Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

I'm still struggling to download that file. Drops right down to 15-25 Kbps every time. For the IBM Docs' performance team - In addition to the client-side WASM I mentioned before, this seems useful for the indexing/search problem: Easier option: https://serokell.io/blog/rust-in-production-meili

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

> > Adobe is phenomenally bloated for just reading PDFs. > > "just"? Does it do nothing else? Sorry, I could have phrased it better. For someone who just wants to read PDFs, Adobe Reader is like an overengineered solution. It does much more than just reading PDFs. > Alas, Sumatra is OS-bigoted

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:30:45 +, kekronbekron wrote: >Would be great if IBM made the indexing thing work with non-Adobe PDF readers >such as Sumatra, which is extremely light-weight and open source. > MacOS Spotlight does a pretty good job of indexing everything on my system. I tried using sym

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

> I didnt think to save off the corrupted PTF's out of SMPPTS before I nuked > them. would have been interesting to see the differences. The boys Chad R (RSM/BMC) and Phil (mainframed) might be doing this... for their next security talk. - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, Apri

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

Would be great if IBM made the indexing thing work with non-Adobe PDF readers such as Sumatra, which is extremely light-weight and open source. Adobe is phenomenally bloated for just reading PDFs. - KB ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:28 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote:

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

The only reason I considered the Adobe PDF Reader was the PDF index :-( -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@li

Re: Anyone have SFTP JCL to share?

The Dovetailed Co:Z SSH and Tectia SSH products have MVS dataset support. Depending on the site’s business usage, the site may be able to use Co:Z for no charge under the Co:Z Community License. -Original Message- >From: Roberto Halais >Sent: Apr 14, 2021 12:23 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV

Re: Anyone have SFTP JCL to share?

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:23:09 -0400, Roberto Halais wrote: >From what I have tested you must have the file in OMVS in order to use >SFTP. > Yes, but: https://dovetail.com/products/sftp.html And sftp is a thin wrapper about ssh, so consider (much simplified): IEBGNER | ssh -f "cat > target-f

Re: More documentation problems

On 4/14/2021 10:02 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: <...snip...> All indications of developers who aren't required to use their own product. And don't care. +1 Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. -- For IBM-MAI

Re: Anyone have SFTP JCL to share?

>From what I have tested you must have the file in OMVS in order to use SFTP. On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 3:12 PM Billy Ashton wrote: > Hi everyone! I was just moved to support a CA product (I guess that's > Broadcom now), and have to send in a sensitive file to one of my support > cases. The file

Anyone have SFTP JCL to share?

Hi everyone! I was just moved to support a CA product (I guess that's Broadcom now), and have to send in a sensitive file to one of my support cases. The file is pretty large, and the support tech said I have to copy it to OMVS to use SFTP for uploading it. I am not sure I have that space avail

Re: Print a SYSMDUMP

In article you wrote: > Is there any way to actually print a sysmdump? First, you'll get better results emailing the listserv rather than posting directly to the newsgroup. Printing a SYSMDUMP is doable, but not particularly useful. It can come in handy if you want someone to look at a dump th

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:04:12 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Is there a Linux or OS/2 version? > From: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-adobe-acrobat-reader-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux WARNING Please note that Adobe no longer supports Acrobat Reader for Linux. The latest native Lin

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

Is there a Linux or OS/2 version? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Geoff Smith [gksm...@us.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Thank you, Max! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Max Smith Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders The zip file has been made available on testcase. https://testc

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

The zip file has been made available on testcase. https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/fromibm/mvs/PTFList.zip Max -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the m

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Dave, On behalf of others, thank you! By the time you replied, I, like Barbara, had found a workaround. Lucky for me, none of the 284 PTFs on the list were received between 20339 and 20345. I used a Julian Date Calendar (for leap years only) only to notice the example's comments had those date

Re: Upgrading PCOMM query

Thanks, Radoslaw - PCOMM v14.0.1 now running successfully on my desktop system Regards Sean On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 11:12, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > Yes, it is OK. > Most PCOMM upgrades, even minor ones are just full installation packages. > You can use it for upgrade or just installation from s

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

Maybe the IBM documentation developers sit on top of their servers... so they get sub millisecond performance - without all of the monitoring etc/analytics which is added in afterwards. I once suggested they should put their servers on the opposite side of the world, so they get a typical respon

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

Hi Gil. To see an index of all the books in the collection, use the "1._Open_Me_First_zOS_V2R4_Adobe_Indexed_Collection.html" file. Any browser should work. When you want do a search of the collection, make sure you have the official free Adobe Acrobat reader installed (other PDF reader/vi

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Here is the JCL. //job //* //* //* List Sysmods/Ptfs in the global zone.

