Re: SMPE HOLDDATA - when received?

2024-01-17 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
> Does gimapi has access to this data? No. Kurt Quackenbush IBM | z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management | ku...@us.ibm.com Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: SMPE HOLDDATA - when received?

2024-01-17 Thread ITschak Mugzach
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Re: SMPE HOLDDATA - when received?

2024-01-17 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
> How can I check the date of HOLDDATA in my SMPE CSI? Examining the SMPLOG as already mentioned is one option. Another: SMP/E does maintain the date each ++HOLD statement was received, but it does not expose it, not even in the CSI Query API. However, z/OSMF Software Management has two

Re: SMPE HOLDDATA - when received?

2024-01-17 Thread Tom Marchant
Look at your SMPLOG for the most recent RECEIVE HOLDDATA. Once you find it, look at that line in hex. The first few bytes is the date and time in packed decimal. -- Tom Marchant On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:47:33 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >How can I check the date of HOLDDATA in my SMPE

Re: SMPe securing zones

2023-03-28 Thread Kurt J. Quackenbush
> I've found that GIMSMP opens the datasets in UPDATE mode, so the user will > still need UPDATE or higher access. READ access fails when the program > starts. That is not true for all SMP/E commands. LIST for example, or the REPORT commands, and the ISPF Query dialog, definitely open the

Re: SMPe securing zones

2023-03-27 Thread Mark Jacobs
That's disappointing. It's not being done now, but another good way to handle that problem is to enhance the GIM.* Facility class profiles to include zone support for commands. User can run certain zone altering SMP/e commands against TZONE1, but not TZONE2. Something like that. Mark Jacobs

Re: SMPe securing zones

2023-03-27 Thread Matthew Stitt
I've found that GIMSMP opens the datasets in UPDATE mode, so the user will still need UPDATE or higher access. READ access fails when the program starts. I've growled that GIMSMP needs to open in READ mode, then close/open in the desired UPDATE mode if needed. Matthew On Mon, 27 Mar 2023

Re: SMPe securing zones

2023-03-27 Thread Mark Jacobs
If you have those zones in their own CSI datasets, you can use your security system just to allow READ access. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com --- Original Message

Re: SMPe securing zones

2023-03-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
Why not give them read-only access? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bill Giannelli Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 9:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: SMPe securing zones I want to create another TARGET and DLIB zone for another

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-05 Thread Dejan Stamatovic
@Tom Marchant Cloning is even better as it enables ease of rollback. Dejan Stamatovic CROZ D.O.O. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message:

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Tom Marchant
One way of effectively providing a backup is to clone the target zone before applying maintenance. Then apply to the clone. -- Tom Marchant On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 09:16:58 -0600, Dejan Stamatovic wrote: >I agree totally. Only backups provide a sure way out of problems during >applying

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Dejan Stamatovic
@ Michael Babcock  I agree totally. Only backups provide a sure way out of problems during applying maintenance.  All other methods mentioned here, might or might not work.  So just to make a point here:   Make sure you have a consistent backup of all affected data sets before applying

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Rob Schramm
Kurt, as always, many thanks. Rob On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, 08:30 Kurt J. Quackenbush wrote: > Yes, the GENERATE command will generate jobs to construct target libraries > from the content in the distribution libraries. However, APPLY REDO later > for more than a handful of PTFs might be dicey.

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Michael Babcock
And start making backups! I always make backups of target and dlibs, SMPE libs, ZFSs, SYSRES, and DLIB volumes too. All right before applying maintenance. On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 4:00 AM Lizette Koehler wrote: > You might want to open a case with IBM SMP/e on this issue > > Not knowing the

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Kurt J. Quackenbush
Yes, the GENERATE command will generate jobs to construct target libraries from the content in the distribution libraries. However, APPLY REDO later for more than a handful of PTFs might be dicey. If you go this route I suggest you first ACCEPT the PTFs that have not been accepted yet, then

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Steve Smith
Look at the GENERATE command. It should do what you want, but I haven't tried it. sas On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 4:07 PM Rob Schramm wrote: > So I know all the information is in SMPE. I'm looking for if there's an > easy way to do this.. The target library got smashed actually It's a ZFS > file

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Itschak Mugzach
If you did not accept the functions and PTFs, try apply redo since they are still in the SMPPTFand relfiles. *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**:

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-04 Thread Lizette Koehler
You might want to open a case with IBM SMP/e on this issue Not knowing the product or how it is packed, you might see if they can help. Some of the ZONE* commands may work. But I am not sure. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rob Schramm

Re: SMPE recreate a target library... Possible?

