VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread Jake anderson
Hello, I am trying to access some of the dataset sitting on a particular volume called TKOL01,but I end up with the error: IEC143I 213-18,IFG0196X Manual : 18An I/O error occurred in writing back a format-1 DSCB. Will it be safe to run a build index Job. Post the Buildix the Datasets

Re: VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread Jake anderson
Apology for the wrong header(Not a VTOC index problem).. The volumes are accessible from other LPAR but not sure why it is stopping me to access these volumes from the current LPAR. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Jake anderson justmainfra...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I am trying to access some

Re: Spawned Address Space Control in tcsh shell

2014-01-09 Thread Hunkeler, Peter
I think of UNIX exec() as the closest thing to MVS XCTL. IMHO, no. exec() is equivalent to end of job step A and start of job step B. You cannot allocate memory before the exec() and pass it to the program invoked by exec(). You can, however, with XCTL. But UNIX processes are different; the

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Q1 - YES, that is why they were built. Put on *ALL* toleration/coexistence PTFs mentioned in those reports Q2 - Select the following radio buttons: Z/OS Service Individual PTFs by PTF number Do not use a report for this order On the next screen, cut and paste the PTFs

RES: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
Hi, I don't know if z/OS 1.11 can coexist in the same Sysplex with z/OS 2.1. Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do Nascimento Neto BANCO BRADESCO S.A. 4250 / DPCD Engenharia de Software Sistemas Operacionais Mainframes Tel: +55 11 3684-2177 R: 42177 3-1402 Fax: +55 11 3684-4427

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Good catch! You are right! The OP must get off of any z/OS 1.11 systems first. Migrating it to 1.12 would probably be the least painful. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO Sent: Thursday,

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Adding a link that provides this information: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/zsq03064usen/ZSQ03064USEN.PDF -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 6:09 AM To:

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Peter Relson
I'm not sure what named lnklst has to do with user libraries in LLA. LNKLSTs are defined in sets. Each set has a name. One set is current. Others (previously current) may still be active. The name is the handle by which the set can be referred to in the SETPROG and DISPLAY PROG commands and

Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

2014-01-09 Thread Peter Relson
If I understand the processing for this exit, the exit routine must be in common storage (e.g., LPA or CSA) if you specify MODADDR on the CSVDYNEX ADD macro. So unless your LOAD is satisfied from LPA I doubt that this will work properly. Walt is correct, with the addition of unless you use

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread saurabh khandelwal
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA36207 On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Richards, Robert B. robert.richa...@opm.gov wrote: Adding a link that provides this information: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/zsq03064usen/ZSQ03064USEN.PDF -Original Message-

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Peter answered your questions about LNKLST(s). To answer the part of your question What I am trying to do is ..., in addition of Peter's last remark: you can give the LLA/VLF performance to any user library, without the need to make it a LNKLST dataset of any kind. Kees. -Original

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
I know, I posted the contents of that, then saw a conflict in documentation. The OP could apply UA68602 to 1.11, UA68604 to 1.13 and let us know if that solves his problem. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of saurabh

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello, As of now my target is to use z/OS 1.11 , z/OS 1.13 and z/OS 2.1 system in same sysplex. Can we just achieve this by applying toleration PTF on z/OS 1.11 and z/OS 1.13 system.So that all system with different version can be part of this same SYSPLEX. As per the below link APAR

Re: VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread John McKown
I have had strange problems if I initialize a volume on one LPAR while it is still online to another LPAR. The other (non-offline) LPARs cache old VTOC information in the UCB (especially the TTR of the VTOC). I would do a VARY ,OFFLINE on _all_ the LPARs, then do a VARY ,ONLINE to put them

ISGENQ REASON CODE 0404

2014-01-09 Thread Donald Likens
My authorized program is checking an if an enque is available and the return code is 4 reason code return is 02340404. My ISGENQ macro follows: ISGENQ REQUEST=OBTAIN,QNAME=WKPROD,RNAME=STCNAME, SCOPE=SYSTEM,ENQTOKEN=TASKTOK,

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
It should. Just for fun, post your FIXCAT statements that you used for reporting on toleration and coexistence and the output for same. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of venkat kulkarni Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Steve Thompson
SNIPPAGE LLA manages all LNKLST data set by default. Any user load lib can be added to LLA management whether it is in a LNKLST or not. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design Thank you. I've also been able to get to the archives (IBM-Main), finally, to do some serious searching.

