"Priced attractively" means that it is part of Communications Server (which is
part of z/OS) but is not "free"? There is an additional fee?
Thank you,
Michael
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Because IT creates the alias IBMGENER to the old IEBGENER and so it knows how
to invoke it.
Kees.
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> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: 22 May, 2018 17:30
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subjec
If you have DFSort or Syncsort then replacing IEBGENER with ICEGENER or
SYNCGENR is not only simple, but you would be silly not to do so and save the
resources. FASTGENR is also very good, but I don't think (in my opinion) that
it's worth the extra cost since you already paid for either SYNCGEN
Except that now you can merely transmit the data to any other server to have it
offsite. Having gone through all of the various gyrations over the years of
trying to come up with ways to get the tapes off site, from paying a company to
cart them away to the caves to transmitting tape-to-tape at
I think people used to install their local usermods that way. I don't remember
that ever being the norm for PTF's though.
Brian
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Folks, IBM is shipping and continues to ship lots of physical tape
libraries and tape drives for z/OS (and z/VM, z/TPF, and z/VSE), and it's a
big IBM investment area to keep pushing forward on densities, performance,
and reliability. There is absolutely no limitation on continuing to use
physical
FastGener is from SEA (https://seasoft.com/)
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 10:48 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Replaceing IEBGENER
Just curious: which company delivers FASTGENER?
I know ICEGENER (IBM)
On 5/22/2018 7:37 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2018 16:51:01 -0400, Tom Conley wrote:
On 5/22/2018 4:26 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote:
ISTR a maintenance philosophy from "eons" ago where PTFs would be
applied but never accepted.
What was the rationale for this? Does anyone still use this ph
Because of a change to the way that IBM Knowledge Center indexes content, the
original IBM z/OS Search Scope Catalog needed tweaking and was down for a
little while. But, it's now back and better than ever! Find it at
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3/zos-
On 22 May 2018 at 15:27, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> The BPX loadhfs function (BPX1LOD) loads an HFS executable
> into memory.
>
> It seems, that sometimes, this is loaded into writable memory
> and sometimes into read-only memory.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a way to indicate which is desired..
Something like this with zHPF:
// EXEC SAS
//INDD DD ...DCB=BUFNO=255
//OUDD DD ...DCB=BUFNO=255
//SYSIN DD *
data _null_;
infile indd;
file oudd;
input @;
put _infile_;
return;
run;
Ron
-Origi
Steve,
I'm pretty sure that IEBGENER's BSAM buffering is NCP=5.
Google tells me that FASTGENR is from SEA.
https://seasoft.com/products/solutions-for-system-z/dasd-management/fastgenr
Ron
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Steve Smith
Sent: Tuesday,
When it comes to sheer I/O power for copying one sequential file to another,
*nothing* beats the muscle of the xxxGENER sort products. All it can do is copy
input to output. No reformatting or other tweaking. You wouldn't notice the
performance with 100 records, but try 100K or 100M Astounding.
On Tue, 22 May 2018 16:51:01 -0400, Tom Conley wrote:
>On 5/22/2018 4:26 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote:
>>
>> ISTR a maintenance philosophy from "eons" ago where PTFs would be
>> applied but never accepted.
>>
>> What was the rationale for this? Does anyone still use this philosophy?
>> If so, why?
>
>There
On 5/22/2018 1:49 PM, Allan Staller wrote:
I haven't used that philosophy in 30+ years.
What was the rationale 30+ years ago?
Do you remember why things were being done that way?
Thanks,
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http://ww
This error was due to my significantly backlevel ot Syncsort.
I brought it up to date, and KEYBEGIN in INREC/IFTHEN is now valid.
Now, back to the specific problem. I again wish to thank you for your help.
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> More: YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR VALUABLE ARCHIVE DATA ON NEW MEDIA!
Not really. The auditors are ok with old tapes that most likely will
never need to be read. If we try to copy it to new media, and it fails,
then we will know for sure that the tapes are bad and have no option but
report such to
IDCAMS: REPRO
OK, maybe. I have only vague memory that it's QSAM operator, where
IEBGENER is BSAM, and evidently, one buffer.
It's also a fairly trivial exercise to write your own "fast" copy program.
QSAM is pretty fast with optimal bufferage. However, I assume that the
SORT programs are goin
They are moving away from PDF on the mainframe (they have that) and
email from the mainframe (they have that too). They are centralizing
their print to a specific PC with some software package that I don't
know the name of. It also handles all their other platforms.
Tony Thigpen
Seymour J Met
On 5/22/2018 4:26 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote:
z/OS Sysprogs,
ISTR a maintenance philosophy from "eons" ago where PTFs would be
applied but never accepted.
What was the rationale for this? Does anyone still use this philosophy?
If so, why?
Thanks,
FYI,
There is no rationale. It was wrong then,
I haven't used that philosophy in 30+ years.
Install maintenance.
Let it run until time for next round of maint.
Accept "old maint"
Install next round of maint.
Reason: PTF chains in the event of a need to restore.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@
z/OS Sysprogs,
ISTR a maintenance philosophy from "eons" ago where PTFs would be
applied but never accepted.
What was the rationale for this? Does anyone still use this philosophy?
If so, why?
Thanks,
--
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Edward E. Jaffe
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA
I think IBM considers TSO as "stable" so any enhancements may be difficult to
get done.
Lizette
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> Charles Mills
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:12 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Can TSO permit RACF to
W dniu 2018-05-22 o 19:41, Seymour J Metz pisze:
3210 and 3215 are local non-SNA devices; there is no telnet equivalent.
3215?
Is it the $#$@% mode which is widely present in z/VM?
I hate set conmode or how it was...
BTW: 3215 support is optional feature of OSA-ICC. Quite new feature...
It see
W dniu 2018-05-22 o 08:04, Timothy Sipples pisze:
Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
It is really nice sales pitch, but *technically* IBM it is no longer
possible to write directly to a tape volume from z/OS.
First of all, it's not a sales pitch. I don't do sales pitches very well.
Second, it's also no
While I still miss native tapes, I see your example as partially invalid.
You can have 20 years old data on ne media, including virtual tapes.
More: YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR VALUABLE ARCHIVE DATA ON NEW MEDIA!
Old data, but fresh media.
Reasons:
1. Old tape can be become defective. Of course second c
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:48 PM R.S. wrote:
> Just curious: which company delivers FASTGENER?
>
> I know ICEGENER (IBM) and SYNCGENER (Syncsort), but don't know FASTGENER.
>
SEA - Software Engineering of America
https://seasoft.com/products/solutions-for-system-z/dasd-management/fastgenr
>
FastGENR
https://seasoft.com/products/solutions-for-system-z/dasd-management/fastgenr
Carmen Vitullo
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From: "R.S."
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:47:31 PM
Subject: Re: Replaceing IEBGENER
Just curious: which company delivers FAST
Just curious: which company delivers FASTGENER?
I know ICEGENER (IBM) and SYNCGENER (Syncsort), but don't know FASTGENER.
Are ther more "GENERS"?
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Treść tej wiadomości może zaw
The BPX loadhfs function (BPX1LOD) loads an HFS executable
into memory.
It seems, that sometimes, this is loaded into writable memory
and sometimes into read-only memory.
There doesn't seem to be a way to indicate which is desired.. is there
some OS-interface that writable memory be used?
I did
AFAIK, SMCS was limited to 3270, which would give you TN3270 but not line-mode
telnet. Neither 3210 nor 3215 was supported by VTAM.
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John McKown
S
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:42 PM Seymour J Metz wrote:
> 3210 and 3215 are local non-SNA devices; there is no telnet equivalent.
>
Hum, how about an LU1 console? I guess I could use c3270 to script an SMCS
console. But, that's more work {frown}. Guess I'm stuck with CA-OPS/MVS,
which is really
3210 and 3215 are local non-SNA devices; there is no telnet equivalent.
"ncurses, foiled again" (GD&R)
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:
In article <6921821729008793.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu> you wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2018 13:55:50 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote:
> >See this
> >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.aopu000/lpruse.htm
> >
> Some Windows systems provide
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 11:30 AM Seymour J Metz wrote:
> I have a warped mind: I keep thinking of an RFE for z/OS support of
> perforated paper (well, mylar) tape. GD&R.
>
On a similar note: I want my 3215 console back!
Why? Because I want to be able to have a "line mode" telnet environment
wh
This sounds like a flavor of a problem that originated some years ago when
multi-system logon was officially supported by IBM/JES2. The logic adopted by
JES2 (cannot speak for JES3) was to issue a notify on whichever system had the
'oldest' (chronologically) TSO session of the same name. I don’t
Hi Charles,
Yes, the answer to your first question appears to be correct...
LOG=NONE suppresses both messages and SMF records regardless of
MSGSUPP=NO. (from RACROUTE Macro Reference)
Not sure if this is configurable, but think it should be.
HTH,
Mike
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The reflective marker goes back at least as far as the 727 tape drive, but I
never heard the word "clip" in that context.
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Edward Gould
Sent: Mond
IOCP? Can't you do that from PC-readable media these days?
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Edward Gould
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:34 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
Subject:
I have a warped mind: I keep thinking of an RFE for z/OS support of perforated
paper (well, mylar) tape. GD&R.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of
Tony Thigpen
Sent: Tuesday, May 22
We have been using NPF for quite a while. Setup is sort of non-intuitave, but
we have a very small number of printers, once setup it just works and doesn't
need much attention. Priced attractively.
Dana
On Tue, 22 May 2018 10:07:42 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
>We are going to look at IP NET
Part of the standard install of DFSORT (and I would guess SYNCSORT as well)
include suggestions like these:
-- Make IEBGENER an alias for the sort product's GENER.
-- Create a user-defined alias for DFP IEBGENER. They suggest IBMGENER, but it
does not matter.
-- Tell the
Is it acceptable to convert the data to PDF and e-mail them? How about NJE over
TCP/IP, with a node on the PC?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of
Tony Thigpen
Sent: Tuesday, May 22
Do you allow multiple concurrent TSO logon of a user in the same sysplex? Do
you want the messages to go to all of them? How does D:C send the messages?
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Look in z/OS Communications Server: IP User's Guide and Commands.
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Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, Ma
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:28 AM Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) <
lionel.d...@va.gov> wrote:
> I phrased the question incorrectly or at least it wasn't complete.
>
> The batch job end notification does appear on the TSO LPAR but messages
> from Connect:Direct that run on the Batch LPAR to no show up on
> On May 22, 2018, at 8:27 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek)
> wrote:
>
> I phrased the question incorrectly or at least it wasn't complete.
>
> The batch job end notification does appear on the TSO LPAR but messages from
> Connect:Direct that run on the Batch LPAR to no show up on the TSO LPAR u
On Tue, 22 May 2018 08:40:42 +, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote:
>We changed from FASTGENER to ICEGENER many years ago, in order to save money.
>ICEGENER works well and also switches to IEBGENER in unsupported situations.
>
I understand some sites make IEBGENER an alias of ICEGENER. But w
X-Posted IBM-MAIN and RACF-L.
Apparently TSO specifies LOG=NONE or something like that on a TSO signon,
such that no SMF record is cut in the event that the logon is successful --
is that correct?
Is that behavior configurable? Is there a way to configure TSO or RACF such
that we would see an SMF
On Tue, 22 May 2018 13:55:50 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote:
>See this
>https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.aopu000/lpruse.htm
>
Some Windows systems provide an LPR command, ...
That appears to be a (some) Windows command whereas the OP wanted J
In case the link gets wrecked by Microsoft protection... I'm referring to the
product SyzSPOOLz.
– Vignesh
Mainframe Infrastructure
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Of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Sent: 22 May 2018 15:31
To:
Speaking of JES2 to plaintext... http://www.syzygyinc.com/SyzSPOOLz.htm
Pretty neat pricing too (I think?)
– Vignesh
Mainframe Infrastructure
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Tony Thigpen
Sent: 22 May 2018 15:08
To: IBM
In article <0292150862288985.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu> you wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2018 11:04:11 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote:
> >Take a look at the TSO LPR command
> >
> I used to know that command, but I don't find it in:
> z/OS IBM TSO/E Command Reference Version
We are going to look at IP NETWORK PRINT FACILITY since it is part of
Communications Server.
Tony Thigpen
Tony Thigpen wrote on 05/22/2018 08:15 AM:
Just to move it up a notch.
First, this is for batch reports.
The customer already already has a complex print solution, but over the
years has
See this
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.aopu000/lpruse.htm
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Fr
On Tue, 22 May 2018 11:04:11 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote:
>Take a look at the TSO LPR command
>
I used to know that command, but I don't find it in:
z/OS IBM TSO/E Command Reference Version 2 Release 3 SA32-0975-30
>I've an ispf dialog to simplify using it at http://lbdsoftwa
I phrased the question incorrectly or at least it wasn't complete.
The batch job end notification does appear on the TSO LPAR but messages from
Connect:Direct that run on the Batch LPAR to no show up on the TSO LPAR until
the users signs back on or does a LISTBC>
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/*ROUTE XEQ a batch job with a step to do a SEND command... ?
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Of Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek)
Sent: 22 May 2018 14:07
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject:
They say that probably because RHEL is one of options in Linux on z; that's the
part where their knowledge ends, I think.
IBM will (and have) advice for z/OS, z/TPF, z/VSE, z/VM, CFCC, etc.
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Is there a way to enable TSO notifications from batch jobs that run on a
different LPAR in the plex?
Thank you
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We have two entries in our ARM Policy, one to start CA OPS/MVS (our automation
Product) and one to start a test version of OPS/MVS. CA-OPS/MVS starts
everything else that needs to be started. Here it is:
DEFINE POLICY NAME(ARMPOLAA) REPLACE(YES)
/*---*/
/*
- Also, I could always point to the tape rack and tell the auditors: "You
want the data from 20 years ago? There it is."
But less chance that they could actually read the data.
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
> Timothy,
>
> The biggest problem is that physical tape, unlik
It is my understanding that it is also operating system dependent. Linux
has problems, but the other main z operating systems require a much
different, and more difficult process, to exploit. And, that different
process would be such a brute-force method that it can be considered
more difficult
Thought this would be of interest here. It says IBMz _HAS_ the problem.
Along with POWER8 and ARM, not just "Intel compatible" (BAD).
-- Forwarded message -
From: Alan Ackerman
Date: Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:36 PM
Subject: Kernel Side-Channel Attack using Speculative Store Bypass
To
Just to move it up a notch.
First, this is for batch reports.
The customer already already has a complex print solution, but over the
years has converted most of the advanced functions to a PC server based
process. That PC server looks like a simple printer and only needs
simple CR/LF type da
We are beginning the process to build the agenda for the mid-year Large Systems
Working Group meeting
This event will be held on 21st June 2018 from 09:00 - 17:00 GMT at RSM
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If you would like to present at this event, please send the following to
On 5/21/2018 7:12 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Is there any non-cost solutions built within z/OS 1.13 to print from
JES2 to basic IP printers?
Tony,
You can print to IP printers no problem. The issue comes in when you
have to convert that 3270 printer stream to PCL for the HP LaserJet on
your
It depends what you want to print.
If it's just text in English, LPR would probably work just fine.
If you are using another language, then it might be a bit more complex getting
the translation tables right.
If you want to use different fonts, overlays and other AFP things, you would
probably
Take a look at the TSO LPR command
I've an ispf dialog to simplify using it at http://lbdsoftware.com/print.zip
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Timothy,
The biggest problem is that physical tape, unlike dasd, has been the
primary method of data archive and data transport since it was created.
(And that includes paper tape.) While tape virtualization is great for
internal tapes, off-site archival now requires an expensive duplicate of
Sorry, you are correct. Since we already had DFSORT, ICEGENER was 'free'
(already payed for).
Kees.
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi
> Sent: 22 May, 2018 11:42
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subjec
ICEGENER is not free.
It's part of DFSort which costs money.
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Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 12:29 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Replaceing IEBGENER
We had no technical complaint
We had no technical complaints about FASTGENER, the main difference was that
ICEGENER is free.
Kees.
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi
> Sent: 22 May, 2018 10:53
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subje
We have both FASTGENER and ICEGENER.
Would anyone be better than the other?
Gadi
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Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 11:41 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Replaceing IEBGENER
We chan
We changed from FASTGENER to ICEGENER many years ago, in order to save money.
ICEGENER works well and also switches to IEBGENER in unsupported situations.
Kees.
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi
> Sent
Hi,
I've been asked to replace IEBGENER with FASTGENR.
I can also replace it with ICEGENER.
If you had a choice, which way would you go?
Gadi
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Tony,
As other posters have recommended, please take a look at the IP Network
Print Facility for z/OS, part of Communications Server for z/OS and
included at no additional charge with the base z/OS operating system. NPF
is well documented in IBM Publication No. SC27-3658. Here's the direct Web
lin
Ken,
ARM is a Sysplex function, not an XCF feature.
Check "Setting up a Sysplex" for more info. Ch 8 "Controlling job availability
and recovery through Automatic Restart
Management."
Kees.
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