Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

At 08:32 -0600 on 11/18/2015, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry: I haven't done it, so I can't verify what the doc says, but Using Data Sets has this to say under the topic Absolute Generation and Version Numbers: You can catalog a new version of a specific ge

z/OS Internet library links dead

FYI, I received this from some friends at IBM about the dead z/OS Internet Library links: Hi Tom, Sorry about that. Actually, all of IBM.COM below systems is dead. Not just our web pages. However, the server where Library Server resides is still alive. For z/OS V1R13 and V2R2, try these l

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

On 2015-11-18 16:17, R.S. wrote: > W dniu 2015-11-18 o 22:05, Paul Gilmartin pisze: >>> >> Sophistry! If the user is not authorized, it's de facto unavailable and >> should be treated as such. > I dare to disagree. > The service is up and ready. It does not allow anyone to use it, but even > una

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Yeah my new camera uses a 32 GB TF card * * * Has a harness to slide into SD slot. How big was 2319/2314? Matlan would eat it up in one run. In a message dated 11/18/2015 5:23:10 P.M. Central Standard Time, steve.hor...@gmail.com writes: Multiple 65520 volumes just seems

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

What an age we live in, huh? 3339 was the standard when I was growing up (I was witness to a field of RAMAC being replaced with an array in a box in my early days). Multiple 65520 volumes just seems decadent. -- For IBM-MAIN subsc

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

W dniu 2015-11-18 o 22:05, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:51:00 -0500, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: Still not sure why smp/e is trying to use ICSF when CSF is not active. As per IBM to calculate SHA-1 hash values for GIMUNZIP service routines if SMP/E detects ICSF is not available then

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

As other said, there were PHYSICAL disks mod-1, -3, -9. So called mod-27 and mod-54 never existed as real device, only as emulated volume inside DASD array. How big is non-existent disk? A 3390 device can be custom-sized, that mean number of cylinders can be any value you choose *within some l

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

You may want to define CSF.CSFSERV.AUTH.CSFOWH.DISABLE CLASS(XFACILIT) This disables SAF checks in ICSF for CSNBOWH (hash/mac) calls, and can improve performance since these calls might be made frequently. Of course, someone may have a reason why these calls should be SAF protected, but that is n

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:51:00 -0500, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >> Still not sure why smp/e is trying to use ICSF when CSF is not >> active. As per IBM to calculate SHA-1 hash values for GIMUNZIP >> service routines if SMP/E detects ICSF is not available then SMP/e >> will automatically use an smp/e j

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

My guess is that the key does not exist in CKDS before starting the operation. When a key is used securely, it is fetched into the CEX card while encrypted under the master key.. Then it is decypted and is available for use. But that is just base upon the phrase secure key import.. Any secure key

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Actually I think you meant 30051, not 30015. I seem to remember somewhere in the past, that IBM recommended the 30051 rather than the 32760 because the DS boxes carved out the physical storage in multiples of 1113 cylinders, which is an old mod1 size. Whether or not that still holds true,

Re: FIPS 140-2 Compliant

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp720.pdf On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Lopez, Sharon wrote: > Is there a manual or a red book that outlines all of the steps needed to > implement FIPS 140-2 compliant on the mainframe? > > > > >

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

On 15Nov18:0951-0800, Tom Brennan wrote: > Do I sense mainframe bigots here?? :) Oh, I certainly hope not. This is more about a fine sense of irony. We all wish the mainframe sales team had been far more successful the last couple of decades. -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundant

FIPS 140-2 Compliant

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Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

This happened some years ago, different incident. We had a nightly job that ran on four different parallel sysplexes to [list catalog stuff]. Don’t remember the details. Essentially the same job ran on three sysplexes in about 2 minutes. On the fourth it ran over 20 minutes. I looked at the envi

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

The A14 had two head assemblies, while the A18 had 4, on up to a max of 6 with the B1C. The A2x and B2x had the same head configurations as the A1x models, but twice the disk capacity. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

Do I sense mainframe bigots here?? :) Actually though, I can get a 500 error on my (Intel) Linux server just by doing things like forgetting a semi-colon in a php script. So while this might look like a hardware or OS error from the outside, I'd suspect it's more likely a programming issue th

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

We use 32760 for all of our MOD 27s. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jasi Grewal > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:00 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Yes. . . . 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 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf O

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

In , on 11/18/2015 at 05:19 PM, J O Skip Robinson said: >relative to a (mythical?) Mod-1 Mythical? What are the 3390-A14, 3390-A18, 3390-B14, 3390-B18 and 3390-B1C, chopped liver? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Page 9. For this design of storage device, one extent is 1113 cylinders. A volume consists of one or more extents. Another extent can be added to an existing volume, then run ICKDSF to utilize the additional space. EAVs go to 256K (or so) tracks and now 1024K (or so) cylinders. Design limit of 4

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

On 15Nov18:1220-0500, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > Yes, I see that as well. Missed it before. Thanks for pointing it out. > > Hey IBM, why aren't these pages on a super-reliable z/OS system? > Shoemaker's children, I guess. Management probably determined that is too expensive. ;-) -- May t

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

In <2695198720367946.wa.jasighotmail@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/18/2015 at 10:59 AM, Jasi Grewal said: >Greetings, I would like to know, if there are any standard sizes for >3390-27's 3390-27 and 3399-54 are fake model numbers that do not refer to actual drive models. The are convenient for

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

So now I was moved to look at our actual sizes. Mod-9: 10016 cyls Mod-27: 30050 cyls (3x would be 30048 cyls) Mod-54: 60101 cyls (6x would be 60096 cyls) I'm not a storage guy; just reporting what I see. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler S

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

In <564bd206.3080...@tombrennansoftware.com>, on 11/17/2015 at 05:19 PM, Tom Brennan said: >I assumed LISTCAT wasn't calling CSI. CSI didn't exist in the 1970's; IDCAMS, including LISTC, uses SVC 26. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

Yes, I see that as well. Missed it before. Thanks for pointing it out. Hey IBM, why aren't these pages on a super-reliable z/OS system? Shoemaker's children, I guess. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Andy Hig

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

We have 30051 for mod-27, and 60102 for mod-54 Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services : humana.com 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 714-8615, (502) 476-2538 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discus

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Since IBM does define any model larger than a Mod-9, usage of other Mod-xx terms is user defined. I would think, however, that the historical derivation of model terminology is based on capacity relative to a (mythical?) Mod-1. In any case, a Mod-9 is 3x the size of a Mod-3, so I would expect a

AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

Let's think outside this box a minute. GDG's were designed to group similar records by generation. The fact that they work for other things is just a bonus. This case is using GDG's as a "store and forward" type of process of unique files and GDG's are not designed for this. Two real solutio

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

I get "500 Internal Server Error" in the fine print near the bottom. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

...and then there is ours : Unit . . : 3390 Volume Data Tracks . : 450,765 %Used . : 95 Trks/Cyls: 15 Which works out to 30051 cyl. This is one of a flock of mod-27s that we use for DB2 Bruce Lightsey Database Manager MS Department of Information Technology Services 601-432

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

Yes, I also have that link bookmarked and it is working, but that's not the same page. The one I mentioned has a link to the bookie shelves for V1R13 as well as various "knowledge center" and PDF pages for z/OS V2.x releases. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailt

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

On 2015-11-18 11:27, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/ Gets an error "Our apologies... The page you requested cannot be displayed" from IBM. Can anyone else get to that page, or is it just me? Peter -- Me too, but this link is still working: http://pub

Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

Greetings, I would like to know, if there are any standard sizes for 3390-27's because I read different manuals and each of them refers as either 30015 Cyl or 32760Cyl for Mod 27's. Would like to hear your setup of Mod 27's and if you are using 30015 or 32760 Cyl for Mod 27's. Here's the two ma

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

W dniu 2015-11-18 o 17:27, Farley, Peter x23353 pisze: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/ Gets an error "Our apologies... The page you requested cannot be displayed" from IBM. Can anyone else get to that page, or is it just me? Me too. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Tr

Re: IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

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IBM bkserv website donw or gone?

http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/ Gets an error "Our apologies... The page you requested cannot be displayed" from IBM. Can anyone else get to that page, or is it just me? Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain infor

Re: HMC certificate SHA-2

Hi Nathan - I believe the HMCs come default with a self-signed certificate (meaning not generated by a real Certificate Authority), rather the kind that anyone can just create on their own - getting the encryption benefits, but not the verification ones that come with certificates. I think th

AW: Re: Help with mount?

> Isn't that supposed to be; SUPERUSER.FILESYS.USERMOUNT not > SUPERUSER.FILESYS.MOUNT? I wasn't aware of the USERMOUNT profile, I only ever looked at the latter. But from reading what the former allows, I'm having difficulties to see the difference between having READ on the former or the

IGGCSIRX (was: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry)

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:32:25 +0100, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >>Which mentions SYS1.SAMPLIB(IGGCSIRX). > >A while back I had the need to use this interface in an ISPF/REXX application. >I seem to remember that the sample had some flaws. This was in the z/OS >V1.11/12 timeframe. Might have been corre

Re: Help with mount?

Isn't that supposed to be; SUPERUSER.FILESYS.USERMOUNT not SUPERUSER.FILESYS.MOUNT? Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 EI&O University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Tue

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:05:27 -0600, Joel C. Ewing wrote: >After several decades of using MVS I finally ran into a case where I >thought GDS/GDG versioning might be useful and used it to create a >corrected version of a GDS generation using V01 to make it obvious it >was a corrected version. > >I

HMC certificate SHA-2

Hello, Could someone point me the procedure for upgrading the SHA-1 certificate to SHA-2 in HMC ? I searched with the keyword "SHA-2 certificate HMC + z/OS" from the Google but not getting a correct document to follow on. Could someone shed light on the above ? Nathan -

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:44:45 +0530, Peter wrote: >Thanks. Though the CHECKAUTH is marked as 'NO' and CSF is not active but >still its failing to call CSNBOWH I think it's likely that ICSF is active, or you wouldn't get that return/reason code. In any case, CHECKAUTH controls whether ICSF perfo

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

In the end I had to use ICSF callable services as the use of an assembler routine was vetoed. Pity about that. However I do still have some questions about the use of ICSF in this case. First I tried this: call csnbktb - build a token: --key_type = 'CLRDES --rule array = 'INTERNAL','DES','KEY

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Still not sure why smp/e is trying to use ICSF when CSF is not active. As per IBM to calculate SHA-1 hash values for GIMUNZIP service routines if SMP/E detects ICSF is not available then SMP/e will automatically use an smp/e java application to calculate SHA-1 hash values as an alternative. Ah,

Inside the largely unexplored world of mainframe security

Mostly a rehash of what most of us already know about on this topic. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=19122 Mark T. Regan, K8MTR CTO1, USNR-Retired 1969-1991 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instr

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

I think this might be a consideration for you issue. >From the z/OS Cryptographic Services ICSF Application Programmer's Guide Section on Reason Codes for Return Code 8 (8) 3E80 (16000)RACF failed your request to use this service. User action: Contact your ICSF or RACF administrator if you n

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Hi, Still not sure why smp/e is trying to use ICSF when CSF is not active. As per IBM to calculate SHA-1 hash values for GIMUNZIP service routines if SMP/E detects ICSF is not available then SMP/e will automatically use an smp/e java application to calculate SHA-1 hash values as an alternative. O

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Thanks. Though the CHECKAUTH is marked as 'NO' and CSF is not active but still its failing to call CSNBOWH On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Beesley, Paul wrote: > > >Return code 8 > 08 (08) An application error occurred. The c

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Beesley, Paul wrote: >Return code 8 08 (08) An application error occurred. The callable service was stopped due to an error in the parameters. Or, another condition was encountered that needs to be investigated. >Reason code 3E80 3E80 (16000)RACF failed your request to use this

Re: Moving a Sysplex

Mark Jacobs wrote: >Would a GDPS like solution work for moving a sysplex from here >to there, where the there is over 1200 miles from here, without >taking a sysplex outage? I assume you meant you want to avoid a business service interruption at least for critical application services. I recommen

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Return code 8 08 (08) An application error occurred. The callable service was stopped due to an error in the parameters. Or, another condition was encountered that needs to be investigated. Reason code 3E80 3E80 (16000)RACF failed your request to use this service. User action: Contac

ICSF callable service error SMP/e

Hello, I am receiving the below error during GIMUNZIP process during a product install. GIM43501S ** THE CALL TO THE CSNBOWH SERVICE FAILED WHEN PROCESSING THE RETURN CODE WAS '0008'X AND THE REASON CODE WAS '3E80'X I understand that SMP/e is failing while calling the ICSF services, But