Re: COBOL - z/OS 2.1 vs 2.4

2022-10-03 Thread Feller, Paul
I would suggest checking your LE parms between the two systems. It almost feels like there is a difference in the setting between to two systems around how CICS is handled. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Crusty Old Guy Sent:

Re: DB2 data sharing between two z boxes

2022-09-22 Thread Feller, Paul
As others have said technically yes you can do it. As already mentioned there are things to think about. Structure size for the shared buffer pools and the lock structures. What type of CF links to you have and do you have enough of them. The location of the CF lpars may come into play.

Re: realtime monitoring of various storage subpools [EXTERNAL]

2022-08-25 Thread Feller, Paul
Dave, if you want to sit there and hit enter to watch things you could try SDSF (zOS 2.4) panel AS and subcommand JM. See if that is what you are looking for. The Address Space Memory (AS) panel allows authorized users to display the storage utilization of address spaces in the

Re: Modern DASD benchmark testing [EXTERNAL]

2022-08-25 Thread Feller, Paul
Well depending on how technical you want to get. You could write some code to write/read data and then look at the RMF records. I created some code to do that using VSAM KSDS. A poor persons benchmark software. I did not go as far as Carmen around turning stuff off/on. I would run the jobs

Re: Problems caused by Health Checker? [EXTERNAL]

2022-08-15 Thread Feller, Paul
I've not seem this type of behavior as far as I recall. Depending on the level of z/OS you are running there are lots of different checks being done these days. I believe some of those try to "touch" datasets (maybe) to look at allocation information. Others may know better. Could that type

Re: SDSF JS command cross-sysplex [EXTERNAL]

2022-08-11 Thread Feller, Paul
Keith, I'm assuming you are talking about looking at job on a different lpar in the same sysplex, also part of the same JES MAS. This is a display of a job running on a different lpars then the one I was logged on to. This is a z/OS 2.4 environment. SDSF JOB STEP DISPLAY - JOB DTSTM01D

Re: SDSF record and request types [EXTERNAL]

2022-08-06 Thread Feller, Paul
This is from the z/OS 2.4 "z/OS MVS Planning: Operations" manual. I do find it interesting that similar information is found in different manuals. Each SYSLOG record is prefaced by a two-character record type field. Valid first characters are: N - single-line message W - single-line message

Re: Dump DS's [EXTERNAL]

2022-07-27 Thread Feller, Paul
Steve, sorry I should have added that we use the dynamic dump allocation feature. We still have the traditional preallocated dump datasets for when the dynamic dump feature is not active. We have used the dynamic dump feature for years. So with the combination of the dynamic dump feature and

Re: Dump DS's [EXTERNAL]

2022-07-27 Thread Feller, Paul
What is your max space for dumps set to? Do a "D D" command to see that number. If your lpar has enough memory you may need to increase the MAXSPACE for dumps. As an example on one of our lpars we issue 'CD SET,SDUMP,MAXSPACE=18432M' at IPL to set the MAXSPACE for dumps. On a different lpar

Re: Added PCIe IO cards stuck in Reserved state [EXTERNAL]

2022-07-26 Thread Feller, Paul
I've never gone though the process it install hardware. It has always been IBM doing it. I have looked over the shoulder of the IBM person and from what I recall there are several different steps that must complete properly (and in the proper order) to install new hardware. It sure sounds

Re: $HASP052 JES2 RESOURCE SHORTAGE OF BERT XX% UTILIZATION REACHED [EXTERNAL]

2022-05-09 Thread Feller, Paul
Kenneth, I would agree that when the jobs hit JES2 the damage is done. To handle things in the future you could look at increasing the size of your checkpoint datasets. Maybe double or triple the current size so that if needed you can dynamically adjust things. Naturally if you are using a

Re: Producing throwaway SMF? [EXTERNAL]

2022-05-09 Thread Feller, Paul
What about setting up the SMF parms to tell SMF to ignore the 110-2 records? CICS will still create them but I would think SMF would just "throw them away" when it see them. Before that happens would not an exit see the 110-2 records and then send them off to say Splunk? Paul Feller GTS

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: I knew Cobol 6.3 takes more resources to compile than 4.2 but should I be concerned about how much?

2022-04-18 Thread Feller, Paul
On an lpar with 25g of memory we run the COBOL 6.2 compiles with a region of 512M. This is from a program that has well over 25,000 lines of code. Had OPT(0) set plus lots of debug stuff turned on. IEF373I STEP/COB6/START 2022109.0219 IEF032I STEP/COB6

Re: Looking for SMF30 Programs to Identify Tasks which uses User Key Common Storage [EXTERNAL]

2022-04-07 Thread Feller, Paul
There is a migration health check. I don't recall if it will display the tasks using user key common storage. The lpar that I use to the display was IPLed on April 3rd. SDSF BROWSE ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM Line Col 001 072 Command ===>

Re: non Db2 DFSort and zIIP question [EXTERNAL]

2022-04-04 Thread Feller, Paul
Rex, on a z15 there is an "Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort" which has nothing to do with zIIPs or general CPs. From an IBM Redbook - IBM z15 (8561) Technical Guide IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z SORT Sorting data is a significant part of IBM Z workloads including batch workloads, database

Re: CA-DUO [EXTERNAL]

2022-03-29 Thread Feller, Paul
Yes it was the UCC days. Like others have said. Was a way to run DOS programs under MVS with out many changes. As others have said a company I worked for used as part of a DOS to MVS migration. That was a long time ago. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: JES2 Purge Processing [EXTERNAL]

2022-03-22 Thread Feller, Paul
Mark, I guess I would ask if you saw any $HASP263 messages on the other lpars? Seeing message $HASP263 would indicate issues with the checkpoint processing. That could hold up things on the other members in the MAS. From the JES2 message manual for z/OS 2.4. $HASP263 Explanation WAITING FOR

Re: How to simplify IODF activation [EXTERNAL]

2022-03-17 Thread Feller, Paul
Sometime ago I was told but IBM support you should do the software activation first and then on the last lpar on the CEC do the software/hardware activation. Doing it that why avoids the need for SOFT=NOVALIDATE during the activation. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: PCHID WWPN report [EXTERNAL]

2022-03-02 Thread Feller, Paul
You might consider trying ICKDSF with the ANALYZE option. I used it to create a cross reference of PCHID to DASD port for the EMC DASD boxes we have. Sample of what I used. //ZOS1D3E EXEC PGM=ICKDSF,REGION=128M //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //DSFDUMP DD

Re: INITSQA under VM [EXTERNAL]

2022-02-13 Thread Feller, Paul
When I've seen issue with SQA/ESQA during z/OS NIP processing it is mainly related changes in the I/O configuration. When you say you have a supersized IOCP on the z/VM side is the DASD/TAPE being used by the z/OS guest on the same channels as other DASD/TAPE devices? If yes, I'm not sure how

Re: IPCS - Dump timing [EXTERNAL]

2022-02-08 Thread Feller, Paul
Not exactly what the person asked but I have the date and time stamp as part of the dump dataset name. We set the dynamic feature active at IPL time. The date and time the dump was taken, well when DUMPSRV allocates the dataset, is in the dataset name. Helps with knowing when dumps happens.

Re: Console message alignement [EXTERNAL]

2022-01-09 Thread Feller, Paul
Peter, have you looked to see if there is an AREA setting in the CONSOL member? AREA Specifies the size of the out-of-line display area

Re: SQA shortage after z/OS 2.4 [EXTERNAL]

2021-12-01 Thread Feller, Paul
Peter one of the things I look at is did other areas in z/OS change that then could affect how much CSA/SQA you really get. I do the same for the 24/31 bit private area. As you know you the system will round off the request so you may have been getting more then you asked for and now that

Re: IPL's POR's frequency [EXTERNAL]

2021-09-14 Thread Feller, Paul
We do monthly IPLs to pull in fixes. I can't think of the last time I did a POR other then when installing a new CEC. All my IOGEN work is dynamic. Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Joe Sent:

Re: IGD07002I VOLUME FR0303 NOT AVAILABLE [EXTERNAL]

2021-08-23 Thread Feller, Paul
You did not say if the two lpars share the same SMS configuration. You may want to verify that the volume is defined in the active SMS configuration as seen from TST1. IGD07002I VOLUME volser NOT AVAILABLE Explanation The storage management subsystem (SMS) was invoked for disposition

Re: FTP problem [EXTERNAL]

2021-08-19 Thread Feller, Paul
Others have suggested good things to look at but what about the hardware you are running on. Is that 92 GB for the lpar in production and 16 GB for the lpar at DR? Are you paging? z15-T02 in production compared to a z13s at DR. Are you underpowered at DR? Are you on CPs at DR with less

Re: Is there an SDSF display column for maximum return code of a job? [EXTERNAL]

2021-07-08 Thread Feller, Paul
Peter at least in my shop the "ST" screen in SDSF has a Max-RC (Max-RC: Return code information for the job) column. I had to scroll to the right to see it. I also a Max-RC when I look at my (H) held output. Now based on the SDSF manual I should also see a Max-RC on the "O" output display

Re: New to DFSMS? New to DFSMShsm? Education! [EXTERNAL]

2021-06-25 Thread Feller, Paul
Lisa, these sound interesting but unfortunately I can access the location. It seems my company blocks the access. Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lisa Gundy Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021

Re: Program invoked SORT, SMS managed //SORTOUT DD DSN=& [EXTERNAL]

2021-04-30 Thread Feller, Paul
Maybe this will help. IGD17165I MULTI-VOLUME TEMPORARY DATA SET dsname WILL NOT BE STRIPED. Explanation: It is not possible to allocate a multi-volume temporary data set in extended format. Due to

Re: Stand Alone Dump questions [EXTERNAL]

2021-04-01 Thread Feller, Paul
Bob, just food for thought. In our environment we place the IPL text for the SAD program on our DLIB volume. As an example for our z/OS 2.3 lpars we end up with three DLIB volumes. One for our sand box lpars, one for our test lpars and one for our production lpars. We build the IPL text on

Re: Upgrade from z/os 2.3 to 2.4 decrease PVT storage [EXTERNAL]

2021-03-22 Thread Feller, Paul
We are also in the process of going from z/OS 2.3 to z/OS 2.4. So far I have not seen any changes in the below the line private area. Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent:

Re: DB/2 and CICS security [EXTERNAL]

2021-03-19 Thread Feller, Paul
Pierre, have you tried to look at the SMF Record Type 80 (Security Product Processing) record for the information you want? Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pierre Fichaud Sent: Friday, March

Re: Colours on screen (mainframe history question) [EXTERNAL]

2021-02-23 Thread Feller, Paul
My first color terminal was a 3279 in the early 1980s. I think we had both a model 2 and model 3. I don't recall if they had the extended color feature. As far as I know the IBM 3279 was IBMs first color terminal. Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: Lpar deletion from IODF [EXTERNAL]

2021-01-23 Thread Feller, Paul
Steve, the answer depends on what your environment is like. Is this lpar part of a JES MAS? Are there changes needed in any JES exits? Can jobs be routed to it from other lpars? Is there any automation in place that might route commands to the lpar? Do you need to adjust the weights of the

Re: Question about LPAR weights and LPAR group controls [EXTERNAL]

2021-01-13 Thread Feller, Paul
Jerry, from what I recall the define capacity is related to what you want to limit the lpar to for MSU usage. You can have an lpar as part of a group that is capped plus you can cap the lpar itself. I've done that before. If I read your email correctly you have a group capacity of 20 MSU

Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA? [EXTERNAL]

2020-12-08 Thread Feller, Paul
For those new to MVS there was the MVS/XA Express option. You have to qualify to get it. A shop I worked at a long time ago was a VSE shop that was going to convert to MVS and that is how we started off. I believe the MVS/XA Express was a complete IPL system that IBM built based on your

Re: Why does SDSF ST only show current JESPLEX jobs? [EXTERNAL]

