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2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
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Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-25 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
I have a REXX which builds a member list and uses EXECIO to write each member preceded by a ./ADD card for IEBUPDTE. After the flat file is edited, simply use IEBUPDTE to add the members back to the PDS using the flat file as input. I can post the source or email it to the OP. On 7/24/07,

DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
Hi, I would like to allocate memory in Common Data Space with DSPSERV Macro and my requirement is that Data Space survive my Address Space Termination. That means it remains allocatad after my AS ends and other Address Spaces or an Exit-Routine can access it. One of my trial was, to allocate

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Rob Scott
Gabor There are various tricks you can use to do this - and most of them involve squirreling something away in one of the always there system address spaces without them knowing about it. But - why does your address space have to end? In my opinion, it would be much safer (and easier) to have

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:08:49 +0200 Gabor Hoffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :My program (EventMonitor, EM) installs an ExitModul under IEFU83 and IEFU84 :Exit. The Code and Buffer (for SMF-Records that are collectet with Exit) are :in ECSA. Exit and EM communicates with ECB and exchange data over

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
Rob, My program (EventMonitor, EM) installs an ExitModul under IEFU83 and IEFU84 Exit. The Code and Buffer (for SMF-Records that are collectet with Exit) are in ECSA. Exit and EM communicates with ECB and exchange data over ECSA. There are 2 request on this architecture: 1. Able to end

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
As a mentioned I'm not expert in SRBs and I'm learning MVS system programming. I'v looked for SRBs in books. If i understand it correct, i can let an Address Space to run a code in my Address Space. Is it ok? Gabor ps: i did'nt ask you to code it for me. I already told you - look up SRBs.

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Rob Scott
Gabor One way to do it is schedule an SRB into *MASTER* and that SRB performs the DSPSERV CREATE with TTOKEN. However, I would still advise against this for the following reasons : (1) There is a simpler and safer solution. (2) It is very likely that at some point you will cause problems in

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:44:19 +0200 Gabor Hoffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :As a mentioned I'm not expert in SRBs and I'm learning MVS system :programming. I'v looked for SRBs in books. If i understand it correct, i can :let an Address Space to run a code in my Address Space. Is it ok? True. But

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
Rob, Separate ASID looks for me also safer and probably I'll choose this method, but I have to say SRB in *MASTER* sounds prettier. (4) The fact that you have to ask the question hints that you may not be ready to take on the task (apologies if that sounds rude). Not to apologies, I know I

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread R.S.
Patrick O'Keefe wrote: [...] I've noticed that some recent IBM manuals (maybe only Tivoli manuals, but still IBM) no longer include the RCF or any electronic equivalent. Is there an IBM-wide RCF (where F now stands for function) that can be used for those manuals not providing their own? If

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Gabor Hoffer
True. But much more. It allows any address space to schedule work to be run in a different address space. Thanks. I'll try it, but not with *MASTER*. ;-) There is a good example in book Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces Gabor

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Rob Scott
By the way, I applaud your decision to convert ECSA usage to a CADS - that is a sensible solution. Remember to maintain the usage of the blocks in the CADS - have some sort of high water mark or max size that the installation can tailor - otherwise if your main server address space is down for

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Relson
OK, I'll bite. Why do you need to determine? If you have any reason to think that the page is protected (presumably because you did it or might have done it), then you can just unprotect it. A page does not need to be protected in order to successfully unprotect. Note that protection is not a

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Relson
You're off the hook, and if you've yet taken no action, it would be interesting to let it run its course and see whether Tech Pubs agrees with us. The way our ID process seems to work today (at least in Poughkeepsie), if someone suggests a change, the book owner contacts the technical owner to see

Console named *DICNsysclone.

2007-07-25 Thread Barbara Nitz
Can anyone enlighten me what this (EMCS) console is for? It probably appears with z/OS 1.7 and up; we get it under 1.8 as the only console messages are routed to that under 1.6 get broadcast to all active consoles in the sysplex. This console was opened from CONSOLE address space, has no key,

Re: Console named *DICNsysclone.

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Shannon
Interesting. We have them too. I have no clue as to what they are. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Wright
Peter Relson wrote on 2007-07-25 07:39:42: snip Ugghh. The z/OS MVS books (i.e., the ones I am involved with) all have a page at the end Readers' Comments -- We'd Like to Hear from You. I'm not sure why there is no electronic mechanism. I'll inquire. But that is not consistent across the

Re: Tools for Validating COBOL Source

2007-07-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples The oft-mentioned IBM WebSphere Developer for System z (WDz) performs excellent COBOL syntax validation on your PC. http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/devzseries/ You can see some recorded

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Robert Wright
I wrote on 2007-07-25 08:19:01: I found the following in the front matter of several books from the z/OS MVS bookshelf: -- IBM welcomes your comments. A form for readers’ comments may be provided at the back of this document, or you may address your comments to the following

CA-DISK

2007-07-25 Thread Dean Montevago
Hi, Are there any other OEM products that preform similar functions as CA-Disk ? TIA Dean Dean Montevago Sr. Systems Specialist Visiting Nurse Service of New York (212) 609 - 5596 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: CA-DISK

2007-07-25 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
Are there any other OEM products that preform similar functions as CA-Disk ? Innovation's FDR product(s). Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: CA-DISK

2007-07-25 Thread Itschak Mugzach
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Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Phil Kingston
Bill, An easy way Could you not place the CLIST in a read only dataset, and check the userid within the CLIST against a pre-defined table defined within the code? Or a more involved way... you could write a quick assembler program, executed from the clist, which could check a pre-built RACF

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007 Today I was at another doctors office waiting for my appointment and was surprised

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:10:56 +0100 Phil Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :An easy way Could you not place the CLIST in a read only dataset, :and check the userid within the CLIST against a pre-defined table :defined within the code? :Or a more involved way... you could write a quick

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Paul D'Angelo
Gabor Wouldnt this design be much cleaner by starting a second address space whose sole purpose is to own the dataspace ? Basically it would contain all the Data Space Code to initialize/create and destroy the dataspace and a Console Routine to stop this Address space. Granted not as

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread J R
Unfortunately, read only access doesn't prevent someone from copying the CLIST and removing any userid checks from it, whether they be a pre-defined table or a called RACF interface. How would the dataset open exit be invoked? From: Phil Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Lizette Koehler
Under RACF I have placed a CLIST in a secured data set and had RACF set to EXEC rather than READ on the data set. Seemed to work and it did not impact the usage of the CLIST. Lizette Unfortunately, read only access doesn't prevent someone from copying the CLIST and removing any userid

Re: RCFs (was Valid hexadecimal (was: EBCDIC to HEX translation in Assembler?))

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:39:42 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: I've also been informed that, to my dismay, no updates will happen to any old books ever. Updates will be made only in the forthcoming R9 books. For the matter that started this thread, that FIN-analogue is sufficient. Of course, if the

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS

2007-07-25 Thread Earnie Allen
We have PDSMAN in-shop, but I do not believe I can use it for this particular change because not only is the ACCT info different in most cases, but also because there does not now exist any standard ACCT field info to key on and do the replace. Thus the need for the project ... not only complete

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Ed Gould
All I can say is that in a full page spread is: Did you know that Xephon is now a division of z/Journal? and the rest of the page is verbage --signed Bob Thomas--- On Jul 25, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Thompson, Steve wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM

AW: Console named *DICNsysclone.

2007-07-25 Thread Faber, Hermann
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Bob Shannon Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juli 2007 14:08 An: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: Console named *DICNsysclone. Interesting. We have them too. I have no clue as to what they are.

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul D'Angelo Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DSPSERV Gabor Wouldnt this design be much cleaner by starting a second address space

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Chuck Arney
Perhaps you are thinking of the Bob Thomas that works for IBM. However, the publisher of z/Journal is a different Bob Thomas and he does not work for IBM. Chuck Arney illustro Systems International, LLC http://www.illustro.com Access 3270 data from anywhere with z/XML-Host Access 3270 apps from

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:09:42 -0600 Jeffrey D. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : -Original Message- : From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On : Behalf Of Paul D'Angelo : Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:15 AM : To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU : Subject: Re: DSPSERV :

Re: Tools for Validating COBOL Source

2007-07-25 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
-Original Message- From: Timothy Sipples [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Tools for Validating COBOL Source The oft-mentioned IBM WebSphere Developer for System z (WDz) performs excellent COBOL syntax validation

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Shannon
All I can say is that in a full page spread is: Did you know that Xephon is now a division of z/Journal? and the rest of the page is verbage That's fine, but IBM Corporation does not publish zJournal. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: KEY8 CSA: Pro/JCL and Info/XE

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:26:16 -0400, Bob Rutledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the first part, IP VERBX VSMDATA 'GLOBal SUMMary' followed by F '/ 8' might be easier to deal with. Bob Perhaps it is a little more readable. I still liked doing a find on KEY 8 better because using '/ 8' you

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread John Eells
Thompson, Steve wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007 Today I was at another doctors office waiting for my

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Wayne Driscoll
But what was purpose of this? Was there a security exposure identified? If so, what was it? Or was it a case of well, it's always been done this way. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Mailing lists / online forums for IBM mainframers

2007-07-25 Thread Eric Loriaux
Mailing lists / online forums for IBM mainframers Hi All ! Note : I don’t know whether you people will see my message as appropriate but there’s no better place I know to discuss this issue. It doesn’t matter whether you’re angry against me or happy with this but please contact me directly or

Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Chris Steffens
Does anyone know of a slick (accurate) way to compare two files which reside on two seperate tapes? Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:18:03 -0500 Chris Steffens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Does anyone know of a slick (accurate) way to compare two files which reside :on two seperate tapes? Simple equal/not equal? IEBCOMPR. More complex? ISPF source compare can run batch. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Jacobs
Wouldn't IEBCOMPR work? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Steffens Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Compare two disk files Does anyone know of a slick (accurate) way to compare two

SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark H. Young
We just IPL'd our sand box with z/OS 1.7 and are muddling thru. One thing I've noticed though, is in SDSF from the: HQX7720 - SDSF PRIMARY OPTION MENU -- At the bottom of the screen, we have: COMMAND INPUT ===

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Howard Brazee
On 25 Jul 2007 08:22:06 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Binyamin Dissen) wrote: :Does anyone know of a slick (accurate) way to compare two files which reside :on two seperate tapes? Simple equal/not equal? IEBCOMPR. More complex? ISPF source compare can run batch. More complex comparisons can be

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Earnie Allen
Mark ... that ISPF quirk ... If you have a ISPF Primary Option of '0', you should be able to correct that. 0 Settings Terminal and user parameters Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Steely
From the SDSF command line type in SETTINGS. Then remove the / from the command line at bottom. Thank You -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark H. Young Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Steely
Trust me ...that's how I took care of that problem here. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earnie Allen Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk Mark ... that ISPF quirk

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Rob Scott wrote: By the way, I applaud your decision to convert ECSA usage to a CADS - that is a sensible solution. Personally, I don't like SCOPE=COMMON data spaces (CADS). Exceeding MAXCAD requires an IPL. (The default is 50.) And, don't forget the maximum number of entries in a

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:41 -0600 Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On 25 Jul 2007 08:22:06 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Binyamin Dissen) :wrote: ::Does anyone know of a slick (accurate) way to compare two files which reside ::on two seperate tapes? :Simple equal/not equal? IEBCOMPR.

SYSVIEW 11.5

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Steely
I know this is a long shot, but I need some help and not a lot of time. We use SYSVIEW to cut CICS records. Sysview 11,5 was installed and we noticed 3 month later that the reports that we generate to record transaction count, response time, and number of transactions stopped working. This is when

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Eells [ snip ] So while you can complain to us about nearly anything (smile), . . . My boomerang won't come back. :-D -jc- -- For

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Rob Scott
Ed I thought that a CADS approach to intercepting SMF records was appropriate - like you I would not recommend a blanket replacement of ECSA with CADS. Using CADS as a intercept record buffer from IEFU8x has a fairly short path-length and is a safe method of performing this specific task -

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:39:03 -0400, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under RACF I have placed a CLIST in a secured data set and had RACF set to EXEC rather than READ on the data set. Seemed to work and it did not impact the usage of the CLIST. I can believe that would work for a data

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Scott Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DSPSERV Ed I thought that a CADS approach to intercepting SMF records was appropriate -

Re: Z/Journal issue June/July 2007

2007-07-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip- My boomerang won't come back. :-D -unsnip How's that wad of gum on the bedpost, John? :-D -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Earnie Allen
For just such times as that (rare cases where for some reason the command line shows up other than where I expect) .. I have a couple of clists that I store in a system SYSPROC library. If my command line is at the BOTTOM and I want it on TOP ... (CMDLNTOP) PROC 0 SET ZPLACE = ASIS ISPEXEC VPUT

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip-- I can believe that would work for a data set in SYSPROC, but I believe it would not work for SYSEXEC. It still has the problem that Binyamin noted, though. You really need to protect access to the data or functions the CLIST performs, as otherwise

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip I'm likely insane, but I'd like to see some common storage like [E]CSA in the above the bar area. Simple SAM64 to switch to AMODE(64), store the data, then SAMxx to go back to 31 or 24 bit amode. -unsnip---

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:51:11 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:39:03 -0400, Lizette Koehler Under RACF I have placed a CLIST in a secured data set and had RACF set to EXEC rather than READ on the data set. Seemed to work and it did not impact the usage of the CLIST. I can believe

One Good Thing about IBMLink

2007-07-25 Thread Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I notice that lately (I believe this behavior is new), the E-mail updates that I receive of PMR updates have the Abstract appended to the Subject header. This is useful. I'll let others worry about whether they can access IBMLink to view the update. BTW, I notice that AST notifies me that

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark H. Young
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:33:53 -0400, Earnie Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark ... that ISPF quirk ... If you have a ISPF Primary Option of '0', you should be able to correct that. 0 Settings Terminal and user parameters Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark H. Young
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:33:49 -0500, Mark Steely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the SDSF command line type in SETTINGS. Then remove the / from the command line at bottom. Thank You YES, that worked just fine. I am a hater of bottom of the page command lines. So the *menu* from the toolbar

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark H. Young
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:38:33 -0400, Earnie Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For just such times as that (rare cases where for some reason the command line shows up other than where I expect) .. I have a couple of clists that I store in a system SYSPROC library. If my command line is at the BOTTOM

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Earnie Allen
Yeah.. noticed that ... later. We didn't experience that when we went to 1.7 .. or when going to 1.8 a couple of weeks or so ago. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software WORLDSPAN, LP Phone: 404-322-2799 FAX: 404-322-4653 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember: It takes

Re: Mailing lists / online forums for IBM mainframers

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Vitale
Eric, DB-L is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMESA-L has morphed into IBMVM at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU -mark -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Loriaux Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:30:44 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: There's just a tad bit of virtual storage up there to use. By default it is 510T. ;-) But for a vendor to use it, they must ensure a minimum OS level of z/OS 1.5. Since 1.6 EOS is September, developing something new that uses shared

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:56:00 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm likely insane, but I'd like to see some common storage like [E]CSA in the above the bar area. Simple SAM64 to switch to AMODE(64), store the data, then SAMxx to go back to 31 or 24 bit amode.

Re: SDSF z/OS 1.7 Quirk

2007-07-25 Thread Mark H. Young
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:36:04 -0400, Earnie Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah.. noticed that ... later. We didn't experience that when we went to 1.7 .. or when going to 1.8 a couple of weeks or so ago. Earnie Allen Senior Systems Programmer MVS Systems Software What I've got to figure out

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Reda, John
If you are a SyncSort 1.2 customer. There is a simple 2 step application that will create 3 files: additions, deletions and inserted records. If you would like further information on how to do this please contact me offline and I will send you a manual which demonstrates how to do this using the

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:56:00 -0500, McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm likely insane, but I'd like to see some common storage like [E]CSA in the above the bar area. Simple SAM64 to switch to AMODE(64), store the data, then SAMxx to go back to 31 or 24 bit amode. There's just a tad bit

Unable to display Extended characters (aka Spanish) in SDSF

2007-07-25 Thread Chauhan, Jasbir
Running z/OS 1.7 -- Ran a job that creates Letters in Spanish. These Letters do print in Spanish, when sent to a printer -- but when displayed in SDSF, the extended attributes are missing. Any ideas. Regards, Jasbir -- For

Re: Unable to display Extended characters (aka Spanish) in SDSF

2007-07-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chauhan, Jasbir Running z/OS 1.7 -- Ran a job that creates Letters in Spanish. These Letters do print in Spanish, when sent to a printer -- but when displayed in SDSF, the extended attributes are missing. Any

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 25, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Wayne Driscoll wrote: But what was purpose of this? Was there a security exposure identified? If so, what was it? Or was it a case of well, it's always been done this way. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my

Re: DSPSERV

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:51:32 -0500, Tom Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:30:44 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: There's just a tad bit of virtual storage up there to use. By default it is 510T. ;-) But for a vendor to use it, they must ensure a minimum OS level of z/OS 1.5.

