zOSMF Workflows

2023-09-22 Thread Dave Jousma
All, I have been thinking about this for awhile,, but cant seem to find the answer. So asking my fellow listers if I am missing something. Workflows are a one and done affair, and for repeatable processes you need to add it again.The problem is that the filesystem location for the

zPCA users?

2023-05-15 Thread Dave Jousma
All, We are discussing zPCA - IBM Performance and Capacity Analytics, and I'd like to trade some email or even a quick phone conversation with a shop that has had some hands-on experience? Thanks, Dave -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: SMP/E JCLIN processing for job updates

2023-04-21 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:10:19 -0500, Bill Giannelli wrote: >various jobs for Db2 software maintenance, such as DSNTIJUZ DSNTIJUA DSNTIJRT. >Bill >On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:19:07 -0500, Dave Jousma wrote: > >>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:36:40 -0500, Bill Giannelli >>wrote: &g

Re: SMP/E JCLIN processing for job updates

2023-04-21 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:36:40 -0500, Bill Giannelli wrote: >Do many of you out there use SMP/E JCLIN processing to track and save job >updates? >Currently we do not make use of this and manually keep JCL up to date. >It seems there is a value to have SMPe ke > Bill, No one has asked yet,

Re: How to remove an empty USS file shipped with z/OS

2023-04-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:01:21 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >List - > > > >I am being asked to take one of two actions on a USS file that is part of >Server Pac > >the /etc/security seems to be part of Server pac > > > So, I don’t know about you, but the /etc that comes from serverpac is not

Not aging well (know-it-alls)

2023-04-07 Thread Dave Jousma
I seem to notice a trend here on IBM-MAIN. Ive been active for probably 25 years on it, and the benefits I have received, and presume at least some of the advice/info I have provided has been helpful for some. But what I notice, and I know none of these people personally, is that as folks

Re: Open Job posting

2023-03-31 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:20:54 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: >Good to see! Especially the not-going-away part. >Also, this item is attractive - "SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None" > >On 3/30/2023 10:40 AM, Dave Jousma wrote: >> All, >> >> I have a new job

Open Job posting

2023-03-30 Thread Dave Jousma
All, I have a new job posting for Mainframe Storage Management/Sysprog position that can be seen here: https://fifththird.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/53careers/job/Cincinnati-OH/Lead-Technical-Engineer---Mainframe-Storage-Management_R40828 The job is primarily storage management, but with room for

Re: OMVS File System Automove question

2023-03-20 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:42:41 +, Mark Jacobs wrote: >Thanks, no I didn't think of the chmount command. I ran a test on my sandbox. >the /u directory is showing that automove will exclude the system I specified, >but the file systems mounted under it don't show that attribute, just

Re: OMVS File System Automove question

2023-03-20 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:04:44 +, Mark Jacobs wrote: >Thanks, but that's not helpful in my situation. The problematic file system is >under /u which is under the sysplex root, That has to be automove. > >Mark Jacobs > Correct. Then the only way to "avoid" a lpar is to avoid it with the

Re: OMVS File System Automove question

2023-03-20 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:03:28 +, Mark Jacobs wrote: >I've been looking at that and testing somethings in our sandbox environment. >The problematic file system that's already impacted us twice is being managed >by automount and I can't see anyway to instruct OMVS not to automove

Re: Git, and other Open Tools, Alternative for z/OS

2023-03-17 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:41:53 -0400, Matt Hogstrom wrote: >Thanks for the information Lionel. It’s good to share the efforts and let >folks know. Ideally, from my perspective, IBM should seriously consider >adding an OpenTools offering in z/OS so customers do not have to piece meal >these

Re: Git, and other Open Tools, Alternative for z/OS

2023-03-17 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:35:18 -0500, Dave Jousma wrote: >On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:09:11 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: > >>You no longer need to get the open tools for z/OS from Rocket Software - >>there is a new player in town - the z/OS Open Tools project. >> >>

Re: Git, and other Open Tools, Alternative for z/OS

2023-03-17 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:09:11 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: >You no longer need to get the open tools for z/OS from Rocket Software - >there is a new player in town - the z/OS Open Tools project. > > > Lionel, As others have pointed out, the backend support is really the issue, not the quality

Re: Processing SMF Type 15 records help

2023-03-16 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:44:57 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >I already included it: > >** ASMA044E Undefined symbol - SMF82ITE >** ASMA435I Record 273 in SYS1.MACLIB(IHBOPLTX) on volume: A4RES1 > > > You dont say what version of z/OS you are running this on. Those may be two separate errors.

