Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-06 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/5/20 11:31 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: P.S. - At least in my mail client, your email address in the message headers is the listserv web interface, AFAIK it is not possible to email you privately at that address. Thank you for letting me know. gtaylor (at) tnetconsulting (dot) net I

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-05 Thread CM Poncelet
least in my mail client, your email address in the message headers > is the listserv web interface, AFAIK it is not possible to email you > privately at that address. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Grant Taylor > Sent:

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-05 Thread David Mingee
I say yes to a Mainframe co-op. It could morph into a very useful thing over time. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2020 2:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-05 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment On 7/4/20 6:27 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > If anybody gets upset it will be because of "just because you feel > z/OS ought to be free (as in beer"; few if any posters here have > su

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-05 Thread Seymour J Metz
[023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 2:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment On 7/4/20 6:27 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > If anybody gets upset it will be because of "just because you feel >

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-05 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/4/20 6:27 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: If anybody gets upset it will be because of "just because you feel z/OS ought to be free (as in beer"; few if any posters here have suggested such a belief. What I have seen is posters asking for affordable hobbyist license fees. Agreed. I'm not the

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-04 Thread Seymour J Metz
DU] on behalf of Brian Westerman [brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com] Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2020 2:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment Before anyone gets upset, this is ONLY my opinion, I'm not trying to force anyone to do or b

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-04 Thread Brian Westerman
Before anyone gets upset, this is ONLY my opinion, I'm not trying to force anyone to do or believe things the way I do, so please don't flame me just because you feel z/OS ought to be free (as in beer) just because you want to use it and don't think you should have to pay. I'm sure there are

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Tony Harminc
On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 11:45, Grant Taylor <023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I find it very difficult to believe that some business couldn't rent out > tiny z/VM guests as VPSs for < $100 a month. Limited resources (storage > / CPU / DASD) would be perfectly fine for

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/3/20 4:41 AM, R.S. wrote: 1. (Some) people like to "hack", break rules, be wilful. I strongly suspect that a personal tiny guest VM would suffice for most in this camp. I know it would for me. So, "illegal" Hercules with illegal z/OS is just fancy for them. There are some that

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Charles Mills
+1 Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 8:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment On 7/2/20 11:34

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/2/20 11:34 PM, Brian Westerman wrote: How much would a hobbyist pay for a Harley, a really nice drone, or some of the other expensive hobbies. I don't have figures handy, but I strongly suspect that all of the above don't average out at $5,000 a year. I suspect they come in considerably

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment I see you have a lot of free time and you decided to spend it on pointless quarrels. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 03.07.2020 o 15:45, Seymour J Metz pisze: > You made a general comment that was o

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread R.S.
. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 9:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment W dniu 03.07.2020 o 13:36, Seymour J Metz pisze: The problem is not in the money, not only here. Speak for yourself

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
tz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of R.S. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 9:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 03.07.2020 o 13:36, Seymour J Metz pisze: The problem is not in the money, not only here. Speak for yourself. Others are more honest, and the problem *is* the money. Maybe you've never had to live on a budget, but for some of us $5K is not chump change. Speak for yourself. Others may

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
tz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of R.S. [r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2020 6:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment W dniu 03.07.2020 o

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread R.S.
W dniu 03.07.2020 o 07:34, Brian Westerman pisze: How much would a hobbyist pay for a Harley, a really nice drone, or some of the other expensive hobbies. People pay upwards of $1K a year for a new phone. I did get a discount on that, but I suppose you are correct, if you can't justify the

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-03 Thread R.S.
And what? Did IBM build such versions? NO! Is it possible to do it? Well IBM dislike Hercules a lot. However they didn't try to do it. Last, but not least: Hercules is hardware emulator. Such problem would mean issue with the emulation (found and used by IBM), which is probably feasible to be

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-02 Thread Brian Westerman
How much would a hobbyist pay for a Harley, a really nice drone, or some of the other expensive hobbies. People pay upwards of $1K a year for a new phone. I did get a discount on that, but I suppose you are correct, if you can't justify the cost, then it might seem too much. Although, the

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-02 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment On 7/1/20 10:19 PM, Brian Westerman wrote: > You can join developerworks and license z/PDT, which is what I and > most people do. It's not that expensive, and it won't kill you like > buying that big o

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-02 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/1/20 10:19 PM, Brian Westerman wrote: You can join developerworks and license z/PDT, which is what I and most people do. It's not that expensive, and it won't kill you like buying that big old Harley-Davidson will. Does joining DevelperWorks change the pricing? Because z/PDT (or

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Brian Westerman
I forgot to mention that there are directions for copying DASD on the CBTtape file 659. Brian On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 05:31:27 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: >Hercules isn't nobbled. I know a bloke who knows a bloke who runs Hercules >and zOS 2.3. This bloke told me that the other bloke did

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Brian Westerman
Maybe you are forgetting the whole backwards compatibility thing. Do you really think IBM is worried about a bunch of hobbyists writing code or reliving their youth on mainframes because they have some "lost" revenue in that area? You can join developerworks and license z/PDT, which is what

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Brian Westerman
No, it works with z/OS 2.4, well, there is a small issue, but it's being resolved. On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 20:01:41 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >Didn't IBM nobble Hercules with recent versions of z/OS which had >propriety enablement? Basically kills it! > >On 2020-07-01 7:32 PM, R.S. wrote: >> And

