Fiche story: I had an autocommand that displayed the spool percentage
every hour or so. Then maybe once a month I would run a program to grab
all the percentages from syslog and produce a horizontal bar graph -
just a simple line of 1 to 100 asterisks for each sample. I'd print
months of
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sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>As I recall the only 1052 for use as a S/360 console was the 1052-7. I believe
>that the 3210 also used the "golfball" but that the 3215 and 3287 had dot
>matrix impact printers.
>
>Having
c installs January 2022 and beyond -
Requests
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sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>Lot's of OS/360 MVT systems used a 1052-7, but that's not MVS. Did you
>actually use the 3287 as a hardcopy console rather than for
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sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>Lot's of OS/360 MVT systems used a 1052-7, but that's not MVS. Did you
>actually use the 3287 as a hardcopy console rather than for copying screens
>and for applications?
As I recall from
Of Colin Paice
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> On 7/25/2021 10:01 PM, Brian Westerman wrote:
> > Running on a VM on a 400mip box doesn't count, no. The infor
I may be pointin out the obvious, but maybe not so obvious for all - ya
just never know
I know some folks on my team, so glad they don't subscribe here, that
will ask how toI point to some doc, they read what they want, when
they get a failure or an error message they come back to me, I
On 7/26/2021 7:50 AM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
also the recommendation if you do this;
Specify KERNELSTACKS(ABOVE) when zFS is running in the OMVS address
space.
Haha! No kidding! You are way, Way, WAY behind the curve if you don't
already have that specification... LOL
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also the recommendation if you do this;
Specify KERNELSTACKS(ABOVE) when zFS is running in the OMVS address space.
Carmen
On 7/26/2021 9:48 AM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
thats my current setup also, and yes it appears all you need to do is
remove the ASNAME and viola !
I think you still need
thats my current setup also, and yes it appears all you need to do is
remove the ASNAME and viola !
I think you still need to make sure the IOEPRM DD is not in the PROC and
is only in the parmlib?
Carmen
On 7/26/2021 9:44 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 7/26/2021 7:01 AM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
I've
On 7/26/2021 7:01 AM, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
I've never tried to run zfs under omvs, but it looks pretty straight forward,
soemthing I'd need to test.
good doc here to help you set this up;
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=zfs-installation-configuration-steps
We currently
: Ed
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> Running on a VM on a 400mip box doesn't count, no. The information provided
> to me was that the "smallest&qu
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On 7/25/2021 10:01 PM, Brian Westerman wrote:
Running on a VM on a 400mip box doesn't count, no. The information provided to me was that the
"smallest" box that had been tested by IBM is a 400+mip one, so the answer is "no", none
of those count. I'm frankly kind of astonished that it never
Running on a VM on a 400mip box doesn't count, no. The information provided to
me was that the "smallest" box that had been tested by IBM is a 400+mip one, so
the answer is "no", none of those count. I'm frankly kind of astonished that
it never occurred to IBM to test on the smallest box they
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sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>Did you ever see a 1052-7, or even a 3210, on an MVS system? Admiitedly the D
>U message flood is a nuisance even on a 3270, but every shop that I saw used
>3066 and 3270 for consoles, with
On 25/07/2021 11:41 pm, Marna WALLE wrote:
Concerning small environments, does having z/OS (and z/OS V2.5) available to
all participating ISVs count as part of our early programs? Whereby they could
use z/OS V2.5 and z/OSMF in their own environment, or use it as a z/VM guest?
If you are
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>Brian,
>Concerning small environments, does having z/OS (and z/OS V2.5) available to
This might get more interest if they called it rent a system, rather than
cloud. Cloud has many negative images for z/OS people.
On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 at 14:23, Ed Jaffe wrote:
> On 7/24/2021 11:14 PM, Mike Schwab wrote:
> > You can rent an account on a dallas (or other) center machine and run
>
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mwa...@us.ibm.com (Marna WALLE) wrote:
>Brian,
>Concerning small environments, does having z/OS (and z/OS V2.5) available to
>all participating ISVs count as part of our early programs? Whereby they
>could use z/OS V2.5 and
Brian,
Concerning small environments, does having z/OS (and z/OS V2.5) available to
all participating ISVs count as part of our early programs? Whereby they could
use z/OS V2.5 and z/OSMF in their own environment, or use it as a z/VM guest?
