Re: non-ibm products in /service ?

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 10:03 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > wrote: > > What is the recommendation regarding having non-ibm products mounted in > /service ? > > -- > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > Mainframe Systems

Re: ShopZ order response

> On Oct 12, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > <mailto:000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>> wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:52:12 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >>> >>>> IOW we are goin

Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

> On Oct 12, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh > wrote: > > Errr what? > I'm sure you noticed that I'm not from IBM? > An IBM employee wouldn't tweet an IBM 'situation' out to the world. > > PS: Someone who's a bit rubbish in their

Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

> On Oct 12, 2017, at 6:02 AM, John Eells wrote: > > John Eells wrote: >> Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: >>> It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that >>> was very useful to >>> find contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone

Re: ShopZ order response

> On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 23:56:47 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> Our auditors would hop all over me and my management if we ever did >> something like wh

Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

> On Oct 11, 2017, at 4:03 PM, zMan wrote: > > There aren't enough employees left to justify its existence! > > Either that or it broke and there's nobody left who knows enough about > programming to fix it. I would bet on your 2nd option. Face it, IBM is sliding down

Re: git, z/OS and COBOL

> On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:17 PM, ste...@copper.net wrote: > > My comments are on the bottom because it made more sense to put them after > the question(s). > > --- cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > From: Clark Morris

Re: ShopZ order response

> On Oct 9, 2017, at 6:36 AM, John Eells wrote: > > In addition to what I wrote above, we, like everyone else, are driven by > client behaviors and available technologies. So let's talk about numbers for > a minute. > > As of this March, 86% of our orders are being

Re: Here's a horrifying thought for all you management types....

person. Now that I think about it, it would confuse me. Even an TPUT fullscreen would be hell to write, IMO. I have never seen an offering from IBM,but if there is I would be interested. Ed > > Scott > > On Oct 7, 2017, 7:57 PM -0400, Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net>, wrote: &

Re: Here's a horrifying thought for all you management types....

> On Oct 7, 2017, at 3:03 PM, scott Ford wrote: > > Clark, > > > Yeah I loved NS when I was up there many years ago camping. > Cold in the winter bub..I am from the Great Lakes not much warmer. > > Scott Scott, What ever the machine I have worked on, I have insisted that

Re: ShopZ order response

> On Oct 6, 2017, at 6:21 AM, John Eells wrote: > > More for ServerPac than for CBPDO, but ServerPac is how most people get z/OS, > at least. > > What kind of ServerPac turnaround time do people: > > - Expect? > - Really need? > > ...for z/OS orders? > John, Hands down

Re: ShopZ order response

> On Oct 6, 2017, at 8:57 AM, John Eells wrote: > > Bob, > > I am asking specifically about order turnaround time for ServerPac orders > that contain z/OS. > > It's interesting to understand the RFN and RECEIVE ORDER expectations and > needs as well, but I am feeling lazy

Re: SYS1 names (was SYS3 datasets)

> On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:18 AM, R.S. wrote: > > > Well, I "was born" long after IBM started using other HLQs, not only SYS1. > And see no problem with that. Including RACF definitions which are really > simple to manage. The "rock solid SYS1 rule" seems to be a

Re: SYS1 names (was SYS3 datasets)

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 9:46 AM, R.S. wrote: > > W dniu 2017-09-25 o 23:23, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: >> ServerPac supplies a number of default names with three qualifiers such as >> SYS1.TCPIP.llq. We routinely eliminate any middle qualifier as being both >>

Re: Last SAD (was: DLIB volume for SAD)

> On Sep 28, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Art Gutowski wrote: > > "Steely.Mark" asked: > >> A little off topic - when is the last time anyone had to perform a SAD ? >> I haven’t done one in 20+ years. > > We've taken at least a couple in the last

Re: DLIB volume for SAD

> On Sep 28, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Mark Jacobs - Listserv > wrote: > > > > Mr. Murphy taught me a very long time ago that I should always ensure I have > a working SADUMP that matches the OS level requiring it. > > > > Agree. That's why I always rebuilt it after

Re: SYS3 datasets

> On Sep 27, 2017, at 12:53 AM, Bruce Hewson wrote: > > In my almost 40 years of MVS support, the only time I came across SYS3 was in > a very large, multi-site, company. > > For security segregation each subsystem group was assigned a unique SYS% > hlq..

