Re: building text messages with substitutions

2014-03-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Donald Russell wrote: I don't want to write the whole thing in C, and use the occasional assembler macro, I have an assembler program and want to use sprintf to create a string of text with various substitutions in it. Shout if you want assembler sample to print out a register for example.

Re: How to install WLM definition by batch job

2014-03-14 Thread Martin Packer
It's possible the OP meant to ask how do I use a batch job to install a WLM service definition / activate a policy. Perhaps they could clarify. No, I don't know how to do this. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM

Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread baby eklavya
We had an migration from EMC to IBM DS8800 last year , and ofcourse the device addresses had changed . And we missed to document mapping unit address for some of the volumes .Now , We know the volser , but not sure of their corresponding unit address . I am just trying to find the unit address for

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
You can do this with the command: D U,VOL=volser Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of baby eklavya Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 09:17 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread baby eklavya
Yes . But the device is offline . I thought D U,VOLSER would not return status of offline devices . On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM kees.verno...@klm.com wrote: You can do this with the command: D U,VOL=volser Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Jake anderson
See the IODF and see if the newly Added LCU's are reflecting. This is shop specific and its hard to find whats in your Shop(Must get your IBM folks to answer your query). On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:58 PM, baby eklavya baby.ekla...@gmail.comwrote: Yes . But the device is offline . I thought D

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
Correct, and ISMF will not help you either with offline volumes. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of baby eklavya Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 09:28 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Locate unit address of a

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
You can use the ICKDSF ANALYZE command on offline volumes. It will display the volser of the volume. // EXEC PGM=ICKDSF //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* ANALYZE UNITADDRESS(3C01) NODRIVETEST Generates lots of information, o.a.: ICK03091I EXISTING

Re: How to install WLM definition by batch job

2014-03-14 Thread Beesley, Paul
If this is indeed what the OP is referring to, then there are some samples in SYS1.SAMPLIB and SYS1.SBLSCLI0. Take a look at SYS1.SAMPLIB(IWMINSTL) which invokes IWMARIDU. I've used it in a Disaster Recovery situation in the past. Regards and thanks Paul -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread baby eklavya
Kees , Thanks for the inputs . Actually , what i need is just the opposite ...I need to find out the unit address by using the volser information (for an offline volume) Looking at the parameters of ANALYZE command , it seems that unit address is mandatory for an offline volume . You can use

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
Ok, but you know which offline addresses you want to check, so you can make a list of the volsers of all those offline devices. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of baby eklavya Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:34 To:

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Gonzalo Cengotita
You can use ISMF in panel Volume Selection Entry (option 2.1) there is a field :Type of volume List (1-Online,2-Not Online,3-Either) You can fill this field with a 2 and write the volser in Volume Serial Number field. Have you tried it? Regards, Gonzalo Cengotita Quirce 2014-03-14 9:17

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Hervey Martinez
Using the operator command: /d u,,,,## Where is the starting UCB address and ## will be the number of consecutive addresses to display. For example: the command /d u,,,1000,16 will display all addresses starting with unit 1000 thru unit 100f and this info will be in the log.

Re: Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It

2014-03-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAE1XxDHV1agTa_2-2XPqoH__Gztx=bji5cfpxgkmzcyzo5p...@mail.gmail.com, on 03/13/2014 at 12:41 PM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com said: white-color Careful; if John Gilmore sees that typo he will blow it out iof all proportion. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO

Re: uploading a PDS to my PC

2014-03-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 0de6a9840123e547b061ac5b6765c026d92...@exmb-05.ad.wsu.edu, on 03/13/2014 at 05:51 PM, Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu said: The first choice and safest way would be to ftp directly between the z/OS Lpars. Assuming an NJE link with TSO or CMS on each LPAR, there's less fumble room just using

Re: uploading a PDS to my PC

2014-03-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ofbe6379fa.efa8f5c3-on88257c9a.005cb908-88257c9a.005cc...@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu, on 03/13/2014 at 09:53 AM, John Norgauer john.norga...@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu said: The answer is yes... I want to ftp a complete PDS from lpar a to lpar b. Do you have an NJE link? If so, there's no reason for the PC

