AW: Setting MAXMMAPAREA

2018-12-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
e „selective common area data-in-virtual“. It requires quite some ECSA storage to administer the virtual storage pages shared between mmap() users. See „MVS Initialization & Tuning Guide - BMXPRMxx“ - MAXMMAPAREA for details about how much ECSA is u

AW: Thanks For All the Fish

2018-12-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Many thanks for all the help you offered, and the patience you always had with. Good health and best of all. May you enjoy every day. Best regards Peter -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, se

Are those SSRV trace entires relate to the I/O interrupt?

2018-12-13 Thread Peter Hunkeler
errupt handling. Especially, since I have seen such sequences in another dumps, although much less often. Can anyone say something about the nature of those SSRV calls. Am I safe to say they do not belong to the problem at hand? —

Wtrln.: Are those SSRV trace entires relate to the I/O interrupt?

2018-12-13 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ow have my doubts. I'd rather think they are caused by I/O interrupt handling. Especially, since I have seen such sequences in another dumps, although much less often. Can anyone say something about the nature of those SSRV calls. Am I safe to say they do not belong to the problem at ha

AW: Re: Wtrln.: Are those SSRV trace entires relate to the I/O interrupt?

2018-12-13 Thread Peter Hunkeler
use I see them most of the time in this dump but only occasionally in other dumps, it seems. — Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with

AW: Re: Generic query on Region allocation failure

2019-01-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
16M. This will give you all there is below the line, and allow the step to start. — Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: RES: Generic query on Region allocation failure

2019-01-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
dress spaces that are being reused job by job, or UNIX process by UNIX process, resp. The OP talks about started tasks, and those get a new address space each time they are started. Fragmentation leading to S822 might only occur in multistep STCs, but even then would I consider it most unlikel

AW: Re: Generic query on Region allocation failure

2019-01-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ary shift. HTH Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Generic query on Region allocation failure

2019-01-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
„#G“ specification for REGION=, and you don‘t specify above the bar amounts (64bit memory) via REGION. — Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu w

AW: Re: Where can I find an eexamples of an assembler modules using classes?

2019-01-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ng does not return any result for me today, no matter what I search for. — Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Goodbye, thanks, and take care!

2019-01-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
. Goodbye Peter -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

IBM KC - How to search *within* a book? And where are the PDFs

2017-03-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
So I can't seem to find a way to search *within* a specific book, one KC presents me the desired book. Am I missing something? Lack of this functionality in KC, I need the PDF. Where have the links to the PDFs gone? -- Peter Hun

AW: Re: IBM KC - How to search *within* a book? And where are the PDFs

2017-03-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ation. However, in preparation of an RCF I wanted to have a look into the newest issue of the manual. It's unreasonable to download 1 GB just to have a look into a single manual, isn't it? -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Re: AW: Re: IBM KC - How to search *within* a book? And where are the PDFs

2017-03-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the book where the search key was found and to jump from hit to hit in the book. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: IBM KC - How to search *within* a book? And where are the PDFs

2017-03-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
indows environments? Tablets (except from Surface)? Macs? Linux? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Can you use IDCAMS REPRO on zFS files

2017-03-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
e file system information, so formatting is not necessary.) Neither file system needs to be mounted. REPRO uses native VSAM calls to read and write the blocks. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Can you use IDCAMS REPRO on zFS files

2017-03-13 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ect this, since diff only compares content. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: ADR144E

2017-03-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
delete the entry from their inventory? Curious to know. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: ADR144E

2017-03-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
OL=SER? Anyway, I'm sorry for the confusion this may have caused. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

How does ABO report its outcome? (was: Migrating Cobol)

2017-03-26 Thread Peter Hunkeler
cases where I have to work with machine readable dumps. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
xit) trace entries, sometimes I can see the "SVC 3E" (DETACH), sometime it is not in the trace. Thoughts? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
s. In fact there seems to be no-one left in the company who does. I would open a PMR with IBM asking for help, but thanks to great management, we are not allowed to send dumps. Therefore I have to get at least a basic understanding to be able to describe the symptoms good enough before I can e

AW: Re: How does ABO report its outcome? (was: Migrating Cobol)

2017-03-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ing.html That basically answers my question. Thanks -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: How does ABO report its outcome? (was: Migrating Cobol)

2017-03-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
your original >code. We don't have IBM's Fault Analyzer, and as I mentioned, we do not (yet) have ABO. Nevertheless, thanks for your answer. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
UC01.IEAVLSLR+01BA IN READ ONLY NUCLEUS In each case, I see an SVC 3 (exit) trace entry a couple of entries before Interesting. Must be disabled code so that the TCB fields will never be used to save status. -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Re: Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
oping to get comments that would give me new ideas what to look for. And to understand some of the system trace entries I currently don't understand. Such as the TCB in Read/Write nucleus. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM

AW: Re: AW: Re: Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
earlier trace table in that address space for a >freemain - sometimes it is a larger range that got freed. I'll try to find that. >Does a summary format on the problem address space work without errors? Is >there more than one tcb with a completion code? Yes. No. -- Peter Hun

AW: How does ABO report its outcome? (was: Migrating Cobol)

2017-03-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
problems with ABO optimized code, but the standard runtime environment does not? Really? What is the rationale behind? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Seeking for help finding cause of S23E/S53E with preceeding S202, and PGM 011/004

2017-03-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
and. Now, after finishing it, it seems all is clear. Instead of deleting the summary, I'll leave in the post. Maybe it is of interest to someone. I do have the relevant trace entries with some comments of mine in a PDF. If anyone is interested, just drop me a note. -- Peter Hunkeler This is

AW: Re: 4HRA With Defined Capacity & Group Capacity

2017-03-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
4 and >5) competing for the machine capacity, without Group interference, and PR/SM >will distribute the CPU according to the LPAR weights. Again, the weight is only considered when there is *no* unused capacity left. -- Peter Hunkeler > -Original Message- > From: IBM M

AW: Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 25 Mar 2017 to 26 Mar 2017 (#2017-85)

2017-03-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Was there an actual reply in there anywhere? I didn't see any. > Please trim digest replies to just the message you are replying to. ... and give your post a meaningful subject, please. -- Peter Hunkeler -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mail

Re: Browser caching (was: z/OS Processor Requirements)

2017-04-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
che, or from the server if not in the cache. Ctrl-F5 will force a reload bypassing the cache. Your browser might be configured to use a proxy, and proxies usually cache files themselves. I'm not absolutely sure the Ctrl-F5 is honoured by the proxy, but I would assu

AW: Generated SET in START command

2017-04-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
rates the JCL. I have never noticed the @GENSET@ label; seems to be rather new. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Cobol and decimal overflow overhead (was: Data/hiperspaces)

2017-04-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ow if "Decimal-Number" is greater or equal to 1. And worse, we just stublmed over IZGFCPC which is called as part of the code generated for a non-trivial COMPUTE with the ON SIZE ERROR clause. IGZCFPC does use SRP instruciton and may cause a decim

AW: Re: Job hold on jes2 input queue

2017-04-04 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Did your JES2 happen to become set into independent mode? A $DMEMB will display IND=YES or IND=NO. Also, did your jobs become submitted with SYSAFF=(IND)? A $Dj... should show this. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Cobol and decimal overflow overhead (was: Data/hiperspaces)

2017-04-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ne used to do calculations for which the compiler cannot generate inline instructions. The COMPUTE is something like this: COMPUTE A = ( ( B - C -D ) / D * 100 ) + E where the variables are COMP-3 and CONP-2 fields. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: What are mainframes

2017-04-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>I think he did a good job, >https://youtu.be/ximv-PwAKnc Absolutely agree. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

AW: Re: Do you use CA-ACF2 and CICS or IMS? Be aware your CICS/IMS developers have security admin priviledges and can do whatever they want to the ACF2 database.

2017-04-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> It's either APF authorization or running in a MUSASS address space, the > second one is the problem. Pardon my ignorance, but can you explain in a few words what a MUSASS address space is? -- Peter Hunkeler ---

Re: Do you use CA-ACF2 and CICS or IMS? Be aware your CICS/IMS developers have security admin priviledges and can do whatever they want to the ACF2 database.

2017-04-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Peter - What are you attempting to do? > > Steve Me? Its not my thread, I just followed it with interest. I did not understand the term MUSASS. That's all. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

AW: Re: SFTP issue

2017-04-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ot; (not specfied)? If the latter, there is no difference between sending data to z/OS data set or to z/OS UNIX file system; it's all the same FTP server. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

AW: Re: SFTP issue

2017-04-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
#x27;t see much of the data but you might find other hints. In addition, as other have suggested, have a detailed look at the data around the point where the transfer stops. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: Opinion: Using C "standard library" routines in COBOL.

2017-04-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the case of CUSERID, this is: L 15,X'234'(,12) L 15,X'560(,15) BR 15 I see no danger of missing an update because static linking is used. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: Assembler question

2017-04-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
on: The UPDAT option is not allowed for compressed format data sets, or UNIX files, or for magnetic tapes, or with large block interface. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

AW: Re: CPU Timerons/Seconds vs Wall-clock Time

2017-04-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
An extreme example, I admit. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Opinion: Using C "standard library" routines in COBOL.

2017-04-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ith a HOLD action "Must rebind any and alll your programs using C functions". Not something I can imagine to ever happen. I would not have a good feeling with manually including signature CSECTs and running with SYS1.SCEELKED

AW: Re: Opinion: Using C "standard library" routines in COBOL.

2017-04-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
thus the entry point address was not found, hence the S0C1. I agree that there is no difference between your own C/C++ code and runtime library functions when takling about parameters and return values. I would assume all the above equally applies to the other LE HLLs, such as PL/I and C

AW: Re: How can I set Non-zero return code in DFSORT when SORTOUT record count is not zero

2017-04-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
years ago. But even now, people still use the wonderful COND=. No offence intended. Happy Easter, everybody --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Where has the JES2-L list gone to?

2017-04-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Does anyone happen to know? Listserv catalog and Google still point to "listserv.vt.edu", but the server say there is no JES2-L here. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruct

Re: Where has the JES2-L list gone to?

2017-04-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Yes, I got that too. But then it says the archives are currently unabailable...either they do not exist, or I'm not allowed access with my mail address. Next, I clicked on "subscribe" and got back "there is no JES2-L list on this server". -- Peter Hunkeler Von:

AW: Re: LINKLIST and Steplib

2017-04-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ess space wil become part of the job pack area, until the job step task ends. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library: z/OS V2R2 Collection, March 2017

2017-04-26 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Now, I B M w i l l y o u p l e a s e, p l e a s e n o t a b a n d o n t h i s "Download books in PDF format" support ever!!! KC has its place but will never be a replacement for PDFs to be read offline! -- Peter Hunkeler --

Re: JZOS Java CLASSPATH

2017-04-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
o that the shell will assign it to the environment variable instead of "resolving" it. Try: CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH":"${APP_HOME}"/\* That is "slash" "backslash" "*" --Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library: z/OS V2R2 Collection, March 2017

2017-04-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
need to understand a concept, how does something work, etc.? One or more books are often to be consulted, and whole section or chapters have to be read. Books, be it paper or eBooks, is the choice. So, IBM, and other vendors, need to understand that both variants are required. -- Peter

IBM KnowledgeCenter down (was: IBM z/OS Basic Skills Education site - down)

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>It appears to be a pretty widespread outage, I was in the middle of looking >for IBM i stuff in KC when it went 503. Just one more reason why I do want to be able to download PDFs. The Internet is simply not reliable enough. -- Peter Hu

AW: Re: AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library: z/OS V2R2 Collection, March 2017

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Mers. Unfortunately, I cannot attend either of the above. I would hope that other people on this list who would be able to start a SHARE requirement, might do this one day. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN su

AW: Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Issue with SK4T-4949-13 - IBM Online Library: z/OS V2R2 Collection, March 2017

2017-04-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
in and provision the plug-ins that you need, you can use it all in a dark shop. Really, check it out! Offline regarding the Internet, but still in need of access to z/OS where the KC is run, right? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IB

AW: BPXWDYN and AVGREC usage

2017-04-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
pecification. E.g. SPACE=(467,(35,12)),AVGREC=K tells the system you want primary space to hold 34K records of average length 467 bytes, secondary to hold 12K 467 byte records. In TSO ALLOC you must specify that value via AVBLOCK operand: ALLOC ... SPACE(35 12) AVGREC(K) AVBLOCK(467) ...

AW: USS ACL presentation

2017-04-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ile in a directory and in any new subdirectory, and he can read and write any new files in those directories, specify: setfacl -mv "g:GRP2:rwx,d:g:GRP2:rwx,f:g:GRP2:rw-" HTH -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

2017-05-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
It's the first time I was downloading the proceedings as "self-exctracting ZIP file". Can anyone explain why on earth this is asking for admin rights on Windows? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subs

AW: Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

2017-05-01 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. ROTFLOL -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

AW: Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

2017-05-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
e ZIP, gave me an ISO file, which WinZip again unzipped into the desired folder structure. Voila ;-) -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: AW: Re: SHARE Proceedings self-extacting ZIP File reguesting Admin rights??

2017-05-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Interesting! I've not seen or used WinZip, but standard unzip has handled them for many years. What is "standard unzip"? Long ago, Windows had no ZIP support, so I bought WinZip. Has the "unzip" become Windows command when support for ZIP files was

AW: How to Cause An Abend without an SDWA

2017-05-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'm testing an Associated Recovery Routine (ARR), and all abends have an SDWA Associated with it. Is there any technique (or specific Abend Code) I can use to cause an abend that will not provide an SWDA to my ARR ? I think the system will always provide an SDWA as long as it is able to GETMAI

AW: Re: JCL System symbols

2017-05-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
, invalid symbols &DATE and &TIME. And all the local date/time related symbols are only mentioned in the explanation of other symbols. Rubbish. -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

AW: Re: TIME jn JCL (again)

2017-05-07 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> On Wed, 3 May 2017 00:05:31 +0200, R.S. > wrote: -- Peter Hunkeler > > The topic was discussed recently, but I haven't found in the listserv > archives an answer to the following question: Yes, it was definitely discussed here not long ago, including the somewhat

AW: Re: job output into dataset

2017-05-07 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Started tasks? TSO sessions? UNIX forked (BPXAS) address spaces? What do you want to say by this?? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to li

Tons of IARV64 System Trace entries - Is this due to taking a copy of the System Trace tables?

2017-05-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
SVC C _070F346C 070F3AFD 885C2708 26EF8430 Synch 10:59:52.867812991 4D 07041000 8000 Peter Hunkeler UBS AG Mainframe Services+ Data Mgmt & Performance Services Flu

AW: Re: Tons of IARV64 System Trace entries - Is this due to taking a copy of the System Trace tables?

2017-05-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Yes, the IARV64 entries are system trace snapshot processing pagefixing the snapshot buffer. Thanks a lot for the confirmation. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, s

How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
part. How do I find >such a section in a dump? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
load module, and it was easier to locate Working Storage variables in dump. Now, they are disconnected from the code section, thus it all looks different in a dump. This is how I became aware of "deferred load" sections. I'm a curious MVS guy, and I'm curious to understand th

AW: Re: How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Trust in the COBOL young Luke.. You do not need to understand the COBOL, It knows what you need. LOL ! Thanks for amusing me after a long day. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

AW: Re: How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
er > to that allocation. (Again, this is all done before the first user statement > is executed.) I really which there was a document describing all the variants in detail and how to find variables in a dump in each case. Lack of that document, I'm

AW: Re: PL1 - U4094 Reason=0000002C

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
tem Trace in the dump, if one is produced. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

How to find Cobol (and C) Working Storage variables in an SVCDUMP

2017-05-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
e. Lack of that document, I'm trying to find out step by step. You would seem to be able to be of great help for me on this quest. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAI

AW: Re: How to find Cobol (and C) Working Storage variables in an SVCDUMP

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Many thanks for the details. Much appreciated. This information might be in the manuals, but it is a bit scattered. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

AW: Re: How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
do an appropriate STORAGE OBTAIN before using that internal interface? Sorry, here it is again, the curiosity :-) -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: JCL System symbols

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
hat the ID people were discussing my suggestion with the lab people, and then the doc was updated. So I assume it is less overhead if people like you can straight away tell what and how to change the doc. I will nevertheless continue to submit RCFs. ä -- Peter Hunke

AW: Re: How to find Cobol (and C) Working Storage variables in an SVCDUMP

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> And I forgot to mention: > > CEECSA is always address by reg 12, while inside a LE module. ... and I forgot to thank you as well, Bernd -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archi

