Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Styles, Andy (SD EP zPlatform)
From my point of view, that icon to open the TOC is not visible - I am forced to use IE at work without exception, so having something that doesn't work with it is a real pain. (IBM are not the only vendor that has trouble supporting IE!) I like the idea of ePubs or any ereader format. I can’t r

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2016-07-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I've been disliking the *old* KC so much that I almost always discarded any search result that pointed to the KC. I must admit that I do quite like the new KC. It is much faster than the old KC; I'd say very well usable. It provides good navigation posibilities *once* you get uses to open the

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2016-07-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>And for the sake of additional, but unasked for documentation. If you want to >use any system symbol you happen to have defined you would use the following >syntax: >ln -s '$SYSSYMA/&yoursymbol./xxx'xxx >&SYSSYMA is a special keyword for a symbolic absolute pathname >&SYSSYMR is a specia

Re: Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

2016-07-06 Thread Leopold Strauss
Many thanks. On 06.07.2016 16:39, Lizette Koehler wrote: MQ https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html To find a list you can use a keyword like MQ and use this URL www.lsoft.com There are lists for many dif

Re: Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

2016-07-06 Thread Leopold Strauss
many thanks. On 06.07.2016 18:33, Jack J. Woehr wrote: Leopold Strauss wrote: https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind Regards, Leopold Strauss, Team DEV-zOS, T: +43-2236-27551-331 --

Re: IPCS error help

2016-07-06 Thread Jim Mulder
> > We saw this internally recently-- > > I believe this specific 878-10 is due to the installation of a + > +APAR for OA43495 which I think is for new hardware toleration. > Either some versions of the ++APAR don't have part IOSVFMTC included > which has updates to IOS formatters that are called

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2016-07-06 Thread CM Poncelet
&NRSTR will not necessarily work. If so, use SYSSCAN (its default value is 16). E.g. SET SYSSCAN = 2/* note: 0 will interpret all &'s as data including &NRSTR; set it to 1, 2 or 3 etc. as appropriate */ SET SYSSCAN = 16 CP Lizette Koehler wrote: And if that does not work, then show t

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Steve Horein
This is the typical (and frustrating) result for me using IE 11: http://imgur.com/Tlgwlx7 That large empty area to the left is where the tree TOC should be. For me, it is not knowing how to find the tree style TOC, it is that is outright absent. If I hit refresh a number of times, the page will e

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2016-07-06 Thread Joseph Reichman
That sounds good Thanks > On Jul 6, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Anthony Thompson > wrote: > > Use the &SYSINDEX function. > > SET ASTER=&STR(*) > > GETFILE INPUT > SET PLACE = &SYSINDEX(&ASTER,&INPUT) > IF &PLACE=0 THEN -

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2016-07-06 Thread Anthony Thompson
Use the &SYSINDEX function. SET ASTER=&STR(*) GETFILE INPUT SET PLACE = &SYSINDEX(&ASTER,&INPUT) IF &PLACE=0 THEN - GOTO PROCESS ELSE - GOTO REJECT

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2016-07-06 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Unless you use &NRSTR(), Clist will try to 'evaluate' a string variable numerically. It will erroneously interpret '*' as an arithmetic operator like 'multiply'. &NRSTR() prevents any further attempt at evaluation of strings. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric D

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2016-07-06 Thread Tom Conley
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joseph Reichman Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 12:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Character data returned from &STR Hi Is there anyway to check that &STR converted the var

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2016-07-06 Thread Joe Reichman
Its all clist -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 5:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Character data returned from &STR In REXX use TRACE I -Original Message

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2016-07-06 Thread Joe Reichman
I am scanning input cards which all have characters A - Z there is one card with a * that causes the problem -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 5:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread J R
My humble apologies. I was looking at the stacked lines at the upper right. Sorry to add to the confusion. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2016, at 17:20, Walt Farrell wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 20:57:13 +, J R wrote: >> >> Both screenshots show the stacked line icon for me. Are y

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2016-07-06 Thread Steve Beaver
In REXX use TRACE I -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 4:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Character data returned from &STR And if that does not work, then show

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2016-07-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
And if that does not work, then show the code you are using. Include how you set the variable, What the variable contains, And what you are using for &STR( ) CONLIST, SYMLIST, LIST is helpful. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.

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2016-07-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
Sorry, dropped a character &NRSTR(string) Preserves double ampersands, defines non-rescannable strings. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: Lizette Koehler [mailto:stars...@mindspring.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 2:31 PM > To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Ch

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Ron Hawkins
Gil, I believe it is using the Comms Server APIs. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Real purpose of hipersock

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2016-07-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
So you may also want to join, if you have not done so, the TSO REXX list. We speak CLIST There. TSO REXXhttp://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?TSO-REXX Go to bottom of webpage to join Try using &NSTR Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 20:57:13 +, J R wrote: >Both screenshots show the stacked line icon for me. Are you sure you are >viewing the full width? The stacked BLUE lines on the left side? I see those only on the second image I provided. (Both have the stacked black/gray lines on the upper left.)

