Re: Any way to programmatically determine state of SMFPRMxx SYS(EXITS())?

2014-04-25 Thread Rob Scott
Charles Finding out which SMF subsystems are defined in SMFPRMxx is also something to consider as SYS.IEFU83 and SYS.IEFU83 can point to different module lists and your software may have to install its exit to every SMF subsystem. I am surprised that IFAQUERY has not been enhanced to

Re: ISPF PanExit question

2014-04-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In cace9d90ab02da4f8de4c45db43ba3452a4d927...@phxccrprd03.adprod.bmc.com, on 04/24/2014 at 05:45 AM, Dyck, Lionel lionel_d...@bmc.com said: )PROC PANEXIT ((Field1 Field2 Field3 zuser),REXX,PANEXIT,EXITDATA,MSG=PEX001) )END Is that legal without the commas? Shouldn't it be PANEXIT

Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x

2014-04-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 20140424213615.6004883.18431.8...@yahoo.ca, on 04/24/2014 at 05:36 PM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca said: Early compiler writers used the term for languages that used 'call by name' sub-routines (such as FORTRAN) when something like an expression was passed. That's not call by name.

Re: ISPF PanExit question

2014-04-25 Thread Dyck, Lionel
It worked without commas :-) -- Lionel B. Dyck BMC Software Product Development Lead, Common Install and Services 10431 Morado Circle, Building 5, Austin, Texas 78759 Office Phone: 512-340-6031 (extension x26031) E-Mail: lionel_d...@bmc.com

Re: IBM Development Clueless about COBOL DEV activities

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Gilmore [ snip ] COBOL 5.2 is a very large step forward in performance; . . . [ snip ] I've not yet seen the IBM Announcement for [Enterprise] COBOL 5.2. Would you kindly furnish a pointer to it? Thanks,

Re: IBM Development Clueless about COBOL DEV activities

2014-04-25 Thread John Gilmore
John [Chase], Your implicit point is well taken: 'COBOL 5.2' should of course have been 'COBOL 5.1'. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Automate Flash Copy : DS8800

2014-04-25 Thread Jake anderson
Of course there is also DSCLI and the TSO utilities Whats the TSO utility name that would help me in Controlling TPCR flash initiation ? On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Scott Chapman sachap...@aep.com wrote: If you're talking about just flashing datasets or volumes for local purposes (not

Re: GRS RESMIL setting on CPU consumption

2014-04-25 Thread Peter Vander Woude
Anthony, If you have DB2 in that plex, I would think twice (or thrice) about increasing the resmil value, as DB2 does heavy enqueue activity. I remember one presentation (I think it was at share or maybe another conference), where someone from IBM GRS presented the following item: Company A

SLES Starter System for System z 11 SP3 f00 disk full

2014-04-25 Thread Le Blanc, Frank
Has anyone encountered the f00 disk being full in step 8o of the starter-system-guide? ACCESS 151 G Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:21:50 VMARC UNPACK NOV151 VMARC G * * A DMSERD107S Disk A(F00) is full Unexpected error during output. RC=13. Ready(00013); T=2.27/2.49 11:22:16 MDISK 0191 3390 0001

Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x

2014-04-25 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
I see the descriptions of the XPLINK and XPLINK-64 conventions in that manual, but nothing about those conventions would prevent calls to programs with other linkage conventions or address modes, IMHO without much trouble at all. The code to implement a call to a 31-bit program will obviously

Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Klein, Kenneth E
Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next year as the latest and greatest model? z296? Ec14? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Any way to programmatically determine state of SMFPRMxx SYS(EXITS())?

2014-04-25 Thread Charles Mills
Answering my own question for the benefit of future searchers. Yes, CSVDYNEX LIST may be used to answer this question, and Yes, the relevant bit is EXAAEDEFINED. FWIW, I think all of the information in this regard that SHOWMVS obtains from non-GUPI interfaces may be obtained in this manner in a

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/25/2014 8:09 AM, Klein, Kenneth E wrote: Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next year as the latest and greatest model? z296? Ec14? You bring up an interest point to contemplate as IBM eventually considers official names for its 13th-generation machine (if

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread zMan
The z196/z114 names were just plain confusing, so yeah, I'd assume they wouldn't do that. If they were going to have an aberration, they should have done that for 13. Let's see, z10EC/BC, zEC12/zBC12...maybe z1EC3/z1BC3 to hide the 13?! On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Ed Jaffe

Re: SLES Starter System for System z 11 SP3 f00 disk full

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Post
On 4/25/2014 at 10:30 AM, Le Blanc, Frank flebl...@bu.edu wrote: Has anyone encountered the f00 disk being full in step 8o of the starter-system-guide? ACCESS 151 G Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:21:50 VMARC UNPACK NOV151 VMARC G * * A DMSERD107S Disk A(F00) is full Unexpected error during

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Dyck, Lionel
Or you can consider the EC10/EC12 as ECyy so at this point the next EC would be EC14 if it were to come out this year. Just my $0.01 to add to the discussion -- Lionel B. Dyck BMC Software Product Development Lead, Common Install and

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
I don't remember where I heard this, or even I really did hear this, but immediately, Next jumped to the front of my brain. zNext - NextZ. It could be real, it could just a hallucination. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Dyck, Lionel lionel_d...@bmc.com wrote: Or you can consider the

Re: IBM Development Clueless about COBOL DEV activities

2014-04-25 Thread Paul Peplinski
Which utility? http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/migration -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
Maybe they'll resurrect Future System. :-) -jc- -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 The z196/z114 names

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
If the superstition about 13 was considered, why did they come out with z/OS 1.13? :) Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ken Porowski
It's always referred to as zNext until the formal announcement and final name is released. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary,

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread DiBianca, Robert
Around here, people are betting on EC14 or EC15. We don't understand where the name z196 came from, but didn't z9's come out in 2009, z10's in 2010, EC12's in 2012... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread R.S.
My bet: BHV3B4 Reason: completely unrelated to the predecessor, Of course B4 is number of procesors in hex, 3 could be understood as third generation (z196 - 1 was first generation), V is for Virtualization, finally BH stand for absolutely nothing. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
Ah, thanks, I was sure I had heard it before. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Ken Porowski ken.porow...@cit.com wrote: It's always referred to as zNext until the formal announcement and final name is released. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1

Re: Any way to programmatically determine state of SMFPRMxx SYS(EXITS())?

2014-04-25 Thread Charles Mills
Funny, I was just looking at that. Thanks. I am real aware of SYS(EXITS()) versus SUBSYS(XXX,EXITS()). My product now warns if it is told to monitor subsystem XXX but SUBSYS(XXX,EXITS(IEFU83/4/5)) has not been specified. But it does not know if there is also a subsystem YYY that it has not

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. -jc- -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:28 PM To:

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/25/2014 10:57 AM, DiBianca, Robert wrote: Around here, people are betting on EC14 or EC15. We don't understand where the name z196 came from, but didn't z9's come out in 2009, z10's in 2010, EC12's in 2012... I realize time flies, but the IBM Danu z9-109 EC 2094 (9th generation

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Martin Packer
That's because we haven't ANNOUNCED anything. :-) TGIF :-) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog:

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
I can neither confirm nor deny that I know anything at all. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. -jc- -Original Message- From: IBM

ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Gibney, Dave
Since moving my sandbox LPARs to z/OS 1.13, I have been getting this error message frequently. So for, I just pressed the Enter key and continued. It finally irritated me enough to ask if others have this experience. It is possible it is due to the way I have the these two LPARs sharing disk

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Skip Robinson
It's all about what we don't know that we don't know. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: Mark Pace pacemainl...@gmail.com To:

Relationship of Resolve to ServiceLink?

2014-04-25 Thread Steve Conway
Looking at software renewals, and I was asked about several. This stumped me. I read the Getting Started Guide to Technical Support Services for IBM zSeries Software at http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/its/pdf/swxcel.pdf. It is a whopping 2 paragraphs, and no detail. The description on

Re: ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Skip Robinson
True dat. Bad idea. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 04/25/2014

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Finnell
My suspicion is: ZFH3FF-z/Fog Horn 3rd Gen 255 processors and will be end of line for Z. To be sup'd by VCN4FFF-Virtual Cumulo nimbus 4th gen 1023 engines. Well it is Friday! In a message dated 4/25/2014 1:25:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl writes: My

Re: ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Gibney, Dave
It may be a bad idea. And actually I agree. But, my z9-L03 capped at 16 MSU doesn't have an ICF or any resources to fire up GRS in ring mode, let alone star. Since I am the only user in one sandbox and one of two sysprogs in the other, we get by. :) The message does not occur with z/OS 1.11

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-04-25 20:41, Chase, John pisze: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. ISV may not know the names, just because they don't need to know names. They need to know technical details of zNEXT. BTW: Let's guess: 1.

Re: ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Dana Mitchell
Dave, Do you have 'Profile Sharing' turned on? IIRC that was new with 1.13. In addition to allowing safe sharing of ISPPROF between systems, it also provides: 1.3.3.2 Temporary data set names

Re: Relationship of Resolve to ServiceLink?

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Conway Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 2:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Relationship of Resolve to ServiceLink? Looking at software renewals, and I was asked

Re: ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Gibney, Dave
Thanks, I will look at that setting. I don't remember doing anything with that when I installed 1.13, so I bet that is it. And might not be an issue in my two other LPARs (Development and Production) where the Catalogs and stuff aren't as broadly shared. -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Relationship of Resolve to ServiceLink?

2014-04-25 Thread Steve Conway
Thanks, John. Found a SHARE presentation that shows Resolve is one of the Electronic Support offerings. I didn't even know that, having nothing to do with the contracts. Since I was asked the question without seeing the contract, guess I need to see what all we're actually paying for.

Re: ISPF Log error

2014-04-25 Thread Skip Robinson
;-) Sorry for the snarky comeback. I got carried away with my current fav 'true dat'. I logged on to two different sysplex members. They use GRS, but I don't think that's your problem. Here's what I see: useird.$SYSX0.SPFLOGn.LIST on SYSX0 userid.$SYSX1.SPFLOGn.LIST on SYSX1 That is, my two

Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x

2014-04-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 985915eee6984740ae93f8495c624c6c232c1e0...@jscpcwexmaa1.bsg.ad.adp.com, on 04/25/2014 at 10:59 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 peter.far...@broadridge.com said: Seems wasteful of CPU cycles to me, How often do you expect to hit the guard page? An explicit test for stack overflow costs you at

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Tony Harminc
On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. I've seen lots of NDA technical material over the years, but in my experience IBM has *never* disclosed any branding info to

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Charles Mills
Well sure. It's need to know. If the next mainframe is going to have 96-bit word support and a Load Inverted instruction, this is information that may be of benefit to an ISV and, given a couple of months' lead time, allow them to offer Day One support. But whether it is going to be called the

Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x

2014-04-25 Thread Don Poitras
Everything is relative. Certainly some 31-bit code is easy to thunk to, but it's not just arguments that need to go below the bar, it's any control blocks those arguments point to and any control blocks those control blocks point to, etc. You also need to handle call-backs from 31-bit code,

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread zMan
I've heard rumors that the names are often not determined until shortly before release anyway, after some not-so-fun marketing meetings... On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has

Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x

2014-04-25 Thread Mike Schwab
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 peter.far...@broadridge.com wrote: I see the descriptions of the XPLINK and XPLINK-64 conventions in that manual, but nothing about those conventions would prevent calls to programs with other linkage conventions or address modes, IMHO