Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-24 Thread R.S.
a PDSE member when an out-of-space condition has prevented a proper close and writing of all data blocks during the member creation?     JC Ewing On 10/23/20 9:03 AM, R.S. wrote: Why do you assume there is/should be other abend than x37? Any request for new place in the dataset could end

Re: How can you change TCAS defaults using the TSOKEYxx PARMLIB member?

2020-10-24 Thread R.S.
I just read the manual and didn't found any reference to dynamic activation. Neither TSO PARMLIB nor other command. So, it seems one has to bounce TSO address space in order to change TSOKEYxx parameters. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 25.10.2020 o 02:31, Joe Monk pisze: Sam

Re: How can you change TCAS defaults using the TSOKEYxx PARMLIB member?

2020-10-24 Thread R.S.
Hint: TSO member in PARMLIB usually has reference to WRONG TSOKEYxx. That means the member is TSOKEYnn, but the library is CPAC.PARMLIB, AFAIK. Check it. Yes, it does not use logical parmlib, just DD. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 25.10.2020 o 02:06, Sam Golob pisze: Dear

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-23 Thread R.S.
members would be no different in effect from a mischievous programmer adding one member of unbounded size. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 22.10.2020 o 15:12, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:50:44 +0200, R.S. wrote: Remark: while shortage of space is possible in PDSE, then shortage of directory blocks is not possible. What happens if an inquisitive programmer mischievously adds an unbounded number of empty

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-22 Thread R.S.
Yes, Data class is used for choosing tape parameters (MEDIAn, encryption, etc). -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 21.10.2020 o 01:08, Jackson, Rob pisze: And yet it is for SMS-managed tape. Tape does not have SMS-managed datasets. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-22 Thread R.S.
Remark: while shortage of space is possible in PDSE, then shortage of directory blocks is not possible. BTW: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think PDSE on LNKLST *may have* secondary extents and it is NOT bad practise like in case of PDS. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.10.2020 o 23:26, Pew, Curtis G pisze: On Oct 20, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: Tape dataclass is on the volume level. You can use 'd sms,vol(vv)'. That shows the storage group but not the dataclass. I’m pretty sure DATACLAS, for both disk and tape, is used during ACS

Re: Implementation of ICA on Z13

2020-10-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 21.10.2020 o 19:10, Robert Hahne pisze: Well, it is more or less similar. The main advantage over "legacy" links is CHPID virtualization, that means you may have several CHPIDs assigned to one physical link. What is your problem? Do you have the fanout card installed? Is it cable

Re: Implementation of ICA on Z13

2020-10-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 21.10.2020 o 14:34, Robert Hahne pisze: Greetings , Can someone direct me to a documentation for implementing ICA links on Z13 ? . I was able to find a fantastic manual for implementing InfiniBand on system Z , but nothing similar to that for ICA . Are they similar in coding from an

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-21 Thread R.S.
(This is about * and other special names, not about PDS and LNKLST. ) There are two *valid* approaches: 1. Unix-like. Allow use of special characters in the names, but also support a method to disable special treatment of the character. That's why it is possible to use * as/in the filename,

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 13.10.2020 o 19:28, Salva Carrasco pisze: Well not 16, but we run 10-12 trans per real client every day. Well, my knowledge from real life: 40-50 CICS transaction per customer every day. Note: every customer, including those who haven't been serviced for years or use services once a

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 12.10.2020 o 17:23, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 10/12/2020 8:15 AM, Clark Morris wrote: I would be astounded if Microsoft was running any of their business today on other than Microsoft operating systems or Linux on x86 and ARM hardware. Microsoft has an IBM mainframe running z/OS. One of

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread R.S.
for iPhone On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 12:26 PM, R.S. wrote: Patents are not pathetic. Other companies still make new patents. Including those like Microsoft and Google. Patents are still valid and important even if som

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 11.10.2020 o 18:27, Bill Johnson pisze: I agree. It wasn’t me who said they were pathetic. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 12:26 PM, R.S. wrote: Patents are not pathetic. Other companies still make new patents. Including those like Microsoft and Google

