We IPL twice a year ... POR when needed and I cannot remember the last time we
needed a POR.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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W dniu 16.07.2021 o 21:52, McCabe, Ron pisze:
> Hello IBM List,
>
> Got a question about how you feel about running on an unsupported z/OS
> version. Just about like everyone else our company is moving off the
> mainframe ... after several failed attempts I do be
Of
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Hello IBM List,
Got a question about how you feel about running on an unsupported z/OS version.
Just about like everyone else our company is moving off
Hello IBM List,
Got a question about how you feel about running on an unsupported z/OS version.
Just about like everyone else our company is moving off the mainframe ...
after several failed attempts I do believe they have something that will work
this time and I'm OK with it because if they
I agree with Rex ... our operators have found that they can check JCL when they
have to restart it from a step in the middle of the job. Just by hitting the
PF key they can see that they got all the GDG references correct.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of
if the customer drops a product from their portfolio.
Rex
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Subject: [External] Re: JCL checkers?
We have several CA products and our invoice
It must have been an existing feature that you put into your site because we
have been able to use JCLCHECK from TSO since the first day we installed it
back in 2004. It also works from CA7 and when you do the SJ from SDSF.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of
.
Has anybody heard whether Broadcom will be raising the price of JCLCheck? I
used it many years ago and liked it but haven't had access to a commercial JCL
checker in well over 20 years.
Rex
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We use JCL Check from CA.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:42 AM
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MacKinney Systems has a good Sessions Manager Software.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:09 AM
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Our DR vendor just upgraded their mainframe (upgraded a z13 to a z14) ... when
we recover our system we restore our z/VM 7.1 system first and then restore our
z/OS 2.2 system as a guest under our VM. We have been debating whether we need
to do the Required Service that a FIXCAT report produces
Hello IBM Listers,
Got an interesting problem that I would like to know how we can avoid. Our
Help Desk users TSO accounts have the SPECIAL ATTRIBUTE so they can reset
passwords and define new users. These TSO accounts are not defined to CICS but
every once in awhile one of them will try to
For Skippy the Ancient,
Are you saying that you started a Started Task and cannot see any output in
SDSF? You can see the job start and end on the console, true? If it's the
output you are wondering about then you have the output for your started tasks
going to a class that gets purged right
I know this is off topic but what does IMHO stand for?
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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I don't know what the recommended way to do this is but the only packs I have
ONLINE in my IODF are my system packs. All other packs I want/need ONLINE I
put into COMMNDxx... This works very well for us.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Hello List,
How can one tell if a COBOL program was compiled Dynamically or Statically when
browsing the program in your LINKLIB? If I were to use AMBLIST what would I be
looking for to tell if the compiled module is Dynamic or Static? We use
Endevor and the listing it produces says our
Hello List,
Is there a way I can tell if a COBOL program was compiled and linked
dynamically or statically? Most of our programmers can't tell and there are
times when they compile and link and static program as dynamic and it causes
issues when the program is executed.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
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McCabe, Ron
Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:50 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] it was 20 years ago today
Question about how the year 2000
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Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:49 PM
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Question about how the year 2000 was handled as we just got hit by a major date
problem. I
Question about how the year 2000 was handled as we just got hit by a major date
problem. I remember that one way to handle the date comparisons was to have
all the years from 00-19 (or something greater than 19) have a high value so it
would be greater than the 1990's. Does anyone remember
You should take a look at MacKinney Systems JSF product...just be sure to go
after the most current version.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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John McKown
Sent: Thursday,
once), all remote.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> On 2019-08-21 17:02, McCabe, Ron wrote:
> > If this is something that should not have been done on the list I apologize
> > but do have to admit that I would like to see what other companies are
> > allowing in this ar
l busy at once), all remote.
Regards,
David
On 2019-08-21 17:02, McCabe, Ron wrote:
> If this is something that should not have been done on the list I apologize
> but do have to admit that I would like to see what other companies are
> allowing in this area.
>
> Yes our employe
If this is something that should not have been done on the list I apologize but
do have to admit that I would like to see what other companies are allowing in
this area.
Yes our employer does allow for mainframe sysprogs and developers to work from
home.
There are restrictions and the main one
= instead of PURGE Check the fine manuals
for details.
HTH,
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McCabe, Ron
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:55 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: $HASP250 JOB Purged
Hello List,
Is there a way to override the system so
the output to a purge class?
$ta,all will tell you.
Thanks!
BobL
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Is it being picked up by a product like SAR ?
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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2019 11:27 AM
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No it is not.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
/ sysout class one setup for purge?
