LOL, I clearly remember some buttons on a cubicle wall, buttons a coworker had
taken home from a sci-fi or possibly software convention (I don't remember).
The first one I saw said "This universe is full of magical things patiently
waiting for us to grow smarter". Another said "Good, fast, che
Bill Bitner (just retired from IBM Endicott after 36 years 11 months)
has a SHARE/VM/etc. button collection.
At recent VM Workshop celebrating VM's 50th anniversary, I promised to
share mine, send him any he'd like to add to his trove.
So here are lots of buttons spanning decades!
Spread out
Record type 125 is the new extended SMF record that provide for the
double-byte record ID's.
Probably the most concise collection of information is in Cheryl
Watson's SMF Reference Summary found at:
https://watsonwalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SMF-Reference-20210124.pdf
Michael
At 03:2
It's been a lot longer than that for warnings about "magic SVCs", and they
persist.
The issue isn't configuring core system functions correctly; the issue is how
installations configure general users. And, yes, they've had far more than
enough time, but that doesn't mean that they paid attentio
On 4/07/2022 9:17 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote:
And you guaranty that every installation is using BPX.UNIQUE.USER?
If you believe that every z/OS installation is correctly configured then I have
a bridge that I'd like to sell you.
It was just the other day that Bill Schoen was saying that MVS
Open
And you guaranty that every installation is using BPX.UNIQUE.USER?
If you believe that every z/OS installation is correctly configured then I have
a bridge that I'd like to sell you.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
From: IBM Mai
I haven't checked older documentation, but for 2.5 it is documented that
"LINKAGE=SYSTEM Indicates that the linkage is by non-branch entry. Do not
specify LINKAGE with ECT=YES. You must specify LINKAGE=SYSTEM for all other
unauthorized invocations."
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu
