Re: HMC 3270 interface (Was: Bad IOA card replaced, now test lpar Master console and alternate BOXED)

2016-12-28 Thread R.S.
nia Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 6:05

Re: Looking for USERMOD samples

2016-12-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-28 o 16:02, Tom Marchant pisze: On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:47:20 +0100, R.S. wrote: I'm trying to learn a little bit about SMP/E usermods. Are you trying to learn in general, or specifically about the sample below? Both. I'm trying to learn in general and understand the sample I

Re: HMC 3270 interface (Was: Bad IOA card replaced, now test lpar Master console and alternate BOXED)

2016-12-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-28 o 14:45, Dana Mitchell pisze: Skip, Is the HMC 3270 interface available via remote browser access to the HMC? We are waiting for the happy HMC upgrade that finally puts JAVA to rest. Yes. It was always available, that means in OS/2 based HMC (1.8), and later (2.xx) in Java

Re: Bad IOA card replaced, now test lpar Master console and alternate BOXED

2016-12-27 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-27 o 22:59, John Mattson pisze: So IBM replaced a bad IOA card. Now the test lpar has both consoles BOXED. Messy to say the least. Nothing I have been able to do has brought them back online, not VARY ONLINE or VARY CONSOLE. Says no paths available. LPAR is still up, but we

Re: Looking for USERMOD samples

2016-12-27 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-27 o 22:54, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2016-12-27 14:47, R.S. wrote: I'm trying to learn a little bit about SMP/E usermods. Unfortunately neither SMP/E manuals nor google did not provide good (*well explained*) samples. Example (from File Manager): //SMPCNTL DD * SET BDY

Looking for USERMOD samples

2016-12-27 Thread R.S.
I'm trying to learn a little bit about SMP/E usermods. Unfortunately neither SMP/E manuals nor google did not provide good (*well explained*) samples. Example (from File Manager): //SMPCNTL DD * SET BDY(GLOBAL). RECEIVE SELECT(FMN2001) SYSMODS. SET BDY (TARGET). APPLY SELECT(FMN2001)

Re: AW: Re: Using Extended Format as default

2016-12-22 Thread R.S.
[...] PDS/PDSE and SORTWK(?) have some known restrictions. PDS/PDSE *cannot be extended format*. That's strict restriction, but very clear IMHO. EF is for PS and VSAM (KSDS, ESDS, LDS, RRDS, vRRDS). SORWK - the best idea is to NOT USE SORTWK ddnames, leave sort work datasets allocation to

Re: How to mount ZFS from another system

2016-12-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-22 o 17:41, John McKown pisze: On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:40 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:29 AM, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote: I want to temporarily mount ZFS from another system. Scenario: OM

How to mount ZFS from another system

2016-12-22 Thread R.S.
I want to temporarily mount ZFS from another system. Scenario: OMVS.MVSB.BLAH is cataloged in master catalog on system MVSB. I want to mount it on system MVSA in some directory, i.e. /mytemp. However on MVSA there are also OMVS.** datasets cataloged in master catalog (of MVSA) MCAT names are

Re: Jerk dropped from IBM-MAIN at last

2016-12-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-21 o 20:06, Evans-Young, Darren pisze: Don't worry. He'll be back He needn't to. All responders to his message and this thread (including me) make enough noise. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione

Re: IEBGENER SYSIN Comments?

2016-12-21 Thread R.S.
Steve Smith wrote: I think the strangest thing is somebody is actually using IEBGENER control cards. The strangest thing is IEBGENER *does support comments* in SYSIN dataset and nobody except Peter H. checked it! So, the looong discussion is simply pointless. It is even documented

Re: Catalog

2016-12-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-21 o 05:45, venkat kulkarni pisze: Hello Group, Is there any way to get list of user catalog connected to any particular master catalog LISTCAT CAT(CATALOG.MASTER.LLQ) look for "USERCATALOG" entries. Hint: you should have naming convention for catalogs. So, simple PDF p.3.4

Re: Using Extended Format as default

2016-12-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-20 o 21:37, Porowski, Kenneth pisze: Is there any compelling reason why I should not (or can't) use Extended Format for all SMS managed Sequential (flat and GDG) and VSAM (KSDS, ESDS, Linear) datasets? Anything special I would need to do for Linear DB2 databases/tablespaces?

Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread R.S.
nvert them plus the supporting software, was considered impossible. Applying disk efficiency with half-track blocksizes was much easier. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: 16 December, 2016 14:46 To

Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-16 o 14:37, Tom Marchant pisze: On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:41:59 -0500, Tony Thigpen wrote: Recently, I had a file transfer issue between z/VSE and z/OS because VSE support block lengths of 32768 (true 32k) while z/OS only supports 32760 (32k-8). In MVS, LRECL and BLKSIZE are

Re: 32767?

2016-12-16 Thread R.S.
I'm still before first coffee, but I would rephrase it: The BLKSIZE must be 4 more than *usable record length* for a RECFM=V dataset and 8 for a RECFM=VB dataset. LRECL is (max) record lentgh *including* RDW, not just user data. Picture: RDW-user_data...

Re: IBM Lays Out Plans to Hire 25,000 in U.S. Ahead of Trump Meeting

2016-12-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-14 o 15:27, Tom Marchant pisze: On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:05:26 -0500, Gabe Goldberg wrote: plans to hire about 25,000 people in the U.S. and invest $1 billion over the next four years Did anyone else notice this? If you hire 25,000 people and pay them a $10,000 salary, that would

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld

2016-12-13 Thread R.S.
bad IBM killed the follow-on. On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:12 AM, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote: zMan, Please, re-read the message you responded to. Hint: Itschak asked the question, Radoslaw answered. Regarding zPDT - indeed, it is licensed to "non production" a

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld

2016-12-13 Thread R.S.
thers have noted, No, it wasn't. I suspect you're confusing MP3000 and zPDT. 2016-12-13 6:53 GMT-05:00 R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl>: W dniu 2016-12-13 o 11:52, Itschak Mugzach pisze: Isn't mp3000 licensed to development only? No. However I would use past simple tense. ;

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld

2016-12-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-13 o 11:52, Itschak Mugzach pisze: Isn't mp3000 licensed to development only? No. However I would use past simple tense. ;-) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld

2016-12-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-13 o 11:05, Dave Wade pisze: [...] There are many sites out there that have been deserted by IBM who only want to sell "Big Iron". There is nothing like the MP3000 for price/performance available today, yet many were sold. What options are there for users of small mainframes? I

Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld

2016-12-12 Thread R.S.
The solution is a little bit simpler: they don't support binary code. They can recompile some source code using Raincode compilers, but even the source code need to be "simplfied" (read: some constructs are not understood). How does it work? As about references. And *check them*, otherwise

Re: CALLLIBS and non-existent library

2016-12-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-01 o 17:08, Tom Marchant pisze: On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:23:21 +0100, R.S. wrote: During SMP/E installation of some product APPLY fails because there is no SIBMCALL dddef. This is part of PL/I which I don't have. PL/I is not a prerequisite of the product. Any clue? Obvious answer

CALLLIBS and non-existent library

2016-12-01 Thread R.S.
During SMP/E installation of some product APPLY fails because there is no SIBMCALL dddef. This is part of PL/I which I don't have. PL/I is not a prerequisite of the product. Any clue? My wild ideas: 1. Define DDDEF entry for SIBMCALL and point to SYS1.LINKLIB or empty loadlib. 2. Edit MCS to

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

2016-12-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-12-01 o 11:56, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: Note: every MIPS table can differ slightly due to "meaningless" value of MIPS. "meaningless"! Hahaha! Are there alternatives to MIPS? Service Units? Dispatch speed? Other measurement methods? Also, what mixture

Re: MIPS Calculation formula

2016-12-01 Thread R.S.
IMHO the best way to obtain MIPS for given machine: 1. Find out the machine model and capacity marker. D M=CPU in z/OS or right click on CPC icon on HMC, or ...or some people working on it simply should know it. 2. Go to IBM site called LSPR and read "PCI index" which is MIPS value. Note:

Re: z/OS Web Based Dropbox ? And X11 etc.

2016-11-30 Thread R.S.
My €0.02: This is Rube Goldberg. There are ways to achieve the same goal but with slightly changed *not important* requirements. IMHO the simplest way to keep and share files on mainframe is to use DFS/SMB - just map Windows network drive. Actually you can use WIndows, Mac, LInux. You can

Re: z/OS Web Based Dropbox ?

2016-11-30 Thread R.S.
ftp server? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2016-11-29 o 19:12, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) pisze: Does anyone know of a z/OS web based dropbox application that will allow a user to upload a file securely and to download a file securely? Thanks Btw. open source is fine

HCM security

2016-11-24 Thread R.S.
From the RTFM: HCM access to the host can be controlled using CL(APPL) CBDSERVE profile. But it seems to be true only for z/VM. Q: Is there any profile controlling user access to HCM on z/OS ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie

DFSMSdss DUMP and extended format

2016-11-21 Thread R.S.
Since (FAIK) z/OS 1.12 times DSS DUMP output dataset can be extended format PS. It's strange: When you omit blocksize (use SDB), the blocksize of the dump dataset will be 27998, for PS, PS-LARGE, and for extended format PS. However for ext-fmt PS there is *one block per track*. Yes, when you

Re: z/OS 2.2 and z9

2016-11-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-18 o 18:20, Jim Mulder pisze: 1. As far as I know z/OS 2.2 will not run on z9 machine - is it true? 2. What message one can expect when trying to IPL the z/OS 2.2 on the z9? Wait state code 07B A required processor facility is not available. The wait state reason code

z/OS 2.2 and z9

2016-11-18 Thread R.S.
1. As far as I know z/OS 2.2 will not run on z9 machine - is it true? 2. What message one can expect when trying to IPL the z/OS 2.2 on the z9? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku

Re: Where are PDSE limitations documented?

2016-11-15 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-15 o 17:48, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:12:06 -0500, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: Trying to find where in the Fine Manuals the limitation of PDSE to one volume is documented. For some unknown reason I AssUMed that PDSE had solved the single-volume limitation

Re: Where are PDSE limitations documented?

2016-11-15 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-15 o 16:22, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2016-11-15, at 04:17, R.S. wrote: What's the maximum number of cylinders that can be allocated to a PDSE? The number might be enormous nowadays. AFAIK there is no practical limit. So the limit is volume size minus VTOC That means 1TB

Re: Where are PDSE limitations documented?

2016-11-15 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-15 o 04:45, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:12:06 -0500, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: Trying to find where in the Fine Manuals the limitation of PDSE to one volume is documented. For some unknown reason I AssUMed that PDSE had solved the single-volume limitation

Re: Subject: Member search in multiple PDS

2016-11-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-02 o 21:34, Kenneth J. Kripke pisze: If you have Innovation Data Processing's products installed, specifically, FDREPORT, A report can be generated based on a XDSN= dsn mask, and, then in the REPORT section, you can specify DIRISPF to list the members, who updated last, etc.

Re: SMPE and history cut-off

2016-11-02 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-11-01 o 14:02, Kurt Quackenbush pisze: On 10/28/2016 9:19 AM, R.S. wrote: ServerPac-delivered SMP/E database (for z/OS and other products) usually has some entries older than product release. For example AA12143 is replaced (SUPBY) by HKCI310 or HADLA10 and HADL910 are replaced

SMPE and history cut-off

2016-10-28 Thread R.S.
ServerPac-delivered SMP/E database (for z/OS and other products) usually has some entries older than product release. For example AA12143 is replaced (SUPBY) by HKCI310 or HADLA10 and HADL910 are replaced by HADLD10, etc. That's good, a prodcut which require for example CICS TS 2.3 is

Re: SMP/E and RFPREFIX

2016-10-27 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-26 o 15:25, Kurt Quackenbush pisze: On 10/25/2016 7:08 PM, Phil Smith wrote: So if the SMPMCS contains: ++FUNCTION(VVSH710) FILES(2) RFDSNPFX(VSH) REWORK(2016166) Then if RFPREFIX(BANANA) were added to the RECEIVE command in the provided JCL, it would look for

Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-25 Thread R.S.
or all steps. Is this right? Yes, but I would suggest coding TIME on EXEC card. You have 5 steps. I think only one of them is "suspected", isn't it? So, remaining 4 steps do not need special control. HTH R.S. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailt

Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-25 o 18:28, Lizette Koehler pisze: Correct. The JOBCLASS TIME will rule all TIME= for that class. If you do not exceed the JOBCLASS TIME= limit then either the JOBCARD or STEP will then enforce the limit. If the JOBCLASS TIME=30 is coded (30 mins) then it will not matter to code

Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-25 o 04:55, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: OK, consider this case. All defaults, no TIME= coded anywhere. JES2 parms have TIME=3. Five steps. How long will the job run? Answer: it depends. First: we talk about CPU time, not "wall clock" time. Second: we know there is a limit 3 minutes

Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-24 Thread R.S.
This is plain stupid design. JOB limits TIME for the whole job (all steps) EXEC can further limit time for the step Both can only limit default (JES) value. However NOLIMIT (or 1440) provide another logic. Advice: set TIME-enough_value on jobclass or TIME=1440 in EXEC amd forget. -- Radoslaw

Re: Another ShopzSeries issue

2016-10-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-24 o 15:00, Richards, Robert B. pisze: Is anyone else getting a status of "Final Packaging" for their orders that are not going to "Download"? I put the same order in twice or an hour apart and neither go to "Download" IMHO everything in Shopz is possible. I've got some orders

Re: +Embargoed countries and cryptography was Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-23 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-23 o 03:01, Clark Morris pisze: I would assume that if the country is embargoed, there is no legal way to get a z series. If the country can get a z series, I suspect that it can steal the microcode. That's why before 1989 we were buying second hand machines. :-) Our comrades

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-21 o 13:24, Greg Boyd pisze: Radoslaw, The RCE support is currently only for Chinese algorithms. As I wrote in my April newsletter: "Another potentially significant capability is the new Remote Device support. There is a new ICSF Option, REMOTEDEVICE, which allows you to

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-20 Thread R.S.
] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 12:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded Well, again, this is straightforward approach: you have your own (or dedicated) DR machine. You prepare your system for DR, part of preparation can

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-19 o 23:22, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: Thanks to Stuart for pointing me to his doc. ;-) Radoslaw, you said in one post that the whole thing can be done ahead of time, but your latest post mentions only LPAR Image profile setup on HMC. Mike Ward (and Stuart's doc) refer to ICSF,

Questions about Shared Memory Communications (SMC)

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
1. SMC and OSX chpid. Is it possible to use SMC (ISM or RoCE for multi-CPC) associated with OSX chcpid? Allowed PNET ID value IEDN suggest it should be possible. 2. ISM and Hipersockets Does ISM work with IQD chpid working as External Bridge? If yes, does it mean, only z/OS systems working as

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-19 o 20:36, Dazzo, Matt pisze: RS, what do you mean by 'setup lpar in advance?' We will be doing a scheduled IPL this weekend so I have an opportunity should I need to make a config change. Well, Customize Activation Profiles, LPAR profile, Crypto tab. You have to set up some

JCL changes in z/OS 2.1

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
I'm looking for a presentation or paper describing changes introduced in z/OS 2.1 For v 2.2 things are simpler - JCL Reference, Summary of Changes. Unfortunately in 2.1 manual it is rather "summary of links to other books". To generic, to be useful. Maybe some SHARE material? BTW: several

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
Whole ICSF setup, including Master Key introduction can be done without IPL. However you have to set up the LPAR in advance. Those changes can be done dynamically or ...Activate will be required. In the last case IPL is a result. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2016-10-19 o

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-19 o 17:05, John Eells pisze: R.S. wrote: Double click on CPC icon. Instance Information tab, bottom right corner "CP Assist for Crypto functions: Installed". Note also that CPACF is a feature, so if it's not installed (enabled), you need to order the feat

Re: Implementing ICSF - FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded

2016-10-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-19 o 16:19, Dazzo, Matt pisze: This is totally new world for me so bear with me. Been reading for several hours on trying to determine what I need to satisfy the support of 'OpenSSH requires that a working /dev/random device' as I got the error 'FOTS1949 PRNG is not seeded'

Re: VVDS points to non-existent catalog

2016-10-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-17 o 21:10, Sean Gleann pisze: I've made a stupid mistake with one of my z/OS systems, and now I'm hoping that someone can help me extricate myself.. I was in the process of moving a user catalog from one disk to another. Following examples from documentation on the IBM web

Re: HMCS consoles

2016-10-16 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-16 o 11:00, Brian Westerman pisze: When you ordered your z13, did it not come with at least one OSA-ICC adapter? If it did, then you have (up to) 120 consoles that you can use at IPL for the LPARs in your sysplex. If you need help setting them up, send me an offline email and

Re: Running USS with locale other than 1047

2016-10-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-13 o 00:29, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2016-10-12 15:20, R.S. wrote: Well, I always use non-US codepage on my 3270 emulator. Reason: I'm Pole, speak Polish, sometimes write Polish naational characters. ;-) Usually I use CP 870, but there is also similar codepage with EURO sign

Re: IBM Education Assistance for z/OS - Useful??

2016-10-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-12 o 22:35, Marna WALLE pisze: Hello IBM-MAINers, I wanted to ask about the usefulness of the IBM Education Assistance (IEA) for z/OS. A little background: IEA is found here: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/pages/IBMIEAV22avail?Open and provides concise and

Re: Running USS with locale other than 1047

2016-10-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-12 o 19:26, Lindy Mayfield pisze: Hello, I read in places where IBM gives both pros and cons to running USS with a code page other than 1047, if for example your 3270 terminal emulator is set to Danish. I also find instructions such as this, though I'm not sure if this is

Re: Fwd: Shark Tank: Is this why mainframes almost never get rebooted?

2016-10-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-12 o 00:26, Charles Mills pisze: Ha! You can download COMMAND.COM here http://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/dos.html. The 1988 MS-DOS 3.3 variant is 25.3K Every .COM file was limited to 64kB size. That's .EXE which could be larger. BTW: The story about "idiot user who

UID purpose (fresh HCD enhancement)

2016-10-10 Thread R.S.
Recent ehnancement to HCD introduced new field for functions: UID. According to documentation UID is arbitrary number, which has to be unique within CPC and it is checked by LPARs with (also new) UID flag. However the Function ID is already unique, so what is the reason to have another field

HCD for z/OS 2.2 and RCE

2016-10-08 Thread R.S.
Two things: I'm trying to figure out the rules for HCD FUNCTION coding. I learned that rules (value range etc) depend on CPC model and z/OS version, but I'ms still looking for some clarifications. Yes, I did RTFM, I saw "What's new in z/OS 2.1 HCD". Still searching. 2. I found that one of

Re: Installation Improvements (was Re: Links to IBM announcements for today appear to be broken)

2016-10-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-05 o 12:28, Steve Horein pisze: [...] Sure. No system programmers, no system programmer salaries to pay. What you're left with is "guy off the street following scripts" support when something goes wrong, and the only recourse is to call the vendor for premium support service.

Re: Why not an IBM personal use z/OS license? (Was "Installation Improvements (was ...")

