Re: Block Chain

Hi Nathan, this could be, but Cybercurrencies are just a subset of what blockchain technology can offer. Basically you create a hash of a data record and make that hash part of the data of the next record and so on, this produces a chain of unmutable (or difficult to change) data. I think the

Block Chain

Hi I was just reading through about block chain. If I understand correct it said once block chain comes then payment authorizing party won't be There. Does that mean this would bypass MasterCard or Visa processing ? Apology if my understanding is not correct Nathan

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

>From dim memories of a conversion performed long ago: We changed printers from IBM to HP. We had to get a special interface circuit that handled EBCDIC, PSF/AFP, and carriage control characters in column 1. We also had to update a lot of pagedefs and formdefs to deal with the

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

http://www.support.xerox.com/support/xpaf/support/enus.html -- Donald J. dona...@4email.net On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 09:51 PM, venkat kulkarni wrote: > Hello Group, > > Currently we are using mainframe printer with bus and tag connectivity with > Xerox printer via prism hardware, which

And the future is...

I have a little birdy tweeting in my ear to the effect that "z/OS 2.2 is going to be the last version of z/OS". Has anyone else heard anything along those lines? Sean -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:30:34 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: >I'm at work doing Application Assembler I'm confused. You are writing application level assembler code and you want to know what you can do in an SVC? -- Tom Marchant

Re: And the future is...

Yeah, 20 years ago for MVS 3.8 Then came mvs/sp Mvs/esa Os/390 Zos/R1 Zos/r2 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Gleann

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

If you want more details, I can give more details but after 29 of Jan. I am away in vacation right now. Mohamed Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:57 AM, retired mainframer > wrote: > > From dim memories of a conversion performed long ago: > >We

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

I used to work for Vendors I now work in applications Assembler I write internals code to keep those skills sharp If you look at the doc for in the Authorized Assembler guide I believe chap 23 It says type 2 SVC can not suspend their caller I am wondering in a SVC type 2,if you can Call

Re: And the future is...

Yes, we chatted about this for a while and came up with the same sort of answer. It might well be that 2.2 is the last "z/OS", but that doesn't mean that the end is nigh... Thanks Alan Sean On 19 January 2017 at 13:36, Allan Staller wrote: > Yeah, 20 years ago for MVS

Re: And the future is...

Sean Gleann wrote: >I have a little birdy tweeting in my ear to the effect that "z/OS 2.2 is going >to be the last version of z/OS". Tweet. tweet. tweet. Another April 1 joke. Unless IBM is planning to have yet another new name for their 'premier operating system'. >Has anyone else heard

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

We did the same issue with Xerox Nuvera 157, you need IPDS support in the Printer, configure IP Address for the printer, then define the printer to JES2 Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:57 AM, retired mainframer > wrote: > > From dim memories of a

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

If you only want to do "Line" printing to the printer as in, NON-Page mode printing, you could use: MacKinney Systems, JES Queue for Printers(JQP) http://www.mackinney.com/products/mainframe-printing/jes-queue-printers.html We use it here at UF and have even been able to implement Xerox's

AW: And the future is...

> I have a little birdy tweeting in my ear to the effect that "z/OS 2.2 is > going to be the last version of z/OS". > Has anyone else heard anything along those lines? No, I have not yet, but have heard similar statements about DB2 V12, and other products, mainframe and non mainframe. I'm

Re: zPDT problems after Linux update

The "drivers" for the USB token that provides zPDT licenses fail with the most recent Linux updates and some of the most recent Linux distributions. The zPDT forums have warned users to avoid online updates (and avoid new Linux distributions) until the problem is resolved. IBM is very much

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

I guess the answer depends, I have Xerox printers driven by PSF and Xerox 'emulated' Printers 'Solimar' printers driving by PSF, and I have I/P printers, (Xerox ,IBM and HP) driving by CA-SPOOL. I guess the answer lies in what type of print is currently going to this printer, line, non AFP?

Re: Mainframe printer connectivity

Correction " I've never tried to drive a MF printer directly from JES" I've never tried to drive an I/P MF printer directly from JES Carmen - Original Message - From: "Carmen Vitullo" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 8:49:52 AM

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On 1/19/2017 7:55 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: I used to work for Vendors I now work in applications Assembler I write internals code to keep those skills sharp If you look at the doc for in the Authorized Assembler guide I believe chap 23 It says type 2 SVC can not suspend their caller I am

Re: Rexx EXECIO DISKRU

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 01:11:23 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >>Reading further, I see exceptions made for program object library members and >>for RECFM=VBS. I see no exception for allocated UNIX files, yet they don't >>seem to work: > >Weird. Please post your DD for that above dataset or

RelPlus ?

Is Reliability Plus still around doing business reporting on logrec data? If so - does anyone have a URL? -- Lionel B. Dyck Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA Enterprise Operations (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) Information and

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:31:57 -0600, Greg Dyck wrote: >On 1/19/2017 9:24 AM, Greg Dyck wrote: >> Many, many, moons ago type 2 SVCs were managed differently from type 4 >> SVCs. It's a fuzzy memory, but I believe they had to be 2K or less in >> size and were loaded from SVCLIB

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

I'll investigate the abend Thanks Joe Reichman 8045 Newell St Apt 403 Silver Spring MD 20910 Home (240) 863-3965 Cell (917) 748 -9693 > On Jan 19, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Greg Dyck wrote: > >> On 1/19/2017 9:24 AM, Greg Dyck wrote: >> Many, many, moons ago type 2 SVCs were

Re: And the future is...

I didn't reference a statement of direction because the post I was replying to did not ask for a statement of direction. While this link does not specifically address z/OS V2R3 it does allude to future big iron operating systems.

RES: Global LOGON options settable in PARMLIB

I didn't like it. In our environment we have a single tso logon procedure, so know it is not a big deal. And logon takes longer because you have an extra panel to issue ENTER. Atenciosamente / Regards / Saludos Ituriel do Nascimento Neto BANCO BRADESCO S.A. 4250 / DITI Engenharia de Software

Re: Global LOGON options settable in PARMLIB

> what if somebody knows a userid, but not a password The other thing is that with the "old" way of doing things, a bad guy can try random userids all day and all night until he hits on a good one. He still needs a password, but he is halfway there. Preprompt fixes that. Charles -Original

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On 1/19/2017 9:24 AM, Greg Dyck wrote: Many, many, moons ago type 2 SVCs were managed differently from type 4 SVCs. It's a fuzzy memory, but I believe they had to be 2K or less in size and were loaded from SVCLIB transiently into a common 2K area. That lead to restrictions for them that are

Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update.

Esperanza is Esperanto with all irregularities removed. ;-) . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Global LOGON options settable in PARMLIB

Hi Folks, Relatively recently, IBM's TSO people have implemented four global LOGON options (valid for the entire LPAR) which are settable with the (new) LOGON keyword in the IKJTSOxx member of PARMLIB. In short, these are (with the bit that sets each one): Password Phrase Support

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: > RD > ​Colour me very jealous! [grin]​ > > > I would like to use sysplex and Z/VM but alas > > I'm not an ISV > > > On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Tom Marchant <000a2a8c2020-dmarc- > requ...@listserv.ua.edu>

Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:29 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Itschak Mugzach wrote: > > >Doea any of the zPDT users hited by the linux update caused lose of > license server. > > 'hited'? Sorry, could you please be very kind to explain? > ​I think that the OP,

Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update.

Stupid English language. Where is Esperanza when we really need it? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update.

I think the made up language is Esperanto -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 2:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update. Stupid

Prino's z/OS Tools and utilities

Hi all, I had promised to make another one of my tools available a few weeks ago, aka RSN... OK, I'm still reworking the code and initial panel of the main "Formatted Browse" routine, but because I don't want to let you wait (ha, ha,

Re: ZPDT usb issue after lunux update.

