Re: Masking SMF data internally

2024-01-20 Thread Jake Anderson
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Masking SMF data internally

2024-01-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We have a requirement of sharing our SMF data to vendor for a sizing operation of our hardware connected to our mainframe Our organization has a policy of masking the critical values before sharing it. I see SMF datasets are are editable from ISPF. Is there a way or someone has undergone

Re: Capacity on demand license activation

2023-10-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Yes I did mean CBU. So I can activate another CBU license even when the LPAR is active and the effects will take place immediately? On Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 6:55 PM Radoslaw Skorupka < 0471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > W dniu 20.10.2023 o 15:38, Jake Ander

Capacity on demand license activation

2023-10-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I have activated the COD in our DR site for one of our production LPAR. I understand every temporary COD license is valid for 10 days. Post the expiration Can I activate the new COD license while the LPAR is up and running? If activated will it take an immediate effect? Jake

IBM EE - IP registration for EE VIPA

2023-10-13 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted When I am trying to activate the IBM EE virtual IP it is failing with message that the REAL IP OSA device fails to register it. Why is the virtual IP looking at the device OSA of real IP ? Jake -- For

cascaded FICON - DLM

2023-09-17 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello All I am just trying to understand if any of you are using DLM replication with the Cascaded FICON feature? I am curious to know what piece of hardware is required to implement cascaded FICON. Regards Jake -- For

Free SMPE product to just practice

2023-09-14 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Good morning Is there any freeware product which can be installed using SMP/e. Any pointers are appreciated Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Personal certificate Connect direct secure plus

2023-06-09 Thread Jake Anderson
t; create a > CSR, get it signed, and then install and trust it and put it on a keyring. > > There is lots of Certificate basic education on the SHARE Web site and on > NewEra zExchange. > > Charles > > > -Original Message----- > From: RACF Discussion List [mailto:r

Re: Solarwind to z/OS

2023-05-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Tom So the solarwind expects SNMPV2 ? Does SNMPV2 handle bulk request? On Tue, May 9, 2023, 11:22 PM Tom Longfellow < 03e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > My experiences with Solarwinds interacting with z/OS have not been > pleasant. > > First discovered it as my

Solarwind to z/OS

2023-05-08 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is anyone in the list who has already implemented Solarwind connection to z/OS over SNMP ? I have few questions about it and let me know if we can discuss it ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Password reset delegation

2023-05-03 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Is there a RACF profile which can allow a help desk user to reset the password for the user who has special operations attribute? I don't want to give help desk person a SPECIAL authority but I want to give him password reset authority alone Jake

Password alter record

2023-04-08 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Is there a way to know on who a changed a users password? Any SMF record that can help ? Or any audit reports in RACF ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: DLM Tape reading

2023-03-20 Thread Jake Anderson
way? What information about the tape dataset do you > need? To determine with certainty that the dataset on the tape can be read? > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 10:34 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LIST

Re: DLM Tape reading

2023-03-20 Thread Jake Anderson
hem from the > sender and know the content is safe. > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:10:20 +0400, Jake Anderson < > justmainfra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hello > > > >I would like to understand how DLM users are able to read the contents > >of the virtual tape

DLM Tape reading

2023-03-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I would like to understand how DLM users are able to read the contents of the virtual tape and the print the dataset with in each label of it ? We are taking volume level backup to the virtual tape and is it possible to list a particular tape dataset to see it's content? Regards Jake

Re: Vtam error code

2023-02-12 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Joe Would you please point me to the manual where it explains? On Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 1:20 PM Joe Monk wrote: > I thnk a VTAM cmd code of 23 is an application requested cancel. > > Joe > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 10:46 PM Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > Hello >

Vtam error code

2023-02-11 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello One of our application was reporting the below error. I was looking through the SNA and IP codes but not able to find or am ignorant about the below code VTAM error RtnCd:100900 Sense: Cmd:23 Where exactly I can find the explanation for 100900 ? Jake

Re: Virtual tape usage

2023-02-05 Thread Jake Anderson
We use DFRMM. Is there any specific reporting batch that I can rely on ? On Mon, Feb 6, 2023, 7:49 AM Gibney, Dave < 03b5261cfd78-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Tape management system? > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion Lis

Virtual tape usage

2023-02-05 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We are using DELL DLM8500. Is it possible to know from the z/OS perspective on how many tapes being consumed on a monthly basis ? Is there any report within SMF or any facility within DLM can help me to know usage of virtual tapes ? Regards Jake

Re: KMOD1 DS8k box

2023-01-19 Thread Jake Anderson
Is there a command or facility within DS8K to generate storage array utilization report ? On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 5:51 PM Paul Gorlinsky wrote: > This is the theoretical maximum… not realistic… the available usable space > is 100% determined by the blksize and optional key size… zOS use at most >

KMOD1 DS8k box

2023-01-18 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I was going through the storage usage in DS8K Gui login And I can see the utilization of CKD Pool is given as 1.99Kmod1 Is there a way to convert these value in Terabyte? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Dasd Mod conversion mod9 to mod27

2022-10-03 Thread Jake Anderson
3390-54s if you have the space? > > On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 at 14:22, Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > Addresses are not changing > > > > It's the same UCB > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022, 5:14 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > > > > > HCD if addresses have

Re: Dasd Mod conversion mod9 to mod27

2022-10-03 Thread Jake Anderson
e Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Jake Anderson [justmainfra...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 5:37 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Dasd Mod conversion mod9 to mod27 > > Hello > > We are planning to perform mod conversion of mod

Dasd Mod conversion mod9 to mod27

2022-10-03 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We are planning to perform mod conversion of mod 9 to nod 27 from DS8K. Post the mod conversion before initializing are there any other steps needs to be performed in zOS ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

wc3270. cipher attls

2022-09-28 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Does anyone know the default cipher option supported by wc3270 TELNET connectivity to mainframe? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Minor disaster

2022-09-28 Thread Jake Anderson
May be CBT File 036 fixpds can help ? On Wed, Sep 28, 2022, 4:06 PM Carmen Vitullo wrote: > ouch that sucks, I know if it was a PDS there are tools to get the > member back, it's not actually gone until you compress, or write over it > IIRC? > > I wonder if the same tools can help, I'd be

Re: Strange FTP behavior

2022-09-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Finally it was a problem from the windows share where the Linux path was mounted There were some permission issues from windows and it took lot of time for the windows technicians to acknowledge On Sun, Sep 18, 2022, 1:17 PM Jake Anderson wrote: > Hi > > Something I didn't incl

Re: Strange FTP behavior

2022-09-18 Thread Jake Anderson
in it's log While doing GET there is no data transfer but it destroys the local file in windows without any data transfer On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 6:21 PM Jake Anderson wrote: > Ftp trace didn't show any error causing zero transfer > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 4:03 PM Michael Babcock

Re: Strange FTP behavior

2022-09-17 Thread Jake Anderson
Ftp trace didn't show any error causing zero transfer On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 4:03 PM Michael Babcock wrote: > Jake, did you add TRACE to the PARM on the EXEC PGM=FTP statement? > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 6:27 AM Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > Hello > > > >

Strange FTP behavior

2022-09-17 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted I was able to create the user with RESTRICTED attribute I have given a surrogate access to a STC owner is to the ID which I created with RESTRICTED attribute Here when we submit job with USER=EXTBATCH It internally does a FTP to a Linux server. For connecting the Linux using

Re: Old volumes DFHSM WTOR

2022-09-05 Thread Jake Anderson
--Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > > Behalf Of Jake Anderson > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2022 11:38 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Old volumes DFHSM WTOR > > > > I deleted the volume using delvo

Re: Old volumes DFHSM WTOR

2022-09-04 Thread Jake Anderson
gt; Brian > > On Sun, 8 May 2022 at 02:39, Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > Hello Group > > > > We used to have a volume named OSSYB1 in ARCMDxx which I have removed > > already and DFHSM comes up successfully. After sometime DFHSM complains > > that the vol

DIR ftp sub command

2022-09-01 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted I believe DIR Hello (DISK will store the command output in my HLQ.FTP.DIROUTP. but is it possible to store in different HLQ ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

RMF exception report JES2 ENQ

2022-08-22 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi Is there any documentation available to review the below work exception report that I got under RMF Name Reason Critical val. Possible cause or action z/OS 2.4 JES2 ENQ -SYSZJES2 12.0 % delay VERSION.00092B33 Regards Jake

MCDS CDS BACKVOL fails

2022-08-21 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello All, Good morning I tried running HSEND BACKVOL CDS but I got failed with below message, infact I tried allocating the dataset with LLQ V0 but still it fails ARC0744E MCDS COULD NOT BE BACKED UP, RC=0036, REAS=. MIGRATION, BACKUP ARC0744E (CONT.) FRBACKUP, DUMP, AND RECYCLE HELD.

Tape reject by RMM

2022-08-17 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello One of the virtual tape in RMM shows rej by tap mgt sys But when I go to DLM GUI I can see they have data in it Any procedure to correct this error and I don't know why it went into this condition Has anyone seen this error and how was it fixed ? Jake

Re: LINK monitor status for OSA HMC

2022-08-17 Thread Jake Anderson
ing because I've seen other > customers swap SFP's and cause more problems than it's worth. > > Either way, glad to hear it's working now. > > On 8/16/2022 8:56 PM, Jake Anderson wrote: > > So I did wrap plug test to ensure the ports were fine and they were good > > > > S

Re: LINK monitor status for OSA HMC

2022-08-16 Thread Jake Anderson
gt; >> wrote: > >> > >>> What's your question? > >>> Link monitor means no physical connection to the switch, which means > you > >>> card will not work. > >>> Reason? A lot of, including broken cable, improper cable (MM instead of > >&

Re: Automatic ftp process

2022-08-16 Thread Jake Anderson
mainframe. I > forget the product since it's been about 12 years since we did a POC for > the product > > Carmen > > > On 8/16/2022 8:54 AM, Jake Anderson wrote: > > It's basically we run a non IBM Database in mainframe > > > > The user(management) have a list

Re: Automatic ftp process

2022-08-16 Thread Jake Anderson
for DASD > subsystems to another subsystem for DR > > for Data bases there's IBM's Info-sphere change data capture > > Carmen > > On 8/16/2022 8:24 AM, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hi > > > > We have requirement whenever someone saves a record(non-mainframe user) > in &

Automatic ftp process

2022-08-16 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi We have requirement whenever someone saves a record(non-mainframe user) in Linux.We automatically wants to get those record and ftp to mainframe and and pull all details from database then save it back to the same location where the user saves his Initial record. Has anyone tried this

Re: LINK monitor status for OSA HMC

2022-08-15 Thread Jake Anderson
> card will not work. > Reason? A lot of, including broken cable, improper cable (MM instead of > SM and vice versa), bad connection (Tx to Tx...), disabled port on the > switch... > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 10.08.2022 o 07:19, Jake A

LINK monitor status for OSA HMC

2022-08-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted I apologize for my ignorance. I was looking for the status of one of our OSA card under OSA advanced facilities under HMC. For one of their PCHPID belonging to OSA shows the port status as 'LINK MONITOR' When I checked with my network team if their switch sees the MAC

virtual Tape consumption statistics - DFRMM

2022-07-29 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello, Is there a sample JCL to list the top consumers of Virtual tape allocation or any smf record which can tell about the virtual tapes highest consumption based on the Jobs. Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

SMF 119 - TERMINAL ID screen time

2022-07-19 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I have extracted SMF119 and I am able to see when a terminal opened an application, remote IP, LU Name. Is it possible to know the screen time or the time spend by a terminal ID inside an application(accessed by an LU)? Jake

mainframe CPU swap

2022-06-13 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Good morning to all Due to a business reason we are swapping our mainframer sites where the current DR machine will be converted to production and Production machine will be a DR site. I understand these exercise are mostly done by the IBM CE from support element. Is there anything to be

Old volumes DFHSM WTOR

2022-05-07 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Group We used to have a volume named OSSYB1 in ARCMDxx which I have removed already and DFHSM comes up successfully. After sometime DFHSM complains that the volume OSSYB1 is offline and it throws a WTOR to reply with a valid device number to make it online. Not sure why DFHSM doesn't say

Re: Resize SMF MAN without IPL

2022-03-29 Thread Jake Anderson
The only challenge I can see is that I can't resize an existing one as it gives me message as 'In use'. On Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 9:30 AM Jake Anderson wrote: > Thanks Mike > > So just pick the non-active one.(with zero %),. Delete them. Then Define a > new SMF MAN and preformat a

Re: Resize SMF MAN without IPL

2022-03-29 Thread Jake Anderson
w.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=sums-switching-between-smf-logging-smf-data-set-recording > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 5:00 AM Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > Is it possible to resize the SMF Man dataset on fly witho

Resize SMF MAN without IPL

2022-03-29 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is it possible to resize the SMF Man dataset on fly without an IPL ? Will there be any impact ? Or it is doable without a disruption. Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Comparing two PS - Source codes

2022-03-23 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I have two PS datasets having some programming codes , Is it possible to compare these two PS and produce a third PS datasets by removing duplicate entries ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: [MVS-OE] Passwordless login omvs

2022-03-13 Thread Jake Anderson
I enabled debug3 and daemon logging for SSHD task Finally it was because of bad ownership and modes. Fixed that and its all good now Thanks to all who gave your valuable suggestions On Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:29 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sun,

Re: [MVS-OE] Passwordless login omvs

2022-03-13 Thread Jake Anderson
certificate works fine with other LPAR2. SSHD configuration are same on both the LPARS. Is there any places that I need to be looking for ? On Sun, Mar 13, 2022, 5:49 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Mar 12, 2022, at 23:38:36, Jake Ander

Re: Passwordless login omvs

2022-03-12 Thread Jake Anderson
for password. Is there any parameter within SSHD_CONFIG had to be tweaked ? On Sun, Mar 13, 2022, 9:53 AM Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 3/12/2022 9:46 PM, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hello > > > > Cross posted > > > > > > Is it possible to do a password

Passwordless login omvs

2022-03-12 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Is it possible to do a passwordless login from my CentOS Linux to OMVS ? Is there any documentation which helps ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Rexx copy to OMVS

2022-03-08 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Good evening Is it possible to copy a rexx output to a OMVS file everytime by overriding it ? Any samples that I can refer to ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: IPCS - Dump timing

2022-02-07 Thread Jake Anderson
Thank you so much On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 10:54 AM Binyamin Dissen wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 08:05:32 +0400 Jake Anderson > wrote: > > :>We have some dumps taken on 6th February but is it possible to know at > what > :>time the dump was captured using IPCS and

IPCS - Dump timing

2022-02-07 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We have some dumps taken on 6th February but is it possible to know at what time the dump was captured using IPCS and can we see the timestamp anywhere in DUMP using IPCS ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Cloning root zfs to other lpar

2022-01-30 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Group I am trying to move maintenance root zfs which is 5000 cylinder in size. The environment what we have is two monoplex. I tried doing dump the root into a shared DASD(MOD-27) but it fails with D37. What's the best way to clone a zfs from one monoplex environment to another ? Our DASD

Re: XML conversion in z/OS

2022-01-10 Thread Jake Anderson
Physical sequential dataset if it is created with CSV format On Tue, 11 Jan, 2022, 11:40 am Timothy Sipples, wrote: > Jake Anderson wrote: > >I am trying to explore if there is a inbuilt module or program to convert > a > >PS file into XML format. > > A physical s

XML conversion in z/OS

2022-01-10 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I am trying to explore if there is a inbuilt module or program to convert a PS file into XML format. Is there a way to convert ? Please advise Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

RMF III hourly snap shot

2022-01-02 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is it possible to take RMF III - options on hourly snapshot to a PS file or GDG ? Reason why I want is that recently we had an outage due to memory issues and I wanted to go back and analyse the memory usage. Any pointers are much appreciated Jake

SMF119 - Subtype 20 and Subtype 21

2021-12-27 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is there a freeware or any sample REXX which can produce a human readable output to understand any IP tied up to a VTAM(LU) by reading the SMF dataset. We don't have SAS or MXG in our shop. Any pointers would be appreciated. Jake

Zfs recatalog error

2021-12-23 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I moved the zfs to the new system and when I try to recatalog I get this error message and the dataset is in that volume IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES TIME: 22:36:40 DEFINE CLUSTER(NAME(OMVS.OSRSA2.ROOT.ZFS) - VOLUME(OSRSA2) - LINEAR - RECATALOG) IDC3014I CATALOG ERROR IDC3009I

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: CBU HMC activation - switching back

2021-12-06 Thread Jake Anderson
We were asked IBM to do downgrade the activation done by mistake and activate TEST CBU. During this exercise do we need a downtime or it can be done when the system load is at minimum ? On Mon, 6 Dec, 2021, 7:16 pm Pommier, Rex, wrote: > Right, but if you have a CBU you are probably doing your

CBU HMC activation - switching back

2021-12-04 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is it possible to swtich back to temporary CBU activation incase it someone has activated the CBU permanently by mistake ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: z/OS 2.4 Console outstanding message error

2021-11-29 Thread Jake Anderson
security for SDSF On Mon, 29 Nov, 2021, 10:16 pm Watkins, Philip S., wrote: > Do you have the proper security for operator commands > > XA TSOAUTH = OPER > XA TSOAUTH = CONSOLE > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Jake A

Re: z/OS 2.4 Console outstanding message error

2021-11-25 Thread Jake Anderson
on.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Jake Anderson [justmainfra...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2021 4:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: z/OS 2.4 Cons

z/OS 2.4 Console outstanding message error

2021-11-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Recently I upgraded the z/OS 2.2 to 2.4 Post that I am receiving the below message while I am trying to initialise a dasd volume using ICKDSF, Though the number 38 shows as the WTOR in Job log to initialise but if I get R 38,U it doesn't take it. RESPONSE= IEE703I REPLY 38 NOT

ISFPRMxx to RACF security

2021-11-23 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted We have one of an Lpar still using ISPRMxx to control SDSF security. Is there documentation which helps in understanding to migrate from ISFPRM to SDSF RACF security Regards Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello All Thanks to Kurt. Under the /Service some of the directories were missing and I created those. Then tried applying again and it went fine. Thanks all for your help On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 7:51 pm Kurt J. Quackenbush, wrote: > > Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and

Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I have double checked the DDDEF and the path is correct for the failing DDDEF On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 3:31 pm SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines, < marc.yves.desravi...@kyndryl.com> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > I suspect the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list the > DDDEFs

SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

2021-11-09 Thread Jake Anderson
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 IN SEZAMMSC FAILED. THE RETURN CODE FROM THE BPX1LST

IBM configuration assistant download

2021-10-30 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted Is there still uses IBM configuration assistant to deploy TTLS policy while I understand zOSMF has the capability to do the same. For educational purposes I am looking for IBM configuration assistant tool wizard. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Jake

LPA Load module hits or usage

2021-10-28 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is there a way to know or understand about how many times a module in LPA got used or called without using any priced products ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Modifying block size of LTO5 drive

2021-08-22 Thread Jake Anderson
om/cd/E19190-01/LTO5_Vol2_E2_not_restricted/LTO5_Vol2_E2_not_restricted.pdf > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 10:51 AM Jake Anderson > wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I am just trying to understand if we can modify the block size of LT05 > > drive. Currently it is having a block size

Modifying block size of LTO5 drive

2021-08-22 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I am just trying to understand if we can modify the block size of LT05 drive. Currently it is having a block size of 80k and Is it possible to modify to 256k block size ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: MVS command display

2021-05-26 Thread Jake Anderson
"Is this behavior for all commands? Only display commands? Only specific display commands?" Yes it's for all display command and only for a specific users . On Wed, 26 May, 2021, 6:28 pm Peter Relson, wrote: > Is this behavior for all commands? Only display commands? Only specific > display

MVS command display

2021-05-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Usually when we issue a MVS display command from SDSF we get immediately get to see the output in bold white message and after that we can see either in SYSLOG or ULOG. One of our user from operation is issuing the command but doesn't get a immediate output in bold white instead it just

IBM CSS(Copy services) Alerts

2021-05-21 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Good evening Is there a possibility to set an email alert in IBM CSS whenever the status of replication changes ? Like from prepared to suspended or Preparing ? Or atleast whenever the status is suspended can we set an alert in IBM CSS to send email alert to our email boxes ? Jake

Re: Storage Zoning clarification

2021-05-10 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi So from the mainframe perspective zoning is done even if the connectivity passes through SAN ? Sorry if my understanding is incorrect ? Jake On Mon, 10 May, 2021, 2:32 pm Radoslaw Skorupka, wrote: > W dniu 10.05.2021 o 06:36, Jake Anderson pisze: > > Hello All, > > &

Storage Zoning clarification

2021-05-09 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello All, Good evening I am trying to understand on how the ZONING part works when the connectivity to storage box or the tape device goes through a SAN switch. How does the ZONING is done and is there any documentation with an example to understand better. I am trying to google to see if I can

Ficon director and SAN switch

2021-04-07 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We are in process of getting new virtual tape solution to replace an existing one. Solution is to get the channel connected to two ficon directors.and connect them virtual tape. So the question is instead of ficon director can we use the SAN switch ? Jake

EMC DLM over IBM VTL

2021-03-03 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello We are analysing if EMC DLM would be a right fit to replace IBM VTL. I am trying to understand about backup cycles using EMC DLM when we use single backup solution and single virtual tape library to backup both mainframe and open systems. Is there a possibility for contention ? Will

Re: Serverpac installs January 2022 and beyond

2021-03-03 Thread Jake Anderson
If I understand zosmf is going to connect to IBM site over the internet to download it's software.What if a mainframe data centre which doesn't connect to internet or have restrictions ? On Thu, 4 Mar, 2021, 6:48 am Ed Jaffe, wrote: > On 3/3/2021 2:54 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > > I hate it!