2016-10-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-04 o 23:00, Farley, Peter x23353 pisze: [...] My suspicion (complete speculation of course) is that IBM are afraid of the unfriendly-country military/spook hackers (pick'em yourself) rather than true hobbyists. Unfriendly countries can (and still do) buy any mainframe HW on

Re: Weird idea? IPL LPAR from DVD ISO image on HMC?

2016-10-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-04 o 21:45, Tom Brennan pisze: R.S. wrote: IMHO IBM should be interested in new customers. And should care about them. However even old customers could gain some benefits from having "bulit in driving system" for the installation. Or for DR. A couple of months ag

Re: Weird idea? IPL LPAR from DVD ISO image on HMC?

2016-10-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-04 o 18:58, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: I don't quite understand the desire for IPL from a removable medium. I get it if you're IPLing z/OS literally for the first time. That has happened to me once in 20 years when we built a new data center. The last new data center was a decade

Re: Weird idea? IPL LPAR from DVD ISO image on HMC?

2016-10-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-04 o 14:35, John Eells pisze: R.S. wrote: The notable exception is z/OS COD - Customized Offering Driver. While it can be IPL-ed from both DVD and ftp, the next activity is to restore DVD content to CKD disk and the source has to be DVD. Actually, you can *install* the COD

Re: Weird idea? IPL LPAR from DVD ISO image on HMC?

2016-10-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-10-04 o 12:49, John McKown pisze: On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 4:11 AM, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote: Actually it is available now. Not exactly as ou described, but even more convenient. Instead of DVD yu can use a directory on your PC. Note, it's directory, not IS

Re: Weird idea? IPL LPAR from DVD ISO image on HMC?

2016-10-04 Thread R.S.
Actually it is available now. Not exactly as ou described, but even more convenient. Instead of DVD yu can use a directory on your PC. Note, it's directory, not ISO file, but any free/shareware tool can unpack the ISO. All you have to do is to start ftp server. So, i.e. for z/VM installation

Re: PDSE supported for product dataset z/OS version

2016-09-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-09-22 o 15:36, Joel C. Ewing pisze: On 09/22/2016 07:30 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:48:42 +0200, R.S. <r.skoru...@snipped.com.pl> wrote: PDSEs were available long before z/OS brandname was born. Executable code could be stored in PDSE starting with M

Re: PDSE supported for product dataset z/OS version

2016-09-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-09-22 o 13:43, Nathan Astle pisze: Hello, Are there any information starting from which version of z/OS, the Product load modules datasets can be created as PDSE ? 1.1 PDSEs were available long before z/OS brandname was born. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej

Re: Strarting two instant of MQ in one LPAR

2016-09-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-09-21 o 07:19, Mohamed Juma pisze: Hi,Isit possible so start two MQ in one LPAR, each one of them has different IPAddress,andif is ok how to code the IP address Thanks, MohamedJumaMOI,Kuwait Yes, it is possible. You can use different addresses or just different ports (IMHO

Re: CBT FILE672 help

2016-09-20 Thread R.S.
to see if that task should come up or not monitor. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: CBT FILE672 help I'm trying to understand

Re: Down with idiotic disclaimer footers and dumb surveys!

2016-09-18 Thread R.S.
The value of such disclaimer is much less than "private area" sign on the ground. The last really oblige trespasser. However IMHO none of us is able to get rid of the disclaimer. Of course, the choice is not to use corporate e-mail, but ...nowadays many organizations prohibit access to external

Re: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals)

2016-09-18 Thread R.S.
Well, very big problem... For people who want documentation: use *any* software which is able to unpack the archive. There are several tools, including shareware, like WinRar or 7zip. For the rest: read the thread. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Most of us is here to solve problems. (no offence

CBT FILE672 help

2016-09-16 Thread R.S.
I'm trying to understand format of SYSIN control cards. I read the $INSTALL and #DOC, but it's still unclear to me. Q1. What is the meaning of column 1 - level? Example 1 CF CICSAAA1,CEMT P SHUT I 4 CF CICSBBB2,CEMT P SHUT I 2 C 003 T P TSO 1 C 005 T

Is it ISPF error?

2016-09-14 Thread R.S.
ROUTER ERROR: FUNC=MSPOPEN RETC=0008 REAS=0008 INITIALIZATION RETURN CODE 20 FROM WZZTS (this is name of ISPW app) COMMUNICATION FAILURE -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku

Linux-only machine and I/O configuration

2016-09-05 Thread R.S.
As a z/OS user I manage I/O configuration using HCD. IOCDS is created from IODF using text file (for the first time on new CPC) or directly using internal communication to SE. Question: How can I manage I/O in Linux-only environment? Do I have to code IOCP text file? -- Radoslaw Skorupka

Re: AXR00 (sysrexx)

2016-08-31 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-31 o 15:11, Lucas Rosalen pisze: It looks like in z/OS 2.2 (not sure about other versions) you can use: F AXR,SYSREXX REXXLIB ADD DSN(data_set_name) VOL(volume) I'm on z/OS 2.2 and I can issue the above command, but it doesn't add the library ;-) However it is possible to

AXR00 (sysrexx)

2016-08-31 Thread R.S.
I want to add a library to AXR00 parmlib member. Do I have to IPL to make the change effective? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku służbowego adresata. Odbiorcą może być jedynie jej

Re: HFS - ZFS

2016-08-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-29 o 15:43, Rob Schramm pisze: Use pax to create archive, then restore archive. I did it without intermediate file (and with file, just for training). What's I wanted to know is the suggested options set. IMHO the "-peW" is important here. BTW: the examples in the manual have

Re: HFS - ZFS

2016-08-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-29 o 11:21, Lutz Hamann pisze: Did you check the BPXWH2Z utility located in SYS1.SBPXEXEC ? ciao Lutz -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

HFS - ZFS

2016-08-29 Thread R.S.
How can I copy single filesystem content from HFS to ZFS or vice versa? Any pax command (what parameters?) or there are better methods? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku służbowego

Re: Comments in SYS1.PARMLIB

2016-08-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-24 o 15:11, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Charles Mills wrote: Plus, are there not third-party PARMLIB syntax checkers which would have been broken by the change? There are some syntax checkers from IBM, but only for *certain* parmlib members: CEEPRMxx, LOADxx and GRSRNLXX

Re: SMPLOG usage

2016-08-24 Thread R.S.
: On 8/23/2016 2:08 PM, R.S. wrote: SMPLOG is being used with DISP=MOD. That means it will grow and grow until it get full (x37 abend) and then alternative log dataset (SMPLOGA) is used. Am I right with the above? Correct. Q1. What happens when SMPLOGA is full? Is SMPLOG used again with overwr

SMPLOG usage

2016-08-23 Thread R.S.
(SMP/E) SMPLOG is being used with DISP=MOD. That means it will grow and grow until it get full (x37 abend) and then alternative log dataset (SMPLOGA) is used. Am I right with the above? Q1. What happens when SMPLOGA is full? Is SMPLOG used again with overwrite? Q2. Is it reasonable to provide

Re: Limit on the number of concatenated datasets

2016-08-22 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-22 o 17:38, Reichman Joseph pisze: Hi I looked in the JCL reference and DFSMS bookshelf and did not see a limit on the number of concatenated datasets Would anybody know if there is one ? Joe, Joe, There is no single number. for VSAM is zero - no concatenation allowed for PS

Re: Catch 22 with UA82156 / OA50517

2016-08-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-19 o 16:51, Jousma, David pisze: It was missing from my 2.2 Serverpac. I added the DDDEF manually when I came across this PTF. It seems someone forgot about SHZCINC directory, that's why PTF was issued. Now we have elements, but not a DDDEF, maybe someone forgot to create

Re: Catch 22 with UA82156 / OA50517

2016-08-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-19 o 15:41, John Eells pisze: R.S. wrote: W dniu 2016-08-19 o 14:28, Pfister, Nathan pisze: The dataset, SHZCINC, was added in z/OS 2.1 I believe. It is for zEDC. The DDDEF should point to /usr/lpp/hzc/include/IBM/ See: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0

Re: Catch 22 with UA82156 / OA50517

2016-08-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-19 o 14:28, Pfister, Nathan pisze: The dataset, SHZCINC, was added in z/OS 2.1 I believe. It is for zEDC. The DDDEF should point to /usr/lpp/hzc/include/IBM/ See: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.e0zm100/at3genf.htm Thank you. I found

Catch 22 with UA82156 / OA50517

2016-08-19 Thread R.S.
This is PTF for z/OS 2.2 (only) APPLY fails with the following message: ALLOCATION FAILED FOR SHZCINC BECAUSE THERE IS NO DD or DDDEF (wording changed a little) I checked - Indeed, I don't have DDDEF named SHZCINC. I'm pretty sure no one deleted it since the system is just installed from

Re: SMP/E: SMPWRKn and GLOBAL zone

2016-08-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-18 o 19:14, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2016-08-18, at 08:57, R.S. wrote: It's worse, when you *sometimes* need a dataset which has no entry. This is the case for SMPJHOME. According to documentation it is used during ACCEPT, but mentioned neither in sample nor in "Serv

Re: Delta Outage

2016-08-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-18 o 03:05, Steve Beaver pisze: GDPS is a DS8 technology. Like HDS G1000 and HUR GDPS is older than DS8000. It require PPRC or XRC on dasd box, but it need not be IBM-branded device. GDPS is z/OS based, so there is no GDPS for TPF, VM, zLinux or VSE. -- Radoslaw Skorupka

Re: SMP/E: SMPWRKn and GLOBAL zone

2016-08-18 Thread R.S.
ting lines! :-) Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMP/E: SMPWRKn and GLOBAL zone On 8/18/2016 6:59 AM, R.S. wrote: W

Re: SMP/E: SMPWRKn and GLOBAL zone

2016-08-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-18 o 12:45, Richards, Robert B. pisze: Also, a review of the manuals states that they are only used during APPLY and ACCEPT processing. :-) I also noticed it (yes I did RTFM). However SYS1.SAMPLIB(GIMSAMPU) create SMPWRKn entries in GLOBAL. I have also some GLOBAL zone with the

SMP/E: SMPWRKn and GLOBAL zone

2016-08-18 Thread R.S.
SMP/E question: Should I define DDDEF entries for SMPWRKn (1,2,3,4,6) in GLOBAL zone? (I'm aware unnecessary definition doesn't hurt, but...) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku

Re: RPREFIX

2016-08-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-12 o 17:38, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:29:12 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush <ku...@us.ibm.com> wrote: On 8/12/2016 8:12 AM, R.S. wrote: I mean SMP/E RECEIVE RPREFIX(MYHLQ). According to documentation the command above will read SMPMCS provided in DDname and re

Re: RPREFIX

2016-08-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-12 o 14:29, Kurt Quackenbush pisze: On 8/12/2016 8:12 AM, R.S. wrote: I mean SMP/E RECEIVE RPREFIX(MYHLQ). According to documentation the command above will read SMPMCS provided in DDname and relative files from a) MYHLQ.Fmid.Fn or b) MYHLQ.IBM.Fmid.Fn assumed RDSNPREFIX(IBM

RPREFIX

2016-08-12 Thread R.S.
I mean SMP/E RECEIVE RPREFIX(MYHLQ). According to documentation the command above will read SMPMCS provided in DDname and relative files from a) MYHLQ.Fmid.Fn or b) MYHLQ.IBM.Fmid.Fn assumed RDSNPREFIX(IBM) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać

Re: Adding Module to an empty APFed Library

2016-08-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2016-08-05 o 13:50, Charles Mills pisze: I think security professionals would argue against "leaving an APF library around." APF is the keys to the kingdom. Yes, but from security point of view there is no difference between empty and populated library on APF. Multiple lines of defence

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