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Schuster
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:27:15 -0400, Peter Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'll bite. Why do you need to determine? If you have any reason to think that the page is protected (presumably because you did it or might have done it), then you can just unprotect it. A page does not need to be

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-25 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:08:42 -0500 Paul Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:27:15 -0400, Peter Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : :OK, I'll bite. Why do you need to determine? : :If you have any reason to think that the page is protected (presumably :because you did it or

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Frank Yaeger
Binyamin Dissen wrote on 07/25/2007 08:41:30 AM: DFSORT can do a line compare, detecting inserts, reformats and deletes? You can use the SPLICE function of DFSORT's ICETOOL to do various types of matching. For some examples, see the Create files with matching and non-matching records Smart

PDS to SEQ and back to PDS.... Check the CBT Tape for LISTPDS

2007-07-25 Thread William Smith
A real oldie but goodie is the famous LISTPDS assembler program written by Gene Czarcinski of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the early 70s for the 360/95 when he was its system programmer. Bill Godfrey, my former office mate at PRC at Goddard back in the 70s, added some nice enhancements.

Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine

2007-07-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Is a page protected?--how to determine On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:08:42 -0500 Paul Schuster

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Phil Kingston
Then should you not protect ICKDSF itself? If your authorised to run it in batch, then why not through TSO. Protect ICKDSF from unauthorised users rather than execs? Phil. z/OS Systems Programming Consultant Website www.zostek.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Anthony Saul Babonas
DASDVOL profiles can help here.. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Secure clist On Jul 25, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Wayne Driscoll

Re: Unable to display Extended characters (aka Spanish) in SDSF

2007-07-25 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chauhan, Jasbir John, Are you suggesting there is a separate code page for SDSF and ISPF. I'm using ISPF as an example here because the raw data (pds)does show extended attributes when browsed. Though I am by no

Re: PDS to SEQ and back to PDS.... Check the CBT Tape for LISTPDS

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:28:35 -0500, John P Kalinich wrote: The OFFLOAD subcommand offloads members of a PDS to a member of a PDS or a sequential data set. An IEBUPDTE ./ ADD NAME= control statement is added before each output member and ISPF statistics are included for use by the PDSLOAD program

Re: Compare two disk files

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:27:27 +0100, Terry Sambrooks wrote: Historically IEBCOMPR gave up if there were 10 consecutive errors, and I believe it still does. What's an error? SYNAD entered? I'd give up on one of those. -- gil

Re: Secure clist

2007-07-25 Thread Anthony Saul Babonas
ummm, so what if someone copies it into their own clist lib, modifies the id check code, then runs it? Been there..had to be there actually. we had an oldie where the original developer went off to other pursuits. my id was not authorized..45 seconds later it was. locks are meant to

Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Gary Green
Interview about why everyone should migrate away from the mainframe. http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid80_gci1265623,00.html?track=NL-576ad=598271asrc=EM_NLT_1860635uid=1900046 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Chase, John
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Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Gary Green
While I appreciate everyone's appreciation, I like John's analogy best. :) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 2:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject:

Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Jeffrey D. Smith
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says -Original Message- From: IBM

Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Phil Smith III
http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid80_gci1265623,00.html?track=NL-576ad=598271asrc=EM_NLT_1860635uid=5437138 I'm just the messenger, put down the gun... ...phsiii -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: SYSVIEW 11.5

2007-07-25 Thread Scott Barry
Hello, I am curious if you are using the SYSVIEW-generated SMF 110 (CMF-like subtype 1, transaction and dictionary information) records, or are you using the native SYSVIEW CICS data for reporting? And are you generating these transaction reports directly from SYSVIEW or from another

Re: Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard?

2007-07-25 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 16:39 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: No, they're releasing a threading library (which I doubt will be of much value to us here). Why not? GCC under z/Linux + TBB should work I yield! (I generally wear my z/OS hat when I'm perusing ibm-main and my Linux hat when

Re: SYSVIEW 11.5

2007-07-25 Thread Gerhard Adam
Mark: Contact me off-line for more specifics and I'll see what I can do to help. Adam - Original Message - From: Mark Steely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:46 AM Subject: SYSVIEW 11.5 I know this is a

Re: Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard?

2007-07-25 Thread David Andrews
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 16:15 -0400, Warner Mach wrote: Intel is going to open-source a C++ compiler for parallel Processing No, they're releasing a threading library (which I doubt will be of much value to us here). -- David Andrews A. Duda and Sons, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says

2007-07-25 Thread Campbell Jay
Cessna will be welding 26,000 Cessna 180's together in an effort to compete with the military's C-5 cargo jets... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the

Re: sysprog demand

2007-07-25 Thread Stephen Mednick
I don't know where you are situated at the moment but there always seems to be a demand in some of the Asia/Pacific areas, Singapore, Hong Kong etc. Maybe you should learn Chinese. Stephen Mednick Computer Supervisory Services Sydney, Australia -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

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