Re: Abend entry LE Assembler

2019-07-17 Thread Joseph Reichman
That is the reason I pasted the CEEENTRY macro I did get a clean return code from the binder > On Jul 17, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Binyamin Dissen > wrote: > > This should be a clue. > > PSW 078D1400 8002 > > Follow normal debugging techniques. > > > On Wed, 17 Jul

Re: Abend entry LE Assembler

2019-07-17 Thread Binyamin Dissen
This should be a clue. PSW 078D1400 8002 Follow normal debugging techniques. On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:10:20 -0400 Joseph Reichman wrote: :>Hi :> :> :> :> :> :>I am getting the following abend in the beginning of CEEETRY macro seems :>like the call to CEEINIT :> :>

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Russell Witt
Skip, No problem, SMS-managed tape still does NOT have the same catalog requirement that SMS-managed DASD has. So, having multiple un-cataloged tape data sets with the same name is perfectly fine. No changes needed. Russell WittCA 1 Architect -Original Message- From: Jesse 1 Robinson

Abend entry LE Assembler

2019-07-17 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi I am getting the following abend in the beginning of CEEETRY macro seems like the call to CEEINIT This is the abend CEE3798I ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A DUMP FOR ABEND U4087 TO DATA SET: IBMUSER.D 03169.IBMUSER IGD100I

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Peter Van Dyke
Hi, If you have IBM File Manager (FM) you could use the Disk Browse or Edit functions available from option 5 on the main menu. For option 5.1 (Disk Browse) you provide the data set name. After you press enter the data at the start of the data set is displayed on a panel where you can change the

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Jim Carpenter
On 7/17/19 9:55 AM, David Crayford wrote: On 2019-07-16 4:44 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: Some C programmers are fond of if (7 == foo) rather than the more conventional if (foo == 7) because if one gets in the habit of doing so and then accidentally codes if (7 = foo) one gets a compile error

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME

2019-07-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I ended up using the VTOC utility functions in IBM File Manager. Much nicer.  From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 3:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME Thanks! Now to

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME

2019-07-17 Thread Mike Schwab
Volume stats you can do a IDCAMS DCOLECT VOL(xxx*) ODS(hlq.volume.dcolect) and generate a report from the records. DSN stats available too. On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:21 PM Frank Swarbrick wrote: > > Is there a way to use IDCAMS LISTCAT (or something else, I suppose) to show > what datasets are

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:59:04 +0200, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > >One program had a coding like this: > >    IF 9 < ZZ < 20 THEN DO; >      ... There's an argument here for strong typing, prohibiting comparing a boolean to a numeric without a cast. > ... Obviously this is not what the coder intended;

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
Am 17.07.2019 um 19:54 schrieb Paul Gilmartin: On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:22:35 -0400, Steve Smith wrote: The original sin was making "=" the assignment operator. I guess we can blame that on FORTRAN, and it must make mathematicians cringe still. I once (ca. 1967) needed to enlighten and

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:01:05 -0400 Billy Ashton wrote: :>Hi everyone, I have an unusual problem. Somehow, one of my disk datasets :>seems to have been corrupted, as it does not contain the data that it :>should have. What does that mean? Completely wrong structure? Some records wrong?

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME

2019-07-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thanks! Now to figure out how to read the results!  From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 2:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LISTCAT by

Re: TapeTools VEHSYNC job

2019-07-17 Thread Erika Dawson
Here is the email address for the IBM Tape Tools Team: tapet...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
Well if you don't mind writing some code you could use the DCOLLECT function of IDCAMS to create a dataset. Then you could write some code to read the dataset and create a list. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Thanks, this is encouraging. (We're still trying to figure out a non-disruptive non-chaotic way to test with SMS on for tape.) If we run this step for DASD // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SMSDSN DD DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSN=any.SMS.name,UNIT=SYSALLDA,... the data set gets cataloged even though not requested.

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME

2019-07-17 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:20:58 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >Is there a way to use IDCAMS LISTCAT (or something else, I suppose) to show >what datasets are on each volume (or specified volumes) and how much space >they are taking? If so, how? IEHLIST LISTVTOC -- Tom Marchant

LISTCAT by VOLUME

2019-07-17 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Is there a way to use IDCAMS LISTCAT (or something else, I suppose) to show what datasets are on each volume (or specified volumes) and how much space they are taking? If so, how? Thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: x3270 on Mac Homebrew

2019-07-17 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On 7/17/19 11:19 AM, Martin Packer wrote: Is anyone here in a position to encourage / facilitate Homebrew on Mac to move x3270 on from 3.6ga5 to 3.6ga8? Someone already did. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/42020 -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge.

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Mike Stramba
ZZSA on a "scratch / playground" LPAR ? http://www.cbttape.org/~jjaeger/zzsa.html Mike On 7/17/19, Mark Jacobs <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Here's two possibilities > > AMASPZAP with the CCHHR and ABSDUMPT control statements > ADRDSSU with the PRINT TRACKS control

Re: Displaying raw disk data [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
I don't know if my response made it to the list so I'm sending it again. Sorry for an repeats. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: Feller, Paul Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 12:09 PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: RE:

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:22:35 -0400, Steve Smith wrote: >The original sin was making "=" the assignment operator. I guess we can >blame that on FORTRAN, and it must make mathematicians cringe still. > I once (ca. 1967) needed to enlighten and disillusion a naive but persistent physics graduate

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
No sample, but use DSN=FORMAT4.DSCB and the ABSDUMP statement. ABSDUMPT, if you want EBCDIC as well as hex, will also give translated opcodes tht will be useless in your case. Note that the format of the start and stop are different depending on whether you are looking at an EAV.. -- Shmuel

