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2018-10-05 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Hello everyone, Is the format of this command output documented anywhere? Would like to spin some automation around this and want to know how to parse the output returned.. Thanks in advance. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure MARKSANDSPENCER.COM Unless

Re: ​Fwd: IBM mainframe containers grow more secure | ZDNet

2018-10-05 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 10/05/2018 10:55 AM, Mark Regan wrote: > https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-mainframe-containers-grow-more-secure/ > >From the first paragraph of the above article: “In the 1960s, IBM's 650 mainframe operating system had two modes, MFT and MVT, in which process got its own address space and

Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-05 Thread Longabaugh, Robert E
Messages like *** WARN 04 and !!!ERROR 04 are probably not coming from IBM or an ISV. However, customers can write messages like that from the IBM ACS routine or from an allocation manger like CA Allocate DASD Space and Placement or some of the other competitors in that area which were

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Binary DL for ZZSA is located at the CBTTAPE website in Jan Jaeger's area: http://www.cbttape.org/~jjaeger/ I don't know if source was ever available, but the Hercules Yahoo group could probably answer that question better than I can. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Brennan
Well, as usual you told me something I didn't know - the CONSOLE=SYSC option in SA Dump :) So I looked at my JCL the last time I created tapes for SA ICKDSF/DFDSS. ICKDSF has no options (you just IEBGENER from SAMPLIB) but DFDSS does have the OPERCNSL option - it just doesn't seem to have

Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
List - I am having a discussion on how a GDG is handled based on the DISP. I was always working from the position that the use of MOD changes JCL behavior slightly with a dataset. My understanding is: If using MOD then if the dataset does not exist, it is treated as NEW and if it exists then

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Edward Finnell
The default for Mounts is PRIVATE. This is controlled in VATLSTxx. To test you can Mount a storage volume and a public volume with the MOUNT command===>M 225,vol=(SL,TSO225),USE=STORAGE             ===>M 235,vol=(SL,TEMP01),USE=PUBLIC In a message dated 10/5/2018 4:28:57 PM Central Standard

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
We don't have ZZSA, so I can't comment on the original question. But we happened to do an IPL today on a sandbox system, so I watched it on the 3270 integrated console. I was seeing messages from the system until it was shut down. Continued watching for a while, then got distracted. When I

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Feller, Paul
Without SMS you will need to have DASD volumes mounted as PRIVATE/PUBLIC/STORAGE. I believe without the PUBLIC or STORAGE volumes you will have a hard time allocating new dataset or temp datasets. I would think any datasets that are cataloged should get found through the proper catalog

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
How do you create your ISPF Profile Dataset? Do you have a REXX/CLIST for your TSO Logon proc that allocates the files needed for TSO/ISPF? You might be able to tailor that to not use SMS. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Vinoth M >

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread John Eells
And, if memory serves, likely mount the volume as Storage, associate it with an esoteric name in HCD, activate the configuration, and put the esoteric name you chose into the TSO user profiles. But it's been a long, long time... Chuck Kreiter wrote: You will probably need to put something

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Peter
Is this a cloned LPAR ? Seems you have cloned the Control dataset too and it is expecting the same behaviour. What does D SMS, ACTIVE says On Fri 5 Oct, 2018, 9:18 PM Vinoth M, wrote: > Hi All, > > We have build a new system and we are bringing this system without SMS > configuration. > We

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Charles Mills
BMC MainView SRM StopX37/II, actually. http://documents.bmc.com/products/documents/39/79/123979/123979.pdf Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 11:06 AM To:

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Steve Beaver
Stop x37 Sent from my iPhone Sorry for the autocorrect issues > On Oct 5, 2018, at 13:05, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > > STOPX-37 :( > > > Carmen Vitullo > > - Original Message - > > From: "Robert E Longabaugh" > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
And ACC/SRS from DTS Software. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 2:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [Originated Externally]Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST [External Email] Hah, I'll

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Jackson, Rob
Hah, I'll help too: BMC's MainView SRM StopX37. Also, Tivoli Advanced Allocation Manager from IBM. There are probably others. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Longabaugh, Robert E Sent: Friday,

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Carmen Vitullo
STOPX-37 :( Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Robert E Longabaugh" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:03:52 PM Subject: Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST " Now my memory is fading, what is the name of that third party product which

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Longabaugh, Robert E
" Now my memory is fading, what is the name of that third party product which could intercept x37 abends and then dynamically fix it for you? " CA Allocate does that and many other things. Another ISV markets the one you are thinking of, and its name matches up with what you said it does.

