Re: UNIT=VIO

2025-08-05 Thread rpinion865
l series I'm working on (the first book > is out, and I'm most of the way through the second of what I project to be > five). > > Oh well... > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > &g

Re: UNIT=VIO

2025-08-05 Thread rpinion865
board. > > > On Aug 5, 2025, at 9:48 AM, rpinion865 > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: > > > What an honor to work with Tron Guy! > > -- > Curtis Pew, Mainframe Specialist >

Re: UNIT=VIO

2025-08-05 Thread rpinion865
What an honor to work with Tron Guy! "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 at 10:44 AM, Pew, Curtis G wrote: > [Note: Jay and I work on the same team; he joined us earlier this year.] > > On Aug 5, 2025, at 4:22 

Re: UNIT=VIO

2025-08-04 Thread rpinion865
Example 1: //EX1 DD UNIT=VIO //EX2 DD DSNAME=&&TEMPDS,UNIT=SYSDA //EX3 DD DSNAME=&&TEMPDS(MEM1),UNIT=VIRT3 //EX4 DD DSNAME=&&MYDS,UNIT=VIO,SPACE=(360,(5,30)), // DISP=(,PASS),DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=360) In these examples, the system assigned during system initialization the

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 4381 capacity and performance

2025-07-31 Thread rpinion865
an hour just to > RECIEVE the tape :-) Remember "Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed" :-) > Len Rugen > > rugenl at yahoo.com > > > > > On Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:27:27 AM CDT, rpinion865 > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrot

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 4381 capacity and performance

2025-07-31 Thread rpinion865
In 1981, running IMS/DB/DC TSO/SPF (not ISPF), IMS MPPs, and batch on 370/168. MVS SP 1.x. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 7/31/25 6:03 PM, Pommier, Rex <0737643a508d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wro

Re: FileZilla not connecting to z/OS V3.1 - it used to

2025-07-27 Thread rpinion865
You can try network packet traces and there are ways to trace z/OS TCP/IP traffic. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 7/27/25 12:49 PM, Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. wrote: > To all of you who replied, thanks

Re: US Based zOS Systems Programmers

2025-07-24 Thread rpinion865
s or open attachments unless you expect them from the sender > and know the content is safe. > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 at 13:25, rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > It is not uncommon for me to get emails from offshore recruite

Re: US Based zOS Systems Programmers

2025-07-24 Thread rpinion865
In my opinion, US based residency is not a new requirement. As a US citizen, with a legal domicile in the State of Tennessee, I have been looking for employment opportunities that would allow me to work from Montenegro for approximately six months out of the year. Since 2022, I have been tol

Re: US Based zOS Systems Programmers

2025-07-24 Thread rpinion865
It is not uncommon for me to get emails from offshore recruiters for non-IT jobs in my home state. It seems the match criteria that is being used is based on state of residence instead of job experience. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

Re: Contention problem TSO and batch job

2025-07-18 Thread rpinion865
I have one of those pocket IBM documents. The title is OS/VS2 TSO Command Language Reference and Summary GX28-0647-4, dated May 1978. I got it in 1980. The ALLOC command is on page one, and shows in the first bracket [OLD SHR MOD NEW] and the second bracket [KEEP DELETE CATALOG UNCATALOG].

Re: EMC DASD gossip

2025-06-17 Thread rpinion865
It is not gossip. Hitachi/Vantara and IBM are capitalizing on that announcement. Dell/EMC says the IBM licensing is getting to expensive. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 9:43 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka <04

Re: Interview questions

2025-05-27 Thread rpinion865
a total average score. > > If you're interested, I can share it with you. I'm sure you'll need to modify > it to fit your specific environment. > Regards,Jasi Grewal. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV

Interview questions

2025-05-27 Thread rpinion865
I will be retiring in early June 2025. My manager asked if I would be interested in doing part-time work for my current employer. While I have mixed feeling regarding continued work, I agreed to the part-time schedule. My wife and I will be spending time in Eastern Europe for several months, star

Receiving PTFs from IBM

2025-05-23 Thread rpinion865
If case something has changed since I ran this in March 2025, and I missed the announcement, is anyone else having trouble connecting to receive PTFs? RECEIVE SYSMODS ORDER(ORDERSERVER(ORDSRVR) CLIENT(MYCLIENT) CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) FORTGTZONES(MVST100 APAT100) ) DELETEPKG . GIM69159S ** REC

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3390A’s

2025-05-22 Thread rpinion865
I found this by doing search, ICKDSF manual Appendix C. VTOC/Index are 983 / 50, 2944 / 150, 9828 / 491, and 19656 / 980 for mod 3, 9, 27, 54 respectively. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 at 3:25 PM, Mike Sc

Re: LE routine IGZXLPKA consumes considerable CPU time

2025-05-22 Thread rpinion865
I might have missed it, but did the original poster show the actual call statements for PGMA and PGMB? Even if the programs, main and subprograms, were compiled with NODYNAM, if the call statements are CALL PGMA-VARIBLE and CALL PGMB-VARIABLE, where those two variables contain the subprogram na

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3390A’s

2025-05-22 Thread rpinion865
The "A" of 3390A means Alias, while the "B" of 3390B means Base. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 at 8:59 AM, Pommier, Rex <0737643a508d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Not a dumb question. In the c

Re: Scratch tape woes (RMM, SMS, OAM)

2025-05-21 Thread rpinion865
A run of RMM house keeping job? "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 5/21/25 7:48 AM, Vince Getgood <04d5c094df74-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > 10 scratch tapes "appeared" at some point today...

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
y Maynard jaymayn...@gmail.com wrote: > > > The IBM webpage calls for that, in STC EDGVRSP. That started task proc > > doesn't exist on either system. > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM rpinion865 < > > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> w

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
re linklist and LPA, and EDGUX100 does not exist. > > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Have you verified that EDGUX100 is not being loaded/used? I read ALL of > > your first post, and you

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
email. On Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 11:01 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > If you do a D SSI from the console do you see anything about UXTB? > > SUBSYS=UXTB > DYNAMIC=YES STATUS=INACTIVE COMMANDS=REJECT > > > > "Con

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
rsday, May 15th, 2025 at 10:35 AM, Jay Maynard <05997213d6c2-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > It is in production. We get the EDGI100I message there, and yet things run > fine. > > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@li

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
> Is this still necessary if the same function is done in EDGDEF00, though? > > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > I would search for something, might be run as job as opposed to a STC, > > that ex

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
39 //*TEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYS1.RMM.LOADLIB "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 10:16 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
REGION=4096K,PARM='&SSN.,&TAB.' "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 10:10 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Perhaps, the UXTB is

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
The UXTB is for the RMM version of the CA-1 RDS process. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, May 15th, 2025 at 9:51 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I think you need

Re: DFRMM S0C4/SF13 ABEND: EDGI100I being issued spuriously?

2025-05-15 Thread rpinion865
I think you need to run a DFRMM STC which will set up the UXTB. Off the top of my head, I cannot remember what STC does that. Maybe my suggestion will ring a bell for you. If not, I can find out what STC you need to run. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton M

Re: FDR

2025-04-17 Thread rpinion865
SMS volumes must catalog the FDR.USE.UNIT special name before processing an  offline SMS  volume.   //BACKUP EXEC PGM=FDR,REGION=0M //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* //DISK1 DD DISP=OLD,DSN=FDR.USE.UNIT01FA, // UNIT=SYSALLDA,VOL=SER=PROD01 //TAPE1 DD DSN=BACKUP.VPROD01(+1),UNIT

Re: If there an IPCS verb which displays dynamic exits?

2025-04-08 Thread rpinion865
That is what I thought. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 2:51 PM, Binyamin Dissen <0662573e2c3a-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Referring to zOS IPCS, a completely different animal. > > On Tue,

Re: Migrating Storage pools to EAV

2025-04-07 Thread rpinion865
Cost options, BMC STOP-X37, DTS Software ACC/SRS, or not as sophisticated IBM's TAM (Tivoli Allocation Manager). I know that TAM has the ability to increase secondary allocations after "x" number of extents. I think there are additional tuning knobs that can be turned for both primary and secon

Re: Migrating Storage pools to EAV

2025-04-04 Thread rpinion865
Yep been there done that with setting DVC to 59 causing a banking application, PEP+, to exhaust the TIOT. The TIOT was set to the maximum value. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, April 4th, 2025 at 10:51 AM, Michael Watkins <00

Re: Stupid outages you caused

2025-03-11 Thread rpinion865
Anybody remember OWL from Pansophic? "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 3/6/25 8:45 PM, Dave Gibney <06fb76de82cb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Pretty sure our Wylbur FETCH accessed the spool di