Does it count that these same ISVs, who can run in
On 7/24/2021 11:14 PM, Mike Schwab wrote:
You can rent an account on a dallas (or other) center machine and run
real production.
https://assets.toolbox.com/research/make-your-mainframe-environment-more-agile-and-responsive-with-ibms-zcloud-47582
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Edward E.
You can rent an account on a dallas (or other) center machine and run
real production.
On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 12:50 AM kekronbekron
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>
> I realized as much.
> However, that's one way for IBM to build a bridge.
> zSMB or something.
> Instead
I realized as much.
However, that's one way for IBM to build a bridge.
zSMB or something.
Instead of leaving no option but to get out-of-support older machines (and h/w
support from other companies), or getting more MSUs and such...
IBM could instead sell software-only small machine.
Comparing
Not really, the smaller the shop, the less programmers they have performing
compiles, even if it takes 4 to 5 times as long to compile LE COBOL compared to
something like COBOL-II, there are not enough of them to really matter. A
large shop wouldn't see that same problem, because while the
Unfortunately, you can't run a production system on a zPDT, it's not allowed
under the agreement with IBM.
On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 05:41:56 +, kekronbekron
wrote:
>And therein begins a new line where some company offers services to move small
>machine workloads to zPDT.
>Or whatever...
>
>-
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brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com (Brian Westerman) wrote:
>Did you think to have even ONE of those early sites be one with a small
>processor (single CPU) like a low end single CPU z/13, z14 or z15? Most
>likely you didn't and
And therein begins a new line where some company offers services to move small
machine workloads to zPDT.
Or whatever...
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> Did you think to have even ONE of those early sites be one with a
Did you think to have even ONE of those early sites be one with a small
processor (single CPU) like a low end single CPU z/13, z14 or z15? Most likely
you didn't and that's very sad. A good percentage of "new" clients that IBM
has added over the past 5 to 8 years are in that boat and IBM has
Brian,
>> Some of the problem here is that you are telling me what "will" be there,
>> but I don't have anything that actually shows that or even implies it for
>> z/OSMF for z/OS. I don't even have the workflows to verify anything.
For the z/OS Workflows that you haven't seen yet, they are
A USERMOD is overkill. SMP/E parmlib is specified in the JCL, so just
create your own and use it.
That's what I do. But if you really want to have a usermod, I don't mind.
sas
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>
Nice! thanks Bob
Carmen Vitullo
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For SMPWRKx datasets, see SYS1.S
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Barb, how did you get my apply and accept sysouts :)
joking aside, these datasets are the same datasets I've always had
Barb, how did you get my apply and accept sysouts :)
joking aside, these datasets are the same datasets I've always had space
issues with or I needed to up the directory size, go thru the pain of
allocating a .NEW datasets larger, or with more directories or both,
copy the failed library to
>Its interesting, because I don’t have any products that give me extra extents
>except what SMS does for me space wise, and I have never increased my dataset
>size allocations.
Just as a preparation for increasing allocations, here is what failed x37 in
the past 8 refreshes (all on the
Except for C:\Windows and the Program files directory, I don't think I keep
anything where Microsoft wants me to. I like to keep everything that isn't the
vanilla MS system on other drives and I create links to them so that I can
reinstall when I want and just redo the links.
But then I
in production was a non-event. Which is
as it should be.
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Hi Terri,
When adding an Software Instance that you already have (say, z/OS V2.4), you
are telling z/OSMF the CSI and zones to use. Those DDDEFs, presumably, will be
correct with the data set names, volumes
ah YUP!
I was going to add, when I did a short jaunt with IGS, most of the IBM
sysprog's never heard of ServerPac and most never provided or worked
with a custompac install.
The clients systems are built based on what the client needs, sometime
just the base system, sometimes the base+OEM
"seems everyone has a better way"
I think you hit on the root of the problem. With Windows and Linux
installs, everyone (generally) does things the same exact way, including
filenames and directory locations. They don't have the problems we have
with mainframe installs.
On 7/22/2021 7:19
I think I IPL'd the CPAC system that was built from the ServerPac once
in my career, it was the company/dept's standard and we had a small LPAR
built just for that reason. Documentation was provided, IPLing the CPAC
system was only done to proceed with the ServerPac install.
moving on from
I'm almost completely the opposite, I use it as an opportunity to replace the
datasets and make corrections to their allocations. Although in my case I am
normally coming in after someone messed up or 5 to 10 years (or more) after the
previous upgrade so the sizes and allocations in many cases
Some of the problem here is that you are telling me what "will" be there, but I
don't have anything that actually shows that or even implies it for z/OSMF for
z/OS. I don't even have the workflows to verify anything.
I'm really hoping that I'm being Chicken Little here, but it's looking less
We always seemed to be at the limit of our res pack, so after a new
install I would run a job that to compress and trim (to zero) most PDS's
with the idea that they would just go into extents as needed if updates
were made. We rarely updated a res pack in place, so there was usually
no
Same with me when I ran ServerPac installs - I never IPL'd using the
datasets provided by the installer such as catalogs, RACF, spool, SMF,
page, etc. I never understood IBM's reason for doing that, and also
never understood the reason for running the system validation jobs on
the vanilla
Bruce,
Thank you! This is very helpful for us to have!
-Marna WALLE
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IBM Poughkeepsie
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Let's make a clear distinction. Inside the z/OS z/OSMF ServerPac package that
is shipped to you, and I'm talking about the archived datasets for you to
restore, these are the data sets you'll receive (which is somewhat based on
what the product mix you ordered from Shopz):
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> ... even with enlarg
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Hi Marna,
>Making everything bigger is not a good option. Not everything "needs" to be
>bigger, but there are those that even 40% won't be enough.I think
>creating z/OSMF product delivery without the ability to change the size and
>location of the datasets (easily) is a bad idea.
I am
>Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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Making everything bigger is not a good option. Not everything "needs" to be
bigger, but there are those that even 40% won't be enough. The Serverpac used
to ship with SMF and JES spool/checkpoint and SMF on the catalog volume, and
I'm sure no one probably leaves it there, but the size of the
Hello Marna,
I use:-
Rules for re-sizing datasets:-
Target volume datasets to be allocated in CYLINDERS
Distribution volume datasets to be allocated in
into a
running system
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> On 7/20/2021 10:
On 7/20/2021 10:47 AM, Marna WALLE wrote:
... even with enlarging the data sets with some predictive percentage (50%,
100%, 200%?) - still doesn't completely help with running out of space in some
data sets or even volumes continually, and could result in some data sets being
overly and
It'd be great if IBM disappeared the problem by buying one of the stop x37
companies :)
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> Hi Barbara (and others),
>
> Nice to see so many users of PDSEs! We do not today have the capability to
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Hi Terri,
When adding an Software Instance that you already have (say, z/OS V2.4), you
are telling z/OSMF the CSI and zones to use. Those DDDEFs, presumably, will be
correct with the data set names, volumes, and paths
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Hi Barbara (and others),
Nice to see so many users of PDSEs! We do
Hello KB,
As a little reference table, here's what's available today (and in the future)
from Shopz as a ServerPac, along with the installation method. You can see
that z/OSMF ServerPac has been available for many products, for quite a while
now.
CICS (and program products):
z/OSMF
Hi Barbara (and others),
Nice to see so many users of PDSEs! We do not today have the capability to
switch from PDS to PDSE in z/OSMF, but we've got it in our backlog from
requests to have it. If PDSEs users would like to help us prioritize that,
with their business impacts without this
thank you for the sanity check. I see that I can inquire missing /
critical maint, I was hoping that I could take the info and perform a
receive from that missing maint. using a defined protocol (ftps or
https) and have z/osmf submit the job to receive from network.
I do have a weekly job
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 12:05 PM Marna WALLE wrote:
>
> Q: I wonder since my company does not allow access from my mainframe systems
> to the internet, what protocol will be used to query my CSI's,
> maint level? get service
> A: Same methods as before. Nothing has changed. You can acquire a
Hi Carmen,
Sorry to hear that z/OS V2.4 will be your least release! Good luck in
retirement!
Once you have laid down a z/OSMF ServerPac, it will have the same
considerations as if you had done it with the ISPF ServerPac dialogs, so I'm
guessing the comments weren't about z/OSMF specifically?
This may be off topic...
I used SMP(/e) about 35+ years ago, I used to build CICS.
I now get my z/OS from ADCD. I download some volumes and have an IPLable
system. I could download the DLIBs if I wanted them.
Is this the sort of direction we should be going in? If IBM was to provide
the volumes
Of
> kekronbekron
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> Hmm.. is 2.4 is available as a zOSMF Software Instance via ShopZ?
>
> - KB
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Hi Terri,
When adding an Software Instance that you already have (say, z/OS V2.4), you
are telling z/OSMF the CSI and zones to use. Those DDDEFs, presumably, will be
correct with the data set names, volumes, and paths. Those DDDEFs will be used
as a model on the incoming z/OS CSI DDDEFs.
January 2022 and beyond - Requests
Robert,
It's been done, and is the proceedings:
https://www.share.org/Events/Past-Events/Proceedings/Proceeding-Details/installing-ibms-serverpac-using-zosmf-software-management
Look for Kurt Quackenbush's "Installing IBM's ServerPac Using z/OSMF Software
Manag
Robert,
It's been done, and is the proceedings:
https://www.share.org/Events/Past-Events/Proceedings/Proceeding-Details/installing-ibms-serverpac-using-zosmf-software-management
Look for Kurt Quackenbush's "Installing IBM's ServerPac Using z/OSMF Software
Management", from Ft Worth 2020. Kurt
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On 7/20/2021 4:41 AM, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote:
"If
On 7/20/2021 7:27 AM, Shaffer, Terri wrote:
How would this even work? Or be complete.. SMPE doesn’t know about my
SERVERPAC customizations. Or how about the CPAC. ** datasets or other
operational names I setup.
When you create a Software Instance, you select a CSI and as many target
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> "If I may suggest to all that will install z/OS V2.5 with z/OSMF, it really
> behooves you to define your prior z
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Sounds like great SHARE session material (if it isn't already there for the
next one).
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On 7/20/2021 6:34 AM, kekronbekron wrote:
Hmm.. is 2.4 is available as a zOSMF Software Instance via ShopZ?
No products are available as Software Instances from ShopZ, they come as
PORTABLE Software Instances.
You can create a Software Instance for any collection of software you
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On 7/20/2021 4:41 AM, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote:
"If I may suggest to all that will install z/OS V2.5 with z/OSMF, it really behooves
you to define your prior z/OS release right now as a Software Instance."
I do not want to assume that I completely understand your suggestion.
She means
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Hmm.. is 2.4 is available as a zOSMF Software Instance via ShopZ?
- KB
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Hi Bob,
I believe she means that when you import your prior/current zOS CSI and set
some parms
pz except change the
> delivery mechanism.
>
> Bob
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I thought that maybe a new order of 2.4 through Shopz except change the
delivery mechanism.
Bob
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Hi Bob,
I believe she means that when you import your prior/current zOS CSI and set
some parms (if required) for it, then you can base your target environment
(CSI, files, etc.) off of it.
This way, you don't start at zero, i.e., defining all datasets manually, anew.
- KB
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Marna,
Can you expand on what you mean below?
"If I may suggest to all that will install z/OS V2.5 with z/OSMF, it really
behooves you to define your prior z/OS release right now as a Software
Instance."
I do not want to assume that I completely understand your suggestion.
Bob
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Hi Terri,
You are correct that within the z/OSMF interface, there is no way to edit a
produced job
You are 100% correct, there are about 50 datasets that I ALWAYS enlarge during
the installation for just the reason you specified, IBM sizes them for
delivery, not for applying maintenance later. Then there are the ones that
ALWAYS need to be updated like HASPSPACE and the checkpoints, as well
>You can't change the size of a dataset and you can't change PDS to PDSE. It's
>easy in ServerPac to mass change to PDSE. It skips ones that aren't eligible.
You can't? As far as I am concerned that is a definite roadblock. IBM never
sizes the data sets in such a way that they won't go x37 at
ssage-
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Hi Terri,
You are correct that within the z/OSMF interface, there is no way to
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Hi Terri,
You are correct that within the z/OSMF interface, there is no way to edit a
produced job for Deployment. It is intended that no editing is necessary, in
that if you need to "
Hi Terri,
You are correct that within the z/OSMF interface, there is no way to edit a
produced job for Deployment. It is intended that no editing is necessary, in
that if you need to "tweak" the job, we should be providing that capability
within the interface itself. The JCL produced should
So, I am going to ease up on IBM a little, except for the resources needed for
z/OSMF, But have a few usability requests just as in the serverpac.
I am not 100% convinced yet, but I see no way of editing a job that was
generated, BEFORE submit!!
I also see fields on the screen but no context
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