Re: AI expert hot new position.

2023-09-11 Thread Bill Johnson
Some “geniuses” here, at least some self proclaimed ones, think knowing assembler makes them real Systems Programmers. Well, I’ve been getting paid like one for 2 decades. Anyone dumb enough to learn assembler in 2023, which is dying a slow tortuous death, deserves to be replaced by AI. (They

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Seymour J Metz
I generally look at the RB chain for the failing TCB. After that it's the usual suspects. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Joseph Reichman Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mysterious

Re: Compile mod_wsgi Python Apache module

2023-09-11 Thread Grant Taylor
I've not seen any other replies to this thread, so I'll go ahead and send what I had drafted before waiting in the hopes that someone more knowledgeable than I would reply. But, maybe my experience compiling things will get you on the proper path. On 9/6/23 10:16 AM, Oscar wrote: Hello,

Re: What became of "mutually exclusive"?

2023-09-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:32:33 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >Hi Gil, >You said: "...I recall seeing in days of your ..." My? ... My what? {;}-> ? >I think that you meant "yore" instead of "your", n'est-ce pas? > The other, very similar, comment I received was off-list. I regret that I provided an

Re: z/OSMF and the Old Timer

2023-09-11 Thread Tom Longfellow
Thanks Kurt. It is comforting to know that I can still punch my way out of a paper bag. I took the 'clear the catalog' approach for the Dlibs.It was not totally clear sailing. Still haunted by data set decisions and location choices made (literally) decades ago. I am now at the Post

Re: What became of "mutually exclusive"?

2023-09-11 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Gil, You said: "...I recall seeing in days of your ..." My? ... My what? {;}-> ? I think that you meant "yore" instead of "your", n'est-ce pas? Regards, David On 2023-09-11 14:21, Paul Gilmartin wrote: In the JCL Ref, I recall seeing in days of your a matrix of mutually exclusive parameters

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
The SDWA has the PROGRAM not the RB Which I kind of strange Given the fact that none registers Have any value from the program On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 3:39 PM Bill Hitefield < bill.hitefi...@dino-software.com> wrote: > Does the R13 point to your RSA, or does it point to someone else's RSA.

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Bill Hitefield
Does the R13 point to your RSA, or does it point to someone else's RSA. If it does, is yours in the save-area chain? And, in the dump (if there was one), does the S0C4 show up in an SVRB or a PRB? Bill Hitefield > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
Totally different that my program not one is in the program storage > On Sep 11, 2023, at 3:08 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > What is supposed to be in the registers on entry? Have you verified that > they are set correctly? What are the registers at the PIC '10'X? > >

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Seymour J Metz
What is supposed to be in the registers on entry? Have you verified that they are set correctly? What are the registers at the PIC '10'X? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Joseph Reichman Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 9:32 AM To:

What became of "mutually exclusive"?

2023-09-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In the JCL Ref, I recall seeing in days of your a matrix of mutually exclusive parameters on the DD statement. I no longer find it; instead for various parameters see: Relationship to other parameters Do not code the following parameters with the ... parameter: Does this mean they're

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
Tony, Thank you for setting me straight on the lack of requirement of all volumes in an LCU being the same size. I'm pretty sure my business partner had told me that was a requirement. It may have been a restriction from long ago. Our first emulated device was a DS6800 that was replaced by

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Tony Thigpen
Linda, Really, you need to take those questions to your storage group. There are a lot of variables based on hardware and currently used storage in the DASD subsystem. To fix one incorrect reply, at lease on IBM DS8000, all DASD on the same LCU (FKA 'string') does *not* have to be the same

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Mike Schwab
SNAP macro? https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=dump-obtaining-snap-dumps On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:58 AM Rob Scott wrote: > > Joe, > > I know that you are writing a lot of assembler code in your spare time > without access to debugging software like zXDC , so I would advise the >

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Rob Scott
Joe, I know that you are writing a lot of assembler code in your spare time without access to debugging software like zXDC , so I would advise the following as a good investment of your time as working out errors in code just from dumps can be difficult: (O) write yourself an internal trace

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
Thank you all :) > On Sep 11, 2023, at 11:39 AM, Tom Marchant > <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > SLIP trap will just give you another dump. You do have a dump DD statement, > don't you? > If you have a SYSMDUMP DD the resulting dump will be very similar to an SVC

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Mike Schwab
The absolutely easiest way is to use TDMF, FDRPAS, etc., to move your existing volumes to the new larger volumes on the new storage unit. You then run ICKDSF to pick up the new size. If your VTOC size is pretty small you may run out of VTOC entries if you have lots of small datasets on the

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2023-09-11 Thread Kevin Bowling
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Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Tom Marchant
SLIP trap will just give you another dump. You do have a dump DD statement, don't you? If you have a SYSMDUMP DD the resulting dump will be very similar to an SVC dump. -- Tom Marchant On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:09:08 -0400, Joseph Reichman wrote: >Is there some thing like setting a slip trap

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Tony Harminc
On Mon, 11 Sept 2023 at 11:09, Joseph Reichman wrote: > > No it’s not the ESTAE but the code that populates the parameter list to it > it when I comment that out > > Later on the BASR to pars works (As an aside, it would be really great if you could avoid starting every line with a capital

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
Answers below. W dniu 11.09.2023 o 16:14, Linda Hagedorn pisze: Hi, I hope you won't mind a storage question. We're running zOS 2.4 and have a smattering of volume sizes - mod9, mod27, mod54. I'd like to have all mod54's for Db2 and be prepared before going to the storage folks. 1. Is

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
No it’s not the ESTAE but the code that populates the parameter list to it it when I comment that out Later on the BASR to pars works Is there some thing like setting a slip trap that might help me Thanks Joe Reichman On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:05 AM Tony Harminc wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sept

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Tony Harminc
On Mon, 11 Sept 2023 at 09:33, Joseph Reichman wrote: > I have the following lines of code which basically sets up the parameter > list to an ESTAE and calls it > Later on when I populate Parse Parameter list and call IKJPARS I get a > s0c4 pic 10 right after the BALR There's no BALR in the

Re: z/OSMF and the Old Timer

2023-09-11 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
> I have several ideas that I have to consider. > -- Changing the names of my dlibs to have unique names. This should allow > co-existence in my current MCAT. (Possibly just adding a HLQ like the old > ServerPac > days). Downside is the eventual recataloging after z/OS V2R5 goes live. > --

Re: [EXTERNAL] Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
Hi Linda, "A question"??? I see 9 of them! LOL I intermixed my responses below. I'm sure there are others out there who have more current info than I have but thought I'd get the conversation going. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Linda

Re: Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2023-09-11 09:32 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote Later on when I populate Parse Parameter list and call IKJPARS I get a s0c4 pic 10 right after the BALR Does the PSW point right after the BALR, or elsewhere? XC ESTAED,ESTAED Clear ESTAE parameter list You cleared an area named

Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Hi, I hope you won't mind a storage question. We're running zOS 2.4 and have a smattering of volume sizes - mod9, mod27, mod54. I'd like to have all mod54's for Db2 and be prepared before going to the storage folks. 1. Is storage virtual nowadays? 2. Can virtual mod9s and mod27s be

Mysterious S0C4 pic 10

2023-09-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi I have the following lines of code which basically sets up the parameter list to an ESTAE and calls it Later on when I populate Parse Parameter list and call IKJPARS I get a s0c4 pic 10 right after the BALR When I comment out the code below (that sets up the ESTAE parameter list)