Re: ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Chuck Kreiter
You will probably need to put something in VATLSTxx. Read the init and tuning guide for that parmlib member. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Vinoth M Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:18 PM To:

ISPF issue - new system

2018-10-05 Thread Vinoth M
Hi All, We have build a new system and we are bringing this system without SMS configuration. We got the VTAM, TSO, TCPIP up and we are ready to login TSO, when we login to TSO, the ISPF profiles are not getting allocated, since it’s pointing to SMS dataset but we have disabled SMS. May I know,

Re: COBOL Cowboys

2018-10-05 Thread Matthew Stitt
Ha ha ha. I did all of that in the early 1980's, then again in the early 1990's. Both companies were a manufacturing company. Both cases took "month-end" from 5 days to 5 hours. Matthew On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:10:24 +, Pesce, Andy wrote: >That article is just full of all the right

​Fwd: IBM mainframe containers grow more secure | ZDNet

2018-10-05 Thread Mark Regan
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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Brennan
I just tested ZZSA under Hercules and like I thought, when you connect via Hercules TN3270 to simulate a console, after IPL no ZZSA messages appear until you press Enter. That means ZZSA sits waiting for an interrupt from a 3270 device, and uses that device for the rest of the communication.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek)
I've tested ZZSA under Hercules - Thanks to Sam Golob's fine work - but I didn't see how to define a console as an HMC integretated console (hmcs) ? -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) < Mainframe Systems Programmer – RavenTek

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Brennan
Oh... you mean HMC console. New answer: I did not try that, but prior to going to that site I had never user ZZSA before so I tested it under Hercules, and that simulates the HMC console I believe, so I'd bet the answer is yes. On 10/5/2018 8:07 AM, Tom Brennan wrote: I used (well mostly

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Brennan
I used (well mostly watched) ZZSA work via ICC with no problems. That was a couple of years ago on a new z13s with OSA 5S cards. On 10/5/2018 4:58 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote: Does anyone know if the ZZSA tool (stand alone utilities) on the CBTTape can use the HMC Integrated

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
Overallocate PDS directories! Or change IPL/NIP processing so that everhing can be PDSE. I had to walk to school. There were sidewalks all the way, so walking a mile or so was no problem. My reading of the "good old days" before my time is that they were characterized by: High infant

Re: Crypto Utilization Question

2018-10-05 Thread Todd Arnold
Unfortunately, crypto card utilization is a complex thing because the HSM cards themselves can execute multiple operations simultaneously, depending on the mix your applications are sending it. A simple example is the fact that the cards have completely independent hardware for symmetric key

Re: ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
And does anybody know whether it supports the HMC 3270 interface? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) <01d7f21a6167-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-10-05 Thread Charles Mills
I use the CSVDYNEX interface extensively and it has been nothing but bulletproof in all of my experience. Kudos! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 6:20 AM To:

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Sims
Practically a guarantee that **someone** out there will... /Tom Sims On 10/5/2018 3:45 AM, John Eells wrote: Unlike some other memories, nobody will miss the "good old days." -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: SYSRES Volume Size (Was: S106 abends ...)

2018-10-05 Thread Tom Sims
Same here, except ZFSes are in an SMS pool (once a Coug, always a Coug!). Tom Sims On 10/4/2018 11:37 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: Mod-27, with the ZFS on a separate SMS managed Mod-27 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-10-05 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Peter Relson wrote: >When the facility was developed, we took a stab at which existing exits that >we thought were most likely to be of help to the most customers. And I'd hope >that new exits use it. That was one of the best stabs I got from Big Blue. It saved me an unneeded IPL when one of

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-10-05 Thread Peter Relson
Otherwise you can hook the standard LOAD/LINK/ATTACH SVCs. Please do not do that. There is a long history of applications getting this wrong. It is unfortunate that hooking of any SVC was ever viewed as acceptable practice. But in the absence of suitable exits, it can be understandable.

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-10-05 Thread Peter Relson
assuming we are careful to return R15=0 in our exit routines and not change anything in the passed parameters, could that still affect or override in any way the results of the default or system exit routines already in effect for those exit points? No, it could not. (Now why certain IBM

ZZSA question

2018-10-05 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek)
Does anyone know if the ZZSA tool (stand alone utilities) on the CBTTape can use the HMC Integrated Console? -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) < Mainframe Systems Programmer - RavenTek Solution Partners

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2018-10-05 Thread Mark Regan
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Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John Eells wrote: >I expect that we will err on the side of more free space pretty soon to help >alleviate out of space problems in this new(er) era of larger system software >volumes, particularly because system software is such a small fraction of the >disk space requirements for nearly any

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread John Eells
Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: I sympathize with IBM's predicament in reading the future maintenance tea leaves. The 'fix rate' for a product might be subject to guesstimation from past experience. But the effects of future enhancements like SPEs and customer requirements are a bundle of

Re: SYSRES Volume Size (Was: S106 abends ...)

2018-10-05 Thread Gibney, Dave
Mod-27, with the ZFS on a separate SMS managed Mod-27 > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Jousma, David > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 11:30 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SYSRES Volume Size (Was: S106 abends ...) > > Just to