Re: ISRDDN SHOWS MEMBER ALIAS

2014-09-30 Thread Pommier, Rex
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISRDDN SHOWS MEMBER ALIAS On 2014-09-30, at 07:03, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > What

Re: ISRDDN SHOWS MEMBER ALIAS

2014-09-30 Thread Pommier, Rex
What is giving you the indication that they're ALIASes? Can you show a snapshot of your ISRDDN screen? When I browse the SYSPROC concatenation in ISRDDN I get the list of members along with which library they're in. I see the BLS* members and ISRDDN indicates they're in "library 8" which on m

Re: RSU APPLY ISSUE GIM23911E

2014-09-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
HCLB201 appears to be C/370 version 2.2 from 1999. Is there a specific reason you're installing what appears to be a very old C? If you need this old version of C for some reason, you may need to build a completely separate SMP/E environment to install it. I think your problem may be that you

Re: RSU APPLY ISSUE GIM23911E

2014-09-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
Isn't the C library and compiler shipped and installed with all serverpacs? It just isn't activated until you do so in IFAPRDxx? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mainframe Mainframe Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 9:

Re: GDG Job issue

2014-09-08 Thread Pommier, Rex
The dataset called "GDG" in your DCB also needs to exist and be cataloged somewhere on your new z/OS 2.1 system. In your "DCB=(GDG,LRECL=...), the "GDG" is called a model DCB and it is another dataset name that needs to exit and be found in the normal catalog search. Rex -Original Message

Re: RSU APPLY ISSUE GIM23911E

2014-09-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
system matches Anthony's 2.1 system. Is the fact that the OP's system appears to be different in SCEELKED another problem? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 11:51

Re: RSU APPLY ISSUE GIM23911E

2014-09-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
I've been watching this exchange from a distance. Are we now confusing 2 issues here? We have the original problem of CEEPLPKA and the secondary one of his running apply jobs bypassing holderrors without knowing what he was bypassing. The OP has gotten an apply check to run with RC=0 after

Re: java on Z maintenance level question

2014-08-28 Thread Pommier, Rex
.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/services/j6servsum31.html -- Donald J. dona...@4email.net On Tue, Aug 26, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question on java versioning and maintenance levels on z/OS. I have > 2 different copies of Java 1.6.0 and

java on Z maintenance level question

2014-08-26 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi, I have a question on java versioning and maintenance levels on z/OS. I have 2 different copies of Java 1.6.0 and am trying to decipher which is the more current. I've been under the assumption that the SRmFPn gave the maintenance level, and that the higher the numbers, the more current th

Re: [Bulk] Re: [IBM-MAIN] General question on moving DFHSM work from mix TAPE/DASD to More DASD

2014-08-26 Thread Pommier, Rex
Ron, One of your explanation paragraphs caught my attention so I'm asking out of curiosity, for my own benefit. What I find important is there is no data transformation or recall latency: it is all transparent to the application. You have to read 12 months of General Ledger files or SMF data s

Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
> > It is very fast to down load anything from the web. I use it to download all > of > the IBM Manuals I want. I think I downloaded 678 PDFs from IBM in about 10 > mins maybe 20 mins. > > > Lizette > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mai

Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
11:24:52 AM: > From: "Pommier, Rex" > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 08/19/2014 11:25 AM > Subject: revisiting the documentation dilemma > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Hi list, > > I've been meandering through the archives and saw s

Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
/ Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 08/19/2014 08:24:52 AM: > From: "Pommier, Rex" > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 08/19/2014 08:25 AM > Subject: revisiting the documentation dilemma > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Hi list, >

Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
age- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: revisiting the documentation dilemma > > Hi list, > > I've been meandering t

revisiting the documentation dilemma

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi list, I've been meandering through the archives and saw several threads regarding documentation changes that IBM has been implementing, with knowledge centers et al. So my question is a rather basic one. We just upgraded to 1.13 a couple months ago. Do the documentation DVDs no longer exi

Re: U4093-92

2014-08-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
Ron Thomas wrote: >The Program is running in production, when we browse the loadlib it is >showing ABEND U4093-92 . We are now planning to make the changes and move to >production, was wondering why this is showing like this ? "When we browse the loadlib"... Are you getting an ISPF abend?

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - UNABLE TO FIX MSG 909 - AUDIT

2014-08-15 Thread Pommier, Rex
Willie, While I can't comment on what you need to do to actually fix the problem, I can comment on your confusion about the SDSP. The description in the storage mgmt manual (I have a slightly older revision of the book) for message 909 (you documented 908) says: MSG 909 ERROR OPENING [DSN(da

Re: Extracting SMF records with IFASMFDP

2014-08-13 Thread Pommier, Rex
Try running the extract again, using TECH.SCRT.PART2 as your input and see what dates you get. I think it MIGHT be giving you the beginning and ending dates of the data it found in the input report. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA

Re: MASPEGH? (was new JVM based language)

2014-08-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
Agreed, it is a rather strange acronym. Maybe somebody in ACM likes the Muppets (MASPEGHI sounds suspiciously like "Miss Piggy"). Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Gilmore Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 11:2

MASPEGH? (was new JVM based language)

2014-08-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:40 AM, John Gilmore wrote: > it is lucid enough, but to read it easily you will need to be > comfortable with and tolerant of current computer-science jargon. > (The acronym MASPEGH ought, for example, to have been strangled at or, > better, aborted before birth, but

Re: Restoration of Multivolume GDG from Physical Dump Backup

2014-08-08 Thread Pommier, Rex
I think the reason he's running multiple steps is because of the format of his dump tapes. I got the picture he did full volume dumps on a volume-by-volume basis, and now he's trying to recover a multi-volume dataset at the dataset level. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe D

Re: z/OS 1.13 and 3490 tape drives

2014-08-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 3:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.13 and 3490 tape drives When you say 'just sitting there', what do you mean? Are you not getting the mount messages on the console? Nothing showing up on the 349

Re: z/OS 1.13 and 3490 tape drives

2014-08-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
When you say 'just sitting there', what do you mean? Are you not getting the mount messages on the console? Nothing showing up on the 3490 displays? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lopez, Sharon Sent: Thursday, Aug

Re: Initialization problem in Storage Group

2014-08-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
“Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent” John Norgauer 2004 -Original Message- From: Mike Schwab [mailto:mik...a.sch...@gm...com] Sent: August 5, 2014 17:09 Subject: Re: Initialization problem in Storage Group Volumes named but not created appear on the list but all values are b

Re: Initialization problem in Storage Group

2014-08-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
list but all values are blank. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Neil, > > What does the StorGrp display look like in ISMF when you have the > non-existent volumes in the SG? Do they show up on the CDS-name display but > not on the ACTIVE display? > > Re

Re: Initialization problem in Storage Group

2014-08-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
Neil, What does the StorGrp display look like in ISMF when you have the non-existent volumes in the SG? Do they show up on the CDS-name display but not on the ACTIVE display? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of

Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS

2014-07-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
This can also be done as a command line command: "BNDS 35 80" which will insert the BNDS line in your edit session showing the boundaries. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Friday, Jul

Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS

2014-07-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
Esmie, Type in the BNDS command as a line command, and it will insert a line into your edit session with < and > at the beginning and end. You can then put the <> anywhere you wish. Ex: ** * Top of Data ** =BNDS>

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - ERR 28

2014-07-18 Thread Pommier, Rex
Just a guess, but would it fix the errors if you simply reran the AUDIT command with FIX instead of NOFIX? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 10:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.ED

Re: DFDSS QUESTION - PRINT

2014-07-08 Thread Pommier, Rex
I think your print command should be PRINT TRACKS(,00,10017,14) INDDNAME(DASD) You are printing cylinder/track, so the last track would be cyl 10017, track 14 within that cylinder. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf O

Re: "Feebie" software

2014-07-05 Thread Pommier, Rex
Shane et al, I work for one of these small customers, and believe me, we know that software included in the base isn't free. But since it is included in the base code, we are paying for it whether or not we actually use it, and it becomes difficult to justify paying for 2 pieces of software (i

Re: ECSA Survey

2014-06-30 Thread Pommier, Rex
OK, I'll byte. Small shop, 150 address spaces, have 250 M ECSA defined, using 50M of it. No thoughts on what "too much ECSA" would be. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014

Re: HP P4015tn paper tray selection

2014-06-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
Do a google search on hex editor. I found a couple free ones that looked interesting. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rick Stetser Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re