Re: WLM Couple dataset?

2023-03-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 14:34:03 -0600, Bill Giannelli wrote: >thank you both!! > >-- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: BMC IAM and DFHSM DATALOSS

2023-03-07 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 22:20:59 -0500, Rob Schramm wrote: >Is CICS involved? > >Rob > >On Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 13:41 Joel C. Ewing wrote: > >> I see two possibilities: >> Hey there Rob.That's where it was detected first, however we've been able to recreate outside of CICS. I now believe the

BMC IAM and DFHSM DATALOSS

2023-03-06 Thread Dave Jousma
All, We just learned that we have a problem with IAM (Innovation Access Method) the high perf replacement for VSAM. No idea how long it has been going on, and I have tickets open with both BMC and IBM on this. Seems to only affect IAM files, and exists in both z/OS V2.4, and V2.5, and

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-03-01 Thread Dave Jousma
On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 00:04:16 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >W dniu 28.02.2023 o 15:18, Dave Jousma pisze: >> >> There is no native z/OS support to limit who can use what job classes. We >> had to RYO inserting SAF calls in IEFUJI, IKJEFF10, and ISFUSR.IEFUJI is &g

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Silly JES2 question

2023-02-28 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:12:03 +, Pommier, Rex wrote: >At this point we don't have a system limitation on who can use which job >class. It's on my list of to-dos. > >We have security on some commands, limiting who can use them. > >Rex > >-Original Message- >From: IBM Mainframe

Re: How to determine if Enhanced HOLDDATA received?

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:00:52 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >Might be a SMPE doc problem? IBM is documenting a reason ID in the Class >section. I see that here: >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=statements-hold-mcs which >documents as your said: > >CLASS

Re: How to determine if Enhanced HOLDDATA received?

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:37:28 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >"SECINT > The reason ID SYSMOD identifies a fix for a security or integrity error. > HOLDDATA for security > or integrity fixes is available through the z Systems Security Portal. > Information on registration > and accessing the

Re: How to determine if Enhanced HOLDDATA received?

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:13:06 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >We may be talking at cross purposes here; I'm concerned about the hold class >SECINT, not the source with the same name. The SECINT hold is on the PTF with >the exposure, not the PTF correcting it. > > LIST HOLDDATA HOLDERROR. > >

Re: How to determine if Enhanced HOLDDATA received?

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:30:07 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I'm concerned with the SMP side of things; as long as a PTF is correctly >flagged as PE, I don't care about the APAR unless there is a reason to bypass. > > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > I cannot say for

Re: How to determine if Enhanced HOLDDATA received?

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:30:38 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Doesn't the process for security/integrity violations include creating an >APAR? If so, shouldn't any PTF with hold class SECINT also have an ERROR hold >with the relevant APAR number? > > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: HMC and LDAP

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:58:32 +, Mark Jacobs wrote: >Has anyone setup their HMC to authenticate users to an ldap server? I'm not >having much luck constructing the search filter that selects the user's entry >in the directory. > >Mark Jacobs > Mark, did you get an answer to this? we've

Re: z/OSMF

2022-12-02 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:07:33 -0600, Carmen Vitullo wrote: >we do share zfs's but maybe my choice of SERVER options and the >autostart group was flawed > >I really don't have a need to start multiple servers, for testing, I >take the lazy route, shutdown the prod server for a while, and start the

Re: Songs of the IBM

2022-11-15 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:03:46 -0600, Carmen Vitullo wrote: >Had me thinking of the IBM 1403 and possible the 3211 printers - there >was a card deck IIRC and IEBGENER that was used to direct print, that >deck when printed would play a song, I forget now whatr song - it was >possibly something

Re: Limiting quantity of tape drives used by user

2022-11-08 Thread Dave Jousma
I appreciate all the comments. What I need though is an external control, like thruput manager. The developer that did this didnt even know they were tape files. So to expect them to code something is nice, and this person is now in the know on the subject, and will be going forward.

Re: Limiting quantity of tape drives used by user

2022-11-07 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 12:46:11 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 12:24:21 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote: > >>We had that in production One step with a huge number of datasets, so >>allocates all available tape drives even though only 1 in use at any >>one time. >> >Does

Re: Limiting quantity of tape drives used by user

2022-11-07 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 12:42:24 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 12:13:49 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >>All, >> >>In many years, I haven’t seen this problem, really since the days pre-VTS, or >>even in early VTS days where tape drives were physical devi

Limiting quantity of tape drives used by user

2022-11-07 Thread Dave Jousma
All, In many years, I haven’t seen this problem, really since the days pre-VTS, or even in early VTS days where tape drives were physical devices.Today we had a user allocate all 500 tape drives pulling data in Prod for whatever reason. It would sure be nice if there were some

ShopZ software report not working?

2022-10-06 Thread Dave Jousma
Ive noticed for some time now that my uploaded software report no longer seems to have any effect when I create an order for CBPDO products that have new version/release. I typically upload a fresh report (binary), then create a CBPDO order and typically filter by "my installed products with

realtime monitoring of various storage subpools

2022-08-25 Thread Dave Jousma
All, is there another method to monitor subpool usage for a specific address space besides Omegamon? I realize I could take periodic console dumps and look, but looking for other methods out of the box. We have a rogue address space with a memory leak, and wanting to track storage growth

More IBM LDAP questions

2022-06-21 Thread Dave Jousma
All, I asked some IBM LDAP questions awhile back, and we have it configured, and users are able to bind to it, a big thank-you to the folks that responded. What I am looking for assistance now (or a real life example) is usage of the ICTX plugin for remote authorizations. Server-side

Re: SLIP IF not working

2022-06-07 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 20:19:08 +0700, Robin Atwood wrote: >I wanted to get a dump of my server when the instruction at 001234 in module >MOD1 gets executed, so I entered: > > > >SLIP SET,IF,J=SRV1,PVTMOD=(MOD1,001234),ID=SLP1,END > > > >I made a transaction that drove MOD1 but no dump was taken.

IBM LDAP question

2022-05-19 Thread Dave Jousma
Any IBM mainframe LDAP users out there? Using SDBM (RACF backend)? I am illiterate in LDAP protocols/configuration, etc. We are trying to configure IBM LDAP so that our Beyond Trust password safe can communicate and manage its accounts in the MF space. However, we are having a problem

Re: Trying to understand SMF30_RAXFLAGS

2022-04-18 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:32:53 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >We have a client who is trying to report on user key CSA usage. He is having >trouble understanding the IBM doc, as am I. > >The SMF doc I am familiar with documents bits as X'80', X'40', etc. But the >SMF30_RAXFLAGS doc (both the APAR

Re: dequeue program

2022-04-14 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:30:49 +, Steely.Mark wrote: >There was a program that when executed would prevent the ENQ on a dataset. >This was used for jobs which would FTP a file and then use that file in steps >after the FTP. > >This was the JCL used: > >//JS010 EXEC PGM=FTPDEQ, >//

Re: CA-DUO

2022-03-29 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:21:31 +, Carl Edwards wrote: >Anyone know anything about CA-DUO? Is it still available, supported? > Havent heard that product mentioned since mid-80's. Is there even a need for it anymore. DOS under OS? We used it back then when converting off DOS to MVS to be

Re: LOGONID SYSLOGD NOT FOUND

2022-03-23 Thread Dave Jousma
On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:26:10 -0500, Dave Jousma wrote: > >On my systems, SYSLOGD is started out of /etc/rc > ># Start the SYSLOGD daemon for logging and tracing >/etc/syslogd.start > > >manually starting SYSLOGD can be accompli

Re: LOGONID SYSLOGD NOT FOUND

2022-03-23 Thread Dave Jousma
On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:54:28 -0500, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Srinivas Aeturi wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >We are running on z/OS 2.2. And we have configured SYSLOGD and it was running >good. >But now, The SYSLOGD ID is not existing and task SYSLOGD is not running. And >we are getting below error when

