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Hi Rick,
I may not get to try your XMITMSG tool for a while due to other commitments,
but the VM facility I miss the most is the SMSG / WAKEUP SMSG facility that
permits "server" VM's to run and respond to remote requests from "users". In a
prior lifetime my coworkers and I used that facility
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Re: #3, that is not necessarily true. Depends heavily on the shop-standard
STEPLIB rules (use or don't use pr
Re: #3, that is not necessarily true. Depends heavily on the shop-standard
STEPLIB rules (use or don't use production "user library" in STEPLIB's). As
long as the "normal" rule is NOT to use production "user library" in STEPLIB's
and you choose to use the "two library" approach to migration,
Hi All,
I am re-installing z/OS and CICS Explorer on a new PC today, and there are
three choices for connection to our z/OS system:
z/OS FTP
z/OS Remote System
z/OSMF
I know the limitations of the FTP connection (our FTP does not let us use JES
level 2) and the last time I installed the
Double check with your systems team whether REGION=0M actually gets you 0M.
IEFUSI exit can change that to whatever they want to limit your job to use.
Some shops have "bypass" step names that tell IEFUSI not to enforce rules for
that step, "just do what I say". Some require SAF authorization
eedom. A frontal lobotomy - that's freedom."
~ James Lapine
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> program(s) only?
>
> Is it possible to do the following using only utility programs and
> control statemen
Is it possible to do the following using only utility programs and control
statements? (z/OS Unix solutions also welcome)
Task: Generate 8-digit zoned-decimal numbers from 1 to some limit (e.g., 1
to 8000) in pseudo-random order with exactly one occurrence of each number in
the range in
Andrew,
That kind of HLL optimization effect can only happen in a monolithic program
where all of A, B, C, etc. sources are available to the compiler at the same
time. Developing in modular, separately-compiled programs (whether they wind
up in DLL's or just as separately loaded executables)
Is it possible to keep z/Unix 64-bit Memory Objects across a job step boundary?
Or like name/tokens, do such persistent objects require APF authorization
and/or supervisor state?
Peter
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Gil,
The problem here was that the allocation is "
ption question - How to change/override UNIT(SYSDA)?
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gt;
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. That
could have the .DATASETS going to SYSDA
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Hi All,
I am using the LMDLIST service with the GROUP option in ISPF to save a list of
certain datasets. The GROUP option saves the list to a dataset with name
, but it uses UNIT(SYSDA) to create this dataset.
Is there a way to change the UNIT used by ISPF LMDLIST to a different esoteric
Peter,
Thanks for the reply. But there is still the second question I asked - Can you
say if there is any (near?) future possibility of a PC or SVC interface that
would permit application-level code (problem state, non-zero-key) to use the
TRAP facility?
Such a facility would make many
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> That is interesting John. No such field in
That is interesting John. No such field in my V2.1 MODGEN library member
IHAECVT. What offset it that at in your copy?
One would HOPE such a field would be used by full z/OS support for actually
USING the TRAPx functionality (along with the several compare-and-trap
instructions too).
Dumb question of the day: Assuming you have NetView installed, can the NetView
pipes implementation be used outside of NetView? E.G., in a batch step that
executes IRXJCL or IKJEFTxx to invokes a Rexx program?
Based on the discussion so far I am guessing probably not, but thought it was
worth
9, 2017, at 2:26 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 <peter.far...@broadridge.com>
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>
> Very interesting, and I see it is still present in the JCL reference manual
> up to V2.3.
>
> Well, either we are seeing unsupported behavior on a pretty massive scale in
> my shop o
a requesting email to the
proper doc authority.
Peter
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Farley, Peter asked:
>What
What doc is that please? We use SUBSYS=BLSR for high-usage random reading of
SMS managed VSAM KSDS files with no ill effects that I am aware of, including
datasets allocated in extended/compressed storage classes.
Peter
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libraries?
On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 18:50:28 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>Thanks Andrew and Allan for the confirmation and install doc link. I can use
>those to prompt our systems team to "do the right thing" with JZOS.
Isn't "the right thing" to install using SMP/E?
, November 08, 2017 1:59 PM
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You can also allocate your own PDS/E and copy it there for your own use via
STEPLIB. It doesn't need linklist or APF.
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> So my installation question i
loader excutables installed in PDSE libraries?
I believe the JAVA install will place the JZOS modules in SYS*.SIEALNKE
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Talk with your systems staff. They might help you find them.
Mark Jacobs
> Farley, Peter x23353 <mailto:peter.far...@broadridge.com>
> November 7, 2017 at 4:19 PM
> Yes those are the ones, but they are not present in that library on
> our systems. Maybe your
M60
_ JVMLDM61
_ JVMLDM66
_ JVMLDM67
_ JVMLDM70
_ JVMLDM71
_ JVMLDM76
_ JVMLDM77
_ JVMLDM80
_ JVMLDM86
> Farley, Peter x23353 <mailto:peter.far...@broadridge.com>
> November 7, 2017 at 4:00 PM
> This is a JZOS installation
This is a JZOS installation and documentation question. At our installation
(z/OS V2.1), versions of the JZOS loader executables (JVMLDMxx) live in these
Unix directories:
/usr/lpp/java/Jx.y/mvstools
/usr/lpp/java/Jx.y_64/mvstools
Where "x.y" is the Java version, like 6.0 or 7.0, etc.
As
Simon,
We are transitioning to COBOL V5.2 from V4.2 and have been compiling with both
the CICS pre-linker and the DB2 pre-linker with no trouble so far. Well, a
little trouble with the DB2 pre-linker, you do have to resolve all COPY
statements before you feed source to the DB2 pre-linker, but
nnX," at the end of each
generated line, but I am at least back in business.
Peter
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I am processing a VB input file with MMDD dates that I need to use to
create a set of JCL to execute an application process for each unique date.
SYNCSORT is giving me "SORTOUT HAS INCOMPATIBLE LRECL" but i do not understand
why.
I am trying to use the OUTFIL CONVERT parameter to
Amen, Gil. NIH is Not a Good Enough reason to ignore it.
Peter
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Timothy,
IMHO it isn't "... consuming non-trivial peak resources running their REXX
scripts in TSO/ISPF" that is the issue for alternatives like Netrexx. It is
the ability to use TSO facilities (like EXECIO, LISTDSI, etc.) and ISPF
utilities like the LMM routines and other "command"
The gawk or awk (either one should work here) script utility could do it:
awk -e '{ print " " substr($0, 7) }' < input.file > output.file
Note single quotes (apostrophes) surrounding the script, double quotes within
for the 6 blanks.
HTH
Peter
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It depends on the version of COBOL in use. COBOL V4.2 and earlier default to
BLOCK CONTAINS 1 if the phrase is not specified in the FD, which is why most
sensible z/OS shop standards call for always using BLOCK CONTAINS 0. I can't
speak for VM or VSE shop standards, I haven't worked in either
ible for.
I'd like to run into the problems before the applications people have a chance
to hit it so we can head that all off.
And I'd love to know the answers to this before the POC dies. So I am very
interested in this thread.
Regards,
Steve Thompson
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Frank,
The *ix compare utility is usually the "diff" command, and looking up the
possible parameters for "diff" I don't see any options that would allow
filtering the columns compared. It should be possible to craft a shell script
to chop the line numbers off in temporary files and then do
Add on requirement:
With a "flowed" format of some sort it would also be worlds easier to just
extract text for non-book purposes (like Abe K.'s website of instructions).
The Xpdf batch utility (Linux and Windows) pdftotext does pretty well (using
the "-table" option) extracting text from the
And slightly mis-spelled, actual address is MHV... not MVH...:
mhvr...@us.ibm.com
HTH
Peter
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> On 2017-10-02, at 09:29, Fa
And for your COBOL programmers, if they do not use DFSPARM / $ORTPARM DD
statements in the JCL to control SORT parameters, there are two COBOL-defined
"special registers" that can be used to specify storage values.
Below is a copy of the definition of those data areas from the COBOL V5.2
With respect to the REGION size, remember that SORT (both IBM and its
competitors) is most efficient the more memory you can let him have. I have
found this especially true for COBOL-based SORT's.
Consider using a region of at least 500M for large-volume sorts, and be sure to
tell SORT he can
Yes, RGEN is "invalid command" on our V2.1 system.
Peter
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Thanks Alan, but I do not have J7.1 available. I also notice you are using
"lib/s390" for the "libjvm.x" binder input and for the LIBPATH, but in my J7.0
directory I only have "libjvm.x" and "linjvm.so" in "J7.0/lib/s390/classic" and
also in "J7.0/lib/s390/j9vm".
Which one do you think I
I found the following link courtesy of google with a COBOL-calling-Java example
for COBOL V4.2 calling Java 6.0:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27020750
The JCL/Source and listing texts were pretty self-explanatory, though the COBOL
source in the example failed to include the
"... continuous documentation delivery ..." Huh. Didn't we used to have that
with a few little things IBM called TNL's?
For hardcover textbooks they issue "Errata" texts on the bookseller or author's
website(s). IBM could do that much, but choose not to. Not sad but dumb, IMHO.
Peter
On 22/08/2017 11:59 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> In that case the assembler I/O modules handled any errors that they could
> (SYNAD, etc.) and passed back error code(s) and messages to the COBOL
> interface module to pass up to the caller, simulating COBOL FILE STATUS and
> VSA
Scott,
IMHO COBOL is highly unsuited for use as a *generalized* file handler. For
known files and record sizes and file types (i.e., application-specific I/O
modules) the FILE STATUS variable and the VSAM feedback variable for VSAM files
are your only choice for error handling.
I have seen a
opment compiles only.
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I agree with Jeffrey's comment and will add one of my own: No program should
be installed into QA or UAT or production libraries with SSRANGE or ZONECHECK
or any other debugging option turned on at all. There should be lifecycle
software rules in place to automatically prevent it from ever
Tuning Products
On 8/15/2017 10:27 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> Isn't IBM's new zHISR product also a performance analysis tool?
>
> Peter
>
zHISR is Phoenix Software, the EJES guys. Ray Mullins presented on this last
week at SHARE.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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Isn't IBM's new zHISR product also a performance analysis tool?
Peter
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PMJFI here, but don't the laws in Canada require at least one alternate
language message set (French) if you do any business there?
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Thanks for the suggestion Peter, but we are currently only at V2.1 and I don't
know when we will next be upgrading or to what version.
Is that feature going to be (or has been?) back-ported to V2.1?
Peter
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to set things up properly to preserve existing
default access before enabling.
Joel C. Ewing
On 08/09/2017 01:10 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> Yes it is important to the organization, but since apparently no SMF record
> has this information for dynamically LOADed programs there is n
Nope. ISO charges for everything, and it is not usually cheap either.
BTDTGTTS
The only possible "free" place I can think of might be a university or college
CS department that already paid for it and makes it available to CS students.
But non-students/faculty might not have access even
Ross could explain that part to us.
Peter
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As I understand it, at least all debugging information (TEST option) is now
added as deferred data classes in the program object instead of being sent to a
separate dataset at compile time.
The COBOL Pgmr's Guide says to totally eliminate TEST data use NOTEST(NODWARF).
Not sure if that
unused.
>
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that helps.
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, 2017 15:25
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>
> Simple answer: NO, there is no SMF tracking of the LOAD functionality in
> z/OS.
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 <
> peter.far...@broad
As the subject says, are there any such SMF statistics available? We need to
know if certain subroutines are ever LOADed anywhere in the sysplex by any
batch program. We do collect SMF data, but I need to know which one may help,
if any.
I am not the systems programmer here, so I do not have
I would have to somewhat disagree with that position. If a COBOL program
issues OPEN INPUT for a file, that file *can* be READ by that program. If it
issues OPEN OUTPUT or OPEN IO then that file *can* written to, and possibly
also read for the IO case.
You are right about the most general
Then again who would have expected M$ to support native Ubuntu Linux command
line code running under Windows, but they did, and it works really well.
Sometimes they surprise you.
Peter
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Your installation may have an IEFUSI exit that turns REGION=0M into a much
smaller value, perhaps even smaller than the default with no REGION specified
at all.
Less virtual storage allocated may lead to less I/O buffering and more I/O CPU
time or even more LE storage use/free issues? Just
Development
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Subject:Is there a SORT day-of-week function?
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Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>Is there any way in SORT control cards (either DFSORT or SYNCSORT) to test for
>a certain day of the week?
Is there any way in SORT control cards (either DFSORT or SYNCSORT) to test for
a certain day of the week? Something like this, assuming '3' represents the
DOW value for Wednesday:
OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(DOW(),EQ,3),
BUILD=(C'WEDNESDAY=DATE VALUE +
5',+5)),
: Re: Assembler program
What about STC?
And how is batch TSO reported?
Charles
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If I may make an alternate suggestion, assuming your program is already
LE-enabled (HLL or LE-enabled assembler) there is the CEEINF LE callable
subroutine which returns a fullword of flags where the bits tell you where you
are executing:
0 Currently executing in the CICS environment
1
All well and good when the shop standard does not mandate TSO userid as job
name for *all* non-privileged users, no exceptions allowed.
Some of us do not get to make the rules ourselves, or even have any input on
what the rules are.
Peter
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I don't agree about SSX/VSE. I worked on that system at a small ISV in the
80's and It was a pretty nifty system for its time. Ran on low-power 4331' s
with 3310 FBA DASD, all system maintenance was via ICCF (the VSE equivalent of
ISPF) menus and canned jobs, and it worked like a charm for
://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFGBN
Thanks!
BobL
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/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27023598
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Does anyone have
Does anyone have a link to the IBM documentation for the Connect:Direct (NDM)
product? I tried using the regular z/OS library search mechanism but I am not
getting any results. I also tried the Sterling site but that doesn't seem to
have any publically available documentation.
We are having
Looks OK to me. "str" is an array of char's so the name by itself (without
subscript brackets) is actually a pointer to that storage (IOW a char *).
Someone well versed in C once told me to remember:
str == [0]
That is, the array name is equal to the address of the first array member.
Peter
Two corrections:
1. (add_entry), not (add_subr)
2. CEEPIPI reports back RC=12 (X'0C') for non-LE modules, not 20.
Peter
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that issue.
HTH
Peter
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Subject: Re: How to call VS COBOL II RES program from COBOL V5.2-enabled
assembler
Thanks for chiming in Tom.
Using a COBOL "stub" as a top-level main program would certainly be simpler
from a structural standpoint, but because we are an old and quite large shop
there are many dozens (in some cases hundreds) of JCL's that would have to be
changed to invoke the stub routine
-world programs.
Peter
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> I
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EXEC PGM=ASM1
er.far...@broadridge.com (Farley, Peter x23353) wrote:
>>
>> COBOL does have PICTURE usage type "Z" for zero-terminated strings, so you
>> don't have to use the STRING verb to construct constant strings with a
>> zero-byte terminator to call C modules. I haven't exp
--> VS COBOL II
eCOBOL V5.3 --> Assm --> VS Cobol II
VS Cobol should run as the SCEERU N libraries will contain the required
modules. I am not sure why this may not work.
Lizette
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The COBOL V5.2 Migration Guide (GC14-7383-03) says:
"Enterprise COBOL V5 programs can dynamically call (and be dynamically called
by) VS COBOL II RES programs."
If I have an existing assembler program which calls a VS COBOL II RES program
after calling the older COBOL environment setup program
Scott,
That exchange between John and I (around April 7) was about calling C library
functions directly from COBOL. It works if you use a static call (COBOL
literal for the entry point name in UPPER CASE, NODYNAM COBOL compiler option)
because the C library function load modules (in
Classic Type-A uptight managerial style. "If I can't see you then you must not
be working, because I wouldn't be!"
Sheesh. When will they learn to judge people by what they accomplish rather
than how often they are seen.
Then again, these are "marketing" (i.e., sales) employees. Given how
Very interesting analysis Peter. We are beginning our conversion to COBOL V5.2
and this will be a great help to us.
Peter
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Of Peter Hunkeler
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 7:49 AM
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Burroughs 5500 MCS (and possibly later, I didn't get to see those) had WFL,
Work Flow Language, which was nearly the full Burroughs Algol language, minus
the I/O facilities.
Very powerful and flexible. Your "JCL" was an actual program, and IIRC it was
compiled for execution. Fun stuff.
Just out of curiosity, is there a way for those of us without console authority
to get the current list of symbols on the system?
I tried the SDSF SYM command suggested earlier, but SDSFAUX is not running on
our system so it fails.
If it matters, we are z/OS 2.1 here.
Peter
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FWIW, I have found that quite frequently 7z will successfully open a
self-extracting zip where WinZip will not.
Peter
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What about just using sprintf into a string and then cout the string?
HTH
Peter
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Of Charles Mills
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:08 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Can XLC
Possibly a 3278-4, 43 lines deep by 80 chars wide?
Peter
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Of John McKown
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 3:01 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: new member, need old iron assistance
Current (before the "Creators" update) version is Ubuntu 14.04, which only has
xpdf v3.03. Xpdf latest version is v3.04, so you may want to wait for the
"Creators" update to try again. Or try the Windows binary directly from the
foolabs site.
My guess is that John M. is probably running the
tation 200) (005OP6.3.10)
Information and Technology, IT Operations and Services
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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 12:50 PM
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BTW the "pdfinfo" command is available as a Windows binary available at the
XPDF website:
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html
The Windows package has only the command-line tools, of which "pdfinfo" is just
one. A quite useful set of PDF tools, IMHO.
HTH
Peter
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And of course I forgot to insert my search term -- "ibm z/os basics training"
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I tried th
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