Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:07:33 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote:

>CA has taken to combining all their various TSS manuals into one gigantic PDF; 
>no more individual manuals for installation, the admins, the CFILE, reporting 
>and trouble-shooting, messages and so on, they're all just chapters in one 
>PDF.  I dislike it, but I don't see that I have any option but to get used to 
>it.
> 
The undesirable other extreme is as IBM did in splitting the Assembler Callable 
Services
simply by alphabetic ranges.  Search, Index, and ToC become less useful.

>So when you said you can't select individual manuals, I thought maybe IBM had 
>taken up the practice too.  But no, you said "set of PDF files", so I guess 
>you found them all in a single downloaded ZIP and cannot select individual 
>PDFs to be downloaded without everything else?
>
The page at  shows some organization
into "shelves", but not what I'm used to.  I see no shelf for Unix System 
Services
as formerly.

The 1GB .zip does have a .pdx.  I overlooked it earlier somehow.  It organizes
search results by relevance.  But some may find the Adobe Reader requirement
onerous.

But no index.htm[l].

And the collection expands into "zOS310-GA-Indexed-PDF-package-(2023-09-29)/".
I'm uncomfortable with using shell metacharacters in path names.

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Bob Bridges]

CA has taken to combining all their various TSS manuals into one gigantic PDF; 
no more individual manuals for installation, the admins, the CFILE, reporting 
and trouble-shooting, messages and so on, they're all just chapters in one PDF. 
 I dislike it, but I don't see that I have any option but to get used to it.

So when you said you can't select individual manuals, I thought maybe IBM had 
taken up the practice too.  But no, you said "set of PDF files", so I guess you 
found them all in a single downloaded ZIP and cannot select individual PDFs to 
be downloaded without everything else?

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--- On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:27:51 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw 
 wrote:
>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain 
>the usual PDF collection of documentation.
>
>I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS 
>Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0
>
>However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by 
>title, as there was at previous z/OS levels.
>
>Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Roger Lowe]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:27:51 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw 
 wrote:

>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
>usual PDF collection of documentation.
>
>I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
>Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0
>
>However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
>as there was at previous z/OS levels.
>
>Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?
>
>Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
>

Perhaps, this will help in a little way to get what you are after - 
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/about?topic=how-unpack-pdx-file

Roger

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Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:16:32 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote:

>On 9/18/2023 1:22 PM, Tom Marchant wrote:
>> I have been unable to convince my site to increase the maximum number of 
>> split screens, so I created my own ISPCFIGU that allows 32 and placed it in 
>> ISPLLIB. I've shown a few other people how to do it. I often use more than 
>> 8, and sometimes more than 16.
>
>Why on earth would anyone resist raising the number of allowable split
>screens?
> 
Delusional resources?  A throwback to when admins restricted use of TSO
(and more recently, OMVS.)

>Why doesn't IBM simply raise the default unilaterally?
>
Compatibility phobia.  (If it don't work, don't fix it.)

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Re: I have an Idea for ISPF...

[Ed Jaffe]

On 9/18/2023 1:22 PM, Tom Marchant wrote:

I have been unable to convince my site to increase the maximum number of split 
screens, so I created my own ISPCFIGU that allows 32 and placed it in ISPLLIB. 
I've shown a few other people how to do it. I often use more than 8, and 
sometimes more than 16.


Why on earth would anyone resist raising the number of allowable split 
screens?


Why doesn't IBM simply raise the default unilaterally?


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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:27:51 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw  wrote:

>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
>usual PDF collection of documentation.
>
>I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
>Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0
>
I see it under "Getting Started".

>However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
>as there was at previous z/OS levels.
>
Yes.  Grrr.  no index.htm[l] such as provided such information in prior releases

Grrr.  And the page at

Which provides post-GA updates now says:
Access to publications and content on this page will no longer be available
after September 2023. The content and publications are available today
on IBM Documentation, located here.
Will this be updated once doc updates are available?

And the page at:

for older supported releases bears a similar end-of-life notice.

>Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?
>
>Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Tom Brennan]

Same as Lennie for me.  I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do with 
the pdx/idx files.


And I'm not just looking for manual titles.  I'm also looking for the 
product grouping that used to be in the html file.


On 9/29/2023 2:52 PM, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote:

Tom,
When I do as you suggest it simply opens an Adobe page which allows me to 
search across the entire set of PDFs. It does not give me a list of the manual 
titles and links to open the appropriate books.

