Large Systems Infrastructure Support
Another one: Mainframe Administrator (I really dislike this one in
particular.)
On 2021-10-11 16:28, Herring, Bobby wrote:
I asked this question back in 2004. My boss wants to know if there are any new
titles to add to the list below.
Mainframe Engineer
Hi Gil,
Every time I've used Windows as a "waystation", I've never had a problem
with TRS Files.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:51:23 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
"... "An error occurred" is woefully inadequate.
Yes, dynamically allocated
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
is the DD for MY.PAX dynamically allocated ?
I've never wrote to a MVS datasets using pax
Carmen
On 10/11/2021 1:03 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed
..."I want a robust backup Dataset which can survive
downloads/uploads to non-z/OS platforms.
The Dataset and File Names have been masked; /src/ is not MOUNTd at Root
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-11 14:40, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:03:11 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
I am
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed by a Step to TRS, I get:
pax: //'MY.PAX': EDC5061I An error occurred when attempting to define a
file to the system.
(I tried TAR and got the same result.)
When I run the PAX in one job and the TRS in another job, it
(to remove all copies afaik), earn bitnet was saved by
Eric Thomas by filtering in rscs. You had to execute it, a global social attack/joke, not
like the other real worm in sendmail
--- On 08/10/2021 16:43, David Spiegel wrote:
"... What about the Christmas Card Worm? ..."
That was AFAIK
Hi Bob,
From what I recall, the bad guys had "READ" to the RACF Database. (It
helps to have incompetent SecAdmin staff and auditors.)
They downloaded it and then dictionary-attacked it easily, because there
was no password limitation and there was no trivial-password-exclusion list.
Also, NVAS
Hi R'Shmuel; AMV"SH,
"... What about the Christmas Card Worm? ..."
That was AFAIK on a VM system, not, an MVS system.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-08 10:35, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Historically, there have been many poorly run shops. Prior to MVS, older
systems were wide open and even systems
Hi Gil,
That's why I said "usually".
Another is a Model DSCB (usually required for GDG Bases).
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-06 11:19, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:33:14 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
...
Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well.
Perha
Hi Bob,
I learned JCL in the mid '70s (45 years ago).
Placing DISP first makes the JCL line up a lot more than placing DSN first.
Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-06 09:57, Bob Bridges wrote:
Just a side comment, you may be in the minority
Maybe they should've left it as "Open MVS"? (OS/390)
On 2021-10-05 13:08, Tom Brennan wrote:
I always thought IBM's position on that was pretty silly. If you make
up a new three word name, expect it to quickly be turned into an
acronym. If they didn't want us to reuse an existing
1 10:02:46 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Charles,
I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in
MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage".
Decades ago, I learned "Segments", and I've thought that ever since.
I may never have uttered it. But, GI
Hi Skip,
You said: "... Nor 'RACF', which everyone says as rack+f. ..."
Way back in 2000, when I was working at IBM full-time, I was involved
with a few ACF2->RACF conversions.
One customer kept driving me crazy by calling IBM's ESM "Ra-KEFF".
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-03 12:37, Skip
Hi Charles,
I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in
MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage".
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-03 09:58, Charles Mills wrote:
I don't abbreviate in documentation or discussion.
Hmmm. I think referring to the console command P resonates with
Hi Colin,
Here is a working example:
//STEP001 EXEC ASMACL
//C.SYSIN DD *
TEST CSECT
END
//GO EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=*.STEP001.L.SYSLMOD
Here is SYS1.PROCLB(ASMACL)
//ASMACL PROC
//C EXEC PGM=ASMA90
//*
//SYSLIB DD
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Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
You said: "... That's why you have to rebuild from the object modules if
a reentrant module was incorrectly linked as REUS. ...".
If you have the PDS Command Processor (CBT File 182) or Startool, you
can "edit" the directory entry to add/remove these and other attributes
Hi Bill,
VTOC Command Processor! (CBT File 112).
It has all kinds of filters and even lets you search by partial DSNAME
(not starting at the beginning.)
I have a number of Batch to do stuff like this. PM me if you want examples.
Regards,
David
On 2021-09-03 10:34, Bill Giannelli wrote:
How
Hi Mike,
If it's in a //SYSEXEC concatenation, it doesn't need the Rexx comment.
Regards,
David
On 2021-09-02 11:18, Mike Schwab wrote:
/*REXX*/
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:10 AM Bill Giannelli wrote:
I am trying to modify old hand-me-down ISPF panel and clists.
Honestly I am not sure if some
Hi Bill,
If it starts with a PROC statement, or contains CONTROL, WRITE/WRITENR,
OPENFILE, CLOSFILE, GETFILE, PUTFILE commands it is CLIST.
If it starts with /* Rexx */, has commands not all in Upper Case or
contains EXECIO, PROCEDURE, EXPOSE it's Rexx.
Regards,
David
On 2021-09-02 11:10,
Hi Mike,
You ran VS1 native? ... If yes, what was your interactive system, CRJE?
(I ran VM/SP with VS1 guests.)
Regards,
David
On 2021-09-01 04:05, Mike Wawiorko wrote:
My distant memory is:
CADAM/CATIA running Finite Element Analysis
OS/VS1
4341
3704 running EP
Some comms protocol I forget
Hi Andrew,
You said: "... If a module is not marked RENT, you get a nice freshly
loaded copy every time. ..."
Is that true if a module is (from a LNKLSTd PDS and the module is)
cached by VLF?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-08-30 19:23, Andrew Rowley wrote:
On 30/08/2021 11:49 pm, Jim
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Hi Bill,
&q
BM patents, a whole bunch of listers bashed me and claimed most
of IBMs patents were worthless. I’m impressed that you have patented code.
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On Sunday, August 22, 2021, 4:13 PM, David Spiegel
wrote:
Hi Bill,
Are you just a troll, or, are you really that impolite/ign
+1
On 2021-08-22 15:05, Eric D Rossman wrote:
Bill, no need to get defensive. I have written z/OS and Linux (multiple
platform) internals and also user-facing code. Guess which one is harder?
Rhetorical question. Both are really hard to do well.
z/OS internals are notoriously under-commented
a 40 line REXX/CLIST “program” to a
10,000 line IMS/COBOL program that scans a parts database is an absolute joke.
Patent or not.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Sunday, August 22, 2021, 6:15 AM, David Spiegel
wrote:
Hi Bill,
"... "Programming” in REXX, CLIST, and simila
Hi Bill,
"... "Programming” in REXX, CLIST, and similar types of languages is
hardly programming. ..."
Maybe you should tell that to the US Patent Office in Washington, DC.
They can then invalidate my patent retroactively.
Please see:
https://patents.justia.com/patent/8261255
Regards,
David
+1
On 2021-08-22 02:52, Seymour J Metz wrote:
What is an application with thousands of lines of REXX code, chopped liver?
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
Maybe you should have bought a lottery ticket that day?
On 2021-08-21 22:32, Tom Conley wrote:
On 8/21/2021 9:31 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
This part of the thread got me thinking. How often do you write a
program that works right the first time, with no compile or execution
errors? I'm not
Yeah, but, that won't split it into members.
On 2021-08-18 09:52, Mark Jacobs wrote:
Use the JES2 external writer perhaps.
Mark Jacobs
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Hi Billy,
If you have SDSF, you XDC the Job to a Dataset.
Regards,
David
On 2021-08-18 09:46, Billy Ashton wrote:
Hi all...I have a need to run a bunch of jobs to do some changes to
files, and we want to preserve the output of all these jobs for
auditors. Is there a way to use an OUTPUT
Hi Steff,
Have the application which updates the data put out a WTO which triggers
your Automation to schedule Tasks on all other LPARs (e.g. RO *ALL, S
UPDATE).
Regards,
David
On 2021-08-10 08:06, Steff Gladstone wrote:
We have global data pointed to by a name-token that is available to
Hi Michael,
REVIEW, REVSMF (CBT File 134/135)
Regards,
David
On 2021-08-04 10:46, Michael Oujesky wrote:
As I recall, there was an ISPF tool (Review?) that would format the
headers and a portion of the remainder of SMF records in VBS files.