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Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:55 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: $HASP250 JOB Purged
Hello List,
Is there a way to override the system so I do not lose output
Hello List,
Is there a way to override the system so I do not lose output from a job? When
I run a job after it ends it immediately comes up with "$HASP250 JOB Purged -
(Job Key was D5C1B47F) so I do not get any output in SDSF which I need to send
to Software AG support.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Vince,
We were able to get this issue resolved. IBM support had me issue a QUERY LINK
on my z/VM side and noticed that the LINK was in a hold status. They then had
me issue a FREE LINK command and after starting the transmitters on the z/OS
side everything started working. Not sure how the
Thanks Vince,
I will be sure to post the resolution for this once we get it resolved.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
Vince Getgood
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:16
Vince,
The NETSTAT ALLC command does not show anything on port 3603. I have very
little in my display which is what I would expect...
User Id ConnLocal SocketForeign Socket State
-- - ----- -- -
FTPSERVE 1001
Vince,
I do not know what is on port 3603 on z/VM and I don't know how to find out
what is there. I got the Query NODE/LINE commands to work after you pointed
out that they are RSCS commands...I kept trying to run them from TCPMAINT.
When I start the LINK from z/VM and then very quickly start
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>
>
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on
> behalf of McCabe, Ron
> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 2:39 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Dump Datasets
>
> Sheesh...a little comma caused
Sheesh...a little comma caused so much grief. Thanks that worked.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rob
Schramm
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:37 AM
To:
Hello List,
I'm working with my Dump Datasets and when I do a D D,O command I see where
MAXSPACE=500M so I enter the command CD SET,SDUMP MAXSPACE=1024M and it says it
is successful so I do another D D,O command and it still shows my
MAXSPACE=500M. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Vince,
I do appreciate the help even though there is about an 8 hour time difference
as I am on the West Coast.
Yes, we do have 2 connections from our z/OS LPAR (10.100.5.71)...First
connection is to 10.100.5.72 which is another z/OS LPAR where we do our backups
and that connection is working
Forgot to mention that once I added port 175 to my authorized port list in my
TCPIP PROFILE on z/VM I no longer get an error.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
McCabe, Ron
Vince,
Here is the results of the TSO command NETSTAT ALLCONN (PORT 175
EZZ2350I MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R2 TCPIP Name: TCPIP 08:32:32
EZZ2585I User Id Conn Local Socket Foreign Socket State
EZZ2586I --- --
R) to see if you get a
connection!!
Hth
Tony
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Of McCabe, Ron
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 12:59 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: How can I get reports in the Output Queue in S
Vince,
Thanks for letting me know about using a FICON CTC...the problem was when we
ordered the z13s we didn't order enough FICON adapters...guess our research was
not through enough.
As far as where the problem actually is...I believe it is the network to but
I'm losing that battle and it is
Vince,
I found it easier to put my responses below after each of your questions.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Vince Getgood
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2019 1:41 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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Hello listers,
I'm still working this issue and just to let you all know my networking
expertise is NIL and I'm still in a learning process as far as z/OS systems
programming goes, our systems programmer, who I was learning from, retired last
November and I got the privilege (if that is what
Hello,
How can I get reports that are in the Output Queue in SDSF to be
re-printed...basically I want them to be processed again.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Hello,
If I need to make a change to
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> Hello,
>
> If I need to make a change to my BPXPRM00 parmlib member can I
Hello,
If I need to make a change to my BPXPRM00 parmlib member can I get the change
in while everything is running or does it have to done via an IPL?
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Hello,
I wanted to know if anyone knows if there is a discussion list for ADABAS and
Natural?
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
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> From: "McCabe, Ron"
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> Date: 09/12/2018 11:53 AM
> Subject: Search for utility
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
>
> Hello,
>
> Question from our developers...is there an e
Hello,
Question from our developers...is there an easy way to search for a string in
all COBOL programs except for 1 or 2? So what they would like to do is search
for a string in all but 1 or 2 of the COBOL programs in a PDS and they don't
want to have to "select" the programs from the list
We have had a Luminex VTL for a couple years now and have not had issues with
support.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2018 12:13 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re:
Do you do ADABAS caching? Can you look at the ADABAS shutdown stats? A couple
of areas to look at in the shutdown stats...
Logical reads
Buffer efficiency
Distribution of commands by thread (would also be good to know how many threads
you have)
High watermarks for the major pools (I have not
We use ARF from CA-7...it does the email and can also submit jobs.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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David Boyes
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 10:14 AM
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EPT 10-14, 2018
> - RACF Level I Administration - APR 10-13, 2018 ** Date Change **
> - RACF Level II Administration - JUN 4-8, 2018
> - RACF Level III Admin, Audit, & Compliance - OCT 1-5, 2018
> - RACF - Securing z/OS UNIX - APR 23-27, 2018
>
Hello List,
I'm having a problem where one of my developers is getting "INSUFFICIENT ACCESS
AUTHORITY" on a dataset that I have defined in RACF and the issue is that it is
reporting on the generic definition.
I have defined in RACF a generic dataset definition of MAC.* (this definition
has a
On Behalf Of McCabe, Ron
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 4:09 PM
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> Subject: ISPP407 error on One Pack system
>
> Hello list,
>
> I'm creating a ONEPACK system for our newly installed z/OS 2.2 system
> I'm running into a problem w
I'm bringing it up as a VM guest. I dial to it. Why would LOGMODE be an issue
if I get a TSO login screen?
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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Of Edward Finnell
Sent: Tuesday, July
Hello list,
I'm creating a ONEPACK system for our newly installed z/OS 2.2 system I'm
running into a problem with it that I am not able to find and was wondering if
anyone else ran into the same problem. I downloaded the ONEPACK member from
Mark Zelden's site for z/OS 2.1 (there wasn't one
Of Mark Zelden
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 8:53 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2
On Tue, 2 May 2017 10:46:44 -0400, Tom Conley <pinnc...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>On 5/2/2017 9:33 AM, Mark Zelden wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 May 2017 21:29:00 +00
Of Mark Zelden
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 2:14 PM
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Subject: Re: CA-SYSVIEW on z/OS 2.2
On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:29:39 +, McCabe, Ron <rmcc...@mutualofenumclaw.com>
wrote:
>Hello Listers,
>
>Is anyone running CA-SYSVIEW 14.2 on z/OS 2.2? We are upgradin
Hello Listers,
Is anyone running CA-SYSVIEW 14.2 on z/OS 2.2? We are upgrading our z/OS 1.13
to 2.2 and CA-SYSVIEW needed to be upgraded too along with applying a required
PTF to run on z/OS 2.2. I got everything updated but when we start/run
CA-SYSVIEW it locks up the system and the only
breakpoints to help find it.
Bob
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Of McCabe, Ron
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:10 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: DIALOG PROCESSING ERROR
Hello IBM List,
I checked the archives
Hello IBM List,
I checked the archives for the problem I'm having with the dialogs and I
couldn't see any replies to the same question I will be asking...so here goes.
I'm installing z/OS 2.2 using my 1.13 system as the driving system. I'm up to
the point where I have IPL'ed my 2.2 system
ks for all the responses.
Ron
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 28, 2016, at 5:28 AM, Tom Marchant
> <000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 17:52:33 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-12-27 15:19, McCabe, Ron wrot
U
Subject: Re: Problem with "RECEIVE" of z/OS 2.2 upgrade
On 2016-12-27 15:19, McCabe, Ron wrote:
> Yes, I need to GIMUNZIP. All the files are in pax.z format on a ZFS file
> system within our USS subsystem.
>
Looking earlier in this thread, it appears that it's IBM that wants you to
27, 2016 1:59 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Problem with "RECEIVE" of z/OS 2.2 upgrade
On 2016-12-27 14:54, McCabe, Ron wrote:
> It is GIMUNZIP.
>
I believe (I'm not looking) we have GIMUNZIP program object in SYS1.MIGLIB
which is in LINKLIST. JCL might come with
t; of z/OS 2.2 upgrade
On 2016-12-27 14:44, McCabe, Ron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry I didn't respond earlier but we got a few extra days off for Christmas
> and then I will be taking some time off for the New Year. I'm still working
> this problem.
>
> I don't have an UNZIP JCL
h contains
the correct file name for this install; this will resolve the error.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:05 AM, McCabe, Ron <rmcc...@mutualofenumclaw.com>
wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I know that everyone is either off or about to be off to enjoy the
> holidays but I thought I w
Hello List,
I know that everyone is either off or about to be off to enjoy the holidays but
I thought I would throw this question out anyway so hopefully I will be that
much closer to resolving my problem.
I have downloaded z/OS 2.2 upgrade and the first step in the dialog is to
"receive" the
/licenses not already part of your profile.
I am also assuming you ran a current inventory report and used it as a starting
point for the ServerPac order process, right? :-)
Bob
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Of McCabe, Ron
Hello IBM Main Listers,
I'm using Shopz to order z/OS V2.2. I have used Shopz to order maintenance but
I have never done an order for a ServerPac. I'm now on Step 6 of 8 Select new
licenses. The screen says to "Select any additional licenses you would like to
order." And it shows all of
I was on Shopz earlier and had no issues and only 1 login page.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:59 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
IBM would prefer that you use MINTLSLEVEL...
The ENCRYPTION system initialization parameter has been deprecated. Use the
MINTLSLEVEL system initialization parameter instead. For more information about
the MINTLSLEVEL system initialization parameter, see MINTLSLEVEL. If you
specify the
We are also in the "research" stage of possibly Outsourcing our z platform so I
would also be interested in hearing the good or bad stories. I will be at
Share next week.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
Chuck,
If you're familiar with COBOL you can write a COBOL program that will do what
you want. We wrote a couple of COBOL programs that read the TMS dataset and
provides reports for DR purposes.
Thanks,
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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So where does DL1 fit in?
Ron McCabe
Mutual of Enumclaw
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Pommier, Rex
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:05 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Compile error
Probably just an old
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