Re: Email Providers

2021-01-25 Thread R.S.
Now I can answer: I hate this disclaimer. I was almost ready to switch to private email when they started with this cr*p, but 1. I'm lazy, 2. other people have similar disclaimers, so I felt not so guilty. Regarding gmail - I already have gmail account and I don't want to use it for other

Re: How to validate mount points for IPLs

2021-01-24 Thread R.S.
Well, In my opinion there is no such tool or process. Few remarks: 1. Assuming you have such checker and just tested BPXPRM member. Few minutes later things may change - someone can delete or rename some ZFS. Or just modify BPXPRM. 2. "Prior IPL" is a little bit ambigous. Does it mean the

Re: TWS replacements

2021-01-23 Thread R.S.
IMHO it would be hard to get something cheaper and not worse. Of course prices depend on contracts and your need may be satisfied with very basic tool. -- Radoslaw Skorupka (from new mail) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize (was: TSO XMIT and no member list)

2021-01-20 Thread R.S.
on.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of R.S. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize

Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize (was: TSO XMIT and no member list)

2021-01-20 Thread R.S.
Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of R.S. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize (was: TSO XMIT and no member list) W dniu 20.01.2021 o 18:10, Seymour J

Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize (was: TSO XMIT and no member list)

2021-01-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.01.2021 o 18:10, Seymour J Metz pisze: There are ZAPs to change it in original IBM code. "Illegal" from SMP/E point of view No. Yes. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej

Re: TSO RECEIVE and System Determined Blksize (was: TSO XMIT and no member list)

2021-01-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.01.2021 o 17:03, Wendell Lovewell pisze: Radoslaw, Could you please elaborate on your comment "never solved issue like non-SDB (system determined blocksize) in XMIT and RECEIVE command"? I have been having an issue with TSO RECEIVE (and a program that also calls IEBCOPY) when SDB

Re: TSO XMIT and no member list

2021-01-20 Thread R.S.
Thank you everyone for your answers. It seems I can redirect SYSOUT to DD DUMMY for a while. In fact I wanted to switch off IEBCOPY reporting, AFAIR it was LIST=NO. It can be specified in PARM field or as an optional parameter of COPY command in SYSIN. It is not exactly the same as whole sysout

Re: TSO XMIT and no member list

2021-01-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.01.2021 o 01:23, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:55:59 +0100, R.S. wrote: I want to switch off member list when TSO XMIT ... DA(SOME.PDS) is running? I just want to issue the command and I don't want to see loong member list on the screen. Any clue? OUTTRAP? Well

TSO XMIT and no member list

2021-01-19 Thread R.S.
I want to switch off member list when TSO XMIT ... DA(SOME.PDS) is running? I just want to issue the command and I don't want to see loong member list on the screen. Any clue? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ==

Re: VSAM file discrepancies

2021-01-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 19.01.2021 o 17:22, Cameron Conacher pisze: A KSDS with duplicate full primary key values? Are you sure? I'm sure it is possible. VSAM is just set of data... Data set on disk. ;-) Yes, it is hard to have duplicate key WHEN USING VSAM (access method). However is is enough to use CI mode

Re: EOM for z hardware clarification

2021-01-18 Thread R.S.
lease, so that title does not pass. Only then is it considered OPEX. If it's a dollar buyout lease, then its a CAPEX lease and must be accounted for as CAPEX. Joe On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:46 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 18.01.2021 o 13:28, Joe Monk pisze: "2. EOM and EOS are important,

Re: EOM for z hardware clarification

2021-01-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 18.01.2021 o 13:28, Joe Monk pisze: "2. EOM and EOS are important, but IMHO prices are more important. In many cases it is cheaper to replace machine than to buy service contract for existing (old) one. And it is rather cheaper to buy newer model even if new and new-1 are available." The

Re: EOM for z hardware clarification

2021-01-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 18.01.2021 o 10:55, Peter pisze: Hello All, Just curious to understand what is the minimum duration for the z hardware to be from withdrawn from marketing ? Are there any specific factor IBM follows ? There is excellent paper describing all the dates (GA, EOM, EOS). I found the link:

Re: JCL to tar USS directory

2021-01-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.01.2021 o 16:00, Bill Giannelli pisze: can anyone provide JCL to tar a USS directory? thanks Bill Correction: //K10  EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='PGM /bin/tar -?' //STDOUT   DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR   DD SYSOUT=* -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: JCL to tar USS directory

