Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Brian Westerman
I can access the HMC remotely using Firefox and Edge on a z13s, a z13, a z14 zr1, and a z15. I did have to turn off my popup blocker, but I have to do that just to get past the logon screen on the HMC. That's the first popup that you should receive, the one where you type in your userid and pa

Re: Group Capacity setting dropped

2020-12-04 Thread Al Sherkow
Bob The "GCLGCHNG: Change in LPAR Groups" report in LCS should show you the timestamp that any LPAR was added or removed from a group. Also if there were any changes to the group capacity limit. From this you'll have the timestamp the changes occurred. I wrote the report and tested it with a si

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Gord Neill
Hi Richard, Thanks for the suggestion, an older version of IE 11 worked! I turned on the Java console in Windows just to see what would happen, and a few seconds after I selected Edit Source file using an older IE, the console window showed up, and then the Java window itself appeared. It showe

Re: Broadcom CA prices

2020-12-04 Thread Brian Westerman
You need to show them that you can (and will) replace them with other (and normally cheaper) products. I'm not sure that Broadcom really cares that much for the mainframe marketplace. CA was difficult enough before the buy-out. What products do you have with them, and I (and others on this lis

Re: C macro for maximum path length?

2020-12-04 Thread David Crayford
On 3/12/2020 11:12 pm, Charles Mills wrote: I believe you, but why then is the macro undefined? Why is the definition now commented out? From (actually CEE.SCEEH.H(LIMITS)) on z/OS V2R4: For the usual POSIX compliance reasons ! FWIW, in IBM z/OS C++ code that's used by the JVM they set PAT

Re: TSO ALLOCATE Pathname Length?

2020-12-04 Thread Charles Mills
And for JCL perhaps 255 is a reasonable limit. With only about 55 usable columns on a JCL continuation statement, anything more than that becomes a little unwieldy. (Yes, one might say all JCL statements are unwieldy!) But why does DYNALLOC limit to 255? With a 16-bit text unit length field it

TSO ALLOCATE Pathname Length?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
As long as we're discussing pathname length limits: The JCL Ref says the value of PATH may be from 1 to 255 bytes. The DYNALLOC Guide says the value of DALPATH may be from 1 to 255 bytes. TSO/E commands and subcommands: ALLOCATE Command, which I assume is based on DYNALLOC says PATH(pathname) Ide

Re: Unable to ALLOC dsn without new

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 14:38:29 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 11/24/2020 8:35 AM, Elaine Beal wrote: >> I thought you had to have the new parm but i can ALLOC a new dsn under >> another id without it. > >New is the default in JCL. Maybe on ALLOC too! > From: z/OS: TSO/E Command Reference (They don't mak

Re: Unable to ALLOC dsn without new

2020-12-04 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 11/24/2020 8:35 AM, Elaine Beal wrote: I thought you had to have the new parm but i can ALLOC a new dsn under another id without it. New is the default in JCL. Maybe on ALLOC too! -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 https://www.ph

How debug convoluted #ifdef logic/how get __opendir2() defined

2020-12-04 Thread Charles Mills
I've got a C++ program in which I am trying to use __opendir2(). That's the enhanced variant of opendir(), which is used to read the entries in a UNIX file directory. I am coming up with CCN5274 (S) The name lookup for "__opendir2" did not find a declaration. The doc says to specify #define _

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Dana Mitchell
Thats my understanding too Tom. According to our SSR, its a pain if they have to reboot the HMC for whatever reason, they have to make sure the SE is switched to the correct one so they don't reboot the Primary SE. Dana On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:15:52 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote: >And there's the

Re: Group Capacity setting dropped

2020-12-04 Thread Attila Fogarasi
What does the RMF CPU activity group capacity report show? WLM will dynamically remove LPARs from a group if they are made ineligible. Some changes that cause ineligibility are: - defining dedicated CP to the lpar ... must be with shared CP and wait completion NO to be eligible for group - hardwar

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Tom Brennan
And there's the new HMA Hardware Management Appliance on the z15 that eliminates the need for external HMC boxes. I haven't seen this yet, but one rumor is that the existing 2 SE 1U boxes inside a mainframe (which to me look exactly like rack mount HMC boxes anyway) will boot up the HMC softwa

