Hi,
The problem with 2000 bytes is that we have no control over the number of steps
in their jobs, and therefore the amount of text that could be necessary.
I have handled the HTML/TEXT email stuff, currently I build both parts of the
email, and send it, unless the client site has specified
G'Day
When I inquire a volser on TLMS I see a value that I do not know what it
signifies. I looked at the doc for an answer but unfortunately I came up
empty. Could someone help me out?
RTN-SCHED(2) BY RMF 5DC0001 5NB3650
I am not sure what the 5NB3650 denotes? Does the 3650 means that
Wow,
The first data center I worked for was in North Bay, Ontario, Canada and
all our production and development tape volsers were prefixed NB and DC,
gave me quite a flash back.
Anyhow, can you post the full message (if there is more)
Regards,
Neil Haley
nha...@ca.ibm.com
Storage Software
Howdy,
I found this in a CA manual online.
RTN-SCHEDRetention schedule applied by the
RMF:
(0) Volume cleared or not
processed by TRS
(1) Data center or first entry
in the
The hardware designer Jim Mulder quotes says
begin extract
I assume the AMODE(31) and AMODE(64) he is referring to only affects
the addressing mode, but the exact same instruction sequences are used
in both cases. If different code sequences are being used, then all
bets are off.
/end extract
Hi, listers,
I am trying to get suggestions for disaster recovery DASD backup and
restore solutions.
The products that I currently know about are DASD Backup Supervisor and
FDR/ABR-FDRDRP. Any suggestions on what other products I might be
interested in looking at would be appreciated.
This thread has been curiously silent about one characteristic of
routines/instructions executed above the bar. Unsurprisingly, they
are measurably faster than their analogues executed below it.
z/Architecture is 64-bit architecture
From subsequent appends, I know that, despite what John wrote,
On 1/22/2014 12:57 AM, Itschak Mugzach wrote:
64 bit addressing execution is faster if less access to real memory is
required to fetch the next instruction. This is what quadword promise,
is'It? the performance gain is also depend on the logic of the program
(if commands sequenced well with less
Included with z/OS is ADRDSSU (DSS).
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Greg Schmeelk greg_schme...@jbhunt.com wrote:
Hi, listers,
I am trying to get suggestions for disaster recovery DASD backup and
restore solutions.
The products that I currently know about are DASD Backup Supervisor and
It's included, but it's an optional priced feature. If you're licensed
for HSM however, you have it.
On 01/22/14 08:16, Mike Schwab wrote:
Included with z/OS is ADRDSSU (DSS).
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Greg Schmeelk greg_schme...@jbhunt.com wrote:
Hi, listers,
I am trying to get
Thank you, Mike,
As far as I know, DFSMSdss won't automatically build JCL for backups,
inits, and restores. We are looking to upgrade our process to a more
automatic solution. HSM is good for a lot of things, but I have found it
to be wanting when faced with DR testing.
I appreciate the
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:53 PM, David Crayford dcrayf...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
Of course, if you don't have a zIIP you wouldn't go near it with a ten
foot barge pole.
total agreement. It is why we don't use it. Well, other than the usual we
have never used it in the past! which is also
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:39:36 -0800, Mark Regan wrote:
Can you set up a symbol that has a period in it?
Yes, as others have said.
Example:
SYMDEF(IP1='121.122')
No. As documented, The length of the resolved substitution text cannot exceed
the length of symbol, including the ampersand on
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.comwrote:
On 1/22/2014 12:57 AM, Itschak Mugzach wrote:
64 bit addressing execution is faster if less access to real memory is
required to fetch the next instruction. This is what quadword promise,
is'It? the performance
John,
In your case, yes that is what it means. Look up the retention control
statements in the TLMS manuals. You have 2 locations described by this line,
in 5DC0001, you are using days to control the time it stays here (5), the
location is DC, and it is sticking around 1 day. In the second
Dfhsm/abars is the first that comes to mind.
I believe most of the 3rd party vendors have some implementation of the
dfhsm/abars concept.
FDR, CA-DASD (shudder) Control-? ASTEX (are they still in business?)
Also check McKesson software and SYZYGY.
Roll you own with clist/rexx and dcollect.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Greg Schmeelk greg_schme...@jbhunt.comwrote:
Thank you, Mike,
As far as I know, DFSMSdss won't automatically build JCL for backups,
inits, and restores. We are looking to upgrade our process to a more
automatic solution. HSM is good for a lot of things, but
In our case, we are looking for Java solutions so that we can utilize an
underutilized ZIIP (and try and curb MLC charges and postpone future
upgrades).
On 22 January 2014 15:36, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:53 PM, David Crayford dcrayf...@gmail.com
Well, I don't know about your coffee, but if the next instruction is not in
the high speed buffer... it is time for a coffee break for your processor
;-)
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:53 PM, John McKown
john.archie.mck...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Steve Comstock
We also use DBS and are very happy with it.
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014
Good catch. In my recent SHARE pitch on system symbols, I strongly
recommend that all installation-defined symbols be a full eight characters
long regardless of initially anticipated value. In addition, I recommend
that all such symbols be prefixed with an installation identifier, such
as
If you need to ramp up your ZIIP usage, DB2 V10 may be riding to your
rescue. IBM is currently warning customers that over-using ZIIPs may lead
to serious performance problems because of the way z/OS manages them vs.
the way it manages general purpose CPs. You can't be too rich, too thin,
or
I've worked with DR/VFI from 21st Century and DRxpert from OpenTech. Both work
well.
Chuck
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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:48:42 -0800, Skip Robinson wrote:
In my recent SHARE pitch on system symbols, I strongly
recommend that all installation-defined symbols be a full eight characters
long
There might be cases where an 8 character symbol name won't work.
For example, when a symbol represents
Tom Marchant wrote
begin extract
There might be cases where an 8 character symbol name won't work. For
example, when a symbol represents a volume serial number used for
indirect cataloging
/end extract
and here he seems to me to be confusing the length of a symbol's
identifier with that of a
Suggestions can be emailed directly to me at greg_schme...@jbhunt.com
That defeats the whole purpose of sharing information -- which is one of the
main reasons for the existence of the list.
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Ted MacNEIL
eamacn...@yahoo.ca
Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
Hi
I must be doing something wrong in my MF=L and MF=E open here is my code
As I get s0c4
Thanks
3 STEP_LIB DS0H
4 MVC STEPLIB(DCBLNGPO),STEPLIBX
5 LAR8,STEPLIB
6 OPEN
I detect here a hint of confusion: The choice of 64-bit memory
addressing is independent of the choice of size of individual data
objects and independent of the width of internal hardware data paths
either within the processor or to/from memory or I/O channels. The only
thing to which 64-bit
where is getmain for storage?
where are csect dsect boundaries?
where do you relocate the address in MF=L?
you might send this to IBM Mainframe Assembler List
assembler-l...@listserv.uga.edu for quicker results
pup
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Ted,
I wasn't sure if requesting information concerning vendor products, and
recommendations, would be seen as acceptable on the list. I know, it is
pretty funny considering what else happens on the list, but I wanted to
give people the opportunity to let me know what they thought, even if
OPEN and CLOSE are macros that require you to move in a model list form to
the working storage versions before you use them in MF=E
For example :
MVC WA_OPEN_PLIST,LC_OPEN Copy in models
MVC WA_CLOSE_PLIST,LC_CLOSE
OPEN
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:27:40 -0500, John Gilmore wrote:
Tom Marchant wrote
begin extract
There might be cases where an 8 character symbol name won't work. For
example, when a symbol represents a volume serial number used for
indirect cataloging
/end extract
and here he seems to me to be
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Caveats: NONE
Hello List,
After an HRECALL is issued for dataset A.B.C, the request remains waiting and
is not fulfilled. Cancelling all requests and reissuing HRECALL produces
identical results.
A.B.C HRECALL RC=0 MIGRAT1
QUERY
Issue F HSM,Query Active and see if RECALL or TAPERECALL is HELD
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Thanks Robert for your assistance. Here are the pertinent lines of the display:
ARC0101I QUERY ACTIVE COMMAND STARTING ON HOST=2
ARC0144I AUDIT=HELD AND INACTIVE, LIST=NOT HELD AND 843
ARC0144I (CONT.) INACTIVE, RECYCLE=HELD AND INACTIVE, REPORT=NOT
You may be right. It seems to me that I have done differently. I'll
experiment further and report back.
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
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Is there enough space on the volume you are attempting to recall to?
Bob
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Bob,
Yes, I believe so. It is SMS-managed: the smallest FREE-CYL size in the SG is
CYL(389) and all volumes in the SG have between TRK(2385) and TRK(19860) free
in one extent.
Alan
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Issue the HRECALL again, followed immediately by the QUERY ACTIVE and verify
that the query active shows the recall request as being active.
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Sent:
Issue hsend query setsys. Check for EMERGENCY (should be NO). If YES, HSEND
SETSYS NOEMERGENCY.
Is there a BACKVOL CDS in progress (or failed). If so, complete the BACKVOL and
retry.
Is this ML1 volume shared among multiple HSM images?
Check for outstanding enqueues on the MCDS.
If none of
The list form of the open is in my working storage which is Germained
From subpool 0 at the begging of my code
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Kirk Talman rkueb...@tsys.com wrote:
where is getmain for storage?
where are csect dsect boundaries?
where do you relocate
Rob
You are the best
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote:
OPEN and CLOSE are macros that require you to move in a model list form to
the working storage versions before you use them in MF=E
For example :
MVC
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:48:42 -0800, Skip Robinson wrote:
Good catch. In my recent SHARE pitch on system symbols, I strongly
recommend that all installation-defined symbols be a full eight characters
long regardless of initially anticipated value. In addition, I recommend
that all such symbols be
Some of the issues raised are above my pay grade. One I can handle. The
recommendation to use SHARE installation code goes back to the 1980s when
'MSNF' was introduced to allow an SNA hosts to talk directly to any other
host anywhere in the world. Previously, SNA had been limited to in-house
Paul:
I was interested in Skips item.
I was thinking about it after I read it and (I did not come up with
the share codes like you did) thought it as an idea (not sure yet if
its good or bad).
The slight problem I could foresee is that a vendor might come up
with their on code that
I must apologize to Tom Marchant.
Things are just as he described them. Moreover, I should have
realized that if things had been otherwise he would not have been
guilty of such an elementary confusion.
The designer of this misbegotten scheme? We must leave her|him to heaven.
John Gilmore,
If your company is a member of SHARE (http://www.share.org ), then
someone at your installation is the designated SHARE Installation Rep
and he would know your SHARE Installation code. If you aren't a member
of SHARE you don't have one. They are typically three characters based
on company name
On 22 January 2014 08:36, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote:
Now wouldn't that be a kick? An Enterprise COBOL compatible compiler which
produced Java byte code. That
would likely sell a lot of zAAPs.
Don't think it hasn't been seriously considered by more than one
party... But as
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:14:30 -0500, Tony Harminc wrote:
On 22 January 2014 08:36, John McKown wrote:
Now wouldn't that be a kick? An Enterprise COBOL compatible compiler which
produced Java byte code. That
would likely sell a lot of zAAPs.
Don't think it hasn't been seriously considered by
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EMERGENCY was the explanation. Thanks Allan. I believe that HSM set
EMERG=YES when the Journal dataset got a D37-04.
Thanks again...
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A byte-code COBOL object program might not be as efficient as even the
just-previous generation (4.x) of Enterprise COBOL, given the JVM's
stack-oriented runtime structure and (so I heard somewhere) less-than-efficient
packed-decimal support. Less cost to run on a cheaper processor could be
John Gilmore wrote:
I must apologize to Tom Marchant.
Things are just as he described them. Moreover, I should have
realized that if things had been otherwise he would not have been
guilty of such an elementary confusion.
The designer of this misbegotten scheme? We must leave her|him to
What are the benefits of converting to SMF Log Streams?
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Hi, Lizette,
I am limited in the amount of detail I can give. I can say that we will
need to backup from an IBM array to a completely virtual tape machine. We
will be wanting to make the best use of Flashcopy and the like.
I am only concerned with the mainframe side of the equation.
We do
I imagine one could use Micro Focus COBOL and its JVM support. I suppose
mainframe file I/O might be a problem, though.
There's also this: http://www.veryant.com/products/iscobol/cobol-compiler.php.
There was also one called PERCobol from LegacyJ, but I can't find their
website, so it may
Google SMF New Paradigm good start
Enjoy.
Jay Campbell
IBM OS Support Section
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What of GNU COBOL? Is free.
Graham Hobbs
On 22/01/2014 4:48 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
I imagine one could use Micro Focus COBOL and its JVM support. I suppose
mainframe file I/O might be a problem, though.
There's also this: http://www.veryant.com/products/iscobol/cobol-compiler.php.
There
In 4955235761654675.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on
01/21/2014
at 12:09 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said:
And your (mis)interpretation to be
disingenuous rather than misinformed.
Then I consider you ro be a fool and a hypocrite. Presumably you have
never overlooked an
In 5888946518314654.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on
01/21/2014
at 12:14 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said:
Is message ID specified/required in some
successor to RFC 822?
Even RFC 822 specifies it, under optional fields. In the current
standard, RFC 5322, it says:
3.6.4.
In 0de6a9840123e547b061ac5b6765c026d13...@exmb-05.ad.wsu.edu, on
01/21/2014
at 08:25 AM, Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu said:
I guess Outlook and Exchange are not fully functional mail software.
I've seen much harsher judgements of them, starting with b0rken and
going down from there.
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In 52de617c.2020...@gmail.com, on 01/21/2014
at 08:01 PM, David Crayford dcrayf...@gmail.com said:
There are tons of URL safe base64 encoders/decoders out there
He's trying to shorten the URL; BASE64 encoding would lengthen it.
OTOH, I can conceive of situations where BASE64 would be more
I agree that the cake has been baked. A different recipe/receipt
might have been used to advantage, but it is now too late for that.
That said, the convention that the length of an identifier (plus one
for its prefixed ampersand) determines the maximal possible length of
its values is a bizarre
Fair enough. User symbol names don't need to be unique in the universe.
But it's helpful to have some consistent prefix that makes them stand out
(and sort together) in a display. And I stick by the 8-character name
standard unless the name has to be shorter in some context.
.
.
JO.Skip
http://sourceforge.net/projects/universalcobol/
On 22 January 2014 22:41, Graham Hobbs gho...@cdpwise.net wrote:
What of GNU COBOL? Is free.
Graham Hobbs
On 22/01/2014 4:48 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
I imagine one could use Micro Focus COBOL and its JVM support. I suppose
mainframe
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:39:14 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
on 01/21/2014 at 12:09 AM, Paul Gilmartin said:
And your (mis)interpretation to be
disingenuous rather than misinformed.
Then I consider you ro be a fool and a hypocrite. Presumably you have
never overlooked an individual
I'm going to look at that. Not for z/OS use, but for me on my Linux/Intel
system.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Graham Harris harris...@gmail.com wrote:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/universalcobol/
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Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of
everything
I usually don't say much here. With all the senior expertise here, there is
little I can add.
I really liked this story. This is the BEST way I ever heard, to eliminate
all trace data from a magnetic device.
Hahaha, congratulations on your ingenuity and resourcefulness.
I just wonder if an IT
Is Graham Harris talking about what I use? Haven't got time to dig.
If you mean the GNU COBOL compiler, I installed it on a W7. Partial
agony, but it works well, no CICS emulation yet. BUT for you Linuxy
types all the gurus there are that way inclined:-). URL I access is
On 22 January 2014 19:34, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm going to look at that. Not for z/OS use, but for me on my Linux/Intel
system.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Graham Harris harris...@gmail.com wrote:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/universalcobol/
As it says
On 22/01/2014 23:35, John Gilmore wrote:
It is of course possible to write snippets of code using only modal
instructions in such a way that the exact same instruction sequences
are used in both cases; but it is almost never appropriate to do so;
and I did not do, or say that I had done, that.
To my knowledge it does not compile to JVM bytecode.
From: Graham Hobbs gho...@cdpwise.net
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Resistance to Java.
What of GNU COBOL? Is free.
Graham Hobbs
On 22/01/2014 4:48
http://www.z390.org/
CICS emulation, BC12 user instruction emulation, z/OS 1.13 user macro
emulation. No actual IBM code.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Graham Hobbs gho...@cdpwise.net wrote:
Is Graham Harris talking about what I use? Haven't got time to dig.
If you mean the GNU COBOL
Is/are the P[ro]Ops available via Infocenter? Or is Infocenter software only?
I'd rather have a web interface to a current copy than several PDFs of varying
age on the several desktops I use.
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A coworker has observed that if he connects to TSO/E via VTAM then
disconnects (pulls the plug; not logs out), he can reconnect. If he
connects via tn3270 and attempts to reconnect, he gets a new
session.
I can reproduce this. Furthermore, if I logon initially with VTAM, then
pull the plug, I
http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zr009.pdf
Sept 2012.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
Is/are the P[ro]Ops available via Infocenter? Or is Infocenter software only?
I'd rather have a web interface to a current copy than several PDFs of
Gil,
What, specifically, are you looking for?
Mitch McCluhan
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Subject: P[ro]Ops and Infocenter?
Is/are the P[ro]Ops available via Infocenter? Or is
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:14:58 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote:
http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zr009.pdf
Sept 2012.
Isn't that what I said I *didn't* want?
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Is/are the P[ro]Ops available via Infocenter? Or is Infocenter software
In the info center, HLASM high level assembler had a section on
machine instructions. It said to look in the z/Arch. Principle of
Instructions and did not link to it.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:14:58 -0600, Mike Schwab
Have you checked the TN3270 software to see if it has a timeout or session
termination time or function?
Have you looked in SYSLOG? I suspect when you terminate the TN3270 session you
will be getting a S622 abend.
Lizette
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On 22 January 2014 21:00, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
Is/are the P[ro]Ops available via Infocenter? Or is Infocenter software only?
I'd rather have a web interface to a current copy than several PDFs of varying
age on the several desktops I use.
I haven't seen it on the
On 22 January 2014 21:09, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote:
A coworker has observed that if he connects to TSO/E via VTAM then
disconnects (pulls the plug; not logs out), he can reconnect. If he
connects via tn3270 and attempts to reconnect, he gets a new
session.
What do you mean
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:50:58 -0500, Tony Harminc wrote:
What makes the difference? We'd like to spare the overhead of running
VTAM on a separate (VM, in this case) host.
Ah - I suspect you mean that you are using virtual local 3270s provided by VM.
Regardless, you can't connect to TSO
Brian,
There's no restriction on the number of Web links you include in your
e-mail. If you need more than ~2000 bytes (compressed/encoded), roll over
to Part 2...Part N links if you wish/need.
That's not something to be proud of, but it is a practical reality.
IMHO, that's likewise not something to be ashamed of. It simply proves that the
large majority of application have no need for storage above the bar. It's
mainly something for programs and subsystems that gain performance
Something with finer granularity than a PDF of an entire publication.
You mean the excellent, unbeaten, yet spoken to death BookMaster format ;-)
I thought I once had it, but can't find it right now either.
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