Re: How can I get reports in the Output Queue in SDSF to print

Ron, glad you got it working. I did ask you to do a query link a few posts ago, but I think you maybe missed it? Never mind, all's well that ends well.. Vince. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: The 200 year old computer - or 2000 years

How about the Antikythera? Mike Wawiorko This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the send

Quick Q - OSA and FICON

Hi, This should be a quick one.. FC 0404 for OSA 4S GbE LX and FC 0409 for FICON 8S LX - they're both cards for the PCI/e I/O Drawer, with 2 ports, and both ports come under the same CHPID, yes? - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure MARKSANDSPENCER.COM Unless ot

Re: Wells Fargo? Well f*&%#d at the moment: Data centre up in smoke, bank website, app down . The Register

There is a reasonably large bank I have worked with in the past that fails over to the DR site and runs production for an extended period (days - perhaps it was two weeks). I like this approach as it tests infrastructure, communications, and resources in a way that a simple DR Test with no failbac

Re: Wells Fargo? Well f*&%#d at the moment: Data center up in smoke, bank website, app down . The Register

Give that man a cigar!!! Ron Hawkins Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) | m: +61 400029610 | h: +61 387399252 | email: ron.hawk...@ipsicsopt.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM Sent: Friday, 15 February 2019

TS7700

Hello List, In the installation & planning guide for TS7700, I see only a single diagram for the I/O area. Is there anything that mentions the interface IDs of each port in the I/O area? Like how we have I names for the ports in the DS8K. Thanks in advance, I'm going mad trying to find docum

Re: DEQ dynamically

Yes, you can. And it doesn't break anything. In CICS there is a utility transaction, ADYN, that can be used to allocate/deallocate datasets. It calls SVC 99 "under the covers". I've used it on many occasions to free allocations in a CICS region that had been made via DD statements in the regio

Re: PARMDD and Symbols in a Started PROC

SYSSYM=ALLOW in JESPARMS? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 12:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PARMDD and Symbols in a Started PROC OK, I am making some progress. I got past the JCL error b

Re: DELETE FMID

On 2/15/2019 1:56 AM, Peter wrote: I am trying to reapply a FMID to the target zone of DB2 but it is failing to apply even though I have specified REDO with FMID and it's Associated PTF. I have checked the global zone that this FMID is already in RECEIVED,APPLIED, ACCEPT status. What will be th

Re: HSM question - ML2 copy2 tapes that have no copy1

This can be done, however it's been a long long time since I have used HSM duplex tapes. A PMR w/IBM would probably shortcut this process. Glenn Wilcox is very good about responding. HTH, -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday,

Re: How long may a console command be?

Charles, - No, most commands will not accept format 2 syntax. If the documentation for a command does not explicitly state that the newer format is acceptable it should be assumed that it is not valid for that command. - The maximum command length is 126 regardless of the format. Peter Fatzi

Re: DELETE FMID

Hi Kurt While I redo I get GIM40101E and GIM24801S. The FMID is basically accepted into distribution zone. Regards Jake On Fri, 15 Feb, 2019, 5:33 PM Kurt Quackenbush On 2/15/2019 1:56 AM, Peter wrote: > > I am trying to reapply a FMID to the target zone of DB2 but it is failing > > to apply

Re: DELETE FMID

BYPASS(APPLYCHECK ACCEPTCHECK) ? Doug Fuerst Principal Consultant BK Associates 718.921.2620 (O) 917.572.7364 (C) d...@bkassociates.net -- Original Message -- From: "Kurt Quackenbush" To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Sent: 2/15/2019 8:32:59 AM Subject: Re: DELETE FMID On 2/15/2019 1:56 AM

Re: DEQ dynamically

You can, of course, deallocate a data set that was allocated as a result of your own JCL. You cannot deallocate a data set that was allocated as a result of the Initiator JCL. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe

Re: The 200 year old computer

FSVO computer. It's a calculator, not a universal computer. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Edward Finnell <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, Februar

Re: HSM question - ML2 copy2 tapes that have no copy1

Rex, There are 2 places HSM records the DUPLEX volser 1 in the MCV record while the Primary volume is still a partial tape and then in the TTOC record. The DUPLEX tape would be displayed in the LIST TTOC output if the Primary volume still existed. If it doesn't show in the LIST TTOC output th

Re: The 200 year old computer

The first known design for a stored program digital computer was Babbage's Analytical Engine. The difference engine was more of a calculator, and calculators are much older. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Di

Re: PARMDD and Symbols in a Started PROC

No. is perfectly valid in a started task, and the keywords that don't have special meaning go on the generated EXEC statements. In particular, keywords that are valid on a DD go on IEFRDER. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From:

Re: Wells Fargo? Well f*&%#d at the moment: Data center up in smoke, bank website, app down . The Register

Google is just giving you access to news group bit.listserv.ibm-main, not hosting it. Messages from the listserv are gated to bit.listserv.ibm-main, but articles in bit.listserv.ibm-main are not gated to the listserv, so always reply to the listserv. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gm

Re: Quick Q - OSA and FICON

Correct. IBM Z Connectivity Handbook (SG24-5444) is an excellent resource for researching such characteristics, options, cable types, etc. OSA-Express4S: The two ports of the OSA-Express4S GbE LX feature share a channel path identifier... FICON Express8S: The FICON Express8S features have tw

MQ7 on a Z14

Hello- We are about to embark on an upgrade from a BC12 to a Z14. Does anyone know of any issues with MQ7 running on a Z14 ? Regards, Cheryl Meehan Sr. Systems Engineer (603)354-7557 cmee...@cswg.com

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

Isnt MQ7 restricted to z/os 1.x? The z14 only runs z/os 2.x and above ... so you'd have to goto MQ8 or MQ9... Joe On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:28 AM Meehan, Cheryl wrote: > Hello- > > We are about to embark on an upgrade from a BC12 to a Z14. > > Does anyone know of any issues with MQ7 running on

Re: The 200 year old computer

What you call it is the marketing, what something actually does is the reality. Never mix the two up. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 9:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The 200 year old co

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

How about MQ V7 is no longer supported? On 2019-02-15 11:43, Joe Monk wrote: > Isnt MQ7 restricted to z/os 1.x? The z14 only runs z/os 2.x and above ... > so you'd have to goto MQ8 or MQ9... > > Joe > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:28 AM Meehan, Cheryl wrote: > >> Hello- >> >> We are about to embar

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

We are currently running MQ 7 on Z/os 2.2 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joe Monk Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MQ7 on a Z14 Isnt MQ7 restricted to z/os 1.x? Th

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

Indeed it is no longer supported, but I can tell you it runs just fine on a z13 on z/OS 2.2. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.

Re: Quick Q - OSA and FICON

Your Q has already been answered. For reference only, I will add one additional point: Starting with the newer generation of FICON features i.e. FICON Express16S+ (introduced with the z14), like previous generation of FICON features, both ports have its own PCHID and CHIPD. The keep difference

Re: DELETE FMID

On 2/15/2019 9:48 AM, Peter wrote: While I redo I get GIM40101E and GIM24801S. The FMID is basically accepted into distribution zone. GIM40101E says the SYSMOD is not in the global zone. This makes sense if you've already accepted the FUNCTION SYSMOD, as it was most likely automatically pu

Re: How long may a console command be?

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 16:20, Charles Mills wrote: > > Well, now that I have STC LONGPARM working, how long can the START command be? > > The commands reference describes two formats. It says most commands can use > format one, and it may be up to 126 characters. And it says three specific > comma

Re: How long may a console command be?

Thanks. Should I submit an RFE? The documentation is at best unclear and at worst would seem to imply that any command could be entered in "new format" and that any length "new format" was acceptable. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTS

Re: How long may a console command be?

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:15:20 -0500, Tony Harminc wrote: > >There is another thing to think about - symbolic variable >substitution. SYS1.MODGEN(IEFSSCM) has some comments about this, and >it's not immediately obvious to me if the length can exceed 126 after >substitution. I don't think so... > In

Re: How long may a console command be?

Sorry. RCF. An RFE is implausible. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How long may a console command be? Thanks.

Re: MQ7 on a Z14

We know we need to upgrade it... just don't know if we have to do it before we go to the new machine. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jackson, Rob Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

We have a job that runs dozens of times per day, copying a circular log file to a GDG backup. On occasion we get something like the following: IEC331I 042-006(040B0425),INIT,MICR01PR,SCRT,IGG0CLH0 IEC331I VOL,BK0068,NAME,PROD.XMTIN.MICR.MICRDLY.BKP.G1514V00 The issue does not cause the jo

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

The long result code (040B0425) seems to mean "Verify DADSM SCRATCH request; enqueue on SYSDSN failed." What can cause this to occur? Someone perhaps had the dataset open for browsing, perhaps? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Frank Swarbrick

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

Maybe find out what has it allocated at the time and fix the problem before it happens. Backup/migration perhaps? The DADSM SCRATCH code indicates this: X'04' X'0B' ENQRET X'25' Verify DADSM SCRATCH request; enqueue on SYSDSN failed. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

Hah, our emails waived at each other as they were being delivered. But it would be weird if someone were always browsing the last generation when this happened. At any rate, with our AO product--and most of the others I've used--it would be pretty simple to automate the deletion of that rolled-

Re: IEC331I 042-006 occurs during GDG roll in process

One more thing, is it possible for this job that runs that many times per day to contend with itself occasionally (i.e. demand-triggered with varying job name or duplicate-jobname execution allowed in JES)? First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -Original Message- From: Jackso

Re: What is the bit that causes the bypassing of dataset ENQ

On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:06:21 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >I did not recall the exact operation of the bit flag. If I'd recalled that it >was an SVC 99 flag rather than some sort of global flag I might well have >found it myself. > >Why criticize people for asking a question? If they knew the an