Lennie

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Marchant
Sent: 29 September 2023 19:46
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Subject: Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

I downloaded it to /downloads/zos 3.1 docs, then extracted it into the same 
folder.
You can put it wherever it makes sense to you. Having downloaded it, open 
zOS310-GA-Indexed-PDF-package-(2023-09-29).pdx with Adobe reader. It is the 
only .pdx file in the collection.

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:42:23 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:


You found the problem with the download collection.

See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-
3848

In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM
as they had in previous z/OS download collections.

It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to
download the full collection.


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Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation

Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain
the usual PDF collection of documentation.

I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0

However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by
title, as there was at previous z/OS levels.

Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw




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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw]

Tom,
When I do as you suggest it simply opens an Adobe page which allows me to 
search across the entire set of PDFs. It does not give me a list of the manual 
titles and links to open the appropriate books.

Lennie

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Marchant
Sent: 29 September 2023 19:46
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Subject: Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

I downloaded it to /downloads/zos 3.1 docs, then extracted it into the same 
folder. 
You can put it wherever it makes sense to you. Having downloaded it, open 
zOS310-GA-Indexed-PDF-package-(2023-09-29).pdx with Adobe reader. It is the 
only .pdx file in the collection.

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:42:23 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:

>You found the problem with the download collection.
>
>See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
>https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-
>3848
>
>In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM 
>as they had in previous z/OS download collections.
>
>It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to 
>download the full collection.
>
>
>Lionel B. Dyck <><
>Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
>Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
>
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>what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.- - - 
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>
>-Original Message-
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On 
>Behalf Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 10:28 AM
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation
>
>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain 
>the usual PDF collection of documentation.
>
>I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS 
>Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0
>
>However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by 
>title, as there was at previous z/OS levels.
>
>Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?
>
>Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
>
> 
>
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Re: PL/X

[Farley, Peter]

> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf Of 
> Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 4:26 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: PL/X
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:01:52 -0400, David Spiegel  wrote:
>
> >Hi Peter,
> >There is another solution ... make PL/ available especially to
> >students/enthusiasts/hobbyists.
> >
> does z Xplore achieve any of that?

Not at all.  No PL/x is available to students on the Zxplore z/OS system.  
COBOL, PL/I, XLC/XLC++, HLASM, python, and a bash shell environment for Unix 
access. No GNU utilities, no gcc, etc.  No xlclang products.

> >While doing that, provide an "amateur" version of z/OS for the same
> >crowd and allow *anyone* to run it on Hercules (or equivalent) on
> >Intel/AMD hardware.
> >It's not yet (but almost) too late to stop the Big Iron golden goose
> >from dying.
> >These 2 suggestions might cause a renewed interest for next generation
> >mainframers.

Zxplore provides some of this, though in a *very* constrained environment.  
Some of the "challenges" are quite educational and instructive, but you don’t 
get to "play around" with system-level changes, only application-level stuff 
(along with a few interesting devops tasks).

No installing any software at all is allowed, not even python packages in a 
python virtual environment.  Definitively NOT a vehicle for training systems 
programming personnel.

> >(Unfortunately, however, it's 40 years too late to reverse the illogical
> >OCO policy.)
> >
> Is the rationale to thwart users who would seek support saying,
> "I made only a *little*change* in the source!"

Possibly, but since most if not all of the actual PL/X code in the operating 
system and products is not supplied (except for some macro expansions), there 
is very little (likely zero) chance of that happening.

> >On 2023-09-29 12:54, Peter Relson wrote:
> >> Regarding PL/X documentation, wouldn't sharing such information outside of 
> >> IBM, in the absence of having some sort of license agreement, be "bad 
> >> form" (or worse)?
> >>
> would it be undercutting some contractual agreements or exclusive licenses?

That may be more of an issue at this point, though the number of ISV's who may 
have licenses is probably far smaller than it once was due to vast 
consolidation in the ISV ranks, though I almost forgot the ISV's / outsourcers 
that have been hired to maintain IBM internal source.

My own opinion of the root cause at this point is institutional inertia and 
"old think" in the IBM executive suite, quite possibly admixed with legitimate 
fear of bad-actor nation-states and criminal black hats.

Peter

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Re: PL/X

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:01:52 -0400, David Spiegel  wrote:

>Hi Peter,
>There is another solution ... make PL/ available especially to
>students/enthusiasts/hobbyists.
>
does z Xplore achieve any of that?

>While doing that, provide an "amateur" version of z/OS for the same
>crowd and allow *anyone* to run it on Hercules (or equivalent) on
>Intel/AMD hardware.
>It's not yet (but almost) too late to stop the Big Iron golden goose
>from dying.
>These 2 suggestions might cause a renewed interest for next generation
>mainframers.
>
>(Unfortunately, however, it's 40 years too late to reverse the illogical
>OCO policy.)
>
Is the rationale to thwart users who would seek support saying,
"I made only a *little*change* in the source!"


>On 2023-09-29 12:54, Peter Relson wrote:
>> Regarding PL/X documentation, wouldn't sharing such information outside of 
>> IBM, in the absence of having some sort of license agreement, be "bad form" 
>> (or worse)?
>>
would it be undercutting some contractual agreements or exclusive licenses?

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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Kirk Wolf]

FWIW, Co:Z SFTP has full support for JES spool files, but there are also Co:Z 
shell commands for using JES2/3.

example:

*> todsn //intrdr < lsjes
*JobidJobname  OwnerStatus   Class Completion
JOB00853 BR14 KIRK OUTPUT   A RC=
JOB00852 KIRKTKIRK OUTPUT   A RC=
JOB00851 KIRKTKIRK OUTPUT   A RC=
...

*> fromdsn -JES.J853.all > j853.log*
fromdsn(KIRK.BR14.ALL)[N]: 39 records/2476 bytes read; 2515 bytes written in 
0.011 seconds (223.278 KBytes/sec).


Kirk Wolf
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http:// coztoolkit.com

PS>  Thanks to Darren's action, I'm following ibm-main again.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, at 2:12 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:27:37 +, Rob Scott wrote:
> 
> >To generate sample SDSF REXX - issue the "RGEN X" command and choose an 
> >example from the list - there are the following including :
> >
> >Browse job output with EXECIO
> >Browse job output with ISFBROWSE
> >Browse job output with ISFBROWSE - groups of lines
> >
> >
> +1
> 
> Based on examples in what was then the Admin Ref.  I wrote a Rexx script
> that works in OMVS, IRXJCL, or ISPF and unloads (almost) all the spool
> data sets of a job into a UNIX hierarchy.
> 
> My narrowminded co-workers deemed it useless.  ("UNIX!?")
> 
> I used IEBGENER rather than EXECIO.  SDSF allocates with (almost)
> the right attributes (WAD) and i used alternate ddmame list to override
> SYSUT1
> 
> "Almost all"?  There's a JES3 spool file that IEBGENER can't handle.
> I bypassed it.
> 
> Residual wishlist items:
> o Suss FILEDATA()?  I guessed according to DDNAME.
> o Suss CCSID?  Why isn't that a spool data set attribute?  Idea?
> 
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Re: PL/X

[David Spiegel]

Hi Peter,
There is another solution ... make PL/ available especially to 
students/enthusiasts/hobbyists.
While doing that, provide an "amateur" version of z/OS for the same 
crowd and allow *anyone* to run it on Hercules (or equivalent) on 
Intel/AMD hardware.
It's not yet (but almost) too late to stop the Big Iron golden goose 
from dying.
These 2 suggestions might cause a renewed interest for next generation 
mainframers.


(Unfortunately, however, it's 40 years too late to reverse the illogical 
OCO policy.)


Regards,
David

On 2023-09-29 12:54, Peter Relson wrote:

Regarding PL/X documentation, wouldn't sharing such information outside of IBM, in the 
absence of having some sort of license agreement, be "bad form" (or worse)?

Peter Relson
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Paul Gilmartin]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:27:37 +, Rob Scott wrote:

>To generate sample SDSF REXX - issue the "RGEN X" command and choose an 
>example from the list - there are the following including :
>
>Browse job output with EXECIO
>Browse job output with ISFBROWSE
>Browse job output with ISFBROWSE - groups of lines
>
>
+1

Based on examples in what was then the Admin Ref.  I wrote a Rexx script
that works in OMVS, IRXJCL, or ISPF and unloads (almost) all the spool
data sets of a job into a UNIX hierarchy.

My narrowminded co-workers deemed it useless.  ("UNIX!?")

