Fwd: Disable user timeout via JWT?

2025-05-14 Thread David Elliot
Is there any reason why idle users should not be forced off the system.? Sounds like very sloppy system management.to allow this. -- Forwarded message - From: Phil Smith III Date: Wed, 14 May 2025, 15:02 Subject: Re: Disable user timeout via JWT? To: Hmm. Still got an S522 ove

Re: Allocation of an SMS managed dataset

2024-09-26 Thread David Elliot
Yes. A volume can be rejected if there is insufficient space in the vtoc. On Thu, Sep 26, 2024, 3:59 PM rpinion865 < 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > In addition to free space on the volume, does SMS look at the utilization > of the VTOC and > VTOC index when choosing a vo

Re: HLQ of Page Dataset Names

2024-02-09 Thread David Elliot
Are you talking about choosing your own HLQ for page datasets? On Fri, Feb 9, 2024, 2:54 PM Mark Jacobs < 0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I seem to recall, but can't find anything that confirms my recollection > that certain HLQs such as SYS1 and PAGE have special power

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread David Elliot
he, > > mainly for system tools ISVs. Metal C is where the invisible hand of IBM > is > > pushing the industry. > > And Ray is one of the most respected in the field. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 10:22 AM, David Ell

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread David Elliot
Very little from what I see. What little there is is stupid stuff like reverse engineering code so that the client can rewrite it in JAVA or whatever the language of the day is. On Tue, Sep 5, 2023, 6:48 AM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > How much demand i

Re: On-Prem to Cloud Mainframe Migration Experiences

2023-08-29 Thread David Elliot
Not seeing much in the way of responses to your question, Lance. Could be you are asking an impossible question. like ' Is there a god?' or 'is global warming real?' Were you expecting an outpouring of enthusiasm for this nebulous technology? What were your experiences? Did you get what you were p

Re: z/OSMF PSWI

2022-09-21 Thread David Elliot
HOW DARE YOU question the wisdom of the great and all powerful zOSMF. ? On Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 3:29 PM Michael Babcock wrote: > We are installing z/OS 2.5 via z/OSMF and are using the Modify Deployment > screens. We can easily change the volumes, HLQs, etc, but wanted to modify > the Primary and

Re: Systems Programming / Operations support services in USA/Canada

2022-02-02 Thread David Elliot
Out of idle curiosity, what would you do with such a list? On Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 11:09 AM Jim Elliott wrote: > I am trying to build a list of companies in the USA or Canada that do > contract systems programming / operations support for z/OS, z/VSE, and/or > z/VM. I am not looking for outsourcers

Re: seeking candidates

2022-01-25 Thread David Elliot
Carefully avoiding the identity of the employer I notice. On Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 8:26 AM Steve Watson < 03fa58f526aa-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > HI- My employer is looking for a US based Systems Programmer with > experience in at least one of these areas: z/OS, COMS, Storage. Skill

Re: Link between datasets

2021-12-28 Thread David Elliot
Use your JCL. Run a step to check the existence of a, if a not found use conditional exec to delete b,c and d. On Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 2:51 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:10:32 +, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: > > >I'm going to a

Re: Sample JCL VVDS - replace catalog

2021-12-26 Thread David Elliot
I think NO is the short answer to your question. This sort of problem can be very frustrating to deal with. A VVDS is supposed to be an ESDS but it's not . It cannot easily be modified or have records deleted. Weird stuff happens if you try. On at least one occasion I have taken a big hammer to the

Mainframe Modernization

2021-10-20 Thread David Elliot
Does anyone out there know what is meant by the expression "Mainframe Modernization' '? It seems to be catching on with the Bobs but when you ask exactly how they propose to modernize their systems all you get is silence. As in if you don"know we shouldn't even be talking about it. Any ideas ? Or

Re: Delete catalog entry, howto

2021-10-12 Thread David Elliot
Why ? Is it bothering you? That is the catalog. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 7:57 AM Mark Jacobs < 0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I have this entry in a catalog, I'd like to delete it. What's the > recommended way to do so? > > CLUSTER --- 00

Re: z/OS 2.5 Announcement out yet?

2021-09-30 Thread David Elliot
Google it. There is a preview published and one or two other documents. I hope you are not hoping for any surprises. On Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 7:40 AM Richards, Robert B. (CTR) < 01c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I haven't been able to find anything on z/OS 2.5. It is supposed

Re: z/OS Dataset Last Date Used Information

2021-09-28 Thread David Elliot
You could use the dsr smf records which will give you the types of open. On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 10:27 AM Matthew Stitt wrote: > CBT file 527. DADSM or LISTICAT. > > I have a slightly newer DADSM, mostly larger print fields. > > Matthew > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:26:53 -0500, Jasi Grewal wrote:

Re: Log of CICS transactions

2021-08-02 Thread David Elliot
You should spend an hour or five with your CICS Performance book then all will become clear. On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 2:41 PM Bob Bridges wrote: > I've worked at a number of mainframe installations, and at many of them > I've encountered a dataset that logs usage of CICS transactions. Usually > i

Re: Command Verifier

2021-06-02 Thread David Elliot
yes On Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 10:40 AM Steve Beaver wrote: > Does any one in the group use command verifier? > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: Help with non-existent catalog

2021-01-26 Thread David Elliot
May mean the volume containing the original catalog has gone away. so export disconnect the thing.and find something else to worry about. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@li

Re: Recruiters are looking for mainframers

2021-01-25 Thread David Elliot
Yes. I get these things by the ton too. Greetinshowareyoutodayhopyoudoingreat don't waste your time with these things there's nothing behind most of them. On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 9:50 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > Not too long ago on the RACF-L listserv someone mentioned a dearth of > mainframe jobs, an

Re: IBM SSI Function Codes 16 and 17

2019-10-05 Thread David Elliot
What exactly is the question here? Where did the idea of SSI calls 16 and 17 in the subject come from? Are you saying that there are function codes 16 and 17 being issued but you just have no documentation on them? Have you intercepted 16 and 17 calls? IBM seems to be quite definite in their state

SHOWMVS / SHOWZOS

2014-10-28 Thread David Elliot
Used SHOWMVS for many years, usually in batch, not authorized. One of the things I liked about it was the ability to quickly check the integrity of a customer's APF, LINK and LPA lists for missing and incorrectly cataloged libraries. Now, with V721, all I see in the output in these sections are qu

Re: VSAM data set list error

2012-11-08 Thread David Elliot
This happened to me a while back. Intermittently I would see this from a LISTCAT ENTRY(xx) command. The 448 is, I believe,the last three chars of 16448 which is X'4040'. It was looking to me as though there was some corruption of R15 at the end of the command. The command executed normally in my ca