Re: VSAM restore from tape fails

Jake, are you sure you are looking at the correct message in the manual? When I look up ADR308E I see a message related to ACCESS DENIED. >From the z/OS 3.1 MVS System Messages Volume 1 (ABA - AOM) message manual. Same message shows up in earlier versions of the manual. ADR308E (ttt)-m(yy),

Re: Modern JCL for new Data Set Allocation

Clem, the answer comes down to how the SMS environment was set up. At the last place I worked your JCL example might have worked but you may not have gotten what you expected for the dataset attributes. If I recall from the SMS set up your allocation would have been fixed block 80 byte records

Re: Looking for clues on out-of-storage at end-of-jobstep

One thing you could try is to report on the LE storage usage. As a side note you could also display the LE runtime options. PARM='RPTSTG(ON),RPTOPTS(ON)/' Or PARM='/RPTOPTS(ON),RPTSTG(ON)' The position of the "/" related to the LE options depends on what your shop has setup. I don't know if t

Re: Autoswitch

The last place I worked before retiring we had three different sysplex environments. They all shared two TS7700 boxes. I just did separate tape drive address ranges for each environment. The storage team worked out how to segregate the tape volser information inside the TS7700s, that was outs

Re: VVDS format and view... and encryption

You could try looking in the z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs (SC23-6853) manual. From what I see there is some information about the records in the VVDS. Unfortunately from what I can see the information does not give any detail around offsets and lengths for the fields. I know I've used File Ma

Re: 3390A’s

Steve, The last place I worked we had 3390, 3390A and 3390B devices addresses. For the 3390B/3390A setup we used 200 3390B and 56 3390A. That seem to handle the majority of our work load. We placed the 3390A addresses in SS1 and the 3390B addresses in SS0. Don't know if it matters but the o

Re: Volume Summary from IBM File Manager

I would agree with Peter. Unfortunately, the FM manuals seem to be a little thin on examples of the VTOC panels when the disk is an EAV. I know FM supports it because I used it at the last place I worked. We had several EAV volumes and I used FM to see how the volumes got used. The VTOC display

Re: Disable user timeout via JWT?

Well, you could try the SETSMF command. >From the MVS System Commands manual. SETSMF parameter(value[,value]...) "In contrast to the SET command, which allows an installation to specify a different SMFPRMxx parmlib member or restart SMF, the SETSMF command allows an installation to add a SUBPA

Re: Packed decimal sign nibbles

Interesting... I was always under the impression that anything other than x'0C', x'0D', and x'0F' was to be treated as invalid. That is basically how I learned it in the mid 1970s when I took programming classes in college. Never having really looked that deeply in the Principles of Operation (S

Re: WLM Managed Batch Initiators & JES Commands?

The place I last worked at we kept several INITs as JES managed. We did convert the main job classes over to WLM INITs. First as was stated we did have one class as JES managed for emergency situations. Second, we used a few to single thread some jobs. I would guess the second point could ha

Re: How do I enable SMF for TCP/IP Record type 119?

You need to find a copy of the "z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference" manual. You do need to double check that the SMFPARM member in the system PARMLIB is not preventing the recoding of type 119 records. Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

Re: TSO OPER in Background TSO?

Agree, you are trying to use a CONSOLE name that is already in use. "If return_code from MCSOPER is 4, after a CONSOLE ACTIVATE, then the console name is already in use. Use a different console name." Depending on the length of the user ID you could add on to the end a unique character. The do

Re: TSO OPER in Background TSO?

If I read things correctly the manual says you can't run the OPER command in background. It makes it sound like you have to have a supported terminal environment. I've not tried doing SDSF stuff with TSO. In the past I would open a console interface to issue commands. Paul -Original Mes

Re: New z16's packing slips

I really don't recall what the document would be called that showed what is in the processor at which location. That said, if you have access to the computer room then just open the boxes to see what is in them. At least you would know that I/O cards are there. Does do much for knowing the nu

Re: Code to Process SMF Type 64 Records?

If you have access to the CBT website you will find some sample SAS code. Yes, the code is a bit dated but I look at it as a starting point. I'm not much of a SAS coder but if I can modify the code to work with current SMF records then I think most people can. You will find lots of different

Re: History

I don't know how many people actually worked in the IBM office in Dubuque. In a news article I found there was an indication that at one point there was 1,300+ staff members. That said, IBM closed down the operations in Dubuque in late 2020. News article I found. https://www.kcrg.com/2020/07/01

Re: z16 HMC LAN connections

Maybe this link to a manual might be helpful. Hardware Management Appliance - IBM Documentation Hardware Management Appliance Last Updated: 2024-04-30 SC28-7045-00 Paul -Original

Re: DYNAMNBR

eryone who contributed to this thread. I have resolved the issue now - or at least I think I know how to resolve it. In particular, rpinion865 who pointed me to DVC which proved to be the source of the problem. Scott Ballentine who clearly has wide and dep knowledge of the subject. Paul Feller who

Re: DYNAMNBR - parallel

Well, the 257 datasets (DDs) seems about right if they all are using a volume count of 59. Based on the volume count you would be allowed a maximum of 259 DDs in the step. That's based on a TIOT size of 64. "So while I cannot reconcile the numbers of allocated datasets with the number of TIOT sl

Re: DYNAMNBR

Some people might correct me on this but if the XTIOT is used then the limit on the number of datasets I believe is lifted. Also, as someone mentioned earlier if the SMS world is setting the max candidate volume count to the max that will also get in your way. The place I last worked at had

Re: Listing proclibs

If you want to learn stuff about the system another good thing to have is ShowMVS (or ShowzOS as it is sometimes called). It can show you lots of stuff about the zOS system. The last place I worked at we ran it as part of the IPL process. The output was put in a dataset so we have a picture o

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: DUMP command question

Rex, I have to ask have you tried a D R,L command? Does it show any messages related to the DUMP process? Just for the heck of it you could try to do a R 36,END. Just a shot in the dark. Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Wed

Re: MXG, question from new programmer

Well, if it is truly MXG/SAS code then there should be a source lib that contains all the different layouts for the SMF records. I would look for a hlq.MXG.SOURCLIB library. Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Grace Godfrey Sent: Wednesday, Novem

Re: Calculating used dataset space

Jack, if you have DCOLLECT data that covers the time frames you are looking at then I would go with the DCOLLECT data. The D records should have what you are looking for. Depending on the size of some of the files you might have to deal with several D records. But if all you are looking for i

Re: Crypto card speed

Yes, there is a PCHPID assigned to the crypto features. I've never seen any place any indication of a "speed" for the crypto feature. The crypto feature is not like say a FICON feature. With FICON you can see what speed the channel has negotiated with the device at the other end. So from my

Re: File Manager and viewing tracks

Lennie, forgive me I may have missed part of this email string. So, the PRINT function of ADRDSSU does not satisfy your needs? Are you wanting to just browse the DASD volume by tracks or do you know an area on the DASD that you actually want to look at? //*===

Re: Which option(s) tells zOS to use 31 bit UCB addresses?

:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Which option(s) tells zOS to use 31 bit UCB addresses? Thank you for your concern. But the issue is still how to make the change. On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:51:09 -0500 Paul Feller <05aa34d46684-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>

Re: Which option(s) tells zOS to use 31 bit UCB addresses?

If I may, one thing to keep in mind. The UCB is located in the SQA or ESQA. So, depending on how many devices you have setting LOCANY to YES could have an impact on your ESQA area. This is also something to think about at IPL time. I believe there is a time thing related to when the UCBs are loa

Re: Try to define a DS8* to a zPDT IODF

Well, you need to define the switches plus the DASD. You must define the switch device/control unit the DASD will connect to. I don't recall the switch type you would use. I haven't done an IODF with switches in a while. Bottom line the DASD has its control unit, devices and channel interfaces p

Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations

I've seen this type of issue happen when a user never logs off TSO/ISPF successfully. I've seen people have days and even weeks of information in the log dataset. I believe it can also happen if the settings don't delete the datasets when exiting TSO/ISPF. Paul -Original Message- Fr

