Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?

2017-12-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
I don't believe you looked at the pictures or the short video. The heads are not reading the same platters. Tony Thigpen Joel C. Ewing wrote on 12/20/2017 09:15 AM: I don't think so. Says each R/W head accesses same disk blocks, and there would be zilch improvement in speed if they were

Re: Can anyone remember "drum" storage?

2017-12-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
From reading the description, it really just appears to the OS as two drives in one housing. Tony Thigpen John McKown wrote on 12/20/2017 08:08 AM: It's not really a drum, but it is getting closer. Of course, for true speed, one should go SSD. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/19

Re: Rexx console question

2017-12-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
Woops. Just realized that (E)JES is a software product. I initially read it as JES 4.5, not (E)JES 4.5. Don't have it, but the SDSF is a good suggestion that I will try. Still, thanks Ed. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 12/19/2017 11:27 AM: Ed, Thanks. I did find you presentation about

Re: Rexx console question

2017-12-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
googling to find One question. I am at RELEASE z/OS 01.13.00. What version of JES2 am I running? Tony Thigpen Ed Jaffe wrote on 12/19/2017 11:06 AM: On 12/19/2017 1:31 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote: I am using CONSOLE ACTIVATE in batch jobs to issue messages to the operator. Most of the time

Rexx console question

2017-12-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
"CONSOLE DEACTIVATE" exit 0 Anybody have any suggestions? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

SysRexx - MPFNREXX bug found

2017-12-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Mitchell dmit...@shazam.net It may not matter to anyone else, but if anyone needs the same fix, let me know. -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: SysRexx, MPF exit and debugging (answered)

2017-12-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Found that I have to put a DSN into the MPF exit program that uses the ASREXX macro. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 12/08/2017 11:53 AM: We have SysRexx running. We are using the MPFNREXX interface that is being shared around. Everything is working from a set-up perspective. Short SysRexx

SysRexx, MPF exit and debugging

2017-12-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
a cryptic set of messages on the console. Where does the normal 'rexx error messages' and 'trace output' go when running a SysRexx? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Consolidate Consoles

2017-11-27 Thread Tony Thigpen
That is a thought. Tony Thigpen Tom Brennan wrote on 11/27/2017 11:58 PM: A bit far-fetched, but: Create a HLLAPI application that reads a number of minimized ICC terminal emulators and piles all the console messages into a single display. Use a different text color for each - just like

Re: Consolidate Consoles

2017-11-27 Thread Tony Thigpen
That is what I initially suggested. Then they said "but can we do it with one session window open?" Thus my question. Tony Thigpen Porowski, Kenneth wrote on 11/27/2017 04:20 PM: A single PC with multiple 3270 sessions to an ICC would work, just get a monitor(s) big enough to se

Re: Consolidate Consoles

2017-11-27 Thread Tony Thigpen
We are currently not set up as a sysplex. And, don't really want to. Tony Thigpen John McKown wrote on 11/27/2017 03:03 PM: On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: I have been asked about "Console Consolidation" for our multiple zOS LPARs.

Consolidate Consoles

2017-11-27 Thread Tony Thigpen
ing on zVM. (These z/OS LPARs are not under z/VM, but we have z/VM on another CPU with NJE interconnection.) Thoughts? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@lists

Re: IEBUPDTE question

2017-11-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
Hundred+ members. As I mentioned (but it got lost in the what is midnight argument), I used a CBT program to perform the adds. I just modified it to pass-though the ./ INCLUDE cards as data cards. Tony Thigpen Wayne Bickerdike wrote on 11/20/2017 11:39 PM: oops, Change all the unwanted

Re: IEBUPDTE question

2017-11-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
is a CamLib during this temporary phase so the users don't know the library has been relocated.) Tony Thigpen Paul Gilmartin wrote on 11/20/2017 11:57 AM: On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:45:10 -0500, Tony Thigpen wrote: I need to catalog a bunch of jobs into a PDS during a conversion. The source system

Re: IEBUPDTE question

2017-11-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
Thanks all. I have resolved the issue. I extracted PDSLOAD from CBT 316, then modified it to retain the ./ INCLUDE as data cards. (Yes, I need to keep them in the members as such.) Tony Thigpen Wendell Lovewell wrote on 11/20/2017 09:40 AM: Hey Tony, For $1000 a year our Global Search

IEBUPDTE question

2017-11-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
the catalog of the new member. At this point, the only thing I think should work is to individually FTP these members and bypass IEBUPDTE, but that will be a real hassle. I am looking for suggestions on how to get these members cataloged. -- Tony Thigpen

System Rexx - Shutdown Exec

2017-11-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
Before I re-invent the wheel, does anybody have a System Rexx system shutdown routine that they are willing to share? I need something smart enough to actually look at what is running and then shutdown everything in sequence as each previous shutdown completes. -- Tony Thigpen

Missing C module 'MSGDLL'

2017-11-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
8 1542F018 20110318 CEL POSIX I am thinking I am missing a STEPLIB, but I can't seem to find 'MSGDLL' anywhere. Thoughts? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: CA1 to RMM conversion

2017-10-25 Thread Tony Thigpen
I find it interesting how much people want to charge for books IBM gave away for free. Tony Thigpen Norbert Friemel wrote on 10/25/2017 09:08 AM: On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:39:15 -0500, Todd Burrell wrote: We're investigating what it would take to convert from CA1 to RMM. I've looked back

Transmit out class

2017-10-10 Thread Tony Thigpen
How does TRANSMIT determine the 'class' as indicated in the NJE headers? What I am testing shows 'B' when it gets to z/VM, but on this JES2 system, the definition of OUTCLASS(B) is one of PRINT, not PUNCH so z/VM does not recognize that the file is in NETDATA format. -- Tony Thigpen

Re: Question on JES2 and remote non-JES nodes

2017-10-09 Thread Tony Thigpen
by zVM-RSCS or z/VSE-Power. Tony Thigpen Lizette Koehler wrote on 10/09/2017 10:23 AM: Tony A quick search in www.ibm.com with the phrase REMOVE $ADD DESTID Lead to the command $DEL This has documented Processing Considerations When you dynamically delete a JES2 symbolic destination

Question on JES2 and remote non-JES nodes

2017-10-09 Thread Tony Thigpen
to are actually sent to the machine (as a synonym), and are not forwarded by to . Follow-up question: How do I 'undo' the incorrect $ADD command. -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Looking for Redbook: Converting to Dfsmsrmm from Zara and Automedia

2017-10-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
not show up on the redbook site. Tony Thigpen Allan Staller wrote on 10/06/2017 09:04 AM: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 7:25 AM To: IBM-MAIN

Re: Looking for Redbook: Converting to Dfsmsrmm from Zara and Automedia

2017-10-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
I have received a copy off-line. Thanks. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 10/06/2017 08:25 AM: I am looking for a copy of the fedbook: Converting to Dfsmsrmm from Zara and Automedia I don't have an IBM book number. I found this book using google, but can't find it on the redbook site

Looking for Redbook: Converting to Dfsmsrmm from Zara and Automedia

2017-10-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
I am looking for a copy of the fedbook: Converting to Dfsmsrmm from Zara and Automedia I don't have an IBM book number. I found this book using google, but can't find it on the redbook site. -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN

SYS3 datasets

2017-09-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
uot; is really just *his* rule. Opinions? How many other sites follow such a rule? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

VTAM SWNET LU status question

2017-08-30 Thread Tony Thigpen
the SWNET node, the status shows: ICU1P635 ACTIVD What does ACTIVD indicate? Any thoughts for debugging this? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: grabbing JES output via FTP

2017-08-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
alid local filename; use 'name.type.mode' or 'name.type' Command: get 'JOB01106.x' job01106..a >>>PORT 10,10,50,141,4,154 200 Port request OK. >>>RETR 'JOB01106.x' 550 Data set JOB01106.X not found Command: Tony Thigpen Paul Gilmartin wrote on 08/19/2017 10:33 PM: On Sat,

Re: grabbing JES output via FTP

2017-08-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
Output fron SITE JESSOWNER=* command: >>>SITE JESOWNER=* 200-JESINTERFACELEVEL=1. The value of JESOWNER cannot be modified. 200 SITE command was accepted I am trying to get the output from a job I submitted via FTP, so the owner the same as the userid I am using for FTP. Tony Thi

grabbing JES output via FTP

2017-08-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
E command was accepted Command: get JOB01106.2 >>>EPRT |1|10.10.50.141|1170| 500 unknown command EPRT >>>PORT 10,10,50,141,4,146 200 Port request OK. >>>RETR JOB01106.2 451 Nlst failed due to internal error C

GDPR for US companies (Was: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps)

2017-08-12 Thread Tony Thigpen
that the GDPR now applies. But, such a claim violates the the sovereignty of the USA. And, since the Bed & Breakfast does not have a presence in the EU, that sovereignty protects it. In other words, the GDPR can claim to reach into other countries, but legally, it can not. It's just trying to scare people

Re: z13s IOCP with FTP issue

2017-08-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
anybody getting into that network segment. Tony Thigpen Eric Chevalier wrote on 08/08/2017 04:42 PM: On 8/3/17 10:13 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote: 1) The ip address has to be available from SE laptop in the cpu. If you have the connections between the HMC and the SE on a isolated network

Re: Info and Orlando

2017-08-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Contact me off-list. We have some stuff. It depends what you need. Tony Thigpen W Mainframe wrote on 08/08/2017 05:54 PM: Guys,I am on vacation in Orlando. Does anyone know some place to buy IBM parts of ISeries and PSeries? Thank youDan Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

Re: z13s IOCP with FTP issue

2017-08-03 Thread Tony Thigpen
. I have not tried using z/OS as the FTP server as we don't have it on the private HMC-SE network. But, I would expect you would have to be concerned with normal z/OS FTP stuff, like how the FTP server handles adding or not adding the userid to the front of the file name. Tony Thigpen Jesse 1

Re: IOCDF issue

2017-07-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
At least tell us what the problem turned out to be. Tony Thigpen Dave Jones wrote on 07/24/2017 09:02 AM: Thanks for all the help with this, problem resolved. Have a good one, too. DJ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: z/OS under z/VM (Was: IBM Unveils New IBM Z with Pervasive Encryption)

2017-07-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
misunderstood something. What are your thoughts on it? Tony Thigpen Timothy Sipples wrote on 07/17/2017 04:22 AM: OK, I'll start offering some personal thoughts on today's major announcements, and in no particular order. I'll start in what might be an unexpected place: sub-capacity z/VM licensing

Re: z/VM subcapacity pricing (Was: IBM Unveils New IBM Z with Pervasive Encryption)

2017-07-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
controlling more machines. How can z/VM sub-capacity pricing help us? Tony Thigpen Timothy Sipples wrote on 07/17/2017 04:22 AM: OK, I'll start offering some personal thoughts on today's major announcements, and in no particular order. I'll start in what might be an unexpected place: sub-capacity z/VM

Re: IBM customer anchor

2017-06-30 Thread Tony Thigpen
Peter, Stupid question. If my company has a 3 character prefix reserved with the VSE group, does that cross into z/OS? Or, do we need to reserve one though the z/OS side also. (We are considering porting one of our products to z/OS.) Tony Thigpen Peter Relson wrote on 06/30/2017 07:37 AM

Re: Customer is Using CPACF (Crypto) purchased Crypto Express

2017-06-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
AMS EXPORT does not decrypt the data during backups. But, again, nobody came to the party. :-( Tony Thigpen Joerg Schmidbauer wrote on 06/19/2017 09:22 AM: Todd pointed me to this topic, because it's a z/VSE related question, not z/OS. From my point of view Tony and Todd explained everything c

Re: ES/9000 microcode

2017-06-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
Yep. Mainframe Services. If you got the stickers, you got the number. Boy, do we understand the 'old CRT' problem. Most of the old PCs will not sync with newer LCD based monitors. (We keep those in stock too.) Tony Thigpen William Donzelli wrote on 06/14/2017 11:13 AM: Is that Mainframe

Re: ES/9000 microcode

2017-06-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
is based out of Chattanooga so his preference would be to talk to you over the phone, determine the problem and ship you parts. Tony Thigpen William Donzelli wrote on 06/14/2017 09:49 AM: So the ES/9000 is mostly in its new home. I took a roadtrip to inspect and prep the machine for shipment

Re: IBM customer anchor

2017-06-13 Thread Tony Thigpen
mers. You are obligated to make sure that no program or product at your site is already using this address. " Tony Thigpen scott Ford wrote on 06/13/2017 08:35 AM: All: I have a question about something called 'customer anchor table entry' . My colleague said IBM can provide this entry to

Re: Customer is Using CPACF (Crypto) purchased Crypto Express

2017-06-12 Thread Tony Thigpen
We are talking about encrypting "Data at Rest". There is *no* key exchange involved. The only purpose for encrypting keys is so you can send them to someone else. Tony Thigpen Mark Jacobs - Listserv wrote on 06/12/2017 08:01 AM: Encryption/decryption without a CryptoExpress onl

Re: Customer is Using CPACF (Crypto) purchased Crypto Express

2017-06-12 Thread Tony Thigpen
For encrypting "data at rest", the CPACF is really all he needs. The Crypto Express is intended to speed up key negotiations between sites, something not needed for his intended plans. Tony Thigpen Arye Shemer wrote on 06/12/2017 02:00 AM: Hello, Customer is currently using CPACF

Re: System REXX

2017-06-10 Thread Tony Thigpen
John, How did your OPS/MVS replacement project go? I am looking at possibly the same thing. Tony Thigpen John McKown wrote on 10/25/2016 07:58 AM: On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Steve Horein <steve.hor...@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you for the explanation and reasoning sir! I sup

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

2017-06-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Could you point me to the REXX list? Also, we have had a SORTSTEM function in VSE REXX for a LONG time. Does z/OS not have SORTSTEM? Tony Thigpen Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote on 06/07/2017 01:27 PM: This is getting to be like a discussion that was had on the REXX list recently, as in it would

Eliminating CA-Optimizer

2017-06-02 Thread Tony Thigpen
We support an old OS/390 (yep!) system that is slowly being eliminated. To cut costs, the customer is asking about eliminating CA-Optimizer. 1) Would all the Cobol programs require re-compiling? 2) Or, will the run-time library continue to work once the license is cancelled? -- Tony Thigpen

Anybody using Zara with an IBM 7740?

2017-05-11 Thread Tony Thigpen
Anybody using Zara with an IBM 7740? What level of Zara? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: DFHEXLI vs DFHECI

2017-04-23 Thread Tony Thigpen
I can verify that it really is an online program. It is in CICS and the programmer just recompiled it with a small change to verify it was really the right compile. The change showed up and I looked at the linkmap (which I included with the last email). Tony Thigpen esst...@juno.com wrote

Re: DFHEXLI vs DFHECI

2017-04-22 Thread Tony Thigpen
138 V-CON | CEELOCT CEELOCT 33BC CEEBETBL4 V-CON | CEEBXITA $UNRESOLVED( So, what are they really doing by including something from the EXCI library instead of the normal INCLUDE? Tony Thigpen esst...@juno.com wrote on 04/22/2017 09:59 AM: Hi Tony I foun

DFHEXLI vs DFHECI

2017-04-21 Thread Tony Thigpen
quot; CICS programs? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Purchasing opportunity...

2017-04-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
uot;. That did fix it. Tony Thigpen Bill Woodger wrote on 04/17/2017 06:42 PM: On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:28:11 -0500, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: Works just fine for me. Thanks. Tried again, same problem. Closing and restarting Firefox got it back for me. I'm in a diff

Re: Assembler question

2017-04-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Thanks all. I got it working with MACRF=(GL,PL) and using PUTX. Tony Thigpen David W Noon wrote on 04/08/2017 11:20 AM: On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 19:09:09 -0400, Tony Thigpen (t...@vse2pdf.com) wrote about "Assembler question" (in <58e81c15.6060...@vse2pdf.com>): [snip]

Assembler question

2017-04-07 Thread Tony Thigpen
Thoughts? (My expertise is in VSE, not z/OS application programming.) -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Problem Generating CA-7 SASSBSTR Batch LJOB Output

2017-03-03 Thread Tony Thigpen
EXEC PGM=FTP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //OUTPUT DD SYSOUT=* //INPUTDD DISP=OLD,DSN=SDP.S.VM.FTP.IPADDR // DD * PUT 'SDP.S.VM.FTP.IPADDR' JOBLOG.CA7LJOB; PUT 'SDP.S.CA7MAST.PRINT' CA7MAST.STORE_H DIR QUIT //* Tony Thigpen Robert S. Hansel (RSH) wrote

Re: Friday fun with REXX and PARSE

2017-02-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
one parse into field) Tony Thigpen Steve Horein wrote on 02/24/2017 06:05 AM: Looks to me your literal delimiter took precedent over space delimiters. In other words, PARSE looked for "." first, and found "word3 word4:word5" between the specified literals. On Fri, Feb 24, 2017

Re: HSM followup question

2017-02-21 Thread Tony Thigpen
specified, or a nonzero value of days on MIGRATE (days) or DAYS (days) is specified on a MIGRATE command. Tony Thigpen Richards, Robert B. wrote on 02/05/2017 07:20 AM: But, in my MGMTCLAS ACS routine, where everything is based on the storage group setting, there are no specific IF statement

HSM followup question

2017-02-03 Thread Tony Thigpen
onger used. Since I just want them migrated out to tape and left there forever, would it be better to just issue a: MIGRATE VOLUME(xx) MIGRATE(365) ML2 command and force the move to tape and not worry about setting up a valid management class for these files? -- To

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
.**- IMSVS.RLDSP.DBCT.**- IMSVS.SLDSP.DBCT.**- ) - BY(EXPDT,LT,*) ) - OUTDD(OUTVOL) - DELETE /* Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 01/18/2017 05:26 PM: At this point, I am trying to familiarize myself with the DFHSM and the contents of the manuals

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
At this point, I am trying to familiarize myself with the DFHSM and the contents of the manuals. With guidance from the list pointing me to the next step, I am learning a lot. Calling IBM will just get me an answer with no understanding. Tony Thigpen Lizette Koehler wrote on 01/18/2017 04:17

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
(0-99) Guaranteed Backup Frequency . . . . . . NOLIMIT (1 to or NOLIMIT) ALTER SMS Storage Group Status . . . N (Y or N) Tony Thigpen Lizette Koehler wrote on 01/18/2017 04:03 PM: The HSM Started task has an ARCCMDxx member that details all the stuff it is to do. You can issue

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
How do I determine if the volume is part of the HSM backup process? I have looked at the HSM backup logs and these volumes are never mentioned although other volumes are backed up. Tony Thigpen Lizette Koehler wrote on 01/18/2017 10:13 AM: See if DFHSM is running space management process

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
Which makes since. It is using the "larger of [JCL vs SMS]" & <= RET_LIMIT. So, I am back to my original problem. I need to identify the process that is suppose to be deleting the expired files from the VTOC? Tony Thigpen Burrell, Todd wrote on 01/18/2017 09:09 AM: Looks l

Re: IMS log files question

2017-01-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
that I am missing something. Because here is the vtoc dates for one of the old files: Created Expires 2015.190 2015.235 Tony Thigpen Peter Hunkeler wrote on 01/18/2017 01:55 AM: I am reviewing the system VTOCs and I see a lot of IMS log files that contain a date/timestamp in their names. I know

IMS log files question

2017-01-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
cleaning up the files "back when". Is the clean-up of expired files something normally handled within IMS or outside of IMS? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send emai

Timeless TV show NASA mainframe (Was: Hidden Figures)

2017-01-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
ring toward the outside, not once, but twice by two different characters. :0 Tony Thigpen Frank Swarbrick wrote on 01/13/2017 01:05 PM: There was a recent episode of the new TV series "Timeless" that involved this era, and in fact had the Katherine G. Johnson<https://en.wikip

Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
On z/VSE, LIOCS limits are 32768. PIOCS limits are 65536 (which we use on tape, a lot). Off hand, I don't know if PIOCS supports 64K on DASD or not. Tony Thigpen Peter Hunkeler wrote on 12/16/2016 11:55 AM: >> Does DOS really support 32768? not 32767? Not sure why I typed DOS. I

Re: AW: Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
339 Tony Thigpen Peter Hunkeler wrote on 12/16/2016 10:04 AM: 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). Does DOS really support 32768? not 32767? 32KiB -7 that is. The maximum posit

IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer

2016-12-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
With ABO v1.2, is there still a requirement for PDS/E? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
e DOS days. Tony Thigpen Bill Woodger wrote on 12/16/2016 07:01 AM: 32760 is the maximum blocksize. You have an LRECL of 32760, which is not at least four bytes less than the maximum blocksize. The RC for the message goes up steps of four, and is already busted. Other RC values have multiple i

Re: p370 & p390

2016-12-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
Do you really expect anybody to respond positively with such a hidden email address. I know where parts and running systems can be purchased, but you went to so much trouble to hide your identity that I can't give you the information. Tony Thigpen W Mainframe wrote on 12/14/2016 12:47 PM

Re: HSM old tape cleanup

2016-12-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
We got by our chpid problem resolved. We were able to perform an audit for the bad tape. Thanks. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 12/14/2016 10:11 AM: Well, I tried the audit command. Now I have a dead-lock situation. I did not know that the command would attempt to read the old tape

Re: HSM old tape cleanup

2016-12-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
the CHPID online while the request is active. Tony Thigpen Richard Marchant wrote on 12/14/2016 08:19 AM: Tony, ARC0378I TTOC RECORD AND TAPE MEDIA CONTENTS ARE INCONSISTENT You can fix this error by issuing the following: HSEND AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS VOLUMES(volser) FIX ODS(your.dsn

Re: HSM old tape cleanup

2016-12-14 Thread Tony Thigpen
SELECT(FULL) ODS ('xxx') Tony Thigpen Linda wrote on 12/14/2016 01:37 AM: Hi Tony, Listed in the system catalog or the HSM tape catalog, both? You should be able to list the catalogue entries, and IF they match, you could reset the HSM expiration values to a date in the close future, and let

Re: HSM old tape cleanup

2016-12-13 Thread Tony Thigpen
CONTENTS ARE INCONSISTENT ON TAPE VOLUME ARC0378I (CONT.) 152215. TAPE VOLUME CANNOT BE DELETED, VALID DATA SETS MAY ARC0378I (CONT.) EXIST ON THE VOLUME Tony Thigpen Allan Staller wrote on 12/13/2016 05:12 PM: HSEND DELVOL volser type PURGE IIRC From: IBM

HSM old tape cleanup

2016-12-13 Thread Tony Thigpen
Since I can't migrate these volumes, how do I just delete these active tapes from HSM? They are at least 15 years old so I am not worried about the data that may have been on them. -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: HSM question

2016-11-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
That's what I thought, but it does not seem to be working. So, I figured I was misreading or doing something wrong. Tony Thigpen retired mainframer wrote on 11/24/2016 04:42 PM: Doesn't SETSYS PARTIALTAPE(BAKCUP(MARKFULL)) do what you want? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: HSM question

2016-11-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
. But, as best I can tell, the HSM control parms are already set to not use an existing tape: SETSYS PARTIALTAPE( BACKUP(MARKFULL) - MIGRATION(MARKFULL)) SETSYS SELECTVOLUME( BACKUP(SCRATCH) MIGRATION(SCRATCH) - DUMP(SCRATCH)) Tony Thigpen Elardus Engelbrecht wrote on 11/24/2016 09:09

Re: HSM question

2016-11-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
Elardus, The remote operator is a human. Tape management system is CA1 Still researching logs. Tony Thigpen Elardus Engelbrecht wrote on 11/23/2016 02:04 AM: Tony Thigpen wrote: Once a week, HSM performs an AUTOBACKUP. Until about 3 months ago, if nobody was at the shop, HSM would ask

Re: HSM question

2016-11-24 Thread Tony Thigpen
0C02,015128,SL,COMP,DFSMSHSM,DFSMSHSM,DFHSM.BACKTAPE.DATASET Tony Thigpen Lizette Koehler wrote on 11/22/2016 10:10 PM: So some basic questions 1) What version of z/OS? 2) If you do a F dfhsmtaskname,Q SETSYS does it show the same info as the ARCCMDxx member? 3) What is the specific

HSM question

2016-11-22 Thread Tony Thigpen
not update the config file so it would be handled at the next IPL. Looking for any input. -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Mainframe systems programmer ID 'vaulting'

2016-11-22 Thread Tony Thigpen
aved their bacon. (Think "SHUTDOWN" under VM!) They had to learn to think: Which hat am I wearing right now? A limited systems programmer hat or the mainframe "god" hat. If you get your workloads split correctly, you may not need to use a vaulted userid as often. Tony Thigp

Re: z/VSE Connector Client

2016-11-05 Thread Tony Thigpen
You need to ask on VSE-L. vs...@lists.lehigh.edu https://lists.lehigh.edu/mailman/listinfo/vse-l Tony Thigpen Jack J. Woehr wrote on 11/04/2016 11:40 PM: Is there any IBM program or ISV providing free access for z/VSE development? This veteran of JTOpen and other remote APIs has just

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
Did you see this: The FAA just officially approved turkey drops. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAA-Approves-Turkey-Drop-227176-1.html Tony Thigpen Edward Finnell wrote on 10/28/2016 07:58 PM: "Who knew turkeys couldn't fly?" In a message dated 10/28/2016 6:52:36 P.

Re: TV news just now

2016-10-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
Any relation to Les Nessman? (He was at a radio station in Cincinnati late 70's, early 80's.) :-) Tony Thigpen Tom Brennan wrote on 10/28/2016 07:47 PM: News channels here in Los Angeles sometimes use a certain expert to comment on airplane accidents, and he always catches my attention

Re: Language Environment LIBVEC layout?

2016-10-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
I had to sign paperwork to get my copy, back when... I guess it has been released to general public since then. Tony Thigpen Tony Harminc wrote on 10/20/2016 12:48 PM: On 20 October 2016 at 08:47, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: If you are a vendor, you should have access to

Re: Language Environment LIBVEC layout?

2016-10-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
If you are a vendor, you should have access to the LE vendor manual. Some of the pointer locations can be deduced from it. If you are not a vendor, you don't have access to the manual. Tony Thigpen Pete Dillon wrote on 10/20/2016 08:36 AM: Many thanks for that. The documentation

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-30 Thread Tony Thigpen
er run-time since the lid is closed and the screen is off. (We only access them via RDP.) Tony Thigpen Brian Westerman wrote on 09/30/2016 04:03 AM: I'm actually kind of surprised at the number of sites that don't code the OSA-ICC consoles as NIP available. They were designed to fu