John, that's correct. I am not an not a native English speaker. ;-) ITschak On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:12 PM, John McKown wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:29 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < > elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > > > Itschak Mugzach wrote: > > > >

BPXP018I THREAD ENDED WITHOUT BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 0033E000 , AND REASON CODE 00000000

Going to CICS TS 5.2 and noticed this message when the CICS region comes down. zOS 1.13 DB2 and IMS It looks like OMVS is FULL ACTIVE. So why getting this message when CICS Region comes down? +DFHTM1703 TCICS01 CICS is being terminated by userid CICSMTO in transaction CESD. BPXP018I THREAD

Re: BPXP018I THREAD ENDED WITHOUT BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 0033E000 , AND REASON CODE 00000000

See System 33e Abend. It is either mother task ended without notification to daughter task or vice-versa. Most likely something is missing in the shutdown sequence. HTH, Going to CICS TS 5.2 and noticed this message when the CICS region comes down. zOS 1.13 DB2 and IMS It looks like OMVS

Re: BPXP018I THREAD ENDED WITHOUT BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 0033E000 , AND REASON CODE 00000000

A quick search of the archives reveals that this question has been asked several times over the years. Here is a reply from Shmuel in 2006: >BPXP018I THREAD 0DDE1400, IN PROCESS 16777595, ENDED WITHOUT >BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 0033E000, >AND REASON CODE . Sounds

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

That's what I thought Peter Relson seemed to imply that Suspend may not necessarily mean The Suspend macro in which case IEAVPSE2 wouldn't work I asked if that is what he meant and I didn't hear anything > On Jan 19, 2017, at 6:19 PM, Walt Farrell wrote: > >> On

Re: Rexx EXECIO DISKRU

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, at 15:26, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > Relevant code: > > trace Err > address 'MVS' > /* Allocate to create file. */ > say BPXWDYN( "ALLOC FI(INOUTDD) recfm(V,B) lrecl(999) blksize()" , > "filedata(text) path('/tmp/"userid()"/testru')" , >

IBM's zHyperLink Statement of Direction

Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I would like to draw your attention to IBM's zHyperLink Statement of Direction, issued earlier this month. First, here's what IBM says in IBM Announcement Letter 117-005: IBM intends to deliver field upgradable support for zHyperLink on existing IBM System

Re: BPXP018I THREAD ENDED WITHOUT BEING UNDUBBED WITH COMPLETION CODE 0033E000 , AND REASON CODE 00000000

Not familiar with your specific situation but very familiar with the message. If you have an application that interfaces to USS and ends without terminating the connections neatly you see this message. Seems to be utterly harmless and has no real effect. Charles -Original Message-

Plug Boards (was: Re: Paper tape)

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:51:39 -0800, John Mattson wrote: >But even more ancient were the plug boards which were used for other >purposes. There was one lady, Sono Obuchi, who was the only one who knew >how to program them. I stayed as far away from them as I could.

Re: AW: Re: bama.ua.edu not reachable?

>From Darren: bama.ua.edu was shutdown forever at the end of the year. Seems like we could've done better in notification. Anyway that's the skinny. In a message dated 1/18/2017 11:32:44 A.M. Central Standard Time, p...@gmx.ch writes: So, is bama.ua.edu just the former non-ssl

Re: RelPlus ?

I do not believe so. Last I heard it was acquired by CA and renamed to CA-9. They ceased marketing sometime back IIRC. Is Reliability Plus still around doing business reporting on logrec data? If so - does anyone have a URL? ::DISCLAIMER::

Re: Block Chain

Block chain is a technology. Visa is a payment processor. It would be like asking "I hear the US is getting rid of the twenty dollar bill. Does this mean Wells Fargo will go out of business?" You can't buy gas at the local gas station with a block chain. Charles -Original Message-

Re: RelPlus ?

Alan - thanks - I checked CA's site and nada so your recollection appears accurate. Sad as that was a useful product. -- Lionel B. Dyck Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA Enterprise Operations (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10)

Re: And the future is...

Check out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1OA12282 Make sure you scroll down to Users Affected section. Dan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Gleann Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 8:33 AM To:

Re: And the future is...

On 17Jan19:1706+, Blake, Daniel J [CTR] wrote: > > > Check out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1OA12282 > > Make sure you scroll down to Users Affected section. Is that a Statement of Direction? ;-) -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly!

Re: And the future is...

No, but if you search IBM using z/OS V2R3 you will see multiple references to something currently called z/OS V2R3. Dan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David L. Craig Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 12:16 PM To:

Re: And the future is...

I suspect the origin may be in a DB2 announcement that 12 will be the last "release" of DB2. And no, DB2 is not going away either. I am paraphrasing here, surely the Goo Gal can find you something authoritative, but they are going to incremental upgrades rather than "releases." These

Re: Paper tape

> On Jan 19, 2017, at 10:51 AM, John Mattson wrote: > > GTE Data Services in Marina del Rey, CA was still getting paper tape > out put from telephone local offices in 1982. Basically the system worked > fine, and while they were scheduled for replacement, they

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:55:59 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: >I used to work for Vendors I now work in applications Assembler > >I write internals code to keep those skills sharp > >If you look at the doc for in the Authorized Assembler guide I believe chap 23 > >It says type 2 SVC can not

Re: IEAVPSE2 in type 2 SVC

RD I would like to use sysplex and Z/VM but alas I'm not an ISV > On Jan 19, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Tom Marchant > <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:55:59 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: >> >> I used to work for Vendors I now work in

Re: And the future is...

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:20:44 +, Blake, Daniel J [CTR] wrote: >No, but if you search IBM using z/OS V2R3 you will see multiple references to >something currently called z/OS V2R3. > No. You find references to "System Automation for z/OS" V2R3, not "System Automation for"

Paper tape

GTE Data Services in Marina del Rey, CA was still getting paper tape out put from telephone local offices in 1982. Basically the system worked fine, and while they were scheduled for replacement, they figured "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Tapes came from the local offices and were read

Re: And the future is...

That is very old, and I suspect it refers to the System Automation for z/OS version, not the z/OS version. Charles mentioned DB2 12 and continuous delivery. The following discusses this specifically for z/OS: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5340.pdf, although the example in

Blockchain

If you'd like to start using Hyperledger Blockchain technology on your IBM z System or LinuxONE machine, here's a great article explaining how: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-ibm-blockchain-101-quick-start-guide-for-developers-bluemix-trs/index.html

Re: Rexx EXECIO DISKRU

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Relevant code: Thanks, but I could not reproduce your error messages. Allocation failed at first ALLOC. "IRX0555E The input or output file INOUTDD is not allocated." I then removed the say and BPXWDYN commands as well changing the OMVS path. Also I inserted OutRec.0 =

Re: And the future is...

In my opinion it says: All System_Automation_for_z/OS V2R3 customers. Because: Customer recently migrated from SA V2.2 to SA V2.3. kees > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Blake, Daniel J [CTR] > Sent: 19 January,

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

Well, I reported it via the HMC and did not get a callback or even a email from IBM or support. I called and opened it telephonic-ally and our IBMFE called me and told me he has no idea how it works, but he will "get back with me". I successfully changed the domain as you pointed out, and now

Re: HMC System Events "FROM:" Email address

our biggest pitfall so far is that the IBM service people aren't familiar with the hardware and so we have (so far twice) lost everything we have had generated in the HMC when they performed maintenance to the box. We understood the first time and we took it in stride, now this second time is

Re: SMF-API

Sure, what we get now (at the mail server) is: 1/17/71 21.33.18 - Message to brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com bounced by destination. Reason: 5.1.0 – Unknown address error, [Verification failed for . The mail server could not deliver mail to