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
Patents are not pathetic. Other companies still make new patents. Including those like Microsoft and Google. Patents are still valid and important even if some company have only few of them or cannot make any. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 11.10.2020 o 18:11, Bill Johnson

Re: PC market (was IBM splitting into two companies)

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 11.10.2020 o 16:36, Robin Vowels pisze: On 2020-10-12 00:57, Bill Johnson wrote: So market cap is now the determining factor for the best companies? Here’s the 1980 list of market cap leaders. Had IBM not been forced out of the PC market, I’d bet IBM would still be at or near the top,

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
, R.S. wrote: To complement: AFAIK it is impossible to sign a contract with "full responsibility" of such cloud provider. In some cases it is required by govt regulators. I heard about fiasco of migration to cloud project ju

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.10.2020 o 04:25, zMan pisze: Nope, IBM doesn't process 90% of credit card transactions. Most processors are on distributed, with a lot of HPE NonStop in the mix, but also other platforms. Can you provide any source of this statement? From my limited knowledge it seems NonStop is

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
To complement: AFAIK it is impossible to sign a contract with "full responsibility" of such cloud provider. In some cases it is required by govt regulators. I heard about fiasco of migration to cloud project just because of that. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 11.10.2020 o 

Nexus 3270 and Omegamon

2020-10-09 Thread R.S.
I have a problem with Nexus 3270 emulator and Omegamon 5.5 Scenario: LOGON APPLID=OMEG1 logon screen appears. I type user, password, press ENTER So far, so good. I see message like "What's new". Using TAB I put cursor on NEXT button and and the screen is broken. Some lines from "ISPF-like"

Re: PCOMM

2020-10-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.10.2020 o 15:16, Steve Beaver pisze: One of the MAJOR reasons I hate PCOMM it that I have trouble setting up CUT/PASTE as CNTL-C and CNTL-V. Are there any IBMers that can tell me how KEYBOARD map these functions. The file is text and short: [Profile] ID=KMP Version=5

Re: PCOMM

2020-10-09 Thread R.S.
This is one of major advantages of PCOMM: key mapping. If you want, I can send you keyboard definition with Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V as copy and paste. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 09.10.2020 o 15:16, Steve Beaver pisze: One of the MAJOR reasons I hate PCOMM it that I have trouble

Re: IEASYS problem

2020-10-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 06.10.2020 o 13:39, Barbara Nitz pisze: In either case, is possible to "functionally replace" IEASYS00 with other members. We have ieasys00 in our regular parmlib, overriding the IBM delivered one. All our ieasys00 contains is CLPA, meaning that we always IPL with CLPA. All the rest

Re: IEASYS problem

2020-10-06 Thread R.S.
You want something unnecessary and impossible. IEASYS00 has to be read. But... Why do you want 0B member? a) you always choose 0B => just rename it to 00. b) you want to have a choice (0B, AA, 04, 0C...) In this case ...you have further choice: b.1) you may create empty or "almost empty"

Re: Mainframe 3490 Tape Cartridges

2020-10-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 05.10.2020 o 12:49, Joseph Winters pisze: Hello, We have a couple of 3490 tape cartridges that contain program libraries (loadlibs) as well as source code. The contents contain a software product that was last worked on in 2005. We would like to have the tapes converted to a newer

Re: Working link for current 3270 Data Stream

2020-10-01 Thread R.S.
I remember that printing BOO was the worst thing available. It was acceptable when you wanted to print a page, but chapter was horribly formated. I always kept PDF collection as possible source to print the book. And actually I still use last (z/OS 1.13) BOO collection. I use more recent

Re: Working link for current 3270 Data Stream

2020-09-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 29.09.2020 o 05:33, Lizette Koehler pisze: You need to be careful about copyrights and uploading to something other than an IBM approved site. Just saying. Formally, yes. Really, not so. I think all or vast majority of bitsavers content is copyrighted material. But it is kind of

Re: z/OS,Version 2 Release 4,Language Environment,Programming Reference - ceea300_v2r4.pdf

2020-09-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 29.09.2020 o 00:54, Robert Prins pisze: Just had a look at https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosv2r4sa380683/$file/ceea300_v2r4.pdf?OpenElement to find a country code that gives me dates in ISO8601 format (why isn't there a simple "LANGUAGE(my-country(ISO))"

What is FESN in SMP/E?