Re: PDSFAST

> On Sep 26, 2017, at 6:30 AM, John Thinnes > wrote: > > Is there anyone out there still using PDSFAST from SEA? > This is an IEBCOPY replacement/enhancement. > > We are a long time user, coming up for a 3 year renewal. > We are preparing to run comparisons

Re: SYS3 datasets

> On Sep 25, 2017, at 11:28 PM, Anthony Thompson > wrote: > > I've worked at a few different shops, and I've seen that SYS2, SYS3, SYS4 HLQ > convention a several times. > > It's a hangover from days of yore, around about the 10th century CE, when > link-listed

Re: SYS3 datasets

> On Sep 25, 2017, at 6:20 AM, van der Grijn, Bart (B) > wrote: > > > We have a staff z/OS systems programmer who claims that: > "Almost all shops use the SYS3. HLQ to indicate third party software." > > So new software installs *have* to follow that "rule". (Past

Re: SYS3 datasets

> On Sep 24, 2017, at 11:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:27:40 -0500, Brian Westerman wrote: > >> Would that there were some sort of standard. :) >> ... >> If your Systems Programmer wants to use SYS3, then that's great,

Re: SYS3 datasets

> On Sep 24, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: > > We have a staff z/OS systems programmer who claims that: > "Almost all shops use the SYS3. HLQ to indicate third party software." > > So new software installs *have* to follow that "rule". (Past installs did not > follow

Re: Fallback PTF or Backout ?

The way I did it, Major release new res pack. PTF’s (this is a depends). Example ICKDSF (IIRC) has one module I copy the old version to my private library and update the new version and do a F LLA,refresh. Jes2 is funny the way I do it and it depends on either the HOLD data or verbiage in the

Re: Dynamic Steplib and z/OS 2.3?

> On Sep 22, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Walt Farrell wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:38:33 -0500, John McKown > wrote: > >> Could someone tell me of some of the "real life" uses of this capability? >> Why

Re: Extended format system ZFS files

> On Sep 19, 2017, at 2:03 PM, Jousma, David wrote: > > If it were me, I'd use DFDSS to copy with rename the filesystems. If > applicable, IPL onto the new ones, before deleting the old ones. I use DFDSS > to clone filesystems as a regular part of maintenance. If they

Re: SEC System - Edgar

> On Sep 21, 2017, at 6:05 AM, Rob Schramm wrote: > > https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/cstbsite/documents/webpage/cstb_042463.pdf > indicates > that Lexis Nexis was the backend. But there was a plan for modernization > and to reduce a perceived monopoly by

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Re: Reload nucleus module dynamically

> On Sep 14, 2017, at 12:13 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > > > >> Long time ago and when MVS first came out, we used to do this quite often >> (once a week). A product we had called DUO (DOS under MVS). DUO maintained a >> table in the nucleus for which dos jobs were running. They

Re: Reload nucleus module dynamically

> On Sep 13, 2017, at 2:57 PM, Mark Jacobs - Listserv > wrote: > > University Computing Company (UCC), later known as UCCel. I think that DUO > was UCC-2, TMS was UCC-1. > > Mark Jacobs Thanks for the memory jar. Did your company go into DR mode when IRMA hit? Ed

Re: Reload nucleus module dynamically

> On Sep 13, 2017, at 12:11 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > >> What modules do you want to reload? If that is in LPA and/or Linklist, you >> better be careful before issuing commands to refresh them. Of course YMMV. > > > Well, the nucleus is the nucleus, LPA is the LPA, and the

