Re: zFS aggregate growth amount query

2014-03-03 Thread Tom Ambros
Yeah, this is one of the things that has me muttering darkly upon occasion. The mount parm is "AGGRGROW". The command is "zfsadm grow". No aggr. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: "Staller, Allan" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date:

Re: zFS aggregate growth amount query

2014-03-02 Thread Tom Ambros
Listcat the zFS. It is the secondary allocation by default, I do believe. You can override this by hand with the zfsadm grow command but if it is done as a result of the AGGRGROW parm on the mount it is the secondary allocation of the linear VSAM cluster, IIRC. Thomas Ambros Operating System

Re: IOCDS Write Protected

2014-02-21 Thread Tom Ambros
You wrote: "In such case one should write new IOCDS from current IODF file." Always, then switch it to active in the HCD dialog after activating the IODF. That write protects it. I'm fairly certain that releases write protect on the last one. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivit

Re: Sysplex Common Time Source

2014-02-07 Thread Tom Ambros
In my opinion you may run into some interesting issues with timestamped stuff in the CFs and whatnot if the times start coming in a slightly unpredictable sequence. I don't think I'd take that risk. When we migrated from ETR to mixed to all STP CTN, the key was two machines were ETR and had t

Re: Impact of XCF offline

2014-01-20 Thread Tom Ambros
You don't have another working console in the sysplex? If you don't vary the offending system out of the sysplex when it behaves as you describe it'll be a while (failure interval) before serialized resources are freed up and any new serialization takes place, if I remember correctly. If you

Re: New and improved V2R1 manuals (UNCLASSIFIED)

2013-11-20 Thread Tom Ambros
Perhaps because it is a new version all that stuff starts over. Just a guess. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: "Storr, Lon A CTR USARMY HRC (US)" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 11/20/2013 09:10 Subject:New and improved V2R

Re: SET CONSOLE every time you invoke SDSF ULOG

2013-10-04 Thread Tom Ambros
Is there any reason to change the console ID other than to your boss's ID right before you do something mischievous? Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Paul Gilmartin To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 10/04/2013 11:34 Subject:Re

Two RACF databases with different definitions in a single sysplex?

2013-07-23 Thread Tom Ambros
A group is concerned that we have a single RACF database and there is no 'test' RACF database where the organization can implement 'test' rulesets. We have two sysplexes - a systems sandbox with no applications and a mixed development/production sysplex where all the applications reside. The o

Re: Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to be contiguous? - Never mind, didn't read enough... or reply with enough information,

2013-07-11 Thread Tom Ambros
but at this point that's all it is, a guess. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Ambros Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to

Re: Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to be contiguous? - Never mind, didn't read enough... or reply with enough information,

2013-07-11 Thread Tom Ambros
tfm in order to sleep well tonight): the answer is NO? Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Ambros Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 16:13 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Central Storage reallocation on z9 - re

Re: Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to be contiguous? - Never mind, didn't read enough.

2013-07-11 Thread Tom Ambros
PR/SM Planning Guide spells it out. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Tom Ambros To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 07/11/2013 09:20 Subject:Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to be contiguous? Sent by:IBM

Central Storage reallocation on z9 - requirement to be contiguous?

2013-07-11 Thread Tom Ambros
z9 with three partitions, activated in order A, B, C. No reserved storage defined. We need to remove some storage from C and assign it to A. Without any operations on B, can we deactivate C, reduce initial storage, reactivate it and then deactivate A later that night, increase initial storage

STP-only CTN, timing links between standalone CFs for PTS/BTS coordination

2013-07-02 Thread Tom Ambros
We're migrating from mixed-mode to STP-only mode in the near future. The standalone coupling facilities are such that we will need to drop the CF links to the last ETR-only machine after it is shut down and replace them with STP-only links between the coupling facilities, no room to do otherwi

Re: CFRM Policy with new CPU

2013-05-02 Thread Tom Ambros
I vaguely remember some advice somewhere that it is cleaner to remove the CF definitions as you go. 'Setting Up A Sysplex' has procedures to do this. Same reason we don't maintain the DR CF definitions in our policies because structure allocation may get twisty. I'd go something like this:

Re: Assigning Same SVC Number

2013-03-05 Thread Tom Ambros
Does the product give you the option of specifying the SVC number, a la Hogan? Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: David Andrews To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 03/05/2013 08:21 Subject:Re: Assigning Same SVC Number Sent by:

IPSec filter rule definition for sysplex distributed dynamic VIPA

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Ambros
ROUTED or LOCAL? I *think* it may have to be ROUTED but I am not finding any information to conclusively prove that and before I test it out, I ask. The reason I ask is because I have reason to specify a traffic descriptor for a restricted set of ports and that would not be in compliance with

Re: OT - Huge Maple Syrup heist solved.

2012-12-27 Thread Tom Ambros
Family are producers in Vermont so seeing the cache described in the NYT as the 'global strategic reserve' gave me a chuckle. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Mike Schwab To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 12/27/2012 01:28 Subject:

Re: Correlating workstation userid to TN3270 logon using client certificates

2012-12-05 Thread Tom Ambros
n on, a virtual terminal owned by TN3270 signed on. You would have to capture it from TCP/IP somehow and hand it off to your RACF exit. Not an entire answer, but I hope this helps. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf

Correlating workstation userid to TN3270 logon using client certificates

2012-12-04 Thread Tom Ambros
I apologize if this has been covered already, but I probably need to tell somebody if this can be done before I read up and put the pieces together. If I have an SSL-capable emulator, is it possible to validate the client certificate and extract the userid (this part, at least, I know can be

Re: IPSec

2012-09-21 Thread Tom Ambros
You want to use zOSMF and the configuration selections within there. It is possible to write the configuration files yourself but it is much like taping together the contents of a shredder bucket to restore the original documents. It is not a requirement to use the GUI but you will be glad yo

PCI-DSS, sysplex implementation question.

2012-09-13 Thread Tom Ambros
We are in the process of implementing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards and in an effort to cover everything and not be obliged to look at each instance in a one-off we are curious how other sysplex implementations were done. We would like to understand if we can approach this

Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 announcment

2012-08-28 Thread Tom Ambros
It cracks me up that there are about 12 posts about the name and nothing about the content. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Phil Smith III To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 08/28/2012 08:47 Subject:Re: The IBM zEnterprise EC1

Re: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing

2012-07-19 Thread Tom Ambros
Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:12:54 -0700, John Mattson wrote: >And the grand prize goes to Tom Ambros >Yes, use DOUBLE AMPERSANDS in REXX and the FINDs work properly. >So simple when we finally see it. Many thanks to everyone. > So is

Re: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing

2012-07-19 Thread Tom Ambros
That's strange, they work fine as Rexx for me: JCL: Note line 4 //REMOTE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR.(&SYSTEM) //REMOTE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR.(SYSTEM) //REMOTE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&PDQR(SYSTEM) //* TEST LINE TO BE X ALL'ED AND NOT FOUND IN FIND A

Re: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing

2012-07-18 Thread Tom Ambros
This is probably easier. ISREDIT "SCAN OFF" ISREDIT "F ALL 'DISP=SHR,DSN=MSYS.UCMD.REMOTE&&PDQR' " ISREDIT "SCAN ON" Scan is initialized to ON when the macro starts so unconditionally changing it is probably OK. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 5

Re: SV: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing - oops, forgot SCAN mode

2012-07-18 Thread Tom Ambros
Check out SCAN mode discussion in ISPF Edit and Edit Macros doc. It has good instructions and example. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Tom Ambros To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 07/18/2012 13:41 Subject:Re: SV: REXX ISPF

Re: SV: REXX ISPF edit FIND failing

2012-07-18 Thread Tom Ambros
Is it possible that if you code &PDQR as &&PDQR edit strips the first ampersand and looks for the string the way you want? I have some code which does something similar with &SYSNAME variable in the started task JCL. I change a string containing that variable during DR adjustments of the VTA

Re: Secure Encryption Keys vs Protected Keys

2012-07-09 Thread Tom Ambros
Phil Smith wrote: "Yes, Protected Key requires ICSF and a CEX." Should that not read "Yes, Secure Key requires ICSF and a CEX."? Blatant plagiarism follows from my copy of the z196 Tech Guide, Section 6.2.2 'CPACF Protected key': "The zEnterprise CPCs support the protected key implementati

Re: 'Inexperienced' RBS tech operative's blunder led to banking meltdown

2012-06-27 Thread Tom Ambros
EICO > System z Team Leader > mailto:sknut...@geico.com > (office) 301.986.3574 > (cell) 301.996.1318 > > "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." > > > -Original Message- > From: IB

Re: 'Inexperienced' RBS tech operative's blunder led to banking meltdown

2012-06-27 Thread Tom Ambros
orth of > idle speculation :-) > > Best Regards, > > Sam Knutson, GEICO > System z Team Leader > mailto:sknut...@geico.com > (office) 301.986.3574 > (cell) 301.996.1318 &g

Re: 'Inexperienced' RBS tech operative's blunder led to banking meltdown

2012-06-27 Thread Tom Ambros
"Complicated legacy mainframe system"? It's CA-7! If they think that's complicated they probably can't work a Mr. Coffee. Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 From: Ed Gould To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 06/27/2012 00:44 Subject:'