2020-09-27 Thread R.S.
According to Mr Google, FESN is Field Engineering Service Number. However ...what is it? This is part of FMID description in SMP/E. Example: Type:    FUNCTION  Status: APP FMID:    AABBC10 Date/Time: 19.216   14:26:21   APP   REWORK   2018236 FESN: 0503318 -- Radoslaw Skorupka

Re: Default logon procedure

2020-09-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 25.09.2020 o 02:59, Neale Ferguson pisze: How do I set the default logon procedure for a TSO user? Currently on the login screen the Procedure field is empty and I’d like to set it to ISPFPROC. Using search on the IBM Knowledge site results in a heap of stuff and I am having trouble

Re: shopz UJ01255

2020-09-25 Thread R.S.
This is not state of the art solution, but... You can prepare another order and explicitly request all the missing PTFs in this order. Finally you will have two (three..) orders which you can RECEIVE into CSI. While it is convenient to have all needed PTF within single order it is not required.

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

2020-09-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 24.09.2020 o 03:10, CM Poncelet pisze: All software filters are fundamentally flawed, because they presume to recognize and 'understand' what is or not SPAM - which is logically impossible. The only reliable filter is the hardware one, which assumes by default that every received email is

Re: Where to find TSO defaults?

2020-09-23 Thread R.S.
W dniu 23.09.2020 o 11:54, Juergen Kehr pisze: Hello, perhaps a fairly stupid question: In the description of the RACF TSO segment for several settings TSO defaults are referenced. HOLDCLASS(hold-class) Specifies the user's default hold class. ... If you … do not specify a value for

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

2020-09-23 Thread R.S.
it the job. In a nice little environment where you can control these things, you are probably correct, but that is not the case in this instance. Brian On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:55:05 +0200, R.S. wrote: My €0.02: This is typical problem when the goal is NOT defined. Existing approach seems

Re: JCL examination prior to execution

2020-09-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 22.09.2020 o 14:11, Mark Jacobs pisze: We have developers who put SYSMDUMP output to SYSOUT rather than a dataset. I'm looking at ways to prevent those jobs from executing until they make JCL changes. Are there any other exits, processes other than a JES2 exit (looking at exit 6/60) to

Re: rename a dataset in acs routine?

2020-09-22 Thread R.S.
My €0.02: This is typical problem when the goal is NOT defined. Existing approach seems ridiculous, but it exists. It works. So, since it works, why to change it? What is the reason? What goal is to achieve? More ridiculous are the terms. JCL cannot be changed. WHY??? However JES2 exit6 which

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

2020-09-22 Thread R.S.
le who fall for "I want you to handle my money for me"; it's the greedy ones. And greedy people are foolish, but they're not necessarily stupid. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, September 2

Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment

2020-09-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.09.2020 o 17:00, Tony Brown pisze: Please be advised: My email account was hacked while I was on vacation last week. Generated from my email address were two variations of emails with subjects of "Proof of Payment" or "Receipt of Payment" each containing an "html" attachment. If

Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm

2020-09-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 08.09.2020 o 14:09, Robert Prins pisze: On 2020-09-08 07:21, R.S. wrote: Well, I sustain my words: the only EFFECTIVE way is to prevent. All other ways are recipes what to do after failure happens, to minimize the impact. This resembles data loss scenario. What to do when you lost

Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm

2020-09-08 Thread R.S.
the hacker at half price and only get the DB2 datasets back.  Just kidding of course.  It should be a moral decision to *never* pay any ransom, no matter what the cost to the business.  Of course that will never fly in reality. On 9/7/2020 4:34 AM, R.S. wrote: Conclusion: the only effective wa

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

2020-09-07 Thread R.S.
Flash Express is dead end. z14 and z15 has no Flash Express. Both have Virtual Flash Express, which is part of regular RAM assigned to this role. It is paid feature, IMHO it is much more efficient to buy this memory as central memory and have much less paging. Note, VFM is cut from same memory

Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm

2020-09-07 Thread R.S.
W dniu 07.09.2020 o 14:57, kekronbekron pisze: Makes me wonder.. some network products have a 'total lockdown' mode that stops *anything* network. Like pulling the plug. IBM can have a similar thing for z/OS TCPIP/SNA networks but I reckon it's more effective if a similar lockdown (ugh)

Re: RES: Architectural Level Sets

2020-09-07 Thread R.S.
early Linux using it with RAMACII. It was very very very slowly. Carlos Bodra IBM zEnterprise Certified São Paulo – SP – Brazil -Mensagem original- De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Em nome de R.S. Enviada em: sexta-feira, 4 de setembro de 2020 10:10 Para: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Assunto

Re: Ransoming a mainframe disk farm

2020-09-07 Thread R.S.
My €0,02 Ransomware on z/OS is very unlikely, but it is possible. We cannot say it is impossible. The possibility depends on some circumstances which affect the results and possible prevention. It will be disscuessed. below (a little bit). Will backup help? NO! Backup may be last resort,

Re: Architectural Level Sets

2020-09-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 03.09.2020 o 17:37, Jim Elliott pisze: Tony, Check my CMOS Processor Table page at https://jlelliotton.blogspot.com/p/cmos-processor-table.html. I have the z/OS and z/VM level sets listed there. Comments to the table: 1. z/OS 1.1-1.5 were able to run on 9672 machines. z/OS 1.6 and

Re: Architectural Level Sets

2020-09-03 Thread R.S.
0 was also the first machine to mandate the use of LPARs. Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: 02 September 2020 15:37 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Architectural Level Sets W dniu 02.09.2020 o 1

Re: Architectural Level Sets

2020-09-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 02.09.2020 o 15:08, Tony Thigpen pisze: Peter, thanks. But, my original question was not worded well. What I am really looking for is: What major feature change prevented older operating system versions from running on the newer box. For example: What changed on the z990 that forced

Re: IEE345I Modify invalid authority

2020-08-31 Thread R.S.
W dniu 31.08.2020 o 07:10, Brian Westerman pisze: Even if you maintain SDSF via SAF (which you have to do by z/OS 2.5 because that's all that will be supported) you will still have to update the RACF OPERCMDS class (TSO RACF option 2 (general resource profiles)). The profile name you need to

Re: (yet another) problem with zcx container

2020-08-26 Thread R.S.
No, this FC is kind of license. There is no hardware behind and definitely no change in integrated circuits like CPU. And it would be wise to enable such "deep DAT" for z/VM world as well. But there is no such feature. BTW: there are several FC features which are enablements of some

Re: (yet another) problem with zcx container

2020-08-26 Thread R.S.
IMHO the key to running system efficiently is to assure enough physical memory. Enough mean paging rate close to zero during normal operation. Paging is still good, but only clean out inactive pages (looong time). However DAT is in use even with no paging - just to translate virtual storage

Re: (yet another) problem with zcx container

2020-08-26 Thread R.S.
W dniu 26.08.2020 o 18:15, Mauri Kanter pisze: Hi Mike: Thanks for the answer My question tried to clarify whether (or not) when a zCX Linux image uses DAT and z/OS is running under z/VM, if it can be a TLB-hit or it always be a TLB-miss because the so many levels of SIE-virtualization My

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

2020-08-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 25.08.2020 o 23:00, Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) pisze: Classification: Public Isn't the goal here to identify jobs that have been submitted, but not started? Long-running jobs don't fit that criteria, having already started - or have I missed the point? Good point. IMHO you

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

2020-08-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 25.08.2020 o 16:52, Feller, Paul pisze: 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. Isn't it as obsolete as dinosaurs? I

Re: Can System REXX run Sub=MSTR ??

2020-08-25 Thread R.S.
Amen to that. However I understood Steve's word as a sarcasm. Maybe I was wrong. Obviously I don't like CANCEL, FORCE ARM and FORCE in normal procedures. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 25.08.2020 o 04:10, Joel C. Ewing pisze: It's part of that generic MVS principle from at least

Re: Help with SCHEDxx Parmlib vs. IEFSDPPT in Linklib

2020-08-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.08.2020 o 16:58, Carmen Vitullo pisze: I'm afraid to say I am in the same boat, old entries never removed for the same reason, If there are duplicate entries I'm not sure who wins, I suspect SCHEDxx because it is loaded after? I suspect only OEM product entries should be in SCHEDxx

Re: z13s to z15 Mainframe

2020-08-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 17.08.2020 o 15:28, Charles MacNiven pisze: Hi, anyone aware of a migration path from z13s to z15 (T01 or T02). Technically it is possible. "Migration path" is a trick to do "upgrade" instead of "replacement". It has meaning from tax, legal, accounting point of view. I saw such

Re: Remember the 9370?

2020-08-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.08.2020 o 00:48, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: At one shop, before we moved to cartridge, we had 3420s that were so 'obsolete' that spare parts became prohibitively expensive. On more than one occasion, our loyal CE team carved replacement parts out of wood (!) to extend the lifespan of

Re: RACF ICHDEX01 Exit

2020-08-10 Thread R.S.
W dniu 10.08.2020 o 17:05, Pesce, Andy pisze: Good morning everyone ! I am going to post this over in the RACF Listserv as well. So, I am trying to go to z/OS 2.2 and I found this APAR OA49109. I have a ton of accounts that were created many years ago that are not able to login to z/OS 2.2.

Re: [External] IBM z15 Announcement Letter

2020-08-10 Thread R.S.
;. I was focusing on the z15 part. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [External] IBM z15 Announcement Letter As I wrote it is not the case when the book is no

Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-07 Thread R.S.
BBC -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 07.08.2020 o 03:28, Seymour J Metz pisze: PKB -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of R.S. Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:25 AM

Re: [External] IBM z15 Announcement Letter

2020-08-07 Thread R.S.
brary" section of Resource Link:". Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] IBM z15 Announcement Letter I just read IBM Announcement Letter regarding z15 enhanceme

Re: Multiprise 3000

2020-08-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 06.08.2020 o 07:21, W Mainframe pisze: Guys,Any small ESCON storage suggestion for a 7060-P30 model (Multiprise 3000).  Something really small.. a physical issue.. not logical..Thank youDan IBM DS 6000 Luminex BusTech Everthing is as old as MP3000 and small. -- Radoslaw Skorupka

Re: OT: Federalism and speed limits

2020-08-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 05.08.2020 o 17:58, Bob Bridges pisze: Radoslaw, it seems to me two things are going on here. One is simply a mistake of fact: Speed limits are ~not~ a good candidate for standardization. An upper limit of 120mph would be possible in Texas but insane in North Carolina. You said

Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 05.08.2020 o 17:07, Seymour J Metz pisze: Must you be so obtuse? The structure that they devised is extremely hard to change. Look at how long it took for everyone to switch from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar. Yes, Europe has had treaties, and before the ones that you

Re: zSeries and using cloud for backups

2020-08-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 05.08.2020 o 16:45, Edgington, Jerry pisze: To all, I am being asked about connecting zSeries, both z/OS and z/VM, to a cloud provider, for a "3rd" copy of the zSeries data. I believe there are ways from z/OS using DFSMShsm to access, both read/write, to cloud data. And some type of

Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-05 Thread R.S.
Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of R.S. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? Federal limits, state limits... This is something

Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-05 Thread R.S.
vernment has certain powers. Joe On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:16 AM R.S. wrote: Federal limits, state limits... This is something I don't understand. Standarization is good thing and common rules are easier to follow. I just checked - 85mph in Texas, even for trucks. And 55mph in

Re: OT: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-05 Thread R.S.
On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:23 AM My opinion: I like american cars and roads. However I don't understand common speed limit 55 mph which is in my opinion too low for the road on desert. BTW: Here in Poland default limit on highway is 140 km/h. However in Germany default

IBM z15 Announcement Letter

2020-08-05 Thread R.S.
I just read IBM Announcement Letter regarding z15 enhancements https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS120-050/index.html=en_locale=en At the bottom they write about documentation. The following publications are shipped with the product and will be

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-08-04 Thread R.S.
(I know it's off-topic) My opinion: I like american cars and roads. However I don't understand common speed limit 55 mph which is in my opinion too low for the road on desert. BTW: Here in Poland default limit on highway is 140 km/h. However in Germany default is ...your sanity. No speed