2021-01-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.01.2021 o 16:00, Bill Giannelli pisze: can anyone provide JCL to tar a USS directory? thanks //K10  EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='SH tar parameterscd;ls' //STDOUT   DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR   DD SYSOUT=* ls is redundant, it is just as example of second command within the step. --

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.01.2021 o 15:57, Horne, Jim pisze: Hi all, This may sound like a stupid question but is there a way to start a second started task from a running one when the currently running one completes. I know how to submit a batch job from a final step of a started task but I don't know how

Re: Code to verify LOGON password

2021-01-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 12.01.2021 o 06:42, Timothy Sipples pisze: Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: That's what we call brute force attack. There is no way to protect against it ...or maybe there are some things to help. 1. Do not give your RACF db to hackers. Never. 2. Enforce periodic password change. 3. Use KDFAES.

Re: Code to verify LOGON password

2021-01-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 11.01.2021 o 17:44, Charles Mills pisze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Ripper There is a downloadable plugin for RACF -- old RACF hashing only, I *think*. @R.S. writes 1. Do not give your RACF db to hackers. Never. No one "gives" their RACF DB to anyone (I

Re: z/OS holddata per https?

2021-01-12 Thread R.S.
Other solution: just circumvent restrictions. Simply download HOLDDATA using private PC and then send it via email. Yes, it is a crime... but it works. Of course it would require some effort to understand that it is possible to allow ftp to IBM site, especially limited to few persons which have

Re: Code to verify LOGON password

2021-01-11 Thread R.S.
That's what we call brute force attack. There is no way to protect against it ...or maybe there are some things to help. 1. Do not give your RACF db to hackers. Never. 2. Enforce periodic password change. 3. Use KDFAES. 4. Use passphrases. First is obvious. Effectiveness of the second is

YADRO mainframes?

2021-01-11 Thread R.S.
I just found some IBM document showin parameters of ...YADRO mainframes. It is dated 30-04-2017. Yes, the term "mainframe" is used. There are parameters like MSU, keywords like PSLC, zNALC, Coupling Facility, z/OS, z/VSE, etc. YADRO is russian IT company - that's all I know. I'm even not sure

Re: Anyone using IBM Cloud Tape Connector?

2021-01-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 11.01.2021 o 12:07, David Spiegel pisze: Hi Tim, You said: "... but there are at least three choices ..." Other than RACF, ACF2 and TSS are there others? Yes. However IMHO none of them is active. Examples: 1. Deadbolt. It was announced, but I don't know if any shop implemented it. 2.

Re: Request for help with removing sequence numbers from PDS members

2021-01-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 11.01.2021 o 10:05, Sean Gleann pisze: This has almost certainly cropped up before but try as I might, I can't spot anything obvious in the archives. I have a need to strip sequence numbers from members in a PDS or PDSE. The input PDS(E) has DCB characteristics of REFCM=FB,LRECL-80, and

Re: ZFS using zEDC hardware compression

2021-01-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 08.01.2021 o 17:46, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 16:07:31 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: A zFS is stored in a VSAM linear data set. I found "Only extended-format key-sequenced data sets can be compressed." at

Re: ZFS using zEDC hardware compression

2021-01-08 Thread R.S.
I just RTFM. No VSAM dataset can be compressed using zEDC. Of course VSAM datasets dumped with DFSMSdss may be compressed, because: a) output dataset is PS, which is eligible for zEDC compression. b) dss itself can use zEDC to compress data written to output. Such dataset can be writted on tape

Re: ZFS using zEDC hardware compression

2021-01-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 08.01.2021 o 16:00, PINION, RICHARD W. pisze: Can a ZFS dataset be defined with the DATACLAS zEDC compression option? I'm looking for a way to reduce the size of our SMPNTS datasets. I guess YES. However ...just try it. Create some test ZFS with copression and put some txt files

Re: Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370

2021-01-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 06.01.2021 o 09:19, Tom Ross pisze: BTW: Is there description/list of COBOL versions anywhere? I don't know, but I have lists! Here is the entire history, no names, just product ids, but you can kind of tell which is which by the dates. OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, etc etc Note: You

Re: CICS COBOL co-compiler licensing?

