Health Checker and SMF
Hi to all, Now checking my Health Checker again ( and again! ) on z/OS v1.13, I see no SMF Health checks. After reading 2.1 books in below URL, I'm convinced this is by design. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0zl100/checks.htm Am I correct or did we missed something? Which brings me to a question: Is there a need to write out SMF records for checks performed? (Not counting accesses using these RACF class XFACILIT, profiles HZS.**) TIA. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Reports in Readable format
Thanks Steve Elardus. Yes i tried with ARCHPRINT utility and i am almost close and i am getting an abend. I am facing problem with Control card. My requirement is to Print all the Reports as a member in a PDS in view-able format. Kindly guide me Regards, Bala On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Steve Horein wrote: ARCHPRNT is a canned PROC provided by the vendor. Ok, thanks. I will leave my can-opener in my drawer. ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: zOS 2.1 JCL Symbol Services
Sharuff Morsa3 wrote: Language Environment provides a callable service - CEEGTJS - for LE enabled programs CEEGTJS retrieves and returns to the caller the symbol value and length of the requested exported JCL symbol. see z/OS Language Environment Programming Reference SA38-0683-00 http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea200/ceea200240.htm Thanks. I believe this should be useful for us lowly programmers! ;-) More descriptions (parameters, RC, example usage, etc): http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea300/gtjs.htm?lang=en Groete / Greetins Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Reports in Readable format
zos reader wrote: Thanks Steve Elardus. Uh, I think Steve and others should get credits, not me. Yes i tried with ARCHPRINT utility and i am almost close and i am getting an abend. I am facing problem with Control card. Could you be kind to post your JCL and the abend messages? My requirement is to Print all the Reports as a member in a PDS in view-able format. Perhaps you should post your attempts so someone can help you. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: massive IBM layoff rumored?
I have heard of it also and apparently a few others, I believe the notices start today: http://thevarguy.com/business-technology-solution-sales/012315/report-ibm-employees-bracing-colossal-layoff-starting-next-week http://www.bidnessetc.com/33231-international-business-machines-corp-ibm-to-layoff-over-10-employees/ http://www.cultofmac.com/310012/ibm-prepares-largest-corporate-layoff/ 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 Marvin.Lukasik Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: massive IBM layoff rumored? Has anyone else heard the rumor of massive IBM layoffs ? Figures stated say 26% or about 112,000 people to get the axe !! It would be the biggest layoffs EVER! The sources are Robert X. Cringely and an article in www.itworld.comhttp://www.itworld.com by Andy Patrizio. Yikes! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Reports in Readable format
Do you have access to the VDR manuals? Or have you contacted the vendor? Both would be good sources for your questions. I have always printed to JES and then used XDC to place the output in a PDS. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zos reader Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Reports in Readable format Thanks Steve Elardus. Yes i tried with ARCHPRINT utility and i am almost close and i am getting an abend. I am facing problem with Control card. My requirement is to Print all the Reports as a member in a PDS in view-able format. Kindly guide me Regards, Bala On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Steve Horein wrote: ARCHPRNT is a canned PROC provided by the vendor. Ok, thanks. I will leave my can-opener in my drawer. ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: SHOWzOS and PTFs UA9074n
Good to have you back Greg snip -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Greg Dyck Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SHOWzOS and PTFs UA9074n On 1/24/2015 9:33 AM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: Yikes. I don't fully understand the impact of OA44240. The APAR text does not mention UCB lookup. We have several RYO and an indeterminate number of ISV programs that utilize the 'traditional' UCB lookup process. Will everything fall apart when the PTF is installed? Skip, The usual rules apply. There should be no impact to code that uses the documented APIs to find UCBs. If there is then the issue would be corrected with an APAR. But code directly using internal IOS control blocks, rather than the APIs, will be impacted. Greg /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: What exactly does SHRD tell me in the IEF032I step end message?
Geez Jim, you been hangin' around Metz too long. :-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What exactly does SHRD tell me in the IEF032I step end message? IEF032I STEP/UTIL/STOP 2015021.1318 CPU: .. VIRT: 9832K SYS: 840K EXT: 1539796K SYS: 18188K ATB- REAL: 716K SLOTS: 32K VIRT- ALLOC: 67M SHRD: 1015808M This tells me that the step has as much as 67M above the bar storage allcated (highwater mark). This was backed by up to 716K of fral frames (also highwater mark). Now here are my questions: a) Does SLOT mean slots on AUX only, or would this include slots on FlashExpress used for paging? The value displayed is RAXHVGAuxSlots * 4 SYS1.MODGEN(IARRAX) RAXHVGAuxSlots DS 0D High water mark RAXHVGAux DS D High water mark for the * number of aux slots and SCM * blocks used to back 64-bit * private storage b) Both REAL and SLOTS are in KiB, not frames and pages, right? Yes. c) What does the SHRD mean? This what the manual says: SHRD: Indicates the maximum megabytes of above the bar shared virtual storage (high-water mark) that were accessable by the step. Do the REAL and SLOTS numbers include the frames/pages from the shared area? No. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
massive IBM layoff rumored?
Has anyone else heard the rumor of massive IBM layoffs ? Figures stated say 26% or about 112,000 people to get the axe !! It would be the biggest layoffs EVER! The sources are Robert X. Cringely and an article in www.itworld.comhttp://www.itworld.com by Andy Patrizio. Yikes! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: massive IBM layoff rumored?
No doubt, there will be some people missing @ IBM next month, but mass layoff's? That's far fetched. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: massive IBM layoff rumored? The latest reports from CNBC have IBM laying off 10,000. BJ On Mon, 1/26/15, Nims,Alva John (Al) ajn...@ufl.edu wrote: Subject: Re: massive IBM layoff rumored? To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Monday, January 26, 2015, 9:23 AM I have heard of it also and apparently a few others, I believe the notices start today: http://thevarguy.com/business-technology-solution-sales/012315/report-ibm-em ployees-bracing-colossal-layoff-starting-next-week http://www.bidnessetc.com/33231-international-business-machines-corp-ibm-to- layoff-over-10-employees/ http://www.cultofmac.com/310012/ibm-prepares-largest-corporate-layoff/ 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 Marvin.Lukasik Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: massive IBM layoff rumored? Has anyone else heard the rumor of massive IBM layoffs ? Figures stated say 26% or about 112,000 people to get the axe !! It would be the biggest layoffs EVER! The sources are Robert X. Cringely and an article in www.itworld.comhttp://www.itworld.com by Andy Patrizio. Yikes! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: What exactly does SHRD tell me in the IEF032I step end message?
IEF032I STEP/UTIL/STOP 2015021.1318 CPU: .. VIRT: 9832K SYS: 840K EXT: 1539796K SYS: 18188K ATB- REAL: 716K SLOTS: 32K VIRT- ALLOC: 67M SHRD: 1015808M This tells me that the step has as much as 67M above the bar storage allcated (highwater mark). This was backed by up to 716K of fral frames (also highwater mark). Now here are my questions: a) Does SLOT mean slots on AUX only, or would this include slots on FlashExpress used for paging? The value displayed is RAXHVGAuxSlots * 4 SYS1.MODGEN(IARRAX) RAXHVGAuxSlots DS 0D High water mark RAXHVGAux DS D High water mark for the * number of aux slots and SCM * blocks used to back 64-bit * private storage b) Both REAL and SLOTS are in KiB, not frames and pages, right? Yes. c) What does the SHRD mean? This what the manual says: SHRD: Indicates the maximum megabytes of above the bar shared virtual storage (high-water mark) that were accessable by the step. Do the REAL and SLOTS numbers include the frames/pages from the shared area? No. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: massive IBM layoff rumored?
The latest reports from CNBC have IBM laying off 10,000. BJ On Mon, 1/26/15, Nims,Alva John (Al) ajn...@ufl.edu wrote: Subject: Re: massive IBM layoff rumored? To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: Monday, January 26, 2015, 9:23 AM I have heard of it also and apparently a few others, I believe the notices start today: http://thevarguy.com/business-technology-solution-sales/012315/report-ibm-employees-bracing-colossal-layoff-starting-next-week http://www.bidnessetc.com/33231-international-business-machines-corp-ibm-to-layoff-over-10-employees/ http://www.cultofmac.com/310012/ibm-prepares-largest-corporate-layoff/ 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 Marvin.Lukasik Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: massive IBM layoff rumored? Has anyone else heard the rumor of massive IBM layoffs ? Figures stated say 26% or about 112,000 people to get the axe !! It would be the biggest layoffs EVER! The sources are Robert X. Cringely and an article in www.itworld.comhttp://www.itworld.com by Andy Patrizio. Yikes! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Reports in Readable format
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:35:54 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: Do you have access to the VDR manuals? Or have you contacted the vendor? Both would be good sources for your questions. I have always printed to JES and then used XDC to place the output in a PDS. The Rexx API to SDSF is very useful for this sort of thing. I have an EXEC that extracts every JES data set from a (list of) jobID(s) to an individual member of a UNIX directory. Advantages of UNIX files: o More flexible namespace and hierarchial directories. o Not constrained by unlike attributes. Disadvantages of UNIX files: o Accommodation of binary data is cumbersome. o Narrow-mindedness of legacy utilities. (I fault the Legacy utilities, not the UNIX FS.) o Other? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Reports in Readable format
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:35:54 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: Do you have access to the VDR manuals? Or have you contacted the vendor? Both would be good sources for your questions. I have always printed to JES and then used XDC to place the output in a PDS. The Rexx API to SDSF is very useful for this sort of thing. I have an EXEC that extracts every JES data set from a (list of) jobID(s) to an individual member of a UNIX directory. I have something similar. The main difference is that mine can put the data into a set of UNIX files in a subdirectory, or to a set of sequential data sets which a common prefix. The code is freely available here: https://gist.github.com/JohnArchieMckown/b27747d0c4750a258997 quote z/OS REXX program which uses the SDSF / REXX interface to copy all held sysout from the JES SPOOL to individual disk data sets or z/OS UNIX files. The logic does not copy output which is already on disk, as determined by the DSN of file already existing. qoute Advantages of UNIX files: o More flexible namespace and hierarchial directories. o Not constrained by unlike attributes. Disadvantages of UNIX files: o Accommodation of binary data is cumbersome. o Narrow-mindedness of legacy utilities. (I fault the Legacy utilities, not the UNIX FS.) o Other? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Weird quotes / sayings that I've found: He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! John McKown -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely
To see the full article, use your favorite search engine and search, WITH quotes, for the full article title: IBM Dismisses Report of Massive Layoffs then click on the first search result. -Original Message- From: Mark Regan Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:03 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely Supposedly IBM is not dismissing the Cringle report and the massive layoffs. It was reported in WSJ today. If you are like me, I don't have a WSJ account, so you will only get to see a few lines of the artice. http://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-dismisses-report-of-massive-layoffs-1422289059 Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 - Original Message - From: Mark Regan 006f01c0dca1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:53 AM Subject: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: z13 HW question
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:33:05 +0100, R.S. wrote: In z13 System Control Hubs (SCHs) replace the Bulk Power Hubs (BPHs) Question: what is SCH, and was is BPH? As near as I can tell from http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg248251.pdf it is used for communication between the HMC and the various parts of the z13. quote 2.2.3 System control Various system elements are managed through the flexible service processors (FSPs). An FSP is based on the IBM PowerPC® microprocessor technology. Each FSP card has two ports to connects to two internal Ethernet LANs, through system control hubs (SCH1 and SCH2). The FSPs communicate with the SEs and provide a subsystem interface (SSI) for controlling components. Figure 2-10 on page 42 is a conceptual overview of the system control design. /quote Figure 2-10 shows two customer-supplied Ethernet switches between the w HMCs and the two SCHs. As a user of BPH I would bet it is a kind of Ethernet switch. Is it documented anywhere? Are the defices user-configurable or accessible? I doubt it. -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
z13 HW question
In z13 System Control Hubs (SCHs) replace the Bulk Power Hubs (BPHs) Question: what is SCH, and was is BPH? As a user of BPH I would bet it is a kind of Ethernet switch. Is it documented anywhere? Are the defices user-configurable or accessible? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku służbowego adresata. Odbiorcą może być jedynie jej adresat z wyłączeniem dostępu osób trzecich. Jeżeli nie jesteś adresatem niniejszej wiadomości lub pracownikiem upoważnionym do jej przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, że jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, rozprowadzanie lub inne działanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie zabronione i może być karalne. Jeżeli otrzymałeś tę wiadomość omyłkowo, prosimy niezwłocznie zawiadomić nadawcę wysyłając odpowiedź oraz trwale usunąć tę wiadomość włączając w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub zapisane na dysku. This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of the Bank and is intended solely for business use of the addressee. This e-mail may only be received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any third parties. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorized to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, distribution or any other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be punishable. If you received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete permanently this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to hard drive. mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 Warszawa, www.mBank.pl, e-mail: kont...@mbank.pl Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, nr rejestru przedsiębiorców KRS 025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Według stanu na dzień 01.01.2015 r. kapitał zakładowy mBanku S.A. (w całości wpłacony) wynosi 168.840.228 złotych. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely
Supposedly IBM is not dismissing the Cringle report and the massive layoffs. It was reported in WSJ today. If you are like me, I don't have a WSJ account, so you will only get to see a few lines of the artice. http://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-dismisses-report-of-massive-layoffs-1422289059 Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 - Original Message - From: Mark Regan 006f01c0dca1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:53 AM Subject: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Health Checker and SMF
Anthony Thompson wrote: Predictive Failure Analysis provides a health check called PFA_SMF_ARRIVAL_RATE, but that's a PFA thing, of course. Interesting. Should look if we have that PFA thing. Health Checker records the results of the checks run in either its HZSPDATA file or in a log stream if you want historical information, so I'm not sure what cutting SMF records would add for you. I think I should have added that I want Health Checker to check for SMF recommended options, record selections, interval and so on. Say, is 30 minutes interval is good/bad/ugly? Or not collecting SMF records 30 or 80 at all is a real bad thing. Or you have only ONE MANx dataset and so on. Something like that above - highligthing non-recommended options used or made active. Thanks Anthony for your kind reply. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Health Checker and SMF
Predictive Failure Analysis provides a health check called PFA_SMF_ARRIVAL_RATE, but that's a PFA thing, of course. Health Checker records the results of the checks run in either its HZSPDATA file or in a log stream if you want historical information, so I'm not sure what cutting SMF records would add for you. Ant. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Monday, 26 January 2015 10:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Health Checker and SMF Hi to all, Now checking my Health Checker again ( and again! ) on z/OS v1.13, I see no SMF Health checks. After reading 2.1 books in below URL, I'm convinced this is by design. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0zl100/checks.htm Am I correct or did we missed something? Which brings me to a question: Is there a need to write out SMF records for checks performed? (Not counting accesses using these RACF class XFACILIT, profiles HZS.**) TIA. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
PDS 8.6 Issue
Hello, In our systems ( z/OS 2.1) we have PDS 8.5 utility and now request came to install 8.6. Person installed 8.5 in our systems is no longer with us, So, I am not getting any clue to install 8.6. I just downloaded and extracted 8.6 related libraries SYS3.V489.FILE182.PDS. I tried reading README and $$$INST but still I couldn't understand this installation procedure. Anybody using this utility can help . -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: OT: Friday joke :-)
I remember the required torque for a bolt being described as To shear and then back 90° -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Westerman Sent: 25 January 2015 01:26 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Friday joke :-) So I guess we can assume that you are supposed to inflate the ball to the point where it bursts, then go back in time to the point just before the bursting and you have an inflated ball? Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by Postini / Google Message Security and the UNICOM Global security systems. This message is for the named person's use only. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: zOS 2.1 JCL Symbol Services
Language Environment provides a callable service - CEEGTJS - for LE enabled programs CEEGTJS retrieves and returns to the caller the symbol value and length of the requested exported JCL symbol. see z/OS Language Environment Programming Reference SA38-0683-00 http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea200/ceea200240.htm Sharuff Sharuff Morsa IBM Hursley Labs Date:Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:26:36 -0800 From:Donald Russell russell@gmail.com Subject: zOS 2.1 JCL Symbol Services I wrote a small assembler program to try the JCL Symbol Services macro (IEFSJSYM) but am not having any success at getting any symbol values returned to my program. R15 is zero after the macro, and the eye-catcher is correct in the output area, but sydEntryCount is always zero. I have a very simple test case with // EXPORT SYMLIST=* //SET VAR1=200 //SET VAR='Hello World' // EXEC ASMACLG,... larl r2,symbolList lar3,symbolArea lar4,diagData iefsjsym request=getbyname,diagdata=(r4), + symlistarray=(r2),numentries==y(symbolList#), + symbarea=(r3),symbarealen==a(l'symbolArea), + mf=(e,iefsjsym_l,complete) I use GETBYNAME, but have not tried the GETALL.I also tried wildcard names in my symbol list. If I can get GETBYNAME working the way I want, I plan to use that to pass run-time options to the program instead of parsing a PARM=/PARMDD string. Thanks for any suggestions... Donald Russell Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely
deleted “IBM does not comment on rumors, even ridiculous or baseless ones,” the spokesman said. “If anyone had checked information readily available from our public earnings statements, or had simply asked us, they would know that IBM has already announced the company has just taken a $600 million charge for workforce rebalancing. This equates to several thousand people, a small fraction of what’s been reported.” The spokesman added that the company currently has job openings as part of the rebalancing process. “Last year, IBM hired 45,000 people, and the company currently has about 15,000 job openings around the world for new skills in growth areas such as cloud, analytics, security, and social and mobile technologies. This is evidence that IBM continues to remix its skills to match where we see the best opportunities in the marketplace,” the spokesman said. deleted On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Joe Testa test...@live.com wrote: To see the full article, use your favorite search engine and search, WITH quotes, for the full article title: IBM Dismisses Report of Massive Layoffs then click on the first search result. -Original Message- From: Mark Regan Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:03 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely Supposedly IBM is not dismissing the Cringle report and the massive layoffs. It was reported in WSJ today. If you are like me, I don't have a WSJ account, so you will only get to see a few lines of the artice. http://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-dismisses-report-of-massive-layoffs-1422289059 Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 - Original Message - From: Mark Regan 006f01c0dca1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:53 AM Subject: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely
That sounds like commenting on rumours. :-) And that's all you'll get from ME on that subject. Maybe. :-) 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: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 26/01/2015 22:47 Subject:Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU deleted “IBM does not comment on rumors, even ridiculous or baseless ones,” the spokesman said. “If anyone had checked information readily available from our public earnings statements, or had simply asked us, they would know that IBM has already announced the company has just taken a $600 million charge for workforce rebalancing. This equates to several thousand people, a small fraction of what’s been reported.” The spokesman added that the company currently has job openings as part of the rebalancing process. “Last year, IBM hired 45,000 people, and the company currently has about 15,000 job openings around the world for new skills in growth areas such as cloud, analytics, security, and social and mobile technologies. This is evidence that IBM continues to remix its skills to match where we see the best opportunities in the marketplace,” the spokesman said. deleted On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Joe Testa test...@live.com wrote: To see the full article, use your favorite search engine and search, WITH quotes, for the full article title: IBM Dismisses Report of Massive Layoffs then click on the first search result. -Original Message- From: Mark Regan Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:03 PM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely Supposedly IBM is not dismissing the Cringle report and the massive layoffs. It was reported in WSJ today. If you are like me, I don't have a WSJ account, so you will only get to see a few lines of the artice. http://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-dismisses-report-of-massive-layoffs-1422289059 Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 - Original Message - From: Mark Regan 006f01c0dca1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:53 AM Subject: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely
Please note that I had a typo in my comments. It should have been 'now' instead of 'not'. Sorry if they may have caused any confusion. And now Cringley has come out with his counter article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertcringely/2015/01/26/anatomy-of-a-layoff-how-ibm-is-likely-to-spin-this-weeks-force-reduction/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 From: Mark Regan 000d30be819f-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:03 PM Subject: Re: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely Supposedly IBM is not dismissing the Cringle report and the massive layoffs. It was reported in WSJ today. If you are like me, I don't have a WSJ account, so you will only get to see a few lines of the artice. http://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-dismisses-report-of-massive-layoffs-1422289059 Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 - Original Message - From: Mark Regan 006f01c0dca1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Cc: Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 7:53 AM Subject: IBM’s reorg-from-Hell launches next week - Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ Thanks, Mark Regan, USNR-Ret, 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
