Re: Using Windows HIS to replace a mainframe Enterprise Extender node

2021-07-28 Thread Jackson, Rob
Visara? It's still around. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Using Windows HIS to replace a mainframe Enterpr

Re: GDPS Manuals Link

2021-07-24 Thread Jackson, Rob
To be fair, they're really not that hard to get a hold of. We haven't used GDPC/XRC since 2016; they still send me the newsletter and the FTP site password every time they change it. Both the user ID and the password in the same unencrypted email. They don't seem to be too concerned about the

Re: Report on total tape usage?

2021-07-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
raffic has reduced (due to smaller sizes), so you can stick with 300 MiB/s for longer. - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, July 11th, 2021 at 4:38 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > I was talking about the purchasable host throughput increment, feature code > 5268. We got the 100

Re: Report on total tape usage?

2021-07-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
b, What do you mean by, "and still can get our entitled throughput", in this context? - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, July 11th, 2021 at 12:30 AM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > The enhanced compression is not hardware compression, and that is also true > for the T

Re: Report on total tape usage?

2021-07-10 Thread Jackson, Rob
Report on total tape usage? [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] Rob, Did you notice the change in compression? In terms of using less CACHE? Russell -Original Message----- From: Jackson, Rob To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sat, Jul 10, 2021 2:00

Re: Report on total tape usage?

2021-07-10 Thread Jackson, Rob
The enhanced compression is not hardware compression, and that is also true for the TS7770. We got a number of TS7760s 1Q 2017, and they had only the IDRC-like compression of the FICON adapters. The enhanced compression was delivered by R4.1.2 VE code in 2018; i.e. it is software compression.

Re: Help with IGZESNP and its purpse

2021-07-05 Thread Jackson, Rob
It looks like COBOL 2 runtime. I found a copy of it, and I see a reference to it in the migration guide for Ent COBOL 4.2. I didn't dig way down through it, but I see an OPEN, a CLOSE, and a SVC 51, so your guess seems like a fair one. IGZESNP was linked on 18/12/1996 by BINDER S- Symbol -

Re: jes2 spool

2021-03-31 Thread Jackson, Rob
We do compress it actually. 7-Zip command-line from a "DOS" batch file, run by a Windoze scheduled task. (Does anyone know of a better way?) It would be pretty trivial to compress them on the mainframe, but I couldn't think of a way to do it without burning a bunch of CPU or not allowing them

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jackson, Rob
Pardon me, please. Robert, that is, not Richard. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: Jackson, Rob Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 1:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: RE: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM Richard, Gil is using passive mode

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jackson, Rob
Richard, Gil is using passive mode; you are using active, and it does look like a data channel issue. Try these in SYSFTPD: FWFRIENDLY TRUE; PASSIVEIGNOREADDR TRUE; EPSV4 TRUE; First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Dis

Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS?

2020-11-24 Thread Jackson, Rob
of Jackson, Rob Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 10:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS? Years ago while disabling some built-in automation in SA for z/OS I found that the REXX code SA actually ran live was almost all "squished." I

Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS?

2020-11-23 Thread Jackson, Rob
Years ago while disabling some built-in automation in SA for z/OS I found that the REXX code SA actually ran live was almost all "squished." I didn't dig into it, but I assumed (I still believe safely) that it was to reduce interpreter overhead. I just took a look at it tonight to see how the

Re: Running same stc in a LPAR

2020-11-22 Thread Jackson, Rob
It is not the default; it has to be enabled by job class. When I first used it in c. 2009, I recall finding that it was really very recent at the time; so I would agree with that: it is relatively recent, even today. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- Fr

Re: Running same stc in a LPAR

2020-11-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
You see it more often than you think. Go do a 'd j,bpxas' or a 'd j,init', as examples. It's common and helpful for others to have duplicates, like your HSM product, for instance (not commonly DFSMShsm). You can also run duplicate batch jobs at the same time if you just feel like it; I have t

Re: IBM IP Printway, NetSpool, from LRS's VPS/DRS?

2020-11-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
We replaced VPS with NPF, the "free" component of CommServer (not AOP). We did not have DRS, but we do print from CICS using virtual printers defined to SuperSession. It was a hundred-some-odd printers, and there wasn't much to it. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.i

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
t: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Oct 20, 2020, at 4:37 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > > Are you sure? I see LM DC: on my dis

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
t; Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 2:56 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE > > On Oct 20, 2020, at 4:37 PM, Jackson, Rob > wrote: > > > > Are you sure? I see LM DC: on my display;

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [Originated Externally]Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE [External Email. Exerci

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
for a TAPE [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Oct 20, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > > Tape dataclass is on the volume level. You can use 'd sms,vol(vv)'. That shows the storage group but not the dataclass. I’m pretty su

Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a TAPE

2020-10-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
Tape dataclass is on the volume level. You can use 'd sms,vol(vv)'. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: How

Re: IBM KEYXFER rexx

2020-10-19 Thread Jackson, Rob
I can get to it and download the files. That's with IE. Chrome doesn't do well with anonymous FTP on the corporate network. I didn't try a standard FTP client. At any rate, reply off list, and I would be happy to send the files to you, though they are not anywhere near as recent as 2018: 1

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
Pardon if I missed someone else pointing it out, but one can also browse the PDS/PDSE from 3.4 (panel ISRUDSM, not ISRBROM) and enter 's * d' on the command line. It's not as fast or efficient in operation as some of the others . . . . First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Origin

Re: Can System REXX run Sub=MSTR ??

2020-08-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
At our house, System REXX already runs under MSTR (under 2.2 and 2.4); we never did anything to make it that way that I remember. I'm more curious what you all did to make it _not_ run under MSTR. Do you have an AXR proc? If so, does it have SYSOUT in it? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technic

Re: ESTAEX exit WAIT question

2020-08-01 Thread Jackson, Rob
Outstanding, Peter. Just checking: do you actually want to be snide? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ESTAEX

Re: z13 Central Storage

2020-07-29 Thread Jackson, Rob
Elaine, I suspect what you are interested in seeing is found here: Single Object Operations; select CPC; select Operational Customization; select Storage Information. "Storage Information This window displays: Information about storage installed and allocated for the base system. Information

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-07-22 Thread Jackson, Rob
ssion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:22 My high school physics teacher would be rolling in his grave about now. You don't weigh anything in kilograms. :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List O

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-07-22 Thread Jackson, Rob
asy: 0s are cold, 10s are > cool, 20s are warm, 30s are hot. > > -Original Message- > From: Jackson, Rob > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 23:23 > > As a disclaimer, I'm not a complete bigot. I say miles and yards; but > I have this nasty habit of converting them to meters

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-07-22 Thread Jackson, Rob
rist in all of it. -Rick Joyner, "The Apostolic Ministry" */ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 23:23 It disturbs me that I agree with Shmuel three times in as many days.

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-07-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
. Freezing point of water is 273.15K, 491.67R, 0C, 32F. On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:23 PM Jackson, Rob wrote: > > It disturbs me that I agree with Shmuel three times in as many days. > > Tony, what's your mass here lately after Insanity-19? Let's have it in > slugs, plea

Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years?

2020-07-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
It disturbs me that I agree with Shmuel three times in as many days. Tony, what's your mass here lately after Insanity-19? Let's have it in slugs, please, since that's the unit. Take you a dram and a scruple; add in a grain or two for precision, but make sure you convert it to mass. American

Re: Copying Extended format datasets between partitions

2020-07-14 Thread Jackson, Rob
RECFM=U works fine with FTP. MODE B and TYPE E are your best friends for FTPing between mainframes. That said, I would never FTP hundreds of GB between LPARs with shared DASD. Just dump/restore and done. As far as I know, FTP doesn't work with VSAM (PS-E is fine though), so you'll have to du

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
Ah, the constant rebranding and re-lingo-ing. It must really help sales. The last time I had IBM storage, Global Mirror was PPRC/XD and "z/OS Global Mirror" was GDPS/XRC. And Metro Mirror was PPRC synchronous. I can't see how GDPS/XRC would work with non-unique addresses--at least between pr

Re: Two Processors and One IODF

2020-07-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
I don't know if anyone has pointed it out, but if this is a brand new, vanilla CEC, before you even have to worry about an IODF, you need an IOCDS. Generally you create that deck from an IODF, and I can't imagine you would choose not to. All of our CECs are defined in one IODF. For a new mach

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-07 Thread Jackson, Rob
I observed more cases like this one. Obviously no support available. Just warranty, but "c'mon guy, ligths are blinking, you can format disks and used it - no failure". -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 07.07.2020 o 15:18, Jackson, Rob pisze: > Fun little note on RAID:

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-07 Thread Jackson, Rob
Fun little note on RAID: it is fallible. The last Sunday of October 2016 I got a call bright and early because our VTS (TS7740) had shut down. Turns out we had a "cache" HDD failure at around 4 AM, and then a second one failed at around 7 AM, before the first one had been rebuilt on a spare.

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-06 Thread Jackson, Rob
tape question [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] ITYM TB, not MB -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 9:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Storage & tape

Re: Storage & tape question

2020-07-06 Thread Jackson, Rob
We have a three-way TS7760 grid--all mirrors of each other. DR box is a TS7760T with a 3584, with some 650 tapes, or so. Yes, it's very much different. With IBM's VTSs you pay for bandwidth. We license 300 MB/s, for instance, on each cluster. If I remember correctly, you can go up to 700 MB

Re: Mainframe co-op

2020-07-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
Pennies. The Toolkit is highly worth it. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 6:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe co-op [External Email. Exe

Re: Mainframe co-op

2020-07-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe co-op [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Jul 3, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > > I'm curious: what about adding zIIPs was challenging? 1. Determining what our zIIP and non-zIIP cap

Re: Mainframe co-op

2020-07-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
I'm curious: what about adding zIIPs was challenging? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 3:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe co-op [Externa

Re: Mainframe co-op

2020-07-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
I think _I_ know the answer to the big question for IBM on Z. I do suspect it's incompatible with their culture. I think they're bound and determined to run the platform into the ground. I would gladly volunteer my free time to admin a public platform and support users; I doubt I am alone. I

Re: RACF-SailPoint

2020-07-02 Thread Jackson, Rob
The exits are needed only if you use the Online Interceptor (send RACF admin commands to SailPoint). We do not use that; I didn't put my foot down (but I would have); instead, I gently steered them to nightly/on-demand Aggregation only, and that has been good enough. First Horizon Bank Mainfra

Re: RACF-SailPoint

2020-07-02 Thread Jackson, Rob
en clicking links or opening attachments.] Unfortunately --- lol What experiences/problems you have had on MF -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2020 8:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RACF-SailPoint ** EXTERNA

Re: RACF-SailPoint

2020-07-02 Thread Jackson, Rob
Unfortunately, yes. We run it. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ron Wells Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 8:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: RACF-SailPoint [External Email. Exercise caution when

Re: AT-TLS ? Very Basic Questions

2020-06-30 Thread Jackson, Rob
Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 1:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [Originated Externally]Re: AT-TLS ? Very Basic Questions [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] My turn to say interesting! I didn't look it up; just goi

Re: AT-TLS ? Very Basic Questions

2020-06-30 Thread Jackson, Rob
.3 Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw Consultant working on contract for BMC Mainframe Services by RSM Partners ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: 30 June 2020 18:10 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTS

Re: AT-TLS ? Very Basic Questions

2020-06-30 Thread Jackson, Rob
A note, without addressing your entire post (certainly not my area of expertise): AT-TLS is required for TN3270 (and others) if you want to use TLS 1.2 and higher. In your TELNETPARMS for the port, instead of using SECUREPORT, you use TTLSPORT, referencing a port specified in a TTLSRule in AT-

Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access

2020-06-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
PKWare for not-free. Unzip from rocket for free. Probably others. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Good FTP cli

Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access

2020-06-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
ssion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:41:23 +0000, Jackson, Rob wrote: &g

Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access

2020-06-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
UI. I should be able to script the GUI in a decent language. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Jackson, Rob [rwjack...@firsthorizon.com] Sent: Wednesday, Ju

Re: Good FTP client for MVS data set access

2020-06-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
My opinion, which is absolutely worthless: FileZilla sucks as a mainframe FTP client. BZ is far superior. If you don't need SSL/TLS (which, of course, you do), the "DOS" client is better than both. Who doesn't love a good ol' CLI? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: Quote style

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 9:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... ) > > On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote

Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
"See below" is more silly than "I'm Gil, therefore 'see below' is implied?" Seriously? Besides, "see below" in my previous post was abbreviated for the point; since it matters so much, what I would typically say is, "see below for my answers in red." First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Sup

Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote: >My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at >least I don't know how to make it), so let me try below with tabs; it will >probably be ugly. > Does First Horizon require you to use Outloo

Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
yle (was: ... Passive FTP ... ) [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote: >My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at >least I don't know how to make it), so le

Re: How is Passive FTP with TLS and NAT supposed to work?