Re: TWS //*%OPC and "IF"

2022-02-09 Thread Dave Jousma
looks like there are TWS variables for just what you need Variable name Description CDATE Current date CTIME Current time OCDATE Occurrence input arrival date OCFRSTC First calendar day in month of the occurrence input arrival date OCFRSTW First work day in the month of the occurrence

Re: TWS //*%OPC and "IF"

2022-02-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:26:54 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >I need to schedule some job under TWS vel IWS vel ZWS. > >The job contain full month concatenation of daily datasets. >//INPUT  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.Y2022.D0101 >//             DD DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.Y2022.D0102 >//             DD

Operations GDPS health monitoring

2022-01-28 Thread Dave Jousma
All We have 5 sysplex's in MGM4SITE configuration. We are about nearly fully implemented and region swap tested through all environments. We are looking at how to have our operations staff monitor GDPS for critical events.They wouldnt be expected to take any action, other than to page

Re: More of LOG4J

2022-01-18 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:41:41 -0600, Kirk Wolf wrote: >Since I would guess that a majority of ibm-mainers would agree that open >source is confusing and dangerous, here's a question: > >Let's say that an organization wanted to prohibit open source. How would you >go about it? > >Kirk Wolf

Re: zEDC Justification documents or links

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:55:33 -0600, Scott Barry wrote: > >Consider with the IBM z15, there is no longer any "license requirement" for >activation - no longer implemented with (z14, z13) hardware PCIe cards >(recommended: at least 4 per CPC/CEC) involved, as the function is on-chip. >And the

Re: zEDC Justification documents or links

2022-01-13 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:57:40 +, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote: >Anyone have some good links to share that will state why zEDC is worth >licensing and getting?  > >For t e record, we already have the HW feature installed. Don’t ask. > Bob, I don't have either handy, but IMO the

Re: COBOL V6 question

2022-01-11 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:18:55 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >There might still be reason for a level of panic. > >COBOL V6 required PDS-E load libraries. If you are already PDSE everywhere, >then no issue. Not hard to convert, but disruptive. >CPU to compile COBOL V6 goe

Re: COBOL V6 question

2022-01-11 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:00:35 -0600, Carmen Vitullo wrote: >good to know ! > >seems there's been a lot of panic here for no reason, now that all the >programmers know we're using 6.2 COBOL compilers, ever issue they see is >related, seems about right, seen this reaction at more than one site. >

Re: ICSF and domain sharing

2022-01-06 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 16:02:22 -0400, Eric D Rossman wrote: >"Dave Jousma" wrote: > >> You have to be careful though, because the MK for the domain is the >> same on both adapters, > >That is true only if both adapters are on the same LPAR. If they are on >dif

Re: ICSF and domain sharing

2022-01-06 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 16:04:59 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > >Thank you for the clarification and excuse me for next question: are you >sure one can have i.e. LPARX using Crypto01 in domain 10 (no other >crypto cards) *and* LPARY using Crypto02 in domain 10 both activated? >As I said my

Re: ICSF and domain sharing

2022-01-04 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:48:23 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >Another question about ICSF: > >I vaguely remember that crypto domains had to be unique. >In other words every active LPAR can have unique domain number or >several numbers (which is another story). > >Now I just read the domain

Re: ICSF and Z EOD (and Pervasive Encryption)

2022-01-04 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 09:21:16 -0400, Eric D Rossman wrote: >It sounds like a "SETICSF FLUSH" command or similar is what you are >suggesting. ("don't turn off any options, but ensure that everything up to >that point is flushed/handled"). > >I would ask you to open an RFE and post back here so

Re: ICSF and Z EOD (and Pervasive Encryption)

2022-01-03 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:10:48 -0400, Eric D Rossman wrote: > >That's a really good question (and a complicated one). While the >recommendation is to terminate ICSF to allow for a clean shutdown of >tasks, I think a STOP ICSF can be (mostly) safely avoided. > >There are a few asynchronous tasks

Re: ICSF and Z EOD (and Pervasive Encryption)

2022-01-03 Thread Dave Jousma
On Sat, 1 Jan 2022 21:01:06 -0400, Eric D Rossman wrote: >I think you have the right idea. > >You want ICSF started as early as possible and ended as late as possible. > >You likely want to use early ICSF which will run ICSF under the MASTER >address space instead of JES (either via the

Re: New Java vulnerability

2021-12-14 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:19:08 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >you bring up a good point. there are hits for this in base JAVA V8 both 31bit >and 64bit, so consequently, any JAVA based app could be using, without >actually including their own copy of log4j. That also means th

Re: New Java vulnerability

2021-12-14 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:38:43 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: >Making things even more confusing, there are lots of ways to use log4j, only >some of which expose this vulnerability. For example, Splunk uses it, but >says the exploit matters on "All supported non-Windows versions of 8.1.x and >8.2.x

Re: New Java vulnerability

2021-12-14 Thread Dave Jousma
There is a IBM webinar spinning up for 12/15 IBM Security is hosting a client webinar about Log4Shell on Wednesday, December 15, 11 a.m. ET. Our X-Force team will review the implications of Log4Shell, who may be impacted, and steps clients can take to protect themselves today and in the

Re: zCX Provisioning Problem

2021-11-30 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:54:25 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: >On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:43:55 +, Neale Ferguson >wrote: > > >>It fails with: >> >>IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR >>IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 48 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLAT-80 >> >>I

Re: zCX Provisioning Problem

2021-11-30 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:43:55 +, Neale Ferguson wrote: >It fails with: > >IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR >IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 48 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLAT-80 > >I am unable to work out what IGG0CLAT-80 is or why it’s failing. I am unsure >why VOL is required anyway, wouldn’t the

Re: z/OS 2.5 and RMF - plus the migration manual from z/OS 2.4.

2021-11-16 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:06:32 +, Richbourg, Claude wrote: >Good afternoon everyone, > >Two things that I noticed with z/OS 2.5 so far and I have a couple of >questions for the group. > >Q1: >RMF would not start after the first IPL of z/OS 2.5. >The program ERBMFMFC is not in the

Re: TN3270 message

2021-11-15 Thread Dave Jousma
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:59:13 +, Shaffer, Terri wrote: >Hi, > Just recently upgraded my test lpar to z/OS 2.5 and Tn3270 is displaying an > error. It still connects and I can logon but this? > >$HASP373 TN3270 STARTED >IEF403I TN3270 - STARTED - TIME=09.13.27 >IEE252I MEMBER CTIEZBTN

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:22:33 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: >On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote: > >>Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance >>but I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time >&

Re: Maintenance paths

2021-11-12 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote: >Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance but >I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time >doing this there were 118 paths to update so not entirely trivial. > No need to do it

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:04:56 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote: > >Jake, > >Is that an APARfix for PH38318? I see the APAR is still open. Could be a >packaging error by IBM too….. > > >I look up the same module in my 2.4 environment > > Entry Type: HFS

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Dave Jousma
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:09:38 +0400, Jake Anderson wrote: >Hello > >Cross posted > >I am applying a APAR related to CSSMTP to zOS 2.4 and it fails with below >messge > >GIM42500W AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NAME OF THE PHYSICAL DATA SET CONTAINING >A > > SYMBOLIC LINK FOR HFS EZAMLCAT

Re: Multiple TSO logons within sysplex

2021-11-05 Thread Dave Jousma
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:57:17 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >I just re-read Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit presentation and >found the following link: >http://home.roadrunner.com/~pinncons/TSO LOGON with the Same Userid on >Multiple LPARs in a Sysplex.pdf > >However the link is dead. >Does

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 09:22:11 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Do you have Chicago Software Quick Ref tool? > >We actually have several part process > >The MIG setting on the Pool for auto migration when the pool reaches a certain >Percentage > >We use QW to create a Storage listing, then run a

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 13:08:01 +, kekronbekron wrote: >Hi Dave, > >What you've mentioned will work. >A cyclic automation rule that runs a REXX which does the following: >1. D SMS,SG(ALL) and parse its output (or maybe individual commands for just >the SGs you're interested in, to simplify

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 13:01:07 +, kekronbekron wrote: >Please do ignore this mail/thread if it seems derailing. > >It hurts to see that someone just gets to manage storage at a shop like this. >While at the same time, there's unnecessary gatekeeping on the hiring side, >asking stupid

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
>You may want to pose the question at the official unofficial SA user group >found here: https://groups.io/g/SAUsers Thanks Steve! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
>Dave, > >Do you have DFSMShsm? If so, turn on Interval Migration and it manage the % >threshold of freespace for you. > >If you do not have DFSMShsm, what do you have? > >Bob Thanks Bob, we do have HSM. Sorry, I'm not well-versed in this area. Are there tools to know when you need to add

automated SMS Storage pool management

2021-11-04 Thread Dave Jousma
All, I'm sure someone has solved this. I'm now managing DASD management at my shop. One thing that bothers me is my guys getting off-shift calls because some active storage pools fall below a % threshold of freespace. We arent skimpy on provisioning, but dont want to over-provision

Re: Volume allocated to *MASTER*

2021-11-03 Thread Dave Jousma
Richard, I didnt read every single post on the topic, but did you say if this is the SYSRES you are IPL'd from? Or an alternate that isnt supposed to be in use? Also, saw your comments about the couple of hardcoded datasets in LINKLIST that you fixed that were pointing at the volume. I

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond - Issues Updated

2021-10-27 Thread Dave Jousma
Oh, and in the custompac dialogs, there are exactly 4 jobs that I run after resolving new datasets that came along with the new release. - allocate and catalog the datasets (ALLOCDS) - restore the datasets (RESTORE) - update SMPE DDDEFS (UP) - and a modified version of RECATALOG datasets to

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond - Issues Updated

2021-10-27 Thread Dave Jousma
>Hey Dave > I ordered both, and you are right in 4 hours I had my z/OS loaded and IPLed > at least the initial IPL in test. However > >I wanted to try z/OSMF and I actually like the dataset naming flexibility, >much better than the dialogs and Alias's discovery. > >But all the background

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond - Issues Updated

2021-10-27 Thread Dave Jousma
I too ordered V2.5 in the "window" where you still have a choice on custompac dialogs or z/OSMF. I opted to go custompac one more time. I do echo Terri's sentiments that there should be a way to mostly seed a new z/OSMF instance whether there is a utility that reads the last saved custompac

Re: Customized Offering Driver

2021-10-07 Thread Dave Jousma
>Does the custom pac for 2.5 still provide the Installing your order doc? since >if 2.5 requires z/osmf then there is an assumption on IBM's part that security >had already been setup and you are already using z/osmf > > > >Carmen Vitullo if you order V2.5 before January 1, you can have

Re: SMP/E GIMUNZIP HELP

2021-09-15 Thread Dave Jousma
>I used to download Patches from SHOPz using internet download. I have 35 of 35 >files 520 size. How can i merge to single file to become >S0001.SHOPZ.S7114481.SMPMCS.pax.Z file for me to unzip and I can receive to >SMP/E Global Zone. My SMP/E version 36.109 and OS Z/OS 2.2. No need for

Re: IPL's POR's frequency

2021-09-14 Thread Dave Jousma
>Just curious about how often folks here IPL their systems as a scheduled event >, once a month, once a quarter, once a year? >and same question for POR's. >I understand there are times when you HAVE to have unscheduled or hot fix >IPL's, I'm just asking in general terms. We have 2 maintenance

Mainframe Storage position

2021-08-23 Thread Dave Jousma
All, Fifth Third Bank is looking to fill a position in the Mainframe space for a Storage Management professional. Home base can be Cincinnati, OH or Grand Rapids, MI. Fully remote would be considered on a case-by-case basis. Interested individuals can apply directly here:

Re: Software drag racing

2021-06-25 Thread Dave Jousma
I looked at the video, and looks like he is running for 5 seconds, but cannot tell how many prime numbers he calculated on the platforms he was testing. I had an old COBOL program laying around from years ago that calculates prime numbers. This morning I cranked it up to a limit of

Re: IBM Zcloud - is it just outsourcing ?

