Re: Dumb WLM question

2013-08-01 Thread Martin Packer
5 minutes is a new one on me. 2 secs, 10 secs are common WLM intervals. 15 mins is common for RMF but I *have* seen 5 mins for RMF where the installation sets it that way. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM

Re: Dumb WLM question

2013-08-01 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
One 5 minute interval is the length of the buckets in which MSU consumption is gathered to calculate the 4 hour running average of the MSU consumption. However, I can't think of any action based on this that would generate a 'hang' every interval. What is your SMF recording interval? And what is

Re: z/OS 1.7 on a z196 under z/VM

2013-08-01 Thread Gerry Tracey
Hi We tried this last year (not under VM) without success. Gerry Sent from my iPhone On 1 Aug 2013, at 03:45, Con Vasilikakis cvasi...@csc.com.au wrote: Hi, We are looking to run z/OS 1.7 (without the z196 toleration maintenance on) on a z196 under z/VM 6.2 Does anyone know if this

USS Callable Service To Return Aggregate Name

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Metcalfe
Hi Folks There must be one, but I cannot find it for looking. All I want to do is find the name of the aggregate mounted at a given point e.g. tell me what (if anything) is mounted at /fred Thanks Andrew -- For IBM-MAIN

sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Pinion
I am running z/OS 1.13 and using the IBM Ported Tools sftp client. I have some JCL from a few years back that I am using but it doesn't work anymore. Any suggestions or observations would be appreciated. //SFTP EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH, // PARM='PGM /bin/sftp -b

Re: sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Jousma, David
TEC1:$ bpxmtext 0B1B0473 BPXPREXC 02/28/13 JRLocalSpawnNotAllowed: A request to spawn a local child process could not be completed because of conflicting inheritance

Re: sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Pinion
I did that, but it didn't help me. --- david.jou...@53.com wrote: From: Jousma, David david.jou...@53.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: sftp Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 11:27:09 + TEC1:$ bpxmtext 0B1B0473

Re: Dumb WLM question

2013-08-01 Thread Staller, Allan
1) Are you using transaction management or region management? 2) As a diagnostic tool, set the RMF III interval to 15 seconds (instead of default 100) so that you can see what is happening. HTH, snip There are about a thousand questions here that we should have answers to but don't, so please

Re: Dumb WLM question

2013-08-01 Thread Thomas H Puddicombe
SMF statistics interval? RMF statistics interval? It's not easy to catch running SRBs. Such as the the ones SMF dispatches in every address space (think DB2 DBM1) every statistics interval to rattling the chains to collect EXCP data. (RMF Monitor II). SMFPRMxx entries for DDCONS and

Re: sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Kirk Wolf
Richard, In IBM Ported Tools release 1.2, IBM changed the sftp command to be APF authorized. This is why you can't local-spawn it from BPXBATCH I actually don't see how your original JCL would have ever worked: BPXBATCH with PARM=PGM will *not* local spawn the command, so the DD:CMDS won't be

Re: sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Klan, Rob (RET-DAY)
Hi Richard This item is out on developer works Feb 24, 2009... BPXBATCH FAILED BECAUSE SPAWN (BPX1SPN) OF /BIN/LOGIN FAILED WITH RETURN CODE 009D REASON CODE 0B1B0473 Search result URL:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=252697 -Original Message-

Re: USS Callable Service To Return Aggregate Name

2013-08-01 Thread Massimo Biancucci
Hi, if with aggregate you mean the dataset try: df /yourshare for instance: (LPAR)user/u/user df /datas Mounted on FilesystemAvail/TotalFiles Status /datas (EXPL.USS.LPAR.DATAS) 792/1440 4294967272 Available (LPAR)user/u/user df /notexists Mounted

Re: USS Callable Service To Return Aggregate Name

2013-08-01 Thread John McKown
You want the fldata_t. I don't see a UNIX Callable Service to do this. But there is a C function. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/edclb1c0/3.282 You can call C functions from LE enabled HLASM code, COBOL, PL/I , and (of course) C. === You could also do a spawn to

Re: USS Callable Service To Return Aggregate Name

2013-08-01 Thread Andrew Metcalfe
Yes - I want the Vsam dataset name, but I want to access it via a callable service (Assembler or Rexx) so I can build a Healthcheck. Thanks Andrew -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Massimo Biancucci Sent: 01 August

Re: USS Callable Service To Return Aggregate Name

2013-08-01 Thread Kirk Wolf
I suggest that you ask your question on mvs-oe, where Bill Schoen at IBM might see it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Racf Migration

2013-08-01 Thread Zoran Trifunović
How can I migrate the contents of our current production RACF DB from the z/OS V1r4 system to the new z/OS V1R14 system?Any procedure step by step? Are there more information on IBM Site. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Racf Migration

2013-08-01 Thread Mark Jacobs
On 08/01/13 10:39, Zoran Trifunović wrote: How can I migrate the contents of our current production RACF DB from the z/OS V1r4 system to the new z/OS V1R14 system?Any procedure step by step? Are there more information on IBM Site. Two things. there is no zOS 1.14. The latest available

racf Migration

2013-08-01 Thread Zoran Trifunović
I 'm sorry migration to z/os1.12 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Racf Migration