Re: z/OS Data Set Encryption Now Generally Available

> On Sep 11, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Mike Baldwin wrote: > > z/OS Data Set Encryption is a fantastic new feature, kudos to IBM, and I don't > mean to detract from its wonderfulness. > > That's a good point, and I understand, if a new disk dataset is encrypted, > then copying it

Re: SoftwareXcel Discontinued

> On Sep 8, 2017, at 1:17 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: > >> We've had the extended version for so long that I can't remember life >> without it. What I do remember is that several years back, our software >> license folks 'forgot' to pay the SoftwareXcel bill. We were

Re: SoftwareXcel Discontinued

> On Sep 8, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > > We've had the extended version for so long that I can't remember life without > it. What I do remember is that several years back, our software license folks > 'forgot' to pay the SoftwareXcel bill. We were

Re: SoftwareXcel Discontinued

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 8:03 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > Auto "Makers" try to avoid shipping defective cars. Recalls can be expensive. I wonder if IBM would accept a box of tapes with Z/os in it? What would be funnier is to not attach postage and make IBM pay for it. Ed

Re: SoftwareXcel Discontinued

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Jim Mulder wrote: > > With regard to only the last sentence in Gord's comments, > those of us in z/OS development who put the bugs into the software > don't have anything to do with the IBM offerings for reporting bugs and > obtaining fixes for

Re: Lack of Support for Doc for COBOL

> On Sep 6, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Frank Swarbrick > wrote: > > I understand the PDSE fear, though we've not run in to any issues. I don't > understand what programmers don't like about COBOL V5/V6. Do you have any > concrete examples? Just wondering. I like the

Re: Lack of Support for Doc for COBOL

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 5:24 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7/09/2017 9:15 AM, Edward Gould wrote: >>> I think that we've finally got past that hang-up. PDSE is ready for prime >>> time. >> The PDSe outage brought the compan

Re: Lack of Support for Doc for COBOL

> On Sep 6, 2017, at 12:40 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > > Well into the 1970s, there were legions of IT folks who did not trust VSAM. > There was a droll little ditty of the 'If it...then it's...' type. The last > line went, 'If it...but it doesn't work, then it's

Re: Lack of Support for Doc for COBOL

> On Sep 5, 2017, at 4:51 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: >> >> The number of defects reported against COBOL V4 is almost zero! That is one >> of >> the reasons why we are considering dropping support for COBOL V4. >> Sorry to persuade you otherwise. After much talk to/from

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Re: Lack of Support for Doc for COBOL

> On Sep 4, 2017, at 10:26 AM, scott Ford wrote: > > Very, considering there are literally hundreds if not thousands of shops > still using COBOL.. > > > Scott Amen to that Scott. At one place I worked there were on the order of 100,000+ (I have forgotten the exact

Re: Data Center Index for SE Texas?

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 11:28 PM, Edward Finnell > <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Just curious if anybody's keeping score? > > https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/waffle-houses-hurricane-response- > team-prepares-disaster-184844452.html > > Another useful

Re: IBM to finally drop JES3

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 11:36 PM, Edward Finnell > <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > They were on it back in the eighties as Uni JES. Think it's badge 464. > Summa cum JES-"get it up once, keep it up forever". Bob Shannon reported the > politics and ambitions were too

Re: IBM to finally drop JES3

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > According to Watson blog post, > Some other statements of direction (SOD) include: stabilization of DFS/SMB > because NFS is the strategic file sharing protocol; last release to provide

Re: The BIGGEST Z Machine - Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine,

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:49 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On 2017-08-29, at 17:29, Edward Gould wrote: > >> http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2017/08/the-z-machine-worlds-most-powerful-x-ray-duplicates-a-black-h

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Re: Looking for mainframe shops Lexington/Cincinnati

> On Aug 29, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > > WKRP? > > I was easting Thanksgiving dinner when I saw that episode. I laughed so hard the food came flying out of my mouth. I don’t think I have ever laughed that hard. Ed