2023-01-03 Thread Attila Fogarasi
BUILDMCS. takes 5 seconds to type in the command, many hours to execute :) Re-install of the product might be the best alternative. On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 8:07 AM Rob Schramm wrote: > So I know all the information is in SMPE. I'm looking for if there's an > easy way to do this.. The target

Re: SMPe REPORT by APPLY date

2022-06-20 Thread Kurt J. Quackenbush
> Is it possible to get a SMPe report in order of the date the sysmods were > applied? The SMP/E LIST and UNLOAD commands outputs do not sort the currently installed SYSMODs by APPLY date. You'll have to roll your own by either manipulating and sorting LIST or UNLOAD output, or using the

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of CM Poncelet [03e99a92061c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 11:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPe ACCEPT process In the 1980's, IMS

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-18 Thread CM Poncelet
In the 1980's, IMS SYSMODs (CBIPO/CBPDO etc.) had to be accepted before they could be applied. It might have had to do with the macros needing to be accepted before the rest of it could be applied.   Not sure how it is done now. The last IMS *native SMP/E* CBIPO I did was in 2000 - probably an

Re: SMPe REPORT by APPLY date

2022-06-18 Thread Rob Schramm
Smplog has all the info. Unless it was dummy'd out. Rob On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 09:41 Bill Giannelli wrote: > Is it possible to get a SMPe report in order of the date the sysmods were > applied? > thanks > Bill > > -- > For

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-17 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 6/16/2022 3:02 PM, Bill Giannelli wrote: For my prior maintenance I have run an APPLY excluding several PTFs due to PEs and specified several bypass options. But when running an ACCEPT do I run WITHOUT the excludes and the bypass? Nothing will be accepted that hasn't already been applied.

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
Every shop has its own maintenance strategy. Think about what makes sense for your shop and document it. Personally, I would bypass, e.g., action, documentation, holds. I would probaly bypass selected error holds as well. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-16 Thread Mark Jacobs
There's rarely a reason to fret about accept errors like that. I'd always just do an ACCEPT PTFS BYPASS(HOLDSYSTEM) and whatever got accepted was good enough for me at the time. If I ever needed to restore a PTF and it didn't work, then I'd dig deeper into accept processing/errors. Mark Jacobs

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-16 Thread Bill Giannelli
thank you all for your help! Now i keep getting multiple GIM37905E errors -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: SMPe ACCEPT process

2022-06-16 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: Confidential I generally do not worry too much about the accepts. I would just go with a generic accept. ACCEPT . (of course specifying the appropriate zones on the SET BDY. The purpose of the accept is to set a DLIB Level. If it becomes necessary to restore a PTF, all

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello All Thanks to Kurt. Under the /Service some of the directories were missing and I created those. Then tried applying again and it went fine. Thanks all for your help On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 7:51 pm Kurt J. Quackenbush, wrote: > > Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Kurt J. Quackenbush
> Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and it exists but > not sure which file it is looking for and failing. Unfortunately message BPXF170E truncates the desired SYMLINK value. I can't see the ++APAR so don't know for sure the SYMLINK value but if it matches the prior value

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Allan Staller
Of Dave Jousma Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 8:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:04:56 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >Jake, > >Is that an APARfix for PH38318? I see the APAR is still open. Could be a >packaging error by IBM too….. > > >I look up the same module in my 2.4 environment > > Entry Type: HFS Zone

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:09:38 +0400, Jake Anderson wrote: >Hello > >Cross posted > >I am applying a APAR related to CSSMTP to zOS 2.4 and it fails with below >messge > >GIM42500W AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NAME OF THE PHYSICAL DATA SET CONTAINING >A > > SYMBOLIC LINK FOR HFS EZAMLCAT

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Pommier, Rex
Check to see if there's a security violation in the path? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jake Anderson Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 5:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS Hello I have double

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines
Hi Jake, 0594003D according to BPXMTEXT means: JRDirNotFound: A directory in the pathname was not found So it looks like your HFS files directories are not set up or mounted properly. Could you check them and compare with what you have in the DDDEF?

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I have double checked the DDDEF and the path is correct for the failing DDDEF On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 3:31 pm SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines, < marc.yves.desravi...@kyndryl.com> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > I suspect the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list the > DDDEFs

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines
Hi Jake, I suspect the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list the DDDEFs and check if the related pathname required is correct? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: SMPE Help

2021-09-22 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 9/21/2021 11:39 PM, Mohd Shahrifuddin Ahmad Masri wrote: I have another problem. DATE 09/22/21 TIME 11:31:01 SMP/E 36.109 UNIX COMMAND OUTPUT /bin/pax -zvrf /u/ssa/cics/SMPPTFIN/2021250221822812757.1of35

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-07 Thread Allan Staller
On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 10:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPe GIM30206E [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-03 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
nal Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of > Mark Jacobs > Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 10:26 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SMPe GIM30206E > > Look at the SMP/e CAUSER report and see what is/are the hold reasons. Then > it

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-03 Thread Retired Mainframer
was required to review system updates as part of new security practices, 4 became the limit for SMPE also. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 10:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPe GIM30206E

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-03 Thread James Crudele
I usually evaluate the holds. Then bypass them. Don’t bypass the errors though. A friend did that once. Not good. > On Sep 3, 2021, at 13:20, Bill Giannelli wrote: > > running an apply check and getting the following on several sysmods: > GIM30206E ** APPLY PROCESSING FAILED FOR SYSMOD

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-03 Thread Gibney, Dave
You can add BYPASS( HOLDSYSTEM HOLDUSER HOLDCLASS(UCLREL,ERRELL) And see which one are still held due to error. I agree with the folks that it's safe to just run, expect an 8, and see what's left. But, I usually did try

Re: SMPe GIM30206E

2021-09-03 Thread Mark Jacobs
Look at the SMP/e CAUSER report and see what is/are the hold reasons. Then it depends on what they are. Bypass or not. There's no need to exclude them. Just expect an RC=8 on the apply. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key -

Re: SMPe deleting SMPPTS after receive

2021-09-03 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: Confidential From the standpoint of just having a SMPPTS, you will be fine. I am hesitant to state "logical" effects of any of the contents of the SMPTS. e.g. installed, but not yet accepted maintenance. If it were my dog, I would work on the recovery of t he original SMPPTS.

Re: SMPe deleting SMPPTS after receive

2021-09-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 06:53:39 -0500, Bill Giannelli wrote: >we are having an issue recalling a migrated SMPPTS dataset. if all my past >maintenance is already received can I just delete and reallocate my SMPPTS >datasets? > I wouldn't do that before the APPLY. And I believe there is a path where

Re: SMPe deleting SMPPTS after receive

2021-09-03 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
Bill, Do you mean "already ACCEPTED"? My simple answer could be yes in that case. Regardless, I let SMP/E purge upon ACCEPT. Don't you have a backup copy made prior to migration? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Giannelli Sent: Friday,

Re: SMPe automated job to receive maintenance

2021-09-02 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public There sure is; the SMPE manual has a whole section on receiving maintenance through a batch job: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=guide-preparing-use-internet-service-retrieval I haven't been near Shopz for about 4 years for maintenance. Andy Styles z/Series

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-29 Thread Chris Hoelscher
It was indeed intended to be AMBLIST Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA Kyndryl on assignment to IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Saturday,

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-28 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Anything else run ABLIST on all modules?? AMBLIST or is ABLIST something else? On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 6:05 AM Chris Hoelscher wrote: > If its DB2 run MEPL > If it’s a CA product run CAMODID > Anything else run ABLIST on all modules > > In all cases sort the output by PTF# match the ptf# to

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-27 Thread Chris Hoelscher
If its DB2 run MEPL If it’s a CA product run CAMODID Anything else run ABLIST on all modules In all cases sort the output by PTF# match the ptf# to the entry in your CSI to determine the associated RSU Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA Kyndryl on assignment to IBM Global Technical Services on

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 8/24/2021 6:41 AM, Bill Giannelli wrote: I have received and applied several months maintenance, but have not yet moved it into our runtime libraries. How might I determine what my prior RSU level is within my runtime libraries? Hopefully you kept a copy of the CSIs that represent your

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread Mark Jacobs
When I built system environments at $previousjob I would use the CVTVERID field to document its RSU level. http://planetmvs.com/mvstips/ Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐ Original

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Part of my process moving maint forward is to run a static symbol update, it's a manual process but beats searching for an eyecatcher in a load module for a PTF number //SYM EXEC PGM=IEASYMU2,PARM='RSU=2102' On 8/24/2021 5:41 AM, Bill Giannelli wrote: I have received and applied several

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread Seymour J Metz
You have to build any required tracking into your maintenance strategy. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Bill Giannelli Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 6:41 AM To:

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread James Crudele
Smpe option 3.3 will list sourceid. > On Aug 24, 2021, at 06:41, Bill Giannelli wrote: > > I have received and applied several months maintenance, but have not yet > moved it into our runtime libraries. How might I determine what my prior RSU > level is within my runtime libraries? > thanks

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread James Crudele
Smpe option 3.3 will list sourceid > On Aug 24, 2021, at 06:41, Bill Giannelli wrote: > > I have received and applied several months maintenance, but have not yet > moved it into our runtime libraries. How might I determine what my prior RSU > level is within my runtime libraries? >

Re: SMPe how to determine prior RSU level

2021-08-24 Thread kekronbekron
You're lucky if the dataset activity timestamp(s) matches with what's in the SMPE log files. For situations like this, it's good to put an uncataloged text file in the same volume as a product/OS's target libraries with a couple of lines to say when it was built/APPLY'd. - KB ‐‐‐ Original

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Gibney, Dave
day, June 17, 2021 6:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SMPE > > Thank you all,, > > Actually all I needed to know is if we have COBOL installed as an MVS > newbe if did nor know how to list ALL software products installed. in > VSE it's Simple &

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread CarlosM
etz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Kurt Quackenbush [ku...@us.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE On 6/16/2021 11:56 AM, CarlosM wrote: Would anyone have the

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
(Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Gerhard Adam [gada...@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE There is only one

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Gerhard Adam
/E basic utilities to provide a product list based on correlating the FMID and PRODUCT/FEATURE pieces -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 11:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE Does the OP know

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE On 6/16/2021 11:56 AM, CarlosM wrote: > Would anyone have the JCL/statements necessary to produce a SMPE report > of ALL installed products? To be sure we're using the same terminology, a "PRODUCT" to SMP/E is a collection of FEATUREs,

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Carmen Vitullo
+ 1 for the suggestion to use z/OSMF to list products installed, once the CSI's are defined to the software management it queries the CSI and list all the currently installed products Carmen On 6/17/2021 9:24 AM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: On 6/16/2021 11:56 AM, CarlosM wrote: Would anyone have

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 6/16/2021 11:56 AM, CarlosM wrote: Would anyone have the JCL/statements necessary to produce a SMPE report of ALL installed products? To be sure we're using the same terminology, a "PRODUCT" to SMP/E is a collection of FEATUREs, and each FEATURE is a collection of FMIDs. A PRODUCT is

Re: SMPE

2021-06-17 Thread Seymour J Metz
of Lizette Koehler [stars...@mindspring.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 9:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE If you have installed the SMP/e ISPF Interface, it can help generate everything you need for Batch (Option 4) or use the ONLINE Panels to see what you have

Re: SMPE

2021-06-16 Thread Lizette Koehler
: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 9:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE What kind or report? For what zones? If I had to guess I'd say you want LIST FEATURE or LIST PRODUCT for one or more zones, but there are lots of other possibilities. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu

Re: SMPE

2021-06-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
What kind or report? For what zones? If I had to guess I'd say you want LIST FEATURE or LIST PRODUCT for one or more zones, but there are lots of other possibilities. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe

Re: SMPE query - ALIAS/MALIAS

2021-06-03 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 6/2/2021 10:43 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: Ops. My mistake - they are aliases. I forgot how ISPF shows them. As a side point, why does the RELFILE need the alias? Can't the apply process assign them? Why? That's just the way APPLY works. I don't know what the original design point was

