CPU/L in SDSF

We run up to situation that no one get any CPU for all users CICS, TSO everyone and in SDSF panel I see CPU/L is 100/46. While in this CEC only one LPAR is up and running, I have two other LPARs one for IFL and the other one for ICF, who else eat my CPU, I am capping this LPAR to 60 MSUs. I

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

I'd like to refer everyone to the z/OS 2.3 preview announcement: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS217-085/ENUS217-085.PDF As mentioned in the preview, IBM plans to add the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) to the base z/OS operating system and also to allow Independent Software

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

That will depend on z/OS. Is 16 cylinders sufficient for the file? How large (MB/GB/Bytes) is the file. Otherwise, you should talk to your stg admins on what your file requires. SMS might constrain your dataset. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: unCATALOG after a RENAME

The default disposition for NEW is DELETE. So the dataset will be deleted. If it is SMS managed, it will be cataloged during its lifetime. Non-SMS are not cataloged until the step ends. On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) writes: > Unfortunately legislative bodies are dominated by lawyers, especially > in the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Congress's blunderbuss response to > the Enron debacle, achieves maximum burden with minimal protection. A > classic case of lawyers

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

We used to have some products (think it may have been ZEKE, ZEBB) that used to provide several days of grace at DR site, but had a particularly inconvenient way of managing the days of grace which meant you could never be sure how long you might have for a real DR: If you used the days of

Re: As/400 i5 cl socket programming?

Itschak Mugzach wrote: Today I logged into as400 for the first time. I wrote some CL programs and was surprised to discover that it doesn't have native http support. Is there any as400 discussion list that deals with i5 sockets? https://ibmioss.ryver.com/index.html is an open source on IBM

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

My very first machine was a Univac 90/70 D running VS/9 at the college I attended. I was also a student operator there. Then there was a Burroughs 1800 where I interned. I don't remember its OS. It also had CANDE, TSO ish editor. After grad, at another shop, 3 4341 - one for prod only, one for

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 2:49 PM, R.S. wrote: > My observations: > Rules created by lawyers are complex and impractical. > Rules created by technicians are simple and easy to use. > > IMHO: optimal solution: > A product is able to run for limited period (a week)

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Unfortunately legislative bodies are dominated by lawyers, especially in the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Congress's blunderbuss response to the Enron debacle, achieves maximum burden with minimal protection. A classic case of lawyers meddling in IT. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California

Re: OT: Oldest Computer

I don't think the memory issue was ever resolved, but then I don't recall... On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Ok, it is OT and Friday is coming... ;-) > > The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. > > Surprise!

Re: As/400 i5 cl socket programming?

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > Today I logged into as400 for the first time. I wrote some CL programs and > was surprised to discover that it doesn't have native http support. Is > there any as400 discussion list that deals with i5 sockets? > ​A

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

My observations: Rules created by lawyers are complex and impractical. Rules created by technicians are simple and easy to use. IMHO: optimal solution: A product is able to run for limited period (a week) and new key is then delivered in case of real disaster. For DR drills grace period is long

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

> On Apr 20, 2017, at 11:05 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > wrote: > > In a DR situation the priority is to get the service restored as fast as > possible. Having to literally waste time contacting a dozen, or more, vendors > for license codes simply delays the process. In

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

If the mainframe side has a file system setup for you, then instead of put linux_file.txt //'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' It would be something like this: Put linux_file.txt /u/xyz/mainframe.file The single "/" will trigger the mainframe FTP server to treat it as another UNIX file, a file

Re: SYS1.BRODCAST

You have to decide what to call your user logs. Most shops probably go with 'userid.something'. When we implemented user logs two decades ago, I prevailed in calling them 'BROADCAST.userid' on the grounds that they would be easier for us to find. Also I didn't want users wondering what these

Re: unCATALOG after a RENAME

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:40:07 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: > >I'd use STORCLAS. You can get it either with SVC 99 or the Catalog Search >Interface. CSI can also give you the volume list. > For an SMS-managed DSN, what if I specify DISP=(NEW), but not CATLG. Does it: o catalog it regardless? o fail

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

No i haven't thought about that as i am not sure how to do that . Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:33:09 -0500, Ron Thomas wrote: >Ok , whaat i am looking is to push the file from LINUX to Mainframe . So, the >one below is fine ? > >SITE BLOCKSIZE=0 LRECL=133 WRAP RECFM=FB PRI=1 SEC=1 CYL >delete 'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' >put linux_file.txt //'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' > Have

Re: SYS1.BRODCAST

In member IKJTSOxx Under the SEND Parnlib parameter Check for either: LOGNAME(SYS1.BRODCAST) - or- LOGNAME(user log data set name) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Ok , whaat i am looking is to push the file from LINUX to Mainframe . So, the one below is fine ? SITE BLOCKSIZE=0 LRECL=133 WRAP RECFM=FB PRI=1 SEC=1 CYL delete 'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' put linux_file.txt //'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' Thanks Ron T

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

We have similar DRE issues. However, one software package allows a five day grace period to run unlicensed, and the grace period wiil not expire on a weekend or holiday. Period actually ends at 0900. It takes about 3 hours to load the VTS and rebuild the RES. Temp license acquisition is

Re: SYS1.BRODCAST

Thanks Specifically what am I looking for in IKJTSOxx? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

KC Authentication failed

Trying to get the z/OS Init and Tuning Reference on the Interweb, and KC is throwing 403: Authentication Failed messages. To quote General Beringer: "After very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new sucks." If that makes me a pig-eyed sack o' !@#$, then so

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

The closest you can get even in 2.02 is to use; BLKsize=### and BLocks . Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 UFIT University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday,

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >I know everyone has issues with the various ways that vendors handle their >licensing. Yup everyone of course... > Do you have a license to use a Soapbox? ;-) 8-D :-p Sorry, let us get serious about this topic. >has to do with vendor products during a

As/400 i5 cl socket programming?

Today I logged into as400 for the first time. I wrote some CL programs and was surprised to discover that it doesn't have native http support. Is there any as400 discussion list that deals with i5 sockets? ITschak נשלח מה-iPad שלי

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:13:21 -0700, Phil Smith wrote: >Having worked for a variety of vendors, I've been on the opposite side of this >issue, and I have to agree 100% with the customers. Yes, there's theoretical >risk of folks stealing software; de facto, however, in over 30 years, I've >seen

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

On 2017-04-20, at 09:08, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > You could include one of the following commands in the FTP command stream on > the remote system. > "remote"? It appears to be the OP's local system. (Point of view; I understand.) > QUOTE SITE PRIM=## SEC=## TRacks > Or > QUOTE SITE

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Having worked for a variety of vendors, I've been on the opposite side of this issue, and I have to agree 100% with the customers. Yes, there's theoretical risk of folks stealing software; de facto, however, in over 30 years, I've seen exactly ONE such case. And it wasn't deliberate: it was a

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

Edited the below: On 04/20/2017 01:08 PM, Steve Thompson wrote: IF one can accept a S/360-20 as a true 360, given that it was a 16 bit machine, there was CPS, TPS, and DPS for Card|Tape|Disk Processing System. CPS/TPS were my first paying jobs in DP back in the '70s. Regards, Steve Thompson On

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

IF one can accept a S/360 as a true 360, given that it was a 16 bit machine, there was CPS, TPS, and DPS for Card|Tape|Disk Processing System. CPS/TPS were my first paying jobs in DP back in the '70s. Regards, Steve Thompson On 04/20/2017 11:21 AM, Warren Brown wrote: What about TPS for

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

A self-service site is good but it still requires that time be consumed getting the temp license code when that time could be better used in returning service to the customer and then, after service is restored, getting and updating the temporary license codes. Anything that delays return to

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Is this an FTP that executes from the z/OS system to "pull" a Linux file to the mainframe or a Linux FTP to "push" a file up to the mainframe? From your example it appears to be a "pull" setup. For a "pull" request running on z/OS I would put a "delete file " step (just an IEBR14) before the

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:05:10 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >I know everyone has issues with the various ways that vendors handle their >licensing. > > has to do with vendor products during a disaster situation. Some >products will work fine without license code changes (very few), other

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Try to get your critical software vendors to issue permanent keys for your DR CPCs. For non-critical software, it should be no problem asking it after the DR systems are up. Leo -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dyck,

