Re: how to suppress the message IEF196I

There isn't much you can do about the ones that come from jobs that are started under the master scheduler, but normal day to day stuff (everything else that runs under control of JES) is controlled by the MONITOR option of your consoles, the one that controls those "millions" of messages you

Re: CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2

We had the issue with real storage. It happened on an lpar with 2.5 gig of real storage. After talking with IBM support we decided to standardize on no lpar was to be smaller than 4 gig. After that the issues with odd lock ups on lpars went away. We are running SYSVIEW under z/OS 2.2, but

Re: how to suppress the message IEF196I

Hi all I check our operlog again to find out why there are millions of message(IEF196I) in the operlog every day. Please see the part of operlog below: Most of IEF196I is normal.Because we use WLM initiator,there are lot of message( IEF196I) from batch JOB or START TASK. How to suppress

Re: CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2

Yes, I have an open issue with CA Support. No, I did not take a SADUMP...and CA Support has not requested one. Yes, I have checked the CA Knowledge Base...and have also gone back over the install guide and administration guide. It is a sandbox LPAR running as a guest under z/VM 6.3 and it has 1G

Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

On Mon, 1 May 2017 15:34:58 -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > >IBM could make file names of manual files reflect the formal manual >titles, and you could still end up with something difficult to use. > Would it be any worse than the 8.3 names we see nowadays? But yes, the effort could be pretty much

Re: CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2

On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:29:39 +, McCabe, Ron wrote: >Hello Listers, > >Is anyone running CA-SYSVIEW 14.2 on z/OS 2.2? We are upgrading our z/OS 1.13 >to 2.2 and CA-SYSVIEW needed to be upgraded too along with applying a required >PTF to run on z/OS 2.2. I got

Re: Omegamon use?

The e3270 UI is working. We are using it with V730 of Omegamon. Bobby -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Norman Hollander on Desertwiz Sent: May 01 3:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Omegamon

Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

On 04/30/2017 09:32 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: > More than a year ago (it may have been 2012, I just can't remember), I > put forth an idea that IBM do a search for its manuals based on their > ID for the manuals, while the user could name that manual from that > point. > > Example: iea2b6a0.pdf

Re: Can XLC printf() take "%D(*,*)"?

Same issues. I am actually using vsnprintf(). Just easier to say "printf()." Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 4:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

On 05/01/2017 04:21 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Not all offices run Windows, for instance ours run MACS. And unzip is built into the Finder, so it’s the about same situation: you double click on a zip file, and it gets extracted. Yes. Well, maybe "Archive Utility". I'd be less confident

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

On 2017-05-01, at 13:59, Pew, Curtis G wrote: > On May 1, 2017, at 1:48 PM, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> Not all offices run Windows, for instance ours run MACS. > > And unzip is built into the Finder, so it’s the about same situation: you > double click on a zip file, and it gets extracted. >

Re: S0D5 accessing dataspace

What is the reason code? On Mon, 1 May 2017 14:59:54 -0400 Gary Weinhold wrote: :>We're experiencing an abend S0D5 that occurs at only one site. We have an authorized program that issues a DSPSERV CREATE SCOPE=ALL to establish a dataspace. It initializes several of the

Re: Omegamon use?

TEMS and TEPS run better on zLinux and Windows platforms. Plus no major MIPS consumed that way. TEPS does have a lot of additional metrics on it. There was intent to move a lot of into the e3270UI over time. But really don't think that will happen given the state of IBM lately. zN

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

On May 1, 2017, at 1:48 PM, Edward Gould wrote: > > Not all offices run Windows, for instance ours run MACS. And unzip is built into the Finder, so it’s the about same situation: you double click on a zip file, and it gets extracted. -- Pew, Curtis G

Re: Omegamon use?

If you don't need a data warehouse of performance data, you can just leave the TEPS/TEMS out as much as possible. A minimal TEMS in the MF is enough, but if it is a hog, you can whack it too. To create situations is a job unto itself. Omegamon maintenance is also becoming a full time job at

Re: Can XLC printf() take "%D(*,*)"?

