IBMLink down ?

2018-06-08 Thread Brian Peterson
This morning, when logging on to IBMLink, I receive the following error after entering my userid/password. -=-=-=-=-=- Error 500: java.lang.NullPointerException There has been a problem processing your request. Please try again. If you continue to have difficulties, please contact IBMLink

Re: IBMVSM,ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2018-04-09 Thread Brian Peterson
>Which brings me to my question: Do I still have to set slip traps or >can I be >sure to have caught everything? Barbara I would think your RASP dump would only be a point in time view of User Key Common at the instant of taking the dump. User Key Common that didn't exist at the time you took

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBMVSM,ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2018-04-07 Thread Brian Peterson
I hope folks don't misunderstand my point. User Key Common is a scurge and we can't be rid of it soon enough. However, IBM needs to understand that their current offering of a PER IF SLIP trap / GTF trace is not a user-friendly way to identify the culprit.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBMVSM,ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2018-04-07 Thread Brian Peterson
On my system, JES2AUX and DEVMAN are both flagged. "I" suspect they are innocent, but perhaps I should just open PMRs and have those components prove it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBMVSM,ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2018-04-06 Thread Brian Peterson
Tom, good points. However, I've been working with the SMF data, and have to say it's not very helpful. Similar in fact to the system-level health check. The SMF record only says that User Key common storage was allocated by some program in this address space. But which program in this address

Re: UA94606

2018-04-05 Thread Brian Peterson
> SLIP A=RECOVERY will stop the ability, but it will do it by causing >a 06F abend in VSM or RSM while their FRRs are still in place, so their >recovery will run, and will likely take an SDUMP of the 06F abend. > >Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. >Poughkeepsie

Re: UA94606

2018-04-05 Thread Brian Peterson
>I already have VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(NO). This health check fires anyway. > Apparently there are other ways of getting user key storage, not just >in CSA. Good of IBM to tell us all to write our own code to traverse >SMF 30. Not all of us have SAS, MICS, MXG, etc. You should have >written

Re: Cobol 5/6 - Compile listing integrated into load module

2017-12-13 Thread Brian Peterson
> In versions 5 and 6 of Cobol, IBM has introduced the option of including > the compile listing (or at least the data from which a compile listing can > be derived) into the load module for subsequent debug processing. > Presumably this obviates the need to maintain something like the DDIO file >

Heads Up: PI89400 Time Change Red Alert

2017-10-28 Thread Brian Peterson
Check out APAR PI89400 for details on a new problem with Time Change. You are exposed if you installed PTFs for PI78252. Check this ASAP! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

IBM Redbooks site down ?

2016-08-15 Thread Brian Peterson
I'm having trouble accessing www.redbooks.ibm.com today. Just me? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN