Small and useful CLIST - error

2018-10-15 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks,     Just a handy thing (in one place) that can make life easier.  I wrote it as a CLIST to keep it really simple:  It is called LASTT (you can name it more appropriately, e.g. TIMES) PROC 0 LOGTIME   /* CBT FILE 133  */ LASTIPL   /* CBT FILE 300  */ LASTCLPA  /* CBT

Re: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
I was immediately struck by this statement: '[T]hey surveyed 500 IT decision makers...' So who among the members of this forum would count him/herself as an 'IT decision maker'? I may get to toss in my two cents on hardware choices--how much memory on the Z box, say--but the crucial highest

Re: Dovetailed’s TOMCAT - How to disable methods

2018-10-15 Thread Kirk Wolf
Sorry, I didn't see that you posted a question on the Community forum. On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:50 AM Michael Babcock wrote: > I did post a question on the community forum and I’ve searched but I’m not > finding an answer. I’ll find one of the Tomcat forums. > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Martin Packer
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Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:39:06 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >H, I faintly remember something like that, but not this phrase "SW EXCEL", > On: https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/offerings.html ... some mention of ...

Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread Schuffenhauer, Mark
"Okay what are the desired results? I will get you a survey to show that as long as no one looks past the headline." -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Smith, Nathan (ATLANTA, GA) Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 12:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Dana Mitchell
Yes, that was it, thank you sir! I sure wouldn't have guessed it was over a year ago. "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana" Dana On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:54:06 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >The discussion is under the subject line "SoftwareXcel Discontinued", >and it was

Small and useful CLIST

2018-10-15 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks,     Just a handy thing (in one place) that can make life easier.  I wrote it as a CLIST to keep it really simple:  It is called LASTT (you can name it more appropriately, e.g. TIMES) PROC 0 LOGTIME   /* CBT FILE 133  */ LASTIPL   /* CBT FILE 300  */ LASTCLPA  /* CBT

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
It's SOP for vendors who issue CPU-based keys to require notification of upcoming hardware changes in order to generate new keys. One particular vendor demands to see the results of 'D M=CPU' for *every individual LPAR* on a box. I can't tell you how supremely irritating this is. For a typical

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Cieri, Anthony
There was also an email from Ed Jaffe on 08/23/2018 to this list that contained links to several St. Louis SHARE presentations that he was a part of. The Bit Bucket x'38' presentation discusses this subject and provides several alternatives!! -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Martin Packer
Tell us what it says, please. :-) Seriously, if TFM fails to cover the ground adequately let us know. Thanks, Martin Sent from my iPad > On 15 Oct 2018, at 08:24, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > > Martin Packer wrote: > >> It could be because the OP expects to see the 5-character version of the

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Martin Packer wrote: >It could be because the OP expects to see the 5-character version of the CPU >ID. But, since the advent of PR/SM we’ve only ever had the 4-character version. >In SMF we show the 4-character in CPU Data Section in Type 70 but fuller >versions - because I asked for them

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tony Thigpen wrote: >Why would the D M=CPU display a wrong number. What number? What is wrong? Perhaps something is wrong because you read/posted it on a Sunday? ;-) >Running z/os 1.13 on a z12-BC. >17.13.21 HKYP d m=cpu >17.13.21 HKYP IEE174I 17.13.21 DISPLAY M 204

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Martin Packer
It could be because the OP expects to see the 5-character version of the CPU ID. But, since the advent of PR/SM we’ve only ever had the 4-character version. In SMF we show the 4-character in CPU Data Section in Type 70 but fuller versions - because I asked for them long ago :-) - in other places

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/15/2018 12:19 AM, Martin Packer wrote: Now, an interesting (to me) question is whether the 4-character version is unique. I've always assumed they are not *guaranteed* unique, but in practice they seem to be. Serial numbers are so sparse that we see customers *routinely* upgrade from

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/15/2018 10:54 AM, Tony Harminc wrote: The discussion is under the subject line "SoftwareXcel Discontinued", and it was started by Ed Jaffe on 2017-09-07 (just over a year ago). The latest information I have on this subject is reported in the St. Louis Bit Bucket.

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Tony Thigpen
Ok, I was not thinking clearly yesterday. My 'well seasoned' z/OS systems programmer was having a FIT because he thought someone had sent the vendor the wrong CPU-ID for an expiring product (VTAM-Switch) that was scheduled for a key installation this weekend. He is two timezones away and was

Dovetailed’s TOMCAT - How to disable methods

2018-10-15 Thread Michael Babcock
List, Our vulnerability scanner is complaining about the Delete method (among others) in DT’s Tomcat. How do I disable methods? I’m not finding much in the doc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: CPU ID display incorrect?

2018-10-15 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tony Thigpen wrote: >Ok, I was not thinking clearly yesterday. Nevermind, Sunday is supposed to be a day to rest, go to church and enjoy your few precious times with your family, but we z/Os support don't have that luxury, we must respond within 3.5 nanoseconds once a problem appears no matter

Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2018-10-14 o 18:33, Mark Regan pisze: https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/trevoreddolls/what-mainframers-hate-mainframes-101418 LzLabs and Microsoft told us about mainframes. It's like wolf telling stories about sheep. Absolutely unbiased. BTW: I bet I can find in every mainframe shop at

Re: Dovetailed’s TOMCAT - How to disable methods

2018-10-15 Thread Michael Babcock
I did post a question on the community forum and I’ve searched but I’m not finding an answer. I’ll find one of the Tomcat forums. On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:32 AM Kirk Wolf wrote: > Here is information on our Tomcat packages for z/OS: > https://dovetail.com/products/tomcat.html > > Questions

Re: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread Phil Smith III
Indeed, as others have noted (and Eddols did in his conclusion), this is pretty clearly specious in that the premise ("mainframers hate mainframes") is not supported by the survey, because the report misrepresents the surveyed population as "mainframers". If we look at the bullets

Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread Smith, Nathan (ATLANTA, GA)
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics." Anthem, Inc. Nathan A. Smith, Database Administrator Sr., Anthem Database Services 600 Peachtree St. NE, Mail Drop GA1319-A154, Atlanta, GA 30308 O: (770) 519-6496 | M: (770) 519-6496 nathanael.sm...@anthem.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes??

2018-10-15 Thread Seymour J Metz
94% I doubt that you could get 94% to agree that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West? When the ratio gets that large, I start suspecting that the numbers were made of the whole cloth. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: Dovetailed’s TOMCAT - How to disable methods

2018-10-15 Thread Kirk Wolf
Here is information on our Tomcat packages for z/OS: https://dovetail.com/products/tomcat.html Questions about the z/OS packaging should be directed to our Community Forum: http://community.dovetail.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 Your question is really a general Tomcat question. Best to use

Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Dana Mitchell
I seem to remember a recent IBM-MAIN discussion about IBM withdrawal of SW EXCEL or some portion thereof, and alternatives for the different services such as APAR search. I can't find either the IBM-MAIN discussion or the IBM announcement that started it all. My boss asked about our budget

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Dana Mitchell wrote: >I seem to remember a recent IBM-MAIN discussion about IBM withdrawal of SW >EXCEL or some portion thereof, and alternatives for the different services >such as APAR search. I can't find either the IBM-MAIN discussion or the IBM >announcement that started it all. My

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Dana Mitchell
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:39:06 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >H, I faintly remember something like that, but not this phrase "SW EXCEL", > I don't remember if it was exactly SW EXCEL was mentioned, but it was basically the functions that used to be referred collectively to as IBMLINK.

Re: Discussion about IBM SW Excel withdrawal

2018-10-15 Thread Tony Harminc
The discussion is under the subject line "SoftwareXcel Discontinued", and it was started by Ed Jaffe on 2017-09-07 (just over a year ago). Tony H. On 15 October 2018 at 13:49, Dana Mitchell wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:39:06 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht > wrote: >> >>H, I faintly