Re: Stupid outages you caused

2025-03-08 Thread rpinion865
: > Hi Richard, > Have you ever tried out (or used) TSSO (CBT Tape) when JES2 won't come up? > (It has a TSO command line interface on the Master Console.) > > Regards, > David > > On 2025-03-07 16:04, rpinion865 wrote: > > Yep, I have one of those. It

Re: Stupid outages you caused

2025-03-07 Thread rpinion865
Yep, I have one of those. It is called $TSOCYA. And for those of us who came into the mainframe world just as SPF (yes SPF, before it was ISPF/PDF) was coming into use, we learned how to use the TSO EDIT command. Which is useful if you cannot get into ISPF. Also, from time to time, for whatev

Re: Stupid outages you caused (was: Cost of an outage)

2025-03-06 Thread rpinion865
In the latter 80s, CA had come in to install CA-Dispatch. Once Dispatch was up, I observed a high paging rate for the MVS system. Being the top-notch performance and tuning guy that I am (pun INTENDED), I decided to mark SWAPPABLE, address spaces that I deemed "unimportant". Top on my list w

Re: New WAIT state in z/OS 3.1?

2025-02-18 Thread rpinion865
een nanoseconds, right? Electric signals travel at approximately > 150,000 miles per second. That's somewhere around 800 or 900 feet per > microsecond. That would be a long cable. > > https://youtu.be/9eyFDBPk4Yw > > Charles > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:07:16 +000

Re: New WAIT state in z/OS 3.1?

2025-02-18 Thread rpinion865
Hey, I know how to fix that. Old story, new IBM 370/158 installed by third party. IPLed 158 and it ran for a few hours and then died. IPLed again, same thing. Third party CE attempted to diagnose the problem. After several hours, the third party gave up and agreed to pay for IBM to diagnose

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-29 Thread rpinion865
nd E-Private > region sizes and their current percentage usage (most likely off to the far > RHS of the panel). > > Rob Scott > Rocket Software > > ____ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of > rpinion86

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
; > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On > > Behalf Of rpinion865 > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 6:55 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: VPS STC run as a batch job > > > &

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
ogrammer > > > > > > > Em terça-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2025 às 10:46:18 BRT, rpinion865 > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu escreveu: > > > > > > > I did a $DEXIT(*), and all of our exits have ROUTINES=(),STATUS=DESABL

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Rich, > Do you have any JES Exits which modify submitted JCL and/or Internal Text? > > Regards, > David > > On 2025-01-28 07:58, rpinion865 wrote: > > > We have the default IEFUSI, compile date of 05/13/1990, and IBM's > &

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
mented SMFLIMxx? The policies defined there can optionally > override IEFUSI. > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com > > > On Tues

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 at 7:58 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > We have the default IEFUSI, compile date of 05/13/1990, and IBM's Application > Performance Ana

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
> Do you have an IEFUSI exit? There may be differences related to REGION > definition because of LSQA settings for JOB and STC. > > > Best Regards > > Ituriel do Nascimento Neto > z/OS System Programmer > > > > > > > Em terça-feira, 28 de janei

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
On Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 at 7:22 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Since I am the z/OS system programmer, I can say with 99% confidence, nothing > has changed. > But I have learned the hard way, never say never. I did not make any parmlib

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-28 Thread rpinion865
Since I am the z/OS system programmer, I can say with 99% confidence, nothing has changed. But I have learned the hard way, never say never. I did not make any parmlib or JES2 parm changes. As for the IPL, it was the scheduled monthly IPL (not my decision, that is way it has been for many, ma

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
he operating system could have slightly increased its memory > use, and VPS's memory got reduced a slight amount, causing the error. > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM rpinion865 < > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > That is something to

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > What changed in the environment to cause this? > > Dave Jousma > Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behal

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
d up being an SMF exit > (IEFUSI?) limiting the memory for started tasks, but not caring about the > batch job. > > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > > Sent: Monday, January 27, 20

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
roton Mail secure email. On Monday, January 27th, 2025 at 12:27 PM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Very helpful ABEND S0C4 following by SA03. > > > > "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > > Bugs Bunny > >

Re: VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
n starting as a STC? > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of > rpinion865 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > > Date: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.E

VPS STC run as a batch job

2025-01-27 Thread rpinion865
We are having a problem getting a VPS instance to run. We have been on the phone with LRS for over 4 hours. As a trial error, we tried running the VPS as a batch job. It stayed up. Our VPS support person, who in my opinion is not very technical, stated that VPS must be run as a STC. Would anyone

Re: ADRDSSU DUMP/RESTORE

2025-01-25 Thread rpinion865
not updated. But the volser is different. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 25.01.2025 o 13:55, rpinion865 pisze: > > The ICF catalog is active on the system where the backup and restore are > done. > > > > "Confiden

Re: ADRDSSU DUMP/RESTORE

2025-01-25 Thread rpinion865
The ICF catalog is active on the system where the backup and restore are done. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 1/25/25 7:42 AM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>

Re: ADRDSSU DUMP/RESTORE

2025-01-25 Thread rpinion865
The VSAM dataset is cataloged in a ICF catalog. They are not SYS1.anything. The dataset is a SMPE CSI dataset cataloged in a user ICF catalog. I can restore non-VSAM datasets with the same HLQ of the VSAM dataset. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Andro

ADRDSSU DUMP/RESTORE

2025-01-24 Thread rpinion865
I have a situation I do not understand. We use the SNAP facility of our EMC software to make point in time backups of our volumes. After all of the source volumes have been snapped to the BCP volumes, we run ADRDSSU full volume backups of the BCP volumes. ADRDSSU is invoked via another program, w

Re: AI - Food for Thoiught

2025-01-22 Thread rpinion865
Yep, and that is my cell phone ring tone. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 at 2:51 PM, Steve Beaver <050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > They are building 10 AI datacenters under con

Re: AI makes stuff up

2025-01-22 Thread rpinion865
I wonder if Google and other internet search engines use "AI"? Why do I ask? I just tried to find some information about DF/RMM's RDSTABLE lookup logic. First, I used RMM RDSTABLE, I got a bunch hits. But nothing related to IBM's RMM. I tried DFRMM and RDSTABLE. At least this time, I got so

Re: OMVS

2025-01-22 Thread rpinion865
I definitely remember OMVS running MVS/ESA 4.3, which I installed in the mid 90s. If I remember correctly, one could stop and start the OMVS address space. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 at 7:09 AM, Mar

Re: Caching of a Non-loadlib library

2025-01-17 Thread rpinion865
sysplex boundaries) > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 16.01.2025 o 21:27, rpinion865 pisze: > > > I am sure I know the answer. But in case something was introduced in the > > last few years, is there a facility that would cac

Re: Caching of a Non-loadlib library

2025-01-17 Thread rpinion865
do Nascimento Neto > z/OS System Programmer > > > > > > > Em quinta-feira, 16 de janeiro de 2025 às 17:27:31 BRT, rpinion865 > 042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu escreveu: > > > > > > > I am sure I know the answer. But in case something was intr

Caching of a Non-loadlib library

2025-01-16 Thread rpinion865
I am sure I know the answer. But in case something was introduced in the last few years, is there a facility that would cache in memory a library (PDS/PDSE), directory and members? This would be a library NOT covered by the COFVLFxx Classes. Looking at DASD statistics for our BMC CTx product libr

Re: File transfer question

2025-01-16 Thread rpinion865
BLKSIZE=23440! Boo, hiss "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, January 16th, 2025 at 1:15 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: > DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=23440,LEECH=80) > > On 1/16/2025 9:07 AM, Phil Smith III wrote: > > > "leech"? > > >

Re: Bye all

2025-01-03 Thread rpinion865
Truly a loss for the list and thank you for everything! "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, January 3rd, 2025 at 10:14 AM, Peter Relson <056a472f7cb4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi, IBM-Mainers. > I am retired as o

Re: BRODCAST dataset help

2024-12-10 Thread rpinion865
As always Sam, thank you for all that you do! "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 at 10:31 AM, Sam Golob wrote: > Dear Folks, > > If you have any problems relating to SYS1.BRODCAST, or the BROADCAST > datase

Re: DYNAMNBR

2024-12-04 Thread rpinion865
At a prior life at a bank, I ran into a banking application that used dynamic allocation for most of the dataset allocations. We had the TIOT size set to the maximum value. In the SMS data class, we were using the maximum value for the dynamic volume count (I think the value is 59). This cau

Re: ADRDSSU and freespace

2024-11-15 Thread rpinion865
Well if you had FDR, you could do that. COMPAKT AND SIMULATE STATEMENTS 40.08 40.08 COMPAKT AND SIMULATE STATEMENTS The following lists the operands available for Fast COMPAKTion (TYPE=FASTCPK), a COMPAKT-in-place that does not use a backup. Only the major statement (COMPAKT or SIMULATE) and TYPE

Re: DUMP command question

2024-11-13 Thread rpinion865
Looks like a BMC xMON loop. We have one of those too. BMC keeps telling us "it is something we are doing". We have sent multiple console dumps and Mainview program trace. Still not getting anywhere with them. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: DUMP command question

2024-11-13 Thread rpinion865
in". I can't find "the other dump". > > Rex > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:06 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU &g

Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly

2024-11-11 Thread rpinion865
Unless I missed it, has anyone spoken of Clem Clarke's JOL? This is not a product which has official support. https://hercules-os380.yahoogroups.narkive.com/6Q2YsqGZ/jol-next-generation-jcl-was-jcl-what-is-it-and-what-could-it-be "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with P

Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly

2024-11-11 Thread rpinion865
"self modifying code" is that not AI? Or am I getting that confused with Colossus, The Forbin Project? "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, November 11th, 2024 at 2:18 PM, Dave Gibney <06fb76de82cb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: Calculating used dataset space

2024-11-11 Thread rpinion865
Brian, what is your personal email address? > > Original Message > On 11/9/24 2:25 AM, Brian Westerman > 06ba4ed225c9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: > > > Could you send me a copy as well? > > > > Brian > > > > -

Re: Calculating used dataset space

2024-11-09 Thread rpinion865
OK will do later today. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 11/9/24 2:25 AM, Brian Westerman <06ba4ed225c9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Could you send me a copy as well? > > Brian > >

Re: Calculating used dataset space

2024-11-07 Thread rpinion865
I have a very old assembler program, probably 1980s, that does reporting for SMF TYPE 15 records. It displays total tracks allocated and tracks released. I have used the report to assist the programming staff in assigning reasonable space allocations. I am sure with a little bit of tweaking,

Re: JES2 volume migration

2024-11-07 Thread rpinion865
JES2 offload/reload with the appropriate workload selection parameters. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, November 7th, 2024 at 12:00 PM, Matthew Stitt wrote: > IBM provided a method to delete JES2 SPOOL volumes (MIGRATE). Do

Re: Calculating used dataset space

2024-11-07 Thread rpinion865
If you have access to BMC's FDREPORT, that would be the perfect tool. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, November 7th, 2024 at 9:14 AM, Paul Feller <05aa34d46684-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Jack, if you have DCO

Re: Allocation of an SMS managed dataset

2024-09-27 Thread rpinion865
t 12:59 PM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > What about the VTOC index? > > > > "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > > Bugs Bunny > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > On Thursday, September

Re: Allocation of an SMS managed dataset

2024-09-26 Thread rpinion865
ere 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 > > V

Allocation of an SMS managed dataset

2024-09-26 Thread rpinion865
In addition to free space on the volume, does SMS look at the utilization of the VTOC and VTOC index when choosing a volume for dataset allocation? "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. -

Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations

2024-09-17 Thread rpinion865
; much. > Lennie > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > > Sent: 17 September 2024 13:24 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations > > I have be

Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations

2024-09-17 Thread rpinion865
I have been using blocked ISPF log datasets since starting this position back in 2022. I can browse the log dataset with no issues. Menu Options View Utilities Compilers Help . -- .

Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations

2024-09-16 Thread rpinion865
Check the blocking factor also. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 9/16/24 6:26 PM, Albertus de Wet <062595278496-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > PS. It's a COBOL programmer whos LOG dataset is fi

Re: [External] : Re: How to cleanup old datasets

2024-08-21 Thread rpinion865
If you have BMC's FDREPORT, you can use it to extract the RMM tape info and create the DELETE NOSCRATCH commands. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 at 6:27 AM, Richard McIntosh <06ae244fdcf3-dmarc-requ..

Re: 3270 programming

2024-08-16 Thread rpinion865
And who remembers the famous "you're number 1" TSO 3270 program? I almost got fired for that one in 1985. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, August 16th, 2024 at 12:33 PM, David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.u

Mass update to Change Man libraries

2024-08-02 Thread rpinion865
We are migrating to ZWEASY from Broadcom Eztrieve. All of our active Eztrieve programs have been tested against ZWEASY. As part of our migration, we will be using IBM's File Manager to change the Eztreive load library to the ZWEASY load library, in our JCL and PROCLIB libraries. Since we use Cha

Re: Broadcom/CA Easytrieve

2024-07-23 Thread rpinion865
ng the old options > table. (This options table is also used in r11 in "compatibility mode"). > > To dump it, run this JCL: > > //JS010 EXEC PGM=EZTPX15 > //OPT DD DUMMY, > // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 > //SYSPRINT DD * > > > If you're in r11 it gets a lo

Broadcom/CA Easytrieve

2024-07-23 Thread rpinion865
I need to determine what are the Easytrieve options we have. This is a very old version, 6.4, and the people and libraries used for the install are long gone. Seems like I remember that you could run something to list the installed options. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sen

Re: Mainframe history - 12 inch floppies?

2024-07-16 Thread rpinion865
I had a Timex-Sinclair ZX-80 in 1982. You could store your program (BASIC) on a cassette tape player. It came with 4K of memory (RAM or ROM, I am not sure) standard and you could purchase the 16K expansion, which I had too. I was already a system programmer when I got the ZX-80. "Confiden

Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me

2024-07-11 Thread rpinion865
I vote for going back to the way it was. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, July 11th, 2024 at 8:39 AM, Colin Paice <059d4daca697-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > When I worked for IBM we had people (the product 2nd

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

2024-07-09 Thread rpinion865
Fleegle, the legal beagle. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at 3:17 PM, David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Dave, > What does the Arabic after your name mean? > > Thanks a

Re: DFSORT Question regarding SORTOUT Library Member Statistics

2024-06-25 Thread rpinion865
Would the ISPF LM Services, i.e. LMCOPY, provide the results you want? Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 at 10:42 AM, Cameron Conacher <03cfc59146bb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I believe I simply cannot do this using DFSORT, but

Re: GRS in MONOPLEX without physical CTCs ?

2024-06-21 Thread rpinion865
I think z/VM allows a virtual CF. From an older zPDT Redbook. A new level of the Coupling Facility code is included, which is level CFCC D93G R17 SL4.8. This CFCC level is considerably larger than the CFCC included in the previous zPDT release and a larger z/VM guest is needed to use it. (We no

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

2024-06-15 Thread rpinion865
I have also found that using a PDSE for SMPWRK6 can speed up SMP/E processing. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Sunday, June 16th, 2024 at 12:50 AM, David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Dave, > You said: "but I know how you like to show everyon

Re: PDS compress and PROCLIB

2024-06-12 Thread rpinion865
B instead. > > HTH, > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 8:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: PDS compress and PROCLIB > > [CAUTION: Th

Re: PDS compress and PROCLIB

2024-06-12 Thread rpinion865
> Re delete/reallocate is true. Jes closes the proclibs between uses > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > rpinion865 > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 7:43 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU &

Re: PDS compress and PROCLIB

2024-06-12 Thread rpinion865
Urban legend or false memory. But in the early 1980s, I was told that if you started a proc that did not exist, JES2 would open and close each proclib in the concatenation. In fact, I was told, and if I remember correctly, I was able to backup a proclib that ran out of directory blocks, delete

Re: AT-TLS Configuration assistant

2024-06-06 Thread rpinion865
And from what I have heard, zOSMF does not perform well under zPDT. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 12:13 PM, Lennie Bradshaw wrote: > Tom, > Thanks for your thoughts. > There is another issue for me. I use z/OS on a zPDT machine with the z/OS > system bu

Re: Missing SMF Record Type 89

2024-06-03 Thread rpinion865
hael > > At 09:06 AM 6/3/2024, rpinion865 wrote: > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64We are running z/OS 2.4 on a z15 > > with three LPARs (Production, Development, and Sandbox). We use SMF > > log streams to collect our SMF records. We kick off a batch job > >

Missing SMF Record Type 89

2024-06-03 Thread rpinion865
We are running z/OS 2.4 on a z15 with three LPARs (Production, Development, and Sandbox). We use SMF log streams to collect our SMF records. We kick off a batch job everyday at 2:00 to capture the previous day's SMF records from the log stream, and write them to a GDG dataset. SMF Type 89 is tur

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