should be
possible.
Now that I know how it can be extracted via the STSI instruction, I can
either extract it myself or ask IBM VSE where they stored the output
from the STSI instruction.
Thanks for the help. Now, I need to go play with STSI.
Tony Thigpen
John McKown wrote on 04/26/2016 09:11
for information on IBM-MAIN because z/OS usually has more stuff
like this and once I knew where the data was, I could go back to my
supervisor listings and internal IBM contacts and ask for the location
of the same data in z/VSE.
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Walt Farrell wrote on 04/25/2016 08:02 PM:
On Mon, 25
I want to know if the box is an A01, M04, etc.
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Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote on 04/25/2016 07:20 PM:
Sorry, but I thought that Tony was asking what the processor was configured as.
For example our z114 is a S02 model, but configured down to a Q02. I guess
the question is a little
Is there a way for a program to check the capacity setting for a
processor? For instance, are we running on a A01 or a w04, etc. processor?
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units as other systems.
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Mark Wilson wrote on 02/24/2016 05:31 AM:
I am working with a client in Europe that is being requested by his senior
management team to look at outsourcing their IT systems, including their system
z
programming.)
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Lizette Koehler wrote on 02/19/2016 08:29 PM:
EMID= are good. That means you will probably not have to update them to
allow them to scratch.
I like the TMSUPDTE process.
//TMSUPDTE EXEC PGM=TMSUPDTE,PARM='NODSN,AUDIT'
//TMSRPT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT
I just found that some of the oldest tapes have EDMID =
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Tony Thigpen wrote on 02/19/2016 08:19 PM:
On the few I just checked, EDMID = blanks.
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Lizette Koehler wrote on 02/19/2016 08:15 PM:
Where these tapes created by an external data manager? (EDM)
In a ca1
On the few I just checked, EDMID = blanks.
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Lizette Koehler wrote on 02/19/2016 08:15 PM:
Where these tapes created by an external data manager? (EDM)
In a ca1 display of the tape (I like using the ISPF CA1 function)
See if this field is set
EDMID = HPDM
Lizette
process, or not at all?
Thoughts?
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You would think coders would understand leap days.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/free_calculators/day_of_week.phtml
Enter Feb 29, 2016 (or any other valid leap year) and you get:
"The date February 29, 2016 is invalid.
Check it again."
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Well, let's see:
a) 'Upgrade' to z/VSE (I know at least one such shop.)
b) Stay on z/OS
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R.S. wrote on 01/28/2016 05:28 PM:
W dniu 2016-01-28 o 19:44, Charles Mills pisze:
I cannot speak for IBM, but IMHO they may have felt that way at one time,
but EC 5.2 is clearly
You can see this if you are coming though a NAT based router. You would
have to set up special port forwarding rules on the router.
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Steve Beaver wrote on 01/20/2016 09:50 AM:
I have come up against a problem I can seem to solve. I am using HMC
Version 2.13.0.
If I am local
no longer change the names.
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R.S. wrote on 01/07/2016 05:33 AM:
Typically a CPC object in HMC is named P0012345 (serial number).
It is unique, but not very convenient for multi-CPC display.
Q: can I rename it? I would like to use names like FRANK or JENNY
> Endicott did something similar for e-architecture (4331 & 4341)
> tailoredfor vs1
The 4300 did not come out of Endicott. It was developed in Germany, in
the same lab that developes DOS/VSE.
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Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote on 12/21/2015 03:05 AM:
jcew...@acm.org
Not only the 4300, but also the MP3000, which also did not break. :-)
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Mike Schwab wrote on 12/21/2015 10:36 AM:
No wonder they didn't break.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote:
Endicott did something similar for e-architecture (4331
There are a bunch of us z/VSE customers. Many on bare iron. Many on z/VM.
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Clark Morris wrote on 12/18/2015 07:31 PM:
On 18 Dec 2015 09:44:15 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
Nice, maybe someone should introduce them to the Mainframe Basics Redbook.
On Friday
Ok, I know what I intended to say. But, what did you read that made it
read funny? (I re-read it but am missing something.) :-)
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Grinsell, Don wrote on 12/17/2015 12:39 PM:
Tony,
I got a real chuckle out of your first sentence and it's not even Friday yet.
I had to read
better for them
and if we get the costs down enough, the machine may stay on our floor a
lot longer giving us a longer revenue stream.
Tony Thigpen
Mike Schwab wrote on 12/17/2015 12:07 PM:
A rehosting product.
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1721980
A PDF document.
Mainframe Rehosting Ugl
ly using 1/3 the box capacity and batch processing
finishes in 45 minutes.
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Tony Harminc wrote on 12/17/2015 12:48 PM:
On 17 December 2015 at 12:43, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote:
Ok, I know what I intended to say. But, what did you read that made it read
funny? (I
I use LibreOffice Draw.
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Linda wrote on 12/10/2015 01:00 PM:
Greetings!
I need a free flowcharting tool to diagram the workflows for several mainframe
processes. It would have to run on Windows. Google lists several, but I am not
familiar with any of them.
Can you recommend
Thanks Donald,
That was the trick. The BMC was turned on in the BIOS. Turning it off
resolved the concern.
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Donald J. wrote on 11/23/2015 01:30 PM:
There is also same option for the SE TCP menu item.
BMC is probably the Baseboard Management Controller. You could
check the bios
That is a good question.
This machine was about 4 years old when we received it. There may be
something from it's previous install still active.
Do you know of any way to check the HMC for the BMC client?
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ESHEL Jonathan wrote on 11/23/2015 03:49 AM:
The name it got, BMC_DHCP
Attached is a .txt file with the info.
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Donald J. wrote on 11/23/2015 08:04 AM:
Select the Network Diagnostics icon from both your HMC and SE and then click
on the menu bar TCP option to display all socket connections
, but the ping does not fail if we disconnect the
cable going to the z10 switch.
I wish I could get into the real linux and doing some displays.
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Bigendian Smalls wrote on 11/21/2015 11:54 AM:
It occurs to me Tony, there could be a multitude things here. But one involves
routes
the same NIC address.
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Jack J. Woehr wrote on 11/21/2015 12:17 PM:
Bigendian Smalls wrote:
It occurs to me Tony, there could be a multitude things here.
Wouldn't the easiest thing be to exclude the HMC's static address from
the range of dynamic addresses on the DHCP server, restart
task list.
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Jack J. Woehr wrote on 11/21/2015 02:16 PM:
Tony Thigpen wrote:
From another box on the same net, I can ping both addresses. (The .161
takes 10x longer.) From that same PC, if I look at the arp table, both
addresses have the same NIC address.
Change the NIC address
Why would you think that? Just because they have a fancy title does not
mean they don't play with the code?
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Ken Hume IBM wrote on 11/20/2015 10:41 AM:
What did I just watch
Did you notice there is not a COBOL programmer listed in the credits?
Ken
-Original Message
.
Thoughts on what is happening?
Anybody else seeing the same thing?
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on a z800.
We recently moved a customer running OS/390 2.10 to a z/10.
I had a customer decommission VM on an MP2000 less than one year ago.
I know of several VSE shops running Integrated Servers.
I know of several VSE shops running FSI Flex boxes.
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Phil Smith wrote on 11/19/2015 05
e old hardware and still paying
maintenance fees."
If yes to either question, then the vendor has to worry about the
instructions used by the code and either not use the newer instructions
unless they multi-path the code.
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Charles Mills wrote on 11/19/2015 08:19 P
For those interested in owning a real mainframe, we do have some
MP3000s, some z890s, and some z9s that we would sell that are stored in
Chattanooga.
The z boxes would make great heaters in the winter. Just put one in the
basement and power it up. :-)
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Elardus Engelbrecht wrote
Naw, it was a white car. :-) :-)
(Just a JOKE. Don't shoot me.)
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Ed Gould wrote on 11/13/2015 09:11 PM:
I was surprised that the cop didn't shoot the car.
Ed
On Nov 13, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
Watch the wrap.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google
We actually have an 029 Keypunch operating that we sometimes take to
trade shows and let people play with. We also have bunches of boxes of
cards.
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Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/07/2015 12:37 PM:
On 11/7/2015 12:27 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
(Off the top of my head without looking
number, using the "OSA Specific Functions" on the HMC.
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Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/07/2015 11:43 AM:
So an update from when I posted yesterday.
Me and a friend have (after many hours last night) figured out how to
reconfigure the IOCDS and create a new LPAR.
We also got as fa
. A flash command turns into a standard disk copy.]
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Where are you located?
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Tony Thigpen wrote on 11/07/2015 12:52 PM:
We actually have an 029 Keypunch operating that we sometimes take to
trade shows and let people play with. We also have bunches of boxes of
cards.
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Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/07/2015 12:37 PM
Our stuff is in Chattanooga. We do know a guy in Chattanooga that came
in and got our 029 running. (Old retried IBMer.)
Did you know you can still buy ribbons for an 029 on eBay?
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Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/07/2015 12:59 PM:
Hah awesome!
I only have a few hundred punched cards
What model is it?
I have a big one that I would trade for a 110 (the smallest model).
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Connor Krukosky wrote on 11/06/2015 02:55 PM:
Hi I'm new to the list, was pointed here by someone because I need some
help using the HMC on the z890 to get an LPAR setup to boot via FTP.
I bought
Or his mom still loves him and he lives in her basement. :-) :-)
Of course, putting it in the basement was a good idea, expectantly
around February. No need to turn on the oil heater while it's running. :-)
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Grinsell, Don wrote on 11/06/2015 04:48 PM:
Wow! I assume you
commands for UDP.
Unless you really have a need for UDP, and you understand that UDP has
no guarantee that the packets were actually received, stay with TCP
packets (which use different commands than above).
Tony Thigpen
Steve Beaver wrote on 10/29/2015 07:34 PM:
I have written LU6.2 programs
Just to correct a typo:
TCPIP.SEZACMAC(EZASMI)
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Tony Thigpen wrote on 10/30/2015 10:44 AM:
TCPIP.SEZACMACIEZASMI)
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Steve Beaver wrote on 10/30/2015 10:33 AM:
I could not find the EZASMI macro, but I did find the EZASOKET executable
Thanks Tony
-Original Message
TCPIP.SEZACMACIEZASMI)
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Steve Beaver wrote on 10/30/2015 10:33 AM:
I could not find the EZASMI macro, but I did find the EZASOKET executable
Thanks Tony
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' conversion and is
willing to talk about it?
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and you don't have a letter of agreement from them, IBM will use it's
big boot to make sure you stop. That was the Neon zPrime issue.
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Paul Gilmartin wrote on 10/26/2015 10:45 AM:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:27:29 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
It has to do with how the other
Paul,
It has to do with how the other guy prices his software. For example, if
he is mips based on a specific box, and you then start running his
software on a much faster zIIP, he would be loosing revenue and the
customer could be in violation of the use agreement.
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Paul
that the
ex-employee was working in "good faith" and that the bank was not.
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Paul Gilmartin wrote on 10/22/2015 01:31 PM:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:14:15 -0500, Ed Gould wrote:
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/banks-severance-deal-indebts-laid-
off-it-workers-to-be-on-call-for-2-yea
I do have the VM spooled output from "D T0.10"
I need to check on APAR OW56730 (PTF UA01439 for OS/390 2.10).
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Jim Mulder wrote on 09/25/2015 01:43 AM:
In a DR site, we are 'playing' with a customers OS/390 2.10 under z/VM
6.3 on a z10.
Their system was running wi
Well, with the z800 compatibility feature installed, it runs on a z10.
As long as we use ARCHLVL=1. :-)
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Linda wrote on 09/25/2015 12:36 PM:
Www-3.ibm.com/systems/z/os/support/zos_server.htm
Shows the z990 as the newest processor to support OS/390 2.10.
HTH,
Linda
Sent from my
Tim,
Sorry missed you question earlier.
> Have you looked at individual volume timings?
No, I guess we need to.
> How many tape drives were used for the DUMP? How many for the restore?
In both cases 6.
But, there are actually 10 backup and 10 restore jobs and thus 10 tapes.
Tony Thigpe
ked me to watch the drives to make sure they were not rewinding
and repositioning between each job step as the job used a different job
step for each 3390 volume restore. I saw no indication of rewinding
between steps.
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Elardus Engelbrecht wrote on 09/25/2015 06:55 AM:
John Eells wrot
I would love to open a PMR, but I don't think they would accept it.
This is os/390 2.10 on a z/10 using a DS8300
Not really a 'supported' situation. :-(
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John Eells wrote on 09/25/2015 06:16 AM:
I asked Development about this, causing some head-scratching. They'd
like you
. Then
the guest enters:
"CP disabled wait PSW 0002 8000 9064"
Console:
IEA304W SYSTEM WAIT STATE CODE 80009064 DURING IEAVNPF5 INITIALIZATION
Thoughts?
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Independent tester hired by third-party that wanted tougher standards.
They wanted to use VW as an example of what can be done with clean
diesel so as to force new rules on other car manufacturers.
Big surprise. :-)
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Bob Shannon wrote on 09/22/2015 10:22 AM:
Like Charles said
l stop you is low. You factor in the chances of
getting caught and decide that it's worth the risk. Someone at
Volkswagen did a similar risk assessment. (Personally, I think it was a
young programmer who had a little bit of hacker in him.)
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Charles Mills wrote on 09/22/201
> (Others?)
Yes. Independent tester was CAFEE. Third-party who hired them was ICCT.
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Paul Gilmartin wrote on 09/22/2015 11:15 AM:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:29:35 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
Independent tester hired by third-party that wanted tougher standards.
I see:
ht
physical CPU, same Disk, same tape drives.
Tapes are not rewinding and repositioning between backup files.
We are just trying to understand if this is normal or not.
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Tim Hare wrote on 09/21/2015 10:47 AM:
Does the tape subsystem have physical tape cartridges? If so, then tape
mounts
Just got an email from HP touting their new 'Z' box using the subject above.
Catch phrases include:
"Make the move to Z"
"The switch to Z is happening"
I guess if you can't compete with the mainframe, you can just start
calling yourself by the same name. :
?
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No hardware changes.
We restored our system to our dr box using our recovery system. Took
5:08. Brought up our system, then did a backup. Took 1:15 (and some
other stuff was running).
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Rob Schramm wrote on 09/16/2015 03:29 PM:
Same tape subsystem?
Rob Schramm
On Wed, Sep 16
I would also think that working with 500+ mostly full 3390-3 and 100+
mostly full 3390-9 volumes would have flushed the cache.
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Porowski, Ken wrote on 09/16/2015 05:09 PM:
So the cache was loaded when you did the backup ...
CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering
With the method mentioned, what is happening, in the area of
reorganization, during the restore?
If reorganization is occurring, is there a method to stop the reorg?
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Tony Thigpen wrote on 09/16/2015 03:20 PM:
Backing up and restoring a Dasd.
Using ADRDSSU:
DUMP FULL INDD(DASD
Mainly a z/VSE guy, but the z/OS guy is not around.
How do I shutdown the TCP/IP initiator on os/390 2.10?
Tried F TCPIP,SHUTDOWN but says modify command not available.
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0090 OPSNOTIFY Stop request of SSM managed resource TCPIP processed.
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Scott Ford wrote on 08/25/2015 06:32 PM:
P TCP/IP
On Tuesday, August 25, 2015, Tony Thigpen t...@vse2pdf.com wrote:
Mainly a z/VSE guy, but the z/OS guy is not around
It's a test system, so I just killed OPS/MVS first. :-)
Then P TCPIP worked.
Thanks,
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Tony Thigpen wrote on 08/25/2015 06:41 PM:
That was one I had tried. But...
Response was:
P TCPIP
0290 P TCPIP
0290 OPS7902H STATEMAN ACTION FOR STCTBL.TCPIP: UNKNOWN RULE=SSMSTATE
Is there a simple way to look at OPS/MVS rules?
Either console command or in a PDS member?
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Scott Ford wrote on 08/25/2015 06:50 PM:
That's because automation had control via rules
On Tuesday, August 25, 2015, Tony Thigpen t...@vse2pdf.com wrote:
It's a test system, so I just
earlier
than if I just waited for a customer call.
So, if anybody is willing to send me a copy of EZASMI *offlist*, it
would make me very happy.
[I do not need the other macros used by EZASMI, just EZASMI.]
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I am an IBM partner with all the legal paperwork in place. It's just
that getting a copy via VSE development will take forever. The last copy
I got from them was 4 years old!
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Lizette Koehler wrote on 08/07/2015 06:41 PM:
I would think you could get a copy if you are a preferred
-the-shelf motor as speed is not
critical.
Some units had a very small transformer for a few circuits. If so, you
should be able to just use a current off-the-shelf transformer.
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glen herrmannsfeldt wrote on 07/28/2015 07:23 PM:
I wonder if anyone knows what has to change to move
We have OS390 2.10 and we are wanting to run it on a Z10 native we have
a 2098. We had heard that you could install the Z990 compatibility
maintenance and run OS390 2.10 on a Z10 so we installed the Z990
compatibility maintenance. What else has to be done to run OS390 2.10
native on a Z10? We
outages'.
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Mark Regan wrote on 06/17/2015 10:01 AM:
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2916081/network-management/big-iron-and-banking-why-all-major-banks-rely-on-mainframes-and-are-growing-their-use-of-mainframes.html
One item I noted in this article:
I recently learned about
I was hoping someone was watching the list today that could help me get
over the hump on this one.
I know there is some pattern, but it's just not clicking. Some jobs seem
to jump in several hours early, while other jump in only 30 minutes
before their time.
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Lizette Koehler
IS ACTIVE HOLD JOBS = NO
NEXT SCAN WAKE-UP = 15151 AT 1517
NEXT SCAN PERIOD START TIME = 15151 AT 1647
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know to open it with Wordpad instead of Notepad. If they need to retail
the file on their Windows box, they just save it from Wordpad and never
have to worry about it's Linux format agin.
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Paul Gilmartin wrote on 05/29/2015 05:52 PM:
On Fri, 29 May 2015 00:16:28 -0400
will
read and display a LF only file correctly and even change the file to
CRLF when saved.
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Ze'ev Atlas wrote on 05/28/2015 11:29 PM:
Hi allI am dealing with some C package on classic z/OS (PDS/E, no USS). When C
reads text files it inserts 0x15 in the end of the record
z/OS.
(I am spending more and more time on the dark side lately.) :-)
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John McKown wrote on 05/28/2015 12:37 PM:
z/VSE or z/OS? I ask due to your email address having vse in it. I don't
know VSE.
On z/OS, I would run SDSF in batch and just do an operator command, and
capture
Yep, they don't pay me for my spelling skills, otherwise I would be
living on the streets. :-)
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zMan wrote on 05/19/2015 08:42 PM:
Well, I'd hope they'd have more than just a few principles...
Oh, you meant Principals only. :)
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Tony Thigpen t
If you are a retired z/OS systems programmer and are somewhere in
central Florida (within 1 hour of Winter Haven) and are interested in
some part-time (or even full-time) work, or maybe seasonal work, contact
me *off-list*.
No formal resume requested.
Principles only.
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Updated Java???
We are having the same problems with the new java. Reinstalling the old
java and it works.
Tony Thigpen
Rajesh Kumar wrote on 05/15/2015 09:20 PM:
Hi Team,
First of all, i guess my question is not related to mainframe and i hope
i may get some solution for my problem.
I
Currently OS/390 2.10 on z800.
Crypto not an issue.
Tony
Jousma, David wrote on 04/28/2015 09:03 AM:
I'm curious about this request. 1) who is running old enough version of z/OS
to need it, and 2) who is running on a 990 yet? ASFAIK, even with this
exploitation support these older
Is it still possible to acquire the z990 exploitation support patch?
Were?
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amen, Peter.
Ed must work for the government, or a union shop. No place I ever worked
would have allowed such programmers to continue to be employed.
Of course, on second thought, I have seen some really, really bad stuff
coming out of the code-mills in India and China.
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