RMM tape size management

2021-02-20 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is there a way to determine the entire defined range of tapes size in RMM ? Regard Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO

Re: Ibm macro instructions code clarification

2021-01-12 Thread Jake Anderson
Apologies for giving a minimal information This is a SNA application where user use to connect Database and they receive FDBK2 00 This is the only information I have from the log and I have raised a case with Product support for further investigation and meanwhile just curious about these

Ibm macro instructions code clarification

2021-01-11 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Apologies for my ignorance. One of our product failed with FDBWD : 00141300 FDBK2. I am not able to decode the meaning or explanation for FDBWD. Could someone please help to understand so that I can make sure I understand fully ? Jake

DFRMM tape movement JCL

2020-12-07 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Are there anyone who is still using offsite tapes (Vaults). Is there any specific JCLs are there to list the tapes in drive, list the tapes in vaults and movement inventory records to record movement of Tapes. I did look into SYS1.SAMPLIB and ran some some report but still it gives me a

RMM tape movement to vault

2020-11-29 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello I apologise for the dummy question as I am new to Tape DFRMM We have a job which searches the RMM catalog for the tape to be in drive and vault. Some questions popped out in my mind. How does RMM decides that a particular tape has to be moved to VAULT and how does it know that tape must

EDGRRPTR missing after zOS 1.13

2020-11-28 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Is there an equivalent of EDGRRPTR after zOS 1.13 ? As I don't find this dataset in SYS1.SEDGEXE1. Any suggestions would be appreciated Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

SMF type and notype

2020-11-02 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Apologies for the dummy question Can SMF SYS(TYPE) and SMF(NOTYPE) co-exist ? Is there any sample if someone has ? Jake. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-26 Thread Jake Anderson
e to parse through MOST SMF records without something that can > handle the record section offsets > > Lizette > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:08 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Unfortunately I can't unfold in detail about our management requirements here but technically looking for some pointers. On Sun, 25 Oct, 2020, 10:14 am Jake Anderson, wrote: > KB, > > Not a stink and it just a requirement. > > On Sun, 25 Oct, 2020, 10:11 am kekronbekron, <

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-25 Thread Jake Anderson
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Sunday, October 25, 2020 11:37 AM, Jake Anderson < > justmainfra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello > > > > Cross posted. > > > > We have a SMF data for some years and I would like to fetch a user'

SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Cross posted. We have a SMF data for some years and I would like to fetch a user's logon history like when he was logged with all time intervals. Is there a sample JCL or process you are following without having to use any third party product to process. Could someone please share any

Cbttape - dataset being used

2020-10-14 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello Are there any freeware utility in CBTTAPE to check if a specific dataset is being used in parmlibs or proclib or by any batch ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Physical Tape Ejection - RMM

2020-08-27 Thread Jake Anderson
Thank you for the information. While requesting for a eject a tape in use will report us the same ? I mean will it stall our request when a tape in use . On Thu, 27 Aug, 2020, 7:00 pm Erika Dawson, wrote: > I checked with the RMM service team and they had indicated that clients > will

Re: Mainframe Multi factor authentication possibilities

2020-08-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Initial layer to have a biometric after it validates the Mainframe logon should be allowed On Tue, 25 Aug, 2020, 8:02 pm Joe Monk, wrote: > I dont understand how this is supposed to work. 2FA is for ONE user. If you > have many users using one common userid, the system should invalidate any >

Mainframe Multi factor authentication possibilities

2020-08-25 Thread Jake Anderson
Hello, Cross posted. We are planning to implement 2FA for mainframe logons. Here we have a challenge where we use a common mainframe ID and would like to know if there is a way to enforce 2FA which can identify a person based on fingerprint or any other mechanism which can identify a person even

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