2020-11-21 Thread Feller, Paul
Peter the famous bottom line is the SYSNAME=* gives you a view of the world that SDSF/SDSFAUX knows about. If SYSNAME is blank then you only see the stuff the lpar you are logged on to. The other thing is SYSNAME is not support on every screen in SDSF. The "ST" screen is one of these screens

Re: Why does SDSF ST only show current JESPLEX jobs? [EXTERNAL]

2020-11-20 Thread Feller, Paul
Peter, I'm assuming you are using the SYSNAME then it is not supported on the ST screen. So WAD. I think the HELP screen for SYSNAME needs to be updated. I know I've used it on the SYS panel. This is on a z/OS 2.3 system. HELP: SYSNAME Command Panel 1

Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS? [EXTERNAL]

2020-11-19 Thread Feller, Paul
Charles, would something like this help? Now I used ( and ) to surround the first two items and not a '. Not tested how you would do the whole ' thing. SAY 'TESTPARS: Start REXX' Parse Upper External TESTPRM SAY 'Display

Re: ILR012W ALL LOCAL PAGING SPACE IS FULL OR BAD, ASM WAIT03C RSN=01 [EXTERNAL]

2020-09-04 Thread Feller, Paul
Mark, if you still have access to the SYSLOG for the lpar you could try to look for message IRA220I. The message will list the who was using up the AUX slots. The message can be displayed related to message IRA201E. Thanks..   Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: Is there a tool to monitor JES2 Input Queue wait time? [EXTERNAL]

2020-08-25 Thread Feller, Paul
Lizette, if you have some type of software like OPS/MVS you could look at running a script from time to time that executes the JES2 command $DJQ,DELAY=YES,DELAY and then look at the output from the command. Not "real" time but next to it. This is from a little test I did.

Re: z13 Central Storage [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-31 Thread Feller, Paul
Don't you just hate when that happens.  Thanks.. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elaine Beal Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 9:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z13 Central Storage [EXTERNAL]

Re: z13 Central Storage [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-29 Thread Feller, Paul
Elaine, did you get the wait code during or after the IPL of the lpar. Unless I'm looking at the wrong doc a wait code of 03C indicates you had an issue with ASM. The other thing to consider depending on the size of your lpar in terms of software stack 3 gig may not be enough. Depending on

Re: potential catalog search error - shown by IGGCSI00 [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-09 Thread Feller, Paul
This all sounds like similar behavior of the option in 3.4 called "Include Additional Qualifiers". If you don't set the option on you have to wild card your dataset list. With the option set on you don't have to use wild card to get a dataset list. All the code I've ever written using

Re: Configuring a CP online [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-08 Thread Feller, Paul
If this CP is to be online from now on then update the lpar hardware profile to insure that it will be there after any deactivate/activate of the lpar. In the back of my mind I'm thinking during the IPL process the system looks at the profile to see what number of CPs should be online. I

Re: What is the real size of a 3390-27 and 3390-54 [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-02 Thread Feller, Paul
Tony to answer your questions. In this shop a MOD-27 is 32,760 cyls and a MOD-54 is 65,520 cyls. As for how they are allocated, that I can't answer. We don't have IBM DASD and the vendor we have does the configuration based on what we ask for. Just to round things out the EAVs we do have

Re: GRSRNL Example [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-29 Thread Feller, Paul
We don't update our GRSRNL to much. Last time it was update was in 2016. There is one thing you might want to watch. We ran into an issue one time when changes did get made an lpar got IPL before a SET GRSRNL=xx command was issues. The lpar would not IPL, it went into a wait state. I don't

Re: Dataset Quandry [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-23 Thread Feller, Paul
Have you tried to use the "F CATALOG,LIST" on all the lpars that have the catalog open to see if there is a "stuck" task in CAS? This may help find where the stuck rename process is. Thanks.. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: How display amount of real storage? [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-22 Thread Feller, Paul
Charles, that's a loaded question/answer. You need to have the ISF.CONNECT resource defined in the SDSF class to allow access to SDSFAUX. Plus some variation of the ISFCMD.ODSP.SYSTEM resource defined in the SDSF class to allow for the use of the SYS panel. The SDSF Operation and