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello, FIXCAT report Job statement : //SMPCNTL DD * SET BDY (GLOBAL) . REPORT MISSINGFIX ZONES(MVST100) FIXCAT(IBM.COEXISTENCE.Z/OS.V2R1). /* Output of FIXCAT on z/OS 1.11 system HOLD MISSING HELD RESOLVING SYSMOD_ FIX

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
The first version of LLA (Linklist Look Asid) managed Linkist only. The next version also managed user libraries and was renamed to Library Look Aside, luckily keeping the same abbreviation. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]

Re: VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread Mike Schwab
Correct. But you only need to do it on the LPARs where that volume has been online since before it was INITed and the LPAR was not IPLed. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:08 AM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: I have had strange problems if I initialize a volume on one LPAR while it is

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-09 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
Here we go again. again? We're getting: RECEIVE LIST FROMNTS ... GIM69217ITHE LEVEL OF PROGRAM GIMJVCLT (36.17) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE LEVEL OF THE SMP/E CALLING PROGRAM GIMSMP (36.38). It's my understanding that Java is used only to calculate

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
For starters, I would APPLY CHECK and then APPLY *ALL* good and RECEIVE yes PTFs. While that is running, order the good and RECEIVE no PTFs. Once they are received, APPLY CHECK and APPLY them. Rerun the FIXCAT report. Do you receive the enhanced FULL holddata on a daily basis? If not, start to

Re: Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

2014-01-09 Thread Micheal Butz
I am using the LOAD/MODADDR because I would like to get the address to debug it. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: If I understand the processing for this exit, the exit routine must be in common storage (e.g., LPA or CSA) if you specify

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Lizette Koehler
This url will explain co-existence between z/OS Versions http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2 r1.e0zb100%2Fcoexpol.htm URL for the migration manuals http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/zos_migration_manuals. html Note in the migration

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Staller, Allan
*NO* z/OS 1.11 cannot co-exist is a SYSPLEX with z/OS 2.1 HTH, As of now my target is to use z/OS 1.11 , z/OS 1.13 and z/OS 2.1 system in same sysplex. Can we just achieve this by applying toleration PTF on z/OS 1.11 and z/OS 1.13 system.So that all system with different version

What is wrong using modaddr whitin a initiator job.

2014-01-09 Thread Micheal Butz
Why would STOKEN be wrong in a initiator job within the job step Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com wrote: If I understand the processing for this exit, the exit routine must be in common storage (e.g., LPA or CSA) if you specify MODADDR on the

Re: VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread Lizette Koehler
Jake, Please post complete messages. Go to option 3.4 and view TKOL01. Use PF11 to move through the panel displays. Do all datasets except this one look valid? If not, you may have a larger issue. Did you recently init this volume? Is the dataset in a usercat or master cat? Is that catalog

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello, Yes, FIXCAT report run good on z/OS 1.11 but when I tried downloading PTF mentioned in this report using Shopzseries, I got below error. SDF Order# was Rejected at 00:23:04 01/09/2014 UA68053 (ORDERED) -- Fix not found UA68449 (ORDERED) -- Fix not found UA68484 (ORDERED) -- Fix

Re: VTOC index broken

2014-01-09 Thread Staller, Allan
The VTOC index is cached on all available systems. The 213-18 abend indicates that the cached index does not match the DASD. The complete solution to this issue is: 1) vary the volume offline to all systems except the system used for step2 2) Run ICKDSF with 2 control cards. BUILDIX OSVTOC and

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
Answers on below question . What actions did you take prior to bringing up z/OS V2.1? Ans :I installed z/OS 2.1 in separate LPAR. There is no mitigation involved. I used z/OS 1.13 system as driving system to install z/OS 2.1 Did you review the toleration maintenance and install it? Ans : For

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Okay...time to regroup and re-ask some questions. What are your intentions in regard to the z/OS 2.1 system? Is it TOLERATION or COEXISTENCE? Toleration, in my mind, means that you can touch your 1.11 and 1.13 data/datasets from a 2.1 system without causing corruption of same. It does not

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Lizette Koehler
I agree with others that you may not be able to have your z/OS V1.11 system in this plex with z/OS V2.1. In the text of the APAR on IBM.COM it states PTF List: Release 750 : UA68052 available 13/03/12 ( ) Release 760 : UA68053 available 13/03/12 ( ) Release 770 : UA68054

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
Hello, As I mentioned in my previous email, My intention is to make new z/OS 2.1 system to be part of current sysplex having z/OS 1.11 and z/OS 1.13 systems. When I tried ipling z/OS 2.1 system after making changes in COUPLEXX member for sysplex definition, I got below error *IEA002I

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
venkat kulkarni wrote: As I mentioned in my previous email, My intention is to make new z/OS 2.1 system to be part of current sysplex having z/OS 1.11 and z/OS 1.13 systems. Ok. time for me to Jump in. As others said, it appeared to me you cannot have z/OS v1.11 and z/OS 2.1 in the same

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
venkat kulkarni wrote: When I tried ipling z/OS 2.1 system after making changes in COUPLEXX member for sysplex definition, I got below error What changes? *IEA002I APAR OA36207 is not installed on TST01. SYSTEM TST02 is being Partitioned .* Which of TST01 or TST02 is at 2.1? *IXC220W XCF is

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Richards, Robert B.
And as I and others have mentionedthat is not possible with the 1.11 system(s) as part of the sysplex. Come up with a different plan. Lizette, Elardus, Allan, Saurabh, and I have offered suggestions. Pick one. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Why have cataloged VVDS datasets?