Re: SMPE query - ALIAS/MALIAS

2021-06-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 17:43:10 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: >... >As a side point, why does the RELFILE need the alias? Can't the apply process >assign them? > I believe Kurt is saying that IEBCOPY doesn't assign aliases. OTOH, I was dismayed long ago when I tried such as: //SYSLIN DD *

Re: SMPE query - ALIAS/MALIAS

2021-06-02 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Ops. My mistake - they are aliases. I forgot how ISPF shows them. As a side point, why does the RELFILE need the alias? Can't the apply process assign them? On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 10:04:12 -0400 Kurt Quackenbush wrote: :>On 6/2/2021 8:57 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>> I have inherited a

Re: SMPE query - ALIAS/MALIAS

2021-06-02 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 6/2/2021 8:57 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: I have inherited a product with MCS with ALIAS/MALIAS. It appears that the RECEIVE process requires the alias to be in the RELFILE, and that the APPLY process creates true members instead of aliases. Am I missing something obvious in the packaging?

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-13 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/12/2021 1:51 PM, Dave Jousma wrote: We are still broke since the 5/1 TLSv1.2 cutover on your end. We are assuming its a problem on our end. We do have ticket open with ATTLS support group at IBM. We do have HTTPS service working, but continue to pursue, as not sure if

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-13 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/13/2021 8:54 AM, Michael Babcock wrote: Oh, and the AT-TLS error was 402. BPXF024I (STSYSLOG) May 12 20:26:41 X/TCPIP  TCPIP 256 TTLS[280]: 15:26:41 TCPIP    EZD1286I TTLS Error GRPID: 0017 ENVID: 008B CONNID: C6AD LOCAL: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx..7199 REMOTE: 170.225.15.117..21

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-13 Thread Michael Babcock
Oh, and the AT-TLS error was 402. BPXF024I (STSYSLOG) May 12 20:26:41 X/TCPIP  TCPIP 256 TTLS[280]: 15:26:41 TCPIP    EZD1286I TTLS Error GRPID: 0017 ENVID: 008B CONNID: C6AD LOCAL: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx..7199 REMOTE: 170.225.15.117..21 JOBNAME: RECV USERID: RULE:

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-12 Thread Michael Babcock
Kurt, Unless I'm doing something wrong, my testing does not bear that out. The only cipher in the list was:     # Allow only AES ciphers V3CipherSuites TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 PAGENT was refreshed.  Here’s the DEBUG ALL output. SC0588 initConnection: Calling getaddrinfo()

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-12 Thread Dave Jousma
>This was confirmed by an individual that supports the server. The >ciphers mentioned on the IBM Support page are a subset of the ciphers >actually enabled. >https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6417233 >I hope this helps. Is anyone still having trouble connecting? >Kurt Quackenbush --

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-12 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/10/2021 4:57 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: I did some testing on our sandbox (I commented out all ciphers except the one I was interested in and refreshed policy agent) and here’s what I found. The ECDHE ciphers were rejected but the TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA did work (I didn’t try the

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 10 May 2021 13:00:31 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >The Ref. ...: >... >"message control statment" (dozens of times)? "MCS (Modification Control >Statement)"? >Whatever. > RCF submitted and promptly accepted for next refresh. -- gil

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Scott, It's done by a BLDL and a STOW. Regards, David On 2021-05-10 17:36, A T & T Management wrote: OK Now on to the problem, The alias should be created at apply time.  How this is done I don't recall and don't have access to my machine at this time. Scott On Monday, May 10,

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread A T & T Management
OK Now on to the problem, The alias should be created at apply time.  How this is done I don't recall and don't have access to my machine at this time. Scott On Monday, May 10, 2021, 5:01:21 PM EDT, David Spiegel wrote: Hi Scott, You're right. I would've done this, but, the customer

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Scott, You're right. I would've done this, but, the customer insisted it has to be a PTF. Regards, David On 2021-05-10 16:48, A T & T Management wrote: Why not do this in a usermod? Scott On Monday, May 10, 2021, 2:25:47 PM EDT, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: On 5/10/2021 1:15 PM,

