Re: HMC Password maintenance for SERVICE account

2018-07-31 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
pretty sure you can't login to service remotely..just like acsadmin. You must login to acsadmin and enable/disable remote login. Rob Schramm On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 2:53 PM Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > How do I set the SERVICE userid to not be accessible via my network? > I've looked through th

Re: HMC Password maintenance for SERVICE account

2018-07-31 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > How do others handle changing the default password for the HMC SERVICE > account. > > Do you just change it and let your CE know the new password? > > > > > > This email message and any accompanying mat

HMC Password maintenance for SERVICE account

2018-07-31 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
How do others handle changing the default password for the HMC SERVICE account. Do you just change it and let your CE know the new password? This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of

Re: A curiosity Question

2018-07-26 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Wouldn't that be PASS/NOPASS in SCHED00 This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If

Re: Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit - Non-IBM

2018-07-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Yes, IBM did an audit of us and the 'point counting tool' is what showed the discrepancy. I'm trying to show/prove that my calculation was correct at the time and IBM changed the rules on me. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On

Re: Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit - Non-IBM

2018-07-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
; From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Porowski, Kenneth > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 12:02 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit - Non-IBM > > Anyone have a more recent copy of Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibi

Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit - Non-IBM

2018-07-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Anyone have a more recent copy of Z125-4565-11 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit - Non-IBM. The -11 is from 2002, I’m looking for one that lists Ricoh printers. Or possibly an earlier version of Z125-4564-20 PSF Tiered Pricing Exhibit – For IBM and Non-IBM Printers. The -20 is from 2006, I’m looking

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-09 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 10:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270 I actually have one, should have bought 2 as mine

Re: Friday - off topic - human factors and TN3270

2018-07-09 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
/physical-object/2009/04/ 102682822.01.01.lg.jpg In article you wrote: > 404, alas... > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < > elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > > Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > > > > >"Bud and Elliot Grundt deve

CICS and DB2

2018-05-07 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Has anyone managed to configure a connection from CICSTS running on z/OS to a DB2 UDB running on Windows? Specifically without having to have DB2 on z/OS. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential

DFSMSdss Question

2018-05-07 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Is there any way to get a listing of datasets on a dss dump tape? This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"), and

Top Secret as key manager/keystore/keyring for existing keys.

2018-05-01 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Trying to set up Top Secret as the Mainframe key manager/keystore but having trouble finding a way to import existing keys in .ssh/authorized_keys and .ssh/known_hosts into Top Secret. Has anyone been able to do this? TIA. This email message and any

Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New Hardware (nextgov.com)

2018-04-20 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
; > > > BobL > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 1:20 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject:

Re: IRS - 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New Hardware (nextgov.com)

2018-04-20 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
That was due to lack of foresight by the programmer not due to the age of the system. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended

Re: mainframe distribution

2018-03-20 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
And the various employment/contracting agencies probably have a better list that we can come up with but I doubt that would be published. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries

Re: Moving to capped LPARs

2018-03-20 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I have found that most (but not all) vendors will do some type of sub-capacity licensing. I haven't found any yet that do monthly usage based upon SCRT reports. For a MIPS based license I've had luck with a max 4HA usage for the year with overage true up at year end. Certain products can have a

Re: mainframe distribution

2018-03-19 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
http://mainframes.wikidot.com/ No idea of the accuracy but it was recently updated. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are

Re: Fwd: Are Mainframes a Security Risk? | Enterprise Systems Media

2018-01-16 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Or if he actually did on a properly secured system did he let IBM know? This would have been a SEV1 and fixed promptly. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates

Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment

2017-12-14 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [External Sender] LRS VPS Printer Replacment On Dec 14, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Porowski, Kenneth <ken.po

Re: [External Sender] LRS VPS Printer Replacment

2017-12-14 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] [External Sender] LRS VPS Printer Replacment On Dec 14, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Porowski, Kenneth <ken.porow...@cit.com>

Re: [External Sender] Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment

2017-12-14 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Another vote for MacKinney's JQP. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 9:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] [External Sender] Re: LRS VPS Printer

Re: IBMLINK SIS Failing? Spurious Error 500's

2017-12-14 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Keep reporting it, maybe they'll listen eventually. I had it so bad once I couldn't even supply feedback. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Larre Shiller Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 5:49 AM To:

Re: IBMLINK SIS Failing? Spurious Error 500's

2017-12-12 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I had better luck with Chrome and usually later in the day I was able to stay on longer before a failure. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively,

Re: some software withdrawal from marketing announcements (to me)

2017-12-06 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Or just order a ServerPac with just Cobol 4.2 in it before it gets withdrawn and stick it in a separate SMP environment. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 9:00 AM To:

Re: Consolidate Consoles

2017-11-27 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
A single PC with multiple 3270 sessions to an ICC would work, just get a monitor(s) big enough to see/read all the sessions at the same time. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Monday, November 27,

FIXCAT explanation

2017-11-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
What is the difference/meaning of FIXCAT categories IBM.Coexistence.z/OS.* IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService IBM.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.* Coexistence I understand but the other two are slightly confusing. Would I need all of them on my down level systems when installing a new

IBMLINK SIS Failing?

2017-11-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I manage to get one search in the keep failing with Error 500: com.ibm.websphere.servlet.session.UnauthorizedSessionRequestException: SESN0008E: A user authenticated as user:g03exldrcl003.ahe.boulder.ibm.com:636/IBMUniqueIdentifier=2037pj,cn=people,c=us,l=world has attempted to access a

Re: Flash - Daylight Savings Time

2017-10-26 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Flash - Daylight Savings Time How does this apply for those of us who use SET TIMEZONE? > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth > Sent: Thurs

Flash - Daylight Savings Time

2017-10-26 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Flash (Alert) Abstract Daylight savings time adjustment may not be reported correctly by CEELOCT Content Europe will be implementing their DST changes this upcoming weekend and USA will be doing so the following weekend. It was discovered that recent Language Environment

Re: SMP HELP

2017-08-15 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I usually see it as This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If you are

Re: Wacko S722 abend

2017-06-13 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
One reason people will code 0 linecount/cardcount in the jobcard is that it can affect the jes input queue priority. On systems where queuing is frequent this is one way to get your job bumped to the top or at least higher on the food chain. This email message and any accompanying materials

Re: Nice article about MF and Government

2017-06-05 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Unfortunately, finding aa author that knows, understands, and can speak intelligently on a variety of platforms without prejudice/bias may be difficult to find and even if you do, they will be questioned simply because of who they work for. This email message and any accompanying materials

Re: Strange issue in ISPF edit

2017-06-02 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Most often I see this when BOUNDS (BNDS line command) are set. I believe that by default an edit profile is set for each unique DSORG and LLQ pair so it could be carried over from editing a different dataset.. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary,

Re: Displacement of ASG View Direct and PRO/JCL

2017-06-02 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Cheryl Watson is the new List Mom as of 3/31/2017. I believe John is now fully retired unless he still lurks somewhere. I haven't seen any traffic for months but a post usually does get replies. Ken This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and

Re: Displacement of ASG View Direct and PRO/JCL

2017-05-31 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
http://www.lookupmainframesoftware.com/ List software in "Printing and Output" Select ASG-ViewDirect then go for the whole list of 'Similar Mainframe Software' I have ASG-View Direct and have occasionally explored other opportunities. Rarely do they save $$$ in the long run unless you don't

Re: Hitachi to Deliver New Mainframe Based on IBM z Systems in Japan

2017-05-25 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I just sent out a recording of Marvin the Martian saying "Where's the KABOOM! There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!" This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or

Re: Hitachi to Deliver New Mainframe Based on IBM z Systems in Japan

2017-05-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Well, they only banned laptops right? This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. If

Re: Hitachi to Deliver New Mainframe Based on IBM z Systems in Japan

2017-05-24 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Will the Hitachi machines only run VOS3 or can I buy a Hitachi machine in the US and run z/OS on it? This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”),

Terminology - Datasets

2017-04-26 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
From a z/OS - Mainframe perspective You have the UNIX filesystem with various types of files in it. You have the "classic" Mainframe datasets (sequential, PDS, VSAM, etc.) To differentiate the "classic" datasets from the UNIX filesystem/files what is the correct/preferred terminology for the

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

2017-04-21 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
How about ... One license key for the 'production use' with a 30 day grace period on the licensed CEC(S). One license key good for 30 days that will work on any CEC (no specific start or end date) It gives the vendor a guarantee that a licensed customer does not run for more than 30-60 days

IBMLink/ServiceLink SIS function not working correctly?

2017-03-23 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Every search I do only seems to show hits in Q, PDDB and support and even those don't show results. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"),

Re: BMC Products Licensing - CPU Serial, MIPS or both?

2017-02-03 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
On some products (e.g. Mainview) we license x MIPS and send SCRT reports to BMC monthly. As long as our peak 4HA for the year is under our license we are OK. Usage for Control/M is based on reports from Control/M on number of jobs run. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering |

Re: BMC Products Licensing - CPU Serial, MIPS or both?

2017-02-03 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
BMC does have sub-capacity licensing so I highly doubt they check total MIPS but I believe they are model and serial dependent. Our Control/M license is usage based (number of jobs) not MIPS based. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel)

Re: z/OS v2.1 and PeopleSoft v8.47

2017-02-01 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
, Plans are to upgrade tools to 8.54. Note: 8.54 requires 64 bit windows os. Feel free to contact me off list. Doug 904-783-5615 dougsh...@segrocers.com . On Feb 1, 2017, at 13:50, Porowski, Kenneth <ken.porow...@cit.com> wrote: I find myself in a similar situation to the post from Roger

z/OS v2.1 and PeopleSoft v8.47

2017-02-01 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I find myself in a similar situation to the post from Roger listed below although I have not been able to test and see if I have the same result as of yet.. I never saw a reply to the original post (but may have missed it). Does anyone know if Roger ever had his issue resolved or explained?

Using Extended Format as default

2016-12-20 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
Is there any compelling reason why I should not (or can't) use Extended Format for all SMS managed Sequential (flat and GDG) and VSAM (KSDS, ESDS, Linear) datasets? Anything special I would need to do for Linear DB2 databases/tablespaces? TIA Ken Ken Porowski VP Mainframe Engineering CIT

Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

2016-09-16 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How do you say "z/OS"? I consider anyone that doesn't pronounc

Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

2016-09-16 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
, September 16, 2016 4:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] How do you say "z/OS"? So "doss" is okay but not "zoss"? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Porowski, K

Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

2016-09-16 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
: [IBM-MAIN] How do you say "z/OS"? On 9/16/2016 11:27 AM, Porowski, Kenneth wrote: > I believe it is either 'zee oh ess' or 'zed oh ess' depending on how you > pronounce the letter 'z'. Either way is acceptable. I'm not a big fan of "zauce" (rhymes with "sauce&

Re: How do you say "z/OS"?

2016-09-16 Thread Porowski, Kenneth
I believe it is either 'zee oh ess' or 'zed oh ess' depending on how you pronounce the letter 'z'. Either way is acceptable. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow...@cit.com This email message and any accompanying