Re: CYL_MANAGED JES2 v2.2

Allan Staller wrote: >What I meant to say, is that CYL-MANAGED cannot be coded in the init deck. >It is only available by command. Thanks for the head-up. I did not bothered to see if you can do it in the 'init deck'. (HASPPARM) because the OP talked about an once-off command. Generally we

Re: Filemanager and security

Hi Rex, It is beginning to appear as if it is WAD. You might try is putting UAUDIT on your ID and accessing a tape using FM to see if any other profiles are being checked that could provide a control point. Do you have a full set of CA-1 profiles with external security turned on? Regards, Bob

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ADRDSSU ignored migrated datasets?

Hi Ron, Well.. more like application team's backups. Yes, I will have to review ADRDSSU jobs to see if they give RC 4 (apparently there's a ZAP for this) when files are ignored. - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Assembler calling DSNTAIR

S0C4 RC4 is protection key violation. How are you allocating the save area? As others have noted, you should only use BASSM for routines that are coded to expect it, and should ensure that bit 0 of R15 is correct. If, as expected, DSNTIAR returns with a BR R14, you will get control back in

Re: Assembler calling DSNTAIR

The programmer allocates the save area with a size and placement appropriate to the formats that he expects the called programs to use. If one of them uses a format that he didn't anticipate storage overlay is possible, as is an access violation due to loss of high-order bits, e.g., allocating

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

Just the environmentals from bipolar to CMOS was a huge incentive. Unfortunately made more room for squatty boxen. In a message dated 4/17/2018 1:56:59 PM Central Standard Time, cvitu...@hughes.net writes:   somewhat to get up to speed with hardware and software that was compliant.  

How determine if current address space is swappable?

How would a program (in assembler, presumably, and FWIW authorized) answer the question "is my address space swappable?" Phrasing the question differently, SYSEVENT DONTSWAP/OKSWAP/TRANSWAP sets the swappable/non-swappable status of the current address space; what function queries that status?

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

On 4/17/2018 11:09 AM, Allan Staller wrote: The IRS has been trying to upgrade both hardware and software for at least 30 years I am aware of. It keeps getting shot down by Congress in the appropriations process. The IRS folks that attend SHARE from time-to-time (from Virginia?) seem to be

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

That may have been true pre Y2K, I recall having to keep one TRI-density tape drives around so we can read/cut tapes for the U.S. Navy back in the late 80's and early 90's, but as a contractor working for state Government pre Y2K, money was flowing somewhat to get up to speed with hardware and

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

The solution is to simplify the tax code - thus - and you don't need computers https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/wizardofid/s-2068368 -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) < Mainframe Systems Programmer – RavenTek Solution

GDPR, mainframes and the clock keep ticking

I wonder how do you plan for the GDPR act. May 25 is the last date of freedom from responsibility! If you ask BMC, they will offer you heir fast data recovery products, IBM will offer z14 pervasive encryption, CA data classification, CORRELOG auditing at real time. Ans we, at SecuriTeam Software,

Re: How determine if current address space is swappable?

On 4/17/2018 1:22 PM, Charles Mills wrote: How would a program (in assembler, presumably, and FWIW authorized) answer the question "is my address space swappable?" Look at the OUCB. There are numerous flags in there. For example, OUCBNSW indicates "non swappable". -- Phoenix Software

The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

Mostly historical: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-17/the-irs-computer-system-is-the-oldest-in-the-government -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

More hysterical than historical; the IRS stopped running on a 7070 a long time ago, and has been using TPF since Old Man Noach cornerend the market on Gopher wood. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

The IRS has been trying to upgrade both hardware and software for at least 30 years I am aware of. It keeps getting shot down by Congress in the appropriations process. The opposite of PROGRESS is CON.. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

"Plans to replace the IMF with a twenty-first-century equivalent known as CADE (Customer Account Data Engine) have faltered. The transition is now well behind schedule. As a consequence, the likelihood of a catastrophic computer failure during tax season increases with every passing year. That may

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

They have several z13's and a couple of emperor penguins' -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerhard Adam Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

Nonsense, the IRS is running Z/13's , etc. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2018, at 11:09 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > > The IRS has been trying to upgrade both hardware and software for at least 30 > years I am aware of. > It keeps getting shot down by Congress in the

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

li...@akphs.com (Phil Smith III) writes: > "Plans to replace the IMF with a twenty-first-century equivalent known as > CADE (Customer Account Data Engine) have faltered. The transition is now > well behind schedule. As a consequence, the likelihood of a catastrophic > computer failure during tax

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

Wow - that old hardware really ... taxes ... the system Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services Humana Inc. 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 476-2538 or 407-7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

> On Apr 17, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Allan Staller wrote: > > The IRS has been trying to upgrade both hardware and software for at least 30 > years I am aware of. > It keeps getting shot down by Congress in the appropriations process. > > The opposite of PROGRESS is CON……

Re: How determine if current address space is swappable?

ASCBOUCB->OUCB Thanks, Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 1:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How determine if current address space is swappable? On

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

Since I was actually in the IRS data center a few months ago, the idea of 30 year old technology is absurd. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: > >> On 4/17/2018 11:09 AM, Allan Staller wrote: >> The IRS has been trying to upgrade

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

All the FED Centers are way to date. If there was a processor that had measurable CP's faster than 5.4Ghz the FEDS would own a lot of them -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerhard Adam Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Re: ADRDSSU ignored migrated datasets?

You have the option in SMS to have HSM backup the data set prior to migrating it to tape. Then in the management class you can keep the backup copy for as long as you want. You can then allow HSM to manage both the migration copy and backup copy as you need. Max Smith DFSMS Development

Re: [External] Re: Filemanager and security

Rex, If the DSN is less than 17-characters and CA 1 rejects it; I am wondering if Filemanager is dynamically adding an extra HLQ before doing the OPEN and has 98000 specified to bypass the tape management system. If you look at the job that ran successfully, what DSN was actually allocated?

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

On 4/17/2018 3:55 PM, Edward Gould wrote: I can’t speak to the IRS but the Social Security system (last I heard) was *WAY* out of date by at least 20 years (maybe more). Can anyone verify (or not), please? SSA runs one of the most sophisticated data centers of any government agency I've

Re: The IRS Really Needs Some New Computers

I read the referenced article.   The title was obviously written by someone who isn't sufficiently computer-literate to understand that a computer is hardware and that application code is NOT a computer. The text of the article flat out says the IRS has repeatedly updated hardware over the years. 

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ADRDSSU ignored migrated datasets?

Hi Max, Thanks for this, I completely missed looking into the HSM backup situation for that dataset. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Max Smith Sent: Wednesday 18-Apr-2018 03:23 To: