Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Ed Gould
Jonathan, I agree that is why I still insist on HC for a lot of manuals. I have been caught at dark and no computer working (MF or PC). Ed On Mar 25, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Eosze, Jonathan L. wrote: Unfortunately, I have encountered the inability to access Knowledge Center on more than on

Re: Binder SIZE Option

2016-03-25 Thread Ed Gould
Gil, In years past size= made a wonderful difference in performance. I had seen 200 percent improvement. Haven't noticed it with the binder. WIll also be curious as to what other people say. Ed On Mar 25, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: (See what the LEPARM discussion started?)

z890 presentation in YouTube

2016-03-25 Thread Neale Ferguson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=45X4VP8CGtk -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe

2016-03-25 Thread Mark Post
Cross-posted to Linux-390, IBMVM, and IBM-Main For anyone that wasn't able to attend Connor Krukosky's SHARE presentation about buying a mainframe and setting it up in his basement, the video is now available! It was quite the talk and he received a standing ovation from the audience of 140+ m

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Eosze, Jonathan L.
Unfortunately, I have encountered the inability to access Knowledge Center on more than one occasion. Usually it was scheduled maintenance windows, but I expect the manuals to be available whenever I have an outage (sometimes caused by planned weekend and/or late-night maintenance) and want to r

Binder SIZE Option

2016-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(See what the LEPARM discussion started?) Somewhere I read: SIZE no default Specifies the amount of virtual storage available for binder processing and the output module buffer. We do not recommend use of this option with the binder. Now, t

Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Mike Schwab
Could these be stored on an OpenMVS file and displayed on a 3270 or opened from a connecting device? On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On 2016-03-25, at 09:12, Eosze, Jonathan L. wrote: > >> Agreed. When DVDs were available a

Re: OT: How my week has been.

2016-03-25 Thread Mike Schwab
Needs some background music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_rqm7WPPI On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:28 PM, John McKown wrote: > http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AY91Uo_nyHs/VkZJi3yUsrI/AAADCaY/d2fDE5Bzc1w/s640/You%2Bspin%2Bme%2Bright%2Bround%2Bbaby%2Bright%2Bround%2Blike%2Bseed%2Bdispenser%2Bbaby%2B

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Gibney, David Allen
I did the survey already. I only asked for sequential access in the comment. I hadn't yet noticed the clickable before/next spots. I guess I'd also like a more stable Softcopy Librarian. I can rarely process a whole source set before it freezes. Was Windows 7 and not 10. > -Original Messag

OT: How my week has been.

2016-03-25 Thread John McKown
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AY91Uo_nyHs/VkZJi3yUsrI/AAADCaY/d2fDE5Bzc1w/s640/You%2Bspin%2Bme%2Bright%2Bround%2Bbaby%2Bright%2Bround%2Blike%2Bseed%2Bdispenser%2Bbaby%2Bright%2Bround%2B-%2BImgur.gif -- How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One to hold the giraffe and one to

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Charles Mills
Why, John, why? I know this is not your decision, etc., etc., but IBM's response and surveys remind me of a joke: A man goes to the doctor complaining of a variety of ailments. The doctor says "the best thing for you would be to quit smoking and drinking." The man says "Doc, I don't deserve th

Re: DFSORT //SORTDIAG DD -- OPTION equivalent

2016-03-25 Thread Scott Barry
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:17:22 -0700, Sri h Kolusu wrote: >Scott, > >If you can tell us a little bit more on what you are trying to accomplish, >then may be we can help you out. You can always mail your queries about >DFSORT to our hotline dfs...@us.ibm.com > >Thanks, >Kolusu >DFSORT Development

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread John Eells
Gibney, David Allen wrote: My response to these surveys always includes a request to bring back bookmanager format. I guess I could adapt to Knowledge Center if there was a keystroke way to page forward and back Trust me, I understand. I do. But frankly, the chances of getting BookManager

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2016-03-25, at 10:26, Gibney, David Allen wrote: > My response to these surveys always includes a request to bring back > bookmanager format. > I guess I could adapt to Knowledge Center if there was a keystroke way to > page forward and back > KC is irritating in: o The rigamarole it goes

Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:02:25 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: >I recently discovered there are pdf manuals for Omegamon 5.1 but none >for the latest release 5.3. I hope IBM isn't planning on getting rid of >pdf manuals in favor of that web thing that I cannot use as effectively. > OTOH, I can get to "t

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Gibney, David Allen
My response to these surveys always includes a request to bring back bookmanager format. I guess I could adapt to Knowledge Center if there was a keystroke way to page forward and back > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behal

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:33:48 -0700, Alan Young wrote: >I think there was a SHARE presentation done explaining how to download >all of the PDFs at once, but I agree it needs to be better documented by >IBM on their website. > >Here's how to get a zip of all the PDFs for an z/OS release. >Go to the

Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Tom Brennan
I recently discovered there are pdf manuals for Omegamon 5.1 but none for the latest release 5.3. I hope IBM isn't planning on getting rid of pdf manuals in favor of that web thing that I cannot use as effectively. -- For IBM-

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Lou Losee
Here ya go ... z/OS V2.2 PDFs are available zipped up Marna Walle Although today the z/OS V2.2 publications are not available on Knowledge Center, they will be very soon. The individual books are available as PDFs here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/v2r2pdf/ . However,

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Alan Young
I think there was a SHARE presentation done explaining how to download all of the PDFs at once, but I agree it needs to be better documented by IBM on their website. Here's how to get a zip of all the PDFs for an z/OS release. Go to the IBM Publications Center at http://www.ibm.com/shop/public

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Kevin Minerley
Some "options" all can use Softcopy librarian for updates Entire z/OS CKIT available from IBM Publications center: search on sk4t-4949 (only base and features). If you want a native z/OS Knowledge Center, it's in the base as an element and the content for base and features is available as SK5T

Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2016-03-25, at 09:12, Eosze, Jonathan L. wrote: > Agreed. When DVDs were available at conferences, we could easily copy it to a > shared LAN drive, but now, manually clicking "save as" on 300+ PDFs (several > products) is quite a pain. > Marna Walle has sporadically posted a URL to a downlo

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: IBM z/OS Product Documentation 2016

2016-03-25 Thread Eosze, Jonathan L.
Agreed. When DVDs were available at conferences, we could easily copy it to a shared LAN drive, but now, manually clicking "save as" on 300+ PDFs (several products) is quite a pain. Jonathan Eosze | Sr Computer Sys Engr | IT Operations Mainframe Management 1 (IMS), Information Technology, USAA

Re: CSSTMP

2016-03-25 Thread Brian Westerman
CSSMTP does everything that SMTP does with the exception that you cannot use it to receive mail INTO the LPAR. It removes a lot of the problems inherent in SMTP since it sends directly from JES (no intermediary datasets) and don't have to change it's time twice a year as with SMTP when the tim