplex has two 12 LCP LPARs on each CEC - prod LPARs have a ~38% share based on their weight => 4 vertical high and 1 vertical medium CPs - Neither CEC nor prod LPARs re

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

> On Sep 28, 2016, at 12:28 AM, Brian Westerman > wrote: > > Hi John, > > Our company (Syzygy Incorporated) fully supports more than 70 sites remotely, > all over the world. On top of that we provide partial support for another 60 > to 70 sites. Some are

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Lizette, I found the pdfindex.htm file and I don't see a pdfindex.idx one. I'm looking in the SK4T-4949-11 root. Is the idx file elsewhere? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, September

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Lizette, Very weird. I had to 'copy link address' from the .htm list into the IE address bar but it did open as a PDF. I wonder what Chrome was trying to do ?? I will play around with it some more and also try Mozilla. Thanks for the tip, John Clifford On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:43 AM, John

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

I use Chrome, I will try IE and Mozilla now. On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > What browser and level are you using? > > I use Mozilla - current level > > Lizette > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

What browser and level are you using? I use Mozilla - current level Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John Clifford > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:26 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject:

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Lizette, I did finally find that file, but when I double-click on it, it opens a new window with just ' about:blank at the top and a blank window. Did I miss something to do prior to this ?? Thanks, John Clifford MF contractor On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Lizette Koehler

GetPool Question

Hi If I use GetPool macro for lets say 10,32000, does that mean every time I do a QSAM GET in locate mode the pointer to the record is 320,000 bytes long ? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Find the "zOS V2R2 Acrobat Indexed PDF Collection 3Q16.pdx" and open it. I created a desktop shortcut for it. -- Lionel B. Dyck (TRA Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200)

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Find the pdfindex.idx file and open it in a browser. Double click should work. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Blaicher, Christopher Y. > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 7:45 AM > To:

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

I downloaded the Adobe Indexed PDF collection this morning. Is there a magic way to get the Adobe reader to use the .idx files? I downloaded the latest Adobe reader and when I click on an .idx file it says it is either an invalid file type, or the data is corrupted. I admit I have not read all

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I've been working remote for years. Currently working for a company where the client is on the other side of the country, so 3 days away by car. if you're worried about staying in tune to things, then make sure you attend conference call meetings, up to date on emails, IM, etc.. I don't do

Re: Reloading a member of ELPA

Blake, Daniel J [CTR] wrote: >Have you tried Health Checker. These are the ones that I see: Partially yes, but I missed (too lazy to scroll properly down) these goodies you kindly showed: VSM_CSA_CHANGE VSM_CSA_LARGEST_FREE VSM_CSA_LIMIT VSM_CSA_THRESHOLD VSM_PVT_LIMIT VSM_SQA_LIMIT

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

I realize that there have been a number of replies to this already, but I have a bit of experience with this as well. At both my current employer and my last employer, my office was located several states away from the location(s) of the data center(s) where z/OS was running. While I did have a

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

John, I spent about 9 years working remotely, most of it with IBM in various areas. I basically agree with all that has been said thus far, technically there is no reason this can't be easily done as long as you have the support of the network folks to allow you vpn access to HMC's, tape

Re: ENQ Question

Scott, As suggested earlier, look into the ISGQUERY macro. There are examples in the Authorized Assembler Services Reference. Here is some additional guidance: - Use SEARCH=BY_FILTER with specific match on Qname and Rname for better performance - Qname will be SYSDSN - Rname will be

Re: Reloading a member of ELPA

Have you tried Health Checker. These are the ones that I see: VSM_CSA_CHANGE VSM_CSA_LARGEST_FREE VSM_CSA_LIMIT VSM_CSA_THRESHOLD VSM_PVT_LIMIT VSM_SQA_LIMIT VSM_SQA_THRESHOLD Each one has some form of ECSA listed. Some are near the top, others you will need to scroll down to see. Some even

Re: Reloading a member of ELPA

Peter Relson wrote: >If it is true that there is not enough (E)CSA available to accommodate the new >copy of the load module, then yes an IPL is required. Are there any messages in SYSLOG or RMF or SMF which can warn me that (E)CSA is getting too full? I looked at these messages, but, unless

Re: Link to the September 16 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals?

Thanks, Gil. I was checking the links and didn't even notice that the text on that page says December 2015. I'll alert the page owner to update the wording. On 09/27/16 10:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:38:03 -0400, Susan Shumway wrote: Thanks, Elardus. Yes, the

? IBM web presence gone ?

It seems like every Infocenter page I try to get to is either not responding or is getting a "503 Service Termporarily Unavailable". Anybody else? -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Brian Westerman < brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Our company (Syzygy Incorporated) fully supports more than 70 sites > remotely, all over the world. On top of that we provide partial support > for another 60 to 70 sites. Some are large