Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Giliad Wilf
On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:18:51 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > >There was a post to ibm-main by Allan Kielstra of IBM compiler development (I >think) on May 10, 2017 (How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute >loaded?) that discusses how the writable static area (WSA) is used in COBOL

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

2017-08-11 Thread Brian Westerman
I agree, but it's important to note that there are far more similarities than differences. Most of the differences you see between country sites are the same thing you would see different between two sites within the USA. You can have a site in Arizona (which doesn't do daylight savings) and

Re: Testing zOS 2.3 ?

2017-08-11 Thread Brian Westerman
If you have specific problems with z/OS 2.2 that you know about and they are not addressed in the existing docs on 2.3, then it's likely not addressed in the first GA of 2.3. I am aware of several problems, but only because I opened them recently on 2.2, and I know they have not been addressed

Re: Any SMF statistics available for LOAD of a program?

2017-08-11 Thread Peter Relson
>Is that feature going to be (or has been?) back-ported to V2.1? No. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Peter Relson
when I said "nowhere known to IEWBLODI for the deferred classes to be loaded from", I was thinking that IEWBLODI takes input from , and builds an executable in storage. Tony, I think of it that the binder has everything, just as it would when saving the executable to a data set. The deferred s

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

2017-08-11 Thread Gabe Goldberg
I didn't have an answer in mind for the question. If the only differences are obvious ones between countries, I'll profile the different uses of mainframes you mention, since sometimes non-US installations don't get much US visibility. But if there ARE country- or region-based variations (staff

Failed or Quiesced XCF groups/members

2017-08-11 Thread Leonardo Vaz
Hello list! I was reviewing our XCF groups and I noticed a few members that have been quiesced or failed a long time ago (up to 10 years ago). Question: We are not really getting close the NAME(GROUP) limit of our sysplex CDS dataset, but how do you get rid of those garbage groups? I couldn't f

Re: DFHSM QUESTION - PROBLEM SOLVED.

2017-08-11 Thread willie bunter
Just to let you all know I finally was able to delete the records. I was barking up the wrong tree. I was concentrating on the 'B" instead of the "C" records. I dd a FIXCDS C HSMBACK.BACK.T592617.DB2.ARCHLOG2.I8257 DELETE That did the trick. Thanks to all who responded and helped out with the

ADRDSSU and ADR321E

2017-08-11 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
Does anyone have code for overriding the RC=8 from ADR321E and setting it to RC=4? I think this involves UIM23. FIRST TENNESSEE Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended re

Re: ADRDSSU and ADR321E

2017-08-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
It could help to see the whole message But according to the message The requested data set is not on the volume. The system might also issue this message for a data set that is being migrated when DFSMSdss tries to process the data set. So you want this case you want to set an RC4 rather than an

Re: ADRDSSU and ADR321E

2017-08-11 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
Yes, we have FDR and have some multi-volume data sets that get migrated. Due to the way FDR works, not all pieces of a data set may get migrated. Therefore, when ADRDSSU (we have plans to convert from ADRDSSU to FDRABR DUMP TYPE=APPL, but not right now) selects one of these data sets we get th

IBM TS7720 Secure Data Erase

2017-08-11 Thread Tom Sims
One of my clients is retiring an old TS7720 and wants to guarantee the residual data is completely erased before it leaves the premises. Can someone out there tell me if the "Secure Data Erase" feature works with internal hard drives as the physical media, as well as with take cartridges? Th

Re: IBM TS7720 Secure Data Erase

2017-08-11 Thread Roach, Dennis
Check with your vendor or CE. Most vendors have the ability for the CE to do a secure erase that meets most requirements. I had to excess a virtual tape system that did not support the erase. We wound up pulling the drives and send them to be shredded. Dennis Roach, CISSP AIG Identity & Access

Re: ADRDSSU and ADR321E

2017-08-11 Thread Gibney, Dave
Well, the copy you are attempting will certainly be broken and useless. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of PINION, RICHARD W. > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 10:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: ADR

Re: ADRDSSU and ADR321E

2017-08-11 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
As it stands now, the error message is issued and the data set is bypassed. I would like to bypass the data set also, but give a RC=4. I want to treat it like the entire thing has been migrated. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On

Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Holst, Jeffrey A
A year or two ago I attended a webinar that was discussing (selling) a product that would scrub sensitive information (generally PII) from dumps (SVC dumps, SYSMDUMPs and the like) prior to sending these to a software vendor. I told my management about it, and there was no interest, so I didn't

cross posted VM and VSE - EMC DLM issue ?

2017-08-11 Thread August Carideo/RYE/US
I have been trying to figure out where this intervention is coming from It does not seem to impact the job running Any ideas ? Thanks, Augie VM q 1a40 A tape 1A40 intervention required. TAPE 1A40 ATTACHED TO MXVSEAUD 0A71 R/W Ready; T=0.01/0.01 14:46:55 q 1940 A tape 1940 intervention required.

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Skeldum, William
There was a patent filed by IBM on Locating and altering sensitive information in core dumps. http://www.google.com.pg/patents/US20080126301 Bill Skeldum -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Holst, Jeffrey A Sent: Friday,

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

2017-08-11 Thread David Boyes
That Brazilian mainframe shop was the poster child for the zBX and the Cell blade. I don’t think it’s very active at this point – at least IBM hasn’t talked about it for years. FWIW, the one comment I’d contribute is the decline of NLS language messages and documentation. In most cases, English

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Jim Mulder
I found the patent filing to be an amusing read, at least with respect to the z/OS specific stuff. There is no SS type of dump record. And if you wanted to process a dump, you certainly wouldn't do it by reading the raw dump records (as that wouldn't work very well for data which crosses a

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Thomas Loges
Here is a link to the description of a product for log and dump anonymization called SF-SafeDump: http://www.fedtke.com/exchange/SF_SafeDump_for_zos.pdf Thomas Loges ITERGO Germany Am 11.08.2017 um 22:08 schrieb Holst, Jeffrey A: > A year or two ago I attended a webinar that was discussing (sell

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Jim Mulder
To correct myself, there is a type SS record. I almost never see them. There are also type A, SC, SD, and SC records which could contain sensitive data. Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie NY > I found the patent filing to be an amusing read, at

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Tony Harminc
On 11 August 2017 at 16:23, Skeldum, William wrote: > There was a patent filed by IBM on Locating and altering sensitive > information in core dumps. > http://www.google.com.pg/patents/US20080126301 Whatever its technical merits, that IBM patent is remarkable in that at least six of the seven in

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Tom Ross
>On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:18:51 +, Frank Swarbrick .COM> wrote: > >>There was a post to ibm-main by Allan Kielstra of IBM compiler development= > (I think) on May 10, 2017 (How are Program Object sections with Defer attr= >ibute loaded?) that discusses how the writable static area (WSA) is used in

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Well that explains why its not documented! Sorry for discussing your secret features. :) I am curious about the 'C' way being using the WSA. Does this mean a C DLL has all static variables allocated at the time the DLL is loaded? And is this a "non-issue", in contrast to COBOL, because C pr

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Allan Kielstra
Yes a C DLL does have all static variables allocated and initialized when a DLL is loaded. This is usually fine. However suppose you had a few thousand independent programs that you linked into a DLL simply for packaging purposes. And suppose that each program had a lot of static storage asso

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Sounds like someone ought to fix that! ;) From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Allan Kielstra Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 5:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes Yes a C DLL does

Re: MSGIEW2678S Module contains one or more deferred classes

2017-08-11 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Frank Swarbrick wrote: Now imagine that the DLL gets loaded repeatedly and in each case only one of the programs it contains is actually executed. That case could have performance problems in the C world because the static data for all of the few thousand independent programs is created and i

Re: cross posted VM and VSE - EMC DLM issue ?

2017-08-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
Did you open a case with EMC on this? The DLM Support group is pretty good. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of August Carideo/RYE/US > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 1:15 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Rob Schramm
Something like Xbridge data sniff? Rob Schramm On Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 6:48 PM Tony Harminc wrote: > On 11 August 2017 at 16:23, Skeldum, William > wrote: > > There was a patent filed by IBM on Locating and altering sensitive > information in core dumps. > > http://www.google.com.pg/patents/US20

Re: IBM TS7720 Secure Data Erase

2017-08-11 Thread Rob Schramm
Is the internal encryption already on it? Rob Schramm On Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 2:52 PM Roach, Dennis wrote: > Check with your vendor or CE. Most vendors have the ability for the CE to > do a secure erase that meets most requirements. > I had to excess a virtual tape system that did not support the

Re: Scrubbing sensitive data in dumps

2017-08-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:09:10 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: > > We did have a meeting in z/OS development quite a few years ago to discuss >someone's wish for this type of function for z/OS dumps. We concluded that >in general, identifying the sensitive data to be modified would be so >problematic >