2021-05-28 Thread Dave Jousma
>No, "cloud" and "outsourcing" are two distinct concepts. While it is >very likely these days that all "outsourcing" would involve cloud-based >services, it is not true that "cloud-based" services must be "outsourced". >A corporation can easily choose to run its own distributed, in-house >cloud

Re: OMVS user.hfs shared

2021-05-20 Thread Dave Jousma
>Of course I'm missing something... >If I'm getting contention on the USER.HFS (because it's shared in the sysplex) >why does it matter what directory it's in? >/u or /home it's still the same file I think you said you have /u as part of your IBM root file system. You also said you have one

Re: OMVS user.hfs shared

2021-05-20 Thread Dave Jousma
Elaine, you cannot have the same filesystem mounted twice(or more) in different spots in the directory tree in sysplex filesystem. As mentioned before, you really dont want to define user home directories in the root filesystem supplied by IBM. What we have done is created a automount

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-12 Thread Dave Jousma
>This was confirmed by an individual that supports the server. The >ciphers mentioned on the IBM Support page are a subset of the ciphers >actually enabled. >https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6417233 >I hope this helps. Is anyone still having trouble connecting? >Kurt Quackenbush --

Re: Dynamically allocated dump dataset, wrong date/time in DSN

2021-05-11 Thread Dave Jousma
>Date and time are correct, the timestamp on the log shows it. Just the dataset >name for the dump has the wrong date/time. Mark, Is it possible that they could be running some tool like HourGlass fooling around with date/time?

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Dave Jousma
>Dave, Here you go: >## ># # > ># Secure FTP Application # > >#

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-05 Thread Dave Jousma
> Well, for what it's worth, I just tried it and my job was successful, > however, I also received the SSLv23/TLSv1 messages. So I used the standard > job that IBM provided (RFNJOBS) and I turned on Debug SEC. Here is what I got (snip) Hey Tony, Thanks for this. For some reason we are

Re: SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-04 Thread Dave Jousma
I should have commented that the HTTPS method is working fine. And my last successful FTPs download was last week Monday April 26th. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

SMPE Receive Order post May 1st

2021-05-04 Thread Dave Jousma
Anyone ordering maintenance post May 1st using FTPs to download? Here was the announcement: As of May 1, 2021, to download files from IBM's secure delivery server using FTPS, it is necessary to enable TLS 1.2 in the z/OS Communications Server FTP client program. So, we've enabled ATTLS via

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

2021-04-14 Thread Dave Jousma
Here is the JCL. //job //* //* //* List Sysmods/Ptfs in the global zone.

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

2021-04-14 Thread Dave Jousma
I had 5 PTF's that fell into that receive window. at least there were 3 were not applied, so easy. The other two were in my base GDPS code. One of those I was able to apply - redo, the other was in separate FMID for GDPS and I had no choice but to delete the entire FMID and re-install it.

Re: Help with APA - Application Performance Analyzer

2021-04-12 Thread Dave Jousma
Yea, its not a freebie either. charged just like fault analyzer, File manager, debug.as Jerry mentioned it is bundled, which is what we have done. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Machine-readable flag for "development-only z/OS'

2021-04-05 Thread Dave Jousma
So, this question got me thinking. We have a few ZD instances running here. I was not fully involved with the group bringing it in, other than setting some ground rules regarding customization, and "who" would be supporting. My recollection though, is that the Terms & Conditions of ZD

Re: OMVS

2021-04-01 Thread Dave Jousma
As Carmen suggested, display the user's OMVS segment. Must have UID, GID minimally, probably requires home directory, and start program, usually /bin/sh -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Wait Code on IPL

2021-03-31 Thread Dave Jousma
Glenn, that seems odd to have RC and RSN 00.are you able to cut/paste current wait state string in its entirety? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: z/OS 1.12 ssh to LInux

2021-03-25 Thread Dave Jousma
only a guess. But couldnt find an encryption cipher in common? You might need to enable less secure ciphers in your linux system? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Rocket Terminal Emulator (Desktop)

2021-03-25 Thread Dave Jousma
>Does Rocket (formerly BlueWave) support Programmed Symbol Sets (PSS)? Have >they announced plans for a Linux version? Thanks. Do you mean formerly Bluezone? I cannot answer your question about PSS, but they only support Windows in the desktop version. All other platforms are supported by

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