At 03:03 PM 8/2/2021, you wrote:
Hi,
It might be helpful to include the output from the Job's/STC's JESMSGLG
(DSID 2).
Regards,
David
On 2021-07-28 19:20, Steely.Mark wrote:
I am trying to test the BACKMIG of MQ V9.2.
The directions says to use the START QMGR command.
For some reason I can't get this to work. To tired.
Hi Lizette,
COPYTREE
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=scd-copytree-make-copy-file-hierarchy-while-preserving-all-file-attributes
Regards,
David
On 2021-07-28 14:10, Lizette Koehler wrote:
Dearest List -
I am not well trained in USS, partially because I do not need to do it
Hi Mike,
ZOOM on CBT File 671
Please see cbttape.org
Regards,
David
On 2021-07-08 15:00, Mike Hochee wrote:
Hi,
Some years ago I recall working in an environment where I could position my
cursor anywhere within a DSN or DSN(mbr) (from an ISPF edit or view session)
and then depress PFnn to
David Spiegel
wrote:
Hi Joe,
*IEBUPDTE has the ALIAS command.
IEBUPDTE, however, does not work on Load Modules.
Regards,
David
On 2021-06-30 21:21, Joe Monk wrote:
It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function
Joe
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com
wrote:
Hello,
.
Many, Many
Hi Joe,
*IEBUPDTE has the ALIAS command.
IEBUPDTE, however, does not work on Load Modules.
Regards,
David
On 2021-06-30 21:21, Joe Monk wrote:
It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function
Joe
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com wrote:
Hello,
.
Many, Many, Years ago I seem to
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Hi,
IEHPROGM doesn't do this.
In TSO, you can:
|RENAME test.data(member1) test.data(auxmem) ALIAS
Regards,
David|
On 2021-06-30 12:16, esst...@juno.com wrote:
Hello,
.
Many, Many, Years ago I seem to recall the utility IEHPROG
provided ALIAS function for assigning an ALIAS to a LOAD module.
LOADPARM 0A8224' */
/* CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0A80 LOADPARM 0A82WS' */
CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0A80 LOADPARM 0A8224'
SAY CMD
CMD
Regards,
David
On 2021-06-26 23:48, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:49:43 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
The newline as part of a string is critical in V
Hi Gil,
The newline as part of a string is critical in VM-Land for PROFILE EXECs
which want to IPL a Guest in a Rexx Exec.
It is necessary because, as soon as the TERM CONMODE 3270 is issued, CMS
is blown away, yet, the string is still in the CP Command buffer
(waiting to executed).
Regards,
Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module
On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, at 14:55, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Jeremy,
I have an existing RYO SUBMIT Assembler program.
(Also, without Control Block chasing, I have not a way to access RPLRBAR
(for Job Number).)
How does that answer my question?
Why would you not wrap you
Hi Jeremy,
I have an existing RYO SUBMIT Assembler program.
(Also, without Control Block chasing, I have not a way to access RPLRBAR
(for Job Number).)
Regards,
David
On 2021-06-24 09:50, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, at 03:25, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi,
I need help to figure out
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Hi Brian
Hi Brian,
I am familiar with the Command Table. I want to set up a command to do
an ISPF Edit SUBMIT, not a TSO SUBMIT. That also means no for
DSNAME.
That is, SUBMIT what is being EDITd/BROWSEd/VIEWd.
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-06-24 02:36, Brian Westerman wrote:
You can call you
Hi,
I need help to figure out how to add a new Primary Command to ISPF Edit,
so that I can test a RYO SUBMIT Command written in Assembler.
Let's assume that my module is called $UBMIT (with an ALIAS of $UB).
I do not want to write an Edit Macro to do this. (I already wrote one of
these). nor
Hi Seann,
Thank you!
Regards,
David
On 2021-05-30 06:06, Sean Gleann wrote:
David:
"...I still would like to know how to display which codepage I am using"
I can't see that anyone else has said this, so I might be repeating
something...
In PCOMM, start up a session, and you should see a
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Hi,
I'm trying to write a Rexx ISPF Edit Macro which contains a FIND Regular
Expression.
I'm getting a ISRE997 on this line
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Hi,
I'm trying to write a Rexx ISPF Edit Macro which contains a FIND Regular
Expression.
I'm getting
Hi,
I'm trying to write a Rexx ISPF Edit Macro which contains a FIND Regular
Expression.
I'm getting a ISRE997 on this line:
"ISREDIT FIND R'ÝABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ@#$¨'" 3
7CEDCCCE4CCDC4D7ACD775B774F444
F92954930695409DD12345678912345678923456789CBBDDF03000
I
Hi gil,
Which correct tool did you use?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-05-19 23:16, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2021 03:13:19 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote:
Saving "test.pdf.txt", renaming it as "test.pdf" and then trying to open
it as a PDF produces the following error message:
2021, 5:01:21 PM EDT, David Spiegel
wrote:
Hi Scott,
You're right. I would've done this, but, the customer insisted it has to
be a PTF.
Regards,
David
On 2021-05-10 16:48, A T & T Management wrote:
Why not do this in a usermod?
Scott
On Monday, May 10, 2021, 2:25:47 PM E
5 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
I added a CLIST as part of a PTF.
(This is not vendor software.)
++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST).
PROC 0
WRITE HI
When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed
COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6
S M=((A000,ABCXYZ,R))
Where does (the A
Hi,
I added a CLIST as part of a PTF.
(This is not vendor software.)
++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST).
PROC 0
WRITE HI
When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed
COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6
S M=((A000,ABCXYZ,R))
Where does (the ALIAS) XYZ get copied to
CICS are for Trids.
On 2021-05-09 20:35, Chris Hoelscher wrote:
Silly rabbit, TRICS are for kids .
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I guess I could excuse either "pee-rack-eff" or
"prack-eff". Dunno what it is, though.
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Hi Phil,
This reminds me of a story ...
Approximately 20 years ago, my colleague and myself (same colleague as
the other story) were supporting a company in QC.
Every time the customer called, it took (what seemed like forever) for
the introductory hello.
Part of it was due to their announcing
Hi Richard,
This reminds me of a story.
Approximately 26 years ago, myself and a colleague were invited to a
multi-vendor meeting at a customer site to help solve a problem.
My colleague had the misfortune of pronouncing "SAP" as "sap" (rather
than Ess-Ay-Pee). The SAP guys there went stark
Hi Peter/Brian,
Where did you turn on debug?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-05-02 03:40, Peter Vels wrote:
Brian, you are too kind. You did 99% of the work.
Peter
On Sun, 2 May 2021 at 16:22, Brian Westerman
wrote:
Thanks to some timely help from Peter Vels who suggested tracing the
Hi Mark,
I recently upgraded 9.0-9.1 on z/OS V2.3
One thing to know is that (ZPARM ) OPMODE (in CSQ6SYSP Macro) no longer
available, chooses between COMPAT and NEWFUNC.
(As of 9.1, it's all effectively NEWFUNC). This also (besides not
allowing going backwards) means that you should set your
*MSS
On 2021-04-25 08:55, Seymour J Metz wrote:
3850 MSF (3851, 3830 and connected 3330-1, 3330-11 or 3350 staging drives)?
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
Hi Allan,
That is not necessarily true.
You're correct if PURGE=YES in the Global Zone OPTIONS.
Regards,
David
On 2021-04-23 15:27, Allan Staller wrote:
Classification: Confidential
You might want to run an accept after the maintenance has been successfully
deployed. This will clean out the
Maybe you're thinking XEDIT?
On 2021-04-16 16:43, Bob Bridges wrote:
Somewhere in the dim reaches of my past I think I saw mention of the ability to
split an ISPF screen vertically rather than horizontally. I've never tried it,
and I'm not sure I didn't just imagine the capability.
But
Hi John, Bob,
Please see File 112, the VTOC Command Processor.
(In 1999, I had the honour of extending it to allow for 4-digit device
addresses and other things).