Re: COMMANDxx member

2014-06-24 Thread Pommier, Rex
Not to pick nits, but the APAR says it is 1.12 and above, not 1.11. In any case, I missed this enhancement, so thank you, Mr. Relson, for pointing it out. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Tues

CA-Sysview user experiences

2014-06-18 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi list, We are looking at the possibility of installing a new z/OS,CICS,DB2 monitoring suite. Can anybody give me feedback on CA-Sysview capabilities/overhead/anything else I should be looking for? Good, bad, ugly? Please respond off-list - no need to clutter IBM-Main. Rex The information

Re: Dataset in Two master catalog

2014-06-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > No, this JCL is recataloging a currently-existing page dataset into your > new master catalog. You would use SPACE if you were creating a new page > dataset. > > Rex > > -Original Message- > From: IBM

Re: Dataset in Two master catalog

2014-06-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
No, this JCL is recataloging a currently-existing page dataset into your new master catalog. You would use SPACE if you were creating a new page dataset. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mainframe Mainframe Sent

Re: IBM Announcement Letters

2014-06-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM Announcement Letters

2014-06-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hmm, got one today. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBM Announcement Letters Anyone having trouble with their Announcement Le

Re: real vs. emulated CKD

2014-06-02 Thread Pommier, Rex
9340 had no RAID inside - 2 stand-alone 5 1/4 inch HDA's. If an HDA failed, it was gone just like other SLEDs. (voice of experience) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of DASDBILL2 Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:26 PM To: I

Re: real vs. emulated CKD

2014-06-02 Thread Pommier, Rex
Bill, While I don't know when the 3390s last rolled off the assembly line, I believe they were all SLEDs. After that came the short-lived 9340/9345 subsystem which had a different track length than the 3390 (built on 5 1/4 inch drives), then the RAMAC II devices which might be what you're thin

Re: Costs of core

2014-05-29 Thread Pommier, Rex
Interesting numbers. Latest entry is $.007/MB for PC memory. I wonder what the average price for z12 memory is today. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:04 PM To: IBM-MAI

Re: Friday Puzzler

2014-05-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
ist [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 11:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Friday Puzzler On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:25:10 +, Pommier, Rex wrote: > >Check the JCL reference manual under DD DISP parameter. If you have an OLD >permane

Re: Friday Puzzler

2014-05-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
Don, Check the JCL reference manual under DD DISP parameter. If you have an OLD permanent dataset that was PASSed to the step, the normal disposition is DELETE if the dataset was originally new. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: IBM Download Director and x64 Windows

2014-05-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
I believe Radoslaw was looking for 32 versus 64 bit on a Windows platform, since he is trying to use IBM Download Director. On the Windows platform I'm not sure it is quite as obvious as to whether we're running 32 or 64 bit. I found a Java directory under both Program Files and Program Files

Re: BMC MainView for DB2

2014-05-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
: Re: BMC MainView for DB2 Dear Rex, thank you for your answer.​ As I have not access to BMC remedy, could you please verify to me if MainView for DB2 v10 is compatible with DB2 v9.1? Thanks in advance Kostas On 23 May 2014 16:01, Pommier, Rex wrote: > They definitely don't make it easy

Re: BMC MainView for DB2

2014-05-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
They definitely don't make it easy to find! What I found was 11.1.0 available on 6/25/2013, supported on z/OS 1.12, 1.13, 2.1. DB2 9.1, 10, and 11 are listed as supported. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of K Sent

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-22 Thread Pommier, Rex
First off, thanks for all who chimed in with ideas. Here's what we found out. We're checking with the developers to see if they have any reason this VSAM dataset needs to be SHR(3 3), with the recommendation they change it to (2 3). The batch code has no internal means of serializing updates t

Re: $OJ

2014-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dno Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: $OJ Thanks Rex, $avrs is class 5 only, jes2 for class 5 is: write,write output=print. Still researching this Dean Sent from my iPhone > On May 21, 2014, at 4:09 PM, "

Re: $OJ

2014-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dno Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: $OJ It was a question because I can not find where the output class is being changed. Sent from my iPhone > On May 21, 2014, at 10:53 AM, "Pommier, Rex" wrote: > >

Re: $OJ

2014-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Allan, The OP gave a command of $OJOBQ,Q=5. Wouldn't this command be dealing only with releasing held output that is already in class 5? It has nothing with class J output. I'm not sure where the idea that this command is releasing class J to class 5 comes from. Rex -Original Message

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
tant On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi List, > > We have a VSAM KSDS with 1 record in it that is causing us some heartburn. > I was able to create a new dataset and REPRO this one into the new one > successfully, and the new dataset works fine, but I'

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
Gene, Yup, that's why I'm guessing it's a sharing/protection issue. I didn't build the stuff, just got the corrupt VSAM dataset dropped in my lap. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gene Hudders Sent: Tuesday, Ma

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
(3,3) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VSAM question/problem What are SHR options? In a message dated 5/20/2014 4:21:17 P.M. C

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
loaded record. Being there are some counts in the splits field, there has to have been a bunch more records. See if this mini reorg fixes it. John Clifford IBM consultant On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi List, > > We have a VSAM KSDS with 1 record in it that is

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
ck over the file with the unloaded record. Being there are some counts in the splits field, there has to have been a bunch more records. See if this mini reorg fixes it. John Clifford IBM consultant On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi List, > > We have a VSAM KSDS with

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
assume that the statistics are "golden" and make decisions based on them, rather than actually reading the file itself. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Hi List, > > We have a VSAM KSDS with 1 record in it that is causing us some heartburn. > I was able

Re: VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
Allan, I got a sneaking suspicion I'll be doing the "fuggiddabaddit" rather than spending a bunch of time on it - and if it happens again I'll be taking it to IBM. The "average key length: 0.0" is the same output I get on the working repro'd copy. I was just wondering if anybody had seen som

VSAM question/problem

2014-05-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi List, We have a VSAM KSDS with 1 record in it that is causing us some heartburn. I was able to create a new dataset and REPRO this one into the new one successfully, and the new dataset works fine, but I'd like to know what may be causing the original to be having problems - and possibly ho

Re: FINDING CLUSTER NAME

2014-05-15 Thread Pommier, Rex
:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FINDING CLUSTER NAME The VVDS will also show the catalog name where it should be cataloged. Jon Perryman On Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:39 AM, "Pommier, Rex" wrote: What Allan and Greg said > >Of course, if you want the proo

Re: FINDING CLUSTER NAME

2014-05-15 Thread Pommier, Rex
What Allan and Greg said Of course, if you want the proof of the cluster name and you don't have REVIEW installed, you can simply do an IDCAMS PRINT against the VVDS dataset on the volume where the ".DATA" resides to find the associated cluster name. I did this last week. :-) Rex -O

Re: Performance for DFDSS with ORACLE Tape Drives VSM5 ( was Change tape block size)

2014-05-12 Thread Pommier, Rex
So what gets sent down the channel? If I put BLKSIZE=1024 on my JCL for the output DD statement of the DFDSS dump job, will DFDSS dutifully send 1K blocks down the channel to the tape controller/drive and the hardware builds big blocks and writes the large block to the tape, or does DFDSS "know

Re: Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) can help ?

2014-04-16 Thread Pommier, Rex
Do you see anything else burning up the processor during this slowdown time? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Miklos Szigetvari Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Predictive Fa

Re: Real programmers eat foo

2014-04-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
He didn't say they were good, just edible. :-) Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 5:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Real programmers eat foo I

Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Bill and Anthony, As pointed out, we had missed the part about the default of the PCCA moving above the line. The PSW is definitely saying they are 24 bit addresses (PSW at time of abend: 078D0F00 9758) and even I'm smart enough to know that you can't use a 31 bit address in a 24 bit progr

Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Bernd, As to your question about using the 31 bit version, the answer is "we don't have time to make changes to the called programs and they work so upgrading them is low priority". The calls are definitely dynamic, as the programs are interpreted; and yes, it is doing a CPU check. Rex ---

Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
it. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 2:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13 Thanks, I just foun

Re: S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
Thanks, I just found that too. The bizarre thing is we're allowing that to default on both LPARs, which should mean it would fail on the test LPAR as well. We are in the process of changing DIAG00 to force these locations above the line on test to see if it will cause the program to fail. I'l

S0C4 abend on old assembler program when upgrading to z/OS 1.13

2014-04-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi list, I'm looking for a pair of virtual eyes to help me with a problem that is perplexing about 4 of us here. We're running z/OS 1.11 and are attempting to upgrade to 1.13. Here's the scenario: we have an ancient version of something called quikjob which is a report writer. Due to some a

Re: ISPF START command remains on the command line

2014-04-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
And to get around the problem of only 2 splits, I simply set PF14 to "SPLIT NEW" (and PF21 to SWAP LIST) which allows me up to the IBM default of 8 split screens. I might have to change that, though as I sometimes run out... Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [m

Re: 3270 Emulators and consoles

2014-04-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
Radoslaw, Yes, HOD is a browser-based 3270 emulator, but it doesn't need to be hosted via IHS on the mainframe. At a prior job it was hosted on a Windows server. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday

Re: 3270 Emulators and consoles

2014-04-04 Thread Pommier, Rex
My addition of Passport to the list was specifically in response to the OSA-ICC request. We're using it for both ICC and standard TN3270 usage. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 2:

Re: 3270 Emulators and consoles

2014-03-31 Thread Pommier, Rex
We're using Passport. My last site used Rumba. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of MARTIN, MIKE Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 1:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: 3270 Emulators and consoles All, We have a z114

Re: DS6800 disk - was support is ending for Windows XP - Microsoft Windows

2014-03-26 Thread Pommier, Rex
any site that has the SMC connected to an external network might want to reevaluate that Therein lies the rub. At my site, the dictate has come down from on high (and not completely without merit) that any PC on the network needs to be supported. The SMC needs to be on the network in order f

Re: DS6800 disk - was support is ending for Windows XP - Microsoft Windows

2014-03-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
Subject: Re: DS6800 disk - was support is ending for Windows XP - Microsoft Windows On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 20:48 +, Pommier, Rex wrote: > And from what I've been able to find, IBM doesn't officially support > the DS Storage Manager for the DS6800s on anything more current than

Re: Moved DASD - import catalog

2014-03-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
Multiple ways to do this. A couple that come to mind quickly are: 1. If the disk volume is completely contained on the single volume (ie the catalog only has datasets on this volume and all datasets on this volume are in this catalog) you could EXPORT DISCONNECT this catalog on the current sys

DS6800 disk - was support is ending for Windows XP - Microsoft Windows

2014-03-25 Thread Pommier, Rex
No, but I have it on a PC front-ending my DS6800s. And from what I've been able to find, IBM doesn't officially support the DS Storage Manager for the DS6800s on anything more current than XP. So I have a question for the group. Is anybody out there running the DS Storage Manager for DS6800s

Re: XMLSS performance vs COBOL 4.1 runtime XML

2014-03-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Tom, I have a question on your comment about offloading XML to specialty engines. To quote: Also, offloading to specialty processors does not change total CPU usage, and does not improve performance or throughput. It could change how much you pay to run it. My standard engines are kneecap

Re: Last Gasp For Hard Disk Drives

2014-03-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
But are the tapes round? :-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Last Gasp For Hard Disk Drives How typical. An article about new drive

Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production

2014-03-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
ch 20, 2014 9:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production Dude, Is there any important procedure to do before submitting this job? BTW really thanks for the valuable response. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Do you have acces

Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production

2014-03-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
A.EDU Subject: Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production Buddy, i have done non VSAM restorations, but i am unaware of VSAM restoration. I need to know the procedure for how to restore a VSAM dataset which is the logical one, So kindly provide it. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Pommier, Rex

Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production

2014-03-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
dataset in Production Sorry mates, The dataset is a logical one and i need to restore to the volume which we created for all restore datasets (we have separate Storage Group for restoration). So kindly provide the procedure for this logical one. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Pommier, Rex

Re: Restoring a VSAM dataset in Production

2014-03-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
IF you have the ability to rename the current production dataset, I believe you could do the following: 1. rename current dataset to a temporary name (don't forget to rename the data/index/aix etc, not just the cluster name). 2. restore the backed up dataset - I don't think it would need to go

Re: Difference between MVS and z / OS systems

2014-03-18 Thread Pommier, Rex
Actually I think MVS would be more akin to one of the "2 all beef patties". :-) Would JES or DFP be the second patty? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:

Re: uploading a PDS to my PC

2014-03-13 Thread Pommier, Rex
Before doing the mget, enter "prompt off" to shut off interactive prompting -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Norgauer Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: uploading a PDS

Re: Another reason to hate the time change

2014-03-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Let me guess. This is another of those "mainframe limitations" because the windows team doesn't have to report utilization therefore the "problem" isn't seen over there. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Se

Re: RECATALOG

2014-03-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
Mark, You should be able to use the DEF RECATALOG. With the RECATALOG, IDCAMS will look at the dataset on the DASD volume and build the catalog entries for the dataset. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pa

Re: NODUMP

2014-03-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
So break it again! We want to know!! :-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: NODUMP Good news/bad news. Good news, I fixed the

Re: Using (COBOL) STOP RUN in "subsystem" environments

2014-02-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
Frank, Actually, having been an application programmer in my past, I would have been somewhere between surprised and dismayed to see the lines of code function as you want. The RETURN-CODE variable is documented as returning a code either back to the operating system or to the calling program.

Re: Deleting multiple data sets

2014-02-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 8:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Deleting multiple data sets W dniu 2014-02-21 14:43, Pommier, Rex pisze: > Ant, > > Is DF/

Re: Deleting multiple data sets

2014-02-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Ant, Is DF/DSS smart enough to notice that if I am sending the output to DD DUMMY to not recall HSM migrated datasets before deleting them? Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Anthony Thompson Sent: Thursday, Febru

Re: Below the Line Storage Allocation

2014-02-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:36:43 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >According to the CICS manual you should not use REGION=0M. So rerun the job >with REGION=8M or REGION=10M or REGION=5M or any other number until it does >not abend. > How about REGION=16385K? (By experiment, I discover that REGION=0K

Re: Implicit VVDS creation

2014-02-10 Thread Pommier, Rex
Skip, Yup, VVDSes existed way back then. I remember initializing new 3380Ds and Es, and trying to get the VTOC, VTOCIX, and VVDS all sitting nicely right next to each other. Some at the beginning of the volume, some 1/3 of the way through depending on the type of data that was going to reside

Re: OT? IBM looking at leaving the chip manufacturing business?

2014-02-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
So current IBM management looks like they're trying to break the company into a bunch of smaller companies like Akers(?) tried to do several years ago??? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Friday, Februa

Re: Error overriding concatenated DD in PROC where one is instream data

2014-02-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
Ray, Just out of curiosity, would it work if you added a third DD card to the original SYSLPARM DD concatenation? The JCL ref manual doesn't explicitly state the override needs something to override, but it might be worth a try. Can you try something like: //SYSLPARM DD DSN=&&tempds,DISP=(O

Re: Dumb SMPE question

2014-02-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
-Original Message- From: Robert A. Rosenberg [mailto:hal9...@panix.com] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:10 PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Cc: Pommier, Rex Subject: Re: Dumb SMPE question At 22:42 + on 02/06/2014, Pommier, Rex wrote about Re: Dumb SMPE question: >M

Re: Dumb SMPE question

2014-02-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
Mark, Let me ask a general question about IBM packaging. Does IBM ever send a fixing PTF with a PRE(PE-PTF) instead of a SUP(PE-PTF)? If the fixing PTF has a PRE of the PTF you deleted, would you not be causing yourself problems in that the PRE PTF is now missing? Rex -Original Message-

Re: TLMS QUESTION

2014-01-22 Thread Pommier, Rex
John, In your case, yes that is what it means. Look up the retention control statements in the TLMS manuals. You have 2 locations described by this line, in 5DC0001, you are using days to control the time it stays here (5), the location is DC, and it is sticking around 1 day. In the second c

Re: Disposal of storage devices/med

2014-01-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Radoslaw, About 10 years ago I was given the task to migrate off an RVA onto a different disk subsystem. Not really knowing how to erase the disks without use of a sledgehammer, I initialized all the volumes to logically erase them, then uploaded a bunch of songs to the array. I then proceede

Re: APF authorization and JOBLIB DD card

2013-12-23 Thread Pommier, Rex
Jim, Obviously I don't have access to their source code, so I can't answer your question. I do appreciate the patient responses you gave to my questions and the help you (and others) gave me while I was trying to figure this one out. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discu

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