Re: SPF Panels for TCP/IP (was HSM Query command) - EZANS RFE

> On Aug 27, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > On 8/23/2017 1:27 AM, Mike Wawiorko wrote: >> This is my RFE. >> >> Currently 75 votes supporting it but only uncommitted candidate. >> Can we get it to over a hundred votes? > > What happens when you reach 100

Re: permissions to /bin/sh

> On Aug 24, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:17:29 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >> >> No - never. AMASPZAP (IMASPZAP before MVS, i.e. before 1972, and before the >> notion of APF authorization) was always

Re: permissions to /bin/sh

> On Aug 24, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Tony Harminc > wrote: > > On 24 August 2017 at 04:41, R.S. > wrote: > >> W dniu 2017-08-23 o 18:25, Karl S Huf pisze: >> >>> NTAC:3NS-20 >>>

Re: thought on data integration: Using MS Excel & MQSeries to get data from z/OS.

> On Aug 22, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > I know about vendor costs. But have you looked at this? > > http://www.connx.com/learning/access_vsam_in_excel.php > > Or other internet searches might bring up other options. > > Accessing VSAM from EXCEL

Re: Competent managers (was Re: OT-retirement)

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 8:12 PM, John McKown wrote: >> —SNIP > ​How times have changed. I only turned in an expense report one - 2 weeks > in a class in St. Paul. I filled out the report based on my receipts. My >

Re: Competent managers (was Re: OT-retirement)

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 7:36 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > > I love it when companies nickel-and-dime on expenses. Do they really think > that folks aren't gonna get it back some other way? A friend was once > challenged (by Finance, not his manager) over a dime for a pay toilet.

Re: Competent managers (was Re: OT-retirement)

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 8:08 AM, Tom Marchant > <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:15:05 +, scott Ford wrote: > >> What about having PC managers who don't understand z/OS or z/OS ppl? > > One of the best managers I ever had was a PC weenie who

Re: Jol Universal Command Language and Enhanced JCL Language

> On Aug 20, 2017, at 11:56 PM, Clem Clarke > wrote: > > —snip- > Clem Clarke Clem, in the late 70’s (IIRC) we had a DC not to far from yours. I think we came over and met John (story forgot his name) and I think you. We had

Re: IBM Session Manager replacement

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 5:20 PM, Roberto Halais wrote: > > Hi listers: > > IBM has notified that IBM Session Manager product will be phased out by the > end of 2018. > > They suggest we migrate to IBM CL/Supersession. > > I would like to know of other vendor products

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

> On Aug 13, 2017, at 12:44 PM, scott Ford wrote: > > This exists in differences between UK English and , what they call you > speak 'American', which is to say there is a difference. > > Scott Scott: About 30 years ago we were looking at up grading to MVS from VS1. The

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

> On Aug 12, 2017, at 5:38 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > I once had a customer say "PLEASE DON'T translate your manuals. We are used > to technical materials in English and know what they mean. If you translate > it into [French? German? I don't recall] we will have no idea

Re: Google 'doo wop'

> On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:43 PM, Edward Finnell > <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > As a diversion google is celebrating the birth of 'doo wop' on it's logo. > Mix and match your own 45's. > Without choosing sides, some of those voices were just amazing many were >

Re: GDPR for US companies (Was: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps)

> On Aug 12, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > @Tony, thanks for starting a new thread. I was about to do so, realizing I > had hijacked a perfectly good dump-scrubbing thread. > > There was a lot of "how are they going to enforce it on us?" at the SHARE > sessions.

Re: How to erase TS7740 data before scrap

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > > How are tracks provisioned? > If fixed provisioning, then ICKDSF TRKFMT CYL(0,14) CYCLES(1) will > write b'', b'', and b'01010101' or b'10101010' for the > full track for three erasing writes to each

Re: Any SMF statistics available for LOAD of a program?

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 3:35 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > >> Softaudit says it can do it, they would have to front end the SVC. > I believe they do or did. > > Then I would suggest you look elsewhere. Back in Y2K era a package was bought over my objections that did that very

Re: How to find the Global zone names in SMP/E via REXX

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 20:58:11 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: > ——SNIP-- >> > If the DSNames are in DDDEFs (highly recommended) they can be

Re: Any SMF statistics available for LOAD of a program?

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:06 PM, retired mainframer > wrote: > > If the problem you are trying to solve is important to the organization, ask > the people who can run DAF for what you need and let them sanitize the > output for you. > > Alternately, if the number of

Re: Security, Other Risks When Unsupported (Was: z14 and z/OS 2.3 Blog Post)

> On Aug 3, 2017, at 1:24 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > wrote: > SNIP > I have seen that scenario a few times in my career. Something breaks or is > causing high CPU, excessive memory usage and swapping or slow transaction

Re: Security, Other Risks When Unsupported (Was: z14 and z/OS 2.3 Blog Post)

> On Aug 3, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > >>> The following Christmas party I got brave and went over to the CEO and got >>> into a conversation about the issue. > >> Wow! You're that brave! > > Liquid courage > > CM Actually, no. I haven’t had a drink in over

Re: Security, Other Risks When Unsupported (Was: z14 and z/OS 2.3 Blog Post)

> On Aug 2, 2017, at 3:40 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > wrote: > > Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > >> BTW: I would take care to inform my manager less officially (and keep the >> notification in my archive). From personal experience I'm aware how >> pointless is this

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Re: Sort

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 4:17 PM, gsg > <0053fe88ed35-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Let me reword this. Does anyone have any experience with CA-Sort? How do > you like working with the product? Easy to use? The second question you should always ask is always about support. I

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> On Jul 21, 2017, at 9:32 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > http://www.storagereview.com/dell_emc_announce_dlm_45_to_eliminate_physical_tape > > > Today at SHARE 2017, Dell EMC announced the latest version of its Disk Library > for mainframe (DLm) virtual tape, version

Re: Sort Question

> On Jul 18, 2017, at 1:23 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > How challenging were his data? In the easiest case, no "phrase" and > no quotation marks. > > — gil Gil: I will give him somewhat the benefit of the doubt the hardcopy I gave him

Re: Sort Question

> On Jul 15, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > Does this need to be a mainframe solution? > > How many records are involved? > > If not a lot of data, I load this type of data to Excel. > > The using the DATA tab, I then highlight the column and use the

Re: Get off JES3 is the message was Re: IBM Unveils New IBM Z with Pervasive Encryption

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Re: Sort Question

> On Jul 15, 2017, at 10:39 PM, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > > Edward, > > Here is a DFSORT JCL which will give you the desired results. I assumed > that your input file is FB and 80 bytes in length. I also assumed that > your name and domain names are each 30 bytes in length.

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Re: Need Hep with HIDS and z/OS

> On Jul 14, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > "log user actions and tie said actions back to that user via a unique > identifier" > > That is not intrusion detection. Intrusion detection is a good thing, but it > is basically looking for outsiders trying to get in.

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Re: z/OSMF-Based Installation (WasL Re: AW: Re: EAV volumes and SYSRES)

> On Jul 12, 2017, at 5:33 AM, John Eells wrote: > > > And no, the graphic on p. 35 has nothing to do with robots. I just thought > it was a neat graphic that helped illustrate the modernization of a 25+ year > old installation process.\ I guess I have been watching STNG

Re: z/OSMF-Based Installation (WasL Re: AW: Re: EAV volumes and SYSRES)

> On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:35 AM, John Eells wrote: > > Peter Hunkeler wrote: >> Topic change due? Possibly more opinions if people understand it is about >> z/OSF now. >> >> > > Peter, good idea. > > Everyone: IBM is headed toward using z/OSMF Software Management as the >

