Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
I haven't had it enough to develop a strong preference, although I found the homemade Slivowitz at DGS to be too sweet for my taste. In fact, before that I had never heard of sweet Slivowitz. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Slivovitz drinkers, Which brand do you prefer? Regards, David On 2020-05-21 22:39, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: It may not be echt, but I like my Slivowitz well iced. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
It may not be echt, but I like my Slivowitz well iced. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Old Peculier for a Yorkshireman :) On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:26 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > I would like a virtual Slivowitz; please don't refrigerate. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
I would like a virtual Slivowitz; please don't refrigerate. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tom Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com] Sent: Thursday,

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Tom Brennan
Maybe we should all have a six-pack in the fridge that we're not allowed to touch until someone offers one. On 5/21/2020 4:44 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: Sam Virtual Adams. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
Yep, and different OUTCLASS's. So either the doc. is wrong (or misread) or something stepped in and changed the disposition. Either way, it's ALL still on the spool until all the out groups are purged (not considering the effects of SPIN). First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Sam Virtual Adams. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Charles Mills
It did not but now it does and it works! Gosh, got it right on the first try. Guessed at the changes to make to the below and seem to have gotten them all right on the first try. I owe you all a virtual beer in Boston. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Charles Mills
It's all there in ST: DDNAME StepName ProcStep DSID OwnerC Dest Rec-Cnt JESJCLIN 1 K 2 JESMSGLG JES2 2 K LOCAL6 JESJCL JES2 3 K LOCAL

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
Ah, I was looking at a mushed-up email, and it was hard to see all of it. And yeah, the Init and Tuning reference seems to say what you suggest. All I know is when it doesn't show up in the output or held queue when you expect it to, some part of the output was not purged, so you can see it

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
Doesn't this take precedence: JOBCLASS(STC) TIME=(1440,00), /* Job Step Time ...ss... WS*/ COMMAND=EXECUTE,/* Execute Commands ..r.. WS*/ BLP=NO, /* Ignore BLP parm ...l. WS*/ AUTH=ALL, /* Allow all Cmds

z/OSMF & TSS

2020-05-21 Thread Steely.Mark
Does anyone have z/OSMF active using TSS (Top Secret) ? I have been using the "Convert z/OS 2.3 member IZUSEC from RACF to TSS commands". z/OSMF still has problems activating - I would like to see how other sites have setup the ID's IBM requires. My main concern is IZUADMIN. The

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
He was sending that one SYSOUT to class H; the output class for JOBCLASS(STC) was K. I'm sure K wasn't set to PURGE. And the output doesn't really go away until it ALL goes away. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
I don't understand how it is still there for ST to find. shouldn't JES2 have purged it due to the OUTDISP=(PURGE,HOLD)? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of

Re: [External] Re: What crashing COBOL systems reveal about applications maintenance -- GCN

2020-05-21 Thread Graham Harris
We found higher CPU was generally down to the new version of LE routines. COBOL itself was not found to be an issue CPU-wise, although there was only limited comparative testing done. On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 13:48, Pommier, Rex wrote: > OPT(0) burns that much more CPU? Is this on all compiles

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Charles Mills
Thanks all! - Yes, SDSF ST finds it. Why is it visible in ST but not in H or O? - Problem is the lack of a userid. I will get that fixed up. Back here if I hit something else I cannot solve. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Bingo Allan. If I have a jobcard, I'll use MSGCLASS=X and in the SYSOUT SYSOUT=* Same JCL in an STC and SYSOUT=* does indeed disappear goes to a different (disappearing class) On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 6:11 AM Allan Staller wrote: > S STCNAME...MSGCLASS=(held sysout class). > > I.e.

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Allan Staller
S STCNAME...MSGCLASS=(held sysout class). I.e. ODISP=(keep,keep) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where do started PROC errors go? [CAUTION: This Email is

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
I don't know whether he is doing anyhing that requires authorization. What I do know is that he won't see his output unless he changes or overrides his OUTDISP. OTOH, it's certainly cleaner to assign an appropriate userid to every started task. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Charles did your setup include something like this? RDEFINE STARTED MYSTC.* OWNER(SYS1) AUDIT(FAILURES(READ)) UACC(NONE) PERMIT MYSTC.* CLASS(STARTED) GENERIC ID(WAYNE) ACCESS(ALTER) RALTER STARTED MYSTC.* STDATA(USER(STCOPER) GROUP(GROUPZ)) SETROPTS REFRESH RACLIST(STARTED) On Fri, May 22,

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Two things, no definition for the STC in RACF. If I have difficulty diagnosing STC problems, I run them as a job in JCL to capture error messages. On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 5:14 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > He posted messages showing that the STC ran normally. His primary problem > is OUTDISP;

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
He posted messages showing that the STC ran normally. His primary problem is OUTDISP; once he fixes that we can see whether the userid is causing other problems. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Lizette Koehler
Check the JES2 INIT Deck for the STCCLAS and see what it has for DISP. Next, if there is a SYSOUT Repository ($avers for example) maybe all output from the STC will be in there If you have a JCL Scan utility (Like JCLPLUS) then scan the JCS All else, slap a job card on it with TYPRUN=SCAN and

Re: IODF Activation Question - Followup

2020-05-21 Thread Mark Jacobs
Thanks all. Sounds like good plan to me. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:55 PM, Chuck Kreiter wrote: > I used

Re: IODF Activation Question - Followup

2020-05-21 Thread Chuck Kreiter
I used to manage 4 monoplexes on the same CEC. That's how I did my updates. Activate on one monoplex and copy the IODF to the others and activate soft. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Thursday,

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Christopher Y. Blaicher
Generally the job name is the name of the PROC you issued the start for. Have you tried using the ST option of SDSF? Also, some errors get put on the bottom of the queue. Also, did you look in the SYSLOG? You should see the start and end messages Chris Blaicher Technical Architect

Re: IODF Activation Question - Followup

2020-05-21 Thread Carmen Vitullo
that's sounds reasonable, I can't honestly say yes, my IODF contains the configuration for both the PROD CEC and the DR CEC, so I don't need to transfer it, via export,import. but since I have a rescue system I can IPL on the DR box, an IPL, then an activation works for me and both hw and sw

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Try running the PROC in a batch job. You do realize that without proper setup the STC is probably using a different userid. On Thu, 21 May 2020 09:11:10 -0700 Charles Mills wrote: :>I have a program that runs successfully in a job. I just cloned the JCL :>appropriately into a PROC. When I

IODF Activation Question - Followup

2020-05-21 Thread Mark Jacobs
I have a followup question on this topic. In addition to the 8 z/OS systems in the sysplex, we have several standalone monoplex z/OS systems on the same CEC. If I perform the HCD work in the sysplex, then transfer the IODF file to one of the standalone systems, perform a software and hardware

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
Whoops! I didn't notice the OUTDISP. Yes, with (PURGE,HOLD) he will not see output from a normal termination. He can override that with a JESDS on an OUTPUT statement. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe

Re: z/OS 2.3 systems show OPI=YES

2020-05-21 Thread Carmen Vitullo
the solution to the OPI using the default rather than what was specific has been resolved... apparently if you concatenate IEASYSxx members, and you want to ensure OPI=NO you MUST specify OPI=NO in the last member NIP is reads, I added OPI=NO to all three members I specify and now get

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Carmen also brought up a good point, you may be running with a started task table ICHRIN03 instead of the STARTED class. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
The $HASP messages say that the started task did run and complete. Is your userid authorized to view output from ICHRIN03? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Yes, the may be a problem, because that means you're most likely running with an undefined user which means RACF is most likely stopping the task from running unless every dataset it is hitting has a UACC allowing access. You need to define a security profile in the STARTED class with

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Carmen Vitullo
depending on your defined started task table ( ICHRIN03) that could be an issue and just purge immediately. try SDSF ST with prefix set for myproc, just grasping ++ is the default no id assigned, IIRC OUTDISP=(PURGE,HOLD), <- purge on a good completion I believe , then HOLD if there's a

Re: REXX and BPXWUNIX()

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
That looks like your original code, e.g., unnecessary address, call bpxwunix 'host ',ipaddr.i,out. Teh first parameter should be 'host' ipaddr.i, the second parameter should be omitted and the third parameter should be quoted, although unquoted will work as long as you never assign a value to

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Charles Mills
All that is in SYSLOG is S myproc,MSGCLASS=H IRR813I NO PROFILE WAS FOUND IN THE STARTED CLASS FOR 446 myproc WITH JOBNAME myproc. RACF WILL USE ICHRIN03. $HASP100 myproc ON STCINRDR

Re: How to configure LOADxx in DR

2020-05-21 Thread Jim Mulder
More precisely, when ADRDSSU, initializes a volume, it writes IPL text whose only purpose is to load a 00F wait state. So if you do not replace that with IPL text for another program, you get a 00F wait state when you IPL that volume. Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Seymour J Metz
Is your proc in the IEFJOBS or IEFPDSI concatenation? Does it have a JOB statement? What messages did you get after the START? Is the MSGCLASS a purge class? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: [External] Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
Charles, A couple things to check. Is there anything in the SYSLOG showing what happened to the task? Check your JES2PARM member of parmlib. In there, you should find a JOBCLASS(STC) stanza. What does that show for LOG, MSGCLASS, MSGLEVEL, OUTDISP and OUTPUT? Rex -Original

Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Charles Mills
I have a program that runs successfully in a job. I just cloned the JCL appropriately into a PROC. When I issue a START for the PROC I get a started message and an ended message but no clue as to why it failed. (It is supposed to be long-running, so ending is a failure.) I don't think it is a JCL

Re: z/OS/Rocket find and xargs

2020-05-21 Thread Michael Babcock
I figured this out myself.  Something really stupid.  I wasn't putting '{}' at the end of the tar command.  Jeez. On 5/21/2020 8:47 AM, Michael Babcock wrote: I have Rocket’s bash, git, findutils, xargs, vim, etc installed on my z/OS 2.4 system and can't seem to make something work. I have a

RMM Extended Format Record Layout

2020-05-21 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Does anyone have a simple document of the above that uses DFSORT's ICETOOL? According to one coworker's effort, the first volser is in Column 9 for a length of 6. Does that sound right? I tried IEHIBALL on a browse of the extract file and quickly got confused with seeing column mismatches. We

Re: REXX and BPXWUNIX()

2020-05-21 Thread J Ellis
turns out it was something silly/overlooked, missing comma ... I had: call bpxwunix 'host ' ipaddr.i,out. should have been call bpxwunix 'host ' ipaddr.i,,out. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: REXX and BPXWUNIX()

2020-05-21 Thread J Ellis
thanks, I'll give the shell a try and let you know, i've attached a jcl run -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN 1

Re: REXX and BPXWUNIX()

2020-05-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 21 May 2020 07:45:59 -0500, J Ellis wrote: >I have been using the link provided from the start. as noted in the link: >stdin.0 must contain the number of lines that are to be redirected to the >command. stdin.1, stdin.2, ... contain the lines. > Which link? The one I posted?:

Re: How to configure LOADxx in DR

2020-05-21 Thread Jordi Bornay
yes, but the error that comments (00F) is because it cannot find the IPL text. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

z/OS/Rocket find and xargs

2020-05-21 Thread Michael Babcock
I have Rocket’s bash, git, findutils, xargs, vim, etc installed on my z/OS 2.4 system and can't seem to make something work. I have a directory /u/xx35/test that contains directories with names like 20200512, 20200513, 20200514, etc (year, month, day).  These directories have other

Re: Creating new SMS environment in a monoplex

2020-05-21 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Your Welcome Bob, so glad I could help someone here :) I didn't start doing storage, SMS till I left Boeing, lets see that was 1998 - wow Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Robert B. Richards" <01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: [External] Re: What crashing COBOL systems reveal about applications maintenance -- GCN

2020-05-21 Thread Pommier, Rex
OPT(0) burns that much more CPU? Is this on all compiles or many or just a few of them? If compiles are that bad using OPT(0), what will an OPT(2) do? We're just starting our install of 6.3, going from 4.2 and this sounds like something we need to be aware of. Thanks, Rex -Original

Re: REXX and BPXWUNIX()

2020-05-21 Thread J Ellis
I have been using the link provided from the start. as noted in the link: stdin.0 must contain the number of lines that are to be redirected to the command. stdin.1, stdin.2, ... contain the lines. that is why on STDIN i coded the ipaddr.I, and that works. I am just not getting anything back

Re: How to configure LOADxx in DR

2020-05-21 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I use the same LOAD member in SYS1.IPLPARM and use LPARNAME to set the correct parameters , I use the IEASYM member to do the rest - just a snip of what I have, there's more to it but it works well all I do is shutdown and deactivate the LPAR's on one CEC and ACTIVATE and IPL the DR images

Re: Creating new SMS environment in a monoplex

2020-05-21 Thread Richards, Robert B.
> Multiple non-sysplexed systems can share SMS. Correct me if I'm wrong. As long as the CATALOGs are shared for what you are trying to manage, yes. BTDT, 20+ years ago. Thanks to both of you, Skip, and Carmen for the confirmation of taking a copy of a SCDS and matching ACDS from a sysplex

Re: Creating new SMS environment in a monoplex

2020-05-21 Thread R.S.
No, not exactly. First, I meant "regular" sysplex. In that case it is possible and recommended to have SMSplex=sysplex. However it is also possible to have multiple SMSplexes within a sysplex, and within GDPS. And I mean SMSplex can be cross-plex - yes, it is possible. Multiple non-sysplexed

Re: How to configure LOADxx in DR

2020-05-21 Thread Jordi Bornay
hello have you put the IPL text in the volume .. ?? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

How to configure LOADxx in DR

2020-05-21 Thread Gilson Cesar de Oliveira
Hello: We have the following situation when trying to activate and IPL 3 lpars from site A into site B. Both sites are distant about 450 Km and the storage replication is made by Global Metro Mirror. The issue we have faced last weekend is related to match the IODF we have received