Re: z/VM guest with old z/OS

2020-08-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 02.08.2020 o 09:46, Brian Westerman pisze: Oops, I may be wrong, I really should read what people have written completely. The z/OS 1.8 system does work on the z13s at the DR site (which is running z/VM, we have not tried it native), but you are correct that it "might" not run on a z14

Re: z/VM guest with old z/OS

2020-08-01 Thread R.S.
Generally, the rule is the following: You z/VM cannot help you for running old NON-WORKING OSes on given machine. Note, this is not about what is supported, but what is feasible to run on bare metal (LPAR). So, in this case z/OS 1.10 can run on EC12, but not on z14. Use of z/VM doesn't

Re: Help with technique to identify data for last time/date an event occurred

2020-07-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 25.07.2020 o 00:34, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:40:17 -0700, Sri h Kolusu wrote: //SYSINDD * OPTION SKIPREC=1 $ SKIP HEADER INREC OVERLAY=(81:23,4,UFF,EDIT=(), $ YEAR 20,3,CHANGE=(2,C'JAN',C'01',

Re: DFSORT task (I hope)

2020-07-24 Thread R.S.
Gentlemen, Thank you for your help. JOIN is the function I know less than other features. Time to change it, since it is good thing. I'll look at Smart DFSORT Tricks, especially I'm also author of one of them. ;-) (it was ~20 years ago, Frank Yeager asked me for that trick, nothing big, just

DFSORT task (I hope)

2020-07-23 Thread R.S.
I have the following case: Large (thousands) list containing filenames, filea10002 fileb10041 filec20043 filed39093 longfileabc anotherfile ... and small (dozens) list of filename "exlusions" longfileabc fileb10041 ... Short list is subset of long list. All files has fixed lentgh name, no

Re: Multi-channel OSA-ICC routing and TCP port behavior

2020-07-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.07.2020 o 05:47, Timothy Sipples pisze: Mike Schwab wrote: Port 23 is standard telnet. Port 3270 is non-standard TN3270E. IANA has actually reserved port 3270 for "Verismart":HMC Integrated 3270 console

Re: Multi-channel OSA-ICC routing and TCP port behavior

2020-07-20 Thread R.S.
Excuse me, but IMHO OSA-ICC is just way to get rid off old equipment like 3174L. It is NOT replacement, it is only for local (called non-SNA) terminals, printers and ...CONSOLES. Consoles are the most important. Of course 3172, 3274, and other controllers were not the goal. IBM went looong

Re: [External] Re: Options grow for migrating mainframe apps to the cloud | Network World

2020-07-16 Thread R.S.
Usually it different. First step is change platform. Second step is change application or close the business. Modern languages? Why is it always current MS .NET or how they name it? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 16.07.2020 o 11:08, ITschak Mugzach pisze: Rex, I think the

Re: Using NTP

2020-07-16 Thread R.S.
To complement: Now your HMC is connected to time network. To some time servers. The HMC will act as time server for CPC. NTP is kind of cascading structure. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem

Re: Using NTP

2020-07-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 16.07.2020 o 09:28, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, I was asked to make sure that the mainframes are using the same time source as the rest of the computers on our network. I know what the NTP servers are in our network. In the HMC, I found 'Customize Console Date/Time' I added the NTP servers

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-15 Thread R.S.
-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 3:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Two Processors and One IODF CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL I hate new

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-15 Thread R.S.
Actually not. It is possible (not recommended!) to have shared DASD with different addresses. Example: CPCa and CPCb are connected to same DASD box. CPCa use dev num 3000-33FF and CPCb use dev num 1000-13FF for the same devices. Devices can be varied online on both CPCs - local and remote.