I used IEBGENER rather than EXECIO.  SDSF allocates with (almost)
the right attributes (WAD) and i used alternate ddmame list to override
SYSUT1

"Almost all"?  There's a JES3 spool file that IEBGENER can't handle.
I bypassed it.

Residual wishlist items:
o Suss FILEDATA()?  I guessed according to DDNAME.
o Suss CCSID?  Why isn't that a spool data set attribute?  Idea?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Tom Marchant]

I downloaded it to /downloads/zos 3.1 docs, then extracted it into the same 
folder. 
You can put it wherever it makes sense to you. Having downloaded it, open 
zOS310-GA-Indexed-PDF-package-(2023-09-29).pdx with Adobe reader. It is the 
only 
.pdx file in the collection.

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:42:23 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:

>You found the problem with the download collection.
>
>See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
>https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3848
>
>In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM as
>they had in previous z/OS download collections.
>
>It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to
>download the full collection.
>
>
>Lionel B. Dyck <><
>Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
>Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
>
>�Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you
>are, reputation merely what others think you are.��� - - - John Wooden
>
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>Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 10:28 AM
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation
>
>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
>usual PDF collection of documentation.
>
>I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
>Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.
>
>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 
>
>However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
>as there was at previous z/OS levels. 
>
>Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?
>
>Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
>
> 
>
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Re: Any recommendations for a 3270 emulator for Android

[Charles Mills]

Most of the recommendations here were for the Mocha product. I downloaded it an 
tried it. I have to say I am not crazy about it, but I guess I am never going 
to be crazy about 3270-on-a-tablet.

I am also testing https://www.web.gar.no/glink-for-android. I think I am liking 
it a little better. Anyone else have any experience with it? Any thoughts?

Glink seems to have macro and import/export support while Mocha seems not to.

Charles

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Re: PL/X

[Seymour J Metz]

AFAIK, PL/S II was the last version for which IBM issued unrestricted 
documentation; I would assume that manuals for, e.g., PL/8, PL/AS, PL/X,  are 
proprietary.


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Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:54 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: PL/X

Regarding PL/X documentation, wouldn't sharing such information outside of IBM, 
in the absence of having some sort of license agreement, be "bad form" (or 
worse)?

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design


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Re: PL/X

[Peter Relson]

Regarding PL/X documentation, wouldn't sharing such information outside of IBM, 
in the absence of having some sort of license agreement, be "bad form" (or 
worse)?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw]

Voted.
Lennie

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Subject: Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

You found the problem with the download collection.

See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3848

In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM as
they had in previous z/OS download collections.

It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to
download the full collection.


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Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation

Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
usual PDF collection of documentation.

I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 

However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
as there was at previous z/OS levels. 

Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[william janulin]

I agree...a READ ME FIRST document would be nice. Seems to me that used to do 
that years ago.

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  On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:42, Lionel B. Dyck wrote:   You 
found the problem with the download collection.

See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3848

In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM as
they had in previous z/OS download collections.

It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to
download the full collection.


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Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation

Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
usual PDF collection of documentation.

I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 

However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
as there was at previous z/OS levels. 

Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Lionel B. Dyck]

You found the problem with the download collection.

See this IBM Idea (and please vote if you agree)
https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3848

In summary I'm requesting that IBM add a READ_ME_FIRST_ZOS_V3R1_TOC.HTM as
they had in previous z/OS download collections.

It would also be VERY NICE if they made it more obvious how/where to
download the full collection.


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Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation

Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
usual PDF collection of documentation.

I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 

However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
as there was at previous z/OS levels. 

Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

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Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Bobbie Jo Justice]

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=documentation-pdf-files-zos-310-library

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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Denis]

 How about IBM Z Open Automation Utilities, there is a free version without 
subscription and support.
jls to find the job id
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zoau/1.2.x?topic=reference-jls
ddls to list ddnames for a given job id
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zoau/1.2.x?topic=reference-ddls
then pjdd to print the output for a given job id and job dd
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zoau/1.2.x?topic=reference-pjdd
Those are unix commands, so you could write a script and run it with BPXBATCH 
and then copy or print to Dataset.

Denis.

On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 04:10:17 PM GMT+2, Roberto Halais 
 wrote:  
 
 Listers:

Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?

We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
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z/OS 3.1 documentation

[Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw]

Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
usual PDF collection of documentation.