Re: SMP/e maintenance methodologies [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-22 Thread Feller, Paul
So here are a few questions for the group. First I'll say we run a weekly receive process to pull all the needed stuff from IBM. My questions are this. Do you apply only PE fixes and hipers monthly and RSU stuff quarterly? How long do you wait between applies in terms of moving fixes

Re: XCF/GRS question [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-02 Thread Feller, Paul
Jerry, I don't have the type of setup you have but I'll list a few things I might look at. Move the CONTENTION NOTIFYING SYSTEM from your TEST lpar to your MVSZ lpar, assuming MVSZ is your production lpar. This process can add overhead to GRS and on a small lpar it can be noticeable. The

Re: Base SYSPLEX setup [EXTERNAL]

2020-06-02 Thread Feller, Paul
: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Base SYSPLEX setup [EXTERNAL] On Sun, 31 May 2020 12:19:16 +0000, Feller, Paul wrote: > We found out the hard way when we converted off of FICON switches you > need to code a serial number in the control unit definition to make the > connection work pro

Re: Base SYSPLEX setup [EXTERNAL]

2020-05-31 Thread Feller, Paul
Brian, you really don't need more FICON cards then 2 to support CTC connections between lpars. It all comes down to how much redundancy you want. We support connections between 11 lpars on one CEC with just 2 cards. We use one card as what we call the primary connection and one card we call

Re: JES2 Checkpoint Size 1.13 to 2.2 [EXTERNAL]

2020-05-05 Thread Feller, Paul
Making the CHECKPOINT bigger is not a bad idea, but I would also just verify you have all the needed PTFs applied to z/OS to allow a mix of z/OS 1.13 and z/OS 2.2 in the same JES2 MAS. - V=IBM P=Z/OS JES2 MESSAGES R=V1R13 I=$HASP710 D=M

Re: DFSMShsm high CPU consumption [EXTERNAL]

2020-04-27 Thread Feller, Paul
I don't recall how you set it up in HSM, but one thing to look at is how many tasks we are running at one time. As an example you can have several tasks running to do migrations during primary space management. So you could look at the possibility of reducing the number of tasks running

Re: JES2 SPOOLDEF TGSIZE recommendation sought [EXTERNAL]

2020-04-22 Thread Feller, Paul
In two of our JES2 environments we use MOD-27s and in one other we use MOD-54s. All three environments use TGSIZE=36. I don't recall when it changed to TGSIZE=36, but it has been that way for years. We have not seen any issues with either size volumes. As Dave mentioned don't forget to set

Re: z15 System Recover Boost [EXTERNAL]

2020-02-07 Thread Feller, Paul
Marna, thanks for point that out. I'll look into running that on our tech lpars. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Marna WALLE Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020

Re: z15 System Recover Boost [EXTERNAL]

2020-02-06 Thread Feller, Paul
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 3:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z15 System Recover Boost [EXTERNAL] On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 16:31, Feller, Paul wrote: > Well we have our z15 in and running.

Re: z15 System Recover Boost [EXTERNAL]

2020-02-06 Thread Feller, Paul
Well we have our z15 in and running. We have been testing the System Recovery Boost on our tech lpars. What we have found makes us think we will be setting the option to BOOST=SPEED for our tech lpars. I normally define each lpar with a minimum of 1 zIIP with 1 zIIP in reserve. With

z15 System Recover Boost

2020-01-09 Thread Feller, Paul
By the end of the month we will have a z15 running. Most of the lpars on the box will be running z/OS 2.3. It looks like the boost feature will be active by default for the z/OS 2.3 lpars. Anyone have any comments about the boost feature good/bad that they will share. Thanks.. Paul Feller

Re: SE/HMC driver level verification [EXTERNAL]

2019-12-22 Thread Feller, Paul
Jake, depending on what you have access to you can check a few different ways. If you have access to the IBM web site for hardware you can check there once the site is updated with the changes. I'm not in the office so I can't look at the title line on the HMC signon screen, but it should

Re: SE/HMC driver update duration [EXTERNAL]

2019-12-18 Thread Feller, Paul
Jake, this may be a bad analogy but think of a driver upgrade like a z/OS upgrade. You are changing the base operating system used to run the hardware. It can touch all of the I/O features and other features in your box. An example of the "other" features would be the CFCC level for a

Re: SE/HMC driver update duration [EXTERNAL]

2019-12-18 Thread Feller, Paul
Jake are you updating one or more HMCs as well as the SEs? I would say if you are updating the Driver level on the SEs then you need to update the HMCs that talk to them. Updating an HMC can take a little time. As Dave said the update to the SEs can take some time. The dynamic process takes

Re: DFHSM/DCOLLECT QUESTION [EXTERNAL]

2019-11-05 Thread Feller, Paul
, Feller, Paul wrote: In the LISTCAT output look for "RLS IN USE", it should show YES or NO. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Monday

Re: DFHSM/DCOLLECT QUESTION [EXTERNAL]

2019-11-04 Thread Feller, Paul
In the LISTCAT output look for "RLS IN USE", it should show YES or NO. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Monday, November 04, 2019 9:58 AM To:

Re: z/OS 2.1 to 2.4 [EXTERNAL]

2019-08-30 Thread Feller, Paul
. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 10:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 2.1 to 2.4 [EXTERNAL] On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:48:03 +, Feller, Paul wrote: Would it be a good thing

Re: z/OS 2.1 to 2.4 [EXTERNAL]

2019-08-30 Thread Feller, Paul
Would there be any concerns with internal changes to system dataset structures? As an example like catalogs or things like HSM CDS datasets? Going from z/OS 2.1 to z/OS 2.4 is technically not support for fallback. Would it be a good thing to at least try to get any z/OS 2.3 compatibility

Re: SMF PUZZLE [EXTERNAL]

2019-08-26 Thread Feller, Paul
Well depending on how TCP/IP was setup/configured you could be cutting type 119 records. It was suggested in another email to download the DAF software from the CBT website. I like using that software because it will search lots of different SMF record types to show activity related to

Re: TSO REXX -- find absolute generation # from relative? [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-25 Thread Feller, Paul
John, I would agree using the catalog interface is not fun. Also I ran a quick test and I was wrong about using the (0) as part of the name. I had to use ABC.XYZ.* to get any information back with the test code I had. The output that came back was a list of all the datasets in the GDG base.

Re: TSO REXX -- find absolute generation # from relative? [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-25 Thread Feller, Paul
John, could you try to use the catalog interface (IGGCSI00) and do a request for the current generation with something like ABC.XYZ(0)? I would think you would then get back the fully qualified name. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Coupling Facility duplexed [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-25 Thread Feller, Paul
We need to make sure if we are talking hardware duplexing or software (application) duplexing. We let DB2 duplex its group buffer pools. DB2 handles/controls keeping the structures in each CF in sync. In the policy we define DUPLEX(ENABLED) for the DB2 group buffer pools. We do not have any

Re: Sharing PDSEs in shared DASD Environment [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-24 Thread Feller, Paul
You can have a base sysplex and you don't need to share JES spool. I'm going to guess you have different master catalogs for each lpar and you can still keep different master catalogs. Now with a base sysplex you could have a shared SMS and HSM environment if you want, but you don't have to

Re: [EXTERNAL] SDSF initial display and z/OS 2.3

2019-07-19 Thread Feller, Paul
Y76mQvMWgrMfs-C4D4_2gt4eIJXz2k= From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Feller, Paul Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] SDSF initial display and z/OS 2.3 There is a way to get back to the

Re: [EXTERNAL] SDSF initial display and z/OS 2.3

2019-07-19 Thread Feller, Paul
There is a way to get back to the look that you see under z/OS 2.2. Basically you need to allocate a dataset (temp or dummy) under the DD name ISFMIGMN. The dataset needs to be allocated before you get into SDSF. There seems to be one interesting issue with the default main screen in SDSF.

Re: LISTCAT by VOLUME [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
Well if you don't mind writing some code you could use the DCOLLECT function of IDCAMS to create a dataset. Then you could write some code to read the dataset and create a list. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Displaying raw disk data [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
I don't know if my response made it to the list so I'm sending it again. Sorry for an repeats. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: Feller, Paul Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 12:09 PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: RE

Re: Displaying raw disk data [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-17 Thread Feller, Paul
Youi might try the ADRDSSU PRINT TRACK function. I have not used this in a little while so I hope my notes in the JCL are still correct. //*==* //* --- * //* ¦

Re: IGD17272I but lots of space in storgrp [EXTERNAL]

2019-07-09 Thread Feller, Paul
Elaine, I'm sure you saw that the IGD17272I will tell you the allocation request (REQUESTED SPACE QUANTITY = {KB MB}). I'm sure you looked at that request size and at the time you looked the storage group had space. Could there be an issue that at the time of the failure the storage

Re: CTC (FCTC) usage [EXTERNAL]

2019-05-31 Thread Feller, Paul
Munif, maybe my original comments didn't make through the world of email servers. I don't think I've ever seen one doc that list all the things that can use CTCs. At our shop the real users of CTCs devices are XCF and VTAM. Those are the only tasks that have CTC device addresses defined to

Re: CTC (FCTC) usage [EXTERNAL]

2019-05-28 Thread Feller, Paul
Munif, there is some doc related to how to setup a CTC environment. If you are looking on the IBM hardware website for the z14 you should find a manual on CTC configuration. At our shop the real users of CTCs is XCF and VTAM. Those are the only tasks that have CTC device addresses defined to

Re: JES2 shutdown failure [EXTERNAL]

2019-05-14 Thread Feller, Paul
Sometimes a $DA,X can help find what is going on. Also all the other suggestions are good to try. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jerry Whitteridge Sent:

Re: COBOL 6.2 and ARCH(12) [EXTERNAL]

2019-05-03 Thread Feller, Paul
It is my understanding that if you set the ARCH level to something lower than the machine type you are running on it should not use any of the new machine instructions. If what the vendor says is truly what is happening then I would think a question to IBM would be in order. Thanks.. Paul

Re: How to grant access to CONSPROF [EXTERNAL]

2019-03-13 Thread Feller, Paul
I did a little looking at our batch user IDs and the few we have listed to support the CONSOLE function under TSO/REXX in batch do have a TSO segment defined. Not sure if that was really needed but it is there. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message-

Re: Disk space allocation question [EXTERNAL]

2019-03-04 Thread Feller, Paul
It is my understanding that the ALLOC should not step if you have SPACE coded in your JCL. By default you should get your space request, though it might be in more than one extent (up to 5). Now if you have some 3rd party software installed it might be stepping in to prevent the initial X37

Re: Anyone ever seen/hear about a set of programs called SUPERCOP/SUPCOP1/SUPCOP2/SUPCOP3 [EXTERNAL]

2019-02-25 Thread Feller, Paul
To answer several questions. Nothing in the program modules showed any copyright information. Programs had been written in assembler. All four programs had been last assembled with ASSEMBLER H V2R1 in 1987. The business unit that uses the program have no idea where the programs came from and

Re: Anyone ever seen/hear about a set of programs called SUPERCOP/SUPCOP1/SUPCOP2/SUPCOP3 [EXTERNAL]

2019-02-25 Thread Feller, Paul
tool that took care of some of the allocation for you. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Anyone ever seen/hear about a set

Anyone ever seen/hear about a set of programs called SUPERCOP/SUPCOP1/SUPCOP2/SUPCOP3

2019-02-23 Thread Feller, Paul
Has anyone ever seen/hear about a set of programs called SUPERCOP/SUPCOP1/SUPCOP2/SUPCOP3. We ran into an issue with these programs related to EAV volumes. It seems we acquired these programs as part of a merger many years ago. No one seems to have any idea where the source could be. From

Re: SMS QUESTION [EXTERNAL]

2019-02-18 Thread Feller, Paul
There is the 24 bit TIOT. That is limited in size. Depending on how many datasets you have allocated and how many volumes you allow the dataset(s) to expand to you can run out of 24 bit TIOT. All that said I've only seen the 24 bit TIOT space issue a few times. With the 31 bit TIOT the

Re: Internal Coupling Channel on z13 [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-29 Thread Feller, Paul
If the lpars are in a base sysplex you can use XCF to carry the GRS traffic and still be in a RING setup. GRS using XCF is better than letting GRS try to handle things. We have been using both an internal and external CF for years. Currently the internal is on a z13. All the lpars on that

Re: SYSAFF and SCHENV [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-29 Thread Feller, Paul
can have only 1 SCHENV and 1 WITH. This gives less flexibility, e.g. for jobs that need IMS or DB2 or IMS+DB2. Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Feller, Paul > Sent: 29 January, 2019 13:50 &g

Re: SYSAFF and SCHENV [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-29 Thread Feller, Paul
UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Feller, Paul > Sent: 29 January, 2019 5:04 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SYSAFF and SCHENV [EXTERNAL] > > We use SCHENV to direct jobs to different lpars related to MQ, DB2, > IMS, SAS, Connect Direct and other miscellaneous resources. >

Re: SYSAFF and SCHENV [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-28 Thread Feller, Paul
We use SCHENV to direct jobs to different lpars related to MQ, DB2, IMS, SAS, Connect Direct and other miscellaneous resources. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of

Re: Abend 106 (was Generic query on Region allocation failure) [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-12 Thread Feller, Paul
Wayne is the failure always for module CEEBINIT? If so, CEEBINIT is a 24 bit program. What is the private area size for 24 bit? Are you running out of 24 bit storage? Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Generic query on Region allocation failure [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-08 Thread Feller, Paul
Jake, one of the things to look at is the IEF032I message from before the move if you have it and then after the move. You can get an overall look at how the memory was used/allocated. Going from a z114 to a z14 is a big jump in architecture related to how memory is used/allocated. IEF032I

Re: How to delay a healthcheck? [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-07 Thread Feller, Paul
82, Tie-line: 8-295-8282 > z/OS Test Services - Test Architect, Provisioning > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on > 01/06/2019 09:00:56 PM: > >> From: "Feller, Paul" >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Date: 01/06/2019 09:02 PM >> Subject: Re:

Re: How to delay a healthcheck? [EXTERNAL]

2019-01-06 Thread Feller, Paul
Radoslaw, not a direct answer to your question, but I find it interesting that you get the alert. For some time now the default for HIPERDISPATCH has been YES. If I recall correctly the default changed to YES if you ran z/OS V1R13 (or higher) on a z196 or z114 (or higher CEC). So I'm not

Re: Dancing around RMM [EXTERNAL]

2018-12-19 Thread Feller, Paul
Here is what I have used to "get around" things. The DSN start with a "valid" HLQ that RACF would not get in the way. We are a CA-1 shop. //STEP010 EXEC PGM=FATAR,REGION=4096K //TAPEIN DD UNIT=CART90O,DISP=OLD, //

Re: Multi-volume HSM MCDS [EXTERNAL]

2018-12-18 Thread Feller, Paul
A few thoughts for you. 1: The storage team defined 1 of the 4 MCDS to take up a full M27. The others are defined to take up a full M9. I'm not sure why they did that. 2: If you have several lpars making updates to the MCDS you might consider RLS. It is my understanding that it will help

Re: Multi-volume HSM MCDS [EXTERNAL]

2018-12-18 Thread Feller, Paul
Based on what I've read the MCDS technically can only be on one volume. Now you can have up to 4 MCDS datasets in the HSM configuration. Each dataset can only be on 1 volume. In our shop we have 4 MCDS datasets defined to HSM and each is on its own volume. We have several lpars sharing the

Re: how to get the address and size(cylinders) for each volume [EXTERNAL]

2018-12-05 Thread Feller, Paul
The answer depends on what software you have installed and how you plan on using the information. To name just a few: IBM File Manager IBM DCOLLECT - you would have to create some code to read the DCOLLECT output Chicago-Soft MVS/QuickRef Compuware File-Aid Depending on how much DASD you have

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