Re: Copying Extended format datasets between partitions

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
a direct connection between the LPARs, and most of the worries that you are concerned about dont really exist in that situation. Joe On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 9:39 AM R.S. wrote: Because of reasons. ;-) Seriously: it is better to make it simpler and faster. Your method: dump, ftp, restore. Other

Re: Copying Extended format datasets between partitions

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 14.07.2020 o 15:26, Joe Monk pisze: Why not just dump them, FTP the dump file between the two partitions, then restore the dump file? Joe On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:11 AM R.S. wrote: Well, that change the perspective. It's a pity you didn't mention

Re: Copying Extended format datasets between partitions

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.07.2020 o 12:44, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Thanks I guess I'll have to bite the bullet. It's 393GB of files. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 1:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Copying Extended forma

Re: Copying Extended format datasets between partitions

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
You cannot do it. Both datasets require to be DFSMS-managed and then cataloged. So you have to share the catalog (BCS), otherwise you will get error or uncataloged datasets on SMS volume, which is also not the best idea. Another method: dump you datasets to PS file on shared volume. Then

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
I hate new names of PPRC and XRC (and PPRC-XD), but... But one should know there are new features. New features with new names, but no old name exist for them. There are still PPRC, XRC, PPRC-XD, but there is also some kind of "XRC without z/OS", performed by dasd arrays without host

Re: SMF record

2020-07-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.07.2020 o 00:27, TenEyck, Peter pisze: What SMF record and report/tool could I use to determine the point of origin for this attempted logon? M 008 ABCD 20180 07:40:36.85 JOB03275 0090 ICH408I USER(RACFID ) GROUP() NAME(??? ) 395 E

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-13 Thread R.S.
Monk pisze: "Regarding Kim - AFAIK he was was found innocent. I'm talking about Megaupload case, not several former cases." Nope.He's still in New Zealand, fighting extradition to the USA for criminal charges for the megaupload case. Joe On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 6:50 AM R.S. wrote:

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 13.07.2020 o 13:25, Joe Monk pisze: My point is, once you rent that computer and put your stuff on it, it is no longer "someone else's computer". It is now YOUR computer. YOU are responsible for it. Joe On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 5:35 AM R.S. wrote: I heard about Kim Dotcom, but I d

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 10.07.2020 o 20:19, Michael Babcock pisze: We are in the process of bringing DR back in-house and have a new z15-T02 in our new facility (our current "home" machine is a z14-ZR1).  I want to be able to manage both processors from a single IODF.  I'd like to have the same CHPIDs, CUs,

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-13 Thread R.S.
Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 7:51 AM R.S. wrote: Azure? Cloud? There is no cloud. It is just someone else's computer. ;-) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 08.07.2020 o 17:46, Joe Monk pisze: I do a backup to spinning storage, then a copy of that backup to Azure for long term. Joe On Wed, J

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
, Charles Mills pisze: Unlikely? Black swans do happen. How unlikely is a world-wide pandemic that cripples economies around the world? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 2:33 AM

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
& tape question CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL Unlikely? Black swans do happen. How unlikely is a world-wide pandemic that cripples economies around the world? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wedne

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
IMHO no and there is no reason. Is the backup OK? Just read it. Any error will be reported. Physical errors are reported by the hardware. Is backup altered by hostile user? Protect it using RACF or else. However educated and authorized user may alter backup and re-create hash. Do you want to

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
Azure? Cloud? There is no cloud. It is just someone else's computer. ;-) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 08.07.2020 o 17:46, Joe Monk pisze: I do a backup to spinning storage, then a copy of that backup to Azure for long term. Joe On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 10:12 AM Seymour J Metz

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
Regarding tapes: this is one of the advantages of using HSM and physical tapes. It's quite easy to manage that even very old backup is on quite recently recorded tape. Migration from older tape system to new one is piece of cake. For VTS things are a bit more complex but still it is possible.

Re: Configuring a CP online [EXTERNAL]

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
Yes. I general there are many choices: 1. Re-Activate LPAR profile. Of course change it before. 2. Use command (human or COMMNDxx) to CF CPU online. 3. Use Jim Mulder advice (PRESCPU). 4. Logically add CPU to the LPAR using HMC facilities (z10 or above). Assuming the IPL is human-controlled (not

Re: 3592-EH7

2020-07-09 Thread R.S.
IMHO yes ...or no. This is TS1140. 3592-E07 can be attached, but EH7 is smaller version and I guess logically it is the same as E07, but it may not fit correctly into TS4500.  Maybe this is a question of some "real" hardware (cradle, rail, bever), maybe not. However it is a question for CE,

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