Re: Data Set Commander Monitor (DSCMON) Access Authority

Hi Mike, We occasionally come across undefined-users, and they are usually the result of errors in setting up STARTED profiles. On rare occasions, we encounter installations that have not activated SETROPTS JES(BATCHALLRACF), which, as you point out, if not activated, can allow undefined-user b

Re: TSO PREFIX change

Hi Juan, I've typically seen this done in TSO logon PROCs that execute a CLIST or REXX program that executes the PROFILE command to automatically reset the PREFIX for the user during each logon. Regards, Bob Robert S. Hansel 2024 IBM Champion Lead RACF Specialist RSH Cons

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Any chance of getting version and release numbers into language announcements? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Timothy Sipples

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

There are several issues for Unix measurement. 1. If the installation chooses to run multiple processes in a single AS, I know of no way to separate the data for individual processes. Is there a new SMF record type for that purpose? 2. The converse issue is aggregating all of data for p

Re: Epoch Index

Gil wrote Eerily reminiscent of a Red Alert IBM issued a couple years ago. A macro, customer facing therefore hard to change, was doing a STCK to a wild address. When a certain bit in the TOD changed, IPL cod which tests that bit with no effect other than to crash when it had the wrong value wou

Re: Data Set Commander Monitor (DSCMON) Access Authority

Mike, I have normally been on the RACF-L list, however, since changing jobs last year, I've had some problems with the e-mails from the list getting through to my new e-mail address. I, personally, have not seen work running without a valid RACF userid associated with it, though I have been in

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

Classification: Confidential 3 nines of availability is so 80's. Even back then IBM was claiming 6 nines for a properly configured parallel sysplex. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 4:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.U

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

Johnson mentioned 5 9’s and 7 9’s a year ago and many of you made fun of him while also insinuating IBM wasn’t truthful. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 8:52 AM, Allan Staller <0632b4c7ca99-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Classification: Confidential 3

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

My apologies I should have supplied a bit more information. In the SMF manual there is chapter 8 (Chapter 8. z/OS UNIX System Services accounting) which talks about the different ways Unix information is collected. By no means am I an expert on the different parts of the SMF type 30 records or

Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Hi Jim, Of course! You can always order a "Product ServerPac" (which really is just a z/OS SREL ServerPac, but withOUT the operating system). These products are available as a Product ServerPac, that you can then run and enjoy on your z/OS V2.5 system. (fyi: You won't see "Product ServerPa

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: z/OS 3.1 Enhancements & Support News

Thanks, Marna, this helps! Jim Marna Walle wrote: Of course! You can always order a "Product ServerPac" (which really is just a z/OS SREL ServerPac, but withOUT the operating system). These products are available as a Product ServerPac, that you can then run and enjoy on your z/OS V2.5 system

Re: Data Set Commander Monitor (DSCMON) Access Authority

Peter, Thank you for the explanation. However I think the same "problem" exists with ID(*) and LNKLST. Regarding undefined users - BATCHALLRACF should be enough. And AFAIR NODES class could be set up to reject such jobs. However it is still minor issue, IMHO - the job would use some resources,

Re: Data Set Commander Monitor (DSCMON) Access Authority

I've seen it in CICS, of course. Never in TSO. I rarely get into other environments. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me. It is oil upon my head; do not let my head refuse it. -Psalms 141:5 */ -Original Messag

Re: Epoch Index

I haven't seen that Red Alert but my guess is that it is STP related; STP provides that non-z/OS persistent data store that can cross IPLs. I know that an Epoch change in STP can prevent zos joining sysplex and requires sysplex-wide re-ipl, for example -- one of the rather rare sysplex-wide failu

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

On 26/06/2024 10:05 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote: 1. If the installation chooses to run multiple processes in a single AS, I know of no way to separate the data for individual processes. Is there a new SMF record type for that purpose? There is some data for individual processes in the

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

Andrew, I am not asking about batch jobs that can start long-lasting or somehow disconnected Unix processes that outlive the batch job execution. I am only asking about synchronous processes started and completed in the course of one batch job. Your reference to “sshd” is what has confused me

Re: Using environment variables in JCL and USS

On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:32:55 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:15:25 +, kekronbekron wrote: > >>Are you able to share this, Paul? >> >I no longer have the code. > I'll suggest that as a PoC you try allocating your SYSIN to a data set, RECFM=VB to see whether it meets you

Re: Using environment variables in JCL and USS

> It's absurd that the various SUBMIT commands, TSO, ISPF, Rexx, > and OMVS enforce FB,80, REXX? As for ISPF, it uses TSO SUBMIT, and that's where the fix has to go. Is there an RFE? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר

Re: Using environment variables in JCL and USS

On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:55:39 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> It's absurd that the various SUBMIT commands, TSO, ISPF, Rexx, >> and OMVS enforce FB,80, > >REXX? > >As for ISPF, it uses TSO SUBMIT, and that's where the fix has to go. Is

Re: CPU and I/O statistics for BPXBATCH executions?

On 27/06/2024 10:54 am, Farley, Peter wrote: I am not asking about batch jobs that can start long-lasting or somehow disconnected Unix processes that outlive the batch job execution. I am only asking about synchronous processes started and completed in the course of one batch job. Your refer

Re: GRS in MONOPLEX without physical CTCs ?

Hello Allan, Thanks for this clarification. Regards *De :* Allan Staller [mailto:0632b4c7ca99-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] *Envoyé :* lundi 24 juin 2024 à 13:52 *Pour :* IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU *Objet :* GRS in MONOPLE