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Hercules isn't nobbled. I know a bloke who knows a bloke who runs Hercules and zOS 2.3. This bloke told me that the other bloke did ADRDSSU volume dumps and a restore at the other end. On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 03:47 Tom Brennan wrote: > It wasn't me! I keep forgetting to lock up my computer when I

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Tom Brennan
It wasn't me! I keep forgetting to lock up my computer when I leave my desk. http://www.mildredbrennan.com/mvs/toms_computer.png On 7/1/2020 5:53 AM, David Crayford wrote: On 2020-07-01 8:26 PM, John McKown wrote: And what? I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread Joe Monk
"And what?" How about ... and IBM builds in things to the next release of z/os that make it completely impossible for it to run on Hercules? Or z/VM? or z/VSE? Joe On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 6:33 AM R.S. wrote: > And what? > I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. >

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread R.S.
W dniu 01.07.2020 o 14:53, David Crayford pisze: On 2020-07-01 8:26 PM, John McKown wrote: And what? I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. Will they track the IP from Joh Doe sent the message? Using TOR (The Onion Router), it would be very difficult to get to

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-07-01 8:26 PM, John McKown wrote: And what? I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. Will they track the IP from Joh Doe sent the message? Using TOR (The Onion Router), it would be very difficult to get to your specific IP address. haha! How many IBMMAIN

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 6:33 AM R.S. wrote: > And what? > I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. > Will they track the IP from Joh Doe sent the message? > Using TOR (The Onion Router), it would be very difficult to get to your specific IP address. > IBM is aware

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread David Crayford
Didn't IBM nobble Hercules with recent versions of z/OS which had propriety enablement? Basically kills it! On 2020-07-01 7:32 PM, R.S. wrote: And what? I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. Will they track the IP from Joh Doe sent the message? IBM is aware of

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-07-01 Thread R.S.
And what? I can subscribe to IBM-MAIN using John Doe and some anonymous email. Will they track the IP from Joh Doe sent the message? IBM is aware of illegal users of Hercules + some current OS. They also know a lot of Hercules users are IBMers. No, it is nothing pro and against Hercules,

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Jasi Grewal
Hi Mike and Joe, This is to inform you that they have it working now and we suspect that it might have been the process in transmitting DASD volume to Hercules that was causing issues but the good thing is that is working. Your continous support and responses are very much appreciated,

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Mike Schwab
What version of Hercules? Only a few latest versions support a volume that big. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:41 PM Jasi Grewal wrote: > > Hi Mike and Joe, > > Sorry about not providing model but is Model 27 rescue volume and I created 1 > Rescue z/OS v2r3 System. > I will get my IBM friends to

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Jasi Grewal
Hi Mike and Joe, Sorry about not providing model but is Model 27 rescue volume and I created 1 Rescue z/OS v2r3 System. I will get my IBM friends to look for tapeconv.jcl on z/OS IBM System and then use that instead of using IBM zVM DDR+Terse. Your continous support and responses are very much

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Joe Monk
what model DASD? Joe On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:00 AM Jasi Grewal wrote: > Thank You Mike for response and am an IBM Retiree and continues to work > with IBMers. > I am requesting IBMers to verify the Licensing and the message we are > getting is that it cannot find PLPA dataset and yet the

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Mike Schwab
Can you download a rescue IPL volume to define the dataset? Or download an idled Paging pack with this on it and add to configuration? Being in use may have made the copy bad. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:00 PM Jasi Grewal wrote: > > Thank You Mike for response and am an IBM Retiree and continues

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Jasi Grewal
Thank You Mike for response and am an IBM Retiree and continues to work with IBMers. I am requesting IBMers to verify the Licensing and the message we are getting is that it cannot find PLPA dataset and yet the same IPL v2r3 volser was able to IPL v2r3 System successfully under the IBM

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Joe Monk
Call from the IBM Lawyers in 3... 2... 1... Joe On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:35 AM Jasi Grewal wrote: > Hi, > > I am sorry I am just learning Hercules Systems and trying to migrate one > of my z/OS DASD Systems from Mainframe to Hercules Environment. > I have z/VM running on Hercules but when I

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Mike Schwab
If you are only testing on Hercules and will continue to run production on IBM z series hardware, I believe IBM doesn't care. But the SOFTWARE does check the hardware levels and you have to include a particular configuration statement for a recent Z operating system to run on Hercules. But if

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Seymour J Metz
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Jasi Grewal [ja...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 6:25 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment Hi, I am sorry I am just learning Hercules Systems and trying to migrate one of my z/OS DASD Systems from

Re: Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Have you complied with the licensing requirements? On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:25:23 -0500 Jasi Grewal wrote: :>I am sorry I am just learning Hercules Systems and trying to migrate one of my z/OS DASD Systems from Mainframe to Hercules Environment. :>I have z/VM running on Hercules but when I tries

Migrate z/OS DASD volumes from Mainframe to Hercules Environment

2020-06-30 Thread Jasi Grewal
Hi, I am sorry I am just learning Hercules Systems and trying to migrate one of my z/OS DASD Systems from Mainframe to Hercules Environment. I have z/VM running on Hercules but when I tries to IPL z/OS it seems that there is a corruption and that is most probably cause of wrong process. I