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
on here: https://bit.ly/2Yv0BOp > My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting Yeah, I always just do it by hand in Outlook. I have a > key. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf O

Re: How is Passive FTP with TLS and NAT supposed to work?

2020-06-13 Thread Jackson, Rob
My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at least I don't know how to make it), so let me try below with tabs; it will probably be ugly. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of

Re: How is Passive FTP with TLS and NAT supposed to work?

2020-06-12 Thread Jackson, Rob
Before I found out about Co:Z I used shell scripts and REXX in OMVS to copy the files back and forth from MVS datasets to OMVS file systems (if sending to the mainframe, they would follow up the copy with a SSH and execute a script with a table of DSNs with DCBs to copy to a MVS dataset . . . or

Re: How is Passive FTP with TLS and NAT supposed to work?

2020-06-12 Thread Jackson, Rob
Well, your point is made und understood, but active mode is the one using PORT; passive mode uses PASV. They both have their FW/load balancer issues. We tend to use a variety of "fixes" for the various issues, given our convoluted (typical?) environment. EPSV can help. Some clients have the

Re: COBOL Question

2020-06-09 Thread Jackson, Rob
Sleazytrieve is the bane of existence, as much as java is. We actually dumped all CA products, so we have IMU now. I'm not sure it's any better. You want to see some ugly COBOL? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

Re: Base SYSPLEX setup

2020-06-05 Thread Jackson, Rob
Last list price I heard was $375K, but I did find this: Hardware IBM 3906 - 1934 Hdwr 2031 ICF Each $256,132.39 I won't say where that came from, but I believe that's a VAR's sale price. So, that's an idea of price range, at least. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original

Re: Cl/Supersession

2020-06-01 Thread Jackson, Rob
We speak it. For better or worse. :) What you looking to solve? First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 2:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Cl/Supersession [

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where do started PROC errors go? Ah, I was looking at a mushed-up email, and it was hard to see all of it. And yeah, the Init and Tuning reference seems to say what you sugges

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
muel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Jackson, Rob [rwjack...@firsthorizon.com] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where do star

Re: Where do started PROC errors go?

2020-05-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
He was sending that one SYSOUT to class H; the output class for JOBCLASS(STC) was K. I'm sure K wasn't set to PURGE. And the output doesn't really go away until it ALL goes away. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

Re: Looking for clarification/guidance on SMTP DD FREE/SPIN

2020-05-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
Sounds right to me, but in REXX, I've always just done the following: "ALLOC FI(MAIL) SYSOUT(B) WRITER(SMTP) LRECL(80) RECFM(F)" Then open, write to it, close it, and free it; repeat. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Is there any z/OS API to get byte file size for non-VSAM, non-zFS, non-database files?

2020-05-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
It's not even close to implausibly huge. I got so tired of it, I wrote some stem-based buffered I/O routines (using both Value() and Interpret, naturally; sorry, Gil). First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of

Re: Bringing up skills learned on z/OS Hercules in interview?

2020-04-10 Thread Jackson, Rob
The first time I ever encountered Hercules it was running z/OS 1.9 on an IBM employee's IBM-owned laptop. Do as I say, not as I do, I suppose. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday

Re: Does anybody remember CLIST?