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread J R
Both screenshots show the stacked line icon for me. Are you sure you are viewing the full width? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2016, at 16:28, Walt Farrell wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:48:58 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) >> wrote: >> >> Thank you for the reply > >> 1) I use IE as tha

Re: IPCS error help

2016-07-06 Thread Tony Harminc
[Yes, I realize I'm replying to an old posting] On 11 February 2015 at 09:28, Nick Jones wrote: > We saw this internally recently-- > I believe this specific 878-10 is due to the installation of a ++APAR for > OA43495 which I think is for new hardware toleration. Either some versions > of the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:48:58 -0500, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >Thank you for the reply >1) I use IE as that is our corporate standard and we are not allowed to >install anything else. This may be the cause but I cannot see >the 5 stacked horizontal lines. I can see them using IE, Lionel. H

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2016-07-06 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi Is there anyway to check that &STR converted the variable in question to valid characters After the &STR if do a compare in which case the variable had an '*' and I am getting "expression with operators out of sequence --

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

2016-07-06 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
As of z/OS 2.1, you can remove a phantom console by MVS command. IEAEWLCN still works--as well as IEARELEC for EMCS consoles--but the command route is cleaner. SETCON DELETE,CN=SMCSSY1 The command, however, requires distributed mode. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
Thank you for the reply 1) I use IE as that is our corporate standard and we are not allowed to install anything else. This may be the cause but I cannot see the 5 stacked horizontal lines. 2) I find the use of KC a significant degradation to the previous interface and given the amount of kvetc

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

2016-07-06 Thread Robert Hahne
Thank you Peter for the clarification . We will be moving to distributed mode hopefully by end of this month . Bob Hahne -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: IBM Knowledge Centre

2016-07-06 Thread Sue Shumway
Sorry for coming late to this party. Let me address two items... ... but I miss the tree-driven system ... As others have pointed out in this thread, the new KC still has the tree structure TOC, same as in the old KC. It's just now closed by default. To display it on any page, click on the b

Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions

2016-07-06 Thread retired mainframer
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Vince Getgood > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 6:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions > > So, having restored all the systems we had backed u

Re: Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

2016-07-06 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Leopold Strauss wrote: https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human falli

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

2016-07-06 Thread Peter Fatzinger
Bob, You can run IEARELCN on any system in the sysplex. The service essentially allows the Consoles component to forget that there ever was a console with that name. There is no longer any association between that console name and any device on any of your systems (as indicated by the D C re

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 07:51:24 -0700, Ron Hawkins wrote: >We're using them for communication between REXX programs on multiple LPARs, >as well as NJE. > >The REXX programs are used for synchronizing test events. > Do you use RXSOCKET or a custom interface? I miss the CMS Pipelines TCPCLIENT stage.

Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions

2016-07-06 Thread Staller, Allan
The definitions are correct (FSVO correct). However, I think RMM is "ignoring" what HSM is telling it due to the cycle count specified. Try changing the "count" in the VRS to a "more reasonable (FSVO reasonable) value. e.g. 10 and see if the tapes release. Reasonable should be somewhat in exc

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Ron Hawkins
We're using them for communication between REXX programs on multiple LPARs, as well as NJE. The REXX programs are used for synchronizing test events. Ron -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM Sent

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Parwez Hamid
Remember SMC-D is only supported on z13 or z13s at Driver level 27 with z/OS 2.2. With these levels of H/W and OS, when comparing CPU utilization, SMC-D could be a better option than HiperSockets. The other point to note about OSes when comparing SMC-D with HiperSockets, SMC-D is only supported

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 7/5/2016 9:49 PM, Peter wrote: I am still trying to understand from the manual what other benefits I can get from Hipersocket. It's faster than going out to an OSA, but still an order of magnitude slower than SMC-D. If you have that on your hardware, use it! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Sof

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

2016-07-06 Thread Robert Hahne
Yes . But i was wondering if there is any restriction that IEARELCN needs to run on the same LPAR where the console is originally defined . In other words , how to remove a console definition that shows in the D C,N output as *NONE ? Bob Hahne ---

Re: Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

2016-07-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
MQ https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html https://listserv.meduniwien.ac.at/archives/mqser-l.html To find a list you can use a keyword like MQ and use this URL www.lsoft.com There are lists for many different functions of a z/OS or Mainframe environment. Lizet

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Jerry Callen
Z/OS 2.2 also provides SMC-D, which I am eager to get a chance to play with. All the convenience and familiarity of sockets, but with most of the TCP/IP overhead stripped out (since the underlying transport layer is reliable). It should have significantly better performance and less CPU consumpt

Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions

2016-07-06 Thread Vince Getgood
So, having found that these tapes are a VITAL RECORD, I found the following VRS: - HSM.%CDS.BACKUP.V¬¬¬ and HSM.JRNL.BACKUP.V¬¬¬ HSM.%CDS.BACKUP.V¬¬¬ has the following: - Data set mask . : 'HSM.%CDS.BACKUP.V¬¬¬' GDG . : NO Job name mask . :

Re: IEARELCN for orphaned console definitions

2016-07-06 Thread linda golding
You are on right track IEARELCN can delete the console definition from a sysplex as well as a single system . Linda On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:33 AM, Robert Hahne wrote: > Greetings , > > We were supposed to remove a few inactive MCS definitions from our sysplex > . The LPAR where it origi

Re: DFHSM CDS backup versions

2016-07-06 Thread Vince Getgood
So, having restored all the systems we had backed up, I can now re-visit this. Is dfHSM defined as an EDM (External Data Manager) to dfRMM? If not, there is a section in the dfHSM Installation and Customization Guide on how to do this. Allan, I can't find a dfHSM Installation and Customizat

Re: Help identifying source of SMF 80 record

2016-07-06 Thread Charles Mills
Rub it in! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 6:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help identifying source of SMF 80 record Should be the first port of ca

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Staller, Allan
Hipersockets are *MUCH MUCH* faster than exiting one LPAR and returning to another via OSA cards. This is done via an internal memory to memory transfer. All of the OSA overhead as well as the network latency are eliminated. However, as all LPAR's are in the same SYSPLEX, all of the data should b

Re: The list of IBM default RACF POSIT values?

2016-07-06 Thread Charles Mills
In a nutshell, what is the distinction among Class Resource ID, Resource Posit, and Resource Code? For example, Resource Class APPCLU has an ID of 57, a Posit of 118 and a Code of X'09D'. Briefly, what do they each do? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mai

Re: Help identifying source of SMF 80 record

2016-07-06 Thread David Crayford
Should be the first port of call! Cheryl is the doyen of SMF knowledge, along with Dr Merrill :) On 6/07/2016 8:58 PM, Charles Mills wrote: Well how dumb can I get. I never thought to look at your list, @Cheryl. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:I

Re: Help identifying source of SMF 80 record

2016-07-06 Thread Charles Mills
Well how dumb can I get. I never thought to look at your list, @Cheryl. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help identify

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Bruce Lightsey
We use them as the lan for our SAP app servers (Linux guests under z/VM ) to connect to the many DB2s on z/OS. No flooding the external lan with the extreme chattiness of SAP systems. Bruce Lightsey Database Manager MS Department of Information Technology Services 601-432-8144 | www.its.ms.gov

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM
The more important detractor is that CPU processing to send data via hipersockets is consumed on CPs, while CPU to send data via OAS cards is consumed on the OSA card processors, which is free of license E/$s. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread Martin Packer
Free but not consequence-free. So obviously, like its distant cousin IC links, the CPU to simulate has to come from somewhere. (Recorded in SMF70PDT for PHYSICAL.) But this is generally not a serious detractor. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide

Re: Real purpose of hipersocket

2016-07-06 Thread R.S.
The real purpose of Hipersockets is fast LAN (TCP/IP) communication between LPARs inside single CPC. With no real add-on hardware like OSA card. With no chance for intruders. With the best performance possible. It cannot replace CTC. However many CTC exploiters can use TCP/IP links instead of C

Re: The list of IBM default RACF POSIT values?

2016-07-06 Thread Jim Brooks
If I understand the question correctly, Appendix C of the RACF MACROS AND INTERFACES manual contains a list of the IBM supplied CDT, with POSIT numbers for each class. Regards, Jim On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:22 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > I am not looking for a point in time view. > > I am loo

Re: The list of IBM default RACF POSIT values?

2016-07-06 Thread Binyamin Dissen
I am not looking for a point in time view. I am looking for IBM's formal definition (or, if it is in a standard, the standard). On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 05:56:40 -0400 Itschak Mugzach wrote: :>Have a look at (free) listcdt utility from racf download page. :> :>ITschak :>?? 6 2016 12:31,? "Bi

The list of IBM default RACF POSIT values?

2016-07-06 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Cross post to IBM-MAIN and RACF-L I have tried my best to find some sort of cross reference between IBM default RACF classes and POSIT values, but all I have found is a list of POSIT numbers reserved for IBM use. Strange that I have never needed to look at this list. Does the list exist, and, if

Does anybody perhaps know a MQ-series mail-forum ( special for zOS) ? - thx

2016-07-06 Thread Leopold Strauss
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