Re: Dummy question on ISPF command

Press F1 for a longer message. On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Peter wrote: > Hi > > Apologies for asking a dummy question > > When we do C ALL DATA1 DATA2 in a PS or PDS. Is it possible to get a count > of changes it made ? > > Since I am not able to see the changes at

Re: Dummy question on ISPF command

At least at our shop, pressing F1 AFTER the change will prvide a count at the bottom of the screen 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

Dummy question on ISPF command

Hi Apologies for asking a dummy question When we do C ALL DATA1 DATA2 in a PS or PDS. Is it possible to get a count of changes it made ? Since I am not able to see the changes at the top right corner. Peter -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

DSN=SYS1.EMPTY, DISP=(NEW,CATLG), UNIT=3390,SPACE=(TRK,(1,0,1)),RECFM=U On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On 2016-12-01 13:29, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >> I had this problem some time ago with some optional part of an IBM

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

On 2016-12-01 13:29, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > I had this problem some time ago with some optional part of an IBM product > that I had chosen not to install but then got flak during PTF APPLY. The > advice I got was that if no code would ever actually be needed, just point to > SYS1.LINKLIB. If

Re: PARMDD

On 2016-12-01 12:05, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > Oh, and I forgot to say: For a DD * with symbol substitution: > > SYMBOLS=({JCLONLY|EXECSYS|CNVTSYS} [,logging-DDname]) > > In anything *except* the PARMDD DD statement the " logging-DDname" > subparameter will let you point to a logging DD

Re: TSO Setup on SSH

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:16:10 -0600, John McKown wrote: >Damn it, forgot to make one change in the command stream. > I wonder, did the OP get secure tn3270 working. Then, much as I hate to recommend it to anyone, would IND$FILE provide a solution? Is IND$FILE UNIX-file-savvy? Here's my

Re: Catalogs in a SYSPLEX

Ken, All SYSRES datasets, except for SYS1, are in the catalog on the SYSRES. Aliases are symbolics pointing to CATALOG.SOFTWARE. SYS1 datasets are in MCAT with a volser of **. MCAT is on a sysplex level volume and shared across the LPARs in the plex. Maintenance and upgrades are installed

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

I had this problem some time ago with some optional part of an IBM product that I had chosen not to install but then got flak during PTF APPLY. The advice I got was that if no code would ever actually be needed, just point to SYS1.LINKLIB. If SMP/E ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. . .

Re: PARMDD

Oh, and I forgot to say: For a DD * with symbol substitution: SYMBOLS=({JCLONLY|EXECSYS|CNVTSYS} [,logging-DDname]) In anything *except* the PARMDD DD statement the " logging-DDname" subparameter will let you point to a logging DD (usually SYSOUT=*). In the JCL Reference under DD Statement /

Re: PARMDD

In:z/OS 2.1.0 z/OS MVS z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide Linkage Conventions Conventions for passing information through a parameter list Program in primary ASC mode The diagram (I can’t paste that in plain text here) shows a maximum PARM length of 32760,

PARMDD

In:z/OS 2.1.0 z/OS MVS z/OS MVS JCL Reference EXEC statement PARMDD parameter I read: ... To use the information, the processing program must contain instructions to retrieve the information. ... For details on the format of the passed information and its

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

On 12/1/2016 2:56 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: "meaningless"! Hahaha! Are there alternatives to MIPS? Service Units? Dispatch speed? Other measurement methods? For software contracts based on processor capacity, the only "meaningful" value is MSU (millions of service units per hour).

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 16:20:56 +, Vitullo, Carmen P wrote: >Sorry folks I have no control over what corporate email server do, sometime it >sends a message secure sometimes not In that case, you might want to use the web interface at

Re: Catalogs in a SYSPLEX

I'd still like to know how this works. What's in your master cat? What's in your sysres cat? Ken On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:28 AM, van der Grijn, Bart (B) < bvandergr...@dow.com> wrote: > We run two sysplexes of about 12 LPARs each (NonProd vs Prod). Both plexes > have a single mcat shared

Re: Automatic Binary Optimizer and application Software management product integration

So one thing IBM may not have made clear, and I think this is correct. The price you pay for V3/V4 Enterprise Cobol is the same price of V5/V6. Why? A while back IBM decided to charge v3/v4 at the same price as V5/V6 Also, the ABO is not a "fix" to source code updates or having to run tests

Re: Automatic Binary Optimizer and application Software management product integration

I want to thank those who had responded to my earlier question. I had already been to a number of presentations on ABO, and have been following prior discussions about ABO here on IBM-MAIN. I am an infrequent poster, but constant reader. Anyway, management had shown little interest in ABO

Re: Erich Bloch, Who Helped Develop IBM Mainframe, Dies at 91

Photo with the article shows the first minicomputer. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Erich Bloch, Who Helped Develop

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

W dniu 2016-12-01 o 17:08, Tom Marchant pisze: On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:23:21 +0100, R.S. wrote: During SMP/E installation of some product APPLY fails because there is no SIBMCALL dddef. This is part of PL/I which I don't have. PL/I is not a prerequisite of the product. Any clue? Obvious

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

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Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

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Re: TSO Setup on SSH

Damn it, forgot to make one change in the command stream. //JOBNAME JOB ACCT,NAME,CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=H, // NOTIFY= //SFTP EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=0M //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.SBPXEXEC (MAY BE DIFFERENT) //SYSTSIN DD * OPUT 'SOME.DATA.SET.NAME