I found it can be downloaded in zip form here, by selecting "IBM z/OS
Indexed PDF/PDX Collection". This has given me the set of pdf files.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 

However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
as there was at previous z/OS levels. 

Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?

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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Rob Scott]

To generate sample SDSF REXX - issue the "RGEN X" command and choose an example 
from the list - there are the following including :

Browse job output with EXECIO
Browse job output with ISFBROWSE
Browse job output with ISFBROWSE - groups of lines

Rob Scott
Rocket Software

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Thank you all. You have given me many options.
Back to the drawing board.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM Michael Babcock 
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> Programmatically or manually?  Manually,  in SDSF, you can always put
> a question mark next to the output and put an XDC next to the output you
> want. Or skip the question mark and XDC the entire job.   See the SDSF help
> for XDC.
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:10 AM Roberto Halais
> 
> wrote:
>
> > Listers:
> >
> > Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file
> > (in some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
> >
> > We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> > Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
> > Thank you for any pointers.
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Roberto Halais]

Thank you all. You have given me many options.
Back to the drawing board.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM Michael Babcock 
wrote:

> Programmatically or manually?  Manually,  in SDSF, you can always put a
> question mark next to the output and put an XDC next to the output you
> want. Or skip the question mark and XDC the entire job.   See the SDSF help
> for XDC.
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:10 AM Roberto Halais 
> wrote:
>
> > Listers:
> >
> > Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
> > some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
> >
> > We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> > Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Michael Babcock]

Programmatically or manually?  Manually,  in SDSF, you can always put a
question mark next to the output and put an XDC next to the output you
want. Or skip the question mark and XDC the entire job.   See the SDSF help
for XDC.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:10 AM Roberto Halais 
wrote:

> Listers:
>
> Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
> some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
>
> We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
> Thank you for any pointers.
>
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Re: SCHEDIRB Jon Perryman is correct re-linked as AC=1 no ABEND ON SVC 8

[Joseph Reichman]

Looking into it now 

> On Sep 29, 2023, at 10:36 AM, Peter Relson  wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> even Peter Relson wasn't sure if this correct
> 
> As this related to a purported need to link with AC=1, I was perfectly sure 
> that that was not correct. And I remain so.
> 
> Joe R: you've mentioned multiple times that you abended after the load.
> But did you ever share what abend code and abend reason code you got? Perhaps 
> I missed it...
> 
> It's never helpful to talk about getting an abend without describing what 
> that abend (or completion code because it might not have been an error from 
> the ABEND macro).
> 
> Peter Relson
> z/OS Core Technology Design
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw]

I think you could do this using the SDSF REXX facilities.
Lennie

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Subject: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

Listers:

Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in some 
class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?

We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
Thank you for any pointers.

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Re: SCHEDIRB Jon Perryman is correct re-linked as AC=1 no ABEND ON SVC 8

[Peter Relson]

> even Peter Relson wasn't sure if this correct

As this related to a purported need to link with AC=1, I was perfectly sure 
that that was not correct. And I remain so.

Joe R: you've mentioned multiple times that you abended after the load.
But did you ever share what abend code and abend reason code you got? Perhaps I 
missed it...

It's never helpful to talk about getting an abend without describing what that 
abend (or completion code because it might not have been an error from the 
ABEND macro).

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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Lionel B. Dyck]

You can also use the SDSF REXX interface to easily do this.  If you have access 
to GitHub you can try my generalized tool that uses SDSF REXX at 
https://github.com/lbdyck/sdsfxdd


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Subject: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

Listers:

Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in some 
class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?

We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
Thank you for any pointers.

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Re: Can anyone explain this OCSP error?

[Charles Mills]

It's not "my" certificate exactly -- it's IBM's. I will paste it below.

I don't have an OCSP server; I would guess that System SSL is querying 
DigiCert's from the AIA: http://ocsp.digicert.com.

I am not sure which DigiCert certificate signs the OCSP response but the 
DigiCert intermediate referenced in the end-entity certificate as the OCSP 
issuer (DigiCert TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1) has

keyUsage  
   Digital signature
   Certificate signature
   CRL signature
extKeyUsage 
   Server authentication
   Client authentication
basicConstraints  
   Certificate Authority: TRUE  
   Path length constraint 0 

Here is the end-entity certificate:

Serial Number: 04F4061646AA7287A997DE4E74D1FD9D 
  
Version:   3
  
Subject:
  
   CN=public.dhe.ibm.com, O=International Business Machines Corporation, 
L=Armonk, ST=New York, C=US  
Issuer: 
  
   CN=DigiCert TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US
  
Algorithms: 
  
   Signature:  sha256WithRsaEncryption  
  
   Signature Enum: 0401 
  
   Public key: rsaEncryption
  
   Key length: 2048 
  
   Key strength:   High 
  
Validity:   
  
   Not before: 2023-02-07T00:00:00  
  
   Not after:  2024-03-06T23:59:59  
  
   Certificate expires in 161 days  
  
Extensions: 
  
   authorityKeyIdentifier   
  
  Key Identifier:  B76BA2EAA8AA848C79EAB4DA0F98B2C59576B9F4 
  
   subjectKeyIdentifier 
  
  Key Identifier:  B5127AD8A4B144012021763B4DE6A05EB25C9A63 
  
   subjectAltName   
  
  public.dhe.ibm.com (DNS Name) 
  
   keyUsage   
  
  Digital signature 
  
  Non-repudiation   
  
  Key encipherment  
  
  Data encipherment 
  
   extKeyUsage  
  
  Server authentication 
  
  Client authentication 
  
   crlDistributionPoints
  
   certificatePolicies 

Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Roberto Halais]

Thank you,Mark.
I’ll check it out.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 10:13 AM Mark Jacobs <
0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> The JES2 external writer will do just that. Proc XWTR in SYS1.PROCLIB.
>
> Mark Jacobs
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> --- Original Message ---
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> roberto.hal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Listers:
> >
> > Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
> > some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
> >
> > We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> > Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
> > Thank you for any pointers.
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Mike Schwab]

https://groups.google.com/g/bit.listserv.ibm-main/c/vj_iGeqFm2o/m/B0wZHzbNNv8J

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:10 AM Roberto Halais  wrote:
>
> Listers:
>
> Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
> some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
>
> We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
> Thank you for any pointers.
>
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Re: Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Mark Jacobs]

The JES2 external writer will do just that. Proc XWTR in SYS1.PROCLIB.

Mark Jacobs 


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 wrote:


> Listers:
> 
> Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
> some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?
> 
> We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
> Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
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Utility to Read from JES2 spool

[Roberto Halais]

Listers:

Is there an z/os utility that will allow the reading of a spool file (in
some class) and copy it to a sequential dataset?

We need to read a report from spool and copy it o a sequential dataset.
Just a z/os utility or a CBT tape utility.
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Re: CA-1 Withdrawl from z/OS 2.5

[Scott Barry]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:22:24 -0500, Paul Gorlinsky  
wrote:

>We are investigating what is necessary to remove CA-1 from the system after 
>turning on RMM in protect mode. 
>
>My original plan was to us TMSINIT to remove CA-1 and disable the PROC 
>(TMSINIT) prior to starting DFRMM...
>
>Or do I need to move it's SVC, re-IPL and not start TMSINIT and then start 
>DFRMM...
>
>Any help would be appreciated 
>
>Thanks
>Paul

Additional considerations, if relevant / concerned:
- any production / adhoc CA-1 tape inquiry batch (e.g., TMSBINQ, TMSGRW, 
CA-EARL reports) - migrate to near-equivalent RMM
- any possible z/OS tape dataset chargeback data-feed that relies on CA-1 
TMS/TMC today - migrate to near-equivalent RMM CDS (nightly snapshot / using 
EDGRHSKP / PARM=RPTEXT)
- any obscure interface-calls with CA-1 tape mgmt involved, such as INFOPAC, 
CA-11/RMS (TMS SVC issue)

Likely impact level will be determined by just how much effort is applied to 
"..remove CA-1 from the system..".

Scott Barry
SBBTech LLC

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Re: SCHEDIRB

[Seymour J Metz]

TSO/E added, e.g. authorized commands, and ATTACH RSAPF=YES tests for AC(1).


