GSE UK - LSWG Meeting

2019-04-16 Thread Leanne Wilson
We are beginning the process to build the agenda for the mid-year Large Systems Working Group meeting. This is a free of charge face to face event full of technical sessions and networking opportunities. This event will be held on 20th June 2019 from 09:00 - 17:00 GMT at RSM Partners offices in

Re: ibmvsm/ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2019-04-16 Thread David Hom
Hello Barbara/Bruce, >parm(new) did the trick! This bit of information must have been buried in all >the RUCSA stuff that I skipped over because it doesn't apply to us.< Yes, OA56180 had quite a bit of documentation, but this trick was actually buried in the OA53355 documentation :-) >On one

Re: In-rack FICON DASD

2019-04-16 Thread Mike Shorkend
Check out IBM's DS8882F. On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 17:56, Ken Bloom wrote: > Check out the Visara vi-8810 DASD, 2U high, SSD dasd. I can give you more > info offline. > > Regards > Ken > > Kenneth A. Bloom > CEO > Avenir Technologies Inc > /d/b/a Visara International > 203-984-2235 > bl...@visara

Re: In-rack FICON DASD

2019-04-16 Thread John Kaba
We have been using the Visara 8810 for almost a year, and it has been a reliable, cost effective, rack mounted solution for our older z890 running VM and VSE. It has a small footprint, and is faster than what our old z890 channels can handle, so it is limited only by our CPU. -Original Mes

Re: z114 and z/OS 2.3

2019-04-16 Thread Dana Mitchell
I'm curious how this turned out... Dana On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:51:44 -0400, Jim Mulder wrote: >Under IPCS: > >IPLDATA >STATUS WORKSHEET >CBF PSA0 > > >> From: "Brian Westerman" >> >> Tell me what you want dumped and I'll get it to you.

Hillgang Reminder

2019-04-16 Thread Neale Ferguson
The next Hillgang meeting will take place on 26 April at the Broadcom offices in Herndon Virginia. The agenda may be found at http://www.vm.ibm.com/events/hill0419.pdf. Registration is at https://doodle.com/poll/gt3hcu2g9gp9ti4c. Agenda - * zVPS Version 5 does z/OS and more… – Barton Robi

StorageTek VSM Roadmap?

2019-04-16 Thread Michael Pantoja
Anybody heard anything about Oracle's future plans for the VSM? VSM 7 came out in 2016 and there's been plenty of RIFs since then as they continue their focus on "Cloud". -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access inst

Re: MVS Command output

2019-04-16 Thread Scott Fagen
On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 5:17:25 PM UTC-5, oldci...@gmail.com wrote: > I have this program that issues MVS commands. As expected, the output > appears in the SYSLOG. Is there a way to make it appear in SYSPRINT or > SYSOUT? > > Thanks I caught this one out on Google Groups. There is

z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Steve Beaver
z/OSMF to say it mildly is a lot to configure. Is anyone getting any use of z/OSMF other than a lot of work TIA Steve -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listse

Re: In-rack FICON DASD

2019-04-16 Thread Bruce Klenk
Christian,   Another choice is the Dell EMC PowerMax which has beentested and qualified to run inside the z14 ZR1 or LinuxOne Rockhopper II LR1with the 16U Reserved feature (FC 0617). The PowerMax delivers new levels ofperformance and efficiency with a future-proof architecture that features

Re: z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Carmen Vitullo
HA! - been fighting z/osmf since late 2.1, ever changing filesystem mount points, shell scripting to configure and add plugins now moved to parmlib that has some issues, now 2.3 another new mount point, documentation on the migration is, for me confusing. my data file is now not mounted under /v

Re: z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
'Can get' or 'cannot get'??? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carmen V

Re: z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Carmen Vitullo
:( cannot Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Jesse 1 Robinson" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 2:54:34 PM Subject: Re: z?OSMF 'Can get' or 'cannot get'??? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddl

Re: z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Marshall Stone
I use configuration assistant very often to maintain Policy Agent configs (IPSec TLSv12, IDS, etc) Regards, Marshall Stone -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 3:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: z?OSMF

Re: SMF Log Blocks

2019-04-16 Thread Stan Weyman
What I need is a programmatic method for SMF record retrieval that is not brand new (as with real time SMF streaming). IXGBRWSE is a documented interface. Is there an explanation for the log block format? Is the data compressed somehow? I could dynamically allocate and use IFASEXIT I i

CSSMTP

2019-04-16 Thread Bill Giannelli
I am a Db2 Systems Programmer, not a z/OS Systems Programmer. What are the difficulties with implementing CSSMTP? thanks Bill -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.e

Re: z?OSMF

2019-04-16 Thread Keith Smith
We use it to deliver RESTful access to z/OS flat files. It was also required for Common Data Provider configuration. On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:37 PM Steve Beaver wrote: > z/OSMF to say it mildly is a lot to configure. > > > > Is anyone getting any use of z/OSMF other than a lot of work > > >

Re: SMF Log Blocks

2019-04-16 Thread Christopher Y. Blaicher
Check out CSVDYNEX to add IEFU83/4/5 to the system and get the records and put them on a queue. You don't want to process records in the exit code as it affects all address spaces. Or convince your user to go to SMF LOGSTREAMs and use SMF real-time callable services. Never played with IXGBRWS

Re: Incoming | Computerworld SHARK TANK

2019-04-16 Thread Gabe Goldberg
Indeed. Long ago, at Mitre -- relatively small account (360/50 running OS/MVT when I joined, 4341 and 4381 running VM as Single System Image when I left) that punched above its weight, we had an FE room with supplies/manuals/etc. -- including microcode listings as long as they were available (v

Re: Dumps and cancelling jobs

2019-04-16 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Thanks Peter. I'm thinking I'm not going to get permission to do this. I maybe submit a requirement against Fault Analyzer for this issue. Or probably not, since it doesn't really come up that often. Thanks! Frank From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of

Re: :StorageTek VSM Roadmap?

2019-04-16 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
This is in no way an authoritative answer. Consider it rumor mill grist. What I heard is that Oracle wants out of the mainframe tape *hardware* business but will stay in VSM because that can support multiple platforms. So you can continue to have Oracle virtual tape up to the point of back-endin

Re: SMF Log Blocks

2019-04-16 Thread Charles Mills
IEFU83/4/5 and now 6. NOT for the faint-hearted. Re-entered on multiple processors in a variety of TCB and SRB and X-memory modes. If I did not need real time and back-level z/OS support I would do it some other way. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:

Re: z114 and z/OS 2.3

2019-04-16 Thread Charles Mills
+1 Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z114 and z/OS 2.3 I'm curious how this turned out... Dana On Sun, 7 Apr 2019

Re: CSSMTP

2019-04-16 Thread Jake Anderson
Do you already have SMTP running ? Then there are migration steps listed in manual which can help you to migrate to CSSMTP. Any help regarding the implementation let me know I can help you with it.(contact me offline ) On Wed, 17 Apr, 2019, 12:11 AM Bill Giannelli, wrote: > I am a Db2 Systems P

HSM dummy question ML1

2019-04-16 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi I am not a storage expert but in one of our shop I have inherited the storage work as well. I was going through the manual which says as DFSMSHSM managed volume, a ML1 and a user volume. When we say ML1 I understand it's a dasd ? So if it a HSM managed where can I list it or do we define a s

Re: ibmvsm/ZOSMIGV2R3_NEXT_VSM_USERKEYCOMM

2019-04-16 Thread Bruce Hewson
IBM's reply contained this:- If you take a look at OA53355, you'll see the full description of the healthcheck and how you can adjust it or reset. Here is the portion that you'd be interested in:

Re: In-rack FICON DASD

2019-04-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
So far here's the list of currently available FICON-attached/ECKD storage units that fit within the 16U Reserved feature of the IBM z14 ZR1 and LinuxONE Rockhopper II machines, in alphabetical order by vendor: Dell EMC PowerMax 8000 IBM DS8882F Luminex T2S Visara Vi-8810L Any candidates still mis

Re: In-rack FICON DASD

2019-04-16 Thread Christian Svensson
Thanks everyone for your wonderful replies! This was exactly what I was looking for :-). Thanks, On Tue, 16 Apr 2019, 15:53 John Kaba wrote: > We have been using the Visara 8810 for almost a year, and it has been a > reliable, cost effective, rack mounted solution for our older z890 running > V