VSAM alter rename fails

2022-02-23 Thread Peter
Hello I am trying to rename the cluster part of VSAM but it fails with below message and not getting reason code explanation in manual so far IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 10:59:35 ALTER DFHSM.MCDS NEWNAME(DFHSM.MCDS.OLD) - 00110101 CATALOG(CATALOG.ROPB.COMMON) IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR

Re: creating a python login module

2022-02-23 Thread David Crayford
On 22/2/22 6:30 pm, Erik Janssen wrote: Thanks for the pointers! Very interesting, I never realized that the ZSS part was also open source and written in metal C. I've so far only seen very minimal examples of using metal C, so I will look into the code! ZSS is written in LE C. It is program

Re: Resizing MCDS

2022-02-23 Thread Glenn Wilcock
Great discussion here. For those who are interested, here is a link to charts/recordings for a DFSMShsm education series. One of the sessions is specifically on the DFSMShsm control data sets that discusses RLS, CA Reclaim, Reorgs, etc. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Phil Smith III
Seymour J Metz wrote: >With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from comments into the continuation column. You can still key a character into column 72. Nope. Well, you can key it, but it won't "take". That's part of the definition of TRUNC.

Re: RFE: FTP should supply additional error information for TLS issues

2022-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:10:06 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: > >... there >is a theology in security that you err on the side of less detail about a >security failure, to prevent attackers from gaining information that might >help them in their quest. This is why, for example, it's considered

Re: RFE: FTP should supply additional error information for TLS issues

2022-02-23 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thanks Phil, I'll keep this in mind. I will say that if a hacker were trying to break TLS (or whatever) in this example they'd likely use their own client and thus have access to all of this information anyway. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of

Re: DC4 abend - R15=91040120

2022-02-23 Thread Steve Beaver
Did Tom's suggestion fox your problem? Steve Beaver -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pierre Fichaud Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DC4 abend - R15=91040120 Tom,

Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
Bummer. Maybe someone from IBM can shed light on the issue. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Binyamin Dissen [bdis...@dissensoftware.com] Sent:

2022 Annual z/OSMF Survey

2022-02-23 Thread Marna WALLE
Every year the z/OS Management Facility team distributes an annual survey to better understand the end users' needs and prioritize our roadmap to modernization so that it brings value to the user community. We would like to ask you to please contribute your input to this survey no later than

Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:22:40 + Seymour J Metz wrote: :>I believe that XEDIT and UPDATE are substantially as they were in VM/SP R2, except that starting with R3 you could write your macros in REXX. :>With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from comments into the

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:16:18 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: > >>I resorted to using basic XEDIT and generating my updates > >>with SuperC UPDCMS8. > (Why is quoted material appearing double-spaced? Is this a perversion of a markdown filter?) >As others have pointed out, this is easily remedied by

Re: Why SLIP PVTMOD/PVT EP does not work for Private load modules in CICS

2022-02-23 Thread venkat rao bandaru
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. It is interesting. Since CICS can have 100s of regions and each region may have a unique load address, it is almost impossible to set SLIP IF(Instruction Fetch) automatically across the regions. I understand it is not advisable or may not be often

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
BTDT,GTTS I would argue that multiple edits that are part of a single enhancement belong in a single checkin. For context, this is based on using a home grown IDE that timestamped changed lines, solicited and formatted change descriptions, and generally did the grunt work to have a good audit

Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
I believe that XEDIT and UPDATE are substantially as they were in VM/SP R2, except that starting with R3 you could write your macros in REXX. With Trunc 71 and Verify 1-72, text won't inadvertently spill over from comments into the continuation column. You can still key a character into column

Re: XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Phil Smith III
Binyamin Dissen wrote: >Hope that I am not doing too many newbie questions. I did a lot of VM in the >80s, including mods to CP and CMS, but either my memory isn't good or things >changed quite a bit. No such thing as "too many" REAL questions (not "Do my homework for me"!) >Why is

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Phil Smith III
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I had a disappointment with XEDIT Update mode: If I touch >a line; have second thoughts and restore it, even by an >immediate ERASE EOF, it puts the line needlessly in the >Update file. Working in a cooperative development project, >I resorted to using basic XEDIT and

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:32:57 -0500, Tony Thigpen wrote: >If it's a single line change, I just edit the resulting ptf member and >remove the extra modification. If it's in a group of lines being >changed, it's most likely going to be in the ptf anyway. > SuperC is less error-prone than I am. And

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Tony Thigpen
There is no 73-80 dependency in XEDIT/UPDATE either. Just the last 8 characters, so it could be 1001-1008 if you need 1000 characters for your code. Tony Thigpen Seymour J Metz wrote on 2/23/22 09:21: diff/patch is more flexible; no 73-80 dependency. In simple cases I can see that, but

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:21:05 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> diff/patch is more flexible; no 73-80 dependency. > >In simple cases I can see that, but what happens when blocks of code repeat? >Sometimes you need both a screwdriver and a hammer. > Or when a sizeable block of code is moved. I know

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Tony Thigpen
If it's a single line change, I just edit the resulting ptf member and remove the extra modification. If it's in a group of lines being changed, it's most likely going to be in the ptf anyway. Tony Thigpen Paul Gilmartin wrote on 2/23/22 09:01: On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:11:20 -0500 Tony Thigpen

Re: XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay)

2022-02-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
> You should continue the conversation over on the VM list. I could see cross posting, but z/VM is as on topic here as z/OS. Why not continue here? > I use a system that generates the AUX files For those not familiar with VM, the combination of XEDIT and UPDATE is a nice start for a

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Seymour J Metz
> diff/patch is more flexible; no 73-80 dependency. In simple cases I can see that, but what happens when blocks of code repeat? Sometimes you need both a screwdriver and a hammer. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM

Re: Omegamon for z/OS display of defined capacity and current MSU consumption

2022-02-23 Thread Rob Scott
Ronen I have discussed this with the Omegamon development team and they have a complete answer for you including screenshots. Please can you contact me off-list (rsc...@rs.com) and I will forward their email to you. Rob Scott Rocket Software -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:11:20 -0500 Tony Thigpen wrote: >> >> :>I use a system that generates the AUX files dynamically for each "xedit >> :>with update function". There is only one CTRL file, ... >> :> I had a disappointment with XEDIT Update mode: If I touch a line; have second thoughts and

Re: Why SLIP PVTMOD/PVT EP does not work for Private load modules in CICS

2022-02-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:16:59 -0400 Peter Relson wrote: :>I would hope that CICS provides a way for a customer to "learn" the :>address range for a particular CICS-managed private-area module which in :>turn would be what you'd have to use in order to set a SLIP trap to :>monitor it. It does.

Re: Why SLIP PVTMOD/PVT EP does not work for Private load modules in CICS

2022-02-23 Thread Peter Relson
To add to my previous post, I would hope that CICS provides a way for a customer to "learn" the address range for a particular CICS-managed private-area module which in turn would be what you'd have to use in order to set a SLIP trap to monitor it. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design

Re: AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Tony Thigpen
All that is in my AUXLIST is: ASS1 ASS2 This for an assembler program with 2 updates. Tony Thigpen Binyamin Dissen wrote on 2/23/22 07:52: On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:11:20 -0500 Tony Thigpen wrote: :>You should continue the conversation over on the VM list. :>I use a system that

Re: Resizing MCDS

2022-02-23 Thread Claude Richbourg
I also try to keep it simple and these are the steps I perform for re-sizing the HSM cluster. Beside the shutdown and start up commands, all else is within a single batch job. 1) Shut down HSM. 2) Run a listcat of the HSM cluster. 3) Back up the HSM cluster to tape. 4) Export the file via

AUXLIST (was XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay))

2022-02-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:11:20 -0500 Tony Thigpen wrote: :>You should continue the conversation over on the VM list. :>I use a system that generates the AUX files dynamically for each "xedit :>with update function". There is only one CTRL file, which has: :>TEXT MACS :>FIXES AUXLIST :>My

XEDIT assembler continuation lines

2022-02-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Hope that I am not doing too many newbie questions. I did a lot of VM in the 80s, including mods to CP and CMS, but either my memory isn't good or things changed quite a bit. Why is TRUNC set, by default, at 71 for ASSEMBLE files? Is there some tricky was to put in a continuation character or

Re: XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay)

2022-02-23 Thread Tony Thigpen
You should continue the conversation over on the VM list. I use a system that generates the AUX files dynamically for each "xedit with update function". There is only one CTRL file, which has: TEXT MACS FIXES AUXLIST My personal source control system uses SFS with program level locks which

Re: XEDIT equivalent to ISPF C - OO/OO (copy overlay)

2022-02-23 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Thanks to all. SIDCODE does the job. Now I have to remember how to make AUX files. I can make CNTRL files, but multi-source fixes would eventually drive me to a separate CNTRL per source. On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:49:22 -0500 Phil Smith III wrote: :>I think I misread the requirement. Try this

Omegamon for z/OS display of defined capacity and current MSU consumption

2022-02-23 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Ronen Sh.
Hello, We are in the process of migrating from TMON to Omegamon. I'm trying to recreate the screens of TMON MVS in Omegamon's Enhanced 3270 facility. I ran into a problem trying to get access to a few values that are displayed in TMON and not Omeagmon. I'm referring to the TMON MVS screen