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Lional, We provide a self-serve website for do-it-yourself creation of short term licensing codes. What is your View about that? Dave Cole ColeSoft Marketing 414 Third Street, NE Charlottesville, VA 22902 EADDRESS:dbc...@colesoft.com Home page:

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: Two vendors that I contacted suggested that we contact them before the DR to get temporary license codes. If anyone can provide a psychic hotline to contact to know when a DR will occur it would be appreciated. Then call them every day just in case there might

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

If you can run under z/VM you can specify the licensed CPU numbers. Some software will detect this and get the real hardware CPU numbers. Add the DR CPU numbers to your licensing request and indicate DR only. On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > I

Vendor Licensing Frustrations

I know everyone has issues with the various ways that vendors handle their licensing. has to do with vendor products during a disaster situation. Some products will work fine without license code changes (very few), other products will work for a few days with annoying warning messages (again

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Ok. is the below one coded will work from linux LOCSITE BLOCKSIZE=0 LRECL=133 WRAP RECFM=FB PRI=1 SEC=1 CYL delete 'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' get linux_file.txt 'HLQ.MAINFRAME.FILE' (replace Thanks Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

NO. YOU can delete the file and allocate with FTP subcommands QUOTE SITE PRIMARY(X) SECONDARY(Y) and (one of) CYL TRK See the fin manuals for syntax -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Thursday, April 20,

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

So just wanted to understand , whether we can delete the file that is existing and then allocate the file from the virtual machine shell script ? if so how we can do the same , so we can get the correct data in mainframe with out FTP failure issues ? any sample code i can look ? Thanks, Ron

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

What about TPS for model 20 On Wed, 4/19/17, Lloyd wrote: Subject: Re: Mainframe operating systems? To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 10:09 PM VP/CSS And you missed one of the OS/360

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

> You cannot enlarge an existing dataset. Sorry, I forgot to add, if you allocate it without secondary extents, then you cannot enlarge it. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Ron Thomas wrote: >failing with X37 abends. Just post the full message(s). >The file is already allocated one in mainframe . Your failure depends on how the dataset was allocated in the first place and how big it already is and limits placed by SMS. >I am not sure whether we can allocate

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Yes you can. See quite site subcommands primary secondary. Can also delete/reallocate the existing file. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 10:11 AM To:

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

failing with X37 abends. The file is already allocated one in mainframe . I am not sure whether we can allocate the file from linux virtual machine script ? if possible , how this can be done ? Thanks. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

You could include one of the following commands in the FTP command stream on the remote system. QUOTE SITE PRIM=## SEC=## TRacks Or QUOTE SITE PRIM=## SEC=## CYlinders PRIM is the Primary allocation space using the "TRacks, CYlinders, or BLocks" SEC is the Secondary allocation space using ...

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

Ron Thomas wrote: >Some of the files that is FTP'ed to mainframe from a Linux VM machine failed >with space issues . Files or datasets? What do you mean by 'mainframe'? z/OS? z/VM? Other operating system. Please post the FTP message(s) of the failure. Please post your FTP statements too.

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

Is 'MVS/ESA' worthy of a mention (or has it already featured?) '3.1.0e' (?) was my first taste of MVS. The cheapskate company involved tried to forego expanded storage on the machine. Did it do anything productive? Yes - but not in any useful timescale. We quickly came to the conclusion that

Re: FTP Failing with space issues

What kind of space issue, X37 Abends or allocation failures? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:51 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: FTP Failing with space issues Hello

FTP Failing with space issues

Hello . Some of the files that is FTP'ed to mainframe from a Linux VM machine failed with space issues . Is there any way we can provide a work around logic. Regards Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: ISPF edit macro API

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I doubt this has changed (Bitsavers?) since the advent of Rexx in TSO/E r2, >MVS/XA. Ok. REXX, TSO and CLIST (and JCL!) are more or less "functionally stabilized". >>Thanks Paul for this pointer. >Jy is welkom. Groot Plesier! ;-) (Ok, for those poor guys who don't

Re: Mainframe operating systems?

I remember running OS/VS1 under VM/SP. I seem to remember that we had to install an earlier VM, then add the "SP" feature on top of that. OS/VS1 did run pretty good under VM. I remember coding diagnose instructions in JES exits to spool and tag output for RSCS. I also remember the "pseudo

Re: ISPF edit macro API

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:45:34 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > ... >You mentioned REXX Reference on 2.2, but I am currently on 1.13 (yes, I know, >shh) and 2.1, not on 2.2 sofar... > I doubt this has changed (Bitsavers?) since the advent of Rexx in TSO/E r2, MVS/XA. >Thanks Paul for this

Re: ISPF edit macro

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>ADDRESS is used to send commands to a specific environment like ISREDIT for >>example. >>AFAIK, REXX interpreter does not know _where_ the program _should be_ running. >EDIT/VIEW need only tell it. The interface exists: >The exec block (EXECBLK) is a control block that

Re: ISPF edit macro

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:55:30 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >>I was afraid of that. How about a wrapper macro: >Interesting. Thanks, I believe it could be really useful to the OP. > Thanks. (But I was wrong the first time.) > >>address ISREDIT /* Why isn't this the default for

Re: ICSF -CKDS Question

I asked one of the ICSF developers about this. Here is his reply: -- There is no way to create a new entry in the CKDS from an existing entry using KGUP. The way I would do it would be to write a program to do the following: • Call CSNBKRR2 to get the key token • Call

Re: OT: Oldest Computer

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 05:53:57AM -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Ok, it is OT and Friday is coming... ;-) > > The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. > > Surprise! Surprise! > > It was an Apple. In Paradise Land. > > But with extremely limited memory. > > Just 1 byte.

Re: LINKLIST and Steplib

Hi, Apology for my ignorance, First point says about Run time library services - Is there any example when we make use of this ? Regarding Job pack area - Is this something we place the load module in any dataset or load into a particular memory for the search order to pick ? Could someone

Re: CAVMEN Meeting May 18, 2017 - FIRST NOTICE

Geez forgot your friends Scott Ford On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Jack H. Slavick wrote: > Hello, > The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts > will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017. > > As we have lost our sponsor, attendees will

Re: ISPF edit macro

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I was afraid of that. How about a wrapper macro: Interesting. Thanks, I believe it could be really useful to the OP. >address ISREDIT /* Why isn't this the default for Macros!? */ Good question. ADDRESS is used to send commands to a specific environment like

Re: ISPF edit macro (metareply)

A coupld metareplies on this: On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:35:30 +0200, R.S. wrote: > > ...It works OK, but in "attended" mode ... > Subject: should be as meaningful as convenient. How about instead? Subject: ISPF "unattended" edit macro (I've seen worse. As bad as "Subject: Question".) Are ISPF

Re: ISPF edit macro

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:49:26 +0200, R.S. wrote: >W dniu 2017-04-19 o 22:54, Paul Gilmartin pisze: >> [...] >> I believe "ADDRESS ISREDIT END" must appear *** inside nestmac ***. > >That's bad, because I want to call existing macros with no changes >inside. Otherwise I would need two flavours of

Re: Editmacro, am I in VIEW or EDIT?

Thanks, Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen > Sent: 20 April, 2017 12:35 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Editmacro, am I in VIEW or EDIT? > > (A,B) = SESSION > > On Thu, 20 Apr

OT: Oldest Computer

Ok, it is OT and Friday is coming... ;-) The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. Surprise! Surprise! It was an Apple. In Paradise Land. But with extremely limited memory. Just 1 byte.Then everything crashed. ;-D Now going back to scheduled serious z/OS discussions ...

Re: ISPF edit macro

W dniu 2017-04-19 o 22:54, Paul Gilmartin pisze: [...] I believe "ADDRESS ISREDIT END" must appear *** inside nestmac ***. That's bad, because I want to call existing macros with no changes inside. Otherwise I would need two flavours of every macro: for "standalone" use and for "nested" (all

Re: Editmacro, am I in VIEW or EDIT?

(A,B) = SESSION On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:50:06 + "Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM" wrote: :>An IMACRO is executed both in VIEW and in EDIT. My macro a.o. does a RENUM, which is useless in VIEW, because it is not going to be saved, but after PF3 I get the prompt that

Editmacro, am I in VIEW or EDIT?

Hi all, An IMACRO is executed both in VIEW and in EDIT. My macro a.o. does a RENUM, which is useless in VIEW, because it is not going to be saved, but after PF3 I get the prompt that changes will not be saved. If I could do nothing in my IMACRO when it runs in VIEW mode, this will eliminate