2013-08-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
You need to download the migration guides from IBM website. Follow the entries for RACF Also from the migration presentations from Marna Walle. They will provide information on what to look for If you use the phrase ibm z/os migrating marna in an internet search,

VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread John Weber
All, We are receiving a status code 16/24 while performing a KSDS VSAM 'READPREV'. This exception only occurs when the key is specified but does not occur if it is not entered through our UI. References point to it having MicroFocus origins, but we are running this on the mainframe under

Re: sftp

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Pinion
Kirk, I've installed your software and it is working. Thanks for the suggestion! --- k...@dovetail.com wrote: From: Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: sftp Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:07:56 -0500 Richard, In IBM Ported Tools release

Re: VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
If you go to SYSLOG at the time of the error, you might find some additional messages (IEC or other) Also, the CICS log may help. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Weber Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013

Re: VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
Could you state: What version of CICS? What version of z/OS? Is this native VSAM File or RLS? Also, a quick peek at the manual on READPREV in CICS shows 16 INVREQ RESP2 values: 24 A READPREV command is issued for a file for which the previous STARTBR or RESETBR command has the

Re: VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread Norbert Friemel
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:25:55 +, John Weber wrote: All, We are receiving a status code 16/24 while performing a KSDS VSAM 'READPREV'. This exception only occurs when the key is specified but does not occur if it is not entered through our UI. References point to it having MicroFocus

Re: VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread John Weber
Hi Lizette, We are using CICS TS 4.2 and are on z/OS 1.13. I'll have to look back to the STARTBR and see what it entails. Thanks... John -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, August 01,

Re: VSAM Status Code 16/24 on READPREV

2013-08-01 Thread John Weber
GENERIC is definitely the culprit. It uses it for a keyed read only. Hence it works for a non-specified key. However, this code functions properly on MicroFocus. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Norbert Friemel

Re: Dumb WLM question

2013-08-01 Thread Phil Smith
Thanks to all who have replied-all good grist for the mill. At least everyone didn't say Oh, yeah, that's when WLM does x so it's obviously that. (Well, maybe not at least - that might have been a GOOD thing!) We're getting with the customer today to find out more.

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In a886260d-5074-45c1-8d41-c50f481fe...@comcast.net, on 07/31/2013 at 10:38 PM, Ed Gould edgould1...@comcast.net said: Programmers HATE altered GOTO's Unless they're ALTER kockers (-; It might be smart programming FSVO smart. but the debugging can (and is) a PITA. When the debugging is a

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Shannon
Programmers HATE altered GOTO's I hated them 35 years ago. Hopefully they were never used in new code after that. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread Gross, Randall [PRI-1PP]
In 1972, as a new hire, I was given the task of maintaining an entire COBOL application that was written with altered gotos and not a single perform. When I asked why, I was told that their standard was to use altered gotos instead of performs, because they were more efficient. This ruling was

Re: z/OS 1.7 on a z196 under z/VM

2013-08-01 Thread gerry tracey
Our LPAR had only one CPU and still failed. On 1 August 2013 14:53, Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: This issue has been discussed before. The oldest system that will IPL on a z196 is 1.8. Older systems will enter a Wait in WLM code. I believe that someone previously posted

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread efinnell15
Sperry used to have a balanced tree search that all compilers and assemblers used. Very small very fast. Less than 200 lines of code, but used instruction modification depending on paths taken. Fairly long intro, but we started getting in some large modeling routines from some of the big labs.

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread John Gilmore
What seems to have fallen through the cracks in this [tangential] discussion is that the use of code-modification schemes, ALTER and the like, in a routine makes it non-reentrant. This in my view is the crucial objection to their use. -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:50:10 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: What seems to have fallen through the cracks in this [tangential] discussion is that the use of code-modification schemes, ALTER and the like, in a routine makes it non-reentrant. This in my view is the crucial objection to their use. One

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread David Crayford
On 2/08/2013 7:30 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:50:10 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: What seems to have fallen through the cracks in this [tangential] discussion is that the use of code-modification schemes, ALTER and the like, in a routine makes it non-reentrant. This in my

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread John Gilmore
The problem here is a C -language one. C wots not of function variables; but it does admit, as a sort of afterthought, of pointers to functions. This is enormously convenient but highly problematic. Ritchie realized this; and in his new super-C and super-UNIX this and many other problems of its

C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-01 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
Hi all In working on PCREGREP, the grep utility of the PCRE package I am porting to z/OS, I've encountered an issue that I do not know how to resolve: I figured out that z/OS behaves mostly like UNIX and not like Windows, so I added my macro to this line: #if (defined HAVE_SYS_STAT_H amp;

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-01 Thread David Crayford
Put the following at the top of your source file. *#define* *_POSIX_SOURCE* BTW, I would *seriously* advise you to to build your software in the UNIX file system and not PDS members. The only time I use a PDS is when I'm forced to by my employers and that's because our home grown SCM

Re: COBOL ? - emulating recursive PERFORM statement

2013-08-01 Thread Ed Gould
I won't go into my programmers were so dumb that... We had smart ones too but none of them could do assembler. We had another rule that the only language that could be used in production was COBOL. Since none of them knew assembler getting called at 0 something in the morning to debug