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Dana Mitchell
To get just the hold data, you can specify: SET BDY(GLOBAL). RECEIVE ORDER(ORDERSERVER(ORDSRVR) CLIENT(MYCLIENT) CONTENT(HOLDDATA) FORTGTZONES(zzz)) DELETEPKG. Or if you prefer, you can download it without receiving it by specifying TRANSFERONLY. Then you can RECEIVE FROMNTS in

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Dana Mitchell
This is accessing the HMC remote using Chrome. We just got our z14's this last summer, so the HMCs are the latest rack mount versions. Dana On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:44:48 -0500, Tony Thigpen wrote: >Dana, >Are you using the HMC 'remotely' or are you directly on the HMC >keyboard/screen? > >Tony

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
No problem, Rob. To all, I changed dispby-112 to service and it worked flawlessly. What changed about dispby-112.boulder.ibm.com to have caused my error? Thanks to everyone that replied. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Fri

Re: C macro for maximum path length?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:25:07 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >@Gil, weren't you going to try a mkdir wombat/cd wombat endless loop and see >where it failed? > My latest attempt: # ### #! /bin/sh # Doc: Test limits of path length (PATH_MAX) # and directory nesting dep

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
Thanks Dave. It's the former and I will definitely investigate your alternative. 😊 Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 2:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jousma, David
Just have to run the RECEIVE ORDER once for every global zone. If you don't want the PTF;s to download there is an option for just hold data I believe. I didn't look that up, but I know if I order, and there isn't any maintenance available the messages indicate that it was converted to a dow

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Doug
Possibly pop up block is on? Doug . On Dec 4, 2020, at 13:16, Tony Thigpen wrote: We have never been able to use the edit function unless we were directly on the HMC. Using it remotely via the web produces the same results you are seeing. I get around it by ftping the config to a small mini-

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Tony Thigpen
Dana, Are you using the HMC 'remotely' or are you directly on the HMC keyboard/screen? Tony Thigpen Dana Mitchell wrote on 12/4/20 1:32 PM: I just tried and this works ok on z14 zr1 HMC. Maybe the HMC code has been corrected at some point. Dana On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:51:27 +, Gord Neill

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
Dave, How do you do that into multiple global CSIs? I receive that file into three separate globals (z/OS, CICS and DB2) and then report on them individually. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 1:09 PM T

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Dana Mitchell
I just tried and this works ok on z14 zr1 HMC. Maybe the HMC code has been corrected at some point. Dana On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:51:27 +, Gord Neill wrote: >Hi, >I'm trying to edit the the OSA-ICC configuration on the HMC for a zBC12, and I >can get to the panel for Import / Export / Edit /

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Tony Thigpen
We have never been able to use the edit function unless we were directly on the HMC. Using it remotely via the web produces the same results you are seeing. I get around it by ftping the config to a small mini-ftp box then accessing the FTP box from my pc. I have to move the config back and f

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jousma, David
I quit downloading that file once I started doing RECEIVE ORDER which also gets you all the hold data too. _ Dave Jousma AVP | Director, Technology Engineering  Fifth Third Bank  |  1830 East P

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jackson, Rob
Pardon me, please. Robert, that is, not Richard. First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: Jackson, Rob Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 1:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: RE: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM Richard, Gil is using passive mode;

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Jackson, Rob
Richard, Gil is using passive mode; you are using active, and it does look like a data channel issue. Try these in SYSFTPD: FWFRIENDLY TRUE; PASSIVEIGNOREADDR TRUE; EPSV4 TRUE; First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Dis

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Joseph Reichman
RFE sorry > On Dec 4, 2020, at 12:55 PM, Joseph Reichman wrote: > > You are correct the 64 bit section which has the 128 bit PSW and 64 bit regs > has only the error at time of error not SDWASR00 and SDWASEC2 info wish it > would > > This would be my RFA though the SDWA is big and doesn

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
Have you tried other browsers, i.e. older version of IE? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gord Neill Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 12:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC [External Email. Exercise caut

Re: Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Carmen Vitullo
that should work, what I've found that sometimes happens, and I've seen this first on a ZBC12 was the window would get hidden behind the HMC view, this could be a browser or Windows issue, I am not sure, check to see if the window got hidden Carmen On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:51:27 +, Gord Neill

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Joseph Reichman
You are correct the 64 bit section which has the 128 bit PSW and 64 bit regs has only the error at time of error not SDWASR00 and SDWASEC2 info wish it would This would be my RFA though the SDWA is big and doesn’t seem to have extra room > On Dec 4, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: >

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:25:09 +, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote: >EZA1736I FTP (EXIT > >EZY2640I Using 'SYS1.TCPPARMS(FTPDATA)' for local site configuration >parameters. >EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V2R3

Edit the OSA/ICC definitions using the HMC

2020-12-04 Thread Gord Neill
Hi, I'm trying to edit the the OSA-ICC configuration on the HMC for a zBC12, and I can get to the panel for Import / Export / Edit / Validate, but when I select Edit Source file, the same panel expands a little bit, but there is no other panel that opens up to show the source file. When select

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Tony Harminc
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 08:47, Joseph Reichman wrote: > So to me the way to determine this is look at SDWAEC1 is this in your program > ? > > How would I know this ( talking to my self) > Well if the abending RB is a PRB RBTAB1 == zeros > Then if RBCDE1 not = zeros get CDE get CDXLJMP extent list

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
EZA1736I FTP (EXIT EZY2640I Using 'SYS1.TCPPARMS(FTPDATA)' for local site configuration parameters. EZA1450I IBM FTP CS V2R3 EZA1772I FTP: EXIT has bee

Re: C macro for maximum path length?

2020-12-04 Thread Charles Mills
@Gil, weren't you going to try a mkdir wombat/cd wombat endless loop and see where it failed? What happens if you make ~the maximum length path (~1024?) and then mount it on some mount point? It seems like any "opt-in" for a longer path name would want to be program by program (again, analogou

Re: Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:03:37 +, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote: >Is anyone else getting connection resets when they attempt to do a FTP "get" >of the full.txt file? > >cd /s390/holddata >locsite lrecl=80 blksize=0 recfm=fb cyl primary=15 >get full.txt 'your dataset name here' (repl > Could y

Getting Enhanced HOLDDATA from IBM

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
Is anyone else getting connection resets when they attempt to do a FTP "get" of the full.txt file? cd /s390/holddata locsite lrecl=80 blksize=0 recfm=fb cyl primary=15 get full.txt 'your dataset name here' (repl results in: 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for full.txt (16877484 bytes) EZ

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Joseph Reichman
Good idea saw presentation. Share 2010 Vic Gottwald how to write your first Estae would like to see how to debug when SDWARBAD is available > On Dec 4, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > This thread has suggested to me a broader question: has Mr. Ng or someone > else updated his S

Re: IBM z/OS Authorized Code Scanner

2020-12-04 Thread Mike Cairns
It looks very much like the z/Assure from Key Resources and Ray Overby were doing, which I note is now offered via BMC. Cheers - Mike -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@list

Re: C macro for maximum path length?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
It would be a courtesy to leave a citation when appending to a thread. A reader might wish to refer to the ped text. On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 08:19:34 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: > >The real question is not "how long can a path be [today]?" but rather "how >long might a path be at any future point when

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Seymour J Metz
This thread has suggested to me a broader question: has Mr. Ng or someone else updated his Share diagnostics presentations for z/OS? That would be a great resource to point people to. Debugging can be a "bicycle problem"; there are things that are easy to do but hard to teach. -- Shmuel (Seym

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Joseph Reichman
I got an abend yesterday and I’m focusing on the situation if I have SDWARBAD as opposed SDWANAME If noticed when doing links to a module that I sometimes I get a RB address as opposed to a program name. So it’s not necessarily true if the SDWA has an RB instead of a program name that the aben

Re: RBOPSW question

2020-12-04 Thread Peter Relson
If you want to find "what address issued the SVC", the answers are what Shmuel and Lennie mentioned -- for a type 2/3/4 SVC, follow the RB chain from new to old until you find the RB that issued the SVC (the SVC number is in the RB prefix). or -- look in the system trace Peter Relson z/OS Cor

Re: C macro for maximum path length?

2020-12-04 Thread Peter Relson
The real question is not "how long can a path be [today]?" but rather "how long might a path be at any future point when this compilation is running?" And that's why z/OS will never change the maximum path length by default (I actually thought it was 1024, but my knowledge is only from what

Group Capacity setting dropped

2020-12-04 Thread Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
Has anyone here experienced having a Group Capacity "group" and member partitions defined, a MSU value set and a "save and change running system" button pushed only to have it show up a week later as gone on one lpar and a week after that gone on the rest of the lpars? By gone, I mean the group

Re: Unable to ALLOC dsn without new

2020-12-04 Thread Mike Wawiorko
A little bit of return code checking from ALLOCATE commands? Mike Wawiorko   This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-