Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-22 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 3/17/2014 2:05 PM, R.S. wrote: Local terminals do not need VTAM, if you're willing to do the work to mimic normal SNA packets with EXCP (or variant). While it's not for the faint-hearted, it can be done. Doing the same for remotes would additionally require changes to your front-end, and is

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-22 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 3/17/2014 6:38 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: For local non-SNA you don't even need to do that. In fact, I wan't aware that you had written EXCP-based code for local SNA clusters; I thought that it was strictly non-SNA. At one point one of my employers planned to convert everything to

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 53270ed5.6080...@charter.net, on 03/17/2014 at 11:03 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerha...@charter.net said: Local terminals do not need VTAM, if you're willing to do the work to mimic normal SNA packets with EXCP For local non-SNA you don't even need to do that. In fact, I wan't aware that

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-18 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 532707fc.9000...@bremultibank.com.pl, on 03/17/2014 at 03:34 PM, R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl said: SNA terminal is network terminal Not even close; a network terminal need not be SNA. Each local terminal is defined in IODF as device, Also wrong; a local non-SNA terminal is

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-18 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
/IBM_Systems_Network_Architecture_Protocols I would periodically bug him about coming over and working on real networking. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#50 Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? and i just got thru pointing out that the communication group did everything possible to make sure

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
I used TSO all my life without TN3270, until 2 years ago. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:56 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Staller, Allan
VTAM is the pre-req, not TN3270. It depends on the method of *TERMINAL* attachment. If via VTAM, TN3270 is not needed for anything/ TN3270 is merely TCPIP on one side and SNA on the other... HTH, snip We are running z/os 1.11 and had a strange issue on one of our systems today . Our shop

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-03-17 09:24, Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM pisze: I used TSO all my life without TN3270, until 2 years ago. 1. Before z/OS 1.9 (AFAIR) separate started task for TN3270 was optional. So it was enough to start TCPIP. Of course non-IP connections still work without TN3270 and without

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? W dniu 2014-03-17 09:24, Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM pisze: I used TSO all my life without TN3270, until 2 years ago. 1. Before z/OS 1.9 (AFAIR) separate started task for TN3270 was optional. So it was enough

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:12:05 +, Staller, Allan wrote: VTAM is the pre-req, not TN3270. It depends on the method of *TERMINAL* attachment. If via VTAM, TN3270 is not needed for anything/ TN3270 is merely TCPIP on one side and SNA on the other... VTAM? SNA? I don't know the distinction.

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread John McKown
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.comwrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:12:05 +, Staller, Allan wrote: VTAM is the pre-req, not TN3270. It depends on the method of *TERMINAL* attachment. If via VTAM, TN3270 is not needed for anything/ TN3270 is merely TCPIP

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CALt2WMYeFwyiquHBT4W4Ge_9NgyzS5a_YuFEbsY5Ro-=p7f...@mail.gmail.com, on 03/16/2014 at 08:29 AM, baby eklavya baby.ekla...@gmail.com said: I always thought that TN3270 was pre-requisite for anybody to logon via TSO Why? The TN3270 server is only relevant to someone using the TN3270 protocol.

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In CAAJSdjhYGYLdfmP94DHw2SQuCUTYDG9devhC+qh=S=dyey7...@mail.gmail.com, on 03/15/2014 at 11:17 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said: Last, and least, would be if you actually have a local non-SNA 3270 Local SNA will work just as well for TSO and SMCS consoles. -- Shmuel

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-03-17 15:19, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:12:05 +, Staller, Allan wrote: VTAM is the pre-req, not TN3270. It depends on the method of *TERMINAL* attachment. If via VTAM, TN3270 is not needed for anything/ TN3270 is merely TCPIP on one side and SNA on the

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Staller, Allan
Rephrasing: TN3270 is merely TCPIP on one side and VTAM/SNA on the other... TN3270 receives TCPIP requests on one side and translates to VTAM/SNA on the other. (BTW, VTAM also supports BISYNC). Other points: Once you have the READY prompt you *ARE* logged on to TSO. TELNET (dnsname or

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread John McKown
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: In CAAJSdjhYGYLdfmP94DHw2SQuCUTYDG9devhC+qh=S=dyey7...@mail.gmail.com, on 03/15/2014 at 11:17 PM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com said: Last, and least, would be if you actually have a

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
in terminology misunderstandings. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 15:36 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? Rephrasing

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ce3ffbb7e42033469ef752a1d8a19ba10759f...@kl1221tc.cs.ad.klmcorp.net, on 03/17/2014 at 02:39 PM, Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM kees.verno...@klm.com said: 1. that's what I meant: you only need tn3270 if you want to do TSO from IP devices. And 2 years ago, someone decided that I needed that.

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 3/17/2014 10:34 AM, R.S. wrote: Both network and local terminal won't work without VTAM. Also IP-attached terminals do require VTAM. Local terminals do not need VTAM, if you're willing to do the work to mimic normal SNA packets with EXCP (or variant). While it's not for the faint-hearted,

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
paulgboul...@aim.com (Paul Gilmartin) writes: VTAM? SNA? I don't know the distinction. ... as an aside ... other divisions used to try and build SNA devices to the SNA protocol specs ... and they wouldn't work with VTAM ... it turns out that the only real definition for SNA is what VTAM would

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
/~lynn/2014d.html#50 Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? aka the mainframe started out batch/job centric ... while the various open, online systems started out being people centric the early mainframe monitors (like cics) attempted to implement person centric paradigm layer ... attempting

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#50 Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#51 Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ? oops, left out The Evolution of CICS: CICS and Multiprocessor Exploitation (2004) http://web.archive.org/web

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-03-17, at 08:44, Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM wrote: The big difference to notice is: You logon to a *nix system via Telnet or so. The *nix argot is login, not logon. I wonder if that arises from the difference you note? You don't logon to a mainframe. You logon to an application

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-17 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-03-17 16:03, Gerhard Postpischil pisze: On 3/17/2014 10:34 AM, R.S. wrote: Both network and local terminal won't work without VTAM. Also IP-attached terminals do require VTAM. Local terminals do not need VTAM, if you're willing to do the work to mimic normal SNA packets with EXCP

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-16 Thread baby eklavya
Well, it is a bit at 23:00 locally and I am turning in. Hope I was of at least some help. John , Thank you very much ...that's very kind of you and You've always been a tremendous help to everyone in this list ! I was not having an idea on how this worked , and now i feel clear can do more

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-16 Thread R.S.
Answering to the subject question: yes. How? Some examples: - You connect via SNA - You connect via OSA-ICC, local (channel attached) 3174, or 2074, or VISARA or other controller. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione

Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-15 Thread baby eklavya
Hello all , We are running z/os 1.11 and had a strange issue on one of our systems today . Our shop is a sysplex of 4 LPARS . Today after IPL , In one of the LPARS which came up last , TCPIP started fine ,but OPSMVS didn't mark it up and several other dependent tasks were waiting . The

Re: Can we logon to TSO witout having TN3270 up ?

2014-03-15 Thread John McKown
Sounds weird to me. Have you tried simply starting TN3270 by hand? E.g. enter S TN3270 (or whatever you call if it not TN3270) on a z/OS operator console. If you don't have any operator consoles, perhaps you could use the HMC operating system messages function. I use it all the time to IPL from