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-10 Thread Michael Babcock
s not > work without the ciphers I listed below. Apparently IBM needs to make some > adjustments first. > > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Michael Babcock > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2021 2:58 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSER

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread A T & T Management
Why not do this in a usermod? Scott On Monday, May 10, 2021, 2:25:47 PM EDT, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: On 5/10/2021 1:15 PM, David Spiegel wrote: > I added a CLIST as part of a PTF. > (This is not vendor software.) > ++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST). > PROC 0 >

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/10/2021 1:15 PM, David Spiegel wrote: I added a CLIST as part of a PTF. (This is not vendor software.) ++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST). PROC 0 WRITE HI When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6  S M=((A000,ABCXYZ,R))

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

2021-05-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 10 May 2021 13:15:38 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: > >I added a CLIST as part of a PTF. >(This is not vendor software.) >++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST). >PROC 0 >WRITE HI > >When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed >COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6 >  S

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-09 Thread Cieri, Anthony
:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st [[ SEI WARNING *** This email was sent from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown or suspicious senders. *** ]] I would highly discourage the use of the ciphers listed.  I would

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Babcock
Nevermind, found this in the latest book *TLSMECHANISM* Use this statement to specify whether TLS is implemented by AT-TLS or by FTP.*ATTLS indicates TLS processing is performed by AT-TLS, and must be specified in order to support TLS 1.2 which is required by IBM's download server.* On Thu,

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-06 Thread Michael Babcock
What’s the secret decoder ring/handshake to make FTP work? We need AT-TLS? Or can we make updates to the FTPDATA DD (using TLSMECHANISM FTP)? On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:46 AM Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > On 5/5/2021 1:13 PM, Dave Jousma wrote: > > > ... For some reason we are still struggling. >

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-06 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Date: Thursday, 6 May 2021 7:46 AM CDT Subject: Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st On 5/5/2021 1:13 PM, Dave Jousma wrote: > ... For some reason we are still struggling. For anyone still struggling to connect with FTPS to IBM's download server after the May 1 server update, please, please, PLE

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-06 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/5/2021 1:13 PM, Dave Jousma wrote: ... For some reason we are still struggling. For anyone still struggling to connect with FTPS to IBM's download server after the May 1 server update, please, please, PLEASE consider telling SMP/E to use HTTPS for the downloads instead of FTPS. It

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Tom Conley
On 5/5/2021 2:58 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: I would highly discourage the use of the ciphers listed.  I would use these more secure ciphers (I'm sure there are others that are acceptable). TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Michael Babcock
V3CipherSuitesTLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA V3CipherSuitesTLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA } -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Jousma Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2021 1:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Dave Jousma
>Dave, Here you go: >## ># # > ># Secure FTP Application # > >#

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Cieri, Anthony
} -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Jousma Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2021 1:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st [[ SEI WARNING *** This email was sent from an external source. Do

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Dave Jousma
> Well, for what it's worth, I just tried it and my job was successful, > however, I also received the SSLv23/TLSv1 messages. So I used the standard > job that IBM provided (RFNJOBS) and I turned on Debug SEC. Here is what I got (snip) Hey Tony, Thanks for this. For some reason we are

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-04 Thread Cieri, Anthony
Well, for what it's worth, I just tried it and my job was successful, however, I also received the SSLv23/TLSv1 messages. So I used the standard job that IBM provided (RFNJOBS) and I turned on Debug SEC. Here is what I got: 220 dhebpcb01 secure FTP server ready.

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-04 Thread Dave Jousma
I should have commented that the HTTPS method is working fine. And my last successful FTPs download was last week Monday April 26th. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

2021-04-25 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 25.04.2021 o 16:44, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:08:44 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Before APPLY - take care about SMPPTS1 DDDEFs in other zones. Is it useful, or even safe, to define SMPPTS* in other than GLOBAL zone? It is necessary. Does SMP/E warn or prohibit

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

2021-04-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 03:08:44 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >> >>> Before APPLY - take care about SMPPTS1 DDDEFs in other zones. >>> >> Is it useful, or even safe, to define SMPPTS* in other than GLOBAL zone? > >It is necessary. > >> Does SMP/E warn or prohibit inconsistent SMPPTS* definitions

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