Regards,
David
On 2021-04-08 21:36, John McKown wrote:
In TSO, I use ISPF option 3.4 with no DSN and something in the VOLUME.
In
Hi,
I would like to speak to anyone who has experience with coding DGAX
Modules.
Please PM me if you're available.
Thanks and regards,
David
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Hi Dave,
The JCLIN is not an actual job. It is just a bunch of statements which
get scanned for keywords, much like what recruiters do on LinkedIn.
I usually try to make sure that it is not executable in case in gets
SUBMITd accidentally.
Another thing, real Dataset Names are unnecessary. All
You're right -- probably 2311 (DASD)
3211, however, was a printer.
On 2021-03-21 15:08, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
W dniu 20.03.2021 o 09:47, Attila Fogarasi pisze:
Programs on ACP were limited to 4k size originally, and files were
limited
to 2 record sizes (short and long), the sizes being
Hi Paul,
I tried this using z/OS 2.4 ISPF OPT32 and got BLKSIZE=16385.
Regards,
David
On 2021-03-02 09:01, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 08:24:09 -0500, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Radek,
You said: "... which is usually close to half of the track (sometimes
third...) ..."
W
Hi Radek,
You said: "... which is usually close to half of the track (sometimes
third...) ..."
When is SDB 1/3 Track?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-03-02 07:25, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
General comment about LBI, large blocks and performance:
1. Blocksize for tapes, especially for real
Hi David,
I like VI(m) too.
I'd like to point out, however, that ISPF and XEDIT allow the user to
restrict edits to a column range.
This capability AFAIK is ONLY available on Mainframe.
Regards,
David
On 2021-02-28 02:45, David Crayford wrote:
On 27/02/2021 8:22 am, Tom Brennan wrote:
You
Hi Ravi, Barbara,
If you want to trace the execution of the program (instead of just one
snapshot (as Barbara is suggesting)), you might want to consider setting
up a SLIP Trap with TRACE, capturing your data with GTF and using IPCS
(via ISPF or Batch) to print the Trace.
I am currently
Hi Joseph,
You could also interrogate the job (provided that your employer has an
SDSF licence) via the SDSF API.
Regards,
David
On 2021-02-25 09:02, Joseph Reichman wrote:
I am running all of this from Rex building JCL searching files there are a huge
number of files so I break them up
Hi Bill,
The EXCLUDEs seem unnecessary.
Regards,
David
On 2021-02-03 09:34, Bill Giannelli wrote:
I think my issue was that my control specification did not capture all the
datasets I needed. I have now modified it with masks as follows and it seems to
capture all the datasets I need now:
Hi Bill,
Can you please include your //SYSPRINT to see the error messages?
Regards,
David
On 2021-02-03 09:08, Bill Giannelli wrote:
I am preparing for a DB2 v12 upgrade. I need to backup and restore form (if necessary)
the "runtime libraries". What utilities are normally used? I have been
Hi Brian,
I tried to find the Sabrent device you referenced, but, did not find any
that goes 16 Gb/sec.
Can you please supply a link to this?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-01-29 03:36, Brian Westerman wrote:
I think I would use transmit format for transporting things between systems,
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Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
I meant that your LOGON
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Sure ... unless ... your LOGON PRO
Sure ... unless ... your LOGON PROC got a JCL Error and you need to fix
it, or, possibly a DR.
On 2021-01-27 19:25, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Yes, and you can write macros for it. Still, when you have ISPF available
there's little call to use TSO EDIT.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
"... Formerly some utilities (Linkage Editor?) imposed a limit of 3120. ..."
Linkage Editor //SYSLIN had a Max BLKSIZE of 3200.
On 2021-01-20 11:25, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:03:01 -0600, Wendell Lovewell wrote:
Could you please elaborate on your comment "never solved issue
Hi Paul
ALLOC F(SYSPRINT) DA(DUMMY) REU
XMIT ...
ALLOC F(SYSPRINT) DA(*) REU
Regards,
David
On 2021-01-19 21:29, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
The messages issued during TSO TRANSMIT are actually coming from IEBCOPY. By
custom in most shops, DD SYSPRINT is commonly allocated to the terminal, i.e.