2021-01-04 Thread R.S.
"compiler sandbox" as cumbersome. Yes, I heard about licencing. 3. That is more or less what I am asking about -- what are the license options. "I'll just use R.S.'s machine" is probably not the answer I need. I'm sorry for your dissappointment. However, please read all th

Re: Using symbolic DD names

2020-12-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 30.12.2020 o 20:21, Billy Ashton pisze: Hey folks! I have a vendor product program that looks for different DDnames depending on the control statements passed into the program. Is there any way to define a dynamic DD statement using JCL symbols? For example, I would love to have //TB to

Re: CICS COBOL co-compiler licensing?

2020-12-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 30.12.2020 o 18:46, Charles Mills pisze: Does anyone know if there is an IBM license that covers the CICS COBOL co-compiler short of a full-blown CICS TS license? In other words, could you license the co-compiler for a "development machine" without having to license the full CICS

Re: Scheduler (was: JCL divergence)

2020-12-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 30.12.2020 o 15:17, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:22:42 +0100, Stefan Skoglund wrote: UNIX had early on cron which runs specific jobs regularly at predetermined times while at (atd) is more like a one of JCL batch job. ... LINUX has the same functionality. Of course.

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
Yes, exactly. This is one of the reasons for custom-defined table. Custom-defined is not "standard" And yes, the goal is to change selected characters, and prepare the opposite table. Of course translation can be reversible when the table has unique values (this is first of the conditions) .

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
s Bernd Am 29.12.2020 um 20:01 schrieb R.S.: The input file contain some text and some other fields. CR/LF, RECFM=FB/VB and other "end of line" issues are not relevant. The idea is to convert it to readable format, analyze content and maybe modify very few words or characters. Mod

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 29.12.2020 o 18:54, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:12:06 +0100, R.S. wrote: 1. Yes, maybe I described it incorretly. Regarding your question - yes I need something like convert ifile ofile [-tablefile] Just byte to byte translation. No CR/LF issues, no record boundaries

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 5:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools 1. I'm looking for some simple tool for conversion EBCDIC to ASCII and vice versa. Unfortu

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
2020 at 7:30 AM R.S. wrote: 1. I'm looking for some simple tool for conversion EBCDIC to ASCII and vice versa. Unfortunately it has to run under Windows. Requirements: Run under Windows, preferrably in batch mode (command line interface) Custom-defined tables of conversion 2. I'm looking for a

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
W dniu 29.12.2020 o 15:20, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw pisze: For the first requirement I was going to recommend SVC 103 but maybe that doesn't run under windows. Where does the second utility have to run? Windows also. Yes, on z/OS side there would be not a problem - everything is available in

EBCDIC-ASCII converter and other tools

2020-12-29 Thread R.S.
1. I'm looking for some simple tool for conversion EBCDIC to ASCII and vice versa. Unfortunately it has to run under Windows. Requirements: Run under Windows, preferrably in batch mode (command line interface) Custom-defined tables of conversion 2. I'm looking for a tool similar to IDCAMS

Re: Installing RHEL 8.3 in Native LPAR

2020-12-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 23.12.2020 o 03:41, Munif Sadek pisze: I have been struggling to install RHEL 8.3 on a native HMC LPAR (Z14). My CPC is with multiple IFLs and I have configured couple of LPARs with Linux, 16 GB memory and with both Dedicated and non Dedicated IFLs but my Load from REMOTE MEDIA server

Re: JCL divergence

2020-12-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 23.12.2020 o 00:35, John McKown pisze: On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 5:26 PM Gibney, Dave wrote: WindowsJob...Huh Right. I am so ignorant, perhaps the Windows (and Linux?) world doesn't even have any unattended scheduled activities. I know that there is a "Windows Scheduler" that can

Re: RMODE64

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
osity: why did you choose RMODE(64)?" Hey man - its the way of the future! Joe On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 9:38 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 21.12.2020 o 16:19, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 12/21/2020 6:27 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:14:21 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: There are many,

Re: Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 21.12.2020 o 14:30, R.S. pisze: Thank you for the information. I appreciate it. BTW: Is there description/list of COBOL versions anywhere? I mean z/OS family, something like Enterprise COBOL 6.3  year Enterprise COBOL 6.2  year Enterprise COBOL 5.x  year Enterprise COBOL 4.x  year

Re: RMODE64

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 21.12.2020 o 16:19, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 12/21/2020 6:27 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:14:21 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: There are many, Many, MANY restrictions! Are these listed anywhere?  For code or for data?  Services calls?  Citation needed. I was referring

list of APPLIDs

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
How to get list of available APPLIDs? I mean LOGON APPLID=applidname -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), - usuń trwale tę

Re: Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
ps://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?appname=skmwww=897%2FENUS290-529=AN=service%20initializer=ibmsearch_a=CA Joe On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 7:10 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 15.12.2020 o 10:19, Peter pisze: Hello Does anyone have a copy of Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370 1.2 ? I don't fin

Re: Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
W dniu 15.12.2020 o 10:19, Peter pisze: Hello Does anyone have a copy of Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370 1.2 ? I don't find the installation manual over web might be due to backlevelled Any pointers ? Just curious: What was "AD/Cycle"? I'm aware the above can be found in old compiler names,

DB2 v12 and IAG2

2020-12-21 Thread R.S.
DB2 v12 introduced new Insert Algorithm 2 (IAG2), which was the topic of Red Alert and the recommendation was to disable it. Question: is it fixed somehow or the recommendation is still valid? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: Security and z/OS open source tools

2020-12-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 22:58, Frank Swarbrick pisze: I have downloaded and installed in my personal z/OS Unix directory curl and a few other z/OpenSource tools from Rocket Software. I have asked my z/OS security guy if we can go ahead and have our systems group (outsourced to IBM zCloud)

Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?

2020-12-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 20:02, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 19:31:34 +0100, R.S. wrote: ... I perceived aversion to RECEIVE FROMNTS as UNIXphobia. Our product was not so large that DASD space was a concern. Can't please everyone. Gil, Don't kill messenger ;-) Was that statement

Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?

2020-12-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 19:14, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 18:25:19 +0100, R.S. wrote: ... For blank new installations - download (or order media) DVD images of Driver system and put it into DVD drive in HMC... Well... there is no longer DVD drive... However you can put DVD content

Re: Z15 zedc compression and CONNECT DIRECT, MFT compression

2020-12-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 18:52, Kenneth J. Kripke pisze: Hello; We have upgraded from a Z14 to Z15 processor, and, have experienced something curious regarding the SMF TYPE 30 section being generated for Connect Direct as well as Tibco's MFT 8.0 file transfer products. Both products are

Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?

2020-12-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 17:05, Farley, Peter x23353 pisze: OTOH, quantum computing (or its successor(s)) may change the paradigm entirely and moot any 64 vs 128 bit issues because qubits are so different from bits. Well... I remember stories about IPv6 addressing. It is much more capacious than

Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?

2020-12-09 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.12.2020 o 02:41, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 00:48:31 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: You needed an MVS driver system to install MVS/XA. Most customers already had an existing MVS/SP system, and didn't need to order the starter system. IPO and PSO were available later.

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-06 Thread R.S.
W dniu 04.12.2020 o 19:16, Tony Thigpen pisze: We have never been able to use the edit function unless we were directly on the HMC. Using it remotely via the web produces the same results you are seeing. I get around it by ftping the config to a small mini-ftp box then accessing the FTP box

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-06 Thread R.S.
Do you mean HMC (HMA) reboot or just physical machine reboot? According my understanding you can reboot HMC and it is independent from SE reboot since both are separate virtual objects (virtual machines). Of course reboot of physical machine affect all virtual objects/machines under. BTW: I

Re: Is ISGENQ a bit pricey?

2020-11-27 Thread R.S.
W dniu 27.11.2020 o 14:35, Peter Relson pisze: It seems reasonable that it would in a real sysplex. This question and the original post make it sound like the poster's system was not in a sysplex. The display showed that it is in a sysplex. Is that not a "real sysplex"? My understanding:

Re: IEA213A DUPLICATE VOLUME

2020-11-21 Thread R.S.
reen but there is marker sign "not this one", etc. etc. Ridiculous? Well, my colleague used diskettes in that way. No, instead of stickers he used pencil and coffee stains to identify. Was it working? NO! -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 22.11.2020 o 03:57, Paul Gilmartin pisze:

Re: IEA213A DUPLICATE VOLUME

2020-11-21 Thread R.S.
IMHO it was the same error as nowadays: bad naming. I didn't work with removable DASD, but I worked with physically removable, human-operated tapes. And it was administrator responsibility to have proper naming convention and unique volume serials. Exceptions in justified scenarios only. Of

Re: Any separate ListServer for HCD & HMC

2020-11-20 Thread R.S.
> Q: > is it non-disruptive or disruptive when massaging the Weight & number of > Processors if do as follows? In general it is non-disruptive. However big change, let's say from 75% to 5% can be very troublesome. - the Weight value: from HMC(2.14.1)>click on a CEC level>Operational

Re: QSAM VB update in place

2020-11-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.11.2020 o 18:01, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:47:58 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: However what If I would like to make the record size larger I might get a s0c4 possibly QSAM doesn't allow changing the record length and BSAM doesn't allow changing the block size

Re: Why does SDSF ST only show current JESPLEX jobs?

2020-11-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.11.2020 o 20:19, Farley, Peter x23353 pisze: A colleague asked me today if there was an error in SDSF because from his ISPF / SDSF DA screen he can see all active jobs with selected names (e.g., using PREFIX or a SELECT command) across the entire SYSPLEX. However, using his ISPF /

Re: Any separate ListServer for HCD & HMC

2020-11-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.11.2020 o 19:00, Steve Lee pisze: Hi, Is there a separate ListSever for the IO Configuration(and HMC tool included) as an example of RACF-L server? Or IBM-MAIN has been covered these items? This is proper list. What problems do you have? We will try to help. (proud author of HCD

Re: IEA213A DUPLICATE VOLUME

2020-11-20 Thread R.S.
W dniu 20.11.2020 o 03:08, Steve Lee pisze: Dear, These messages come out at the time of IPL in past few IPL cycle; IEA213A DUPLICATE VOLUME 'RP@C03' FOUND ON DEVICES 3404 AND 4802. IEA213A REPLY DEVICE NUMBER WHICH IS TO REMAIN OFFLINE IEA213A DUPLICATE VOLUME 'RP@C04' FOUND ON DEVICES 3405

Re: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job?

2020-11-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 22:13, David Spiegel pisze: Hi Radek, After I sent it, I realized that I addressed you incorrectly. Sorry. No problem at all. I just suspected there is some meaning of such sentence which I don't understand. Curiosity - that's all. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,

Re: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job?

2020-11-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 21:46, Wayne Bickerdike pisze: Charles, I like Bobby Herring's solution. We use similar commands combined with automation at one customer. AUTO is very, very easy to install. It uses a PDS with this syntax : @2230 At 2230, it does whatever is in the member with a day

Re: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job?

2020-11-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 21:48, David Spiegel pisze: Hi Skip, "... That means your job may contain DD * statements, etc.  ..." As of z/OS 1.13, Cataloged Procedures can have DD * Yes, I wanted to say that as well, but simply forgot. There are also new features in JCL since z/OS 2.1, which I didn't

Re: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job?

2020-11-19 Thread R.S.
W dniu 19.11.2020 o 00:00, Charles Mills pisze: Is there a JES2 command to submit a job from a PDS or PROCLIB, roughly analogous to TSO SUBMIT? I want to run a predefined job, unmodified, once a day. (No, I don't have a real scheduler.) I figured I could do something with $T A,I=86400,'command'

Re: Improve OMVS cp performance?

2020-11-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 17.11.2020 o 01:57, Wayne Bickerdike pisze: Atlas rang a bell and then I remembered it was used at the Rutherford labs in Chilton. I worked at AERE (Atomic Energy Research Establishment) which was next door. They were basically the same campus but AERE was secure and Rutherford wasn't.

Re: Finding JES2 node name

2020-11-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 17.11.2020 o 16:53, Tim Hare pisze: I have some code that follows a control block chain to the HCCT to get the JES2 node name, but that requires going to key zero (or so the source says, it's been years ). Is there a way to retrieve the JES2 node name in a program running in batch,

Re: Sequence or procedure of getting new dasd

2020-11-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 17.11.2020 o 05:15, Peter pisze: Hello, I am just trying to understand on how new pool of volume is created in DS8K box , then what values are shared from DS8K with zOS system programmer to the newly created LCU in IODF ? Does the newly added DASD UCB needs a POR or just soft activation

Re: Improve OMVS cp performance?

2020-11-16 Thread R.S.
As a old computer hobbyist I've collected (very) few pictures of TR 4. Wooden parts of cabinets, construction similar to contemporary 19" racks. Nice machine, part of IT history. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli

Re: Can a non-admin restrict others from viewing one of their own MVS data sets?

2020-11-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 12.11.2020 o 14:33, Seymour J Metz pisze: There's nothing special about TSO; HLQ=userid is handled the same way in batch, STC and TSO. Yes, that's correct. My mistake. Corrected version below. Few points: 1. In MVS world there is no concept of file ownership like in Unix. 2.

Re: Can a non-admin restrict others from viewing one of their own MVS data sets?

2020-11-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 06.11.2020 o 22:43, Frank Swarbrick pisze: In the Unix world one can use chmod (change mode) on their own files to make it so non-superusers cannot view a particular file. Is there anything similar for MVS data sets? Few points: 1. In MVS world there is no concept of file ownership

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-11 Thread R.S.
weak knowledge about ISPF and Edit. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 05.11.2020 o 16:44, Mike Schwab pisze: Step 1 I would put the default CLASS= in every job. Easier to change the default than add a new line. On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 6:09 AM R.S. wrote: Now we know more. Ma

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 05.11.2020 o 20:01, retired mainframer pisze: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2020 4:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2 Policies Joe, And I'm pretty sure no business department is interested

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-05 Thread R.S.
ehind it." Thats not your call to make. They are entitled to run their business how they see fit. Joe On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 5:53 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 04.11.2020 o 19:50, Lizette Koehler pisze: Can RACF see the account code and make a decision? Obviously not. RACF is also unable to see

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-05 Thread R.S.
n around a long time, and is very mature... Joe On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 8:20 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 04.11.2020 o 13:10, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, I've started looking into JES2 Policies. The current goal is to change a job's class or service class depending on certain values in the accounting informa

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 04.11.2020 o 19:50, Lizette Koehler pisze: Can RACF see the account code and make a decision? Obviously not. RACF is also unable to see submitters trousers, check how many days left to nearest holiday, etc. That is what (as I understand it) the initial requirement is. Yes, that

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-05 Thread R.S.
W dniu 04.11.2020 o 19:29, Lizette Koehler pisze: [...] I worked in a shop with over 500 exits in JES2/zOS/Vtam etc... Each upgrade took longer to do - basically do to validation of the code. One upgrade we decided to reduce that down and let the system perform its own functions. Went

Re: VUE - how to find it?

2020-11-04 Thread R.S.
. Luckily its easy to find IBM announcement letters On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 3:05 AM R.S. wrote: This is about IBM software licensing. For OTC there are VUE - Value Unit Exhibits. There some non-linear relationship between MSU and VUE number, but there are several VUE's and the same machine have 300

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-04 Thread R.S.
es. So, if they code a CLASS=X, but the account info says that they dont have access to CLASS=X, then dump the job. OP: This has been around a long time, and is very mature... Joe On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 8:20 AM R.S. wrote: W dniu 04.11.2020 o 13:10, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, I've started lookin

Re: JES2 Policies

2020-11-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 04.11.2020 o 13:10, Gadi Ben-Avi pisze: Hi, I've started looking into JES2 Policies. The current goal is to change a job's class or service class depending on certain values in the accounting information. >From reading the manual, it seems that this is possible. Has anyone done

Re: VUE - how to find it?

2020-11-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 03.11.2020 o 20:36, Roger Lowe pisze: On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 19:44:52 +0100, R.S. wrote: Yes, I know this tool, I have it on my PC desktop, this is good for MSU->VUE calculations, but it say nothing about which VUE is assigned to given product. Note: I'm focusing about MSU-

Re: VUE - how to find it?

2020-11-03 Thread R.S.
BM Z mainframes. www.ibm.com Regards Parwez Hamid​ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of R.S. Sent: 03 November 2020 16:05 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: VUE - how to find it? This is about IBM software licensing. For OTC there are VUE - Valu

Re: VUE - how to find it?

2020-11-03 Thread R.S.
, but at our site db2 CICS and MQ all had VUE options Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 11:05 AM

VUE - how to find it?

2020-11-03 Thread R.S.
This is about IBM software licensing. For OTC there are VUE - Value Unit Exhibits. There some non-linear relationship between MSU and VUE number, but there are several VUE's and the same machine have 300 VUE007, but 350 VUE008, etc. (Number are examples only). Now it time for the question:

Re: VSAM-RLS and DFSMStvs basic questions

2020-11-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 31.10.2020 o 00:40, Joe Monk pisze: Radoslaw, He is asking about shareoption (4 x) not (x 4) aka cross-region sharing, not cross-system sharing. In VSE, Shareoption(4) allows vsam file sharing among partitions (similar to a z/os address space). VSE manages that automatically, for the

Re: VSAM-RLS and DFSMStvs basic questions

2020-10-30 Thread R.S.
W dniu 30.10.2020 o 23:51, Tony Thigpen pisze: All, I have a z/VSE client that believes it is time to move to z/OS. But, they have one big concern. They have a lot of ShareOption=4 VSAM files. For those that don't know it, ShareOption=4 files on z/VSE "work out of the box" without any need

Re: Generic name for PDS/PDSE

2020-10-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 28.10.2020 o 18:25, Jesse 1 Robinson pisze: Radoslaw, I would be happy to have you as my teacher. You are very kind, thank you. In fact I really love teaching. IMHO this is crucial - when you do what you like, usually you do it well. I was teaching maths, physics, chemistry, and

Re: How best to copy all UNIX files one z/OS to another

2020-10-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 28.10.2020 o 17:52, Charles Mills pisze: I have two z/OS systems joined by a real fast TCP connection. (They're actually two guests on the same VM, but seeing as how I have relatively little knowledge or authority on the VM side of things it may be simpler to just think of them as two

Re: Generic name for PDS/PDSE

2020-10-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 28.10.2020 o 18:00, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:09:27 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Load module or program object should be easy: executable, or binary executable. Does this include "executable" residing in a UNIX directory? Must this be further clarified, perhaps to

Re: Generic name for PDS/PDSE

2020-10-28 Thread R.S.
Executable - that could mean REXX or CLIST. In fact people usually say: load module - nevermind what is proper name of member/program in PDSE binary - could be ambiguous binary program - better a little EXE files/members - just analogy to PC-DOS or Windows world compiled program - one could

Re: Generic name for PDS/PDSE

2020-10-28 Thread R.S.
W dniu 27.10.2020 o 22:17, Frank Swarbrick pisze: Is there a standard "generic" name for PDS/PDSE? Is it "PDS(E)"? Or maybe something like "MVS library" or "MVS dataset library"? Just wondering. Unfortunately no. There are some names, but no "the only standard". Some names in use: PDS -

Re: Syncsort to DFSORT - my time has come.

2020-10-27 Thread R.S.
W dniu 27.10.2020 o 18:16, Gibney, Dave pisze: A fairly quick question. Are there sample ICEPRMxx members provided by IBM for tailoring DFSORT? I don't find any in SICESAMP. Yesterday, in my sandbox, I IPL'd with SICELPA, SORTLPA, SICELINK, SORTLIB ahead of the SYNCSORT libraries and not

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-26 Thread R.S.
W dniu 26.10.2020 o 18:14, Charles Mills pisze: No. The OP did not specify TSO (or any other subsystem). The OP wrote "I would like to fetch a user's logon history like when he was logged with all time intervals." I have no time to check it, so I may be wrong, but I believe every logon cut

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-26 Thread R.S.
Yes, obviously! But ...no. To explain: there is an option in RACF, called GRPLIST. Vast majority of installations use GRPLIST, but few use NOGRPLIST. 1. YES For NOGRPLIST you may belong to meny group, but only one connection at the time is "active"  - that means you logon as Frank, FRANK1

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-26 Thread R.S.
ocumentation-reading. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMF to capture user login history The answer is IRRADU00 report - stand

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

2020-10-26 Thread R.S.
W dniu 25.10.2020 o 14:44, Peter Relson pisze: BTW2: I even experienced F37 abend in the past. It was related to huge (at the time) Jaguar J1A tapes and good compression and ...problems in RMM. AFAIK I put over 6TB (terabytes) of uncompressed data on 300GB cart. Interesting. That completion

Re: SMF to capture user login history

2020-10-25 Thread R.S.
The answer is IRRADU00 report - standard (free) RACF tool. Then you can write yoour own report. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland == Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym

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