DevOps and Hybrid Cloud: A Q+A With Rosalind Radcliffe

TechChannel has an interesting article on enterprise DevOps with z/OS: https://techchannel.com/Enterprise/03/2023/devops-hybrid-cloud-rosalind-radcliffe — — — — — Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific

Re: BSAM READ AMODE 31 RMODE 31

This totally crazy I abended 800 RC 4 Looked at the abend codes says system EXCPVSR was trying to page fix storage I then got sp 233 says it’s fixed and also key 0 Worked I don’t get it there is no reason for the IOAREA to be sp 233 subpool 0 should be good enough > On Mar 21, 2023, at

Re: IGGCSI00 - NVSNATTR

The man who will know all about IGGCSI00 is Stephen Branch at IBM, who maintains this code I think. He is a very knowledgeable and approachable man, who has helped me in the past. Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com 'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.' -Original

Re: Dynamic information Retrieval - TU C012

>> I set up the latter as number=1,len=1 Binyamin, When you code DINDSNAM, # must be one, LEN is the length of the dsname, and PARM contains the dsname. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=dirtu-dsname-specification-key-0002 >>and upon return from dynalloc I see that the length was

Dynamic information Retrieval - TU C012

I am attempting a dynamic information retrieval using text keys DINDSNAM and DINRDSNT. I set up the latter as number=1,len=1 and upon return from dynalloc I see that the length was set to zero, as if nothing could be returned. The requested dataset is a PDSE. I added a TU for DINRTDDN and it is

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

That sounds like they are greylisting your provider. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 3:47

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

I'd prefer neither. While I consider them equally offensive, the use of the c-word has sexust connotations that I oppose, sp I would use the a-word. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

So would you rather call someone the a-word or the c-word, in public and possibly in mixed company? I don't use either, myself (except when reading aloud), but I don't pause if someone uses the former around me. If the question doesn't seem sensible to you, maybe just tell yourself "there's no

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

>They need to use iconography to accommodate non-anglophones. And I just >noticed it For that extensive population that knows the words Reply, Advanced, Plain, Preferences, Search, Save Draft and Send Message ... but not Quote. CM

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:12:44 -0500, Charles Mills wrote: >>At the top left of the text entry box there's a button with a graphic label, >>““”. Is that what you need? > >Once you know it's there it's pretty darned obvious, isn't it? > They need to use iconography to accommodate non-anglophones.

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

>At the top left of the text entry box there's a button with a graphic label, >““”. Is that what you need? Once you know it's there it's pretty darned obvious, isn't it? CM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:47:45 -0500, Charles Mills wrote: >> Genuinely curious, why aren't you using HTTPS? > >To be honest, I am not actually downloading PTFs. I am trying to figure how >how to demo some concepts for a class. >... So I am posting from the LISTSERV Web interface. Is there

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

> Genuinely curious, why aren't you using HTTPS? To be honest, I am not actually downloading PTFs. I am trying to figure how how to demo some concepts for a class. > here's the general doc about configuring the FTP client to use AT-TLS I'm on top of that. I have successfully configured

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

Charles, I can only speak for the couple sites I've worked at but when IBM gave us the choice of HTTPS or secure FTP, we jumped to HTTPS and never looked back. I'm guessing most other sites did similar. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

> Really? IBM requires this but it's not documented anywhere? Not specific for the IBM software download servers, but here's the general doc about configuring the FTP client to use AT-TLS (but I admit it looks a little thin):

Re: IGGCSI00 - NVSNATTR

Peter, Did you ever get an answer to this question about NVSMATTR='Q' ? As far as I know, there is no public API (callable by assembler, not an IBM utility), that can be used to determine PDSEV2. Am I wrong? Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies https://coztoolkit.com On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, at

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

Really? IBM requires this but it's not documented anywhere? It's not like AT-TLS is trivial and every sysprog ought to know how to configure it without a manual. And no one on this list is doing this? You're all using HTTPS? Charles

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

Why? Chasing the pointers yourself will make the code more fragile. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mike Shaw [techsupp...@quickref.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

How much core does your mainframe have? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: PL/I Opt. Compiler V2 manuals?

 Seymour J Metz and others wrote: Yes, but why doesn't it go into a save dialog instead of rendering it inappropriately? because IBM tells that the mime-type is text/plain   they most likely don't have boo in their mime "dictionary" curl should be your friend. With a .boo ending, you

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

It dump the pairs, but you can always use IF and LEAVE... בתאריך יום ג׳, 21 במרץ 2023 ב-19:24 מאת Paul Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:51:17 +, Farley, Peter wrote: > > >Great routine ITschak. I made two small improvements to the name

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:51:17 +, Farley, Peter wrote: >Great routine ITschak. I made two small improvements to the name and token >displays to better handle binary characters (less than '40'x) in each part. > Judicious use of white space/indention helps/would help legibility. Use of

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

Actually it is not my code. However I have been using it for a few years now. ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 6:51 PM Farley, Peter <

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:20:22 +, W Mainframe wrote: > >Some time ago I created a Rexx function in BAL ... > "Some time ago" indeed. I hadn't realized the use of BAL overlapped availability of Rexx. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

Great routine ITschak. I made two small improvements to the name and token displays to better handle binary characters (less than '40'x) in each part. HTH Peter Updated code for display subroutine: /* routine to report on name token pairs */ Donttp:

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

CMS also has macro-driven services, and z/OS also has callable services. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 12:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:14:38 -0400, Mike Shaw wrote: > >The answer to my question is probably "no" since the doc on IEANTRT is >silent on this topic. > Grrr! There's a strong argument for uniformity of interfaces. I believe CMS does bettrt with "callable services library (CSL)

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

God Bless You Itschak! Thank you. Mike On Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 12:17 PM ITschak Mugzach wrote: > It does. > > > /* REXX *** */ > /* track down various name token pair pointers */ > NUMERIC DIGITS 10 > /* TCB level */ > tcb = C2D(Storage(21C,4)) /* get current TCB */ > if tcb \= 0 then do > stcb

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

I couldn't find anything in the IBM Doc but I did find this in CBTTape File 794: The RXMEM has the following features : - to manage token pair service, using IEANTxx modules This is obviously an external that you didn't want but it may be helpful. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website:

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

Hi, Some time ago I created a Rexx function in BAL code to perform IEANT service, nut there are a plus.The CBT784 has storage/release/linkedliat/ieant services. RegardsDan Gaeta Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 1:15 PM, Mike Shaw wrote: Listers, The answer to my

Re: Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

It does. /* REXX *** */ /* track down various name token pair pointers */ NUMERIC DIGITS 10 /* TCB level */ tcb = C2D(Storage(21C,4)) /* get current TCB */ if tcb \= 0 then do stcb = C2D(Storage(D2X(tcb+312),4)) nttp = C2D(Storage(D2X(stcb+200),4)) If nttp \= 0 then Call donttp nttp,'Task' end

Is z/OS Name/Token pair retrieval supported from REXX?

Listers, The answer to my question is probably "no" since the doc on IEANTRT is silent on this topic. I need to be able to check for the existence of a specific name/token pair from a REXX exec, WITHOUT using an external function. The z/OS Authorized Assembler Services reference implies that

Re: Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:15:13 -0500, Charles Mills wrote: >I understand that SMP/E electronic delivery now requires FTP secured via >AT-TLS. > Have they discontinued support for HTTPS? Isn't that easier?

Re: BSAM READ AMODE 31 RMODE 31

All I want to say then is the comment next to the ST Rx,12(R1) says store 64 bit pointer not saying you are not right Thank you > On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > You have to give READ the address of the buffer, not the address of a > pointer to it. > > For 64-bit

Re: BSAM READ AMODE 31 RMODE 31

You have to give READ the address of the buffer, not the address of a pointer to it. For 64-bit there is a different DECB format; I believe that's SF64. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Joseph Reichman Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Re: BSAM READ AMODE 31 RMODE 31

Forgot to mention the DECB is RMODE 24 > On Mar 20, 2023, at 3:46 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > IMHO it's clearer to just use > > READ PDSDECB,SF,PDSDCB,address _of_READ_buffer,MF=E > CHECK PDSDECB > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > >

Re: BSAM READ AMODE 31 RMODE 31

Still have problems With the read I tried last night and it worked let me explain The address of the IO area I store in a full word IOBUFF When I did LA R7,IOBUFF And then did READ ADATADECB,SF,(R6),(R7),’S’,MF=E It worked today morning didn’t change code had problems When I did L

Exact AT-TLS parms for SMP/E Download

I understand that SMP/E electronic delivery now requires FTP secured via AT-TLS. Does anyone have an exact example of the required AT-TLS parms -- or a pointer to where IBM documents the exact requirements? Not a statement that AT-TLS is required. I get that. Not general AT-TLS configuration

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, at 13:59, Seymour J Metz wrote: > And bum is equivalent to the a-word. Yes of course, but there's still a difference in severity been (say) calling someone an a*s/ar*e and the other ... though there is (in Scotland, and for all I know elsewhere too) a vernacular way (maybe

Re: PL/I Opt. Compiler V2 manuals?

Yes, but why doesn't it go into a save dialog instead of rendering it inappropriately? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mike Schwab

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

And bum is equivalent to the a-word. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Jeremy Nicoll [jn.ls.mfrm...@letterboxes.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 9:55 AM

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023, at 13:11, Seymour J Metz wrote: > I also don't understand why fanny pack is offensive ... Fanny is equivalent to the c-word ... -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

Oddly enough, Fanny is, or was, a perfectly proper diminutive for Frances. I'm really bad on clothing nomenclature, but wiki claims "Historically, the bag was positioned in front of the body,"; from this I infer that the American nomenclature is perfectly appropriate in the UK. I also don't

Re: Question for our international friends (mostly)

' Well, UK English can also get us Americans in trouble, e.g., "fanny".' Yep, made that mistake once. My wife and I were on a bus tour in Ireland and I asked my wife to get something out of her fanny pack and a trio of English ladies quickly corrected me on that usage… Fiserv Michael

Re: Build problems under Unix System Services

The initial question about include files, that depends on what was used for the #include in the source. If it was something like #include “abc.h” then it should take the current directory first (see the LSEARCH option defaults). Only if they used the #include form in the source would they get