Hi Tim,
You said: "... but there are at least three choices ..."
Other than RACF, ACF2 and TSS are there others?
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2021-01-10 23:23, Timothy Sipples wrote:
Brian Westerman asks:
Is anyone using IBM's Cloud Tape Connector product that can tell me
about the software
Hi Gil,
It's not UNIX for more than one reason:
- UNIX has no drive letter
- UNIX uses a forward-slash, not, a backward-slash
- UNIX does not have File Extensions (although theoretically it could)
Regards
David
On 2020-12-24 17:58, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:14:15 +,
Hi Fred,
The interpretation of JCL occurs before the execution starts. Hence,
your result.
If you were to SUBMIT your JCL to the internal reader in STEP02 (rather
than trying to execute the BKUP Cataloged Procedure), the new job would
read the updated BKUP PROC.
Regards,
David
On
Hi,
Does anyone have experience with coding ZEKE15B (security exit for ASG
ZEKE)?
In particular, I'd like to set a SLIP to look at the registers and
storage at the time of invocation.
Also, other than having the load module in the //STEPLIB or LNKLST, are
there parameter(s) that need to be
Hi Pierre,
I've run into this before.
It happens because, the logger uses UNIT=SYSDA.
If you add all of your STORAGE Volumes to UNIT=SYSDA,, problem solved.
Regards,
David
On 2020-12-14 13:55, Pierre Fichaud wrote:
I am trying to connect the the system logger but get the following:
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Hi Skip,
Here is what
s pull the second line forward.
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Hi Skip,
There are 2 things you can do:
1) Keep typing and let the text wrap
2) Strike Enter after "OPERTUNE," and continue the command by Replying
to the next WTOR.
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-29 12:23, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote:
We were instructed by a vendor to set a two line SLIP trap for a
Hi Peter,
I've seen this, but, not recently.
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-21 23:08, Peter wrote:
Hello
Is it possible for JES to allow to run two started task with the same name
in a LPAR(not sysplex).
One of a started task in our lpar is running two stc with same name but
second one notifies
Hi Radek,
After I sent it, I realized that I addressed you incorrectly. Sorry.
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-19 16:09, R.S. wrote:
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 21:48, David Spiegel pisze:
Hi Skip,
"... That means your job may contain DD * statements, etc. ..."
As of z/OS 1.13, Cataloged Proc
Hi Skip,
"... That means your job may contain DD * statements, etc. ..."
As of z/OS 1.13, Cataloged Procedures can have DD *
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-19 15:23, R.S. wrote:
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 00:00, Charles Mills pisze:
Is there a JES2 command to submit a job from a PDS or PROCLIB, roughly
would have little
access and would likely fail on the first dataset.
Do I have that about right?
On 11/19/2020 11:04 AM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Skip,
"... the default SAF userid for STCs will be propagated to the
submitted job ..."
If the submitted job has a USER= on the Job Card a
fail on the first dataset.
Do I have that about right?
On 11/19/2020 11:04 AM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Skip,
"... the default SAF userid for STCs will be propagated to the
submitted job ..."
If the submitted job has a USER= on the Job Card and the RDR STC's
Userid has SURROGAT to
Hi Charles,
If you code all of my overrides, the problem of VOL=, DCB= etc. will be
bypassed and you will be able to use the RDR Cataloged Procedure forever.
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-19 14:02, Charles Mills wrote:
stuff coded that would work as is for pretty much no one
At least on this
Hi Skip,
"... the default SAF userid for STCs will be propagated to the submitted
job ..."
If the submitted job has a USER= on the Job Card and the RDR STC's
Userid has SURROGAT to all owner of SUBMIT'd Jobs, this is not a problem.
(I also would not give RDR the default STCID.)
Regards,
David
Hi Charles,
If you are using the "stock" Cataloged Procedure, you will have to
include all of the "overrides" I specified.
Regards,
David
On 2020-11-19 10:34, Charles Mills wrote:
I was and am under control on the $TA part and fully intend to use that.
It's not the whole solution, though. My
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