Re: z890 in my basement

Good for Connor -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 8:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z890 in my basement Mike Schwab wrote: >Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM I

Re: What happens with no working SE?

Ok.. So how many people leave their "l am down to one SE z machine" powered down for lengthy periods of time that is not a DR machine? Or is running production on a single SE machine for a long time using STP? I am hoping that my questions are somewhat rhetorical or humorous and completely lacking

Re: z890 in my basement

And let's not overlook the role of IBM-Main in bringing this opportunity to light, nor of SHARE for scheduling this session in double-time--and for recording it for an even wider audience. Oh yeah, and kudos to Connor himself. ;-) . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Elect

Re: z890 in my basement

Of course, any parent encouraging this behavior should prepare for the Zed-basement-agedon. ;-) Rob Schramm On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 9:09 PM Phil Smith wrote: > Mike Schwab wrote: > >Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM Internship. > > God, over the hill already. How time flies...! :) > > Srsly,

Re: z890 in my basement

Mike Schwab wrote: >Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM Internship. God, over the hill already. How time flies...! :) Srsly, good on him. And on IBM for not letting the opportunity pass! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Java on z bitness

Tom Marchant wrote: >Why not make your STC run AMODE 64, at least part of the time? It is easy >to switch modes, but you do have to be careful that those programs that run >AMODE 64 save and restore the 64-bit registers. The same with your JNI. It >doesn't have to be "Full 64-bit". Yeah, that'

Re: DAF on z/OS V2?

Thanks! I'm working that direction. I'll compare your options with mine, and see where we go. _ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI  49546 MD RSCB2H p 61

Re: DAF on z/OS V2?

I've both assembled and run it ox z/OS 2.2, but then again I turned off most of the customizable switches. &CHECKDSN SETC 'YES' Check DSN (YES/NO) &GLIMITMSG SETC '025' Message Limit (nnn/000) &GLIMITSNAP SETC '025' SNAP Limit (nnn/000)

Re: Java on z bitness

I haven't done it yet, but I have been researching similar issues. NewDirectByteBuffer looks like it would allow you to allocate buffers from the JNI side (and therefore control the location in storage) and use them from Java. I don't know what the performance implications are. I would be ver

Re: Java on z bitness

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:32:49 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >We have a JNI for our product. It lets a 31-bit Java application call into >our started task, which uses cross-memory services to fetch data from the >caller's address space. Our STC is 31-bit. So the Java application calls your JNI, whic

FTP {M|S}BDATACONN and CCSID-tagged files?

z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference SC31-8776-21 tells me: Syntax >>-{M|S}BDATACONN--(file_system_codepage,network_transfer_codepage)->< Is there any way to instruct FTP server/client if the file is tagged with a CCSID to use that CCSID as the file_system_codepage? -- gil

Re: IBMSERV website

I've never reported a real h/w problem via SR, but when I open one, I can select s/w or h/w as problem type. I bounced thru a few screens for a mythical DS8800. It prompted for geographic location, machine type, serial no. etc. Do you not see this option, or does the process fail for you? . .

Java on z bitness

(Cross-posted to IBM-MAIN and MVS-OE.) We have a JNI for our product. It lets a 31-bit Java application call into our started task, which uses cross-memory services to fetch data from the caller's address space. Our STC is 31-bit. Now a customer wants to use it in 64-bit Java. I'd'a thunk [

IBMSERV website

Hello, all usually we open PBM's and Service requests online using SR or IBMLINK, however sometime we have to call IBMSERV because we hac as DS8800 or TS7700 issue. It sure is a lot easier using the online. Is there by chance a website we can go to a an IBMSERV request? Thanks in advance. ==

Re: IBMSERV website

Sorry, the word below is PMR no PBM. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ward, Mike S Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBMSERV website Hello, all usually we open PBM's and Service

Re: z890 in my basement

Just to ring the bell, he also credits Ibm-main for contacts and encouragement. Coming up on 30 yrs in June. Who woulda thunk? In a message dated 4/19/2016 3:00:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mp...@suse.com writes: he made at SHARE are already taking him places. -

Re: z890 in my basement

>>> On 4/19/2016 at 03:11 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > https://twitter.com/ConnorKrukosky/status/722218600975724544 > Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM Internship. This makes me happy. :) I'm really glad to see the contacts he made at SHARE are already taking him places. Mark Post --

Re: z890 in my basement

Set up a z890 in their room and maybe they will! 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, privileged and confidential information of CIT G

Re: z890 in my basement

Great! Just the type of person IBM needs. Now why can't my daughters (same general age) do something like that? They just need to be hard working and have good genes. Oh well. Mike Schwab wrote: https://twitter.com/ConnorKrukosky/status/722218600975724544 Connor turned 19 and accepted an I

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: DAF on z/OS V2?

We also use it OK on 2.1 (don't have a 2.2 system to check for you yet) Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 925 738 9443 Corporate Tieline - 89443 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainfram

Re: DAF on z/OS V2?

David, I don't use it often but fired off a quick test and it appears to run correctly on V2.1 if that's any help. Dana On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:26:40 +, Jousma, David wrote: >Is anyone successfully running Michael Cleary's DAF (Dataset Audit Facility) >on z/OS V2? I've seen him on IB

Re: z890 in my basement

https://twitter.com/ConnorKrukosky/status/722218600975724544 Connor turned 19 and accepted an IBM Internship. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > For those who saw Connor at SHARE or Hillgang. He spoke at POK today: > > https://twitter.com/rossmauri/status/712740819376193536

Re: AW: Re: Changing OMVS prompt to indicate SuperUser state?

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:50:40 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > >... So I learnt some 20 years ago that using square bracket [] and curly >braces {} in shell scripts is not a good idea. Therefore, I'm always using the >test command instead of [] in shell scripts. > Yet, in an ASCII-based forum such

DAF on z/OS V2?

Is anyone successfully running Michael Cleary's DAF (Dataset Audit Facility) on z/OS V2? I've seen him on IBM-Main occasionally, but I cannot even successfully assemble it on z/OS V2.2. According to his webpage, last updates were in 2010.

AW: Re: Changing OMVS prompt to indicate SuperUser state?

>This is what I have been doing for a number of years instead: > >in /etc/profile I have this: > ># set up "global" ENV script >export ENV=/etc/@ENV I've been doing the same but from my .profile. Working in Switzerland, my emulator is has long been setup to run with CP IBM-500, which has som

Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

For future reference, here are the steps to configure Reflection for IBM V14.x and earlier to use the proper codepoints for [ and ]: In Setup->Terminal... set "National character set" to "US English (1140 Euro)" and tick "Country Extended Graphics Code" In Setup->View Settings... enter C/370 in

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

It definitely is a trivial issue - can't argue there. -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) VA OI&T Service Delivery & Engineering -Orig

Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

18 consecutive plies (before this). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: > On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:23:07 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) < > lionel.d...@va.gov> wrote: > > >Using attachmate reflections 3270 - doesn't have the code page needed. > > > >Thanks to everyone for your help - I'll work on other things for now :-

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:23:07 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >Using attachmate reflections 3270 - doesn't have the code page needed. > >Thanks to everyone for your help - I'll work on other things for now :-) My client uses reflections for the Web. I rarely use it but I have my saved

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > Thanks – my emulator doesn’t have that character set option and I’m using > 3278a in ispf J > ​Which emulator? Others in IBM-MAIN might know how to change the character set in it. I use "Host Explorer" for "Open Text", was Hummingbi

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

Using attachmate reflections 3270 - doesn't have the code page needed. Thanks to everyone for your help - I'll work on other things for now :-) -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastr

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

Mark Zelden wrote: >>Thanks for clarification about 'alternative shell'. Ok, what is 'standard >>z/OS shell' which you originally referred earlier? >What Lionel indicated he was using, the z/OS shell - /bin/sh. Ok. Thanks. Seemed we are all reading between the lines. ;-D I think many peop

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:51:23 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > I'm entering omvs from the tso command prompt - I'm new to omvs so I'm > probably not > understanding the question Your answer was what I was expecting. I think John is on the right track that this must be some code page iss

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:58:10 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Mark Zelden wrote: > >>No, that wasn't what I was asking. I wanted to know if he was using some >>alternative shell. tcsh would give a different error, but he could have >>installed something else and been using it. > >Thanks f

