Re: Limit on the number of concatenated datasets

If I'm not mistaken, the 255 extent limit on partitioned applies to LINKLIST and LPALIST too. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of retired mainframer Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 1:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: OT: Apollo11 source code on line - not IBM

So now we can have a 'real' Lunar Lander game using the original source code? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and

Re: Minimum Volume Sizes in the Wild

Primarily -3 and -9, nothing larger, a few smaller @ 503 CYLs > CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential

Re: MTL

I'm running 2 DLM's as part of a single MTL. Have been for a couple of years. No issues, just be sure to get your scratch processing set up correctly. And be aware that unlike physical tape once a volume goes scratch you can't recover the data. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe

Re: IBM secure z/OS software delivery: Don't get locked out!

Just got this notification from Shopz Attention Shopz Users: ALL DIRECT-TO-HOST DOWNLOADS OF z/OS PRODUCT AND SERVICE ORDERS MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER MAY 22, 2016 WILL REQUIRE A SECURE DOWNLOAD using FTPS (File Transfer Protocol with the Secure Sockets Layer) or HTTPS (HTTP with Secure Sockets

Re: was I in a coma when this was discussed: z/OS FBA Services

If that song gets stuck in my head I will hunt you down, I will find you, and I will personally fold, bend, spindle and mutilate you. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any

Re: z890 in my basement

Set up a z890 in their room and maybe they will! CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT

Re: QUESTION ABOUT CA-VIEWDIRECT

View Direct is from ASG not CA. Previous owner was Mobius with the product name Infopac. There is no direct way of finding out what report is on what tape, however, there is a database listing report RIN6002 section Report Version Table that contains the info you are looking for. CIT | Ken

Re: OT but hopefully amusing - FBI, iPhone and water

I doubt it's real. Andy Borowitz is a New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created the Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever National Press

Re: CeBIT and mainframes

I noticed that the CEO of LzLabs is the ex CEO of NEON. Wasn't NEON working on something similar? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary,

Re: CBU test

Maybe he wants to test on a subcapacity machine for future CPU purchase decisions? He could test 701-708 configs by activating the 709 and just taking CPs offline. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This

Re: Parsing IEASYS00 entries

Maybe try a period after each variable? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group

Re: Anyone using Rocket Software Performance Essential

I've used it for years. IIRC it was originally called VIOPlus from Softworks. No real issues with it although there are a few cases where a job will gag on it but it is easy to bypass. It is basically dynamic buffering for VSAM and Sequential datasets. Nothing you can't do through JCL

Re: IBM z890 Update.

I would imagine that anything requiring microcode/millicode would be impossible without IBM's blessing. Maybe you could get a one-time exception as long as you have no commercial (including development of Mainframe products) usage planned for your system.. Of course IBM would not want

Re: Opportunity for Mainframers

Sounds like one for Steve Comstock if he's still around. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information

Driving System for z/OS 2.1 ServerPac Install

I’m running z/OS 1.13 on a z990. I know I can’t run z/OS 2.1 on the z990 but can I install it via ServerPac using a driving system of z/OS 1.13 on a z990? RTFM only states: Identifying driving system hardware requirements In addition to the hardware needed to run a driving system and the DASD

Re: Check out IBM to Buy Weather.com, But Not the Weather Channel - NBC News

So will Watson be any better at predicting the weather? CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information

Re: Unicode services Red alert

OA48941 PTF UA79203 is for 1.13 CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its

Re: Restore time question

So the cache was loaded when you did the backup ... CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of

Re: CBPDO vs ServerPac

CustomPac is chargable, ServerPac is not. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group

z/OS V2.1 - When is ServerPac order cutoff date

Anyone know when the last order date for z/OS V2.1 through ServerPac is? Ken Porowski VP Mainframe Engineering CIT Information Technology One CIT Drive Livingston, NJ 07039 +1 973 740 5459 (tel) ken.porow...@cit.com www.cit.com This email

Re: IBM contract types

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/swprice/ CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of