Re: Orhan control block in a FIFO chain

> On Jul 7, 2017, at 12:28 PM, Walt Farrell wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 09:59:01 -0500, Donald Likens > wrote: > >> We run our product on somewhere around 15 client site. We have had this >> problem on one

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 6:49 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 05:03:24 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> On the other hand GOOGLE has *NEVER* been down for me. IBM should try for >> Google’s up t

Re: IBM Knowledge Center

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 2:02 AM, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM > wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Jack J. Woehr >> Sent: 05 July, 2017 19:36 >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>

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Re: Hawaii DMV

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Re: JES2 Exit 16 (was Re: how to keep messages in the sys1.broadcast for ever)

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 2:23 PM, J R wrote: > > Well, it's a long, long time ago, but I seem to remember that many TSO > sessions would share a TSO Region, which was a single job. (No address spaces > then.). If you had lots of TSO users, and sufficient horsepower, you

Re: JES2 Exit 16 (was Re: how to keep messages in the sys1.broadcast for ever)

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:44:18 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >> >> Or what are you using to determine that an id is 'inactive'? >> > Are entries in SYS1.BRODCAST timestamped so they

Re: Choosing Windows for your organization should get you fired [Network World]

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:43 AM, Mark Regan wrote: > > From Network World, Choosing Windows for your organization should get you > fired > > http://www.networkworld.com/article/3204156/windows-server/choosing-windows-for-your-organization-should-get-you-fired.html > >

Re: how to keep messages in the sys1.broadcast for ever

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 10:27 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > There are commands you can use to update the SYS1.BRODCAST for SAVEd message. > > If you can download the broadcast tool from cbttape.org, it can be helpful. > > To list all messages in the notices section of

Re: Sources of message: IKJ56700A ENTER JOBNAME CHARACTER(S) -

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 6:11 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:24:16 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> We had a fool proof naming standard at one installation. It has been working >>

Re: Sources of message: IKJ56700A ENTER JOBNAME CHARACTER(S) -

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 3:44 PM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > > I think in my days at IBM we had job name standards that were enforced as > UID + 1 char. > > This may explain why many times I never bother coding a job card for > trivial jobs and once the job has run, I perform an

Re: Sources of message: IKJ56700A ENTER JOBNAME CHARACTER(S) -

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:36:25 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > >> All well and good when the shop standard does not mandate TSO userid as job >> name for *all* non-privileged users,

Re: Windows 10 Pro automatic update

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:11:30 -0500, Wendell Lovewell wrote: > >> Any version of Windows can have the update service disabled. >> > OTOH, beware: > >

Re: Who deleted my data set?

> On Jun 27, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson > wrote: > > We have occasional requests from users as to who deleted a particular data > set. We have access to SMF data for a reasonable period. SAS however was > moved off platform a few years ago to save money on

Re: Windows 10 Pro automatic update

> On Jun 27, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Sean Gleann wrote: > > I don't know if I'm not as adventurous as others on this thread, but I've > never once had any problem with Windows Update on any version of Windows. > All maintenance gets applied when it becomes available/recommended,

Y2K incident?

The U.S. Geological Survey accidentally sent out an alert about a 6.8-magnitude earthquake Wednesday that actually occurred nearly 100 years ago. The USGS said the automatic alert was a false alarm based on an earthquake that occurred in 1925 off the coast of Santa Barbara. Scientists at that

Re: Eliminating the systems programmer was Re: IBM cuts contractor billing by 15 percent (our else)

> On Jun 22, 2017, at 6:50 PM, Clark Morris wrote: >> __SNIP-- > > If the goal was to eliminate the need for highly technical people who > understand the platform and the tradeoffs, that is a futile goal

Re: IBM cuts contractor billing by 15 percent (our else)

> On Jun 22, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Tom Conley <pinnc...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > > On 6/22/2017 3:42 PM, Edward Gould wrote: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/20/ibm_contractor_crackdown/ >> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/20/ibm_contractor_crackdown/&

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