2020-03-20 Thread Jackson, Rob
I'll bite, since no one else has. What's wrong with Interpret/Value()? I have used both to great benefit before, when there didn't seem to be a good--or possible--alternative. I thought they were both very nice features of the language--to be used very sparingly (because I believe they are CP

Re: How to get a workstation name from ip address

2020-03-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
I thought it was just a fun, intentional demonstration of hypoantipedanticaticry. I could be wrong, but that is next to unpossible. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, March 3

Re: APAR OA55248 NEW FUNCTION:VSAMDB FOR Z/OS 2.3

2019-10-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
So I noticed in SIS after I sent the first response. And the APAR has been open a year and a half; must be a bear of a new function (reads like it is). That, and they have probably outsourced DFP support and development to Activision by now. Nothing would surprise me anymore. First Tennessee

Re: APAR OA55248 NEW FUNCTION:VSAMDB FOR Z/OS 2.3

2019-10-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
• Enabling support for VSAMDB is available through PTFs for APAR OA55153 on z/OS V2.2 and later From: https://ibm-zcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/zOS-Performance-Hot-Topics.pdf First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: DFDSS copy to pre-allocated dsn

2019-05-23 Thread Jackson, Rob
BYPASSACS(**) - STORCLAS(x) - ADMINISTRATOR - -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elaine Beal Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFDSS copy to pre-allocated dsn [External Email] I'm copying disk to disk.

Re: DFDSS copy to pre-allocated dsn

2019-05-16 Thread Jackson, Rob
I don't know for sure if OUTDD works exactly like OUTDY; I was wondering. I used (no longer a DSS shop) OUTDY to list candidate volumes; COPY makes only one copy, whether it exists on one volume or is spread across multiple ones. Anyway, since this is non-SMS managed, it can be on only one vol

Re: DFDSS copy to pre-allocated dsn

2019-05-16 Thread Jackson, Rob
Please post the full message. That 001 is not the reason code; that should be right after 'NOT PROCESSED'. If the reason code were actually 1, for an un-moveable dataset, I'd say add FORCE. You could also just delete the target. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: ind$file - omvs copy equivalent

2019-05-08 Thread Jackson, Rob
You can also specify -W and seqparms= on the cp command to specify DCB and space--and not have to pre-allocate the dataset. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Re: ind$file - omvs copy equivalent

2019-05-08 Thread Jackson, Rob
Pre Co:Z I had to do a bunch of shenanigans with scripts to copy files "automatically" from OMVS. You need to check out the -v and -W arguments of cp. Or just use Co:Z. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf

Re: DR Failover

2019-05-07 Thread Jackson, Rob
Yes, we have run extended tests. Yes, the CBU-test ten-day limit comes into play. We have burned more than one CBU for a given DR test to accommodate our current DR folks' requirements. (Interestingly, if you CBU your specialty engines, they can't automatically downgrade you if you have an ac

Re: JCL for WTO

2019-04-06 Thread Jackson, Rob
I don't know for sure, but I imagine the TMP is more efficient than forking into an OMVS address space. I suspect ITschak's method is the best. Don't know if there are any other things to consider though . . . case, message length . . . . First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support ---

Re: JCL for WTO

2019-04-06 Thread Jackson, Rob
Well, crap! Never even occurred to me, and I've used the send command to issue messages to the console. Unbelievable, a WTO is a WTO, after all. If it makes me look less idiotic, I also have versions for highlighted messages and WTORs. Can't do that with send. (I hope. :)) First Tennessee

Re: JCL for WTO

2019-04-06 Thread Jackson, Rob
Not that I know of, but it's a tiny assembler program to do it, and I have another tiny REXX program to invoke it, so it's friendly with TSO, as well. Then it would be executing the TMP in JCL with a one-line sysin. If you want it, I will be happy to share. Doubtless, others here have better

Re: IBM SFG - Your Opinion

2019-03-14 Thread Jackson, Rob
This is relating to doing SFTP transfers with SFG. If you use SSP for reverse proxy for SFG, which is highly recommended, then you pretty much must use SEAS to look up passwords/keys with LDAP for SFTP clients. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: I

Re: IBM SFG - Your Opinion

2019-03-14 Thread Jackson, Rob
It's extremely powerful but oh so onerous to install, maintain, and administer. They will push implementation services, and you will wish you'd bought them before it's over if you go it on your own. What are you planning on doing with it? If it is just MFT, I would highly recommend taking a g

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

2019-02-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
: Jackson, Rob Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: RE: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process Hah, our emails waived at each other as they were being delivered. But it would be weird if someone were always browsing the last generation when this

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

2019-02-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
Hah, our emails waived at each other as they were being delivered. But it would be weird if someone were always browsing the last generation when this happened. At any rate, with our AO product--and most of the others I've used--it would be pretty simple to automate the deletion of that rolled-

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

2019-02-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
Maybe find out what has it allocated at the time and fix the problem before it happens. Backup/migration perhaps? The DADSM SCRATCH code indicates this: X'04' X'0B' ENQRET X'25' Verify DADSM SCRATCH request; enqueue on SYSDSN failed. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

2019-02-15 Thread Jackson, Rob
Indeed it is no longer supported, but I can tell you it runs just fine on a z13 on z/OS 2.2. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.

Re: open spot

2018-12-03 Thread Jackson, Rob
] Telecommuting? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Jackson, Rob Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: open spot Sorry for the solicitation, but we have

open spot

2018-12-01 Thread Jackson, Rob
Sorry for the solicitation, but we have a spot open for a senior MVS sysprog here in beautiful East Tennessee (Knoxville/Foothills area), if anyone knows someone. Just drop me a note for more information. Thanks. rob First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support FIRST TENNESSEE Confidential

Re: Region size for OMVS tasks

2018-11-21 Thread Jackson, Rob
This is what standalone restore is for, Sean. But if you don't have one built, you could try this: http://www.cbttape.org/~jjaeger/zzsa.html. I've used it before but not on anything more recent than a z10. If it will IPL, you can find your IEFUSI module and make it like IEFBR14. First Tennes

Re: How to tell what allocated a dataset never opened

2018-11-07 Thread Jackson, Rob
If it's SMS-managed and/or cataloged, you should have types 60 and/or 61 for the VVDS update and ICF define (assuming they're not turned off). First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Roach, Dennis Sent: Wednes

Re: SCP of file to USS from Mac is corrupted

2018-10-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
e text public key to the non-mainframe box. It was less error-prone since the translation to ASCII was built in and (I think) impossible to turn off. On 10/18/2018 5:27 PM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > The SFTP file-transfer add-on using the SSH protocol on z/OS, at least with > the OpenSSH port,

Re: SCP of file to USS from Mac is corrupted

2018-10-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
The SFTP file-transfer add-on using the SSH protocol on z/OS, at least with the OpenSSH port, is the only one I know of that allows conversion between the beautiful EBCDIC encoding and the podunk, 7-bit, toy-computer ASCII encoding. By default, on z/OS, SFTP is binary; you can elect to translat

Re: CTC conventions

2018-10-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
ering Scheme" on page 5. A virtual beer to you! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CTC conventions Goog this, Allan: "redbook paper ficon

Re: CTC conventions

2018-10-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
Goog this, Allan: "redbook paper ficon ctc implementation." Top of the list. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subje

Re: S106 abends after copying into LINKLIST

2018-10-05 Thread Jackson, Rob
Hah, I'll help too: BMC's MainView SRM StopX37. Also, Tivoli Advanced Allocation Manager from IBM. There are probably others. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Longabaugh, Robert E Sent: Friday, Octob

Re: Kind of lame SMP/E question

2018-09-18 Thread Jackson, Rob
"Readily" and "relatively easy" will probably not apply here, so the answers are not likely and nope. You could dummy up a function/functions and receive the PTFs against it/them, but that won't buy you much other than metadata. Even in IBM, things are packaged differently, but I would expect

Re: Why banks didn’t ‘rip and replace’ their mainframes | Network World

2018-09-17 Thread Jackson, Rob
"will consider" "over time" "potentially" Yes, they're doing it today. Indeed. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of x ksi Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 7:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: R

Re: Co-posted: Rexx performance measures

2018-09-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
, September 11, 2018 9:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Co-posted: Rexx performance measures [External Email] Crikey! Did it really take REXX a whopping 7.7 CPU seconds to count to ten million? On 12/09/2018 3:52 AM, Jackson, Rob wrote: > Works for me just fine. Looping ten million ti

Re: Co-posted: Rexx performance measures

2018-09-11 Thread Jackson, Rob
18 3:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Co-posted: Rexx performance measures [External Email] Bob, that's what I was expecting. please paste the code here. for some reason, my code returns same values. ITschak On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:53 PM Jackson, Rob wrote: > Works for m

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