Re: HMC Integrated console and JAVA

2015-04-06 Thread Alan Field
An update, and more weirdness. Alan Altmark posted an update to create a .java.policy that didn't appear to work for me. I had our CE upgrade the HMC microcode to Driver 22 and I still couldn't access the integrated console or operating system messages. One of our sysprogs who works

Re: HMC Integrated console and JAVA

2015-03-17 Thread Alan Field
Thanks to those who suggested checking for pop-ups etc. None of that worked. After seeing the post about an open PMR where IBM acknowledged problems with JAVA 8 I uninstalled it and went back to JAVA7_21. Now my integrated console and operating system messages are available again. Alan

Re: LPAR loaded but no response

2014-10-12 Thread Alan Field
Did you POR with the correct IOCDS? - Original Message - From: mf db [dbajava...@gmail.com] Sent: 10/12/2014 06:26 PM ZE5B To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LPAR loaded but no response Corrective action : Verify that the device exists for the logical partition in the IOCDS. If

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - FIXCDS - PARSE ERROR

2014-07-23 Thread Alan Field
more likely this is not correct : PATCH(X'0088' '0002') Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP] randy.gr...@primerica.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/23/2014 13:20 Subject

Re: Secret Machine Instruction?

2014-07-16 Thread Alan Field
LR R8,R13 +6LLGTR13,540 +CBCR 15,R14 Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Chase, John jch...@ussco.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/16/2014 12:40 Subject:Secret

Re: TSO 3270 Data Stream question

2014-05-15 Thread Alan Field
= word(codes,sba2) say DCX'11,sba1,sba2' Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Micheal Butz michealb...@comcast.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 05/15/2014 13:59 Subject:Re: TSO 3270 Data Stream

Re: Program PUAUXMON

2014-05-05 Thread Alan Field
. +PUAUXMON AdSpace TIVI5 1 %206 Megs. +PUAUXMON Occupied Aux.Storage 7743 Megs. +PUAUXMON Occupied Aux.Storage 42 %. ASCBSLOT does PUTs to SYSPRINT so you can run it on TSO or in batch. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546

Re: Help with IEBCOPY?

2014-03-19 Thread Alan Field
Dave, Are the members card image or something else? The only sequential dataset IEBCOPY works with is one that it created by unloading a PDS. I think you want IEBGENER //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=seqdataset //SYSUT2 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=aaa(DRSSKEY) Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS

Re: HCD Question regarding the deletion of LPARs

2014-03-11 Thread Alan Field
Do these lpars have image profiles defined? Do you need to go into the HMC and config the channels offline to the offending lpars before trying to do the activate? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Dick Bond

Re: IOCDS Write Protected

2014-02-21 Thread Alan Field
In the HCD diaslogs, select 2, then 11 then S and then put a / against the A0. It will give you choices. I forget which one E or W I think will remove the write protect. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Dazzo, Matt

Re: WER027A control field beyond record

2014-02-13 Thread Alan Field
Isn't there a VLSHORT keyword you can specify that will prevent this error? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Micheal Butz michealb...@optonline.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/13/2014 18:46 Subject

Re: DELETE CLUSTER fails (IKJ56882I / IEF195I)

2014-02-12 Thread Alan Field
Could you move the index so that is is on one or more of the same volumes as the data, thereby getting below the 59 volume limit? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Guy Eshel guyes...@hotmail.com To: IBM-MAIN

ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
ISPF in z/SO 2.1 allows scroll amounts . Not on my 2.1 system :) I've read documents from Marna Walle and Pete vanDyke. I increased the SCROLL_MAX value in ISPCFIGU. I set RESET_SCROLL_VALUE to YES and still I can't scroll greater than . So what have I missed? Thanks Alan Field

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
Yes. I was shipped in applied and accepted status with my z/OS 2.1 order. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Peter X. DeFabritus pxdef...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 02/10/2014 13:28 Subject

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
No. ZXSMAX wasn't in the list. I added it with a value of 9. Logged off/on. It didn't make a difference. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Peter X. DeFabritus pxdef...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: ISPF scrolling in z/OS 2.1

2014-02-10 Thread Alan Field
Thank you Peter. The piece I was missing I think was the ZVERMOD setting. After reading up on it and incrementing it I can now scroll Problem resolved. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Peter X. DeFabritus

Re: OT: Entry Level System Programmer Job Description

2014-01-30 Thread Alan Field
I didn't go to college. Straight into System Programming from High School. Spent my first week on the job in the punch pool learning how to work an 029. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 I think it is well established

Re: z/OS 1.13 PTF apply Issue

2014-01-11 Thread Alan Field
Are you applying maintenance to your active system? It looks like you might have. Try compressing SYS1.LINKLIB using a batch on then do an LLA refresh. If your linklist datset(s) have gone into extents an ipl will be needed to recover. - Original Message - From: venkat kulkarni

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-08 Thread Alan Field
This happens to me all the time. After applying maintenance to SMP/E you've updated the SMPCPATH dataset which has now got out of synch with the rest of SMPE. Quickest resolution is to steplib to the SYS1.MIGLIB that also got updated by the same APPLY. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal

Re: TRSMAIN - Influencing the temporary dataset allocation

2013-12-13 Thread Alan Field
DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(4369,1),RLSE) Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Jake anderson justmainfra...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 12/13/2013 04:57 Subject:TRSMAIN - Influencing

Re: CoD On/Off (capacity on demand) question

2013-12-05 Thread Alan Field
Yes. When you request to add capacity on the HMC you are presented with a list of all increments from your base up to the maximum CoD. Last year we made our 509 a 510, then a 512 and back to a 511. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile

Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-06 Thread Alan Field
Possibly because many of us don't run Session manager. Here's what I get: SESSION MANAGER NOT ACTIVE - SMCOPY IGNORED in response to the SMCOPY command. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Steve Comstock st

Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers

2013-11-06 Thread Alan Field
Simply from option 6 I entered SMCOPY Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 11/06/2013 08:58 Subject:Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging

Re: Assembling SHOWMVS errors

2013-10-31 Thread Alan Field
You need the MACLIB that is distributed with SHOWZOS. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: John Norgauer john.norga...@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 10/31/2013 16:19 Subject

Red Books

2013-09-27 Thread Alan Field
I was talking to a friend who had heard there were discussions within IBM about discontinuing Red Books and/or discontinuing the Red Book residencies. I find the red books extremely useful and would be disappointed if this happens. Has anyone else heard of this change of direction? Alan

Re: IEE313I when varying a console online

2013-09-11 Thread Alan Field
Is device xxx defined in the IOCDS. Is xxx defined in the CONSOLxx member. - Original Message - From: גדי בן אבי [gad...@malam.com] Sent: 09/11/2013 06:35 PM ZE3 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IEE313I when varying a console online Hi, I am in the process of installing a 2074

Re: IEE313I when varying a console online

2013-09-11 Thread Alan Field
Have you IPL'd the system since it was added to the CONSOLxx member? There is no way (until z/OS 2.1) to dynamically add a console. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: גדי בן אבי gad...@malam.com To: IBM-MAIN

Re: NFS automount help requested

2013-07-23 Thread Alan Field
reference the path /u/cics/wsbinds and be redirected to /u/wsbinds automatically. From: Alan Field alan_c_fi...@bluecrossmn.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 07/19/2013 14:10 Subject:NFS automount help requested Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN

NFS automount help requested

2013-07-19 Thread Alan Field
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Re: Vintage IBM Manuals

2013-06-17 Thread Alan Field
Wouldn't open with IE on WINdows 7. Says I need to download java. Worked fine in Firefox. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Norman.Hollander norman.hollan...@desertwiz.biz To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 06

Re: XMIT Manager

2013-05-17 Thread Alan Field
To make it clear, the installer won't run on Windows 7 but the XMITMGR program runs just fine. So as others have suggested copy XMITMGR.EXE from an XP system and store it in Program Field (x86) on the Windows 7 machine and you should be fine. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS

HCD Activate help

2013-05-16 Thread Alan Field
a software activate to get back in sync. Is a POR still the only way to straighten out this mess? Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

ShopZ

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Field
Any one else having problems with https://eccgw01.boulder.ibm.com/services/projects/ecc/ws/. For three days I've been trying to download holddata and both Boulder and Rochester fail after waiting for 120 minutes. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546

Re: Renaming an LPAR dynamically

2013-05-10 Thread Alan Field
Skip, I recall trying this once. When I converted the name to * it lost all the chpid/device info. I decided that the function was pretty useless (as far as renaming an lpar) is concerned. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826

Re: Return codes

2013-05-08 Thread Alan Field
I suspect they derive from assembler coding that looks like this (R15 needs to contain a value that is a multiple of 4): B BRTABLE(R15) BRTABLE B CODE00 B CODE04 B CODE08 B CODE0C B CODE10 Alan Field Technical

Re: CFRM Policy with new CPU

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Field
. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota From: Mohamed Juma mmj...@yahoo.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 05/02/2013 14:06 Subject:CFRM Policy with new CPU Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Hi We are in migration

Re: CFRM Policy with new CPU

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Field
runs in lpar CF1 etc. I'm thinking at some point I'll change the CFRM policy back to CF1 and CF2 to match the LPAR names. Yes - you need to make this change on your running system before you IPL the new system. Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546

Re: TPI and CPENABLE

2013-01-30 Thread Alan Field
As well as WLMTOOL there's a hidden gem in RMF II to display these values. I forget exactly where and can't look it up right now. - Original Message - From: Mark Zelden [m...@mzelden.com] Sent: 01/30/2013 01:50 PM CST To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TPI and CPENABLE On Wed,

Re: Varying off path while it is in use

2013-01-24 Thread Alan Field
I seem to recall a S DEALLOC command issued from the console (console being a modified SELECTRIC typewriter) and //DEALLOC PROC //S1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Elardus Engelbrecht

OOCoD Question

2012-12-12 Thread Alan Field
If I turn on Capacity on Demand (i.e. make our 507 look like a 509 say) will our software that looks at CPU model recognise the change? I seem to recall that in a past life it didn't, unless you IPL while CoD is turned on. Thanks Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone

SDSF DA command

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Field
At a previous job when I did a DA the results were equivalent to a DA OSTC. Now when I do a DA it is equivalent to DA OJOB. I'm at a class this week where DA is equivalent to DA OSTC. How do I set DA to default to OSTC. Google and the SDF manual haven't been much help. Thanks Alan Field

Re: SDSF DA command

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Field
SDSF Server Alan Field Technical Engineer Principal BCBS Minnesota Phone: 651.662.3546 Mobile: 651.428.8826 From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 11/15/2012 07:50 Subject:Re: SDSF DA command Sent by:IBM Mainframe