From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
Michael Stein 
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 1:07 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: SCHEDIRB

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 08:37:02PM -0500, Jon Perryman wrote:
> I don't have access to z/OS. Joseph, can you run a simple test to
> find out if this is a problem because others say it's not. Assemble,
> link (with AC=1) and run from JCL the following prog:

Unless something major has changed (which would break lots of things),
only the EXEC PGM= module has to be AC(1).  Here's an abstract from
the UCLA/IPC linked:

//  EXEC LKED,PARM.LKED='RENT,REUS,XREF,LIST,LET,NCAL,MAP'
//LKED.SYSLMOD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.IPCAPF,UNIT=,SPACE=
//LKED.IPCMOD  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS9.IPCMOD
//LKED.SYSIN   DD *
  ..several include statments..
  ..several order statements..
  ENTRY IPCMAIN
  SETCODE AC(1)
  NAME IPCMAIN(R)  -- IPC STC/TASK ROUTINE(S)

  ..several include statments..
  ..several order statements..
  ENTRY IPCINIT
  NAME IPCINIT(R)  -- IPC SUBSYSTEM INIT ROUTINE

//  EXEC LKED,PARM.LKED='XREF,LIST,LET,NCAL,MAP'
//LKED.SYSLMOD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.IPCAPF,UNIT=,SPACE=
//LKED.IPCMOD  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS9.IPCMOD
//LKED.SYSIN   DD *
  ..several include statments..
  ..several order statements..
  ENTRY IPCGCA *** ENTRY POINT AT OFFSET 0 ***
  NAME  IPCCSA(R)  -- IPC CSA MODULE (SVC/SRB RTNS)

This worked and the IPCMAIN routine received control authorized.  No other
modules are AC(1).  Issuing loads on the other modules which are not AC(1)
but are in an authorized library worked just fine.

> Can you let me know if the load failed? It's been a long time but I
> vaguely recall problems loading unauthorized programs from an authorized
> program.

If the search program fetch does finds the module in a non-authorized
library it will issue an abend.  A concatenation can not have
any non-authorized libraries in it and remain authorized.

> >I don’t understand your suggestion about doing a storage obtain
> > and load to the obtained area isn't storage also tied into the TCB ?

> A RENT/REUS load module is shared by all TCB's and not freed when the
> TCB goes away. Instead, it is loaded to jobstep storage and when it's
> use count goes to 0 (no TCB is using it), the module is freed.

Be extra careful with this desciption as it likely only applies to a
single job step.  (The job pack queue of modules is related to the job
step task.  There's likely more than one in the TSO address space related
to this discussion...)

> Regardless of a module use count I thought once the TCB in control
> while the load was done goes away so would all the resources tied into
> that TCB go away such as storage and load module

LOAD requests are tied to the TCB issuing them however the module is
fetched into the job pack area anchored to the jobstep task (and has a
JPQ use count).

At some point in task termination all the modules loaded by the
terminating task get unloaded.  This decreases the use count for each
of the modules which were loaded by this task in the JPQ too.

I'd expect that task termination causes each RB on the TCB to exit which
frees any module requested via ATTACH/LINK/ATTACH as these requests
(and use counts) normally get lowered by normal exit.

For more information which is slightly outdated see:

  SY28-0764-0_OS_VS2_System_Logic_Library_Vol_4_Rel_3.7_Jul76.pdf

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibm370OSVSystemLogicLibraryVol4Rel3.7Jul76_23459458

A lot can change in 47 years but not everything...

> When a TCB terminates, cleanup is performed. TCB storage is freed. I
> don't know the specifics for how load modules. I assume load module
> cleanup occurs during TCB termination but it would make more sense that
> RB termination does this cleanup so that load modules are freed after
> they have been used instead of waiting for the TCB to terminate.

They are likely freed when the use counts get to zero.  As above
load requests are tied to the task issuing load.  The use counts for
LINK/ATTACH/XCTL are tied to the RB created for that transfer of
control and are released when the RB exits (or issues XCTL which is
similar to exit as far a module usage goes).

Abnormal termination likely walks the RB chain and points all the saved
PSW instruction pointers to EXIT so they all go away.  The last RB
calling exit is end of task.

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Re: TCP/IP to JES3

[Bfishing]

All the links from our main NJE/IP Bridge site should be accessible once
again.
https://www.sinenomine.net/offerings/zVM/Products/NJE

They were still behind our private network after our website
upgrade, making this a pretty quick fix.
Looking forward to hearing about your thoughts on the product.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Kurt Acker

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:18 AM Bfishing  wrote:

> I've sent the team notice of this.
> Found all the links from that page are in the same state.  Thanks for
> bringing this to our attention,
>
> Kurt Acker
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:11 AM Schmitt, Michael 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> The links on your website are broken, e.g. publications such as
>> http://download.sinenomine.net/publications/njebridge/SNA-NJE-Bridge.pdf
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  On Behalf
>> Of Neale Ferguson
>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:30 AM
>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: TCP/IP to JES3
>>
>> We produce an NJE implementation running on Linux (and other platforms)
>> that speaks the NJE protocol - both SSL and non-SSL. We have customers
>> using it to receive job output from JES2/JES3/POWER/RSCS as well as
>> submitting jobs and sending files the other way.
>>
>> Further details:
>> https://www.sinenomine.net/index.php/offerings/zVM%26VSE/Products/NJE
>>
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Re: CA-1 Withdrawl from z/OS 2.5

[Allan Staller]

Classification: Confidential

1) start TMSINIT and reply with the "shutdown" password.
2) dynamically remove the TMS subsystem. (update parmlib,. as needed)
3) namoicall remove TMS load libraries from lnklst, apf,  the TMS loadlibs 
are typically in lnklst.
4) rename TMC and audit files

HTH,

-Original Message-
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Paul Gorlinsky
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 4:22 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: CA-1 Withdrawl from z/OS 2.5

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We are investigating what is necessary to remove CA-1 from the system after 
turning on RMM in protect mode.

My original plan was to us TMSINIT to remove CA-1 and disable the PROC 
(TMSINIT) prior to starting DFRMM...

Or do I need to move it's SVC, re-IPL and not start TMSINIT and then start 
DFRMM...

Any help would be appreciated 

Thanks
Paul

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Re: Can anyone explain this OCSP error?

[Colin Paice]

Charles,
What AIA info does your certificate have, for example  authorityInfoAccess
= OCSP;URI:http://10.1.0.2:2000

Is your OCSP server running with the URL in the AIA info?

Colin

On Fri, 29 Sept 2023 at 00:34, Charles Mills  wrote:

> X-Posted IBM-MAIN and RACF-L. It’s not really a RACF issue, but the right
> folks may be hanging out there.
>
> I am trying to educate myself on OCSP.
>
> In the AT-TLS config I code
>
> TTLSEnvironmentAction CAM_FTP_Env
> {
>   ...
>   TTLSGskAdvancedParmsRef CAM_FTP_GSK_Adv_Parms
> }
> ...
> TTLSGskAdvancedParms  CAM_FTP_GSK_Adv_Parms
> {
>   TTLSGskOcspParmsRef CAM_FTP_OCSP_Test
> }
> TTLSGskOcspParms   CAM_FTP_OCSP_Test
> {
>  OcspAiaEnable On
> }
>
> I then run an FTP to public.dhe.ibm.com port 21
>
>
> It fails with
>
> EZD2052I TTLS Certificate Diagnostics GRPID: 0004 ENVID: 004A
> CONNID: 2FD2 SSLRetCode= 8 CMSRetCode= 0x03353026 Description=
> Using AIA OCSP, certificate's revocation status could not be
> determined. See CMS return code SubjectDN=  ternational Business Machines Corporation,L=Armonk,ST=New York,C=US>
> IssuerDN= 
> SerialNumber= 04f4061646aa7287a997de4e74d1fd9d CertificateSource=
>
> CMS RC 0x3353026 says
> Explanation
> The key usage certificate extension does not permit the requested key
> operation.
> User response
> Obtain a certificate, which allows the requested key operation.
>
> However both the DigiCert root and intermediate have keyUsage of both
> Digital Signature and CRL signature, which I believe should be sufficient
> authority to sign an OCSP response.
>
> If I am right it seems like there is an error in System SSL (z/OS V2R5).
>
> The alternative -- that I am wrong -- says that DigiCert does not know
> what they are doing, which seems implausible to me.
>
> Any wisdom from these groups?
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/OA55141 looks close but it is old
> (2018) and I am on a reasonably up-to-date V2R5.
>
> Charles
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Re: SCHEDIRB

[Binyamin Dissen]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:37:02 -0500 Jon Perryman  wrote:

:>Another problem with your code dawned on me. Your IRB routine and passed 
storage could be freed while the IRB is still executing. The IRB routine only 
does a LOAD but the I/O time could be long enough for the originating program 
to end and possibly the TCB. Remember you are running sup key 0 which makes you 
the destroyer of worlds. 

Other than via a CALLRTM (which should drive the ESTAE) the task cannot be
ripped out while an RB is running (and still have a useable address space).

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