Re: PCOMM 15 UID

I would agree there is very little in the way of documentation around the contents of the WS file. I've used PCOMM for many years. What little documentation there is seems to be only related to when there are issues. One example that comes to mind is the use of the TerminalTypeString paramete

Re: 24-bit private region on z16 processor

To add to Jim's point. This is from a z/OS 2.5 manual. ASLR(NO|YES|YES3164|YES64) Indicates whether address spaces on this system are subject to address space layout randomization (ASLR). For information about the implications of enabling ASLR and how to exclude individual jobs from ASLR, see A

Re: getting HOLDDATE report after apply

Did you try using the LIST command? There are some options related to hold data. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=s-operands-8 Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 4:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LIST

Re: CTN's and auto DST changes

Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CTN's and auto DST changes On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:48:05 -0500, Paul Feller wrote: >Rex, short answer is no. > >If you have access to the IBM RedBooks

Re: CTN's and auto DST changes

Rex, short answer is no. If you have access to the IBM RedBooks please look at the IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide (SG24-8480-01). This manual might help you with any questions you have. https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248480.html For several years the company I last worked at I po

Re: REAL unused available storage

Bill, the " D VIRTSTOR,LFAREA" command is what I had used to check the LFAREA usage. You mentioned possibly trying out the 2gig frames. Based on your display it looks like you don't have any 2gig frames configured for the LFAREA. The place I lasted worked at the Db2 support staff seemed happy

Re: REAL unused available storage

Bill, that display may not be the answer you need. As someone else mentioned it does not show anything related to 4K frames. So first I have to ask. You mentioned DB2 buffer pools. Will the change you want to make go into the 1M LFAREA? If so, then display you have will help. It looks like

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Feller <05aa34d46684-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 9:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions? Peter, from what I recall I believe the information aroun

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

Peter, from what I recall I believe the information around Unix System Services stuff along with zIIP activity should be available to the IEFACTRT exit. There is information in the SMF 30 record related to Unix activity and zIIP activity. I'm guessing it's a matter of updating the exit to pull th

Re: GRS in MONOPLEX without physical CTCs ?

understand that we would need either physical CTCs or a "coupling facility lock structure". Does this have to be a separate physical component ? ---- *De :* Paul Feller [mailto:05aa34d46684-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu]

Re: GRS in MONOPLEX without physical CTCs ?

I pasted below information from the “MVS Planning: Global Resource Serialization” manual for z/OS 2.5. So based on what the manual says you need to have CTCs that GRS will manage. Just out of curiosity is there going to be more then one lpar using this software? How global resource serializa

Re: SMF type 50 (SNA)

Pierre, you can use this link to take you to the web page for the z/OS 2.4 Communication Server documentation. Just look for the " SNA Network Implementation Guide". Also, from that main page you should be able to find the other version for the Communication Server documents. https://www.ibm.

Re: WS JES2 SPOOL OFFLOAD

Maybe you should consider a different approach. Instead of trying to do the time dependent stuff on the OFFOAD itself maybe you could do something with the $T O JOB command. Maybe setup the OFFLOAD to look for a unique DESTID and then alter the output to that DESTID after being in the spool fo

Re: SMF type 50 (SNA)

Pierre, you didn't say which level of z/OS Communications Server you are running so here are two links. I've never worked with the SMF type 50 records. From what I see in the manuals the information is there, you just have to read a little extra to get the information. Look at chapter 20. h

Re: REXX SDSF

There is another possibility to look at. There is the BPXWUNIX interface for REXX that might be useful. I don't have a system to test to see if the "tn3270,t,conn,max=*" command could be executed through BPXWUNIX. This is an example of how I used it to work with the NETSTAT command. I was tr

Re: WHERE in debugger?

This is a link to the PDF versions on the IBM Debugger manuals. I personally have not used the debugging tool but I'm sure there are commands/displays that will map out variables. I know I've seen that in the Fault Analyzer tool. Looks like there are manuals for the version 16.0, 15.0 and 14.2 o

Re: Inquiry Regarding Sudden Increase in DFSMSrmm CDS Utilization

Jason, I've never used DFSMSrmm, but if you got the EDG2120W message it looks like you could possibly get back space by following the suggestion under the system programmer response. Here are some links to manuals that might help under stand what is going on in you DFSMSrmm world. z/OS DFSMS - I

Re: Consultation on the Potential Risks of Deleting Specific Datasets

Jason, I did something similar to what David suggested. I created a list of datasets from DCOLLECT that had been allocated but never opened. I then ran a REXX routine that read the list to open/close the datasets. At that point I let HSM do its thing. In the back of my mind, I'm thinking tha

Re: Mainframe performance tool replacement

I'll go a little different route. If the real issue is with the dollars for the software there is an interesting approach you could look at. The place I worked at had setup some years ago several lpars that got grouped together in a softcap capacity group. Then we forced jobs to run there base

Re: Big LPAR vs small LPAR and DataSharing.

First, I'm not a performance expert. Here are my thoughts. Based on what information you have provided it would seem you are talking one CEC. The environment I last worked at we had two CECs and we did Db2 data sharing with Db2 systems spread across both CECs. From time to time, we would look a

Re: ./ ADD - which utility?

If you have access to DFSMS manuals look in the DFSMSdfp Utilities. There is a whole section on IEBUPDTE. It includes examples. Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2024 9:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.E

Re: SMP/E

I'll ask if you did the UPGRADE in the same run as the RECEIVE process. The example from the z/OS SMP/E Commands manual shows the UPGRADE command as part of the same run. The following is from the SMP/E command manual. SET BDY(ZOSTGT). UPGRADE. BYPASS(HOLDSYS) CHECK. In this example, the U

Re: How can I determine MVS FQDSN from DD Name in Batch COBOL Program?

I'm going to suggest something a little different. Let me say that I'm not against what Cameron is trying to do. I've done the run the control block thing and I've done the RDJFCB thing. In the original email the statement was made. "But in emergency, support could override SYSOUT=* with SYSOUT

Re: CICS suspended wait time increased

If you use the link that Colin gave you for the CICS VSAM string waits you can "back track" to all the needed documentation you would need to help you with things. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.3?topic=waits-resource-types-fcpssusp-fcsrsusp-vsam-strings Also, if I recall correctly SYSVI

Re: Ideas for less-distruptive disruptions - Netmaster:Solve and CICS

Tom, I think whoever is responsible for this project is going to have to come up with some help around the CICS stuff. It sounds like Solve is similar to CL/Supersession. I don't think the Solve software will help you much in this situation. Technically the CICS program does not need a MAP

Re: Ideas for less-distruptive disruptions - Netmaster:Solve and CICS

Hi Tom.. Let me start by saying I don't know anything about Solve. Now to my question. Are you talking about individual CICS transactions going away or are you talking about the whole CICS region going away? If you are talking about individual CICS transactions then you could handle things in

Re: ASVT & ASID discrepancy mystery

Alan, I'm curious how long had the lpar (system) been up when this issue happened. I've seen issues with the number of non-reusable ASIDs growing over time related to how long a lpar is up and how active things are related to cross memory connects. What I'm getting at is if you have some tasks

Re: What happens in HSM when I change a Management Class

that every backed-up dataset that still exists could > have more than one backup, and datasets that do not exist anymore would have > only one backup. > > Gadi > ____ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on > behalf of Paul Feller <05aa34d

Re: What happens in HSM when I change a Management Class

Gadi, I have to ask. Are trying to delete backups of individual datasets or the actual tapes created during dataset backup processing? If you are trying to manage the actual backups of individual datasets, have you looked at the different management classes used for the datasets? The following f

Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: ZOS Sending Logs to Sumologic Experience?

Steve, to add to what Jerry and Charles have said. I don't have any experience with Sumologic, but I'm going to guess it will need data sent to it in a format it will understand. The place that I retired from was using the BMC product to send data to Splunk. The BMC product allowed us to pick

Re: Getting rid of a z14 zr1 - any value in the host cards?

If you have access to IBM Redbooks, you can look for things like the IBM z15 (8561) Technical Guide or IBM z15 (8562) Technical Guide to get information about what I/O features can the carried over from one model to the next. There are similar manuals for the z16-A01 and z16-A02. But like Ed has m

Re: Something keeps releasing space on a large (annual) DS

ion List On Behalf Of Paul Feller Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 4:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Something keeps releasing space on a large (annual) DS CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email system. DO NOT click links or open att

Re: Something keeps releasing space on a large (annual) DS

Bob, sorry we should have answered some of your questions at the end of your email Let me start by saying your storage management team should be able to answer all your questions. That said I'll answer some of your questions based on what I know. These are general answers. The SMS environmen

Re: Something keeps releasing space on a large (annual) DS

Bob as Steve said you might want to talk to your storge management team. What I think is happening is your dataset is getting a management class that has Partial Release set and then HSM is doing space management and releasing any unused space. I've seen this happen before and it has happened

Re: Nanosecond resolution timestamps for HLL's?

Peter, I'll start up saying I don't have access to a system that I can try this on. Have you looked at the FORMATTED-TIME function? This looks to be part of COBOL 6.3. My concern would be that you still might not get the uniqueness you are looking for. FORMATTED-TIME: The FORMATTED-TIME func

Re: Tn3270 back door

This is why I have setup a few 3270 sessions for each lpar in the OSA-ICC environment. That was my back door into the lpars if something went wrong with TCPIP/TN3270 and associated stuff. As for updating the cert I'm sorry I can't help with that. That type of activity is handled by only a sma

Re: How can I keep JES2 from being SYSPLEXed?

Okay this wakes up some retired brain cells. Because tasks communicate across XCF (even when you don't know about it) they have to have a unique identifier for things to work properly. Some tasks will create a unique identifier by default and some will not. I forgot about that little item. I

Re: Masking SMF data internally

Jake, I agree you need to identify what record types are needed for the sizing operation. After you know which record types (and subtypes) you may not need to do anything. As an example, I can't think of any sensitive data that might be in the SMF type 7x records. Paul -Original Message---

Re: How can I keep JES2 from being SYSPLEXed?

I'm not sure I have an answer for you at this time. But I do have a few questions. Are the JES2 checkpoint datasets for the two systems the same name? Are the VOLSERs the same name? I don't have access to any z/OS anymore but when I did, we had three different JES2 MAS in one sysplex and didn'

Re: Questions about COBOL debugging lines in subroutines

eed to debug a subprogram, then you only compile and link it with the debug logic generated/activated. HTH Steve Thompson On 12/31/2023 7:22 PM, Paul Feller wrote: > Peter, I'll start by saying I've never used this option. It does > sound > interesting. From what I ha

Re: Questions about COBOL debugging lines in subroutines

Peter, I'll start by saying I've never used this option. It does sound interesting. From what I have read would you not also need the "WITH DEBUGGING MODE" setup in the called program. Paul -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Farley, Peter Sent: Sunday,

Re: What is the PDS command?

Greetings Bob, I was looking through my old JCL library and ran across several examples of scans using ISRSUPC. Depending on what you want to do you could try ISRSUPC. If you have access to JOBSCAN you could try it. If you client has DAF, you can use that to scan SMF records to see if any execu

Re: SQA overflow condition

A subpools are in the 78-2. > > > > > > > > I also agree with Paul’s point that a longitudinal view can > > > > prove helpful. Even Time Of Day could be helpful. Even comparing > > > > one system to another, likewise. > > > > > >

Re: SQA overflow condition

Peter, several people have given you some good suggestions. There are a few things you need to think about. 1) As others have said, EQSA overflow is not a bad thing as long as your ECSA is okay. At the place I last worked at we routinely saw ESQA overflow on some of our larger lpars that had

Re: SQA overflow condition

Peter, I've also have taken the attitude that SQA or ESQA overflow is not necessarily a bad thing as long as you are not running short of CSA or ECSA. As Martin mentioned you don't want to run out of CSA/ECSA. There are a few things that I've done over the years. There is a set of IRA mess