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

2017-03-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 07:28:51 +0100, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >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? > I said here on

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 Hunkeler --

Re: Defined capacity?

2017-03-01 Thread Mike Schwab
When I worked with RMF LPAR reports over a decade ago, there was a maximum number of physical processors for each LPAR, and a weighting factor, especially for CFs, to limit them to a small part of a whole processor. On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 12:50 PM, zMan wrote: > My understanding is that when a sy

Re: Software vendor trying to force MSU based contract

2017-03-01 Thread Steve Beaver
Companies like ASG have been playing those games since Allen lost ASG to the banks and creditors Any way to squeeze out a buck Steve -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Gould Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 7:28

Re: Software vendor trying to force MSU based contract

2017-03-01 Thread Edward Gould
> —SNIP- > I was at a client a number of years back where the vendor up and qudrupled > their license charges, with no increase in features or functionality. The > client had no choice, as the vendor product was critical, but I let that > vendor know that we

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) writes: > It is hard to prepare for unknown unknowns. It is legendary that people have > had recovery failures because the fallover switch (channel, power, network, > whatever) failed. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#13 Check out Massive Amazon cloud se

OMVS Automount Processing

2017-03-01 Thread John P. Baker
Given the following setup - /etc/auto.master - /home /etc/default.map /etc/default.map - name* type ZFS filesystem.ZFS.&SYSNAME moderdwr duration 30 delay

Re: Software vendor trying to force MSU based contract

2017-03-01 Thread Tom Conley
On 2/28/2017 9:48 PM, JT wrote: Has anyone else experienced this? A vendor for a mainframe data entry product used for the last 30 years (with a perpetual unlimited seat license) has sent us a contract addendum where they increase the price by 60+% and include language to change to a MSU based

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
You may also to wish to look at your ISPF Config function. make sure the ISPF libraries in there are set up for your new environment. TSO ISPCCONF And know what library your ispf configuration is located in You can also check by using ISPVCALL (enter it twice) == ISPF Diagnostic Trace Sys

Re: RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 13:00:08 -0700, Jack J. Woehr wrote: >Mark Post wrote: >> If you don't mind them accessing your system in this way (I have severe >> doubts about that), just put the key as-is into the target userid's >> .ssh/authorized_keys file and have them give it a try. > >And make sure t

Re: RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Mark Post wrote: If you don't mind them accessing your system in this way (I have severe doubts about that), just put the key as-is into the target userid's .ssh/authorized_keys file and have them give it a try. And make sure the dir .ssh is chmod 700 and the authorized_keys file is chmod 60

Re: RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Tracy Adams
Thanks Mark and Allan! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 2:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RACF and public keys >>> On 3/1/2017 at 02:04 PM, Tracy Adams wrote:

Re: RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 3/1/2017 at 02:04 PM, Tracy Adams wrote: > I have a vendor that sent me a "public" key so they can SFTP into our > mainframe from a Linux box without have to supply the RACF password. Yes > they can sign in with a password and all works fine. I am new to RACF and > loading keys and th

Re: RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Allan Staller
The ".pub" file represents the public key and is simply an ASCII text file. It should be transferred as a text file. It needs to eventually end up in /"userid"/ssh/authorizedkeys (not sure of the spelling, it's in the doc) for the "userid" being used on the MF side. Beware. The permissions must

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Edward Gould
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Barry Merrill wrote: > > John Deere's data center in the 70s had multiple AC providers but still had > Midwest lightning > induced outages, but the data center manager was unsuccessful in installing a > diesel backup > system because the only UPS system that met t

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Edward Gould
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Dana Mitchell wrote: > > I can't tell from the message description if it's trying to allocate a new or > existing dataset. Is S250MWE.SPFTEMP0.CNTL catalogged? can you uncatalog > it and will it allocate a new one? > > Dana > > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:01:02

RACF and public keys

2017-03-01 Thread Tracy Adams
I have a vendor that sent me a "public" key so they can SFTP into our mainframe from a Linux box without have to supply the RACF password. Yes they can sign in with a password and all works fine. I am new to RACF and loading keys and the whole SFTP / ssh thing so bear with me! When I look at

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Charles Mills
It is hard to prepare for unknown unknowns. It is legendary that people have had recovery failures because the fallover switch (channel, power, network, whatever) failed. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne &

Defined capacity?

2017-03-01 Thread zMan
My understanding is that when a system is using dynamic LPAR allocation, a maximum defined capacity for a given LPAR can be set, something less than the CEC capacity. Anyone know where that's defined (what control block)? That is, given three LPARs on a 1000 MSU box, each might be allowed a maximum

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Ward, Mike S
Yup, we have gone as far as deleting it, and it does recreate it, but still gets the error. We have opened an SR with IBM and they have now queued it to level 2. I'll let everyone know what we find. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Ward, Mike S
Yup, we thought of that and checked the userid in UADS. The unit specified is 3390. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 10:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SM

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Dana Mitchell
I can't tell from the message description if it's trying to allocate a new or existing dataset. Is S250MWE.SPFTEMP0.CNTL catalogged? can you uncatalog it and will it allocate a new one? Dana On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:01:02 +, Ward, Mike S wrote: >We tried that. Same error. I'm going to re

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) writes: > Our data center folks insist on dual power feeds for everything, > sometimes infuriatingly so. To test power redundancy, they > occasionally drop one power feed or the other--with ample heads > up--and check that all devices are functioning. Othe

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Barry Merrill
John Deere's data center in the 70s had multiple AC providers but still had Midwest lightning induced outages, but the data center manager was unsuccessful in installing a diesel backup system because the only UPS system that met their power needs was available ONLY with a Caterpillar Diesel en

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread David W Noon
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:02:47 -0800, Charles Mills (charl...@mcn.org) wrote about "Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites" (in <04c101d292ad$a751f750$f5f5e5f0$@mcn.org>): [snip] > Up here in northern CA we used to joke that PG&E's company song > should be the Simon & Garfun

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
I heard about a major electric utility that had an influential VP who believed that it was 'unseemly' for the company to spend money on backup power. Sort dissing their own product. He blocked all efforts to install diesel generators. Thankfully he is long gone. A major multi-state event in the

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 08:37:27 -0600, Dana Mitchell wrote: >If it's any help, as a temporary workaround in situations like this, use the >TSO SUBMIT command, it won't try to allocate an SPFTEMPx. file. > >TSO SUB DATASET.NAME(MEMBER) > That may require that you SAVE the member, which you may not

Re: Sample ACS routine

2017-03-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
One of the manuals I use is z/OS DFSMS Implementing System-Managed Storage Lots of information on how things work and samples. I think there is also a sample in SYS1.SAMPLIB. I have not verified that, but I think there is something called a starter set. Lizette > -Original Message--

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Charles Mills
And you're in the electric power BUSINESS! Up here in northern CA we used to joke that PG&E's company song should be the Simon & Garfunkel "Hello Darkness my Old Friend." Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jess

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
I did not notice if anyone mentioned this. Every TSO userid definition--whether RACF or UADS--contains a default DASD unit specification. This long predates SMS. If you're allocating a data set explicitly, you can override the unit name, but implicit allocations depend on having at least one vol

Re: Sample ACS routine

2017-03-01 Thread retired mainframer
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Nathan Astle > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:27 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Sample ACS routine > > Hi > > Would someone help me with a sample STOGROUP, DATACLA

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Our data center folks insist on dual power feeds for everything, sometimes infuriatingly so. To test power redundancy, they occasionally drop one power feed or the other--with ample heads up--and check that all devices are functioning. Other than call-home events, we have not had any surprises s

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Ward, Mike S
We tried that. Same error. I'm going to research what the others have recommended and see what we come up with. Thanks everyone for the reply's. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 2:

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Lizette Koehler
Or 3.4 SUB next to the member That way you can do multiple members Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Ward, Mike S > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 7:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SM

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Ward, Mike S
Will look into that. Thank you. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Stitt Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 5:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMS Routines help That indicates you need to modify your

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Ward, Mike S
Thank you very much. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 8:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMS Routines help If it's any help, as a temporary workaround in situ

Re: z/OS 2.2 Question

2017-03-01 Thread SrinivasG
Hi Craig, Thanks for the input. Regards, Srinivas G -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Craig Bakken Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 2.2 Question We saw a 2X incre

Re: Software vendor trying to force MSU based contract

2017-03-01 Thread zMan
If it's truly a perpetual, unlimited-seat license, "No" is the correct answer, and the vendor gets sleaze points for trying an end-run. If there's a weasel clause, you may be SOL. Will be very interested to hear how this plays out. P.S. Would not be the first time a vendor (software or otherwise)

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Dana Mitchell
If it's any help, as a temporary workaround in situations like this, use the TSO SUBMIT command, it won't try to allocate an SPFTEMPx. file. TSO SUB DATASET.NAME(MEMBER) Dana On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 22:52:43 +, Ward, Mike S wrote: >Because doing a TSO/PDF submit we keep getting these error

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread Mike Beer
​>Ah, probably happened when the floor maintenance technician (janitor inold-speak) repurposed a electrical outlet.​ Usually large datacenters test their emergency procedures (at least once a year) - unfortunately the redundant power supply does not always work. And some servers might not resu

Re: Check out Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites

2017-03-01 Thread John McKown
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:52 PM, Edward Finnell < 000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > The notice says check the Dashboard for updates. They seem to have one or > two of these a year. So far they've been pretty tight lipped about it. > > ​Ah, probably happened when the floor ma

Re: Software vendor trying to force MSU based contract

2017-03-01 Thread Allan Staller
Yes. Several times with CA (back when there were numerous alternatives). Tell the vendor NO. Honor the contract and receive some revenue, or force the addendum and receive no revenue! Has anyone else experienced this? A vendor for a mainframe data entry product used for the last 30 years (with

Sample ACS routine

2017-03-01 Thread Nathan Astle
Hi Would someone help me with a sample STOGROUP, DATACLAS and STORCLAS. I.am trying to create ACS routine for one of my sandbox. Just trying to push a USERID allocation to a SMS volume Nathan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

Re: SMS Routines help

2017-03-01 Thread Doug
Mount a volume as public Regards, Doug . On Feb 28, 2017, at 17:52, Ward, Mike S wrote: Because doing a TSO/PDF submit we keep getting these errors, and we believe it is an SMS probem. ,IKJ56221I DATA SET S250MWE.SPFTEMP0.CNTL NOT ALLOCATED, VOLUME NOT AVAILABLE+, ,IKJ56221I VOLUME NECESSARY