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

Mark Zelden wrote: >No, that wasn't what I was asking. I wanted to know if he was using some >alternative shell. tcsh would give a different error, but he could have >installed something else and been using it. Thanks for clarification about 'alternative shell'. Ok, what is 'standard z/OS s

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >Using /bin/sh which I presume is standard Yes, that is were your binaries are residing, but Mark Zelden is asking WHAT are you using to enter the shell in the first place? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:46:31 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > >>Using /bin/sh which I presume is standard > >Yes, that is were your binaries are residing, but Mark Zelden is asking WHAT >are you using to enter the shell in the first place? > No, that wasn't w

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

I'm entering omvs from the tso command prompt - I'm new to omvs so I'm probably not understanding the question -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (00

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > > >Using /bin/sh which I presume is standard > > Yes, that is were your binaries are residing, but Mark Zelden is asking > WHAT are you using to enter the shell in the fir

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

Using /bin/sh which I presume is standard -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) VA OI&T Service Delivery & Engineering -Original Messa

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:10:45 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >I get this: > >: /u/t311lbd/.profile 4: FSUM7351 not found > >Line 4 is: > >if [ "$UID" = "0" ] > >I've tried doing this at the shell prompt without success as well Are you using the standard z/OS shell? Best regards,

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > I get this: > > : /u/t311lbd/.profile 4: FSUM7351 not found > > Line 4 is: > > if [ "$UID" = "0" ] > > I've tried doing this at the shell prompt without success as well > > ​That _looks_ correct. But I'm wondering if you're using CP-

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

I get this: : /u/t311lbd/.profile 4: FSUM7351 not found Line 4 is: if [ "$UID" = "0" ] I've tried doing this at the shell prompt without success as well -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) Mainframe Systems Programmer Enterpri

Re: Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > I added this code to my /etc/profile > > ​​ > 33 UID=`id -u ` > 34 if [ "$UID" = "0" ] > 35 then > 36 export PS1=`uname -n `:'$LOGNAME':'$PWD':' # ' > 37 else > 38 export PS1=`uname -n `:'$LOGNAME':'$PWD':

Changing OMVS Prompt to indicate SuperUser challenge

I added this code to my /etc/profile 33 UID=`id -u ` 34 if [ "$UID" = "0" ] 35 then 36 export PS1=`uname -n `:'$LOGNAME':'$PWD':' # ' 37 else 38 export PS1=`uname -n `:'$LOGNAME':'$PWD':' $ ' 39 fi And now get this when executing: FSUM7351 not found Please advise

Re: Setting up z/OSMF under 2.1

> I now have the z/OSMF server up and running with PARMLIB member IZUPRMxx. Glad to see you have it up and running! Looks like the security portion might have been the most troublesome part (which is not unexpected), but the rest I trust was easy. Now...for more plug-in customization! Check

Re: RFE's and voting for them

Robert Prins wrote: >Whenever I come up with something that seems, at least to me, useful, be it >PL/I or ISPF (and very soon SDSF), I create an RFE, and post it, here, on the >PL-1 list, and also on http://ibmmainframes.com/index.php and that means many >of my suggestions have received double

Re: What happens with no working SE?

Am curious . This is what i could find looking at the enhancements . Since you say STP doesn't steer the clock , i would like to know how this works these days . *http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/pso/stp/ntp.html * *Service E

RFE's and voting for them

Whenever I come up with something that seems, at least to me, useful, be it PL/I or ISPF (and very soon SDSF), I create an RFE, and post it, here, on the PL-1 list, and also on http://ibmmainframes.com/index.php and that means many of my suggestions have received double figure votes. However,

Re: What happens with no working SE?

W dniu 2016-04-18 o 23:19, linda golding pisze: One of two SE failed means you can peform everything you want, including STP. Maybe STP setup would be impossible (I haven't checked), but I'd bet it is also possible. I've been working with single SE (primary failed) for some time. It wasn't my dre

Re: Resize PDS/PDSE

If you have CA-DISK, the COMPRESS function lets you specify all parameters of the new data set. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of gsg Sent: 18 April, 2016 22:56 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Resize PDS/PDS