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

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Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:23:21 +0100, R.S. wrote: >During SMP/E installation of some product APPLY fails because there is >no SIBMCALL dddef. >This is part of PL/I which I don't have. >PL/I is not a prerequisite of the product. > >Any clue? Obvious answer: ask the vendor. CALLLIBS is the way you

Re: Host On Demand Java Certificate issues

PMR was answered and the following Flash was generated yesterday but not yet posted on Techdocs: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992843 entitled "Signer Certificate Revoked for IBM Host On-Demand" Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: z/OS Web Based Dropbox ?

z/OS DFS Distributed File Service sounds like a fit but it's not web based; appears to windows clients as a shared drive. Linux clients use SAMBA. Security is standard Unix permissions. Haven't looked in several years but encrypted sessions weren't supported then. Ken On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at

Erich Bloch, Who Helped Develop IBM Mainframe, Dies at 91

Sad news: Erich Bloch, Who Helped Develop IBM Mainframe, Dies at 91 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/technology/erich-bloch-who-helped-develop-ibm-mainframe-dies-at-91.html?smid=li-share&_r=0 DJ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

Paul, Thanks for the update. We are running 2.1 and did not have the problem, so we will probably not see it in 2.2 either. Regards, Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: 01 December, 2016 15:53

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

Kees, APAR PI72631 may interest you. This APAR was opened up because of our issue we ran into under z/OS 2.2. We are being told this also affects z/OS 2.1. This APAR really does nothing for the overall memory usage. As for the memory usage, IBM made a change in z/OS 2.2 around how they

Re: TSO Setup on SSH

Venkat, Go to https://dovetail.com/solutions.html and get yourself a copy of their utterly fine product Co:Z SFTP, which will enable you to do exactly what you want. The installation doc has examples which will have you sftp-ing sequential and PDS datasets in no time. And best of all, you may

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

I would think that in some part of this process it asked if you had PL/I. If you do not have it, then there should be some way to let the product know not to include PL/I modules. The product structure for PL/I has changed from the previous PL/I version. Most JCL and CLISTs that link-edit a

Re: LAST ALTER date in GDG base.

According to this announcement by the late Mark Thomen: https://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0201=ibm-main-archives=0=D===425524 the corresponding field GDGALTDT has been added to the Catalog Search Interface for z/OS 1.3 . The catalog field has probably existed before. Klaus Stanislawiak

CALLLIBS and non-existent library

During SMP/E installation of some product APPLY fails because there is no SIBMCALL dddef. This is part of PL/I which I don't have. PL/I is not a prerequisite of the product. Any clue? My wild ideas: 1. Define DDDEF entry for SIBMCALL and point to SYS1.LINKLIB or empty loadlib. 2. Edit MCS to

Re: LAST ALTER date in GDG base.

>From "DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs" (z/OS 1.13 version) LAST ALTER DATE-The julian date (.DDD) on which the GDG base was last altered, by adding or removing a GDS. I have no idea what a value of .000 indicates, probably have to look in some control block listing to find.

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

Itschak Mugzach wrote: >THere used to be a rexx that calculates mips and msus. Try this link at the >bottom >http://bit.listserv.tsorexx.narkive.com/KXbgme2w/res-tso-rexx-rexx-to-calculate-mips-and-msu Yes, thanks! There is a nice REXX program there. If you are refering to Mark Zelden's site

Host On Demand Java Certificate issues

Has anyone else experienced Java certificate issues using HOD? We have trusted certs issued from IBM Canada for Verisign that are not expired, but are presenting themselves as revoked with a reason of AFFLIATION CHANGED. Thoughts anyone? Coworker opening PMR as I type. Bob

LAST ALTER date in GDG base.

Hello, IDCAMS LISTC of a GDG base shows a LAST ALTER date. When was this introduced? I can't find this. We think we can interpret a date .000 as 'not altered' or 'altered before yymmdd'. Thanks, Kees. For information, services and

Re: TSO Setup on SSH

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:14 PM, venkat kulkarni < venkatkulkarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do anybody have sample batch job to transfer data using sftp. > > Currently we using FTP in batch job PGM but not sure what program we should > use for sftp and format of JCL to transfer sequential and PDs

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

THere used to be a rexx that calculates mips and msus. Try this link at the bottom http://bit.listserv.tsorexx.narkive.com/KXbgme2w/res-tso-rexx-rexx-to-calculate-mips-and-msu Best, ITschak ITschak Mugzach Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional On Thu, Dec

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >That's why I used quotation marks for "meaningless". >MIPS definitions is weak, there's another measure: MSU. Yup. I'm familiar with MSU. >MSU is good, because it's known for public with no fee. >MSU is good, because there no multiple different MSU tables, there's one

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

W dniu 2016-12-01 o 11:56, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Note: every MIPS table can differ slightly due to "meaningless" value of MIPS. "meaningless"! Hahaha! Are there alternatives to MIPS? Service Units? Dispatch speed? Other measurement methods? Also, what mixture

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >Note: every MIPS table can differ slightly due to "meaningless" value of MIPS. "meaningless"! Hahaha! Are there alternatives to MIPS? Service Units? Dispatch speed? Other measurement methods? Also, what mixture of instructions [on what hardware type!] are used to

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

IMHO the best way to obtain MIPS for given machine: 1. Find out the machine model and capacity marker. D M=CPU in z/OS or right click on CPC icon on HMC, or ...or some people working on it simply should know it. 2. Go to IBM site called LSPR and read "PCI index" which is MIPS value. Note:

Re: Question about memory usage under z/OS 2.2

Paul, We are going to 2.2 soon. Do you have information about the problems? APAR numbers, PTFs? Thanks, Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Feller, Paul Sent: 11 October, 2016 23:12 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU