Re: z/OS Security Level 3 woes

2016-03-08 Thread John Eells
k, or are too polite to tell me I'm crazy and aiming at my foot. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with t

Re: Problem applying UA71619 anyone ?

2016-03-02 Thread John Eells
and use GROUPEXTEND to pull in the fixes. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Archive (was Re: Apply PTF on DB2 10 (z/os 1.12))

2016-02-25 Thread John Eells
Tom Marchant wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:25:56 -0500, John Eells wrote: Anyone know why I get this trying to follow the link? "Sorry, you are not authorized to search the archives of the IBM-MAIN-ARCHIVES list from the email address (ee...@us.ibm.com) you entered on the login s

Re: Apply PTF on DB2 10 (z/os 1.12)

2016-02-25 Thread John Eells
or SUP tightened? http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0110=ibm-main-archives=R58709 -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...

Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] UADS (was Re: [Bulk] Re: COBOL v5)

2016-02-15 Thread John Eells
' to each of those prompts (except for the first few IIRC). -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-12 Thread John Eells
ast Effort solution. This could provide the safety net the OP (or a later poster) was looking for. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-12 Thread John Eells
on SYSMOD. Or am I misunderstanding what is written? I read it as saying that you can't use it for ++USERMODs. No, I'm sure it's right. I hadn't looked it up. So it has to be a ++FUNCTION, then. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeep

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-12 Thread John Eells
Paul Gilmartin wrote: So, PRE a FUNCTION which is APPLYed only in the Target zone which NPREs another function which is ACCEPTed in the DLIB zone. Not what I suggested. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: BookManagerBUILD and DGW HTTP Server under z/OS V2.2

2016-02-09 Thread John Eells
the service you want to have installed on those FMIDs before running BUILDMCS. Unless they have to be installed in the same zones as z/OS, consider installing them in their own libraries and zones so that you don't have to do this again. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Stand-Alone DSS RESTORE with 3584 Library - How??

2016-02-05 Thread John Eells
Bob beat me to it! But I'll add this: ...when you specify NOVERIFY (or NVFY) on the RESTORE command. Robert Haimowitz wrote: You no longer need an ICKDSF IPL tape with the current DFDSS. Bob -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

UADS (was Re: [Bulk] Re: COBOL v5)

2016-02-01 Thread John Eells
operation. This difference alone has inhibited conversion in some shops. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@lists

Re: z/OS 2.2 compatibility check for IBM Products

2016-02-01 Thread John Eells
://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html That page says what I'd remembered, which is that: "The new FIXCAT statements are available only in the full.txt and full.bin files." Those are the 730-day files. Also, I don't find FIXCATs in the "Year" file. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeep

Re: COBOL v5

2016-02-01 Thread John Eells
., Using ISAM Programs with VSAM Data Sets, in the Using Data Sets book. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: COBOL v5

2016-01-26 Thread John Eells
lue than the originally intended purpose. It happens. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

LinuxONE Press Release

2016-01-26 Thread John Eells
For those running Linux on z Systems: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/48827.wss -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: ShopZ

2016-01-25 Thread John Eells
it quite straightforward. The hardest part was finding out what the right IBM internal customer number was and getting authorized to use it. YMMV, and you know who I work for...but I think the Shopz team has done a fairly nice job of it. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Cloning a Sysres and ZFS

2016-01-18 Thread John Eells
on why you would need your zFS in Master for your 1.13 systems. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Cloning a Sysres and ZFS

2016-01-18 Thread John Eells
Tom Marchant wrote: On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:04:53 -0500, John Eells wrote: - You can use SYMBOLICRELATE on DEFINE ALIAS to point to the catalog thusly named in the master catalog on the production system. There used to be a requirement that the alias and the data set name be in the same

Re: SMP/E error in my z/OS 2.1 Serverpac OS212016.

2016-01-13 Thread John Eells
. As a workaround, you can RESTART the job from step UCLIN, removing all updates which were already done the previous run and also removing all occurences of statement DEL SYSMOD(HQX7790) CIFREQ( (UK96644,UK96643)). -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: SMP/E error in my z/OS 2.1 Serverpac OS212016.

2016-01-13 Thread John Eells
I checked with someone in ServerPac design, and this is indeed what's up. They will look at the alternatives for solving this, including the one below. John Eells wrote: So...I infer, perhaps incorrectly, that the RESTORE job is also doing a ZONEMERGE for the SDSF zone. If that's the case

Re: RESTORE JOB on z/OS 2.1 Serverpac failing

2016-01-12 Thread John Eells
Would some kind soul please open a PMR? An FMID is one type of SYSMOD. SYSMODs include APARS, PTFS, FUNCTIONS (FMIDs), and USERMODs. Lizette Koehler wrote: Sharon, Is HQX7790 a SYSMOD? I might have thought it is an FMID. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: z13 PSP for z/OS 2.1

2016-01-08 Thread John Eells
, which contains all of the Fixcat information that REPORT MISSINGFIX uses.> -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Migration from z196 to z13 encryption aspect

2016-01-06 Thread John Eells
. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: D M=STOR causes disaster

2016-01-04 Thread John Eells
is no longer minor and it would be equally appropriate that its status should be re-visited and changed to a Defect APAR worthy of some resolution. I won't disagree. But, as someone already suggested, R.S. should open a PMR if he would like us to consider it. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee

Re: D M=STOR causes disaster

2016-01-04 Thread John Eells
not check on the rules, a spot check seems to bear this out. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: DFdss does not release space

2015-12-15 Thread John Eells
ggest that DFSMSdss could optionally use DS1CREDT to determine whether a data set with DS1LSTAR set to zero should have its space released. Or, that an "unknown" flag be added to the F9DSCB. Or... -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -

Re: Memory for z/OS 2.1

2015-12-11 Thread John Eells
t for z/OS 2.1 to run on a z10 box ? -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: RLS implementation for CDS's in DFHSM

2015-12-08 Thread John Eells
an index-wide lock in z/OS V2.2. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Straightforward way to determine hardware architecture level?

2015-12-01 Thread John Eells
, The SU Bit String had been frozen for quite a while when I came along and caused IHASUBIT and its associated macros to be removed from the (then) MVS/ESA SP Version 4 product after System Generation was finally withdrawn in all its flavors. -- John Eells IBM

Re: IBM Automatic (COBOL) Binary Optimizer Now Availabile

2015-11-30 Thread John Eells
), but as I understand it, it will not yield the same performance gains a V5 recompile can gain. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: IBM Automatic (COBOL) Binary Optimizer Now Availabile

2015-11-30 Thread John Eells
John Eells wrote: Charles Mills wrote: If you are running *programs compiled with V3 or V4* (and are not in the mood to recompile them on V5). It is essentially an alternative to V5 (although I suspect IBM would not be happy with that statement). It is of course an alternative to V5

Re: Deleting all members of a pds

2015-11-20 Thread John Eells
V1.12, so everybody running on a supported release can use it. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: RSU APPLY

2015-11-16 Thread John Eells
urrently in our z/OS system we RSU1403 and now we planning to apply RSU1509 then in this case, in SOURCEID parameter what we should be specifying SOURCEID(RSU1509) or SOURCEID(RSU*) . -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com ---

Re: IPL wait state

2015-11-13 Thread John Eells
state code because there is nothing there to load it. All zeros is what you would expect if the "bootstrap" records never got loaded. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2015, at 6:58 AM, John Eells <ee...@us.ibm.com> wrote: Nathan Astle wrote: Hello, I did applied some maintenance to

Re: IPL wait state

2015-11-12 Thread John Eells
should get a 00F wait if you try to IPL from a volume with no IPL text. However, the IPL text--at the level matching the system you are trying to IPL--is required to IPL. If you never wrote it to the IPL volume the IPL will fail. -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: ADR402E Message During Backup

2015-10-29 Thread John Eells
with ServerPac, with plenty of opportunities to find latent problems or (just due to the sheer number of steps) make errors that require even more time to correct. There's a *reason* why gas grills come mostly preassembled these days... -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: (External):Re: Unicode Query

2015-10-26 Thread John Eells
?) ;-) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: (External):Re: Unicode Query

2015-10-23 Thread John Eells
definitely there in z/OS V1.13. Thus, all supported releases include some level of function for this command. What we did in z/OS V2.1 was teach it to work for PDS and not just PDSE. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Bookmanager BUILD and z/OS V2.2

2015-10-22 Thread John Eells
d APPLYing something relatively small without any PTFs is pretty quick too. I'd be inclined to do some quick checking, try it, and see whether it works. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Coupling facility users

2015-10-19 Thread John Eells
Roger Lowe wrote: Have a look at the CF Sizer tool - http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/z/cfsizer/ Now, why didn't I think of that? (Too simple and direct, I suppose.) Of course, that might well be a resource only for IBM exploiters of the CF, and there are others. -- John Eells z

Re: RRSF Vtam vs TCPIP

2015-10-15 Thread John Eells
planning for that tomorrow. But in my opinion, we won't.) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: File Placement Utility

2015-10-12 Thread John Eells
w, because it does neither one. SMS might be the OP's friend here, as others have suggested. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: File Placement Utility

2015-10-12 Thread John Eells
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: John Eells wrote: (With today's disk sizes, it's more sensible in my view to just put all the target libraries on one volume, but what do I know?) Similar to Mark Zelden's One Pack solution? ;-D SMS might be the OP's friend here, as others have suggested

Re: Subscribing to IBM-MAIN

2015-10-09 Thread John Eells
: https://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/htmlhelp/list%20subscribers/LSCommands.html -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: IRRD125I - The key size that was specified or defaulted is not acceptable.

2015-10-06 Thread John Eells
. BTW, there are actually *three* limits. Just because we can send technology /out of/ the United States does not mean it's OK to import it /into/ a particular country. (I am thankful that I'm not involved in that end of the business!) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee

Re: Xerox Printers

2015-10-05 Thread John Eells
int Server is a priced optional feature of z/OS. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with t

Re: Unicode Red Alert - Fix REQUIRED Before 15 December!

2015-10-01 Thread John Eells
, an alternative approach may be to install the fix on a SYSRES, and IPL with that SYSRES in the event of an unplanned IPL on or after December 15, 2015. A scheduled IPL should be planned for the fix as soon as possible afterwards, if not yet installed. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing

Re: z/OS 2.2 delayed?

2015-10-01 Thread John Eells
Why would you think it was delayed? Richards, Robert B. wrote: Did I miss an announcement that z/OS 2.2 was being delayed? It was planned for September 30, 2015 according to preview announcements. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: IBM Electronic Service Agent V1.2

2015-09-30 Thread John Eells
mation. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 6:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Electronic Service Agent V1.2 Richards, Robert B. wrote: I received a notice that the

Re: IBM Electronic Service Agent V1.2

2015-09-28 Thread John Eells
. Is there some other product that I should have to provide its functionality in lieu of a replacement? At least they are giving plenty of lead time to resolve this. What are you using it for? -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Restore time question

2015-09-25 Thread John Eells
of the physical mount contention. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: HP being sued, not by IBM.....yet!

2015-09-22 Thread John Eells
stuff. Go figure.) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: CBPDO vs ServerPac

2015-09-21 Thread John Eells
in the USA). -- John Eells (catching up from vacation) z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: CBPDO vs ServerPac

2015-09-21 Thread John Eells
with ServerPac. As others have said, the week saved by ordering the CBPDO would be overcome (and more) by the additional time spent for the vast majority of people. Moreover, the opportunities for error when installing via CBPDO are far more numerous than those for installing with ServerPac. -- John Eells

Re: RSU or maintenance level on a system

2015-09-21 Thread John Eells
m other than system programmer procedures and discipline. Based on the above it's hard to understand why we would write a display command to show something as fuzzy as an "RSU level"...but you could always ask formally if you wish. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Mar

Re: IBM z/OS Internet Library trimmed to z/OS 1.13 and above

2015-09-03 Thread John Eells
I don't remember what was there originally...but books back to z/OS V1.9, and library centers back to V1.4 are now available on this page again: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/bkserv/index.html -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: IBM z/OS Internet Library trimmed to z/OS 1.13 and above

2015-09-02 Thread John Eells
and research what release introduced a new facility or enhancement. I'm told they'll be back "soon," probably at the bottom of the page under a new heading that says, in effect, "Ye Olde Books Below." -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeep

Re: how to know the length and blocksize of each member in dataset

2015-09-02 Thread John Eells
! -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: how to know the length and blocksize of each member in dataset

2015-09-02 Thread John Eells
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za (Elardus Engelbrecht) wrote: Mind you, max blocksize is 32768, but that info is useless. AMBLIST can *probably* help you, but ... The maximum block size for z/OS is actually 32760. (We have to reserve space for those pesky RDWs and BDWs.) -- John Eells z/OS

Re: how to know the length and blocksize of each member in dataset

2015-09-01 Thread John Eells
? Something else? Perhaps the best question is, "What are you trying to do?" -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

Re: Smaller Private Area in DR

2015-08-28 Thread John Eells
.) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Catalog entry not visible

2015-08-27 Thread John Eells
SYSCATLG, but what about IGGCATxx? If these members specify different values for ALIASLEVEL, who wins the thumb wrestle? -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Catalog entry not visible

2015-08-27 Thread John Eells
. snip One may also choose to specify this in IGGCATxx these days using ALIASLEVEL(n), where n is a number from 1-4. No matter where (un)specified, the default is the same. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Smaller Private Area in DR

2015-08-27 Thread John Eells
CSA to make sure overt action (such as reducing what's in the LPA list) is not needed to pull the starting address back far enough to preserve CSA free space. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Stand-alone restore

2015-08-26 Thread John Eells
the narrowly specific scope of the COD, no IBM product I know of supports z/OS backups to or restores from DVD. Anyone who wants this function is welcome to open an RFE, of course. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Stand-alone restore

2015-08-26 Thread John Eells
pertinent for you, but perhaps someone from Innovation will comment. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: Stand-alone restore

2015-08-26 Thread John Eells
ee...@us.ibm.com (John Eells) wrote: sharon.lo...@nc.gov (Lopez, Sharon) wrote: How does one do a stand-alone restore with no tape drives attached? snip You need to have a tape drive or something that looks like a tape drive (e.g., a VTS) to use DFSMSdss Standalone Restore. I don't know

Re: S0C4 running Disasembler ASMDASM

2015-08-25 Thread John Eells
think the S0C4 points to missing DD card but I have SYSLIB,SYSPRINT,SYSIN pointing to a load modue csect snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Anyone Using...PSF-Managed, Channel-Attached Printers?

2015-08-25 Thread John Eells
! The question is only about PSF-managed printers that are channel-attached.) Thanks... -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: SMF30HVO

2015-08-20 Thread John Eells
martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com (Martin Packer) wrote: Which is precisely why a decent MEMLIMIT / IEFUSI is so important: snip ...or, with z/OS V2.2, a well-specified set of limits in the new SMFLIMxx parmlib member instead! -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: IDCAMS DELETE MASK and Recalls

2015-08-19 Thread John Eells
to recall the datasets again. Is this as intended, and documented? Why can't we have both great enhancements together? I forwarded your post to the developer, who was surprised, because the data sets should not be recalled by IDCAMS DELETE. He asks that you open a PMR. -- John Eells z/OS

Re: SDSF z/os 2.1 - z/OS upgrade

2015-08-11 Thread John Eells
NOT EXIST Is this something can be removed or what actions can be taken. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Limit number of frames of real storage per job

2015-08-08 Thread John Eells
++ program by removing all delete statements, and increasing the virtual storage available until it never ran out. You COULD, but no-one would recommend it as good practice. Overallocating the heap to avoid garbage collection is basically the same thing. snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing

Re: Limit number of frames of real storage per job

2015-08-07 Thread John Eells
d10j...@us.ibm.com (Jim Mulder) wrote: For a z13 machine, the limits are 10TB on the box, and 4TB in a z/OS partition. ...on z/OS V2.2, and planned for V2.1 at V2.2 GA. Still 1TB for z/OS V1.13. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Limit number of frames of real storage per job

2015-08-04 Thread John Eells
eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: 1. IiRC, V=R is no longer supported. I could be wrong -- it happens sometimes. snip V=R remains supported. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Volume is offline after IPL (ADCD beginner question)

2015-08-03 Thread John Eells
and HCD could be your only real alternative. HTH, -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: 1403 at 60Hz

2015-07-29 Thread John Eells
, such that the speed is right. Proving, once again, that documentation beats memory! (I think the 3211 was direct drive and I confused the two.) I might tanke a trip down memory lane later by paging through the book...I haven't seen that book in a Long, Long Time! -- John Eells z/OS Technical

Re: 1403 at 60Hz

2015-07-29 Thread John Eells
), and the print train motor certainly only drove the print train, so I suppose I'm leaning toward the existence of that third motor... snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: 1403 at 60Hz

2015-07-29 Thread John Eells
gears in the 1403, so it would be interesting to know where any were that got changed for operation at 50Hz. Are you sure they are gears and not hydraulic unit drive belt pulleys? snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Library out of space issue while APPLY RSU

2015-07-22 Thread John Eells
(grin). I would recommend FIXPDS RESET, from the PDS package, file 182 on your cbttape dial, www.cbttape.org. It zeroes out the directory and makes it look like an empty PDS. So does IDCAMS DELETE these days (I forget when we added this). Both likely use STOW INIT. -- John Eells z/OS

Cleaning Out a PDS (Was Re: Library out of space issue while APPLY RSU)

2015-07-22 Thread John Eells
ee...@us.ibm.com (John Eells) wrote: pinnc...@rochester.rr.com (Thomas Conley) wrote: snip I would recommend FIXPDS RESET, from the PDS package, file 182 on your cbttape dial, www.cbttape.org. It zeroes out the directory and makes it look like an empty PDS. So does IDCAMS DELETE these days

Re: Library out of space issue while APPLY RSU

2015-07-22 Thread John Eells
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za (Elardus Engelbrecht) wrote: John Eells wrote: Yeah, we can't win there. You can and you have already won. The fact is, with each system there is a list of space requirements in the program directory and/or installation manual. Use these lists and add about

Re: Redbooks.IBM.com is Down

2015-07-22 Thread John Eells
. Lots of goonies out there. Costco Walmart reporting photo site hacked, Apple music 4 1/2 hour outage, etc., ad nauseum snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Cleaning Out a PDS (Was Re: Library out of space issue while APPLY RSU)

2015-07-22 Thread John Eells
000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) wrote: On 2015-07-22 13:45, John Eells wrote: So does IDCAMS DELETE these days (I forget when we added this). Both likely use STOW INIT. Syntax? That would appear to DELETE the entire library. But DELETE followed

Re: Product Remove from z/OS

2015-07-20 Thread John Eells
of obsolete or discontinued IBM and OEM vendor-licensed products. William J. Smith, M.A. EdFormer IBM DFSMS z/OS Integration and Product Packaging Team Lead -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

TSO-only proc (was Re: Product Remove from z/OS)

2015-07-07 Thread John Eells
logged on to TSO while updating the logon procs. If there's a problem they can fix it. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: Product Remove from z/OS

2015-07-07 Thread John Eells
elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za (Elardus Engelbrecht) wrote: John Eells wrote: Before doing anything at all, though, consider renaming the target libraries using an HLQ with UACC(NONE) to which nobody else has access, and waiting for an IPL. John is talking about usage of RACF to remove

Re: Product Remove from z/OS

2015-07-07 Thread John Eells
raises a good point. I'd assumed separate zones for the different levels of CICS. If in fact they are in the same zone, he's entirely correct. Installing the new one will remove the old one. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Product Remove from z/OS

2015-07-07 Thread John Eells
Kurt will be along any minute to remind me of steps I forgot...but I did remember two: making sure the zones themselves are used only for that level of CICS and not anything else, and removing deleted zones from the ZONEINDEX. ee...@us.ibm.com (John Eells) wrote: If the CICS CSIs are unique

Re: Product Remove from z/OS

2015-07-07 Thread John Eells
that and try again. HTH, -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Missing order information in PMA report

2015-06-19 Thread John Eells
Transforms - for AFP Common Transform HXFR221 IBM Infoprint Transform for AFP to HP PCL HXFR223 IBM Infoprint Transform for AFP to Adobe PDF If you list the PRODUCT entries, are the order numbers present in them? -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: CF level z/OS 2.1

2015-06-10 Thread John Eells
for that processor should be fine. tcpipat...@gmail.com (Nathan Astle) wrote: snip I was looking for CFCC level required to run z/OS 2.1 running on z196. snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: AW: Re: JES2 Exit 23

2015-06-02 Thread John Eells
) and it supports enable/disable via IFAPRDxx. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: LPAR MOBILITY

2015-05-29 Thread John Eells
think the TPC-R support PTFs for Enhanced HyperSwap closed early too, but I have not gone back to check on the date and APAR numbers. (If the TPC-R support isn't available, it should be no later than the end of June.) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: QUESTION ABOUT SPACE ABEND

2015-05-29 Thread John Eells
? And then, there's VSAM...data space, index space, AIX space, etc. The abend codes and their return codes are a guide to help you answer the questions above and let you reallocate the data set, if appropriate, with more space, a higher volume count (if applicable), or with a larger PDS directory. -- John

Re: z/OS Platform Software Products on ... Tape?

2015-05-21 Thread John Eells
is at least possible on z/OS. snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message

Re: VSAM file size

2015-05-15 Thread John Eells
, COBOL, etc.) and use a lot of LISTC ENT() ALL commands to a dataset If you're going to need it more than once, I'd suggest the Catalog Search interface rather than parsing LISTC output. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Re: Notify for XMIT

2015-05-15 Thread John Eells
, and continue to be now. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS Platform Software Products on ... Tape?

2015-05-13 Thread John Eells
necessary. (But again...continued focus on the vagaries RECEIVE/APPLY/ACCEPT for customers to install products is sort of quaint, and misplaced, in my view.) -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com

Customized Offerings Driver and SA Utilities (was Re: z/OS Platform Software Products on ... Tape?)

2015-05-12 Thread John Eells
. Also, standalone restore knows how to use the HMC's file system to restore the Customized Offerings Driver (COD) volumes from DVD. -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

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