Re: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*

2024-01-23 Thread Cheryl Watson
! Thanks for all of your service to the MF community. Is your Web site going to stay up, or is it going away, along with you and Tom? Charles On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:33:20 -0500, Cheryl Watson wrote: > * For those too young to remember, check out Wiki > > Hi all, > > I’m retiring,

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish*

2024-01-22 Thread Cheryl Watson
has been to me since it started. (Yes, I was one of those at the very beginning.) For more info on our retirement, please see our blog post at https://watsonwalker.com/were-retiring/. Thanks from the bottom of my heart! All my best, Cheryl Watson == Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO

Re: Transmitting SMF records

2024-01-19 Thread Cheryl Watson
Watson == Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO Watson & Walker, Inc. Sarasota, FL USA www.watsonwalker.com Cell/Text: 941-266-6609 == On Jan 27, 2023, at 9:55 PM, Paul Gilmartin <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:2

Re: JES2 Policy Crafting

2024-01-19 Thread Cheryl Watson
cribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Cheryl Watson == Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO Watson & Walker, Inc. Sarasota, FL USA www.watsonwalker.com Cell/Text: 941-266-6609 ==

Re: SMF Interval

2024-01-19 Thread Cheryl Watson
> SYNCVAL(59) > You didn't way why you wanted to know. But thinking about this more... I though i remembered Cheryl Watson doing a poll on this once. I searched her website and saw in 2008 there was a 3 part series on SMF / parms and she asked people to send in their parms, but I

Re: New Java vulnerability

2021-12-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi s1m0n, Thanks so much! Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Filip Palian Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 12:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: New Java vulnerability wt., 14 gru 2021 o 16:23 Cheryl Watson napisał(a): > >

Re: New Java vulnerability

2021-12-13 Thread Cheryl Watson
, as documented in the CVE. SAS is working on instructions and will link to them when published. • The SAS® 9.4M6 maintenance release and earlier releases are under active review. Best regards, Cheryl == Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO Watson & Walker, Inc. Sarasota, FL

Re: Redbooks Rumor

2021-11-04 Thread Cheryl Watson
leaving customers without the excellent resources they've had in the past. If you want z/OS Redbooks, please make your voice heard here. Thanks, Cheryl == Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com == -Original Mes

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond

2021-07-16 Thread Cheryl Watson Walker
Best regards, Cheryl ========== Cheryl Watson Walker, CEO Watson & Walker, Inc. Sarasota, FL USA www.watsonwalker.com == -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shaffer, Terri Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 7:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.ED

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-02 Thread Cheryl Watson
I agree about the overhead on a handheld. It takes at least half of the screen. Cheryl Watson On May 2, 2021, at 9:33 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:55:53 -0500, Geoff Smith wrote: > ... > We

WWUNTERSE for distributed platforms (especially SMF)

2021-03-09 Thread Cheryl Watson
d let us know what you think. Stay Tuned! Cheryl Watson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Identifying "New Function" APARs

2021-02-28 Thread Cheryl Watson Walker
-function-apars-are-great-to-follow IBM site for New Function APARs - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/665131 Thanks to Marna and the developers for providing this site in response to a SHARE requirement that we requested. Cheryl Watson -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: WLM Service Classes

2021-02-16 Thread Cheryl Watson
This is usually very misunderstood. It's really the number of service class PERIODS WITH velocity or response GOALS (i.e. with an importance level). The reason is because WLM on each system will wake up every ten seconds (that's an eternity in a z14!) to see if goals are being missed. It starts

Request for ISV SMF Usage

2020-05-20 Thread Cheryl Watson
at technical at watsonwalker.com. Many thanks! Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM Developerworks is gone!

2020-05-07 Thread Cheryl Watson Walker
for Timothy and Mark, and I really appreciate how much they support the customers. Still a little bitter about the deletions… Cheryl -Original Message- From: Cheryl Watson Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Cheryl Watson Subject: IBM Developerworks

IBM Developerworks is gone!

2020-05-06 Thread Cheryl Watson
wanting a new image, then they have no idea what image they're creating. Please do this for all of us! All my best, Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructi

Re: Would SHARE kindly kick IBM in the ass for what the've done with their web content?

2018-06-21 Thread Cheryl Watson
Here's our take on this issue - http://watsonwalker.com/what-is-happening-with-ibms-websites/ All my best, Cheryl === Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker

Re: Would SHARE kindly kick IBM in the ass for what the've done with their web content?

2018-06-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:40 AM To: mx...@peach.ease.lsoft.com Subject: Re: [MXG-L] HiperDispatch & WLM Hi Otto, Here's the direct link, but IBM has made it almost impossible to find - https://github.com/IBM/IBM-Z-zOS/blob/master/zOS-WLM/WLM%20Tools.pdf. Unfortuna

Re: Where is the WLM website???

2018-06-07 Thread Cheryl Watson
=== Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 1661 Ringling Blvd, PMB 49886 Sarasota, FL 34230 Phone: 941-924-6565 www.watsonwalker.com === -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Horst Sinram Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 8:19 AM To:

Re: IRS Assembler Java Big Plus Jobs

2018-04-18 Thread Cheryl Watson
There are two very big reasons to replace assembler with Java. The first is the higher availability of Java programmers versus assembler programmers. The second is that Java, for the most part, will run on zIIPs and reduce the cost of software. The z13 and z14 can run Java faster than any other

Re: What is 4 Hour rolling average

2017-09-24 Thread Cheryl Watson
;:1,"page":47} 2017 No 1 - http://ourdigitalmags.com/publication/?i=384426#"{issue_id:384426,numpages:1,page:28}; Does that help a little? Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mai

z14 and z/OS 2.3 Blog Post

2017-07-26 Thread Cheryl Watson
Here's my latest blog post from a techie's point of view. You might find some things that haven't been mentioned yet. http://watsonwalker.com/ibms-z14-zos-2-3-announcements/ Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com <http://www.watsonwal

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: SoftAudit ?

2017-05-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
FYI - The Tivoli License Compliance Manager was replaced in 2009 by IBM's TADz - https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS909-167/ENUS909-167.PDF. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto

Re: Erase on Scratch

2017-04-22 Thread Cheryl Watson
://watsonwalker.com/cheryls-list-188/ - Blog post describing enhancement to EoS http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/watsonwalker/ww/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/28153156/PR150306.pdf - The Cheryl and Frank zRoadshow at SHARE, March 2015 Best regards, Cheryl = Cheryl Watson Watson & Wa

Re: Fwd: Apache Spark on z listserver or forum?

2017-04-09 Thread Cheryl Watson
the link: http://watsonwalker.com/software/watson-walker-spark-zos-support/. Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Lowe Sent: Fr

Re: Pipes

2017-04-07 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi Lionel, Google brings up that Hobart has a current LinkedIn entry and this interesting link which contains a paper from him on pipelines - https://www.mail-archive.com/cms-pipelines@vm.marist.edu/msg02783.html. Marty's also on LinkedIn. Good luck! Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM

Incredible SHARE discount if you're under 35

2017-02-21 Thread Cheryl Watson
valid in 2017 or until it runs out. If you are eligible for the discount but have already registered, contact registrat...@share.org <mailto:registrat...@share.org> so that you can receive the credit. Thanks Warren! Wowza! Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watson

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-28 Thread Cheryl Watson
I can highly recommend z/OSMF. Steve - have you tried the install on z/OS 2.2? It's considerably easier there. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From:

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

2016-09-28 Thread Cheryl Watson
and another article on how HiperDispatch works. All my best, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-

Re: SMF record for IQD channel activity

2016-08-25 Thread Cheryl Watson
of the channel path type to identify IQD, but I'm sure someone here does. Take a look at the example on page 148/149 of Redbook SG24-6816 - IBM HiperSockets Implementation Guide - http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246816.pdf. Cheers! Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson

Re: Comments in SYS1.PARMLIB

2016-08-24 Thread Cheryl Watson
information and webinars, with an emphasis on security and auditing. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 2:1

Re: Comments in SYS1.PARMLIB

2016-08-23 Thread Cheryl Watson
t in both cases, IMO. Ed > On Aug 23, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Cheryl Watson <che...@watsonwalker.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > It's true that not all Parmlib members support the same format, but > the Init & Tuning Guide has been updated to show which type of > comments ar

Re: Comments in SYS1.PARMLIB

2016-08-23 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi all, Most of the problems have been in the older members, but it's been getting better since IBM included this section in the Init & Tuning Guide. (ISVs should be aware of these guidelines too.): == General syntax rules for the creation of

Re: Comments in SYS1.PARMLIB

2016-08-23 Thread Cheryl Watson
lected parmlib members. = I hope this help, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: Tuesday, Au

New SHARE Requirements System

2016-07-29 Thread Cheryl Watson
cess. We hope that you'll want to join our new system. The SHARE community can make a significant difference in the direction of IBM's development by letting IBM know what we need. SHARE Requirements are a way to do that. Please help us by submitting your burning issue today! Thank you, Cheryl

Re: SMF type 89 records reporting RMF usage

2016-07-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi Peter, I think it still goes back to the original contract that has you entitled to RMF, so I would check that first. Best regards, Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Ten Eyck Sent: Thursday, July 14,

Re: Error in a simple COBOL program

2016-07-12 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi Peter, Bill Klein actually submitted a SHARE requirement for Decimal Floating Point, and it's now an 'Uncommitted candidate' on the RFE system - https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=89952, so it's actually closer than you might think. Cheryl Watson

Re: SMF type 89 records reporting RMF usage

2016-07-12 Thread Cheryl Watson
as an entitlement once you installed CMF, OR you are running RMF in at least one LPAR and you're getting charged for all LPARs (but there's nothing you can do about that - it's the way it works). Is this the situation in your case? Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Cen

Re: Help identifying source of SMF 80 record

2016-07-06 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi Charles, I've got an EKC product called "Firecall" listed in my SMF Reference Summary at www.watsonwalker.com/references.html. Best regards, Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, July

Re: any need?

2016-04-25 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hello Salva, The presentation wasn't actually uploaded at SHARE. If you're not a subscriber to our Tuning Letter, you may need to wait until IBM gives another presentation at a conference. I suspect they will be uploading the next presentations. I would suggest, however, that you ask to join

Re: any need?

2016-04-06 Thread Cheryl Watson
out for. I know about it because Frank Kyne is planning to write about it. It looks fantastic! Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discus

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-20 Thread Cheryl Watson
] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) Yes, Lizette - I meant to say JES3 to JES2. Thanks! Has anyone who has done this have an estimate of the amount of time it might take

Re: JES2 to JES3 Migration

2016-01-15 Thread Cheryl Watson
uot; -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] JES2 to JES3 Migration A customer asked us for suggestions for performing a JE

JES2 to JES3 Migration

2016-01-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
A customer asked us for suggestions for performing a JES3 to JES2 migration. Are there products that will help in this, or do you know any companies who perform this migration? You can reply off-list if you prefer. Thanks so much, Cheryl cheryl at watsonwalker.com

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
. Those are about the differences I can think of off the top of my head. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 7:01 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.U

Re: SRB And Enclave SRB

2015-12-22 Thread Cheryl Watson
Hi Kenneth, The speed of a single CP on a 407 is about 210 MIPS, while the speed of a single CP on a 707 is about 1280 (per our CPU Chart). The zIIP runs like a 7xx, so yes, there is a considerable difference in CPU time between the two. We try very hard to push zIIPs (and software that offloads

Re: Share your z Systems expertise: survey improvement

2015-10-30 Thread Cheryl Watson
for the name, and I agree that it's probably more of a question to a user group who has listened to such a presentation than IBM-Main. When someone mentions 'z asset management' to me, I think of 'z software asset management', which is an entirely different animal. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Wa

Re: z/OS pricing question (and Single Version Charge)

2015-09-13 Thread Cheryl Watson
recent posts. Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples

Re: Limit number of frames of real storage per job

2015-08-06 Thread Cheryl Watson
. Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday

Re: Optimus - COBOL binary optimizer

2015-07-31 Thread Cheryl Watson
Here's some more about it (see item #4) - http://www.watsonwalker.com/Clist184.pdf Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: z/OS 2.2 announcement

2015-07-28 Thread Cheryl Watson
you an estimate in savings if you contact me offlist. Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

Re: SMF (MAN) FileSample Request

2015-06-30 Thread Cheryl Watson
be there. Best regards, Cheryl Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc. 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236 P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 www.watsonwalker.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Andre Massena Sent: Tuesday

Re: z13 unanswered question.

2015-01-16 Thread Cheryl Watson
things to do with their time? ;-) Best regards, Cheryl == Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc. 100 Central Avenue, Suite 1013 Sarasota, FL 34236-5731 www.watsonwalker.com cell text: 941-266-6609 == On Jan 16, 2015, at 4:09 AM, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM

Re: Syntax checker jes

2013-01-04 Thread Cheryl Watson
I believe that New Era software has a product to analyze JES2 parms in addition to many other items. It's called IPLCHECK, and I believe that it's free. Maybe someone from New Era would comment on this? Best regards, Cheryl == Cheryl Watson Watson Walker, Inc