2014-01-09 Thread David G. Schlecht
This issue also seems to point to a risk of catalog pollution as it's easy to expect that the VVDS will not be in the catalog so deleting it may be overlooked when reclaiming a volume. Again, does anyone see any value in cataloging a VVDS? Does anyone know why Respack VVDSs get cataloged?

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread venkat kulkarni
When I tried to IPL z/OS 2.1 stand alone, It works fine. Then I changed parmlib COUPLXX member and tried to make this z/OS 2.1 system as member of current SYSPLEX, I got below error in HMC Operating system message. IEA002I APAR OA36207 is not installed on TST01. SYSTEM TST02 is being Partitioned

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-09 Thread Mark Zelden
Happens all the time ?? This should never happen unless you are testing a new level of SMP/E via STEPLIB and don't also point to the maintenance z/OS root file system. It most likely indicates that either maintenance was a applied to the live system or cloning the z/OS root file system wasn't

Re: Scary Sysprogs

2014-01-09 Thread Tony Babonas
Back in the late 80s I worked with the champion of this benchmark. He alienated absolutely everyone except the boss, with whom he was a personal friend. After the company was bought out and everyone went their separate ways we found out the guy was in a bad way with cancer. We rooted for

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Staller, Allan
HAVE YOU LOOKED UP Wait State 082 in the MVS SYSTEM CODES manual? System action The system entering the sysplex is partitioned from the sysplex and wait state X'082' is loaded on that system to prevent global sysplex data corruption. For reason code X'00', message IEA002I is issued,

Re: Spawned Address Space Control in tcsh shell

2014-01-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:01:56 -0800, Henry Willard wrote: I believe init (pid 1) becomes the parent. ... I stand corrected, according to experiment with all of OS X, Linux, Solaris, and z/OS. But still, it could provide a model for an alternative to orphans' ABENDing: if the parent ENDs, the

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
Thanks Kurt Q. for your assistance. I'm not a systems programmer (even though, for requirements of my job I've been granted RACF authority to use the dreadfully dangerous SMP/E -- that *really* ought to be fixed), so I don't know how things got out of sync, nor where to find matching instances.

Re: Multi-Tasking question

2014-01-09 Thread Rob Schramm
Of course there is going to be a need for monitoring/terminating ill behaving tasks. Rob Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Sam Siegel s...@pscsi.net wrote: search google for examples of the msgxxx functions. Since they are published

MODADDR for CSVDYNEX

2014-01-09 Thread Micheal Butz
Hi Going back to my thread using stoken paramter on CSVDYNEX Has one caveat. It can be in the private area But not. In PSW 8 - 15 Something like maybe 252 Private and key 0 Sent from my iPhone -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Frank Swarbrick
I am in applications, not systems, so I don't understand all of this.  Could someone briefly (and simplistically!) explain what advantages (and disadvantages) there might be in having a user lib managed by LLA? Thanks! Frank From: Peter Relson

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Gibney, Dave
I believe those PTFs Release 750 : UA68052 available 13/03/12 ( ) Release 760 : UA68053 available 13/03/12 ( ) Might be available under IBM Extended Support contracts. But, as others have said, the most venkat should hope for is toleration (the various LPARS/OS Levels can

Re: Spawned Address Space Control in tcsh shell

2014-01-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:34:13 -0600, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:01:56 -0800, Henry Willard wrote: I believe init (pid 1) becomes the parent. ... I stand corrected, according to experiment with all of OS X, Linux, Solaris, and z/OS. But still, it could

Re: Spawned Address Space Control in tcsh shell

2014-01-09 Thread Rob Schramm
Maybe.. something like a new enque level that would allow for child to supercede a parent enque? On Jan 9, 2014 3:20 PM, Walt Farrell walt.farr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:34:13 -0600, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:01:56 -0800, Henry Willard

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Ed Finnell
O332 Library Lookaside from SHARE 72 sent under separate cover as .pdf attachment. In a message dated 1/9/2014 2:12:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, frank.swarbr...@yahoo.com writes: simplistically!) explain what advantages (and disadvantages) there might be in having a user lib managed

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Joel C. Ewing
If it is a highly used load library, access will be faster and physical I/O to the library reduced if it is defined to LLA, because an LLA-managed library has its directory cached in memory and a highly used load module could itself become cached by the VLF address space. The disadvantages are

Re: SMP/E GIM69217I

2014-01-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:51:04 -0600, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: Is this cloning, sometimes called deployment to a live system? It seems there's a flaw in the process if the live system is not updated by a process identical to that used on the maintenance system. Sort of.

Re: z/OS 2.1 toleration PTFs

2014-01-09 Thread Marna WALLE
I'd like to jump in with a couple of comments from prior appends, and generally confirm what others have said... z/OS V2.1 and z/OS R11 is not coexistence supported. Coexistence means sharing resources either concurrently or non-concurrently. A sysplex environment is definitely sharing

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thanks Joel.  I did understand that user did not mean a specific user (like myself).  I was pondering if it would be useful for production application libraries, but it sounds like it would not be worth the disadvtanges, since we do update those frequently.  Perhaps for IMS system libraries,

Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Scott Ford
All:   I have a fundamental question on Unicode, or more of how it works . I am confused about the following scenario.. PC ( data using a foreign language Unicode page, like French )  going to z/OS and being keep in tact. Names and address type data. As the application do I have to query

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:35:55 -0800, Scott Ford wrote: All: � I have a fundamental question on Unicode, or more of how it works . I am confused about the following scenario.. PC ( data using a foreign language Unicode page, like French )� going to z/OS and being keep in tact. Names and

Re: Error Adding CSVLLIX1 using CSVDYNEX with modaddr paramter

2014-01-09 Thread Jon Perryman
LOAD allows GLOBAL=YES,EOM=NO to put the module in CSA. Or you could use MVS commands to add the module to MLPA and activate it as an exit. . Jon Perryman. From: Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com If I understand the processing for this exit, the exit routine

Reminder: Last Call to Order z/OS 1.13 (January, 2014)

2014-01-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
If you need (or could need) z/OS 1.13, please place your order now. The recommended last date for order processing is January 17, but all orders must be processed this month (January, 2014).

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Scott Ford
Gil, We send a data message from a pc, we encrypt it with AES128 , the message is received at the host (z/OS) decrypted then converted from ascii to ebcdic..so I am trying to figure out how to Determine what codepage the pc uses and have z/OS convert it to the proper EBCDIC codepage from

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Charles Mills
There is no such thing as French Unicode. That is the uni part and the beauty of Unicode. There are several flavors of Unicode, but they relate to how the code points are stored in a file or transmitted, not to the character set. All of Unicode is something like a million possible characters

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Sam Siegel
Scott - The PC is going to have to provide the codepage of the message data someplace in the communication protocol. Either as a separate field, separate message or as a prefix/suffix to the message data. It will be pretty dicey to attempt to guess the codepage based on the message data. One

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Charles Mills
Wait. Unicode, or some ASCII variant like, say, a French 7-bit PC code page? Other than with a lot of inferential cleverness, there is no way to look at an ASCII-like file and tell what the code page is. Think about it. The whole problem is that you use X'9B' on your PC to mean ¢ and a

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Tony Harminc
On 9 January 2014 20:39, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: We send a data message from a pc, we encrypt it with AES128 , the message is received at the host (z/OS) decrypted then converted from ascii to ebcdic..so I am trying to figure out how to Determine what codepage the pc uses

Re: ISGENQ REASON CODE 0404

2014-01-09 Thread Jon Perryman
Are you saying that your program did a MODESET AUTH=SUP prior to issuing ISGENQ? If not, then you are not running authorized. Otherwise you are correct and you should get reason code 040D. Jon Perryman. From: Donald Likens dlik...@infosecinc.com My

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Don Poitras
As of z/OS 2.1, ISPF supports UTF-8, so a binary transfer will still show an A if it was an A on the PC. I don't know which emulators will show all the other bazillion glyphs though... In article 022c01cf0da5$a7b25180$f716f480$@mcn.org you wrote: There is no such thing as French Unicode. That

Re: Subject Unicode

2014-01-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
Charles Mills writes: You could use 16 bits for every character, with some sort of cleverness that yielded two 16-bit words when you had a code point bigger than 65535 (actually somewhat less due to how the cleverness works). That is called UTF-16. Pretty good but still not very efficient. In

Re: LLA/VLF -- NAMED LNKLST?

2014-01-09 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
Frank, It was not said that explicitly, but you have the choice to either cache the directory or cache often used loadmodules or do both. So if you have a number of frequently modified members and a number of static and heavily used modules, you could get the best of both worlds by not caching