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:49:28 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: >The comments (criticism) are on target. Keep 'em coming. > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:10:04 +0100 SUBJECT: Re: More documentation problems FROM: Martin Packer ... But "breaking the back button" is indeed a web UI no-no. +1 And it's pai

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Marna/Kurt, Can I make a suggestion that the zip file contents also be made into just the JCL example(s) needed? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Marna WALLE Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RED Al

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

It does, yes. Or so the documentation claims; I'm still debugging so I haven't confirmed it yet, but I believe it. When I wrote the below, I was depending on the note that says LMCOPY is for copying members; I hadn't yet gotten around to reading the details. Sorry for the trouble, folks. ---

Re: More documentation problems

On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:29:34 +0100, Colin Paice wrote: >"back" is now two clicks.. >eg >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ibm-mq/9.1?topic=reference-runmqdlq-run-dead-letter-queue-handler >Click on See The sample DLQ handler amqsdlq >

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Mark, Yes. This Red Alert is applicable to SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER acquisition of the PTFs. -Marna WALLE z/OS System Install and Upgrade IBM Poughkeepsie -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

On 4/13/2021 8:31 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: Before I go through the checking / remediation part, does anyone know if the "service orders" also include SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER? It doesn't specifically say it one way or the other. Yes, it also includes PTFs acquired using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER. The met

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

SMCOPY does not require an SM environment, but you can only use the stream operands if you are logged on to an SM logon proc. Under ISPF, you can only use streams if ISPF is enabled for SM. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From:

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

The SM commands are in the same manual as the basic TSO commands, but the description of streams is only in the guide. The commands manual does mention that SMCOPY only supports streams in an SM environment. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 _

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:56:14 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: >>Anyone else having trouble downloading this zip file? >> >>ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/alert/PTFList.zip > >Hi Bob, > >another ftp-Link from IBM. My company hat decided that ftp is globally >forbidden, but someone else es

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

Bob, I think SMCOPY requires the session manager. In these situations I use REPRO. With REPRO you can specify the data set name (via INDATASET) or the input file (via INFILE). So you specify whatever you like on an ALLOCATE command and then specify that file name on the REPRO command. Lennie Dym

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Hi Barbara, I had to disconnect from the VPN due to the firewall issues and then used IE successfully to download the zip file. Thanks to all for your replies. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Barbara Nitz Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 8:56 AM

Re: Good CMS source compare utility (not ISPF)?

Yale Compare on CBT file 45? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Binyamin Dissen [bdis...@dissensoftware.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 6:12 PM To: IBM-MA

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:53:34 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >SMCOPY is part of the TSO Session Manager; are you using a logon proc that >supports it? > >From >: > >"Session Manager keeps several

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

>Anyone else having trouble downloading this zip file? > >ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/alert/PTFList.zip Hi Bob, another ftp-Link from IBM. My company hat decided that ftp is globally forbidden, but someone else escalated for different reasons. Now ftp is open again at the proxy

Re: Using SMCOPY to copy to an uncatalogued DS

SMCOPY is part of the TSO Session Manager; are you using a logon proc that supports it? >From >: "Session Manager keeps several records of the different things that happen during your termina

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

I switched to IE, and successfully downloaded.Neither Chrome nor Edge worked in my environment. David -Original Message- From: Richards, Robert B. (CTR) <01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, Apr 14, 2021 8:21 am Subject: Re: RED Alert Tod

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

No troubles here. Cliff McNeill From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Richards, Robert B. (CTR) <01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RED Alert Today Rega

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Anyone else having trouble downloading this zip file? ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/alert/PTFList.zip -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Jousma Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 7:28 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RED Aler

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

I had 5 PTF's that fell into that receive window. at least there were 3 were not applied, so easy. The other two were in my base GDPS code. One of those I was able to apply - redo, the other was in separate FMID for GDPS and I had no choice but to delete the entire FMID and re-install it.

Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

Hi Mark! In this notification and the one below, IBM makes no distinction between RECEIVE methods. Under normal circumstances, I use RECEIVE ORDER on a daily basis. I did get the following notification from IBM's My Notifications on January 9th: Troubleshooting: PTF encounters IEW2690E and/

Re: Upgrading PCOMM query

Yes, it is OK. Most PCOMM upgrades, even minor ones are just full installation packages. You can use it for upgrade or just installation from scratch. IMHO there is no license enforcement hindrances. -- Radoslaw Skorupka (looking for new job) Lodz, Poland W dniu 14.04.2021 o 12:07, Sean Glean

Upgrading PCOMM query

I recently saw mention somewhere of PCOMM version 14, and realised that I am still using version 13 and have been doing so for longer than I can remember. As a result, I've started down the path of upgrading to version 14. The install package available from IBM appears to be "PCOMM-14.0.1-MLS-Refr

Re: MTL=YES or NO

It depends. First: there are three tape drive flavours: 1. ATL IBM (3494, TS3500, TS7700, VTS) 2. VTL or (former) ATL from other vendors 3. stand alone drives. Ad 1. Define it in DFSMS, IODF, etc. Ad 3. It is good old 3490E or MAGSTAR (or I had Jaguar, but it is rare IMHO). That drive is manuall

Re: Help with APA - Application Performance Analyzer

Phil, I used to use *C08 - CPU usage referred attributionUsage* *Use this report to see attribution of CPU usage measured in system modules referred back to the points of invocation in application module.* But this only did it for system code. I guess it will not work for non system code. Colin