What about just using sprintf into a string and then cout the string? HTH Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can XLC

Re: AW: BPXWDYN and AVGREC usage

On 04/30/2017 06:58 AM, Scott Chapman wrote: > On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:17:43 -0500, Paul Gilmartin > wrote: > >> On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:39:00 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >>> AVGREC is a funny beast. it specifies the multiplier to be applied to the >>> primary and secondary

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

Colons are not valid in file names on Windows. Slashes aren't valid either, but as they also aren't on Unix, the tool seems to drop them. Backslashes could be a real mess, as they mean completely different things on Unix vs. Windows. sas On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)

Re: new member, need old iron assistance

Wow! All I can think of is some high voltage going on in there, like the flyback transformer in an old tube TV. I never heard the one I worked on, like you say probably because of all the machine noise in the tape room. Pommier, Rex wrote: Ahh, yes. The slow refresh rate of the 3290. I

Re: new member, need old iron assistance

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote: > Possibly a 3278-4, 43 lines deep by 80 chars wide? > ​Probably. I can't find _any_ pictures of that beast.​ > > Peter > > -- Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way

Re: new member, need old iron assistance

Possibly a 3278-4, 43 lines deep by 80 chars wide? Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 3:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: new member, need old iron assistance

Re: new member, need old iron assistance

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > Ahh, yes. The slow refresh rate of the 3290. I don't know about yours, > but we could not only watch the 3290 repaint the screen top to bottom, but > we could also hear it repaint. Kind of a quiet rattling or rapid

S0D5 accessing dataspace

We're experiencing an abend S0D5 that occurs at only one site. We have an authorized program that issues a DSPSERV CREATE SCOPE=ALL to establish a dataspace. It initializes several of the blocks in the dataspace but does not touch the rest of the blocks. It then issues SYSEVENT TRANSWAP and

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

> On May 1, 2017, at 1:41 PM, John McKown wrote: > > On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > >> >>> I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. >> >> >> ROTFLOL >> > > ​I agree. Why would someone who

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

Careful - there may be some snowflakes out there -- Lionel B. Dyck -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > > >I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. > > > ROTFLOL > ​I agree. Why would someone who could not do a "regular unzip" operation (which is built in to Windows Explorer!) want _anything_ from

Re: new member, need old iron assistance

Ahh, yes. The slow refresh rate of the 3290. I don't know about yours, but we could not only watch the 3290 repaint the screen top to bottom, but we could also hear it repaint. Kind of a quiet rattling or rapid clicking sound during a refresh. Couldn't hear it in the machine room, but it

CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2

Hello Listers, Is anyone running CA-SYSVIEW 14.2 on z/OS 2.2? We are upgrading our z/OS 1.13 to 2.2 and CA-SYSVIEW needed to be upgraded too along with applying a required PTF to run on z/OS 2.2. I got everything updated but when we start/run CA-SYSVIEW it locks up the system and the only

AW: Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

>I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. ROTFLOL -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

Current (before the "Creators" update) version is Ubuntu 14.04, which only has xpdf v3.03. Xpdf latest version is v3.04, so you may want to wait for the "Creators" update to try again. Or try the Windows binary directly from the foolabs site. My guess is that John M. is probably running the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

Yes, they are there in the Win10 bash shell (or rather they are after you install the xpdf package). The Win 10 bash shell is at Ubuntu level 14.04, which is a few years old now. The new version due to hit Win 10 systems soon as a big update ("Creators" update) will have Ubuntu version 16.04

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

Tried it on Windows 10 bash shell and got a LOT of 'invalid argument' messages on the ln command - but not on all. Example: ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘zOS_V2R2.0_Communications_Server:_IP_Diagnosis_Guide.pdf’: Invalid argument ln: failed to create symbolic link

Re: Large Scale Systems Museum announcement

And it should look like a 1990's web page (ok, not really). This was my first web page ever - almost 20 years ago: http://www.mildredbrennan.com/temp/Kids1997-07/index.htm And this is ever-so-slightly related to mainframes because I was at a job interview in 1997 at Tone Software in Anaheim,

Re: Omegamon use?

If you are not adverse to looking at other tools, what functions do you really need? Real time or after the fact? Some functions will require a lot of resources, some - not so much. For example, if they have to schedule something to run in the address space to collect data. Once you have

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

I found that under Windows 10 bash you can install the package with pdfinfo and it then the command seems to work - I haven't downloaded the zip file yet to try it out but sed, awk, etc. all seem to be in place under the bash shell.

Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

BTW the "pdfinfo" command is available as a Windows binary available at the XPDF website: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html The Windows package has only the command-line tools, of which "pdfinfo" is just one. A quite useful set of PDF tools, IMHO. HTH Peter -Original

Omegamon use?

Hi Folks, Looking for opinions on this. We've been running Omegamon (MVS + CICS) forever. We're a small shop. 2 lpars, not shared - monoplexes. As I upgrade these products, it seems that the GUI stuff (TEMS?) - which we've been avoiding - is more and more prevalent.

Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:32:50 -0400, Steve Thompson wrote: > > > >Example: iea2b6a0.pdf might become iea2b6a0_JCL_REF.pdf > > > >This was immediately slapped down as never gonna happen. > > >

Re: Manual Naming for Local use [WAS: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library....]

On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:32:50 -0400, Steve Thompson wrote: > >Example: iea2b6a0.pdf might become iea2b6a0_JCL_REF.pdf > >This was immediately slapped down as never gonna happen. > >Should this be put forth as a Share request/requirement? > 8.3 names should be left in the Dark Ages. The obstacle

Re: SMS STORGRP question

(Replying to a later post for update.) Many thanks to all who participated in this thread. We finally got SVCDUMPs working as we desired. As we explored various suggestions, we realized that we already had the necessary elements in place. Our one (fatal) flaw was the migration threshold for the

Re: Large Scale Systems Museum announcement

I think a Web site hosted on some system that was already "obsolete" when the Web became popular would be very cool. Yes, yes, I know, I have been on the Board of non-profits: "That's a great idea. Are you volunteering to do it?" Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Yep, my first response was returned because it began with a slash. Listserv thought it might be a command. Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2017, at 11:36, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > > Thanks, that must have been snipped from some responses - > Carmen

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Thanks, that must have been snipped from some responses - Carmen - Original Message - From: "J R" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 10:31:36 AM Subject: Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset " //SORTIN DD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMP(0),UNIT=3390,

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

" //SORTINDD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMP(0),UNIT=3390, // VOL=SER=TSO020 DISP defaults to NEW,DELETE. GDG (0) requires OLD or SHR. Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2017, at 11:04, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > > Very good pointers from Lizette, I'm confused, I don't see

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Very good pointers from Lizette, I'm confused, I don't see any SORTIN DD where you got your JCL ERROR - Original Message - From: "Lizette Koehler" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 9:46:12 AM Subject: Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

A few comments 1) You only need to run the Define GDG once. So that should not be run again after the you create the GDG 2) The z/OS environment no longer needs the parms of DCB=(lrecl,Blksize,..) they can all be specified individually. So you can code //

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

People who "don't know how to use regular zip files" are extremely unlikely to have the knowledge to make any use of the SHARE presentations. There is no reason to create a so-called self-extracting zip file in this day & age. It's either redundant or useless, as well as an unnecessary security

Re: IXGLOGR internal function

Good point Kees, While I think you are right, DB2 does not access logstreams directly, DB2 uses RRS which makes use of logstreams, that the only thing I can think of. Regards, Leo -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

>>> On 5/1/2017 at 09:18 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Why is that distributed as a "self-extracting" ZIP file? Does that I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. > cause problems on systems other than Windows? Or

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

On Mon, 1 May 2017 11:05:01 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >It's the first time I was downloading the proceedings as >"self-exctracting ZIP file". Can anyone explain why on earth this is >asking for admin rights on Windows? > Why is that distributed as a "self-extracting" ZIP file? Does that

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

On Mon, 1 May 2017 07:47:24 +0300, venkat kulkarni wrote: > >I have requirement to send GDG file to unix system using SFTP, but OPUT >command was not accepting this, So, I thought of adding one more >additional step into Job for coping GDG dataset to PS file and then PS file >copy unix directory

Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extracting ZIP File requesting Admin rights??

That's all in how the zip was configured (and what program was used) when it was created. Two common issues with self-extracting Zips are the one you are mentioning, where it asks for admin privileges to run it and the other where it tells you that it may not be installed correctly. I think

SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

It's the first time I was downloading the proceedings as "self-exctracting ZIP file". Can anyone explain why on earth this is asking for admin rights on Windows? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: IXGLOGR internal function

Nathan, Just to be clear: IXGLOGR is the z/OS System Logger task, which manages Logstreams. To access a Logstream, you need the macros Leo mentioned. As far as I know DB2 does not access Logstreams. To access other data, you need other tools/macros. Kees. > -Original Message- > From:

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Sometimes listserv is too smart. >//INDD DD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMP(1),DISP=SHR >or >//INDD DD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMP.G0001V00,DISP=SHR >or >//INDD DD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMP.DISP=SHR >//OUTDD DSN=TEST.TEST.TEMPPS,needs DCB and SPACE parameters with >

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

As stated. In your second job, you are using the default DISP (because you aren't specifying it at all) for both INDD and OUTDD > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of venkat kulkarni > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 12:17

Re: SFTP issue with GDG Dataset

Hello, Thanks for reply. JCL mentioned in my previous email for creating GDG //DEFGDG JOB 1130,'TEST', // MSGCLASS=T,NOTIFY=,REGION=4096K //BUILD EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD * DEFINE GDG (NAME(TEST.TEST.TEMP) - SCRATCH