Re: Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It

2014-03-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: John Gilmore said: white-color Careful; if John Gilmore sees that typo ... I believe John wrote 'white-color'. :-D ... he will blow it out iof all proportion. A new typo! :-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht PS: Please rest assure, I'm still neutral

Re: building text messages with substitutions

2014-03-14 Thread Lloyd Fuller
You can call a Metal C program with just a simple stack.   If you want to use the library (like sprintf), you need to do the __cinit and __cterm calls.  There is a C structure file that you need to fill out to call __cinit and I believe the only parameter is the address of that structure.  I

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Lizette Koehler
You can use ISMF Option 2 (Volume) Just look for a range of UCBs or VOLSER Mask. Select BOTH OFFLINE or ONLINE for your scan Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of baby eklavya Sent: Friday, March

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Ken Smith
D U,DASD,OffLINE,/, will give you a list of all offline devices defined in HCD as DASD, starting at address for count of . Then do vary onlines until you find the volume. Also, if you have access to your DS8000 storage manager GUI (or the CLI), it will show vol sers regardless

Re: SMP/E updates of HFS (was: Handing /etc and /var filesystems)

2014-03-14 Thread Jousma, David
Offline response sent. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Smith Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 5:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMP/E updates of HFS (was: Handing /etc and /var filesystems) David,

Re: z/OS PKI Services HostIDMapping format

2014-03-14 Thread Phil Sidler
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:55:35 -0700, Donald J. dona...@4email.net wrote: It works when the certificate is associated to a userid. All I can think of then is that RACF isn't finding the matching hostname in a hostIdMapping. There doesn't seem to be doc on the specifics of this: upper/lower

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Scott Ford
Baby, Did you try 'D U,,,,99'. MVS command..where is the DASD starting address and 99 is the number of devices. It show online and offline. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD On Mar 14, 2014, at 4:17 AM, baby eklavya baby.ekla...@gmail.com wrote: We had an migration

Re: building text messages with substitutions

2014-03-14 Thread Scott Ford
Donald: Metal C has a lot of nice goodies, but there are some restrictions. Its more or less depends on what you are doing or wanting to do or accomplish.. Regards, Scott www.identityforge.com From: Donald Russell Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎March‎ ‎13‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎53‎ ‎PM To: IBM Mainframe

Re: building text messages with substitutions

2014-03-14 Thread Tim Deller
I use a macro named FORMAT for this function. It works great. FORMAT ('SCANSMF: ',,),(TCNT,P,'ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ'), (' TYPE 80 RECORDS SCANNED.',,),TO=MSG,WKA=WKA WTO TEXT=MSG TCNT DCPL5'0' WKA DSD MSG

Re: SMP/E updates of HFS (was: Handing /etc and /var filesystems)

2014-03-14 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
This might be a great candidate for a submission to the CBT Tape folks. Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]

Re: z/OS PKI Services HostIDMapping format

2014-03-14 Thread Rob Schramm
Have you run a GSKSRVR trace? Always points the finger at exactly what is wrong. Unless you are using AT-TLS.. then a different trace is needed. Rob Schramm On Mar 14, 2014 9:30 AM, Phil Sidler phil_sid...@hotmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:55:35 -0700, Donald J. dona...@4email.net

curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread John McKown
There is a thread over on TSO-REXX about splitting up a string into volume serials. This has occasioned two questions to me. 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which was not exactly 6 non-blank characters for a regularly used volume? Especially any trailing blanks? 2) Has any commercial shop ever

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Rob Scott
Over the years I have supported the freeware and commercial MXI products, I have definitely seen both of these types of things from various customers. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-03-14 18:49, John McKown pisze: There is a thread over on TSO-REXX about splitting up a string into volume serials. This has occasioned two questions to me. 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which was not exactly 6 non-blank characters for a regularly used volume? Especially any

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John McKown wrote: 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which was not exactly 6 non-blank characters for a regularly used volume? Especially any trailing blanks? Not me. Is it possible to have those weird VOLSERs? 2) Has any commercial shop ever used non-numeric tape volume serials for normal

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread TonyICLOUD
ISTR that CA used to (since the 80s) distribute their installation tapes with alpha plus numeric volsers. I recall that the volser reflected the version/mod level of the product. On 3/14/2014 1:22 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: John McKown wrote: 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Ken Smith
Wasn't able to find a architectual requirement for MVS vol sers via search at IBM. But can report I just initialized DASD volumes with the names of 'K' and '0' (zero). MVS doesn't seem to care but other components might. Ken On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:07 PM, R.S.

ICSF KGUP Data Keys

2014-03-14 Thread Ann Mackey
I'm reviewing some of our set-up for the ICSF encryption processing. We do not have a TKE or the use at your own risk ISPF panels that IBM supplies. We currently create data keys via KGUP and let the ICSF generate the key, so no human has knowledge of the key parts. Should something catastrophic

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Joe Testa
From the JCL reference manual for the DD statement: [volume] serial-number subparameters (1 - 255): volume serial numbers (1 - 6 alphanumeric, $, #, @, or special characters) -Original Message- From: Ken Smith Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 3:43 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To:

Re: building text messages with substitutions

2014-03-14 Thread Tony Harminc
On 14 March 2014 01:51, Donald Russell russell@gmail.com wrote: I've been looking for doc on how to do this It seems I need to call __cinit to set up a C environment, then I can call sprintf and finally __cterm to terminate the C environment I'm not sure, but the way I read it

Re: Locate unit address of a NON SMS volume using ISMF

2014-03-14 Thread Ed Finnell
What I do is use DEVSERV(DS) QD to map ranges before and after with VALIDATE. Cut and paste into Excel for SSID map. {QDASD},{? } {QD } {{[s][,1]|,VOL=volser}[,NOIO{[,UCB][,DCE][,SSSCB][,DPCT]}]

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Tony Harminc
On 14 March 2014 13:49, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Has anybody ever had a VOLSER which was not exactly 6 non-blank characters for a regularly used volume? Especially any trailing blanks? Decades ago the university I worked at had a standard of N and F for Native

Re: RC 24 from ISRSUPC (Was 0C4 from TSOEXEC IEBCOMPR)

2014-03-14 Thread Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN
Gil, Sorry for the delay. We don't have ISRSUPC in the SYS1.LPALIB. LINK worked, but I didn't figure out the error. LINKMVS has not failed in either of the two EXECs I used them in. ISRSUPC will work with a LINK: 49 *-* address LINK ISRSUPC 'FILECMP,DELTAL' L

Re: uploading a PDS to my PC

2014-03-14 Thread Gibney, Dave
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 4:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: uploading a PDS to my PC In

Re: HCD Question regarding the deletion of LPARs

2014-03-14 Thread Dick Bond
I don't like to leave a mess to clean up later. We don't normally do PORs unless a MCL update requires one. Wanted to wrap this up sooner. It was a learning process on how to remove a LPAR without doing a POR. Thx. Dick On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:35 AM, R.S.

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Gibney, Dave
Non-numeric volsers with CA-1 from the beginning when they bought it from Uccel. Can't say why because it was before my time. I did install it once before they made it easier. The volser translation exits were minor compared to the zapping in the intercepts :) -Original Message-

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
Most of the shops I've worked in used AlphaNumeric Tape volsers Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:01:27 -0400, Joe Testa wrote: From the JCL reference manual for the DD statement: [volume] serial-number subparameters (1 - 255): volume serial numbers (1 - 6 alphanumeric, $, #, @, or special characters)

Re: Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It

2014-03-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 1475640910683108.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu, on 03/14/2014 at 07:24 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za said: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: John Gilmore said: white-color Careful; if John Gilmore sees that typo ... I believe John wrote

Re: curious: volsers 6 non-blank chars non-numeric tape

2014-03-14 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 3/14/2014 3:43 PM, Ken Smith wrote: Wasn't able to find a architectual requirement for MVS vol sers via search at IBM. When a job calls for an unlabeled scratch, the tape is referred to as Ln Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont