Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Ron Burg
Hi, Other then the sidebar that can pop out after a while, I can't find a page where the option to change version for example z/OS 2.3 --> 2.4 works, I allways get a message of: "We didn't find a matching topic in the product version you requested. Would you like to go to the 2.4.0 homepage?" but

Re: Testing MQ connections using telnet from z/OS to external host

2021-05-03 Thread Laurence Chiu
Thanks. Turned out to be a red herring. Packets are reaching the mid-range server, passing through the firewall but I think there is no application (this is an IBMi mid-range box) on the box to act on them so the host thinks the connection was rejected. I am going to cross-post in the mid-range mai

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: Confidential Agreed. IBM DOCS (or whatever they call it) is not ready for prime time. If us z/OS folks did what the IBM DOC folks have beem doing, we'ed be out the door! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, M

Reference for currtent IBM definition od DASD

2021-05-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
There is a dispute on wikipedia as to the definition of DASD and whether IBM still uses the term. I'd like references, preferably on the hardware side, for use of the term on i, p and z. Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 -

Re: z/OS Conda install questions

2021-05-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
How does Conda not belong here? If it runs on z, then it's on topic. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, M

OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Elaine Beal
IBM would not respond because these are usage questions My root files system are mounted READ as is recommended I have superuser(0) I have a /u/(userid) directory on some systems but not others. I've been here awhile and haven't had the reason to use OMVS but am finding now I do all of this i

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Peter Vander Woude
locsite fwfriendly sets it so that the client is the source for all connections going to the remote ftp server (in ftp terms it's a PASV mode connection). When the ftp server is running, the config on the server can specify a range of ports that it can tell the client to connect to it for the da

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Carmen Vitullo
At my current site we have /u/ defined in automount if not IIRC you do need to change the mount mode each time to create a new mount point, I'd stay away from that since that would create a user directory and data in your root, the issue IBM was trying to solve by mounting the ROOT READ ONLY

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Charles Mills
It's true. IBM certainly has the skills and resources to do this well. Why do they keep doing it so badly? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 5:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.U

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
Are you following the IBM recommendations for sysplex root and version root? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Elaine Beal [elaine.b...@gxs.com] Sent: Mond

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Charles Mills
That is consistent with my impression. In non-passive (non FW Friendly) mode, counterintuitively the server is sometimes initiating a connection TO the client. PASV (FWFRIENDLY) mode eliminates that counterintuitive protocol, and makes things easier relative to a firewall. Hence the name, Firew

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
If I were to venture a guess they hand this off to design people (which is good) that are not getting feedback from the target audience (which is bad). That coupled with the attempt to unify everything with Cloud creates more of a lukewarm experience for everyone. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.o

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Colin Paice
I expect their test servers were physically close to them and they had a lot of automation which did a lot of testing (without complaining). Ears set to disengaged. Colin On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 14:42, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > If I were to venture a guess they hand this off to design people (which

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Tom Brennan
I went to look at a few wait state codes this morning and was surprised at how long it took to completely retrieve each web page. My guess is that IBM's solution to too much back-end processing is to add more back-end processing. On 5/3/2021 6:42 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote: If I were to venture

Re: Flashcopy for Non-SMS volume backup?

2021-05-03 Thread Ed Jaffe
Brian, You've provided a nice example of defining a primary volume to HSM and having it dumped on Friday, but you have not addressed the core flashcopy question for non-SMS volumes. Is volume C24RES the target of a flashcopy relationship with your true primary volume? If so, how are you init

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Elaine Beal
Thanks Carmen I do see we have auto mnt defined on other systems. but I don't see it in BPXPRMxx also, it still doesn't show me other users directories. is that by design? Elaine -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acces

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Michael Brennan
Create a brand new ZFS file for your user data. Then mount it at mount point /u with RDWR. You do not want /u/userid data in the ROOT file system. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Elaine Beal Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 8:18 AM To: IBM-MA

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Carmen Vitullo
in BPXPRMxx  FILESYSTEMTYPE TYPE(AUTOMNT) ENTRYPOINT(BPXTAMD) in /etc/ auto.master for users /u  /etc/u.map -- the automount mapping is defined in /etc/u.map sample name * type ZFS filesystem OMVS.U.sysplexname..ZFS mode RDWR

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I included this in my reply but it did not end up in my response somehow  in /etc/auto.master   /u   etc/u.map     -Original Message- From: Elaine To: IBM-MAIN Date: Monday, 3 May 2021 10:54 AM CDT Subject: Re: OMVS ROOT and usage Thanks Carmen I do see we have auto mnt define

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 3 May 2021 10:54:19 -0500, Elaine Beal wrote: >Thanks Carmen >I do see we have auto mnt defined on other systems. >but I don't see it in BPXPRMxx >also, it still doesn't show me other users directories. is that by design? > You'll only see them while they're mounted; i.e. while the users

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 3 May 2021 06:40:49 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >That is consistent with my impression. > >In non-passive (non FW Friendly) mode, counterintuitively the server is >sometimes initiating a connection TO the client. PASV (FWFRIENDLY) mode >eliminates that counterintuitive protocol, and make

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 3 May 2021 02:11:25 -0500, Ron Burg wrote: >... >I can't find a page where the option to change version for example z/OS 2.3 >--> 2.4 works, I allways get a message of: >"We didn't find a matching topic in the product version you requested. Would >you like to go to the 2.4.0 homepage?

Re: OMVS ROOT and usage

2021-05-03 Thread Elaine Beal
wow does that make sense! thanks! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Reference for currtent IBM definition od DASD

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 3 May 2021 12:38:02 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >There is a dispute on wikipedia as to the definition of DASD and whether IBM >still uses the term. I'd like references, preferably on the hardware side, for >use of the term on i, p and z. Thanks. > Not hardware, not i, not p, but: z/OS

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Charles Mills
In general? Because FTP is "universal" and not going away. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 10:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Now it's easier to find st

AW: SPF/SE... out of business

2021-05-03 Thread Michael Knigge
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AW: AW: And the survey says...

2021-05-03 Thread Michael Knigge
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AW: And the survey says...

2021-05-03 Thread Michael Knigge
Vista comes with it's own font (of course you can use another font) I can't tell you why (I can't argue that), but I tried several fonts and nothing felt right Sometimes font A feels right for purpose XYZ but feels wrong for another purpose... i. e. I would never use the Vista tn3270

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Seymour J Metz
I thought that FTP was going aay due to security, with SSH+SFTP replacing it. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org] Sent: Mond

Re: Flashcopy for Non-SMS volume backup?

2021-05-03 Thread Glenn Wilcock
Hey Ed, Chatted with some DFSMS folks about what you want to do. First, you are correct. The HSM FR support is only for SMS-managed volumes. It is tightly integrated with several SMS constructs for managing the volumes and policy. (In the future, feel free to send me a direct email to save

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Gibney, Dave
Ass far as I can FTP security issues are either perceived or mythical > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2021 12:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

Substitution Character?

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
About a year ago I submitted an RCF on iconv() in XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference. The text has been changed in the 1Q21 refresh. It now reads: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=functions-iconv-code-conversion If iconv() encounters a character in the input buffer that is valid,

Re: And the survey says...

2021-05-03 Thread Chris Hoelscher
You are saying it's .. fontastic? Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Michael Knigge Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 2:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LI

Re: Substitution Character?

2021-05-03 Thread Tony Harminc
On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 17:39, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=functions-iconv-code-conversion > If iconv() encounters a character in the input buffer that is valid, > but for which a conversion is not defin

Re: Substitution Character?

2021-05-03 Thread Phil Smith III
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >About a year ago I submitted an RCF on iconv() in >XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference. The text has been >changed in the 1Q21 refresh. It now reads: >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=functions-iconv-code-conversion >If iconv() encounters a character in t

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-05-03 Thread Charles Mills
Love it or hate it, I just do not see it going away. I am not defending it, just observing it. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 12:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subj

3270 emulator for Mac

2021-05-03 Thread Gary Weinhold
Is there a good 3270 emulator for an Mac laptop?  We're looking at Mocha but it appears to have limited functionality. Gary Weinhold Senior Application Architect DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization Phone:+1.613.523.5500 x216 Email: weinh...@dkl.com Visit us online at www.DKL.com E-mai

Re: 3270 emulator for Mac

2021-05-03 Thread Joe Monk
I use zoc. Joe On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 6:40 PM Gary Weinhold wrote: > Is there a good 3270 emulator for an Mac laptop? We're looking at Mocha > but it appears to have limited functionality. > > > Gary Weinhold > Senior Application Architect > DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization > Pho

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread kekronbekron
There's no excuse for not doing this right anymore. It's not like we're asking IBM to invent something from scratch. The components are already there for a seamless search experience. Client-side search with WASM and https://www.meilisearch.com/ First send the whole Docs' index down to the client,

Re: 3270 emulator for Mac

2021-05-03 Thread Attila Fogarasi
Glink for ios is pretty good (works on ipad and iphone as well) and does more than just 3270. On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:04 AM Joe Monk wrote: > I use zoc. > > Joe > > On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 6:40 PM Gary Weinhold wrote: > > > Is there a good 3270 emulator for an Mac laptop? We're looking at Moc

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 4 May 2021 02:46:56 +, kekronbekron wrote: > >It is incredibly painful to look at the dumb spinning wheel. >Adobe-indexed PDFs aren't fast either. >For a company that produces world class machines (mainframes) & code (z/OS), >this isn't even a challenge. > Motivated by another thread I

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread kekronbekron
Yeah, also we all have to suffer HTTPS intercept in enterprises. For some reason, enterprises don't even want to consider pushing some part of this problem client-side, with an enterprise-wide deployment of an established ad-blocker, uBlock Origin. That cuts waste traffic out by a huge margin, it

Re: 3270 emulator for Mac

2021-05-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
In addition to the other suggestions, IBM's Host On-Demand is the most functionally rich 3270 emulator on macOS that I know of. - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com --