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Erika Dawson
With system-managed (SMStape), we SMS-manage the tape libraries and tape volumes and we do not manage the datasets on the tape volume (we leave this up to the tape management system and the application that owns the data). And though we use an ICF catalog for our meta data (tape volume and

AW: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Mike Beer
Ken Iverson, the inventor of APL differentiated also between the "-" as an operator And the "-" as the sign of a negative number. http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Books/APROGRAMMING%20LANGUAGE best regards Mike -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion

x3270 on Mac Homebrew

2019-07-17 Thread Martin Packer
Is anyone here in a position to encourage / facilitate Homebrew on Mac to move x3270 on from 3.6ga5 to 3.6ga8? Any reason not to? Thanks, Martin Martin Packer zChampion, Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter /

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:59 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > That's an excuse for Fortran, but PL/I already used colons, so why not :=? > I will go even farther that than. In today's world, especially outside of the z Series, I would prefer the APL assignment character: ← Of course, that is not on

Re: Displaying raw disk data [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
Youi might try the ADRDSSU PRINT TRACK function. I have not used this in a little while so I hope my notes in the JCL are still correct. //*==* //* --- * //* ¦

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Mark Jacobs
Here's two possibilities AMASPZAP with the CCHHR and ABSDUMPT control statements ADRDSSU with the PRINT TRACKS control statement I assume that FDR has something too, but I don't know what it is. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Billy Ashton
I am authorized, but have never done it...do you have a sample available that I could start from? B On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:05 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > If you're authorized, you can use AMASPZAP. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > >

Re: Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
If you're authorized, you can use AMASPZAP. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Billy Ashton Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 1:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Displaying

Displaying raw disk data

2019-07-17 Thread Billy Ashton
Hi everyone, I have an unusual problem. Somehow, one of my disk datasets seems to have been corrupted, as it does not contain the data that it should have. Is there a way that I can examine the disk, using a chhh address and look at the raw data for the dataset and just before it, to see if I

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
That's an excuse for Fortran, but PL/I already used colons, so why not :=? By the time C came along that excuse was even less viable. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of John

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:23 AM Steve Smith wrote: > The original sin was making "=" the assignment operator. I guess we can > blame that on FORTRAN, and it must make mathematicians cringe still. > I haven't said anything, but I think you're correct. Of course, in the "bad old days" of punch

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
> A somewhat complementary sin is to enrich the facilities of the language > to the benefit of the sophisticated user but to the detriment of the naive > user. If by "enrich" you mean to change the semantics of existing code, then that is not to the benefit of the sophisticated user.

Re: Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
It should be safe as long as you don't do UPDATE. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Peter Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Dynamic

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread Steve Smith
The original sin was making "=" the assignment operator. I guess we can blame that on FORTRAN, and it must make mathematicians cringe still. sas -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: IBM Software License Review

2019-07-17 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
One mainframe issue was PSF. We had run it for *years*, but our usage data had not been updated. I don't think any of us knew that was necessary. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132

Re: Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:28:57 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >I was also lucky, but when we do a LNKLST UPDATE, we rather do it after hours >if we simply cannot do a IPL. If you simply cannot IPL, can you justify LNKLST UPDATE, knowing that it might cause you to have to IPL? I will admit

Re: IBM Software License Review

2019-07-17 Thread ITschak Mugzach
They do not request anything. they send you a team that installs a software auditing product that scans all servers and workstations to discover IBM software installed. they than compare it to the licenses they sold to you. it is mostly a non mainframe issue. I have a client that had to pay huge

Re: Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Joel C. Ewing wrote: >Have things changed?   There has been considerable discussion on Dynamic >LNKLIST in the past on this list.   Yes, I remember those discussions. >Basically "ACTIVATE" was always safe, provided it is OK that newly started >address spaces use the new LNKLST and old

IBM Software License Review

2019-07-17 Thread Dazzo, Matt
We have been notified by IBM that we have been selected for a 'Software License Review'. I have not experienced this pleasure before and I am wondering what the experience is like? What kinds of information do they request? How is the info gathered? Thanks, Matt

Re: Where put the notional constant in a condition (Was RE: JCL COND Parameter)

2019-07-17 Thread David Crayford
On 2019-07-16 4:44 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: Some C programmers are fond of if (7 == foo) rather than the more conventional if (foo == 7) because if one gets in the habit of doing so and then accidentally codes if (7 = foo) one gets a compile error rather than unexpected behavior. For those

Re: Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 7/17/19 4:08 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Peter wrote: > >> Is it recommended to do a dynamic LINKLIST during a peak production hours ? > Rather not, but this is not my dog. > > >> Will there be any impact to the system during that time as we stop LLA as >> well. > Why do you want to stop

Re: Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Peter wrote: >Is it recommended to do a dynamic LINKLIST during a peak production hours ? Rather not, but this is not my dog. >Will there be any impact to the system during that time as we stop LLA as well. Why do you want to stop it? What are you trying to solve? Why not rebuild a new

Dynamic LINKLIST impact

2019-07-17 Thread Peter
Hi This is a general question. Is it recommended to do a dynamic LINKLIST during a peak production hours ? Will there be any impact to the system during that time as we stop LLA as well. Please share me your opinion on this and your thoughts. Peter

Re: SMS for tape

2019-07-17 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
AFAIK, SMS managing tapes is much simpler than dasd. The only thing SMS really does is to assign a DC, SC, MC and SG to a tape in the ACS routines and these constructs are passed to the tape library, which does its thing with them. We don't have uncatalogued tapes, but I am quite sure they can