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-29 Thread Tony Thigpen
) approved it many years ago. Let them prove he did not. Tony Thigpen Edward Gould wrote on 09/29/2016 03:44 AM: On Sep 28, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Brian Westerman <brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: Now that most mainframes (at least for the past several years) have OSA

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
And, I forgot to include remote access to the HMC. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 09/28/2016 04:17 PM: Our remote systems support staff have multiple remote access to the consoles: 1) The initial IPL console is on a laptop in the computer room with Windows 7 PRO. If needed, this box can

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-28 Thread Tony Thigpen
) There is another company in the same building that manages WinTel servers. They have access to our data-center and can be called 24/7. Tony Thigpen Jerry Whitteridge wrote on 09/28/2016 01:34 PM: This indicates a weakness in your console deployment - my staff have remote access to all the consoles

Re: included text from every other reply in a email chain..

2016-08-19 Thread Tony Thigpen
down. Of course, we also have to top post which is how *any* civilized person does things. Tony Thigpen David Boyes wrote on 08/19/2016 09:11 AM: ... Personally, I hate bottom-posting, but the majority here seem to be in favor of it, so I comply. I don't bottom-post except on listservs. I

Re: JCL "COMMAND" statements - Follow-up question

2016-05-18 Thread Tony Thigpen
One other question. Is there a way to wait between multiple commands when using the TSO command processor? I am guessing that I will need to create a small REXX that waits based on a parm. Tony Thigpen Tony Thigpen wrote on 05/17/2016 08:01 AM: Thanks. It turns out that "OC&quo

Re: JCL "COMMAND" statements - Follow-up question

2016-05-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
Thanks. It turns out that "OC" is part of OPS/MVS, so I now can document the job. Tony Thigpen Jeremy Nicoll wrote on 05/17/2016 07:30 AM: On Tue, 17 May 2016, at 12:19, Tony Thigpen wrote: OK, dumb question time. My job is working with some JCL I found in another job: //STEP01

Re: JCL "COMMAND" statements - Follow-up question

2016-05-17 Thread Tony Thigpen
ot;OC" rexx and I can not find it in any of the normal libraries that I have been told are used by our jobs. How do I find 'OC'? (Or, am I looking for the wrong thing?) Tony Thigpen Itschak Mugzach wrote on 05/16/2016 03:20 PM: OK. my version is based on TSO CONSOLE command. It rea

Re: JCL "COMMAND" statements

2016-05-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
These are 'system' jobs that are running with higher security. Most are nightly to stop some regions for nightly processes. Tony Thigpen Jeremy Nicoll wrote on 05/16/2016 12:19 PM: On Mon, 16 May 2016, at 17:03, Itschak Mugzach wrote: Tony. You may already seen that the //comand1 is not a dd

Re: JCL "COMMAND" statements

2016-05-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
the same OC exec to make one of my jobs work right. Tony Thigpen Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote on 05/16/2016 11:46 AM: Check CBTTAPE.ORG there might be a couple of them there. Create a REXX program to interface with TSO "OPERATOR" command or interface with SDSF API. Can check results

JCL "COMMAND" statements

2016-05-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
execution? -- Tony Thigpen -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: 1620 veterans! [was:RE: What was a 3314?]

2016-05-16 Thread Tony Thigpen
"sensible students" *OXYMORON* Tony Thigpen Farley, Peter x23353 wrote on 05/16/2016 10:48 AM: You too? Hey, this is a small world indeed. You didn't happen to attend a certain engineering college (now gone, sad to say) in Brooklyn, NY in the late 1960's, did you? At o

Re: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box?

2016-04-26 Thread Tony Thigpen
Yep. I can get there. Getting in and out of supervisor state is common in my code. Tony Thigpen Greg Dyck wrote on 04/26/2016 01:13 PM: Tony, If you can get into supervisor state, use the STSI instruction. Under z/OS the CSRSI service uses STSI to provide the data that it returns to problem

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