AW: Re: How to find Cobol (and C) Working Storage variables in an SVCDUMP

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Interesting. A reference to _gtca() also in LE Vendor Interfaces. Hints here > and there in the C/C++ docs. I suspect _gtca() does something similar to what is described in "Chapter 14. Anchor support" in the LE Vendor Interfaces manual. -

Re: rename datasets

2017-05-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ge group) does not provide. I doubt this matters in your case. But generally speaking, keep the above in mind when doing renames. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, s

AW: Re: How to find Cobol (and C) Working Storage variables in an SVCDUMP

2017-05-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
;4'(R12)58CC 0144 | L R12,X'144'(R12)BFCF C000 | ICM R12,X'F',X'0'(R12)4780 F022 | BC X'8',X'22'(,R15)BFCF C000 | ICM R12,X'F',X'0'(R12)4780 F022 | BC X'

Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Not a question, just some interesting stuff for the curious people :-) I have recently been asked to help analyze why a job was running very long and was using much CPU. Since all DB2 access paths were very efficient, we started an MA-Tune trace to see where the job was spending its time. MA-Tun

AW: Re: How are Program Object sections with Defer attribute loaded?

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
he subpool number is not to be considered an interface). But the >exploiter can provide their own storage. Thank you, Sir Cheers, Peter -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

AW: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'm sorry for the bad formatting of the initial post. Not a question, just some interesting stuff for the curious people :-) I have recently been asked to help analyze why a job was running very long and was using much CPU. Since all DB2 access paths were very efficient, we started an MA-T

Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
that LE error handling has to deal with, just to find out the COBOL program can continue. I just found another job late this afternoon which runs between 1 and 2 hours since the program was recompiled, but ran only a few minutes before. --

AW: Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
eport back here when there is interesting news? Regards, Peter -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
it is also with other decimal instructions such as SRP. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
trace. So, it seems the 00A program check do not hurt too much by themselves, but they need to be handled by an ESPIE exit recognizing it is Cobol, and therefore ok. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / ar

Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
raise a decimal overflow exception. There probably are more. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Long execution & high CPU usage due to decimal overflow (PGM 00A) and large system trace tables

2017-05-17 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>The point I was trying to make is that abandoning the use of DFP would not >solve the problem that you experienced. Sorry for not getting that point. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

AW: Removing JES2 PRT and RMT definitions

2017-05-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Since the JES2-L list seems to be defunct, and I have not found a conclusive >answer in the archives nor the books, ... Have you been able to search the archives of the JES2-L list? Last time I tried I did not succeed. -- Peter Hu

SLIP with ACTION=NOSUP

2017-05-23 Thread Peter Hunkeler
he IEA848I astonished me. The SLIP above does not seem to what I need? What am I missing? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the mes

Re: SLIP with ACTION=NOSUP

2017-05-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
after enough sleep, the world looks brilliant ;-) I mean to say, the SLIP works as designed. Sorry for the confusion. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Difference between Transwap and Dontswap

2017-05-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ess in the quiesced channel program, then re-drive the I/O. Hope this has not changed since I learned about it many moons ago. --Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instru

AW: Re: SLIP with ACTION=NOSUP

2017-05-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
tes would no longer be suppressed. For the time being, my needs are satisfied. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: ATTACH with RSAPF=YES

2017-05-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
n be setup simply by setting the STEPLIB environment variable, and passing that to exec(). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Survey: How many APF-authorized libraries?

2017-05-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
If you have SDSF, and are permitted to the "APF" command, this should give you the total in the top line. Remember to limit to a single system, or, divide the total by the number of the systems :-) Our list is a bit below 200 data sets. --Pete

AW: Re: PIC Z is for zero suppression was Re: A slight regression

2017-05-31 Thread Peter Hunkeler
it is standard assembler behaviour as well. The target field determines the length of an MVC. What is special about COBOL's standard: Truncation also silently occurs with computational fields. @John: There's the DIAGTRUNC compiler option which causes truncation to

Re: Language Skills

2017-05-31 Thread Peter Hunkeler
in the world is now ubiqutious :-) -- Peter Hunkeler Native Swiss German speaker -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Strange issue in ISPF edit

2017-06-06 Thread Peter Hunkeler
in excess of the limit is created. Unfortunately, the ISPF editor warns sou about changing the CAPS status, but it does not warn you that BOUNDS are set (other than at the record boundary). -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunke

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